I'm sorry, I know it's been awhile--but I had major writer's block!!!

Chapter 11--Hidden Danger

They entered the open tundra where the yetis were known to hunt and began stalking. Three hours passed without one attack. "Where are the durned things?!" Bruenor grumbled.

"They heard we were coming and knowing their doom they fled from our wrath," Wulfgar joked.

Drizzt laughed. "Any beast with sense keeps its head safely hidden with Bruenor around. Perhaps if we sent him away they'd show themselves," he said.

This time Wulfgar burst out laughing and Regis started barely a minute after the Barbarian did, clutching at his stomach.

"Shut yer mouths-- all three of ye, yer noise will not be helping any. Every yeti within a mile will hear ye foolin' around," Bruenor grumbled.

Drizzt suddenly tensed and looked to the west. "I heard men yelling and weapons clashing! Someone's under attack!!" he said then took off as fleet as a deer.

Bruenor, Regis and Wulfgar followed as fast as they possibly could, but Drizzt easily outpaced them. He was shocked to see a caravan. None were scheduled to arrive for another week. At least ten yetis had attacked it.

Drizzt charged down the slope as fast as possible, careful not to lose his footing. He was on top of one of the yetis before it even realized he was there. Drawing Twinkle, he plunged it into the yeti's back. It collapsed--quite dead. He tore the blade free and whirled to meet another attack. He quickly drew Icefang as he ducked the second yeti's first attack. A quick slash opened the beast's throat and it went down

Bruenor and the others reached the fray and joined in the fight. With the extra help the caravan guards were starting to win the fight. Finally all of the Yetis were dead.

Drizzt cleaned his blades and sheathed them. He started towards his friends when suddenly there was no solid ground beneath him. He managed one startled yell before he fell into darkness.

Regis, Bruenor and Wulfgar whirled at their friend's cry just in time to see Drizzt disappear as if he'd been swallowed by the earth. "Drizzt!!!" Wulfgar yelled. they ran to the spot and found a hole in the ground that had been camouflaged by the thick grass.

"Drizzt!" Regis yelled, but there was no answer.

The hole wasn't big enough for Bruenor or Wulfgar to slip into but it was for Regis. Wulfgar carefully gripped the Halfling's feet as he slid into the hole.

It was pitch dark and Regis could hear fast running water. His heart sank as he realized that if the fall hadn't killed Drizzt he had been swept away and would have probably drowned. "Pull me up, Wulfgar!!" he called. He told Wulfgar and Bruenor his suspicions.

"We can't leave him! He might be alive!!" Wulfgar said.

"There be no way to get down there, we have to hope he survived the fall and the river. There's no outlet for a river around here, we both know it," Bruenor said grimly.

As much as it hurt, Wulfgar knew the Dwarf was right. "Gods, how are we going to tell Catti-brie that Drizzt is lost?" he asked.

Grieving the three of them made sure the caravan could continue safely. The caravan leader gladly loaned them two ponies and a horse then they rode for Lonelywood as fast as they dared.

Catti-brie looked up with a smile that quickly faded when she saw the three friends faces. "Where's me husband? What happened?" she asked.

Wulfgar told her, eyes filled with tears. "I'm so sorry, there was nothing we could do, it happened so fast--I'm sorry," he said.

Tears poured down Catti-brie's face. "No, it can't be, he can't be gone!! Our baby will be needin' his da, I need him at my side!!!" she wailed.

Delly hugged her friend trying to offer comfort and support. "Oh, Catti, I'm so sorry, but you have to try to keep calm for your babe's sake," she whispered.

A sharp pain lanced through Catti-brie and she clutched her stomach with a sob of pain as well as grief. "Our babe!" she gasped.

"Wulfgar, fetch the midwife quick!!" Delly ordered.

Wulfgar was out the door in an instant, letting it slam behind him.

Delly tried to sooth her distraught friend, praying she wouldn't lose her baby and husband in the same day….

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