Drizzt ran his sensitive fingers along the wall. He could feel every sound in the
walls because his fingers were so in tuned. He had become once again a creature from the
Underdark. Finally after walking through several tunnels, Drizzt finally came to his
destination. It was indeed the room Jarlaxle had described, it was out of the way and the
door was ornately inscribed with magical runes.
Drizzt muttered the arcane phrase that Jarlaxle had told him would open the
magically sealed door. It swung silently open and Drizzt cautiously stepped inside. He
heard someone's shallow breathing. He allowed his eyes to slip into the heat seeking
vision. He saw a form of a man sleeping on the bed in the far corner of the room. The
man rolled over so his face was facing Drizzt. It was Entreri. He looked a bit older and he
had a beard starting to grow but he still was Entreri the assassin. Drizzt was indeed in the
right room.
Drizzt had to be extremely quiet as to not wake him up. Jarlaxle had advised
Drizzt against any action against Entreri if at all possible. Jarlaxle had mentioned
something about Entreri having immense strength, which was probably given to him by
the crystal shard. Entreri had been a formidable foe even before he came to possess the
shard.
Jarlaxle had also told Drizzt that Entreri kept the crystal shard close to him at all
times, usually in a leather pouch that he wears on his waist. Drizzt had figured that the
shard was probably lying next to Entreri's bed. Drizzt did a quick scan of the room to
make sure there were no guards and to see if he could see the shard. He saw neither.
So Drizzt slowly crept further into the room over towards Entreri's bed. Drizzt
looked down at the Entreri with disgust and hatred. How Drizzt wished he could plunge
that jeweled dagger of Entreri's right into his evil black heart. Let him feel the pain that
he had inflicted on so many others. Let him know the agony, the emptiness, Drizzt
thought to himself. The world would be a much better place without terrible killers like
Artemis Entreri. He knew though that he couldn't. He had promised Jarlaxle that he
wouldn't and he had to honor that promise. Looking away from Entreri, Drizzt noticed a
pouch lying on a table right in front of him. Being ever so cautious, Drizzt opened it up
slowly. Inside was just what he was looking for, the crystal shard.
It looked every bit as malevolent as the last time Drizzt had seen it. Right now it
was powerless, for without sunlight it was useless. Drizzt quickly stuffed it back into the
pouch. With the pouch tightly in his hand Drizzt quickly and quietly left the room
without incident.
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"Well it's good to hear that ye cooperated with us elf." Bruenor said to the drow
they had captured after the drow had told all that he knew. Drow were an extremely
unloyal race. When there is personal gain, or their lives are in danger they will do
anything, especially turn against one another.
"Yer gonna lead us to this openin' so we can find me daughter!" Bruenor said as
he slowly lowered his ax away from the drow's neck. Wulfgar grabbed the drow by his
shoulders and Regis quickly tied the drow's hands behind his back. Satisfied, Bruenor
prodded the drow in the back with the blunt side of his weapon.
"Well, we ain't got all day! Lead on!" He said to the drow. "And don't ye try any
funny business! If ye do, me and me friends will be sure to cut ye up in pieces!"
Muttering something under his breath that no one could here, the drow lead them through
the dark corridors of the cave.
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"Here is the crystal Jarlaxle, now we are to go get Catti-brie!" Drizzt shouted at
Jarlaxle. Drizzt showed Jarlaxle the shard as proof.
"Put it away, put it away! Even now I can here it calling out to me." Jarlaxle
shouted back to Drizzt. Drizzt promptly obeyed and he slid the pouch inside another at
his side.
"Now tell me how to get Catti-brie, Jarlaxle!" Drizzt said forcefully to Jarlaxle.
Jarlaxle nodded and he walked over to the corner of the room and he walked back over to
Drizzt holding a ring of keys. He grabbed two keys on the ring and he held them up in
front of Drizzt's face.
"This one," He grabbed the key to show Drizzt. "Opens the dungeon door. This
one," He dropped the one key to grab the other. "Opens the shackles. The dungeon is on
the lowest floor, so you won't be able to walk around the corridors like that, especially
sense they are expecting you to come." Jarlaxle chuckled.
"So that is where this comes in." Jarlaxle said as he tossed him a long dark
colored cape. "Put this on and take off your green cape. Your green cape is pretty
distinguishable. I am also sure that you know how to hide your face pretty well." Jarlaxle
slyly remarked as Drizzt put the cape on. Drizzt pulled the cowl low over his face.
"How is this?" He asked. Jarlaxle nodded his approval.
"Here are the keys. Just leave them in the corner here, by the fireplace." Jarlaxle
said as he pointed to a spot on the map he had just has drawn. "It is at the end of the
corridor that leads straight to the dungeon." Jarlaxle said as he pointed out where the
dungeon was. "And here is where you are. You need to take the stairs straight down, go
around the corner and take that hallway all the way down to the end. There is the
dungeon." Jarlaxle said as he handed Drizzt the map. "I wish you go luck, for a woman as
beautiful as Catti-brie doesn't deserve to die in a desolate place such as this!" Jarlaxle
said with a sly grin and a wink.
Drizzt didn't reply but instead he turned on his heel and walked out the door. He
pulled his cowl low over his face and he checked the hallway left and right before he
made his way to the stairs.
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"I think he is leading us in circles!" Wulfgar whispered harshly to Bruenor.
Bruenor nodded in agreement but he didn't say anything back to Wulfgar but instead he
yelled at the drow leading them.
"We've been goin' round and round in damn circles! Where in the nine hells are
ye takin' us drow?" Bruenor yelled at the drow captive. The drow laughed and took a
step back from Bruenor.
"Well you see good dwarf, I am gone!" He said. With a snap of his fingers the
drow disappeared. Bruenor ran forward to where the drow had last been standing. The
drow was nowhere to be seen.
"Damn it all!" Regis huffed. Bruenor was still frantically looking left and right
still trying to find the drow. Wulfgar sighed heavily as he reached into his pack and
pulled out a torch and he lit it. Regis looked over at him.
"Well we can't be any worse off can we?" Wulfgar asked Regis who in turn
shrugged, and Bruenor also nodded his head in agreement. Wulfgar slowly lead them off
into the darkness.
uploading it piece by piece. I haven't quite figured out the end yet though...
Once again thanks to all of my reviewers.