"Drizzt Do'Urden is here?!" Entreri yelled at the drow messenger. The drow
warrior nodded his head. Entreri laughed at his good fortune. Drizzt was here in his
palace. His plan had worked. Now he just had to catch him, which would be no easy feat.
He paced back and forth hoping an idea would come to him. One did quickly. He reached
for his pouch, which held the crystal shard only to find it wasn't there.
"Where is it?!" He yelled at the top of his voice. "Did you take it?" He demanded
at the drow that was standing in front of him. The drow was normally not frightened by
the human but after listening to Entreri he actually was a bit frightened for his life.
Entreri stalked forward and grabbed the unfortunate drow around the neck and he began
to steadily squeeze.
"I will ask you one more time thief. Where is the shard?" Entreri asked the poor
drow. The drow started to deny any knowledge about the shard but he though better of it
and so he decided to tell the truth or at least part of it to save his own skin.
"Drizzt took it." The drow managed to say between gasps of breath. Entreri threw
him to the ground in disgust.
"How do you know?" Entreri asked suspiciously. The drow slowly climbed up
from the ground and he stood facing Entreri rubbing his neck.
"The dungeon guard has claimed to have seen Drizzt. He mentioned something
about a leather pouch being in his hand." The drow said calmly trying to appear as
though he was telling the truth. Entreri turned away from him. He wrinkled his brow up
in confusion. Why would Drizzt have just taken the shard without finding Catti-brie?
Another question, how would he have known about the shard? There were to many holes
in this drow's theory. Entreri knew just how to handle these types.
"Very well." Entreri said calmly before he turned around. He could almost hear
the drow breathe a huge sigh of relief.
"If that is what you say." Entreri said as he turned around quickly drawing his
dagger. To the credit of the drow he had pulled out his sword to defend himself but it was
too late. Entreri's dagger hit it's target dead on.
"To bad you would not tell me the truth you fool." Entreri said to the drow that
was now on the ground grasping desperately at his open throat. He soon fell to the floor
lifeless in his own blood.
Entreri wiped his dagger clean on the drow's cloak. He quickly spun the dagger
and he replaced it in its sheath. He stopped just before he went to consult Jarlaxle about
this disturbing news. Perhaps Entreri should go see for himself what is going on? Entreri
quickly left towards the dungeon to prepare his victim.
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Drizzt darted into the darkness of the hallway as soon as the corridor was empty.
Catti-brie followed soon after him. They snuck down the hallway as quiet as any thief.
They had just about made it to the end of the hallway when the heavy door on the other
end of the hallway swung open with a loud bang. Drizzt grabbed Catti-brie and quickly
put her up against the wall behind him. She winced at the pain but quickly grimaced it
away so she wouldn't cry out and give away their position.
Drizzt's heat seeking eyes allowed him to see that it was Entreri. Catti-brie must
have been able to tell who it was because he heard a sharp intake of breath from her. He
turned around and gave her a reassuring smile. She smiled back but only half-heartedly.
What evils had she faced under Entreri, Drizzt thought to himself. The blood boiled
within in him when he thought about anyone ever hurting Catti-brie. Part of him wanted
to go kill Entreri but the more sensible part of him reminded him of his duties and that he
had Catti-brie with him.
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Entreri had walked over to the dungeon door and he pushed it open and he
quickly ran inside. What he saw only heightened his anger. Catti-brie was indeed gone
just as he had predicted.
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"I think it is time to go." Drizzt whispered to Catti-brie. She nodded in agreement.
Catti-brie placed a hand on his shoulder to push him down the hall when he quickly
pulled away. She looked at him in confusion but he didn't reply he just started down the
hall keeping in the shadows as much as possible. Catti-brie followed right behind him,
she tried to be as quiet as he was but to Drizzt it sounded like an army of dwarves were
marching right behind him. They kept going down the corridor hoping to find a quick
way out.
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"Cursed fools!" Entreri yelled at the top of his lungs. Of course no one was
around him, they had all fled off at Jarlaxle's command. Entreri was still nervous though.
He felt so powerless without the shard. He paced back and forth thinking of the horrible
things he could do to Drizzt and his comrades. That would sooth his mind for the time
being. He had to get the shard back, no matter what the cost was. He needed it. Entreri let
the shard return to the back of his mind. He returned his thoughts to the cruel
punishments that he could do to Drizzt.
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"What have ye found Wulfgar me boy?" Bruenor asked. Wulfgar didn't answer
right away; he just continued to run his hands all along the stone that was in front of him.
"I swear I thought I saw this wall move." Wulfgar finally answered Bruenor's
question. Bruenor grunted in returned and walked over to the wall and he tapped on it
three times in a row.
"It seems very solid if yer askin' me." Bruenor grumbled as he started to walk
away. Wulfgar grabbed his shoulder and turned his back around.
"Solid?" He asked a dumbfounded dwarf. The wall that Bruenor had just hit was
gone reveling another passage. Bruenor stuttered and stammered as he tried to find
explain his reasoning.
"Why are we just standing here? Let's go!" Regis exclaimed as he charged
headlong into the opening. Bruenor shrugged his shoulders at Wulfgar's questioning
look, and they hurried down the passageway.
I finally got off my bum and uploaded! Here I am on vacation and I am uploading a new chapter. Geez, I must really have no life! Hahaha! Anyway, hope this chapter didn't bore you to tears. Please read and review! Thanks a million once again to my reviewers, you guys really keep me motivated!