Hi there, here's the next chapter. Because of the Thanksgiving holiday no more updates this week. Happy Thanksgiving!

Chapter 25--Seduction

Drizzt and Kylia charged into the room. A hiss of air alerted Drizzt and he ducked as the sword whipped over his head.

Kylia stepped back in case he went for her then began to chant a spell.

Drizzt drew his scimitars, ready to leap back at the guard, but it wasn't necessary.

The guard screamed and screamed as his skin turned dry and brittle. After minutes the mummified body crumpled.

Drizzt shook his head in shocked disgust. "What do you call that?" he asked.

"Pure nastiness," Kylia said. "The spell is called dehydrate. It takes all water from the body."

"That's nasty, really nasty, Kylia," Drizzt grumbled.

Just then the others caught up to them.

Shandra saw the mummified body and gasped in horror. "What did you do to him?" she asked.

"Stopped him from sounding an alarm like we wanted," Kylia said.

"After that fight I doubt it will matter," Drizzt said. "Someone will find the bodies."

"You're right, but there's no help for it. Let's get going before anyone comes along," Tarion said.

"Let Drizzt and I take the lead. We're used to stalking," Kylia said.

"Good idea, but be careful. We don't know what might be lurking around," Tarion said.

Drizzt headed off first, scimitars ready.

Kylia waited until he was ten feet down the hall then followed. A glint of gold from her wrist. She paused to look and frowned. She was still wearing the bracelet that Altos had put on her when she had first been captured, the one that was supposed to suppress her magic. She pulled at it warily. She was surprised and relieved when it came off. The magic must have faded or something. She almost tossed it away then changed her mind and dropped it into her belt pouch. It might be useful later.

Renee walked at the back of the group. The voice had stopped invading her thoughts now, but she hadn’t stopped thinking about what had been promised to her. The voice would return to see what her answer was soon and she knew what it would be now. The Drow would be hers.

It got darker in the hall and all four Elves began to use their night vision. Drizzt had just stopped and turned to see if the Humans in the group needed help when a torch flared up. "Shu!" he hissed, blinking until his vision cleared. "Next time warn us before you do that," he growled.

"We couldn't see," Renee said.

"Well, neither could I for a moment and that could have been a moment to long if something attacked us right then," Drizzt retorted. He turned and continued down the hall, scanning the shadows alertly as he walked. Ten minutes later movement caught Drizzt's eye and he jumped back just in time to avoid a giant spider as it tried to drop on him from the ceiling. It hissed menacingly at him and scuttled forward, venom dripping from its fangs.

Drizzt would never have admitted it to anyone, but spiders gave him the creeps, especially after all the warnings about killing or even laying a finger on one in Menzoberrazen. He was torn between attacking and backing off.

Kylia saw the hesitation and knew why, but she wasn't going to let her younger brother get hurt. Chanting a spell, she slapped her hands together. "Squish!" she cried.

Suddenly the spider was flattened like someone had stepped on it. Green blood sprayed everywhere, splattering Drizzt as well. "Ugh, why me?" he complained, "what was that spell?" He looked at Kylia.

Kylia smirked. "I made that one, power word squish!" she snickered and began to laugh.

Drizzt burst out laughing too. The rest of the party stared at them as if they'd both gone made, which made it even more funny.

I kind of like that spell, I got to remember that! Translation: Shu is Drow for shit. Did I spell the city name right? I had nothing handy to look it up. R/R please!