Reinforcements
Part 1
Evey moved through the house quickly and quietly. She’d heard a signal, a subtle sound that many wouldn’t pay any attention to, but her sensitive ears had picked it up and recognized it for what it was. Leaving her hiding place was always dangerous. The drow could be lurking anywhere at any time. She was incredibly graceful and moved silently even over parts of the floor that squeaked when the human moved about. The human moved around like an elephant and couldn’t sneak up on anything. Instead of listening for Arachne she watched the shadows and light. If they changed it could be a sign of her approach and the small elf would know to dive for cover.
When she reached her destination of the front door she stopped and looked around for signs of movement in the house. She was pretty sure that the drow and human were both upstairs and occupied. Hopefully occupied enough that she could get away with a little noise. She needed to open this large door.
After climbing up the coat rack for some height, she did some skillful parkour to get to the door handle where she could unlock the door and then turn the knob to unlatch it. As soon as the handle made some soft sounds she could feel the door start to move as someone on the other side began to push.
Deftly, Evey dropped back to the floor. The door didn’t have to move far to let in her similarly sized guests. They peered through the gap and came in as Evey gestured them onwards silently.
The drow’s ears were as sensitive as theirs so they had to move quickly in case they had been heard. She could already be on her way. Evey pushed the door shut behind them, but not all the way closed. Doing so would make too much noise and Arachne would blame the human’s incompetence for the door being unlocked and ajar.
Evey gestured for her friends to follow her and started running across the main floor of the house towards the stairs to the basement, avoiding hard flooring when she could for increased speed and silence. She motioned for the others to go down the stairs while watching their rear.
To be continued...