The spider made a loud and horrible shriek of pain when Water Snake tore its fangs.  Quickly, it retreated up the tree nearest the web.  It's dark form well hidden by the dark leaves of the tree.

Brinley stared at it for a just a moment, both scared of and fascinated by the huge spider.  If she hadn't just watched it scale the tree, she'd never know it was there.  But once Willow and then Snake were around the web, she followed, carefully keeping an eye on the unmoving spider while avoiding touching the sticky strands strung across the trail.

Unfortunately, this left the spider's trap perfectly intact for Gregor and Rain...