"You worried about getting lost in here, Straw?" Althea asked as the small group explored the main tunnel. It was wide enough for her and Straw to walk side by side, but just barely. "Maybe we should leave a trail or..."

She never finished the thought, for it was at that moment that Rhyldaer and the other drow sprung their ambush. A whip shot out of the dark toward Harper's wrist, intending to immobilize the girl's weapon while from the other side, a sword pommel struck out toward the side of her head. 

At the flurry of motion, Althea brought up her bow, trying to get a clean shot at the figures attacking Harper. And Straw, doing his part to ensure the drow had every advantage, extinguished the light...