Becky sets out to find the captives

The tunnel was strange to walk in, sort of like being underwater, she couldn't see where it ended, and the strange nature of the place made her want to keep going. When she looked ahead the dark far side filled her with panic. She looked down. This sort of curse must be hiding the captives. She fished around in her pockets for leaf and sucked on it. An incredibly rare leaf, that she had used to give trigger a bioluminescent reaction. That would surely give her position away. It dawned on her slowly. She was alone, thought, so she couldn't have ruined her mission yet. She bumped into the back wall, and looked up. It still went on for miles. It had a sort of mirror feel to it, the way that she could see the cave continue, but the light didn't shine any light down there. It shone on the walls, but the back wall was something different. She touched it, rubbing her palms all over like a mime, but it really was there. she rubbed all over the walls and began to feel it's magic. Shortness of breath, her face felt warm, so did her breasts, and between her legs. She stepped back. She had been too hasty. This was obviously where the captives were being held. She regained her composure, and decided to leave.

She walked back to the exit, until she saw a faint figure in the dim plant glow. The plant was running out of juice, so she readied her daggers and approached cautiously. The figure turned to her, nose pointed. It was a gnoll. a large one. She had been found. She couldn't risk a fight here, she wanted to get out as fast as she could. She pulled out a small vial of paralyzing agent and threw it at the gnoll, and ran past. She had made sure that there was more than enough to stop any single target. As she dashed ahead of the gnoll, it jerked and grabbed her. She kicked against it. It wasn't possible to move.

Out of the darkness hobbled a second figure. Clutching a wooden staff he chanted a spell that light up the cave with a faint light. The smaller gnoll was old, his fur was patchy and had lost a lot of colour. The taller one stood rigid, and was the peak of virility. He easily restrained Becky. He stood behind her and pinned her arms back.

"This place, very magic." The old gnoll croaked. "It showed me how to be shaman here. It woke me to how you see the gnoll. Here the magic is stronger and pure, I can control entire gnolls. You magic yes? You sense it, and so will bring magic offspring. Better than the others."

Becky stood speechless,she couldn't overpower the gnoll holding her. She didn't want to accept that she had been caught.