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((ok, short and simple... Everyone showed up, when time showed up, the host never came so everone got worried. Lee's car blew up and the gates misteriously locked so no one could get out. None of the phones worked worked except Adam's(Seceret revealed later), but he told everyone it didn't. They checked the cars in the garage, but they were screwed up, so they got weapons. They went to the basement to see if the host and his daughter were in there, but someone shot at them and them ran out. Lee and Aura got hurt. Gwen got pissed and ran down into the basement to kick some a** and now the group is leaking down into it also. Good enough?)

((I think I gan build on that...))
Karin slit her eyes in worry when she checked her watch, the host and his daughter were still not around. From what she saw in her time with them, they were never late to anything important...unless you counted the time when the car broke down and even then they were only fifteen to twenty some minutes late. Karin jumped when she heard voices around the corner, she flattened herself against the wall and listened.

Karin slit her eyes gritting her teeth, she pulled a dagger from her belt and aimed it at the sound. Just before throwing, she realized that the person was a maid. Sliding the dagger back into her belt she blocked the panicked maid's path and demanded to know what was happening.

This is ridiculous. We're all going to die here. Aura thought cynically as her eyes adjusted to the darkness.

Abruptly, the gunshots ceased, leaving a deadly silence hanging in the room. What now?

"Good idea, while they aren't shooting," Aura whispered back, creeping towards the speck of light that indicated the door. In her right hand she held her knife defensively, watching for movement from a non-friend.

With her left hand, Aura flicked the door open and slipped out, running up the stairs.

At the top of the stairs and safe in a nearby room, she wondered, No shooting? And where are the others?

"No clue,"Aura replied, peeking back towards the stairs leading to the basement. "At least we know the enemy is down there.

"My problem is, we don't know whether the Gilfaxes were kidnapped, killed, or just delayed; knowing this would cement our next course of action.

"Judging by the conflict, I'm going to eliminate 'delay'. So...I propose scouring the mansion for clues."

Aura stood up to find and present her plan to the others, but leaned against the wall for support. She cringed, shifting the hand on the wall to the bandage on her waist, trying to stifle the pain.