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"Hello?" She calls, banging on the door. "Is anyone inside? I'm lost, and alone, and I need a place to stay!" Hopefully they'd at least open the door...Caroline had learned from experience that men tended to look twice at a belly dancer in full regalia. "Please, open the door!" She calls, trying to sound distressed. Isn't hard.

Silver waited in the hallway with Valelldia and Emelyn, just outside the door. She recognized Kale's barking and heard a few men shouting. Their words, however, were muffled by the door and the chanting that had continued, despite the destraction. Marissa's hasty retreat was well noted by her obviously intentional stomping on the roof, which induced more shouting from the men inside. "Well done Marissa..." She said under her breath. Moments later the commotion ceased entirely and Silver couldn't hear anything. The suspense was heart wrenching. Then, as Caroline's dance became more agressive, Silver heard the bells: a golden, beautiful sound blending perfectly with the tinkling of the coins that adorned Caroline's outfit. "Caroline's in. Let's get ready you guys." Dagger in hand, Silver waited a few moments to give Caroline some time to get out. She then, carefully, cracked the door just hair, so she could see. The room was empty except for their poor children, who were bound to the altar. Thank you, Caroline, She thought with a small grin. She was about to get her baby back. "C'mon you guys, they're gone!"

Caroline, meanwhile, is having problems of her own. She now has a clustering of men, all much bigger and stronger than she, gathered around her. They're still captives of the spell, but they're dangerously close to her. I hope they've got the children out by now, she thinks, I can't hold them much longer!

Silver hurriedly untied and picked up Aisrhan, who promptly began to wimper into her mother's shoulder. "Shh... it's alright babe. I'm here now." A wave of relief flooded over her as she fully realized that her Aisrhan was once again in her arms, and relatively unharmed. Then, a new wave of seething anger. "My thoughts exactly", she muttered to Val's spoken thought. Preoccupied with her daughter, she didn't hear the noise, but Val's words jolted her thoughts back to the situation at hand. "Oh no! If they get to the bells..." Silver didn't finish the statement. They both knew what kind of danger Caroline was in. She nodded brusquely to Val, hugged Aisrhan tight in her arms, and headed for the exit the dancing Caroline had led the men through.

Silver rushed outside just in time to see Caroline throw the belt. Oh no... She saw Caroline start to run and heard the men shouting. Silver called over her shoulder at the older gypsy who was carrying Anezka. "Val - can you do something?! Caroline needs help, but we can't have the girls get hurt - we just got them back!" Aisrhan saw the men and began to wail. She was obviously scared to death of them. Silver patted her head. "Shh... come on, hun. Be qui -"
Then, someone from the angry mob spotted her. "Damn it! They've got the brats! Forget the tramp! C'mon!"
Suddenly the mob changed direction and was headed toward her.
Silver muttered a string of unintelligible beligerence under her breath, then, "Well, you've got to give them credit - they aren't entirely stupid..." Silver brandished her dagger and prepared to fight, hoping Val would think of something before they got to the girls again.

"Oh my god..." Em said, speechless. She'd rushed up with Val and Silver, but as soon as they'd come into the night air, she'd separated from them to rush back to her son, who was still with Lesh and Veshengo. She'd regretted stepping into that basement as soon as her foot was on the first stair... but seeing that Pierre was alright in the blind gypsy's care, her worries had cooled.

They were replaced- even doubled, perhaps, by this new turn of events. She returned her son to the care of another- Marissa, this time, with a hurried gesture, and then picked up her skirts and ran towards their fallen comrades.

"Silver!" She cried," Valelldia!" The kidnappers were all equally discarded on the forest ground... but she was only concerned with the two who lay crumpled like ragdolls. She reached Silver first, for she had fallen steps ahead of the caravan leader.

"Silver?" She said, lifting up the gypsy's head. She put her fingers at the woman's throat... and was relieved to find a pulse.

After feeling for the pulse- Em felt something stirring, and jumped back to give Silver room to move. However, the gypsy was still passed out from whatever Val had done- instead, the movement had come from Ais, still wrapped in her mother's arms. She was unharmed- still under the protection of Val's overarching protection spell of the infants, but frightened at everything that was happening. Em scooped the snake-like girl up in her arms...hoping that she wouldn't be frightenened enough to bite her- but not particularly caring if she did. She called over to the others to come help, from the woods, the girl in her arms.