The tactical strike with the spear from Andrei seemed to work, stalling their relentless pursuer at the doorway.  Elrick moaned in frustration as he wrestled with the spear lodged in his ribcage.  The befuddled creature was still trying to figure out how to remedy the situation as Andrei and Ireena entered the escape tunnel and sealed the way shut behind them.  Elrick's monstrous groans grew further muffled with every step taken down the dark and shadow tunnel.  Soon the sound of his voice faded into silence, leaving the pair with only the sound dripping water plinking off the floor along with that of their own feet, heart, and breaths to fill their ears.<br/><br/>If there were nightmares in the tunnel the light that fell around them from Andrei's torch must of held them at bay, for nothing manifested.  They were not alone though, their only company came in the form of a distant, lone squeak of a rat back down the tunnel from whence they came.  Even that sound vanished from their ears as the pair plunged forward through the gently winding tunnel.  Time seemed to pass slowly despite the short nature of their journey.  Every turn dangled the hope of reaching their destination only to pull it away as they rounded the turn and were faced with more darkness and uncertainty before them.<br/><br/>Eventually that torture ended as the tunnel took a familiar slope upwards before it opened up into a rough brick lined circular and small room.  Upon the far wall a series of metal rungs waited to be used.  They led up to the false back of a spice pantry in the cellar of the Burgomaster's guest house.  No noises came from beyond that hidden door into the cellar.<br/><br/>Since few of Barovia's beasts ever concerned themselves with vacant dwellings the home was typically ignored and left undisturbed on most nights.  If it was clear of danger the two story home should be as fortified and secure as any other dwelling in Barovia.  But far better stocked, full of provisions and well equipped to withstand the nightly sieges of the unholy that may come to it's door.