Zaida turned the corner and walked into the room. She saw the hand, now burning, now almost white-hot.<br/><span style="color: purple">"The amulet is near."</span>She said in hushed tones.<span style="color: purple">"I knew it couldn't resist me for long. It calls out to the black jewel. Blessing be to Veran, dark god of the universe."</span><br/>"What shall I do, Mistress?" Turin scurried around the room, picking up pieces of food that he had dropped previously.<br/><span style="color: purple">"Get our guest and bring him to me. It's time we welcomed him . . . properly."</span><br/><br/>Turin scrambled off the floor and went to do his mistress' bidding. While he was gone Zaida took the time to remove the black jewel from the stone hand that held it.<span style="color: purple">"Soon the whole world will bow to my every whim."</span>She chuckled mischievously to herself.<br/>"He's gone!" cried out Turin.<br/><span style="color: purple">"Whose gone?"</span>Zaida shouted down the hallway.<br/>"The human and his little pixie friend. They're both gone."<br/><br/>Shortly after an alarm was raised throughout the tunnels and chambers underground.