<strong>Elsewhere in the house</strong><br/><br/>Barnabas face twitched nervously at the surrounding darkness and his attention was awoke by the screams and shouts, he stood and felt his way swiftly to the door thankfully in his line of work he was always memorizing the exits so there was little stumbling. He felt his way against the wall to the door frame little worry or care in his actions to if anything got knocked over now, his gloved hand frantically searched for the door handle and twisted it vigorously he opened the way and stepped through. Barnabas thought little of the darkness and what it might be and the horror he felt he turned to anger, few things would startle Barnabas but the strangeness of it all did unsettle and make him act rashly.  Her heard someone call his ward and mistress name and the thought that something may of happened to her truly did cause a twinge of dread, he felt his way along the corridors listening and feeling for the presence of his mistress and the room where she should be. When he found the door amidst all the dread and confusion Barnabas seamed to forget and struggle with how to even open it, his gloved fists pounded and banged upon the panels cracking and splintering the wood slightly.<br/><br/><strong>Rowena and the darkened drawing room</strong><br/><br/>Rowena muffled a gasp and sighed as much fear as she suddenly felt she was overwhelmed with the sudden guilt, a weight of sorts being lifted from her mind and a newer more curious one taking it's place. Rowena had expected this she knew this was the feeling she had felt from the moment she stepped into the place and at last it was revealed, but this darkness was a frightful thing and it made Rowena tremble so she held back any screams however for she knew they served no purpose. She stood up swiftly knocking back her chair and making the table shudder the tea tray which rested there tumbling to the floor.  Rowena needed to find some comfort in order to calm her own fears and she knew only one way to do that, and with the darkness it would be hard.<em> "Is..everyone OK..aunt ?..ladies ? who is there...gather to my voice we are stronger safer together, whatever foulness has descended upon this house we will fare better together." </em><br/><br/>Rowena jumped slightly at the distant sounds and what sounded eerily like someone calling her name and moments latter there came the dreadful pounding in the dark at the door.