Tyger’s narrow to slits as he watches the troop come out of the stairwell made up of hideously deformed creatures and strange blue human shaped things with energy moving randomly across their bodies. Two of the blue things are carrying his friend apparently unconscious between them and there is a human looking woman that some might say is beautiful, but he can see the way evil has twisted her features into an ugly monster as madness twinkles in her eyes. It is obvious to him that she is the source of the deformed things shambling around. She however is not the source of the pulses that setting his teeth on edge and making the back of his eyes itch. As they move down the corridor he stays just behind them moving without making a sound through the shadows. As they move through the manor they come a few times where he would have to leave the shadows to follow, but this does not slow the ninja at all. As each time he comes to a place where he would have to leave his cloaking shadows he simply uses the power of his armor to jump to the next shadow without passing through the lit area between.<br/><br/>Giselle is finally taken to a stair case leading up that is in much better repair and there are too many minions for him to follow. Tyger searches the shadows and is dismayed to find no other way into the upper room his old comrade in arms has been taken. The woman has also gone up with her captive leaving a large number of her creations on the lower level unaware of the threat that lurks in their shadows. Unable to follow for the moment Tyger concentrates on the strange blue eyed demons wanting to know what they are and how to best destroy them. Upon closer inspection they appear to be both mindless and soulless just reanimated husks. When one gets too close to the shadow Tyger is hiding in he recognizes the energy the crackles through it to be the same that has been pulsing through shadows of Faerun for nearly two weeks. As he watches he is able time the pulses with the visible crackles of the husk’s body and they match exactly.<br/><br/>Now very curious about this energy which animates these things and radiates through the fabric of shadow itself Tyger concentrates on the one almost in range of touching him. He reaches out with shadow and engulfs the creature in it. He causes the shadow to harden against the pulse of energy severing the things connection. A snarling grin appears on his face under his ninja mask as the husk just goes limp and collapses to the floor then dissolves into nothing. That makes the husks easy to deal with. The deformed creatures on the other hand will require a more direct approach.<br/><br/>Getting as close to the stairs going up to Giselle’s as the shadows will allow, Tyger sends tendrils of shadow up the stairs and under the door at the top and into the room. He cannot really see through the shadow probes but he is able to get a feeling of the room. He knows its size and shape and what is in the room. He is quite pleased to discover the poor lighting conditions making the room heavy with shadow. He knows the source he seeks is in that room and that his friend is strapped naked to a metal table. While the two ladies are tormenting each other he seeks out and finds the perfect shadow in the room. A smile spreads across his face when Giselle goads the woman into rage and she leaves the room leaving only a small number of guards.<br/><br/>Once the woman has come down the stairs and he has lost sight of her in the corridor Tyger jumps from the shadow he is in to the one he selected in the lab. Now in the lab he steps silently from the shadows so his friend can see him although the part of him visible past his armor made of pure shadow are his red eyes. His right hand flashes and a small metal spike is suddenly buried in the eye socket of the deformed guard while the blue guard is just suddenly covered in darkness and cut off from its source of power. Both guards are suddenly no longer a threat to anybody. As he steps up to the table his hood and shroud just melt back into the body of his armor. A true smile spreads across his face and his eyes briefly change to violet as he cuts Giselle’s bonds and says just above a whisper, “It’s been a long time my friend, it looks like we will be fighting side by side again. You best get dressed. I intend to destroy that thing and it’s likely to draw some attention when I do.” He points at the glowing orb hovering between the four poles.