“They’re going to see us if we go into that” Bella hissed into Liaena’s ear as Hester crept along the rocks, closer and closer to the elevator doors. Liaena ignored her, instead choosing to focus on the dwarf manning the controls as she primed another firecracker in her hand. Tossing it almost gently, the tiny thing bounced once before clattering along the smooth rock floor to roll under his chair. 

[b]-BANG-[/b]

“WHAT WAS THAT!?” The Chevelier’s voice bellowed across the harbour as the miniature explosion lifted the dwarf, chair and all, off of the ground to send him crashing into the wall of a building and slumping to the ground. The two men in the elevator looked at each other, before making a big show of staring at the ceiling and/or their feet as the furious sound of stomping metal boots became louder and louder. “I WARNED YOU—“

For the one who was looking at the ceiling, his mouth suddenly opened wide with surprise as a small white owl swooped under the top of the doorway and started to flutter around the ceiling of the elevator. This interest only lasted a few moments however, as what looked like a tiny stone, or bird poop fell from the creature, to shatter on the elevator floor. 

-PSSSSSSSHHHHHHHHHHHHH-

A plume of white smog, or smoke blossomed up from the shattered vial to rapidly start to fill up the small elevator as the two men looked down in surprise.  Then they started to hurriedly back out of the elevator, regardless of angry superior, just as the gas rose to shoulder level and one of them started hacking and coughing uncontrollably. 

“WHAT IS GOING---”

The Chevalier arrived on the scene, only for his jaw to drop at the scene, with the elevator now completely full of the white smoke that was rapidly leaking out into the rest of the harbour. “…on?”

“Can’t you hurry up!?”

Bella hissed furiously, apparently entirely unaffected by the gas as Hester hooted extremely irritably, trying to brace herself against the ceiling and wall of the elevator as she indulged in a form of flight that was extremely unnatural for owls. 

“You can’t hurry Genius” Liaena said matter of factly as she fondled a large blob of putty that had originally belonged to Smokey. It now had multiple firecrackers, and something that strongly resembled plastic explosives sticking out of it, as she shoved it into the ceiling of the elevator to stick fast and duck down into Hesters feathers. “Okay, duck!”

The bird dived, as a loud BANG filled the confined space. There was a yell from outside the smog, presumably a guard. 

“Oh look” Bella remarked, looking up at the roof of the elevator, where a dark hole could now be seen through the mist. “Your gas is escaping”

“Yeah, it’s a pity. I need to make it heavier” Liaena observed dubiously as she petted the bird absently, glancing out of the door where the rough outlines of humans could increasingly be seen again as Hester fluttered into the air towards the new ‘hatch’. “Get us out of here, girl”

*

One of the last Sentinels to make it over the edge of the battlements looked extremely irritated and was carrying Liam, who was chalk white and looked visibly more wretched each time he dared to glance down to see how high up they were. 

“Light….”

Taking one final glance over the scaffold, the boy gulped, then straightened his back along with his robes as he was plonked unceremoniously on his feet by his Night Elf, who then muttered something in Darnassian to her comrade with an audible snigger. 

“Ehm. Right then.”

Liam glanced quickly up and down the scaffold as though he expected enemy guards to come crawling out of the woodwork, before shooting Sharon a quick look where he stood on Serphia’s shoulder. “Is everything alright? I heard a scream”