DM: The Cellar Search (Again)

Your explorations lead you downstairs into the dark of the cellar where only a day before you rescued a young lady from the clutches of her own brother. You can hear the distant drip, drip, drip of water on stone. You move slowly, deliberately, weapons drawn and nerves on edge as the adrenalin flows through you.

At the door where to the tunnels you see that the wooden frame has been shattered from its hinges. The door lies in shards across the floor. You shine your faint light into the small room and long tunnels that wind beyond, but see nothing, except ...

You hear a noise, from one of the rooms in the cellar. The room that Ameiko was being held in. You hear it again, a sniffling. You look quizzically, nervously at one another, before moving towards it. You hear the sniffling again, an almost human sob. And then there is a sudden noise like the thing has heard you, as if it has drawn in upon itself, and falls silent.

A few tense moments pass, when you hear a broken, shaking voice whisper from behind the door.

"p .. p .. please .. please .. please .. p .. p .. please"

There is a person in there.