The Things in the Warehouse

Approaching on the catwalk that groaned and complained under his considerable weight, Pelias surveys the situation and lays a scorching burst over the whole group.  As flames singed the hair and fabric of the combatants, one of the thugs fell to the ground.  With a word and a motion, the doppelgangers became invisible to Kreegan and Pelias.  Shade and Sora isolate one of the creatures and call out to Kreegan.  Swinging on the chains hanging from the catwalk, he crosses above the battle and drops down behind where he assumes the doppleganger is standing.  Crouching quickly, Kreegan scoops a fistful of dirt and gravel from the warehouse floor and throws it toward the face of the invisible figure.  Shade, still able to see the thing, brings her greatsword down squarely on its neck, dropping the doppelganger's body to the ground.

The man from town attacks Juggsy as she is prone, drawing a swift magic missile from Pelias.  On the warehouse floor below them, Shade and Sora make short work of the remaining doppelganger.  Sora's mace connects with the thing's chest, and a word to Bahamut bolsters her allies, healing and re-energizing them.  Juggsy, standing once more, swings her axes and slices through the leather of the possessed man's armor.  Before the man can retaliate, Pelias' dirty magic missile knocks him from the catwalk and he remains motionless on the floor below.

With the attackers defeated, the Band begins the process of cleaning their weapons and searching the bodies for clues.  Within moments, however, another band of thugs rushes in.  As they move into position, Pelias, from the catwalk, lights them up with a scorching burst.  Two of the six figures are instantly incinerated.  The remaining hired swords, however, surveyed the situation briefly.  Faced with a  300 pound Eladrin above them and clearly outmatched by the adventurers closing in on them,  the street thugs turned and fled.

Before the party can take up chase, they hear a sound behind them.  It seems a doppelganger has enough life left in it for a closing monologue.  Kreegan closes on the figure and presses his short sword against its throat.  "Who hired you, little flamingo?"
"The general-- General Zithrun..." it stammered, "the deal was done through a messenger.  I never saw his face."
Pelias leans in, "Why was the false Dunkirk coming here?"
Seeming to ignore the question, the doppelganger continued.  "The general wore an outfit fashioned from leather and steel.  He wanted to question Dunkirk about the security of the Moutnainroot Temple.  The false Dunkirk sent all the real priests to work on the Stone Anvil, as a diversion.  The general took the true Dunkirk to an interrogation room in this warehouse for questioning.  He soon grew frustrated with the priest's lack of information about the temple's defenses.  He has gone to the temple to investigate it for himself."
"Informative, if in a roundabout way," Shade muttered.  "All right.  The real Dunkirk?  Where is he?"
The doppelganger indicated where they could find the trap door, and then died on its own, saving them all the moral dilemma ("Not for some of us!" noted Kreegan) of whether to kill him or let him go.