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Boone was about to turn and start moving to the meetup spot when he finally came back to reality he said "What do you mean? I'm not going to leave you alone."
Scarlet laughed and said "Your sweet but you can't make it past this labyrinth. He made it especially for me. There are different ways to get to him and he rigged each One with their own special setup. If you don't know what to look for then you could die at any Second. Or worse kill the both of us."
Boone didn't like it, but he had to follow her orders. Nick said to trust the 'Great Spirit' and do Everything that she said without question. But this was just too much. How could he let her go on alone in a place like this with those Strange Males around. It didn't matter that she already killed One easily enough, but this Male was different. He was crazy and it was too much for him to except.
Scarlet felt like he could not suppress his 'Male Ego' when he suddenly blurted out "You can't get there by yourself! Let me help you!"
Since she needed to move fast, she didn't have time to argue. Put on a stern look she said "I don't have time to argue with you about this. Get moving now and we will meet up later. If you don't then I will need to put you down."
Sinking into a fighting stance Scarlet said, "What's your answer?"
Boone didn't have a choice and said "Fine! I'll go but be careful Nike and Travis will kill me if anything happens to you!"
Turning sharply on his heal he left to go to the 'Meetup spot.' Scarlet looked forward and took a deep breath. She didn't want to get hurt either, but they just don't understand what kind of Monster she will be facing. This may be the path with the least number of traps but that didn't mean that it was by any means going to be easy to handle or avoid.
Taking another deep breath, she looked to her left and took the bottle from the hidden compartment in the wall. It was an unspoken rule that the Challenger needed to follow the terms that the Challenged had set for them.
As she stared at the bottle she said, "And so it begins." With that she proceeded to open the bottle and empty the contents into her mouth. When she finished it, she coughed and said "Man why did it need to be Whisky? I hate that One almost as much as I hate Bourbon."
The last time she heard about what they were drinking Matt had been drinking Moonshine but somewhere along the line he switched to this. What happened to his taste buds?! This was not even close in taste!
Since it helped to track them down by items that they liked Scarlet tried to learn all she could about her Family's Murderers. It was not uncommon for people to change the style of cloths or favorite food, but with drinks that was different. The drink that they chose hardly ever changed, especially something that he took great pride in making himself.
But there was nothing that she could do about it now. After she scanned the area, she took another deep breath and took the First step. As she made her way down the path, she stayed vigilant and found Another bottle in the wall. After she opened it, she sniffed it and thought "Man! What is wrong with this guy?! I hate Whisky!"
After finishing the drink, she started to feel it. The tolerance that she built up on the way here was not even close enough to being enough. She was about to take a step when she stumbled back, and the bottle slipped from her hand and fell to the ground in front of her.
The fallen bottle triggered the trap that was in front of her, and spikes appeared out of nowhere shattered the bottle in an instant. With wide eyes she counted her blessings that she fell on her butt at that point. As she just stared at the spikes, she panicked a little inside but tried to remain calm. Telling herself that she prepared for this. That there was nothing that could surprise her since she prepared.
Taking another deep breath, she got up and grabbed a fist full of small rocks. Trying to steady herself she moved around to the side of the path and threw a rock at the wall. When nothing happened, she threw another a little further down the same wall.
Swish!!
A blade came out of the wall and came down to the ground. With wide eyes she thought to herself "This guy sure is paranoid. Although I am here to kill him, so I guess it is understandable."
Taking another deep breath, she tried to steady her nerves and move on. If she knew where to avoid, she could get through without issues, but she was never that lucky. Even with the recon that she did before with Travis couldn't reveal much. She couldn't see what the traps were but got the general idea of where they were. After about half a Mile of traps she found another bottle. Without even thinking about it she just opened it and swallowed the contents.
Shocked again when she seen that he had changed it up to Rum. "Great!" She thought "Why did he just need to go and change the liquor like that?"
If it was just One type of the whole time that would be fine, she could adapt to it some, but now that it has been changed up it has caused a different reaction that her brain and she had trouble adapting to. Trying to remember her breathing excursuses she took a deep breath and tried to focus on the task at hand.