They finally opened up the door, but on opening the door there were two doors up ahead. There was no other logical choice to make they had to go in pairs, Sammy to Desa and Francis to Huwa.
"Who would have thought that we'll separate again so soon, I mean we just got back together and we are splitting again" Huwa whined
"That was the only choice dear we'll definitely meet up eventually that's like how these tunnels work"
She gave him a hard stare
"I guess? Ehm...Lets just stay positive okay?" Francis completed.
They walked on trying to stay in a positive mindset paying close attention to the surroundings, their antennas were one hundred and one percent active, they couldn't take any chances as they didnt come this far to not return with Sanele.
“So, Francis have you ever thought of...aaaahhhhh!!! Huwa screamed as the floor beneath her left leg fell deep down to another foundation of spikes she instantly sprung on to Francis
"Really?? Booby traps? How unbelievable can these guys be? They just want to kill us at all cost!!! Just stay behind me okay??" Francis said as they walked slowly forward.
They turned to look around and noticed the floor behind them had started falling off already in an extremely fast pace, they had no choice but to make a run for it as they raced the temperature of the room suddenly became cooler, the more they raced the lower the temperature became it had gotten to 13 degrees and with such temperature it was harder to run fast, but they couldn't stop they had to keep running. It finally got to 6 degrees as Huwa began to lose speed and balance she was slowly about to lose consciousness as Francis pulled her and carried her on his right shoulder running as fast as his legs could carry him.
The temperature finally reduced a few seconds later and became the opposite, it began to heat up slowly at this time Huwa was back to her full self she thanked Francis and came down as she tried to take a step she fell as Francis rushed to her aid and held her hand
"Holy Shit!!! I'm gonna die here Francis!!! Please pull me up!!!!!" she screamed in fear as Francis groaned in pain trying to pull her up
"I'm trying hard Huwa...but I think my arms are broken I can barely stand another second...arghh!! Noooo!!! I cant let...you...dow"
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Sammy and Codesa were having an interesting walk so far, no obstacles or anything just a smooth ride as they say
"So, how did it feel when you were separated from us, I mean you must have been scared to death right?" Desa asked smiling so happily
"I was actually a bit scared though but I knew I wasn't gonna end there I mean I would literally give anything to see you again"
"Huh? Me?" She asked with a surprised look
"Uhm...I...I meant everyone" He concluded rubbing his hair as he chuckled
"I did miss you though, I mean the smart pants was nowhere to be found just that other dummy, do you have any idea how annoying Francis can be? He is way worse than a pain in the neck, I mean unlike you so calm and you know uhm...cool" She said smiling at him
“Thanks, I Lord Sam the Third shall treasure thy words with my life" He said shakily as she burst into laughter leaning on him, he turned to her and stared so intensely into her eyes as goosebumps started bubbling up from inside him, he felt like wasting not even a second and just grabbing her close and giving her a warm kiss when suddenly within a glance an arrow swept past his ear
"Go down Desaaaaa!!!" he yelled as he pulled her down with the arrows flooding from behind them in different directions
"These fellas really don't want us to get to Sanele I see, but we goin get to her I swear on that" Sammy said with a serious look as he wrapped his arms around Desa.
The arrows became much more intense and in no time an arrow would definitely hit them, Sammy started looking around studying the pattern in which the arrows were firing from and noticed they were moving spherically so they had a chance to move slowly within the center, in the middle of his speculation and calculation he noticed an open door straight ahead
"This is definitely the way out" he thought to himself as he decided that they'd crawl slowly towards the door but someone had to take the fall, cause in other to counter the pattern of the arrows one had to be hit so the other person can run into the door.
"Listen carefully Desa, okay these arrows are going spherically so we will be far from its reach whilst at the middle, we'll crawl slowly to the door ahead okay? go in front of me and remember Desa go straight ahead no tilting to the side" Sammy said panting heavily as she started crawling slowly.
They were only 50 steps forward when the pattern suddenly changed, the arrows began to move zig-zag making the middle an unmissable point
"Desaaaaa!!! The pattern changed!!!! These dumb cock suckers!!!...It's zig-zag Desaaa!! just systematically go to the left only...and spend at least 5 seconds before moving forward!!! Move now!!!" Sammy yelled as they moved ahead.
They got close to the door and it was time for the ultimate sacrifice Sammy ordered that she got up as fast as she could and ran into the door, as soon as she got up he wrapped his arms around her from behind as she ran in and he got a direct hit on his left thigh, he started bleeding profusely she had to tear a piece of her dress to tie him up to reduce the bleeding
"Why would you do that Sammy??" Desa said as tears slowly rolled down her eyes with her hand trying to tie up the wound
"I can't move any further Desa you'll have to leave without me, in no time the pattern would change again and it'd be heading straight for us just go without me...for what its worth I love you Desa I always have since we met I..."
she merged her lips with his seizing his words to a halt, he held her so tight and didn't want to let go
"Well sorry big boy(sniffs) I'm not leaving you here let's get out of this shit-hole together then after that maybe I'll leave for hiding these feelings from me for so long"
she said as they both chuckled and she dragged him up and they headed forward with the door slowly closing behind them.
They saw a trail of blood a few steps forward and they followed. It led to a door and behind it was Francis laying in his own pool of blood and Huwa by his side exhausted.
They hurried towards them as Sammy quickly spilled water on Huwa's face she gasped for breath, Desa quickly tied Francis's bleeding and broken arm as they stayed and waited for him to gain consciousness.
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FADE
Mystery / ThrillerSanele calls for a sleepover, but her friends had no idea what was about to happen A whole new ordeal was about to be brought to the light Can they save her? Or will she FADE?
