Chapter #10 Truth AND dare

                                    

                                          
We were walking and walking. Suddenly we saw a line drawn in the ground. "This is not suspicious. Totally not." Scarlet said. "I agree. What will we do?" "I'll cross it." "Me too." "No, I don't want you to get hurt." "Why?" "I... Uh.... I just don't want, okey?!" he said. I sighed, but when he was about to get through it I jumped and landed beside him, so we crossed it in one moment. He was about to say something, but a familiar voice began to drill our skulls.
                          
"Hello there!" that's voice of someone that began it all "I usually like to tell everything myself, but I had to get ready, so I just left something like voicemail. You crossed the line - you hear it. So... I guess that you see that giant mountain that looks a bit like a wall. You have to get there. It's some kind of checkpoint. You will get some food, mabye you'll meet friends, and we'll all play a game. Game during The Game! Good luck with getting here, because it won't be easy! Oh, and if you'll get there faster than in hour you won't be able to get to the top, and then you will have to wait. When you will be able to get to the top... it will be only 1 hour, then you won't be able to get to the top again. Ones who'll stay will be killed by monsters."
                          
"So... what are we doing now?" I asked. "We're going straight in his way." "All right... And if we'll be late?" "I don't know, let's try to not be, okey?" he looked at me and I noded. We began to walk in correct way. If we'd run we would be tired soon. Road was really weird. Our path suddenly went under the ground. There was no wall on our right, but another gigantic hole in the ground. It was another canyon. Light was getting into our, now not road, but corridor. After less than one hour we were really close. "Guess we won't be late." he said. 
                          
"Do you have a name?" I asked. "What? Why are you asking?" "I saw your face. I just realized, that I don't know your name." "And why you want to know?" "Well, you know my name. Why won't you tell me your's?" "I don't know... I just...." he was trying to say. Suddenly I saw a really big rock moving and ready to fall. And it did. I pushed Scarlet out of it's way, but it was too late for me and stone felled at my leg. Scarlet didn't expect to be pushed, so he stumbled and fell to the ground. He quickly turned his head to look at me.
                          
My legs hurted a lot. I tried to crawl away from stone, but I couldn't move. "Wait, I got this." he said. He woke up and caught stone. He tried to pull it up. "OW! It hurts! My legs! It hurts more!" I shouted. "Sorry! Sorry! What am I supposed to do now?!" "Put that stone down!" I said. He did it and then knelt beside me. "What should I do now?" he asked "How am I supposed to help you?" "Just..." I took a deep breath "leave me." "What?! Are you kidding?!" "No... Look, Scarlet. I will slowly crawl out and my powers will help me, but I have to do it slowly. You should go and make sure that you'll be safe." "...Okey." he whispered. He woke up, clenched his fist and slowly walked away. Suddenly he turned back and ran into my way. "No! I can't leave you!" he shouted and sat beside me "I can't..." he whispered.
                          
"Scarlet, please, go! You have to, and we both know it!" "I can't leave you! Not here, not now." "Then when and where?" "Never and nowhere! I can't!" he said. I sighed. Why won't he just leave? It would be easier. For me and for him. I didn't want him to get hurt. Maybe... maybe I like him more than I thought. I closed my eyes. "Please... go." I said. He sighed. "Why?" "Because I want at least one of us to survive." I looked at him. "And I want both of us to survive!" "We both know that you have to leave me here." "I won't do it." he said. He took off his mask. I could see that he was sad. "If you'll stay I will never forgive you... you and myself. I won't forgive myself that I let you! I don't want you to die!" I said. He closed his eyes and clenched his fists again. "Go...!" I said. He suddenly looked at me. "And I don't want you to die." he said. "Go! I will get to the mountain, but go!" I said. He stood up and placed our bag next to me.
                          
"I will. If you really want me to. BUT bag stays with you." he said and I noded. He was about to walk away, "Thank you, Scarlet." I said. He looked at me. "Ben." he said and smiled a little "You can call me Scarlet, or by my real name." "All right. See you, Ben." I smiled. "See you, punk." he walked away.