Escape the Night: Mermaid Tails
A/N: Hey, ETN fans, time to see who will be voted into the next challenge to get the doll.
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Disclaimer: I don't own anything from Escape the Night. I just own any and all characters that I just happen create.
CHAPTER SIX: VOTING TIME…AGAIN
The group returned to the living room, where Joey, Dawn, and Lele sat down on the small couch, Eva sat in one of the chairs, Oli and Benny sat on the couch with their backs to the fireplace, and both Matt and Tim sat on the other couch, but Tim was making a point of not sitting too close to Matt, partly because he was still wet.
"Well," Joey remarked. "That got interesting out there."
"It certainly did," Dawn agreed.
"Yeah," Matt said with a defensive shrug. "You guys are just a little too turned up here."
"Turned up?" Eva growled, her eyes were narrow with rage. "Is that the correct word for right now? Do we wanna party with DJ Snake right now?" She stood up, her face purple with rage, and her hands were curled into fists. "I don't think so."
"I don't have to say anything," Lele pointed out. "She's saying it all for me."
'And Eva is getting ready to Hulk out,' Benny thought, glad that he wasn't the target of her rage.
"You stand to the side," Eva continued, doing just that, "and say 'I'm gonna let you guys take care of this one'." She then sat back down. "So let's take care of you."
"That was a good impression," Tim admitted.
Matt scowled at them and shook his head. "You guys suck."
"Let's put it to a vote," Arthur said from behind the table, holding up a pen. "It's time."
"I vote that they all suck," Matt grumbled.
Arthur raised his eyebrows and held out the pen. "Matt. It's your turn. Go first."
Sighing, Matt got up and went to the table, where he took the pen from the butler, and he wrote down a name, tossing it into the hat. He then sat back down, not really paying attention as the others took their turns at voting.
Once the voting was done, Arthur picked up the hat, giving it a shake, and then he chose the first name. "Matt."
"Of course it is," Lele scoffed.
Arthur selected another paper and read the name. "And the second name is… Tim."
Tim blinked while Lele cheered. "Me?"
Matt shook his head. "I was not expecting that."
"Let's get this done, man," Oli suggested.
"And we might not die," Tim pointed out.
"Nah," Lele said flippantly. "You guys are going to die."
"He's gonna die," Eva snarled, pointing at Matt. "If he comes back alive…" Her voice dropped several octaves. "If he come back alive, we're gonna kill him."
Tim and Matt followed Arthur up the stairs, this time they were going up to the third floor, where they hadn't been to before, and Tim was passing the time by telling jokes. Matt didn't care, but he didn't stop his friend from telling the jokes either, and he didn't say any until they finally reached the third floor for the first time.
"They hate me."
"No, they don't," Tim protested, although he knew that certain people weren't too happy with his friend. "They're stressed, that's all. It's been a rough night. They'll-"
"Don't lie to me, Tim," Matt interrupted. "They want me gone. Lele. Eva. All of them. They hate me, they're out to get me, and I don't care anymore."
Tim sighed as Arthur directed them to the north corner of the house, where there was a closed door and an empty mantle was waiting for them. "Just focus on the challenge, okay?" he suggested, holding up the tablet. "We got this." He sighed again when his friend shook his head.
Rolling his eyes, Tim slid the tablet onto the mantle, and the door swings open to reveal…dolls. Lots and lots of dolls, piled up on two identical couches, staring at Tim and Matt like they were fresh meat.
"Omigod," Matt moaned. "Dude…I don't like dolls."
Normally, Tim didn't mind dolls, but these dolls were seriously creeping him out – some were disfigured, some had burnt faces, a few of them were covered in what looked suspiciously like blood, and one in particular looked like a ghoul. Tim didn't know what he was expecting, but this sure as hell wasn't it.
Also, there were two dollhouses set up in the middle of the room, each with a book next to it, and there was a table smack dab in between said dollhouses. On the table were two glasses of red wine, an hourglass, and a note.
"'Both of you take a drink if you want to know more'," Tim and Matt read together and they exchanged uneasy looks. "Um…"
Reluctantly they both picked up the glasses and Tim made the mistake of sniffing his, and made a face. "Ugh. What is it?"
"Is it blood?" Matt wondered with a cringe, and then he clinked his glass against Tim's. "Cheers."
"Let's do this."
They hooked arms, as if to protect each other from whatever might be in there, and drank. Tim downed his in one go, but Matt only managed to empty a quarter of his glass.
"All the way, bro."
"No-" Matt coughed. "It's just-"
"All the way!"
"It says take a drink! I took a drink!"
Tim shrugged and they both put the glasses down. "Okay, fine." The words were barely out of his mouth before another note appeared from under the door. "Oh! A note!"
"I wanna read it, I wanna read it," Matt said, running around the dollhouses to pick it up and Tim joined him as he read it. "'You just drank poison'."
"Seriously?!" Tim asked, annoyed as he slammed his hand on the table that the nearest dollhouse was sitting on. "Seriously, we just drank poison?!"
"'Sorry about that, but it was quite funny from where I'm standing'," Matt continued reading, and felt like kicking himself for drinking the red liquid, too. "'There is only one portion of the antidote, and the only way to retrieve it is to search your side of the room for three dolls that best reflect the rhymes in your storybook and place them in their proper setting in the house. When you think you have positioned the dolls correctly, slam your storybook against the table. Whoever completes the dollhouse first will receive a vial. If you have positioned your dolls correctly, the vial will contain the antidote, and you will be able to save yourself from the poison in your veins. However, if you get it wrong, the vial will contain another dose of poison, and you will die immediately after you drink it. You have thirty minutes to complete this puzzle before the poison takes effect'."
They both sighed. Here we go again.
A/N: They had to drink poison? Seriously?! Man, what a bummer. R&R everyone!
