Chapter 9 – Better Wise Up, Helen Magnus
Helen felt a twinge of doubt bubble inside her; this all felt too easy. Not that she doubted the ingenuity of her team, but there had been no repercussions of their actions. From what Will had said, someone was definitely watching them, so them cheating the system usually would have an armada of hell reigning upon them by now.
Either that, or Nikola was right, maybe some sick freak was the puppet master to this.
Ughh…and she had given in…
She held the stun-gun tentatively, atleast grateful that Henry never came unprepared.
Big Guy still carried Kate, who was leaking blood like a broken faucet, well, enough to cause some worry.
Will had the other gun in hand, keeping his eyes peeled for any other tricks, and Nikola brought up the rear with his hands clasped behind his back and him whistling Touch Me, just to get on her nerves.
"Nikola will you please stop that racket! We are trying to proceed with a modicum of stealth!" she scolded him, which he took with a grin.
"Really Helen? Don't you think that if whoever is running this game was going to come after us he would've done it by now?" Nikola gave her a look and she grinded her teeth.
"Maybe he is waiting for one of us to screw up so he can make his move unexpectedly, now shut it!" she growled at him and he frowned at her.
"Seriously Helen, you are so paranoid, just because you're embarrassed doesn't mean you have to be bitter," he said cheekily making Helen sneer and turn on her heel to keep walking.
"Dude, you are playing with a time-bomb, stop it before she blows up," said Henry.
"Oh, don't worry, she loves me…" smirked Nikola and he kept striding along behind the group, most likely staring intently at Helen's ass.
The group went on for a bit more till Helen stopped.
"Do any of you know where we are going?" asked Nikola non-chalantly, as he leaned against the wall.
"Of course we don't, but so far there has only been one route, this way has to lead to the exit!" said Will.
"Maybe that's why we haven't been experiencing anything nasty, maybe he's making us go around in circles!" said Henry.
They all stared at Helen who had her brow scrunched up in concentration.
"What would be the point in making us go around in circles?" asked Will.
"To make us frustrated, I don't know what kind of sick freak runs this thing, he might think it's funny!" shouted Henry.
"Or that we're running out of time, guh guh!" said Big Guy, he cradled Kate who was unconscious now.
"Well what do we do about it?" asked Will and Helen turned around to face them.
"I don't know, but we must do something fast," she searched their faces for any ideas.
"Well we could go back the way we came or go forward, your choice," muttered Nikola with a hint of humour.
"Your no help, Nikola," Helen looked away from him.
"Tracking dots! I always bring them!" Henry digged through his bag and pulled out the little devices taking one and handing it to Helen. "If we're going around in circles we'll know."
"Good work Henry!" Helen took the device and placed it on the wall.
She turned around.
"Alright lets keep walking, move your feet Nikola!" she glared at him and he grinned back.
"Right behind you HELLLLENNN!" Helen almost did a double take as the wall Nikola had been leaning on turned taking the man with it.
The speakers buzzed to life again.
I'll tell you once
I won't tell you twice
You'd better wise up, Janet Weiss
Your apple pie don't taste too nice
You'd better wise up, Janet Weiss
Helen gasped and went up to the wall and pushed on it, it didn't budge.
"Nikola!"
She got no answer.
"Well that's great, that's just perfect! Now we have to find him again!" groaned Will.
"I don't think he's sitting in a concrete room waiting to be rescued this time…we should probably hurry," said Henry, his face covered in worry.
Helen nodded her head and started to jog down the corridor, with the rest of them trailing behind her.
I've laid the seed, it should be all you need
You're as sensual as a pencil
Wound up like an 'E' or first string
When we made it, did you hear a bell ring?
You got a block, well take my advice
You'd better wise up, Janet Weiss
Helen kept running until she felt like the ground beneath her had gone, and then before she knew it she was falling.
More like tumbling…
A little bit of sliding…
She heard the rest of the team falling behind her.
Suddenly she was flying again and landing hard on to the floor.
Planet!
Henry came flying afterwards.
Schmanet!
Will and Kate landed on top of them.
Janet!
Big Guy came rolling down completing the dog pile.
You'd better wise up, Janet Weiss
You'd better wise up
Build your thighs up
Helen gasped for breath and squirmed from under the pile of bodies atop her.
"That was fun," said Will sarcastically.
They hadn't landed in a room like before, but into what looked like a steel cage.
It was an elevator, well, a prop elevator, one used for the live playing of Rocky, or maybe for gimics.
The elevator doors closed behind them and soon she felt a shift and the elevator started its slow ascent to lord knows where.
You'd better wise up, Janet Weiss!
