The hallway was just as dark as before. I let go of Mrs. Hudson's grip on me and gestured to her that I was fine and could walk on my own. She nodded as I went in a little ahead of her. Though Sherlock was behind Mrs. Hudson and me, I could see he was rolling his eyes and stepped in front of us. After that, he brushed his hands on the walls of the hallway to check and see if there was an opening. Then ten minutes went down to nine as the three of us cautiously walked in the dark.
"Sherlock, don't you think you should wait on us to catch up with you?" I asked leaning my hand and side of my body to the brick wall.
"No I won't wait. We need to keep pressing forward or we will die." Sherlock said stating the fact I was trying to ignore. Yes, we would die if Sherlock was constantly waited for Mrs. Hudson and I, but that doesn't mean to leave us behind to go on alone to catch this man. I calmed myself down on what I was going to say next.
"You are right. But even if we are given a bloody timer every time we play these games of his, we need to remind ourselves that we are friends and not just people who are forced to give up their characteristics based on survival." I said thoughtfully as I was steadying my voice to make it stronger. I didn't want to seem weak in front of anyone. Even though I screamed earlier, it did not mean that I was weak, yet I was not sharp enough to catch four rolling saw blades that were spinning inside a metal drawer.
Sherlock nodded and said, "Very well said from a soldier, but that is not stopping me from catching Kramer once and for all." Then as he noticed my hard stare, he sighed, "Okay yes, I'll slow the pace just a little. Now hurry up."
I knew I could get through to him so I pushed my pace a little more as Mrs. Hudson followed suit right behind me. She was about to say something when Sherlock stopped surprisingly at a part of the hallway wall. I kept a few inches away just so I didn't bump into him. Instead of me bumping him, Mrs. Hudson bumped into me which in turn made me bump him on accident. She said with a chuckle, "Sorry again! I am a very clumsy person!"
"I realized that from the moment I saw you." Sherlock said as he kept his eyes forward to the spot he stopped at. "Still, you have a right foot and a left foot that can hold together. But that heel in your right foot is so tilted which is why you are clumsy in the first place. I can't see why you never fall down unless you are so scared. In this case, I now know why."
"You really had to explain all of that?" I asked with a retort.
Sherlock finally turned his head in the darkness at me and answered, "Yes, yes I had to. Is there something wrong with that?"
"Nothing. It's just you being you." I said with such frustration.
"Oh..." Sherlock replied as he turned once again forward. He pressed his hands over the hallway's brick walls. I could see him grinning in the dark and he cheerfully said, "I found the missed hallway where the dummy came out of."
Suddenly, he went around what looked like the corner and I followed in right behind me with Mrs. Hudson doing the same. I could smell a stink building up which for some reason didn't bother me at all. Though with Mrs. Hudson, it did. She sneezed loudly right behind me. Unfortunately, I got some of her snot on the back of my neck. It was actually gross, but I decided to not let it get the best of me.
Sherlock abruptly stopped once again as we saw light coming from the end of the hallway. Finally, there was light and we had six minutes till whatever happens could kill us at any moment. I was beginning to wonder if it might be the same bomb that was mentioned before. Kramer could still be blowing up the building no matter what. The mad man known as Jigsaw wanted us to die even if our lives depended on us. If he didn't want to, he would have made this a lot easier for us to find him. Though thinking through what we went through today, I am guessing he wasn't the type of man who found things to be taken the safer, easier way. I kept thinking about this as we got closer to the exit. The light was getting brighter as my eyes were staring like a homing beacon to the brightness. As we got to the door, Sherlock opened it as we all stepped into a new room. I didn't know what would happen next as soon as we entered.