Simmons, Skye and Ward watched May's retreating back. Out of the corner of her eye Skye saw something moving in Ward's hair.
"Ward, bend over. You have maggots in your hair." She told him.
Ward bent over so she could brush them out.
"Anyone else starting to feel sick?" Skye asked as she picked a stubborn one out.
"It's a combination of the maggots and smell." Simmons said, wishing she had some oil to put under her nose.
"I haven't smelt anything quite like this in a while." Ward admitted, earning a shocked look of Skye.
"That's for another time. We better follow that arrow before we get gently persuaded" He continued leading the way.
May made it to the kennels without any incident. She approached her box and got out the item inside. She looked at it wondering what the hell it was before placing it in her backpack and fastening it securely.
She turned around and walked, head held high towards the gate.
Coulson heard the dogs barking and indicated to Fitz they they should climb. They knew Simmons was up next and they wanted to provide her with all of the support that they could while she was being chased by a pack of dogs.
They were incredibly surprised to see the gates so far back and to find May stood at the them ready to run.
"Release the hounds."
They watched as May started sprinting. She was fast, but the dogs were soon enough catching up to her. She was maybe 10 metres from the ladder when the first dog made to jump on her back, but May, sensing it leapt towards a branch of an overhanging tree, swung her body up and over it, out of the reach of the snapping dogs before letting go and landing cat like on the ladder.
"WHOOP!" cheered Coulson and Fitz; after all, they weren't sure that she was going to make it.
As she got to the top of the wall Coulson grasped one shoulder while Fitz grasped the other and together they pulled her onto the hay bales.
"That was far too close." She gasped, sinking into them.
Ward, Simmons and Skye were heading to their next challenge. They had followed the arrows back to the river and there was another two ropes spanning it. They had to cross it. This time they were at least 20 metres above it.
"It's a good job Fitz isn't here!" Simmons said as she looked down into the murky black water.
"We'd never get to the next challenge." Skye pointed out, making Ward laugh.
"How do we do this?" Simmons asked.
"Together. Skye first, then me then you." Ward told her. He wanted to be in the middle so that if either of them fell he would stand a chance of catching them.
Skye wiped the sweat off her hands before climbing onto the ropes. She climbed out a little way to allow for Ward and Simmons.
She felt the rope lower as Ward climbed onto it.
"Will this hold us?" She asked him.
"It should, but I guess we'll find out when we all get wet!"
Wrapping one hand around the top rope Ward helped Simmons climb onto the lower one. When he was satisfied that she was as secure as she could be he prompted Skye to go. She breathed a sigh of relief when the rope held all of them. They followed the path where the arrow pointed them to and came face to face with another creepy looking building.
"Why do they always have to look so creepy?" Skye asked.
"Because if they didn't then you wouldn't be so scared?" Ward suggested, which earned him a punch in the arm.
"Can we just get this over with?" Simmons asked.