72 Hours: A Ticking Time Bomb

{-CHAPTER NINE-}

"Did you all see me? How quick I found my color?" Sergey chanted while walking down the hall to the next challenge.

"Yeah. We know. We've heard the same damn thing over and over again about a million times already!" Victor sighed as he put his palm to his face. He of all people was fed up with Sergey's bragging.

"You wouldn't know, Victor. You took forever to find yours!" Sergey taunted

"I literally got second!" Victor sighed.

"Well you know what they say. Second place is the first loser!" Sergey laughed. Victor sighed.

"I'm done arguing with you. Let's just find the next challenge and get the hell out of here."

"And save Duncan!" Michael chimed in.

"Yeah." Nevena said.

They were walking for about another hour before coming across a door that lead to outside.

"Outside? In January? In The Netherlands? We're gonna freeze half to death!" Sergey complained.

"Well it's better than watching you shake your bootie in a victory dance." Victor said, rolling his eyes.

"Will you two shut up already? You're killing me!" Damiano groaned. Michael nodded in agreement to Damiano's request.

"Let's just get this over with." Netta said as they opened the door to the frigid temperatures of the back courtyard. What lay before them was a garden with an eight foot tall shrub maze.

"Great!" Sergey laughed. "A maze?"

"You know. I think the day Sergey stops complaining will be the day that pigs learn to fly." Victor chuckled a little at his own joke.

"Let's just get to the challenge already. I'm sick of both of you and your attitudes!" Netta sighed.

"Gimme the note." Damiano laughed a little.

"Gimme got shot." Sergey said.

Everyone looked at him blankly.

"Let's just get this over with so we don't have to deal with Sergey anymore.." Michael sighed.

"Wow. My feelings!" Sergey whimpered as he held his hands to his heart just to be dramatic.

"Challenge #4:

You will be divided into two teams of three. I have picked the teams already. Nevena, John, and Damiano are on a team. Victor, Michael, and Netta are on another. Sergey will be the one on watch to declare the winners and losers. If he lies about a winner or a loser, he will be eliminated in place of the loser of the challenge.

One person per team will race against another person from the opposing team. The first to find the end of the maze, will win for his or her team. The team with the most victories wins. Your opponents will be drawn randomly out of a bucket.

Good luck to all of you.

-Alessandro Mahmoud, Mahmood."

"Ha! Now you can't cheat to get me killed!" Victor laughed.

"You really think I'd do such a thing?" Sergey said smugly.

"Judging by the way you've been acting? Yes. Yes, yes I do." Victor said, placing his hands on his hips.

Nevena began to tremble.

"We're..... We're not on the same team...." She said, turning to face Victor.