"Damn, these things just get harder and harder." Duo said.
"Well, let's start." Quatre said as he opened the door leading to the next room. On the floor there were 3 large holes in the floor.
"Which one do we go into?" asked Duo.
"The note says just to jump into one and then we'll be closer to our goal. And we only have 45 minutes left." Quatre replied.
"Well, how can we tell which one is safe to go into?" Duo asked.
"I have no idea." Quatre replied.
"I think I have an idea you guys." Trowa's voice was heard through their mini devices in their ears.
"Where have you been for the last hour?" asked Duo kind of peeved.
"Lunch break." Trowa simply replied.
"Your all weak if you need help! You weaklings!" a voice could be heard in the background.
"I'm suggesting that's Wufei." Quatre asked.
"Yes." Trowa replied.
"Well anyway, what's your idea?" asked Quatre.
"Do you have any rope?" Trowa asked.
"Yes, there are some right here." Duo said holding it up.
"Well, why don't one of you tie yourself to the rope and the other one has to lower you down into the hole. If the hole is safe, then the person will say so." Trowa told them.
"Hey, that's a pretty good idea." Duo said as he started putting the rope around Quatre's waist.
"Hey, who said that I was the one to go down. I already did the other one." Quatre said.
"Well, you weigh less and what happens if you can't pull me up and accidentally drop the rope and its not a safe hole." Duo told him.
"Fine, fine, fine. But you better not drop me." Quatre said as he double knotted the rope around him.
"Trust me." Duo said.
"That's what I'm worried about." Quatre thought as he was lowered into the hole.
"Well?" asked Duo.
"I can't see through this fog." Quatre yelled.
"Fog?" wondered Duo.
(5 minutes later)
"Pull me up!" Qautre's voice screamed.
"What?" asked Duo who was daydreaming about hot chocolate sundae with nuts and whip cream and strawberries topped with hot fudge and finally a cherry with sprinkles sprinkled all over (ok now I'm hungry).
"I said pull me up!" yelled Quatre!
"Ohhhh, ok." Duo said as he tugged on the rope until Quatre reappeared with his shoe wet and his pants a bit torn.
"What happened to you?" asked Duo.
"There were piranha's underneath the fog and I guess Noin hasn't fed them." Quatre replied tiredly.
"Oh well, that's one hole eliminated. That means just 2 more to go, and 35 minutes left so we'd better hurry up." Duo said.
"Darn." Thought Quatre as he slowly slid into another hole.
"Well?" shouted Duo.
"Lower me down a bit more, I'm not so sure." Quatre yelled.
"Ok!"
(5 minutes later)
"Hey Duo! Duo! This is the right one!" shouted Quatre happily.
"It is! Ok tell me when you're on the ground so that way you can tie it to something and then I can slide down the rope myself." Duo shouted back as he started to slide the rope down.
"Ok you can stop!" Quatre shouted.
"Ok! Tie it to something and tell me when I can slide down." Duo yelled as he held the rope.
"Now you can!" shouted Quatre.
"Ok." Duo said as he went down the rope.
"Weeeeee!!!!!" Duo's laughed. When he landed he looked at his hands and started screaming
"Ouccccchhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!" Duo started yelling.
"You didn't have any gloves?" asked Quatre.
"No! Why didn't you tell me?" asked Duo as he started rubbing his hands.
"Well I though you knew. I mean everyone knows that if you slide down rope without gloves, its going to hurt." Quatre replied.
"Well I didn't." Duo said as he walked slowly blowing his hands.
"Well come on anyway. We have 25 more minutes left. Now where is the next riddle." Quatre wondered.
"I don't know. You look." Duo replied as he still blew on his hands.
"I think I found it." Quatre said as he looked at a hand mirror lying on the floor.
"What do you mean you think you found it. It's just a mirror, not unless the clue is on your face backwards." Duo replied as he caught up with the Arabic.
"Look, there's dust on it. And when I breathe on it letters appear. I think that the dust is just covering the message." Quatre said as he blew all the dust off.
"Achoo! Next time blow it off somewhere else." Duo said as he sneezed and rubbed his nose.
"It says,
Go into the shaft
And pull up without any pressure.
Reach a floor and find a door
That leads to your treasure.