Chapter 4.

The amusement park.

The two women looked at each other in terror, and as they held hands to stay together, Glades asked her: excuse me, I don't remember asking your name, ¿what is it?, to which the blonde replied, my name is Emily and I know that your name is Glades, because he mentioned your name several times when you were unconscious, to which Glades said: I would have loved to meet you under other circumstances and not in these unpleasant moments, so Emily thought the same…

Suddenly, a turbine began to sound and the toy balls began to be drained as if something was sucking them from the bottom, so they ran to the mesh at the edge of that ball pool.

Then the voice they hated so much rang out, Chester suddenly said to them: my dear angels, since you are both so curious and you will be wondering what you are doing in a children's pool full of toys, the answer is easy, if you manage to stay in the safety net until the next alarm sounds, you will have won, but I only recommend you to be careful where you step, without further I say goodbye, I hope you have fun.

Just like that, the pool was completely empty, revealing that there was indeed a hole in the bottom under those balls and that they had not sunk because they had fallen into a small part of lined concrete, so Emily saw Glades and said with tears in her face…¿how long do you think we are going to be holding on to this net?, My legs can't take it anymore and my strength seems to be running out with each second, so Glades answered: dry your tears because that is exactly what he wants from us, he wants to see us die humiliated so he can rejoice in his victory; Remember that we are stronger than this, we will get out of here alive, I promise you, then Emily told her: it seems that God forgot about us and left us at the mercy of the devil... I never thought this would happen to me, because it is clear that these are only things that are seen on television, this can not be my damn reality, said Emily squeezing that mesh tightly and letting tears and drool escape from her mouth, which gave her a rather unpleasant appearance, as if she were in agony; then Glades told her: it does not matter when or how, but I am sure that we will get out of this place. So, while they were both talking waiting for an alarm to sound, they hadn't realized that the floor where they were standing began to shoot out sharp blades that spun in the direction of their feet. Upon realizing this, both women lifted their legs as best they could, trying to hold on to each other, hugging each other's legs with theirs, but this wasn't enough, as the blades rose with each second, it seemed as if they needed to slice something urgently... that made their desperation get out of control because they began to try to raise the mesh a little more, realizing then that the more they tried, the lower the mesh was, but they couldn't give up, they had dreams and goals to fulfill and above all, they wanted to live.

 Then, they began to shout his name, Chester Valt, telling him to let them live, both of them asked for forgiveness and swore that they could do anything in exchange for his life, they knew that he did not seem to have any sympathy with life, the screams of his name were heartbreaking, and it was not until one of the blades managed to cut a large piece of the pants they were wearing below the thigh, when panic set in and they tried to go back up as much as they could, but just at that moment, the alarm sounded and those blades stopped, however, they did not dare to go down, until they heard Chester's voice telling them: my precious flowers from the garden of the beasts, today you will both have to get off that net and go to the next level, which is right in the middle of the blades... look on the bright side, if one of you slips or steps wrong on one of those blades, the mechanism will activate and you will both end up as prime steak, so I wish you good luck and look at which one you have to step on…

At that answer, the women were horrified. It wasn't just the fact that they had to get off the mesh, but they had to be careful where they stepped because there was no damn floor, that is, they would have to walk on the steel blades of those knives that were anxiously waiting to be turned on, which led each of them to start to despair even more.

However, Glades told Emily that he thought it was a trap, that it would be best not to get off the mesh… In any case, we could die by doing so, but Emily told her: I don't intend to take that risk, I have a life ahead of me, dreams and goals to fulfill, a daughter that I want to hug and give lots of kisses to as soon as I get out of this mess.

That said, Emily began to descend while Glades begged her not to do it, that it was suicide, but Emily preferred not to listen and continued descending until her feet were about to meet the first blade, at which point Emily decided to release one hand and hold on to the mesh with the other, then untying one of her shoes with her teeth to remove the braids, and with her canines, she rubbed the thin fabric of her laces so hard that she managed to cut it, then she threw a cord on one of the blades, which did not light up; she threw a second cord a little further away... she immediately began to walk and after a few seconds she stopped; So, Emily looked back at Glades and said: the only way we can get out of this place is by marking which blades don't have an ignition mechanism, to which Glades replied: I've been able to realize that, but it's a little dangerous to do so, ¿what if we fail?,If we try, we'll still die, but Emily told her: I have an idea, we can recreate a starting point based on some objects that we carry on top, we already know that the minimum weight of any object is perceived by the blades, which indicates that our own weight can also be detected in this place... To which Glades replies: and ¿what do you suggest we do in this situation?, to which Emily tells her: for heaven's sake, I think I've been pretty clear, you have to take off the boots you're wearing, belt, whatever, we have to mark which blades we're going to go through, because believe me, you're not going to spend eternity hanging from that mesh like a chimpanzee, to which Glades nodded, and just as Emily had done, she began to take off the winter boots she was wearing and threw them back to Emily so that she could continue marking the way out, turning out that in effect other mechanisms had not been activated, so Emily took out the sole of that boot and the one of her shoe and threw them a little further and they did not activate either, then Glades from the mesh told her: from that last point we can jump to the center and escape, to which Emily said: ¿What are you waiting for?, Then get down from that place and let's go together, so Glades went down to the point where Emily was and both held hands tightly and put their feet on the first blade, and indeed, as if they had sensed it, it did not activate... they continued jumping until the next blades that were marked and did not activate, but suddenly that blade where they were, which was in the middle, began to move slowly with all the blades as if they were at a minimum speed, so both hugged each other and held each other's hands tightly sweating from the nerves, when Chester's voice was heard saying: It seems that the bunnies are jumping from place to place to find their way back home, but really to get out of this floor they need to do it by jumping from the highest point of the mesh with the moving blades, however, you have moved me with this movement you have made, so for that reason I will give you ninety seconds to return to the mesh and not become the next steak of some rich man, see you on the next level. 

Immediately those women saw each other and began to jump back, they were desperate and it was totally valid to be so, they barely managed to touch the mesh and half hold on to it, that was when the blades began to move and they began to quickly climb that mesh as if they were monkeys... And the more they climbed the mesh the more it leaned inwards, then, when they reached the highest point, they felt the mesh slippery and cold as ice, realizing that the mesh was connected to the floor above, which apparently was still frozen, so both women without thinking twice when seeing the moving blades, swung and jumped hugging each other waiting for the first cut, but instead they were only greeted by a bouncy castle...