Chapter 60

It had been a couple of minutes later as Scarlet, Jasper and Garry making their way through the labyrinth, while the gang watched as Marcus had a concerned looked on his face.

"Hey, is something wrong?" Franklin asked.

"Why did they pick a werewolf out of all the monsters in the world?" Said Marcus.

"Oh, cheer up, Marcus. Werewolves are common scary monsters. Don't feel about it." Said Violet as she patted his back.

Suddenly, a feral vampire appeared before the three as they stopped.

"Holy water!" Said Scarlet.

"Uh, a cross?" Said Garry.

"Wooden stake!" Said Jasper.

Scarlet got a vial of holy water and slashed it onto the vampire. It screeched, while Garry held the cross to it as it kept its distance. But Jasper moved in and stabbed the stake from the back and out of it chest. The vampire doll froze and fell apart as Violet felt an offended.

"Really? A vampire? We're one of the most civilized!" Said Violet.

"It's okay, Violet. Vampires are common scary monsters." Said Marcus with a smirk.

"Oh, really? I didn't know. Also, shut up!" Said Violet.

Meanwhile, we see North Winchester face a Minotaur as it swung its axe down on them. San Teresa were attacked by Chimera as it breathed out fire at them. And Thunderbird were fighting a Redcap goblin as it swung a short, handled scythe at them with fast speed. We then see the Scarlet, Garry and Jasper reached a large room as there were two open doorways, while in the middle was a large closed door as it required two keys to open.

"Yay, it looks like we need to separate." Said Jasper.

"I call Scarlet as my partner." Said Garry as he grabbed her hand.

"Garry, it should be me and Jasper. Or at the very least you and Jasper. I can handle myself." Said Scarlet.

"You sure about that?" Said Jasper asked.

"Yeah, you don't fight that much." Said Garry.

"I so do fight!" Scarlet yelled.

"Scarlet, now's not the time. To argue." Said Garry, joking as Scarlet had a pouty look on her face.

"(Chuckles) He's right. I'll go with you Scarlet. Garry, take the right doorway. Be careful." Said Jasper.

"No worries. You guys as well. Especially, strawberry over there." Said Garry as he ran off.

"WHO TOLD YOU!? JASPER!" Scarlet yelled as Jasper was walking ahead of her.

"C-C'mon, strawberry." Jasper chuckled.

"I hate you both!" Scarlet yelled.

They all ran off as we see Garry arrive at another room and saw a key in the middle of the room, while having a suspicious look on his face.

"Yeah, I've played way too many games to know that this is a trap. Oh, no! I'm so vulnerable in this doll state! I sure hope a big bad monster doesn't come and—" Said Garry.

Suddenly, multiple trolls dropped from the ceiling as they surrounded Garry.

"Yup, called it! But you may be thinking. Oh, he's trapped in here with us. No, you're trapped in here with me! Now, praise the sun!" Said Garry as he held his hand up.

An orb of sun light energy appeared as he flashed the light on them all as the trolls into stone. Garry grabbed the key, proud of himself. Until the exit started to close as Garry, panicked and ran to it. Garry quickly changed into one of his chimera form as his build was slimmer and lighter as he looked lizard like and bolted and slid underneath he closing door.

"Chimera Form: Speedster!" Said Garry as he struck a cool pose.

Meanwhile, we see Scarlet and Jasper making their way, while she was still pouting. Jasper looked back and couldn't stop laughing at her face.

"Scarlet, I promise it wasn't me. You're parents came to us and talked. And they said that name in front of everyone." Said Jasper.

"Whatever! I don't care anymore. Let's focus on the challenge!" Said Scarlet.

"Right." Said Jasper.

They soon reached the room that was dark as the key was the only visible thing in there. It was glowing as Jasper and Scarlet cautiously walked in. They made their way to the key as Jasper reached for it, until…

"Jasper, wait." Said Scarlet.

"What?" Said Jasper.

"I…I didn't say that…" Said Scarlet, nervously.

Jasper was surprised as he saw two glowing red eyes behind Scarlet.

"Look out!" Jasper shouted as he pushed her away.

Scarlet was pushed away, but Jasper got cut across the chest. Scarlet landed on the ground as Jasper saw that it was a wendigo. It threw itself at Jasper, but he turned intangible as the wendigo phased through as he stood with Scarlet.

"Scarlet, do you know what that is?" Jasper asked.

"It's a wendigo. I know just the thing to stop it." Said Scarlet.

Scarlet then snapped her fingers as the wendigo burst into flames as it screeched loudly in pain. But Scarlet increased the fires temperature as she burned the wendigo into ashes, while Jasper looked at Scarlet with a nervous look.

"I think you got him." Said Jasper.

"I think so too." Said Scarlet.

She then grabbed the key as they ran back, while Garry was waiting for them.

"Alright, you guys got the key!" Said Garry.

"You know it." Said Scarlet.

"Alright. Let's see what's next." Said Jasper.

They approached the door as the keys flew out of their hands and flew into the door's keyholes. The door opened for them as they walked through and saw a large circle table in the middle of the room. They looked around as saw a part of the wall had a map of the entire world as multiple holes in certain spots. Jasper saw that the exit had multiple locks, as if they need many keys to open it. And on the table were many wooden figures of monsters they face and others that they hadn't as they all approached it.

"Okay…this is a bit different." Said Jasper.

"Hey, Scar. What do you think we're supposed to do?" Garry asked.

Scarlet approached the table and grabbed a wooden figure of the wendigo. She then looked at the map on the wall and looked for Canada. She approached it and put the wendigo figure into the hole and it fit in perfectly. Suddenly, one of the locks was opened as they knew what to do.

"Grab and figure and put it in the slot where that monster originates." Said Scarlet.

"Right!" Said Garry and Jasper.

We see that the other teams were in a similar room as team Salem as it was a race. Garry and Scarlet were putting the figures in the right slots, while Jasper stood by letting them do their thing as he didn't know much about identifying monsters.

"Pegasus, Greece!" Said Garry.

"Kamaitachi, Japan!" Said Scarlet.

"Nian, China!" Said Garry

"Basilisk, Britian!" Said Scarlet.

"Banshee, Ireland!" Said Garry.

"Draugr, Norway!" Said Scarlet.

"Kelpie, Scotland." Said Garry.

"Sphinx, Egypt!" Said Scarlet.

"Boto Encantada, Brazilian. And it's a pink shape shifting dolphin, in case you're wondering." Said Garry.

"Zmei, Russia." Said Scarlet.

"Wow, you guys know a lot of monsters." Said Jasper as they kept on going.

"You know how I love learning." Said Scarlet.

"I just like learning about different species and races. I like animals too. Though, some don't like me. Ask Iris about that." Said Garry.

"Last one! And…huh?" Said Scarlet.

"What is it?" Garry asked.

"I don't know what this one is." Said Scarlet.

"Let me take a look. Damn, I know this one! But what is it?" Said Garry.

"Can I take a look?" Jasper asked.

"Looks like a Black Shuck or Black dog. But there aren't any spaces in the British Isles." Said Scarlet.

"Yeah, and here I thought were on a roll! And who knows if the other teams or ahead or not." Said Garry.

"It's El Cadejo." Said Jasper.

"El what?" Garry asked.

"You know it?" Scarlet asked.

"Yeah. There are two spirits. The white and black Cadejo. The white will make sure you get home safely and the black will ensure your death. I can tell you later when we have the time. But I'm sure that's it." Said Jasper.

Scarlet and Garry looked at each other as Scarlet placed the figure into the slot. Garry crossed his figures, until the last locked open and the door opened as Scarlet and Garry jumped from joy, while Jasper was relieved. They all ran out to see that North Winchester had finished first as the team waved at them. Then came out San Teresa and then Thunderbird as the crowd cheered. The screen showed their places as North Winchester was in the lead with 18 points, Salem in second with 15 points, San Teresa in third with 14 and Thunderbird was in last with 12 points. Alastair had a cocky look on his face, while Clair was a bit angry as her school was in last. It would be later as they gang walked out happy as everyone was in a good mood.

"We're in second! Awesome job, you guys!" Said Violet.

"It was mostly these two. I didn't do much." Said Jasper.

"Oh, don't be so modest. You helped us out in that last most monster. If you weren't there, we would've gotten last place." Said Garry.

"Yeah, I say, you're the reason we got second place, Jasper." Said Scarlet.

"Well, if you put it like that." Said Jasper, bashful.

"Either, let's not let this get to our heads. Tomorrow is the last day of the games." Said Marcus.

"Yeah! So no holding back, team!" Said Violet.

"Took the words out of my mouth." Said Marcus.

"Then let's do this! How about training more at the lair?" Said Franklin.

"Not a bad idea." Said Iris.

"But we just finished a challenge." Said Garry.

"That used your brain. Plus you were in a doll." Said Marcus.

"Doesn't mean it was tiring. I need a nap." Said Garry.

"Uh, excuse me?" Said a girl.

They all turned as they were follow students of Salem as they approached Scarlet.

"C-Could we get your autograph?" Said a girl.

"O-Or a picture. You guys were so great in the challenge." Said a boy.

"Uh, sure." Said Scarlet.

"Would you like mine? I helped too." Said Garry.

"Didn't you lose the fourth challenge?" Another girl asked.

"Y-Yeah, that was me." Said Garry looking gloomy.

"Heh, he looks like Jasper." Said Violet.

They took pictures with the gang as Garry still looked gloomy. They soon finished up as the students were about to leave.

"Thanks so much!" Said one of the girls.

"Good luck tomorrow! We're counting on you!" Said the boy.

"Thanks for the support." Said Violet.

"I just want to say that you guys are inspiring. I heard about you guys since Isaac's your leader. But I can see why you guys are one of best teams in Salem Academy." Said the girl.

"We are? Er, I mean, of course." Said Violet.

"You guys make me want to do better. So thank you. Bye." Said the girl as she left with her friends, happily.

"Anyone else feeling…humble?" Garry asked.

"I know I do. Let's go train!" Said Scarlet.

"Then let's go." Said Marcus.

But he noticed Haley nearby as she was looking at a dog stuff animal. She blushed at how cute it looked as Marcus stopped.

"You guys go ahead. I have to try something." Said Marcus.

"What? Ah, sibling stuff. Say no more." Said Violet.

"Yeah, let's go guys." Said Franklin.

"See you soon." Said Scarlet as they left.

"Alright. (Sighs) Let's see if I can fix this." Said Marcus.