Dialogue color: #18D81E
When Zack and Sera were sitting in the first cart Ben pushed one of the buttons in order to let them start the ride. The rest would follow automatically so he walked to the third cart where Nikki was already sitting. He suddenly realized he hadn't given his second flash light to Jas or Tess. By now it was too late. He took it out of his pocket and gave it to Nikki. "Here, you hold on to this one. See anything scary, besides me of course, just shine it full on in the face." He was excited for the ride, it had been a while since he had been in a hunted house, and of course never quite like this. His 5-year old self was sitting on the edge of his seat waiting for what to come.
When Nikki and Ben past through the doors in their own cart of adventure the doors closed behind them, leaving them in absolute darkness. The first thing Ben noticed was the amount of dust in the air. Not strange of course, but it did dry out his throat very quickly. He had expected to land his face in some spider webs, but surprisingly it didn't happen once. He didn't find the ride as scary as it should have been. Maybe this was the price for being in the third cart, he could more or less hear when something should happen from the cart in front of them.
It was nice that there was a storyline in the ride, almost like Pirates of the Caribbean. Through the first scene they were welcomed to the hotel by the Concierge, an old friendly looking man with a solid grey moustache. When lightning hit behind the figurine you would see his skeleton. He explained the traumatic accidents that happened to some of the guests, and how they were never seen again. The scariest thing was probably the characters voice, a raspy sound with a solid echo. He carefully tapped Nikki and leaned in to tell her something. "Doesn't that guy remind you of someone?" He was thinking of teachers or something, but he was sure that he had seen that face before.
When the ride went on it felt like bats were flying over his head and he could hear their screeching sound. Before they got to the second part the ride suddenly stopped. "Dammit, I hate being right sometimes. This thing just started being interesting. Nikki, do you still have your flash light?" He grabbed the other flash light out of his pocket and clicked it on. A bright beam of light blinded him a bit after he had gotten used to the darkness of the attraction. He looked at Nikki who seemed a bit pale. Maybe it's the lighting, he thought. He got out of the cart and stood in front of it. He thought he heard something slipping by them. Probably a rat, but Ben didn't want to say it in case he would scare Nikki. "Okay, let's just follow the track, we should see the second cart sooner or later. You know, if you want to hold my hand, that's okay with me. Just an offer, don't feel obligated." He hoped she wasn't too scared, maybe he had read her wrong and she wasn't scared at all.
Step by step they walked over the track. If he would have been alone he would have tried to find a door or something that would bring him in front of the others, so he could surprise them. He felt they should be coming close to the second cart. "Nikki, can we just scare them a little bit? Let's turn off our lights now, we're almost there in any case. When we are behind Tess and Jas' cart I'll squeeze your hand three times, on the third time we scream our lungs out. Good idea?" In order to show his approval of his own plan he already turned off his flash light as not to alert heir victims.