Page 29 of Villainous Fate

Choose your team’s envelope

Inside are five riddles you need to solve.

Once you have all five decoded,

choose the two-word passcode to enter camp.

If you choose the correct passcode, you will earn an advantage in the final task.

Answer wrong, and you will earn a penalty in the final task.

You may choose not to answer.

Best of Luck.

After my partner made it to the table and returned to the tree line, I went to read the challenge for myself.

Fuck. I hate riddles.

I pull the map out of my back pocket to see that the number they wrote on the top is torn in half. I have a three, which tells me we are either 03, 13, or 23. I double-back to get his number, so we grab the correct envelope. He holds his out to me, showing the two right next to the tear line, and I run to grab envelope 23.

As soon as I get back, I start to open it, but I’m stopped short by his hand on my forearm.

“We should move out of here before anyone else shows up,” he whispers before retaking the lead.

He’s right. Shit. I should’ve thought of that.

We hug the right side of the clearing before hitting the other side and exiting through the small gapping in the trees. Our speed increases once the terrain opens back up, and he guides us off the main path regaining our position about thirty feet off the path. After we move about a quarter of a mile further, he slows to a stop. I take a minute to ensure I don’t hear anyone else.

“Alright, Captain America, open the envelope,” he says, crossing his arms.

Haha. Very funny.

“Does that make you Bucky?” I say, laughing a bit at the thought.

“I don’t ‘sidekick’. I work alone.”

“Ah, Punisher. Yeah, I can see that fitting more.”

“What, are you a comic book nerd?” he asks, lifting an eyebrow.

“Nah, just trying to figure you out.”

Shaking my head, I rip open the back of the envelope, reading the contents aloud.

Every Alpha must have a combination of Strength and Intellect to reign successfully. Use what you know and what you’ve been taught to untangle the riddles that lie here. Each riddle was given by a different pack leader for a different purpose. Intuition may be your greatest ally in finding your way through this forest. Logic is your only friend in dissecting these words.

The Riddles of the Five

#1:

What is something you keep after giving it to someone?

#2:

I’m odd.

Take away a single letter, and I become even.

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