Ricardo had made it over halfway through the hallway. The coals were intensely hot and he had to practically pull strands of barbed wire aside to move forward. Despite all this, he felt confident. The end was in sight, and all injuries would heal moments after getting out of the hallway. Hell, every few steps, the cuts from moments before would close up in front of his eyes, only to be replaced by more and deeper cuts of course. 

He then heard the sizzling of skin behind him. Looking back, he noticed the new boy carrying the little girl upon his back. The gesture was sweat, but he wondered what the boy would do once he got to the thickest part of the barbed wire up ahead. The wires there were so dense and random, even a tiny acrobat could not make it through unharmed, never the less, two people with one on the other's back. 

Bringing his attention back to his own struggles, Ricardo continued pressing forward. Soon he found himself suspended mid air as he literally crawled through the barbed wire. On one hand, he was getting ripped to shreds from all sides. On the other, he no longer had to walk on the coals below. This he was very thankful for considering the floor below was simply fire at this point, cooking his body like a suspended pig. All he needed was an apple in his mouth. 

A combination of blood, sweat, and tears sizzled as they dripped off the wire and onto the fire below, but he could not stop. His will had become to strong, and the end was now mere feet away.