Stage 2 of Steps Journey: Stay Alive!

I've been at the steps for about a week now and it's been one heck of a journey. I was trucking along just fine and had accumulated several step 2 tickets, but then the deck turned cold and the tickets started to vanish. I've spent almost all my FTPs buying step 1 tickets but have managed to find myself now with one step 3 ticket and one step 2 ticket. I haven't built up the courage yet to play the step 3 with the deck being as cold as it has been, so I'm currently working on the step 2. Wish me luck.