Episode 1: Unified as A Tribe

Two boats were travelling on the waters of Soleanna, away from the city and any area of civilisation. The two boats consisted of ten people each and were heading for the isolated beaches of the country. In front of the two boats, a smaller speed boat carries our host, Jeff Probst, looking out into the nature of the country.

'This season of Survivor brings us to the beautiful island country of Soleanna. A land where the people have worshiped the god of the sun, who must be concealed in order to protect their people.' Jeff smiled and turned around to look at the boats behind him.

'We have taken the world's most iconic franchise and created a cast of twenty people to play the world's toughest game.'

Both boats contained smiling and adventurous contestants, all waiting to begin their journey.

'These are twenty of your favourite Sonic the Hedgehog characters, divided into two tribes, Kaosu and Tenshi. The Kaosu tribe contains the protagonist of the series, everyone's favourite sidekick, a government spy and a survival expert.'

'Everyday for me is an adventure. Always saving the day as the blue blur, wind running through my body and defeating anything that comes in path is what I live for. If this is anything like my life, it will be a piece of cake! You know I'm up for adventure!' – Sonic

'I've always been a helping hand, but I want to prove everyone that I can make it on my own. Everyone in this game will probably just think I'm a cute little fox stuck on an island. With my knowledge and strategy, I will come out as one of the best survivor players.' – Tails

'This game is the perfect place for me to thrive on my skills as a spy. I've been labelled as one of the stealthiest people that people ever know, shifty, mysterious, you name it. If I can treat this game as my job, there's no doubt I will win it. I don't think people will realise who they're up against until I win.' – Rouge

'I've always told people that nature is a gift to us and that we should protect it at all costs. I think my peace and state of mind will help me survive in this game.' - Tikal

'When I heard this game was called Survivor, I knew I was gonna win it! I look like the only one out here who has lived on the wild, the people on this boat look stupid! Also, if we're surviving out in the wild, why do we need these cameras all the time?' – Sticks

'Tenshi, the second tribe that consists of a time traveller, an agent, a princess and an evil genius.'

'I heard about this game when I was living in the future, but I could never actually watch it. I spend my time fighting for what's right and standing up for the people who couldn't do it for themselves. I want to show people that a good guy can win this game!' – Silver

'The people on my boat are pathetic! They all look like they're taking a holiday and not playing a game for a million dollars. I want to be the sole survivor, and I don't care if I have to betray these fools in the process.' – Shadow

'I'm usually quiet in my life. I don't talk loud like others and I rarely speak up for others. But being fierce on the inside is enough for me to be the best person I can be. I know that with my patience, I can make it through this game. I want to be the strongest person in this game.' – Blaze

'I think when I come into this game, everyone will be all like "oh there's Amy Rose. Sweet, harmless Amy Rose." I don't think they will expect it when I start making moves in this game, because I will. They won't see it coming!' – Amy

'If anyone is qualified to play this type of game, it will be me. I'm a robotics scientist, building and designing things to help myself in life is my forte. Being an evil genius, I don't care if I do something to harm someone else, which makes me the perfect player for this game, because that's what you need to do to win it. I will be the one to get that million dollars and no one can stop me!' – Dr. Eggman

'Survivor is the ultimate challenge. Twenty castaways forced to work together while living and battling with the elements and each other.'

'When I heard I was going to be on survivor, my instant thought was… why don't you just give me the million now? There's no way these people could win the title, not a chance! No way when Fiona is around.' – Fiona

'I've been sailin' on ships for my whole life. I always have a knack for adventure, and this island survival game is no problem! This is such my long search for the hidden treasure!' – Marine

'They must learn to adapt, or they will be voted off. In the end, only one person will win the title of sole survivor and claim the million-dollar prize. 39 days, 20 people, one survivor!'

Arrival: Day 1

The two boats containing the contestants arrive on the isolated beaches of Soleanna. The beach was clean and gorgeous with pristine waters and luscious, tropical vegetation.

'Come on in guys!' Jeff exclaims, standing in front of a red and yellow mat, laid out on the sand.

Ten people from one of the boats step off and walk towards the red mat. Everyone looks happy and excited to be there.

'Look behind you guys,' Jeff informs the new arrivals. 'Here's the second tribe for this season.'

The ten castaways look back to the second boat as it arrives on the beach. Ten people step off the boat and walk towards the yellow mat. Some wave and smile at the other tribe while others just stayed put and waited for Jeff to start speaking.

'Welcome to Survivor Soleanna!' Jeff welcomed the cast of 20.

The crowd applauds and cheers.

'Over these next few days, you will experience something completely different. You will be living out in the wild with no electronics, no contact to the outside world and away from the comfort of reality. You will be battling with the elements and each other until only one of you remains as the sole survivor. Sonic, what do you think of your tribe, just by first observation?'

'I think they're great.' Sonic smiles. 'I mean, I have my bro Tails, the girls here are strong. I like my tribe Jeff. Can't wait to get into this.'

'Well, you guys will carry your tribe name "Kaosu". Here are your buffs.'

Tails catches their buffs as Jeff throws the bag to him, revealing red coloured buffs and handing them to the tribe.

The Kaosu Tribe: Sonic, Tails, Espio, Sally, Fiona, Vector, Sticks, Jet, Tikal, Rouge.

'Amy, you seemed excited stepping off the boat. Are you happy with your tribe?'

'Of course!' Amy exclaims. 'We have strong, smart people here. Blaze could make our lives at camp a whole lot easier.'

Blaze smiles at Amy's comment.

'Aw no fair, you get the girl of fire!' Sonic exclaims as the other contestants laugh.

'Well, your tribe name is "Tenshi". Here are you buffs.'

Amy catches the pack of yellow buffs and hands them to her tribe.

The Tenshi Tribe: Amy, Silver, Knuckles, Shadow, Cream, Wave, Marine, Dr. Eggman, Big, Blaze

The twenty now had their individual buffs on. This was the beginning, and it was exciting.

'Before we get into our first reward challenge, I'd like to set a few rules. Survivor is all about surviving with the resources you have around you, I'd like to make this as fair as possible. This means, if you have any special abilities, you will not be able to use your powers in any of the challenges or with assisting camp life.'

Blaze groaned, Sonic was disappointed but seemed that it was fair and reasonable, but almost everyone was affected with this rule, which really bummed out the entire cast.

'So, do I pretend to be weak?' Knuckles said in a sarcastic tone.

The contestants laugh at the comment.

'That's somethin' else.' Sally giggled.

Jeff finished his small chuckle. 'Let me finish. Knuckles is one exception because it is beyond control. He is naturally strong. Anything you can control, including fire, psychokinesis and a piko piko hammer will not count here.'

Knuckles and a few others nodded. Blaze still looked irritated, she was looking forward to using her fire around camp.

'Look Blaze I'm sorry.' Jeff said jokingly.

Blaze chuckles with the rest of the group.

'I was really thinking fire could be useful.' Blaze rolled her eyes with a grin. 'Guess I'll have to get fire the regular way.'

'With all that out of the way, let's get into your very first reward challenge!'

In today's challenge, each tribe must construct a row boat using the five pieces provided. Wooden planks will hold the pieces of the boat together, however each piece corresponds to one section. You must then row your boat out to a buoy where you will retrieve fire. One tribe member, using a torch will collect fire from the buoy. Along the way, you will also attempt to retrieve supply crates such as bananas and pineapples, spread over the water, which will make your life at camp very comfortable. Once you come back, your tribe must use the wooden planks on your boats to create a ladder. First tribe to light their fire wins reward.

'The winning tribe will obtain, fire, in the form of flint,' Jeff uncovered the small basket, 'along with a fire making kit. Fire is essential in this game, it will be making your life at camp a whole lot easier. With fire you can cook your food, keep yourself warm and it boosts morale at camp. Without it, you will struggle to survive out here. Worth playing for?'

Both tribes exclaimed 'yes!'.

'I'll give you a minute to talk amongst yourselves, then we will get to it.'

...

The twenty castaways were all ready to take part in their first immunity challenge.

'Alright, playing for fire, our first reward challenge. Survivors ready… go!'

Both tribes dashed for the pieces of the rowboat and wooden planks. The Kaosu tribe layed out their pieces to see which piece goes where. The Tenshi trib tried to find the end pieces first before starting to build their boat. It was clear early on that Tails was leading the puzzle part of the challenge for Kaosu while Tenshi just tried to work out the pieces together.

Jeff observed the players constructing their boats. 'The first challenge of this season really gives you a taste of what it's like to be out here! This game will test you physically! Without fire, your lives on this island will be rough! This boat requires wooden planks to go underneath the boat to keep it together. Each plank goes into a specific area. You must find the correct holds or else the piece won't fit!'

Kaosu was the first to get their boat done, everyone hopping on immediately and grabbing their paddles, paddling out in the water to collect supplies for their camp.

'Kaosu get their boat done, they're now heading out to the water! Tenshi has almost finished their boat!'

Kaosu started to row but it wasn't in sync. As Kaosu reached a certain point out in the water, the tribe slowed down the boat so Sticks could reach over for a crate of bananas.

Tikal in the Kaosu boat was observing the area around her, trying to see what items were spread out in the water. 'I think we should get a tarp and some supplies!'

'Good idea!' Espio exclaimed as the tribe started to row towards a tarp.

'Kaosu rowing towards the tarp!' Jeff exclaimed. 'It will certainly make camp life comfortable!'

Tenshi started to push out their boat into the water. As the tribe were rowing out into the water, Eggman reached over to grab a crate of chickens that were floating on a small barge, the first items Tenshi got while in the water. Kaosu were in front of Tenshi with a couple of supplies in their boat. However, they found it harder to row as they collected more items, slowing them down.

Shadow, on the Tenshi tribe, felt something as he tucked his feet under his seat. He knew it was something important. He quickly transferred it from the seat into his shoe and kept rowing with the rest of the tribe. Luckily, no one saw what he was doing.

'Kaosu has a lot of supplies, but it's slowing down their boat! This could close the gap for Tenshi! You may need to leave some things behind if you want fire!'

Kaosu decided to row straight for fire and forget about grabbing any more supplies that would slow them down. Tenshi also rows towards fire, ignoring the other items around them.

'We need to offload something!' Tails yelled as he struggled to keep up with his tribe.

Kaosu decided to throw away half of their coconuts in their boat. This made the boat a tad easier to row, maintaining their lead towards fire.

'Kaosu starting to throw out some supplies!' Jeff observed.

Kaosu was the first tribe to get fire with Espio using his torch to obtain it. Kaosu started to row back to shore quickly while Tenshi lagged just behind them. The challenge could still be won by either tribe, it had to come down to the last moments of the challenge.

Jeff ran closer to shore as he saw that both tribes have gotten back. 'Both tribes are now back at shore! You must use your wooden planks to construct ladder to the top and then light the fire with your torch!'

Both tribes flipped their boat and quickly took off the planks that held the boat in place. Kaosu were the first to reach the ladder area with all of their wooden planks. Both tribes tried to place their planks but realised some needed to go in specific places.

'Each plank has its own designated rung hole!' Jeff pointed out. 'You must find the correct one for it to be secure!'

Both tribes spent minutes on the planks. People telling their tribe where one goes, and one doesn't.

'That one goes at the top!' Tikal exclaimed.

'Kaosu, moving fast with their ladder! Tenshi needs to pick it up if they want to win fire for their tribe!' Jeff exclaimed. 'Having no fire at camp makes life very difficult.'

Kaosu finished putting their planks in place. All of them quickly climbed up the ladder, passing the torch to light the bucket in front of them, followed by the tribe of ten to scream in victory.

'Kaosu wins reward!' Jeff yells, raising his hands up.

Kaosu starts jumping up and down in glee. Tenshi drops their remaining planks, tired out by their first challenge.

...

'Great job Kaosu, here's some flint for your tribe!' Jeff handed Tikal the flint. 'It will surely make your nights at camp a whole lot easier. In addition to flint, you will also get this fire making kit. Here's a map to your new camp. Gather your things and head on out.'

Kaosu started to leave the area, waving goodbye to the Tenshi tribe. Kaosu looked happy to have won the first reward challenge.

'Tenshi, you guys did great out there, but I have nothing for you guys. Grab your stuff and head to camp. Here's a map to direct you there.'

Kaosu: Day 1

'I feel so great being here! I will enjoy this!' Sonic grinned in excitement. 'I like the teamwork I saw going on in my tribe and I think we will be a powerful force. We have Tails who's a genius, Sticks who knows how to survive out in the wild and everyone else has great strength. We have it pretty good.'

The tribe all gathered together to discuss their plans for the shelter and how they would use their resources. Kaosu had won coconuts, bananas and a tarp in the first challenge of the competition, including the most important resource, fire.

Rouge stood around the campground. 'It's gonna suck for them with no fire.'

'Yeah it gets super cold here at night.' Tikal informed as she started to weave the tree leaves.

'Not to mention they will need to cook their food somehow.' Tails smiled as he started to unpack the supplies from the challenge.

The tribe nod in agreement as they start unpacking their new winnings. Tails and Vector were gathering wood to make fire while others searched for some things for shelter. Sally, Fiona, Tikal and Rouge offered to take care of weaving palm fronds while the boys plus Sticks went out to get some bamboo.

Vector scraped on the flint with the tribes machete. It took a lot of scrapes to get some amber going.

Vector saw that a small fire had started in the husk. 'Quickly! I need more wood.'

The tribe worked together to keep the fire going and were successful. They all cheered and clapped for each other.

'We've made fire!' Tikal exclaimed as the tribe applauded.

Sonic and Espio went out to gather wood for the shelter, along a dirt path away from where everyone had set up camp. The area was covered with tall trees, which provided a nice cool temperature, different from being under the hot sun.

'I'm Epsio. I'm affiliated with the chaotix but by nature, I am a ninja. My goal for this game is to play the strategic game so coming into this game, I want to make alliances early and have tight bonds with people, so I can stay safe in this game. While I was out collecting some bamboo for the tribe, i figured Sonic is a perfect person to be aligned to. He's showed great positivity on the first day here and seems great to work with.' – Espio

'What are you expecting out of this game so far?' Espio said as he collected some wood.

'I have no idea. I don't think I'll find out until we lose something.' Sonic replied. 'I'm just happy to be on this camp with all of these people.'

'That's true,' Espio nodded. 'but I feel like it's better to be one step ahead in this game. I think us two... we should stay close. We can run the game, with your charisma and my intelligence.'

The two were standing by a tree, Sonic paused after Espio's statement. Obviously not in the strategic part of the game just yet, Sonic was caught off guard.

'Its only day one, not even an hour in and Espio has started to talk to me about the game.' Sonic scoffed. 'To be honest I think it's weird, but I'll have to just stick by him for now. He's a nice guy though, I'll give him that much. I know how important alliances are and I'm willing to work with him now. My charm does get me through a lot and I think it would be an asset to my game. Not to mention I'm probably the most famous hero that anyone has ever heard of. It's going to be great.'

'Yeah you have a point.' Sonic sighed, picking up some wood. 'It's just we've only had one challenge to judge everyone on our tribe. I think for now we should just be unified really. It will keep us stronger and we won't have to go to tribal council. Pick off the person who didn't do well, that's it.'

'Sonic talks about being unified as a tribe a lot, even outside the game. But honestly, the hard stuff is right around the corner. It won't be so unified later on. Right now, I'll just lay low but keep on the lookout for anything, but if he doesn't make an alliance, he will be in trouble.' – Espio

'I have something to tell you Sonic.' Espio whispered.

Sonic stops and see's that Espio pulls out a scroll from his arm bag. Sonic's eyes are wide open.

'You found a clue!?' Sonic exclaimed in a whisper.

'Yes, it was in my seat of the boat. How lucky.'

'Good luck finding it. I heard they can be hard to get!' Sonic smiled.

'You're joking right?' Espio scoffed. 'Some find it without these things.'

Espio and Sonic chuckled and went back to camp with some bamboo in their hands. They both see that the others have found palm fronds and many other resources for the camp. Sonic felt satisfied with what the tribe has done so far. Everyone has put in the effort to contribute.

'Just after arriving here, I see Sonic and Espio come out from some walk. It's kind of suspicious to be honest, seeing that they didn't gather that much wood.' – Fiona

'This is going to be so great!' Tails exclaimed

'I'm Fiona, and anyone who knows me at all know that I will do whatever it takes to get what I want, and if that means being a loud mouth bully, then so be it. From my first day here, so many people here just think it's something to have fun with, when in reality, it's a lot more than that. I'm here to win, in whatever way I can. I really don't care if I'm a bitch, at least I'm getting somewhere. It's what you have to do to win this game. Just, for now I have to put up with everyone treating it like some summer camp.' – Fiona

'Great! Now let me show you fools how you actually build a shelter.' Sticks exclaimed as she picked up a machete and pieces of bamboo.

Sticks got to work on the shelter right away. Sonic and Tails tried to help her, but she just shooed them away. The whole Kaosu tribe was confused by her actions in not letting the tribe help her at all, but some like Rouge and Vector didn't care if she was doing all the work.

'Sticks is… quite a character.' Rouge grinned. 'She's so connected with the wild but also paranoid of the rest of the world. I don't really mind if she does all the work around camp because I really don't want to. Hey, as long as things are easier for me, then I'm fine.'

'Sticks just jumped in, doing most of the work, which to be honest I'm fine with. But I know others would be pissed about this.' – Vector

'Need any help with this part of the shelter?' Tikal offered, inspecting the shelter.

'Can you fix up the roof?' She replied, placing a bamboo to secure the roof.

'I feel like this tribe is so dysfunctional so far.' Fiona groaned. 'No one has really bonded, and some just look down on others as they "help" the tribe out. There's no hope for us being a unified tribe, it's all individual games already, and it seems like I'm one step ahead of everyone.'

By sunset, the Kaosu tribe settled down. Some settled down on the beach while others lay in the shelter. They all admitted how great Sticks construction skills were. The first day passed quickly. People were just relaxing in their tribes, trying to adjust their lives for the next few weeks.

Tenshi: Day 1

The tribe reached their camp after losing the first reward challenge. Their morale was down, but that didn't stop the excitement the ten had for the game. They had nothing to make fire with, at least anything that can easily make fire. However, Tenshi did have a chicken, rice and coconuts.

'It's day one on the Tenshi tribe.' Amy started. 'Even though we lost our first challenge, I have hopes we will win the next one. Overall, I think this will be a great tribe. We have strong people like Knuckles and Shadow, smart guys like Blaze and Eggman. Silver and Cream are nice to be around too. This tribe isn't a total wreck.'

The tribe stood around the camp area, all looking at their surroundings. This was going to be their home for the next few weeks.

'I suggest we get wood and some of those leaves for some shelter tonight and if we can,' Knuckles exclaimed. 'try and make a fire out of the wood around us maybe.'

The tribe did what he told as Knuckles went out to get some wood from the jungle. Silver and Amy went off to get some palm fronds for the outside of the shelter.

'Knuckles has come out as a leader for this tribe, very risky indeed.' Shadow huffed. 'If he isn't careful with his actions, he could end up being one of the first to go. I don't imagine myself ever taking the position of leader or even morale booster. Me being the ultimate lifeform, I can withstand anything that these fools won't even dare to try.'

Silver and Blaze were both constructing the bottom of the shelter while Marine and Wave were placing bamboo in each corner. Eggman was positioning wood in case someone could make a fire without flint. Amy was in front of them unpacking some of the reward winnings while Shadow drifted off into the trees.

'Blaze, can't you just use your powers? Jeff isn't here.' Knuckles said as he gathered the wood to attempt a fire.

'Yes genius, but there's a few cameras here.' Blaze huffed.

Big then wandered off to the water, leaving the camp behind to make their shelter and try and get fire without a flint.

'Where is he going?' Silver said as he laid out bamboo on the shelter.

'No idea, he hasn't really said anything has he?' Blaze spoke.

'Maybe he's just getting some fish.'

Blaze just smiled at Silvers remark and continued to construct the shelter.

'By just viewing our tribe from today, they all seem so pathetic.' Shadow groaned. 'I feel like I'm the only one trying to be a few steps ahead in this game. I didn't come here to make friends, I came here to outlast everyone. My gameplay is to be a silent killer, keep myself safe until the very end. I want people to be scared of how hard I'm playing this game.'

Shadow went walking through trees, well away from other members of the tribe.

'I found this little clue during the first challenge, under my seat of row boat. The clue reads "X marks the spot, below is the plot, where the treasure you seek, is not buried too deep. Immunity resides where soil and wood collide, the idol is there, to take into your care." Now I just need to find X.'

Shadow began searching around for any signs of an "X". He found it harder than he thought. Shadow knew it had something to do with trees, but it must have mattered where he was or how he was looking at things. It had been a long time since Shadow disappeared and it was the talk of the tribe. The sun was just about to set, people started to become suspicious of his absence. However, the tribe had finished constructing their shelter and all seemed proud of their teamwork.

Eggman threw the last tree palm fronds on the top of the shelter. 'Home sweet home.'

Wave stroke her hand over the bamboo construction. 'So, this is where I'll be sleeping for the next few days.'

'This is so great!' Cream exclaimed in glee.

All eight of them lay on the bottom of the shelter at once, instantly getting a mix of pain or relaxed sounds. Some time passed, and the tribe still layed there.

'Isn't this perfect!' Silver said sarcastically.

'What maniac gets shut eye on this!' Marine yelled, looking quite uncomfortable.

'Has anyone seen Shadow? I haven't seen him all afternoon.' Eggman said, sitting up from the shelter.

'Now that you mention it, me neither.' Amy responded.

'What if he has a clue?' Blaze whispered into Amy's ear.

But before the tribe could ponder about the absence of the ultimate lifeform. Silver pointed towards the beach and the tribe saw Big come with a handful of fish and other various seafood. 'Told you he went out fishing.'

Big had collected a full load of a variety of fish, shells and other kinds of seafood. The tribe were ecstatic over the collection of seafood.

'I can cook if you want!' Cream declared.

'I'll help you with that Cream!' Amy said, both getting up, asking Knuckles about making a fire to which his reply was...

'I'll get cracking on that ladies!' he grinned proudly. 'Step aside.'

'Everybody seems so cheerful here.' Eggman nodded. 'This place sucks, but I should just keep my mouth shut for now until the game actually starts. I don't want to make myself a target right now, that would be idiotic.'

Day 2: Immunity Challenge

The two tribes, Kaosu and Tenshi walk in to the immunity challenge area, heading towards their mats. The contestants see Jeff, our host, standing in front a series of walls. The challenge area consisted of bamboo obstacles on a rectangular dirt area.

'Come on in guys!' Jeff yells as the two tribes make their way to their designated mats.

The two tribes set their tribe flag down and stood patiently, waiting for instructions.

'Welcome survivors to your first immunity challenge.' Jeff started. 'The tribe that wins today will be safe from tribal council tonight, the losing tribe will be seeing me tonight at tribal where someone will be the first person voted out of this game. Trust me, that is not a title you want. Kaosu tribe, how was your first night?'

'Even with fire, it was quite a challenge.' Jet spoke for the tribe. 'I don't think any of us could sleep that night, not at all comfortable.'

'Tenshi, you guys didn't have fire on your first night, how were the living conditions?'

'Actually Jeff,' Amy smiled. 'We did get a fire going eventually and Big did bring back so much fish for us to eat that. Wasn't a bad first night when it comes to survivor..'

The rest of her tribe nodded her head in agreement, smiling.

'Wow,' Jeff smiled in surprise. 'Funny how you guys, didn't win the reward and yet somehow, you had a better night than the tribe that won the reward.'

The group laughed a little.

'Alright, let's get into your first immunity challenge.'

For today's challenge, 4 people from each tribe will go through a series of obstacles while carrying a crate containing puzzle pieces. Once the first four reach the end, the next four will go through with their crate. Once all crates have been returned, two tribe members will complete a puzzle with the pieces in these crates. First tribe to complete their puzzle wins immunity, safe from tonight's vote. Losing tribe will be seeing me at tribal council tonight where someone will be the first person voted out of this game. Let's get to it.

...

After discussing their plans, the tribes are ready to start the challenge.

'Alright, for Kaosu, we have Tails and Tikal on the puzzle, for Tenshi we have Wave and Eggman. Survivors ready… go!'

For Kaosu, Sonic, Rouge, Sally and Vector were lifting their crate while Tenshi had Amy, Cream, Silver and Knuckles running down the obstacle first. The crates were heavy, both tribes underestimating their weight of them.

'These crates are heavy! It will require effort to carry them around these obstacles! It's neck and neck right now!'

The two tribes approach a steep wall at an angle with a square shaped hole in it. Both tribes successfully moved their box through the hole but struggled to get up and over the tall wall.

'Amy and Silver, hoisting up Knuckles and Cream for their tribe! Kaosu are not far behind! Tenshi up to their second obstacle, the mud pit! Be careful, this mud is awkward to travel through! Kaosu is right on their tail!'

Amy slips a little but regains herself. Silver makes sure she's in control before the tribe continues on the course.

'Amy slips but gets back up again!'

Sally stumbles but keeps going anyway. Kaosu try to travel faster but it causes them to lose balance at times. Tenshi were the first tribe across the mud pit.

'Tenshi is across! They must now pass a bamboo fence! Kaosu, not far behind on the mud pit!'

Tenshi figured that Amy and Cream should climb over the fence while Knuckles and Silver lift the box over towards them. This was successful. Kaosu arrived at their fence shortly after Tenshi had carried over their crate.

'Kaosu, lost time on the mud pit but are committed to getting the crate over!'

Tenshi dropped their crate in relief, Jeff signals for Big, Marine, Shadow and Blaze to carry their crate.

Kaosu dropped their crate seconds after Tenshi. Sticks, Sally, Espio and Fiona were carrying their crate across now.

'Both tribes have sent off their second crate now! Tenshi seems to have trouble with the wall!'

Kaosu all successfully make it across while Shadow and Blaze from the Tenshi tribe had to lift up Marine and Big. This costs them some time, but they still have a chance.

'Kaosu is the first to start the mud pit! They seem to be taking it nice and easy. Tenshi, not far behind. It's now neck and neck!'

Tenshi made it across the bamboo fence first, with Kaosu not far behind.

Both tribes made it to the last section of the challenge, the puzzle. Both tribes emptied out all their pieces and let the puzzle makers do their work.

Blaze and Eggman were doing a great job for the Tenshi tribe. Tails and Tikal were trying their hardest but were falling behind, you could see the pressure getting to them. The puzzle was insane, the pieces weren't so obvious. Both tribes were screaming and encouraging their tribe.

'Tikal, do you see what the puzzle is?' Tails exclaimed.

'I have no idea!' she replied to him.

Blaze and Eggman saw this and felt relieved that Kaosu didn't know what the puzzle was.

'This will make it very easy!' Eggman grinned.

Kaosu couldn't keep up but Tenshi seemed to be very efficient. After what felt like so long.

'Tenshi wins immunity!'

Blaze and Eggman enthusiastically high fived each other as they finished their circle shaped puzzle, a picture of the Survivor Soleanna logo. The tribe was filled with glee, however Kaosu seemed disappointed.

...

'Tenshi, congratulations,'

Jeff hands Tenshi the immunity idol. A stone statue of a Soleanna figure, Solaris.

'You will be safe from tonight's vote. Grab your stuff and head back to camp.'

Tenshi walked out of the challenge area. Kaosu remained in front of Jeff, looking sad and disappointed.

'Kaosu, that was a close game, but you will be seeing me tonight at tribal council where one of you will be the first person voted out of this game. Grab your stuff and head out.'

'I'm super bummed out that we lost!' Sonic exclaimed. 'Voting off someone, that's going to be hard. If I had to chose someone tonight, it would have to be Tikal. She just didn't perform well at that puzzle today.'

Kaosu: Day 2

The Kaosu tribe walked back into camp with dissapointed looks on their faces. Some were trying to cheer others up, but it did dawn on the tribe that one person had to be voted out at tonight's tribal council.

'Regardless, I think we played a good game, it was a close one.' Sonic tried to encourage his tribe mates.

'Yeah it really was.' Sally chimed in.

'Today, we lost the immunity challenge,' Jet groaned. 'which means we will have to vote someone out of the game tonight at tribal council. If I was assuming correctly, the two puzzle makers are on the block. Tails and Tikal.'

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Fiona and Sally walked off to the beach to have a private conversation. Fiona had pulled Sally aside out of the blue. The two have already become close with each other ever since arriving at the camp, unintentionally, achieved by Sally helping out Fiona with weaving palm fronds. Fiona wanted some allies early on, so she could run the votes for the tribe to make sure she was getting her way.

'So, I feel like right now, I can really trust you in the game.' Fiona spoke as they both walked across the beach.

Sally nods with a smile.

'Do I trust Fiona? Not really.' Sally put bluntly. 'She's a bitch outside of Survivor, but I want to take this opportunity because she's the one that approached me and it's great to have an alliance early on in this game. It's not like I'm at risk tonight or anything. This is survivor, you have to do... whatever.'

'For tonight's vote, I'm thinking of putting up Espio.' Fiona whispered, as if someone was close.

Sally didn't expect this. 'Why Espio?'

'He's been having conversations with Sonic a lot lately and seems to look for things... a lot.' Fiona stated. 'I'm not even kidding, I keep seeing him lurking around for things, it's quite worrying.'

'What if he does have an idol?' Sally asked.

'First I wanna see who Espio and Sonic vote tonight. We can then make our decision based off that.'

'I'll probably have a chat with them.' Sally offered, walking back to camp.

'Early in the game, I've made an alliance with Sally,' Fiona stated. 'all I need to do now is grab the attention of some others and the vote tonight will be mine. I highly doubt Espio found an immunity idol this early. I mean come on.'

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Tails, Sonic and Espio were together near the fire. Tails was inspecting the shelter while Sonic and Espio sat in front of the fire, talking about the vote for tonight. Sally walked over to the three boys, smiling.

'Hey guys!' She says, obviously wanting to chat about tonight.

'How you doing Sal?' Sonic smiles.

'Honestly, not that great. Not sure about tonight's tribal council.'

'Who do you think should be put up?' Tails asked, directing his attention off the shelter.

'I don't know. I was actually going to see who you're thinking of.'

'Sally came up to us and asked us who to vote. I don't blame her, it's only the second day. To be fair, I think my name is getting put up for my performance. So I definitely appreciate her coming to us.' - Tails

'I'd vote Tikal. We need good players on our tribe and she didn't cut it today.'

'No doubt you're on the block too.' Espio states. 'You were also doing the puzzle for the challenge.'

'Yeah, I think we should put her up tonight.' Sally said.

Meanwhile, Rouge, Tikal and Jet were by the water well, talking about how the game would go down that night. The three weren't as close, but they thought that they could work together for the vote that night.

'I feel like I've really messed this tribe up.' Tikal sighs.

'Don't worry about it, it was the first challenge.' Jet reassures her.

'But she does have to worry.' Rouge says. 'The tribe will want her out for it, even if it was her first time. We need to find someone else to put up tonight.'

Tikal sighs and looks up to Rouge. 'Who should we put up?'

The three stood there, thinking for a while. The only person they could think of was Tails, but was there a better option? However, Fiona came up and interrupted their little chat.

'A little birdie has told me three people are putting your name down.'

'I knew it!' Tikal exclaimed. 'But who?'

'Sonic, Tails and Espio, heard them talking about it.'

'Who do you think we should vote off?'

'I was thinking of Espio. Sonic has great endurance and I know Tails can be good with puzzles, even if he failed today. Espio is sort of a loose cannon really, and I've seen him lurking around a lot. You can't trust him.'

'Okay then.' Jet smiles. 'Espio it is.'

'It's the first tribal council and right off the bat, Fiona wants to blindside Espio. Pretty risky, but I'm down for it right now, I can't make any big statements this early.' – Rouge

'Watching everyone scramble is such a sight. It was just me and Sticks hanging out in the shelter. We're both on the outs of the tribe right now, but I don't think the attention is on us for tonight's tribal.' – Vector

Sticks looked at Vector, who was lightly napping next to her. 'Do you have an idea on who to vote?'

He opened his eyes slightly. 'I was thinking of Tikal, she didn't do well today.'

'Really? I was thinking of voting fox boy tonight.'

'Tails?'

'Yeah. I don't trust him. He's too smart for his own good.'

'Tails is smart! I don't want him here. What does he know about survival? It's not like he can make some fancy pants gadget to help us.' – Sticks

'I just want to know where the majority is at.'

'Who cares? They're not gonna vote us, we did good out there. Vote Tails to give him a wakeup call and it will show we are alone.'

The sun started to set into the ocean. The Kaosu tribe started walking towards the first tribal council of the game. All having scenarios played out in their heads. What was the right thing to do?

TRIBAL COUNCIL: Kaosu

The Kaosu tribe walks into the menacing tribal council area to see Jeff Probst, our host, sitting on the other end of the fire pit. Most look worried when coming in, but others knew that they were completely safe.

'Grab a torch behind you and dip it into the flames to get fire.' Jeff instructs the tribe. 'This is part of a ritual in tribal council where fire represents life. When fire is gone so are you.'

All members of the Kaosu tribe dip their new torches into the flame and then put it behind them. The tribe sits down on the wooden logs across from Jeff.

'Kaosu, welcome to your first tribal council. Whenever your tribe loses an immunity challenge, you will come to tribal council with your torches where one of you will be voted off from the game.'

The tribe nods in acknowledgement.

'So, let's kick things off. Sonic, how is your tribe finding the game so far?' Jeff asked him, starting the discussion.

'When we won the first challenge on day one, we felt amazing.' Sonic smiled. 'But losing that immunity challenge, we started to panic and just scramble. The tension was real in the camp today, no one here wants to be the first to go, we want to be here.'

'Okay so, Rouge, do you agree with what Sonic is saying?' Jeff turned to ask the bat.

'Absolutely. It wasn't until we lost we realised how real this all is.' She sighed. 'We all have to scramble to get our votes together and keep ourselves safe. But that's just the game and obviously no one wants to be the first to go home, so we all scrambled.'

Sticks smiled. 'It was clear, everybody was runnin' around today.'

Jeff leaned in. 'So, people were discussing who to vote?'

'Oh yeah. Nobody talked to me but alligator over here.'

Vector chuckled a little.

'In today's challenge, you performed well, it's just the other tribe was a tad faster. The puzzle makers seemed to have a lot of pressure on them today, causing them to fall behind. Sally, are Tikal and Tails on the block for tonight's vote?'

'Well, yeah. I mean, we were strong for the first half of the challenge, it all came down to them, and they blew it. We can't really blame anyone else but them.'

'Sonic, are you basing your vote tonight on the puzzle?'

'Yes. If we wanna win challenges, we should vote off the person that we feel won't win them for us.'

'Raise your hand if you feel at risk tonight.'

Tikal and Tails raised their hands while the others just looked around to see who put their hand up.

'Tikal, I'm guessing your scared your role in the challenge can cost you the game?'

'Absolutely, however, I think to be successful in this game, people should think about not only short term but long-term factors when keeping a person. I may have lost it today, but it wouldn't be a problem later'

'So, you're saying someone here is bad for the long term?'

'Yes. I messed up once, it's not like I'm going to be horrible in the future.' Tikal said softly.

'Sally, do you agree with what Tikal is saying?'

'A hundred percent. I do think there are a few people here who know what they're doing already.' Sally replied to Jeff

'Do you know who that is.' He asked back.

'Let's just say, they're getting pretty desperate to find things.' She nodded her head slyly.

'Someone here is already looking for hidden immunity idols?' Jeff asked sitting up.

'Yep. Only time will tell if this person has it.'

Jeff turned to Jet. 'Jet, are you confident with tonight's vote?'

'Yep, I know what I'm doing for tonight.' He nods.

'Well, I think that's enough talking for tonight, it's time to vote. Fiona, you're up.'

Fiona goes to vote

Sonic goes to vote

Espio goes to vote

"This is just to keep me safe, nothing personal"

Sticks goes to vote

Tails goes to vote

"We have to think about our short-term game right now, or else we're going to be here again."

Rouge goes to vote

Sally goes to vote

Jet goes to vote

Vector goes to vote

"I want people to know that I'm open, nothing personal, even though you blew it for us today."

Tikal goes to vote

"You may not have an idol now, but it will be a matter of time until you do. I just hope we can get rid of you before that time comes."

Everyone returns to their seat.

'I'll count the votes' Jeff stands up from his seat, heading to the voting booth.

'If anyone has a hidden immunity idol and would like to play it, now would be the time to do so.'

Everyone looks at their fellow tribe members. Everyone stays silent. The focus was on Espio in that moment.

"Jeff"

Espio stands up with a grin on his face as he pulls up an immunity idol from his bag. Half of the tribe were shocked that he actually had a hidden immunity idol.

He walks over to Jeff.

'I figured I can't take any chances tonight.'

'Boom!' Sonic exclaimed. Vector silently laughed.

'The rules of survivor state that if an immunity idol is played, votes cast against that player will not count. This is a hidden immunity idol. Any votes cast against Espio will not count. I'll read the votes.'

First vote, Espio, does not count

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Espio, does not count

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Espio, does not count

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Espio, does not count

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Espio, does not count. We still have no votes for anybody.

Espio grinned as the tribe stared at the votes in shock.

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Tails.

Tails pulls a confused face, seeing his name on paper.

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Tails. That's two votes Tails.

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Tikal.

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Tikal, we're tied. Two votes Tikal, two votes Tails. One vote left.

Tikal and Tails stare at the votes waiting to see if the votes will tie or cause Tikal to leave.

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'First person voted out of Survivor Soleanna... Tikal. You'll need to bring me your torch.'

'Wow!' The tribe exclaimed as the last vote was read, shocked by Espio's idol play.

Tikal stands up with a droopy smile, waving to the remaining contestants. She plants her torch in front of Jeff. Everyone on the tribe was very shocked with the outcome of tribal council. Espio however was pleased.

'Tikal, the tribe has spoken.'

Jeff snuffs her torch.

'Time for you to go.'

Tikal walks out of the tribal council area upset. Half of the Kaosu tribe couldn't believe it.

'That was insane.' Sally said in awe.

'This is just the begging of a long, unpredictable game. It seems to me that Kaosu has split up already, but how long will these alliances last? Grab your torches, head back to camp. Good night.'

Tikal's final words

Wow, it sucks being the first voted off. I think the tribe should really open their minds a bit and focus on what their game should be.

"I think voting you out could help us in our game. Sorry" – Sonic

But this was fun while it lasted.

How the tribe voted:

Tikal: Sonic, Espio, Tails,

Espio: Jet, Fiona, Sally, Tikal, Rouge

Tails: Sticks, Vector