(Temlin Tribe)

Up until the tribe got back to camp, everyone was silent. Once they got back, Reginald, Tork and Nikko were quick to turn in and go to sleep. However, the others weren't quite there yet…

"How could you vote off Lilah instead of that old elf?!" Shee'Na roared at Jonathan and Zoe. "What made you do it?!"

"In all my life, I have never befriended someone outside of my own species. I honestly thought I was going to get along with Lilah…" Shee'Na muttered before narrowing her eyes. "And then those fools decide to take her away!! Lilah, if you're watching this, I'll avenge you if I have to tear this tribe apart from the inside out…"

"I just thought that Nikko would have been more useful in the future." Jonathan insisted, holding his hands in front of himself defensively. "You saw how Lilah was struggling to keep up with me at the Immunity Challenge!"

"I felt bad voting for her! If the other tribe hadn't kidnapped Marty, I would have voted for him!" Zoe added, hiding behind Jonathan slightly. "I just really thought we'd be better off without her!"

"Is that what that idiotic rabbit placed in your minds?!" Shee'Na shouted. "Lilah had much more potential!!"

"Uh…Gee, it sure is getting late!" Sandy said nervously, stepping into the conversation. "What say we go to bed and call it a day?"

Shee'Na looked at Sandy before reluctantly decided to comply with the crazy woman's wishes. Casting a dark glance at Jonathan and Zoe, the Klingon stalked off towards the shelter.

"Okay, so maybe it wasn't the best thing to do, but it honestly felt like the best choice at the time." Jonathan shook his head. "Now that I think about it, Nikko probably deserved to go more than Lilah, but now Zoe and I have an enraged Klingon breathing down our necks. I never thought I'd say this, but I hope the Nago Tribe kidnaps me next just so I don't have to deal with Shee'Na…"

Zoe looked up at Jonathan. "Did we just screw up?" She asked.

"Yeah…Yeah, we screwed up…" Jonathan nodded.

(Nago Tribe; Day 4)

Marty groaned as he slowly sat up, holding his head. Slowly standing to his feet (and wincing at the pain in his back), Marty stepped out of Nago's shelter, walking past Angie's still-sleeping form. He walked over to Crane, Mel and Jake, whom were talking.

"How's your back?" Crane asked upon seeing Marty.

"No better. I thought it'd be okay by the morning." Marty sighed.

"Ouch. I hope it gets better soon." Mel said.

"Seriously, why'd you guys kidnap me? At least if I would have been voted off, I would have gotten medical attention." Marty said.

"In all honesty, we were against it." Jake shrugged. "Elias was the one ta put the idea in everyone's 'eads."

"He probably thought it was for strategy so your tribe would be easier to beat." Crane sighed. "I still think that shady actor gives me the creeps."

"Yesterday, Marty threw out his back during the Immunity Challenge and it's apparently been hurting ever since." Mel said, folding her arms. "Elias apparently saw a golden opportunity to handicap the other tribe and saved him from elimination so the Temlin Tribe could be beat at the next Immunity Challenge. While that's a good strategy, I can't help but feel bad for Marty. Now he has to put up with this pain for another three days."

Meanwhile, Bonnie glanced over at Marty from afar and growled. "Why did we let him stay in the shelter?" She asked aloud. "He's not part of the tribe. We should have just left him underneath a tree or something."

"Because no one else would want to do that." D'looa replied sharply. "You wouldn't want that done to you, would you?"

"Hold your tongue, freakshow." Bonnie snapped. "You don't have the right to talk to me like that." She finished as she walked away from D'looa.

"And you're not the queen of the world, you hotheaded wretch." D'looa muttered as Kida and Barney walked over. "Oh, I can't wait until we lose an Immunity Challenge. We need to get rid of that creep as soon as we can."

"Hey, I'm right there with you, dude." Kida nodded. "She's giving off all these bad vibes and stuff."

"I told Elias to try to calm her down after we lost the Reward Challenge." Barney shrugged. "I guess she didn't listen."

"Oh, man. Barney got that shady dude to talk to Bonnie? I dunno if that was a good choice, man." Kida said. "There's something about that Elias guy that makes me think he's always up to something and stuff. Getting him to talk to Bonnie may only lead to bad things for everyone else. Who knows what that dude said to her…"

(Temlin Tribe; Day 4)

"What do you think we should do, now?" Shee'Na asked Sandy, arms folded. "The rabbit, platypus and elf are in an alliance and we're in the minority."

"Our only chances are with Jonathan and Zoe." Sandy shrugged, displaying a rare case of sanity. "I know that you don't like them because of what they did to Lilah, but if we wanna get further, we need their help."

Shee'Na seemed surprised at the rational answer that came from Sandy's mouth, but eventually nodded. "Okay. I guess you have a point. With their help, we could turn things around into a majority." She admitted.

"That woman has more surprises than I thought. I thought she would be nothing but a package of insanity the instant I saw her." Shee'Na said, genuinely surprised. "Maybe this won't be so bad. She can help me get revenge on that rabbit if she keeps this up."

"…So there I was, sitting on the floor in the shape of a human pretzel with my foot lodged about six inches down my throat. All I could think of was how I was going to get out of this." Sandy said energetically to the cameraman. "So I rolled over and reached out with my left hand because my right arm was currently wrapped around my waist and grabbed my tazer. One shock later and I was free, reminding myself never to take those yoga videos again."

Meanwhile, the main alliance of the tribe was sitting by the fire pit, in discussion.

"Shee'Na looked pretty mad this morning." Tork said. "I think she may target one of us first."

"I was expecting that." Reginald agreed. "Apparently, she was closer to Lilah than we thought."

"Well, what'd you expect?" Nikko challenged. "Klingons don't exactly make friends very easily and we just separated her from the only one she had here."

"I'll admit that it wasn't the brightest idea." Reginald said. "I wasn't expecting her to take it as hard as she has, and an angry Klingon isn't exactly what I want to wake up to in the morning."

"Yeah. She could be hovering over you with a Klingon battle axe or something." Tork supplied.

"Thank you SO much for that input, Tork." The intelligent rabbit sighed. "Well, the important thing is that we're in the majority now."

"That is unless Shee'Na and Sandy manage to convince Jonathan and Zoe to join them to gang up on us." Nikko piped up. "Those two are both the swing votes and I have a feeling that's exactly what they're planning."

"Indeed. When the tribe is divided, it's ALWAYS the swing vote that decides the result." Reginald nodded.

"I hate to say it, but Nikko was right. Our plan to get to the merge and pick the others off is severely depending on Jonathan and Zoe. If they don't vote with us, we'll be the ones getting picked off." Reginald admitted. "I need to re-think my plan and try to come up with different solutions on how to get far in the game, especially since Shee'Na will be out for my head since voting off her friend was pretty much my idea."

Meanwhile, the remaining members of the tribe were sitting on the beach, just high enough to avoid waves hitting them.

"Hey, Zoe?"

"Yeah, Jonathan?"

"I just thought of something." Jonathan said, casting the skunk a glance. "Both alliances approached us for votes, right?"

"Yeah, they did." Zoe nodded. "I was honestly expecting to go home before they showed up."

"Me too." The human added. "But here's the thing I realized. Even though we aren't in any alliance, we have power."

Zoe tilted her head. "Huh?"

"We're both swing votes." Jonathan said, forming a grin. "No one will target us because they need our votes to vote off someone in the other alliance!"

Zoe's face lit up. "Oh, wow!" She exclaimed. "I never thought about that!"

"If we play our cards right and remain swing votes, we'll fly under the radar!" Jonathan continued.

"And go straight through until the merge!" Zoe said in realization.

"Now you've got it." Jonathan said with a smirk. "Whaddya say, Zoe? Wanna stay away from the alliances for a while?"

"You bet!" Zoe cheered as she and Jonathan exchanged a high-five.

"This is awesome! I never realized I could hold so much power without being in an alliance! Jonathan and I can go real far in the game just by giving other people votes!" Zoe cheered. "I just hope that the others don't decide to gang up on us for a while, because we would easily be outnumbered…"

(Nago Tribe)

Smacking her lips a couple of times and scratching her head, Angie emerged from the shelter as (once again) the last one awake. She suddenly saw the other young members of the tribe looking at her sternly.

"You finally decided to wake up?" Crane asked, folding his arms.

Angie yawned. "Yeah. I guess I'm just a heavy sleeper." She admitted.

"You've been sleeping in every day since we finished the shelter, Angie." Mel pointed out. "You don't want to get eliminated just because you're lazy."

"It's about time you woke up." Elias snapped as he stalked over to Angie, towering over her. "This is the third time in a row that you've slept in. All I can say is that you'd better pull your weight around camp if you want to stick around."

"H-Hey! I won the Immunity Challenge because of my speed!" Angie insisted. "You guys need me!"

Elias paused, then sighed. "Very well. I'll buy it for now, but I should hope for your sake that you stop being so lazy around camp." He said.

"Actually, that's my whole plan. You see, whenever I'm at camp, I'll be as lazy as possible, but during a challenge I'll give 110%." Angie said with a smirk. "This way, people will dislike me but keep me around because I help them win challenges. And when the merge comes, people will dislike me enough to take me to the finals because they know they'd win against me."

Having heard what Angie said from aside, D'looa looked at Barney and Jake. "She has a point. She DID win us that challenge. I was honestly not expecting that speed to come from her." She noted.

"Ya think that makes her worthwhile ta keep around even though she's lazy?" Jake asked, raising an eyebrow.

"Somehow, I think that's exactly what she's planning." D'looa sighed. "She does well in the challenges as an excuse to be lazy."

"Seems like a smart plan." Barney shrugged. "Hey, as long as she helps us win challenges, I'm happy."

"Yeah. I guess that's the main thing."

Suddenly, Kida came walking onto the scene. "Hey, dudes? I'm just gonna go grab some grub. You want me to bring back anything for you guys?" She asked.

Everyone stood in silence before looking at the Rilgarian surfer. "Food?" Elias asked. "What are you talking about?"

Kida laughed. "Dude, we're on an island of trees!" She replied. "There's gotta be fruit and coconut trees everywhere!"

"How did we not think of that sooner?" Crane asked with wide eyes.

"I dunno, but it sounds like an idea." Jake replied with a smirk. "Ah'm pretty hungry."

"For once, I agree." Bonnie nodded. "I don't care what type of food it is. Right now I'd eat anything."

(Temlin Tribe)

As the Nago Tribe left to get some food, the Temlin Tribe was experiencing similar problems as they were scattered around the camp.

Tork's stomach started growling. "I'm getting pretty hungry." He said. "Any suggestions on where to get some food?"

"The only thing I can think of is the fruit trees around the island." Reginald supplied. "I don't know about anything else."

Nikko picked up a stick and started sharpening it on a rock. "Reginald, that's not our only source of food. Remember that we're close to a beach?" The elder elf quizzed. "We can easily get fish."

"It'll be hard catching one without a fishing rod." Tork pointed out. "What are you doing?"

"Making a spear." Nikko replied. "It'll help me catch some fish."

With that, Nikko approached the beach and stopped near the water, holding his weapon in his hand.

"What are you doing?" Shee'Na asked as she and Sandy came over.

"I'm going to catch a fish for us to eat." Nikko replied. "It should be enough to keep us happy until we win food in a Reward Challenge."

Sandy laughed. "That's not the way to catch fish, old timer!" She said. "Watch and learn."

Sandy stepped into the water and bent over, holding her hands out as if ready to grab something at a second's notice. She stayed perfectly still for several seconds.

"Uh…Sandy?" Shee'Na asked.

"Shh! I must have complete silence if this is going to work!" Sandy replied without taking her eyes off of the water.

Jonathan and Zoe walked onto the scene to see Sandy bent over the water and Nikko preparing to throw a makeshift spear into the water. They exchanged confused looks. "Uh…Should we even know what happened while we were gone?" Jonathan asked.

"They're trying to catch fish." Reginald replied. "Why don't the two of you make yourselves useful and go see if you can find some fruit in the jungle?"

Again, Jonathan and Zoe exchanged looks. "Better than here for a while." Zoe said, trying to avoid looking at Shee'Na.

"Yeah. We should let some people cool off for a bit." Jonathan agreed as the two left to go into the jungle.

"I had to agree with Zoe. Anywhere was better than the campsite at that moment. I could feel the cold glare Shee'Na was giving us and I figured that it would be best to leave her alone for now." Jonathan admitted. "In order for Zoe and I to get on that Klingon's good side, we need to act smart and fast."

(Nago Tribe)

"Sweet! Mangos!" Marty cheered as he grabbed a couple of low-hanging fruit to keep himself from straining his back. "Not as good as the Super Mushrooms from back home, but still pretty good."

Kida, proving to be an excellent climber, was already up a coconut tree and looking down at D'looa. "Catch, dudette!" She called out as she started knocking coconuts off the tree.

D'looa caught a couple of coconuts that Kida dropped down to her, but one of them was thrown a little awkwardly and it landed directly onto the head of an unsuspecting Bonnie.

Bonnie roared as she spun around, feeling her head. "Who did that?! I demand to know who did that!" She shouted.

"Oh! Sorry, dude! My aim was a little off for that one! I was aiming towards D'looa, man!" Kida called out.

"Just don't let it happen again!" Bonnie threatened as she went back to collecting fruit.

"I don't care if that was an accident. Seeing Bonnie getting hit on the head made my day." D'looa said with a smirk. "Kida sure knows how to have fun, even when she doesn't mean it."

Eventually, everyone had collected a fair amount of fruit and made their way back to camp to eat, everyone looking much more satisfied.

"This will definitely give us energy for the next challenge." Jake said with a grin. "We'll be able ta do a lot better when we've got the energy ta keep us goin'."

"I still don't see why we had to stop picking fruit. We could have collected a whole lot more." Bonnie said, raising an eyebrow.

"Because if we leave the fruit on the tree, it'll stay fresher." Elias explained. "This fruit will do us for a couple of days, but we can always go back for more when we need some."

"I just hope my tribe managed to find some food as well." Marty mused, more to himself.

(Temlin Tribe)

"We got some fruit!" Zoe cheered as she and Jonathan re-entered camp with a good amount of fruit. "There's a treasure trove of trees back there! We won't have to worry about going hungry!"

"Yeah. This is definitely a good thing." Jonathan nodded as he looked at Shee'Na. "Uh…How are Nikko and Sandy doing?"

"See for yourself." Shee'Na pointed out.

Jonathan and Zoe looked at the beach and saw Nikko trying to spear a fish, having no luck. Sandy, on the other hand, was still bent over the water, in the same position she was in since she started.

"It's no use." Nikko shook his head. "Those fish are too fast for me."

Suddenly, Sandy shoved her hands into the water and pulled them out a split-second later. Everyone's eyes widened when they saw that the crazy woman was now holding a giant, thrashing fish in her hands.

"S-Sandy?! How the crap did you do that?!" Jonathan asked as he almost dropped the fruit he was carrying.

"Holy shazbot! That thing is huge!!" Zoe said in awe.

"Uh…Sandy, where exactly did you learn to catch fish?" Reginald asked, looking the most surprised he had ever been in the competition yet.

"A couple of bears taught me." Sandy replied with a smile as she carried her catch back to the campgrounds.

Reginald sat in front of the camera, with wide eyes and in complete silence. "…Okay. I can honestly say that I wasn't expecting that. Not even from Sandy." The white Rabbid finally said. "But she managed to do it anyway. She caught a huge fish big enough to feed all of us with her bare hands. There's definitely more to that woman than meets the eye."

After cooking the fish over an open fire in the fire pit, everyone on the tribe had eaten their fill of fish and fruit, looking satisfied.

"I think it's safe to say that we've got enough energy for the next challenge now." Tork said with a smirk. "Now that we've eaten, we'll be able to work harder and hopefully beat out the Nago Tribe."

"If they haven't found food, though." Zoe piped up. "There are a lot of fruit-bearing trees on the island."

"She's got a point." Jonathan shrugged. "They could have eaten just as well as we did."

"Then I propose we get as much rest as we can for tomorrow." Reginald suggested. "It'll be getting late soon and we need to be ready for anything that host throws at us."

Eventually, everyone was once again off to sleep, putting an end to day four of the contest.

(Nago Tribe; Day 5)

After waking up, Mel emerged from the shelter and looked around the camp. She quickly saw D'looa sitting at the fire pit, looking deep in thought as she munched on a mango. The computer technician went over to the Twi'lek jedi and sat down on one of the logs opposite D'looa.

"You're up kinda early, D'looa."Mel noted.

"I've been thinking about our choice to kidnap Marty despite his back injury." D'looa admitted. "I'm really regretting it now."

"I was against the idea from the start." Mel sighed, shaking her head. "Going another three days without getting it looked at will just make it worse to the point where he'll be forced out of the game."

"I know. I don't know what I was thinking when I actually agreed to that actor's plan." D'looa said, hanging her head. "It's just that it sounded like so much sense when Elias pitched the idea."

"I'm beginning to think Crane is right about Elias." Mel said, nervously rubbing her head. "I think we should get rid of him before he hurts the other tribe even more."

"We can't. He's the smart one of the tribe." D'looa replied. "We need his intelligence to get us through to the merge."

"What're ya girls talkin' about?" A new voice asked.

The girls looked over and saw Jake walking over. "We're wondering if Elias is really trustworthy." D'looa replied. "He comes up with good plans, but this one just seemed so…Cruel."

"Ey, Ah'm right there wit' ya." Jake insisted. "Sometimes, Ah just dunno what that guy's thinkin'."

"It's a little something called strategy. Why can't these people get it through their heads? I was only focusing on the tribe in kidnapping that injured koopa." Elias sighed. "The more challenges we win, the more of us make the merge. They should be thankful that I came up with the idea. I just can't understand what the big deal is."

Soon, everyone was up. Even Angie had managed to get herself up with everyone (through a little prodding from Jake and Crane). Everyone was once again scattered around the camp, Marty sitting on one of the logs by the fire pit, tenderly feeling his back.

"Your back still sore, man?" Barney asked as he approached the injured koopa.

"Yeah. Feels like it's gotten worse." Marty groaned. "It's not going to interfere with me doing challenges, though. It's just going to freaking HURT."

"Well, we'll probably have a challenge soon. You'll be reunited with your tribe then." Barney supplied. "Whom do you think got voted out?"

"Either Nikko or Lilah. Aside from me, I think they're the weaker ones." Marty replied. He was met with a blank stare. "Uh…The two elves."

"Oh! Sorry about that. I don't know anyone on your tribe as well as mine." Barney replied. "I guess I forgot their names."

"We have treemail." Bonnie called out as she approached with a letter. "It's for the next challenge. We need to go to the beach from the looks of things."

"Great. Now I'll be able to go back to my own tribe." Marty nodded as he got to his feet.

"The sooner we drop him, the better." Bonnie said with a shrug. D'looa and Barney glared daggers at the blonde boxer.

"Okay, seriously! What is WRONG with that woman?!" D'looa asked. "Did she have a poor childhood or something?! Every time she opens her mouth, I want to rip her vocal cords out!"

"Bonnie is really starting to irritate me. Truth be told, I have someone with a similar attitude as her back where I come from. Her name's Lilly Pendragon and she's even worse than Bonnie." Barney said, starting to look a little mad. "Since I'm nice, I'll give her a little more time to redeem herself and see if she can alter that personality of hers."

(Temlin Tribe; Day 5)

"I'm quite satisfied with our position." Reginald said with a smirk as he, Tork and Nikko walked to the treemail box. "We outnumber the other alliance three to two and we have two swing votes. Possibly three depending on what Marty's views are."

"But even still, we need both Shee'Na and Sandy." Tork reminded. "If we lose, how are we supposed to get rid of them if we need them?"

"Well, if Marty joins them, then we get rid of him." Reginald replied with a shrug. "I'm sure Jonathan and Zoe would be willing to join us because he was originally our intended target."

"I didn't want to say this, but I'm also pretty happy with how we're doing. I was really expecting to be voted off, but instead I'm in the majority alliance with a couple of strong players." Nikko admitted. "Tork brought up a good point, though. If we go back to Tribal Council, whom do we vote for? We need Shee'Na and Sandy, and Jonathan and Zoe are valuable swing votes. We're just going to hope that things play out the way we want."

"Look, the main point is that we have the majority at the moment." Reginald insisted. "We'll start making decisions soon enough, but we'll cross those bridges when we get there."

The three arrived at the treemail box and opened it, pulling out a letter.

"Looks like we have treemail." Nikko noted. "What's it say?"

"'Follow the instructions to your next challenge. Get ready to get wet'." Tork read.

"Another challenge involving water." Reginald nodded. "Well, we won the last one. We could win again. Let's go tell the others."

"Reginald's smart, but I have a feeling he thinks he knows the game a little too well. He's been the brains for our tribe since day one, and I think he may get a little overconfident with his intelligence." Tork admitted. "I'm in his alliance, so I need to make sure that he doesn't assume too much in this game, because the tides can turn in the blink of an eye."

"We've got treemail, everyone." Reginald called out. "Looks like we've got another challenge coming up."

"Then we'll be reunited with Marty." Zoe nodded. "You think it's Reward or Immunity?"

"Reward. It's WAY too early for Immunity." Reginald shook his head. "The real question is what the challenge will actually be. The only thing we know is that it involves water."

"I'm sure we'll find that out when we get there." Shee'Na said gruffly as she took the map from Tork. "We shouldn't waste any more time. We should get out there and win this."

The others looked at each other before shrugging and deciding to follow the Klingon woman to the challenge.

(Reward Challenge)

The Nago Tribe (plus Marty) were waiting for the Temlin Tribe to show up. In fact, Marty was already standing on his tribe's mat, still holding his back.

"You're looking a little lonely over there, Marty." SSBFreak noted. "Let's bring in the Temlin Tribe."

Marty turned around and saw his tribe coming over. He also saw that a particular elf girl was missing from the crowd.

"Lilah was voted off at the last Tribal Council." SSBFreak explained.

Marty gave a nervous chuckle. "Uh…Hey, guys." He said, knowing that he was probably the original target and the others were forced to vote off Lilah.

Shee'Na cast Marty a dark glare. Marty stepped back and decided to keep his distance from her.

"In this Reward Challenge, we're going to have a test of lung power. Look out into the water." SSBFreak explained as he pointed out into the water. Sitting a ways away from the shore were two bars sticking just above the water. "Everyone will go underwater and try to stay under there for as long as they can. The last person remaining wins the challenge and also wins a fishing rod."

"Like we'll need that." Shee'Na mused, finally forming a smirk as she looked at Sandy.

"Hey, it could help." Sandy gave a shrug.

"Seems like a fairly straightforward challenge." Barney noted.

"Yeah, bro. This sounds totally easy!" Kida nodded.

"Nago, you have one extra member." SSBFreak pointed out. "You have to sit someone out."

"Um…I'll sit out." Angie volunteered. "I hate water. I'd probably only last a few seconds."

"Very well. Survivors, please get out into the water and stand by one of the beams." SSBFreak said.

(Later…)

The sixteen contestants (everyone minus Angie) were out in the water and up against their team's beam. Marty's back was still killing him, but he knew he had to endure with it for at least the challenge.

"For Reward, get ready!" SSBFreak called out from the shore. "…Go!"

Everyone held their breath and ducked under the water, starting the Reward Challenge.

Angie waited a few seconds before shaking her head. "I'm glad I'm not doing it." The cat noted. "I would definitely not do very well here."

Someone in the water started struggling. Barney emerged from the water, gasping for breath. "I. Freaking. Hate. Water." He gasped in between breaths.

Nikko quickly burst from underneath the water, gasping just as badly as Barney. "My lungs just aren't what they used to be." He lamented.

A few seconds more and Mel came up from underneath the waves, Jake right behind her. "That's a lot 'arder than it looks, mate." Jake gasped.

Zoe quickly emerged and grabbed hold of the bar to pull herself up. "I can't take it anymore." She sighed after catching her breath.

About twenty extra seconds passed before Reginald and Elias came up at the same time. "I can't believe it. I should have taken a bigger breath." Elias shook his head.

About twenty more seconds passed and Sandy shot out of the water, grabbing hold of the bar. "Man! I haven't held my breath that long since I was forced to walk down the perfume aisle at the mall!" She exclaimed.

Bonnie quickly shot out of the water, cursing her luck. "I probably almost had it!" She roared in frustration.

Kida, whom had emerged with her, panted. "Dude, half the contestants are still left." She noted.

"I wasn't talking to you." Bonnie grunted, pushing Kida back under the water before making her way back to shore.

Shee'Na, in the meantime, was gasping for breath while holding onto the bar. She watched the scene and shook her head. "I'm glad I'm not on her team. We wouldn't get anything done at all." She noted.

"You said it." Jonathan, beside her, added.

Another several seconds passed and the remaining contestants were still under the water. "Okay. Here's how we're looking right now." SSBFreak said. "We've been running for a little while now and it's come down to four people. D'looa and Crane are left for Nago, while Tork and Marty are left for Temlin. This could go either way."

Tork suddenly shot out of the water with D'looa right behind him. "Is the contest still going?" The Twi'lek asked in between breaths. "Who's left?"

"Marty and that rudie from your team, it looks like." Tork replied as he made his way back to shore.

The final two contestants were below the surface of the water even longer and everyone was starting to wonder if the challenge would end at all. Suddenly, everyone saw signs of a struggle coming from one of the bars. Everyone looked out into the water…

…And watched as Crane shot out of the water, gasping for breath.

"That's it! Marty's the only one left! Temlin wins Reward!" SSBFreak called out.

Having seen Crane emerge from underwater, Marty shot out of the water and snapped his head back, taking a huge breath. The scrawny koopa held the bar in a death grip, taking breaths rapidly. The Temlin Tribe stared at Marty with wide eyes.

(Later…)

"Congratulations, Temlin. This is the second Reward Challenge you guys have won." SSBFreak said as he handed a grateful Marty the fishing rod. "You guys win the coveted fishing rod that will hopefully help you get some more food." He looked at the Nago Tribe, whom were looking more than a little disappointed. "Nago Tribe, I have nothing for you. I suppose you can take this as hope that you'll win the next Immunity Challenge like you did before."

Once again, SSBFreak stepped back and placed his hands behind his back. "You can all head back to camp now." He instructed.

(Temlin Tribe)

Marty, despite his still-aching back, was swelling with pride as he carried the fishing rod into camp among his tribe. He still couldn't believe that he had actually managed to WIN the challenge.

"It appears I underestimated you, koopa." An impressed Shee'Na said, raising an eyebrow. "I honestly didn't think you had it in you."

"Hey, it wasn't easy. I was just really determined to show you guys I meant business and prove that I could do well in something." Marty replied with a nervous chuckle.

"I'll admit that Marty impressed me and made up for the fact that he cost us the win in the previous Immunity Challenge, but I STILL won't drop the fact that he contributed to Lilah's elimination." Shee'Na pointed out simply. "He'll need to do a lot more before he earns my trust, and I don't know how much more he'll be able to do with that back injury."

"But hey, we got a fishing rod!" Marty said. "Now we'll be able to get fish in addition to the fruit trees!"

"Actually, Sandy managed to catch a huge fish with her bare hands yesterday." Jonathan pointed out. "But this will definitely help us a lot more."

Marty walked over to one of the logs surrounding the fire pit and sat down gingerly, feeling his back. "Well, it's still good to be back. Bonnie treated me like the plague over there, but then again, she seems to treat pretty much everyone like that." He shrugged.

"Your back still hurting, Marty?" Tork asked, walking over to the scrawny koopa.

"Heck, yeah. I think it's even gotten worse." Marty shook his head. "If I can't get something done, then-"

Tork stepped behind Marty and placed his hands on his shoulders. "Marty, I want you to do something." He said.

"Uh…Sure. What is it?" Marty asked, confused.

"Picture yourself in a meadow. A nice, peaceful meadow." Tork said.

Marty paused for a few seconds before drifting off into space, looking ahead peacefully.

"Oh…Yeah. It's so peaceful…" Marty said dreamily.

"What does it look like?"

"The sky's blue…Flowers are budding…" Marty replied. "Oh, look. Butterflies…"

"Oh, really? What colour are they?"

"Well…They're…Kind of orange…"

Tork quickly shoved Marty to the ground and pulled his arms up, repeatedly slamming them down on Marty's back.

CRACK!

"ACK!!"

CRACK!

"AUGH!!"

CRACK!

"OH! THAT HURTS!!"

CRACK!

"EEP!!"

CRACK!

"OH, THAT FELT GOOD!!"

Everyone else on the tribe stared at the scene, wide-eyed and open-mouthed. Even Reginald and Sandy were left completely speechless. Tork continued to assault Marty's back, resulting in several cries from the downed koopa. Eventually, Tork ceased his attack and helped Marty to his feet.

"You feeling okay, Marty?" Tork asked.

"I…I…" Marty said before realizing something. "I feel great! My backache's gone! Tork, you…You cured me!"

"How is that even possible?!" Shee'Na demanded. "You did nothing but assault him!"

"Believe me. I know what I'm doing. I'm a chiropractor." Tork pointed out. "I'll admit that my methods are a little unorthodox, but they definitely get results."

"Are those the 'special skills' you said you would bring?" Reginald asked.

"Yep. Hey, I think this puts us on an even playing field with the other team now." Tork nodded.

"I was hoping to keep my skills a secret for a little while longer and make people want to keep me around until they came up, but hey, I just couldn't leave Marty injured like that." Tork shrugged. "Besides, I'm still on the majority alliance, so it's not like it'll affect me at all. I figured that it was safe to bring up my profession when I did."

(Nago Tribe)

"I can't believe that we lost the Reward Challenge AGAIN!!" Bonnie yelled. "We really needed that fishing rod!"

"Again, we came close." Elias pointed out. "We'll get them at the Immunity Challenge tomorrow."

"But still, that was real close, man." Kida sighed. "We really almost had it that time."

"Also true." Elias sighed.

Bonnie ignored them and turned to Crane, whom was sitting on a log by the fire pit. "This is all your fault! You could have stayed down a few seconds longer!" She shouted at the rudie. "We could have won the challenge!"

"If I recall correctly, you seemed to just give up during the challenge." Crane countered calmly, folding his arms. "At least I tried."

Bonnie's eyes widened in disbelief. "What did you say, you…You…" She stammered.

"Surprised to see someone actually stand up to you?" Crane asked with a smirk. "That's a laugh. Look, why don't you go over and yell at a tree or something? I'm sure it'll appreciate your anger a lot more than the rest of us right now."

Bonnie seethed for a few seconds before spinning around and storming off. Everyone watched her go, then looked at Crane with wide eyes.

"That woman doesn't intimidate me in the slightest. I'm used to dealing with people with bad attitudes all of the time. You haven't SEEN attitude till you've made the hit-list of the Golden Rhinos." Crane said with a smirk. "She'd fit in real well with the Poison Jam gang if they weren't such woman-hungry maniacs. Then again, I'm sure no one would really miss her that much…"

As Elias went off to talk to Bonnie (to remind her to calm down) and the rest of the tribe split off, Mel walked over to the log Crane was sitting on and sat down beside him. "How…How could you just take what she said without breaking down like I did?" She asked.

"I grew up on the streets." Crane shrugged. "She's actually not that bad compared to some of the cops and rival gangs I run into on a daily basis."

Mel sighed and looked down. "I wish I was like you in that sense. I would love to be able to stand up to her, but I just don't think I'd be able to take what she says without breaking down." She admitted.

"Do people get mad at you where you come from?" Crane asked.

"Well…No." Mel admitted. "Everyone in my town likes me because I fix their computer problems."

"Well, there you have it." Crane said. "You haven't had to deal with someone with a bad attitude yet. That's why you just couldn't take what Bonnie said."

"You…You think you could help me?" Mel asked.

Crane looked thoughtful, then nodded, giving a small smirk. "Sure thing." He replied. Mel gave a sweet smile back at him.

(Temlin Tribe)

"How's the fishing rod working?" Marty asked as he approached the beach.

"Terrifically." Nikko replied as he pulled a fish out of the water. "I think we'll be good for supper tonight."

"How exactly did Sandy catch a fish big enough to feed all of you with her bare hands, anyway?" Marty asked, scratching his head.

"She crouched over the water like a bear and scooped it up in a split second." Nikko replied. "She had to wait a while, though."

"Doing that takes a lot of patience, young padawan." Sandy added, approaching from behind. "You have to wait for the fish to come to you."

"Looks like you guys have managed to adapt pretty well since we started." Marty noted. "This tribe is a lot more organized than the other one."

"What does their shelter look like?" Sandy asked.

"Nothing compared to ours, believe me." Marty replied. "They don't even have a floor and their campsite is just a clearing in the middle of the jungle."

"Haha! Suckers!" Sandy laughed.

"You mean they don't even have this to look at?" Nikko asked, pointing at the scenery view from the beach.

"They don't even have immediate access to the beach." Marty replied with a smirk. "However, because they've got more trees, they have a larger access to fruit."

"Meh. No big deal. We've got fish." Nikko replied with a shrug.

"Can't argue with you on that." Marty nodded as he looked at Sandy. "Shee'Na seems upset with me. Why is that?"

"She's blaming you for Lilah's elimination because you got kidnapped." Sandy shrugged.

"Seriously?" The koopa asked.

"I can't believe Shee'Na's blaming me for that. It wasn't my fault the other tribe kidnapped me. Hey, I'm sorry that her friend was eliminated because of it, but the other tribe is the source of that problem!" Marty insisted. "She shouldn't be taking the blame out on me. I don't understand how she could be acting like this…"

"I'd better go talk to her." Marty said as he started walking towards the shelter.

"Hey, great! Now that I think about it, your head WOULD probably look good above a fireplace mantle." Sandy piped up.

Marty froze, blinking several times. "Uh…On second thought, maybe I should leave her alone for now." He said.

Night eventually came along and everyone on both teams were asleep, some anticipating the next day with hope and fear.

(Nago Tribe, Day 6)

Angie yawned as she emerged from the shelter, seeing everyone scattered around again. She noticed that Crane and Mel were sitting by the fire pit together, but she chose to ignore that and walked over to Jake.

"Anything interesting happen while I was asleep?" Angie asked.

"Took ya long enough ta get up, mate." Jake noted. "But no. Treemail hasn't come in yet."

"Any particular reason why the rudie and the tech geek are hanging out over there?" Angie asked, pointing over at the fire pit.

"Nah. Ah think Mel's trying ta get Crane ta teach her ta stand up fer heself, but that's all Ah got outta it." The Australian shrugged.

"Hey, if Crane can teach someone to stand up for herself, then that's great. I just think that this will quickly lead to an alliance between him and Mel." Angie noted. "If both of them end up making the merge, that will prove to be trouble for everyone else. We may need to separate them before then."

Meanwhile, three members of the tribe were walking towards the treemail box to see if they had anything.

"What do you think the Immunity Challenge will be?" D'looa asked.

"I dunno, man. But it'll be easier if that koopa's back is still sore." Kida pointed out. "He just got lucky that the Reward Challenge didn't require his back, man."

"Also true, but we shouldn't get our hopes up." D'looa shrugged as she reached into the treemail box and pulled out a letter. "Looks like we've got treemail."

"What's it say?" Barney asked.

"'Are you ready for your second Immunity Challenge? Hope you've got a fast runner on the team'." D'looa read.

"Hey, we've got Angie." Barney pointed out. "We should have this one in the bag."

(Temlin Tribe, Day 6)

Marty exited the shelter, looked over and saw Shee'Na standing aside. Deciding to try and plead his case, Marty wandered over.

"Uh…Shee'Na?" Marty asked nervously.

"What?" Shee'Na asked back, not looking at Marty.

"Look, I know you're upset about Lilah getting eliminated. But it wasn't my fault that the other tribe kidnapped me." Marty pointed out.

Shee'Na paused. "It's just that Klingons don't make friends very often. I was really hurt when the others voted Lilah off." She admitted. "And we were going to vote you off because of your injury, so I suppose that's why I pinned blame on you."

"But why?"

"Look, I acknowledge the fact that you've got skills, but the fact still remains. If you hadn't been kidnapped, I'd still have my friend." Shee'Na said, turning away. "You should be thankful I'm being as lenient as I am. Klingons aren't exactly known for their tolerance."

Marty looked at Shee'Na, sighed and walked away from her, his head held low.

Shee'Na watched him go out of the corner of her eye, but quickly dismissed the thought. She was a Klingon. Nearly crying after Lilah was eliminated was bad enough on her reputation as a Klingon. She didn't want to feel guilty either.

"Hey! We've got treemail!"

Shee'Na (and everyone else) turned to see Jonathan coming over with a letter. Zoe bounded over to him and eagerly awaited the reading.

"What's it say?!" Zoe asked excitedly (Reginald and Shee'Na plugged their noses at the stench).

"Looks like another Immunity Challenge." Jonathan noted, squinting a little bit. "It also says that they hope we have a fast runner."

Zoe's expression drooped. "But…The other tribe has that cat! You guys saw how fast she was running last time!" She cried. "This is going to be so bad!"

"Your back okay enough to run, kid?" Nikko asked Marty.

"It's healed, but there's no way I'd be able to catch Angie." Marty shook his head. "We'll just have to figure out which of us is the fastest runner…"

"I can tell you right now that it's not going to be me." Reginald pointed out. "I'm a thinker. Not a star athlete."

"Well, I guess we'll see what the task requires when we get there." Jonathan shrugged.

(Immunity Challenge)

The two teams walked onto the beach and saw that there were several objects placed on a large, dirt track going in an oval. Ignoring it for now, the two teams stepped onto their mats and awaited instructions.

"Welcome to your second Immunity Challenge, everyone. This challenge will be even more basic than the last; It's nothing but a simple relay race." SSBFreak explained. "When I give the signal, one person from each team will run around this track, going through all of the obstacles we've placed in their respective lanes. We start off with a wooden wall with a large hole in it; the only way to pass is to climb through it. Next, we have the tire track, a line of ten tires laid out flat that people must run through one at a time. Finally, there's a row of five hurdles, which is pretty straightforward; jump over all of them to get through. The racing contestant must run a full lap, then tag the next person on their team so they can start a leg. The first team to have everyone run a full lap around this course is the winner."

Before beginning, SSBFreak looked at the Nago Tribe again.

"Nago Tribe, you still have one extra member." SSBFreak explained. "Whom will be sitting this one out?"

"I have horrible stamina. I'll sit it out." Barney noted. "There's no way we'd win if I did it."

"Fair enough. Okay. I'll give you a couple of minutes to decide your running order before we start."

The order was quickly decided. Marty gulped as he looked to his right and saw Angie standing beside him. The two were chosen to run first and were ready to start. Marty knew that he wasn't the fastest runner on his tribe (that position went to Sandy), but his team thought that it would be best if the fastest runner went later on in the challenge.

The Nago Tribe, on the other hand, had chosen their fastest runner first to put as much distance between the two teams as possible. Angie was ready for anything and prepared herself for when SSBFreak gave the signal.

"For Immunity, survivors ready?" SSBFreak asked, giving a pause. "Go!"

Angie was once again off in a flash, racing towards the wooden wall with the hole before Marty even got close to it. Even still, Marty continued running, cursing his luck for going against such a fast runner first.

Angie jumped through the hole in the wall, but caught her foot as she jumped through and tripped, falling flat on her face. While Angie was quick to get up, it helped Marty make up for lost time, as he jumped through the hole with no problem.

"Come on, Angie!" Mel shouted. "You're way faster than him!"

"Step on it, Marty!" Jonathan shouted. "If she messes up, you may be able to keep up with her!"

Angie and Marty raced along the track until they got to the tire track, Angie still well ahead of Marty. Unlike the hole in the wall, Angie easily made quick work of the tires and raced through them with ease. Marty also made it through in one go, but stumbled through the last few tires.

"Crap! I'm never gonna catch her now!" Marty cried as he struggled to keep up with the speedy cat.

Angie reached the hurdles and smirked. "This'll be no problem." She said as she jumped over the first few hurdles easily, but tripped over the fourth one. After struggling to keep her footing, Angie cleared the last hurdle, Marty now only a few feet behind her.

Angie raced over to Mel and tagged her. The computer technician was off running, but only got a few yards before Marty tagged Jonathan. Jonathan was much more physically fit than Mel, and was quickly catching up to her.

"Mel, hurry! He's gaining on you!" D'looa cried.

"You're doing great, Jonathan! Go, go, go!!" Zoe cheered (now everyone was smelling the putrid stench; Zoe was unaware that there was now a three-foot radius gap in between her and anyone else).

Mel managed to climb through the hole in the wall, but Jonathan did it faster. Mel managed to pick up the pace long enough to clear the tire tracks quickly, but Jonathan was still rapidly gaining on her.

"You're losing ground, twerp!" Bonnie shouted. "Are you even TRYING to run?!"

"I don't think that's helping her, man." Kida noted.

"You say that like I care." Bonnie snorted, folding her arms.

"Almost there. Almost there." Mel panted as she managed to jump over the last hurdle. She raced over to Crane and tagged him, allowing him to start running. Jonathan was done his lap only seconds later and tagged Nikko.

Needless to say, a teenager that skates for a living going against a middle-aged man isn't exactly a fair race. Even still, Nikko managed to keep at a reasonable pace so he wouldn't fall too far behind. Crane raced towards the first obstacle quickly, but tripped through the hole in the wall.

"Get up, you worthless rudie!" Bonnie roared. "You're almost as hopeless as the stupid geek!"

"We'll see if you can do any better, you hothead!" Crane snapped back as he raced through the tire track. Nikko was starting to fall behind, but managed to get through the tire track after Crane.

"Come on, Nikko! You're been keeping up with him so far!" Sandy shouted. "Tag me and I'll get us ahead!"

The two racers jumped over the hurdles (Nikko falling a bit more behind) and raced around the last turn in the oval, running towards Bonnie and Sandy.

"Go!" Crane shouted after tagging Bonnie. Bonnie started running.

Nikko finally reached Sandy and tagged her. "Get going! That…That took a lot out of me…"

"Yahoo!!" Sandy cheered as she took off running.

Everyone saw that Sandy was rapidly gaining on the much-slower Bonnie. Bonnie approached the hole in the wall and actually climbed through as opposed to jumping through.

"Don't stop running!" Barney shouted. "You need to keep moving!"

"Yer opponent's catchin' up ta ya!" Jake added.

"Lay off! This is the only way I can do it!" Bonnie shouted back as she finished climbing through the hole and continued running. Sandy, in the meantime, dove straight through the hole, landed on her hands, broke into a roll and continued running without losing any momentum.

By the time Bonnie was running across the tire track, Sandy had overtaken her, running through the tires backwards. She waved cheerily to Bonnie as she ran passed. "Don't you freaking DARE pass me!!" Bonnie shrieked as she raced after the crazy woman.

Everyone watched as Sandy cleared the hurdles with ease, now gaining distance on Bonnie. Sandy raced over to Reginald and tagged him.

"Go for it, Reggie!" Sandy said.

"It's 'Reginald'!" Reginald shouted as he started running (which looked more like a jog; he said himself that he wasn't the best runner). The tall Rabbid had already reached the first obstacle by the time Bonnie tagged Jake.

"Get a move on! We're behind now!" Bonnie shouted as Jake started running.

"And whose fault is that?" An unamused Crane muttered, folding his arms and glaring at Bonnie.

Because of Reginald's poor stamina, Jake was slowly managing to gain a little bit of ground back. However, Reginald was still well ahead by the time he finished the tire tracks.

"Okay. Now for the hurdles." Reginald said. "Too bad Rabbids aren't known for their jumping skills."

It took a little bit of effort, and he tripped over the last hurdle, but Reginald still managed to get around the last turn before Jake. As the Australian boy rounded the last turn, Reginald tagged Tork.

"Get going! I think I let him catch up a bit!" Reginald said.

"On it!" Tork nodded as he took off running.

"Get goin' mate!" Jake said as he tagged D'looa. "We can still win!"

D'looa took off, proving her athletic agility by jumping clean through the hole in the wall without wasting time. However, Tork had already done the obstacle and was on route to the tire tracks.

"This won't be as hard as the hole in the wall." Tork noted as he charged through the tire tracks easily. D'looa arrived just as he finished and also ran through the tires smoothly.

"I'm never going to catch him! He's got too much of a lead!" D'looa shouted as she started jumping over hurdles (Tork was almost done).

"Well, pick up the pace and get your feet in gear!" Bonnie shouted. "I don't want us to lose to these freaks again!"

Everyone from the Temlin Tribe whom had already run glared daggers at Bonnie. Shee'Na growled and stepped towards the boxer, only for Reginald and Sandy to hold her back.

"It's almost your turn to run, Shee'Na." Reginald instructed. "It may be tempting, but killing Bonnie will take too much time."

Shee'Na paused. "Okay. For once, I agree with you." The Klingon said as she watched Tork race over to Zoe and tag her.

"Alright! We're almost done!" Zoe cheered as she raced towards the first obstacle, leaving a trail of putrid stench as she ran.

D'looa, in the meantime, had tagged Kida. "Get going! After you, it's just Elias that needs to run!" She urged.

"You got it, dude!" Kida nodded as she ran off towards the hole in the wall.

Shee'Na and Elias looked at each other as they stood beside each other at the starting line, then at the racing contestants. Zoe continued to run ahead of Kida, clearing the tire tracks easily (although Kida cleared them just as fast).

"I'm coming, Shee'Na! Get ready!" Zoe called out as she jumped over the hurdles.

"Dude, get ready to move! We need to win, man!" Kida told Elias as she still trailed Zoe.

"Me against a strongwoman? I'll need a miracle." Elias shook his head.

Zoe finished the lap and tagged Shee'Na. The Klingon was off running as Kida came up and tagged Elias. The actor raced after Shee'Na, but the muscled woman was quickly gaining ground and furthering herself from him.

Elias jumped through the hold in the wall. "There's no way. She's already at the tire tracks." He sighed, shaking his head.

Elias was right. Shee'Na ran a perfect lap, clearing the tire track and hurdles with no mistakes. By the time Elias had finished the tire track, Shee'Na had already crossed the finish line. The Temlin Tribe cheered as Shee'Na shoved her fists into the air in celebration.

"Shee'Na is the winner!" SSBFreak said. "Temlin wins Immunity!"

(Later…)

"Congratulations on winning Immunity, Temlin. Unlike last time, you are all safe tonight." SSBFreak said. He then turned to the Nago Tribe. "Nago, now it's your turn to vote someone off tonight. I'll see you at Tribal Council, with the exception of one." The tall host looked at the winning tribe again. "Temlin, you can choose one contestant from Nago to kidnap and save from elimination. Who will it be?"

"Bonnie!" The entire Temlin Tribe shouted as one.

Bonnie smirked and strutted over to the other mat, looking back at her tribe. "Do us all a favour and vote off the useless twerp, will you?" She asked with a smirk. Most of the people on the Nago Tribe looked mad (or seethed in hatred, in D'looa's case) at the turn of events and the fact that Bonnie was safe.

"Bonnie is safe tonight and will rejoin her tribe at the next challenge. Nago Tribe, I'll be seeing you at Tribal Council tonight." SSBFreak said. "You can head back to camp."

(Nago Tribe)

"This is so unfair!" D'looa cried as she paced back and forth in front of the treemail box. "Why the heck did they save Bonnie?!"

"Eye for an eye, man." Kida sighed. "We totally saved Marty and they had to get rid of someone else."

"I suppose the plus side to this is that they can't kidnap the same person twice." D'looa sighed. "The next time we lose, she's gone."

"You got it, man."

"This sucks. We were SO prepared to vote off Bonnie until the Temlin Tribe told us they were sparing her." Mel sighed. "Now we have to decide which of us will end up getting voted off and I have a feeling that it'll be me because of my limited use to the team. I just need to hope that I'll be safe after the night."

"Who are we going to vote for?" Mel asked Crane.

"Elias." Crane replied, folding his arms. "I can tell that he's a snake and we need to get rid of him before he does something."

"But he's such a strong player." Mel pointed out.

"No. He's a SMART player. Big difference." Crane said. "He thinks he knows how to play the game and he's waiting for the best moment to strike."

"Who are the swing votes?"

"Barney, Jake and Angie. Just enough to give us the majority if we get all of them." The rudie replied. "I think our best chance at an additional vote would be Barney, though."

"Yeah. He's been friends with us so far." Mel nodded.

"Ah dunno who Ah'll vote fer. Ah'm actually leanin' towards Angie. Yeah, she's fast, but she's lazy around the camp." Jake shrugged. "She could prove ta be a liability pretty fast, mates. We should take 'er out while we still 'ave a chance ta win."

"Elias came up to us and told us to vote for Mel. There's no way I'm voting for her! What is that guy smoking?" D'looa said. "I'm going to have to focus on our second-weakest link now that Bonnie's not here and that's Jake. I'm not going to like doing this, but it has to happen. We need to take out the weaker players to win challenges."

"You know what? I have no idea on whom to vote for. Crane and Mel suggested Elias, but I think he's too strong a player to eliminate this early in the game. He's too big of an asset to the team." Barney admitted. "In the meantime, I'm just going to have to figure out who on this tribe deserves to go the most…"

(Tribal Council)

The eight members of the Nago Tribe (minus Bonnie) walked into the Tribal Council area with their torches. Finding their seats, everyone sat down and waited for SSBFreak to start talking.

"Welcome to your first Tribal Council, Nago Tribe. I'm sure this is the last place you want to be right now." SSBFreak said. "After everyone votes, the person with the most votes will be eliminated from the game." Before continuing, SSBFreak scanned over the campers. "D'looa, your tribe looked pretty mad when you lost Immunity. Were you that upset about losing?"

"It wasn't so much losing the challenge. It was the fact that the Temlin Tribe kidnapped the one person everyone here wants out." D'looa said. "She would SO be gone if she were still here and I think no one would really miss her."

"Jake, will Bonnie's kidnapping affect the votes tonight?"

"Yep. Ah'm sure that it would be almost unanimous against her if she were here. Now Ah just dunno who's going home." Jake admitted. "Ah think Ah'm a target, but Ah think the possibilities of Mel and Angie came up around camp as well."

Angie's eyes widened. SSBFreak noticed this. "You seem surprised, Angie." He noted.

"Well, yeah. I mean, I've got amazing speed." Angie pointed out. "I don't know why anyone would want to get rid of me this early."

"Because ya don't do much around camp." Jake shrugged. "Yer pretty lazy."

"So? It's just my nature." Angie insisted. "Besides, I've helped us win challenges."

"Elias, do you agree that Angie is an asset because of her speed?" SSBFreak asked.

"Her speed helps, but I have to admit that if she doesn't stop being so lazy, then she'll probably be voted off because of it." Elias replied. "I have to admit that if I didn't already know whom I was voting for, I'd probably vote her off."

"Well, I think that's enough questions this time. It's time to vote." SSBFreak said. "Angie, you're up."

The yellow cat got out of her seat and made her way to the voting table outside of Tribal Council. "Whom should I vote for?" She asked herself. "I've got two choices…"

Crane approached the table and held up his card, showing Elias' name. "I know you're planning something. I just hope the others can see that as well." He said as he placed his vote in the jar.

Kida walked up to the table and voted. "Sorry, dude." She shrugged as she placed her vote in the jar.

Jake walked up to the table and voted, showing his card to the camera. "Ah just think ya need ta go. Laziness doesn't deserve ta win." He said, having voted for Angie.

Mel approached the table and voted. She hesitated for a moment before placing her vote in the jar.

D'looa wrote down a name and held up the card. "I'm real sorry. If Bonnie were still here, I'd keep you in a heartbeat." She apologized, having voted for Jake.

Barney bit his lip for a second, then quickly wrote down a name, placing it in the jar before second-guessing himself.

Elias calmly wrote a name down and showed the card to the camera. "I simply think you're the weakest. Don't think I'm doing this to satisfy Bonnie." He said, having voted for Mel.

After all the votes were cast, SSBFreak fetched the jar and held it before the tribe. "Once I read the names, the one with the most votes will be asked to bring forward their torch and leave Tribal Council immediately." SSBFreak said as he dug into the jar. "It's time to read the votes."

"First vote; Angie." Angie's eyes widened, then looked suspiciously at Jake.

"Elias." Elias raised an eyebrow, genuinely surprised.

"Angie. That's two votes for Angie and one for Elias." Angie started looking a little nervous now.

"Jake." Jake didn't look too surprised.

"Jake. Two votes each for Angie and Jake and one for Elias." Jake and Angie looked at each other.

"Mel." Mostly everyone looked surprised. D'looa and Kida seemed to have a feeling on who had cast the vote, though…

"Elias. That's two votes for Angie, Jake and Elias, and one for Mel." Elias' eyes widened behind his shades. "Last vote and second person voted out of Survivor: Central Hub…"

"…Jake. You need to bring me your torch." SSBFreak said.

Jake sat in silence for a bit before nodding and standing up, grabbing his torch. Not looking at anyone else, the Australian approached the host, whom held a snuffer in his hand.

"Jake, the tribe has spoken." SSBFreak said as he extinguished Jake's flame. "It's time for you to go."

"Take out Bonnie as soon as ya can, mates." Jake said, walking backwards as he spoke to the rest of the tribe. When he was finished, Jake turned and continued walking normally.

After the Australian boy left Tribal Council, SSBFreak looked at the remaining members of the tribe. "From the voting tonight, I can tell that you aren't as organized at the Temlin Tribe, with four names coming up in this Tribal Council." SSBFreak noted. "I suggest that you try to organize yourselves a little better or you may be back here before you know it. You can all head back to camp."

Everyone stood up, collected their still-lit torches and left Tribal Council, surprised at how close the voting had come. With one extra vote, Angie or Elias could have been eliminated. Elias knew that he needed to plan a little better if he was to survive until the finals.

"Voted off second in the game and first fer mah tribe. Not exactly the proudest moment of mah life. Ah know that Ah'm not the strongest guy, but Ah think Ah could have taken it all the way if given the chance." Jake sighed. "But Ah know that there's gonna be fireworks when Bonnie gets back, so at least Ah won't have ta see that…"

Voting History:

Jake – D'looa, Kida and Angie

Elias – Crane and Mel

Angie – Barney and Jake

Mel – Elias

Author's Note: In my original draft for this, Jake ended up going a little further than he did here (not as far as the merge, but further than second one out). Unfortunately, I ended up editing the story when I saw that his personality wasn't really getting him anywhere, making him the second one off.