Walk the Plank and Results

Most the campers woke up by cold water on their face or by blowhorn. Out of the 20 campers that were still in the competition, only Jason, Piper, Annabeth, Charlie, Grover, Katie, and Juniper made it to breakfast. The Aphrodite kids take forever to get ready, and the rest of the group was still asleep. When they finally did get up, they whined about sore muscles until Chiron came in.

"Did everyone sleep well?" Chiron asked. All he got in response was mumbling and groaning. "Well, get use to it and quit whining. Today's mission is called Walk the Plank. Girl's, each of you will climb up a ladder onto a platform and stand on a plank suspended above the water. Guys, you will be on the shore holding onto a ski rope. The ski rope is attached to the plank, so if you let go of the rope, your partner's plank will collapse and cause your partner to take a swim. If you're the first to let go, you will be guaranteed a trip to the Temple of Fate, along with whoever the winner decides to send. Let's go!"

They all followed Chiron to another floating bog-thingy, much like yesterday. The guys grabbed their team-colored ski rope and got into position while the girls waded through the water, climbed up the ladder, and stood on the edge of their plank. Everyone was wearing their team shirt and a pair of shorts they brought, so it was easy to tell who was on what team.

Time slowly passed by. 10…25…40 minutes. The whole group was doing great. Finally after 45 minutes, Grover accidently let go and Juniper toppled into the water. It didn't take long for everyone else to follow. First Pink, then Grey, Green, Yellow, Orange, Purple, and Blue. Red was able to hang on 10 more minutes before letting go. White won! Then Chiron trotted up.

"Congratulations Charlie and Silena! " He started. "You have a guaranteed place on Calypso's lovely island for at least another day. Unfortunately, Brown, you will be going to temple later on along with one other team. White, since you won you have to pick the other team that goes to temple. You have till lunch to decide who that will be, then both teams will pack their bags and start the long hike to the Temple of Fate. Whoever loses will return directly to camp."

There was a moment of sad silence before he dismissed everyone and trotted off. Silena and Charlie decided to take a walk down the beach, probably to discuss who to send to temple, and everyone else walked back to the bungalows. They sat in groups in the cabins, out front near the tree-swing, under the tree, and on the porches. No one talked much though.

Sensing everyone's mood, Connor quickly stood up and yelled "Let's go swimming!" Apparently expecting everyone to follow, he took off in a sprint towards the shore and dove into the water just as the lunch bell rang. Everyone got up and started walking toward the picnic area. They heard Connor yell "Dang it!" very loudly, which made everyone smile.

Lunch was eaten in silence. Charlie and Silena had walked in late, and were still picking at their food when Chiron came in and asked who they had chosen to send to temple.

"It was a hard choice, and we're still not happy with it but…" It felt like all the oxygen was sucked out of the room. "Blue team." No one moved, and it got awkwardly silent.

"Well okay then." Chiron started. "After you finish eating, pack your bags and say your goodbye's, then meet me by the mountain trail in front of the torches." Both Brown and Blue teams nodded and Chiron left. Everybody hugged and said bye as they left to pack and get to the trail.

They started the long hike shortly after. Chiron informed us that one of the two teams will be back later on that night, but it didn't help brighten the mood. No one felt like doing anything, which was rare since they all have ADHD.

Eventually a few teams went on walks or went swimming, but most just waited, and waited, and waited…

Link to Walk The Plank video (sorry if it's bad quality): .com/watch?v=V7J6V7jJMu4&feature=youtube_gdata_player

*You can watch it all if you want, but Walk the Plank is only in the first part. Towards the end it's a different challenge Thanks for reading! Please review! Hope everyone's had a good week! Thanks to Redwolf11 for reviewing the last chapter! Peace