Heya!

Here is chapter 4 :)
Sorry about the long wait. I wanted to wait till i was on holidays till i updated it, cause i had a few tests for the end of term and stuff. Anyways, now while i'm resting for two weeks, i'l probably get two chapters done. This is longer than others cause i felt like knocking down the whole first episode in one go. I'm kinda excited for after Duncan gets the boot, so yah.

oh and i just wanna let you guys know that i've changed my pen name to BlackFingerlessGloves
i felt like a change and this sounded better, don't you think :)

enjoy :D

The rickety bus trudged along the airplane runway, as 17 reluctant teenagers made their way to their third season of reality TV. Gwen stared out the window, slowly letting the seconds tick by until she was once again on that stupid show, at the mercy of Chris. Little did she know that Duncan's teal gaze was glued to the back of her head from across the bus. His full attention was fixed upon the unsuspecting Goth, so he got the surprise of his life when his chin was violently dragged away in the opposie direction by a mocha hand.

"Duncan!"

She turned her boyfriend's head to face hers, with his eyes now resting upon her piercing stare.

"Have you not heard a word I said! Listen to me! Who's more important? Some Goth, or your girlfriend?" Courtney challenged, while on the inside she shyly feared the answer. He remained slient. She threw Duncan's face away from her as she spoke again.

"Now, our biggest threats are the newbies. No one knows them and they could have some sort of hidden skill that could rival ours. So if one of them is on your team, get to know them, see what makes them tick. I've already made a list of everyone's strengthes and weaknesses and I have two more spots left, just for them. Once that's out of the way, we can devise a strategy to pick everyone off, one by one." a malcious smile twsited Courtney's lips. She was so into her strategizing that she didn't seem to notice Duncan's head turning towards Gwen once more, and Gwen's onyx eyes returning his gaze with a smile. Frustration mangled her face. She slowly raised her hand, just waiting for right the moment to strike her distracted boyfriend, when the low-budget bus abruptly jolted to a stop. She'll have to deal with him later.

The cast proceeded to stand up, each one of them carrying a backpack full of essentials, well everyone except Courtney. She dumped her bag on the floor in front of Duncan's feet as the thud shattered the awkward slience shared between the reality show ensemble.

"Carry my bag Dunky. I want to build you're upper body strength so you can help me through the challenges." Courtney commaned in a high tone. Duncan's face twisted as he bent down to retrive his girlfriend's bag, softly cursing under his breath, his innapropriate words left unheard by the brunette standing over him.

Chris's irrtating intorduction could be faintly heard from outside, as Duncan and Courtney exited the bus, with Heather, Gwen and Leshawna trailing behind. Gwen walked straight slowly, until she collided with the back of Heather's bag with a grunt.

"Are there reserve seats? i.e, can I have one, not next to Heather's pony hair ponytail?"she asked rudely. Heather turned around immedieatly.

"Um, my extensions are human hair!" she retored back to the Goth. Duncan took this opporunity to slide in a comment of his own.

"You learn something new everyday," Duncan added, still holding Courtney's bakcpack. Gwen gigled lightly, smiling sweetly at the punk. Duncan mirrored her expression, even though he could feel Courtney's eyes drilling through the back of his head. He couldn't care less.

"Girls sing, little birdies sing, Duncans do not sing!"

Duncan complained aloud about the new rules of the season as the cast were taken on a tour of the deathtrap they would call home for the next few weeks. Gwen stood next to him, silently dreading the time they'll have to work their vocal pipes too.

Once everyone had a good look at the plane, they proceeded to sit in the dining area, with the exception of Ezekiel, who was trown out of the plane by Chris for well, being himself.

The plane started with a jolt, and the cast were once again off on another season of torture. Once they were well into the air, a bell echoed across the hall and was about to make the competition even more unbearable.

Chris came out of nowhere dressed in a stylilsh tuxedo and asked for a musical number to be created out of thin air. The cast groaned, but Courtney was eager to start singing and kicked off the first song of the season. Duncan and Gwen remained seated. No way were they singing. The song continued, and Duncan was wondering where the backup music came from, as he didn't recall an orchestra getting on board with them. The irritating music sliced through Duncan and Gwen's ears like an incredibly annoying knife.

Come fly with us! Come sing with us!

"No!" at this point everyone was crowded around the pair who still sat on the table as they screamed in unison. Chris popped up once again and told them that if they remained silent, they would share the same fate as their homeschooled ex contestant; no singing equaled no place in the game.

Oh no, what a shame. Duncan thought. Hey, he already had a millioin dollars for his own, he had nothing to lose.

Courtney rushed to her boyfriend's side and sang straight into his ear.

Duncan do it, let's go!

Even in song Courtney still seemed to irritate her boyfriend with her permanent pushy tone. He could think of another reason to keep his mouth shut. Duncan's face remained twisted and his arms remained crossed over his chest. Plummetting to the ground with a crappy parachute doesn't seem so bad...

Gwen sing it, don't go!

Cody stood at Gwen's side and begged her to sing with clasped hands. He stared deep into his crush's eyes, hoping she would come to her senses and sing. After all, it was a miliion dollars.

"I don't want to go home," Gwen said, more to herself than the chunky camera that was shoved in front of her. Anger graced her pale face as she stood up from the table and opened her mouth.

Come fly with us! Come fly with us! Come, and fly, with us!

Duncan sat up. Gwen's voice flowed out of her mouth like velvet, and into the ears of a stunned Duncan. It was beautiful. When he heard Gwen sing, he came up with one very good reason to stay in the game. Let's just say, if she can do it, so can he.

"Come on Duncan please?" Courtney has stopped singing now, all that mattered was making sure Duncan stayed in the game. He stood up reluctantly and raised his arms.

This sucks!

Duncan dragged on the last note for a while, long enough for everyone to find their way into finishing pose.

Yeah!

Everyone sang in unison as the terrible song came to an end. This was going to be a long season.

With a small crackle over the PA system, Chef informed the cast that they were decending into Egypt, and then went on to insult Chris without turing the speaker off, enraging the host and embarrsing himself. Duncan and Gwen snickered to themselves.

"At least he was telling the truth," Duncan's whisper tickled Gwen's neck softly. She shivered at the sensation as she giggled in agreement. Courtney continued to stare at them from the other side of the room, anger shredding her insides.

The plane suddenly landed with a thud, not of the fatal kind, but with enough force to jolt everyone out of their seats and into a large pile of teenagers. Once everyone picked themselves up, they proceeded to exit the jet. They were greeted with intense heat, a towering pyramid and Chris, who was being carried to two unfortunated interns.

Whilst drinking a cool beverage and being shaded by an oversized leaf, Chris explained the challenge. The contestants were to either go over or under the pyramid to reach the finish line. Sounded simple enough.

The contestants lined up at the starting line, but not before Ezekiel came running towards them. Wait how?

"It's called landing gear homie. I climbed it, and hid with the cargo," the homeschooled boy explained proudly. After a short quarrel, Chris agreed to let Ezekiel back in the game, and showed his gratitude by smashing the cymballs into his face, signalling the beginning of the challenge.

After dragging Duncan by the wrist away from Gwen, Courtney proceeded to take charge. She grabbed some rope and swiftly tied it around her waist, and went to do the same to her boyfriend. Duncan's face twisted in pain as the rope was tied tightly around him by Courtney's strong arms. She started to ramble on about some Tiffany girl in her many experiences as a CIT, and Duncan noticed Gwen climbing up the pyramid by herself, and struggling to do so.

"Hey Gwen! You going over too?" he called up to the Goth, as her leg hung over one of the large blocks awkardly. She grunted while trying to pull herself up.

"Working on it!" Gwen yelled back, strained from the difficulty of getting over the pyramid.

"I think Gwen could use a hand." Duncan told Courtney, with a bit too much enthusiasm for her liking. The last thing Duncan wanted was to be tied to Courtney for hours on end without someone to talk too.

"Fine." Courtney agreed reluctanly, her voice rigid. "But only because a three person belay is stronger," she added quickly before Duncan's head turned up towards Gwen again, the sun piecing his eyes.

"Want to come and belay with us? Because judging by you're awkward position, you could use some help," he said with a smile.

"Gee, thanks. But yeah ok. I'm coming down!" Gwen replied, as she started to jump down the oversized blocks. She moved so gracefully that Duncan used all the energy he had to turn to Courtney. Gwen joined the couple on ground level quickly, and Courtney thrusted out her hand holding some remaining rope in her direction.

"Tie this around your waist, and do it quick. We can't afford to lose any more time." Courtney's voice was stiff, positivity was nowhere to be seen. Gwen grabbed the rope hastily and proceeded to get it around her waist.

"I'll help," Duncan said suddenly, as his hands clamped firmly around the rope, his knuckes brushing against Gwen's torso slightly as he tied the rope together. His heart beat faster with every second, and Gwen's eyes stayed to her feet, so she wouldn't have to face Courtney's fatal stare.

"Ok. Let's go." Duncan said finally, as he walked towards the pyramid, dragging a fuming Courtney and nervous Gwen behind him. He started to climb the first block, when a high-pitched voice rang through his ears.

"Hurry it up Duncan! We're already lost enough time waiting for Gwen to get down!" Courtney yelled up to her boyfriend, as he started to increase his speed, but it turns out it was a bit too fast for Gwen. As Courtney climbled up the block above her, Gwen was dragged voilently upwards, knocking her leg against the edge of the pyramid. She sighed in pain

"Ow! Guys! Stop!" she called up, as Duncan came to a complete halt, and Courtney turned to face Gwen.

"What is it?" Courtney asked tiredly, staring at Gwen in frustration.

"I hit my leg because of you and your stupid speed!" Gwen retorted quickly. Duncan rolled his eyes. She had a point.

"Well, excuse me for wanting to win! We have to go fast because we had to wait for you to get down! Now get over it and keep up with us! I am not losing this season because you got injured!" Courtney screamed into Gwen's face, and Duncan was shocked. He opened his mouth to respond, but Courtney beat him to it.

"Not let's get moving! Dunky! Go!" Courtney called up, as he started to climb again, purposely reducing his speed to make sure nothing else happenes to Gwen.

"Gwen! Hurry it up! Injury or no injury, we still have a chellenge to win!" Courtney nagged again, and Gwen was ready with a response.

"Well, if you were so obsessed with coming in first, why did you even offer to help?" Gwen grunted as she climbed up the next block.

"A three person belay is stronger, well at least it's supposed to be! All you're doing is slowing us down!" Courtney screamed back, her throat burning.

"Oh I'm sorry. I didn't realise I was messing up your precious belay. Let me just cut myself loose and make you happy." Gwen replied sarcastically. Courtney wanted to push her.

"And you're form is appaling!" She called, continuing the quarrel that was giving Duncan the headache of a lifetime.

"Gee, thanks Courtney I was just wondering about that!"

"You know you're only here because I'm feeling nice today!" Courtney reminded her. Gwen struggled to keep a giggle escape her throat.

"Wow, this is you being nice?" Gwen turned her head to Duncan, "my sympathies!" she yelled up to him as he rolled his eyes. Right now, he couldn't be bothered taking sides.

"Are you hearing this Duncan? You're not gonna let her get away with that!" Courtney screamed up to her boyfriend. Duncan sighed.

After 3 long hours of climbing and arguing, the trio finally made their way up to the top of the pyramid. Each one of them were panting and sweating from the painful heat, and COurtney and Gwen were still trying to bite each other's heads off.

"I'm telling you, we need to untie!" Gwen's voice was strained from her lack of energy.

"And I'm telling you it's unsafe! I'm in charge and-" Courtney's high pitched reply was cut off by a certain host yelling through a megaphone.

"Oh kids," Chris said slowly, before a little bell rang through Duncan's tortured ears. Oh no...

"Recognise that sound?" Chris teased. He announced that anyone who hadn't completed the challenge had to sing a reprise of the song they sang earlier, and Duncan lost it.

"You know what? No!" Duncan yelled as he jumped down the pyramid swiftly, dragging Courtney and Gwen behind. He could hear their bodies collide with the solid blocks, but right now he didn't care.

"Dude, you have a contract," Chirs said when Duncan refused to sing.

"Eat it McLean! If you need me I'll be on the plane waiting for a ride home, cause I'm out, done. I quit!" Duncan screamed as he cut himself loose with his pocket knife and stomped away. Little did he know that behind him a girl with blue hair and pale skin lied on the desert floor and lowered her head in sadness as he left.

Ok.
I didn't really like that chapter very much, i kinda rushed it cause i guess everyone's seen it anyway...
Dont' worry next chapter, the adventure starts! hopefully i can make it way better than this one...
anyways, review if you like, and stay tuned for the next chapter... should be coming in like, maybe next week or something...
who knows...

ok, i'm having a bit of a debate in my head as to where Duncan should land when he gets eliminated, because it has to be somehwere between Egypt and Japan. There's a poll on my profile so yahh...

byee, :)
and shut the door and your way out!