When Chris called it the tremendously, hugely big hill, he wasn't exaggerating. Most of the contestants were panting, and there was still a huge amount of hill left to go up.

Dakota managed to catch up with Danny. "Hi, Danny!"

Danny nodded. A few feet behind, Dimitrix whispered, "I bet they become a couple."

Cassidy rolled her eyes. "Ten bucks says they don't."

Dimi grinned evilly. "It's a bet!"

Elsewhere on the hill, Alexander was impertinent. "Chris better have a freaking apple for me when I get up there!"

Passing by, Lil JJ laughed. "Dude, what is up with you and apples?"

Alex ran at Lil JJ and the two fell to the ground. Alexander screamed, "DON'T GET IN THE WAY OF MY APPLES!"

Confessional:

"Damn! What is with that boy and apples? I mean, seriously!" Lil JJ confessed.

End

The teams eventually reached the top, where Chris stood waiting for them with an evil grin on his face. Matt looked around. "Um, Chris, there's nothing up here to compete in a challenge with."

Chris' grin spread. "I know."

Greggory was confused. "Um, Mister McLean, correct me if I'm mistaken, but… we're supposed to have our first challenge up here, right?"

Chris shook his head. "Why, no, actually. You're not."

Julia laughed. "Well, then why'd you bring us up here, silly!"

Chris smirked triumphantly. "To tell you about your challenge."

Everyone groaned. Danny sarcastically said, "Because telling us back at the cabins would've been cliché."

Chris nodded. "Exactly, mister Days!"

Jenna was curious. "All right, so what exactly IS our challenge?"

"Well," Chris explained, "There are big team logos that were carved that are supposed to hang outside your cabin. But for fun, we broke the logos up into three parts. You prisoners must split up into mini teams to find the pieces, and the first team to bring all three pieces to the cabins will win. Understand?"

The teams muttered in agreement. Chris grinned. "All right, challenge begins… now!"

Freezing Penguins

Everyone turned towards Dimi, their team captain.

Dimi thought for a second. "Well, there's seven of us, so the teams should be 2-2-3, right?"

Nolan nodded. He turned to Matt and asked, "Want to team up?"

Matt gave him thumbs up. "Yeah, I'm in."

Dimi nodded and turned to Danny and Cassidy. "You guys wanna be the team of three with me?"

Danny shrugged and Cassidy smiled. "Sure thing, Dimi."

Looking at Dakota and Samantha, Dimitrix asked, "You two okay with partnering?"

Dakota gave an enthusiastic nod and Samantha sighed.

"All right, teams, go!" Dimitrix ordered, and Matt, Nolan, Dakota, and Samantha started off down the hill.

Turning to Danny and Cassidy, she asked, "There has got to be some sort of faster way down this cliff!"

Danny and Cassidy exchanged a look. "Don't even think about it!" Cassidy warned.

Before Dimi could ask what 'it' was, Danny pushed both her and Cassidy over the edge.

With a final sarcastic salute to Chris, Danny followed them over the edge.

Wild Monkeys

"Well," Nate began, "As team captain, I should clearly decide on the teams. Lil JJ, Alex, and Jenna, Julia and Greggory, and Tonia and me. We good here?"

Everyone nodded. Lil JJ shot him daggers but remained silent.

"So, once we find our piece, we just run back to the cabins?" Jenna asked.

Nate nodded. "That's the general idea, yeah."

Lil JJ, Alex, Jenna, Julia, and Greggory started down the hill. Nate flashed Tonia a smile and was about to follow them when he heard two screams. He and Tonia turned to see Danny sarcastically salute Chris and dive over the edge.

Nate laughed. "Well, there's one way to get down the hill!"

Tonia looked at him and there was a darevdeil-ish fire in her eyes. "We should do that too. It'll save a lot of time."

Nate shrugged. "Whatever you say, gorgeous. I'd follow you anywhere."

And then they too jumped off the edge.

Bottom of Cliff

Danny landed in the water with a splash and quickly swam to shore, where a wet Dimi and Cassidy awaited him.

Grinning, he walked onto the sand. "Have a nice fall?" he asked them.

Cassidy punched him in the arm. "Real smooth, Days."

Dimi pointed at the water. "Look who so stole our idea!"

Nate and Tonia swam to shore soon, and when they arrived, there was a stare-down between the two Wild Monkeys and the three Freezing Penguins.

It seemed to stay like that for a few seconds until Danny pushed Dimi and Cassidy in a direction towards camp. "Go look for the piece. I'll distract them."

Dimi rolled her eyes. "Yeah, shove us off a cliff and then go play the hero. Sounds like a real good combination."

Danny looked at her with a fire in his eyes. "Go!"

Shrugging, Dimi and Cassidy ran off.

Nate turned to Tonia and smiled. "Now, hon, go on. I'll be right behind you. It won't take long here."

Tonia returned the smile. "All right, Nate. Just try not to hurt him too bad!" She went off into the forest, leaving the two guys alone on the sand.

Nate smiled. "Come on, Danny. If we fight, you know I'll win. Let's just go on our own way now, okay?"

Danny shook his head. "I wouldn't be so sure, prettyboy."

Nate's smile turned into a sneer. "Wow, you actually spoke! Congratulations on the longest sentence you've ever spewed!"

Danny chuckled. "You can't search for it, you won't find it."

Nate rolled his eyes; "Neither can you, idiot. Real great plan."

Danny grinned. "Faith in teammates. How about you?"

Nate's bravado began to fade. He wasn't really sure he had absolute faith in the pyromaniac leading the challenge. Glaring at Danny, he said, "We'll save this for another day!"

As Nate ran after Tonia, Danny grinned. He'd done his job well enough – he'd slightly delayed Nate and put a dent in his confidence. As he went to follow Dimi and Cassidy, he muttered, "I'll we waiting for it, prettyboy."

Julia and Greggory

"Psst, Greg!" Julia whispered.

Greggory turned to her. "Yeah?"

"BOO!"

Her sudden shout caught him off-guard, and he fell down. "Looks like you got me, Julia."

The crazy personality then seemed to disappear. Julia reached out a hand to help him up and said, "Let's keep going. We don't want to lose the first challenge!"

Greggory nodded. "You're right. We don't."

As they kept going through the forest, Greg asked Julia, "What do you think of the game so far?"

Julia shrugged. "Everyone seems nice. No complaints here. Nobody's been openly hostile towards me, so I take it I'm pretty well received. You?"

Greggory was slightly thrown off by her impressive vocabulary, but soon recovered. "I'm a bit shy, and a bit clumsy, so…"

Julia smiled. "I didn't really get that vibe. You don't seem all that shy."

Shrugging, Greg replied, "It's because the people here are nice. It's easy to fit in."

"And you don't seem all that clumsy, either." After walking for a minute and not getting a response, Julia turned around and saw Greggory on the ground, having tripped.

Laughing, she said, "Oops. That was pretty clumsy."

After rising to his feet he wondered, "What was that thing I tripped on?"

Julia bent down and picked up a piece of stone. "It looks like a monkey's body carved on this. Weird, huh?"

Greggory clapped his hands together. "'Ello, love! That's it! One o' the bloody pieces we needed!"

Julia grinned. "Yes! Now we just need to bring this back to the cabins!"

Greggory nodded. "Jus' one problem, love."

"Yeah?"

"Where are the cabins?"

Dakota and Samantha

Dakota and Samantha were walking in an awkward silence, so Dakota tried to fill the void. "Hey, Samantha. How are you?"

Samantha rolls her eyes, coming off as cold, aloof, and intimidating. But Dakota wasn't about to give up so easily.

"Come on, Sam! Talk to me! Please? Please? Please?"

Sam cracks a smile. "Fine, Kota. I'm talking. Happy now?"

Dakota smiled. "Yes. Now, actually talk to me! How are you?"

"Fine. Slightly annoyed, but fine. And you?"

"I'm good."

Sam smirked. "Good? What about Danny?"

Dakota blushed. "What about him?"

Sam rolled her eyes. "Listen, Kota, I don't know anything about you. This is the first time we've had an actual conversation with one another. But I do know that it is really obvious you're trying to hit on him."

Dakota laughed. "Am not!"

Sam sighed. "Whatever, girl. Your problem. It's just that, if I was trying to get close to him, I'd probably go through Dimitrix or Cassidy."

"Well, if I was trying to get close to him, why would I go through Dimitrix of Cassidy?"

"It just seems like the three of them are close, like they've bonded or something."

Dakota nodded. "If I was trying to get close to him, I would thank you for that advice."

"And I would – AHH!" Sam cried.

Dakota turned to her. "What? What happened?"

Sam was clutching her foot. "That freaking piece of rock! It crushed my foot!"

Dakota thought for a second. "Aren't we supposed to be looking for pieces of rock?"

Turning the slab over saw a penguin head carved into it – the symbol of the Freezing Penguins!

"Hurray," Sam cheered sarcastically. "Let's just get this back now, okay? Then we can go back to not having to interact with each other."

Last part should be out tomorrow! And, if you're on the losing team, just PM the vote!