"Fresh Challenge: Vets vs. Groms"
Story Written by Freedom Fighter

So a major plotline comes to a resolution this week... and someone's place in the game will be gone when all's said and done...

Disclaimer: All characters are the property of Fresh TV, Inc.


20 teens, 3 weeks, $300,000 on the line
And only one team to split the prize

[Blaineley]
This is 'Fresh Challenge: Vets vs. Groms!'

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Fresh Challenge: Vets vs. Groms
Episode Seven - One Way to Get You Gone (07.21.11)

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Due to the exhaustion of all the cast members from the previous challenge, they all went right back to sleep upon returning to their living quarters. It was not until much later in the day that reactions to Wyatt's exit began pouring in.

Confessional Cam - Jonesy

"HA HA HA HA! Wyatt lost to DARTH? How lame can you be to lose to him? HA HA HA HA!"

Confessional Cam - Jen

"I still can't believe Bridgette picked Wyatt. She's smart enough to realize Trent, Jonesy, or even Cody are bigger threats! Something's not right here, but I can't quite put my finger on it."

Confessional Cam - Lo

"I shouldn't be feeling this bad about Wyatt being kicked off the island! After all, I'm dating Reef now, not Wyatt! If Reef ever finds his way back to land again! But if not, I guess if Wyatt is still available... when he... gets. Okay, who's trying to maroon all the cute boys around here?"


Kelly was alone in the girls-only bedroom, writing in her diary.

"Everything's going according to plan," she murmured to herself.

"Kel?" Ty peeked into the room, looking up at his girlfriend.

"What's up, hon?"

"A bunch of us are gonna go sightseeing. Wanna come?"

"Sure! Anything for you, Ty!"

Kelly closed her diary, stuck it underneath her pillow, then climbed down the ladder and out of the room.


A little while later, a large group that, in addition to Ty and Kelly, included Jen, Cody, Darth, Julie, Caitlin, and Bridgette, was out in the front yard. Geoff, Trent, and Jonesy were also there, but they had different plans.

"You sure you guys don't want to come?" Cody asked them.

"Nah!" Geoff declined. "Trent and I need to make a food run. We wiped the pantry with our party the other day."

"Unless you guys want you-know-who to start feeding us," Trent suggested, hinting at an unsavory option.

"Knowing our hostess, she probably hoarks in the food," Julie commented ironically.

"Where you off to, Jonesy?" Caitlin asked her friend.

"Gonna go babe-hunting down by the beach," he replied.

"Shoulda seen that coming," commented Jen.

Jonesy started walking away, waving goodbye to the group.


It did not take long for Jonesy to walk the few blocks to the beach, but to his disappointment, they were not that many girls around for him to pick up.

"Man. Must be too late in the day."

But all hope was not lost, as he spotted a blonde beauty lying face down on a blanket and wearing nothing but a red bikini top and a matching-colored thong.

"Hubba hubba... this might not be a bust after all! Besides, I love me some older women!"

He strutted over to introduce himself to the fair maiden. Once he got over there, he put on his best smile and leaned on an umbrella that was shading the woman from direct exposure to the sun.

"The day is still young, and so am I! Why don't you teach me the finer ways of romance. You be the teacher, and I'll be your willing student, if you catch my drift!"

He wanted to say more, but he was pushing on the umbrella a bit too hard. It fell over, and consequently, so did he. He picked himself up, spitting out a few grains of sand that had gotten into his mouth, and he heard the woman break out in hysterical laughter.

"HA HA, OH MY GOSH! If that's your best pick-up line, no wonder your girlfriend moved away from you!"

The woman flipped over and lowered the sunglasses that were covering her eyes, revealing herself to be Blaineley. Jonesy stood there stunned, unsure of what was the most damning: that he looked like a doofus falling over, that his pick-up line just got dissed, or that he just tried to pick up Blaineley.

His brain finally decided upon the third, and his appropriate response was to... turn his head and throw up in disgust. The hostess sat up, obviously not pleased.

"Hey! I'll have you know I'm a desirable, single woman, whom any man would LOVE to get to spend some time with. I'm a celebrity, after all."

Confessional Cam - Jonesy

"Normally, I'd kill to get the chance to score someone like Blaineley. But I've heard the rumors about her... and they're not pretty."

Jonesy laughed nervously. "Look, this is all just a big mistake..."

"Really?" Blaineley asked as she got to her feet, revealing that she had quite a large stomach for someone claiming to be a 'size zero.'

"Okay," Jonesy said as he covered his eyes, "did NOT need to see that."

Blaineley took a deep breath to try and suck her belly, but that alone could only hide so much.

"You DO realize this particular beach is off-limits to everyone but the production crew, right? You were told that on the very first day by the producers! I can get you kicked off the show for trespassing, you know."

"Yeah... but you wouldn't do that to me, right? I'm Jonesy! I'm the 'it' guy!"

Blaineley smirked. Jonesy realized that he was in trouble, and he quickly dropped to his knees and started begging.

"Please! I don't wanna go home yet! There's gotta be some kind of deal we can work out!"

"Well... there is one thing."

Blaineley walked alongside Jonesy and whispered something in his ear. Once she was done, he shot an odd glance at her.

"Really? Just do that?"

"Uh huh. Do it, and you stay on the show."

"It's a deal!"

Jonesy shook Blaineley's hand, sealing the deal.

Confessional Cam - Blaineley

"I love it when someone 'volunteers' to do your dirty work for you..."


Back at the house...

"I know it's around here somewhere..."

Lo was in the girls' bedroom, searching through her clothes for something...

"Emma's gonna freak if I've lost it! Especially since I secret borrowed it from her..."

She then randomly turned towards Kelly's half of her bunk bed.

"I bet Kelly took it. That'd be just like her!"

Lo climbed up there and began to search Kelly's bedsheets. But the only thing she found up there that did not belong was...

"A diary? And it's unlocked!"

She picked it up and looked at the cover.

"I know I shouldn't. But..."

Curiosity and mischief got the best of her, as she opened the diary up and started flipping through it. Lo discovered most of it was either Kelly pining about one day marrying Ty and weaseling her way into the family fortune or Kelly scheming up ways to torture Lo. She was not happy about anything in, but it also was exactly what she expected to find in the diary.

But then she came across the most recent entries, starting with one that was written a week ago that she read aloud...

"'I love how Fin is jealous raging on Ridgemount macking on Reef! She knows she's going home tonight, so she came to me and asked me if that happens to make Ridgemount's life here miserable!'"

Lo became angrier and angrier as she discovered Kelly was responsible for the chair incident... and for helping getting Reef and Wyatt both booted from the game. Before she could turn the page again to see what her nemesis had planned next, she heard someone clapping from the doorway. She turned that way, and saw Kelly standing there.

"Looks like somebody learned how to be a snooper!"

Lo slid down and stomped over to Kelly, the diary gripped tightly in her left hand.

"You monster!" Lo exclaimed. "I can't believe you..."

"...did all this?" Kelly finished. "Then you don't know me very well, do you?"

"Wait until everyone finds out about this! Especially Ty!"

"Go ahead. And tell them you found out by peeking at my diary! It's a given everyone will stop trusting me. But by blabbing, you'll guarantee no one will trust you, either."

Lo wanted to strangle Kelly right there and then, but she knew she could not. She knew she was right, anyway.

"Then there's only one thing I can do," Lo decided.

She shoved the diary back in Kelly's arms, then made a declaration.

"The very next Castoff Beach! You. Me. We're ending this."

"Already? I still had a few more ideas of how to ruin you even more, but since you're in such a hurry to get out of here... I accept your challenge!"

With that, Lo walked out of the room. Kelly smiled. She had her enemy exactly where she wanted her.

[End Act One]


The next morning, the teams arrived at the location of the challenge, and saw a very intricate rope obstacle course waiting for them. Immediately, a few of them groaned in disgust.

"What's up, everyone?" greeted Blaineley as she walked up to the group. Anyway, today's challenge is gonna be a doozy! It's called 'Beach Breakout!'"

She began the explanation by pointing to two identical jungle gym-like structures made entirely of rope and wooden support posts.

"The challenge begins in there! Each team will be chained together and tangled in that pseudo web. You must untangle yourselves and escape that mini-maze."

She then described the rest of the course in detail...

"Once out, you'll have to scale up a ten-foot wall. Once up top, you will reach a safety deposit box. Inside it are two keys, which will undo two of the five locks binding your team together. Once those locks are undone, you'll ride the zipline over a deep mud pit, back down to the ground. Next up is a mini-puzzle, in which you'll have to come up with three numerical answers, which represent the combination of a safe which holds the third and fourth keys. After those keys have been retrieved and their locks have been undone, you can then proceed to the next segment, which has a series of limbo bars you must go under. Be forewarned! Knock any of the bars off, and the entire team will have to return to the start of the section and do it all again! Lastly, there's a giant hamster wheel which is attached to a rope running to and up a flag pole, which has a flag hanging at the top... which has the LAST key taped to it. The two people still chained together at that juncture are the only ones allowed to run on the wheel! Once you've gotten the last key down, undo the final lock, and then sprint for the finish line! The first team to have its entire team across the line, unchained, wins!"

"Whoa," gasped Cody, "that sounds like a lot!"

"It is! I hope you all came ready to compete."

"I was born ready!" stated Courtney proudly. "I'll do anything to win!"

Blaineley smirked. "That's good to know."


[Challenge 7: Beach Breakout]

"Really?" Courtney hissed at the hostess. "REALLY?"

She was pointing out the fact that they had been forced to change into prison jumpsuits - in their respective team colors, of course.

"I have to agree with Court," Lo pointed out, "No self-respecting person would be seen out in public wearing these drab things!"

"Too bad!" Blaineley told her. "This is a TV show, remember? Everyone in the world will get to see you look like jailbait!"

She left Lo to think about how her fashion reputation was about to take a nosedive, and walked over to the Groms. Caitlin and Bridgette were standing outside the starting structure, having been chosen by their team to sit out this challenge since they were two people up, while the others were inside, waiting for the start signal.

"Why are YOU out here?" Blaineley glared at Bridgette, demanding an answer.

"Because my team respects me!" defiantly answered Bridgette. "Unlike a certain reality show hostess!"

"Blah blah, whatevs! Hit the sidelines, outcast!"

Blaineley walked off to begin the challenge, and Bridgette was seething mad as the hostess sauntered off.

"She's such a... UGH! I can't even say that word out loud!"

Bridgette stomped over to the side of the course. Caitlin wished her team good luck, then followed her fellow blonde off.

"Let's get this show on the road!" Blaineley shouted, pulling out a whistle and blowing it.

They went to work, trying to untangle their chains from the posts it was wrapped around. Darth took command for the Groms, trying to make up for his previous debacle.

"Geoff, help me pull Julie through that gap between Owen and Kelly!"

Geoff grabbed Julie's left arm while Darth got her right, and the two of them gently tugged Julie through the hole.

"Okay, Ty and Kelly, between Owen's legs!"

"Eeeww!" winced Kelly.

"Just do it!" Ty said, getting down on his knees.

As things were going fairly well for the Groms, Kelly getting a whiff of Owen's behind notwithstanding... the Vets, on the other hand...

"I think Courtney needs to go in there," Trent pointed, "between Jonesy and the post."

"What?" Courtney shouted back. "Why me? Cody, you go through it!"

"Hello!" Cody exclaimed. "I'm on the other side!"

As the Vets tried to get their bearings, the Groms were making major progress. The only entanglement they had left was right in the center of their chain, between Julie and Geoff.

"Make the hole bigger!" Darth ordered. "Get closer!"

The team got close together, enlarging the hole enough for someone to get through. Geoff went through it first, then he turned to help Kelly, who in turn got Ty in and out.

"Owen, go!" Darth shouted at him, before turning to everyone else, "make sure to go through the exact same holes Owen does, lest we get tangled up!"

Owen started pulling ropes aside to get his big frame through, leading his team slowly but surely out of the web. Once Owen emerged through the far end, he held the ropes up for the rest of his team to follow.

"Groms are first out of the maze," Blaineley announced. "Vets still trying to get untangled!"

Jonesy was kneeling on the ground, smiling as both Lo and Courtney were being lifted over his head and behind him.

"Stop smiling!" Lo shouted at him. "You're not allowed to enjoy this!"

"What can I say? The view from here is great!"

Courtney kicked Jonesy in the back of the head as she was being let down on the other side.

"OW!"

Eventually, the Vets did get themselves untangled, and they headed for the exit, with Jen leading the way. Ahead, the Groms were in the process of scaling the ten-foot wall. Ty was already at the top, and he reached out to get Kelly up the last few rope lengths. Geoff was halfway up already, and his girlfriend cheered him on from the sidelines.

"Go, Geoff! Attack that wall!"

Geoff got there relatively easy, and Julie was not far behind as Jen reached the end of the rope web and was egging the rest of her team to follow her through.

"Let's go, people! Come on, come on!"

By the time the Vets had all gotten out and reached the wall, the Groms were almost all completely up. All except for Owen, as the five up top were working together to pull him up.

"PULL!" Ty shouted. "We can do it, guys! Pull!"

Jen got to the rope and started climbing...

"Faster, Jen!" Courtney yelled. "Move it!"

"What does it LOOK like I'm doing?" Jen screeched back.

Jen got to the top, and so did Trent, before the Groms could get Owen all the way up. The Groms had no time to rest as they ran up a small series of ramps that took them another ten feet up. As promised, waiting on table at the end were two safety deposit boxes. Ty tossed the lid aside and pulled out the two keys. He took one and tried it on the lock keeping him and Kelly together. When it did not work, he passed it to her and tried the second key.

"What's with these locks?" Kelly asked as she struggled to pull the first key out after discovering it did not work on the lock connecting her to Geoff. "They're, like, rusted and junk!"

Behind them, the Vets were making up some time. But Lo was the last one in line, and her lack of upper body strength was making it tough for her to climb at any decent speed.

"Cody! Jonesy!"

Trent had a hold of the rope and was calling the other boys over to help him pull Lo up. Back with the Groms, they had managed to find the correct locks for their keys, as the one linking Geoff to Julie came undone, as did the one connecting Darth to Owen.

"Zipline!" Darth shouted.

"How do we do this?" Geoff asked, showing he was still attached to both Ty and Kelly. "Can it support three people?"

"It's gonna have to!" Kelly told him, as she jumped on Geoff's back and straddled him, her legs crossed over his stomach.

Ty had no choice but to wrap his limbs around Geoff the opposite way, facing Geoff, with Ty resting his butt on Kelly's face.

"This isn't weird at all," Ty said sarcastically.

"I don't care!" Kelly huffed. "Geoff, don't let go! Or else!"

Geoff reached up for the zipline bar, and his teammates watched as he jumped off the edge and the trio went sliding down, screaming all the way. Somehow, they reached the pad at the bottom without anyone falling off, to their relief. Once they were clear, Darth and Julie both grabbed a hold of the second bar and zipped down the line.

As Owen waited for them to reach the line, the Vets reached their box and started working with their two keys.

"YES!" Courtney yelped with glee, as one of the keys undid the lock chaining her to Jonesy.

After a few failed attempts, they used process of elimination to find that the other key unlocked the chain connecting Trent to Jen. They ran over to the ziplines just as Owen took off.

"BANZAI!" he yelled.

The line began to dip downward because of his weight, and his team quickly became worried he would reach the bottom too low, and ram into the landing pad. That concern dissipated, though, when Owen lost his grip halfway down and fell screaming into the deep mud pit. The resulting splash sent mud flying a pretty far distance, all the way over to Darth and Kelly, who had mud splatter over them from the neck down.

"Mud's a good color for you, Kel!" Lo shouted from way up top.

Kelly growled angrily as Geoff and Ty raced past her to help Owen, who was trying to climb out of the pit. Meanwhile, Jen wasted no time, as she took her solo ride down the line before anyone could object. The rest of the Vets had to figure out who would go next as Jen reached the bottom safely - just as Owen was pulled from the pit.

"Groms still ahead going to the numerical puzzles!" commentated Blaineley as they ran to said obstacle. "Can the Vets catch up? Stay tuned, folks!"

[End Act Two]


Up top, Courtney had wrapped her arms underneath of Trent's, and her legs around his midsection. Trent grabbed a hold of the bar, and he ran forward, the two forced by fate to make the ride down together.

"EEEEEEEEEE!" Courtney screamed in fright.

As they came down, the Groms reached the platform where the puzzle was, with Darth and Kelly both having pushed most of the mud off of their bodies. Ty got there first and read the clues aloud.

"The combination to the safe is made up of three numbers, which are the following numbers. The first is the number of black-haired teens on Team Vets at the start of the game. The second is the number of episodes in a typical season of 'Total Drama.' The third is the... number of minutes it takes each morning on average for Bridgette to do her hair?"

The team turned to Geoff for the answer to the third question.

"What? Am I SUPPOSED to know that?"

Back with the Vets...

"Why do we have to do it this way?" asked Jonesy.

"Like heck I'm going to ride in between you two dorks!" retorted Lo.

Jonesy was holding onto the bar with his hands while he had his legs wrapped around Cody. In turn, Cody had his arms wrapped around Lo's stomach, and the two of them still had their feet on the platform, as they all faced forward.

"What are they doing?" Courtney asked, glancing upward at them.

Cody and Lo ran off the side, and the trio started their speedy, frightful descent. All three of them screamed like girls as they sped for the landing pad. Jonesy excitedly let go a split second too early, though, so instead of landing on their feet, they all touched down face-down, with Lo on the bottom of the pile.

"Get up, get up!" Jen shouted as she, Courtney, and Trent helped their teammates up.

The Vets were all up and they reached their puzzle, while the Groms were already at work trying out their answers on their safe. Cody read his teams' clues aloud.

"The first is the number of blond-haired teens on Team Groms at the start of the game. The second is the number of cast members left in the game. The third is... number of hate letters to Duncan that Courtney mailed off this morning?"

"Hold on!" Courtney growled. "Since when are my personal affairs everyone's business?"

Regardless, they figured out the answers and ran to the safe. As they began turning their dial, the Groms were already on the third attempt to unlock their safe.

"It's gotta be a nice, round number," Geoff thought aloud. "Um... 35?"

Julie turned the dial to 35, and pulled the latch outward. This time, the door did open. She got the two keys out and her team undid two more of their locks. They ran to the limbo segment, with only Ty and Kelly still chained together.

"Courtney, we need a number!" Jen shouted.

"I don't remember! Uh... uh... 28?"

Trent turned the dial to that number, and pulled. The safe opened. After unlocking two of their locks, only Cody and Lo remained linked for the Vets. The Groms had just cleared the second stick, which was three feet off the ground.

"Guys," Owen spoke up, pointing out a problem, "I just barely cleared the last one. How am I gonna get under the rest?"

"I guess I forgot to mention you ARE allowed to dig under each bar to get more clearance," Blaineley ruled. "But dig carefully... knock the bar off while doing so, and you go back to the start!"

The boys started digging under the third bar, which was only two feet above the ground, as Kelly and Julie watched. The Vets, meanwhile, had easily cleared the first bar and were on the second.

"This isn't fair!" argued Bridgette as she walked over to Blaineley. "We're at a disadvantage because Owen's so much bigger than the rest of us!"

"You should've thought when you didn't send him to Castoff Beach! Not my fault, honey."

As the Groms continued to dig, the Vets drew even as they got to the third bar. They saw they needed to dig, but Lo proved there was no need to do so for her, as she managed to squeeze her small frame underneath without much trouble.

Confessional Cam - Lo

"And people thought Daddy rigged those limbo contests for me. I earned those three consecutive Surfer's Paradise Limbo Championship trophies! No one here can go lower than me!"

Both teams cleared enough sand under the bar for their members to get under the third bar, and they were neck-and-neck as they reached the fourth and final one, which was just 16 inches up. Again, Lo attempted to get under it as is. She just managed to squeeze under without making contact once with the bar.

The rest of her team then began digging, trying to get ahead of the Groms. After a couple minutes on both sides, people started making attempts to sneak under. Lo carefully guided Cody under using their linked chain, while Darth and Julie did theirs individually. Kelly was almost clear as well, but she made the mistake of lifting up her head too early, believing she was clear.

"NO!" Darth shouted.

The bar popped out and hit the sand.

"Uh oh!" Blaineley said to them. "You know the rules! Gotta do 'em all again!"

The Groms had no choice but to run back to the start of the segment. Meanwhile, Jonesy was the last of the Vets to go under. He carefully cleared the obstacle without any mistakes.

"Vets have taken the lead!"

By design, Cody and Lo were forced to get in and do the running to get their key.

"Lift those legs!" Courtney barked at them. "LIFT!"

As their flag lowered closer to the ground, Trent saw out of the corner of his eye Owen knocking over one of the limbo bars with his stomach.

"I think we got this, guys!"

Ten seconds later, the flag was in Jen's reach. She ripped the key off and ran to undo the lock connecting Cody and Lo, with them stopping as she got them. Once they were free, the team bolted 25 meters to the finish line. The Groms saw the writing on the wall as they began their third run of the limbo segment, and it was made officially when Lo jogged across the finish line, the last member in for her team.

"Team Vets wins!"

[Team Vets $125,000 - Team Groms $50,000]

They celebrated yet another victory as the Groms collapsed on the ground in exhausted defeat.


The Vets were all in the deliberation tent, but just as Jonesy was about to step in, he was intercepted by Blaineley.

"You know the plan, right?" she asked him.

Jonesy nodded. "And you'll keep your end of the deal?"

"As long as you come through!"

Jonesy then went into the tent.

"Alright... I know exactly who we're gonna vote for."

"I nominate Kelly," Lo cut in. "Girl's a witch! She's gotta go!"

"I second!" Jen rose her hand in agreement.

"No way!" argued Jonesy. "Bridgette's the best babe left on their team! Her place isn't here... it's on some magazine cover!"

The girls gasped in shock.

"I can't believe you just said that!" Jen berated him.

"I second Jonesy's nom..."

They all turned to Trent, who had his hand up.

"But not for the same reasons as Jonesy. I like Bridgette, she's one of the nicest people I've ever met. But that doesn't change the fact that she's the only girl they have left with any athleticism."

"It... it only takes one challenge in the water..." Cody spoke up.

"You too?" Lo looked at him in dismay.

"It looks like we have a tie then," Courtney stated aloud, "because I'm voting to get rid of Kelly. So... how do we decide this?"

Trent had one idea, as he pulled out a spare guitar pick he happened to have in his pocket.


[Castoff Beach]

Jonesy stepped forward to announce which two girls were competing in the challenge. And he was doing so with a... fresh black left eye?

"We decided... to throw Kelly in."

"WHAT?"

Everyone turned towards Kelly, but she did not seem shocked at being picked at all. Instead, the most surprised about the choice happened to be Blaineley.

"Why?" she asked him. "That's not why I- I mean, you, told me... uh..."

A lot of eyes were trained on the hostess, as they were getting suspicious of what was happening.

"Fine," Blaineley relented. "At least tell us why?"

He held up a hand to his eye, then glanced over his shoulder back at an irate Courtney.

"Let's just say we have 'special' ways of breaking ties."

"ENOUGH!" shouted Lo, bursting out of her silence and stepping forward.

"Sis," Ty said with concern, "what are you doing?"

"What I should've done a LONG time ago, Ty! Put Kelly in her place!"

"Ha!" Kelly laughed. "You? Put ME in MY place? Not likely!"

Blaineley sighed. "So I suppose the Vets pick Lo for the challenge? Fine, whatever... Kelly, spin the wheel."

Kelly stuck her tongue out at Lo, then walked over to the wheel and gave it a whirl. It landed on the 'wild card' spot.

"There's a twist!" Blaineley said with a smile. "Kelly, you can now pick which challenge you want to do!"

Kelly smiled evilly. Lo gulped in fear.

"I don't like where this is going..." Lo said aloud.


[20 Questions]

Kelly and Lo were standing on either side of Blaineley, who had a card in hand with the name of one of the competitors on it.

"You know the rules, girls! Kelly, again, your choice... would you like to go first or second?"

Kelly smirked. "I think I'd like to go first, Blaineley."

"Very well. Ask away!"

"My first question is... is the person a girl?"

The hostess looked at her card, and answered. "Yes. Lo?"

"Is she a gold digger?"

That question got a glare from Kelly and a few gasps from the other.

"Ooh, good question. But nope! Back to you, Kelly."

"Is she a Daddy's girl?"

And that one got a matching mean look from Lo.

"No."

"Is she a mean, son of a witch?"

"WHAT?" Kelly yelled.

"Hold on," Blaineley cut in, before putting a finger up to her earpiece, as if waiting for clarification. "The producers believe it's a valid question... and they're leaning no for the answer. Can we keep the questions a little more straight-forward, please?"

"Fine."

Kelly scanned the other girls still in the game. After a few seconds, she asked Blaineley...

"Is it Courtney?"

"Hold up!" Lo put her hand up. "Did your small brain just SERIOUSLY pick a name at random?"

"So, Ridgemount? What if I did?"

Blaineley looked down at the card... and gasped in amazement.

"Either Kelly's great at guessing games, or she's a psychic. Either way... she's right! Lo? Vaca's over, sweetie! The raft awaits!"

"That can't be right!"

Lo did not believe Blaineley, so she snatched the card out of her hand. Sure enough, Courtney's name was on it.

"No way!"

"Yes way! Later, Lo! I'm sure some baby shark out there will find you appetizing!"

Lo tried to make a break for it, but she was quickly chased down by the interns and dragged towards the raft.

"Hey! Let go of me! Do you know who my Dad is?"

Ty attempted to run over to save her sister, but Kelly cut him off.

"Sorry, Ty, but she had this coming!"

"But that's my sister!"

"Well... you should've WARNED her that she should've never crossed me!"

Lo was pushed out to sea.

"You guys know I can swim, right? Wait... there can't really be sharks in this shallow water. Right?"

Then, less than 20 feet from shore, she saw something that resembled a shark's fin pass by her adrift raft.

"This is so unfair!" she shouted. "I WANT A DO-OVER!"

"I guess she doesn't know that I don't believe in do-overs," Blaineley said as she faced the camera. "Unless I want one, that is. But I don't, so... see ya!"

"DON'T LEAVE ME OUT HERE! AT LEAST, NOT WITHOUT SOME SUNSCREEN! SUNBURNS ARE SO UNATTRACTIVE!"

End Episode Seven

Author's Notes:
And with Lo's departure, there's no one left in the game that made the merge in "Fresh from Canada." And we're still only halfway through the season! Yikes! The Vets have lost half of their team already... will any of them make it to the final challenge? They better start winning more of the Castoff Beach showdowns, that's for sure!

Next up: Episode 8 - Next Thursday, July 28th, 7 pm EST!