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It was early in the morning. Tori was the only one in the house awake. She went to the living room and called Trina on the house phone.
"Hello?" Trina asked.
"Hey, it's Tori."
"Tori! Hey! How's the show been going?"
"Great, I made the final six."
"Yep, you're my sister alright."
Tori laughed.
"I don't seem to remember you doing that well on these shows."
"I won the 2nd season of the show."
"But since then you've done horribly."
"Look, did you call me just to insult me?"
"No, no, I actually wanted some advice."
"Okay, ask away."
"Okay, say you don't have a boyfriend, but you and this guy on the show really like each other. And you guys act like a couple all the time. But there's this second guy that you also really like and you're really good friends with and..."
Just then, Andre walked in.
"Trina, I'll have to talk to you later, bye...love you too...bye."
"We made the final six!" Andre said, hugging her.
"Yeah, I can't believe it."
"Raven says that she wants me to focus less on you and more on the game but, I think we've been working well enough."
"Yeah, you guys are practically the best team in the house besides Dana and..."
Tori stopped talking.
"Dana and Beck?" Andre asked.
"Yeah, him."
"I don't know. I mean they're pretty good but..."
Just then, Sonya walked in.
"Hey, love birds." She said, sitting down in between them.
"Hey Sonya." Tori responded.
"I've never made it this far before. This is surreal."
"Yeah."
They sat in silence, imagining the final. Soon, all 6 teams were in the living room.
"Who's gonna be in the final?" Dana asked, with a smile. Everyone looked around nervously.
"I say, Us, Raven and Andre, and you and Beck." Amy said, picking at some loose fabric in the rug.
"I think we have a good shot." Tori said, Jade laughed.
"The bus is here." Dana said.
All six teams got onto one bus and rode to a field with 12 chairs, angled over a cliff that led into a lake. Craig smiled at them.
"What the fuck?" Sonya asked.
"Good morning to you too Sonya. How are ya doing, Challengers? You've made it to the final six! Today's challenge, will be a quiz!" He said.
Confessional
Mike: CJ hits us with a mental challenge.
Sinjin: I don't like how those chairs are at a 45 degree angle on the edge of a cliff.
End Confessional
"The quiz is on THIS season of the Challenge. If you've been paying attention, you should be fine. You will sit in a chair with a marker and a white board. I will ask the question and you will write your answer. If it's incorrect, I'll pull your lever and your chair will fall all the way back, throwing you into the water. We will keep doing this until there is one person left, that person's team will win and be safe from elimination. The first team to have two people eliminated will go to the jungle tonight as the dead last loser. Since Dana and Beck won the last challenge, they will chose the order in which I read your answers."
"Uh, we don't need to deliberate. The order is Andre, Raven, Robbie, Sonya, Tori, Corey, Sinjin, Amy, Mike, Jade, Beck, then myself." Dana said.
"Beck, you agree with that?"
Beck nodded.
"Okay, time to start the challenge.
The Challengers nodded and got into their chairs.
"The first question. Who was the second team eliminated?"
White Boards
Andre - Zoey & Gibby
Raven - Twitty & Carly
Robbie - Twitty & Carly
Sonya - Twitty & Carly
Tori - Twitty & Carly
Corey - Twitty & Carly
Sinjin - Chase & Cat?
Amy - Twitty & Carly
Mike - Twitty & Carly
Jade - Twitty & Carly
Beck - Twitty & Carly
Dana - Twitty & Carly
Craig walked over and pulled Andre's lever. His chair flung him into the water backwards. Then he pulled Sinjin's lever, doing the same to him.
"The correct answer, was Twitty & Carly. Next question. Who won the fourth jungle?"
White Boards
Raven - Corey & Tori
Robbie - Corey & Tori
Sonya - Corey & Tori
Tori - Corey and I :)
Corey - Josh & Sam
Amy - Corey & Tori
Mike - Corey & Tori
Jade - Corey & Tori
Beck - Corey & Tori
Dana - Corey & Tori
Craig pulled Corey's lever.
"Oh my god, Corey! How did you get that wrong!?" Tori shouted.
"I thought we won the fifth ju..." Corey screamed before he hit the water. The challengers and Craig all laughed,
Confessional
Raven - Classic Corey.
Corey - When you're here, you lose track of time, you sure as hell aren't counting episodes and eliminations.
End Confessional
"The correct answer, was Corey and Tori. Next question. Who was the last team to complete the second round of the insane games? Mike and Jade, you should know this one, because you didn't complete that round, and you got sent to the loser's last change battle."
The contestants (besides Mike and Jade) looked around confused.
White Boards
Raven - Drake & Alex
Robbie - Drake & Alex?
Sonya - Josh & Sam
Tori - Drake & Alex...maybe
Amy - (Complete Guess) Drake & Alex
Mike - drake + alex
Jade - Drake and Alex
Beck - Drake and Alex
Dana - Drake, Alex
Craig pulled Sonya's lever.
"The correct answer was Drake and Alex. Next question, speaking of Alex, where is Alex from again? I believe we discovered this at our first challenge."
White Boards
Raven - Trenton, New Jersey?
Robbie - Trenton, New Jersey
Tori - Trenton, NJ
Amy - Trenton, New Jersey
Mike - IDK, bye guys!
Jade - Trenton, New Jersey
Beck - Brooklyn, New York
Dana - Albany, New York
Craig pulled Mike's lever, then he pulled Beck's lever.
"The correct, oh wait, I forgot to do this."
Just when Dana felt comfortable that she had the right answer, Craig pulled her lever and she went flying.
"The correct answer was Trenton, New Jersey. Beck and Dana, you are the dead last losers and you will be going into the jungle tonight."
Confessional
Jade: Great. Dana and Beck are in the jungle and Mike is eliminated. Now, if I don't win, it'll be Mike and I vs Beck and Jade. Just great.
Mike: Here's hoping Jade wins, because my charm is starting to wear off.
Dana: It's a conspiracy. The producers no damn well that no one can beat Beck and I in a physical challenge, so they design a challenge specifically for us to fail and go to the jungle to make the show more interesting. This is bullshit.
Beck: Dana is busy whining about her conspiracy theories but we need to shift are focus onto the fact that if we don't win this jungle tonight, conspiracy or not, we go home with no money, and we've basically wasted all this time here.
End Confessional
Dana sat, pouting as Beck paced back and forth, thinking about elimination.
"Next question, How many former challenge winners were on this season's cast?"
White Boards
Raven - 6
Robbie - 6
Tori - 5
Amy - 6
Jade - 7
Craig went pulled Tori's lever, then pulled Jade's lever.
"The correct answer was 6. Raven, Chase, Drake, Josh, Twitty, and Amy. Next question has 4 parts."
Amy, Raven and Robbie groaned.
Who was the oldest person on this season? How old are they? Who was the youngest person on this season? How old are they?
White Boards
Raven - Twitty, 32, Andre, 20
Robbie - Twitty, 35, Tori, 20
Amy - Twitty, 35, Gibby, 18
"You all three have different answers. One of you is right, which means two of you are about to go into the water."
Confessional
Raven - This is nerve-wracking. I completely guessed.
Robbie - I'm 100% confident I'm right.
Amy - There's no way I'm wrong.
End Confessional
"Yes, Twitty is the oldest. But Twitty is 35, Raven, not 32." Craig said, pulling Raven's lever.
"And Robbie, Twitty is 35, you got that right. And Tori is 20. You got that right too. But Gibby is 18, which is younger." Craig said, pulling Robbie's lever as Amy celebrated. Then he abruptly pulled Amy's lever.
"What was that about, CJ!?" Amy asked, soaken wet.
"It was quicker to get you down from the cliff that way!" He called back.
The challengers and Craig all stood on the field.
"This was a fun challenge. Unless your name is Beck Oliver or Dana Cruz, if it is, you're in the jungle tonight. If your name is not Beck Oliver or Dana Cruz, don't feel comfortable or safe, because you can still be voted into the jungle. Unless, of course, your name is Amy Cannon or Sinjin Van Cleef, if that's the case, you're safe from elimination and you've secured your spot in the final five. Time to go to the house to vote on who will face Beck and Dana."
Confessional
Mike: We have an issue here. We are outvoted 1 to 3. Amy is a neutral wild card, so who knows what she'll do. So our best bet is to try to get Tori and Corey AND Robbie and Sonya to vote with us. If we can convince ONE of them to vote in Andre and Raven, then it's all up to Amy, and we'll have a 50-50 shot at being safe.
Jade: The best way to do this is right in front of Raven's face, that way, she can talk herself into the jungle after she gets upset that we'd plot against her.
End Confessional
The challengers all were in the living room. Craig entered.
"Alright guys, it's time to vote for who will face Beck and Dana in tonight's jungle."
"Hold on, hold on CJ, I don't want to be rude or interrupt, but I have something to say to our housemates." Mike said.
"This oughta be good." Dana mumbled under her breath.
Confessional
Sinjin: Moment of truth time, are these people in the house really as stupid as Mike thinks they are or not?
End Confessional
"Go ahead, Mike." Craig said.
"Now, I know based off of the prior history of this show that I'm supposed to be doing this behind people's back. But, I'm a pretty open book. I'm gonna be honest with you. I don't want to go into the jungle. Just like Tori doesn't want to go in the jungle. Sonya doesn't want to go in the jungle. Raven doesn't want to go in the jungle. Do you want to go into the jungle, Sinjin?" Mike asked.
"No."
"Anybody wanna go in the jungle? Anybody? Didn't think so. So I'm doing what any person in my position would do. I'm trying to get you all to vote someone else in the jungle, because I don't want to go in. Now, I was thinking. What idea could I come up with that keeps me out of the jungle, and benefits the people that vote with me? I thought about it. Beck and Dana are up for elimination, you would want them to go against a strong team, so no matter what happens, a strong team goes home. A strong team is out of your way of the one million dollars. Right? Well, Amy and Sinjin might just be the strongest team here. Mentally, physically, they're great. But they're safe. Now, Tori. Tell me. If you had to go against someone in a final, would you choose, Jade or Raven?"
"Well, they're both strong competitors but...I guess Jade."
"Sonya?" Mike asked.
"Jade."
"Okay, now, Robbie. If you had to go against a guy. Would you rather go against me or Andre?"
"You."
"And Corey, what about you?" Mike asked.
"I can beat any guy in this house, I don't need to duck anybody."
"Well, who would win in a challenge. Physically. Me or Andre."
"Andre."
"Which would make him a stronger competitor."
"Now wait a minute, are you all really about to let Mike do this to you again!?" Raven asked, standing up.
"He's making good points." Tori said.
"He's making you look like an idiot!" Raven spat back.
"Which brings me to my next point. Raven, is pretty bossy. I mean, it's self-admitted. Andre's admitted it. It's no secret. She bossy." Mike said, looking to the challengers for approval on what he's saying. They nodded as Raven rolled her eyes.
"So, you can keep letting Raven make decisions for you and send me and Jade into the jungle. Have Dana and Beck win and come back, and you have to go against at least one of the three strongest teams on the show if not both of them, in the final challenge. Or you can vote in Raven and Andre, and one of the three biggest threats to your money is gone. And it's either bossy Raven or crazy Dana. With that being said, CJ. Jade and I vote Raven and Andre into the jungle." Mike said sitting down.
"We vote Mike and Jade." Raven said.
"Okay, Robbie and Sonya?" Craig asked.
They thought.
"Mike and Jade."
"Corey and Tori?"
"Mike and Jade." Corey said.
"Amy and Sinjin?"
"Mike and Jade."
"So it will be Mike and Jade vs Dana and Beck in tonight's elimination."
Mike nodded.
Confessional
Mike: So, all is not well, and we have reached the point in this game where instead of it being, Me, Dana, Jade, and Beck against the world, it is now Me and Jade against the world. So our best bet is to talk strategy.
Dana: I could not be more pissed right now. I can't even think about the jungle, because I'm want to strangle Andre, Raven, Tori, Corey, Robbie, Sonya, Amy, AND Sinjin so bad right now all at once. Beck and I are the best physical team in this house, we get screwed over by having a mental challenge, and now we have to go in against Mike and Jade.
Andre: Mike and Jade are good and screwed right about now.
End Confessional
Everyone except Mike and Jade sat in the kitchen.
"Raven, do you guys honestly think you're going to win, even if we don't come back?" Dana asked.
"I would just worry about the jungle now, if I were you."
"No, don't dodge my question, do you honestly think you have a chance to win? You're old, you're out of shape, your entire alliance hates you, Andre is a fucking idiot, you guys have no teamwork and cooperation skills at all."
"Dana, you're just mad that you're going in the jungle." Andre said.
"I'm just honest."
"No one in this room has a chance to win except Beck and I and Amy and Sinjin."
"Dana, you're so...ugh." Tori said.
"What? I'm so what?"
"You're so confrontational and over confident. You act like you're the best at everything."
"I AM the best at everything. There's not a single thing you guys could beat me at. Corey's not a leader, he might as well be a rookie. And you're too busy worrying about your love triangle with Andre and Beck to fucking function."
"Love triangle?" Andre asked.
"Dana." Beck said, warningly.
"No, fuck it. I don't have to be nice anymore. I don't have to keep secrets, my alliance is already gone tonight, win or lose so fuck it. I saw Tori and Beck kissing on the balcony last night."
"WHAT!?" Andre shouted.
"I don't know what you're talking about!" Tori said, defensively.
"The hell you don't."
"Andre, don't believe her." Tori pleaded. Andre went over to Beck.
"You fucking looked me in my eye, shook my hand and lied to me." Andre said.
"I didn't lie to you."
"You told me you weren't trying to take Tori from me."
"I'M NOT! SHE KISSED ME!"
The whole house stood in silence. Andre turned around to Tori, who was in tears.
"It's true?" Andre asked. Tori ran off.
Andre left the room and went outside, upset.
"Dana, what the hell are you gaining from any of this? You're showing that even though you talk all this shit 24/7, you're afraid of going into elimination, so you're throwing a temper tantrum. You did this last season when you got voted in and flipped the refrigerator." Sonya said.
"You're an insecure, alcoholic with daddy issues, and you're giving me advice?" Dana asked raising her eyebrows.
"I'm sick of you saying whatever you want to everyone because you think everyone fears you. No one is afraid of you." Sonya said, getting in Dana's face.
Dana shoved Sonya all the way to the other side of the kitchen.
Security and the house members left in the kitchen got in between them as they tried to fight.
"ARE YOU SCARED OF ME NOW!?" Dana asked as they dragged Sonya away. Everyone else left except Beck and Dana.
"What's your problem?!" Beck asked.
"Fuck off, kid." Dana said, squeezing her own hands together.
Beck shook his head and left.
Dana grabbed a glass and smashed it on the ground.
"GOD DAMMIT!" Dana screamed, holding back tears.
Meanwhile, Mike and Jade were outside training for the jungle. Beck walked outside.
"What's up?" Mike asked, shaking his hand.
"Dana's having an episode."
"What happened?" Jade asked.
"She cursed out Raven and Tori, then she told Andre that Tori and I kissed, then she tried to fight Sonya."
"Dana has issues that are far beyond her or our control. Our best bet is to learn to deal with and adapt to Dana." Mike shrugged.
"But she's just so mad, I don't understand." Beck said, sitting down.
"She's scared Beck. Dana is scared."
"So?"
"Her whole life, the way she was raised, being scared is something to be ashamed of for her. So she's angry at herself for being scared. So she's taking it out on everyone." Mike explained.
"But why is she scared? She's the strongest girl in the house."
"Because it's not Dana vs Jade. It's you and Dana vs ME and Jade. She knows she can beat Jade. She doesn't trust you beating me."
Beck took a deep breath and stood up.
"Good luck, man." Mike said.
"Thanks." Beck said, leaving.
The challenge buses arrived to the jungle. The contestants stood on the bridge and saw the dome jungle gyms from the very first elimination.
"Fuck." Dana whispered.
"What's wrong?" Beck whispered back.
"It's slightly mental."
Confessional
Jade: I know for a fact that Dana was hoping for the hallway jungle, or the gold coins in the mud, or even the ropes. Anything where all she had to do was physically out match me. But in this jungle, she has to out think me AND have more endurance than me. I didn't make it this far to go home.
Beck: There's isn't a challenge that Dana and I can't conquer, I'm really confident. We've got this.
Mike: It being the jungle gyms gives me a bit of confidence, but you can never count Beck and Dana out of anything.
Dana: It's win or go home. Time to go to work, plain and simple.
End Confessional
"Hello challengers, welcome to the jungle. You guys know how this works by now. So I'll just call down our dead last losers, Dana and Beck."
Dana and Beck came down to the field.
"Dana, Beck. You guys have won 2 challenges and you've finished as one of the top 3 teams in 5 out of the 7 challenges we've done this season. You guys have been the most successful team by far. What happened?" Craig asked.
"We're a physical team, it was a mental challenge."
"Fair enough. Can I please have the team that was voted into the jungle, Mike and Jade."
Mike and Jade came down to the field.
"Mike, you gave a great little speech, but it didn't work. What happened guys?"
"What can I say? They're loyal to their alliance. They had to choose between whether they wanted the money or if they wanted to keep Raven happy, so they chose the second and let a strong team stay in the house."
Raven rolled her eyes.
"Okay, in case you've forgotten how this works. You will each have 5 minutes, that's 300 seconds, to tangle your rope around YOUR jungle gym as much as possible, you can tangle and tie it however you want, no rules, go crazy. Then, you guys will switch jungle gyms, and the first team to untie the OTHER team's jungle gym wins and stays and the losing team, well, I'll see ya when I see ya but it won't be here in Canada tomorrow."
The teams stood by their jungle gyms.
"Okay, you will tangle your own jungle gym in three...two..."
Craig blew and air horn.
TO BE CONTINUED
Fan Poll: Who is the best team in the house?
A.) Raven & Andre due to Raven's experience and Andre's athleticism.
B.) Dana & Beck due to their athleticism.
C.) Mike & Jade due to their combination of smarts and skill.
D.) Amy & Sinjin due to Amy's athleticism and smarts and Sinjin's smarts, AND their ability to stay under the radar.
E.) Corey & Tori due to their luck and mild athleticism.
F.) Sonya & Robbie due to their smarts.
