(N.P.Z.R. Tribe)

"Well, I don't think that could have gone any better. The plan was to simply separate the couple before they could take power and, lo and behold, we get a surprise second council to help us eliminate both at the same time." Reginald smirked. "Now that Edwina and Renaldo are both out, I can start focusing on who else are big targets."

"Well, now that we eliminated those two, what's our next means of attack?" Molly asked.

"Who's the strongest one left? Maybe we can go after a physical threat." Reginald noted as he walked along the beach.

"That would be Krash, and I wouldn't consider him a threat." Molly shook her head. "Our best bet for the moment would be to focus on the big power alliances."

"Like the one of four from Arkos?"

"Yeah. Tempo's got extensive knowledge of the game, so I'd say that makes him a priority."

"Guys like Tempo are just asking to get a blindside. They know too much about all of us and Tempo's pretty strong to boot." Molly said. "The instant he doesn't have Immunity, we need to get rid of him and be done with it so the game can move on."

Meanwhile, the alliance in question was sitting around the fire pit, exchanging glances.

"So…Who's idea was it to vote out the couple, again?" Chloe asked.

"Reginald came to me with the plan during the challenge. I told you guys." Tempo shrugged.

"…No. Where'd HE get the idea?" Chloe asked. "Don't you find it weird how he knew to target them for being threats when he's never actually BEEN on a tribe with them?"

Tempo paused. "I…Never thought about that."

"When Tempo came up to me and said that Reginald had this idea, something bugged me about it." Chloe shrugged. "I mean, not that it really matters since we all survive the vote, but doesn't this seem a little odd?"

"Reginald didn't go to you about anything, did he, Sandy?" Tempo asked.

"I dunno. He spends a lot of time away from me." Sandy shrugged. "Personally, I still think he's a spy for the sand weavals."

Chloe blinked and looked at Tempo. "That was a dumb question." She said.

"Right. Sorry." Tempo sighed before looking at Krash. "How about you, Krash?"

"Well, I remember Reginald asking me about them, and I mentioned how similar they were to Rob and Amber, what with them hooking up on All Stars." Krash said. "You guys think it's a funny coincidence, right?"

Tempo blinked a few times. "…Wait a minute. The whole vote was technically YOUR idea?" He asked.

"Uh…No. I just mentioned how funny the similarities were." Krash shrugged.

"I don't believe it. Reginald's idea to vote out Edwina and Renaldo ended up coming from KRASH?" Tempo asked. "Even if Krash didn't mean to have things end that way, it's still really weird. I mean, I know he was the one to want to vote out Elias, but I didn't think things would continue after that…"

The tribe of ten decided to go to bed and prepare for tomorrow. Even if there wasn't a challenge, they knew it was going to be a long day.

(N.P.Z.R. Tribe; Day 23)

"Our new camp has a waterfall, something I've really missed and something I want to make use of while we're here." Chloe explained with a grin. "And now I've got a bunch of fun-loving people to share the experience with, so that makes it even more fun to use!"

"WOOHOO!" Chloe shouted as she jumped off the waterfall and landed in the lake below. She popped her head back up again. "Come on, guys! It's fun!" Chloe called out to the top of the waterfall.

Mel nervously inched towards the edge of the clifftop. "I'm not so sure about this." She said.

Krash shrugged and walked past her. "It's just something that you let gravity take care of." He replied before leaping off the waterfall.

"How is this not bugging you guys?!" Mel asked. "We must be at least-"

That was all Mel could get out before Sandy grabbed her from behind and held her high above her head.

"BANZAI!" Sandy screamed as she leapt off the cliff, still holding onto a screaming Mel as the two plummeted into the lake.

Her wet hair covering her eyes, Sandy cheered. "Chloe was right! Blindly jumping off waterfalls is awesome!" She said. "Maybe I should take it up as a hobby when I get back home! Or maybe base-jumping!"

A soaking-wet Mel sat in front of the camera and cleaned her glasses off with her shirt. "Is it wrong of me to wish that Sandy should have done that to someone else?" She asked. "ANYONE else?"

"Looks like Chloe's having a ball." Inferno noted as he walked over to Tempo, who was standing by the shore, looking around. "What are you looking for, man?"

"The host said a new Immunity Idol was hidden at the merge camp." Tempo replied. "I'm going to see if I can find it."

"Do you even know what the thing looks like?"

"Uh…No."

"Here's the dilemma I'm facing. I know what the pre-merge idols look like, but what does the merge idol look like?" Tempo asked. "I don't know if it's just a rock like the others or if it's something completely different because it's after the merge now."

"We're going to need to decide on a target next before the others decide to target us." Inferno explained. "The two of us are two of the strongest left, and that makes us targets."

Tempo paused his search. "Who would you suggest we go after?" He asked.

"Honestly, I would suggest Molly or Reginald."

"Watching the past seasons, I know that people like Molly and Reginald could take control of the game if we let them." Inferno said. "The last thing we want is to take them late into the game, thinking we can win against them, and then get blindsided. We'll need to get rid of them before they can do the same to us."

Inferno decided to wander off on his own and let Tempo search for the idol. However, once Inferno was far enough away, Erica emerged into view and looked up at him.

"He's looking for the idol, too?" Erica asked.

"Yeah. We'll need to step up our search." Inferno said. "Where do you think it's hidden?"

Erica looked out at where the others were jumping off the waterfall. "Probably in the middle of the lake." She said.

"I know I've been wanting to enjoy the game, but I also want to last as long as I can, and since our original alliance of four is down to just Inferno and I at the moment, we'll need that idol more than ever." Erica sighed. "I mean, if the other power alliance finds it, what's stopping them from taking us out with it?"

"So what do we do?" Erica asked. "If it IS in the water, there's a chance the others will find it."

"So go into the water with them and let loose a little." Inferno smirked. "Join in the fun, if you will, and then you can look for the idol then."

"What about you?"

"I'm a grown man. I'd just look suspicious."

Erica stared at Inferno, with his blue hair and polyester suit, flatly. "Sure. Grown man. Right."

"I'm not used to socializing because I AM a goth, but I'll make an exception since I can hang out with my favourite players." Erica shrugged. "Plus, we need the idol."

Meanwhile, Krash was climbing out of the water, cleaning out his ear. Grace saw him from afar and went over to him. "Krash, can…Can we talk for a minute?" She asked.

"Sure thing." Krash said. "What's up?"

"Reginald said that you were the one to give him the idea of voting out Edwina and Renaldo." Grace said.

"Why does everyone say that?" Krash asked. "All I did was give a comparison between them and a real life couple that hooked up on the show!"

"When Reginald told me about where he got the idea from, I was a little suspicious about Krash…Like if he's really not as dumb as we all think he is." Grace said. "Krash SAYS that it was a coincidence and he really didn't have anything to do with how the vote went, but I still have my doubts."

"I don't DO strategy! My mind can't comprehend things backstabs and secret alliances! Why would I want to draw attention to myself in leading the vote against the couple?" Krash asked. "I mean, I'm no rocket-scientist, that much is obvious, but even I know that would only make people hate me!"

"Why are you people so intent on prodding me, anyway?" Krash asked. "I just want to enjoy myself."

"Krash, in this game, you need to remember that it's a game about survival." Grace replied. "Anyone knows that in order to survive out here, you need to rely on your strategic abilities."

"Oh sure, because it's so OBVIOUS that if we actually WERE stranded on a desert island, the first thing we'd do is try to kill each other." Krash said flatly. "This is a GAME. The point of games is to have fun, isn't it?"

Grace paused for a moment, trying to wrap her head around Krash's words. "Um…"

"Grace, I'm not a strategist. I leave that to my superior officers. Unless someone does me wrong, I don't see any reason to want to go after them the way Reginald went after the couple."

Grace suddenly felt a tapping on her shoulder. Grace turned and saw that she was staring into Sandy's grinning face. Grace screamed as she backpedaled away from the lunatic.

"Krash, can you tell your friend to-" Grace said as she turned around to look at Krash, only to see that he had already walked off to the top of the cliff again.

"That's what you get for annoying my BFF!" Sandy said brightly. "Now then, tell me what you know about the sand weavals!"

Grace was silent. "Actually, this raises a question of my own." She said. "Sandy, don't you mean 'sand WEEVILS'?"

Sandy tilted her head. "Huh? Whaddya talking about?" She asked.

"There IS such a thing as a weevil. Are you SURE you're not confused?" Grace asked.

Sandy narrowed her eyes. "No. No, I'm not." She said. "Sand weavals are what those inferior, so-called 'weevils' WANT to be when they grow up."

"Grace thinks she can actually COMPARE those tame weevils to the maniacal threat that are the sand weavals? She's more misguided than I thought." Sandy mused. "That tells me that she has nothing to offer on my quest against the sand weavals if she's so in the dark, so I'm back to square one."

"You TRY to set someone straight, and it just seems to make things worse." Grace sighed.

Molly watched as a soaking-wet Mel stepped out of the water and wrung her shirt out. "Have fun?" She asked with a smirk.

"How was I supposed to know Sandy would just grab me and jump?" Mel asked.

"Really, you have no one to blame but yourself for not seeing it coming." Molly shook her head.

Mel sat down on a rock. "I guess so." She sighed.

"Look, Reginald and I talked it out last night and we think it's best to go after Tempo next." Molly explained. "His extensive knowledge of us will make him tough to beat."

Mel was silent for a few seconds. "You're probably right about that." She reasoned. "And it'd take the power alliance's numbers down."

"Mel may be someone I plan to backstab, but she's still in my alliance…For now, of course. I need to tell her about any plans I have to get us further into the game." Molly explained. "I need to tell her because Mel's shown that she can be just as crafty as me when she really wants to and I'd prefer to stay on her good side to remain unsuspicious."

"So how do you propose we get the numbers?" Mel asked.

"Well, there's the two of us and Reginald. Add Erica and Inferno and we've got five on five." Molly said.

"What if Erica and Inferno don't want to switch?"

"They're the ones we'll need to put the most of our focus on." Molly explained. "We need to sway their votes to even have a chance at surviving."

"And then what about a tiebreaker?" Mel asked. "I really don't see how we'll get the alliance to turn on itself."

"Hope to heck that the tiebreaker isn't a trivia challenge."

Night eventually rolled in. Knowing that a challenge would be happening tomorrow, the merged tribe of ten went to bed to prepare for it.

(N.P.Z.R. Tribe; Day 24)

"Why don't you wanna put your all into the challenge?" Chloe asked.

"Because it's going to be Reward." Tempo said. "We're going to have a few more since we've merged and I want to save my energy for the Immunity Challenges."

"And…What if the reward is a clue to the hidden Immunity Idol?"

"Uh…I never thought of that…"

"I get that you want to try your hardest at the Immunity Challenges, but what if the reward up for grabs is something too good to pass up?" Chloe asked with a shrug. "I mean, if the reward's a big meal, you KNOW I'll be all over the challenge."

"Okay. If the Reward's a clue to the idol, which I kinda doubt, then I'll be trying to win." Tempo said. "In addition, if you win any rewards, I think it may be best to take someone from another alliance."

"Gets rid of some people looking for the idol?"

"Right."

"There are only ten of us left and there are still two idols left in play. Sandy has one of them, but if we can get the other one, we'll have an even-bigger advantage." Tempo said. "I mean, the four of us are still here and that's bound to make us targets."

"Hey, guys! We've got treemail!" Sandy said as she ran into camp.

"So what's it say?" Erica asked.

"It's wondering if we're any good at driving a go-kart blindfolded while an infested monkey is picking lice off our head." Sandy replied.

Mel blinked. "Seriously?"

"Nah. I'm just kidding." Sandy laughed. "It's wondering if we're ready for a game of luck."

Mel sighed. "I walked right into that one."

"I'm thinking it's a Reward Challenge." Molly said. "I'd say we're due."

"Totally not disagreeing with you on that one." Inferno nodded.

Inferno lifted his shades slightly. "Who decided to let Sandy read the treemail, anyway?" He asked.

"When I get bored, I tend to just say what's on my mind, and what's on my mind usually turns out to be non-sequitur gibberish that doesn't really have a meaning." Sandy shrugged. "Like…I really wish I had a tap-dancing badger with male-pattern baldness playing a polka on a tiny accordion right now. See? Complete non-sequitur!"

(Reward Challenge)

The ten remaining players emerged from the jungle and into a large clearing. Seeing their tribe mat on the ground, everyone walked over and stepped on to start the challenge.

"Welcome to your first Reward Challenge as a merged tribe, N.P.Z.R. Tribe. Here, we will be having a game of pure luck to see how well you fare without any of your skills." SSBFreak said. Everyone suddenly became aware of the huge field of chests behind the host. "There are two-hundred chests in this field. I will give each of you a key, and your mission is to find the ONE chest in this field that the keys open. Keep in mind that all of the keys open the same chest, so there is literally only one chest in this entire field that can open. Whoever opens up the chest will win Reward, which is a big meal at a resort location on the island."

The ten finalists were handed keys as they looked at the huge field of chests uneasily, knowing that it was coming down to luck.

"Okay. For Reward, Survivors ready?..." SSBFreak said. "..Go!"

The ten players instantly ran out into the field of chests, although Tempo brought up the rear, not looking like he was trying. Molly was the first to try opening a chest, only to find that her key wouldn't even go into the lock.

"You seriously expect the right chest to the first available one?" Mel asked as she ran past. "I'm thinking the right one's closer to the back of the field."

"We all have to start somewhere." Molly muttered.

Krash started at a row of chests that no one was at and started working his way across, checking each chest as he went. Needless to say, he was getting nowhere fast. "Man. How many chests are in a row?" He asked himself. "It'll take me forever just to get through this row."

Reginald went to work, blocking out everything around him. He knew that it would be impossible to know if someone had already checked a chest, so he decided to just go systematically and hope that he came across the right chest soon.

"I don't get how they expect us to find ONE chest in a sea of two-hundred so quickly." Reginald muttered to himself.

"Everyone's off to a good start and seems intent on winning the challenge." SSBFreak nodded before looking at Tempo, who was casually strolling between chests. "…Except Tempo, that is. Any reason why you appear to be throwing the challenge, Tempo?"

"Let me know when the reward is a clue to the Hidden Immunity Idol and I'll start playing." Tempo replied as he walked to the next chest.

SSBFreak stared flatly, but decided to ignore it. "Everyone else seems to be having similar strategies, simply going in a line of chests until they find one that opens." He explained. "However, none of them know where the chest is."

Chloe sighed as she pulled her key from the lock of another chest. "This'll take forever." She lamented. "There's no way we can finish this without luck."

"That was probably the point of the challenge." Erica said from the row above Chloe. "He wants us to see how long it takes us to find a needle in a haystack."

"But we've all seen how long challenges like those can go on for!"

Inferno reached the end of the row he was currently searching and was forced to move to another row. He glanced around to see if there was a row nearby that no one else had touched yet before moving on. "Let's try this one up here." He noted.

"Any luck?" Krash asked as he moved past.

"We wouldn't still be here if any of us had any luck." Inferno shook his head.

"Oh…Right." Krash said as he moved on.

Sandy checked another lock and moaned when it wouldn't open the chest. "This challenge is so BORING." She whined. "Seriously, when are we gonna get some excitement?"

"You can't always get what you want, Sandy." Reginald said as he checked another chest.

"Well, I'm done, then. This challenge is dumb." Sandy pouted as she walked off. "I'm gonna go climb a tree. Someone come and get me when we're done."

"And…It looks like Sandy's dropped out of the challenge." SSBFreak blinked.

"What did you expect? She's got the attention span of a caffeine-injected six year-old." Reginald rolled his eyes.

The remaining players continued to search the field of chests for the one that would open for their keys. Obviously, no one was having any luck.

Molly growled. "This is getting frustrating." She said. "How much longer are we supposed to put up with this?"

"As long as it takes, Molly." SSBFreak shrugged.

Molly sighed and went back to work, trying to open up another chest.

Mel glanced around as she tried to open another chest, trying to see where everyone else was. She had gotten to the end of another row and still hadn't found the right chest. "Which rows are okay to look through?" She asked herself. "I've lost track!"

Grace was doing the same thing as Mel, but appeared to have a better understanding of where people had checked. "Okay. I don't think anyone's checked this row, yet." She noted as she started a new row and started trying to unlock the chests.

Inferno and Krash were unknowingly searching the same row, and didn't even realize it until they were right beside each other.

"Dude! This is MY row!" Inferno said.

"It don't have your name on it." Krash pointed out.

"How did you end up on my row, anyway? I saw you starting to search a different row." Inferno asked.

"Yours felt luckier. Looks like I was wrong." Krash said as he wandered off, leaving Inferno dumbfounded.

Erica and Chloe continued to search their rows, without much luck. Chloe had already started another row while Erica was just finishing her latest one before deciding to move on.

"Not in this row, either." Erica noted as she moved up a couple of rows, passing the row that Chloe was working on.

Chloe tried to unlock another chest, only to see that her key wasn't even fitting into the slot. "This isn't going to work." She said flatly as she moved onto the next one, getting similar results.

Erica continued to work her way through the new row, hoping that it was a row no one had touched yet. Sticking her key into another lock, Erica could only hope for luck.

Twisting the key, Erica heard a clicking sound. Her eyes widening, Erica turned the lock and opened it.

"No way!" Erica said as she threw open the lid of the chest she had just unlocked. "I did it!"

"So she has! The challenge is over!" SSBFreak said. "Erica wins Reward!"

"Alright!" Erica cheered.

(Later…)

"Congratulations on winning Reward, Erica. You have won the trip to the tropical location of the island and the large meal awaits you." SSBFreak said. "However, since it'd be pretty lonely for you out there by yourself, we're letting you take TWO extra people with you."

"Two?" Erica asked as she looked at the others. She saw Inferno shaking his head, signifying that he didn't want to go. Erica nodded back. "Um…Mel and Sandy."

Mel seemed surprised, but shrugged. "Thanks." She said as she and Sandy approached Erica.

"Erica, Mel and Sandy will be leaving and rejoin the rest of you at the Immunity Challenge tomorrow." SSBFreak explained. "For now, you can all head back to camp."

(N.P.Z.R. Tribe)

"Erica won the Reward Challenge, which is good for her, but I discouraged her from taking me along since I wanna find the idol." Inferno said. "The plus side of this is that Erica took two people from different alliances, so that frees up the searching a little bit."

Inferno looked through some bushes, trying to find anything that looked like what he was searching for. "Man. This'd be so much easier if I knew what the idol was supposed to look like." He muttered.

Not finding the idol in the bushes, Inferno looked around and saw that no one was in the water. "Hmm…Erica said that the idol could be in the middle of the lake." He said. "May as well see if it is."

From the top of the cliff, Tempo watched Inferno wade into the water and go under, suddenly realizing what he was doing. "Crap! He's looking for the idol!" Tempo said. "We never even THOUGHT of looking in the water!"

"Man! When considering the possibility of the idol being in the water, we only thought the beach!" Tempo said. "What if it's actually in the lake, a place most of the tribe's been in since we merged?!"

"Ohhhh…" Krash said in thought. "Wow. Wouldn't that be weird? We spend so much time searching for the idol everywhere else in camp and it turns out to be right in the middle of camp the entire time?"

"Krash, come on and help me!" Tempo said as he grabbed Krash by the arm and ran headlong off the cliff, jumping into the lake.

Chloe, in the meantime, sat back and relaxed. "Well, looks like I got the place to myself for a bit." She said.

Reginald watched the scuffle in the water from afar and lifted an eyebrow. "Hmm…I wonder if the idol IS in the water…" He said.

"I doubt it." Grace said as she came over. "Honestly, when you figure the amount of times people have jumped into the lake since we merged, I think that someone would have found it by accident."

"You've got a point there." Reginald nodded before he looked around. "You know where Molly went? I haven't seen much of her in a bit…"

"It's Molly. She's probably up to no good." Grace sighed.

"I'm questioning the logic of keeping people like Reginald and Molly around for so long since they're the ones that can turn the game around in their favour if given the chance." Grace sighed. "The only reason I'm sticking with them for the moment is because I need the numbers against the big alliance of four."

Molly, in the meantime, was indeed up to no good. She was sitting by herself, carefully crafting something together.

"Hopefully, the merge idol looks different than the pre-merge ones." Molly mused as she cobbled a fake Immunity Idol together. "There's no way those idiots will fall for this otherwise…"

"A fake idol is a good way to keep people from searching for the real one. I'm running with the hope that we're looking for a different idol in order for this to work." Molly said. "It's annoying having a bunch of people breathing down your neck while you're looking for the idol."

(Tropical Location)

"Erica won the reward and surprised us by taking me along for the ride, as well as Sandy. I wasn't expecting to be brought along on a trip like this by someone I hardly knew." Mel said. "I mean, I know Erica's a fan of me, but still…"

"Wow! Look at this place!" Erica said as the three girls walked into an open hut area, on a small cliff that had a great view of the ocean. "The view is incredible!"

"Look, there's the table." Sandy said, pointing out a large table near the window. "Who's hungry?!"

The three sat down as their meal was brought out, showing a large selection of items and more than enough for all three of them to eat their fill. As the three were eating, Mel looked at Erica.

"Erica, I was wondering why you decided to bring us along with you." Mel said. "I mean, you're aligned with Inferno, aren't you?"

"Yeah, but he didn't want to come with me." Erica said.

Mel sighed. "Looks like he's intent on finding the idol." She said. "Makes sense."

"I decided on taking Mel and Sandy because I'm a fan of them. Simple as that." Erica said. "Sandy's fun to hang around with and Mel's someone I was cheering for the entire time when I watched the first season."

"Besides, I chose you guys because I like you two. You two are some of my favourite players ever and I wanted to take the chance to relax with you guys. Maybe get to know you a little better." Erica shrugged.

"That works for me." Sandy said, talking with her mouth full. "There's nothing I like better than bonding with some kindred spirits after a day of wanton destruction and clown-maiming."

Mel blinked. "Clown-maiming?"

"Admit it, you wanna join in." Sandy accused. "NO ONE likes clowns."

"There are two things in this world that terrify me almost as much as the sand weavals: Clowns and mimes." Sandy said. "I think the world would be a better place if people would just activate their Maimtron 9000's and trigger them to only attack clowns and mimes."

"Is there anyone else you would have taken with you, Erica?" Mel asked.

"I'm not sure. I mean, I already know Tempo and Chloe from my season, and I don't really trust Molly and Reginald." Erica said. "Grace is okay, I guess, but I think her mind's usually not in the same place as her heart."

Sandy was silent. "Boy, there's a visual." She said. "Now I can't stop thinking about nitro glycerin."

"I feel better with you guys, though. I know I can trust you." Erica smiled.

Mel gave a weak and nervous smile, and sighed as soon as Erica turned away.

Mel sat in front of the confessional, wiping her eyes. "…I can't do this…Not to such a fan of mine…I can't go through with Molly's idea…" She sniffed. "Erica…She's too nice…I can't do this to her…W-What have I done?!"

Night eventually rolled in. Knowing that there would be an important Immunity Challenge the following day, the ten players went to bed.

(N.P.Z.R. Tribe; Day 25)

Molly looked around to make sure no one was watching as she looked for a spot to plant her fake idol for someone to find.

"I need to play this smart. I can't put it in a spot everyone's already looked." Molly muttered to herself.

"What are you up to, Molly?" Grace asked as she came over.

Gears turned in Molly's head before giving a reply. "I made a fake idol. I'm planting it for the big alliance of four to find." She replied.

"Molly, that's not a good idea!" Grace insisted. "That's EXACTLY how Elias sunk himself!"

"Molly tells me that she's trying a fake idol plan to blindside the big alliance, but I know that they won't fall for that." Grace said. "Elias tried that himself not very long ago and that ended in his elimination."

"Just let me do this." Molly said. "The only reason I told you is because the rest of us need to join forces to take the alliance out."

"Molly, this isn't how to do things the right way!" Grace said as Molly planted the idol.

"Oh, sure. Because you know how to be a better villain than me." Molly rolled her eyes as she walked off, her job done.

Grace sighed and decided to make herself scarce, not wanting to associate with the fake idol. Not long after the two had gone, Krash came over, looking around the area for the idol.

"Hmm…I wonder where it could be…" Krash said.

Krash dug around in the bushes a little bit and quickly found the idol that Molly had planted. "Oh! Is this…" He said as he pulled the idol into the open.

Krash inspected the wooden idol for a few seconds as his smile faded. His eyes narrowing, Krash silently clenched his fist, crushing the idol in his hand and breaking it into pieces.

"…That's the second time…The SECOND TIME…Someone's tried to use a fake idol on me. Why are people intent on making me look like an idiot?!" Krash demanded. "Come on! I can tell when an idol is poorly made and even though we don't know what the merge idol looks like, I know it'd at LEAST be a half-decent build!"

"Hey, guys! We've got treemail!" Chloe announced as she came into camp.

"Time for another Immunity Challenge." Reginald said. "What's it say?"

"It's wondering how well we know each other."

"Didn't we already HAVE a challenge like that?" Grace asked.

"Probably, but this one's obviously different." Reginald shrugged.

"It's obvious that, at this point, they're running out of challenge ideas so they just decide to reuse some of the basic challenge elements to make something new." Reginald said. "Not that it matters to me in this case. So long as it doesn't involve strength, we can keep the physical threats from winning."

(Immunity Challenge)

The seven players from camp emerged from the jungle and onto another clearing. Seeing the orange mat on the ground, everyone walked over and stepped on.

"Before we begin, let's bring back Erica, Mel and Sandy, who are returning from their Reward." SSBFreak said as the three girls in question walked into view from the side and joined the others on the mat.

"Welcome to your next Immunity Challenge, N.P.Z.R. Tribe. Here, we will be finding out your opinions on the people you share a camp with." SSBFreak said. Everyone saw a long table behind the host. "I'll asked generalized questions with two answers to choose from pertaining to the members of your tribe. There are no correct answers, but the minority answers for each question will be eliminated until there is only one person left, who will win Immunity and be safe from elimination at tonight's Tribal Council."

"If you'll all come over here, we can begin."

Everyone walked over to the table and stood behind a sectioned-off area, seeing that they each had two buttons available, A and B.

"Okay. For Immunity, here's the first question." SSBFreak said. "Who is harder to sleep with? A. Inferno or B. Sandy?"

The contestants inputted their answers pretty quickly. When it came down to it, there was a clear majority of people that had picked A.

"Inferno is the majority answer. Inferno, Krash and Chloe are out."

"Seriously?" Inferno asked.

"Your snoring is loud and annoying." Mel said.

"Wait…I snore?" Inferno asked aloud as he followed Krash and Chloe away from the table.

"Here's the second question." SSBFreak said. "Who would you say is less-trustworthy? A. Molly or B. Reginald?"

The remaining seven players inputted their answers, although Reginald paused for a moment before pressing a button. When the answers came up, it was shown to be 5-2 in favour of B.

"Reginald is the majority answer. Tempo and Erica are out."

"You chose yourself?" Mel asked Reginald.

"Considering the players and how Molly's got nothing to hide, I figured that people trust her more." Reginald replied as Tempo and Erica walked off.

"Here's the next question. Who would you prefer to hang out with on a weekend? A. Erica or B. Krash."

The contestants punched in their answers as they were shown. A had the majority, but it was just by one.

"Erica is the majority answer. Molly and Sandy are both out." SSBFreak said.

"No way I wasn't gonna say my BFF!" Sandy said as she wandered off with Molly. This left Grace, Mel and Reginald playing as the three eyed each other uneasily.

"Here's the next question." SSBFreak said. "Who would you trust a big secret to? A. Chloe or B. Grace?"

The final three inputted their answers rather quickly. When all three had shown their answers, it was revealed that Reginald was the only one with a B.

"Chloe is the majority answer." SSBFreak said. "Reginald, you're out."

"I was expecting Grace to vote for herself." Reginald sighed as he walked off.

"Next time, don't assume." Grace smirked.

"Okay. Grace and Mel are the only ones left, so it's time to move onto a different type of question to determine the winner." SSBFreak said. "Normally, these challenges would end in a numerical question, but we've decided to simply have a True or False question with an actual answer, A for True and B for False. The first person to get a question wrong will lose the challenge."

The two girls seemed ready for the questions.

"Here's the first one: True or False, a blowfish must be prepared properly before consuming."

The girls didn't even need to think and inputted their answers, both showing A's.

"It is indeed true, since a blowfish must be prepared properly in order to get rid of the poison. You both got it right." SSBFreak said. "Okay. Here's the next one: True or false, all types of dogs and cats shed."

The two girls inputted their answers again, this time taking a little longer to think and coming up with B's.

"The answer is false, since there are indeed some breeds that don't shed at all. Again, you both got it right." SSBFreak said. "Here's the next question: True or false, the island of Australia is scientifically known as an 'elongated' island."

Grace and Mel paused for a moment and put in their answers. This time, the answers were different, as Grace had a B and Mel had an A.

"The answer…Is true. Australia is indeed known as an elongated island." SSBFreak said. "And with that, the challenge is over! Mel wins Immunity!"

Mel sighed in relief and wiped her forehead. "That was a little too close…" She said.

(Later…)

"Congratulations on winning Immunity, Mel. You have a one-in-nine shot at winning the game." SSBFreak said as he handed Mel the Immunity Necklace.

"Thanks." Mel nodded.

SSBFreak turned to the others. "Mel is safe tonight, but I'll be seeing all ten of you at Tribal Council regardless, where you'll be voting someone else out of the game." He explained. "Keep in mind that the competition is slowly nearing completion, so it's time to start making choices. I'll give you the rest of the day to decide, but for now, you can head back to camp."

(N.P.Z.R. Tribe)

"Mel won Immunity, which would normally mean that we'd be trying to pitch an idea to get someone voted out." Chloe said. "However, after the challenge, Mel came up to us and pitched an idea herself, even though SHE'S the one who's immune!"

"You want to vote out Molly?" Tempo asked. "I thought you two were in an alliance."

"That may be, but she's been trying to get me to do something I'm not proud of." Mel sighed.

Sandy grimaced. "That's SICK!"

"Not as sick as you for making that connection to begin with." Tempo said flatly before turning back to Mel. "How do we know you're telling the truth about this, though?"

"You don't. You…Just have to trust me on this." Mel explained.

"I know people may consider me a threat, but if there's one thing I'm not, it's a maniacal schemer." Mel sighed. "I need to take Molly out now before she can use me to get any further in the game, because if she gets too far, no one will be able to get rid of her."

"What do we have to lose, Tempo?" Chloe asked as Mel walked off.

"Nothing, except that if Mel's leading us on, the others can easily gang up on us, outnumber us and blindside us." Tempo replied flatly.

Krash blinked. "That doesn't SOUND like nothing."

Meanwhile, Molly was off talking to Grace and Reginald, relaying her part of the plan.

"We need to blindside Tempo." Molly explained. "Not only is he a physical threat, but he's done a lot of research."

"You've got a point, and taking him out would significantly weaken the opposing alliance." Reginald nodded. "You think we can get the numbers?"

"I have Mel, so we'd just need to try and sway Erica and Inferno." Molly said.

"We can swing the vote to 6-4 in our favour if we can get Erica and Inferno on our side. Erica may be harder to sway since she and Tempo know each other better, but I think Inferno will vote strategically." Molly shrugged. "And if we can blindside them, Sandy won't get the chance to use her idol on Tempo, or maybe she'll waste it on Krash."

"It needs to work in order for us to keep ourselves from getting eliminated one after the other." Grace said. "And we don't have a lot of time before council."

"We may have to try pleading our cases at council itself." Molly explained. "That way, it won't give the opposing alliance time to retaliate."

"That may be our best bet." Reginald shrugged.

"We're going to have a lot riding on this going into council. If one of us goes, we can pretty much kiss the chances of any of us winning goodbye." Reginald said. "We can only hope that things work in our favour, because we're going in without an idol."

(Tribal Council)

The ten players walked into Tribal Council, carrying torches. Finding a spot on one of the ten seats provided, everyone sat down and waited to begin.

"Before we continue, let's bring out the current members of the jury." SSBFreak said. "Edwina and Renaldo, both of whom were voted out at the last Tribal Council."

Edwina and Renaldo walked into the hut and went over to the jury bench. People saw that Edwina was wearing a pink tank-top that showed her midriff and a pair of jeans. She was also wearing a different pair of headphones, as these ones were star-shaped and yellow. Renaldo, on the other hand, was wearing a light jacket and a pair of shades over invisible eyes, as well as a new haircut. The two walked over to the bench and sat down.

"Edwina and Renaldo are only here to observe the outcome of the council. You are not to address them and they will not address you." SSBFreak said as he started asking questions. "Grace, now that we've been merged for a little bit, how is life at camp?"

"Not bad for the most part, but we're feeling severely outnumbered." Grace replied.

"How so?"

"The original Arkos Alliance is still four strong." Grace replied.

"What's that supposed to mean, Grace?" Tempo asked.

"Tempo, you guys can easily outnumber us if we let you." Grace responded. "I think that much is obvious."

"Anything to say in response, Tempo?" SSBFreak asked.

"We may be four strong, but we're still only four people in a group of ten." Tempo reminded. "How exactly is that a threat?"

"Tempo, don't try to turn this around on us." Grace said.

"I'm not. I just don't get how we could be considered a threat when we're outnumbered like we are." Tempo smirked.

"Moving on, Reginald. Care to elaborate on why you guys decided to eliminate Edwina and Renaldo last time?" SSBFreak asked.

"They had hooked up, and we all know what tends to happen to power couples that hook up on Survivor." Reginald said.

"They…Get featured in tabloid magazines and are accused various scandals that are too outrageous to have happened in the first place?" Sandy asked.

"No, you idiot! They go on to become the final two!"

"Well, at least he's honest." Edwina folded her arms.

"Yeah. We know why they voted us out, anyway." Renaldo said.

"Mel, you won Immunity tonight, but did you need it?" SSBFreak asked.

"I don't think so. The way people were talking, it sounds like others are the targets tonight." Mel replied. "That being said, I think all of us would be thankful to have Immunity at this point because it's really just some added assurance."

"Molly, how do you think the vote's going to go?" SSBFreak asked.

"I'll be frank. We're voting against someone in the Arkos Alliance." Molly replied. "Tempo says that they're not a threat, but they WILL become a threat if you leave them alone for too long."

"That reminds me. We need a better-sounding alliance name." Sandy scratched her head.

"We HAD a name?" Krash asked, an eyebrow lifted.

"I just assumed that 'Arkos Alliance' was it." Chloe shrugged.

"Inferno, where do you sit on the vote?" The host asked.

"It's a hard call. On one hand, we can eliminate a future threat and break up an alliance, or we can get rid of a current threat that could be harder to beat later." Inferno replied. "Really, I'm not sure how we're going to vote."

"I urge you to vote strategically, Inferno." Reginald pointed out. "As soon as the alliance gets too numerous, they'll pick us off."

"Or he could leave you guys in the game and risk getting blindsided earlier." Chloe shot back.

"That's enough questions. Before I continue, I have to ask." SSBFreak said. "Mel, you have Immunity. Are you keeping it?"

"Yes, I am."

"With that, Mel is immune and can't be voted out. It's now time to vote. Erica, you're up."

Erica got up and left the hut to go vote. The green-haired goth wrote a name down on the ballot and placed it into the urn before walking away.

Sandy quickly scribbled a name down, taking the time to decorate the votes with smiley faces and flowers before going back to the hut.

Molly wrote a name down and revealed her ballot, showing Tempo's name. "Tempo, consider this a compliment. You're way too big of a threat." She said as she voted and walked away.

Reginald sighed as he wrote a name down. "Nothing to do but hope that our pitching worked." He said as he voted and walked away.

Chloe approached the table and silently wrote a name down. "Man. We REALLY need an official alliance name." She said as she voted and walked back.

Mel quickly and quietly wrote a name down. "You brought this on yourself." She sighed as she voted and left as quick as she had come.

Grace walked up to the table and quickly wrote a name down. Without second-guessing herself, she voted and walked back to the hut.

Tempo wrote a name down and revealed it. "I hope Mel wasn't playing all of us." He said, showing that he had voted for Molly.

Krash walked up to the table and scribbled a name down. Hoping that it was enough, Krash voted and returned to the hut.

Inferno was the last to vote. He formed a small smirk as he wrote a name down, and was quick to put his ballot into the urn when he was done before returning to the hut.

Once all ten players had voted, SSBFreak left to fetch the urn and returned with it moments later. "When I read the names, the person with the most votes will be asked to bring forward their torch and leave Tribal Council immediately." He explained. Once again, no one made the move to play an idol. "It's now time to vote…"

"…First vote; Molly." Molly narrowed her eyes.

"…Tempo." Tempo bit his lip.

"Tempo. He leads 2-1." Tempo remained silent, fidgeting.

"Tempo. It's 3-1." Tempo held his breath.

"…Molly." Molly glanced around.

"Molly. It's tied at 3." Molly lifted an eyebrow.

"…Molly." Molly's eyes widened.

"Molly. It's now 5-3 for Molly." Molly wondered how this was possibly happening. "…Next vote, third member of the jury and eleventh person voted out of Survivor: Central Hub…"

"…Molly. You need to bring me your torch." SSBFreak said.

Molly growled, stood up and snatched her torch. "You're all idiots! I wasn't a threat and you all just threw away your game!" She snarled as she approached the host. "You all suck!"

"Molly, the tribe has spoken." SSBFreak said as he extinguished Molly's torch. "It's time for you to go."

"See if I vote for any of you idiots!" Molly shouted as she left Tribal Council in a huff.

When Molly was gone, SSBFreak turned to face the survivors. "And so ends another council, with one of our most-notorious players taking the fall. Nine of you are left, but we've still got a ways to go before we're done." He explained. "We're fast-approaching the last-third of the competition, so the game will soon be taking off fast. You can all head back to camp."

The nine remaining players stood, up, collected their torches and left Tribal Council. Mel followed everyone else out, looking pleased with herself. Putting herself into a tight spot or not, blindsiding the person she had regretted working with from the start was incredibly satisfying, and now Mel could play the game she felt that she wanted.

"I'm shocked and angry, but I guess that's to be expected. How was I considered a threat when I literally have no secrets left to hide?! It doesn't make any sense!" Molly said. "As far as who I'm voting for, I don't know. I think I'd much rather just go to the Loser's Lodge and forget about voting at all!"

Voting History:

Molly – Chloe, Erica, Inferno, Krash, Mel, Sandy and Tempo

Tempo – Grace, Molly and Reginald

Author's Notes: And so Molly is eliminated, lasting longer than a notorious villain like her probably would have. Most of you thought Molly would be an early boot because her facade was up and she was playing as herself, but I've always considered Molly a great villain even without the facade. This helped her survive the few votes that she went to before her elimination.

Molly was one of my favourites to write for, but I wanted to be careful when writing for her. I know she has a lot of fans, so I didn't want to make her insufferable. I wanted to show that, even when playing as herself, she could still make the moves. I hope that you're all pleasantly surprised that Molly lasted as long as she did, though. Unfortunately, she hadn't counted on Mel flipping on her so soon.

(Ponderosa)

The limo drove up the long driveway leading to the large jury house, this time in the rain. The limo pulled up to the front door as the back door opened, revealing a black umbrella, which opened up before the occupant of the limo stepped out, revealing a familiar pink minjo.

Molly walked forward a couple of feet before slipping on the wet, stone surface and landing flat on her face.

"Watch your step, Molly. The rain's making it slippery." The driver of the limo said as he drove off.

"Drop dead!" Molly shouted after the retreating limo as she pulled herself to her feet.

"So…Yeah. I was just ousted from the game for a second time, which really threw me for a loop considering I was nowhere near the threat I was before." Molly said defiantly. "Why would they vote me out over the bigger threats like Erica and Tempo? It makes no sense!"

Molly opened the door to the jury house and shook her umbrella off. "Anyone home?" She asked aloud, not expecting a response.

"Over here." Edwina called out from the living area, where she and Renaldo were watching something on TV. "I have to say that I was just as surprised at the boot as you were, Molly."

"THANK you. Someone with common sense." Molly rolled her eyes as she walked over to the kitchen for some food.

"Yeah. We were honestly expecting the others to burn you with a fake idol again." Renaldo added. Molly cast a glare at Renaldo, swearing that he was smirking despite not having a visible mouth.

"It's good seeing the big villain get what's coming to them, and Molly's elimination was just as satisfying to watch in person as it was watching season two." Edwina smirked. "It may not have been as sweet as before due to the lack of a fake idol, but it was still an enjoyable blindside."

"So what're you watching?" Molly asked as she walked over to a chair and sat down.

"Some B-list slasher film." Edwina said. "It's mindless, but Renaldo seems to like it."

Something caught Molly's eye on the screen. "Wait…One of the civilians there…Is that Elias?" She asked.

"Yeah. This is one of his earlier films since he's younger and without the dumb mustache." Edwina pointed out. Suddenly, some sickening noises were heard from the screen, including several sounds involving a chainsaw and a man screaming. Molly and Edwina winced, but Renaldo seemed unaffected.

"Aaaaand he lasted about thirty seconds that time before biting it." Renaldo said. "Totally unrealistic rendition of a decapitation, by the way."

"You're a sick man." Molly shook her head.

"Hey, I may be a pessimist, but I'm also used to intense acts of violence." Renaldo rubbed the back of his head. "When you see the amount of ways you can dismember a guy where I come from, you tend to analyze film deaths and compare them to real life."

"I've always been curious, Molly." Renaldo said. "How did your last Ponderosa end the first time you were ousted?"

Molly sighed and rolled her eyes again. "Not good. Once they realized I had played the lot of them, Jack, Roscoe and Mason didn't want anything to do with me. Not that I care; they're a bunch of idiots, anyway." She responded. "Oiler I hated with a passion, though. He'd always find ways to use those stupid detachable limbs to play pranks on me. You know how freaky it is to find a decapitated head in the fridge?!"

Renaldo shrugged. "Just another Tuesday. Sanford calls the one we keep in the fridge 'Fred." He said.

"…As I've said, you're a sick man." Molly said flatly.

"You guys keep a head in your fridge?" Edwina asked, a little weirded out.

"I don't know the details. Sanford's the one who brought it home, and I don't like to question the guy with the dismembering-hook-on-a-rope for a weapon." Renaldo said.

"…The more I listen to that dope's stories, the more I realize that he probably really ISN'T making this stuff up." Molly blinked.

"So…Mind telling me what the sleeping arrangements are?" Molly asked.

"You're free to take whatever room you want, Molly. Renaldo and I took the room with the big bed." Edwina said.

"Somehow, that doesn't surprise me." Molly said. "I don't feel like bunking with anyone, so I'll be taking a solo room."

"That's fine with us. Just don't bother us and we promise we won't bother you." Edwina said.

"You're more-trustworthy than the louts from my season, so I'll trust you for now." Molly nodded.

Later that night, Molly was curled up in bed, trying to get to sleep. The keyword is 'trying', since Molly was having a hard time trying to get to sleep over the loud thumps and blaringly-sensual moans coming from Edwina and Renaldo's room.

Molly growled as she held a pillow over her head. "AUGH! Isn't there a place a minjo can go to get some SLEEP around here?!" She roared, throwing a spare pillow at the wall. "You're both DISGUSTING!"

A tired and traumatized Molly sat in front of the camera. "I am NOT going to get a wink of sleep for the next while…" She lamented.