(Mano Tribe)
The majority tribe went back to camp quite content about the vote.
"Well, that went well." Stinky smiled.
"We voted off Franklin which felt like a victory for me because he kept annoying me and revealed my secret to everyone! His face when he found out that even one of his own allies voted for him was priceless!" Stinky said with a grin. "But not as much as Allison calling him out for being so idiotic! I never knew she had it in her."
"I have to say, Allie, you surprised me back there." Tea said looking up at Allison.
"Um, yeah. Franklin had been grating my nerves ever since he brought up the cheap shot." The alligator said.
"Same here."
"I was getting annoyed with Franklin. Not only was he constantly picking senseless fights with Stinky but he rudely showed his letter to the entire tribe and cost us the last Challenge in a bad way." Allison said. "I decided to tell him what I really felt about his mannerisms. Besides, if I let Stinky said it, he would probably look like the bad guy."
Greg walked back to camp with his head down low for some reason.
"Hey, Greg!"
The large man's eyes widened before whirling around to see Becky running over.
"Becky…" He said weakly.
The girl scout skidded to a halt in front on him before she looked up at the bigger human for a few seconds. However, Becky suddenly smiled.
"…Even professionals makes mistakes…" She said sweetly.
Greg blinked twice at this. "Come again?"
"Tiny had been working so hard with the series hosting Challenges and Tribal Councils, working on where to put potential Hidden Immunity Idols and other stuff." Becky chirped. "I could see that he could easily get tired and make mistakes."
Greg stood in pure confusion wondering what the girl meant.
"Like the order of votes tonight, Tiny had probably misplaced the third vote for Stinky and that was why it was never read. Right?" Becky said with a sunny expression.
Greg's eyes widened before he looked in the side in shame. Becky then lost her happy face and replaced it with a more desperate one.
"Right? Right? Right?" The young girl said.
Greg looked at the girl with a sad look on his face. "Listen, Becky… I am sorry."
The bespectacled girl's eyes widened in horror as she backed away. "You… You REALLY did voted for Franklin, didn't you?"
Greg sighed. "Yes…"
Fresh tears came to Becky's eyes. "How could you, Greg? How could you? We were even voting for your enemy!"
"Becky, please let me explain." The brown-haired man said with a pleading look as he put a gentle hand on her shoulder.
However, the teenager stepped back. "NO! You betrayed us, Greg! You voted off Franklin and threw me down the river!"
Greg winced at the words as he looked down. "But Becky, I…"
"I-I actually thought you were nice, Greg." Becky said looking surprisingly angry. "But… Instead you are no better than Stinky!"
With that, she ran past Greg holding her face.
"Becky!" Greg shouted holding out his arm.
"You don't know what you done!" The scout said with her tears flying through the air.
"Franklin and I… We actually offered to backstab one of our own to earn his trust… But, no… Greg sold us both out for some reason." Becky said wiping away her tears. "Now I am on my own with an intergalactic villain in charge of the majority. Why is this happening? Why are the undeserving people getting in charge of the game?"
Greg watched the girl scout run out of sight looking ashamed of myself. He then looked down at his feet.
"I am no better than Stinky. Yeah, she is probably right. At least Stinky never backstabbed anyone yet. Becky has every right to be mad at me." Greg said burying his forehead in his hands. "While my vote wouldn't had mattered, by voting for Franklin, I could had sealed that poor girl's fate in the game."
(Day 22, Papi Tribe)
"Amanda had went home a few days ago without even going ta Tribal Council which means Ah am the only one in the minority." Wally frowned. "Which means Ah might as well make myself comfortable because Ah am gone the next time we go ta Tribal which may be hard because Tigerlily is the only person Ah could have a decent conversation with."
The boxer sat on a log giving a deep sigh. Karen and Tom standing a good distance away.
"Ready for Attempt No. 2?" Karen asked.
"Quite. Here's hoping our plan would actually work this time." Tom nodded.
"To be honest, it DID work. It just got rid of the wrong person." Karen smirked.
"Ha. Truth." Tom chuckled.
"Our plan was to mentally torture Wally until he quit the game. However, that psychotic Amazon assaulted me and got herself kicked out." Karen said holding her face. "Ugh… My beautiful face is stinging. I hope those producers sent her to prison for this!"
"Shall we?" The aristocrat asked.
"Ladies first." Tom said.
With that, the two walked forward.
However, a certain someone walked in front of them.
Red put his shades over his eyes as he glared downwards. "Name, please."
Karen blinked twice. "Come again?"
"What, did I sputter?" Red said a little louder. "Please give me your names!"
"W-What ignorance are you babbling about?" Karen demanded. "Red, it is us! Karen and Tom!"
"Karen and Tom…" The demon said putting his hand to his chin. "Sorry, you are not on the list."
"What list?" Tom asked.
"The list to see Wally." Red explained. "Unless you are on the list, you cannot see him."
Karen and Tom both stunned as they looked at each other in confusion. They then narrowed their eyes before glaring back at the large man.
"What is this, a night club?" Karen asked angrily. "Red, it's us! We're all on the same tribe!"
"Maybe… But you are not on the list." The red-haired man said narrowing his eyes.
"And do tell. Who IS on the list?" Tom said crossing his arms.
"Who else? My employer, Miss Tigerlily." Red smirked. "She made the list. No, seriously. She made me keep you away from Wally."
Karen's eyes widened before she narrowed them in hatred. "I should had known."
"Red, you are actually going along with this?" Tom asked crossing his arms.
"Yeah, I thought you disliked the both of them." Karen agreed.
"I do. Unfortunately, Tigerlily continued annoying me until I actually gave in and decided to do it." Red sighed before narrowing his eyes. "Besides, I hate the both of you more than I do to those two. If things had went my way, you guys would had been voted off a long time ago. So unless Tigerlily pencil you in, you are not going anywhere near him!"
Karen growled as she stepped forward to scold the horned man. However, Tom quickly stopped her by putting his hand on his shoulder.
"Come on, Karen." Tom said crossly. "Here's hoping what happened recently would break Wally's spirit for good anyway."
"Yeah, I guess." Karen scoffed.
With that, the two walked off casting Red dark glares. As they did so, they walked into Tigerlily.
"Oh, hey, guys. H…" Tigerlily started. However, Karen was instantly in her face.
"You are an unemployed, uneducated freak of nature who is better off as a throw-rug and should have no say over who should go into a night club." Karen snapped. "I normally above using such gutter slang but you suck."
With that, she walked off with Tom following. Tigerlily looked completely stunned before turning around and walking over to Red.
"Hey, what's wrong with her?" She asked.
Red took a deep gulp as if nervous. "Um, what's RIGHT with her?"
"Point well taken."
Red sat in front of the camera twiddling his thumbs. "Okay… So I didn't do it because Tigerlily asked me… I just thought that since Wally is gone, anyway whether from being voted out and quitting, I just thought Karen and Tom's strategy was unnecessary… Not that I care or anything!"
(Mano Tribe)
Everyone but Becky sat around the fire pit discussing the events of last night.
"So Greg, I think you knew that already you were getting this but instead of voting with your alliance, you voted with the person you disliked the most." Schokolade said crossing her arms. "Why?"
The muscular man let out a big sigh. "Ever since I heard Allison's blow-up on Franklin, I knew exactly she was voting him off."
"So you sold them both out so you wouldn't be the next one to go?" Schokolade asked with a raised eyebrow.
Greg bit his lip wondering what he should say. Soon, he gave in as he let out a small sigh.
"Yes… I did it so I would further my chances in the game." The large man said slowly.
Schokolade continued to look at the man. Then, she looked past him. The anthros noticed this and looked past him as well. Greg raised his eyebrow before turning around.
Becky was standing over there with her mouth wide open. She shook in her head in disbelief before walking away. Greg's eyes widened realizing she heard the whole thing. Schokolade on the other hand smirked.
"I should had known. Greg sold us out so he would have a better chance of the prize money." Becky said in disgust. "I mean the prize money was one of the main reasons for coming on the show but does he realize that the same person he is rallying to is part of the intergalactic criminal group to get the money illegally?"
"Very well, Greg. You made your case. We WERE intending to vote you off after Franklin but you two had made your case." Schokolade nodded before looking at Stinky. "Stinky, are you all right with this? Part of the deal was to vote off Greg, after all."
The skunk mainly shrugged. "Meh. As long as he watch himself, I am all right."
"Understood." Schokolade said before looking back at Greg. "You may stay, Greg. Just vote with us to get rid of Becky."
Greg continued to look in the direction where Becky walked off to. However, after a moment to compose himself, he looked downwards.
"Yes…" He said weakly.
"That is good to hear." Schokolade smirked.
"Well, it took 16 days but I am finally in control of the game again. And I am going to make sure it stays that way." Schokolade said crossing her arms. "While I know I easily got Tea, Tigerlily and Red with me, I need to be wary of the Papi members at the merge. But I should worry about that later, I need to get rid of Becky once and for all."
After the meeting was adjourned, Schokolade and Tea walked off.
"Finally, the majority is secured by us for once." Schokolade said.
"Yeah, I guess…" Tea said looking uncertain.
Schokolake stopped in her tracks. "Something on your mind?"
Tea stopped as well. "Um, yeah, actually. It's just that… Are you completely sure about Greg's motives?"
"Motives?" Schokolade asked raising an eyebrow.
"I mean flipping and selling Franklin and Becky out to dry so he could be in the majority?" Tea asked with a raised eyebrow.
Schokolade put her hand to her chin. "I understand your uncertainty."
"Really?" Tea asked.
"Yes. What Greg demonstrated that he would backstab anyone to get further ahead in the game. Even us." Schokolade explained. "If there is a chance he would get a better deal, he would flip. Don't worry, I realized this before and I am going to watch him like a hawk."
With that, the beautiful woman walked off. Tea just stood in her place and stared.
"Um, that's not what I meant."
"I don't buy it. I just don't. I only met him for a long while but I know enough to know that Greg thinks with his heart more than his head." Tea explained scratching her head. "He doesn't seem the kind of person to backstab someone and align with someone he hates even if it is to further his game. I know that there is more to the story but for right now, I am completely stumped."
Meanwhile, the giant-in-question was standing in front of Stinky and Allison.
"So are we all in agreement?" Allison asked with hope.
Greg sighed as he looked a little reluctant. "Yeah. We would agreed on a truce…"
"…So we make sure that no one from the original Papi would go home anytime soon." Stinky nodded looking just as reluctant.
Greg then held out his hand. Allison looked at Stinky with a pleading look. The skunk then sighed before accepting the hand. Allison smiled before her held the hands with her own.
"Okay, I lied. I would never align with someone I dislike and backstab someone I like just to further my chances in the game." Greg said with a sigh. "I did it to make sure all three of us make merge. After seeing Amanda out of the game without having a single vote cast against her, I knew that we had lost too many members. That was why I sold out Franklin and Becky. So we could stick together."
(Day 23, Papi Tribe)
Wally sulked over to the treemail box with his head down.
"Yo, Wally!"
The kangaroo's eyes widened before he whirled around. There, he saw Tigerlily running over.
"Morning!" She said cheerfully.
"Um, morning…" Wally said.
"Well, aren't you looking particularly handsome today!" Tigerlily said.
"Um, thanks." Wally frowned. He then continued his journey to the treemail box.
Tigerlily frowned before running off after him. "Hey, come on! Vincent and Amanda wouldn't want you to see you down at this!"
"But what can Ah do?" Wally asked as they kept walking. "Are ya saying that ya are willing ta save me?"
"Um…" Tigerlily said.
Wally shook his head. "See? Ah am gone, 4-1!"
"Even still, you shouldn't act like this. After all, you don't go home if you never go to Tribal Council." Tigerlily warned.
"Yeah but what is it ta say an original Papi member from the Mano tribe from going home?" Wally asked looking at the tigress. "Even if Ah somehow make merge, there is no way Ah could survived!"
Tigerlily was about to say something else but thought against it.
"Yeah, maybe Ah am being an emo here. However, Ah am right. There is no way Ah could survive the rest of the game." Wally sighed. "Besides, even if Ah make merge, what can Ah do? Karen and Tom are right. Ah am not a strategist. Ah am not close ta it. Ah am just your dim-witted kangaroo who thinks by swinging his fists."
"I know that we are on opposing tribes but I couldn't help but feel sorry for Wally. He lost both of his allies and is now the only outsider of the tribe." Tigerlily frowned. "Even though he is gone next, I want to make sure that he doesn't leave the game a broken man."
Wally went into the treemail box and pulled out a letter.
"Hm… Looks like we got a Challenge." Wally mused.
"Let's go tell the others." Tigerlily nodded.
With that, the two anthros walked off back to camp.
"Hey! We got treemail!" Tigerlily yelled.
"Sweet! Challenge time!" Red said punching his palm. "What does it say?"
"It says "How strong is yer tribe?" Wally read.
Red's smirk vanished as he turned to Karen and Tom who looked just as upset.
"Oh, great…"
"The only flaw with our strategy so far is that we are losing our more stronger players. Even with my newfound confidence, I am still quite weak physical-wise." Tom frowned. "Now with Wally in a funk, he will be less focused at Challenges. Which leaves Red as our main hope in strength. And that is NEVER a good thing."
(Reward Challenge)
The Papi tribe made their way onto the tribe mat.
"All right, we now bring in the Mano tribe." Tiny said as everyone went in. "Franklin voted out at the last Tribal Council."
The entire Mano tribe was thrown in a loop.
"WHAT!" Karen exclaimed. "Are you guys insane?"
"So much for getting rid of Papi." Red said flatly as Tigerlily shook her head.
Wally on the other hand looked with wide eyes.
"All right. Let's get to Today's Challenge!" Tiny smiled. "Take a look!"
Everyone looked to see a large mud pool.
"The Challenge is very simple. It is an old-fashioned tug-of-war. Five of you will pull on the rope until one of you falls in." Tiny said. "The tribe to pull their opposing tribe into the mud wins Reward. Want to know what you are playing for?"
Everyone nodded.
"A trip to a spa resort where they have massages, hot baths and a decent of good to keep your fill." Tiny grinned.
Everyone's eyes lit up at this. Especially Karen's.
"All right, Mano, you have one extra member, who are you…" Tiny started.
"I'll sit out." Tea piped up.
Tiny blinked twice at this. "Um, all right. Tea, come join me. As for the rest of you, I give you a second to decide the order.
(Later)
It didn't took long to decided the order. From the end of rope for Mano was Greg, Schokolade, Allison, Stinky and Becky. While for Papi it was Red, Wally, Tigerlily, Tom and Karen.
"All right. For Reward!" Tiny yelled. "Survivors, ready! GO!"
Both tribes pulled hard as they could on the rope wasting no time.
"Pull, pull, pull!" Wally yelled.
"Buddy, you know it!" Red smirked with a mighty tug.
"All right, on every count of 3, give a harder pull." Schokolade instructed. "1, 2, 3, PULL!"
"Good system." Greg said. "1, 2, 3, PULL!"
The two tribes used different strategies for pulling on the rope. Tiny noticed this.
"Hey, looks like they each have their own tactics." The host said before looking down at Tea. "Who do you think will win?"
"Oh please. Excuse me if I sound cocky but we got this in the bag." Tea said with a smirk.
Tiny raised an eyebrow. "Are you that confident your new tribe's strength and strategy?"
Tea nodded her head. "Just see for yourself."
Tiny then looked back at the tribes. He then noticed that the Mano tribe was slowly pulling the Papi tribe towards the mud pit.
"H-Hey!" Karen yelled. "We are slipping!"
"Pull harder then!" Red shouted.
"I can't pull any harder!" Tigerlily shouted.
"Hey! They are getting frustrated!" Allison yelled.
"Good. Keep pulling." Schokolade said.
"Pull harder, you clods!" Karen yelled.
"This is as hard I can pull it!" Tom insisted.
"Hey, guys, look!" Becky yelled. Karen was just about to reach the mud pool.
Stinky smirked evilly. "Just say the word, Schokolade."
The general nodded sharing the same smirk.
"1, 2, 3, GO!"
With that, they all both on the rope hard. The Papi fell forward with Karen and Tom flying into the mud.
SPLASH!
"Well, that's it!" Tiny shouted. "Karen and Tom are in! MANO WINS REWARD!"
The Mano tribe let go of their rope as they threw their arms in the air in success. Red, Wally and Tigerlily looked down in amusement as Tom tried to comfort a crying Karen with the both of them covered in mud.
"We just lost the Reward." Red said with a smirk. "So how come it felt like we won?"
"Oh, do hush!" Tom scolded as he continued to comfort Karen.
(Later)
"Good work, Mano. You had won Reward! You may relax at the resort until your next Challenge." Tiny said before turning to Papi. "Papi, I got nothing for you but a mud bath. You may head back to camp."
(Spa Resort)
The Mano tribe had walked along a jungle path to the resort.
"According to Tiny, the resort should be forward ahead." Schokolade said.
"Yeah, I see something." Becky nodded.
Soon, they arrived in front of it. It was quite a decently-large hut. Everyone couldn't help but look in awe at it.
"Wow… It is lovely." Allison gaped.
"Let's hope that the inside is just as nice." Stinky smiled.
"We had won without a doubt one of the best Rewards so far! We get to go to a spa resort to relax for the day!" Allison smiled. "Which is great because we all need it. Things had been so tense so us ever since the Tribal Swap!"
"Well, what are we waiting for?" Tea said with a smirk.
"Yeah, we all deserve this Reward." Greg agreed.
Everyone nodded as they made their way into the resort.
"Aw, man! I so needed this break ever since Day 1! I had been getting stress marks on places where a child shouldn't get on yet." Tea grinned. "No, seriously. It is like every three days, a fight breaks out for a ridiculous reason. And with Franklin gone, the fighting is done."
Schokolade, Tea and Allison then were bathing in the hot bath. The latter had just put up her head back after being under the water for so long.
"Wow… This hot bath is amazing!" Allison smiled.
"I know, right!" Tea smiled. "This is the perfect thing we need to get our mind off of the game for a while."
Suddenly, the hybrid girl noticed someone. A young girl with long hair bathing by herself.
"Yo, can you pass the soap?" Tea yelled.
The girl turned around before speaking in a familiar voice. "Huh, um, all right?"
Allison's eyes widened at this. "BECKY? Is that you? I barely recognize you without the pigtails and glasses."
"Um, well. I didn't wanted to lose my glasses in the water and I just thought it was easier to bathe with my hair down." The girl scout shrugged.
"Okay, how about you come bathe with us?" Allison asked.
Becky looked at the three before walking away. "I-It's all right… I am fine on my own."
"But Becky…" Allison frowned.
"Let her bathe alone…"
Allison and Tea both turned to Schokolade.
"I was thinking of isolating from her, anyway." The general said narrowing her good eye. "I suggest you two do the same."
Allison gasped at this. "But Schokolade, don't you think that is a little… mean?"
"Becky had brought this on herself by voting off Peter." The plastic woman said sternly. "I am merely speaking out the consequences on her actions."
"Do I feel sorry for Becky? No. Tan soldiers show no remorse for their enemy and this is no exception. Even though she is the smallest offender out of Bryan's alliance, she is still an offender." Schokolade said sternly. "The only reason that she haven't been targeted until now was because I had bigger targets in mind. But that they are either gone for gone or on the other tribe for now, Becky is definitely as dead as a doornail."
"Now if you two excuse me, I am going under." The one-eyed woman scoffed before going under water.
"Wow… I know that she voted against her but don't you think Schokolade was being mean?" Allison asked. "It is not like Becky is mean like Bryan and Karen or annoying like Franklin."
"Schokolade doesn't like it when things don't her way." Tea shrugged. "She was actually quite the bossy-boots the first few days."
"I see." Allison nodded.
The alligator then looked up at a giant wall that separated the gender-specific baths.
"I just hope that Greg and Stinky are all right on their own." Allison said.
"Yeah, it must be hard to relax with your only company is someone you previously had odds against." Tea nodded.
Meanwhile, Greg and Stinky both sat in opposite directions of the men's baths. They refused to make eye-contact with each other.
"At first I was overjoyed to win this big Reward and go to a spa resort to relax. However, that was until I found out there were gender-specific baths. Which means I have to share the bath alone with… Stinky." Greg said disgust. "Good grief, as if joining him in an alliance isn't bad enough, now I have to BATHE with him?"
The awkward silence continued for a good while. Suddenly, Stinky broke it with a sigh.
"Hey, Greg?" The skunk said.
"Yeah…" The large man said.
"Look, I know that you don't like me and frankly, I don't like you either but we need to talk about how we are going to survive." Stinky explained.
Greg glared at the younger man for a moment. However, he sighed as well.
"You got something in mind?" He asked.
"Actually, yes. I think we are a shoe-in for the merge but our problem is what we are going to do when we get there." Stinky pointed out.
"Yeah, Franklin told us that if Allison joined us, we would easily make the merge and ask Karen and Tom to join us." Greg explained. "I assume Schokolade did the same with you concerning Tigerlily and Red?"
"Yes, assuming that there is a merge at 10 this season, Schokolade's alliance should have four." Stinky explained. "And if Wally somehow survives as well, we would have four as well. Then, we would have it 4-4 when we sent Karen and Tom packing."
"But what if his tribe loses the Challenge?" Greg pointed out. "He might get voted out."
"Then, how about we throw the Challenge?" Stinky said with a sly smirk. "Then we could vote off Becky and save Wally."
Greg looked in thought. "Hmm… I dunno. What if Schokolade finds out? She is more capable than she lets on."
"I could see your point but even if she finds out, what is she going to do?" Stinky sneered. "It would be 3-3. And that's assuming Becky decides to realign with her."
"Stinky, this is serious." Greg scolded. "Even if we vote off Becky, Schokolade would most likely get mad at us for costing her the Challenge and get mad at us. Most people who throw Challenges loses most, if not all trust from their tribe-mates."
The young man's eyes widened. "Dang, you are right. We can't afford to make waves. Not right now."
"All right, we are in the majority and have our own secret alliance. Good. However, that would only get us so far. After we vote off Karen and Tom, they would definitely go after us." Stinky frowned. "All we could hope for is that an Immunity Idol would be play when the merge starts."
"All right, how about this? Before Karen and Tom go home, we would get to play nice with Tigerlily and Red." Stinky suggested. "Maybe we can get them to flip on Schokolade since she definitely doesn't seem like she has an award-winning personality."
"Neither do you and yet here I am talking strategy with you." Greg said flatly.
"Ha ha ha." Stinky said sarcastically. "That was quite a good one. And here I thought you was a robot."
That was when the awkward silence returned.
(Papi Tribe)
"We lost the Reward today but was not my main concern. My main concern is that even at a disadvantage, the Papi members of the new Mano tribe actually managed to survive." Wally said in awe. He then narrowed his eyes. "That means that there is a chance that they would survive again the next they go ta Tribal Council. However, ta do that, Ah need the win next Immunity Challenge and mate am Ah going ta bust out my tail at that next Challenge."
Meanwhile, the original Mano members was still talking about what happened.
"I don't believe it! I simply don't believe it!" Karen growled.
"Hey, at least you got a mud bath." Red smirked.
"Shut it, demon." Karen snapped. "Besides, that is not my main problem!"
"Well, how do you like that? When Karen & I and Tigerlily & Red were able to put aside their differences and tried to get rid of the Papi tribe for good. However, Schokolade didn't see that and voted off Franklin." Tom said crossing his arms not looking pleased. "Now it is safe to assume that Becky is the next target. Worse of all, after seeing his old tribe-mates surviving brought Wally out of his funk."
"Thanks to your leader, Franklin is now gone!" Karen snapped pointing an accusing finger at Tigerlily and Red.
"Hey, don't get mad at us, we don't control how that woman works." Red insisted.
"Yeah, if I was there, I would do in my power to try to get Schokolade to reconsider." Tigerlily nodded.
"Well, that still does nothing about the current situation!" Karen said crossing her arms. "Now thanks to her, Becky is probably next!"
"Well, I am sorry but is nothing we could do about it right now." Tigerlily shrugged. "The only time we get to see them is at Challenges and there is no time to tell them to change their vote."
"I am afraid she is right, Karen." Tom frowned adjusting his glasses. "There is nothing to be done."
The high-school student growled as she clenched her fists not happy with how things were going. Suddenly, a light bulb appeared in her mind.
"Wait! I got it!" Karen said snapping her fingers surprising everyone.
"What is it, Karen?" Tom asked.
"We throw the Challenge!" The brunette exclaimed.
Tigerlily's eyes widened in horror at this.
"I mean think about it! If there is a merge of 10, then losing Wally won't hurt us too badly!" Karen exclaimed.
"A splendid idea!" Tom smiled. "That way, we would save Becky from elimination and we could convince her, Schokolade and Tea to join forces with us at the merge!"
"Honestly, I am surprising MYSELF with how I am doing so far. Throwing a Challenge to save a crucial ally to me. Best of all, I already know that I got the entire majority opinion so my plan would succeed." Karen smirked. "Oh, so I thought…"
Tigerlily then spoke up. "Wait, guys! I think this is a bad idea!"
"Why?" Karen asked with a raised eyebrow. "The next Immunity Challenge is the last Tribal Challenge, anyway."
"But we don't know that!" Tigerlily scolded. "For all we know, we could have a merge of 9!"
"I could see your reasoning but that is Survivor." Tom shrugged. "You can't play the game with having a few risks."
"But what if I am right?" Tigerlily asked. "Then we would down another strong and we have to choice but to vote against each other! Let's play the Challenge as normally!"
"Um, no. Sure, there is a chance for a merge at 9 but there is very uncommon on these seasons." Karen shrugged. "I think it is safe to assume that we would be okay."
"Karen, NOTHING good comes from throwing Challenges!" Tigerlily scolded. "Didn't you watched last season?"
"What? It worked. That Mignon girl went home." The aristocrat said getting a little annoyed. "And if you are referring to Yomi going home after that, that was a case of her trying to get the season's winner to after his friends and not because she threw the Challenge."
That was all Tigerlily could take.
"WE ARE NOT THROWING THE CHALLENGE!"
The others jumped at this surprised by the woman's outburst.
"I beg your pardon!" Karen scolded.
"You heard right! We are NOT throwing that Challenge!" Tigerlily scolded. "We are going to play it as always!"
"Who… Who…" Karen started. "WHO do you think you are! I am merely thinking for the tribe!"
"No, you are not!" Tigerlily scolded.
"Um, hello! Wally is not part of our tribe! Becky is!" Karen scolded. "And unless we throw the Challenge, she will go home!"
"I don't freaking care about who goes home! I just don't want you to throw the Challenge!" Tigerlily snapped.
"Well, excuse me! But it is not your decision to make!" Karen scolded.
"Actually, yes it is." Tigerlily said with a smirk. "Because if you throw the Challenge, I would vote for you!"
Karen's pupils shrank. "EXCUSE ME!"
"You heard right? If you cost us the next Challenge, I would vote you out!" Tigerlily said before turning to Red. "Red, you are with me, right?"
The demon stood in shock at Tigerlily's sudden yell. However, he recovered to smirk evilly.
"Honey, you know it!" Red smirked.
Tigerlily nodded before looking back at Karen. "And considering your little incident with Wally, I am sure that he would be more than happy to vote you out."
Karen simply looked with wide eyes sputtering out half-words."…Which means it is 3-2 against you." Tigerlily rhymed with her smirk getting bigger.
Karen stood in place shaking her head in disbelief. However, her face then turned nasty.
"You… You…" She growled.
Suddenly, Wally then walked in.
"Good day, mates! How's it doing?" He smirked.
Karen then scoffed before she stormed off. Tom followed her not before casting Tigerlily one final glare. Wally blinked twice.
"Wow… She must really wanted that spa trip." He said flatly.
"Well, she IS a material girl." Tigerlily said with a chuckle.
"I don't know. Maybe I overdid it. On the other hand, Karen seems intent on throwing the Challenge and I have to threaten her to get her to do otherwise." Tigerlily explained. "Believe it or not, I am doing it for her own good. I don't want anyone to through what I went through."
"All right, I officially hate Tigerlily more than ever! How dare she threaten me like that? And for what? I was trying to save my ally!" Karen said angrily. "And I wasn't even backstabbing anyone! Grr! If that fuzz-ball think she could get away with this, then she got another thing coming!"
(Day 24, Spa Resort)
The Mano tribe got ready to leave the spa resort ready for the next Challenge.
"The trip to the spa resort was a nice break but it is now to get back into the game. Unlike at previous Challenges, we already had our treemail delivered to us." Schokolade explained. "Even though it would be no big loss if we lose, I still intend to give 100% at the Challenge."
"Well, it was fun but it is time to go back to the game." Tea said stretching her arms.
"Yeah." Stinky said before turning to Schokolade who held a letter. "Say, what does the letter say for us, anyway?"
"It simply says "How good at you at dodge-ball?" The general read.
Allison frowned at this. "Oh dear… I was never good at the sport."
"You can always sit out." Becky piped up. "I always liked doing sports."
"Why, thank you, Becky." Allison smiled. "That is very thoughtful of you."
"Well, considering that winning the Immunity Challenge is her only hope of survival, she has to be generous." Schokolade said simply.
Becky physically winced at Greg glared at Schokolade.
"As much as I hate to admit it, Schokolade's right. The only way to survive and make it to the merge is to do my best at the Challenge." Becky sighed. "Fortunately, I had played a lot of sports before with the other Planeteers. Hopefully, that should help me here."
(Immunity Challenge)
Both tribes made their ways on the mat. However, the Mano tribe came from a different direction since they came from the spa resort and not their camp.
"All right! Let's get to your next Challenge!" Tiny smirked. "Take a look!"
Everyone looked to see a playing field made up of white lines. On the middle line were three blue balls.
"We are having a good old-fashioned dodge-ball match." Tiny smirked. "The rules are simple. Throw the ball and hit your opponent. If you get hit, you are out. However, you get hit and somebody from your tribe catches it, you are still in the Challenge. The tribe to knock out all of the members of the opposing tribe wins Immunity."
Everyone looked at each other amazed that the Challenge was that simple.
"All right, Mano, you have one extra member." Tiny said. "Who are you sitting out?"
"I'll sit out." Allison offered.
"All right. Allison, come join me." Tiny said. "Everyone else get in position."
(Later)
After both tribes got into position. They both narrowed their eyes ready for anything."All right, for Immunity!" Tiny said. "Survivors, ready! GO!"
Both tribes wasted no time running towards the balls. Tigerlily, Wally, Schokolade and Stinky all made a jumping catch towards the balls. However, Stinky was the only to didn't get a ball. But all four immediately jumped back. They then glared each other down.
Suddenly, the game started when Tigerlily and Wally threw their dodge-balls. Schokolade used her own ball to deflected the ball while Greg easily catches the other one thrown at him. Stinky then picked up the ball that was blocked.
Red's eyes widened as he looked around. Schokolade, Greg and Stinky were smirking evilly at him. It was safe to say to they had him in their sights.
"Gentlemen." Schokolade said as the three readied their arms.
Red yelped as they threw the balls at him. Thinking quickly, he grabbed a surprised Karen and held her in front of him. Two balls hit her on the ball while the third one (thrown by Greg) found its way into her stomach knocking the wind out of her.
"Karen is out!" Tiny yelled.
Red put Karen down as the latter made her way off the court while holding her stomach.
"I always knew that you wasn't a gentleman but honestly…" She wheezed.
"Hey, there was no way I could dodge or catch all three balls at once." Red shrugged as he picked up a ball. "If one of our players is going out first, why not a weaker player?"
"Mates, aim fer Greg!" Wally yelled grabbing a ball. "He is the strongest hitter!"
"Gotcha!" Red smirked.
With that, the two men threw their balls at Greg. The muscular man jumped out of the way to avoid the first ball but could do nothing against the second ball hitting his arm.
"Greg is out!" Tiny yelled.
As Greg sulked off, Stinky frowned. "Great, we already lost our strongest player…"
"Just keep focusing on the bigger threats!" Schokolade said as she picked up a ball hurled at Wally who easily dodged it.
Tom and Stinky both had a ball in their hands. They both narrowed their eyes as they rushed forward threw.
Both balls flew past each other and the opposing throwing knocking them down.
"Stinky and Tom are out!" Tiny said.
As the two got up and left their respective fields. The others glared at each other. Wally and Red both had a ball and so does Becky.
Wally then threw his at Tea. The small girl braced for impact. However, Schokolade dove at the ball at an alarming speed, rolled around the ground and threw the ball striking Red in the face surprising everyone.
"Um… Red is out!" Tiny said as the demon-in-question staggered off with stars flying around his head.
Seeing that, Becky threw her dodge-ball at Tigerlily. Unprepared, the tigress took the hit to the arm.
However, Wally thought quickly and threw away his ball and dove down. He then caught it. Everyone looked amazed.
"Tigerlily got hit but Wally catches it!" Tiny yelled.
"Wow, thanks!" Tigerlily smiled.
"Hey! Ah am the one of the most agile boxers in mah circuit!" Wally smirked. "Now come over here… Ah got something Ah want ta try."
With that, the kangaroo started to whisper in the tigress' ear. Everyone raised their eyebrows wondering what was going on. Because all three balls were on the playing field, the Mano tribe could do nothing.
"Prepare yourself for anything." Schokolade instructed as Becky and Tea nodded.
Wally and Tigerlily nodded their eyes in determination. The former then gave his ball to the latter. Tigerlily ran forward ready to throw. The Mano girls got themselves ready.
However, Tigerlily surprised everyone by throwing the dodge-ball to the side where Wally did a flying leap and caught in. He then threw it at Schokolade who was taken off-guard. It hit her on the chest.
Becky tried to do a sliding catch to save Schokolade but not only did she missed the ball but Tigerlily quickly took another dodge-ball and hit her on the back.
"And in an amazing play, Schokolade and Becky are out!" Tiny yelled.
Tea's eyes widened after she picked up a ball to see Wally smirking at her.
"Oh boy…" The hybrid girl frowned.
"Sorry about this, little Sheila." Wally apologized as he gently threw the ball.
Tea tried to block the incoming ball. However, she wasn't fast enough and got hit on the arm.
"Tea is out!" Tiny yelled. "PAPI WINS IMMUNITY!"
Tigerlily and Wally cheered as they high-fived each other while Red cheered for them. The Mano tribe looked defeated.
(Later)
"Congratulations, Papi on winning Immunity. You are safe for three more days." Tiny said before turning to Mano. "As for you, Mano. You got a date with me at Tribal Council. You have all day to figure out who to vote out. You may head back to camp."
(Mano Tribe)
"We just lost Immunity which is horrible because it was my only chance of survival in this. I can't rally to the others to vote out Schokolade because all they care about is the money." Becky said sadly. "Now with Schokolade making merge with Red, the prize money is now gone."
Everyone but Becky sat around the fire pit.
"Well, this is quite the disappointment but I think that at the same time may be a good thing." Schokolade explained.
"Seriously?" Stinky asked with a raised eyebrow.
"Correct. With the Papi tribe surviving another Tribal Council, that means your marsupial comrade would be spared." Schokolade explained.
"Yeah, we know." Allison said.
"Do you think that he would join you us?" Schokolade asked.
"I could imagine seeing that he is the only Papi member only there." Stinky shrugged.
"Good. Now here is the plan." Schokolade explained. "After we vote off Becky, we would reunite with Tigerlily, Red and Wally. Then, we would vote off Karen. Understand."
"Crystal." Stinky nodded.
"I think I have got a foolproof plan to make the finals. After we vote off Becky and Karen, we would get Tom to join us and we would Pagong the Papi players." Schokolade explained. "As much as I hate to align with that waste of air, I know that this was an offer that he can't refuse."
"Good. Now I don't want any one of you talking to Becky." Schokolade said.
"What?" Greg asked. "Isn't that a bit harsh?"
"No, it isn't. She knows that she is going home and she knows that she has no allies so why act like she does?" Schokolade shrugged.
"Schokolade, you seem to be forgetting that this little girl is only fourteen years old!" Greg scolded.
"Greg, just because she is quite young doesn't mean that she shouldn't be prepared for the hardships of this game." The one-eyed woman said sternly. "In fact, while it is a "game", it is also quite competitive. You cannot expect to go so happily."
"That doesn't mean we should make her last stay here miserable!" Greg said getting annoyed.
Schokolade narrowed her good eye. "I don't think you have the right to backtalk anyone. Remember, if we didn't get Stinky's permission, we would had agreed to vote you off."
Greg returned the glare with a growl. The two glared at each other for a moment. Stinky, Allison and Tea looked worried. The latter chuckled nervously as she sat up.
"Okay… I think we already got the point. Vote off Becky. Don't talk to her." Tea said. "Let's adjourn the meeting for now."
Schokolade glared at Greg for a moment. She then nodded her head.
"Very well." The one-eyed woman said. "We would discuss more about this tomorrow."
With that, she walked off with Greg looking steamed. Tea looked at Greg, gave an apologetic shrug and ran off after the woman.
"Schokolade is grating my last nerves. She had been treating Becky horribly recently. I mean it is not like she was the one who spearheaded the elimination of that Peter guy." Greg said crossly. "And personally, I think she is getting way too big for her plastic boots."
Schokolade and Tea walked side by side through the jungle.
"Well, that was productive." Tea said flatly.
"Greg was the one who started it." Schokolade explained. "I was mainly getting him to know his place."
"Yeah but Greg could stay mad at you and flip on us." Tea warned.
"Don't worry, I am fully aware that Greg can not be trusted." Schokolade shrugged. "I will try to keep him on a tight leash."
"What about Stinky and Allison?" Tea asked.
"What about them?" Schokolade asked with a raised eyebrow.
"Can we really trust them?" Tea asked.
"Of course. We had helped voted out someone who was an extreme thorn in both of their sides." Schokolade explained. "Besides, Stinky despises Greg. I am sure he would alert with us if he thinks Greg is willing to backstab us."
Tea stopped in her walk as she watched Schokolade walk away. She then shook her head in hopelessness.
"Am I only the one who think that this is all suspicious? A nice guy selling out a little girl just to get into a better alliance? Two people who despised each other now having mild tension between each other?" Tea asked throwing up her arms in annoyance. "Schokolade may be smart in more ways than one but she always plays with her head and not her heart. Something is going on with the Papi guys. Let's hope that I'll find out what before it's too late."
Meanwhile, Greg paced back and forth in front of Stinky and Allison who were sitting inside of the shelter.
"Grr. That Schokolade is grating my last nerves!" Greg growled.
"Please calm down, Greg." Allison pleaded. "I know that Schokolade is being very mean recently but there is nothing we can do about it right now."
The large man stopped pacing and sighed.
"I know but I still can't believe I have to vote off Becky like this." He frowned.
"I don't like it either, Greg." Allison frowned. "But what can we do? Schokolade promised to keep us safe until every member of Bryan's alliance are gone."
"I don't think that's the case."
Greg and Allison both turned to Stinky.
"Stinky?" Allison asked.
"Did you catch the slip she gave?" The teenager asked. "She said that if we join us, she would vote off Karen."
"Um, yeah?" Allison asked confused.
"How about Tom?" Stinky asked. "I know that it is very easy to forgot about his existence but is Schokolade really just going to pretend Tom is not there?"
Greg's eyes widened at this. "Now that you mention it, you are right. Schokolade definitely doesn't seem the kind of person to forgot about details like that."
"Which means…" Stinky said. "…After we vote off Karen, Schokolade is going to rally Tom to side with her and vote us all out."
Greg and Allison both looked shocked at this.
"I knew that woman was more capable than she lets on." Greg said narrowing his eyes. "Come on! Let's get Becky and vote her off."
"Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa!" Stinky said holding out his hand. "Hold your Wolfens! Let's say we DO vote off Schokolade? Then, what?"
"What do you mean?" Greg asked.
"Think about it. If we vote off her closest ally, Tea would get mad at us and rally the other Mano players to go after us." Stinky warned.
"We could get Becky to vote with us." Greg shrugged. "Then, it would be 5-5."
"I don't know. Becky is aligned with Karen and Tom and she would never betray them." Stinky said. "Why is anyone's guess though…"
"And I don't think Karen is willing to join us." Greg sighed.
"So no matter what we do, we are doomed?" Allison frowned.
"I wouldn't say that but yeah, it would be grim." Stinky said. "The question is… Which way would give us a better chance of making it out here?"
"For all we know, both ways could have the exact same results." Allison frowned.
The three looked at each other for a moment in worry. They then did a collective sigh.
"All right. We are the swing votes. Awesome, right? Wrong? Both paths has potential to completely screw us all up. Great. Even when we have control of the vote, we are in trouble." Stinky frowned. "Well, at least there is one ray of hope for us. Whoever's going home tonight is not one of us."
(Tribal Council)
The six Mano members made their way to Tribal Council.
"Why, hello there, Mano." Tiny smirked. "Take a seat."
Everyone obliged.
"We know bring in the jury." Tiny said. "Franklin voted out at the last Tribal Council."
Everyone then heard loud clanging noises. They all turned their heads and when they did, their eyes widened. Franklin was wearing a knight's armour with the helmet. He then sat down."Remember, you are not allowed to talk with the jury. They are only here to observe." Tiny said. "Allison, I have to ask. What was with the outburst on Franklin at the last Tribal Council?"
"Franklin was being annoying for the last three days. He kept picking fights with Stinky over a trivial reason." The alligator said crossing her arms. "The last thing we need is a juvenile squabble over something that happened days ago."
"So you are not sorry for your outburst?" Tiny asked."I must admit, no." Allison said. "I actually felt no guilt at all."
"He corrupted her." Franklin said darkly through his helmet. "I just know it."
"Stinky, it is revealed that you are from StarWolf." Tiny explained. "Do you feel nervous?"
"Well, I was. I thought everyone was going to gun for me since I work for them." The mechanic said before giving a small smile. "Then, Allison reassured that nobody would gun for me just because of where I'm from."
"I gunned for you." Franklin said flatly.
"Greg, when Franklin was voted off, he and Becky looked at you in shock." Tiny said. "Did you voted for him?"
"Yes…" The large man said sadly. "I knew after Allison's verbal assault on Franklin, she would vote for him. So I jumped ship and voted for him as well."
Becky shook her head at this.
"I take it that you didn't take well to this, Becky." Tiny said shaking her head.
"I thought I trusted Greg but I guess I was wrong." The girl scout frowned. "All he cared about was the prize money."
"Agreed." Franklin said crossing his arms. "My respect for him went down a lot."
"Becky, please… I…" Greg started.
"Greg was only doing what any normal player would had done." Schokolade said without turning her head. "Stop acting bitter."
"I am being "bitter" because Franklin and I tried out best to rally to Greg to get him to join us." Becky said. "But instead he backstabbed us."
"Well, you went back on your word. Greg told me that part of the deal was to vote me off first to gain his trust." Schokolade scolded. "But instead you voted for Stinky. Get your facts straight."
"Hey! There is no need for that." Greg scolded.
"Yes, there is. I want to show that Survivor is more than just a game." Schokolade said narrowing her good eye. "And it is ironic that you are constantly sticking up for her when you was the one who threw her down the river."
Greg's eyes widened before he looked to the side. "Um, well…"
"Exactly." Schokolade said crossing her arms.
"Wow… A lot of reactions there." Tiny said amazed. "So Tea, is the majority tight?"
"I hope so. I mean, we are aligned with a guy who sold out a girl scout." The hybrid girl said. "It is a little hard to trust him. Especially when he doesn't seem like the kind of guy to do something like that."
"Well said." Franklin said.
Greg sighed not surprised by this.
"Schokolade, do you trust Greg?" Tiny asked.
"Kinda. Seeing that he would do that to Becky, he would do that to anyone." Schokolade said. "However, I trust him right now."
"All right, it is time to vote." Tiny smirked. "Greg, you are up."
The strongman nodded as he marched over to the voting table. After double-checking that he wrote down the right name, he went back.
Schokolade walked into the voting table and firmly grabbed the pen. "You had this coming to you the second you wrote down Peter's name." She said holding up "Becky" to the camera.
Becky made her way to the table the most nervous about the vote. She wasted no time writing down a name. "You are a horrible, horrible person." She said holding up "Schokolade" to the camera.
Tea walked over the table and bounded by the stool. Writing down a name, she put it in the urn. "Here's hoping that I just have a case of paranoia."
Stinky put his hands behind the back of his head before stopping to grab his pen. "Maybe getting rid of this broad may not be the best way but it is definitely better than the other way."
Allison nervously walked over the table. With a small sigh, she grabbed the pen hoping for the best. When she finished, she put it in the urn and walked off.
After she sat back down, Tiny got up.
"I'll go get the votes." Tiny said walking off.
Everyone waited with mixed expressions as he made his way back.
"I'll read them out. Whoever gets voted out have to leave the Tribal Council area immediately."
"First vote, Becky."
Becky physically winced at this.
"Second vote, Schokolade. One vote, Becky. One vote, Schokolade."
Schokolade rolled her good eye at this.
"Third vote, Becky. Two votes, Becky. One vote, Schokolade."
Becky held on to her sash for dear life.
"Fourth vote, Schokolade. Two votes, Becky. Two votes, Schokolade."
Schokolade's good eye widened in shock.
"Fifth vote, Schokolade. Three votes, Schokolade. Two votes, Becky. One vote left."
Schokolade shot the Papi players a death glare as they all looked away.
"Tenth person voted out of Survivor and second member of our jury… Is Schokolade."
"Yes!" Franklin said clenching his fist.
Becky looked extremely relieved as Tea shook her head in hopelessness. Schokolade continued to glare at the Papi players looking more mad with each passing second."Schokolade, you need to bring me your torch."
The one-eyed woman slowly got up still glaring down the people who voted her out.
"For your sake, you had better not join me at the Juror House any time soon." She threatened as she grabbed her torch. She then made her way over to Tiny and put it down.
"Schokolade, the tribe had spoken." Tiny said putting the snuffer over the torch extinguishing it. "You may now go."
"This is NOT supposed to happen." Schokolade said indignantly as she walked off.
Tiny watched Schokolade walk away before turning to the others. "Schokolade did not see that coming. It just goes to show that anyone would do anything to win. You should be wary of this since the merge is coming soon. You may head back to camp."
The five members got up and gathered their torches. The last part of Tiny's speech was echoing through their minds. The merge was indeed coming soon and they knew that each and every one of them had a lot of strategizing to do.
"Disgraceful. Absolutely disgraceful. I had given the Papi players a majority and how did they repay me? They backstabbed me. I could see why Tea was so sceptical of them." Schokolade said crossing her arms in tranquil fury. "Worst of all, I didn't even make merge even though I was probably one Tribal Council away. Now I have to prepare jury questions even though I should had been preparing to ANSWER them."
RESULTS
Schokolade: Allison, Becky, Greg, Stinky
Becky: Schokolade, Tea
Thus ends Schoko's run. Interesting story with her. If it wasn't for Bryan and Karen, she would probably be the main villain instead of an anti-hero. Then again, it is not too hard to look like a good guy next to those two. She was a blast to write for but I knew that it would be one villain too many if she makes the merge.
NOTE: When thinking about what franchise to give Schokolade, I initially thought of Ikari Warriors. However, then I realized that with her tan clothes and scheming personality, she would be a perfect fit for Army Men's Tan Army.