The following morning Courtney, Owen, Tyler, and Cody went to to hospital to relay the information they had uncovered the night before. They arrived to find Duncan, Lindsey, Beth, and Izzy in the same room. Izzy was still comatose, but the other three seemed to be doing okay.

"What happened here?" Tyler asked. "Why are you all in the same room?"

"We thought it would be easier for security to keep track of us this way." Duncan replied.

"Oh, yeah, I guess that makes sense." said Tyler, shrugging.

"So what brings you four by?" asked Beth.

"Well, we have news for you." said Courtney. "We found out who was writing the notes-"

"What?" said Duncan. "You found out who it-"

"Yes!" said Courtney, slightly irritated at being interrupted. "Anyway as I was saying, we found out who was writing the notes. It's a man named Thomas Locke, and we had a nice little chat with him last night, that revealed some pretty startling things."

"Like what?" asked Lindsey.

"Well for starters, Thomas Locke is on our side." said Cody. "We also found out that the man behind this thing is a dude named Dorian McGraver III, who happens to have once been buddies with Chris and Chef."

"Dude, you can't be serious?" said Duncan. "That is way more fucked up than I thought."

"Well fucked up or not, Duncan, it's the truth." said Owen.

"So you talked to this guy, and then what?" asked Beth.

"We formed an alliance with him." said Owen. "Turns out he has a massive grudge against this Dorian guy, cause Dorian murdered his wife."

"Damn dude, that's heavy." said Duncan. "So why is this Dorian guy after us?"

"Cause he used to work with Chris and Chef, even helped them create TDI." said Tyler. "But he got too violent in his plans for the show, so they gave him the boot. Now he wants revenge and he's using us to drive Chris and Chef to kill themselves."

"Shit." said Duncan. "It's the perfect plan too. Chris has already expressed guilt over the four of us being in here. Imagine if one of us was in the morgue instead, how devastated would Chris be then?"

"How devastated would we all be is the better question." said Courtney.

"Look, I'm kinda tired so I think I'm gonna take a nap." said Duncan. "But thanks for keeping us in the loop. We may not be able to help much physically, but at least we can help with plans."

"Yeah, I'll come back later to check up on you." said Courtney. "Get some rest and I'll see you later, okay?"

"Yeah, see ya later honey." said Duncan.

Later that day, Courtney received a phone call from a mysterious source. She had been working with Gwen and Bridgette at the time and ducked out of the room to take the call. A half an hour passed and Courtney did not return. "Huh, that's odd, Courtney's not back yet." said Gwen.

"I wonder what's keeping her?" said Bridgette. "Maybe we should go check on her."

"Nah, it's probably just a long phone call." said Gwen. "She'll be back anytime now." But Gwen was wrong, Courtney never returned. After a full hour had passed Gwen and Bridgette began to get worried. "Okay, maybe we should go look for her." said Gwen. Bridgette nodded and they left the room. Walking down the hall they ran into Katie, Sadie, and Justin.

"Hey, have you guys seen Courtney?" Gwen asked.

"I thought she was with you?" said Katie.

"She was." said Bridgette. "But she left to take a phone call, and she never came back."

"Maybe it was a really long call." Justin suggested.

"Yeah, we thought so too." said Gwen. "But she would have let us know if she wasn't coming back, wouldn't she?"

"I would assume so, but I don't know. Maybe she's still on the phone." said Justin.

Just then, Geoff, Trent, and D.J. walked up. "Hey, why are you guys crowding the hall?" Geoff asked, staring at them.

"We're looking for Courtney. She seems to have disappeared." said Gwen.

"Oh shit, that ain't good." said D.J. "We should split up and look for her." The others agreed and they went their separate ways. After twenty minutes they had still had no luck. Finally Bridgette found her, much to her horror. She let out a scream that brought the others running.

"Bridge, what is it?" asked Geoff as he entered the public restroom. "Did you find-?" Bridgette pointed to the far end of the room. There, in a pool of her own blood, lay Courtney. She had been shot twice in the chest with a small hand gun. "Oh God, Courtney!" said Geoff.

The others pressed in after Geoff. Gwen ran to Courtney's side and checked her pulse. "She's still alive." Gwen cried. "Quick, someone call 911. We need to get her to the hospital now!"

Katie whipped out her phone and frantically dialed, "Help." she cried "there's been a shooting at the Imperial Hotel."

D.J. and Trent ran back upstairs and got the others. "What's happened? We heard a scream, and-" Heather began, but Trent cut her off. "Courtney's been shot." he said.

"Oh God not again." said LeShawna.

"Let's go." said D.J. "Katie's calling 911 and Gwen and Bridge are trying to stabilize her, but she's lost a lot of blood."

They arrived back downstairs to find the paramedics working on Courtney. Bridgette was sobbing in Geoff's arms and Gwen was trying to keep herself together. Katie and Sadie were both on the verge of tears as well and Justin looked stricken. Courtney gave a horrible jolt and began convulsing.

"We're losing her." one of the paramedics said.

"Like hell we are." the other responded. "PADDLES!" With two quick jolts her managed to stabilize her enough so they could move her. The campers cleared a path, and then followed the paramedics to the hospital.

The paramedics burst into the hospital. "We got a bad one here!" one of them shouted. Nurses ran forward to help and Courtney was carted off towards the surgery ward. They passed Duncan, Beth, and Lindsey's room on the way and Duncan caught a glimpse of the action. Cody entered seconds later. "Was that Courtney who just went by?" Duncan demanded.

"Yes, she's been shot." said Cody frantically.

"NO!" shouted Duncan. "She can't be shot. I should've been there."

"She'll be okay Duncan, I promise." said Cody. And with that he left the room, knowing this was one promise he might not be able to keep.

A/N: Okay so that's chapter 10. I promised things would start heating up and I think they have. What will happen to Courtney now that she has joined the fallen and who will be taken out next? Check back soon to find out!