(Límíng Tribe)
"We had gotten rid of Malletman tonight and I was more than happy about it. Ever since Angelo left, he was absolutely brutal." Anke smiled. "Even if losing my friends really can't be helped, that doesn't mean I have to deal with literally huge jerks who use their strength to bully others."
Bianna, Kenny and Mami went to confront Verona, Francesca and Anke with the former trio not looking happy.
"So you didn't vote with us? That is all right." Verona said shifting her eyes from left to right. "I kinda figured that you still didn't fully accept our decision."
Bianna crossed her arms. "Well, you realize that you that."
"As much as I am glad that I had gotten rid of that overbearing scrap of metal, I knew that I may have started some trust issues with Bianna and Kenny." Verona said with a deep sigh. "That was why I went to them and warned them I was going to vote off Malletman whether they liked it or not."
Anke stepped forward. "Come on, guys! We didn't blindside Malletman for no good reasons!"
"I know, I know." Kenny sighed. "He let his hatred of Spencer make himself quite irritating, didn't he?"
"All right. I am still not happy about what you did but we will forgive you." Bianna said.
"Thank you." Verona sighed.
"However…"
Verona, Francesca and Anke looked up.
"Mami is now a permanent part of our alliance." Bianna said.
The others looked surprised by this.
"What!?" Verona exclaimed.
"Indeed. With the boot order consisting of Spencer, Mami and Charlie, that means if you do it successfully, Kenny and I would be on the outskirts." Bianna said.
Verona shook her head in disbelief. "I don't believe you! You were the one who told me that Mami couldn't be trusted!"
Mami narrowed her eyes. "Oh, I am sorry! I didn't know I was supposed to be gone for this conversation!"
With that, she stormed off.
"Nonetheless, if she proves to be trustworthy, she will go to us over you making it an even score." Bianna said.
Verona narrowed her eyes. "So you are only keeping Mami for a selfish reason?"
"So? Voting off Malletman whether we liked it or not is considered selfish." Bianna pointed out.
Verona growled. "It is completely different!"
"Why? Because you were the one who came up with it?" Kenny asked.
"Okay, first off, it wasn't even my idea! Believe it or not, it was Anke's!" Verona said pointing down at the monkey who grinned sheepishly.
Bianna and Kenny looked surprised at this.
"Wait a minute." Francesca said before looking at Anke. "Anke, weren't you the one who said that you want to be selfish when you wanted to vote off Malletman."
"Indeed, I did." The brown-furred girl agreed.
Verona looked at Francesca and Anke in disbelief. "I can't believe you two! You were the ones who talked me into this and now you are backing down!"
"I am not backing down. I knew that Bianna and Kenny would not accept what we had done." Anke shrugged.
"Besides, they do have a good point about evening the numbers." Francesca shrugged.
"This ISN'T about the numbers!" Verona roared. "This is about trust!"
"Well, you should have thought about that before backstabbed Malletman." Bianna said walking off.
"Good night, girls." Kenny said walking off leaving the others.
Verona watched them leave before glaring down at Anke. "You! I don't know what I was hoping when I listened to you!"
Anke shook her head. "Be grateful. Bianna and Kenny could have reacted a lot worse."
"Yeah, I think I could live with staying with Mami." Francesca nodded.
"All right. So far so good. We had gotten rid of the biggest Immunity threat in the game and we had kept Spencer without causing too much conflict." Francesca said with a deep sigh. "All we have to do is overcome one more obstacle though it is probably the most… complex one yet."
(Day 29)
Spencer was sitting by the shore minding his own business.
"Yo, Spencer!"
The nerd's eyes widened before turning around to see Francesca, Charlie and Mami coming over.
Spencer immediately grunted in annoyance. "Oh great! What do you guys want?"
Francesca crossed her arms not looking unamused. "You're welcome."
"You welcome? What are you welcoming me, albeit sarcastically about?" Spencer asked in confused.
"Well, for starters, we were part of the reason why Malletman is moping at the Juror House instead of you." Francesca said.
Spencer raised an eyebrow. "Oh?"
"Yes, Anke and I managed to convince Verona to vote with us." Francesca said.
"Anke?" Spencer asked in surprised.
"It is a long story." Francesca said waving it off.
Spencer crossed his arms not looking impressed. "Oh, so why are you here?"
Charlie let out a deep sigh before giving a sheepish grin. "Truce?"
Spencer's eyes bugged out. "EXCUSE ME!? You have a truce after you had framed me something I didn't do and spilt all of my secrets making me public enemy number one!?"
"Hey, it is just like we said, we didn't know Malletman would react so violently." Francesca reassured.
"You keep saying that but for some reason I doubt it is so much to reassure me rather than reassure your egos." Spencer spat.
"Come on, Spencer, be reasonable." Francesca said. "You are still the main target."
The nerd raised an eyebrow. "And let me guess. You wish to save me?"
The three nodded their heads. However, Spencer narrowed his eyes not looking impressed.
"And what's in it for you?" Spencer asked.
Francesca just shrugged. "We kinda formed our own alliance and it is clear that nobody would want to flip so we want you…"
"…As a number." Spencer finished.
"Hey, you said it! Not me!" Francesca scolded.
"While your reasons make sense, it still doesn't try to forget what you made me through these last few days." Spencer spat."
Francesca groaned before rubbing her temples. "Look, you are clearly still recovering from Malletman's words. We'll tell you what. We'll leave you alone until the aftermath of the next Immunity Challenge so we could ask you again, all right. All we ask is that you at least think about it."
Spencer paused for a moment. "Fine. I will give you the benefit of the doubt. But I am only doing this so I could be left alone from YOU guys for a while."
With that, he walked off leaving the other staring at him with blank faces.
"Prick." They said in unison.
"Did I come off as ungrateful when I talked to Francesca, Charlie and Mami? Maybe. So what? It didn't saved me out of the bottom of their heart. They saved me because they wanted a number they could control." Spencer spat. "Even if it IS the smartest thing to do, I am not looking forward to working with them."
Francesca crossed her arms before turning towards Charlie and Mami. "Thanks for the backup…"
"What do you mean?" Mami asked looking up.
"Hardly either of you did that much to make Spencer see that joining us is the smartest thing to do for him." Francesca said narrowing her eyes. "I know this is my idea but we ALL agreed on it."
"Just because we all agreed on it doesn't mean we have to like it." Charlie scolded.
"Come on. What is the big deal?" Francesca asked.
"Easy for YOU to say. Apparently the academy that Spencer goes to is stuck in the old days where women do nothing but stay in the kitchen!" Charlie snapped.
Francesca and Mami looked shocked at this.
"E-Excuse me?" Francesca asked.
"Notice that Spencer said he hates Alpha males. I repeat Alpha MALES." Charlie said. "As in people with grapes instead of peaches!"
Mami blinked twice. "Grapes? Peaches?"
Charlie shook his head. "I watch a lot of NutsvsGuts. The point is if Spencer doesn't want to join us and instead gets revenge on us, he will go after ME!"
"I know it is pretty obvious the minute he threw that big tantrum after the relay Challenge but Spencer… Got issues." Charlie said. "He has a huge inferior complex which is easily provoked ESPECIALLY by Alpha males. I mean just look at what he done to that Robert guy! Just imagine what he will do to me!"
"Seriously, how could I trust a guy who is probably plotting to make my Mohawk a permanent part of my face?" The punk asked.
Francesca paused. "You are afraid of a scrawny, emotionally-stable teenager?"
"Lady, after beating Skate and Roo, I had been told never to underestimate my opponents." Charlie said shaking his head.
"I am with Charlie. Spencer is far too unstable to be trusted." Mami agreed.
"Come on, guys. We talked about this!" Francesca said. "We have get on Spencer's good side, then WE would have the majority!"
Charlie paused for a moment. "Well, it WOULD be nice to be in the majority for once!"
"Exactly! And I don't think the others will be willing to flip!" Francesca nodded.
"But Francesca, what makes you think Spencer will be loyal?" Mami asked.
"Other than the fact, he literally has no choice?" Francesca asked. "No, seriously. It is literally go with us or go home!"
Mami shook her head. "No. You don't know Spencer. If someone rubs him the wrong way, he will do everything in his power to make sure that person is gone whether it is for a good reason or a bad."
"Then we will make sure that we don't say anything that may even remotely offend him." Francesca said.
"But what about framing him for Angelo's elimination? What about ratting out all of his antics to the tribe?" Mami asked frantically.
"Mami, please calm down." Francesca said. "We will never get Spencer to join us if you are so openly objective about it."
"I know but…" The rock star said before pausing.
"We'll give Spencer some time to recover." Francesca said. "After all, he has a lot of time to relax now that Malletman is gone."
"I guess…" Mami said.
"I guess what Francesca is trying to say but I will think it is a risk to trust Spencer. He has the ego the size of Jupiter and the temper of Pluto." Mami frowned. "Does Francesca really think Spencer would forgive us for pinning Angelo's elimination on him which led him to getting on the end of a TIDAL WAVE? How could any NORMAL person get over that?"
(Day 30)
Bianna and Kenny made their way through to camp. Suddenly, they saw Verona over.
"Greetings, Verona." Bianna greeted.
"Hello, Ally Bianna. Hello, Ally Kenny." The brunette said. "What a pleasant surprise to see you."
Bianna and Kenny paused as Verona casually walks past them.
Kenny rolled his eyes. "Really, Verona? You are really going this route?"
"I do not know what you are referring to, Ally Kenny." Verona said still walking on. "Now if you excuse me, I have to get treemail for today's Challenge while not guilt-tripping my allies into keeping an untrustworthy."
Bianna and Kenny shook their heads in disbelief.
"We are the ones who lost an ally and SHE is the one who is giving us the cold shoulder." Bianna said putting her hands on her hips.
Kenny shook his head. "Good reason or not, she still acts like bringing Mami into the alliance would be the end of the world."
Bianna just sighed. "Let's just give her a bit of time. These last few days had been draining for us all."
Kenny nodded his head. "I must say that I am surprised."
Bianna turned towards Kenny. "Hm?"
"Well, it is just that you are just so concerned about having Mami in our alliance before." Kenny said. "And yet you changed…"
Bianna paused before looking down. "It is just that… Even though Malletman is impulsive and hot-headed, I could still respect his commitment and journey for redemption."
"Malletman had made it his mission to make it up to Mami for lying to her and not picking Sugar at the Tribal Swap. In the end, he got voted off due to letting his hatred of Spencer get the better of him." Bianna said. "Still, I should carry on his mission by looking after Mami for him while he is at Ponderosa."
"Now that we had finally found out why Mami had been keeping secrets from us, we could finally decide to let her into our group." The female robot said.
Kenny raised an eyebrow. "Really? I thought you did it for strategic reasons."
"Well… A little bit of both actually." Bianna shrugged. "But really, I don't know what to do with that girl. While she is still more grounded than Spencer, she is still a bit… emotionally unstable. I mean she thinks we are all going against her because she was an unwitting pawn of Spencer."
"Mami has an inferior complex." Kenny explained.
Bianna paused. "Let me guess. She had this before the game."
Kenny nodded. "Yes, she thinks people may see her… below-average intelligence and thinks she is useless and nothing more than a pawn."
"Because of that, she starts blaming herself and do whatever she could to make up for it." Bianna explained.
Kenny again nodded. "Right. Whether it is for the better or for the worse."
"I am quite happy that Bianna decided to let Mami join us for her and Malletman's sake. She definitely has potential to be just as emotionally-unstable as Spencer." Kenny said in relief. "I am also quite happy that Bianna is taking an emotional approach showing that she does a have a bit of a feeling for Malletman. It shows how much she likes him."
"In any case, we should just focus on voting off Charlie and Spencer at the moment." Bianna said.
Kenny nodded his head. "Focus on one task at a time."
Suddenly, he noticed something.
"Speaking of the devil…" Kenny said.
Bianna turned her head to see Spencer walking over to them.
"Oh, Spencer? Is something you want?" The robot asked.
The nerd just paused with a quiet look on his face. Bianna and Kenny looked at each other in confusion.
"It's nothing…" Spencer said casually walking off.
"Wait. Surely it had to be something." Kenny said. "I mean…"
Suddenly, Verona walked in. "All right! Gather around, we got treemail!"
"Fine…" Spencer muttered walking over to Verona in a vain attempt to ignore Bianna and Kenny.
Bianna and Kenny looked at each other wondering what was going on as everyone gathered around.
"Sweet. What does it say?" Anke asked.
"It says "Have you ever been on a quiz show?" Verona read.
Spencer gave a small smile. "Heh. I actually wish that Malletman was still here. I want to rub it in his face when he performed horribly in it."
The others just rolled their eyes at this.
"A mental Challenge is just what I needed to forget certain events that had happened with you-know-who." Spencer smirked. "It will show that just because I am not strong, it doesn't mean I will be weak at the Challenges. Heck, I wouldn't be surprised that Malletman would end up completely sucking at it."
(Immunity Challenge)
The eight people stood on their tribe mat.
"Hello, Survivors. Ready for your next Challenge?" Tiny asked. Everyone nodded. "Good. Take a look."
Everyone turned to see some kind of platform with two big red buttons on it.
"We will be having a good old-fashioned quiz tournament. We will have a round where two people will pit themselves against each other." Tiny said. "I will ask you a question and you will buzz in to tell me what the answer is. If you get it right, you will go to the next round. If you get it wrong, your opponent goes to the next round. So be careful. The first person to win the final round of the tournament wins Immunity guaranteeing an 1-in-7 shot of winning."
Everyone looked at each other knowing it was a mental one.
"Now let's draw for spots." Tiny said.
(Later)
After the order had been set, the first two people had gone over to the quiz platform. They were Mami and Anke and neither of them looked that confident.
"All right. Here is the first question." Tiny said holding up a card. "What is Darrah Johnson's profession?"
Mami and Anke winced before looking at each other forcing to think about it before answering it.
Then, Anke buzzed it. "Um, mortifier?"
"Sorry, but I think you are looking for a mortician. That doesn't count." Tiny said shaking his head. "Which means Mami goes on to the next round!"
"…Only to be quickly knocked out of the running…" Mami muttered as the two walked off.
The next two people then walked over to the platform.
"All right. The next match is Charlie versus Bianna." Tiny said before reading a card. "Which castaway from Borneo had their own CBS news show?"
Before Charlie's jaw could drop about being asked such a question when Bianna buzzed in.
"The answer is Sean Kenniff." Bianna said.
"Correct! Bianna makes it to the next round!" Tiny cheered.
"Hey, wait a minute! Aren't you supposed to be asking questions about the GAME?" Charlie asked in disbelief.
"Well, I AM still technically talking about the game when I am asking questions about the players." Tiny smirked. "So I am technically still in the right."
The others looked at each other not liking where this was going. The next two walked up as Bianna and Charlie made their way back.
"The next match is between Verona and Kenny." Tiny said before reading a card. "How many daughters does Lex Van Den Berghe have?"
Verona buzzed in with a smirk. "Two."
Tiny shook his head. "I am sorry but that is incorrect."
Verona's smirk vanished. "What!? But I could have sworn that he had a couple of kids!"
"That's right! A couple of SONS." Tiny corrected. "Kenny goes on to the next round."
"What a load of bull…" Verona said storming off as the last two people got to the platform.
"The next match is between Francesca and Spencer." Tiny said before reading a card. "On Survivor Amazon, Alex and Jenna went on a Reward by themselves. What were they served?"
The two actually had to pause to think about it for a moment.
Suddenly, Francesca buzzed in. "Was it coffee?"
"Correct!" Tiny said. "Francesca goes to the next round!"
Spencer scowled before storming off. "Who cares about what those two drank anyway? "
Mami and Bianna then got back onto the platform before looking at each other.
"All right, we are into the semi-finals with Mami versus Bianna!" Tiny said before reading out his card. "In Marquesas, what colour liquid did the final three castaways drenched themselves with?"
Mami's jaw dropped onto hearing this and even Bianna was a bit shocked by the question.
However, Bianna buzzed in. "Was it yellow?"
"Correct." Tiny said. "Bianna goes to the finals!"
"And how is ANOTHER supposed to remember that?" Mami asked in disbelief.
"I dunno." Tiny said shrugging his shoulder.
Mami rolled her eyes before storming off with Bianna following. Kenny and Francesca had gotten back on the platform.
"The next semi-finals match is between Kenny and Francesca." Tiny said before reading the card. "Colleen Haskell was in what movie with Rob Schneider?"
Kenny and Francesca paused a little taken back by this having to answer such a question.
Then, Francesca buzzed in. "Is it the Animal?"
"Correct!" Tiny said. "Francesca goes to the finals!"
"I was never that much of a movie buff…" Kenny muttered walking off while passing Bianna who was making her way back.
"All right! We are in the finals!" Tiny cheered. "Whoever wins this match, wins Immunity."
Bianna and Francesca stared at each other knowing this was it.
"Okay, final question." Tiny said. "From Africa, which two female Survivors DIDN'T had piercings?"
The two looked surprised at this along with everyone else.
"Which two female DIDN'T had piercings?" Verona repeated in disbelief.
"Where is Tiny getting these questions?" Charlie asked in disbelief.
The two then paused trying to figure out what was the correct answers was.
Suddenly, one of them buzzed in.
"Is it Lindsey Richter and Kelly Goldsmith?"
"That is correct!" Tiny said. "FRANCESCA WINS IMMUNITY!"
The wrestler cheered wildly as she clenched her fists in success.
(Later)
"Congratulations, Francesca. You had Immunity granting you a 1-in-7 shot of winning." Tiny said placing the necklace around Francesca's neck.
"Just to show how much I steer away from a stereotype." The wrestler smirked.
Tiny then turned to the others. "You all have a date with me at Tribal Council where one of you will be leaving this game. You have all day to figure out who. You may head back to camp."
(Límíng Tribe)
Bianna, Kenny, Verona, Francesca, Mami and Anke gathered around to talk to each other about who to vote.
"So who do we vote off?" Anke asked.
"Charlie is the biggest Immunity threat. I am not afraid of losing to Spencer in a Challenge AT ALL." Verona said.
Bianna said shaking her head. "But Spencer is emotionally unstable. This last week had demonstrated as such."
"Indeed. We can't be sure that getting rid of Malletman had calmed him down immensely." Kenny nodded.
"True." Francesca said looking to the side.
Verona paused before shrugged. "Sure, I am not that too intimidated by Charlie so let's get rid of him next.
"Spencer was still our target to vote off which is why I was worried when I found out it was a trivia Challenge. While normally I would be upset about losing a trivia Challenge, some of the questions completely came out of nowhere." Bianna frowned. "Thankfully, either targets didn't won it."
"The majority wants to vote off Spencer and frankly I couldn't be more happier. I was thinking of using the Idol on him giving us an easy vote." Francesca said holding up the Idol. "What DOESN'T give us an easy vote is him. While I think Mami and Charlie are overreacting, I could see why they are so skeptical about working with him. Hopefully now he had cooled down enough for us to talk to him."
Later, Charlie led Francesca and Mami up top of the waterfall.
"Why did Spencer want to meet us all the way up here again?" Francesca asked.
"Because he doesn't want to be seen talking to people who used him as a fall guy." Charlie said.
Mami's eyes widened. "But we are virtually the only people who know about that!"
"That's what I said!" Charlie said rolling his eyes. "But you know what his response was? It is my way or the highway."
Francesca and Mami grunted in disgust. Soon, they made it up to Spencer who was overlooking the view below with his back to everyone.
"Sooo, you are here." Spencer said.
"Yes, we are. So have you thought about our offer?" Francesca asked.
Spencer slowly nodded. "Yes, I did… As much as I hate to admit it but if I don't join you then it would be strategy-suicide."
The others lit up at this.
"So you mean…" Francesca started.
Spencer turned around and nodded. "That's right. I will join you."
Francesca sighed in relief. "Oh, thank you."
"Just remember I am mainly doing this to save myself." Spencer said before narrowing his eyes. "Like hell I am willingly aligning with the people who backstabbed Angelo and framed it on me!"
"I know, I know!" Charlie groaned. "We heard you the first time!"
"Don't act like I am bitter for no reason!" Spencer scolded.
"It's not that you are bitter for no reason, it is just that you kept repeating it." Charlie said. "You are sounding like a broken record."
"Whatever. But even with my vote, we still have two things to worry about." Spencer said. "1. Even if we have the element of surprise, I STILL have to go through a tiebreaker and 2. We see have to worry about the Hidden Immunity Idol."
Francesca paused. "No, we don't."
Spencer raised an eyebrow. "Oh?"
Francesca nodded before getting out the Idol. "Yep. It is right here."
Spencer's eyes widened at this. "What? You had the Idol the whole time!"
"Yep! We found it when I was supposed to be "stalking" Charlie." Francesca nodded.
"Yeah and you know what the beauty part is?" Charlie smirked. "Verona and Anke think that THEY have the Idol as a whole!"
Spencer raised an eyebrow. "You mean as an alliance?"
Francesca nodded her head. "Of course when they see CHARLIE playing the Idol, they would figured out that I backstabbed but by that time…"
"…It would be too little too late to do anything right?" Spencer asked.
"Right." Francesca nodded before handing the Idol out. "And that is why I wanted to give this to you.
Spencer paused before nodding and accepting it. "Well, seeing that I am going to be on the winning side, I might as well join you."
Francesca chuckled nervously, Charlie rolled his eyes behind his shades while Mami shook her head.
"This just feels so awkward… I mean Spencer pretty much admitted that he still hates us with a passion and is only aligning with us just so you could make it to the Final Tribal Council." Charlie said. "I like to think that he will act rationally but that kid like the worst type of time bomb. Just when you thought you figured out what the timer is, BOOM!"
"Anyway, thank you for listening to us." Mami said. "We were thinking of targeting Bianna."
"Yeah, yeah…" Spencer said wringing his finger in his ear.
The others shook their heads before walking off leaving Spencer alone. The latter paused before looking over at a few bushes nearby while holding the Idol.
"Well, I guess everything is in place…"
"I realized something lately. I am going to have a hard time trying to get people to vote for me at the final Tribal Council. Which means if I want to win this game, I have to choose my moves carefully." Spencer explained. "Helping decide that path may be the biggest game-changer in the game."
(Tribal Council)
The eight castaways had made their way to Tribal Council where Tiny was waiting.
"Hello, Survivors." Tiny said. "Take a seat."
Everyone obliged.
"We now bring in the jury." Tiny said as the jury walked in. "Malletman voted off at the last Tribal Council."
The jury then sat down. Being a robot, Malletman didn't wear any clothes. However, he did had black spiked shoulder pads and armoured knee pads along with his trademark weapon.
"So Spencer, what was it like to outlast your rival?" Tiny asked.
"It was fantastic outlasting that boorish brainless scrap of metal!" The nerd grinned before showing off. "It is nice to show how much power he doesn't have in this game."
Malletman growled. "Like you are any better…"
"Anke, what happened?" Tiny asked. "Why was there was a rift in the tribe?"
The monkey narrowed her eyes. "Malletman was being a complete bully those last few days to the point that I didn't wanted to do anything with him at that point. So I, Francesca, Verona and even Charlie agreed to vote him out."
Malletman winced at this. "Even Little Anke got mad at me…"
"Bianna, does this mean you got blindsided?" Tiny asked.
"No…" The female robot frowned crossed her arms. "Verona had gotten gone to us and told us that they were going to vote off Malletman whether we liked it or not."
"Really? Wow, Verona, I knew you were bold but still…" Tiny said.
"Well, what do you want me to do? I didn't want to stay any longer with that pushy prick but I also didn't wanted to blindside my tribemates." The zombie-slayer insisted.
"Your logic is similar to a hitman telling their target's close relative that he was going to kill them so that person should be prepared to lose a love one." Kenny said.
"Kenny, you have NO idea how lucky the no-hitting rule is in effect." Verona said darkly.
"Hoo boy…" Angelo frowned.
"Now, now, Kenny, does Malletman's elimination made you lose a lot of trust?" Tiny asked.
"Not a lot of trust but definitely some of it." The psychic said.
"So Charlie, does this huge fight change anything?" Tiny asked.
"No, Spencer and I are still on the outs as always." The punk explained.
"Which means that you may be voted out tonight since Francesca has Immunity right?" Tiny asked.
"Right…" Charlie nodded.
"So Francesca, do you think it will be a simple vote tonight?" Tiny asked.
"I am not answering that." The wrestler snapped. "Whenever somebody says that, it always ends up crazy."
"Heard that." Angelo and Malletman said in unison.
"Okay, fair enough…" Tiny said. "It is time to vote. Francesca, do you want to give up Immunity?"
"Hell no." The wrestler said.
"All right. You can NOT vote for Francesca." Tiny said. "Everyone else is fair game. Verona, you are up."
The zombie apocalypse-survivor leapt to her feet stomping over looking furious. She then snatched the pen before writing down a name. "See you in hell, you piece of crap."
Francesca took in a deep breath to calm herself. She then took the pen before slowly writing down a name. "Okay, just one more vote. Just one more vote."
Spencer put his hands behind his back before walking with humming a jovial tune. He then took the pen. "Time to carve my own path."
Charlie put his hands in his pocket looking forward to the vote. He then took the pen and wrote down a name. "Take this as a compliment. You are the biggest threat in the game."
Kenny walked over with a blank look on his face. He quickly wrote down a name, put it in the urn and walked back.
Anke hanged her head as she walked over to the voting table. She just wanted to get this Tribal Council over with as soon as possible.
Mami walked over with her head down just like Anke. Giving a sigh of guilt, she picked up the pen to write down a name.
Bianna marched over with her arms crossed. Then, her eyes turned blood red as she snatched the pen.
After making her way back, Tiny got up.
"I'll get the votes."
Everyone waited patiently knowing that this should be good.
"I'll read them…"
"Hold up there, Tiny!"
Everyone's eyes widened before they saw Spencer getting up with a smirk and making his way over to Tiny with the Hidden Immunity Idol.
"We haven't had a simple vote since we had first started at the merge!" Spencer smirked. "Why start now?"
Malletman's eyes bugged out before turning to Angelo. "I thought you said that YOU guys had the Idol!"
Angelo held his hat in disbelief. "I-I thought so too… A-And that's excluding the fact that Spencer had never been to our camp once!"
"What the hell is going on?" Malletman exclaimed
Tiny examined the Idol. "This is indeed the Hidden Immunity Idol. All votes cast against Spencer is now nullified."
The nerd smirked before making his way back and sitting down the half of the tribe stared at him in discomfort.
"First vote, Spencer. Doesn't count."
Spencer smugly smirked as he crossed his arms.
"Second vote, Spencer. Again, doesn't count."
Francesca, Charlie and Mami looked around in each other.
"Third vote, Spencer. Null and void."
The majority paused while eyeing each other.
"Fourth vote, Charlie."
Francesca, Charlie and Mami's eyes bugged out.
"Fifth vote, Charlie. Two votes, Charlie."
Francesca, Charlie and Mami immediately looked at Spencer who was smugly smirking at them.
Charlie narrowed his eyes behind his shades. "Oh…"
"Thirteenth person voted out of Survivor and third member of our jury... Is Charlie…"
Angelo and Malletman sat absolutely stunned.
"I… I don't even know what is going on anymore…" Angelo said in disbelief.
Francesca, Charlie and Mami were glaring at a still-smirking Spencer. They were so busy directing their anger at him that they didn't noticed Bianna, Kenny, Anke and especially Verona casting them cold glares.
"Charlie, you have to bring me your torch…"
The punk continued to glare at Spencer before sighing and getting up before grabbing his torch.
"Great job, Spencer. You had gotten your revenge." He spat. "Let's see how far it takes you."
He then made her way over to Tiny and placed his torch in front of him.
"Francesca, your tribe has spoken." Tiny said putting his snuffer over the torch extinguishing it. "You may now go."
"Taking out by an emotionally-unstable nerd." The green-haired man said walking off shaking his head. "How weak…"
Tiny watched him leave before turning to the others. "Well, the second Immunity Idol had been used. However, the person who had used didn't get the most votes. That means you guys had figured out that Spencer was about to use it. Let's see how long that correct prediction will last. You may head back to camp."
Everyone had gotten up making their way back to camp with their torches. Francesca and Mami brought up the rear looking at each other in worry. Spencer had backstabbed them and gone back on his word just to get revenge on them. However, that wasn't the part that bothered them. What bothered them was that if they were on the outs before, they were definitely now.
"What can I say? We took a risk and underestimated Spencer's impulsiveness and as a result got voted out for it." Charlie said rolling his eyes. "Did I regret it? Kinda. I mean I still thought it was the best move we could do. I just thought Spencer had matured and wouldn't ruin his game just to ruins ours. Francesca, Mami, good luck. You are SO going to need it."
RESULTS
Charlie: Anke, Bianna, Kenny, Spencer, Verona.
Francesca: Charlie, Francesca, Mami.
And so Charlie goes next. And sadly one of the biggest disappointments of this season. I genuinely wanted Charlie to be this deep character who was struggling with dealing with tricky allies but his appearances were near non-existents and any strategy he has gets sucked by Francesca and even Kira of all people.
NOTE: Long before Season 4 was even finished, Charlie was an early boot. I had him make jury because about how much fun it would be to write for him. Yeah… You all saw how great THAT turned out…
(Ponderosa)
Charlie sat in his seat while looking around as Touil drove him over to Ponderosa.
"So… What is with the pick-up truck?" Francesca asked.
"Please… Don't ask…" Touil muttered.
Charlie paused before shrugging. Soon, they had arrived at Ponderosa.
"Well, we are here." Touil said.
"Thanks, man." Charlie said stepping out of the truck and making his way over to Ponderosa.
"Tonight sucked. All we need to do is count on Spencer to come through for us and we may have actually had the entire game." Charlie said crossing her arms. "But nooo… He just HAD to go on his revenge quest and take it out on me, Francesca and Mami. Well, let's see how far you go with it, you unstable little snot!"
Charle made her way through the doors. "I am here."
"Howdy, Charlie." Angelo said tipping his hat.
"Hey, man." Malletman greeted.
The punk raised an eyebrow at Malletman. "They actually let you keep you that mallet."
"That's what I said!" Angelo chuckled.
"In any case, Charlie, I have to ask." Malletman said. "What the hell happened?"
"Yeah first Spencer used OUR Idol to save himself and yet ya got blindsided." Angelo said.
Charlie winced before looking to the side. "It is a long story…"
Angelo smiled before patting a spot on the sofa. "We got time."
Charlie paused before nodding and making her way over with a sigh.
"One of the biggest letdowns about being voted out like this is that I have to be the one to break the bad news to Angelo and Malletman." Charlie frowned. "In other words, I would be on the receiving end of them anger when they found out that Francesca and Mami had been playing them like fools."
"WHAT!?"
Malletman's eyes widened as Charlie after Angelo give out his surprised shock.
"Francesca not only betrayed me but she also betrayed Verona!?" Angelo roared.
Charlie let out a deep sigh. "Yes…"
Angelo shook his head in disbelief. "But why?"
Charlier. "She did it to further her game! She said that you, Verona and Anke were the worst type of allies because of how over-emotional you guys were! You are always doing things YOUR own way regardless of how stupid the idea is and Verona never knows to keep her big mouth shut!"
Angelo paused looking absolutely shocked. Suddenly, he then scowled.
"Heh. Funny." Angelo said.
Charlie looked up in confusion. "What is?"
"That ya had never once that Francesca BLACKMAILED me into keeping Verona!" Angelo snapped. "And the fact that she gone back on the deal by backstabbing BOTH of us at the same time!"
Charlie winced at this.
"I am truly hurt when I heard that Francesca had backstabbed me. I thought we were allies but it turns out that she didn't wanted to do ANYTHING with me…" Angelo frowned. He then scowled. "But that wasn't the worst part. That would be her also backstabbin' Verona even though it was HER idea to keep her!"
"Francesca was the reason Verona lasted this far and yet she is goin' back on her word?" The cowboy snapped.
"Hey, all I know is what Francesca told me and sorry, man, there isn't a lot of positive stuff she said about you…" Charlie frowned.
Angelo narrowed his eyes. "Normally I would be hurt after hearin' that but in Francesca's defense, the feeling is mutual."
With that, he turned around and stormed off. Malletman and Charlie stared at the retreating cowboy.
"Dang, he must be really hurting…" Malletman frowned.
"Yeah, must be rough to get punished for trying to make it up to a friend…" Charlie agreed.
Malletman paused before glaring down at Charlie. "Charlie, I have just one question for you."
"Um, yeah?" The punk asked.
Malletman narrowed his eyes. "What the hell were you smoking when you gave Spencer the Immunity Idol?"
"So apparently Spencer had survived the vote because he had used the Hidden Immunity Idol or something like that. It was annoying to watch but that didn't make me mad." Malletman said sternly. "What DID make me mad was that Charlie, Francesca AND Mami all had the bright idea to give him the Idol in the first place! I expected better from those guys based on what I heard!"
"Seriously? In what universe was giving Spencer that Idol a good one?" The robot asked in disbelief.
"Hey, come on! I was in the minority for nearly the entire game! If we got on Spencer's good side, we would have a 4-3 majority after the Idol was used!" Charlie insisted.
Malletman pointed his finger. "You framed him for something he didn't do and made him the main target of the game. How could you possibly get on his good side after something like that?"
"I…" Charlie said before pausing and collapsing on the sofa. "…I don't know, man. It is just that it was either that or go into a tiebreaker."
"Well, sorry, man but you are better off going into a tiebreaker after seeing how emotionally-unstable he is." Malletman said shaking his head.
Charlie's eyes bugged out before he narrowed them. "Hey! Who is the one send him off the deep end?"
"Excuse me?" Malletman said sounding offended.
Charlie winced before realizing who he talked back to. "Nothing… Nothing at all…"
Malletman rolled his eyes before walking off. "Whatever. I am going to make sure that Angelo is all right."
He then stopped before turning around.
"Oh, BTW, I am not mad at you. I am just disappointed." The robot sighed.
With that, he had gone outside leaving Charlie on his own.
"Great, I am being scolded about not following an over-emotional teenager by the guy who had him over-emotional to begin with!" Charlie grumbled crossing his arms. "And the worst part? He is RIGHT! Siding with Spencer was a big mistake! Now thanks to him, he wasted not one but TWO Idols just for his petty revenge."
Angelo was sitting on a lawn chair glaring at the pool. Malletman then poked his head out of the doorway.
"Hey, are you all right?" Malletman asked.
"I'll live…" Angelo muttered still angry. "And I am just upset that I had kept Verona in the game for no reason."
"Hey, come on." Malletman said crouching down. "I made the same mistake of siding with Spencer only for him to backstab me."
"I know… I just felt like a liar." Angelo said.
Malletman raised a non-existent eyebrow. "A liar?"
Angelo looked down at his feet. "Malletman, does Verona remind you a lot like Bertha from Season 3?"
"Well, admittedly she is nowhere as bad at Bertha…" The robot said. "But at the same time, it is virtually impossible not to notice the difference."
"Back at home, I told myself that I wasn't going to make the same mistake Victoria made early on and that was side with Bertha." Angelo said looking to the side. "I told myself that I wouldn't align myself with someone so unbearable unless I had a good reason."
"I… Didn't wanted to side with someone who reminded me so much Bertha…" The cowboy said. "But… Francesca… She guilt-tripped and blackmailed me into keeping her just so I get to keep Anke."
He then sighed before looking down.
"But in the end, I went against my goal." Angelo said.
Malletman paused with a sad glare. "Um, Angelo?"
"Hm?" The dark-skinned man said before looking up.
"Do you like Anke?" Malletman asked.
Angelo looked shocked at this. "Of course I do! She is literally a barrel of fun!"
"Then what is the big deal?" Malletman asked.
"Huh?" Angelo asked blinking twice.
"Part of the deal of keeping Verona is that you also get to keep Anke." Malletman said. "If you really liked her and wanted to see her go far in this game, then you didn't align Verona for no good reason."
Angelo paused. "Malletman…"
"And at least Anke appreciates what she did for you." The robot said looking to the side. "In the end, Bianna and Verona were right about Mami not being trustworthy."
Angelo sat in silence before giving a small smile. "Double M, thanks…"
"No prob. You cheered me up back when I first came here." The mallet-wielding robot reassured. "I am just returning the favor."
The two then shared a laugh together.
"I don't like seeing someone so cheerful like Angelo gets broken down for something that they didn't do. I knew that I had to say something to cheer him up." Malletman said before narrowing his eyes. "I mean it is pretty clear based on what Charlie said that Francesca isn't going to do anything. She is too busy backstabbing everyone."
Meanwhile, Charlie grumbled as he sat on the sofa crossing his arms.
"How the hell is rage-induced juggernaut managed to convince me that I was wrong?" Charlie muttered.
He then looked at the table to see a few magazines on top of it. He scanned them for a moment before a particular one caught his eye.
"Huh? What's this?" Charlie said before reading the cover. "Survivor Xover Version: Holiday Special. Unleash your hormones here if you didn't do so on the actual season."
The punk blinked twice for a moment before shrugging and opening the magazine. There, he found several women in bikinis. His eyes widened before he had gotten a big grin on his face.
"Oh hell yeah! Now THIS is what I called a Holiday Special!" Charlie said before giving out a loud howl.
"Okay so there is this magazine about several women that had been on previous seasons in swimsuits when they were swimming in the ocean! I think these were taking when they weren't expecting" Charlie grinning holding up the magazine. "Dude, whatever you do, DON'T stop making these!"
The shaded man continued to hoot over the pages he was reading. By this time, Angelo and Malletman had gone back into the living room.
"Well, ya seemed to be havin' fun." Angelo said with a small smile. "May I join in?"
"Huh?" Charlie asked before handing the magazine over to Angelo. "Sure, take a look."
The cowboy nodded his head before taking the magazine and reading them burying his face into it. Malletman peeked over his shoulder to take a look. His eyes then widened in shock before glaring at Charlie.
"It's official. You are an idiot…" Malletman said flatly.
"What? I am a guy. I couldn't help but gawk at stuff like this!" Charlie said before smirking. "Besides, Angelo doesn't seem to mind! I am sure that he wanted to get with that hottie on the page, right?"
That was when Angelo turned the magazine and shoved it right into Charlie's face. The latter yelped before demanding what was going on. That was until he noticed something on the page.
A picture of Victoria in a swimsuit.
Charlie's eyes shrank behind his shades. "Uh-oh…"
Angelo jerked the magazine revealing that he looked absolutely outraged with his face turned red. He quickly rolled up the magazine.
"Um, dude, I am SO sorry! I swear that I didn't know I was showing you Victoria's page!" Charlie insisted.
Angelo's eyebrow twitched as he beat the magazine into his hand. "So are you saying you were gawking at my sister behind my back?"
"Dude, run…" Malletman said flatly.
Charlie didn't need to be told twice as he got up and ran off with Angelo chasing after him while holding the rolled-up magazine in his hand.
"STOP RIGHT THERE, YA VARMINT!" Angelo roared.
"LIKE HELL I AM DOING THAT!" Charlie shouted back.
"SLOW DOWN!"
"I AM NOT DOING THAT EITHER!"
"JUST PICK ONE!"
"BOTH WOULD LEAD UP TO THE SAME THING!"
Malletman watched as Angelo chased Charlie out of Ponderosa with an exasperated glare. He then sighed before shaking his head in hopelessness.
