(La'nooba Tribe)
"Man. That was a huge blow to our chances in the game and we were STILL able to keep our alliance a secret." D'looa moaned. "Jonathan injured himself so badly that he actually ASKED everyone to vote him out. Zoe and I are on our own for now, and she's going to be taking this especially hard since she relied on Jonathan to make all of the decisions since we started."
Zoe watched as everyone else went to bed before spinning around and turning to D'looa, looking frenzied. "What're we gonna do?!" She whispered. "We needed Jonathan because he would be able to come up with ways to outsmart the others!"
"We didn't have a choice, Zoe. He injured himself and he himself didn't want to remain in the game any longer." D'looa replied. "We'll have to go the rest of the way without him."
"But I've been relying on Jonathan since the beginning!" Zoe insisted. "I'm not capable of the things he was!"
"We'll think of something." D'looa replied. "On the plus side, you probably won't be a target for a while."
"Why's that?"
"The others still aren't aware of our alliance. They may try to bring you in as a swing vote because you're not a physical threat." D'looa explained.
"You think we can still keep the alliance a secret?" Zoe asked.
"It's worked this long." D'looa replied. "We just need to keep it up for six more days."
Zoe managed a smile. "I think I can do that." She nodded.
"Our one advantage that D'looa and I have left is the fact that the alliance is STILL a secret. Hopefully, we can use that to our advantage." Zoe said. "Jonathan may have been eliminated, but the two of us are still in the game and we're not going to let anyone else take the prize."
The two girls quickly decided to head to bed, as they both knew that there was a big day ahead of them.
(La'nooba Tribe, Day 34)
"Marty and I got SO lucky last night. Because Jonathan practically dropped out of the game because of his injury, we were able to survive another Tribal Council where I probably would have been kicked off anyways." Mel explained. "It's a good start, but Marty and I will need to pull out all stops if we want to survive until the end."
"So what now?" Marty asked. "We got lucky with Jonathan getting injured, but I doubt it would happen again."
Mel appeared to be in thought. "Actually, I think I've got an idea." She said. "With Jonathan gone, Zoe is pretty much a free agent, isn't she?"
Marty lifted a non-existant eyebrow. "Yeah. I guess she is." He noted. "You think we could get her to join us?"
"It's probably our best chance. Zoe's going to be needing an alliance and if we can provide her with one, she'll vote with us." Mel explained. "This way, we may be able to get some of the bigger physical threats voted off before us."
"Okay. I'll try talking to Zoe when she's alone." Marty nodded. "If we can get her on our side, we may be able to get back into power."
"This late in the game, we need all of the extra votes we can get. With Jonathan gone, Zoe's become a huge swing vote." Marty said. "Because she is more familiar with me because we were on the same team, I'll try talking to her. Getting her into an alliance with Mel and I will prove extremely helpful for us to make that last Tribal Council."
Meanwhile, Elias seemed to be in deep thought as he pondered ways he could get ahead of the others.
"How can I take some of the attention away from myself for now?" Elias pondered. "I can probably convince the others to vote off Sandy or split Mel and Marty, but what should I do after that?"
"I need to play the game strategically if I want to win. I've been on my own for a while, but I've been defying the odds and have managed to survive until the final six." Elias said with a smirk. "I still need to come up with a good way to outlast everyone else, because as it stands, I don't think I have the votes of enough jurors to win."
"Zoe's without an alliance, so maybe I can get her vote in this." Elias mused. "She's on her own now, so I think she can do with an extra vote. I wonder if I can get her to turn on Mel and Marty first, though…"
Elias pondered this for a few more seconds before suddenly noticing Sandy splashing around in the ocean. His eyes narrowed in suspicion.
"I wonder if she heard me plotting to myself." Elias said. "Hey, Sandy! Did you see me talking just now?"
Sandy turned. "WHAT?!" She called back.
"I asked if you heard me talking to myself!" Elias replied.
"WHAT?!" Sandy asked again, standing up.
However, she was once again without a bathing suit. Elias stared at Sandy's chest for a few seconds before blood sprayed from his nose, making him fall off the rock he was sitting on.
Seeing Elias pass out, Sandy smirked. "Hehe. That never gets old." She said as she went under the water again.
In a fashion similar to Jonathan earlier in the game, Elias was sitting in front of the camera, trying to stop his nosebleed. "Ugh. Okay, I think it's safe to assume that Sandy DIDN'T hear me talking to myself." He said. "I can't believe I just did that…"
A wet and fully-clothed Sandy sat in front of the camera, flashing a big grin. "Aren't horomones great?" She asked happily.
Later on, after Elias had recovered from his shock, Marty was able to catch Zoe alone and pulled her aside. "Uh…Zoe, I'm sorry about what happened to Jonathan." He said.
Zoe sighed. "It's okay. It's just that he and I have been partners since we started and I don't know if I'd be able to manage without him." She replied.
"Actually, that's what I wanted to talk to you about." Marty pointed out.
"What do you mean?"
"Mel and I were wondering if you wanted in on our alliance." Marty explained. "Now that you're alone, you'll probably be targeted by the others."
Zoe paused. "I guess you're right." She noted. "So you want me to join you guys?"
"Yeah. I mean, with the three of us, that's already half of the votes right there." Marty explained. "If we can get one of the others eliminated, we'll be in power."
Zoe was silent for a few seconds before giving a nod. "Okay. I'm in. We'll see how well we can do with this." She explained.
"Good to see that you're on board, Zoe." Marty replied with a smile. "We'll see if we can target Elias or Sandy first."
"Okay. I'll talk to D'looa and see if she'll join us as well." Zoe nodded.
With that, Marty walked off, but once he was gone, Zoe gave a surprised smirk of her own.
"D'looa was right. People see me as a solo swing vote because they still don't know I'm in an alliance with her." Zoe explained. "This is good, because now maybe I can bring D'looa partially onto the alliance as well and save her. This can't last forever, though. We'll need to come up with a plan once they get wise of our alliance."
Later on, Zoe talked to D'looa when she was alone. Making sure no one was watching, Zoe approached.
"Good news, D'looa. Marty came to me and was wondering if I could be on an alliance with him and Mel." Zoe said.
"What did I tell you? You're being considered as a sole swing vote." D'looa said with a smirk.
"But Mel and Marty need one more vote for the majority, soI said I'd talk to you." Zoe said.
D'looa raised an eyebrow in amusement. "This is good. As long as those two don't get wise about our alliance, we'll be golden." She replied.
"Yeah. We'll see how it plays out." Zoe nodded.
"We're basically having a free pass through Tribal Council in joining Mel and Marty, even if they don't know that we're playing them." D'looa pointed out. "As long as Zoe and I can keep our mouths shut, no one will catch on that Zoe isn't exactly a 'sole swing vote'."
"Looks like Marty's catching supper." Zoe said. "Should we go over and join everyone?"
"We probably should. We don't want anyone getting suspicious."
The two girls quickly left the area to go see if supper was ready. However, after they did, a familiar black-haired woman emerged from the bushes, smirking to herself.
"You'd think these people would know to check the bushes in the area before they start talking about secret alliances no one is supposed to know about." Sandy said with a smirk. "They're just lucky it wasn't anyone else to find out about it. I'm having way too much fun actually finding these things out that I don't want to spoil anything!"
Night eventually rolled in. The six finalists went to bed, knowing that there was a challenge the next day, but no one knew what was in store for them.
(La'nooba Tribe, Day 35)
"We're going to be having a challenge today considering nothing happened yesterday. If my hunch is correct, we'll be having a Reward Challenge today." Elias explained. "I know that everyone's going to be wanting whatever the reward is, because it's getting close to the finale. I don't know how many more of these we'll be getting."
Elias walked up to the treemail box alone and approached it. Before he could reach inside the box to check for mail, he heard someone approaching him from behind. "You ready for whatever the challenge is today?" He asked as he turned to face the newcomer.
There stood Sandy, her face covered with tribal markings (where she had gotten the material Elias didn't know). "Oh, heck yeah! I must reclaim my throne as the queen of the challenges!" She proclaimed. "I don't care how hard or easy this challenge will be! Nothing separates me from ultimate victory!"
"Uh…Except for me and the other four finalists." Elias reminded.
Sandy's face fell. "Oh. Yeah." She said. "Crap. This is gonna be harder than I thought it would."
"Ever since the start, I've been labeled as a crazy person that couldn't play the game well if her life depended on it." Sandy shrugged. "I like to let people think that, because unlike what some people think, I've actually got an attention span of…Over…Five…" Sandy trailed off, looking somewhat distant. After a few seconds, she looked at the camera and smiled. "………I like cheese!"
Elias wisely chose to pass Sandy by, as he had found treemail inside the box. Sandy watched him pass, blinked a couple of times, then raced after him.
"We've got treemail." Elias called out, getting everyone else's attention.
"I take it that the mail's as descriptive as usual?" D'looa asked.
"You'd be right. It asks 'How strong are your shoulders'?" Elias read.
"Man. Another physical task?" Zoe asked. "Are they doing this on purpose or something?"
"I know. Hopefully, we'll be able to surprise ourselves." Marty supplied.
"All of these physical tasks after the merge…People like Marty, Zoe and I are pretty much outshined by everyone else still here." Mel moaned. "The only things we can hope for going into anything physical is that the people stronger than us royally screw up."
(Reward Challenge)
The six finalists walked onto a clearing and found the usual black mat. The contestants walked over to the mat and stepped on, waiting for SSBFreak to start.
"Welcome to your final Reward Challenge, everyone." SSBFreak said. "For this Reward Challenge, you need to work in teams of two."
"This is the last Reward Challenge?" Elias asked.
"Teams of two?" Mel asked. "Do we choose who to team up with?"
"No. You will all still be playing against each other." SSBFreak explained. "Your partners will be people you may be familiar with."
Zoe gasped excitedly. "This is the Guest Challenge?!" She asked.
"That's right. Come on out everyone!"
Six people emerged from within the jungle, walking onto the clearing. Leading the pack was a brown-haired woman with a blue suit on.
"Representing MySims, it's Rosalyn."
Mel's eyes lit up. "Mayor Rosalyn!" She said as the mayor of her town came over.
Next was a tall, bald, dark-skinned man with a white shirt. "This is Walter, a director from the Movies." SSBFreak said.
Elias' eyebrow lifted in surprise. "Well, well. Walter. Isn't this a surprise?" He said with a smirk.
Next was a blonde man dressed in a black shirt, black pants and a solo black glove. "I'm sure everyone would be familiar with Luke Skywalker from Star Wars." SSBFreak said.
D'looa gasped. "M-Master Luke!" She stammered before politely bowing for the Jedi Master.
Next was what looked like a koopa clad in a blue robe and glasses. "Coming straight from the Mushroom Kingdom, it's Kamek." SSBFreak explained.
"Oh! Master Kamek! It's been so long!" Marty exclaimed.
Next was a green frog in a yellow jumpsuit, complete with a red cap. "Here's Slippy Toad from Starfox." SSBFreak explained.
"Slippy! How's it going?" Zoe asked.
Finally, there was a tall, brown dog dressed in a suit and fedora. "Finally, there's Sam from Sam & Max." SSBFreak said.
"No way! Awesome!" Sandy cheered.
The six guests stepped onto the mat with the finalists as SSBFreak continued. "The premise of this challenge is simple. Everyone will be given a plank with ten clay bowls on it. Your mission is to have both members carry ten bowls twenty yards. If anyone drops any bowls, they can continue on, but once they get the other bowls across the finish line, you'll need to go back and get the ones that dropped, because you need all ten of them across the finish line to win." SSBFreak explained. "The first team to each get their ten bowls across the finish line will win Reward, which is a feast at a resort."
The twelve people cheered at what was at stake, doubled with the knowledge that this was the last Reward Challenge.
"If everyone will go line up, we'll get you all started."
The teams of Mel & Rosalyn, Elias & Walter, D'looa & Luke, Marty & Kamek, Zoe & Slippy and Sandy & Sam lined up at the starting line, each with a plank over their strong shoulder. Each of the planks had ten bowls on it, and everyone was quickly finding it hard to balance the plank simply standing still.
"Okay, for Reward, Survivors ready…" SSBFreak said. "…Go!"
The twelve people took off, some going much faster than others. Sandy & Sam took an early lead, but Elias & Walter were coming up behind them. On the other hand, Zoe & Slippy were falling behind, as they looked like they were proceeding with caution.
Sam quickly noticed that Sandy was going a little too fast. "Great grinning, galloping, gleaming goldfish goading a green goat!" He exclaimed. "Sandy, slow down before-"
Unfortunatly, in the time Sam took to talk, Sandy had lost balance and dropped a couple of bowls to the ground.
"Aw, nutbunnies!" Sandy said. "I'm gonna have to come back for them!"
Kamek was trying to keep the plank balanced on his shoulder, but was unable to keep a few of his pots on the plank. The magikoopa sighed. "I was hoping that wouldn't happen." He lamented.
"You can't use your magic to keep the plank balanced, Master Kamek?" Marty asked.
"The production team forbade me from using magic." Kamek shook his head as he continued forward.
Meanwhile, Zoe & Slippy were still trailing, although they had managed to pass the bowls that Sandy had dropped. Although they were taking their time, neither of them had dropped anything yet.
"How're you doing, Slip?" Zoe asked.
"I'm still good, Zoe." Slippy nodded. "How're things on your end?"
"Still managing. We just need to make sure we don't drop anything."
"Keep your eyes open, Zoe. Rosalyn just dropped a couple of bowls and you're walking towards them."
Mel looked at Rosalyn after seeing her drop a couple of bowls. "You okay there, Mayor Rosalyn?" Mel asked.
"I'm fine, Mel. I just need to come back for those." Rosalyn nodded.
Mel turned to continue her walk, but in the process accidentally dropped a couple of bowls off of her plank.
"Gah! I just lost another couple of bowls!" D'looa said. "Man. If only I were allowed to use my force powers."
"We'll just have to make do with our physical skills, D'looa." Luke reminded. "You should know that. You've been in the game long enough."
"I know, Master Luke." D'looa moaned.
"We're almost there, Elias." Walter said as he approached the finish. "We're going to have to go back for a couple of bowls, though."
"You would know. You're the one that dropped them." Elias said with a smirk.
"Oh, like you DIDN'T drop any?" Walter countered.
The six teams continued on, trying not to lose any more bowls. Sandy & Sam crossed the finish line first, but they were down five bowls.
"Come on, Sandy. We need to go back." Sam instructed as he took the bowls he was carrying off his plank and carried it back to where he and Sandy had dropped some of the others.
"Right behind ya, Sammy!" Sandy replied cheerfully as she chased after the canine detective.
Elias & Walter came next, but SSBFreak noticed that they were missing some bowls as well. "You guys are missing four bowls, two each." He explained. "You'll have to go and bring them back."
"Let's get a move on!" Elias instructed. "If everyone else dropped some, we still have a chance!
The other teams arrived at the finish line, but they were all missing some of the bowls. However, while they were all gone, Zoe & Slippy managed to cross the finish line. SSBFreak looked at the planks the two mechanics were carrying and saw that they each still had ten bowls.
"We have a winner!" SSBFreak said. "Zoe and Slippy win Reward!"
The two mechanics dropped their planks and cheered loudly. The other teams groaned as they dropped their planks, realizing how close it had gotten.
(Later…)
"Zoe and Slippy, congratulations on winning Reward. You two will be spending the rest of the day at the resort and will enjoy the feast." SSBFreak explained. "However, we've got room on the helicopter for two more, so which team will you guys like to take along with you?"
Zoe appeared to be thinking for a few seconds. "Um…D'looa and Luke." She finally said.
The Jedi Knight and Jedi Master looked at each other and shrugged before walking over to join Zoe and Slippy.
"These four will be going to the resort and will join the rest of you at tomorrow's challenge." SSBFreak said to the remaining people. "Everyone else, you can all go back to camp."
As the other contestants led the other four guests away from the clearing, the winning teams were led off to the helicopter in another direction to go and enjoy the reward.
(La'nooba Tribe)
"Interesting camp you have, Elias." Walter noted as he and Elias walked through camp. "Is this your original tribe's camp or your opponents?"
"This was our opponents' camp. I got stuck with the camp that was worse off." Elias said.
"I hope you've been throwing people for a loop like you promised you would before you left." Walter said.
"You know it." The actor said with a smirk.
"Elias and I go back a fair bit. We applied for the same studio together; he became an actor and I became a director." Walter explained with a smirk. "You can say that he got his confidence by starring in a few of my movies."
"How do you stand right now?" Walter asks.
"There are three members of my original tribe left and three of our opposing tribe." Elias explained. "Not that it really matters. There's been a cross-tribal alliance and a few of us are actually swing votes here."
"Is anyone else here one of those swing votes?"
"That black-haired woman over there." Elias explained. "The other swing votes went on the trip."
"The woman hanging upside down from that tree branch?"
Elias sighed. "That's the one."
Meanwhile, Sandy was talking with Sam, and she was indeed hanging from a low-hanging tree branch. Sam was leaning against the trunk of the tree.
"It's awesome to see you again, Sam. You and Max are the main reason I like to throw rabid woodchucks at punks that annoy me." Sandy said.
"It's good to see that our methods have inspired others, Sandy." Sam chuckled.
"So were you their first choice to bring out or was Max unable to make it?" Sandy asked.
"You and Max on the island at the same time? The production crew didn't have enough insurance for that."
"Man. What a bunch of wimps. How many female interns did Max harass this time?"
"Eight, if memory serves me right." Sam said, rubbing his chin.
"Wow! That's only two short of his personal best!"
"When Max and I first saw Sandy, we weren't expecting just how big of a fan of us she was." Sam chuckled. "Seriously, if Max took a day off sick, Sandy would be such a suitable substitute that no one would be able to tell the difference."
"It's great seeing Sam again, but I was really hoping to win that challenge with him. Then again, I've never neen a fan of that 'slow and steady wins the race' thing." Sandy mused. "I honestly think that the guy that first said it was soon run over by a parade."
(Resort)
"Zoe chose to take me along with her on the trip. While I'm grateful, I think she may have run the risk of people finding out about our alliance." D'looa said. "Seeing two people that everyone else thinks aren't on an alliance going off on a reward together may implicate an alliance between the two."
"Boy. This food is great." Zoe smiled as she continued to eat.
"Yeah! I haven't had a meal like this since my team saved Corneria!" Slippy nodded.
"I don't get a lot of good food on the Great Fox, so coming onto this show as a guest, then getting treated to a feast is amazing to me." Slippy said with a grin. "I know that I'm not an actual contender, but I bet Fox and the others are gonna be SO jealous of me when I get back!"
"Zoe?" D'looa asked.
"What is it, D'looa?"
"Why'd you bring me along? I know we're on an alliance, but you should know that no one else is supposed to know that." D'looa explained.
This caught Slippy by surprise, making him stop eating for a second. "You guys are in an alliance? But Zoe seemed to think about who to bring along with her." He noted.
Zoe smirked. "Mel and Marty want me in on their alliance and I told them I'd talk to you." She replied. "When we get back, I'll just tell them that I talked to you."
D'looa sighed in relief. "Okay. That makes me feel a lot better." She said.
"For once, I knew what I was doing on my own. I guess it was just pure luck that Mel and Marty wanted to bring me aboard." Zoe explained. "Now I just need to tell them that D'looa's on board as well and they'll keep us around for 'numbers'."
Luke smirked. "That's actually a pretty crafty idea. You have no intention on actually joining them either, do you?" He asked.
"No. D'looa and I just want to get to the finals, because it's right around the corner." Zoe shook her head.
"Well, keep this alliance a secret, and I'm sure that you'll do fine." Luke assured.
"You think so?"
"Listen to him, Zoe." D'looa said with a smirk. "This is Luke Skywalker you're talking to. He knows all about tactics."
"D'looa admires me, but I think she gives me a little too much credit. After all, I started off as a normal farmboy with no experience." Luke laughed. "Sure, I've got skills, but it can take a whole team of jedi to take down a strong Sith. I just so happen to be skilled enough to require a smaller team."
(La'nooba Tribe)
"I'm amazed at how much Mel's come out of her shell. When she left, she was such a timid girl." Rosalyn said. "And I was even more surprised to hear that a RUDIE had actually been the one to help her. I'm extremely proud of her, because I think she's going to look at life in the town a whole new way now."
"So you guys are in an alliance?" Rosalyn asked. "Just the two of you?"
"Well, Crane was voted off a few days ago." Mel sighed. "And we've been trying to bring Zoe onto the alliance lately."
"But she ended up taking that alien girl with her." Rosalyn noted.
"Zoe told us she was going to talk with D'looa to see if she was in as well." Marty jumped in. "She hasn't had the chance until now."
"I hope she can sway D'looa. We need her for the majority." Mel added before looking at the blue-clad magikoopa sitting on a log. "Uh…Marty, I'm curious as to how you know Kamek."
"In short, Master Kamek's the only one in Bowser's forces that wouldn't kill me on sight." Marty explained. "I was his student for a little while and he had grown a little respect for me."
Kamek formed a smirk. "His training was coming along nicely until he decided to abandon Bowser's forces." He said. "Not that I can blame him, really. The foot soldiers of Bowser's army don't get very good working conditions."
"You were a pupil of Kamek?" Mel asked. "Does this mean that you can do magic?"
Marty rubbed his head. "I dunno. It's been a while…" He said.
"You may as well try it, Marty. I'm curious to see if your skills have rusted since you left." Kamek added.
Marty sighed and nodded. He pointed at a rock that was sitting on the ground and started twirling his finger. To the amazement of Mel and Rosalyn, the rock lifted into the air and spun around a few times before landing again.
"That's about as good as I can make it." Marty shrugged.
"You've gotten a little rusty, Marty." Kamek noted. "We'll have to fix that somehow."
"All this time Marty had those cool magic powers?! Why didn't he tell us?...Oh, he probably didn't want to use them to his advantage and get disqualified." Mel admitted. "I never would have expected him to be a wizard-in-training, though, even if he hasn't been one for a while. It just seems so unlike him…"
"Marty was definitely a promising student, but he unfortunately defected before I could teach him any real advanced magic." Kamek lamented. "Pity. If he had stayed on just a few months longer, he could have almost had enough magic abilities as me by now."
Nightfall came along. The contestants at camp, as well as the guests, went to sleep to prepare for the upcoming challenge that would be coming.
(La'nooba Triibe, Day 36)
"Our guests spent the night with us, so that probably means that they'll be helping us with the Immunity Challenge." Elias reasoned. "How they'll do that, I'm not sure. I just know that the challenge is going to revolve around them somehow."
"Enjoy your first and only night here?" Mel asked the guests.
"I'm just glad I'm not spending a month out here." Rosalyn said. "How can you guys sleep in such conditions?"
"It's one of those things you get used to." Marty shrugged before looking around. "Uh…Where's Sandy? She wasn't in the shelter when I woke up."
"She's probably off with the wildlife." Sam shrugged back. "She's more at home with the animals anyway. Max and I once caught her howling at the moon."
"Somehow, that doesn't surprise me." Elias rolled his eyes.
"Oh! She's over there with Kamek!" Mel called out.
Everyone looked and saw Sandy and Kamek sitting on a couple of rocks, sound asleep. Kamek was sitting motionlessly, as if in a silent trance, while Sandy was snoring loudly as she looked like she was going to fall off the rock.
Walter approached Kamek and looked at him. "How is he able to sleep like that?" He asked.
"Master Kamek is skilled in many forms of magic. As such, he has intense concentration." Marty explained. "Being able to sleep the way he is now is a clear sign of a great wizard."
"Okay. That makes sense, but why is the crazy woman like that as well?" Walter asked.
"We've learned not to press matters much with Sandy."
"I couldn't sleep in such a cramped shelter, so I left and saw Kamek sleeping while sitting straight up. I thought it looked cool and I tried to imitate him." Sandy said before spitting sand out of her mouth. "When I woke up, I was face-down in the sand. I guess I fell off the rock."
After he had woken up, Kamek had gone with Marty as the koopa went to check treemail. When Marty reached into the box, he pulled out a letter. "Looks like we've got treemail." He noted.
"Ah. The next challenge already?" Kamek asked.
"Yeah. We'd best get back to the others, Master Kamek."
The two koopas wandered back to camp and summoned everyone else. After everyone was present, Marty opened the letter. "It says 'How's your memory of past contestants'?" Marty read.
"This is right up your alley, Elias." Walter said.
"If they don't throw a curve ball at me like they did with that stupid 'Internet Memes' quiz." Elias muttered.
"Hey! Internet Memes are not stupid!" Sandy said.
"You WOULD say that, wouldn't you?"
(Immunity Challenge)
The four contestants and four guests walked out into a clearing and walked over to the black mat that was sitting on the ground. Once everyone was on, they waited for SSBFreak to start.
"Before we start, let's bring in the two teams back from their Reward trip: Zoe & Slippy and D'looa & Luke." SSBFreak explained.
Two more contestants and two more guests emerged from the jungle and walked over to join the others on the mat.
"Okay. Welcome to your next Immunity Challenge, La'nooba Tribe. Here, we'll see how much you know about the people you've outlasted." SSBFreak explained. Everyone saw six large billboards with twelve empty slots, a little bit of writing in between each two pictures. "There are currently six members of the jury and six people voted out pre-merge. In this challenge, you will be given six relationships or something two of these people have in common. You need to figure out which jury member and which pre-merge boot share the relationships we've given you. Remember that each relationship has to consist of one jury member and one pre-merger." The host continued. "Oh. And one more thing. The contestants aren't allowed to look at the board. The guests will be doing all the work and will have to describe the pictures as they go. The winner of this challenge wins Immunity at tonight's Tribal Council."
All of the contestants looked at their guests, realizing that Immunity technically depended on them.
"If you'll all choose a board, we'll get started." SSBFreak continued.
As the six guests were standing in front of the billboards, preparing to start, the six contestants were standing behind a part-wall, cutting them off and preventing any of them from seeing the board themselves.
"Okay, for Immunity, Survivors ready…Go!" SSBFreak shouted.
Almost instantly, the same question was asked by all six of the contestants.
"What are the relationships?" Elias asked.
Walter looked up at the board. "Okay, two people were blindsided, someone shoved someone else, two people suffered the same injuries, two people were rivals, someone ganged up on someone else and someone 'arrived after the elimination' of someone else." He read.
"Okay. One's easy enough." Elias nodded. "Do you have a picture of a platypus there?"
Meanwhile, Zoe had gotten similar ideas. Slippy pulled a picture of Tork from the group he was given. "A platypus? I think I've got it." The frog mechanic said.
"Okay. Put that picture in the pre-merge category for the injuries." Zoe explained.
Slippy placed Tork's picture into an empty slot on the board. "Okay. It's in."
"Great. Do you see a picture of a guy with brown hair?"
"Um…Yes. I've got it."
"Okay. That guy suffered similar injuries as the platypus." Zoe explained. "Put his picture up in the Jury section."
Slippy placed the picture in the slot. Unfortunately, it was a picture of Barney.
"Okay. The two rivals are dead-easy for me." Sandy said with a grin. "Sam, you see a picture of a Klingon? The woman with the wild forehead."
"Sweet Alaskan tuna sitting beside a two-month-old pulled pork sandwich! That's some forehead!" Sam said.
"Okay. She was rivals with the guy with the green bandana because they were the strongest." Sandy instructed.
"Ah. That makes sense." Sam nodded as he placed the pictures of Shee'Na and Barney in the slots connecting the rivals relationship.
"Okay. Is Jonathan's picture in place, Mayor Rosalyn?" Mel asked.
"It is, Mel. What next?" Rosalyn asked.
"I wish I knew about the blindside relationship." Mel mused, rubbing her forehead. "There've been a number of those so far. I just wonder which jury member connects to which…Wait! Mayor Rosalyn, you see the picture of the white-haired teen?"
"Oh. Is this that Crane person you've been telling me about?" Rosalyn asked as she looked at a picture of Crane.
"Yes. He and the orange-haired teen were both blindsided big time." Mel explained.
"Okay. I've got it." Rosalyn said as she put Crane's and Jake's pictures into their spaces.
"I'm positive that Shee'Na and Barney were rivals, and I know for a fact that Jonathan and Tork got injured." Marty mused. "The thing that puzzles me is the one about someone arriving after someone else was eliminated."
"No one was brought to your tribe before the merge, Marty?" Kamek asked.
"Not except for when…We…Wait a minute!" Marty said in realization. "Of course! That's exactly what they mean!"
"So who are the people, then?" Kamek asked.
Marty held his head in thought. "We…We kidnapped Angie after eliminating Nikko! By the time she arrived at our tribe, he was long gone!" He said. "It's the yellow cat for the jury and the older elf for the pre-mergers!"
"The way Shee'Na was talking about it, I think Lilah was the pre-merger that got blindsided." D'looa noted. "Try putting the picture of the younger elf there, Master Luke."
"We'll try it for now. You think the rudie was the jury member that got blindsided?" Luke asked.
"He had to have been." D'looa shook her head. "I'm trying to do a process of elimination here and that's the only one that makes sense when looking at the rest of the relationships."
"What the heck are they looking for when they say someone shoved someone else?" Elias asked. "Normally, I'd say Shee'Na shoved Reginald, but I know that Shee'Na's Barney's rival."
"Should I go onto the next one for now?" Walter asked.
"Yes. We'll come back to that one."
"What about the one about someone ganging up on someone else?" Sam asked.
Sandy pondered this for a few seconds. "The only thing I can think of is Reggie ganging up on Lilah on day 3 to get her eliminated." She mused. "Okay. Use the pictures of the rabbit and the younger elf, Sam."
"Will do, Sandy." Sam nodded as he placed the pictures of Reginald and Lilah in place.
"Okay, Slippy! Take the picture of the dark-haired man and place him as a rival to the Klingon woman!" Zoe urged.
Slippy blinked and placed Jonathan's picture up on the board where Barney's was supposed to go. "I'm not sure if I'm doing this right. That guy doesn't look like he'd be her rival." He mused to himself.
"Man. There's only four pictures left and I don't know where they'd go." Marty sighed. "The only thing is that finding a relationship as simple as shoving someone could mean anyone."
"Well, let's ponder the possibilities, Marty." Kamek asked. "This blonde-haired woman seems to be a pretty angry person. Did anyone shove her at all?"
"Shee'Na did, but I know that she's Barney's rival." Marty explained before pausing. His eyes widened. "Wait! I can't believe they had something like that from so early in the game! Master Kamek, use the pictures of the green alien girl with the spiked forehead and the blonde woman!"
Kamek placed Kida and Bonnie's pictures up and looked at the remaining pictures, Crane and Jake. "And it looks like these two just go up there by process of elimination." He said as he put them up.
"The challenge is over! We have a winner!" SSBFreak announced.
Everyone stopped what they were doing and looked at the victor's board to see what they had done wrong.
"Crane and Jake were both blindsided, Kida shoved Bonnie off the cliff on day 2, Jonathan and Tork were both injured, Barney and Shee'Na were rivals because of their strength, Reginald used his majority power to gang up on Lilah and Temlin kidnapped Angie after eliminating Nikko!" SSBFreak said. "Because Kamek finished first, Marty wins Immunity!"
Marty cheered loudly as he leapt over the wall he had been standing in front of and congratulated Kamek. The magikoopa simply smirked and nodded in satisfaction.
(Later…)
"Congratulations on winning Immuntiy, Marty. This would be your first individual win for these challenges." SSBFreak said as he handed Marty the Immunity Necklace.
"Amazing. I didn't think I'd actually pull it off." Marty said.
SSBFreak turned back to the other five contestants. "Marty is safe tonight, but I'll be seeing all six of you at Tribal Council, where you'll be voting someone off." He explained. "Guests, I'm going to have to ask you all to leave, because your time on the island is unfortunately up. Everyone, say your goodbyes, because you can all head back to camp."
The six finalists bid farewell to their guests in a variety of ways ranging from handshakes to friendly hugs. The contestants watched as the guests walked away and left the clearing themselves when the guests had gone.
(La'nooba Tribe)
"So you talked to D'looa, Zoe?" Marty asked. "Is she in?"
"Yeah. She's in." Zoe assured.
"Marty and Mel practically came to us looking for extra votes. This is pretty much a free pass through Tribal Council." Zoe explained. "All we need to do is keep the focus off of ourselves and they won't even suspect that D'looa and I have been in an alliance for a while!"
"So who's the target?" Zoe asked.
"We're voting for Sandy." Marty explained. "She's already won two Immunity Challenges. That pretty much tells us how big of a threat she can become."
"Got it. I'll go tell D'looa."
Zoe quickly left the scrawny koopa and went over to find her Twi'lek friend to relay the message. "Looks like we're voting for Sandy." She explained.
"Makes sense. She's the bigger threat." D'looa nodded. "You don't think they're suspicious, do you?"
"I don't think so. We should just be thankful that they're letting us tag along for a bit." Zoe nodded.
"I'm not letting my guard down. This is Survivor, and thus anything is capable of happening." D'looa reminded. "All it takes is a slip of the tongue and everything is out in the open. I wouldn't count Mel and Marty out for finding out about us yet. We haven't reached the finale yet."
"So what do you think we should do after tonight?" Zoe asked.
"After tonight, we'll target Mel and Marty. We'll take them out at four and five and then we'll take out Elias at three because we outnumber him." D'looa explained with a smirk.
"I just hope this works out. Jonathan planned something similar and look at what happened to him." Zoe sighed.
"We just need to remember to keep quiet about the alliance, Zoe." D'looa reminded. "If we can hold on just a few more days, we're golden."
With that, D'looa and Zoe walked off. However, after they had gone, Mel walked around from behind a tree, not looking pleased.
"I can't believe it. D'looa was in on Jonathan & Zoe's alliance for who-knows-how-long. This changes my entire gameplan." Mel sighed. "Marty and I are going to need to reconsider this alliance with Zoe, because this could end badly for both of us if we let it continue."
(Tribal Council)
The six remaining contestants walked into Tribal Council, carrying their torches. Finding their seats, the six finalists sat down and waited for council to start.
"Before we start, let's bring in the members of the jury." SSBFreak said. "Angie, Barney, Kida, Reginald, Crane and Jonathan, whom was voted out at the last Tribal Council."
The finalists watched as the jury entered the hut, Jonathan bringing up the rear. He was wearing a short-sleeved, button-up shirt, his hair was cut and his injured arm was in a sling. Everyone's eyes widened in surprise when they saw that Jonathan was now wearing glasses.
"They will not address them and you are not to address you. They're just here to watch the outcome." SSBFreak explained. "Marty, you won Immunity. Do you think you'd be going home without it?"
"It's a hard call. I'm not a physical threat by any means, so I think I probably would have been okay without it tonight." Marty shrugged.
"He seems to forget that he was in a major alliance." Barney mused.
"He still is." Angie reminded.
"Elias, you seemed to think that you had that challenge in the bag." SSBFreak pointed out. "And yet, you lost. Why was that?"
"I was extremely close. I was actually down to my last four pictures when Marty and Kamek finished." Elias explained. "I was doing well, but he just had a quicker draw than I did."
"And for the record, I did NOT 'gang up' on Lilah." Reginald muttered to the jury.
"Sandy, you've won Immunity twice now. Are you in danger now that you don't have it?" SSBFreak asked.
"I dunno. I may be one of the strongest left, but there are others that just play smarter." Sandy pointed out. "I think it'd be a better choice to kick them off before me."
"I STILL say she's secretly a mastermind." Crane shook his head.
"D'looa, how was it to see someone you haven't seen in over a month?" SSBFreak asked.
"Seeing Master Luke again was amazing. The family and friends challenge is the challenge I was really hoping I'd make because of the special guests." D'looa said with a smile. "I'm sure everyone else was feeling the same way."
"I would have liked to see Larry again…" Jonathan lamented at seeing how close he had gotten.
"Mel, we're approaching the finale fast. What's your strategy?" SSBFreak asked.
"This late in the game, we need to make sure that we take out the biggest threats, or work together if you're in an alliance." Mel explained, looking surprisingly serious. "That way, you'd have a better chance at actually making the finals."
"She knows something, man." Kida mused. The other jurors agreed.
"Zoe, who's going home?" SSBFreak finished.
"Everyone in the game at this moment is a threat. I think the floor's wide open for elimination possibilities." Zoe scratched her head. "We'll just have to see how the votes play out."
"Well, I think that's enough questions." SSBFreak explained. "Before we start, will you be giving up Immunity, Marty?"
"No way, man."
"Marty is immune from tonight's vote and can't be voted out. It's time to vote. Mel, you're up."
Mel walked out of the hut and over to the voting table. "Even with what I just found out, you're still the biggest threat." She said, having voted for Sandy.
D'looa approached the table and wrote a name down. Sticking it into the urn, the Twi'lek Jedi left the table.
Elias smirked and wrote a name down. "I'm just glad it's not me." He said as he placed his vote into the urn.
Sandy scribbled a name down and showed it to the camera. "You're the biggest threat by far, kid." She said, having voted for Mel.
Marty walked up to the table and quickly wrote a name down. He placed the ballot into the urn and left the table without a word.
Zoe grabbed the provided pen and wrote a name down. Once she was finished, she stuck it into the urn.
Once everyone had voted, SSBFreak fetched the urn and came back after a while. "After I read the names, the person with the most votes will be asked to bring forward their torch and leave Tribal Council immediately." He explained. "It's time to read the votes."
"…First vote, Sandy." Sandy looked unfazed. In fact, she was grinning.
"Mel. One vote Sandy and one vote Mel." Mel blinked a couple of times, but also looked unfazed.
"Sandy." The crazy woman still looked unfazed.
"Sandy." The grin didn't vanish from Sandy's face in the slightest.
"Sandy." Sandy couldn't help but chuckle. "Last vote, seventh member of the jury and thirteenth person voted out of Survivor: Central Hub…"
"…Sandy. You need to bring me your torch." SSBFreak said.
"I guess I should have seen it coming." Sandy shrugged nonchalantly as she stood up, grabbed her torch and walked over to SSBFreak.
"Sandy, the tribe has spoken." SSBFreak said as he extinguished Sandy's torch. "It's time for you to go."
Sandy reared back and took a deep breath. "LEEROOOOOOOOOYYYY JEEEEEEEEEENKIIIIIIIIIINS!!!!!!!!" She screamed at the top of her lungs and raced out of Tribal Council, leaving a stunned jury, stunned finalists and an even more-stunned host.
SSBFreak blinked a couple of times before looking at the five remaining contestants. "Tonight shows that even people that don't seem like it can be considered a major threat." SSBFreak explained. "There are five of you left, but only three days left in the competition. Two more need to go before we have our finals. Keep that in mind for later, but for now you can all head back to camp."
The five remaining finalists stood up and collected their torches, still a little stunned at Sandy's exit. Mel brought up the rear, in deep thought. She had found out about a secret alliance between Zoe and D'looa, and she knew that if she and Marty were to have any chance at making the finals, she'd have to act and act fast. The biggest problem was that she didn't have much time to put a plan together…
"Yeah, I'm not surprised that they decided to give me the boot. I was just too big of a threat to keep around any longer." Sandy shrugged. "Hey, I made the final six and I had the most freaking amazing time of my life out here. I've got no regrets and I don't think I would have wanted to play the game any differently."
Voting History:
Sandy – Mel, Marty, Elias, D'looa and Zoe
Mel – Sandy
Author's Note: Hey, you all knew it had to end sometime, right? Sandy was one of my favourite characters to write for, even though she had no chance of winning from the start. In the developing stages, I wanted a crazy person to last a long time (like Izzy from Total Drama Island), but at the same time have a slight hint of complexity. I'm extremely satisfied with how Sandy came out in the end. If I ever do enough of these to do an All Stars, Sandy's probably a shoe-in.
You may notice that the guests aren't all the main characters of the series. I wanted to invite guests that I think the finalists would get along with (such as Slippy for Zoe). Walter is a semi-canon, semi-OC, because I used the appearance of a model from the game and just stuck a name onto it.