AN: So after the positive reaction I received from the chapter, (Thank you everyone for that by the way!) I suppose I will continue on as if the previous interlude happened. Enjoy!
As the morning arrives in camp, the boat pulls back into the pier, bringing back the Screaming Gophers. Everyone steps off, yawning. Valerie looks snazzy as usual, but now in toe is a much more clean cut looking Gerdie. Gerdie makes a "unh" noise as she walks down the plank. "Val, this feels so weird." Valerie waves a wrist at her. "What are you talking? You look fabulous!" Realizing she's not going to win this fight, Gerdie sighs as she continues to walk towards camp.
Koh and Horus are a sight to behold as they step off the boat. Horus has a black eye and several bruises on him while Koh has a bruise on her face of her own. Not as pronounced as Horus', but still there.
*Confessional*
Koh: Puzzles showed some moxie yesterday. Let's see if he can keep it up.
*End Confessional*
Rebecca steps off, looking around, trying to see if anything has changed on the island while she was gone. Satisfied that everything looks the same, she steps off, followed by Nate who for once, has a bit of a smile on his face.
*Confessional*
Nate: A whole night away from Chris. It was fantastic. No vampire jokes, no nothing. Just me, a book, and a night of relaxation. (he pauses) wait. Now it's over. Crap.
*End Confessional*
Meanwhile, on the other side of the island, the Killer Bass were already at the mess hall, eating what one could possibly call breakfast. Everyone was there, including Lisa, who Chris insisted go back to her own cabin after giving her some dry clothes and an umbrella. The Killer Bass girls were excitedly talking about random topics, the other girls being none the wiser of Lisa's little escapade apparently.
Slick, Fox, and Harald meanwhile are all sitting at the boy's table as Harald looks around.
*Confessional*
Harald: Things are not looking so good for us guys number wise. Something's gotta give soon. And I'll tell you one thing. It's not going to be me. Even if he doesn't agree with my methods, I'm sure I can get Fox on my side. The Jail lovebird over there...I'm not so sure. But I'll think of something. Don't you worry. (he smirks deviously)
*End Confessional*
It's at this point that the Screaming Gophers walk into the mess hall. Seeing them, the female Killer Bass members go over and start to talk to them asking them questions about their night. Lisa, being the tactless girl that she is, immediately starts to prod Horus about his bruises. "Horus! What happened? Did you pick a fight with a guy at the hotel?" She then turns to Koh and gasps. "Did you BOTH pick a fight with that guy?" Koh and Horus share a glance before looking back at Lisa, Koh responding. "Yeah, well you know how it is. Guy was talking smack. You should see the other guy."
Lisa puts her hands together gleefully as she squeals. "Oh my goodness! That's so cool! It's like brains and brawn! You two are totally compatible! A battle date! It's so poetic!" Shocked at this, Koh jerks her head back a moment, a flash of pink on her face before returning to normal, albeit maybe a look of a tad more irritation. "Don't be stupid Sweaters." Lisa justs gasps again. "Sweaters? Ooh! That's such a cool gang name for me! Watch out for Sweaters! She's a loose canon." She makes a gun motion with her finger underneath her sweater.
Koh's reaction is to roll her eyes at her ridiculousness.
*Confessional*
Koh: I swear, that Sweaters is something else. Where do they get these people? Me and Puzzles. Pff. Sure, yeah okay. (She crosses her arms and legs before awkwardly switching them)
*End Confessional*
Immediately after this, Chris steps in. "Well, hey there campers. Welcome back. Did you have a good time last night?" The Screaming Gophers nod in general consensus. He laughs in response. "Haha! Good! Because today's going to suck." So, everyone feel free to eat, and I will see you on the field in twenty minutes." Finishing his vague threat, he steps out. This announcement sucks all the life out of the room as everyone goes silent and starts eating their slop.
*Confessional*
Chris : (Breathes into his knuckles before rubbing them on his chest) Sometimes I love being me. No...wait. (he puts his finger to his chin) That's ALL the time. Ha!
*End Confessional*
After an uncomfortably quiet breakfast, the campers all head out to the field to meet a smiling Chris who has his hands behind his back. Satisfied that everyone is there, he begins to talk. "Hey everyone, glad you all could make it. Today's challenge is going to be a little...terrifying." Pulling out one of his hands he reveals a Freddy Krueger glove. No one is shocked by this jump scare with the exception of the Bass girls minus Danielle who shrink back for a moment. Chris laughs at their reaction.
"Today, everyone on their team will have to face their greatest fears. If you face them, your team gets a point. If you don't, then well, you don't. Team with the least amount of points has to send someone home at the bonfire ceremony tonight. Simple, right?" He smirks looking at the campers, some of who are slightly worried.
*Confessional*
Harald: Ha! I'm not worried. There is nothing that scares me Chris. Do your worst.
*End Confessional*
*Confessional*
Chris: Ha! I wouldn't bet on that HarALD. (he emphasizes it Har-ald specificially) We do our homework here.
*End Confessional*
Chris turns to the campers. "Oh, and here's the key here. All of you are going to be alone for your challenges. No team support on this one. You won't even know if your teammates succeeded in their challenges." Suddenly Chef steps up to the campers and hands each of them a piece of paper. Chris continues to speak. "Head to these locations on the map. I'll meet you eventually there. Good luck everyone." He lowers his eyelids to half as he smirks deviously. "You're going to need it."
*Confessional*
Gerdie: No...he wouldn't. (She crosses her arms looking annoyed) Who am I kidding. Of COURSE he would.
*End Confessional*
After a scene cut, we see Valerie arriving at the infirmary. Upon arriving, Chris is there to greet her. She raises an eyebrow. "Like, how did you get here so fast?" Chris shrugs nonchalantly. "Trade secret. Now, are you ready for your challenge?" Valerie nods. Chris smiles back. "Good, come on in." He ushers her in as he points to a seat in the middle of the infirmary. She sits and looks at him. Reaching on the wall behind her he pulls out a medical folder. "Let's see here Vals..says that you have a cavity in your back wisdom tooth. Which...you've been avoiding. Why is that Vals? Those can get pretty bad." Hearing this, Val's eyes become wide as she starts to sweat. "Like..you know I just...I've been busy and..." Chris' smile becomes much more sinister as he looks back at her. "Well then, this is perfect timing. Because my friend here Dr. Smiles would love to help you here." Stepping aside we see a tall, husky looking man with a face mask on looking at her holding a nasty looking drill.
Chris smirks. "Odontophobia. Or, fear of the dentist. Of course though Val, if you'd like, you can just call it quits now. You don't NEED to get that cavity filled today." Val's grip tightens on the chair as she looks between the two of them as her face begins to bead with sweat. "I...I..." Chris looks at her smirking. "Yyessssss?"
Taking a deep breath, Valerie, still shaking violently, speaks up. "Like...do your worst." The smile stays on Chris' face as he nods. "Okay then. Have fun doc!" Turning around he starts to walk over to the front door. As he's walking the dentist stops him by grabbing him by the shoulder. "Hey, should i use anesthesia?" A devious smile on his face, he turns back to the dentist and opens his mouth. "Ha! N-" but suddenly he cuts himself off as the key from around his neck falls out of his shirt. With his right hand he grabs the key, cradling it for a moment as he stares at it, before placing it gently beneath his undershirt. The dentist raises an eyebrow before looking back to him. "What were you going to say?" Chris shakes his head, it still being a bit foggy. "What? Yeah. yeah. Give it to her." And with that, he steps out the door.
The camera then cuts to Ariel who is talking to Ivan inside the kitchen. Within a few moments, Chris steps inside. "Well hey there Ariel. How are things?" Ariel smiles in response, seeing Chris. "Oh, I'm doing fine. I was just talking to Ivan." Chris rolls his eyes as he continues. "Say uh, Ariel, is Ivan right there next to you?" Chris points to an area of empty air next to where Ariel is standing. Ariel nods. "Yeah, he sure is." Chris smirks. "Fantastic." Finishing that single word, the door to the kitchen opens, revealing Chef wheeling in a steel cage. In a flash, Chris reaches out to the thin air where Ivan supposedly was and heaves the air into the cage. To anyone else this would look absolutely ridiculous, but Ariel's reaction is one of utter horror as she pulls at her hair. "No, NO! What are you doing to Ivan?" Locking the cage, he turns to her. "Your challenge is to stay in this kitchen by yourself until the challenge is over. And you can't exactly be alone if you have Ivan, now can you? Don't worry. We'll let him out when it's time. Or, you know, until you give up." Chris leans into her. "Do you want to give up?"
Tears flowing down Ariel's face, she wipes eyes and answers quietly "N..no." Chris stands back and up and smiles. "Fantastic! See you later!" Wheeling the cage out he and Chef lock the door behind them, leaving Ariel alone as she clutches herself in a fetal position and begins rocking back and forth.
Chris' next victim is Gran who is sitting in his cabin. Chris kicks in the door and stands there smiling. "Heya Gran. Just thought i'd make a little delivery for you. Enjoy!" He tosses what looks like a Christmas present, complete with bow wrapping at his feet. "If you want to give up, just holler, we'll hear ya!" And with that, he slams the door shut.
Raising an eyebrow, Gran looks down at the package. Bending down he tentatively picks it up and shakes it. Putting it next to his ear, for a moment there is dead silence. However, that is broken in an instant as a large butcher knife stabs its way out of the box inches from his face. In a panic he drops the box, it landing on the ground with a crash. A few moments more of silence roll by until the box is stabbed from the inside a few more times before finally, the box explodes open, revealing a doll with a demonic-like smile as it looks up at Gran and begins to speak in an eerie childlike voice. "Gran, don't you want to play with us?"
Seeing this, Gran leaps up onto a chair and screams in a high pitched shriek. A few seconds later two more items crawl out of the box. An alligator toy with very sharp, very real looking teeth and what looked like an jack in the box, which slowly started to play its tune. Upon hitting the final note, a demonic clown face pops out, the mechanical eyes following Gran. Gran begins to shake violently as the toys start to move closer to his chair as the doll speaks again. "Gran. What's wrong? Why aren't you playing with us?" Hopping off his chair, Gran jumps towards the door, trying the doorknob only to find it is locked. Turning back he sees the toys as the doll speaks to him again. "Don't leave us Gran, don't ever leave us."
Fox hears a scream in the distance as Chris smirks at the sound which is echoed by the cave they are standing in front of. Chris looks at his nails as he waits for the far off wailing to subside. "Right Fox. Your task is simple. You need to go in the cave and collect five hairs from whatever's inside."
*Confessional*
Fox: Ha! Hairs. For a moment I was a tad worried. However he must have gotten his info crossed. This will be a walk in the park.
*End Confessional*
Smirking, Fox takes a few steps in the cave. He takes a sniff. "Odd, I don't smell any sort of animal such as a bear or wolf...what could" Unfortunately for Fox, he isn't looking where he is going and wanders into something large and sticky. Trying to untangle himself he realizes he's only making it worse. It's only after a few seconds later that he manages to finally get a good look at what is so sticky. His eyes go wide as he hears a noise above him. What he sees when he looks up, makes him scream in such a loud register that if Chris were there, he could have heard it very clearly, especially echoed by the cave. Staring down at him, clicking its mandibles is a giant, human sized spider. Fox begins to struggle even more as the spider comes down to him, closer and closer.
At the edge of the high cliff that has a hoop at the bottom, Chris is standing there with Danielle. Standing so close to the edge is making Danielle very, very nervous as her legs shake so bad she can barely stand. "Hey there Danielle, what's wrong? Don't like swimming? Or is it the height?" He bends over the side to look at how far down it is. He whistles to himself. "That's a long way down, isn't it? I mean, I could just push you. One push and you'd fall all that way down." Danielle, wide eyed looks at him. "You wouldn't." Chris, hearing her fear, smirks back. "No, you're right. I wouldn't." She breathes a deep sigh of relief. "You would." Her eyes reopen wide hearing this. Chris continues. "Your task is simple. Jump. That's all you have to do. If you jump, you pass this challenge. But you know" he looks over the side again. "It's a long way down." Danielle musters her courage as she painfully, slowly takes a step towards the edge and manages to look down. The closer she gets, the more she hyperventilates. Interrupting her silence, Chris intervenes. "You know, you COULD just forfeit this challenge. No shame in giving up."
Clenching her fists, Danielle takes another step towards the end, her legs getting even more wobbly as she does so, before her legs give out from beneath her. Falling to her knees, she seems to grab the ground for support. "I...I..." Her eyes begin to get moist. "I...I'm sorry. I can't." Chris nods, but for some reason, not as large of a smile crosses his face as he believes would have at this. After a moment he clears his throat. "Right. You have failed this challenge, but you're free to go wait at the bonfire in the meantime." Not looking at the cliff, Danielle forces herself to stand up and hurredly makes her way back to safe ground.
*Confessional*
Danielle: I'm sorry guys. I thought I could but (She begins tearing up) I'm sorry
*End Confessional*
Slick is sitting at an outside picnic table leaning back when a face appears above him. To his abject horror, it's the face of his warden who suddenly speaks to him. "What are you doing you worthless piece of garbage?" This causes Slick to shoot bolt upright. "W...warden Harper! What..what are you doing here?" For the first time since arriving, a look of true fear crosses his face. The warden, his face unchanging continues to speak. "You lowly maggot! You bow to me!" Immediately standing up, Slick bows to him. "Now where was I? Right! Mr. Mclean here contacted me and told me that you truly wanted to give me, your gracious warden, a foot massage! And I thought what a perfect opportunity it was to remind you of what you have to look forward to when you return!" Taking off his shoe and sock, he slams his foot on the table, directly in front of Slick. Suddenly, appearing behind the warden is Chris. "All you have to do is massage his feet. That's your challenge."
*Confessional*
Slick: (seething, with his fists shaking in rage) Mcccclleeannn!
*End Confessional*
However, Slick doesn't look nearly as mad at that moment as he looks at that foot. Instead, he looks terrified. The camera zooms in to show that this is not a good looking foot. In fact, it looks like it hasn't been washed in weeks. Slick lets out a scream which causes some birds to leave their roost in their trees, flying away.
in a bit of an odd scene, we cut to Koh, Rebecca, and Alexa who are all talking to each other, their maps having lead them to the same place. After a few moments, Chris walks up to them. "Howdy ladies. I bet you're wondering what your challenge is, and why the three of you are here together. Well, you don't need to wait anymore. You see those three small buildings over there?" He points to three small looking containers, no larger than the size of a telephone booth each with their names on it. "If you ladies would care to step inside we can begin!" Eyeing each other confusingly, they each step into their own box. Closing the doors on all of them, Chris locks them from the outside. However, there is a slot in the front so they can all hear him. "Right. So here's your challenge. These are special boxes. Every minute they will shrink exactly one inch. To your right there is an emergency cancel button. You press that, and you are admitting defeat. If Alexa presses it before you two, then both of you succeed. But if you both press it before she does, then she succeeds. Because it's two against one, Alexa's only shrinks 3/4 of an inch a minute. Are you three comfy in there?" A trio of slightly panicked breathing are their responses. Chris smiles at this as he closes all three of their viewscreens leaving them in total darkness. "Good."
*Confessional*
Chris: Ha! Claustrophobia. Classic. But still very easy to make happen.
*End Confessional*
Horus, probably having the easiest time is sitting on a random picnic chair that seemingly was left out for him as Chris approaches. "Hey there Horus, how are things?" Horus looks up at him, a bit nervous. "F..fine?" Chris smiles back. "Fantastic. Hey, I have an idea. How about a snack?" Horus shakes his head. "N..no thanks. I'm fine." Chris' smile becomes much more devious as he pulls out something from behind his back. "Oh no, I insist." He reveals a bowl covered in a cloth. "I think you need some more roughage in your diet. Luckily for you, I have a nice big bowl" He pulls off the cloth "of buttercups." He says, revealing a bowl filled with flowers.
Seeing the flowers, Horus nearly throws up.
*Confessional*
Horus: No no no! How did he know that? No one knows that!
*End Confessional*
Horus looks at the bowl, starting to sweat, his pupils dilating. "N..no..really I'm fine." Chris smirks back. "Horus, buddy. You have to. It's your challenge. Or, you know, you can quit." Chris places the bowl on Horus' lap as he crosses his arms.
Horus begins to breathe deeply as his eyes begin to spiral. With a shaky arm he reaches down and attempts to grab a flower. On his third attempt he's able to grab one. Looking at it, he shakes even more violently. He slowly brings one up to his mouth before putting it back down. "I..I don't think I..." Chris leans over putting a hand to his ear. "Hm? What was that? "
As he looks at the bowl, suddenly, the buttercups are no longer there and is replaced with Koh, who's laughing at him. "Ha! This brings being a wiener to a new level! You can't even eat flowers. Wow. I was so right about you." Gritting his teeth Horus clenches his fist as he talks to the bowl. "I AM NOT A WIENER!" and in one quick motion digs his face into the bowl and begins chowing down on the bowl. A few seconds later he finishes smirking to the vision of Koh. "Ha! Who are you calling a-" However, at that moment, the vision fades, and he realizes what just happened. Looking at the empty bowl, his eyes roll back in his head and he falls backwards, his leg spasming as he lands on his back.
Following this, Chris excuses himself as he makes his way to Nate. "Heyyyyy Dracs. How are we doing?" Nate rolls his eyes hearing his comment. "Let's just get this over with Chris." In front of another cave, Chris points at the entrance. "You should feel right at home here Nate." Turning from Chris to the cave, Nate gets a sinking feeling in his stomach. "What do I have to do?" Chris smiles in response. "Just walk inside and I'll tell you." Eyeing Chris suspiciously, Nate takes a few steps before reaching what looks like the end of the cave. He then yells back to Chris. "Now what?" "Just pet one. That's your challenge!" Chris responds.
Unfortunately for Nate it's pitch black as he fumbles around for his cell phone. Finding it, he turns the light on. A moment later he wishes he hadn't as he finds himself surrounded by at least 50 bats. His eyes shift left to right as his pupils dilate and he turns the light off in a vain attempt they didn't see him. Unfortunately this doesn't work so well as loud fluttering can be heard, and, a moment later, a screaming Nate can be seen fleeing the cave.
Gerdie is sitting in the Screming Gopher cabin as Chris lets himself in. "Howdy doo Gerds." He says in his most forced sounding happy tone. Gerdie smirks back at him. "Glad to see you too." Chris laughs at this. "Nice lie there. Anyway, your challenge is simple. Just sit on your bed for 15 minutes." Gerdie raised an eyebrow at him. "So does that mean I can look behind that sheet now?" Gerdie points her thumb to her bed which had a sheet dangled over it that says "Do not look." Chris nods and gestures over to her bed. Sighing Gerdie stands up and walks over to her bed and pulls off the sheet. Her face turns from annoyed to ghost white as beneath the sheet is a myriad of dolls and more terrifying, puppets. Their faces grotesque and comical as their eyes seemingly follow her wherever she looked.
Chris smirked in satisfaction. "All you have to do is lay with these dolls for 15 minutes. Easy right?" Wide eyed, Gerdie turns to Chris. "You can't be serious." He replies by shrugging. "You can always give up." Furrowing her brow she moves to the bed and sits down, taking in a deep breath.
Nodding, Chris turns around and walks to the door, closing it behind him. Before he does however he peeks his head out. "Oh, and by the way, it's probably nothing, but I thought I saw that one on the left move a bit. Oh well. Must have been my imagination. See you in 15!" And with that, he closes the door, Gerdie's eyes turning immediately to the doll.
Running around like this would tire anyone out, but Chris seemed largely unaffected as he arrives at Lisa who waves at him. Clearing his throat he approaches her. "So Lisa, here we are. Now, I want you to do me a favor. Hold out your arms like this." He make a T motion with his arms. She raises an eyebrow in response but does so. "Like this?" Nodding he snaps his fingers. An intern straps her into a body harness in one swift action. Confused, she looks back at Chris. "What's going on?" Chris points up as a helicopter soon zooms into view. Lowering itself, the intern throws a line to the copter, which attaches the line to its struts, the intern attaching the other part to Lisa's harness.
Chris looks at her, talking over the whirr of the helicopter. "Right! Here's your challenge. The helicopter's going to lift you up 100 feet above the island. If you can stay that way without hitting this panic button for 5 minutes, you complete your challenge!" Some color drains from Lisa's face as she looks up at the helicopter. "But...I..." Chris crosses his arms. "Of course, you can quit right now if you want! No shame in that!" Despite Lisa's sweater, she begins to shake. Although it's obviously not from the cold. The Helicopter begins to lift her up off the ground slightly. "Chris! I don't know if I can do this!" Chris smiles back to her as he yells back. "That's the point!" As the copter raises her even higher, fear starts to take over Lisa as she looks for something to mentally grab onto. The only thing below her was Chris, who was slowly becoming smaller and smaller. She managed to scream back to him. "Chris! Will I be okay?"
Hearing this, Chris pauses. After a moment he sighs before yelling back to her. "Yeah, Lisa, you'll be fine." In response to this, Lisa takes a deep breath and wipes the tears from her eyes as she slowly fades from view only managing to scream out one last thing. "Okay Chris! I believe you!"
Leaving that scene, Chris puts his hand on his face irritatedly. Luckily there was still one more perosn. This would make him feel better. Shaking his head, he puts on his normal smug face. "Harald my man. How are we doing?" Crossing his arms, Harald looks at Chris. "Took you long enough to get here. Thought you forgot about me." The host laughs in response. "Sorry man, Lot of things to do, people to terrify. So, let's get onto your challenge." Harald smirks. "All right. Bring it on." Chris puts his hands behind his back. "Oh, oh I will. Actually, I lied, "I" won't. someone else will. And he knows you've been a bad boy."
At that moment a figure steps out from behind a cabin and looks at Harald before laughing. With a deep, booming "Ho,Ho,Ho."
*Confessional*
Harald: (Is pulling at his hair freaking out) ARE YOU SERIOUS?!
*End Confessional*
Chris leans over to Harald. "Your challenge, is to sit on his lap and ask for something for Christmas." After Chris Finishes his sentence, Harald's eyes go wide. "Of course, you can always quit." A bit aways, Santa sits down on a chair, slapping his knee. "Come on Harald, come see santa!" An icy chill runs down Harald's spine as he hears this. Still, clenching his fists tightly, he begins to walk, albeit very statically as if he were on stilts over to santa. With every step he begins to sweat more and more, his clothes becoming drenched as he does so before eventually making his way over to the man dressed as Santa. Slowly he drapes a leg over him and gently sits on his lap acting as if he's going to explode. After what seems like an eternity and having swallowed a few times looking for words, he begins to speak.
Gerdie meanwhile is huddled in a fetal position as she looks around her bed. Every time she turns her head she feels as if another set of eyes is staring at the back of her head. Thinking she hears something, she turns around. Then she starts to speak to herself. "Wasn't that one a few inches further back?" She asks herself in a wavery voice. Gently she pokes it, moving it back to its supposed original spot. Waiting for another few moments she takes a deep breath as nothing else seems to happen. As she sighs, she turns her head to see one of the dolls suddenly a mere inches from her face. Well, the scream can be heard all the way to the other cabins. Suddenly and furiously, Gerdie is pressing the panic button "NOPENOPENOPENOPENOPE!" she screams in hysterics as she hears an audible click as the door unlocks to let her out. Using that opportunity she bolts out the door.
*Confessional*
Gerdie: Man, I HATE that I bailed on that but just...no... (She huddles in a ball)
*End Confessional*
Meanwhile back the the three girls, it is starting to get extremely tight. Rebecca is doing her best to calm herself. "All right. You can think this through logically. They're not trying to kill you. This is merely a trick set up by Chris to-" The box shrinks an inch and she begins to speak faster. "Tomakeyouscared"
Koh on the other hand is trying to punch the box to keep herself occupied. Unfortunately, the box isn't giving her a whole lot of punching room. She takes some deep breaths as the box shrinks again. She takes in a deep shuddering breath.
Alexa on the other hand is breathing very shallow and very quickly. Looking around she cannot see anything in the darkness. Then, in a moment, she stops as she feels the inside of the box. "I wonder if this is what it's like for him. All the time. To be trapped like this. But...I know I'll get out of here. He doesn't." She smiles at seemingly nothing. "I think I understand."
A few minutes later, a large bang can be heard from the confessional site. All the locked doors open and everyone who is left runs out. Soon, people who aren't already there seem to be trickling in. Once he's satisfied that enough people are there, he begins to speak. "Okay everyone, our challenge is over! And here are the results. For the Killer Bass, Harald, Slick, Lisa, great job on conquering those fears!" Lisa, with frizzed windswept hair gives Chris a shakey thumbs up as Harald looks petrified and Slick looks like he's going to kill Chris while twitching.
Looking over to Fox who just stumbled his way in covered in web he points to hairs in his hand. "Got...got five here boss." before proceeding to pass out in front of him. Chris nods. Okay, so Fox is good as well. Unfortunately, the same cannot be said of Danielle and Ariel." Danielle is sitting twiddling her thumbs on a stump while Ariel is sadly holding what looks like nothing with a mournful look on her face. Chris turns to Alexa. "And when it comes to our three claustrophobics, it seems that Alexa was the one to pull it off. Good job Alexa!" Alexa smiles, a tad the worse for wear, but overall, the best looking of the Killer Bass.
Chris then turns to the Screaming Gophers. "Gophers. Unfortunately this means that both Koh and Rebecca failed their tight spaces challenge." Rebecca crosses her arms with a bright red face, Koh punches a tree. Chris continues "Horus and Valerie. Good job on yours guys!" Horus gives a woozy fist bump while Valerie holds her jaw which still ached. Chris looks down at Gran who is rocking back and forth while mumbling to himself. "And Gran...I guess you passed." He raises an eyebrow. "I think." He then turns to Gerdie and Nate. "But, Sorry to say, both you guys ran away from your challenge. Which means, with a score of 4 to 2, the winners of this round are the KIller Bass!"
Everyone on that team besides Danielle and Ariel let out a cheer. "Congratulations Killer Bass, you are free for the night! Gophers. I'll see you at the ceremony tonight. And, like always we have one safe person and, that person is..." He writes a name on the piece of paper and puts it in the box. "You'll find out tonight. Happy voting campers!"
The Killer Bass high five each other as Alexa and Lisa go to console Danielle and Ariel. The Gophers on the other hand are looking much the worse for wear as they head back to their cabins. Waiting for another elimination ceremony.
Chris turns to the camera. "Well there you have it! Another elimination challenge shows that when it comes down to it, the Killer Bass are just more fearless than the Screaming Gophers. So who will they send home tonight? Find out next time on Total. Drama. Island!
AN: Whew, this was a lonnngg chapter. The reason this ended up being so long was because since this was sort of an individual challenge I wanted to give everyone time to shine. And honestly that takes a long time with 14 people. This was based on a canonical challenge from the series and here's the thing. I loved the IDEA of this challenge, but I think the original series handled it very poorly. Half the cast didn't even seem really afraid by their challenges. They just seemed moderately annoyed by them. And I think that was an extremely large missed opportunity. So I wanted to bring my own take on it and show what actually having a phobia really means. i also felt the whole "They are just talking about their phobias at the beginning of the episode" felt really shoehorned and forced. It made more sense to me if the producers just did their homework and knew them from other sources. Either way, I hope you liked it and i'll see you at the elimination ceremony!