(Miyawata Tribe)
"You sure that voting off Donny was the right thing?" Monna Lisa asked Mitchell. "We could have easily just voted out Jericho and be done with it."
"If we did, we would be running the chance of Donny and Wallace joining Yorgue." Mitchell reminded. "At least now we may have a chance at getting Wallace to join us."
"I get that being a swing vote this late in the game makes you a threat, but I still think that voting out Jericho would have been better." Monna Lisa pointed out. "He's a way bigger threat than Donny was, and if Wallace joins the other side, we're looking at a two-way tie in votes, anyway."
"How do we know that we have Wallace's vote, anyway?" Monna Lisa asked.
"Well…We don't. The only thing I know for sure is that he's close with Yessica, and we may be able to secure his vote through her." Mitchell admitted.
"Well, whatever. It's your idea." Monna Lisa shrugged. "You wanna take this risk, you go right ahead. Just remember that you and Yessica don't really have many more fallbacks now that Jericho knows what you two have been doing."
"I'm taking a risk here, but I need to minimize the risks. Jericho knows that I haven't been honest with him and I need to make sure that my bases are covered." Mitchell admitted. "If we can get Wallace on board, we can totally take Jericho out the instant he doesn't have Immunity anymore."
Wallace was sitting by the fire pit, looking in thought at his current predicament. Yessica came over. "I'm sorry about what happened, Wallace." She admitted. "I tried to get the others to vote out Jericho, but I guess they didn't take."
"It's fine, Yessica. This just makes things a little harder for me." Wallace admitted. "I'd be nowhere if I wasn't used to fighting against the odds by now, anyway."
"I suppose so, but that type of thinking is what got you booted early in Letterz." Yessica smirked.
Wallace sighed. "Don't remind me."
"It's good that Wallace is taking Donny's elimination in stride. I think he was more shaken up by Zita's elimination a while ago." Yessica admitted. "Still, I'm disappointed that Mitchell and Monna Lisa decided to vote out Donny instead of Jericho. I'll need to get some answers from them tomorrow."
"So what now?" Wallace asked. "I assume that your friends are going to try and get me on their side?"
"I think that's the plan." Yessica shrugged. "You're going to have to pick sides, Wallace, and decide which side will be the best one to join."
"Why don't the two of us just join together and make another small alliance?"
"All that would do is make three teams of two in the final six. That's WAY too risky."
"I need to regroup from this. Since I'm not sure where Yessica's loyalties currently lie, I may have just lost my last real ally." Wallace admitted. "I can't take control now. I'm going to need to lay low and hope that the others will focus on each other and ignore me."
(Miyawata Tribe; Day 34)
"Okay. Last night was what I call a success. Mitchell and I were able to come to terms temporarily again and we voted out a bigger threat." Yorgue explained. "Jericho is wanting to take out someone like Monna Lisa or Yessica, but Donny and Wallace are bigger threats in comparison."
"Thank you for helping us back there, Jericho." Yorgue nodded. "You did the right thing."
"How can you say that, Yorgue? Last night was not a victory for me at ALL." Jericho replied. "Monna Lisa I've been trying to get out since the start and Yessica has never liked me in the first place! And instead of doing the rational thing and voting out one of them, you and Mitchell coerce me into voting out someone completely irrelevant!"
Yorgue sighed. "You're not thinking this through, Jericho. Who was the bigger threat?" She asked.
"Those two have lasted this long when they should have been eliminated long ago! How is this not being a threat?!"
"Two swing votes in the final six would have been suicide for the rest of us and you know it. Stop being stubborn."
Jericho paused, taking a few deep breaths. "Fine. I need some time alone to think about this." He said.
"How can this be happening?...All of my power is gone! My loyal allies are gone, the girl I've been trying to woo hates me and now Yorgue is getting independent!" Jericho said. "This shouldn't be happening! I swear I have to be dreaming somehow, but everything points to this actually happening…"
"Wow…Jericho can get real arrogant and insufferable when a vote doesn't go his way. Has he always been this way?" Yorgue asked. "When we started, Jericho seemed this charming guy that had a way with words and was able to win the girls and I over. What did we ever see in him, anyway?"
Monna Lisa was using her mind to levitate a fish out of the water and watched it thrash around in the air for a few seconds before looking around for someone else.
"Anyone wanna have a fish-slapping fight?" Monna Lisa asked. "…Anyone at all? It's a fun sport at summer camp, you know!"
"I'm officially bored, and when you're bored on a desert island, then you tend to find really weird ways to entertain yourself." Monna Lisa rolled her eyes. "Looking back at it, I don't even know WHY I thought trying to get people to have a slap-fight with fish was a good idea."
"Hey, Monna Lisa? I've been wondering something." Yessica said as she came over.
"What's eating you, sister?" Monna Lisa asked, mentally throwing the fish back into the ocean.
"Well, your guest the other day said that I had some psychic potential." Yessica replied. "Do you happen to know how I can bring it out?"
"Not my jurisdiction. Only a full-fledged Psychonaut is allowed to bring out someone's potential." Monna Lisa said, shaking her head. "I'm just a cadet."
"Oh. Well, I guess that makes sense." Yessica shrugged. "I just wanted to make sure."
"Yeah, I can tell you're disappointed. Your aura is a real tell-all." Monna Lisa smirked. "Don't worry, though. Stop by the summer camp sometime and I'm sure Mr. Nein will remember you and be willing to help."
"Can you really blame me for being curious? I literally just found out that I could potentially have the ability to do the stuff that Monna Lisa can do! Of course I'd be all over the chance to do that!" Yessica said. "Still, from what she tells me, I'd need to stop by this freaky summer camp she keeps talking about, and from the stories she's told me, I'd be worried for my safety there."
"What's that summer camp like?" Yessica asked.
"Pretty normal for the most part. It's a summer camp for psychics." Monna Lisa shrugged. "You mostly just need to worry about wandering the woods alone or stepping outside at night. You may run into a psychic bear or a psychic cougar."
"Wait…COUGAR?!"
"What? You don't have cougars at YOUR summer camp?"
"If I did, I'd be putting an application to a different summer camp." Yessica said flatly.
"What's going on over here?" Wallace asked as he came over.
"Get this, Wallace. I found out that I have psychic potential!" Yessica said.
"Yeah. My guest helped her find out about it." Monna Lisa nodded.
"Aw, seriously? I missed out on getting my mind examined to see if I had psychic potential?" Wallace asked.
"It's probably for the best." Monna Lisa rolled her eyes.
"I barely trust Wallace with a machete. There's no WAY I'd trust him with psychic powers capable of blowing out a wall." Monna Lisa said.
"Maybe it IS for the best. I mean, my mind is already filled with genius as it is. I'm not sure how much more it would be able to handle." Wallace admitted. "Besides, if I had all that power, I may end up on a power trip and revert back to my villainous ways. Hehe. You'd need someone like Batman or Superman to defeat me then."
Yorgue saw Mitchell standing on the beach and looking out at the ocean and decided to make her way over. "I was hoping I could talk to you about something, Mitchell." She explained.
Mitchell turned his head and paused. "If we're going to get into another debate about who's in the right, I'm not interested." He replied.
"It's not that. I want to recommend something."
"Like what?" Mitchell asked suspiciously.
"It's clear that Wallace is the biggest threat left, swing vote or not." Yorgue shook her head. "The instant he doesn't have Immunity, I'd like to vote him out."
Mitchell gave a nod. "Yeah. That's what I was thinking anyway. If he didn't have Immunity last time, we probably would have gone for him instead of Donny."
"I know Wallace may be a potential vote, but this is the final six and going against someone as intelligent and crafty as he is in the finals would be stupid for any of us." Mitchell said. "Yourge and I are willing to at least sort things out between us temporarily again so we get vote him out, but I'm only doing it if he doesn't have Immunity. I don't want to alienate Yessica for no reason."
"Where's Jericho stand on this?" Mitchell lifted an eyebrow.
"He's not in the best of moods about this. He wants to get rid of Monna Lisa or Yessica." Yorgue replied.
"Before Wallace in the final six? I don't think so."
"Tell me about it."
"You're seeming a lot more independent, Yorgue." Mitchell noted. "This is a pretty far cry from how lovestruck you and the others girls were around Jericho when we started."
"Okay, I'll admit that he was a smooth talker back then, but we seriously couldn't have been THAT bad."
"You REALLY were."
"I'll admit that when we started I was wanting to go with Jericho to the end because I thought he was a good leader." Yorgue explained. "Now I want to go to the end because I realize now that there's no way he's ever going to be able to win. I'm not sure if he's even got MATT'S vote cemented…"
"So then, temporary truce?" Yorgue asked.
"Sure. Until we get rid of the big threat, anyway." Mitchell said with a shrug. "Which hopefully shouldn't be that long."
"Now we just need to worry about Jericho and getting his vote for this."
"…You know? It's actually kinda creeping me out at how different you are now compared to what you were when we started." Mitchell said.
"I wasn't that bad! I couldn't have been!"
"Do yourself a favour and watch this season back later. You'll be surprised with yourself."
"I'll admit that it's nice seeing one of Jericho's 'girls' turn their back on him like this. Maybe it's because Yorgue was away from him for a while during the Tribal Swap." Mitchell reasoned. "Will this change my opinion on her? Outside the game, maybe. But in the game it's too little too late. We'll be going back to opponents as soon as Wallace is gone."
Jericho paced around behind the shelter, looking frustrated at what was going on.
"How could this be happening?...I started the game so well!" Jericho said. "How could things have gone downhill so fast and so badly?! Am I losing my touch?"
"You can't lose what you never had to begin with." Yessica said, leaning up against a tree.
"Shut up!" Jericho snapped. "You've been leading me on! Why wouldn't you tell me that you weren't interested?!"
"I was doing a friend of mine a favour. Her name is Couscous." Yessica said, eyes narrowed. "I've played along because it was what she wanted. She wanted you to crash and burn, and after having you relentlessly try to seduce me with your sleazy words and non-existent charm, I feel the same way!"
"This feels so amazing. I've had these feelings pent up for so long and it felt good for me to just let it out and tell Jericho what I thought of him." Yessica admitted. "I'll admit it may be a little out of character for me to act like this because I consider myself a friendly girl normally, but if you had to deal with this guy for as long as I did, you'd probably crack, too."
"Just note that you're on borrowed time, Yessica." Jericho said. "You've only got Monna Lisa. If I wanted to, I could get the others to vote you out so quickly…"
"If you think that, then you truly ARE beyond help." Yessica said as she walked off.
"She's going to pay. I'll get Mitchell and Yorgue to vote her out." Jericho said, eyes narrowed.
"I'm not letting this slow me down. All I'm going to need to do is rethink a few things. I've still got half the votes." Jericho muttered. "I just need to get Yorgue and Mitchell to give me a hand. If I'm stubborn and refuse to budge, maybe I can get them to vote with me instead of the other way around…"
(Miyawata Tribe; Day 35)
"So are you willing to join up and help take out Jericho, Wallace?" Yessica asked.
"I think so. I've weighed my options and I don't think I want to risk Jericho in the finals." Wallace admitted.
"…Would he even be capable of GETTING any votes?" Monna Lisa asked, eyebrow lifted.
"I can't deny that he's played a ruthless game." Wallace reminded. "Like I said, I don't want to risk it."
"If you say so."
"At this point, I don't even CARE if Jericho isn't a threat anymore. He's been a pain in my pretty little posterior for WAY too long." Monna Lisa rolled her visible eye. "I'm sure the others will agree with me on that, too. I just want him GONE."
"What if Jericho wins Immunity?" Wallace asked.
"Then we'll go after Yorgue. She's his only real ally left." Yessica explained. "AND she's the strongest person left, so that makes her an even bigger threat."
"She should logically be the one getting targeted since we've made the merge. Has her name even come up ONCE?" Monna Lisa asked. "I honestly can't remember anymore."
"Look, the point is that we're just going to vote for Jericho, and if he doesn't have Immunity, we'll just vote for Yorgue, right?" Wallace asked. "I'm fine with that."
"I think I'm in a good spot, but I can't get too comfortable. I know I'm a tempting target if I don't have Immunity, so I think I may need to go on a winning streak." Wallace said. "Long shot? Maybe, but if they're all mental challenges, I know I've got the others beat."
"We've got treemail." Yorgue announced as she walked into camp.
"So what's it say?" Yessica asked as she and the others gathered around.
"It's wondering if…We know the things others would say." Yorgue read. "What does that even MEAN?"
"I guess we'll find out." Jericho shrugged.
"I think I've heard of these types of challenges before. I just need to think about who could be the one to say something." Jericho smirked. "Perfect. This could be the challenge for someone with either a great memory or good deduction skills. I should have a good shot at this."
(Final Reward Challenge)
The six finalists emerged from the jungle and onto a clearing. Everyone walked over to their mat and stepped on to begin the challenge.
"Welcome to your final Reward Challenge, Miyawata Tribe. Here, we will be testing your knowledge on the people you have outlasted." SSBFreak said. Everyone saw a trivia table set up nearby. "I will say a quote said by someone who is currently eliminated from the game, and you simply need to buzz in with the correct answer. Note that this the quotes were all said in confessionals, and by people who have already been eliminated, so the answers will not be any of your six. The first to get three quotes correct will win Reward, which is a sightseeing trip on the ocean."
"If you'll all come over here, we can begin."
The six contestants walked over to the table and prepared to buzz in, ready for the challenge to start.
"Okay. For Reward, here's the first question…" SSBFreak said. "Who said 'wait until I'm against her in a challenge that requires physical violence'?"
Yessica was quick to buzz in. "That had to have been Kasimar." She said.
"That's correct. Yessica gets her first point." SSBFreak said. "Here's the next question: Who said 'so he's lucky fer now, but the instant he least expects it, BOOM! Frickin' blindside!'?"
Jericho sighed and buzzed in. "That was totally Couscous."
"That's correct. Jericho and Yessica are tied at one." SSBFreak said. "Here's the next one: Who said 'we gotta badmouth Jericho a bit, but what he doesn't know won't hurt him'?"
Jericho buzzed in again. "Was it Matt?"
"No."
Yorgue buzzed in. "Mitchell?" She asked.
"Incorrect."
Wallace quickly buzzed in. "Then by process of elimination, it was Saur!" He exclaimed.
"Corect. Wallace is now on board with one point." SSBFreak said. "Here's the next one: Who said 'as long as the two outcasts are still looking for the idol, we know that it's still in play'?"
"It has to have been a Total Drama player." Yessica muttered as she buzzed in. "Zita?"
"Incorrect."
Wallace buzzed in again. "Was it Donny?"
"That is indeed correct. Wallace now has two of the three points needed to win." SSBFreak said. "Here's the next one: Who said 'if we can prove to him that his trusted ally isn't very trustworthy, then we'll be in his good graces'?"
Mitchell quickly buzzed in. "Was it Kathy?" He asked.
"That's correct. Mitchell is now on the board. Monna Lisa and Yorgue and the only ones without a point now." SSBFreak said. "Here's the next one: Who said 'I want to strangle that pink-haired twerp for staring at me like that'?"
Almost everyone buzzed in, but Monna Lisa was first. "Kasimar." She said with a smirk.
"Correct. Now Yorgue is the only one without a point." SSBFreak said. "Here's the next one: Who said 'I hate having to put too much effort into things, but if I find the idol, then I'll admit that it was worth it'?"
Again, most buzzed in. This time Jericho had the faster draw. "Helen." He said.
"That's correct. Now Jericho has two points as well and is tied with Wallace." SSBFreak said "Here's the next one: Who said 'she's one of our strongest right now and she's probably fine until the merge'?"
Everyone paused in thought for a few moments before deciding to buzz in randomly. Jericho was first. "Donny?"
"No."
Mitchell buzzed in. "Arianna?"
"Incorrect."
Monna Lisa buzzed in. "Xyly?"
"Again, no."
Wallace buzzed in. "Matt?"
"Nope."
Yessica buzzed in. "Um…Zita?"
"That…Is correct. Yessica now has two points and is tied with Jericho and Wallace." SSBFreak said.
Yessica looked visibly relieved. "That was a complete guess."
"Here's the next one." SSBFreak said. "Who said 'When I play this idol, I want the shock to be on EVERYONE'S faces'?"
Wallace was quick to buzz in. "That was Kasimar again!"
"That is…Correct! Wallace now had his third point! The challenge is over!" SSBFreak announced. "Wallace wins Reward!"
"Was there ever any doubt?" Wallace gave a smirk.
(Later…)
"Congratulations on winning Reward, Wallace. You will spend the rest of the day on the ocean sightseeing tour and will rejoin the others tomorrow." SSBFreak said. "However, we will let you bring one of the others along with you."
"That's easy. I'll bring Yessica." Wallace replied.
"That's fine with me." Yessica nodded as she walked over to Wallace.
"Wallace and Yessica will be going on their Reward and join up with the rest of you at tomorrow's Immunity Challenge." SSBFreak told the others. "For the rest of you, I'm afraid that I have nothing. You can all head back to camp."
(Miyawata Tribe)
"I wonder why Wallace decided to bring Yessica." Mitchell pondered. "I mean, I thought you guys said you may have already secured his vote."
"There are some times where strategy has nothing to do with it, you doof." Monna Lisa rolled her eyes. "Wallace and Yessica are friends, aren't they?"
"Oh, yeah. I guess they are."
"Honestly, considering he's not that close with anyone else, I shouldn't be surprised that Wallace ended up taking Yessica with him." Monna Lisa noted. "To be fair, I think Yessica could use a bit of a breather after what she's been through."
"You have to admit that she'll probably enjoy this trip more than the one she had with Jericho." Monna Lisa added.
"Yeah. I suppose so." Mitchell scratched his head. "So where does this leave us? You think Yessica may be tempted to join him?"
"I dunno. Would he benefit from it?"
"Only if one of us is voted out."
"Yessica may be in a great spot here. If Jericho ends up voting out either Monna Lisa or I, then Yessica may just join up with Wallace and start a new alliance." Mitchell explained. "I consider Wallace a huge threat as it is. Yessica may not realize it until she's in the finals with him."
Meanwhile, Jericho and Yorgue were having a discussion, and it was obvious that Yorgue was trying to get something through to Jericho again.
"See what Mitchell and I were getting at, Jericho?" Yorgue asked. "Wallace was able to beat everyone at the challenge. He's a big threat to keep around!"
"Yessica and I were both close to winning that challenge, Yorgue." Jericho insisted. "It was just luck that Wallace managed to beat us at all."
"His intelligence played a part. Smart people are always the biggest threats here!"
"Then wouldn't that make ME a big threat?" Jericho challenged.
"Wallace is a bigger threat!"
"I refuse to believe that Wallace, with the arrow painted in his hair and the dumb mustache, is someone people consider to be smarter than me." Jericho said, eyes narrowed. "All I've been hearing lately is getting him out because he's too smart. Then again, maybe this is good for me because I'm sure I'd be targeted once Wallace goes."
(Sea)
A speedboat raced through the ocean, towards a small island with what looked like an inactive volcano on it. Yessica leaned over the side of the boat and let the sea breeze hit her face.
"Oh, I've missed the feeling of a sea breeze!" Yessica said. "This feels so invigorating!"
"Kinda thought you'd like it, Yessica." Wallace said, sitting back in the boat. "Sit down for a moment. We're going to get a good view of that volcano."
Yessica sat down as she looked at Wallace. "Thanks for bringing me along, Wallace." She said. "I needed a pick-me-up after the last Reward I went on."
"Who else could I bring looking at who's left?" Wallace smirked. "You and I have known each other the longest."
"Yessica's a good friend of mine, even if she IS hanging out with the opponents as well. It seemed only logical that I take her with me." Wallace reasoned. "Plus, it'll give me a chance to discuss a few things with her and I think she's the only one of the remaining players I can semi-trust right now."
"Yessica, I need to ask this. How good are my chances at staying next council?" Wallace asked.
Yessica sighed. "I'm not going to sugarcoat it, Wallace. You're going to need to win Immunity." She replied. "You're the smartest one left and I know that'll make you a tempting target if you aren't immune."
"I'm not sure if I should take that as a compliment." Wallace joked.
"Wallace, I'm serious!"
"I'm trying to help Wallace because he's my friend, but he needs to take things more seriously. He's in serious trouble if he doesn't win Immunity and I'm not sure what else I can do for him." Yessica sighed. "He needs to win tomorrow or else I'm sure he's going to end up as a target by a lot of the others."
"I appreciate your concern, Yessica. You have my word that I'm going to be serious in the challenge tomorrow." Wallace assured. "I know my survival is based around me winning Immunity now, but I don't want to think about it at the moment. How about we just enjoy the trip for now, okay?"
Yessica paused, then nodded. "Okay." She said. "So are we sure that volcano is inactive?"
"It's what the guide said." Wallace shrugged. "Pity, really. Volcano-based lairs are always cool…"
"Aren't they also almost always destroyed by molten lava when the heroes win?" Yessica quizzed with a smirk.
"Touche."
"I may still be in an alliance with Mitchell and Monna Lisa, but I still want to help Wallace as best as I can." Yessica explained. "Seriously, there are times where I think he needs all the help he can get…"
"The plan is basically for me to go on an Immunity run until the end. Considering we've only got a few days left, it shouldn't be terribly hard." Wallace noted. "I know I've got the mind challenges beat, and I think I can out-muscle most of the remaining players. I just need to hope that, if it IS a physical challenge, we can find a way to keep Yorgue from winning…"
(Miyawata Tribe; Day 36)
"So what's the plan?" Monna Lisa asked. "Do we just try to keep Wallace from winning Immunity?"
"If we can get away with it, but if Wallace wins Immunity, we'll gun for Jericho." Mitchell replied. "That way, we know we'll have Yessica's vote cemented."
"Shouldn't Jericho be the main target anyway?" Monna Lisa asked. "I think we should be keeping Jericho from winning Immunity instead of Wallace."
"Wallace is a way bigger threat than Jericho could ever hope to be."
"If we're worried about keeping Yessica's vote, why would we be wanting to target her friend first? It'd make more sense to go after Jericho first." Monna Lisa shrugged. "Meh. I guess we'll just have to see who doesn't win Immunity…"
Jericho was walking over to the treemail box alone. He appeared to be in thought, something he had been doing quite a lot lately.
"Maybe I can convince Mitchell and Yorgue to vote my way if Wallace wins Immunity." Jericho muttered. "I need to regain control here…"
"I'm not going to let myself get undermined here. It'll be a challenge to get back in the driver's seat, but I'm used to a challenge." Jericho explained. "If Wallace winning Immunity will get the others to vote with me, then maybe I should give Wallace a hand with his attempts to win without making it look like I was."
"This could still work. Wallace just needs to win Immunity." Jericho admitted. "Maybe I can get the others to vote for Yessica, then."
Reaching into the treemail box, Jericho fished out a letter. "Time for the challenge." He said to himself as he made his way back to camp. "Treemail's here." He announced as the other three gathered around.
"So what's the challenge?" Yorgue asked.
"It's wondering if we're good at balancing with a handicap." Jericho read. "Hmm…Wonder what that could mean."
"Probably means that we're gonna be carrying something while balancing." Mitchell rolled his eyes.
"I suppose we'll find out." Yorgue explained. "Let's head out. We'll see Wallace and Yessica at the challenge."
"Depending on what type of challenge it is, this may be good for me. If it's a heavy lifting challenge, I have everyone else beat." Yorgue explained. "But if it involves some kind of balance, like walking with a weight, it could still be anyone's game. If we can keep Immunity out of Wallace's hands, it'll be good for us."
(Immunity Challenge)
The four players from camp walked into another clearing from the jungle. Seeing their mat on the ground, everyone walked over and stepped on.
"Before we continue, let's bring out Wallace and Yessica, who are returning from their Reward trip." SSBFreak said as the two said contestants walked in from the side and joined the others. "Welcome to your next Immunity Challenge, Miyawata Tribe. Here, we will be testing your balance as well as your ability to carry something while doing so." Everyone saw six long balance beams sets up, each with a pedestal at each end. One of the pedestals on each beam was empty while the other held two balls. "Your goal is to traverse from one side of your balance beam to the other, pick up a ball, which each weigh twenty-five pounds, and carry it back across your beam to put it on your pedestal. You must then go back across the beam for your second ball and do the same. If you fall off at any point, you must start again from the side of the beam you are currently attempting to cross. The first person to successfully bring both of their balls from one side of their beam to the other will win Immunity and be safe from elimination at tonight's Tribal Council."
"If you'll all come over here and pick a beam, we can begin." SSBFreak said.
The six remaining players walked over to the beams and climbed up onto them, on the far side of the beams opposite the ide with the balls.
"Okay. For Immunity, Survivors ready?..." SSBFreak said. "…Go!"
The six players quickly started working their way across their beams, going at different paces. The ones going at the fastest pace were Monna Lisa and Yessica, and they both quickly paid for it by toppling off their beams early on.
"Ugh. So much for that idea." Monna Lisa said as she made her way back to the start of the beam and climbed back on again.
Mitchell quickly noticed that he was on similar pace with Wallace. He was tempted to try and come up with a way he could make Wallace lose, but he decided against it when he figured there was no way to do it discretely. It looked like he'd have to just beat Wallace the normal way.
Yorgue had made it about halfway across the beam before she suddenly lost her balance and fell off, landing on her feet. Seeing that Monna Lisa and Yessica were catching up to the pack, Yorgue raced back to the start so she didn't waste too much time.
Jericho was currently in the lead, and managed to make it to the other side of the beam without falling. Jericho quickly grabbed one of the two balls that had been set up for him.
"Jericho a quarter of the way done." SSBFreak announced.
Jericho started making his way across the beam again, but as he did, Mitchell and Wallace managed to cross the beam as well. They each grabbed a ball and quickly returned to the beam to go after Jericho.
"It appears to be a three-way race, now." The host announced.
"Come on, guys. Fall." Monna Lisa muttered as she continued to work her way across her beam.
Mitchell and Wallace were starting to move a little faster now and were starting to gain some ground, catching up to Jericho in the process. However, Mitchell lost his focus for a second and paid for it, falling off the beam with the ball in hand.
"Since Mitchell has a ball, he doesn't need to start all over, but he still needs to go to the side of the beam where he got the ball in the first place." SSBFreak announced.
"I guess that's a good thing." Mitchell noted as he went to the far side of the beam and climbed up. "But I lost my lead…"
In traveling back to the side of the beam where he got his ball, Mitchell saw that Monna Lisa and Yessica had made it to there as well and were overtaking him. This left Mitchell in the back of the pack with Yorgue.
"Okay. Let's get back on the stupid beam…" Monna Lisa muttered.
Jericho saw that Wallace was catching up to him, but Jericho tried to make sure that he stayed ahead. The two seemed evenly-matched as they reached the other side of the beam, where they had originally started, at the same time. The two placed their balls on their provided pedestals.
"Jericho and Wallace are half done." SSBFreak announced. "The first person to do that again will win the challenge."
"Things are starting to look up." Wallace smirked. "If I can stay at this pace…"
Yorgue was managing to catch up to Mitchell, having picked up a ball and was now on the way back in an attempt to catch the others. "I'm not letting Mitchell of all people beat me." She said determinedly.
Suddenly, Yessica lost her balance and tumbled off the beam. The blonde groaned to herself. "I was so close to the end of the beam!" She lamented as she went back to the other side of the beam to try again.
Yorgue had, by now, managed to catch up to Mitchell and the two rivals were now trying to overtake each other, trying to stay ahead.
"It's obvious we're both behind at this point, Yorgue. We're not winning." Mitchell pointed out.
"That may be so, but I'm not going to let you beat me regardless." Yorgue replied sharply.
"How mature." Mitchell rolled his eyes.
Monna Lisa managed to make it to the other side of the beam alone since Yessica had fallen off. Monna Lisa quickly put her first ball on the provided pedestal.
"Monna Lisa is still in the running, but Jericho and Wallace are still quite a ways ahead of her."
"May as well get it over with, then." Monna Lisa admitted as she started going across the beam again.
Jericho and Wallace were still ahead and still close to each other as they continued to work their way towards the last remaining balls. However, when they had almost arrived at the end of the beam, Jericho made a misstep and fell off the beam.
"Ugh! How could that have happened?!" Jericho asked himself as he rushed back to the start of the beam again.
This, of course, left things wide open for Wallace. Wallace reached the end of the beam and quickly scooped up the second ball from his pedestal. Wallace was quick to return to the beam and start making his way back across again.
"Wallace now has the second ball. If he makes it across, he wins."
Yessica, having climbed back onto the beam again by now, was ahead of Wallace in terms of distance across the beams, but didn't look like she was putting as much effort into the challenge anymore. "I don't have a shot at winning at this point." She lamented.
Jericho climbed back onto the start of the beam and started working his way across again. This time, Monna Lisa was well ahead of him and was about halfway across the beam. Jericho grunted in annoyance as he started again, now trailing two people by a fair bit.
While Wallace was about halfway to the end of the beam, Mitchell and Yorgue had arrived and put their first balls on their pedestals.
"Mitchell and Yorgue are now on the board, but they need to seriously step it up if they want a chance at winning."
"I think this challenge is pretty much over." Mitchell shook his head.
Monna Lisa had finally arrived at the far side of the beam and quickly grabbed her second ball, signifying that she could go back across again. At the same time, Yessica had arrived at the starting point and had put her first ball on her pedestal.
"Yessica is on the board and Monna Lisa is on her way back with her second ball."
However, it wasn't meant to be. Just after Yessica had put her first ball on the pedestal, Wallace had crossed the beam again and had put his second ball beside his first.
"Wallace had collected both balls! The challenge is over!" SSBFreak announced. "Wallace wins Immunity!"
"Yes! Two in a row!" Wallace cheered.
(Later…)
"Congratulations on winning Immunity, Wallace. You have a one-in-five shot at winning the game." SSBFreak said as he handed Wallace the Immunity Necklace.
"I have a feeling I needed this." Wallace assured.
SSBFreak turned to the other five players. "Wallace is safe for now, but I'll be seeing all of you tonight at Tribal Council, where another of you will be voted out of the game. It's going to be a hard elimination considering it's only three days from the finale, but it needs to be done. I'll again give you the rest of the day to make up your minds, but for now, you can all head back to camp."
(Miyawata Tribe)
"Looks like Wallace won Immunity, which is good for him because it takes the target off his back." Monna Lisa shrugged. "Now Mitchell and I can help them vote off Jericho since he was the alternate anyway, and I'm pretty sure the others will be down with getting rid of him."
"So, Jericho tonight?" Mitchell asked.
"I've been waiting for this moment for a long time." Yessica grinned.
"What's Jericho planning, anyway?" Monna Lisa asked Mitchell.
"He wants either you or Yessica out. He doesn't seem to care which goes first at the moment." Mitchell replied.
"So he thinks you're still loyal to him?"
"Not really, but he's more cautious around me." Mitchell admitted.
"We may have to keep an eye on him in case he tries something…" Wallace mused.
"Yorgue's the one we need to watch, Wallace." Yessica explained.
"That may be so, but I'm not ruling Jericho out completely."
"I've seen Jericho's type. Even the most-incompetent people will find a way to claw their way to safety if backed into a corner." Wallace admitted. "It may look like Jericho's blind enough not to see a blindside coming, but he's still crafty. I wouldn't put it past him to come up with a crazy last-minute strategy."
Meanwhile, Yorgue and Jericho were talking about the vote, discussing on what they were going to do.
"I've got the idol, Jericho. I'm using it tonight." Yorgue explained.
"I still say you're wasting it, Yorgue. I can beat her in a tiebreaker." Jericho insisted.
"There isn't going to BE a tie, Jericho! We don't have Mitchell!" Yorgue explained. "We lost Mitchell's vote the instant Wallace won Immunity!"
Jericho gave a sigh. "Well, I suppose I'll have to let you do as you wish then." He said. "Just don't be upset when the vote comes up as a tie anyway."
"You know that I'm right, Jericho. You're just too stubborn to admit it." Yorgue sighed.
"It's no secret that I'll be using my idol tonight, which makes me glad I've got it and not Jericho. If he thought Mitchell was with him, there's no way he'd use it." Yorgue explained. "Good thing I know better. Jericho's the next-best target after Wallace, and it seems like Jericho isn't even aware of it."
"I know that I'm not going anywhere, but I still think Yorgue's wasting the idol. It'd come in handier in the final five, where it expires. I know we'd get the upper hand there." Jericho pointed out. "Still, if that's what she wants to do, I'm not going to stop her."
(Tribal Council)
The six contestants walked into Tribal Council with their torches. Seeing the dwindling number of seats, everyone sat down as they waited to begin.
"Before we start, let's bring out the current members of the jury." SSBFreak explained. "Zita, Couscous, Helen, Matt and Donny, who was voted out at the last Tribal Council."
Donny followed the rest of the jury into the hut as they walked over to the jury bench. Donny was now wearing a pair of gray pants and a red shirt with an angry face on it, and a yellow toque adorned his head. Everyone sat down to the side.
"As usual, the jury is here only to watch the outcome of Tribal Council. You are not to address them and they will not address you." SSBFreak explained before he decided to start asking questions. "Wallace, you seemed to be getting along with Donny the most. How did you take his elimination?"
"It hurt a bit because Donny and I seemed to be in it for ourselves for a while. The way that we seemed to be in between two warring sides didn't really help matters."
"It didn't help you anyway because that fact alone made you both big threats." Yorgue explained.
"You keep saying that." Wallace folded his arms.
"Care to tell your side of the story, Yorgue?"
"There were three sides, while Donny and Wallace were in the middle. They could have easily kept flipping, taking everyone else out before making a concrete decision." Yorgue explained. "Getting rid of them was really for the good o the rest of us."
"Who's the bigger threat of the two?"
"No offense to Donny, but Wallace is the bigger threat. We all consider him the smartest left, and he's actually real lucky that he's got Immunity tonight."
"That does little to make me feel better." Donny muttered.
"Mitchell, you helped vote out Donny. Do you agree with Yorgue?" SSBFreak asked.
"Yeah. Two undecided votes in the final eight is just too risky to leave alone." Mitchell shook his head. "Something needed to be done before they gained power."
"By the time we would have gotten any sort of power, it would have been time for the finale." Wallace insisted.
"And which of us would you two have taken to the end?" Mitchell countered.
Wallace appeared to falter. "…Um…We…Hadn't decided that yet."
"I rest my case."
Donny and Zita slapped themselves in the forehead. "Just as smooth as ever, Wallace." Zita moaned.
"Monna Lisa, who do you think the targets are tonight?" SSBFreak asked.
"Since Wallace has Immunity, Jericho will likely be targeting either me or Yessica. We don't really know who." Monna Lisa shrugged. "Well, we're targeting him right back to make up for it."
"Not that it makes any difference. I've got the votes." Jericho pointed out.
"Yeah. Keep telling yourself that, greasy."
"Look, at worst we're looking at a tie!" Jericho insisted.
"The sad thing is that you actually believe that." Monna Lisa smirked.
Couscous smirked as well. "Dat's tellin' him, kiddo." She said.
"Jericho, do you really think there's going to be a tie tonight?" SSBFreak asked.
"I have Yorgue and Mitchell. That's enough to tie it right there." Jericho explained.
"Jericho, we don't have Mitchell!" Yorgue explained.
"The vote will decide that, Yorgue." Jericho explained.
"I never realized he was THIS deluded." Matt lifted an eyebrow.
"Yessica, who's getting your vote tonight?" SSBFreak explained.
"Now that I can stop pretending, my votes are going to be obvious." Yessica said. "I'm voting for Jericho, and I not going to vote for anyone else until he's eliminated."
"Way to be subtle about it." Yorgue noted.
"All I'm doing is answering the question truthfully, Yorgue." Yessica replied. "And believe me, after everything he's put me through, it feels good to finally be able to say it."
"I'll make sure that your words will be your undoing, girl." Jericho explained.
"Right back at you, creepo."
"Okay. I think that's enough questions." SSBFreak explained. "Before we continue, I still have to ask: Wallace, are you keeping Immunity tonight?"
"After hearing how much of a threat I am? Of course I am."
"With that, Wallace is immune and cannot be voted out. It's now time to vote." SSBFreak explained. "Wallace, you're up."
Wallace got up and left the hut to go vote. Approaching the table, Wallace scribbled a name down before voting and walking away.
Monna Lisa approached the table and wrote a name down, revealing it. "It's been way too long." She said, having voted for Jericho.
Jericho looked a little mad as he walked up to the table. He scribbled a name down, took a deep breath and voted silently before returning to the hut.
Yessica wrote a name down and turned it, revealing Jericho's name. "I'm keeping my promise. No voting for anyone but you." She said before voting.
Yorgue sighed as she wrote a name down. "Looks like this is going to work." She said as she voted and walked away from the table.
Mitchell, the last to vote, walked up to the table and wrote a name down. The blonde man shoved his vote into the urn before returning to the hut.
Once all six players voted, SSBFreak left to fetch the urn and returned with it moments later. "When I read the names, the person with the most votes will be asked to bring forward their torch and leave Tribal Council immediately." SSBFreak explained.
"Then I'm going to play this." Yorgue explained as she stood up, revealing the idol Helen had given her. The others looked stunned. "I'm playing it on Jericho."
SSBFreak examined the idol. "This is indeed the Harrack Immunity Idol. All votes cast against Jericho will now be void." He explained.
"How was that idol still in use?!" Yessica asked as Yorgue returned to her seat. "I thought it would have been taken out of play by now!"
Couscous cursed loudly.
"Now that the idol has been played, it's now time to read the votes…" SSBFreak explained.
"…First vote; Jericho. Not counted." Jericho sat back.
"Jericho. Void." The others looked forlorn at their foiled plan.
"Jericho. Invalid." Jericho folded his arms and sighed.
"…Jericho. That's four invalid votes." This caused Jericho's eyes to widen in surprise.
"…Monna Lisa." Monna Lisa's eyes widened, as did Mitchell's. "Last vote, sixth member of the jury and fifteenth person voted out of Survivor: Central Hub…"
"…Monna Lisa. You need to bring me your torch." SSBFreak explained.
The pink-haired girl sighed before giving a chuckle and standing up. "I have to admit, that was a good move, Yorgue." She said as she grabbed her torch. "Didn't even see it coming."
"Monna Lisa, the tribe has spoken." SSBFreak explained as he extinguished Monna Lisa's torch. "It's time for you to go."
"…I think I'll leave in style." Monna Lisa said as she summoned a Levitation orb of psychic energy, jumped on it and rolled out of Tribal Council, riding atop her mental orb.
When Monna Lisa vanished from sight, SSBFreak turned to look at the finalists. "It was clear not many of you saw that coming. Monna Lisa is gone just a few days shy of the finale, but we're still not done yet. We still have three more days and some more eliminations." The host explained. "It's time to decide who you want in the finals with you, because said finals are fast approaching and we're getting down to the wire. You can all head back to camp."
The five finalists stood up, collected their torches and left Tribal Council. Mitchell brought up the rear, his eye twitching a few times as he looked absolutely furious. Jericho was already in hot water with him, but voting off a kid like Monna Lisa was the last straw for him. Mitchell started throwing some ideas around in his head. Jericho wasn't walking away from this one…
"Man. Three days from the finals. I can't believe how close I made it. Still, I guess I can't complain with my performance. Thirty-six days for an eight year-old with asthma? That's pretty good." Monna Lisa shrugged. "Mitchell and Yessica? One of you two had BETTER make the finals. I'm not voting for anyone else."
Voting History:
Jericho – Mitchell, Monna Lisa, Wallace and Yessica (NOT COUNTED)
Monna Lisa – Jericho and Yorgue
Author's Notes: And there goes the person people probably liked the most. I know most people liked Monna Lisa, but she was never meant to make the finals. I'll admit that her position changed a lot in planning stages, and in the earliest stages she was gone before Couscous. She never lasted any further than sixth in any planning stage because the story needed her to go before the finals. Monna Lisa will definitely be missed by all, including me.
(Ponderosa)
The sun was shining bright on the jury house as the limo drove up to the front door again. The back door opened and Monna Lisa hopped out, closing the door behind her.
"Thanks for the ride." Monna Lisa explained.
"Watch yourself in there, kid." The driver said. "I hear it's a madhouse."
"With Couscous and Matt in the same place? I'll bet it is." Monna Lisa chuckled as the limo drove off. Monna Lisa walked up to the front door.
"The doctors had to keep me for a little while because they were worried if my asthma had gotten worse after my time on the island, but I was cleared and was allowed to come here." Monna Lisa explained. "I guess now I gotta think about jury questions, but I just need to hope that there's someone there that I want to vote for."
Monna Lisa entered the mansion and was quickly greeted with a familiar shout.
"GIT OUTTA DA KITCHEN, MATT!" Couscous yelled.
"Quit playing with the gym equipment, Matt!" Donny yelled from another direction. "You're throwing me off, here!"
"EEEEEEK! MATT, GET OUT OF THE BATHROOM!" Zita shrieked from another direction.
Monna Lisa blinked. "How are they all yelling at Matt at the same time?" She asked.
"Hey, kid." Two identical-sounding voices said from the side. Monna Lisa turned and saw two Matts leaning against the wall. "What's up?" They both asked as one.
Monna Lisa blinked again. "Okay. What the HECK is going on here?!" She asked.
"Hey, Monn Lisa." A third Matt greeted as he came over. "I see you've met some of my copies."
"Copies?"
Matt held up a half-eaten Copy Flower. "This thing creates at least a dozen copies of you when you eat it." He explained.
"We don't even know if the Matt that was at Tribal Council back there was the real Matt." Helen added as she walked into view.
"Okay. I take back what I said about some of the power-ups." Matt explained. "Copy Flowers are FUN."
Couscous grumbled as she walked into the living room with a plate of food. "Here's some grub fer ya, kid. Sorry ya got eliminated back dere." She said.
"No one saw it coming. I admit that it was a good move." Monna Lisa admitted with a shrug. "I'm not too torn up about it. Mind you, I HAVE been missing your cooking."
"I still haven't really tasted any of it." Matt (one of them, anyway) shrugged.
"And yer not getting' any! Ah ain't making food fer no lackey of Jericho!" Couscous snapped.
"If it makes any difference, I knew he wasn't as good as he said he was." Matt replied.
Couscous groaned and swatted at Matt, but the instant she did, Matt disintegrated upon impact. "Ugh! Dat was anotha clone!" She cursed.
"Another one? How many clones did Matt create?" Helen asked, looking up from a sketchpad.
Couscous decided not to bother and looked at Monna Lisa. "Ah'm just hopin' dat Mitch or Yessica makes da finals." She said. "Ah dun wanna vote fer Jericho or Yorgue."
"You and me both." Monna Lisa said.
"Ah guess it's good dat we've still got a couple of allies there in da final five, so da chance of one of dem makin' it to da finals is pretty good." Couscous admitted. "Ah just hope dat Jericho doesn't get lucky and vote dem out back-to-back."
Donny came walking in from the gym and saw Monna Lisa on a couch, eating. "Oh. Sorry I didn't come out to greet you, kid." He said. "One of Matt's clones was bugging me in the gym and I lost track of time."
"You know it was a clone?"
"I hit him with a punching bag and he blew up. I don't think it was the real one." Donny said flatly before looking at Matt, realizing that there were now five Matts standing around the living area. "Which one of you is the real one?! Matt, this isn't even funny!"
"It WAS funny." Helen admitted. "But I admit it's gotten a little stale at this point, Matt."
"You guys are just jealous that you can't use my power-ups." All of the Matts smirked, talking in unison.
"…Okay. Now that's just creepy."
"Ah'll claw each one of ya until Ah find da one dat don't blow up!" Couscous said.
Monna Lisa concentrated before her eyes widened in surprise. "They've all got the same brain patterns." She explained. "I literally can't tell which one of the, if any, is the real one!"
"Holy Toledo. This hasn't happened before…This is actually an amazing find. An army of clones that share the same brain patterns? This has never been discovered before!" Monna Lisa explained. "Matt's actually found a way to make clones of himself and still be able to mentally control each of them as if each of the clones was part of his subconscious! This is amazing!"
"So…How do we find out which of them is the real one?" Helen asked.
SLAP!
Everyone looked in the direction of the hall bathroom and saw a furious, soaking wet and clad-in-a-towel Zita storming out of the bathroom, dragging a visibly-dazed Matt. Zita tossed Matt on the floor. "And STAY out!" She said before retreating back into the bathroom and locking the door behind her.
"I…Think we found him." Monna Lisa explained.
"When this is over, I'm going to have Wallace build me a personal alarm system that'll go off when anyone comes within a ten-foot radius of me." Zita said flatly.
"Don't look at me like that. I wasn't trying to peep. I was trying to throw an Ice Flower into the tub." Matt rolled his eyes.