A/N: It's the finals! So let's recap: Julie has just eliminated herself, and now she's going to help Owen and Gwen with the final challenge. She could change the very outcome of this challenge with anything she does. But will she change anything? Will she have Gwen, one of her good friends, win, or will she let Owen win? Stay where you are and start reading! Review, disclaimer is in the first chapter. Oh right! This is the CANADIAN ending, not the US ending, even though they are one and the same. I wonder what it would've been like if Gwen won...ah well! Enjoy!
"TO THE CONFESSION BOOTH PEOPLE! THAT MEANS EVERYONE! TIME TO CONFESS YOUR THOUGHTS!" Chris's voice screamed through the loudspeaker. I got up, got changed, walked out of the cabin, and took in a deep breath. It was finally over. "JULIE! YOU'RE UP FIRST!" I walked to the booth and started confessing.
"Well, I haven't been here often, but I've been forced to come in here, so I have no real choice. I had a great deal of fun here, but there'll be more elaboration later. The food? OH NO! That was probably the worst food I've ever had, but I managed to tough it out! I'm actually surprised I survived without wreaking any damage to my internal organs. But kudos to Chef anyway! He made it feel like a real summer camp—food wise! So, for eight weeks, I really emerged as a person. It was absolutely wonderful! I mean, I met some really mean and wicked people, but in the end, most of them turned out to be okay. I think I managed to befriend everyone in some way—except for Heather. She's a lost cause, she is. There were quite a few times when I lost control, but I got it right back. I mean, that's how life works! So, what will I be remembered for? Well, I'd guess a lot of things! My personality, my skills, my ability to befriend a lot of people? I really don't know. I'd rather leave that up to the people at home to decide! See ya, but I think you'd rather be me huh? HAH! You wish! Bye!" I walked out of the booth and back to the cabin, where I saw Heather drop off the love note and the muffin filled with laxatives. I wasn't going to stop this. I was going to let things take their natural course. She was about to turn around, so I hid behind the Confession Booth. Once she was gone, I walked to the cabin. Gwen had just started reading the love note.
"Gwen! What's that in your hand?" I called out to her.
"It's a love note…from Trent." She sighed.
"Let me see." I grabbed it from her and read it. "Good luck today. Love, Trent." I raised an eyebrow. "Interesting. Well, good luck anyway!" I patted her on the shoulder. I ran to the course to stop Heather from putting butter on Gwen's pole. "STOP RIGHT THERE HEATHER!"
"What?! Who's there?! Julie?! Julie!" Heather dropped the butter and looked around. I walked to her.
"Yeah, it's me. What are you doing here?" I asked her.
"Well for your information, I'm going to sabotage Gwen. She is not going to win, not after she ganged up on me!" She went back to buttering the pole. I heard some bushes rustle.
"Heather, someone's coming! Run! I'll take care of it." I told her.
"I thought you supported Gwen." She stated.
"I did. Not anymore. I'm doing my part to ruin her—psychologically. Think about it. If her spirit is crushed, how much of a fight will she put up?" I reasoned, hoping she'd buy my lie.
"So let me get this straight: for these eight weeks, you've been destroying her psychologically? It doesn't seem like it."
"Well, first you have to get her on your side. I told her I'd help her win. In reality, I'm going to do everything in my power to get Owen to win. She doesn't deserve the money."
"I see. Wow, I'd never get the ulterior motives you have. Okay!" She ran off, leaving me with the butter.
"Sucker." I wiped off all of the butter she had put on, which wasn't much, and I ran off, disposing of the butter. By the time I got back, Owen and Gwen were talking, and she gave him the cupcake. Yes! Everything is going according to plan! We headed to the lodge for breakfast and then we went to the course. Of course, I waited in the sidelines. I'm coming on my own cue, not anyone else's.
"Now it's time to welcome the 20 campers who did not make it to the finals!" Chris announced. Ezekiel, Eva, Noah, Katie, Trent, Cody, Beth, Sadie, Courtney, Tyler, Harold, Bridgette, Lindsay, DJ, Geoff, Leshawna, Duncan, Izzy, and Justin walked in. Heather came in last, wearing a wig.
"Hey guys! Good to see ya!" Owen greeted them. Gwen didn't.
"Will everyone who's walked the Dock of Shame and left camp on the Boat of Losers kindly take a seat in the peanut gallery of failure? The side you choose should represent who you'd like to cheer on to victory in today's final competition!" Chris explained. "Hey, wait! Where's Julie?" He looked around.
"Right here." I walked out between the two bleachers. "In case you didn't already know," I turned around and faced the ousted campers, "I eliminated myself yesterday." They all gasped. "I know, I know, it's shocking. But I've already been promised the 100 G, so why bother? Wrong! I'm still here as the Ghost Player."
"Then pick a side Julie." Chris gestured to each bleacher. "Why aren't you picking a side?"
"How dare you force me to pick sides! I'm neutral. I'm going to help both of them to the best of my abilities."
"Um…uh…well…fine!" Chris huffed.
"Nice rug." Gwen remarked on Heather's wig.
"Oh bite me!" Izzy started digging through Heather's wig. "Stop touching my hair crazy girl!"
"Gwen, Owen, this is your chance to tell the peanut gallery of failure what you would do with the money if you won and why you deserve it." Chris instructed. Gwen went first.
"Well, I guess I'm pretty proud of getting this far. I mean, if maybe I could survive here, the rest of high school won't be so bad!" Izzy started laughing, and then stopped. "Well I'm always good for my word, and I did promise to split my 100 grand with Owen, but that would still leave me a ton of cash. I guess I'd go traveling and then to university to study art history." Leshawna cheered for her.
"Wow, that's really sweet. BORING, but sweet. Owen?" Chris asked.
"I'D THROW THE BIGGEST, HUGEST, SICKEST PARTY EVER—AND INVITE EVERYONE HERE!" Owen cried out. That caused five people to go to Owen's side.
"At least not all of you are total sell outs." Gwen looked at them.
"OH OH AND I FORGOT! IT'LL BE ON A YACHT!" He added. That caused Lindsay to go to Owen's side.
"Nice." Gwen said.
"All right! It's time for the final challenge: the Rejected Olympic Relay Race! Each of the three parts was pitched to the committee, but sadly rejected as an Olympic sport. First, each of you has to put on one of these." Chris threw them a cow head and a chicken hat.
"I think it's clear why THIS event wasn't accepted." Gwen looked at her chicken hat.
"Dressed as a cow and a chicken, run up the first location and shimmy up the pole to retrieve your flag. If you don't have that flag, don't bother coming down that pole. Next, you will cross a 300 meter balance beam suspended across a massive gorge while carrying an eagle's egg."
"Oh, is that all?" Owen asked.
"No. Below, your friends the rare but real man eating freshwater sharks are waiting for you."
"You had to ask." Gwen said.
"The final leg of the race is a long distance run, returning to the finish line here. First camper to arrive wins."
"Good luck Owen. If I had to lose to anyone here," She looked at me. "You'd be the second person I'd like to lose to."
"Aw that's so nice! I hope you lose to me too!" I slapped my hand to my forehead.
"YEAH GO OWEN! WE WANT A PARTY!" Geoff cheered.
"YOU'RE GONNA GET ONE! WOO HOO!" Owen cheered, which met the expectations of his supporters, who stood up and cheered for him. Gwen also had a few words of good luck.
"I'll see you both—on the flip side!" I ran back into the woods, running to the gorge to make sure that Chase wouldn't die.
"On your marks…get set…GO!" I heard as I ran away.
Chris's POV
I had just arrived at the gorge, where I had Chase Rocks with me.
"Okay Chase, I know that it's weird that you're testing our challenge out at the last minute, but all of the other interns died already. All you have to do is test out this final challenge and make sure it's moderately safe." I told him.
"Dude, I'm not sure this is even remotely safe." Chase told me.
"Okay, okay. Who is the producer?" I asked him.
"You are." He glumly replied.
"Good! Now test out the challenge." I commanded. Chase started walking on the plank. "Don't look down dude!" I yelled to him. He lost his balance and fell down.
My POV
I arrived and threw a bunch of raw meat into the water, which the sharks tore up. I lassoed Chase and dragged him to me. "Are you okay? Oh no, he's coming to look! Hide!" I pulled him out of Chris's sight.
Chris's POV
I looked down into the gorge. It was a bloodbath! Okay, he's gone. "Well, that looks safe enough." I concluded and walked to the other side, waiting for our two victims—I mean campers. Wait, no, victims.
My POV
"Consider yourself lucky I saved your ass! You could've been shark food down there!" I whispered. Chase had a white hat, aviator sunglasses, brown hair, a little bit of fuzz, and a white tank top and denim board shorts on. He was also wearing sandals.
"Thanks for the save. I wasn't ready to die." He told me.
"No problem! It's what I do: I help people. Now, I want you to get back to your tent and watch over us. Confront him when you get the chance." I smiled.
"Thanks again!" He called to me as he ran off into the woods.
"Well, my part is done. Time to shoot some eagle." I cracked my neck and walked up to the top of the gorge.
Gwen's POV
I just finished getting the flag. I think I'm actually going to win this. But Trent was following me. Doesn't he know when to leave people alone? "You don't have to follow me the whole time you know!"
"I don't have anything better to do." Trent calmly replied.
"Why don't you go cheer for Owen? I know you want to go to his party." I asked.
"Yeah! But I'm thinking of bringing you. Hey, check it out." We had just arrived at the gorge, and there was a nest of eggs waiting for me. I picked one up and looked down, which I really shouldn't have done. "I'll meet you on the other side okay?"
"Right. Like you care!" I tried to get him to go away. I was burning up in his eyes.
"I do. It doesn't look that bad." He reassured me, and then walked away. I looked down again.
"I'm going to die now. I'M GONNA FUCKING DIE!" I told myself. I waved to Trent, who was on the other side already, and I started to cross the gorge.
My POV
"Okay, Gwen has her eagle's egg and is starting the second challenge!" Chris told the cameras.
"What are the eggs for?" Trent asked.
"Oh, you'll see." Chef smiled wickedly. Owen had just arrived, and Heather was talking to him. He looked down.
"ALEXANDER THE FUCKING GREAT THAT'S A DEEP GORGE!" Owen yelled. Gwen started to lose her balance and almost lost it completely, but she regained it a few seconds later. Owen started to cross the gorge. And then the eagles were coming.
"What was that?" Gwen responded to the eagle calls.
"Angry eagle parents." Chris said to Duncan and Courtney.
"Oh snap that is messed up!" Duncan high fived Chris.
"What? You mean you like watching this? They could die!" Courtney asked.
"Ah mellow your yellow babe, this is awesome TV!"
"Why would I want to watch Gwen and Owen risk their lives?"
"This is life at its most raw. Check out Elvis here with his guitar. One misstep and his girlfriend is shark bait! Now that would make for an interesting song." Courtney must be thinking about how hot he is, because she then kissed him.
"You're still not my type."
"You make me sick." What a love-hate relationship! They're making out now! The eagle's getting closer!
"EAGLE SIX O'CLOCK!" I screamed.
"Huh?" Gwen and Owen asked.
"EAGLE BEHIND YOU! DUCK!" I jumped out of the bushes.
"JULIE?!?!?!" Duncan and Courtney screamed.
"Oh hi! Miss me?" I asked. They just growled at me. "Okay!" I got out my slingshot and took aim. "Say hasta la vista eagle parents, because you're about to be shot."
"STEP ON IT!" Gwen yelled to Owen, and they both started speed walking. The eagle was coming back in for another round. Time to shoot them. I let my slingshot go and it hit the eagles perfectly, just like the saying killing two birds with one stone. But they weren't shot out of the sky. I'd have to shoot them some more. I got out a few more stones and kept shooting.
"Incensed eagle parents. Nice twist." Heather commented as she came to us with Justin. "Julie, why was Gwen able to go so fast on that pole?" I stopped shooting.
"I guess the butter wore off. What can I say?"
"YOU BITCH! YOU'RE STILL ON HER SIDE!"
"Again, what can I say? Never trust your enemies." I laughed and kept shooting.
"You can do it Gwen! You're the most awesome girl I've ever met! In fact, I was thinking, I think I might l—" Trent was stopped mid-sentence.
"Okay! I so can't deal with distractions right now Trent!"
"Then you're going to hate this!" Heather ripped off Justin's shirt. Gwen and Owen were stopped mid-way. I got out my slingshot and shot the back of Heather's and Justin's head, which caused them to turn around and stare at me.
"Oops sorry, must've slipped."
"Gwen! Ignore the incredibly hot man candy and keep walking!" Trent yelled to her. Gwen and Owen snapped out of their trance and Gwen reached the end of the gorge first.
"Is that all you got?" Gwen asked Heather.
"YES!" I cried with joy. "Go Gwen go! Owen, I want that party too! Move it!"
"YES MA'AM!" He put the egg in the nest. I ran to Gwen and Trent, but made sure I couldn't be seen.
"Glad you didn't die back there." Trent said as he caught up with Gwen.
"Gee thanks. Oh, I almost forgot, thanks for the cupcake."
"What cupcake?"
"The one you left for me."
"I didn't leave you a cupcake."
"GWEN! THAT CUPCAKE AND LOVE NOTE WASN'T FROM TRENT! IT WAS FROM HEATHER!!! HEATHER!!!" I kept screaming.
"Heather." Gwen whispered with disgust.
"Was it good?" Trent asked.
"I don't know, I didn't eat it."
"GOOD! RUN FASTER!" I disappeared into the trees. I started walking to the finish line to make sure that I wouldn't be there so I could stop Izzy's attempt to get Owen to win. I started running again, and I soon smelled brownies wafting to me. I looked out of the trees and I saw Owen run over Gwen to get the brownies. There was much cheering for Owen. I guess they'd get their party after all.
Me: PARTAY!!!!
Geoff: Yeah dudes! We got our party!
Other Campers: WOOOOOHOOOOO!!!!
Gwen: Well, it'll be an awesome party.
Trent: Yeah, because I'll be there with someone special.
Katie and Sadie: AWWWWWWWW!!!!
Me: WAIT! You thought it was over?! AHAHAHAHAHA!!!! WROOOOOOOOONG!!! The biggest surprise...coming up NEXT!
Bridgette: Where's Julie?
Me: And that's one big indicator right there!
