Africa now! Cool as. Thanks for reviewing, Elizabeth Life Stone, shadowassasian24 and the guest reviewer (But Alejandro's there right now, too).

Duncan carved a skull and crossbones into one of the benches with his knife, whistling.

"Smiling? Whistling? This is the happiest I've ever seen you." Alejandro remarked.

"What can I say?" Duncan shrugged. "It's like all my problems were shoved out of the plane." He smirked, looking at Alejandro and Heather. "Speaking of failed romance, you want me and Elle to hit the common area so you two lovebirds can start building your nest together?"

"Yeah, right!" they said together. "As if!" Finally, they realized they were speaking in unison and glared at each other. "Stop it!"

I smirked. "I think Blaineley was right for once. You two so like each other." And when I thought about it, it made so much sense. Alejandro and Heather may have had an antagonistic relationship, but only because they were alike. If they could get past that, they'd be the perfect couple. Plus, I thought they deserved each other. Miss Manipulator meets Sir Strategic.

We arrived in Tanzania, on the Serengeti plains. Chris wore the traditional garb, while he made Chef wear a parka. It turned out Chef had been helping Blaineley cheat earlier on. Not only had he given her proper food in the eating challenge, but he'd also pulled the rickshaw for her, so the parka was a way of Chris punishing Chef for helping her.

Sierra and Cody arrived late, Sierra carrying a half-catatonic Cody in her backpack, with tin cans dragging behind her. "I didn't have time to finish the 'Just Married' banner." she explained. "You like?"

"Very walking dinner bell fralliance." Chris complimented. "You okay in there, Cody?" Cody mumbled something incoherent. "Pure poetry. I can see married life is treating you well." Yep, Sierra had continued insisting that she had married Cody.

"Due to the temporarily weakened condition of my husband," Sierra said, letting out a squeal, "I just love saying that...I'll play for the both of us."

The first part of the challenge incorporated soccer and cricket. First, each of us would run to a little fruit stand set up, grab as many plums as we could, and run back, while the rest of our competitors kicked soccer balls at us.

"Ooh, pummeled by a soccer ball. How painful." Duncan mocked. Understandably, he took a different view after he was hit in the face by one.

Second, there were gourds standing near the stand full of plums. We would use the plums as balls, hitting them with the cricket bat to smash a gourd open. Whoever smashed theirs open first got the advantage in the next challenge.

I tensed, worrying about how much strength I had. The only exercise I did was dance (you don't enjoy parties as much as I do unless you've taken dance classes), sometimes for fun, but mostly as one of my electives at high school.

Sierra was up first, and I waited until she had the plums to kick, seeing as the first few hit Cody. My kick made Sierra stumble over the ball, but then again, I wasn't as good as Alejandro, who knocked most of Sierra's plums out of her hands.

Duncan had to go next, and this time, since there was no Cody, I kicked before he got the plums, but, like he did with Sierra's ball, he kicked it back. Unlike Sierra, though, I managed to dodge properly. However, Alejandro and Heather both knocked Duncan over when they got him in the face.

It was my turn. I dodged Sierra's and Duncan's kicks, but watched Alejandro warily. Sadly, that meant I didn't see Heather's ball flying at me and making me drop a few plums. However, I was ready for Alejandro and managed to kick the ball back at him.

Heather was very good, and kept all her plums. Alejandro was even better, kicking every ball back, and then calmly walking to the line with all the plums he'd taken.

I managed to crack my gourd before anyone else, but Heather actually smashed hers first. Sierra was hopeless, and Duncan complained that he was used to smashing things with the bat.

One of Heather's plums hit Alejandro. "Oh yeah, they're meant for each other." Chris laughed.

"Shut up, Chris!" the two chorused.

"Okay, this is ridiculous!" Alejandro scowled. Apart from speaking in unison on the plane, they'd hit Duncan at the exact same time, and cheered the same way, both scowling when they realized so. That made this the third time they'd spoken in unison.

After Heather cracked her gourd, we had ten seconds left. Alejandro and I smashed ours. Duncan threw the bat at the gourd to smash it, and Sierra only managed to hit Chef in the kiwis with her last plum.

Chris explained that the next part of the challenge was a genuine African safari. With a creature...the feral red-eyed ex-friend of mine known as...Ezekiel. Blaineley had mentioned that he was still hiding in the cargo hold. If I'd known he was there, I would've gone down and talked to him, but it seemed like it was too late.

I tried one more time, through the bars of the cage he was trapped in. "Zeke, calm down!" I pleaded. "Look at me! Do you remember me? Elle? I talked to you at Playa Des Losers, remember, and at the Aftermath studio? I stood up for you?"

Zeke didn't smile, but he calmed down a little bit when I spoke to him. Chris scowled at seeing how well I could already control him.

Basically, the challenge was to catch Zeke after they let him go. And then, Chris gave each of us tranq balls and we found leather pouches to keep them in and slingshots to aim them with inside the gourds. Heather got six tranq balls, Alejandro and I got three each, Duncan got two, and Sierra and Cody got one each...so basically, Sierra got two. And she didn't get a slingshot.

I felt really bad about having to hunt someone who I was once friends with, but I was sure there was no way I could win. Sierra went in one direction, while Duncan, Alejandro and Heather went in the same direction. I decided to go somewhere else, and shot a tranq ball at one point when I came face-to-face with a hippo I pissed off near the water – scary. I knew they were one of the most bad-tempered harmful creatures in the world.

The next time I shot a tranq ball, I accidentally hit...Duncan? Yeah, all of us accidentally hit each other with our tranq ball. Sierra was the one who hit me, Duncan hit Heather, Heather hit Alejandro, and Alejandro hit Sierra.

About half an hour later, Chris' voice pierced my consciousness. "Did you or did you not steal a car?" I heard him saying faintly.

"I was framed!" Duncan's voice answered. I opened my eyes, trying to make myself move properly.

"I want a song, pronto," Chris demanded. "No matter where the tranq balls hit you, and how groggy you might be. Now sing."

While I was starting to move, Heather began to sing. "Well it's a beautiful day on the Serengeti, the perfect time to snag a pup,

I'll find Zeke, and win this dumb game, as soon as my leg wakes up!"

"Going alone just makes you look sad and pathetic," Alejandro sang, "Plus you'll die without a trace."

"We teamed up and almost had Zeke," sang Duncan. "I could see the zits right on his face. Really, we were that close."

"Almost gets you nowhere around here!" sang Heather. "You're a loser duo, that's all!"

"Loser is what the lion called you," Alejandro told her, "When you couldn't find your balls...tranq balls that is. I wonder where they went..." Heather rolled her eyes.

"I better sing or I get kicked out." Sierra slurred. "I got something I wanna say...Cody. Cody! Cody...I...I can't feel my face. Where'd you put it? Cody! Cody!"

Heather opened her mouth, but I held up a hand and sang "Well it's a bloodthirsty time in the Serengeti, the perfect time to induce a nap,

I'll find Zeke, and get to first class, as soon as my calves wake up!" My upper legs were fine, but I couldn't stand up because my calves and ankles were still numb. "My calves!" I sang again.

"My leg!" Heather joined in.

"My hand!" sang Alejandro.

"My arm!" added Duncan.

"Ugh...my face..." Sierra managed.

"Wake up!" all of us belted out. "Wake up!"

As it was, Alejandro won immunity that day. He and Heather worked as a team to find Ezekiel, but he shot the tranq ball (since he'd stolen all of Heather's), so he was the one who won.

Since Alejandro was immune and I didn't think there'd be too many votes for Heather, I voted for Duncan. He'd made it to the final four every other season and he was a threat.

Duncan lost, with three votes, including mine. He gave a sigh. "Kind of expected that." he admitted. "I've gotten out of bigger jams than this..." He screamed as Chris pushed him out of the plane, though.

Chris turned to the winner of the challenge. "Alejandro, who are you bringing to the big leagues?"

Alejandro's green eyes glided over all of us. "It's a tough call, but..." his eyes lingered on me for the longest time, but he finally said "Cody." Heather and Sierra both scowled.

I put an arm around Sierra, knowing how upset she'd be. "Hey, don't worry. You'll see Cody again tomorrow, and with both the guys in First Class, we can have a girls only night!"

I was eager to get past this one! Hope you liked it anyway, and yes, did you know that hippos are one of the most vicious and dangerous species on the planet? I mean, I'm scared enough of crocodiles, and they're more dangerous than alligators, but hippos don't even look that scary! Please review...and what killer animal are you scared of? And seriously, a crocodile would attack a human before an alligator would.