It was the night of Dakota's elimination. Mike was still in shock at what he discovered. "It can't be!" he breathed out. "But-but how? Who? Why?" He heard a door crack open and saw Samey, in a blue tank top and pink shorts, step out. Mike quickly grabbed the bag on the limb and got out of sight. Samey looked around when she heard a rustling noise but shook it off.
Confessional: Samey (Screaming Gophers)
"I sometimes go outside to just get away from my sister. I could've sworn I heard something, though. It was probably just the wind against some leaves."
End Confessional
The next morning, everyone was eating a bowl of white paste-y stuff. "This stuff stinks!" Tyler said with a full mouth. He saw that he accidentally splattered some of his food onto Scott. "Sorry, dude."
Confessional: Scott (Killer Bass)
He was whittling some wood with his shark tooth. "Wimp. I grew up on a dirt farm. I can always chomp on a clod of I get the munchies." He bit into a hard piece of dirt, which broke his teeth.
End Confessional
Anne-Maria was spraying her hair near Greg, making him cough. "Sorry, short stuff," she told him. "On the upside, now your lungs are waterproof."
"Waterproof lungs doesn't make any sense," Greg coughed out.
"You okay, Greggy?" Destiny asked. "Maybe we should sit somewhere else."
"Okay," Greg replied, staring at Destiny romantically. She smiled back. "How corny," Duncan scoffed, catching their attention.
"What are you talking about?" Destiny asked, tightening her grip on her guitar.
"I'm just wondering why a nerd like him would fall for such a diva." Duncan let out a cry of pain as Destiny swung her guitar at him, hitting him in the groin. "Zip your lip like a padlock, bad boy!" Destiny warned him. "C'mon, Greggy, let's go." She dragged Greg by his hood and walked outside.
Confessional: Destiny (Killer Bass)
"I'll admit, Greggy's cute. But I don't like him like a girlfriend kind of way. It's more of a love that siblings might have, like Katie and Sadie. They are sisters, right?"
End Confessional
Rodney was trying to fix his hair. "Maybe like this?" he wondered as he parted it.
"What are you doing?" Cody asked him.
"Just trying to impress Helga. After yesterday, I think she hates me."
"I don't think that's true."
"She kicked me in the biscuits! I'm messing things up big time!"
"You're also keeping me awake!" Mike shouted to him. "Keep it down some, okay?"
"You okay, Mike?" Zoey asked. "Did you sleep well?"
"Not as well as you think." Mike slumped over on the table.
"Just keep cool, dude," Cody whispered to Rodney. "She'll fall for you. Try to talk to her." Rodney went over to Helga, unintentionally sitting on top of Mike. "Hi, Helga," he told her.
"Get off," Mike muffled.
"Did anyone say how pretty and strong you are?" Rodney continued, ignoring Mike's muffling.
"What Ginger Boy saying?" Helga asked him, turning around.
"Um..." Zoey began, trying to get Rodney's attention, but he pushed her away. "Pretty snow.." he stuttered to Helga once he saw her. "And rosy cheeks...love and...beauty." Rodney stared romantically at Helga, who was confused. The moment stopped when Mike punched him away. "I said get off!" he shouted as he covered his head.
"You okay?" Zoey asked. She and Helga went over to the doorway to find a groaning Rodney on the ground."I was expecting a kick to the biscuits," he squeaked out, "but I was expecting it to come from Helga."
"Helga take Ginger Boy someplace to heal," Helga told Zoey as she grabbed him and walked off. Meanwhile, Jo and Brick were racing each other to see who could finish first when Brick began to choke on his spoon. "Easy, Jarhead," Jo told him. "Don't wet your panties." She punched him in the back, making him spit out the spoon, which hit Sol in the head. "What is wrong with you?!" he moaned.
Confessional: Sol (Screaming Gophers)
"I'm still asleep, right? I mean, this is too awful to be anything but a horrible nightmare." He then heard a booming noise. "I won Blow Up the Mutant Shark!" Luna squealed outside. "Now I can yank out all its teeth!" She giggled as Sol had a worried glance. "No, it's real."
End Confessional
As Sol rubbed his head, he looked over to Lightning. "There's gotta be some protein in here somewhere!" Lightning complained. He took a bite, then began to choke. "Don't worry," Dawn told him. "I'll save you!" She began to do the Heimlich maneuver on him until he coughed up a small bug. "Whew!" Lightning breathed as Dawn picked up the beetle. "That was a close one. Phew! Thanks, creepy girl."
"Hmm?" Dawn asked. "For what?" She petted the beetle in her hand. "You're safe now, little one," she told it.
"How sweet!" Ella gushed.
"No, it's gross!" Heather told her. "Talking to bugs. Yuck!" Cameron had noticed a rat with an enlarged head. "Look!" he told it. "A cute little opotamus ovaticus!" As he tried to pet it, the rat's eyes began to glow green and it floated up, to Cameron's shock.
"Glupyy mal'chik," Helga muttered to Rodney as they walked back. Rodney had a bandage on his head and an ice pack near his groin. "Thank you," he muttered. "I am honored to be your, uh, guppy mallet." Helga began to laugh at this. She stopped when she and Rodney heard everyone screaming and running out of the main lodge. "What's going on?" Rodney asked them. He then saw Mike getting tossed outside. "Mutant rat," he moaned. "And apparently, it has mind powers."
"Attention, players!" Chris announced over the loudspeakers. "Please head directly to the looming tragedy that is Mount Looming Tragedy. Your race begins...now!"
"Let's go, Killer Bass!" Phoebe encouraged to her team.
"Move, Gophers!" Jasmine told her team. Soon, everyone was at the base of the mountain. Cameron walked up and puked into a bush. "If we were hamsters," Jo told him, "I would've eaten you by now." A whistle caught everyone's attention. "Okay, mutant food," Chris told them, "On with the challenge! Part one is an uphill battle. You have to climb all the way up to that cliff. First team to reach the top gets an advantage in part two. You can climb with your hands or use whatever you find in the pile."
"There isn't any dogs in it, is there?" Destiny asked. Beardo whistled a little tune. "I agree, Be-ar-do. Those junkyard dogs are so mean!"
"Don't worry," Chris told her. "This junkyard doesn't have a dog. It has a giant mutant beetle!" A large beetle came out of the pile and hissed at the campers, frightening them. "Big guy's a bit of a hoarder. His estate is full of useful crud and disgusting crud." The beetle tossed a toilet at them, which they ducked at. "That is, if you can get near it." Chris gave a thumbs-up to Chef, who was at the top. He blew a horn to begin the challenge. "It is on!" Chris shouted.
"Let's hustle, Bass!" Jo ordered. "Double time!" Cameron was struggling to climb up. "Shirt so heavy," he moaned. "Socks weighing me down." He fell down back to the ground, which was only a foot off the ground. "You can do it, Cam!" Zoey encouraged as she hanged onto a branch. One her hands slipped off, leaving her dangling until Mike grabbed it. "Thanks," she told him.
"No problem," Mike replied, making him smile. The boys on the Killer Bass just shared a look.
Confessional: Alejandro (Killer Bass)
"Of all the people to fall in love, it had to be Mike?" He laughed.
Confessional: Duncan (Killer Bass)
He was laughing. "Mr. Bad Boy, my butt!"
Confessional: Scott (Killer Bass)
"What a wuss!" He laughed.
Confessional: Austin (Killer Bass)
He was laughing. "Uh, what was so funny again?"
End Confessionals
"Move it, Gophers!" Jasmine ordered as she and Brick climbed up. "Don't bother trying to beat me," she told him. "The canyons in the Outback are much tougher than this."
"Impressive," Brick told her. "I conquered the rock at a sergeant junior boot camp. Dislocated my hip getting my obstacle course badge. Check this out." He turned his body 180 degrees, but also managed to twist his arm. "Nice," Jasmine teased. "And when did you learn to dislocate your arm?"
"Just now," Brick painfully squeaked out.
"That had to hurt, Brick," Zoey told him. "Hey, should we help him? If that's okay with you guys."
"That bloke will just slow us down!" Jasmine told her. "Ignore him and keep going!" As Jasmine kept climbing, Zoey just looked at Brick. "Sorry, Brick," she told him.
"I understand, soldier," he replied. "All is fair in love and war. And-" He lost his grip and began to scream as he fell until Mike caught him by the wrist. "You can stop screaming now," he told him.
"Oh. Sorry. Um, Mike?"
"What?"
"You're starting to hurt my other arm!"
"Hold on; I'll set you down." Mike placed Brick on a ledge. He turned to Zoey, who caught up with him. "Let's keep going. I can help you up, if you want."
"Okay," Zoey replied. "But how-?" She was placed onto Mike's back. "Oh, I get it. Just hang on, right?"
"Yep." Mike continued to climb with Zoey on his back. Meanwhile, Dawn, Katie and Sadie were struggling to scale the mountain when they saw Sam slide back down. "And I'm officially done," he moaned. "Goodnight, everybody."
"Sky?" Dave asked. "Can't you fly everyone up with your wings?"
"A good plan," she began, "but I can only carry one person at a time. It won't be much help, I'm afraid."
"Guys, wait!" Dawn spoke up. "I sense B has a plan." B was looking at the junk pile. "Cool," Sam replied. "I hope it involves not climbing."
"Greg," Dawn told him, "Whatever B does, you need to repeat."
"I can work with that," Greg replied. "Guy's a genius when it comes to machines." He ran over to join B. Up on the hill, Jo kicked some rocks, making them fall on Sol, Lindsay, Beth, Cody and Sierra. "Whoopsie!" Jo teased.
Meanwhile, B and Greg tried to grab a barrel, but the mutant beetle breathed fire at them. "Come on!" Sam complained. "Fire, too?! Seriously?"
"We must distract his tortured soul!" Dawn decided as she ran to help. B was blocking the beetle's fire breath while Greg ducked behind him. Dawn ran over and noticed a recorder. "Toss it over!" Sam told her. "I've got Book Man 3 at home and high score!" She tossed it to him, and he began to play badly, making the others wince. "Remind me to never let him near an instrument," Greg told B. However, Sam's playing caught the beetle's attention, and it began to attack Sam. "The console makes better music!" he shouted as it chased him.
"Let's hurry!" Greg told B. "Just show me what to get." The others noticed the pile was free of the beetle. "The Bass have the right idea," Trent told some of his teammates. "Let's use something from here." As Jo began to get closer to the top, Chef glared at her. "You know what to do," Chris told him through a walkie-talkie. "Ice them." He tossed an ice block at Jo, making her, Scott, Brick and Duncan fall off. Chef tossed ice blocks at Amy and Samey. Amy used Samey as a human shield. "Will you quit whining?!" she told her.
"Just what are you doing?" Mike asked the twins as he climbed up to where they were. Another ice block was tossed at them, and Amy kept using Samey as a shield. "Ow!" Samey moaned.
"I told you to quit whining!" Amy barked at her. She turned to Mike. "What were you saying?" Mike tried to grab her, but grabbed Samey by the hair instead. He then flung them upwards.
Confessional: Mike (Screaming Gophers)
"Alright, what I did to Amy was a bit...excessive. I guess I'm not at my best right now. That stench kept me up all night! The only way I could think of getting rid of that stuff in the jars was to bury it. I still don't know what one of the guys would be doing with-"
"Thanks for helping me with Amy!" Samey shouted from outside.
"Uh, sure thing. Um, what was I talking about?"
End Confessional
"Come on, guys!" Beth encouraged her teammates. She used a handmade grappling hook to help her climb while Lindsay used a pair of plungers and Cameron used a big wad of chewed-up gum. Meanwhile, the beetle was beating up Sam. "Feel free to help anytime!" he begged. Dawn thought for a moment when she remembered something. "Wait!" she told the beetle as she pulled something from her pocket. "Look. Is this why you're so distraught?" She held out the small beetle from earlier. It hissed, getting the big beetle's attention. It crawled over and rejoined the big beetle, and the two scurried away. "That was beautiful!" Dawn gushed.
"I can taste my spine," Sam groaned. B and Greg had two sofas set up with some other stuff underneath it. "Baking soda?" Sam wondered. "A broken chair leg? I was clobbered by a giant fire-breathing beetle so you could collect this?!"
"I did follow your instructions correctly, right?" Greg asked B. B nodded yes. "Alright, then. Guys, come on!" Geoff, Bridgette, Destiny, Beardo, Sugar, Austin, Katie, Sadie, Harold, Sky, Dave and DJ joined Greg on one sofa while Brick, Sam, Alejandro, Luna, Phoebe, Dawn, Tyler, Shawn, Duncan, Courtney, Jo, Scott and Anne-Maria joined B on the other sofa. B and Greg joined the wires they held. Suddenly, the sofas were rocketed upwards. The Gophers climbing could only stare as the Bass passed them. Chef was about to toss another ice block when he heard Samey screaming. She crashed down on the top of the cliff. "I'm alive!" she gasped. "And I made it to the top first! OMG, I did it!"
"Break my fall!" Amy cried out as she fell on top of Samey. "Oh. Sorry." She saw the Bass crashing onto Chef. "You did it, B!" Greg told him. "Thanks to you, we won the challenge!" All the Bass cheered except for Scott, who was scowling.
Confessional: Scott (Killer Bass)
"Okay, seriously. Beverly the explosives expert mime has to go!"
End Confessional
"Slow your roll, buddy," Chris told them as he flew by in a jet pack. "I say who wins." Amy laughed. "The Bass, thanks to B." The Bass cheered while Amy just gasped. "No way!" she complained to Chris. "I, like, got to the top first! We won!"
"We won?" Zoey gasped as she and Mike reached the top. "Yay!"
"First team to the top wins," Chris explained to Amy. "That means the whole team. You're still missing some members."
"Blame Samey for that," Amy told him. "It's not my fault she's useless at this!"
"Alright, I've had enough!" Mike shouted as he grabbed Amy. "Put me down!" she told him.
"Dude, what are you doing?" Duncan asked.
"I said put me down!" Amy shouted.
"You sure?" Mike asked.
"Yes! I want down!" Unknown to her, Mike had walked over to the edge of the cliff. "Since you insist," he told her. He dropped Amy over the edge, and she screamed as she fell. "You are dead, Mike!" she shouted after she fell with a THUD.
"Who else is headed for a fall?" Chris narrated. "Literally. Find out after the break."
(cue commercial)
An ice-maker was blowing some snow over a different area. Almost everyone was shivering. "Bad idea...w-wearing...tank top," Sky shivered. "So...c-c-cold."
"I'm not cold," Destiny told her. She now had on a light blue-and-white sweater dress, white leggings, light blue earmuffs with a pair of snowflake earrings, white finger-less gloves, and a pair of fluffy white boots.
"How...did you...change clothes...s-so quickly?"
"It's her thing," Greg replied.
"Ahh..." Helga sighed, not bothered by the cold. "Helga miss cold winds at nose and cheeks."
"Yeah," Rodney shivered. "I love the...c-c-cold."
Confessional: Rodney (Screaming Gophers)
His skin had turned blue. "R-remember...t-to...bring...jacket...and...gloves."
End Confessional
"Greetings, ice teens!" Chris told him as he and Chef drove up in a snow mobile. They both had winter clothes on. "Cold enough for you?"
"Da!" Helga told him. "Like home again!"
"G-glad to...s-see you happy," Sol bitterly told her. "We're f-freezing!"
"Time for part two of today's challenge," Chris explained. "Capture the Snow Fort. To win, you either have to demo the enemy's fort..." He pointed to a sluggish snow fort. "Or capture the flag and bring it back to your own fort." He pointed to a snow fort that looked like a castle. "Bass won the first part, so they get first dibs on the forts."
"E-easy," Courtney stuttered. "C-castle."
"Nuh-uh," Scott argued. "Gotta be a trick. Nice on the outside means nasty on the inside. We'll take the shack." The Bass planted their red flag in the sluggish snow fort. "Looks like the crumminess is thorough," Harold commented.
"Just great," Courtney sarcastically said, glaring at Scott.
The Gophers cheered inside their fort. "Go, Gophers!" Leshawna cheered.
"This challenge is so ours!" Jasmine cheered. "Those Bass are suckers!"
"Listen up, players!" Chris announced. "Here's how it works. Use the shovel in each fort to fire your collection of mystery snowballs. Which you can fire at each other's forts."
"Can't wait to use this bad boy," Duncan said. "I busted a window this way."
"Why are they called 'mystery balls'?" Zoey asked.
"Because they all inflict major damage," Chris explained. "Thanks to the secret weapon hidden inside each ball. But some will damage you, so choose wisely. Each team has to elect a captain to command and conquer. Starting...now!"
"As team captain, I say we-" Jo and Brick said at the same time. They glared at each other. "Thumb wrestle, stat," Jo told Brick. The two went at it until Jo broke Brick's thumb. "Never met a girl stronger than me, captain," Brick saluted to Jo. "Not even my mom!"
Confessional: Jo (Killer Bass)
"Huh. Seems Brick's a gentleman. He hardly tried. And chivalry is a weakness I can take advantage of."
End Confessional
"Alright," Jo told her team. "Me, Brick, Sam, Luna and Phoebe will go capture the enemy's flag. Everyone else will stay here and defend the fort and fire the snowballs."
"Shouldn't we have someone with better running skills?" Sam asked. "I'd bet Sky's a champion sprinter."
"What I say goes, maggot! Get ready."
"Helga captain," Rodney stuttered. "With fort and...and snow!" He turned his back. "Come on, words!" He turned back to his team. "Helga is-"
"Okay, we get it, Mumbles!" Heather snapped at him. "As much as I dislike the idea, Helga's experience will be best here. She'll be the leader."
Confessional: Heather (Screaming Gophers)
"And if we lose, everyone will blame Helga. A little safety net for me!"
End Confessional
"What do we do, Helga?" Cameron asked her.
"We have some men go after flag," Helga explained, "some men defend fort, and some men to repair fort. Who go after flag?"
"Maybe Mike can go after the flag!" Samey suggested.
"Leave it to Samey to come up with a horrible idea," Amy snapped back.
"But-"
"Maybe not Mike," Cameron told Samey. "Remember what happened at the dodgeball challenge?"
"Guess you're sitting this one out," Zoey sadly told Mike.
"Your brute strength could demolish the Bass fortress!" Leonard piped in.
"Don't count me out just yet," he whispered to Leonard and Zoey. "Do either of you have anything to cut through ice?"
"I have a bar here that can create heat whenever you want," Leonard said as he passed him a red bar the size of a soap bar.
"Perfect."
"And...go!" Chris announced. Brick, Luna, Jo and Phoebe dashed out of their fort as Sam slowly jogged behind. "Great, more running," he moaned.
"Let's go!" Heather told Lightning, Sol, Amy, Samey and Owen as they ran. The sun rose higher into the sky. "My ice is melting!" Chris told the teens. "And your forts will too if the sun gets any higher." Owen slipped on the ice and slid ahead. "Looks like the thunder's going to arrive before the lightning!" he giggled. "I'm thunder!" he told a confused Lightning. Once Owen stopped, the ice beneath him gave in, and he popped up a frozen block. "Forgot to tell ya," Chris told the teens. "No Man's Land is more like No Man's Water."
"We'd better get him out of the water!" Sol told his teammates. They struggled to move Owen but couldn't.
"Just what are you planning, Mike?" Zoey whispered as she and Leonard watched Mike make a hole in the ice with Leonard's heat block.
"I still don't see what thou is planning," Leonard told him.
"It's a way to grab the Bass's flag," Mike explained as he finished making a small hole in the ice, revealing the water underneath. "Leonard, mind if I hang onto this for a bit more?"
"Sure. But whatever for?"
"You'll find out. Wish me luck." Mike dove into the water and swam towards the Bass's fort. "Mike, what are you doing?!" Zoey shouted from the hole. "You'll freeze!"
Confessional: Mike (Screaming Gophers)
"No, I won't. I can resist the cold for a long time. Plus, I happen to be a good swimmer. Not as good as someone like Bridgette, but pretty good."
Confessional: Zoey (Screaming Gophers)
"Mike's a really sweet guy once you get to know him. But I don't understand why he didn't tell anyone what he was going to do. Maybe he feels like he doesn't trust anyone."
End Confessionals
Dawn had her ear to the snowballs. "No, I'm not gonna listen to the snowballs," Scott told her. "I'm gonna chuck it!" B walked off to the outside of the fort where he noticed a sheet of ice. He pulled out an ice pick from his jacket and began to chip at it.
"But it's full of negative energy!" Dawn told Scott.
"So...am...I," Scott moaned as he grabbed the snowball, which exploded in his face. He coughed up a bit of smoke. "You weren't held enough as a child," Dawn told him, making him go wide-eyed.
Confessional: Scott (Killer Bass)
He was curled up in a ball, twitching. "Okay, she's gotta go, too!"
End Confessional
"Pick one already!" Courtney told Dawn.
"This one!" she decided. Duncan took the snowball and flung it, making major damage in the Gopher's fort. "Lucky guess," he muttered to Dawn.
"Hey, just what are those no-good Gophers doing?" Sugar scolded as she, Duncan and Dawn looked outside. At the Gophers' fort, Ella was singing as she and her bird friends repaired the damage to the fort. "A house is a home and a home is a house!" she sung. "This is not a dress. It's a skirt and a blouse." Soon, the fort was as good as new. "Thank you, my feathered friends!" she told the birds.
Confessional: Ella (Screaming Gophers)
She was surrounded by different animals, including some birds, a raccoon, some squirrels, a rabbit, and a mutant squirrel. "I am a huge fan of musicals and plays. And just because we don't have to sing, doesn't mean we can't sing."
Confessional: Sugar (Killer Bass)
"I...HATE...HER!"
End Confessionals
"Attack!" Helga told her team. Leshawna used the shovel to fling snowballs at the Bass's fort. "Fling those balls!" Courtney told Duncan.
"Easy, princess," he told her. "We only have one shovel."
"Maybe not," Greg thought. "Desi, are you thinking what I'm thinking?"
"Thunderstruck?" Destiny replied.
"Bingo! Go outside and I'll relay some snowballs for bat." Destiny ran outside and held up her guitar. As Greg tossed each snowball to her, she hit them at the Gophers' fort. "Under attack!" Helga told her team. "Attack and defend!" The teams continued to fling snowballs at each other. As Beardo stood near the flag, he heard a sizzling noise. He ran to Tyler and made a sawing noise. "Uh, is this supposed to be something funny?" Tyler asked him.
"Beardo, we don't have time for games!" Courtney yelled at him. "Now help us!"
"Throw some snowballs," Sky suggested.
"Or help Jo and the others," Dave put in. Unknown to everyone, there was now a hole next to the flag, and Mike was close to grabbing it.
"Don't just stand around!" Scott told Beardo. "Guard the flag or something!" A splashing noise caught everyone's attention. "The flag's gone!" Bridgette exclaimed. "Someone took it!"
"But how?" Duncan wondered. "We would've seen who took it." Beardo made a sawing noise again and pointed to the hole in the ice. "Someone cut a hole in the ice and swam away with our flag?" Harold put together.
"I'll get that flag back!" Tyler decided.
"Double for me!" Geoff agreed. They dove into the hole. Mike was swimming off with the flag when he noticed Geoff and Tyler gaining on him. He quickly swung the flagpole at them, knocking their breath out. Geoff and Tyler resurfaced at the hole Owen fell in at. "Man, that dude packs a punch," Geoff muttered.
"Looks like the only way to win now is to destroy their fort before they plant our flag at their fort," Sky sighed as she and the others looked at them. Unknown to them, B had placed a lens on top of the Bass's fort, which caught the sunlight and reflected it at the Gophers' fort, melting it. "We're melting!" Cameron exclaimed.
"Repair fort!" Helga ordered. Everyone began shoveling snow back on the fort, slowing delaying the melting process. Zoey still stared at the water hole. "It's been too long," she muttered to Leonard. "He should be back by now." Unknown to her, Echo pushed her into the hole, sending her underwater. "Zoey!" Leonard shouted.
"What happened?" Echo innocently asked.
"We must retrieve Zoey!" Leonard dipped his hand into the water. "I cannot reach her!" Meanwhile, Mike was nearly at the fort when he saw Zoey floating down and struggling to swim.
Confessional: Mike (Screaming Gophers)
"I could've brought the flag back, but that meant Zoey would've drowned."
End Confessional
As Leonard watched with worry, the water in the hole bubbled. Soon, a gasping Zoey and Mike surfaced. "Huzzah!" he cheered. "You're safe!"
"Th-th-thanks, Mike," Zoey shivered.
"But where is the flag?"
"When I saw Zoey, I had to drop the flag to grab her," Mike explained as he pulled himself and Zoey out of the frigid water.
"Can't you go back for it?" Mike looked at Zoey, who was still shivering and holding onto him for dear life. "I won't," Mike decided. "Me and Zoey need to warm up, especially Zoey. I won't risk it."
Confessional: Leonard (Screaming Gophers)
"Mike may be brutish at times, but he has a code of honor to him. He would be a great paladin."
End Confessional
"This is all your fault!" Courtney told Beardo. "If you hadn't just stood around, the flag wouldn't have been snatched!"
"He did try to warn us!" Harold pointed out.
"No, he didn't, dork!" Duncan told him.
"What's going on?" Destiny asked.
"This no-good maggot failed to guard our flag!" Courtney told her as she pointed to Beardo.
"Hey! He's my friend, and anyone that tangles with him tangles with me!"
"Or what, diva?" Duncan shot back. Destiny pounced on him, and soon, an all-out brawl came out, and Scott found himself tossed outside. "What the-?" he wondered as he saw the Gophers struggling to repair their fort. "Crud!" he cursed. He noticed B's lens and the still-frozen Owen that some of the Gophers were trying to move. "Try and talk your way out of this one, Bev." He tossed a snowball at the lens. It wobbled and the sunlight reflected on Owen, which reflected back to the Bass's fort, completely melting it. Owen thawed out and landed on his teammates. "Off of me, Owen!" Heather told him.
"Nice magnifying lens, Beverly," Scott told him in front of the others. "That's sabotage!" Most of the Bass gasped at this while B glared at Scott. "Gophers win!" Chris announced. "And here's your reward: McLean brand hot chocolate. Scald your senses with chocolaty goodness." The Gophers cheered.
At the Bass cabin, Scott was talking to his teammates. "B stands for bad man, and Beverly is a bad man," he told his teammates.
"I never took him for that guy," Sam said. "But, fact-wise, it would seem he's that guy!"
"Can't believe that dude would sabotage his own team," Geoff gasped as he and Tyler were each wrapped in a towel.
"How can you trust someone who is so secretive that he doesn't even talk?" Scott asked.
"I don't think you can," Dave thought.
"He hates nature and music, you know," Scott whispered to Dawn and Destiny, making them gasp. "I saw B's diary," Scott continued to Duncan. "He calls you a goody-goody." Duncan went wide-eyed at this. "Thought you guys should know."
Confessional: Courtney (Killer Bass)
"Okay, B may have messed up in the second half, but he helped in the first half. Beardo didn't do anything except make weird noises."
Confessional: Austin (Killer Bass)
"Yeah, that sound stuff's getting staler than Ma's flapjacks."
End Confessionals
At the bonfire ceremony, the Killer Bass were all seated. Geoff, Bridgette, Katie, Sadie, Austin, B, Sugar, Sam, Harold, Luna, Alejandro and Jo were in the back row while Courtney, Shawn, Scott, Beardo, Destiny, Greg, Phoebe, Duncan, Tyler, Dawn, Anne-Maria, DJ, Sky, Dave and Brick were in the front row. "After another jam-packed day of losing," Chris announced, "it all comes down to this. Since you're all so weary, I'll toss the marshmallows to you. The following Bass are safe. Tyler...Duncan...Geoff...Austin... Bridgette...Sugar...Courtney...Greg...Phoebe...Alejandro...Dawn...Harold...Luna...Katie...Sadie...Brick...Jo...Dave...Destiny...Sky...DJ...Anne-Maria...Shawn...Sam...and Scott. Which leaves our least vocal people here: B and Beardo."
"No!" Destiny gasped.
"At least the dude didn't get out first," Sam told her. A screaming interrupted them as Dakota flew in on a hang glider and crashed into Sam. "Why are losers so...clingy?" Austin asked.
"Hey Sam," Dakota told him as she removed her helmet.
"Hi, Dakota!" Sam replied back.
"Dakota, you're no longer competing," Chris reminded her. "Remember?"
"I don't care about the money," she explained as she removed her harness. "Like I need it. I just want- uh, close-up, please." The camera zoomed in on her. "Thank you. I just want camera time. People need to see more of my sparkly adorableness if I'm gonna get my spin-off reality series." Chef grabbed her with a big clasp. "You know how you flew off into the sky last episode?" Chris asked her. "That means you're done. Forever!"
"No, please!" Dakota begged. "I'll do anything!"
"Listen, princess. This is my show." Chris's phone rang, and he answered it. "Huh?" He paused a moment. "It's your daddy," he told Dakota, making her smile. "Hello, Mr. Milton. How much money?" He hung up. "You're back!"
"Yes!" Dakota cheered. "Thanks, Daddy!"
"As an intern!"
"An intern?! No!" Chef carried the screaming Dakota away. "And..." Chris continued, "the final marshmallow goes to..." Both B and Beardo looked nervous. "Beardo." Beardo made a ding noise as he caught the last marshmallow. "Yes!" Destiny cheered as she gave him a hug. "You get to stay! Sorry, B."
Confessional: B (Killer Bass)
B just looked down in defeat.
End Confessional
B was seated in the Hurl of Shame as everyone looked on. "Any final words, Beverly?" Chris asked. "Any at all?" B looked like he was about to speak-
"Time's up!" Chris told him as Chef pulled the lever. B screamed as he was flung.
Back at the cabins, Owen, Cody and Rodney were walking back when they saw Trent looking through the guys' luggage. "Lost something?" Cody asked.
"Uh, yeah," Trent replied. "Have you guys seen a black bag anywhere?"
"No, but we'll let you know when we find it."
"What is it, exactly?" Rodney asked.
"Uh, just some personal stuff," Trent replied. "So don't snoop if you find it." Outside, Duncan, Austin and Alejandro were walking back when they saw Zoey laying on a sleeping Mike. "And I thought Destiny and Greg pairing up was weird," Duncan said as he held back a laugh.
"Too funny!" Austin chuckled. He, Duncan and Alejandro laughed at the sight. "I can't think of anything else that hilarious," Alejandro breathed out.
"I have an idea," Mike spoke up, now wide awake. A moment later, the trio of boys were tied up and hanging upside-down from their feet. "Not my idea of funny," Duncan muttered.
"Sweet dreams, guys," Mike told them as he drifted back to sleep, with Zoey snuggled up next to him.
Yes, another canon boot. I'll go ahead and highlight some key plot points here.
First, Dakota returning as an intern is something you probably saw coming, but it was a good arc for her, so I'll include it in this story.
Second, I've had some reviews about more focus on Amy and Samey, and I did try to do that here. It's not much, but I think I managed fine.
Finally, the jars Mike found last chapter are revealed to belong to Trent. Just what is in those jars that's so important that he has to conceal them? You'll find out in the next chapter, which is based on season one's camping trip. And things will heat up some more then. Until next time, this is Dunsparce519 saying enjoy and have a good day!