In the bass cabin, the boys, now one less, were shifting in their bunks in the morning. Cameron rolled over in his sleep but was abruptly woken up by his bunk mate. He leaned over looking under his bed.
"Malik!" Cameron groaned, "do you have to be so annoying in the morning."
CONFESSION
Cameron: I've been having the worst sleep since I got here… and at home I share a bunk bed with Sara. If you're a worse roommate than her, you need to fix yourself.
END
Mordecai got out of bed and started getting dressed. He looked up at Ike on the top bunk who was sitting upright and Cameron on the other side of the room who had his blanket up to his neck.
"Hurry up so we can get a head start in the morning." Mordecai demanded his roommates as he got dressed. Cameron then jumped out of bed already dressed.
"Maybe you should get ready sooner," Cameron mocked, "I've already showered and gotten dressed.
"Whatever," Mordecai rolled his eyes, "just because you're used to being up at 4am doesn't mean you're doing any better than the rest of us."
CONFESSION
Mordecai: I do not trust Cameron; he's been acting pretty shifty since he's gotten here and I don't know what he's planning but he isn't getting any farther than me in this race. I'll make sure of that.
Cameron: Maybe my family likes to get up that early but I am more of a refined person who likes to get up at like noon… 1:30. I've been getting up early to get in the showers when no one else is in there. It's dreadful but it beats showering with the other guys. Especially since I heard Addison sings when he's in there.
END
The campers all meet Bobby in the gym. Addison changes his attire for the event as he knows what's to come.
"Nice shorts." Liam comments sarcastically at Addison.
"If today is dodgeball day, then I'm ready to rock!" Addison exclaims. Junior overhears this and starts laughing.
"How are you going to play when you can't even tell how close you are to the line." Junior asked jokingly, leaning over him. Addison just crosses his arms at the remark.
"Campers!" Bobby announces, "today we're going to play a little game called dodgeball. You all know the rules by now; If you get hit with the ball you're out, if you catch a ball the thrower is out you can deflect the ball but if you drop your ball in the process you are out. Any questions?
"Yes," Rosie chimed in, "where's the advantage?"
"Of course," Bobby remembered as he looked at a stack of papers, "in the season one, episode Dodgebrawl, the gopher Noah chose to sit out for the whole game causing his team to vote him off. Juliette, since you get the advantage, you get to pick which one of your teammates will sit out for the day, you also get to choose one Bass to sit out for the day."
Juliette looked around nervously.
CONFESSION
Juliette: I've never played dodgeball. Not because I didn't want to but maybe my school just didn't have PE. So, I had no idea who to even pick. I had seen the show like once so I just used the knowledge from that.
Addison: The most dominant person in a room is always the tallest by default. If I am able to overpower the tallest aka Junior then I'll be the most dominant. It's what the ladies here deserve. Also, I really just want to hit him with a dodgeball.
END
She looked over at her team to pick one. Rosie and Junior pointed at Addison who was shaking his head to deflect the attention off of him. Landon and Petunia seemed uninterested in the decision. Then Juliette looked at the Bass, Mordecai pointed at Sara who stared angrily back at him. Ike hid in the back to avoid getting picked and Jacey jokingly pointed at Malik.
Juliette made her decision, "for my team I'm going to pick…. Addison."
"Why me!? I could've dominated this game!" Addison cried out.
"With your lack of depth perception? Please." Rosie jeered.
Juliette piped back up, "for the bass I'm picking… Jacey."
"Ha I won!" Jacey laughed.
"You know that means you have to sit and watch us, right?" Zarra asked.
CONFESSION
Ike: So, I'm holding out. I'm nervous for Ivonne to play. Not cause she's bad or anything though. See... I mostly stick to playing hockey but Ivonne is really athletic. If she destroys me on the court today then I probably can never go home.
Jacey: So, this is fun…. I don't really speak English so I have no idea what's been happening.
Junior: I knew we were going to play dodgeball today but that doesn't mean I'm happy about it. I think I'll be able to throw fine but I just know I'm going to get hit below the belt at some point.
Cameron: I don't like dodgeball. In school I always got picked last and usually it was Sara who refused to pick me just to try and hit me with the ball. Also, I'm not really supposed to be doing too much physically so if I end up getting knocked out, I'm keeping the police dialed.
END
"5 people will be on the court at the beginning of each match. First team to three wins. You have two minutes to prep until the first game." Bobby instructed.
The 9 gophers gathered into a huddle.
"First round should be me, Liam, Junior, Landon and Sophie. Any objections?" Rosie suggested.
"Ooh ooh I should be on the court!" Ivonne chirped.
"No! I think we start with some um... stronger teammates." Rosie disagreed.
"You're just making a rude assumption." Liam pointed out, deadpanned.
"Yeah and I'll make an assumption that you're a moron! Now get on the court." Rosie demanded, "Ivonne, you can swap places with Sophie."
In the bass huddle, Mordecai starts to take commands.
"Ike, Zarra, Cameron, Mavis, and me. I think that'll work best." Mordecai offered.
"I don't think that'll work for me." Cameron mumbled, "Sara can play, or Malik…"
CONFESSION .
Cameron: I'd love to see either one of them get hit with a dodgeball...
END
"Well Cameron, if you're going to chicken out of dodgeball maybe we can vote you off tonight." Mordecai taunted. Cameron rolled his eyes but gave in to Mordecai's demands. He unclips the small black pouch from his hip and hands it to his sister for safe-keeping.
With ten players on the court ready to play, Bobby blows the whistle and the teams run towards the dodgeballs. Junior grabs two and hands one to Landon. Mordecai grabs one and immediately throws it in Rosie's direction; it collides with her shoulder, leaving her team with four players. Ivonne glares at Mordecai, holding a dodgeball in her hands, she launches the ball towards him, knocking him down and causing him to slide to the back of the court.
CONFESSION .
Junior: My advantage over Ivonne was that she's a foot shorter than me, but now I think that she could break my kneecaps.
Ivonne: The nice thing about this game is that I can show off my worth to the team. Also, I'm hoping to impress Junior. Nothing else has been getting his attention. I've even been leaving my panties on his bed for the past few days and he still hasn't gotten the message! Ugh guys are so difficult.
Junior: Ivonne has been leaving her gitch on my cabin bunk so I've been doing the mature thing of moving them onto Landon's bunk.
END
Cameron looked back at Ike and gestured towards Ivonne. Ike looked down at the ball he just picked up and hurled it towards his younger sister. She placed herself in a balanced position and caught the ball, but much to her surprise another ball came flying her way and knocked her out by surprise. She looked over at Zarra and Mavis high-fiving and the rest of the team cheering.
On the bench, Sophie sat next to Addison in efforts to cheer him up.
"Sorry you weren't able to play," Sophie comforted, "I'm sure you'll do something great in the next challenge."
"Nah it's whatever," Addison sighed as he looked over at the Bass team then back at Sophie, "Hey you think your sister likes me?"
Sophie laughed confusedly, "She doesn't even like me. It'd be like trying to get Katherina all over again."
Addison looks back in Zarra's direction when something catches his eye, "One moment." Addison whispered as he stood up and walked behind Bobby's chair. He sat back down and revealed to Sophie what he found.
"You took a dodgeball from Bobby?" She chuckled quietly. Amidst the game, Addison stands up on the bleachers and chucks the ball at his lengthy rival, striking him in the back of the head. Bobby blows his whistle while Junior looks back at Addison and Sophie laughing hysterically.
"There's no way that can count right?" Junior groused at the host.
Bobby thought for a moment and decided, "Well… Addison isn't really supposed to play… but you do kinda annoy me so I guess we'll just call it… even."
"That is not fair! Addison on our team!" Rosie shouted from the bleachers.
"Well I'm making the rules today and I saw the dude get hit so he's out."
Junior sat down on the bleachers and Rosie approached him angrily.
"I guess your height makes up for your tiny brain," Rosie mocked, "None of this would happen if you weren't always picking fights with people."
Instead of giving Rosie a response Junior stuck his fingers in his ears and started humming loudly. She huffed and left him on the edge of the bleachers.
This first round ended rather quickly with the Bass winning the first point. The teams huddled up and tried again with the same lineup of people. With the gophers more in check they were able to even the score.
"Okay," Bobby interrupted, "I'm sure you're all having fun. I'm going to mix up the game a little bit. You all seem too comfortable with these challenges anyway"
"You'll let me on the court?" Addison chirped up.
"Don't count it," Bobby commented and looked back at the others, "I've been in contact with a lot of your parents recently and I've been asking them for dirt on you guys. They've been pretty brutally honest. I didn't even realize that some of you had a parent introduced in a different season? So, here's what we'll do, four of you on the court, two bass, two gophers, one person left. That person gets an advantage in the next round but it'll be unique to your other-season parent. I'll give your team 30 seconds to find those two people."
CONFESSIONAL
Cameron: I'm hoping Bobby didn't find any dirt on me. Cause I'm sure there's a lot of dirt to found.
Zarra: I have to admit, changing the rules makes the game more interesting. Too bad I can't have that advantage though. Not like I'll ever get mine anyway.
END
Mordecai pointed at Zarra and Ike, "Well it isn't you guys so on the bleachers."
"Why are you judging them like that," Cameron shrugged, walking towards the center of the court.
"Well it probably isn't you either genius." Mordecai snorted.
"Oh, I thought we were aware it was me." Cameron mumbled.
Mordecai laughed, "Then it's you versus me. What about Sara?"
Bobby overheard this discussion and chimed in, "Cameron or Sara can do it; it just has to be two vs two.
On the gopher side, Rosie looked at her remaining team and disregarded Ivonne, Addison, Petunia and Sophie. She pointed at Landon who shook his head. She looked over at Liam who held his open palm up to hide his pointing finger in Junior's direction. She rolled her eyes and approached him.
"Up" Rosie demanded as Junior quickly stuck his fingers back into his ears. She tugged on him causing him to fall off the bleachers and land onto the court with a thud. Bobby blew his whistle indicating that time was up.
"Mordecai and Sara vs Rosie and Big-mouth" Bobby yawned, "This should be interesting. Last loser left gets a reward."
Each player gets handed a dodgeball before Bobby blows his whistle.
Rosie immediately throws her dodgeball at her fellow teammate.
"Like I'd let you have it!" Rosie snorted as she grabbed her dodgeball off the ground. Petunia smiles from the bleachers as she shows Juliette her sketch from the altercation.
Mordecai noticed this altercation and looked back at Sara, who for a moment was not on the court. Just seconds later he notices his teammate behind him with an entire bag full of the foam balls. She laughs as she pelts her rival and slowly empties the bag. Rosie sighs and toss the dodgeball at Sara.
"Well that was… uh eventful." deadpanned Bobby as he walked onto the court, "Looks like Rosie is the winner."
"Yes, and I'll take that reward now." Rosie piped as she stretched out her hand.
"Yeah," Bobby hands her a catcher's mask, "Maybe it'll protect your head."
Rosie rolls her eyes in annoyance and accepts the reward.
On the Bass side, Mordecai angrily walks over to his team.
"Sara," He fumed, "You cost us that round!"
Sara laughed, "Well I think it was a fair trade off. We lost the round but your reaction was priceless!"
Her laughing was matched with Jacey, who has been still on the bench this challenge.
"Sara, you have to try harder," Jacey snickered while pulling Cameron's shoulders, "Your brother is so sad."
"Yeah I'm just weeping at the sight of all." Cameron played along while Mordecai tried to ring them back in.
"New rules," Bobby announced, interrupting all conversations, "If you haven't played for your team yet, it's time to get on the court. Unless you were chosen to sit out. Team that wins, get a point. Since the Gophers won the 2v2 match, they are one away from immunity tonight."
On the Gopher bench Liam started making demands, "Petunia, Juliette, Sophie, Rosie and Ivonne. That's the best team we can have."
"All girl team!" Petunia cheered as she ran onto the court.
Junior looked at Liam and smirked, "Out here defending the ladies eh?
"Ivonne's the strongest player and Rosie has the advantage. It worked out." Liam articulated
Landon overheard this conversation and interjected, "I think I'm the strongest dodgeball player."
Liam and Junior both openly laughed at him.
CONFESSION
Landon: Liam and Junior think that they are so cool. I think they're a couple of freaks. They need to know their place which is back in the circus.
Liam: It has been increasingly clear to me that Rosie is trying to outshine the rest of the team, she thinks that will help her get farther or something. I just don't want to the other members of the team to feel like they're falling behind. I mean it's not their fault that Rosie runs at 200 miles an hour.
END
The bass team focused on setting up their next lineup.
"So… it's me, Malik and-and Sara." Nora clarified in a soft tone.
"I want Cam on the court too!" Sara exclaimed as she grabbed her brother's arm.
"Uh-uh I have a doctor's note." Cameron beseeched.
"You played earlier," Mordecai quipped.
Zarra stood up from the back of the bleachers "I'll play again." She offered, walking onto the court.
With the teams lined up again, Bobby sounded off and the teams ran toward the center to grab a dodgeball. Petunia grabbed on for Juliette whose eyes were widened by the unfamiliarity.
"Throw it!" Petunia encouraged. Juliette made aim at Cameron but was unsuccessful. She smiled and ran for another dodgeball.
Zarra stared down Rosie who developed a new sense of confidence upon receiving the mask. Zarra held off from releasing her ball.
CONFESSION
Zarra: Rosie bothers me. What a brat! My little cousins act more mature than her.
END
Zarra finally let go of the ball and was able to hit Rosie on her mask. Bobby blew the whistle.
"That didn't count," Rosie complained, "It hit the mask!"
"The mask doesn't make you immune from getting hit."
Rosie huffed and sat on the bleachers. Cameron made an additional throw toward the gopher team only for the ball to be caught by Ivonne. As Petunia was able to help Ivonne kick Malik she noticed Juliette still struggling to hit a component. Sara grabbed a ball out of Zarra's hands and threw it at Petunia. Sara cheered and high-fived Nora who cracked a slight smile. Much to her surprise, she was lifted off the ground by her unhinged teammate. Sara snatched Nora's ball and hit Sophie, who was dazed at the sight of this altercation. Ivonne used this opportunity to strike Nora with a ball. It made forceful contact with her eye which she covered with her cupped hands as she ran off the court.
"Good going Sara!" Zarra snapped as Bobby blew the whistle. The game went on as Ivonne reached for a ball thrown by Zarra. In her success she caught it eliminating Zarra but in a matter of seconds Sara was able to knock her off the court as well.
"We're doomed." Rosie moaned as her head fell into her hands.
The two girls left on the court stared at each other as their respective teams cheered. Juliette reached for a ball on the floor as Sara launched hers at the back wall, missing her competitor. She looked up in confusion.
"Just catch one and it'll be okay!" Ivonne encouraged from the audience.
Sara pelted another ball but this aim made direct aim at Juliette. Without hesitation, Juliette closed her eyes and used the ball in her hands to deflect it away from her. In this quick moment, Sara had thought she won, but failed to see the ball she had just thrown heading her way and hitting her on the side.
"I won?" Juliette looked up as Bobby blew the whistle one last time.
"Gophers win! Bass lose!" Bobby announced as the winning team ran onto the court to celebrate their victory.
"Well, this won't be too much of a loss I can assure that." Mordecai swore as Sara ran back to her team.
"Good game?" She laughed uncomfortably as she looked at her disappointed team.
"Twice in a row has to suck." Bobby taunted the Bass team at the elimination ceremony, "I have eight marshmallows to represent the eight of you who are safe for another week. The camper who does not receive a marshmallow must walk the dock of shame and board the boat of losers. The first marshmallow goes to Zarra."
She stands up and collects her security as the others wait to be listed.
"Mordecai…. Ike…. Cameron...Jacey…. Malik and…. Mavis."
One by one they stand up leaving two nervous teens left.
"Nora, Sara," Bobby continued, "This is the final marshmallow. Nora, you're the only person that played that never made a throw and Sara, you blew it pretty big in the mini-round. The choice was relatively unanimous that the final marshmallow goes to…...Nora."
"What?" Sara gasped as she looked at her team. She ran over to her older brother for a hug goodbye.
"You voted me off" she whimpered as her head buried in his shirt.
"No, I wouldn't do that." He reassured her. He released her as she set forward to the dock to board to trip away from the island.
CONFESSION
Cameron: I really didn't vote for her. I just feel like my team thinks I'm so cold to Sara but we're pretty tight. But now that she's gone, I don't have to worry about her blabbing secrets… at least.
Mordecai: Good riddance Sara. If she wasn't so crazy, I might've actually let her stay. The only people left on my team with individual advantages are Zarra, Jacey and Nora. Hopefully they'll go next!
END
In the gopher cabin, on the boy's side, Liam and Junior we're getting settled in for the night.
"Think Rosie's gonna vote you off next?" Liam said jokingly to his bunk mate.
"Well I…"
Their conversation was interrupted by Landon who was standing rustling his sheet.
"Check this out," Landon smirked reveals a pair of underwear from the other side of the bunk, "I think they're Juliette's. I know she digs me."
"Yeah she totally digs you man." Junior reassured while trying not to laugh. Landon settled into his cabin bunk for the night with his newly instilled confidence.