In the dining hall, Junior and Juliette carried their breakfast trays over to Liam, who was holding a bag of ice to his face.
Juliette stood next to him and placed her fingers over the large bruise across his eye, "Does it hurt at all?"
He put his hand over hers and sighed, "Just a bit." On the other side of the hall was Rosie who looked back and noticed the interaction before hurrying over and joining the group.
"You guys are pretty calm." She gibed.
"I didn't realize breakfast was supposed to be this big event." Junior chuckled.
"Don't you get it? We're definitely in the red tonight. No thanks to Stretch Armstrong over here, our team is not stable enough to function! How are we supposed to keep our winning streak now?"
"I think everything's just a bit tense right now…" Juliette explained.
"Yeah Liam," Junior asked curiously, "Why did you go after Landon?"
"I'm not really sure," He pondered, "Landon's brother kinda reminds me of my sister. I've only really gotten to know her over the past four years. It's just crazy to think that someone with a sibling like that could just take them for granted."
"You didn't grow up with your sister?" Juliette asked.
Liam shook his head, "I grew up an only child. I never really interacted with my dad or his family all that much until recently. My sister lost her mother so I've been helping take care of her and the apartment."
Juliette put her hand on Liam's back, "Your sister is lucky to have you."
Rosie rolled her eyes, "Oh whatever, just keep your head in the game today. You can worry about life some other time…"
On the other side of the gopher table was Sophie, Addison and Landon who looked back at the others as Rosie continued to raise her voice.
"Liam really has no business getting all in my business." Landon vented, "He probably didn't have to listen to lectures about how his brother was so smart and how he should start acting more like him."
"Awh," Sophie sighed, "Sorry you had to deal with that. I get how having siblings can be rough sometimes. Every family is different, 'ya know?"
"I can't relate." Addison chuckled, "But I take up about the same amount of energy as having like 5 kids so maybe it's for the better." Landon rolled his eyes at the crazy teammate and continued to eat his breakfast.
CONFESSION
Landon: Everyone on my mom's side of the family just expected a lot from me. I kept hearing about how Aiden was so great and how much of a slug I was. I never really thought that much of it until I started visiting my dad. I felt like there wasn't that much pressure there which made going back home a lot worse. Ugh, dealing with life stuff makes my head hurt. Thanks Liam...
Rosie: I have one ally on my team and it's Sophie. Landon and Liam are both pretty disposable to the team; they made that very clear during the last challenge. I'm a little worried about Juliette… She's been very friendly to Liam since he's come back. If there's an alliance there, then that's a problem.
END
Contrary to the Gophers, the Bass decided to all sit together clustered in the middle of the long table.
"I can't believe there's only 5 of us left." Ike noted.
"Well, hey," Mordecai reassured, "It's better to have 5 good players than 7 crappy ones. They can't even sit at the same end of the table."
Zarra rolled her eyes and muttered quietly, "You asked us all to sit together."
"Hey what about Sara?" Cameron interjected, "She wasn't a crappy teammate?"
Mordecai complained, "Sara spent more time chasing me around with a crowbar than she did being a valuable teammate."
"Yeah," Jacey teased, "Mordecai still sleeps with one eye open." The group started to chuckle as Mordecai covered his face with his hands.
CONFESSION
Mordecai: Today is my reward day so I am taking charge. I've been waiting for this moment since day one. And while normally I'd be trying to get my team to help me vote out Zarra and Jacey, I've decided to take the back seat for now. Us all working together makes Ike happy and it keeps Cam quiet so hey, I guess it'll work out for me too.
Zarra: I'm up against the wall right now. Mordecai wants to vote me off and can probably get Ike and Cameron to do so. I only really have Jacey's help at this point and even she can be unpredictable in the vote. So, I have to find a way to break up the little 'love-fest' between Ike and Mordecai and I need to do it quickly.
END
As breakfast ended, the campers met with Bobby outside the dining hall. There, they found the host standing next to a map of the island and holding a slingshot.
Ike leaned over quietly to Mordecai, "You think Bobby even has military training?"
He chuckled back quietly, "That dude doesn't even have host training."
"Today's challenge is going to be a bit similar to something you might have seen in season 2." Bobby explained, "Each team will have a taped off piece of land on the west side of the island to assemble their own base and protect their treasure."
"So, it's like capture-the-flag?" Junior noted.
Jacey added, "I want to shoot paintballs again!"
Bobby continued, "No paintball guns this time around, but each team will get two slingshots and a bag of ping pong balls. If a member of the opposite team steps past the border, you'll have an opportunity to eliminate them from the game by shooting a ping pong ball at them. There will also be certain objects hidden in the area you can use to defend your base. First team with both treasures wins."
"So, no training? We go straight into battle?" Addison joked.
"Ahem!" Mordecai interrupted, "Are we forgetting something?"
"Right…" Bobby remembered before throwing him a bag, "You might find something useful in there. Both teams will find their treasures out on the battlefield and you'll be given 10 minutes to prep before war time. Once the timer's up you'll be given free reign of the area; but remember, if you cross the line and get taken down by the other team, you have to sit out for the rest of the game. Alright teams, let's head out."
CONFESSION
Landon: Back home most of my problems are settled on the battlefield. By that I mean laser tag. But this is kinda the same thing, right?
END
The teams made their way to the west side of the island where green and red outlines were chalked out in sandy and wooded areas of the landscape. As the Bass team entered into their area of the field, Jacey took off from the group and knelt down in the sand.
"I found the treasure!" She exclaimed as she started to dig it up with her hands.
"Great job!" Ike encouraged as the team caught up to her.
Mordecai walked over to her as she presented a large wooden box, "Hopefully there's actually something inside it this time."
Zarra interrupted "So, we got 10 mins to protect it."
"We need to build a shelter." Cameron noted.
"Jacey, search the area." Mordecai ordered, "Cameron, gather some branches, we can camouflage our treasure that way."
As Cameron started walking towards the trees, Ike followed, "I can help you carry those over!"
Mordecai turned around with concern and suggested, "Ike, why don't you stay here and help me guard the base, Zarra can help him get sticks or whatever."
"What happened to us all working together?" Zarra nagged, "Who died and made you chief all of a sudden."
He deflected, "Hey, someone needs to lead! It's like in every war movie! Also, are we forgetting who has the advantage here!" He grabbed the small bag from his feet and waved it in front of his team.
"Why don't we open it." Ike suggested.
"Yeah, let's just get it over with." Zarra complained. Mordecai glared at her before carefully setting the bag on the ground. He trembled with anticipation as he undid the buttons and tugged the zipper around the fabric. He shoved his arm into the bag before a look of absolute terror plastered on his face.
"Are you kidding!?" The pushy teen revealed his prize to the team, a slimy dead fish wrapped in a sheer cellophane.
"Is it real?" Cameron shuddered as he looked over in shock.
"Why would they do this?" Mordecai cried in annoyance. As the group crowded their stunned teammate, the sound of rustling trees garnered their attention.
"Hey fishies," Jacey called out, "I found tree houses over here!" The team followed her to the edge of the base, where cheap plastic skeletons laid in the sand under a small wooden shack in a tall tree.
"How far are we from camp again?" Zarra recalled as she eyed the familiar structure, "I thought this was farther upstream."
Cameron called back as he climbed up the ladder "Who cares, the Gophers will never get us up here."
As the team headed up the ladder, Ike looked back and noticed Mordecai still on the ground.
"Maybe that fish will come in handy." Ike reassured him as a way to get him to join the others.
CONFESSION
Zarra: Let's be honest, the likelihood of me getting an advantage is pretty slim. But seeing Mordecai's face after pulling that fish from the bag was priceless.
Ike: In the last challenge, I got sick and wasn't really much help to my team. I really want to pull through and be helpful, but I think Mordecai still thinks I should be taking it easy. I'm not really sure what to do; I'd say something to him but I feel like I've been bugging him enough.
END
The Gophers walked to their end of the arena where, unlike the Bass' side, it was covered in trees and shrubs.
"We need to find supplies to help us build a base." Rosie ordered as her team huddled around their treasure, "So… start looking around."
Addison perked up, "We can dig-"
"We're not digging another hole." Junior interrupted.
"Remember what happened last time you wanted us to dig a hole." Sophie chuckled.
"Don't remind me."
During the team's bantering, Liam walked towards the southern end of the border and noticed a large duffle bag laying in the grass next to what appeared to be a motor. He stared down at it for a moment before looking back at his team and deciding to carry it over.
"What about this." He suggested as he joined the group.
Junior looked down at the bag in shock, "Is that…"
"Oh no," Addison laughed, "Last time I set foot in a bouncy castle ended in me getting escorted out of the summer fair."
"You think someone just set it out here for us to find?" Juliette asked.
"I mean…" Rosie sighed, "At least they're difficult to get in. Should help hold off those Bass for at least a few."
"This show is becoming more and more like a circus every day." Landon muttered as the team worked to get the vinyl castle fully assembled. Junior walked around to grab the motor and attached it to the mouth of the structure.
"Thank goodness they gave us a wireless one." He noted. The team watched as the castle inflated slowly on their clear patch of forest. Rosie looked back and noticed Liam who was standing a fair distance away.
"Are you gonna help us or not?"
CONFESSION
Liam: Last time I was in a moon bounce I was maybe 7. I remember my cousin poking holes in it and it took like 10 minutes for anyone to find me or notice that it had deflated. Anyway, I don't trust those things on a regular day but I wouldn't be surprised if Chris or the crew tampered with it. Also, if anyone's gonna pop one, it's gonna be Addison.
END
As the teams prepared for battle, Bobby flew over the island in a small helicopter and proceeded to circle the area.
"Alright teams!" He announced, "As of now, all barriers are down. Prepare for battle!"
"Attack!" Jacey shouted as she ran from the Bass base with Mordecai's bag in hand.
"Jacey wai-" Mordecai called out before realizing she was long gone.
"Alright," Ike explained to the others, "Jacey is probably going to try to grab the other team's box. I think if two of us play offense and three of us play defense that will be our best strategy."
"Fine." Mordecai instructed, "Cameron, stand outside and guard the base, Zarra go… help Jacey."
Zarra scoffed, "I think all three of you are more capable of running around the island than I am. But way to make the girls do it."
Mordecai rolled his eyes, "Alright then, Cameron can go help Jacey."
"Uhh," Cameron stuttered, "I- uh, I have a doctor's note."
"You always say that!" Mordecai pointed out, "I'm starting to think this whole 'recent surgery' thing is just to get out of doing work!"
CONFESSION
Cameron: Before I arrived at camp, I did actually have surgery. I had a tonsillectomy that did take me about two weeks to recover from, which was within the time I arrived at camp. So, I do have a doctor's note… it's just old now.
END
After pondering it over, Cameron glared back at Mordecai and teased, "Oh I see… you want Zarra and I to leave the base so you can be alone with Ike. I get it." Zarra chuckled quietly as Mordecai's face turned red.
"That's not…"
"No, no," Zarra joined in, "It's fine. Cameron let's just leave them." Mordecai sighed as his teammates climbed down the ladder and left him and Ike alone in the base.
CONFESSION
Mordecai: I was definitely not trying to get Ike alone; I just think it's better if I stay at the base and Ike still needs to take it easy. Now they're gonna think I'm some creep or something. But it's fine, they can think whatever they want. They'll see who comes out on top.
END
At the Gopher camp, Rosie started to relay instructions to her team while they sat in a circle inside the inflated structure.
"We should distribute ourselves around the barrier, so we can find the Bass a lot easier. There's only five of them so it shouldn't be hard to pick them off."
"I'll stay here and guard the box." Addison suggested.
Landon intervened, "No way. You just want to play in the bounce house and probably kill all of us in the process."
"I am going to stay here with the box." Rosie clarified, "Liam and Junior are going to stand guard around the base. The rest of you are going to play offense."
"What happens if we get taken out?" Juliette asked with concern.
"Well, that's why there's four of you."
Junior poked his head out of the castle and noticed Liam who was still outside and gathering sticks, "Hey, what do you think he's doing out there?"
Rosie shook her head, "I don't know, he just does his own thing. Alright let's break."
The five of them exited the castle and continued to their posts. Junior stood by Liam and watched him as he sat next to a pile of branches.
"Are you… making a fire?" He asked.
Liam clarified, "Well I was going to build one over on the other side of the barrier as a distraction but then I figured it would be better to lure them this way."
Junior cocked his head, "You're not trying to throw this challenge for us, right?"
"I'm not sure yet." Liam explained, "I want to vote out Landon and I want to see Rosie get knocked off her high horse. But I'd be crazy to think that throwing challenges was a good idea. If we lure them here, we can at least hit them out of the game."
Junior pondered on that and squatted down next to his tall friend, "If we lose tonight or next week, I'll help you vote out Landon."
CONFESSION
Junior: Even though I voted him off after the talent show, I think Liam is the most valuable teammate to have right now. I don't want to trap him in an alliance or anything, I'm not super into the alliance thing anyway, but it's good to be on the good side of people. Liam is also the scariest person on the island and that gives him an edge.
END
The rest of the Gophers continued along to the outer sides of their barrier.
"I'm just nervous about running over there and getting hit with a ball." Juliette admitted to her team.
"No problem," Landon reassured, "I can protect you if you need it."
Sophie chuckled, "Landon you can't even see." The group laughed as Landon dropped his head in his hand.
"I think I'll be the best at sneaking over the border if you guys all want to sit tight and spread out or something." Addison contributed.
"Wow," Juliette exclaimed "That's actually a good idea."
"The three of us can watch from the edges of the base to see if any Bass try to sneak over." Sophie suggested as she pointed over to the line, "I can hide out in those bushes while you two find a place to hide on the other side."
"Sounds good to me." Landon nodded as he handed her one of the slingshots. Addison gave his teammates a thumbs up as he crept into Bass' base.
CONFESSION
Sophie: I think my team is coming around. Juliette and Landon seem to be getting along with me pretty well. I hope everything kinda plateaus for the merge, I'd really like to see my friends make it far without any issue.
END
As Zarra and Cameron walked over to the border, they hid out in the trees to draft a plan.
"Okay so," Cameron started, "we don't know where Jacey even went but I think if we sneak around the edges, we'll have a better chance at slipping past their defense."
Zarra nodded and looked back at him as her thoughts went in a different direction.
CONFESSION
Zarra: My plan for saving my own ass is simple: make the boys all vote for someone else while Jacey and I vote off one of them. Cameron's probably the easiest since I already know that Mordecai's plan of flattering him didn't work. I'm pretty good at being threatening, and Cameron is a pretty secretive person anyway. So, I can get under his skin even if I've only talked to him like twice.
END
"Listen Cam," Zarra whispered, "Don't be alarmed, but I know your secret."
Cameron glanced back at her, "What?"
"I didn't want to say anything but if you help me vote off Mordecai in the next vote my lips will stay sealed." She patted him on the shoulder and ran off towards the edge of the border into the bushes.
CONFESSION
Cameron: Ya know… It's not every day you get blackmailed, especially by someone that isn't Sara. But here's the thing, I know for a fact that she's just bullshitting me. I'm the expert at reading body language and I can tell she's just trying to scare me into submission using a clever but old trick. I'd call her out on it but I'm curious to see where she goes with this.
END
"Wait," Junior whispered in shock as he and Liam sat by the fire and chatted, "You kissed Rosie?! Why?"
He explained, "I mostly didn't want to go up on stage. Rosie handed me my own card by accident but when she started getting all nervous, I thought maybe she'd try to get me to go up."
"That can't be why."
Liam turned his head towards the castle and stared over at Rosie's silhouette in the netting, "She's a fickle one. Plus, she's pretty annoying. But... I don't know."
As the boys sat by the fire, the trees above rustled heavily. Junior peered up slowly as he noticed their opponent standing on a high branch above him.
"Jacey?" Junior called out as Liam reached for the slingshot.
"Who's the tall one now!" She shouted back as she climbed across the tree branches. Junior looked over to his teammate who fired a shot into the sky, barely missing her. In retaliation, the teen released a strange object above the boys before scattering off into the trees. Hearing the thud, Liam stepped over to the object in question, the large putrid fish from Mordecai's bag.
"Aw gross!" Junior cringed as he stepped back from the site. Liam picked up the corpse before throwing it further into the trees.
"Those Bass are getting weirder."
CONFESSION
Liam: If someone stopped me in the streets and said 'hey Liam you can be on this show and win a lot of money but it'll probably cost your sanity' I would've said no. But here I am anyway. The idea of anyone willingly signing up for Chris' sadistic games still baffles me to this day.
END
Sophie stood guard at one of the furthermost corners of the base and stared out along the border with her slingshot loaded. She waved over to Landon and Juliette who stayed huddled on the opposite end. It was then that she noticed someone sneaking through from behind her. She turned back in shock and became flushed from the familiar face.
"Aren't you gonna shoot me with that slingshot or something?" Zarra challenged as her sister stood frozen among the bushes.
"I -uh..." She stuttered, "I don't think I…"
Zarra chuckled, "Well, it's fine. It's all a part of this stupid game anyway, isn't it?"
"Well… blood is thicker than water." Sophie noted, "But I can't stop one of the others from trying to shoot you."
"Well in war they call that treason," Zarra teased as she slipped past Sophie, who was still stunned, "Good luck to you."
CONFESSION
Sophie: My relationship with my sister is complicated. Like sometimes it's all good then all of a sudden, she'll just shut out again. I just wish we could be closer. I'd rather take that over 100-grand in a heartbeat.
END
At the Bass base, Ike and Mordecai sat alone together in the treehouse. Mordecai had his face covered as he peeked out the window looking out for any Gophers, meanwhile Ike sat close to the box and glanced over at his teammate.
"Mordecai?" Ike sighed, breaking the silence, "I'm sorry I created this whole mess of a situation. I feel like I was being selfish."
Mordecai looked back at him and faltered, "No-no it's fine. I don't care what the others say, really. They're just addicted to being annoying."
"Okay…" Ike continued, "I just feel like my head has been a mess lately. I think my sister getting eliminated is a part of it. And now I'm just worried that I ruined our friendship with this whole thing."
Mordecai sighed as he pulled up the rope ladder and sat over by Ike, "No… listen, I'm not really someone that knows how to talk about feelings and stuff. But I've just been thinking about this a lot. When I got here, I wasn't really planning on making friends or anything but you've just been making me feel a way, I guess."
Ike chuckled, "Well, I'm glad you appreciate my company. That's all I can really ask for." As they sat alone in the treehouse, the sounds of a nosy teen trudging through the sand alarmed them.
"Man, I haven't seen any of those stupid Bass yet. It's almost like there aren't very many of them left."
Mordecai poked his head out of the base and spotted the Gopher below.
"Addison!" Mordecai shouted, "Enjoy being benched!"
Addison teased, "What are you gonna summon your little gang to come take me away?" As the teen mocked them from below, Ike handed Mordecai the slingshot to fire into the sand. The ball bounced off Addison's head before plunging into the ground below. The teen had a delayed reaction before falling into an over-dramatic fit.
"I've been hit!" Addison cried, "This is the end for me! Tell Zarra I loved her." Addison fell to the ground as the intercoms echoed around the campgrounds.
"Looks like the Gophers are down a man," Bobby noted, "try to be more careful who you're sending over the border." On the other side of the arena Rosie slammed her hand to her head and peeked out the castle to see the two boys sitting outside with the fire.
"Are you guys enjoying your little tea party?" Rosie provoked, "Make sure you're both ready to attack when needed, alright!"
Junior sighed and rolled his eyes, "Can do."
CONFESSION
Junior: Maybe it would've been nice to tell Rosie that Jacey was roaming around on our side of the border, but I hear her nag enough as it is.
END
Zarra sat patiently in the bushes as she watched over the two gopher boys standing guard by the large castle. From the trees she noticed Jacey hovering above the inflated structure and was prepared to make an attack.
"Jacey…" Zarra mouthed to her teammate. Jacey looked over at her and pointed down to the boys below. She made a running symbol with her hands and pointed back at her teammate. Zarra nodded back to confirm but was still confused and shrunk back down into the bushes.
CONFESSION
Zarra: What really is there to say about Jacey? She's crazy but she gets things done.
END
On the border, Juliette and Landon ran over to Sophie who remained in the trees.
"Addison just went down!' Juliette fretted while Sophie joined them in the middle of the border.
"Damn," Sophie stressed, "One of us has to go over there and make an attempt. It's all we can really do right now."
Juliette covered her face as Landon intervened, "I'll do it."
"You can't see! If they shoot at you, how are you going to see it coming?" Sophie chuckled.
"I think it'll be alright."
As the three of them stood at the open edge of the border they noticed ping pong balls falling just short of them on the other side of the line.
"Uh…" Juliette noted, "I think we're being attacked."
"Hey Gophers!" Mordecai shouted from a fair distance away, "Take one step over that line and it's curtains for ya, you hear!"
"Why don't you come down here and face us head on, grandpa!" Landon gibed back. The girls laughed along with him as Mordecai continued to fire shots at them from his base.
Ike put his hand on his teammate's back, "Maybe try not to waste all the ammo."
"I feel like I'm getting flashbacks from playing hide-n-seek with my brothers." Mordecai chuckled, "Only with more annoying people that I barely know."
"Well, that's the whole point of being on a reality show, isn't it?"
CONFESSION
Ike: I'm honestly kinda glad that Mordecai wanted me to sit up in the tree house with him because I don't have a war like bone in my body. But watching everyone else role-play like they're in a war movie has been quite amusing.
Juliette: I feel bad for Addison that he got taken out so quickly. Since Landon can't really see and the sun is starting to go down, I'm not really sure how my team and I are going to pull this one off. We might need to swap spots with one of the other boys back at the base.
END
"Cody, come over here." Liam called out to Junior as he stepped over to the bushes, opposite of where Zarra was hiding out. He lifted up a branch to reveal another Bass who was creeping along the grassy floor.
"Oh hello," Cameron greeted them nervously, "funny running into you here."
"Are we taking him prisoner or should we just end his journey here?" Junior chuckled as Liam reached for his slingshot and bent down beside the teen.
"Give me one good reason why we shouldn't send you to the bench?"
"Please spare me and I'll go back to my team peacefully." Cameron cried out, playing along.
Liam shook his head, "That's not an option anymore." As the three of them stood at one edge of the forest, Zarra came bolting out from the other side and ran to the backside of the bouncy castle.
"It's an ambush!" Junior shouted as he grabbed Liam's slingshot from him and took off after Zarra. Rosie, who could only watch in fear from inside the castle, started to join in on the commotion.
"Don't let them inside!' She ordered. Junior pulled the slingshot and successfully hit Zarra on the back of the head. She tumbled downwards and stayed down in the grass.
"Looks like the Bass are down a soldier." Bobby announces from above.
Junior sighed in relief as he handed Liam back the slingshot, "Alright, let's take him out."
Cameron smirked, "I don't know if it's me you should be worrying about." He pointed over to his teammate above as they watched her leap into the castle.
"Oh, we forgot about Jacey!" Junior muttered to Liam as they heard Rosie's scream before the castle started to deflate rapidly.
"They gonna be alright?" Cameron asked, who was still on the ground. Liam hurried over to the vinyl death trap and lifted Rosie to freedom.
She smacked him on the head repeatedly as she stuttered, "No, no not me get the…"
"I got it!" Jacey exclaimed as she unwrapped herself from the vinyl and revealed the Gopher's treasure.
"And as the night settles, the Bass team wave the flag of victory," Bobby read over the PA, "The Gophers hang their heads in shame tonight as the loss of war settles in, also, meet me by the campfire after dinner."
"We won?" Ike questioned as he poked his head out the window.
"Ha we did it!" Mordecai exclaimed, "Finally!"
Ike clapped in excitement but was frozen as Mordecai leaned over and kissed him. He stared back wide eyed at his teammate as his face turned red.
"I think the rush of the war just fell over me." Mordecai chuckled nervously.
CONFESSION
Ike: Mordecai is so amusing on the fact that he likes to act all tough and stuff but at the same time he gets so easily flustered and he usually does it to himself. I don't know if he's insecure or if he's just too impulsive for his own good, but it's always interesting.
Mordecai: The past two challenges have just absolutely strangled my team, not to mention the Gophers got to add a player back onto their team. We needed this win. I'm going to cross my fingers and hope that we can keep it up next week.
END
During dinner, Rosie found Liam sitting alone outside near the washrooms.
"Do you always isolate?" She teased as she sat down near him, "You know your ass is on the line tonight, right?"
He looked back at her, "That's fine. They can keep coming after me."
The two of them sat in silence for a moment before Rosie reached out and put her hand on his leg, "So you're voting Landon tonight, right?"
"What?"
She scoffed, "Just please trust me on this one…"
CONFESSION
Rosie: As much as that idiot irks me, I can't send him back home yet. There are too many bonds on this team right now and we are merging soon. With Landon gone I can at least split up the little 'drama brothers' alliance on my team.
END
"It's been a while hasn't it Gophers?" Bobby mocked as the team sat sorely around the fire, "It looks like petty arguing and the hardships of war is what ultimately knocked your team off its pedestal. But… you all already know the drill; when I call your name come up and claim your marshmallow. The first one goes to Rosie…
...Juliette…
...Junior…
...Addison…
….Sophie…"
The team looked back as Landon and Liam sat alone by the fire. Both of them sat calmly until Landon accidentally glanced at Juliette who seemed shocked and saddened by this outcome.
"Landon, Liam, looks like picking fights and being dead weight doesn't get you very far in the end. Well, it all comes down to this," Bobby continued as he held up the tray, "the final marshmallow goes to…
…
…
Liam"
Liam sighed as he stood up and grabbed his symbol of safety as Landon looked back at his team glumly.
"Oh no, Landon!" Sophie cried as she ran over to wish him goodbye. Juliette followed her and wrapped her arms around him.
"It's alright." Landon reassured, "It was a long time coming anyway."
"We'll miss you." Juliette muttered as she buried her head into his shoulder.
"Tell Aiden we say hi, alright." Junior called out. Landon composed himself, gathered his things and made his way over to the dock.
"Well, I'll see you all around, I guess."
The team looked behind him in shock as Landon naively looked back at them.
Bobby observed, "Looks like one other person wanted to call you a loser before you left."
Landon's eyes widened as he turned around and noticed the loser boat approaching the dock… as well as the person inside it.
"You jerk!" Aiden called out jokingly as his brother chuckled.
"Well as they say, all's fair in love and war."
The teen joined his twin into the boat as his team waved goodbye to him. Addison especially choked up.
"He was my best friend! I'll miss him the most!"
"I'm sure he'll miss you too." Junior rolled his eyes.
"Okay listen team," Rosie interrupted, "the next challenge is the last team challenge. All differences aside we HAVE to win, okay? Do whatever it takes." The team nodded in agreement before heading off to bed.
"Will the teams even be able to function for another week? Will Zarra be able to break the bond between the boys? How will Addison defend himself from Junior now? Find out next time on Total Drama Island!"