Reviews:

dm4487: That's not...exactly what I was going for with Aiden, but more on that later. And don't worry, Amy's pretty much doomed now.

DSX62415: They definitely should have asked for more, but they don't know what's in store for them. As for the ant thing, I wish I had thought of that.

Aboffy: I'll add that. As for Aiden, he's of mid-tier importance, no more. He'll get some spotlight, but he's not a main character.

Gucci Mane LaFlare: I absolutely agree about Sugar, but she didn't fit into my plans for the Bass team, so I had to get rid of her. And the idea came from AndrewNotCarranza's story, actually. I just changed the contents of the diary. Thanks.

Phenomenal Ultra Instinct: Thanks! I was afraid the chapter would come out looking stilted, so your kind words are appreciated. Mike's talent was actually partly inspired by canon: he claimed to be an aspiring actor, so here, he actually is one. And I thought Les Miserables would really resonate with him. As for the theme song, because Chris was never impressed with Ella's singing in canon, I needed something special for her and Beardo to win for their team. I couldn't resist having Sugar crowd-dive, and the resident hate sink was just too good of a target. I imagine Dawn has been the victim of a lot of bullying. Actually, before I decided to make Dave the first one out, I was planning to have him say something similar to her, which would have turned his team, particularly Zoey or Sky, against him. I'll try my best with the pairings, both canon and fanon. Romance isn't my strongest point, but I'll try my best. At the very least, I can guarantee I won't let it define any of the characters here like it did Zoey and Mike.

Guest: Maybe, but Chris and Chef were never impressed by Ella's singing in canon. I needed something special to ensure the Gophers got ten points for the act.


Teams:

Gophers: Amy, B, Beardo, Beth, Brick, Dawn, Duncan, Ella, Heather, Jasmine, Leonard, Max, Sammy

Bass: Courtney, DJ, Ezekiel, Lindsay, Mike, Rodney, Sam, Scarlett, Scott, Topher, Tyler

Moose: Aiden, Anne Maria, Cameron, Cody, Eva, Harold, Izzy, Jo, LeShawna, Lightning, Noah, Owen, Shawn

Badgers: Alejandro, Bridgette, Geoff, Gwen, Justin, Katie, Sadie, Sierra, Sky, Trent, Zoey


The episode opened on the campfire pit, where the contestants were listening to Chris explain the challenge. "Campers, today's challenge will test your outdoor survival skills," the host began. "I'm not gonna lie to you, some of you may not come back alive!"

Some of the campers gasped at this. "Just joking!" Chris told them with a laugh. The campers all sighed in relief. "All you have to do is spend one night in the woods. Everything you need is at your team's campsite in the forest, you just have to find it." He gave maps and compasses to Jasmine, Scarlett, Shawn, and Bridgette.

"Oh, and watch out for bears. Lost a couple interns in pre-production," he added before leaving. "Last team back for breakfast loses a member!" He sounded his air horn. "Off you go!"

"Did he say there were bears out here?" Sammy asked nervously.

"I wouldn't worry about it." Jasmine replied. "I'll make sure those blighters don't try anything. And I'm sure the other teams can take care of themselves."

"Indeed," Scarlett confirmed. "I have researched methods of repelling both Ursus americanusand Ursus arctos, as well as several other predatory species before coming here."

"I had an encounter with a bear once! Let's just say, his is head looks great on my mantle!" Owen chimed in.

Izzy chose to add something to the conversation. "Ooh! This one time, I saw a bear eating our garbage! He had old spaghetti noodles hanging from his big sharp teeth, and it looked like blood and guts. It was so gross! We thought he was eating our neighbor's cat Simba, but it turns out he was just lost for a week." Seeing the disgusted expressions on many of the other campers' faces, she asked, "None of you ate spaghetti, right?"

Shawn was clearly growing uncomfortable over the course of the conversation.


Confession: Shawn

"I don't like bears. I don't hate them as much as zombies, but that's just because they don't travel in packs, and they mostly keep to themselves. If one was actively trying to hurt us…well, they're bigger, stronger, and faster. But at least anyone who gets bitten by one won't turn into another bear, right?"

End confessional


The teams all began to separate to go to their respective campsites, while Amy went to talk to Sammy. "I know you had something to do with what Heather did, Samey," she began.

"What…no. I didn't have anything to do with that," Sammy lied.

"You're as bad at lying as you are at everything else, Samey," Amy replied. "You made a deal with Heather to try to get rid of me."

Sammy sighed. "Yes, I did. And you know what? I'm glad. You've treated me like trash for sixteen years, and after everything you've done to me, getting any payback feels so good."

Amy was taken aback by Sammy's response, but she kept pressing. "You owe me. You're going to go talk to our teammates, and you're going to convince them to vote out Heather. Then, maybe I'll forgive you."


Confessional: Sammy

"Standing up for myself was hard. But oh em gee, it was so rewarding."

End confessional


Sammy put on a brave face. "No, Amy, I won't. You've made your bed, now you get to sleep in it." At that, Amy lunged at her and tried to attack her. They grappled for several seconds, before Sammy noticed something. "Hey, where are our teammates?"


The scene cut to the Bass, who were talking as they walked. Tyler and DJ were enthusiastically discussing football, while Rodney listened and chimed in at times. Scarlett and Courtney were discussing colleges. Lindsay was talking about makeup or something to Topher and Mike, who weren't really listening. Sam had taken over the map from Scarlett, and was doing a very good job of navigating the group.

Ezekiel walked next to Scott, who asked, "How are you adjusting to being around others your age?"

Ezekiel thought for a moment. "It's kinda weird. And I been confoosed about somethin'. You said girls aren't weaker than guys. But the last three people eliminated were girls. And I don't know too much about Staci, boot Dakota was weaker than the guys, and Sugar was dumber. So it kinda seems like my dad was right, eh."

Scott shook his head. "You're missing the point. Yeah, Dakota was weak, and Sugar was dumb, but what about Scarlett and Courtney? Scarlett is a genius, and Courtney is one of our stronger players. Not to mention all the girls on the other teams that are really strong and smart, like Jasmine and Sky."

Ezekiel thought about this for a moment. "I didn't think aboot that. I guess yoo were right after all."


Confessional: Ezekiel

"I don't really get my team. I mean, I kinda get some of them, but when they talk aboot stuff like sports and video games, I don't have any idea what they're really talkin' aboot. Well, at least Scott seems to understand me. And he knows more aboot the real world than me, so he can help me not get in trooble."

End confessional


The scene shifted to the Badgers, who were at work setting up camp. Well, most of them were. Justin wasn't really doing much of anything, and Katie and Sadie were mostly just trying to help him be comfortable.

"Ugh. Does he ever contribute?" Gwen asked, referring to Justin.

"Well, he did contribute in the first challenge," Trent answered. "And most of the challenges since then had individual participation. He wasn't really qualified for dodgeball, and we had plenty of acts for the talent show. I'm sure he can be helpful."

"I guess you're right," the goth girl answered. "I just see him standing there, and I'm bothered by the fact that he isn't helping."

"Too many people working on this at once would only get in the way of each other," Alejandro, who had overheard the conversation, chimed in.


Confessional: Alejandro

"I need to get Justin to contribute more. He's no good to the team if he's not useful, and he's no good to me if he gets voted off early."

End confessional


Bridgette was setting up the tent, and Geoff decided to try to talk to her. "Hey, you pitch a tent like a guy," he said awkwardly.


Confessional: Geoff

"Really? That's the best I could come up with?"

End confessional


Bridgette frowned at him. "What's that supposed to mean?"

Geoff, sensing he had said the wrong thing, tried to explain. "Well, you aren't afraid to get your hands dirty like some other girls are…I'm not helping myself, am I?"

Bridgette shook her head. Geoff slapped his forehead.

"Okay, so, because we won the last challenge, we get food provided," Sky said, reading a note. "Let's just get a fire started, and we're good."


The Moose had also found their campsite, and Cameron was looking cheerful. "My first camping trip! I'm having fun already!"

"Well, that makes one of us," LeShawna said.

Shawn was trying to convince his teammates to sleep in one of the trees instead of the tent. "I'm telling you, that tree is a perfect place to sleep. We won't have to worry about bears, or zombies, or the other teams trying to stop us."

"They won't do that," Jo said dismissively. "Not when we have Eva. And I'd rather be in the tent if it starts raining."

"Yeah, but do you really want to share the tent with him?" Shawn asked, pointing at Owen. Owen chose that moment to fart, and the Moose all held their noses.

"Okay…I see your point. Maybe sleeping in a tree would be better," Jo said.

"Uh, there's no food here," Owen said.

"It's a survival task. We have to find our own," growled Eva.

"I'll take care of it," Shawn offered. "I've trained to be able to find food in the wilderness. Once the zombies come, we won't have grocery stores anymore, so I'll need to be able to do that much."

"I'll help!" Owen chimed in. "I'm good at finding food!"

"Well, I guess the rest of us will set up the camp," Jo said. "All right, maggots! Let's get this tent set up! Anyone here know how to start a fire?"


At the Bass campsite, Scott was taking charge. "I'll go catch us a critter to eat. Ezekiel, you can help me. Scarlett, you know how to set up a tent, right?"

"Who made you team leader?" Courtney demanded.

"Well, does anyone think I shouldn't be leader?" Scott asked his team.

"You haven't tried to lead our team before," Courtney pointed out.

Lindsay decided to settle the issue. "I don't think you're being very nice, Corrine. Scooter should get a chance to be leader. If it works out, we can make him leader again. If not, we won't." Courtney begrudgingly said, "Fine."

Scott said, "Well, now that that's out of the way, Scarlett?"

Scarlett nodded. "I am familiar with the necessary steps."

Scott said, "You do that. Rodney, can you take care of starting a campfire?"

Rodney nodded. "Of course!"

Scott rubbed his hands together. "I can almost taste the roast raccoon now."

At this, some of the campers' faces paled. "You are not bringing back dead raccoons," Courtney insisted.

At that moment, a pizza delivery guy arrived. "You, who ordered the peperoni pizza with extra cheese?"

A hand waved at the delivery guy from the distance. "It's for the camera crew."

"No way!" Courtney complained.

Scott rolled his eyes. "Fine. I'll catch fish instead. But Sam's gotta help us fish too, if we're doing that."

Sam said, "Sure. I haven't played Fishing Tournament 3 in a little while, but I think I can help with fishing."

Scott walked off with Sam and Ezekiel in tow, while Rodney started working on the fire and Scarlett started on the tent.


The Gophers (well, mostly just B) had set up their shelter, and they had started a campfire (everyone had contributed to finding firewood). Dawn was handing out blueberries, and Jasmine had managed to catch some fish in the lake.

In an attempt to start a conversation, Leonard asked Dawn, "So, you are a seer, are you not? Can you tell us what the future holds for our team?"

"That's not really how it works. My ability is to read people's auras, not see the future," Dawn replied.

Unsatisfied, Leonard asked, "What do you mean by 'aura'?"

Dawn thought for a moment. "Well, the best explanation I can give is…your aura is like an emotional history. Your emotions at the moment, as well as moments or trends when your emotions were strong enough to impact the formation of your current personality, that's what I can see. For example," her eyes scanned the group, "by looking at Max," the purple-haired boy, who had been working on a sciencey-looking helmet, looked startled at being singled out, "I can tell that he often feels as if he is being ignored by those around him, and he has few friends, so he acts as theatrical as possible to get attention. He also enjoys the presence of children because they don't ignore him the way adults do."

Max looked a bit uncomfortable, and he paused for a moment, as if to decide whether to try to deny it. After a moment, he dramatically said, "It is true! For too long, I have been ignored! And now, because everyone ignored me, I shall take over the world! Once I rule the world, no one shall ever ignore me again!"

None of the campers really knew what to say to that, so once Max went back to working on his helmet, most of them just started talking amongst each other (or in B's case, listening to others talk and nodding or shaking his head). Only Ella continued looking at Max, with a sympathetic expression on her face.


Confessional: Ella

"Poor Max. He doesn't have any friends, so it's no wonder he acts out. Well, I'm going to be his friend now."

End confessional


Ella walked over to Max, and sat down next to him. She asked him, "What are you working on?"

He turned to her, obviously glad to have an audience. "It is a helmet of E-VIL! Unlike that buffoon Leonard, I know that if you want power, you must turn to science! So, I made a helmet that brings out the inner e-vil of the wearer. Only it doesn't work." He handed it to her, and she saw that one of the wires hadn't been plugged in. She pointed it out to him, and he plugged the wire in. The light bulb on the helmet lit up. At this, Max's eyes lit up. "Yes! It works!"

A few feet away, Brick was talking to Jasmine. "So, I want to get to know Sammy better, but I'm not very good at starting conversations. How do I talk to her?"

Jasmine replied, "Just ask her about her interests. See what you have in common."

Brick nodded, and took a deep breath. Then he looked around. "Where is Sammy?"

Suddenly, the Gophers began to look worried. "Where are the twins?"

Max piped up, "Who cares if the mean one is gone? She was dead weight."

Brick answered him, "I know none of us like Amy, but we have to follow the cadet code! No soldier gets left behind, even if she is Amy! Besides, we have to find Sammy!"

Duncan added, "Plus, we'll probably get penalized if we don't come back with our whole team."

Max accepted this answer, and the Gophers all began the trek back to the starting point to look for the twins.


Having set up the tent, Scarlett was watching Rodney struggle with trying to start a fire. "Here, it's easier this way," she said, helping him. Rodney looked at her, starry-eyed.


Confessional: Rodney

"Scarlett is so wonderful…But what will I tell Courtney?"

End confessional


Zoey and Gwen were sitting together, and Zoey was drawing in a sketchbook. Gwen looked over her shoulder, to see a very detailed drawing of their team in the woods. "Wow, this is really good," Gwen said. "What kind of pencils do you use?"

Zoey replied, "I usually use Lyra Rembrandt Art Design pencils. They aren't the absolute best out there, but they're the best value I can find. What kind do you use?"

Gwen answered, "Tombow Monos. I tend to do just lineart, and I paint afterwards. Lyra Rembrandts are great if you do a lot of shading, but I don't really."


Confessional: Zoey

"I don't meet very many people who are as passionate about art as I am. Maybe Gwen and I could be friends?"

End confessional


At the Moose campsite, Owen and Shawn came back to a fully set up camp, carrying several fish. "I am man! I bring fish!" Owen declared.

"Man, this is cool. You know, Lightning thought you would be useless, but you're actually a pretty cool teammate," Lightning said to Owen.

"Yeah, how are you so good at fishing?" Jo asked him.

"My grandpa taught me. I caught a shark once. It bit me in the butt. Look," Owen pulled his pants down, showing his teammates the scar. All of them looked away and shielded their eyes, except for Izzy, who said, "Cool!"


On the Bass team, Scott, Ezekiel, and Sam had come back with fish, and were busy grilling them. DJ walked up to the team, holding a gray rabbit, which coughed when he pet it. "Hey, guys! Look what I found!"

Scott looked at it. "A rabbit? Never been too fond of rabbit. You never feel full after eating it. But whatever."

DJ looked horrified. "This is my new pet!" he protested. "I'm callin' him Bunny!"

Scarlett advised, "In that case, you'll want to get him vaccinated soon."

DJ nodded. "I'll do it when we get back."


The Gophers were looking for the twins, when Brick, Max, and Ella happened to find them sitting in a cave, not talking to each other. "Oh, thank god. I'm saved," Amy said.

Brick ran over to Sammy. "Oh, thank goodness! I was so worried about you," he said, helping Sammy up. Amy looked at them, mouth agape.

"Stand up, Sammy's clone. We have to get out of here," Max said to Amy. Her jaw dropped even further.


Confessional: Amy

"'Sammy's clone?' And Brick was worried about her? The team likes her more than me? Why? She's like...a spare me! Spare me...Her name should be Spare-amy!"

End confessional


"I am so glad we found both of you! Now we can return to the camp. It is most wonderful. B is an excellent builder," Ella said.

At that moment, though, a bear arrived at the cave, and roared at the five interlopers. Amy cowered in fear, while Brick shielded Sammy as much as he could. Ella cautiously approached the bear, and sang:

"Good evening bear girl or fella,

If you left us alone, that would be mighty swell-a."

The bear growled at her, and she jumped. Max suddenly had an idea. "Wait! My helmet works now!" He put the helmet on the bear's head, and its eyes glowed red and it stood at attention. "I am your master, and you will obey me! Now, go menace one of the other teams!"

The bear ran off to find one of the other teams. Max cackled at his evil act, then unexpectedly felt Ella hug him. "You saved us! You are a hero!"

Max abruptly stopped. "No, I am not! I simply made the bear go after one of the other teams instead. If I was a hero, I would have made it give up entirely."

Sammy responded, "Well, you still saved us. Let's get back to our team."

Brick nodded. "Affirmative." He then looked a bit worried. "As soon as we can find them."

Amy sighed. "Can't you people do anything right?"


At the Moose campsite, the Moose had the fish grilling and almost ready to eat. Owen said, "Okay, the fire's hot, the fish are grilling, the tent is tenting."

"Nice going, guys. The fish looks awesome," Cody said to Shawn and Owen.

"Thanks. I owe it all to grandpa." Owen said.

"So, you and your grandpa really fought a bear once?" Cameron asked Owen.

"Nah. I don't buy it," Jo said. "If it was Eva, maybe. Or Shawn of the Dead. Or even Brightning. But Butterball couldn't beat a bear in a fight."

"No, it's true! It was the scariest day of my life," Owen protested. "We were out in the woods, when we came upon the great beast. I tell you, he was ten feet tall if he was a foot, and then he roared his terrible roar." He poorly imitated a roar. "We grabbed our shotguns, knowing it was either him or us. It was nothing personal, just the law of the wild. And then, BAM! One shot was all it took to fell the great beast. We took his blood and marked ourselves with his blood to honor him. It was a good death."

Jo scoffed. "Yeah, like that happened."

While Owen was distracting the others, Harold pulled Cody, Cameron, and Noah aside, out of earshot of the others. He whispered to them, "Hey, I think the four of us should form an alliance. We're on a team of jocks, so we need teamwork, otherwise we're gonna get voted out."

Noah answered, "Fine with me. It's probably good strategy."

Cody nodded. "Yeah, we do need an alliance. I don't like that Jo girl, and I think she'll jump at the chance to get rid of us."

Cameron whispered, "Great idea! So, do we have, like, a team name or a secret handshake or something?"

Harold answered him, "We can work that part out later. Let's get back to camp. We'll return separately so they don't get too suspicious."

Unbeknownst to them, Aiden was watching them.


Confessional: Aiden

"An alliance, huh? I can imagine they might not want their teammates to know about that." Aiden then started laughing evilly. "I can certainly use this to my advantage."

End confessional


Once the last of the nerds had come back, Anne Maria said, "'Bout time you got back. We was beginnin' to think yous mighta been eaten by one a' dem bears."

They heard rustling in the bushes, and a bearlike roar. "Owen, quit with the bear sound," LeShawna said.

Owen looked at her. "That wasn't me." A bear crawled out of the bushes and growled. "Great Pyramid of Giza! We're all going to die!" Cody wet his pants in fright, and Owen began to run around in fear. "Oh, the horrors! Somebody help us! I want my mommy!"

"Quick! Up the tree!" Shawn advised, and the Moose all scrambled to get up the tree and away from the bear.

"So what do we do now?" Cameron asked Shawn.

"I don't know, wait 'til the bear loses interest and goes away?" Shawn replied.

"Why don't we ask our bear hunter? Hey, Butterball! What do we do now?" Jo demanded.

"How should I know?" Owen asked.

"Dude, you said you killed a bear," LeShawna pointed out.

"With a gun!" Noah defended. "And unless I'm mistaken, none of us have guns now!"

"Uh, guys? Where's Izzy?" Cameron asked, noticing she wasn't in the tree.

"Eh, probably got eaten," Jo commented. If it was even possible, everyone grew even more terrified.

The bear then began to sniff the fish. Lightning saw this, and grew angry. "Uh-uh. You do not mess with the Lightning's protein!" he shouted. He jumped down, and tackled the bear.

"Hey!" the bear said. Lightning froze at this. "Wait. Bears don't talk. Do they?"

The "bear" pulled off its head, revealing that it was just Izzy in a suit the whole time. Owen slid down the tree, surprised. "Wow. I did not see that coming."

Izzy started laughing. "You should have seen the looks on your faces! You were all like, 'aah! We're gonna die!' And I'm like, 'rawr, I'm gonna eat you,' like I could do that, there's no way, okay."

Aiden looked annoyed, and he chose that as one of his rare moments to speak. "Are you insane? Or do you just have no concept of self-control? You had better hope we don't lose, otherwise…" he trailed off, as if noticing everyone's eyes on him.

Lightning gasped. "Quiet dude can talk?"

Aiden quietly replied, "Yes. I just don't like having everyone's attention on me, so I don't talk much. Go…go pay attention to something else."

Everyone seemed to accept this explanation, except Noah, who said, "Why are you on reality TV, then?"

Aiden answered bluntly, "Money." Noah nodded, accepting this explanation.

Suddenly, a bear wearing a helmet jumped out of a bush, trying to attack Eva. Eva held it back, and shouted, "Everybody, back up the tree!"

Once everybody had made it up the tree, Eva gave the bear a hard shove, buying enough time to make it up the tree herself. "That…is a real bear…" she panted.


Confessional: Noah

"That bear stayed there for well over an hour until it started raining and the helmet on it shorted out. I can only assume Chris sent it out here for his amusement."

End confessional


The Badgers were doing pretty well. They were eating their dried food, and joking and laughing around the campfire. Well, up until Bridgette accidentally caught the marshmallow she was roasting on fire, and waved it around to try to kill the flames. The marshmallow flew off her stick and onto the tent, which promptly burned down.

"Great. Just what we needed," Gwen deadpanned. To make things worse, it began to rain.


Confessional: Chris

"Unfortunately, we couldn't get much good footage of the Badgers for this challenge, because the camera guy seemed more focused on Justin than on getting actual footage of relevant stuff. That camera guy is now fired."

End confessional


The next morning, the first ones awake on the Bass were naturally Ezekiel, Rodney, and Scott. While Ezekiel and Rodney were waking up their teammates, Scott noticed a certain brunette girl latched onto him. Unable to resist the opportunity to tease her a little, he lightly shook her, and once she had seen who she was cuddling, he said teasingly, "Oh, so you do care."

Courtney seemed horrified by the sight. "You pervert! What did you do?"

The ginger smirked at her. "Nothing. You were cuddling me, remember?"

Courtney looked horrified at this.


Confessional: Courtney

"I just want to say that I was asleep, and thus not in control of my actions, and any alleged cuddling with said farmer was completely unintentional. It didn't mean anything."

Confessional: Scott

"I just couldn't help messing with her, just a little."

End confessional


The Bass hustled to the finish line, and Chris said, "Congratulations, Bass! You win the challenge!" This prompted celebration among the Bass.

"You win an all-expenses-paid trip…to the Tuck Shoppe!" he continued, prompting even more celebration.

"What's a Tuck Shoppe?" Rodney whispered to Scott. Scott repeated the question to Scarlett.

"A shop at a summer camp that sells items like candy," Scarlett answered him.

The Badgers were the next team to arrive, looking a bit more frazzled than the Bass. "Second place!" Chris said. They were slightly less enthusiastic, but they still looked happy to avoid elimination.

It was several minutes later that the Gophers and the Moose arrived. They started running to the finish line at the same time, and the individual members began crossing the finish line. First over the finish line was Lightning, then Jasmine. Jo, then Eva. Shawn, then Brick. B. Duncan. Heather. LeShawna. Amy and Sammy. Cody, then Beth. Beardo, then Dawn. Izzy, then Aiden (who slammed into Eva, then fell as if he had run into a brick wall), then Anne Maria. Harold, then Ella. Owen, then Noah. Max.

Leonard and Cameron were running to the finish line. Leonard pulled ahead…only to trip over his robe, and Cameron crossed the finish line before him. "And the Moose get third!" Chris announced. "Gophers, I will see you at elimination."

Shawn and Jasmine got to talking. "Sorry about your loss," Shawn said.

Jasmine said, "It's okay. I have someone I want to get rid of anyway, and because she got lost, making us stay up late searching for her, she's probably going home."

Shawn nodded. "That Amy girl? Yeah, that would explain how your team was so late. My team was attacked by an angry bear, and we spent the night in a tree. I'm used to sleeping in trees, but my team wasn't, so…yeah."

Jasmine asked, "You sleep in trees too?"

Shawn nodded, then cocked his head. "Too? You sleep in trees?"

Jasmine answered, "Yeah. The beds here are a bit cramped for my taste."

Shawn nodded in understanding. "I sleep in trees so the zombies can't get me. Zombies can't climb, so I'm safe enough sleeping in a tree."

Jasmine chuckled. "I guess us survival types think alike, huh?"

Shawn said, "I suppose so."


Confessional: Jasmine

"Not only is the guy cute, but he's kinda hilarious. Zombies…"

End confessional


The scene cut to the elimination ceremony, where Chris stood with the plate of marshmallows in his hands. "Thirteen campers sitting 'round the fire, yet I have only twelve marshmallows," Chris said. "Whoever does not get a marshmallow must walk the Dock of Shame, ride the Boat of Losers, never to come back. Ever."

"The first marshmallow goes to…Jasmine." He tossed her the marshmallow. "Brick. B. Heather. Dawn. Ella. Beardo. Duncan. Beth. Max. And with one vote against her...Samey." Sammy caught her marshmallow, and looked at it a bit disbelievingly.


Confessional: Sammy

"I think that's the first time I was ever glad to hear my nickname."

End confessional


"Leonard, you were the last one to cross the finish line, and you're not a very valuable teammate." Chris said.

"Hey, I'm valuable! Can any of you do magic?" Leonard asked, miffed. Then a thought occurred to him. "Seer Dawn, don't answer that."

"Amy, you wasted your team's time by making them look for you, and your team doesn't like you very much."

"Give me my marshmallow already," Amy demanded.

"The final marshmallow goes to…"

"Leonard."

Amy gasped, as Leonard caught his marshmallow. "Thank the Fates!" Leonard said.

"You kept that nerd over me?" Amy said, shocked. "But he's a loser! Just like Samey!"

"And that attitude is why we eliminated you," Jasmine told her.

"Yeah, you're just not a team player," Brick affirmed. "And the way you treat your sister is unacceptable."

"You'll regret this!" Amy shouted, as Chef led her to the Boat of Losers. "You'll see!"

But nobody listened to her, and the Boat of Losers drove away, carrying Amy with it. Chris turned to the twelve remaining Gophers.

"The rest of you are safe. For tonight."


Author's Note: Amy was pretty much doomed from the start, considering what team she was on. The only reason there she wasn't voted out in canon was because her teammates either didn't care (Topher and Scarlett) or weren't smart enough to see what was happening (Max and Rodney). Here, Amy wasn't so lucky.

Thoughts on Amy in canon? She was little more than a prop for Sammy, and because of Sammy's early elimination, it ended up being pointless.

I know this chapter is mostly centered on the Gophers and Moose, but they were the teams that had something interesting to show this challenge. I wanted to explain what Dawn's powers are in this story, in order to avoid plot confusion. Aside from that, I wanted to have Dawn read Max's aura at some point in the story, and this seemed like a good place for it. From there, Ella wanting to be Max's friend seemed like the next logical step.

Writing Owen was fun, even if it was just taking stuff directly from canon. Also, I wanted to make it clear that, though Eva is strong, she's not indomitable, at least not in this fic. The bear would have beaten her if their fight lasted longer. I know some of the characters haven't really gotten the focus I want to give them, but there are a lot of characters here, and I'm putting the focus on whoever has a relevant plot at the moment.

Elimination order:

52: Dave, the Germaphobe

51: Staci, the Compulsive Liar

50: Dakota, the Fame-Monger

49: Sugar, the Pageant Queen

48: Amy, the Mean Twin