Hey again. Thanks for the reviews. I'll just answer one review for now:
Quarma The Panther: Sorry about Otto! Please don't kill me!
Otto: Why? WHY? WHY?
Me: I said sorry!
Otto: Just read the damn story
Chapter four - Bill, the lost Survivor
Otto trudged through the forest, looking for something to do. This island is so boring, he thought. Then suddenly, he heard a rustle coming from the bushes behind him. "S... S-Sakko?" said Otto, his voice shaking. "I know what you're doing, Sakko! I've heard all about what you did to Nova!"
The bushes shook some more. Must be some sort of animal, though Otto. He went over to the bushes to check it out.
Otto peered through the bushes, then yelled and jumped back a metre. "Who... who are you?" he whispered.
Otto slowly walked up to the bush again. He ripped it out of the ground, revealing a short man with greasy brown hair. He had dark brown eyes, dirty clothes and no shoes.
The man grinned stupidly. "Me? Why, I'm Bill!"
Chiro sat down next to Sparx. "I'm so hungry! Are they planning to starve us?"
Sparx nodded. "Yeah. This is a conspiracy. They're planning to get rid of us. I bet Scrapperton is behind this one."
Chiro frowned. "Shush!"
"What?" said Sparx, annoyed. "Don't you tell me to shush!"
"No, don't you hear that?" said Chiro. He listened hard. Yes, he was sure of it. Voices were coming out of the forest. It sounded like Otto and... and...
Chiro shook his head. He couldn't figure out who the other person was. He checked all of the monkeys. Antauri, Nova, Sparx, Gibson, Mandarin, Sakko, Mr. Jeepers... yep, they were all here. So who was Otto talking to?
Otto emerged through the trees with a grubby looking man. Chiro rolled his eyes. "Come on, Otto! You know how we insist that the things you find have to be clean!"
Otto glared at Chiro, and turned to the man. "That's Chiro. He's the leader. He can be funny, but he has a terrible temper."
"And good hearing!" said Chiro, annoyed. "You're gonna regret saying that, Otto!"
Otto laughed. "Oh, by the way, this is Bill."
Bill nodded. "I was once on Survivor Shuggazoom! And I won it, too. But the day before we were flown back to Shuggazoom City, I was taking a walk in the forest when I got lost. I've never left that forest until now."
Sparx looked horrified. "What did you eat? Even we can't find anything!"
"I eat apples. There's a wild apple tree in there. As for drink, I had apple juice." Bill noticed that Antauri had just entered the scene. "And who's this little monkey?"
"I'm Antauri."
"Pleased to meet you, Antauri." Bill held out his hand. Antauri nearly shook it, but withdrew quickly.
"Wha-what the... how can you understand us?" Antauri suddenly looked suspicious.
"Well, Otto gave me this translation thingy while we were in the forest-"
Suddenly, this huge voice burst out across the island. "WHAT?" it shouted angrily.
"Um, I just said that Otto gave me a translation thingy-"
Chiro cut him off, and rounded on Otto. "We weren't allowed to take anything onto the island but clothes! You are so dead."
"Don't kill me..." said Otto. "I just happened to have one, but I didn't know until today."
"Hey, I'm not going to kill you." said Chiro. "The host is."
The voice spoke up. "Well, it IS just a translation device... I guess we can let it settle."
Otto sighed in relief. "Whew! And for a second there, I thought I was doomed..."
"You got lucky." said Mandarin. "But next time..."
Bill smiled. These monkeys were weird. "Hey... I've heard of you!" he said, pointing to Sparx. "Wait... I know all of you! You're the Super Robot Monkey Team!"
Chiro smiled. "Yep, that's us! Wait... how come you didn't recognise us at first?"
"I've been here for a long time. A few years. Was it five? Or six...?" Bill counted on is fingers. "Um... It was five. I'm sure of it. Tell you how I know?" Bill winked. "Because I counted how many times I saw a full moon!"
Antauri smiled. "So you saw sixty full moons?"
Bill frowned. "No, I saw five."
Chiro raised his eyebrows. "That means you were here for five months."
"It does? Oh yeah. It does."
Chiro looked at the little man strangely, then whispered to Antauri, "I think all that solitude has made Bill go crazy."
Bill looked at Chiro angrily. "I am not crazy!" he said.
"I didn't say that!" said Chiro, crossing his fingers behind his back. "Coughcrazycough. Forgive me, I have a sore throat."
"Hmm. Sore throats can lead to throat disease, you know!" said Bill knowingly. "You should get it checked."
Chiro looked at Bill in disbelief. Then Antauri broke the awkward silence. "You said something about an apple tree? Maybe we can find it."
Chiro sighed with relief. "I need food. But don't expect me to live on apples my whole time here."
"Any food is good enough for me!" said Sparx, running into the forest.
"Wait!" said Bill. "You're going the wrong way!" And he followed Sparx into the forest.
Later, the nine contestants gathered on the beach, and Bill watched on the sidelines. The host looked at the grubby man nervously. "Oh... so that's where you got to! We told your wife that you drowned and we told the critics you went home safely!... oh... I mean... Great to have you back, Bill!" The host began muttering things like '... me and my big mouth...'
The host then turned to the contestants. "This," he said dramatically, "Is your first task!" He pointed to a raft. "This will take you out to sea, where I have dropped some 500g flags down into the water."
Chiro grinned nervously. Sparx frowned, and Nova stared at the host blankly.
"Your task," the host continued, "Is to bring as many flags to the surface in one breath. The winner... wins."
"Wins WHAT?" said Chiro.
"Wins Immunity."
"Immunity?" said everyone in unison.
"You mean, like, immunity from disease?" asked Otto.
"No," said the host, getting annoyed. "Immunity means that you can vote for someone-"
"Big news." said Chiro. "Haven't we already got that?"
"LET ME FINISH!" the host cried. "IMMUNITY MEANS YOU CAN VOTE SOMEONE OFF THE ISLAND, BUT NO ONE CAN VOTE FOR YOU!"
"Cool!" said Nova. "Immunity is mine!"
"Is not! No point taking the task, I'll win anyway. Just give it to me, it'll spare you the embarrassment."
"Yeah right, Sakko! You couldn't win Immunity if your life depended on it!"
"I'd like to see you win it, Chiro!"
"Fine! You will!"
"WON'T YOU ALL JUST SHUT UP!" The host screamed. "You monkeys are terrible! And you-" he said, pointing at Chiro. "-aren't any better! No wonder you lead this annoyingly loud bunch!"
"I'll sue you for this," Chiro muttered. "And I'll take your show off air."
The host sighed. "Okay, start when I say 'go'. READY! SET! GO!"
Eight contestants ran into the water and over to the raft. Mr. Jeepers sat motionless on the beach, not taking part in the task.
The contestants were huddled on the small raft, and they paddled out to sea.
"Hey!" said Sakko. "Why don't we just sail away?"
Everyone exchanged glances. "Nah." they said in unison. They paddled on until they reached a buoy. A sign pointed to the ocean floor saying, 'Flags down there'.
Chiro nodded. "Yeah, stop here." Everyone jumped into the water, took a giant gasp and dived down into the depths.
Ten seconds later, Sakko appeared holding only one flag. Apparently, 500g was too much for him to handle.
Mandarin swam up to the surface with three flags, followed by Otto, who had four.
Otto looked at Sakko, who was floating face-down. He dragged Sakko on to the raft, and jumped on him. Sakko spat out a mouthful of water and gasped.
"You saved my life!" said Sakko. "I am eternally grateful!"
Otto booted Sakko off the raft.
Sparx broke the surface with six flags and a large purple bruise. "Ow!" he said, rubbing the sore. "I'll never steal Nova's flags again."
Antauri, with seven flags, swam to the surface, followed by Chiro who was carrying Gibson.
Otto gasped at Chiro. "How did you manage to get twelve?" he said in amazement.
Chiro said nothing. He had stolen all of Gibson's flags.
Gibson woke up, and looked at Chiro angrily. "Where are my flags, Chiro?" he said.
Chiro looked away uncomfortably. "Erm... you dropped them when you lost consciousness. Don't worry," he added as Gibson stared at him suspiciously. "I didn''t take any of them." Antauri noticed Chiro's fingers were crossed behind his back.
Nova emerged out of the water with fifteen. "Wow!" Sparx gasped. "How did you manage that many?"
"I don't know." said Nova. "But I would have seventeen if you hadn't stolen two of them."
Sparx back away from Nova. "Don't try anything, okay?"
"Don't worry, I won't. "said Nova. "Besides, I've won Immunity!"
"Against disease?" asked Otto.
"No, you idiot!" Nova retorted. "Against voting!"
"Oh." said Otto. They helped Nova on to the raft, and they sailed back to shore.
Otto looked around. "Where's Sakko?" he said. "Oh yeah, that's right. I booted him off the raft. I think he's still out there..."
Sakko tried his best to stay afloat. The contestants had left him behind. "Hello?" he called to no one in particular. "Can somebody hear me? HELLO?"
A fin rose from the water, then a dolphin's head appeared in front of Sakko. "Dolphins!" Sakko cried gleefully. "I heard they help people!" No such luck. The dolphin whacked him square on the head.
"Ow! Ow!" Sakko cried in pain. The dolphin made a whistling noise and swam off. "STOP MOCKING ME!" screamed Sakko. The tide came in, and Sakko floated back to shore.
Finally! That took me ages to finish. Poor Mr. Jeepers. He didn't get a single flag.
Sakko: Poor Mr. Jeepers? I nearly drowned! And that dolphin was horrible!
Dolphin: (translation) You were polluting our water!
Firesong77: Shut up, both of you!
Dolphin and Sakko: (grumbles)
Firesong77: (to dolphin) If you're lucky, you might have another appearance! Remember, R&R!
