Dodgebrawl:

Noah sat on the dock going over the day's events in his mind. He had stalwartly refused to participate in the challenge, a game of dodgeball. Noah hated sports, and he was terrible at them besides, so he had figured they were better off without him. Justin had also refused to participate, not wanting to chance a marring of his visage. Naturally with Gwen so tired she resembled a zombie, them refusing to act, and Lindsay disappearing for a large part of the game, they had lost.

It was later that he was approached by Heather with an offer. Vote for Justin and he might stay another day. With his knowledge of the queen bee's alliance, he figured it was safe to do. At elimination it came down to him and Justin. Luckily for him Heather was as good as her word and the model was voted out. He was then besieged by marshmallows thrown by the hands of his irate teammates. He knew in no uncertain terms that he was not in the clear.

So here he was on the dock thinking about his situation when he felt the presence of another behind him. "You're out here too man? Cool." He heard a voice say only to find the owner had sat next to him. He gave a short glance to confirm that this was the clumsy jock, before resolutely ignoring his existence.

"So, you come out here often?" The jock said, receiving silence in return. "Nah, me either, man I was just coming out here to think, get away from the team for a bit you know?" Once more all he got was silence. "It's just hard to focus with so much going on-"

"Tyler, can't you see I'm brooding." The cynic finally responded, with a sigh.

The jock blinked. "Noah, what's brooding?"

"I'm absorbed by negative thought." He explained. Tyler just stared at him. "I'm thinking about today and how bad things are."

The jock brightened. "That's why I'm here too bro! Do you feel like you failed the team too?"

Noah gave him a glare. "No, I don't think I failed my team, because I didn't try, and I didn't try because I know my strengths. Sports are not one of them."

Tyler looked confused. "Then what do you mean?"

"It is clear to me that though I did what was best for the team, the others don't view it that way. Thanks to today's challenge, which wasn't even a good one might I add, I've been ostracized by my team. Meaning if I don't make allies or get extremely lucky I'm the next one out." He ranted.

Tyler looked at him blankly. "What do ostriches have to do with anything?"

The cynic groaned. "I forgot you're an idiot. Look I don't have any friends, or really anyone I'm on good terms with."

The jock nodded. "I feel like that too. The girls on my team don't really care about me, Geoff, DJ, and Duncan are like super tight, and Harold saved our butts today. So I'm not really close to anyone either."

The two sat in silence for a moment. Then Tyler smiled. "Maybe we could be each other's friend?"

Noah raised a brow. "How exactly does that help us strategically?"

"Dude this isn't about strategy, can't we be friends, just to be friends?" He asked, the cynic did not respond which Tyler took as a yes.

Not quite famous:

Lindsay was spying on Gwen, and it was super boring. Seriously all she was doing was writing. Lindsay was so bored in fact that she failed to notice someone behind her. One tap to the shoulder later and she was crying out in surprise. "Oh, Trend I didn't see you there."

Trent gave her a suspicious look. "What are you doing?"

"I wasn't spying!" the blonde explained, quickly hiding her binoculars behind her back. "And even if I was spying it wouldn't be on Gwen, that's if I was spying which I'm not!" She babbled giving Trent a wide grin. The guitarist looked at her doubtfully. It was not long before Lindsay broke. "Okay I was spying on Gwen, but only because Henna told me to!"

"Henna? You mean Heather? Heather asked you to spy on Gwen?" He asked.

"Well... yeah, I mean I don't know why." The blonde admitted.

Trent sighed. "Lindsay I know you know spying is wrong. Are you sure this is something you want to do?"

She looked at him nervously. "No, I know I don't, It's like so boring."

Trent nodded. "Why don't we go for a swim instead?"

Lindsay beamed. "Sure!" As the two walked away, the guitarist glanced at the girl he liked, hopefully she'd get the privacy she wanted now.

Meanwhile Tyler was wandering through the camp with a yo-yo wrapped around his body. Eventually he made it to the boy's bathroom and entered. He began to struggle with the string around him, just as he thought he was making headway, he spotted someone sitting on the counter out the corner of his eye. Startled he stumbled and fell over. "Noah! I didn't know you were here!" He said embarrassed.

"Hello Tyler, I'd ask you to join me, but I can see you're tied up at the moment." The cynic noted drolly, turning a page of the book he was reading.

"Yeah, I can't get out." He admitted, oblivious to the joke made at his expense. "Could you help me?"

"Well, I could, but I'm getting far more amusement out watching you struggle." Noah smirked.

"Aww, come on man! If you help me, I'll totally owe you one." Tyler said continuing to try and escape his confines.

The cynic closed his book and clasped his hands together. "You have my attention."

"I always make things up. Like if someone does me a solid, I do them a solid you know?" Tyler explained. "So if you help me now, I promise to repay the favor."

Noah rolled his eyes, but a smirk played across his face. "Alright then. I do like being owed something." With that he jumped off the counter to the floor and looked Tyler over. "This is going to take a while."

Later Cody was following an irritated Gwen, who had decided to go for a swim. "Aww look first hook up of the season!" Heather jeered.

"Oh yeah me and him are going at it big time. I need a swim just to cool off." The goth snarked slamming the cabin door in the tech geek's face. He tried to peer in after her, but she nearly hit him in the face with the door as she left, wearing her swimsuit. Trent offered to go with her, and she agreed. Cody moved to follow her when Bridgette stormed by. "What's up Bridge?" He asked the blonde curiously.

"I accidentally crushed Courtney's violin, that's what." She sighed. "So, I figured I'd cool off in the lake."

Cody glanced at the increasing distance between himself and Gwen but in the end shrugged. " Well, I can't possibly let a lady feel bad on my watch. You wanna go together?'

Bridgette smiled. "Thanks Cody, I could use the company."

The talent show began with Izzy performing her dance of the rattlesnake, for which she received five points. This was followed by DJ for the Bass, who absolutely failed his act, resulting in a score of two points. Next Trent went for the Gophers receiving a total of eight points. Then Bridgette threw up on everyone getting two points for some reason. This was followed by Heather reading Gwen's diary for which she received seven points. Finally, Geoff took the stage and seemed to have turned things around when his skateboard broke, giving him one lone point. In the end Tyler worked with Katie, Sadie, and Harold to vote out Geoff.

The sucky outdoors:

Gwen was acting distant, and Trent didn't know what to do about it. Seeing he was feeling down Lindsay hung back. "Hey Trend, are you okay?"

Trent gave her a weak smile. "I'm fine, It's Gwen I'm worried about."

Lindsay nodded. "I totally get it, if it helps, I didn't know what Henna was planning."

Trent gave her a pat on the shoulder. "I know, you don't have a mean bone in your body."

Later when a bear attacked the two found themselves on the same branch of the tree. Lindsey buried herself in Trent's shoulder. "I'm too pretty to be eaten by a bear." She whimpered. He held her close. Luckily the bear turned out to be Izzy, unluckily this was followed by an actual bear.

When they arrived at camp the next day it was to find they had lost. Katie and Sadie hugged each other. "Just think if we'd shown up later than the others instead of earlier, we'd have lost!"

"I guess that's what happens when you're stuck up a tree." Heather said, the Gophers glared at Izzy. Needless to say, she was voted off.

Phobia Factor:

Around the campfire everyone had admitted their fears, including Katie and Sadie agreeing that bad hair cuts were terrifying, except Noah and Courtney. Noah mentioned the only thing he was truly scared of was death, while Courtney refused to tell anyone.

When the time came to face their fears, Noah was sent in a plane with Owen, as in Chris' words, 'nothing was as deadly as Chef's flying. 'He did manage to get a point but was senseless for the next ten minutes. In the end the Bass lost, and Courtney was voted out as they would have won had she faced her fear.

Up the creek:

Things went as normal until about halfway through the challenge when Trent got stuck in quicksand. Noah instructed him on how to get out and the crisis was averted. Later when they were building the fire, he asked if he could borrow Beth's glasses and used the sunlight to light a flame. When the Bass arrived, they were already well on their way to a big fire. Duncan used a lighter to start their fire and it became a race to see who would finish first. After Harold burned their oars, the Bass had no way to return to shore, and the Gophers had to return for them, after they had won, of course. Sadie was eliminated for not really contributing.

That evening Owen marveled at the fact that Cody had managed to get Gwen's bra. Noah, wanting a respite from his peer's immaturity, went to the dock. It was not long before he felt the presence of his acquaintance. They had met a couple of times before this, and it was starting to become a habit.

"So, what brings you here?' Tyler asked him.

"Cody's antics, he somehow managed to get ahold of Gwen's bra." Noah shrugged.

"Heh nice!" Tyler chuckled. Noah gave him a look. "I mean, not cool?" He corrected himself.

"I just don't get what the big deal is. So he got ahold of some lady's undergarments. So what? I don't know it seems stupid to me." He sighed. "And I know what you're thinking, trust me I've been teased enough about it."

The jock shook his head. "Man, you told me there wasn't anything between you and Cody. I believe you dude."

Noah smiled. "Thanks Tyler, that means a lot."

Paintball deer hunter:

Noah had taken to hiding in the branches of a tree. He had been there for the better part of an hour when he had to run off, owing to Owen climbing said tree to hunt Duncan. He ran off to another section of the forest and climbed yet another tree, only to discover someone else was already there.

"Please don't tell anyone where I am." Tyler whispered.

"Your secret is safe with me." He noted. "After all, I couldn't tell anyone without giving myself away too."

"Okay good," The two of them remained in the tree until Chris called time. Then Noah dropped down. He glanced up when Tyler didn't follow. "You coming?"

"Well, you know I would, but it's just so nice up here-" Tyler began.

"You're stuck aren't you." Noah interrupted.

"Yeah…" He admitted.

"Just jump down, it's not far." The cynic suggested.

"Okay." Tyler looked like he was trying to jump but couldn't quite bring himself to do it. "Can you count me down?"

Noah rolled his eyes. "Fine, on three...three." At this Tyler jumped and the two rolled onto the ground in a heap. "I said to jump down, not on me." He groaned.

"Sorry, you didn't give me time to prepare. I expected you to count to three." Tyler explained.

"If I had given you time to prepare you wouldn't have jumped." He said, they tried to stand up, only to discover their antlers were tangled. "Well, this is great."

"We have to get back to the others." Tyler said.

"Well then let's just take these off, problem solved." He replied reaching up to do so.

"No!" The jock exclaimed. "If you do that, we'll be disqualified!"

"Fine then, I guess we'll just have to awkwardly make our way back." He sighed.

When they returned to the others Heather chuckled. "Getting cozy with Tyler now Noah?"

That was it, Noah was officially voting out Heather, in spite of Cody's injuries. Thanks to Beth, Gwen, Himself, Cody, and Trent. She was sent packing.

Can you beat the heat? :

Without Heather they struggled to complete the next challenge, but thanks to Lashawna they managed to make a decent meal. Unfortunately, Owen ate everything and was subsequently voted out. Mostly because despite the reveal of Beth's 'Cursed Idol' there weren't enough people who believed in it.

Who can you trust? :

The first challenge paired up Cody with Gwen. The goth girl warned him that if he looked up her skirt, she would kill him. Unfortunately, Gwen somehow hit every single explosive on the way up, making it easy for DJ and Duncan to win.

The second challenge paired Harold and Bridgette, as well as Trent and Lindsay. When deciding who would cook Harold instantly claimed it. Bridgette agreed as she was pretty laid back. Lindsay offered to be the cook, but Trent knew her well enough to know it was a bad idea.

"Actually, Lindsay I was hoping I could cook. After all, no one deserves a nice home cooked meal more than you." Trent charmed.

"Ooh, okay! I'd love to eat your cooking, Todd." Lindsay grinned.

When it turned out the dish was poisonous blowfish, Trent became nervous. He wasn't exactly knowledgeable about preparing such food, but Lindsay had faith in him. Later when it was time to eat Trent's food looked great. Lindsay beamed. "This looks so good Trend!" She exclaimed before eating the food without hesitation. "It tastes good too! You're the best."

Bridgette looked at her food nervously it looked alright, but did she really want to take that chance? Harold seemed to find her hesitation offensive. "I'm not trying to poison you! Gosh!" Bridgette ate the food and fell over, her face turning blue. "What but I've read all about preparing fugu!"

There was a short break between challenges and a concerned Cody noted Bridgette's absence. He asked Harold where she was, and a confused Harold told him she was in the medical tent. The nerd was clearly trying to figure out where he went wrong in cooking the fish. Cody ran off to make sure Bridgette was okay. When he entered the tent, it was to find Chef was about to stick a syringe in her. Saying it wouldn't hurt a bit, it would hurt a lot. Cody spoke up. "Um, Chef?"

"What do you want nerd?!" The cook growled.

"Is Bridgette okay?" He asked.

"She will be once I get this in her." Chef replied giving him a pointed look.

"Can I stay here? You know, for emotional support?" He pleaded.

"Oh for crying out loud! Sit your butt down then and Let me do my stinkin' job!" The cook barked. Cody did as he was instructed.

At the beginning of the third challenge, which Chris had split into three causing Noah to question if it was actually five challenges, Noah was paired with Beth, while Duncan was paired with Katie. As it turned out, Beth was not a good shot and hit Noah everywhere but the top of his head, While Katie also made her fair share of mistakes she was at least doing better. Not to mention Duncan's body was far more resilient than Noah's. Eventually the bass won but not before Beth had knocked out Noah.

Part two of the three-part challenge had Lashawna paired with Lindsay, and Duncan paired with Tyler. Lashawna easily caught Lindsay, but Duncan called for Tyler to jump too early. He laughed when Tyler was shocked by jellyfish.

When Tyler went to the medical tent, he discovered Cody was still sitting near Bridgette as Chef worked on her. "Chef, you got anything for jellyfish?" He asked, to which the cook nodded. Tyler sat on the cot next to the one where Noah lay unconscious. As though on cue Noah sat up.

"Ugh did anyone get the number on the truck that hit me?" He moaned.

"It wasn't a truck dude, Beth kept hitting you with apples." Tyler explained.

"Oh yeah, who knew fruit was so hard." Noah noted.

"I know dude! I felt bad when you got knocked out, but I had to do my own challenge." The jock apologized.

"Well at least it wasn't arrows, looks like Chris' incompetence came in handy for once." Noah smirked.

The final part of the challenge paired Gwen with Trent and DJ with Harold. Despite the two gophers working well together, luck caused an explosion to break their toboggan. The Bass won and Beth was voted out, as those who still believed in the curse were even more convinced of it and Noah was just mad she'd knocked him out.

Basic Straining:

Noah was the first person out; he knew that was risky, but his health was more important than the challenge. Duncan pissed chef off so much he was sent to the boathouse and Katie brought him food. Later they ransacked Chef's fridge, and everyone gorged themselves on food. In the end Gwen won and the Bass voted out Duncan, or rather Harold rigged the votes against him.

Xtreme torture:

Gwen and Bridgette found a poem and tried to figure out who it was for and who wrote it. During the first challenge as they moved the bed into position Gwen asked Noah if he knew anything about poetry to which he replied. "What kind of poem?"

"I think it's a Haiku." She guessed.

"I know who probably wrote it then, but I'm not going to tell you because it's none of my business." Gwen protested and Trent landed on the bed, the mattress collapsing on him. They managed to get the bed open, and upon seeing Trent was out Lindsay ran over to him.

"Trend! Oh no he needs CPR!" She cried kneeling down and kissing him.

"Lindsay he's not having trouble breathing." Noah rolled his eyes.

"Does anyone want to tell her CPR doesn't involve tongue?" Cody asked.

"Nah, I'm sure Trent's enjoying himself." Gwen scoffed clearly jealous.

The second challenge had Lashawna against Tyler. The sista rode the moose just fine, while Tyler was immediately thrown off. Noah gave a concerned look towards him but quickly hid it.

The third challenge had Gwen steering a boat, while Harold tried to water ski behind it, and Katie steering a boat for Lindsay. Gwen started to drive and Harold collected all five flags, but just as she was moving towards the finish line Cody mentioned she looked sexy when she was determined. The goth rolled her eyes and the boat crashed leaving Harold in the mud.

Lindsay got all the flags easily and Katie tried to stop her from winning by crashing the boat. Lindsey kept her balance and crossed the line, winning for the gophers. The Bass voted out Harold, who revealed he had written the poems for Lashawna. The two parted after a chaste kiss.

Later that night Gwen asked if Noah had known it was Harold. "Well duh, Harold's super into Asian culture, if anyone wrote a Haiku it would be that geek."