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Last time on Total Drama Survival:
Teams took part in what was to be the Greatest Show on Earth, or as great a show as a bunch of teenagers on an uninhabited island could put on.
The acts were well done. There was pain. There was suffering and there was Sydney, who quit the contest after being told her top was worth half a million dollars.
Unfortunately for her, Allie was turned down by Daiskue after their rendezvous in the previous challenge, which dampened her spirits for the challenge. But it was Dennis who got eliminated after refusing to ride the motorcycle for his act, thanks to Kellie.
As we move into our eighth day, tension is higher than ever and it is amazing! I'm on the edge of my seat and you should be as well! On Total! Drama! SURVIVAL!
Insert your own theme song here...
Chapter 8: Nothing to Fear but Fear Itself
The sun began to rise and the sky began to transition from the blackness of night to the blue of day. Most of the Lions got very little sleep as they were too busy fearing for their lives in the deadly jungle. Since they had lost the last challenge, they were not allowed to sleep inside. Sleeping inside was for winners only.
Allie was still bummed about Daiskue turning her down. She had the comfort of her friends Jessica and Sophia. Dawn also was sympathetic to Allie's feelings. While she was sad, she was grateful to be among good friends.
"This is it," Jessica said to herself as she woke up, "Today I'm going to finally talk to Draden! I'm determined! There's no stopping me!"
"What?" Sophia woke up, rubbing her eyes.
"Oh," Jessica blushed, "I'm sorry. Just talking to myself."
"I heard," Sophia smiled, "I'm glad to see you so perky this morning."
Jessica blushed further, "Um...yeah," she laughed, "I'm, like, so ready. I've been pumping myself up. I'm going to, like, do it."
"I hope you do," Sophia said.
Allie could not bring herself to wake up. The last day had been a drag. She did not know if she could face Daiskue again. She felt embarrassed upon seeing the martial artist, still asleep on the grass. She had no idea what she would say if they had to talk again.
"Why are you so distraught?" Dawn asked the blonde genius.
"Oh, you know," Allie said, still on the ground, "same stuff."
"Talking will make you feel better," Dawn said.
"Maybe later," Allie said, "Just let me be."
"It is very obvious you're in distress," Dawn told Allie, "We all can tell."
"I told you not now," Allie said, still not getting off the ground.
"Alright," Dawn sighed as she walked off, "I'll talk to you later."
Meanwhile, near the lake, the sun started to rise. Dragonflies flitted around the reeds. Fish were swimming around, getting plucked by a hungry duck, but the fish got the last laugh when a hungry crocodile ambushed the bird and ripped it to pieces.
The commotion woke Claire, who was snuggled up to Ted, but the cutthroat boy was still fast asleep, with a protective arm around her. Claire smiled, comfortable and continued to watch the lake with her head on Ted's broad shoulder.
A few minutes later, Ted woke up as well.
"Good morning, beautiful," Ted looked down at Claire.
"Good morning, handsome," Claire replied, "Has something been troubling you?" she noticed worry on Ted's face.
"What if that was the last night we have together?" Ted asked. He seemed concerned for the first time Claire had seen.
"Every night might be our last night together," Claire said, "That's the nature of this contest. Since we're both strong players, we'll probably both be voted off sooner or later."
"But isn't it nice to think that one of us might win?" Ted asked.
"Yeah," Claire said, "But I doubt it'll be me. I'm...I'm not really that special."
"Why do you cut yourself short, Claire?" Ted asked the perfectionist girl, "You're brilliant. You're one of the smartest, strongest, most caring girls I've ever met. You're probably the second most likely to win out of all of us."
"Oh?" Claire quirked an eyebrow, "And who would be the most likely?"
"Myself of course," Ted laughed.
"If I don't win, I hope you do," Claire told Ted.
"Same," Ted told Claire, "But I'm going to win."
"In your dreams," Claire laughed, slugging Ted in the arm, "Want me to get you breakfast?"
"Yeah, that would be great. Get me some of those giant pancakes with the chocolate chips in them alright?"
"You always eat those," Claire said, "How about something a little bit different?"
"Nope," Ted said, "Chocolate chip pancakes. I always get you what you want when your team loses."
"But I'm your princess, Ted," Claire said.
"Yes you are. Now make with the pancakes, princess," Ted told Claire.
Claire kissed Ted on the cheek and walked off to the Spa Hotel to get Ted's breakfast as well as her own.
The rest of the Terrifying Tigers were eating their own breakfast as Claire walked in. Thomas and Peyton sat together, the latter actually more tense than the former upon the newcomer's arrival.
"Hey teammates," Claire smiled at her team.
"Hi Claire," most of the teammates said back (in case you care, Peyton abstained, but mostly out of fear).
The setting was pretty much the same as every time the Tigers sat at the Spa Hotel (minus a few people, of course). Peyton and Thomas were talking, but Thomas was noticeably less tense than normal. Lucas was talking to Manny about his own aspirations to become a rock star with the rocker adding in his own details about how fun it was. Kellie was talking up Jared and subtly flirting. Just another day.
Claire sat at the table as she waited for her food.
"How's Ted?" Kellie asked, smiling her trademark femme fatale smile.
"He's good," Claire told Kellie, "But you guys wouldn't even know about him if it weren't for somebody," she shot a dirty look toward Peyton.
Peyton frowned, "I didn't tell anyone about you guys. I know you don't believe me, but I really didn't."
"You really didn't?" Claire asked, "You seem very adamant that you didn't."
"I swear," Peyton said, "I was your friend, remember?"
Claire raised an eyebrow. She did not know whether to believe the optimist girl.
The chef (no, not Chef Hatchet; he was taking the day off) gave Claire her breakfast and the extra pancakes for Ted.
"Thank you, sir," Claire told the cook as she walked out of the Spa Hotel.
Claire walked up to Ted, who was skipping stones in front of the lake, careful to avoid the crocodile sleeping in the water.
"Oh boy!" Ted exclaimed, "My pancakes! Thanks my beautiful lady," he leaned in to kiss Claire.
"You're welcome," Claire blushed, still a little bit distressed about Peyton."
Ted noisily chomped down on his pancakes.
"Ted?" Claire asked.
"Yes, Claire?"
"Have you figured out who it was that spilled the beans about our relationship?"
Ted pondered whether to tell Claire the whole truth before finally saying, "Kellie."
"What?" Claire screamed, shocked, "Kellie?"
"Yes, Kellie," Ted said, "she confronted my team about it and said that if one of us fessed up as to who was seeing you, she would sabotage you guys in the challenge."
"Seriously?" Claire said, dumbfounded, "She threw the challenge?"
"Yes," Ted said, "I fessed up in private so that the rest of my team wouldn't know. It was for the game."
"Why did Kellie want to know?" Claire asked.
"I'm guessing she knew that Peyton knew a secret of yours," Ted explained, "She probably wanted to set two of the stronger players against each other pretty early in the game."
"And why didn't you tell me of this?" Claire asked Ted, starting to get angry.
"I...I couldn't. I didn't think you'd believe me. You'd probably get mad at me and think I was spreading lies to win the game."
"Ted, I would never," Claire said.
"I'm sorry," Ted said, "I should've told you sooner."
"It's ok," Claire hugged him, "Let's just not keep secrets from each other anymore."
"Agreed."
CONFESSIONAL: TED
"I conveniently forgot to mention that I also wanted to ride Kellie's wave of causing conflict within her team so that the Lions could win more challenges. Haha, I don't think Claire would forgive that so quickly. But...I guess some things are more important than just winning this game," Ted begins to drift off, "But I'm going to win, got it?"
CONFESSIONAL: CLAIRE
"So it was Kellie! I should've known it! She's been causing problems for others since she's gotten here!"
END CONFESSIONAL
"It's challenge Time!" Chris's voice boomed over the loudspeaker, "Meet me at the central campground!"
The remaining fifteen contestants gathered into the campground.
"Welcome," Chris addressed the fifteen remaining teens, "to your worst nightmare!" the host laughed evilly.
"How could it be all of our worst nightmares?" Allie asked, "We're all separate people and we all have different fears, right?"
"Funny you should mention that," Chris told Allie, "Because we've been doing our research here and we've managed to uncover all of your greatest fears. And today, you will each take part in a challenge custom-tailored to you!"
"That's a little bit creepy," Ted said to the host, "that you managed to find out what all our fears are."
"Well, let's just say that the internet is a wonderful thing!" Chris replied, "Anyways, you're going to want to do your challenge, because the team with the least members who complete their custom challenge will be sending somebody home."
"Wait a second," Kellie said, "That puts them at an advantage because they have nine players to our seven!"
"Yes," Chris said, "That's true," he tapped his chin, "If more than six Lions complete their challenges, and all of the Tigers complete their challenges, we'll have a tiebreaker round.
"You know," Drake said, "some of us don't even have fears. What am I going to do for this challenge? I'm not afraid of anything."
"You're not?" Draden snarled, getting in the bully's face, making him wince
"Funny you should say that," Chris said, "because you'll be going first! Your challenge is a boxing match against somebody stronger than you!"
"Nobody's stronger than me!" Drake declared.
"A lot of people are stronger than you," Ted told the bully, "Even Allie could probably kick your ass."
Allie rolled her eyes.
CONFESSIONAL: ALLIE
"Ok, Ted's really been getting on my nerves lately! All the blonde jokes, the smug demeanor, his cockiness...He's the reason I'm not taken seriously on my team!"
END CONFESSIONAL
"Bring it," Drake snarled at the host.
"Alright!" Chris announced, "Now, we were going to have you fight against Chef, but he's taking the day off, so we'll have you fight Ryan from the Ridonculous Race!"
As if on cue, the muscular young man with boxing gloves stepped into a boxing ring. "Who am I fighting?" he asked Chris, "Is it the muscle guy?" he pointed at Draden.
"No," Chris said, "you'll be fighting Drake."
"The hothead?" Ryan asked, "I wanted a challenge."
"All you have to do is last for one minute in the boxing ring against Ryan," Chris told Drake.
"Um," Drake laughed, "No need to fight, right?"
"That's the challenge," Chris said, "Fight Ryan or lose the challenge!"
"I'm good," Drake said, nervous.
"So, I'm not going to be fighting?" Ryan asked.
"Guess not," Chris said.
"Do I still get paid?" Ryan asked.
"Yes," Chris sighed, "I'll give you the check later."
"Cool," Ryan said, heading toward the spa hotel.
"Alright!" Chris said, "It's time for Jared to face his worst fear!"
Jared gulped, hoping Chris wouldn't actually know his worst fear.
"Now, Jared, I know you love nature and animals, but there is one animal that I know you are terrified of."
"Uh, what is it mate?" Jared asked, nervous.
An intern wheeled out a crate on a dolly. Chris opened the crate and an anteater came out. Jared paled.
"You don't really care much for anteaters, do you Jared?" Chris asked.
CONFESSIONAL: JARED
"How did he know?"
CONFESSIONAL: CHRIS
"I'm just good! That's all!"
END CONFESSIONAL
Chris picked up a pail of ants and dumped its contents all over the survivalist boy, "All you have to do is let the anteater slurp up all of the ants on your body!"
Jared took a few deep breaths and laid down. His heart was racing. The anteater walked around Jared, examining the ants on his body. The creature stuck its tongue out and slurped up a couple ants/
Jared laughed, "Haha! It tickles!" The anteater continued to do what it does best: eat the ants off Jared's body. Pretty soon they were all gone, with the survivalist boy laughing.
"Jared gets a point for his team!" Chris announced, "making the score 0-1, Tigers! Time for Ted to try to tie it up!"
Chris took the contestants to a long, narrow tunnel. It was too short to stand in
"Ted, for your challenge, you must crawl through this tunnel," Chris said.
"Easy," Ted said. Chris was smirking as Ted walked up to the entrance of the tunnel.
"Any surprises?" Ted asked Chris.
"Oh, you'll see!" Chris smiled smugly.
Ted rolled his eyes and started to crawl through the tunnel. Chris kept his smug grin.
"So, what's actually in there?" Claire asked the host.
"Oh, you'll see," Chris smirked
"Aaaghhh!" Ted screamed, "Rats! They're attacking me. Ow! Ow! Get off of me!" he yelled at the voracious rodents as the bit and scratched Ted. He tried to stand up, but the tunnel was cramped. He crawled forward as fast as he could and eventually popped out the other side of the tunnel, panting and bleeding.
"Ted did it!" Chris said, "The score is tied up at one point both teams! Next up from the Terrifying Tigers, Manny will have to face his biggest fear: dinosaurs!"
"But dinosaurs are extinct," Lucas said.
"Yes," Chris said to the overweight Star Wars fan, "So for his challenge, Manny will have to watch the film Jurassic Park!
"I loved that movie!" Lucas exclaimed, "Can I watch it too?"
"Nope," Chris said cheerfully, "Manny has to face his fear himself!"
"That's a little bit lame," Manny told Chris, "Losing your edge?"
"No," Chris said, "We just couldn't get a real dinosaur and a robot would be too expensive, so this is what we're doing!"
Manny shrugged, "Ok, whatever."
Chris led Manny to the Spa Hotel where he would watch the movie.
"Manny's a little bit busy at the moment, so now would be a perfect time for a commercial break!" Chris declared.
COMMERCIAL BREAK
"Hey, guys!" Rich Moneyman said to the crowd that wasn't there, "It's your friend Rich Moneyman, back with my newest invention! What could possibly top the blistering success of my Bee Farms? Well, I'm glad you asked!"
Rich held up a metal disk with a tube attached to it.
"This is the Car Exhaust Grill! All you have to do is attach this to the tailpipe of your car and put the hamburger in the heating chamber. Don't worry, it's perfectly safe! Of the 100 people we tested, only a few of them wound up in the hospital! And none of them are dead, so the grill is safe to use! Right? That's how it works, right?"
BACK TO THE SHOW!
"So, Manny, how was the movie?" Chris asked.
"It was alright," Manny said, "but I'd change the soundtrack. I wouldn't use all those violins and trumpets. Maybe get a bass guitar and a drum set."
"Yeah, sure," Chris said, "But you managed to face your fear, so the tigers get a second point! Score is 2-1, Tigers! Time for Angie to try out her challenge!"
"I'm looking forward to what you found as my fear," Angie challenged Chris.
"Yeah, this was kind of a stretch," Chris said, "Honestly, nobody I asked could come up with any fears for you, Angie. Are you that shallow?"
"I'm not shallow," Angie said, sitting next to Gregory, "I'm just relaxed."
"Whatever," Chris said, "but, I'll bet you'd be afraid if I made you wrestle a crocodile!"
"Haven't you put that crocodile through enough?" Peyton asked.
"What makes you think there's only one crocodile on this island?" Chris asked.
"Um, Chris," Angie said, "I'm not wrestling an alligator."
"It's a crocodile," Chris corrected, "Then you're not getting the point for your team!"
"Seriously?" Gregory said to the host as passionately as he could in his perpetual half-asleep state, "You're going to make her wrestle a crocodile to get a point?"
"Well, I was, but she's not going to do it, so no point!" Chris said.
There were protests from the Lethal Lions.
"No point!" Chris said cheerily, "Tigers still lead 2-1! Speaking of Tigers, Peyton, it's time to face your greatest fear!"
Peyton's tan skin started to sweat a little bit.
"Peyton, you're afraid of snakes, right?" Chris asked.
Peyton pursed her lips, "No comment."
"I know you're afraid of snakes," Chris said, "So I have a surprise for you!"
Another large crate was wheeled out. Chris opened it, revealing a very large brown snake coiled around a statue of Chris.
"This is a reticulated python," Chris said, "It's the largest snake in the world and it's been known to eat humans. Your challenge is to retrieve the Chris statue from the coils of this giant snake.
The python lazily flicked its tongue out and tasted the air.
"It's going to eat me?" Peyton asked.
"Maybe," Chris shrugged, "But if it does, this python will be fired from the show, so you can take comfort in that."
"Don't worry, Sheila," Jared told Peyton, "Pythons can go months without eating. This particular one looks like it just ate. He probably doesn't need to eat right now."
"Um...but its still a big snake," Peyton said.
"You can do it!" Thomas reassured, showing a reversal of roles.
"I don't know," Peyton worried, "look at the way it's looking at me!"
"Come on, Peyton!" Claire said, "You got this!"
Peyton closed her eyes, "I've got this," she said to herself, "I've got this."
Peyton stuck her hand inside the snake's coils. The giant snake hissed from being startled by the girl's hand. Peyton quickly shrieked and pulled her hand back.
"Be strong, young Jedi," Lucas said to Peyton.
"You can do this!" Thomas said.
"I'm going to do this!" Peyton gritted her teeth, sticking her hand back in the coils. She sifted through the long snake, feeling around for the statue. When she found the statue, she tugged it out of the snake's coils and held it high as a trophy.
"Yes! I did it! I faced my greatest fear!" Peyton jumped up and down. Thomas hugged the optimist girl.
"Thomas!" Peyton said, "You're hugging me!"
"Um...yeah," Thomas said, "How do I not feel uncomfortable?"
"Are you warming up to us?"
"Maybe a little," Thomas admitted, "There's something about going through near-death experiences with people that makes you start to love them."
"Awww," most of the contestants on either team cooed (In case you care, Ted, Drake and Kellie just rolled their eyes). Even Chris smiled a little bit.
"Anyways," Chris said, "Tigers are now leading 3-1! Can Daiskue manage to catch up his team? Because, Daiskue, I know that you're afraid of pirates! So you'll be sword fighting a real life pirate!"
A redhead girl swooped down on Daiskue. She was wearing a fake eyepatch and a captain's hat and had a blue sailor's jacket over her green clothing.
"Ready to fight?!" the girl said excitedly, bearing a sword in her hand with a sharp, metal blade.
"Here's your sword," Chris tossed a plastic sword to Daiskue.
"You have got to be kidding me!" Daiskue said, "You want me to fight Izzy? That is a death sentence. Also, a warrior would never fight a girl unless there is a good reason!" Daiskue tugged his headband.
"I see why you liked him," Jessica said to Allie, "He's such a gentleman!"
"Yeah," Allie sighed, "Too bad I'll never have him."
"It's ok," Jessica said, "You'll find somebody."
"How about now!" Pirate Izzy slammed the hilt of her sword into Daiskue's face.
"Ouch!" Daiskue rubbed his cheek, "Why did you do that."
"Because I'm wild and crazy! Watch out, before I hit you again!" Izzy grinned.
Daiskue took his sword in hand and began to duel the pirate girl. Despite the fact that it was plastic, Daiskue still managed to hold his own against her. They expertly battled, blocking each others' moves. After they carried on for about five minutes, Chris told Daiskue that he passed the challenge.
"The score is now 3-2!" Chris announced, "The Tigers are still ahead, but the Lions are finally starting to catch up! Maybe Thomas will be able to maintain the Tigers' lead!"
"Thomas!" Chris announced, "You're afraid of people, and you've been around new people for the past week, so I'll give you the point anyways!"
"Yes!" Peyton cheered and hugged Thomas who returned the hug, "I'm so proud of you!"
"Thanks," Thomas said sheepishly.
"The score is 4-2!" Chris announced, "But it's far from over! Draden! Time for you to face your fear! Draden, I believe you're afraid of clowns, is that correct?"
Drake got on his knees and started laughing, "Clowns? Really? That's such a pathetic fear!"
"Really?" Draden picked up Drake by his ragged shirt, "Pathetic? You know what I think is pathetic?" Draden snarled.
"No! No," Drake said, "I'm perfectly fine!"
"Well, I'm going to tell you," Draden said, "I think it's pathetic that you consistently beat up and abuse people smaller than you.
"Yeah," Drake stuttered, "It's pathetic, haha!"
"Um, guys," Chris said, "This is a half-hour show, so save your fighting for later. Draden, I have a clown here," at this time, Chris pointed at the clown, "All you have to do is give him a hug to get the point."
Draden walked up to the creepy-looking clown.
"Hey there, kiddo!" The clown said to Draden, "How you doing?"
"Um...I'm alright," Draden said.
"Why the long face, kiddo?" the clown asked Draden, "Come on and give me a big hug!"
"I wouldn't do it," Chris said, looking just as scared as the muscular teen, "That clown is pretty scary."
Draden closed his eyes and hugged the clown and the clown hugged Draden back. The muscle man then ran off and got away from the clown.
"Draden gets the point!" Chris announced, still a little scared, "The score is now 4-3 in favor of the Tigers! And can you please get that...thing out of here," Chris pointed at the clown.
The clown walked away with its head hung low.
"Anyways," Chris said, "Next up, Kellie will be doing her challenge! Kellie, I believe you are afraid of bees."
"Afraid is a strong word," Kellie shrugged, "I just don't like them very much."
"Whatever," Chris said, "Anyways, you have to tear down this hive of killer bees using your hands," Chris motioned toward a beehive with those insects buzzing around, "I knew buying all these Bee Farms was a good investment!"
Kellie took a deep breath and approached the hive. A couple of bees buzzed by her, making her flinch a little. Kellie stuck both hands into the hive and yanked it down. She then ran away screaming as a swarm of the stinging insects gave chase, stinging her numerous times. She shook off the bees when she jumped into a small pond.
"Kellie gets a point for the Tigers!" Chris announced, "Points are now 5-3, Tigers! But there are more Lions, so they still have a chance! Jessica will take on her challenge next!"
Chris led the contestants to a large cave full of bats.
"Your task is to retrieve a metal Chris statue from this cave full of giant fruit bats!"
"Um, ok," Jessica shrugged, trying to suppress a giggle. She walked into the cave and confidently walked out about a minute later, with the same smile on her face.
"Um, bra, you weren't scared?" Chris asked.
"No. I'm afraid of the other kind of bats," Jessica laughed
"You mean baseball bats?" Chris raised an eyebrow.
"Yeah," Jessica said, "When I used to play softball as a little kid, there was a teammate who liked to bash me over the head with a bat. It resonated...wrong with me."
Chris face-palmed, "Dammit! I thought I had you with this! Score is 5-4 Tigers. Time for Claire to face her fear!"
A massive helicopter dropped a slingshot fair ride onto the island.
"Claire!" Chris said to the perfectionist, "You are going to face your fear: slingshot rides!"
"Is this thing even up to code?" Claire asked the host.
"Probably not," Chris shrugged, "It comes from a run-down carnival that closed in 1995."
Claire tapped the base of the machine and heard a couple of grinding and clattering metal noises that rattled the island.
"I'm gonna be killed," Claire said.
"Maybe," Chris smiled.
"I...I can't," Claire said
"Dang! I thought I would actually see a death on this show," Chris said, "Oh well," Chris picked up a walkie-talkie, "Take back the drop tower." The helicopter came back, picked up the tower and flew away.
CONFESSIONAL: CLAIRE
"I...I couldn't do it. I would surely have died. I'm sorry to my team."
END CONFESSIONAL
The last Tiger, Lucas is going to take his challenge after the next two Lions have their turns! First up, Gregory!"
"I'd rather not," Gregory said, "We'll get to the tiebreaker at least," he yawned.
"You sure?" Chris asked, "I didn't even give you the challenge yet, dude!"
"I'm not really in the mood," Gregory said.
Drake took the lazy boy by the shirt, "If you don't win this challenge for us, I'll beat the sh..."
"What did you say?" Draden said to Drake.
"Nothing," Drake said, "Nothing at all."
"That's what I thought!" Draden snarled, shoving the bully.
"Alright," Chris said, "Sophia will have to tie it up! If you fail this challenge, your team will send someone home. Probably you for lousing this up. So you have a relatively bizarre fear," Chris sneered.
"I guess," Sophia shrugged.
"You are afraid of holes, right?"
"Tryptophobia is not a bizarre fear," Allie said, "A lot of people have it."
"Anyways," Chris said, "All you have to do is shave down a tree with this cheese grater!"
"Really?" Sophia said, "That's the best you could come up with?"
"Yeah," Chris told the stoic girl, "It's kind of difficult to come up with fifteen challenges in just one day."
Sophia shrugged and took the cheese grater, shaving down the tree bark, "See," she gave a slight smile, "Not that difficult," Sophia said.
"Fine," Chris rolled his eyes, "Ruin my fun of seeing you all in terror."
"Aaaaahhhhh," Sophia said in a monotone voice, earning a few laughs from her fellow competitors.
"Anyways!" Chris announced, "It's all tied up and conveniently, Allie and Lucas both have the same fear!" Come with me.
Chris and the contestants walked to a large, forested area littered with white, silky spiderwebs. Allie and Lucas looked at each other, scared.
"This is one of the more...interesting areas of the jungle of Kumba Island. There are creatures right out of the Carboniferous Period! Yes, I'm talking about giant spiders!
"What?" Allie shrieked.
"How big are we talking?" Lucas paled and began to sweat.
"Oh, they're big!" Chris said, "Maybe five or six!"
"Five or six what?" Lucas asked.
"Maybe seven," Chris sneered.
As if on cue, a spider jumped out of the forest, at least two meters long. Lucas jumped up, terrified and Allie screamed.
"I...I don't think I can do this," Allie said.
"I...I'll do it," Lucas stammered, channeling his inner Jedi as he ran into the forest.
"I didn't even get a chance to announce the challenge," Chris said, "but if Allie isn't going to do it, we can declare the Terrifying Tigers the winners!"
The Tigers cheered and hugged each other.
"Dammit, Allie!" Ted scolded the genius, "You screwed us over! You failed to win for us! God! You are such a useless blonde! Get out of here!"
Allie looked shocked. Tears ran down her eyes as she ran off toward the confessional.
CONFESSIONAL: ALLIE
"I...I can't believe he said that. How...How could he?"
CONFESSIONAL: TED
"Looking back, I shouldn't have been so harsh on her," he sighs, "Well, guess I'd better start convincing people to vote for her. But I wouldn't count on it. She has a lot of friends."
END CONFESSIONAL
"I'll go console her," Sophia said, walking to the confessional with Allie, "Ted, this is the straw that broke the camel's back. You bashed her when you knew she was going through a tough time," she said, breaking her normally stoic face into a scowl, "Why?"
Sophia and a couple of the Lions' girls walked toward the confessional booth.
"They're planning to vote me off," Ted said to the group, "We need to vote for her. I'm a stronger player. Can I have your votes for Allie?"
Claire was sitting in front of the lake. It was about the time that Ted would come meet her for dinner, but he was not there. An hour or so later, Ted came, but his demeanor was not smug and confident as per usual.
"Claire, this might be our last night together," Ted told Claire, "I screwed up."
"What did you do?" Claire asked.
"I...I offended someone. Someone with a lot of friends who will vote for me."
"Was it Allie?" Claire asked.
"Yes," Ted sighed, "It was Allie."
"Do you know the votes?"
"A little bit," Ted said, "I have Drake, Draden and Gregory and myself voting for Allie. And I'm guessing Angie, Sophia, Allie and Jessica will be voting for me. Daiskue is on the fence, because he's my friend, but he has a thing for Allie. It's going to be difficult. I don't know if I'll make it."
Claire sighed, "I'll be watching the torch-lighting ceremony. I hope you make it," she kissed Ted on the cheek.
"Thanks," Ted replied, "I hope I do, too."
CUT TO CAMPFIRE
"I have nine, soon to be eight Lethal Lions here today," Chris said, holding his giant tiki torch. He placed the tip of the torch into the fire, lighting it ablaze, "If I light your torch, you are still in the competition. If your torch remains unlit, you are the newest loser. The following contestants are safe:
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Jessica
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Daiskue
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Angie
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Gregory
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Draden
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Sophia
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Drake
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Ted, Allie, there are two of you left, but only one space of immunity."
Ted glared at Allie. Allie glared at Ted. Claire, hiding in the bushes surrounding the campground, was worried.
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"No!" Claire screamed from the bushes.
"Claire?" Gregory asked, "Why are you here? You're on the other team!"
"They're dating," Chris said, "You didn't know that?"
"No!" Gregory said, "Who else knew about this?"
Everyone on the team raised their hands.
"Maybe if you didn't sleep all the time, you'd catch on," Chris sneered.
"Um...anyways," Claire said, walking up to Ted, "I'm going to miss you!" she embraced Ted. The hug turned into a kiss, and it was a perfect thirty seconds for both of them, where they just forgot about the stress of the game.
When Ted and Claire let go of each other, Ted held her close and said, "You can do this. I know you'll go all the way. I'll be watching and cheering."
"This is so cute," Chris said, "but Ted has another date today! A date with the toss of shame!"
CUT TO THE TOSS OF SHAME
Ted was loaded into the giant slingshot.
"Any last words?" Chris asked.
"I'm sorry Alleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!"
"I personally will not miss him," Chris said, "I was kind of getting sick of his smugness!"
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For the first time in what felt like forever, Claire went to sleep in the spa hotel, hanging her head. She was close to tears.
"He got eliminated?" Peyton asked Claire.
"Yeah," the perfectionist nodded.
"I'm sorry," Peyton put a hand on Claire's shoulder, "You want to go get ice cream?"
Claire smiled through her tears, "Um...yeah. That sounds good."
"Just remember, he's not dead," Peyton said, "You'll see him again."
"Yeah, I will," Claire said to Peyton, "There's just one thing."
"What's that?" Peyton asked.
"I need to win," Claire smiled, "Now, it's personal."
"That's the spirit!" Peyton said.
TO BE CONTINUED...
Chapter Question: What is your greatest fear?
Eliminated:
24th: Daniel
23rd: Tori
22nd: Emma
21st: Hanna
20th: Eric
19th: Melvin
18th: Dennis
17th: Sydney
16th: Ted
Remaining Lions: Draden, Drake, Allie, Daiskue, Jessica, Gregory, Angie, Sophia,
Remaining Tigers: Peyton, Thomas, Manny, Kellie, Jared, Lucas,