Total Drama: Dungeon Hunters Chapter 9: Wardens and Prisoners, a total drama series fanfic

"Last time on Total Drama: Dungeon Hunters." Chris started of the episode while flashing his trademark smile. "Our contestants took on the hearth-pounding Dragon slaying challenge where the goal was simple; kill dragons and earn points." A still image of all the dragons standing in the arena were shown on screen.

"For the duration of last challenge each contestant was forced to fight without their main weapons as well working together with one member from a different team." He explained. A still image of Alice, Dylan, and Nathan fighting the Wyvern Zeph was shown on screen. "After five excruciating and drama filled rounds the final winners of the challenge was determined as well as losers." Chris grinned at the mention of losers.

"Bearing from an unexpected outcome, Phoebe of the Blue Nagas has secured the number one spot for her team as well as an extravagant reward." A replay of Phoebe's doll back-stabbing Kali was shown on screen. A following replay of Ginger twirling her new guns was shown right after. "With their team victory, a loser was determined in the form of the Yellow Chocobos with them paying the price of Kali being eliminated." A replay of Kali walking away with Skell was shown.

As the replay ended, the camera started to slowly zoom in on Chris. "What's going to happen now that all three teams have now lost one member? Will the Blue Nagas be able to perform a hat trick by winning today as well? Will the Red Dragons be able to rise to the top once more now that the teams are equal? Or Will the Yellow Chocobos be able to out run the competition and claim their first Victory? Find out now on Total...Drama...Dungeon Hunters!" Chris spread his arms wide open dramatically.

~(Theme Song)~

(Cabin 2: Ginger and Lucette's)

Inside this small cabin were the two close friends Ginger and Lucette. Both of them were shown to be already awake as well as wearing they're regular outfits. The two were just shown to be sitting silently across from each other on the table in their cabin. The former was shown to be eating her breakfast consisting only a bowl of cereal while the latter was just staring at her intently. The two continued on like this until Ginger suddenly spoke up.

"Are you just going to stay like that until the challenge starts or something?" She asked looking a bit irritated. Her partner didn't say anything. "*sigh* Let me guess, its about Blake isn't it?"

No response came from Lucette as well.

Letting out a deep sigh, Ginger placed her spoon inside her bowl and crossed her arms. Laying back on her chair she soon spoke up. "Listen, I don't like Blake and have no intentions in getting him. You can have him."

"If so then how come you couldn't stop thinking about it last night." Lucette said to her with her eyes still narrowed at Ginger. "Why else do you think I left you alone?"

"Well, um, its because of how annoying he was being all assuming and all." Ginger reasoned. Lucette though, looked like she didn't believe her. "What? I'm telling the truth here!" She got up from her seat.

A sudden knocking was soon heard by both of them. "Hey Ginger. Are you inside?" A familiar voice called out to her.

"Ugh, this isn't going to work." Said another voice much more faintly.

"What the? What does he want?" Ginger said looking a bit nervous. Lucette suddenly sprung up from her seat to answer the door. "Lucette? W-wait!" She called out to her but was to late. Lucette opening the door revealed both Blake and Paris standing on the other side.

"Blake!" Lucette exclaimed happily as she threw herself on to the prankster. She had her arms wrapped around his neck. "What brings you here Blake?" She asked in a cute manner. Paris standing behind them looked unamused.

"He's not here for you so get off." Paris crossed her arms with her eyes narrowed at Lucette.

"Aww, really?" Lucette said to him with a sad look. Blake couldn't respond for he looked a bit flustered. Moments later she was suddenly dragged away by Ginger.

"What do you want?" Ginger said to Blake with her arms crossed.

"Oh, um, no reason really. Do I really need to have a reason to greet the prettiest girl here?" Blake said with a playful grin. Paris just shook her head in disappointment.

"He's been practicing that since last night." Said Paris looking quite unamused with Blake.

"Smooth." Ginger said before closing the door on him.

"See. Told you it wasn't going to work." Paris said before walking off.

"Hey! I'm not about to give up that easily!" Blake declared as he walked off towards the opposite direction.

Inside the cabin once more, Ginger was shown to still be standing by the door with her back pressed against it. She heard the last thing Blake said that got her thinking. "No. Never gonna happen." She said to herself as she raised her head up. Ginger soon saw Lucette standing right across from her with her arms to her waist.

"No intentions huh?" Lucette raised a brow at her.

"Sh-shut up."

(Confessional)

Ginger: *sighs deeply* I need to clear my mind off of things. Maybe testing out my new guns will help.

Blake: Ugh, Paris just had to ruin it. If I'm going to be successful with this ultimate prank I got to make sure all my advances work!

Paris: That Lucette. Her advances won't work on Blake that's for sure. If I were her I would have used a less up front approach. Its not like I care or anything.

(End Confessional)

(Chef's food tent)

Inside the food tent was Laren eating breakfast on her own. She was shown to be eating eggs and sausages with a glass of orange juice on the side. The lone white haired girl just ate quietly until someone approached her.

"Hey, mind if I join you?" Asked someone standing next to her. Looking up she saw Alice holding a plate of her own food.

"Oh, um, its okay." Laren answered. Alice soon placed her plate down and sat across from her. On her plate was just a few slices of toast with some butter.

Both of them started to eat their food in silence. After a while, Laren's plate was almost finished while Alice's still had a slice left. Seeing that her time is slimming, Alice soon spoke up

"So Laren, uh...are you, um, ready for the next challenge?" Alice tried to start up a conversation.

"Mmhmm." Laren hummed with a nod. She ate her last remaining sausage.

"I see." Alice said as she took a bite of her toast. "So..*swallows*...how are things going with you?"

"Fine. Thanks." Laren answered without even looking up from her plate. She soon scooped up a spoonful of eggs. "How about you?" She asked before eating it.

"I'm...uhh...okay, I guess." Alice answered as well. She took another bite of her toast. Alice didn't ask anything further. After a while, Laren was already done eating her food while Alice still had her last piece in her hand.

"Well, I'm going now." Laren stood up from her seat and started moving towards the exit.

"Laren wait." Alice said the moment Laren passed by causing her to stop. "I'm...sorry okay." She said a bit hesitant without even turning. The camera turning to face her showed she had a sad look on her face.

Laren didn't say anything and started walking off. Hearing that no response came Alice had her head low while continuing to eat her food.

(Confessional)

Alice: That was hard. I really wanted to fix things but...thinking about playing under Kazuo's thumb just doesn't go well with me. Sometimes I wonder what would happen if I have never been placed in the same team as him.

Laren: Alice...I could already tell what she wanted to do since she doesn't look like the type to approach people. Its good to see she wanted to set things straight so I'm sure everything is going to get better from here on out. I'm positive about it. *smiles*

(End Confessional)

(Virtual world: Maze outskirts)

Inside the virtual world both Ginger and Nathan were both standing right outside the maze on the open field. Both of them were standing far apart from each other while facing one another. The former had her hands ready on her side while the latter had one hand holding on to his katana's handle while still on his back.

"Thanks for agreeing to spar with me." Ginger said from her side of the field. "I really wanted to test out my guns before the challenge but all these forest monsters are to weak for me to practice on." She added.

"No problem." Nathan replied calmly. "I'm ready when you are."

"Okay...3...2...1...Go!" Ginger instantly ran forward with as she pulled out her guns. The shadow blades came to life the moment she did. Nathan didn't do anything for he just stood in place. The moment Ginger got close she slashed the long blade upwards at him but Nathan simply took a step to he side. He soon pulled out his katana and slashed down on her.

"Whoa!" The former managed to jump back away from him. "Man, that was close." She grinned. The latter just nodded as he held his katana in a forward stance. He suddenly dashed towards her at very fast pace. Ginger tried to block the sword slash that soon came after with her blades but the katana passed through the blades like it wasn't even there.

"Ugh..." She groaned out as Nathan shoulder suddenly shoulder bashed her. Ginger started staggering backwards. "What the. How come my blades didn't stop your attack!" Ginger complained as she looked at her guns.

"Those are shadow blades. They weren't meant for defense." Nathan answered her as he held up his sword in a guard stance. "They may be intangible but once you slice with them its like cutting through everything like butter." He explained.

"Oh wow. If that's the case then..." Ginger trailed off as she knew what to do now. She suddenly started running towards Nathan with her guns to her side. As she got close again she did the same attack she did as before. Nathan did the same thing as well but he Ginger had a grin on her face. "Not this time." She twisted her body around for the shorter blades to strike Nathan.

Nathan ducked under the follow-up attack and jumped away soon after. He held up his katana in-front of him once he got his footing again. "Not bad." He said calmly.

"Your not bad as well." Ginger said back to him. Aiming her guns right at him she started firing a barrage of shots. Nathan, reacting fast enough, was able to run away from the shots. Ginger just kept up the pressure on him by firing her guns none stop.

As Ginger kept up her shooting while Nathan kept on dodging, the former managed to clip the latter on his shoulder. Nathan soon fell straight to the ground with a pained expression on his face. Strutting victoriously towards Nathan, she stood close to him with her gun aimed down on him with the tip of her blade pointing on his neck.

"GG." She said to him grinning. Squeezing the trigger, she suddenly took a pause when a clicking sound was heard. Realizing the situation, Nathan immediately swept his legs under Ginger's causing her to fall over. She dropped both her guns the moment she fell down. With Ginger now down, Nathan quickly picked up both her guns and threw them both away.

"Well, It seems like luck was on my side." Nathan said with a small smile. He had his katana next to her throat. "I thought it was over for me in all honesty."

"And it still is." An unfamiliar female voice said to him. Nathan soon heard a gun being pointed right at him. "Drop the sword sweetie and I'll let you surrender." Doing what the person said, Nathan threw his katana to the side and raised his hands up in surrender. "Good. Now turn around so that I can get a look at you better."

Doing again what the girl said he turned around and saw who it was. "Hi there. My name's Eliza." She introduced. She had long brown hair reaching down to her wait. The girl wore a complete cowgirl outfit except she had a shoulder-less top under her vest. Eliza soon noticed Ginger was staring at her with a surprised look. "What? Is there anything on me?"

"No its just...who are you?" Ginger asked with a confused look. She soon stood back up on her feet.

"Wait, didn't that host tell you what we can do?" Eliza asked with a confused look herself. Ginger just shook her head. "Ah, I see. Well, howdy then." She tipped her hat forwards at them with a smile. She soon noticed Nathan still had his hands up. "You can drop them now." She placed her gun to the side. Nathan dropped his arms as well.

"So tell me, Eliza. Are you the only one that can transform or can the other gun as well?" Ginger asked as she gestured at the other gun.

"Oh, right. My bad. Come on out sis." Eliza tossed the other gun in the air. The other gun soon changed into a girl as well.

"Hi! My names Tricia!" The new girl introduced with a big smile and a salute. She was shorter than her sister and wore the same clothing except she had jean shorts on and had a fedora instead of a cowboy hat. Her hair was much shorter as well for it was only chin length. "Nice to meet you two!"

"Wow. If you guys have human forms does that mean the other boss weapons have one as well?" Ginger asked them.

"Sadly, no." Eliza answered. "The ability to change into humans is unique to us two only. We may all have similar abilities but we all have unique on for our own." She explained.

"All boss weapons have similar abilities plus a unique one on their own huh." Nathan said to himself. The others also heard what he said. "Question. Can you revive someone as well?" He asked.

"Sadly. We can't." Tricia answered with a sad look. Her sister just nodded in agreement.

"I see. So that means reviving is only unique to Kazuo then." Nathan thought. "With that said, what can Phoebe's do then?"

"Yeah. Do you two know what Phoebe's scythe, Selena, can do?" Ginger asked the two sisters.

"Sorry but that's a no as well." Eliza answered. "Like I said, we all share similar abilities but the unique ones are unknown to us."

"Okay then." Ginger replied.

"Attention!" Skell's voice was suddenly heard echoing throughout the area. "The next challenge is about to begin. Please be here by then. Thank you." His voice ended. A neon colored portal now appeared right in-front of them.

"Well, that's your cue Ginger. It was a pleasure talking to you." Eliza said with small smile. "We'll be seeing you again later."

"Yeah. Bye!" Tricia waved her them off. Both of them soon reverted back to their original forms.

"This is going to be fun." Ginger grinned as she picked up both her guns. She holstered them both before stepping inside the portal. Nathan followed her in after.

Back in the real world, Ginger and Nathan both got out their pods at the same time. Inside the room with them were just the two hosts Chris and Skell.

"So, did you have fun learning about your new weapon?" Chris asked Ginger with a grin.

"Yeah. How come you never told us that these weapons have unique abilities though?" Ginger asked him. The host just started to chuckle a bit.

"Like I said, you guys would have to discover them on your own." He finally answered.

"Why can't you just tell them straight up what the unique ability is?" Skell questioned his partner's motives. "Wouldn't it make for more drama filled dilemmas once they know how strong it really is?"

"True, but where's the fun in that?" Chris said simply.

The time jumping ahead a few minutes now showed all the remaining contestants were inside. After doing a final head count, Skell gave Chris the thumbs up signaling for him to start.

"Great! Now that everyone is here, its time to reveal today's challenge!" Chris said smiling. Skell quickly getting on to his seat started inputting in commands. Moments later a dark, ruined, run-downed building was shown on screen. The windows of the building were shown to be blocked by rusted metal bars. High walls surround the place with broken down guard towers on each corner.

"This island here is our very own version of the infamous Alcatraz island. Home to all of the worst of the worst." Chris explained to them with a malicious grin. "This is also where the challenge will be held."

"Um, C-Chris...i-is that p-place h-haunted?" Phoebe asked as she was clearly quaking in fear.

"Nah. Its just dark and scary and full of potentially deadly creatures but no ghosts." Chris answered her while grinning. This didn't seem to help at all for Phoebe was still shaking. "Also did I mention this challenge will take place in the dead of night during a thunderstorm?" Chris added in. Suddenly a loud thundering sound came blasting through the speakers.

"Eeek!" Phoebe shrieked as she suddenly hid behind Clint who was standing next to her. Clint just looked a bit surprised for she was holding on to the back of his shirt tight.

"Don't worry Phoebe. We're here to for you." Paris tried to calm the smaller girl down.

"Yeah. We'll just be close-by so there is nothing to worry about." Ginger added in reassuringly.

"Don't bother. You guys will be placed in random holding cells scattered throughout the building." Chris said to them. "So for all you know Phoebe might be placed in a floor all on her own." This made Phoebe even more terrified.

"Hey, isn't that already going a bit to far?" Skell said to Chris. The latter didn't say anything for he was busy laughing. "Hey! Are you even listening to me?"

"Yeah I am. I just don't care." Chris answered. "Anyways, let me explain the goal of this challenge." He soon composed himself. "The goal here is to escape this prison and make it out into the forest. From there you will all have to traverse through it to find a port where only two boats are waiting. All remaining team members have to be on the boat for it to start sailing. The last team to leave the island loses the challenge. Alternatively, if an entire team dies then they automatically become last place" He explained.

"Also, for this challenge we will be having three wardens. One coming from each team. Their goal is to stop one team assigned to them from getting to the boats." Chris added in. "Any questions before we choose who the wardens are?" He asked them

"What if a warden encountered someone from a team they are not assigned to. What happens then?" Dylan asked with his hands raised.

"Yeah. What if they encountered their own team as well. What happens then?" Tristan added in.

"If that happens then its their call. If they want to stop a different team then they can. Just be sure to know that one team is going un-opposed. As for your question Tristan. Obviously they'll let them go. Unless they want their team to lose so be my guest." Chris answered them both. "Anything else?"

No one else asked.

"Good. Now, time to choose the wardens. Since Blue won last time they get to choose first as well as which team they want to stop." Chris said as he faced towards the Blue Nagas. "Well?"

"One of us needs to be a warden huh? Well, at least we know Phoebe can't be one." Ginger said to her team as she looked towards the doll faced girl still clinging on to Clint in fear.

"How about me then? I can traverse quietly and pick them off?" Nathan suggested to them.

"That's a good idea but being able to dodge and hide away from the wardens is what would win us the challenge. I suggest we have someone else for this job." Ginger reasoned with him.

"Don't look at me for that role." Paris said to them. "I can't take them on one-vs-four."

"Okay. How about you Ginger? You could easily pick them off at a distance." Nathan said to Ginger.

"Nah. Not possible. To many dark spots for a rifle and I'll be screwed if I tried shooting at them due to how noisy my guns are." Ginger explained to them. "That means only Clint is left." Everyone looked towards him.

"Yeah. Clint does make for a suitable warden." Paris added in. "His shots are silent, has eyes in the sky, and has his own guard dog."

"You sure about that though? Phoebe looks like she doesn't want to let go off Clint." Ginger pointed out to them. Everyone looked towards Phoebe who was still clinging on to Clint's shirt.

"Well, its his call to make." Paris reminded them. "So, how about it Clint? You up for it?"

Clint, looking down to see the trembling girl behind him, looked back up to match everyone's gaze. After a while of thinking it through, he let out a sigh and just nodded.

"Great! That means Clint here is our warden." Ginger said smiling.

"Is that the final call?" Chris said to them. Everyone, except Phoebe, nodded in affirmation. "Good. Clint, you may choose your targets" he said to him.

Clint, examining each team, thought carefully about who to stop. "Red." He says after making his choice.

"Great! That means the yellow warden will be stopping blue while the red warden will be stopping yellow." Chris said to them. "Now, Red team, its your turn to choose a warden." He said now facing them.

"Hey, can I be the warden?" Kazuo suggested to them grinning.

"Fuck no! We don't want to risk losing to your none sense butterfly bullshit." Alice argued back at him angrily. Kazuo just raised his hands up at her defensively.

"Fine. Fine. No need to get mad at me now." Kazuo said to her. "What about you then Alice? You look like a capable warden." He suggested now.

"I..." Alice trailed of as she looked towards Laren. "I'd rather stay back for now. We need at least one person to make it out of here right? My abilities will make sure that's going to happen." She declared to them.

"Fair enough. That only leaves you two since Laren here doesn't have a weapon." Kazuo said as he looked towards Tristan and Janet. The remaining two just looked at each other.

"I'll do it." Tristan said stepping up. "My armor is just going to weigh me down and I'm to destructive to keep things silent." He reasoned.

"Okay. How about you Janet? Are you okay with this?" Kazuo asked her.

"Yeah. I'm good. My weapon is a bit too chancy to be a warden if I make a miss-step." Janet replied. "Being an escapee is better for me once I get a hold of what my weapon does."

"Okay." Kazuo said as he looked towards Chris. "Hey! We're done here!" He called the host.

"That was quick. Who's the warden then?" Chris asked them.

"I am." Tristan stepped up.

"Good. That only leaves yellow team." The host now looked towards the last team. "Its now your turn to choose a warden. I'll give you guys enough time to think this through now that each team has a suitable warden." He said to them

"No need." Dylan suddenly stepped up. "I'll be the warden." He said. Everyone from the yellow team was surprised by this.

"Hey! You can't just declare yourself as the warden without even saying anything to us!" Blake objected. "We need to make a team decision on this if we want-" He was suddenly cut-off when Dylan smacked him aside with the back of his hand. He soon fell to the ground.

"Blake!" Lucette quickly kneeled down next to him looking very worried. She helped support Blake.

"Hey! What was that for?!" The prankster yelled at him with one hand on his cheek. He soon saw Dylan glaring down at him.

"Listen." Dylan suddenly raised him up by his shirt collar. Lucette tried to stop him but backed off when Dylan shot her a menacing glare. He soon returned back to Blake. "I've had enough of you constantly going up against me. You may think you're such a hotshot but I'm your only hope to getting into merge. So if you want to win then I suggest you just back down and do as I say." He threw Blake back on the ground. "Got that?"

Blake didn't give a response and just kept his glare at him.

"Hmph. How about you? You got anything to add?" Dylan said while staring straight Leonard. The latter just scoffed and looked away to the side.

With an annoyed look, Dylan turned back around to face the two hosts. Both of them were staring at him with mixed expressions. Looking around now he also noticed everyone staring straight at him, looking at him with disapproving looks. Silence filled the room they were all in for a moment before Chris spoke up.

"Okay...that was unexpected." Chris said to them. "Anyways, Wardens, please step forward." He instructed them. Tristan and Dylan both stepped up to stand in-front of everybody except for Clint who wasn't able to.

"Hey Phoebe, you need to let go now. Clint needs to move on up." Paris said to her in a calm tone. Phoebe, hearing Paris's words, just looked up from anxious state to see that everyone one was looking her way. Realizing now the situation she was in she quickly let go of Clint with her face all red.

"O-oh, um, I-I'm sorry." Phoebe meekly apologized while looking flustered. She just had her head down out of embarrassment. Moments later she suddenly felt a hand rubbing the top of her head. Looking up to see who it was she saw that Clint was the one doing it while looking at her with a straight look. After a few seconds he stopped and walked on up to stand next to the other wardens.

"That was smooth of you." Dylan said to him with his arms crossed. Clint just shot him a piercing glare.

"Okay. Now that the three Wardens are here in the front. Everyone else, you may all get in your pods now." Chris told the remaining contestants. Each one soon got into their pods and fell asleep like normal. "Now, for the three of you. You all will be sent to a different building once you get inside your pods. Once there, you'll be shown the entire map of the island and the blue prints to the prison. You'll all be given one hour to study them. Understand?" The host explained to them.

The three wardens all just nodded in response.

"Good. Any final questions before you guys get sent in?" He asked them.

"Yeah. What if we get killed? What happens to us then?" Tristan asked him.

"Oh, you'll be spawned back in the building you started off in." Chrid answered.

"Are we allowed to explore outside once we get spawned in?" Dylan asked this time.

"Nope. No warden is allowed to explore until the time is up." The host answered as well. "Anything else?"

"Nah. I'm good." Said Dylan in response.

"Me too." Tristan chimed in.

Clint just shook his head at the host in response.

"Good. Now get in there. Time is ticking." Chris said while grinning. The three of them all quickly scrambled into there pods. Moments later, the monitor came to life revealing the three of them in a large office building.

The two hosts were now left alone in the room.

"Hey Chris, how come you didn't stop Dylan and Blake from fighting this time around?" Skell asked. The main host was heard lightly chuckling at him.

"Oh Skell. You may be smart but still don't know how the way things work around here." Chris said to him while grinning. "Now get in your pod. Those three might end up killing each other before the challenge even begins." He gestured towards the monitor. The monitor showed that the three of them were already arguing.

Letting out a heavy sigh, Skell got up from his seat and started walking off. He was soon shown getting into his pod and quickly falling asleep. Moments later he was shown in the same area as the three wardens breaking apart there little argument. With Chris now all alone, the camera slowly zoomed in on him.

"Well, there you have it our dear viewers. The challenge has now begun with everyone in their places." He took a slight pause. "How will the sweet ol'Phoebe fair now that she's all alone? Will our Wardens be successful in stopping our prisoners from escaping? How will the Yellow Chocobos act now knowing that they are under the dictatorship of Dylan? Lets head on in, shall we?" He smiled at the camera.

The scene now transitioned to inside the Warden's office. The inside looked to be as ruined and abandoned as the rest of the island while being lit up by an old flickering bulb. The floors were all dusty, the walls cracked and littered with cobwebs, and, dusty and broken tables and chairs filled the area. A large and slightly torn island map was shown to be stuck in the middle of office with one rusted cabinet on each side.

"Hmm, so this is the only safe route from the prison to the docks without crossing through the forest." Tristan pondered as he was shown to be standing in-font of the map. "And its to dark to even use one of the nearby guard towers." He added as he looked outside a nearby window to see pitch darkness.

"Got any ideas how to go about this, Clint?" He asked as he looked towards Clint searching through one of the drawers. He soon noticed Clint holding on to a couple old folders. "Hey, what is that?" Tristan asked.

"Documents about our teammates." Clint answered. Looking quite intrigued, the mechanic approached him.

"Let me see some of that." He says as he took a folder from the drawer. The folder he pulled out had the name 'Kazuo' written on the side. "Interesting." He said after reading through what was written. "It says here a few basic info about them as well as their cell numbers." He pointed out. Reading through it more he found a section called 'Felonies' written in a separate sheet of paper.

"Hold on. These aren't crimes. These are the things he did during the challenges." Tristan said after reading through it. "So these are the things he did so far huh?" He said to himself as he closed the folder. "Well, at least we know what prison cell they are all in. All we need to know now is what floor they are all held in."

Clint just nodded his head with a hum in response.

The camera moving around showed Dylan standing by a long wooden table. A bunch of floor maps and blue-prints were scattered around. Dylan was shown to be pre-occupied by a map labeled 'floor 4'. He had a disgruntled look for he couldn't make out the things written on the map.

"Ah! This is hopeless!" He said giving up. "I can't make out what some of these larger rooms are supposed to be." He complained.

"Hey, at least you know where to go. Unlike our contestants who are going in blind." Skell reminded him. He was shown to be sitting behind a large desk in the middle of the office. "Now quit your whining. You still have about forty-five minutes left." He says as he read the time on his panel.

"Fine." Dylan answered. He soon pulled out a chair from under the table and sat down. "Might as well keep myself occupied." He placed the rifle case down on the table. He brought out the rifle, Latona, and started messing around with it.

"I thought you were supposed to give that to your team?" The co-host asked him.

"Yeah but given how things are I'd rather hold on to it for now." The gamer replied as he continued on examining his rifle.

"Hey Skell, can you take a look at this real quick?" Tristan was heard calling him.

"Yeah? What is it?" Skell asked as he turned to face towards him.

"What's in that building over there? The one just passed the prison." The mechanic pointed out to him. Skell looking towards the map saw what building Tristan was pointing towards.

"That? That's just a warehouse. Nothing real important is stashed away in there. Well, as far as I know. Chris adds in stuff without me knowing sometimes." Skell answered him.

"Really now? That's interesting to know." Tristan said looking quite intrigued by this.

"Don't get too side tracked now. Or otherwise the Yellow Chocobos might fo un-opposed." Skell said to him.

The four of them just went about doing the same thing for the entire remaining time. The scene leaving the office now transitioned inside the prison building. The place now showed on camera was a ruined and abandoned hall with multiple many empty prison cells lining each side with some containing the dead remains of prisoners. The place was just lit by flickering hall lights with most of them already broken. Cracks of thunder was heard echoing throughout the hall.

Treading slowly through the abandoned hallway is grotesque looking watchman wearing a tattered old uniform while holding up a dusty old lantern with a faint flame. His body was rotting with some bone being exposed. The watchman just slowly walked passed all the cells.

One of the cells the watchman passed through contained Lucette inside. She just sat on the bed inside in silence. Her staff was shown to be leaning on the prison bars while her bow was on her lap. A worried look was shown on her face for she was thinking heavily about what just happened.

Following the watchman further down the hall showed that Leonard was in the same floor with her. He was just standing up with his arms crossed while leaning against the back wall. He had his eyes closed and his head down for he was irritated about his situation.

"How long are we supposed to be kept in here?" He said irritably to himself.

"I don't know. It must be part of the challenge or something to find a way escape." Lucette answered him.

"If so then we don't have the right tools to get out of here given that there are guards." Leonard pointed out. Moments later the watchman passed by his cell once more, not giving him thought.

"Well, we would have to rely on our teammates then to get us out of here." Lucette said to him. The watchman passed by her cell once more.

"*sigh* What a drag."

The camera moving a couple floors up showed Alice sitting still on her bed. She was just staring idly out of the window of her cell. Flashes of lightning lit up her dark room for the floor she was held in barely has any light. She just had her bow strapped to her back still.

Across from her was Paris. She was just laying down on her bed staring straight up at the ceiling. Her arms under her head with one leg over the other. Her rapier was just standing by the foot of her bed still in it's sheath.

A couple prison cells further from theirs was Gelsey. She was in the same row as Alice but her's was more lit up for the hallway light was shining from outside. Gelsey was just sitting on top of her bed with her legs crossed and with her staff on her lap. Heavy thoughts were filling her head for she looked a bit down.

The three of them didn't bother to interact with each other for they were busy with their own little agendas. The scene now shifted to different floor once more. Here, another watchman was shown patrolling the dark halls with his own old flickering lamp. While moving passed all the empty cells, he soon passed by Ginger who was just sitting idly on her bed. The moment the watchman walked farther away from her cell she soon sprung up and held on to the cell's bars.

"Go. Now!" Ginger muttered softly as she slid one of her guns through the metal bars. The gun soon changed into Eliza.

"You really sure about this?" Eliza asked looking quite concerned.

"Yes. Now hurry and go find Phoebe. Before that guard comes back." Ginger urged her to go.

"Don't worry sis. I can handle things just fine!" Tricia was now shown standing behind Ginger. She gave her sister a thumbs.

"Okay. I trust you on this." Eliza replied with a serious look. Light footsteps were heard coming their way prompting Eliza to now go. She soon disappeared into the darkness and was now out of sight.

"So tell me Ginger. Why are you so concerned about Phoebe?" Tricia asked. "I mean she does hold a unique and powerful weapon by her side."

"I know. I'm just worried that Phoebe might not make it out of here given this setting." Ginger replied with a worried tone. A couple cracks of thunder was soon heard out into the distance. "I just hope that nothing bad has happened to her yet."

"Don't worry about it. I'm sure sis will find her." Tricia said reassuringly.

"I hope so."

The camera following Eliza now showed that she was running quickly through the dark hall. She soon reached the end of the long hallway leading down to two separate ways. Without any hesitations she quickly made a right turn. As she ran passed the path leading to the left, the camera started to slowly zoom in on the darkness. Dark-blue eyes soon popped open staring briefly at the girl before suddenly vanishing.

The scene now returned back to the warden's office. Tristan, Dylan, and Clint were shown standing in-front of the central desk with Skell standing behind it. A small holographic monitor was shown floating just above the desk. The remaining time was shown on the monitor with the seconds quickly counting down.

"3...2...1 aaaand time." Skell counted down the time. He soon pressed a button on his panel and soon the monitor now showed multiple live camera footage of a few rooms simultaneously. "Wardens. Happy hunting." He said to them grinning. The doors locking them inside the office building soon flew open on its own.

The three wardens all quickly walked out of the office leaving Skell alone. "Now, time to enjoy the show." He said as he sat back down on his chair.

The camera changing scenes once more showed a different floor of the prison. Here, Blake was shown running quickly through the dark hallway on his own. He was grasping on to his bow tightly as he made his way through the dark hall.

"Man, this place is huge. How far up am I?" He said to himself. Moments later he suddenly heard loud crashing sound up ahead. Slowing down now, he stopped to take a quick peek around the corner to see what it was.

"Wow, isn't this high?" Said Kazuo as Blake saw him around the corner. A large hole was shown blown through the wall. Kazuo's spell book was shown glowing in his hands as well. "Hmm, I wonder if a fall from this height would kill me?"

Blake, ignoring Kazuo, just quietly took a couple steps back. As he did he suddenly felt something standing behind him. He soon heard a horrid wheezing and felt a cold breath down his neck. Turning around he now saw rotting corpse standing behind him while wearing an old inmate's outfit with holes sticking out.

"Ah shit." Blake muttered to himself as quickly drew out his bow.

"Nah, I'll be voted off surely if I do that." Kazuo said grinning as the scene changed perspectives. Moments later Blake was shown being thrown hard against the wall beside him. "Oh, hey Blake. Didn't know you were in this floor as well." He said to him. The zombie prisoner slowly came into view. "Wow. Zombie prisoners. A bit cliché don't you think?"

"Ugh...I don't have time for your random bullshit Kazuo!" Blake said back at him. Blake suddenly rolled to his side when the zombie started charging at him. The zombie hit the wall hard instead. "Take this!" He yelled at the zombie as he fired a holy arrow it. The zombie soon burst into grey flames before collapsing.

"Impressive." Kazuo praised Blake's performance as he stared at the burning zombie. "Well, I guess this explains why they opted to have corpses in some prison cells." He soon looked up to see Blake aiming a different arrow at him.

"Drop your weapons Kazuo. I don't want to get into fights right now for I just plan on escaping." Blake said to him looking very serious.

"Okay. Okay." Kazuo raised his hands up with his spell book being held up by his right hand.

"I said drop it!" Blake demanded.

With a grin, Kazuo dropped the book in his hand. As it was falling the pages opened up revealing the texts to Kazuo. With a sudden flick of his fingers frozen needles suddenly appeared floating all around Blake. All them soon went flying towards him. As the needles hit it was revealed that the Blake in-front of him was just an illusion. The real Blake was shown running fast away down the hall.

"Smart of him to use an illusion to stall me here rather than fight. He sure got me their." Kazuo grinned as he watched Blake disappear into the darkness. "Oh well, time to find my way out of here." He turned to walk towards the opposite direction.

Changing to different part of the prison now showed a rather large and spacious room. The room was revealed to be a prison library for tall dusty shelves lined the area with piles of old rotting books on the floor. Shown inside the library was Nathan who was trying to find an exit from there.

"There is bound to be an emergency exit or a fire escape in here." He thought to himself as quietly searched through the isles. As he continued to search for a potential exit inside the library, he suddenly heard the doors leading inside open. Acting fast he quickly his behind one of the bookshelves.

"Hmph. So this is one of the large rooms that I can't figure out. Its just a stinking' library." Dylan's voice was heard. His foot-steps was soon heard walking deeper inside.

"Dammit. Need to find a way out of here." Nathan just thought to himself. He quietly moved away from the bookshelf he was hiding on.

Dylan suddenly stopped moving for he suddenly felt someone else was in the room with him. He quickly drew out his sword. "I know you're hear. Don't try to hide or run away from me now. Its pointless at this point." Dylan called out.

Nathan, ignoring him, just kept on trying his best to sneak his way out of the library. He kept moving at a slow pace until he eventually came across a single closed door with broken sign right above it. Figuring out what it could be, he quickly turned to the isle leading to the door. He soon stopped when Dylan suddenly walked passed between him and the door.

"Is this what you are looking for? A fire exit?" Dylan called out. His back was turned towards Nathan. "If you think I'll let you through here then you're guessing wrong!"

With no other options left, Nathan drew out his katana and held it tightly in-front of him. He started to slowly move in on Dylan for his back was still turned. Nathan now close to him, he raised his katana high up above his head and slashed down on him. Just before the blade could hit Dylan, he suddenly vanished from in-front of him.

"Hah! You really think that would work?" Dylan's voice was suddenly heard behind him. Nathan tried to turn around but was quickly kicked down from behind.

"Oof." Nathan let out as he hit the door. His katana just started to clang out for a bit for he dropped it in the process.

"You know, I could have attacked you way earlier since I already knew where you were from the start. I just decided not to so that I could see that surprised look on your face." Dylan pointed out to him. A large grin was all over his face.

Nathan tried to get up and reach for his sword but stopped when Dylan stomped down on his chest. Air forcefully escaped through his lungs for the force of it was enough to leave him breathless. His chest was aching in pain that was to much for Nathan to bare.

"Nothing personal, Nathan. I'm just doing my job." Dylan said to him as he raised his sword right above him. Nathan was doing everything he could to get Dylan off of him but was no use. Moments later, Dylan finally finished him off and soon Nathan's body flickered out of the virtual world.

"That's one down. Only three left to go."

The scene changing once more showed Ginger running down a hallway with many prison cells on a different floor. Every time she ran passed a prison cell, rotting and deformed arms attempted to reach out and try to grab her but she manages to avoid them.

Trailing right behind her was Tricia. She didn't bother to attempt on avoiding the arms reaching out at her for she was just cutting them down with the long shadow blade forming from her right arm.

"Wait up Ginger! You're going to fast!" The latter called out to her for she looked a bit exhausted.

"I'm sorry but we can't be wasting time. Just turn back into a gun and I'll carry you." Ginger said back to her.

"Fine. I just hope you're a good catch though." Tricia answered back.

"What?" Ginger looked back at her a bit confused.

Without saying anything else Tricia started to sprint a bit faster. Seconds later she suddenly leaped forward and did a front flip. She turned back into her gun form in the process. Ginger acting fast was able to catch her in mid air. The long shadow blade soon formed the moment she caught it.

As she continued on to run down the hall, she soon saw a staircase up ahead. Slowing down her pace for a bit she immediately ran down the staircase. As she reached the next floor lower she tried to run down it even more but the moment she turned she suddenly crashed into somebody. Both of them fell straight down to the ground.

"Ugh...Watch it!" A male voice said sternly towards her. Ginger soon heard light footsteps heading there way.

"Jag! Are you okay?" Said a female voice in a worried tone.

Ginger able to regain and compose herself just raised her body up a bit to see who it was. Her vision steadying a bit she soon saw Leonard and Lucette standing across from her. Sitting up straight now, she soon called for the latter.

"L-Lucette?" She called out a bit weakly. Lucette hearing her looked towards her and soon recognized who it was.

"Oh my! Ginger!" Lucette ran up to her. "What are you doing here?" She asked as she helped her friend up.

"Trying to escape, obviously." Ginger stated plainly to her.

"Why don't you come along with us then?" Lucette suggested to her.

"No can do Lucette. She may be your friend but she's also the enemy." Leonard interjected. He had a seriously on his face.

"Jag, come on. Don't be like that. The goal is to escape, we don't have to fight." Lucette argued back at him.

"I'm not taking any chances Lucette. For all we know we could be the only ones left on our team on this damn island." Leonard shot back at her.

"Don't say that!" Lucette said back to him in Denial. "I'm sure someone is still alive."

"Hmph. Whatever. If you want to go with her then go. I'm wasting my time arguing with you here." Leonard soon started walking down the stairs. He suddenly stopped when he took a few steps down. "Just know that my vote will be heading your way if we lose this." He continued to walk on down.

"Jag. Wait!" Lucette reached out to him. "Ginger! Say something!" She urged her friend as she looked back towards her.

Ginger, with heavy thoughts, just head her had down. She let out a deep sigh moments later. Ginger ended up pointing her gun at her blonde haired friend.

"Ginger?" Lucette took a step back. She looked confused about her friend's sudden decision.

"I'm sorry Lucette. I hate to say this but Leonard is right. You should go on ahead and follow him. I can find my own way out of here." Ginger said to her with a heavy look on her face. "Now go. Before I change my mind and pull the trigger. This is still a competition after all." She reminded.

"But I..." Lucette trailed off as she looked down the staircase. Leonard's footsteps were getting fainter and fainter as each second passed by. "But-" She was suddenly cut off when Ginger shot passed her.

"Go!" Ginger commanded.

Lucette, not wanting to believe what's happening, just took a couple steps back and faced her friend once more. She noticed that it was a hard decision for her to make as well. With no real options left, she quickly ran down the set of stairs in attempt to catch up with her teammate.

"Fine. If that's how its going to be then." Lucette said before taking off. Ginger was now alone once more in the dark hallway. She dropped her arm the moment Lucette left.

"Why did you let her go? That was a prime moment for you to take her out and possibly win this challenge." Tricia said to her while still being in her gun form.

"That's because she's my friend. I can't bring myself to backstab her just like that." Ginger answered. A sad look was casted upon her face. "Now come on, we need to find another way out of here." She soon ran passed the set of stairs.

The scene shifting to a different floor of the prison showed Janet and Laren together running through a large spacious hall. It was clear that they were on the bottom floor for no prison cells lined each walls for it was just door leading to offices instead. The floors were tiled with the most part of it being cracked.

"How far does this hallway go? The place is to dark to even tell if we're making any progress or not." Janet complained a bit.

"I don't know! Its too dark for me to tell as well." Laren answered her. She was just trailing slightly behind.

"Just keep looking down these halls then! The exit has to somewhere around here." Janet said back to her.

As the two continue on to run down the large hall; looking down every hallway they passed. They soon saw another large and spacious hallway up ahead. As they reach it, they soon noticed they were in the center of the prison for it was a large spacious clearing in a circular fashion.

"Down there!" Laren pointed down towards the end of one the halls. Janet looking towards where she was pointing at saw a set of4 doors just ahead of them.

"Nice work, Laren!" Janet praised her. "Now come on, let's get out of here. We still need to find the docks." She soon started running towards the doors. Laren just followed suit.

As the two Red Dragon members reached their exit, a large silver wolf suddenly appeared in-front of them blocking them from the exit. The two of them just stopped in place as the wolf stared them down while growling at them with its sharp teeth exposed. They started to slowly move on back as the wolf slowly moved in on them.

"Easy now. No need to do anything reckless." Janet said calmly to the wolf. She had her spear, Seth, pointed right at it while her other arm was blocking Laren while they slowly move back. Silver just continued on growling at them as they did.

As they slowly moved on back with their exit getting farther and farther, they soon found themselves back in the center. "Stop right there." A voice commanded them from the hall right behind them. Janet taking a quick glance back saw Clint aiming his arrows right at them. With no other options left, she stopped both of the from moving any farther. The wolf stopped as well as they did.

"Laren, I need you to run. Go find another way out of here while I hold them off." She whispered to her teammate.

"But...what about you? How will you make it out of here?" Laren asked looking very worried for Janet's sake.

"Laren, listen. The goal of the challenge is for at least one of us to make it out of here. You running away now will ensure that." Janet explained to her in order to persuade her to go. "Now go! Before they decide to make the first move. Don't worry about me though, I can handle myself just fine." She said reassuringly.

"Okay. I...wish you the best of luck then." Laren said before she started running down a different hallway. The wolf tried to pursue her but was thrown aside by Janet's gravity pull.

"Hmph. How noble of you." Clint said to her calmly. He still had his arrows aimed right at her.

"Well, we got to be at some point." Janet said to him all the while grinning. The gem on her weapon started to glow out a bit.

The scene returning back to where Blake was revealed he was trying to force metallic door down open. A rusted metal sign was shown hanging right above the doorway with barely readable words written across it.

"Come on, this has to work." He said to himself as he tried to pry the door open with his sword. Burn marks were shown all over the door showing that he tried to burn it down at some point. "Ah! Dammit!" He yelled as he dropped his sword and started shaking his hands.

He started to kick the door in frustration. After a few good kicks he soon gave up and leaned against it. He soon slid down and sat on the floor. He looked a bit exhausted after all that he did.

"Man, that was a waste of time." Blake said to himself while looking down. "I wonder if anyone has made it out of here yet?" He wondered.

After a few minutes had passed of him just silently resting there, he soon heard some screaming from a distance. Acting fast he immediately hid behind a corner leading down a hallway where he heard the cries from.

"Run Phoebe!" A female voice yelled down the hall. Blake peaking around the corner saw Eliza sprinting down the hall while dragging Phoebe along with her. Behind them was Phoebe's doll Savior fighting what looks to be a rather large zombie guard dog.

The doll attempted to swing at it with its scythe but was quickly brought down when the dog pounced on him. The back part of his upper torso and head got smashed into pieces under the pressure of the impact. Savior was no longer able to move while magic essence was escaping from its body. The guard dog started to sprint after the two girls the moment it brought down the doll.

"Aaah! It's gaining on us!" Phoebe screamed as she turned around to see the guard dog coming in fast. The guard dog was heard snarling at them as it gave chase.

With the guard dog getting closer and closer with them not having enough time to make it to the end of the hall Eliza knew she had to act fast. Taking a quick glance at Phoebe back up ahead, she knew what she needed to do.

"I'm sorry for this Phoebe." Eliza said to her with a sad tone. Without much warning she pulled on Phoebe's arm hard in order to throw her far up ahead.

"Waaaah!" The doll faced girl screamed as she tumbled down the hallway until she managed to reach the end where Blake was.

"Phoebe!?" The prankster's eyes widened when he saw Phoebe now with him.

With Phoebe now out of harms way she stopped and quickly turned around with her arms spread wide open. Two short shadow blades formed around each of her hands.

"Come at me!" Eliza provoked the beast as she stood her ground. The guard dog falling for it lunged at her with it's sharp teeth exposed in which Eliza swiftly did a cross slash at it.

As the two went passed each other the guard dog skidded to a stop as it landed. It slowly turned to face Eliza, revealing a deep cross cut wound on its chest but it didn't phase it at all. Eliza just buckled over on to one knee for a deep claw wound was visible on the side of her body. She tried to stop the blood from pouring out but some still managed to drip through.

"Ugh..." She groaned out in pain as she looked behind her. Eliza soon noticed the guard dog slowly creeping up on her. Looking passed it she saw Phoebe being helped up by Blake. "You! Take Phoebe and go!" Eliza pleaded with Blake, unknown to her he was from a different team.

Blake, being placed on the spot, just glanced towards Phoebe and back to her. Seeing her desperate look along with Phoebe's shaken up condition. He did what Eliza wanted and took Phoebe by her arms. He soon ran off with her.

"Come on, Phoebe. We need to go. Now!" Blake urged her before they took off running. With the two of them now gone only the injured Eliza was left alone with the guard dog.

"Well, its a job well done I have to say." She chuckled weakly. She closed her eyes shut as she heard the beast lunge at her with a snarl but nothing happened. Opening her eyes she saw Savior casting a shield protecting her. Large amounts of pale-silver magic essence was flowing out him. His entire body was surrounded in a similar aura as well.

"So that's your ability huh?" Eliza said weakly. A small grin was shown across her face.

The camera catching up with Blake and Phoebe now showed them to still be running through the halls in the same floor. Both of them soon reached a set of stairs and they followed it down. Once they were a couple floors down they stopped for a bit and rested for they both looked quite exhausted.

"*pant* Lets *pant* stop here for now...*pant*" Blake said in-between breaths. He soon sat down the stairs with Phoebe doing the same. "Are you alright though?"

"Y-yeah." Phoebe replied a bit meekly. She flinched a bit as she heard some thunder cracking from outside.

"So tell me, who was that you were with?" The prankster asked about who Eliza was.

"I-I don't know. She just t-told me she's w-with Ginger." Phoebe replied stammering a bit.

"How so? This is the first time I've seen her?" Blake looked quite skeptical about Eliza now. "How are you sure it isn't a trick set up by Chris?"

Phoebe wasn't able to answer him for she was frightened at the thought. Blake, seeing how Phoebe looked, just let out a deep sigh as he slumped down a bit.

"Come on. Lets get you out of here." He said to her as he got back up. "We just need to-" He suddenly got caught off when got stricken down from out of nowhere.

"Blake!" Phoebe screamed as she saw Blake's pained look while bleeding on the ground. His avatar flickered out moments later due to the blood loss.

"That's for helping out the enemy team." Dylan's voice was suddenly heard. The doll faced girl looking behind her saw Dylan standing over them from the top of the staircase. "You should really know better you know?" He looked down towards Phoebe. "Now, as for you."

Phoebe, scared for her life, started to move back a bit but slipped and tumbled down instead. Dylan walking down the staircase slowly was just laughing at her maniacally. His long sword was ignited with dark magic as held it to his side.

"Oh well, time to end you." The latter said deviously. Raising up his sword he was about to strike Phoebe down when another blade blocked his attack. "What!?" He looked to his side to see Paris standing there.

"Sorry to ruin your moment, dear." She said smiling. With a quick flick of her rapier she was able to push Dylan off. "Surprised to see me?" She immediately followed up her attack with a quick jab to his right shoulder.

"Ah!" Dylan winced in pain as he moved back. "But how!? How was I not able to detect you?"

"Oh, because of this little thing." Paris revealed her viper ring on her hand. The ruby eyes were glowing a bit. "May not be my style but its effective. Now, en garde." She assumed an offensive stance.

The gamer looking quite irritated with the dancer right in-front of him just swung his sword wildly at her. Paris was able to follow the sword wing with some graceful foot work. She quickly moved behind him and took another jab at the same shoulder.

"Argh.." Dylan gritted his teeth in pain. Fighting off the pain he just dropped his hold on to his sword with his right hand a just swung it around using his left.

"I don't think so." Paris was able to easily block the attack. With Dylan now fully exposed she kicked him hard on his gut causing him to get pushed back. Paris then followed it up with another quick and precise jab to his left shoulder this time. This caused Dylan to drop his sword.

"Why you..." Dylan trailed off in anger as he tried to hold on the blade of the rapier.

"Good night." She smiled at him. Quickly pulling out her rapier from his shoulder she immediately jabbed it through the gaps on Dylan's face mask. Blood started to drip off of her rapier before Dylan's avatar flickered out.

With the threat now gone she flicked her rapier right in-front of her to clear the blood dripping from the blade. She quickly returned it back to her sheath before returning back to Phoebe's side. Paris soon kneeled down next to her.

"Are you okay?" She asked the scared little girl with a worried tone. Phoebe couldn't reply for she was still shaken from the whole ordeal. Tears were still streaming down from her eyes. "There. There. Everything's going to be alright." Paris comforted her as she rubbed the top of Phoebe's head.

"H-h-he j-just k-killed him." The doll faced girl said to her while sniveling. "W-why is h-he so m-mean to his t-team."

"Shhh. Don't worry to much about it Phoebe. I'm sure his team will deal with him once they lose." Paris said to her reassuringly. "Now stand up. We need to get going before its to late." She said as she stood up. "Here, let me help you." She grabbed on to Phoebe's hand and gently stood her up. Both of them started to walk down the staircase.

(Confessional)

Dylan: Dammit! I can't believe I just lost a duel to someone as weak as her! I'm so going to hunt them down for that.

Paris: Good thing I showed up just in time to save Phoebe. Any later then...ah, I don't want to think about it. But I wonder though, where was that doll of hers during all this?

Blake: Grrr. I've had it with him! That was the last straw. He clearly went out of line there. I mean, who does that? Just because I helped out someone from a different team, Phoebe to be exact, he instantly kills me for it. That's it, next time we lose he's out. I just hope I have the votes to pull it off though.

(End Confessional)

The scene shifted to show a different part of the prison once more where Lucette and Leonard was. Both of them were still climbing down the same set of stairs as seen before.

"Dammit!" The latter cursed. The stairs leading further down shown to have been completely collapsed. They were too high up for the jump down to be considered safe. "Come on, lets see if we can find another way down from here."

"Okay." The former said to him as she climbed back up the stairs first. As the two made it back up to the floor above them, Leonard took the initiative to see if the coast was clear before heading on in.

"Come on. The place is clear." Leonard whispered as he motioned for Lucette to move.

"Are you sure?" Lucette questioned looking quite nervous.

"Yes I'm sure! Now hurry up before- Wait. What was that?" Leonard suddenly heard foot steps heading their way. Acting fast he suddenly hid himself behind the corner to make sure he was out of sight. Lucette did the same and stuck close.

"Who do you think it is?"

"Shut it! I'm trying to listen!"

As the foot steps got closer and closer it suddenly stopped as if it knew something wasn't right. Both of them started to feel the pressure building up on them if they don't act fast. Moments later they heard the foot steps once again only this time it sounded as if it was getting farther and farther. This earned a sudden sigh of relief.

"Phew. For a second there I thought-" Leonard was suddenly cut off when an explosive shot ripped through the wall they were hiding on. The blast was strong enough to send Leonard falling over the railings and landing on the floor below.

"Leonard!" Lucette cried out as she saw his avatar flicker out. "Ah!" Another shot was sent flying right in-front of her completely destroying the stairs leading up.

"Come on out! There's no use in hiding!" Tristan's voice was heard calling out to her. Lucette didn't move at all. "Not going to reveal yourself huh? Fine then. Makes things a whole lot easier." He started to slowly make his way towards her.

Lucette now with no other options left made a sudden break for it as she started to run down the hall. "Got you!" Tristan fired another cannon shot but it missed and hit the wall passed her. "Tsk." He let out as he gave chase.

"Ah!" Lucette stumbled a bit as another cannon shot blew up the wall beside her. A high drop was shown as the dust cleared. The lone girl just brushed it off and continued on to run.

"Get back here!" The mechanic yelled at her as he threw his wrench at her. The attack managed to clip her on the shoulder as it bounced back. Lucette winced in pain but managed to hold on and keep on running.

As the two continue on to run, Lucette was slowly out running Tristan for his armor was weighing him down. With the end off the hall getting closer and closer the former knew she needed to make the turn in order to get away. The latter realized this as well.

"I won't let you get away that easily!" Tristan stopped his chase and planted his feet firmly on to the ground. He took careful aim with his twin cannons as he narrowed his eyes at her. Taking another barrage of shots the attack landed short of his target but the blast was enough to knock Lucette off of her feet. "Yes!" He cheered as he saw Lucette tumbling on the ground. She stopped the moment her body hit the wall.

"Now. Time to end you." Tristan said to the downed girl as he towered over her. As he fired his final shots at her a small black portal suddenly appeared between the two absorbing his attacks before disappearing almost instantly. "What!?" He was suddenly taken aback by this. Without him knowing, another black portal appeared right behind him sending the shots he fired back at him.

"Ah!" The mechanic grunted as he received his own attack from behind. The back part of his mechanized armor blew up in the process. Tristan soon fell on to his hands and knees as sparks started to fly out from his back.

"Phew...Glad that I made it on time..." Gelsey's voice was suddenly heard off-screen. The camera panning a bit showed that she was panting heavily and looked very exhausted. She had her wand raised right in-front of her with the ball tip still flowing with magic.

"Now, step away from my friend or I'll blast you to pieces." She threated Tristan as she composed herself. Tristan not willing to give up just grabbed hold of his wrench and threw it at her. Gelsey managed to easily dodge it and casted a ball of dark magic aimed right at him. His avatar disappeared the moment the attack hit.

With their opposing warden now gone, Gelsey ran towards Lucette to help her get back up. "Hey, are you okay?" She asked looking very concerned for her.

"Y-yeah. I'm good." Lucette replied as she struggled to get back up. "How did you find me though?"

"Oh, I just heard a loud rumbling noise nearby along with someone screaming. I had my doubts but I just had a feeling I had to check." Gelsey answered her. "Good thing I did as well."

"Yeah. Thanks." Lucette smiled looking very grateful for her.

"No problem." Gelsey giggled lightly. "Now lets get out of here. I saw a set of stairs leading down not far from here."

(Confessional)

Tristan: After searching this huge maze of a prison I finally found my target only to lose at the last second. *sigh* I just hope I can find them again or anyone for that matter.

Lucette: That was depressing. I almost lost this challenge for my team again. Its a good thing Gelsey came in just on time to save me. I wonder how Blake is doing right now?

Gelsey: I hope what I did was enough to put me back on my team's good side after my poor performance last challenge. I don't want to get booted off this early.

Leonard: Dammit! I can't believe I went down so easily. I really can't stand the amount of times I'm failing in this competition.

(End Confessional)

The scene now returned to the skirmish between Janet and Clint. They were shown to be dueling in the center circle. Both looked to be at their limits, Clint especially, but none of them was about to give in. Scattered all around them were a bunch of broken arrows.

"Hah!" The former roared as she attempted a jab at him with her spear. The latter just simply stepped to his to avoid the attack. Clint went in for a slash with his cutlass, Angelica, but Janet managed to block with her weapon.

"Heh, not bad." Janet said to him for they were on stand still. "For an archer you sure do know to do well with swords." She pushed Clint back and went in for a diagonal slash but Clint managed to block the attack with his sword.

Clint just scoffed at her before shoulder bashing her. Janet got knocked back a bit but was able to regain her balance immediately after. The warden taking his chance went in for a downward slash but failed when his prisoner manage to do an over head block with her spear.

Still having the upper hand, Clint quickly drew out his second blade with his free hand and slashed Janet across her chest. She stumbled back a bit but the attack did little damage due to her armor. Still keeping up the pressure, Clint just kept on going in with a combination of slashes and jabs with both of his blades. Janet was able to block and parry most but still sustained some heavy hits.

"Ah!" Janet suddenly got disarmed by Clint after getting a heavy hit to her arm. Her spear ended up rolling away far from her. "Shit." She cursed as she narrowly dodged a jab from him. Clint followed up on his attack with a slash to her right leg. "Gah." She buckled over on to her knees after receiving the hit.

Clint now having the upper hand over her he slashed her with his cutlass for the killing blow but Janet managed to duck under the attack just barely. Taking her chance now she kicked him hard in the gut using her gravity push to add more force. Clint got sent flying and landed far away from where he stood.

"Ugh..." Clint groaned out in pain as he struggled to get up after that one. With the tides now turned Janet quickly sprung back up and drew out her dagger. She now rushed towards him with her dagger drawn. With Janet now standing over him she raised her dagger up and quickly swung down on him but Clint managed to catch her arm with both of his hands. The blade stopped just inches above his face.

"Give up already!" Janet demanded as she pushed down even harder hut struggled to bring it down. Clint was just gritting his teeth with his eyes narrowed at her as he pushed back.

As the two continue on with their struggle for dominance Clint started to feel his arms giving up on him for they were noticeably shaking. A few moments later the blade started in getting closer and closer to his face. He tried to push back even harder but it was no use for he no longer had the needed strength to do it.

"Almost...there!..." Janet was giving it her all to push down on Clint. As this went on the blade got closer and closer until it was only a mere millimeter away from him until a gun shot rang out from the halls. He suddenly felt the weight on his arms lighten up soon after as well as Janet's body just slumped all over him. Her avatar flickered out a few seconds later.

"Man...that was close..." Ginger was suddenly heard across from where Clint was. The camera panning a bit revealed her to be leaning next to a wall looking very tired for she was breathing in heavily. She had her gun pointed down by this time but some light smoke was flowing out of the nozzle. "You okay?"

"I'm fine. Thanks." Clint answered her as soon as he got up. He looked quite beaten up but still manage to pull out a straight look. "You should hurry up and go. Laren was with her but she managed to escape. You might still be able to catch up with her and hopefully pass her for this forest is to dense." Clint instructed her.

"You do know acting all cool and collected won't make you the fan favorite. Right?" Ginger crossed her arms at him.

Letting out a soft grunt, Clint just walked passed his fellow marksman. "The front door is that way." He said pointing to his right.

"Whatever." She said back to him. As soon as Clint left, both Phoebe and Paris came down the staircase from the hall opposite to hers moments later.

"Oh, hey Ginger! Glad to finally see a teammate for once." Paris waved her arm at her. Phoebe was just holding on to her hand the entire time. "You know where to go from here though?"

"Yeah. Just keep close to me. Okay?"

(Confessionals)

Janet: I was THIS close to beating him! Just a little more and I could've...*sigh* I just hope my team made it out of this.

Ginger: That Clint, he may be a skilled competitor here but he doesn't have much a social game. If he makes it into merge without much allies I doubt he would last long. Which is a shame really since it would be awesome to face him the finals...What? You don't think I'll make it? *chuckles*

(End Confessional)

The scene now changed to outside and in to the dense dark forest. There wasn't any light at all for the night sky was being covered by thick amounts of clouds. Cracks of thunder howled throughout the island with only the flashes of lightning providing some light.

"Hmm, no one seems to be out here yet." Said Alice as she was shown slowly traversing through the forest alone. "Am I even going the right way?" She looked up only to see the leaves and branches blocking the sky. She let out a deep sigh, "Why do I even bother?" She asked herself rhetorically.

She continued to walk around aimlessly through the dark forest in hopes to find the right path. Alice soon stumbled upon a break in the forest where a clear forest path was laid right in-front of her. Glancing from left to right she couldn't tell which way she needed to go.

"*sigh* Fifty-Fifty chance huh? I wonder if-" She cut herself off the moment she heard someone approaching. She quickly hid herself behind the bushes and trees.

"Gelsey, are you sure this is the right way?" Lucette's voice was heard as both her and Gelsey were shown walking in from Alice's right.

"I'm sure it is. Its the only open path from the exit we took." Gelsey replied. Both of them soon walked passed where Alice was hiding.

"Hmm, so this is the right way huh?" Alice thought to herself as she watched the two walk by. She soon started to trail them slowly to listen in even more to their conversation.

"I wonder if Blake made it out of here already? I haven't seen him yet anywhere." Lucette pondered aloud with a worried look.

"I'm sure he's fine!" Gelsey said reassuringly. "He's proving himself to be a formidable player. I'm sure once we make it to the harbor he'll be there waiting for us." She added.

"Hmm, they must be the only ones from their team to make it out huh? Maybe I should..." Alice trailed off from her thoughts as she drew out her dagger. She started to close in on them but paused once she heard what Lucette had to say.

"Yeah. I guess you're right." Lucette said brightening up a bit. "And besides, a boat won't leave unless all remaining members make it there right? So I'm sure the three of us can make it out of here."

"You got that right!" Gelsey said while smiling at her companion.

Alice, hearing this, suddenly felt conflicted on whether or not to take them out now. Unknown to her that they are the only ones left alive from their team.

"Man, if I take them out now I would risk their team getting a free win if Blake is really is waiting for them." Alice thought to herself. "I should just follow them to make sure."

And so, Alice just silently trailed the two until they reached the very end. Nothing much happened throughout the entire walk for barely anything was happening. The sound of birds cawing every time a crack of thunder roared out was the only thing being heard through the silent forest.

"How far do we still have to walk?" Lucette whined a bit.

"I don't know. Its hard to tell in this darkness." Gelsey answered her.

The two continued on to walk for a bit until the sound of waves crashing was heard nearby. The two looking hopeful now picked up on their pace for they knew they were now getting close.

"C'mon, Lucette! We're almost out of here!" Gelsey said excitedly as she grabbed Lucette's hand. She started to run a bit causing her get dragged along.

"Gelsey! Slow down!" Lucette said back to her as she forced her skirt from flying up.

Alice hastened up as well to keep up with their fast movements. Moments later they were now in an abandoned looking harbor with two old boats waiting for them. As both Gelsey and Lucette continue on to reach the old harbor, Alice just stayed put in the forest with her bow drawn.

"I don't see Blake anywhere." Lucette said with a sad look as she looked around the empty harbor.

"Then that means Blake is still out there somewhere." Gelsey speculated. "Lets just wait out here for now then."

Alice, seeing no one else but them in sight, disappeared from view as she turned invisible. A few seconds later she was now shown hiding behind an old abandoned guard station by the docks. She had her bow ready with an arrow notched.

"See you two tonight." Alice muttered under her breath. She took aim and was about to fire when Chris suddenly materialized right in-front of them. "What?" Alice brought down her bow. Both Lucette and Gelsey were taken aback as well.

"Congratulations you two! You are the first ones to make it out of this island!" Chris exclaimed with his arms wide open. The host soon flicked his fingers and suddenly one of the old looking boats turned into a luxurious cruise ship. "As the first place winners you two get to enjoy the trip back into reality in this cruise ship. Feel excited?"

"Dammit!" Alice cursed herself as she stayed hidden. "I should've killed them when I had the chance."

"Oh cool. This looks awesome!" Gelsey exclaimed excitedly as she saw the large ship.

"Wait. So Blake got defeated already?" Lucette asked the host with a sad look.

"Yeah. In the most dramatic way to be exact! You should've seen what happened." Chris answered her all the while having a devious looking grin. "Anyways, step on in before Alice over there starts to get salty." He chuckled lightly. Moments later Alice got forcefully dragged out from her hiding spot. She was just hovering above the ground slightly.

"Hey! Let go of me!" Alice demanded as she struggled to get back to the ground. The two Yellow Chocobo members gasped at this.

"Sure." Chris grinned as he snapped his fingers. Alice soon fell straight to ground.

"Ow...fuck you!" Alice cursed the host as she landed on her bottom. Chris just laughed at her displeasure.

"Now step on in you two." Chris said to the other two girls as the walk way up to the ship got lowered down.

"Okay. Lets go Lucette." Gelsey stepped on the path way first.

"Y-yeah." Lucette replied. She just looked back at the forest with a sad look before walking on up. As the two made it inside the ship, smoke started puffing out from its chimney before sailing off. The ship soon disappeared into the darkness.

"Now, as for you." Chris said to Alice as he narrowed his eyes at her with his arms crossed. "Since I didn't give you the same treatment that means your other teammates are still alive somewhere."

"Yeah, I gathered as much." Alice interrupted him in which Chris just waved her off dismissively.

"Quiet." The host commanded. Alice didn't say anything further. "Now. This leaves you with two options since no one else is here. You either stay put and fight off the last team until your teammates arrive or you go back in there and search for your team." He said to her with a grin. "So what's it going to be?"

Alice, thinking it through, came to a decision and was about to speak up when a loud scream was heard echoing into the distance. "Laren!?" She recognized who it was as she turned back around staring back at the forest.

"Hmm, interesting. It seems you're now on a time limit. How inconvenient might I add." Chris started chuckling.

Alice, now thorn between the decision, couldn't decide on what to do next. Both sides will net her an advantage in some way but didn't know what to do. She looked up to see if she could get some solace but not even that would help. After a while she let out a deep sigh and took off running.

Chris now alone just watched her enter back into the forest all the while chuckling cynically to himself. "Poor choice." He said to himself. Moments later he noticed some rustling in the bushes far off into his right and noticed someone had approached. "Better late I guess."

(Confessional)

Gelsey: Yay! I think that was our first actual win ever. Too bad this challenge didn't feature any special items or something. It would have been awesome for our team have finally have one.

Lucette: Oh well, we won I guess. Too bad Blake wasn't here to enjoy this boat ride with me. *sighs dreamily* It would've been such a romantic experience even if it didn't last long.

Alice: *sighs deeply* I hope I get to her on time. I'm taking such a massive risk for doing this.

(End confessional)

The scene now showed Alice running through the dark forest. Her eyes were wondering around in hopes to find any signs of Laren being nearby.

"Dammit, where are you?" She thought to herself as she was scanning the area for anything at all.

"Ah! Help!" Laren's voice was heard echoing through out the forest once more. Alice picking up on it sounded as if she was close.

"Hold on Laren. I'm almost there." Alice hoped to herself as she ran to where the voice came from. Later, Alice soon found herself back near the prison building. "Laren! Where are you!" She called out but no response came. Moments later she heard her scream once more. "Laren!" She quickly sprinted along side the prison building.

The scene jumping ahead of Alice showed Laren being backed up into a chain fence by another zombie guard dog. She was completely terrified by the beast growling menacingly in-front of her.

"S-someone! Help!" She cried out while at the verge of tearing up. The dog's sharp rotting teeth were exposed as it slowly crawled up to her. It soon pounced forward with both front paws up in the air. "Ah!"

As the guard dog was about to land on Laren, sharp crystalline needles burst through the nearby window of the building. The guard dog started whimpering as it got struck down by the attack. It soon ran off deep into the forest with some smoke trailing behind it.

"Hmm, so this is what it feels like to save someone from a clutch moment." Kazuo was soon showed hoping over the window he shot his attack from. "Not as exciting as I initially thought." He shook his head.

"K-Kazuo?" Laren called out. The latter taking noticed just waved at her.

"Hi." He said with a wave. Without him noticing, Laren suddenly embraced him for she was a bit thankful for him saving her there. She was heard sulking a bit for her head was buried on his chest.

"*snivel* I'm glad you're here...I-I didn't know what I was going to do." Laren muttered to him. Kazuo, already expecting a similar outcome, just started stroking her long white hair.

"Don't thank me just yet." He said to her. Kazuo soon heard some rustling from behind him. "Hmm?" He turned but saw no one there.

"What is it?" Laren looked up to face Kazuo.

"Oh nothing." Kazuo said brushing off what he just heard. "We need to go now though. Others might just be lurking around this place." He said to her as he lightly pushed her off. "Come on. Lets go." He soon walked inside the forest. Laren just followed soon after.

(Confessional)

Kazuo: I wasn't really excited at all about saving Laren. I mean I was standing there the entire time waiting for something to happen *chuckles* I could have saved her earlier but decided to make it clutch instead. I got to wonder though, was someone watching us a while ago though? If so then I'm curious to see what's going to happen next.

Alice: I don't know why I decided to run off like that okay! After seeing them I felt something weird deep inside me. A feeling that I thought I shunned away a long time ago. *sigh* I should've just stayed in the harbor then I wouldn't have felt this way. At least there the only possible pain I would be feeling is a blade to my chest.

Laren: Hmm, something feels off about Kazuo. After holding on to him I was able to link up with his thoughts. Something must have been distressing him since all he was thinking about was the events that happened earlier. I wonder what he saw that I didn't notice?

(End confessional)

The scene cutting to a few minutes ahead showed the perspective of someone walking through the forest with exit just up ahead. As the person made it out they soon saw the docks now just ahead of them with Chris waving at them while Skell by his side.

"Yes! We made it!" A female voice said excitedly from beside them. Light rustling was suddenly heard behind them.

"Hmm, and it seems were the second ones to make it out of here as well." A different female voice added. She sounded more monotone and bored than the other for she was exhausted.

"Yeah. Anyways, lets go before the other team arrives." The former said followed by some light rustling.

"*sigh* Where does she even get that energy from?" Pondered the latter as some rustling followed as well.

The person just stood there taking one last long look at the docks. Suddenly they heard one of their companions calling out to them.

"Hey Phoebe! Hurry up!"

"Y-yeah." Phoebe meekly answered as the camera now revealed her. She soon walked away off-screen.

The scene now made a cut once more to the Blue Naga members approaching the two hosts on the dock. Chris was shown proudly standing there while Skell just had his arms crossed.

"Man, I can't believe I lost that bet!" The latter said looking a bit salty.

"Hey, that's what you get for betting to much on Dylan and his 'skills'." Replied the former with a grin.

"Umm, what bet are you two talking about?" Ginger raised a brow at them with her arms crossed as well.

"Oh nothing~" Chris just waved her off dismissively. "Its nothing the three of you should be concerned about."

"Yeah. Just get in your damn boat." Skell added in. The main host just kept laughing at him.

"Anyways, congratulations and here's your reward!" Chris exclaimed as he flicked his fingers. Moments later the old shady boat turned into a luxurious yacht. A walk way soon came done for them to walk on.

"Yay! I haven't been in one in such a long time!" Paris said excitedly as she dragged Phoebe along with her. "Come on Phoebe. This is going to be fun!" She said dragging her along.

"Eep. S-slow down Paris!" Phoebe replied nervously as she got dragged along. Ginger just followed them from behind while shaking her head. Just before Ginger could make it aboard the yacht, a voice suddenly called out to them.

"Hey! Don't leave without us!" Exiting from the forest was Eliza. She was badly beaten but was being held up by Phoebe's doll Savior. The latter though didn't look any better either. Majority of his torso was gone along with his arms and legs being severely busted. The only thing keeping him together was the scythe's magic.

"Eliza!" Ginger's other gun soon sprung out of her holster. Tricia turned back into her human form and ran towards her sister to give her a huge embrace. "Glad to see you're okay!"

"Heh, you think this creepy old place to beat your older sister?" Eliza gave her sister a small smile.

"Ginger, who are those two?" Paris asked as she saw them from over the railings.

"I'll explain it to you all later." Ginger replied as she hoped on board. "Hey you two! Hope on board for we're about to leave!" She called out to them.

"Okay!" Tricia answered back at her. She soon grabbed hold of Eliza's hand. "Lets go!" She soon started running back to them on the boat.

"H-Hey, be careful!" Eliza said as she struggled to find her balance on the walk way up. As the two made it inside the boat it soon set sail. It disappeared into the dark night as it got far. Savior, now on his own, just stood there watching them go. He soon broke down into glowing shards that got carried away by the sea breeze

"Oh well, now that's over. Its time we get the remaining contestants over here." Chris said as he brought out his panel.

"Fine. I'll handle in bringing back the wardens." Skell added in as he brought out his own. As the two of them pressed on their panels the remaining Red Dragon members all got transported in the docks along with the wardens.

"Hey! Why did you drag me out here for? I was still searching for them!" Dylan complained at the two hosts.

"Yeah! Me as well!" Tristan chimed in. Clint didn't say anything for he realized why they were all here.

"Oh shut it you two. The challenge is over." Chris said sternly at the two. Both of them soon fell silent.

"Hey Alice! Haven't seen you all day!" Kazuo waved at her.

"Hmph." Alice scoffed as she gave him the cold shoulder. Kazuo just tilted his head a bit at this.

"I guess the sea air isn't the only thing salty around these parts huh?" Kazuo said jokingly with a small grin on his face. Alice still didn't pay him much thought.

"Alice? Is there something wrong?" Laren asked her. She seemed confused about the situation.

Alice looking towards her roommate noticed the concerned look she gave her. Letting out a deep breath she spoke up.

"Its nothing. Just pissed about the loss." She said to her. Alice soon felt a slight chill but decided to ignore it for now.

"Okay then."

"Hey! Will the three of you pay attention?" Chris scolded them. All three of them looked towards the main host. "Good. Red Dragons, since all of you failed to escape the island that makes you all the losers for this challenge. Do I need to explain myself any further?" No response came from the entire team.

"Hey, what about us? What happens to us now?" Dylan decided to ask. Clint looked to be as curious as well.

"Are you a Red Dragon member?" The main host asked him a bit abruptly.

"No." Dylan replied.

"Then there's your answer." Chris said to him as if the answer was already obvious. "Anyways. Red Dragons. I'll be seeing you all tonight." He soon brought out his panel. With a couple commands all of the remaining contestants soon disappeared from the virtual world.

"Hmm, I kinda hoped they wouldn't be the team that would drop a member before tomorrow." Skell said with a disappointed look. "Such a shame really."

"Eh. I couldn't care less." Chris shrugged. "Anyways, go tell Chef that I won't be present for tonight so that he'll handle the cookies. I'll be settling a few things for tomorrow." He explained to his partner.

"Okay but what about the outro? Who's going to handle that?" Skell asked him with a wide grin as he already knew the answer.

"Don't milk it any further otherwise I'll have an intern do it." Chris replied looking unamused with him.

"Fine." Skell rolled his eyes.

"Good. I'll see you tomorrow then." Chris pressed a button on his panel. He soon flickered out of the virtual world. Skell did the same thing as well and he to disappeared.

(Virtual world: Open plains. Two hours before ceremony)

The scene now jumped a few hours in time inside the virtual world still. The setting was now back near outskirts of the maze. The time was around late afternoon in the virtual world for the night sky was slowly setting in.

Laying in the soft grass was Alice who stayed there deep in thought. She just stared up into the afternoon sky as she watched it fade in from orange to black. A cool breeze just whistled through area as it brushed passed her.

"*sigh* Took you long enough?" Alice said impatiently as she heard someone approach. "And don't give me the whole butterfly effect routine you keep using."

"Fine. I won't say it then." Kazuo was soon shown walking towards her. He then sat down with his legs crossed right next to her. "So tell me, why did you call me out here for? I thought you didn't like me?" He started to grin a bit.

"Shut up. I was just getting to that." Alice said rather calmly as she turned her body to the side facing away from Kazuo. "Anyways, I called you out here is for one simple reason. To make a deal with you." She explained to him a bit hesitantly.

"A deal? What kind of deal?" Kazuo looked intrigued about what Alice is about to say.

"Do I have to spell it out for you? I'm talking about an alliance here!" Alice said as she sat up straight with her eyes narrowed at him. "So do you want in or not?"

"Hmm, such an interesting offer." Kazuo commented. "If I were to say no. What would you do?"

"Hmph. That's none of your business." Alice said as she looked away from him. "I knew this was going to be a waste of time." Alice attempted to leave but Kazuo suddenly stopped her by grabbing hold of her hand.

"Where are you going? I still haven't made a decision yet." Kazuo said to her.

"If you're just going to say no then there is no need to drag this along any further." Alice said back to him as she pulled her hand away from his grasp. "See you tonight." She soon walked on away from Kazuo.

"Hey! I'll be voting off Tristan for tonight just so you know!" Kazuo said out loud. Alice paused for a bit after hearing this before continuing to walk on away. She was soon out of sight of Kazuo.

(Confessional)

Alice: Is he really going to vote off Tristan? Or is he just telling me this just to screw with me? Kazuo...what are your real intentions with me?

Kazuo: Well, that was interesting. To be honest I have nothing against Tristan. I just wanted to see if she'll take my vote as an answer to her proposal. So yeah, sorry Tristan if you get voted out tonight. I just wanted to see if she was serious with her offer.

(End Confessional)

(Chef's food tent. One hour before ceremony)

The scene now cut to inside the food tent an hour before the ceremony would start. Walking inside the tent was Ginger with Lucette along with her. They both grabbed a plate for themselves and lined up by the food table.

"Hey you two! Why don't you sit over here with us?" Blake's voice was heard calling out to them. He was shown to be sitting on a table near the upper right corner of the tent. Sitting on the seat across from his was Paris who seemed a bit displeased about the idea.

"Ugh, just my luck." Ginger shook her head as she placed some food on her plate. "Lets sit somewhere else Lucette. Uhh, Lucette?" She looked around only to see her companion sitting next to Blake. Ginger just let out a deep sigh before following her.

"Hey Ginger! How are things?" Blake said while smiling. It looked rather forced but no one seemed to notice. Ginger just ignored him and sat right next to Paris. She then proceeded to eat her food. "Earth to Ginger. Are you there?" He tilted his head a bit to match her gaze. Ginger just turned away from him.

"Might as well entertain him, dear. He's been practicing so many skits for any scenario." Paris said calmly without even looking at them. Blake narrowed his eyes at her but she just brushed him off.

"Mhmm. How nice of him to do so." Ginger finally spoke up but sounded a bit monotone. "They do say that one can never be too prepared." She added. Blake though didn't like the idea on being ganged up on.

"I'm doing just fine, Blake." Lucette said to him to change his attention but didn't end up working. She didn't seem to happy about the outcome and just decided to take drink but soon found out she didn't have one. An idea suddenly came to her.

"Hey Blake, can I ask you for a favor?" She asked in a very sweet tone. She tugged on his right sleeve for some good measure.

"Um, sure. What is it?" Blake said accepting her request. Lucette seemed a bit pleased about this.

"Can you please get me something to drink? I'm feeling rather parched and seem to have forgotten to grab one earlier." Lucette explained to him her request. She did so in a very cute manner.

"Umm, okay. What do you want then?"

"Anything will do." Lucette smiled at him.

"Okay then." Blake was about to leave when Paris suddenly stopped him.

"While you're at it can you get me a drink as well? An iced tea shall do." Paris requested from him.

The prankster just rolled his eyes away from her. "Fine. Whatever." He said before leaving the table. A few seconds later Blake came back carrying three different drinks.

"Here you go, Lucette." Blake says as he placed a glass of pink colored lemonade next to her.

"Thank you, Blake." Lucette thanked him sweetly.

"Here's yours." Blake said plainly as he gave Paris her drink.

"Finally. Took you long enough to get me one." Paris said back to him. Blake soon sat back down on his seat with the final drink going to him.

All four of them continued on to silently eat there food. They occasionally talked to each other by asking a few things but nothing much was happening to them. After a while, Ginger was the first one to finish eating for her plate was now empty.

"I'm done." She said to them as she stood up from her seat. "Lets go. I'm going to head on back to our cabin, Lucette." Ginger said to her roommate who was almost done as well.

"Aww. So soon? Can't we just stay for a little bit more?" Lucette said while holding on to Blake's arm. Blake didn't notice when she suddenly grabbed hold of it.

"No."

"Let me walk you back to your cabin. You might never know when something might pop out and attack you." Blake suddenly offered her.

"No need. We'll take our chances." Ginger replied with her arms now crossed. She soon walked around to stand next to Lucette. "Lets go." She soon dragged her away from Blake.

"Uhh, I guess we'll be seeing you two later. Bye." Lucette waved back at them just before Ginger could drag them out of there. The two cabin partners are now the only ones left in the tent.

"You do know trying too hard is a turn off for some girls, right?" Paris raised a brow at Blake's attempts.

"Whatever. That was the second time you ruined it." Blake said back to Paris. He let out a deep sigh moments later. "I'm going back to the cabin." He now left Paris alone.

(Confessional)

Paris: I really don't know what's worst. Blake being to stubborn to realize his attempts are useless on Ginger, or Lucette trying way to hard to grab his attention. They look so bad that its almost pitiful to watch really.

Lucette: Hmmm. If I don't get Blake to notice me more than Ginger I might just end up losing him. I'm not going to allow it!

Blake: What's Paris' deal anyway? That's twice now that her interfering ruined my plans! Does she know something that I don't know or something?

(End Confessional)

(Elimination grounds. Twenty minutes before ceremony)

The scene now cut to outside the food tent and into the camp grounds. Tristan was shown sitting there on his watching the fire burn right in-front of him. He looked to be deep in thought for the time being.

"Hey, you're out here early again." A female voice called out to him. Tristan turning his head around saw Janet walking towards him. "May I?" She gestured for the stump next to his.

"Go ahead." The mechanic replied as he shifted his gaze back at the fire.

"So, do you know who to vote off for tonight? Given the numbers I doubt a tie would happen." Janet said to him as she looked towards the flames as well.

"Yeah. Its an obvious vote to be exact. I suggest you vote the same way as well." Tristan said calmly to her.

"You're talking about voting for Kazuo, right? If so then how will you make sure of that?" The latter started questioning him. "You do know he also has the most valuable asset, right?" She added.

"Easy. There is already a guaranteed one vote on him with Alice. Might as well add in to that." The former answered her. "As for his 'asset', we can always get a new one along the road."

"I see." Janet nodded her head. She was about to say something else when the P.A. system interrupted her.

"Attention. The ceremony is about to begin in a few minutes. Red Dragons, please submit your votes before we begin. Thank you." Skell's voice was heard instead.

"Well, it seems our time is up." Janet stood up. "I hope that plan of yours works out." She soon walked off.

The scene now made a jump cut to where all the remaining contestants were shown in the camp grounds. Both Skell and Chef were standing in-front of the fire pit. The latter was shown holding on to a plate of dragon shaped cookies while the former held a paper in his hands.

"Hey, where's Chris?" Kazuo suddenly asked them.

"He's gone for now. He needed to attend to something important." Skell answered him. "Anyways, its time to read the votes. Like last time, the one who isn't mentioned gets eliminated." He said to them. "First one is Alice."

Chef tossed her the cookie but it crumbled due to it hitting her chest.

"Laren..."

Her cookie went flying over her head.

"Janet..."

She managed to grab hers by the neck part but the rest broke off and fell to the ground.

"Tristan. Kazuo. Both you have received votes from your team with only one receiving the most. The one who is safe tonight is...

...Kazuo."

"What!?" Tristan stood up in shock to see he was eliminated. "But how?" He turned back to look at his team but no one gave him a response. Kazuo though had a grin on his face since he knew his planned had worked out.

"Tristan. Your team has made the decision to vote you out tonight. Any last words?" Skell asked him.

"Wait. Wait. There has to be a mistake right? There's no way I received the most votes!" Tristan complained for he was still shocked about the results.

"I'm sorry Tristan, but the results don't lie. You are indeed the loser for tonight." Skell said calmly. "Chef, please escort Tristan here to his new pod."

"Whatever. Lets go maggot." Chef said in a bored tone as he headed towards the challenge building.

"This sucks." Tristan said before leaving with Chef. Everyone just watched them until they both disappeared inside the building.

"That is all. I suggest you all turn in early for we're going to have an early start for tomorrow." Skell announced to the remaining contestants. All of them started to scatter off to do their own things.

With the co-host now being the only one left in the camp site, the camera started to slowly zoom in on him. Skell just had his eyes while bearing a small smile. He soon opened them up as the camera stopped zooming in.

"Well, there you have it our dear viewers! The fourth challenge has now drawn to a close with Tristan of the Red Dragons being its final victim." Skell took a dramatic pause as he spread his arms wide open. "Will the sudden alliance of Kazuo and Alice be in full swing or is it just a scheme? Will Dylan's sudden show of dominance affect his standing in his team or will they now finally follow him? Will the two sister's in the Blue Nagas be a good or bad thing for them? And what does the infamous Chris have in store for our dear contestants? Find out next time on Total...Drama...Dungeon Hunters!"

Votes:

Kazuo: Like I said earlier, I'm going to vote off Tristan to see if Alice really was serious with her offer. No hard feelings though.

Alice: *sigh* I'm voting for Tristan. I may not like being played with by Kazuo but I just have this feeling that he's testing me or something.

Janet: My vote goes to Tristan. His plan might be sound but his logic is flawed. At this stage of the game, Kazuo, or more over his asset, is just way to valuable to lose.

Laren: I don't know who to vote for really. I haven't been able to talk to anybody ever since we got back. So my vote will just be for Tristan.

Tristan: I'll be voting of Kazuo. I mean it makes perfect sense since one person already has a target on him. I just hope Janet came to make the right decision as well.

Places:

18th: Estwynn Paratus. The Mech and Hero Enthusiast. Role: Fighter

17th: Derek Wright. The Dangerous Outcast. Role: Fighter

16th: Kali Dulal. The Folklore/Mythology Enthusiast. Role: Duelist

15th: Tristan Kelly. The Mechanic. Role: Back row

Author's note: Ah Tristan, I initially wanted him to get farther in standing when I first got the entire line-up but as the story writing progressed that prediction of mine got foggier and foggier. He made a good start with a surprising first impression but that's all his character can give (Well, for me at least...). He made a good early powerhouse for his team but was easily over taken once I gave his teammates the power they need to stand on there own. Over all, he made for a good character early but the mid-game is where he lost his luster.

Anyways, I'll like to thank Kunnaki for suggesting this challenge. When I asked for challenge ideas he/she sent two PMs worth. One of those suggestions was a prison based challenge and an escape challenge. Since I liked both ideas I decided to combine them by mixing a few good themes from each challenge while adding my own personal twist to it. So yeah, thanks!

Okay, time for the chapter question: Given the recent developments of the remaining contestants, who do you think now are the ones your OC is least likely to trust as well as the most likeliest? (Note: You can choose from different teams as well). Anyways, I hope you guys enjoyed this more drama centered chapter and I'll see you all next time! Icathius, out.