Total Drama: Dungeon Hunters

by Icathius Nytfall

Chris calls for 18 new individuals to compete for a grand prize of 1 million dollars. Contestants will be competing in virtual reality filled with deadly creatures while overcoming hard challenges. SYOC app is closed. 10/18 contestants remain.

10. An Exotic Taste

"What do you mean you can't make it!" Was the opening line heard to start of the show. Skell was shown in-front of the camera looking of to the side with a phone in hand.

"Chris...c'mon. The intro is about to start and I don't know what to say." He said to Chris on the other line. "What!? What do you mean good luck?"

Some static was heard from the phone in the form of laughing. Skell just had a worried look on his face.

"Chris. Don't you hang up on me now...Chris...Chris...Chris!" A phone hanging up was heard from Skell's end. "Dammit!" He cursed as he returned his phone back into his pocket. He then turned around to face the camera only to see it was rolling.

"Uhh, how long has that camera been rolling?" Skell asked as he looked a bit surprised.

"Just a little while ago." The director off-screen said to him. "We needed to make the intro. Now."

With a worried look, Skell was franticly looking around the set for he didn't know what to say or do. Moments later he suddenly got an idea.

"I'll be right back." Skell ran away off-screen. A title card with the words 'We'll be right back' flashed on screen accompanied by a long beep sound.

The intro scene soon came back with Lucette, Phoebe, and Alice now on-screen. All three of them looked a bit groggy while still wearing there sleep outfits.

"*yawn* Why did you drag us out here for? Its still way to early in the morning." Alice said to Skell who was standing behind the camera.

"Yeah, I'm still to tired from yesterday." Lucette added in. She soon gave the camera a soft yawn. Her sleep outfit was just a simple white tank top paired up with pink shorts. She also held onto a white teddy bear with one hand.

"Brrr...i-i-its t-to c-c-cold a-as well..." Phoebe said meekly as she was noticeably shivering. "Achoo." She sneezed but sounded so cute that an 'aww' sound was heard from behind the camera.

"I just need the three of you to make the intro for today's episode." Skell explained to them from behind the camera.

"What!? You're the host. Aren't you the one that's supposed to handle this?" Alice crossed her arms at him. "Don't you have a script or something?" She added in.

"Well, no. Not exactly. Chris just makes them up before the intro starts." Skell answered. He sounded a bit embarrassed about this. "So I uhh don't know what to say because of that..."

"Wow. Aren't you pathetic." Alice said while shaking her head. "I'm outta hear." She walked away. The other two girls were left on-screen. Lucette is shown to be fast-asleep while Phoebe was still shivering.

"Hey Phoebe, want something warm to drink?" The camera man offered her.

"Y-yeah. Thanks." Phoebe said with a small smile as she walked behind the camera. She accidentally brushed passed Lucette's shoulder causing her to wake up.

"Huh? What?" Lucette started looking around. She soon noticed she was the only one left on stage. "Umm uhh I'm going to head on back to my cabin now. Excuse me." She said before leaving the scene.

The camera now panned to the side to show Skell looking quite dumbfounded. "Total Drama: Dungeon Hunters..." He said with a forced smile. "I'm so dead..." He mumbled to himself.

~(Theme Song)~

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(Elimination grounds)

It was the start of a new day with the morning sun slowly rising up from the horizon. All the remaining contestants were gathered around the empty fire pit with Skell standing in the middle. They all still wore their sleeping wear with most of them still half-asleep.

"Good morning everyone! Did all of you sleep well last night?" Skell said to them enthusiastically. This woke up some of the contestants.

"*yawn* Why did you gather us all out here for?" Janet asked still looking a bit drowsy. She stretched her arms out for a bit.

"Yeah. What time is it anyways?" Blake added in. He let out a soft yawn afterwards.

"Last I checked it was around six." Paris answered him instead.

"Huh? Why call us so early, Skell?" Gelsey asked him now. She looked a bit surprised by this.

"The answer to that is simple really. I called all of you out here today because I have a special announcement to make." Skell said to them. He looked very much excited. This grabbed everyone's attention.

"Special announcement? What, are we going to all be in-charge in making the intros now?" Alice said to the co-host with her arms now crossed. "Like what you made us do earlier."

"Yeah. I was having a nice dream as well." Lucette pouted at him. She had her teddy bear sitting on her lap.

"I can only imagine what it was about." Gingered muttered under her breath. Lucette didn't seem to notice this though.

"I was placed on the spot okay!" Skell said trying to defend himself. "And like I said earlier, Chris just makes them up before the recording starts so I had nothing to go on by." He added in. This didn't seem to help though because of the judgmental look Alice gave him.

"Such a host." She said while shaking her head low.

"Oh c'mon. Cut him some slack Alice. Everyone makes mistakes." Kazuo said to her with a huge grin on his face. A blanket was shown to be wrapped around him.

"Your the one to talk." Alice narrowed her eyes at him. Kazuo didn't mind this though for he still had his grin on his face.

"Ugh, can you just hurry up and say it already! You're just wasting our time here." Leonard impatiently demanded from the co-host.

"Cool it Leonard. No need to get all mad now." Dylan scolded him. Leonard just kept a steady glare at him. "Anyways. Skell. What is it that you were about to tell us?"

"Oh, right, umm, I'm here to announce that we're going to re-shuffle our current teams into two." Skell finally said to them. Everyone was suddenly taken aback by this.

"A new team? How come?" Gelsey suddenly asked. She looked quite surprised by this.

"Yeah. Why the sudden team switch though?" Ginger had her head titled a bit.

"Oh, its to keep things even now that we are down to fourteen contestants." Skell explained to them. "Anyways, the names I will call shall stay to my right. Okay?"

Everyone just nodded in agreement.

"Good. Lets start things of with Kazuo." The co-host started.

The aforementioned soon stood up and walked towards Skell. A strong enough breeze soon whistled through the grounds causing his blanket to fall off and expose his bare self save for his underwear. Unlike last time though, he was in full view of everybody. Most of the girls gasped at this.

"Oh my." Lucette blushed as she saw Kazuo once.

"Oooh~" Gelsey purred. "I wasn't able to get a good look at him last time so damn..."

"Phoebe! Avert your eyes!" Paris quickly blocked Phoebe's view of him.

"Eeep." Phoebe got startled when Paris suddenly blocked her eyes with her hands.

"Hmph. I've worked with better." Alice commented in a bored tone.

"Hmm? What do you mean by that Alice?" Laren asked with a cheeky grin. Alice felt a bit embarrassed by what she said.

"Th-that's not what I meant!"

"Eh, he ain't half-bad." Janet shrugged.

"So much commotion just for a half-naked guy." Ginger just shook her head at them.

"Hmm, didn't plan for this to happen but eh, I'll take it." Kazuo just shrugged as he picked his blanket back up. He soon draped it around his shoulders.

"Okay...moving along now. Next up is Phoebe." Skell continued.

The doll faced girl just shyly walked up to the front.

"Hey! It seems we're now teammates!" Kazuo smiled at the small girl. He soon started playing with her golden blond hair. Phoebe couldn't respond to this.

"Clint."

Clint just adjusted his glasses before standing up. He walked towards the two and didn't say anything to them.

"Lucette."

Lucette got up from her seat but dropped her teddy bear in the process. She picked it back up and patted away the dust before proceeding to stand next to her new team.

"Blake."

"Yay!" Lucette cheered at the mention of his name.

Blake just groggily walked towards them. Lucette instantly locked her arms around his the moment he got close.

"Janet."

"Great." Janet muttered sarcastically as she stood up. She proceeded to stand next to her new team.

"And lastly, Alice." Skell ended with the final member.

"What!?" Alice was taken aback by this. "Are you being serious right now?"

"You weren't supposed to be here originally." Skell said to her while grinning. "But given your rude commentary I made an exemption to this."

"How's that even fair!" Alice glared at him. Skell just gave her a shrug.

"Hey, look at the bright side. At least most of the team consists of your old team." Skell laughed at her. Alice didn't like this one bit. "Now get up and head on over hear."

"Whatever." Alice rolled her eyes as she walked towards them. Everyone mentioned for the new team are now all standing in the front.

"Good. From now on, you'll all be known as the Diamond Dusk Wolves." Skell announced to them.

"A wolf? Well, at least we know we already have a mascot." Kazuo joked as he looked towards Clint. Clint didn't find it amusing though.

"*sigh* At least the team name is suitable." Alice commented on it.

"Now, for all that remained, please stand to my left." Skell commanded the remaining contestants to do. They all followed and were now standing to his left. "Ginger, Nathan, Paris, Leonard, Gelsey, Dylan, and Laren, your new team is going to be called the Golden Dawn Elves!" He announced to them.

"An elf huh? Sounds good to me!" Ginger exclaimed looking quite excited.

"Hmm, a new team doesn't sound half-bad." Paris shrugged as she looked at her new teammates.

"This looks like it could work. So as long as you guys don't get in my way." Dylan declared to his new team.

"I hope we all would work well together!" Laren smiles warmly to her team. Nathan gave her a nod with a small smile.

"I doubt that would ever happen." Leonard said from under his breath.

"Okay. Now that everyone has met their new team, its time to begin today's challenge!" Skell announced to them. Everyone was surprised by this.

"What!? Why now? I'm not even ready!" Said Lucette looking a bit panicked.

"Yeah! We haven't even eaten breakfast yet!" Gelsey added in. Everyone seemed to have agreed with her. Skell was just shown to be silently chuckling at them.

"Calm down everyone. There's a specific reason for this." The co-host said calmly to them. Almost everyone seemed to have settled down a bit. "Good. Now, the reason why we're starting the challenges early is because it revolves around you guys cooking up the three most important meals. Starting off with breakfast!" He exclaimed.

Everyone was suddenly taken aback by this.

"Oh c'mon, I can barely prepare cupped noodles let along cook!" Blake complained.

"I-I don't kn-know how to cook either..." Phoebe pouted.

"Don't worry Phoebe, I'm sure everything will turn out great!" Kazuo said trying to cheer her up.

"We're doomed." Alice said silently while shaking her head. Janet noticed and got worried as well.

Murmurs and whispers soon filled the air as everyone was thinking about what to do now. Skell was shown to be silently laughing at then while this was going on. He soon clapped both his hands together in which grabbed everyone's attentions.

"Now, since I'm a much more generous host than Chris is, I'll be giving you guys an hour to go prepare yourselves." The co-host smiled at them. "Especially you Kazuo." He said in a more serious tone.

"Just one hour? Have you seen the men's bathroom?" Leonard started to complain. "Its barely big enough for two people!"

"Not my problem." Skell said with a sly looking grin on his face. "You guys better get going. Time's a ticking."

Everyone soon fled the area and headed on back to their respective cabins leaving the co-host on his own. The camera started to slowly zoom in on him as he was shown to be flashing a wide smile.

"Well now, now that the new teams are chosen lets see how they will all fair this time around." He said to the camera. "I'll see you all in the virtual world later." He winked at the camera.

(Confessionals)

Alice: *sigh* New team. New potential targets on my back. It was a stroke of luck that got me far in my old team but this one is different. Not only am I in a team with Kazuo again I'm also in a team with two Yellow Chocobo members. I just hope that Kazuo stays true to his end of the bargain.

Laren: Hmm, sad to see that I'm the only one from my old team that is part of this new team. Having to adjust now would be difficult but I'm sure it will all work out. I just hope that Alice can feel the same for her new team.

Kazuo: Now isn't this an interesting set up. Both Clint and Phoebe along with Blake and Lucette are in the same team together. From what I've gathered these pairings are the most drama filled ones from their respective teams, including me and Alice. I wonder what's their reason for grouping us all up?

Lucette: Yippee! I'm still in the same team as Blake! Not only that I also got Phoebe now with me! I wonder how things are going to be like for our new team now? Though it does suck knowing that Ginger is still my enemy, but hey, at least I can have Mr. Prankster over here all to myself for a while. *sighs dreamily*

Ginger: Damn, Phoebe is no longer on my team. I did what I could to protect her now I'm forced to face her. I just hope my skills with Eliza and Tricia can hold on their own against her doll Savior with that dreaded scythe Selena. Now that I think about it, how was that doll of hers still able to act on its own even though Phoebe was far from it as well as it being in completely dismantled last time? I got to ask Eliza if she knows anything about it.

Paris: Aww, cute little Phoebe is no longer in the same team as me. Its a damn shame knowing that I have to fight her now. Hopefully it doesn't boil down to it. Not because I can't handle killing her its just that doll of hers is starting to feel umm unnerving now. Its as if Phoebe has no control over it anymore ever since it got that scythe. Maybe I'm just over reacting or something. Its probably nothing, right?

Clint: Hmph. The biggest threat so far in Kazuo is on my team now. I don't entirely trust him due to the actions he does. Reading through that folder of his from last challenge makes him an unstable ally to keep around. He may claim the butterfly effect is his soul purpose but I have a slight feeling that it isn't.

Dylan: New team huh? Could be worse I guess. So as long as I can keep this new team under my control I'm confident that I'll make it to the merge. Especially now that Blake is on the enemy team. No more holding back for me once I encounter him on virtual field.

Phoebe: Um, I h-hope this n-new team i-is just as nice as my old team was. I-Its good t-to know that Clint is still here w-with me but I'm n-not sure about the others...H-huh? Th-theres nothing g-going on between m-me and Clint. He j-just stands out f-for me is all...

(End Confessional)

The time jumped an hour ahead to showcase everyone now back inside the challenge building. They were all now wearing their normal outfits and were just gathered in-front of the main control panel. Most of them stood by their new team while some just stood by at the back.

"Is everyone ready to go?" Skell asked them. Everyone just nodded. "Good. Any questions before we head on in?" Blake raised his hand. "Yes?"

"What are we going to cook exactly? I just have this feeling that our food is going to be a bit umm exotic for our taste." The prankster said to the host.

"Yeah, I'm curious about that as well." Janet chimed in. "Don't tell me we're going to cook something as repulsive as goblins now."

"Eww. Those weird green things? I'd rather eat nothing." Paris looked a bit disgusted about the idea of eating monster meat.

"Oh my god, I think I'm going to be sick now that I think about it." Lucette soon covered her mouth as she looked to be at the verge of hurling.

"Uhh, *gulp* I'm sure it isn't as half bad as it looks." Laren said with a weary smile. She looked to be trembling a bit though.

"Are you guys crazy or something? I'm sure they have something 'normal' in there, right?" Said Ginger as she looked towards the co-host. Skell was just silently chuckling to himself. "Umm, Skell?" She looked a bit worried now.

"Good luck!" Is all Skell said to them as he pressed a button on his panel. The glass panes of all the available pods all opened up at the same time. Everyone knew what this meant and all got inside. As everyone got in, the glass closed in on them and soon they all started to fall asleep one by one.

"Well now, that was fun!" Skell exclaimed to the camera in-front of him now. "Will these new teams be a good or bad thing for our contestants? Are the guts of our contestants just as strong as they are? And which of the new teams would claim first place for this challenge? Lets all find out now, shall we?"

The scene now moved to inside the virtual world. There wasn't a new setting for our contestants at all for they were all just in the maze outskirts. Only thing different is that there are two separate outdoor kitchens complete with all the necessary tools they might all need. All the contestants were shown to be gathered around in their respective team's kitchen.

"Wow. We're seriously going to cook huh?" Paris said as she inspected her team's stove. "Well, time to show everyone what I got!" She said proudly.

"Wait, you seriously know how to cook?" Ginger asked her. "If that's the case then we have this in the bag!" She exclaimed.

"Oh, isn't this interesting. We have regular food in here as well." Gelsey was heard saying as she was shown to be inspecting the insides of a fridge.

"Let me see!" Laren said as she walked up to the fridge. Looking inside she saw an assortment of foods and vegetables along with a couple condiments. All the girls were excitedly giggling and talking as they were all gathered in the kitchen area. The camera panning around showed the three Golden Dawn Boys standing to one side.

"Uhh, do you guys know how to cook?" Dylan whispered to them. Nathan just gave him a silent shrug.

"Hmph. So much for our genius." Leonard uttered silently from under his breath.

"Ah!" Phoebe was heard screaming from her team's side of the field. The camera revealed she had tried to open up the stove but the fire got out of hand. "Um, uhh, somebody h-help." She said looking a bit panicked.

"*sigh* I got it." Alice said for she was nearby. She twisted the knob and the fire died down.

"Th-thank you." The doll faced girl said meekly.

"Hmm, this place looks a lot fancier then what I work with." Said Kazuo as he was standing behind a long silver table. Hanging above it were various cutlery and pans. "Lets see if I can pull off something interesting." He grinned.

"Hey Blake, if I end up cooking up something, do you want to be the first one to taste it?" Lucette asked the prankster a bit flirtatiously.

"Umm..." Blake trailed of for he didn't know what to say. "Uhh...sure I guess?" He looked a bit unsure.

"Yay! I'll make sure you won't regret it!" Lucette jumped in joy.

"I better hope so..." Blake muttered under his breath. Lucette didn't seem to notice this though.

The place was soon filled with the contestants talking to one another. Most of the girls looked to be excited about today's challenge while most of the guys kept to themselves. After a while of them just minding their own, Skell soon appeared in the virtual world.

"Everyone. May I have your attentions please?" He asked of them. All of the contestants soon looked his way. "Good. Its time for me to explain the mechanics of this challenge." He cleared out his throat. "As I said earlier all of you will be cooking the three different kinds of meals; Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner. You all can cook whatever it is that you want but here's the catch." He paused for some dramatic effect. "You'll have to hunt down the main ingredients I'll be making you all use."

A lot of commotion came from the contestants after hearing this.

"Are you serious? Why can't you just give us the main ingredients instead." Gelsey pouted at this.

"Hunting is fine with me. As long as I can avoid being in the kitchen I'll take it." Dylan said brightening up a bit.

"Of course you can avoid the kitchen. What are you, a girl?" Blake joked. Dylan didn't seem to hear him but the girls in Blake's team all shot him dirty looks. "I'm just kidding." He raised both his hands up defensively.

"Just for that comment you'll be starving." Alice said with a serious tone at him. She had her arms crossed and eyes narrowed at him. Most of the girls seemed to agree with her.

"What!? I was only kidding!" The prankster insisted. "Guys, a little help here?" He franticly looked towards Kazuo and Clint. Both of them just back away from him. "Screw you guys." He muttered.

"Hmm, hunting for a special ingredient huh? I feel bad for the poor thing we have to kill." Laren frowned a bit.

"Don't worry about it Laren, its not real so its going to be fine." Paris said to her reassuringly. Laren cheered up a bit.

"Yeah. I guess so." Laren said in response.

"Hmm, I wonder what kind of dish we can make from monsters." Ginger started pondering about this. "Will it even be edible?"

"We better hope so. Otherwise we'll be starving until tomorrow..." Gelsey answered her. She rubbed her belly as she did.

Chatter from all of the contestants soon filled the air for everyone was talking about what to do.

"Guys!" Skell called out to them. None of the contestants looked his way due to all the commotion. "GUYS!" All of the contestants heard him and looked his way. "Good. Now, let me explain a few more things before we finally begin." He said to them. "But before that, a question. Ahem. Everyone knows that in a kitchen people have specific roles, right?" The co-host asked them.

Everyone nodded in agreement.

"Okay. Well, with that in mind, all of you will have specific roles as well. There are three roles: The Head Chef, The Assistant Chefs, and The Hunters. The Head Chef will be the one in charge of cooking. The Assistants we'll be the one in-charge of doing all the dirty work. While the Hunters, well, hunt." Skell explained to them.

"Also, there can only be a specific number of people per role; One head Chef obviously while the remaining two has three." He added in. "Any questions before we get to assigning?" No one bothered to ask. "Okay. First, lets start of with the Head Chefs. Those who want to be the Head Chef, please step up."

All of the contestants soon turned towards their respective teammates.

"Hey, can I be the Head Chef? I've been to many places across Europe to practice their cooking styles." Paris said stepping up to her team. "If you ask me how well I can cook all I could say is that I can rival even Gordan Ramsey's cooking." She added with a lot of confidence

"Oh wow, really? That sounds so cool!" Gelsey commented as she looked quite amazed by this. "You should totally be the Chef then."

"Hmm, if you put it that way then sure!" Ginger agreed with them. "You guys all agree?"

"Yeah!" Laren gave then a thumbs up.

"Well, we don't have much choice. I can barely cook for my own." Dylan said to them.

"Hmph. As long as I'm not the one cooking I could care less." Leonard said in a bored tone. Nathan didn't say anything but gave a nod at them with a hum.

"Good. Its settled then." Paris said with a small smile. She soon turned to face Skell.

"Well?" The co-host asked.

"I'll be the Head Chef for my team." The dancer answered

"Good. Come on over then." Skell called her over to the front. Paris obliged and was now standing on his right. He then looked towards the Diamond team. "What about you guys?" He asked them.

"Wait! We're still planning here." Janet answered him. She soon turned back around to face her team.

"Anyways, why can't I be the Head Chef? Don't you guys trust my cooking skills?" Kazuo said to his team. He had a sly looking grin on his face.

"More like we don't trust you in general." Alice said back to him. Kazuo raised a brow at her but she just scoffed and looked away.

"If we can't trust Kazuo, then how about Phoebe? She might make for a good chef." Lucette suggested.

"Uhh, I-I'm sorry b-but I'm n-not good in c-cooking." Phoebe meekly answered. "I m-mostly had people c-cook for me so I n-never learned how."

"What a drag, how come none of us know how to cook except for Kazuo?" Alice said with her arms now crossed. Her teammates didn't seem to know the answer as well. "Ugh, are we seriously going to rely on Kazuo for this?"

Everyone, except Kazuo, looked like they had no choice in this. Silence fell upon the team for they knew the risk that they would be taking. As it went on like this for a good short while, Blake suddenly spoke up.

"Well..." Blake trailed off as he looked a bit embarrassed for what he was going to say next. "I actually do know how to cook. I just feel a bit embarrassed for anyone to know..." The prankster explained to them. Everyone though looked like they couldn't believe him.

"Is this one of your many pranks? If so then its not funny since this is a serious matter." Alice said sternly towards him.

"I'm serious. I do know how to cook." The prankster said defending himself. "I understand that you guys might see it as a prank I might pull on you guys but I'm being dead serious here." He further added.

"Then what was that comment about you not being able prepare even cup noodles then?" Alice questioned him even further. She had her eyes narrowed on him now. The prankster was hard pressed to find an answer to give. "Well?"

"Well I...lied okay. I said that so that no one would suspect me." Blake finally answered. "And besides, if I did wanted to pull a cooking prank then it wouldn't be something like this. I want to win to you know?" He added in with a serious look.

Alice didn't say anything else further for she was just staring right at him now. Her eyes were still narrowed at him but they were noticeably inspecting him. She soon let out a deep breath and placed her right hand on her hip.

"Fine. At least its better then having Kazuo." She finally said to him. Everyone else now looked like they can all agree to this.

"Thanks." Blake said to them all.

"Yay! We're having Blake be the Head Chef. This is awesome!" Lucette exclaimed a bit cheerily. She did so while grabbing on to his entire right arm.

"Fine. Let him have the role then." Kazuo said but looked a bit salty.

"Great. I'll make sure I won't disappoint." The prankster assured as he ran off towards the Skell. The other team looked a bit surprised to see Blake walk on up.

"Took you guys long enough." The co-host said to him.

"Hmm." Paris hummed as she sizing him up. "Oh well, easy win I guess." The dancer taunted her roommate.

"We'll see about that." The prankster said back to her.

"Hmm, spicy." Skell commented. "Anyways, now that we have our Head Chefs, its time to choose their assistants!" He exclaimed. "Chefs, make your choice."

"Okay. I'll take Gelsey, Laren, and Ginger." Paris said to him.

"Yay! I'll be happy to help!" Gelsey said with a big smile.

"I'll do my best as well." Laren nodded.

"Wait, why am I an assistant? Can't it be someone else instead?" Ginger insisted.

"Would you trust any of the guys to do the cooking?" Paris asked her?

Ginger took a quick glance to look at the three boys standing behind her. She soon realized who were left and just let out a deep sigh before answering her.

"Fine. I'll do it." She answered.

"Great. I knew you'll see it my way." Paris said happily. "Okay. I'm done." She said to Skell this time.

"That was fast." The co-host commented. "What about you Blake?"

"Wait. I'm still trying think here!" Blake said back to him. "Hmm, who to choose." He pondered to himself.

"Hey, what about me Blake? I'll be happy to be your assistant." Lucette said to him with a sweet smile. Paris noticed this and gave her a cold stare.

"Hmm, okay." Blake agreed. Lucette looked very much pleased with this. "Only two left then."

"How about Phoebe? She might make for some good help." Lucette happily suggested.

"Alright. I choose Phoebe as well then." Blake declared. Phoebe was surprised to hear this.

"Huh? B-but..." The doll faced girl trailed off with a worried look on her face. "I d-don't know h-how I c-can help..." She frowned.

"Don't worry. I'm sure its going to be fine." Lucette reassured her with a big smile.

"One more member left then." Blake thought. He started to scan around his remaining teammates to see who else was suitable for the roll. He had a hard time choosing since his thoughts kept coming back to Kazuo. Everyone from his team took notice of this for his eyes kept darting back to Kazuo ever so often.

After a short moment of Blake thinking it through, he soon came to a decision. "*sigh* I choose Kaz-"

"I'll do it." Clint said cutting Blake off. Everyone was surprised to hear this. "What? I just said I'll do it." He raised a brow at them.

"Umm, its just that you look like you're better off to be a hunter. You sure about this?" Blake questioned Clint's intentions.

"Yeah. Is there a problem?" Clint answered calmly.

"No. No problem at all." Blake said while making a gesture for it. He now turned to face Skell. "Well, I guess that's all."

"Okay. Interesting set-up might I add." Skell commented. "Now that the Chefs have their assistants that only means the rest that weren't called are the hunters." He explained to them. "Hunters. Please take your positions next to our chefs so that we can finally begin." He said calling for them.

Leonard, Dylan, and Nathan from the Golden Dawn Elves walked up to the front followed by Kazuo, Alice, and Janet from the Diamond Dusk wolves soon after. Once the hunters got into position with the chefs, Skell started to speak up once more.

"Okay. Hunters, you guys are tasked now with finding for the main ingredient that I would be saying for each of the meals. You guys can search anywhere for them so as long as you guys get back here within a certain time frame I'm allotting for the hunt." The co-host explained to them.

"Now, onto the main ingredient." Skell gave off a small smile. "For our breakfast, the main ingredient is going to be relatively simple to cook, and that is a monster egg of any kind."

"Hmm, sounds exotic but I can make due." Paris shrugged.

"A monster egg? Sounds easy enough." Blake said confidently. "But I wonder what it would taste though?"

"Don't worry about how it would taste. We need to worry about where to find one first." Janet said to him.

"A monster egg you say?" Kazuo repeated. "I think I know where to find one." He said happily.

"Ugh, I think I know what place he's talking about." Nathan said with a disgusted look.

"Why? Where do you think he's going to get one?" Dylan asked him in a whispered tone.

"The Gorgons nest." Nathan answered him the same way. Dylan looked like he was about to hurl as well.

"Oh god. Thinking about it now makes me sick." Dylan whispered back with a slight gag. Alice noticed the two and felt a slight chill creep up on her but she decided to keep it to herself for now.

"Lets just find this damn egg already. I'm starving here!" Leonard growled at them.

"Okay. Time to begin the hunt!" Skell announced to them. "For this simple task I'll be giving you guys thirty minutes to finish. So on your marks...get set...go!" The two group of hunters soon took off in separate ways.

"Everyone, follow me. I know where we can find one easily." Said Kazuo to his team as he took off towards the maze.

"For your sake just hope you get this one right." Alice said coldly towards him.

"Good luck guys!" Lucette waved them off.

"Lets search through the forest instead. I bet there are a couple birds nests up in these trees." Dylan said as he lead his team to the opposite direction away from the maze. Leonard and Nathan didn't say anything else and just followed.

The two teams of hunters were now out of sight from everyone else who remained.

(Confessional)

Clint: I volunteered to be an assistant mostly due to one thing: I don't trust Kazuo. After reading through his files from last challenge as well as when we were both on the same team during the arena challenge he has proven himself to be a volatile teammate to have. I'll have to keep tabs on him from time to time to make sure he won't catch me off-guard again.

Kazuo: Hmm, such a sad outcome for me since I can't showcase my cooking skills. I can't blame them though, I've practically made a name for myself here to not be trusted. *chuckles*

Paris: What a surprise. The local prankster turns out to be hiding a hidden skill, in cooking no less. I wonder if his cooking skill is just as good as his pranking skills. Half-baked. *laughs* What? Don't you guys get a little cooking joke?

(End Confessional)

The scene now transitioned to following Dylan, Leonard, and Nathan. All three of them were shown to be searching through the thick amounts of foliage around them.

"Hey guys, this looks promising." Nathan called out to them. The other two soon went to his direction.

"What is it?" Dylan asked. Nathan showed them a large golden feather.

"I found this near the bushes." He explained. "This could mean a nest might be nearby." He added.

"That, or a bird just randomly flew by and the feather just fell off." Leonard said to him.

"Well, its better than finding nothing." Dylan scoffed at him. "Where did you find this anyways?" He asked Nathan now.

"Over by the bushes there." Nathan pointed towards a bush planted by the base off a large tree.

"Hmm, its worth a shot." Dylan said while scaling the tree with his eyes. "So, who's good at climbing?"

The scene now changed to inside the molten part of the maze where Kazuo did his first challenge. Both girls had there weapons drawn while trailing slightly behind Kazuo who just walked on with little care. As they continued on to walk, a slight rumbling noise was heard and soon a wall collapsed cutting the girls off from Kazuo. Lava came pouring out of the wall but didn't spread for it wasn't a lot.

"Look out!" Janet yelled as she pulled back Alice from the crumbling wall. "Phew, that was close." The gem in her spear glowed brightly a bit. "Are you okay?"

"Yeah, thanks." Alice responded. She soon managed to get around the fallen debris and lava and made it to the other side. "Now hurry up, I don't want Kazuo to be out of sight for too long." She went on ahead.

"Your welcome I guess." Janet silently muttered to herself.

(Confessional)

Janet: Hmm, for the most part our old team reigns dominant for this new team. Normally this would be a good thing since the votes would be in our favor but most normal teams don't have someone like Kazuo. His personality is a hit or miss with a higher risk then reward. I'm surprised my old team managed to only lose twice while knowing this so I wonder how this new team will work out.

(End Confessional)

The camera cutting ahead now showed Kazuo just walking on his own for the time being. He didn't pay much attention to his surroundings for he looked like he was just taking a casual stroll through a park. After a while of just walking around the maze he soon came across an intersection.

"Hmm, where to go now." He pondered to himself. He looked down all three paths before making his choice. He soon turned to his left and followed that path. "I wonder where this will take me."

As he continued to walk through the near molten path, another choice in path to take was laid right in-front of him. Glancing from both left to right he soon made a quick decision and headed down the right pathway. After a couple more minutes of walking he soon ended up in a large spacious area.

"Interesting." Kazuo commented as he scanned the area. Moments later he soon found what he was looking for. "Bingo." He started walking towards a part of the clearing where a bunch of very large eggs were grouped together. The eggs ranged from a smooth cream color to a dark grey-ish one but all had shared features of having glowing bright red veins wrapping all over each one.

As Kazuo was about to approach the eggs to get a much closer look, he suddenly stopped in the middle for he noticed some of the eggs were shaking followed by some feint cracking sound. Moments later, the veins on some of the grey eggs started pulsating and soon demonic bat-winged creatures hatched from the eggs. Large horns were adorned at the side of their heads coupled with sharp claws on each of their hands.

"Hmm, it seems Gorgons aren't the only things occupying this place." He said as he brought out his spell book. The book started to glow bright with magic.

(Confessional)

Kazuo: Hmm, did not expect to see other creatures in here as well. I just assumed that only Gorgons would be the only things in here. I should've expected Chris to add in more than just one certain type of monster in here. Oh well, at least Gargoyles would put up much more of a decent fight then Gorgons.

(End Confessional)

The scene now returned back to the forest where the other hunters were. Both Nathan and Dylan were shown looking up the tree with some leaves falling down. The camera panning up showed Leonard climbing it.

"Hurry up Leonard! I don't think we have much time left!" Dylan ordered him to move.

"Shut up! Why don't you do all the climbing yourself then!" Leonard spat back at him. He continued on to climb higher up the tree. He reached up for a nearby branch and almost lost his hold on it but was able to regain his composure just in time. Letting out a sigh of relief he went continued to climb on up.

"Man, I really hope an egg is up there. I'm starving right now." Dylan whined a bit. Nathan didn't say anything else but felt same for he just nodded. After a few moments of silently waiting, an idea soon came to Dylan's mind. "Hey Nathan, I worked with you during the arena challenge. You proved to be a strong competitor and yet I was able to easily beat you during the last challenge. How come then?" He started to ask.

"Oh, that, well, you were able to out smart me is all." Nathan calmly answered. "If it was a straight up duel then maybe." Dylan started to feel intrigued by this.

"Really now?" He pointed towards him now. "I'll take you up on that."

"Guys! I think I found something!" Leonard was heard calling out to them. The camera panning back up towards him revealed a large pile of leaves and twigs right above him. "I think its a nest!" He added.

"A nest? Are there any eggs in them?" Dylan asked him now.

"I don't know yet! I still need to get a closer look." Leonard answered. He soon started climbing up until he was in the same level as the nest. Looking inside he saw a couple medium sized eggs. All of which being in the same shade of white from the bottom while slowly turning a deep orange as it reached the tip. "Yeah, there's about half a dozen of them."

"Good job! All we need now is to find a way to bring them down without breaking them." Dylan soon started looking around the forest. "Hold on up there, okay?"

"Its not like I have much of a-" Leonard was suddenly interrupted as a loud screech was heard behind him. Turning around with a pained expression on his face he soon saw what made that sound. "Ah shit..."

The scene now went back to the molten maze. Kazuo was shown standing in the middle of the clearing with, oddly enough, flaming needles floating all over him, circling all around him with the tips facing up. Flying up above him were the Gargoyles that hatched. With a quick hand motion the needles went flying up in the air all aimed at them.

"Lets see if this will work." Kazuo commented on his attack with a wide grin. As the needles went flying it soon made contact with the creatures up in the air but did no damage or even phased them at all. "Hmm, just like the Gorgons, fire has no effect on them."

As soon as Kazuo's attack had ended, the Gargoyles all soon dived towards him with their sharp claws all aimed right at him. With all of them now fast approaching, Kazuo quickly unsheathed his golden sword from his robe and erected a holy barrier surrounding him. All of the Gargoyles got repelled away from him as soon as they made contact.

"Hmm, and it seems they're part demonic after all if a holy barrier repels them." Kazuo said to himself. He soon gripped on to Aurum's hilt firmly. "Now, lets see if I can do what that boss did to me a few challenges ago." With a quick slash on his barrier it started to crack with light emitting through it. Moments later, shards of light burst out hitting most the Gargoyles surrounding him.

All the Gargoyles that got hit by shards all started shrieking in pain with smoke flowing through their bodies. Moments later they started to burn up and collapse one by one until only those who were able to avoid the attack were left standing. Kazuo just gave those that remain a cynical stare paired up with a devious grin. The Gargoyles soon took off leaving him alone.

"Hmph. Newly borns." Kazuo shook his head in disappointment at them.

"Kazuo!" Alice was soon heard off-screen calling out to him. Kazuo turning around to see where it came from saw Alice quickly approaching with Janet trailing behind.

"Hey, took you guys long enough." Kazuo smiled at them while giving them a wave.

"Cut the shit Kazuo." Alice said plainly. "We saw some monsters fly off from here."

"Alright. Alright." Kazuo said while still maintaining his smile. "I found some eggs with a couple hatching on me. They're right over there if you want to see them." He pointed to his side. The two girls now looked towards where he pointed at and saw the large eggs that were still intact.

"Oh wow. These are some rather large eggs." Janet looked mystified as she saw them. She still couldn't believe the size the eggs were.

"How on earth are we going to carry these back to the others?" Alice started questioning him. "Do you even have a plan to carry them out of here?"

Kazuo started to silently chuckle at them. He soon walked towards a near by egg and placed a hand over it. "Better start carrying girls. Its a long walk ahead."

The scene now returned to outside the maze and into the forest once more. Back up on the tree where Leonard was last seen, he was now shown to be standing on top of the branch with his right arm hugging on the tree's trunk. He held out his naginata with his free arm and was jabbing it forward.

"Grr. Take this!" Leonard roared as he thrusts his weapon forwards. His attack was easily avoided the large bird right in-front of him. The large bird was shown to have a glistening white feathered under side with a golden feathered back side. "Tsk." He grunted as the attack missed.

Letting out a loud squawk, the large bird pecked at Leonard with its sharp beak but he managed to barely dodge out of it. "Ha!" He yelled as he hit the birds neck with his knee. The attack hitting the bird caused it to let out a pained squawk. Leonard soon tried follow it up by slicing down on the bird's neck with his weapon but it managed to knock the weapon out of his hand by quickly slamming him on to the tree.

"Ahh...Dammit!" He cursed as he watched his weapon fall straight down to the ground. "Get off me!" Leonard elbowed the back of the birds neck with a powerful blow. The attacked worked for Leonard was no longer pinned against the tree but it only enraged the bird even more for it soon bit down on his arm and easily threw him off.

"Ahhh!" Leonard was falling fast into the ground and was about to fall to his death when the bird suddenly swooped down on him and caught him its large talons. The bird quickly flew back up and was now up above the tree tops in a matter of seconds before quickly diving down once more. It soon slammed and pinned Leonard hard against the same tree he was in seconds ago. The force of the hit was enough to cause the entire tree to shake.

With Leonard now pinned, the bird pulled him away and flew around the tree before dropping him into its nest. Leonard hitting the nest was enough for one of the eggs to bounce of the side and fall. The egg was quickly falling and was about to hit the ground when Nathan suddenly jumped in and caught it. He skidded on the grass before coming to a stop.

"Ugh...hurry up and shoot it Dylan!" Nathan ordered as he looked towards the gamer.

"I can't! I don't have a clear shot because of all the leaves and branches!" Dylan said back to him. He was shown to be holding up his rifle and was aiming it up the tree.

Back up into the tree, Leonard was shown groaning in pain with his eyes shut as he laid down on the nest. Slowly opening up his eyes he noticed the bird staring intensely at him close up. Moments later the bird pulled away from his face and was now towering over him with its large wings spread out. Leonard knew what was going to happen next and tried to escape but his body was pinned down by one of its talons. With no where else left to go now, he dropped his head back onto the nest and ceased his struggling.

Leonard let out a deep sigh, "Well, another failure on my end." He closed his eyes and waited for his final moment when a loud gun shot was heard firing. The pressure on his body soon lightened and heard a bunch of branches breaking before ending with a loud thud. Opening his eyes he saw that the bird was now gone.

"Hah! Told you I was a good shot!" Dylan was heard exclaiming from down below him. Leonard peeking over the side of the nest saw the bird dead right on the ground with Dylan standing triumphantly over it. Nathan was just standing right in-front of Dylan with small smile when he noticed Leonard looking down on them.

"Hey Leonard, are you okay up there?" Nathan called out to him with hands on placed on the sides of his mouth. Leonard just let out another heavy sigh.

"Yeah. Now get me the fuck down from here. We still have eggs to carry." He answered back at them. He soon sat up straight and leaned back on tree trunk. "What a drag. Failures all over my end."

(Confessional)

Dylan: Yeah boy! Have you seen that shot? I practically threaded the needle with that one. Haha! Man, using that rifle again felt real good but damn does that recoil suck. I can still feel my arms still shaking from that one. Now that we have an egg, I wonder what it would taste though?

Leonard: Man, I can't seem to get anything right. I keep being in the fore front of my old team's failures and now still doing the same for this new one. *sigh* I really need to step up my game now that I'm THIS close to hitting the merge before I can hit them back. Hard.

(End Confessional)

The scene now transitioned back to the cooking area where the two teams were waiting for their respective hunters. A few minutes had already passed with all of them looking up at a large holographic monitor floating right above Skell. The remaining time of the hunters was shown on the monitor.

"Man, what's taking them so long? We don't have a lot of time." Ginger asked no one in particular. She was shown waiting for her teammates anxiously on a table.

"We just have to trust in them. I'm sure they're on their way back here." Laren reassured her.

"I hope Kazuo found an egg in there or otherwise we're so screwed." Blake said to his team for he was fidgeting anxiously in anticipation.

"Don't worry, Blake. I'm sure we can trust in them. I mean, all three of them are from the same team before the team shuffle." Lucette said in a comforting tone. She had a warm smile on her face as well.

"H-hey, I th-think that's them o-over there." Phoebe said meekly to her team. Everyone looked towards the maze and saw Kazuo, Alice, and Janet slowly approaching. They all soon took notice of the two large eggs they were carrying. One egg was carried by both girls while Kazuo carried the other on his own.

"Hey there, team. Did you miss us?" Kazuo said with a playful grin. He then placed the large egg on the grass next to the table. Everyone gawked at the sheer size the egg. Alice and Janet soon placed there egg as well next to his.

"What the...what kind of eggs are these?" Blake asked in surprise while eyeing both eggs.

"You don't want to know." Janet answered instead.

"Yeah. You guys might hurl if all of you knew what made these." Alice added in. "And before you guys say anything, no, I'm not eating it." She said in a much more serious tone.

"Well, umm, okay..." The prankster now started to look a bit weary about them. He soon took a big gulp as he stared back at the eggs. "I hope I know how to cook these." He thought to himself

(Confessional)

Blake: Holy...those eggs are huge! They're as big as a fucking barrel for Pete's sake. How do you expect me to cook these?

(End Confessional)

A couple more minutes had passed with no signs of the other hunters near by. Everyone from the Golden Dawn Elves were waiting anxiously, and hungrily, for them to arrive. The other team were also waiting, albeit impatiently, for them as well for they were instructed not to cook yet by Skell until time was up.

"Hmm, there's only about a minute left before the time runs out. I'm guessing you guys are getting impatient, huh?" Skell said to the gold team with a wide grin. "Any later and you guys will be disqualified for the first round." He reminded. This got them even more worried.

A few seconds now passed and still no signs of them. The monitor soon started flashing red for each second that had passed the moment it hit the thirty second mark. With each passing blink the gold team started to feel the pressure stack on them.

"Come on, hurry up already." Ginger said to her self looking quite anxious. The others felt the same for they were just staring off into the forest. With only ten seconds remaining, Skell started to count it down.

"Ten..." He started. "Nine...eight...seven...six...five...four...three...tw-"

"WAIT!" Dylan was suddenly heard yelling, cutting Skell off. The camera now panning towards the forest shown Dylan running towards them with Nathan and Leonard trailing behind. All three of them were shown carrying something in their arms. As the hunters got close they all placed an egg each on the table before collapsing on the ground.

"Hey! Glad you guys can make it!" Skell greeted them. "Okay. Lets start cooking!" He exclaimed with a clap. "You guys can take as much time as you want to cook these eggs so no rush. I'll be judging you guys based on how good the food taste, okay? Okay!" He explained. "Oh, and hunters, you guys can rest up now. For once the judging ends you guys will be off hunting once more."

"Great...I'll be over by that tree over there to take a nap. Wake me up when its all done." Dylan announced to his team as he walked on away. The camera following him shown him collapsing by the base of a tree.

"Well, *gulps* here comes the hard part. Cooking these barrel sized eggs." Blake sighed as he attempted to carry on of the eggs. He felt how slimy and veiny the egg felt as he lifted it. "Dear god, this thing stinks." He struggled to carry it over to where the stove was.

"Let me help you with that." Lucette offered as she quickly rushed over to him. She placed her arms on the opposite side of the egg.

"Oh, umm, no need. I got this. Go and help the others with the other egg." Blake insisted of her to do.

"Now Blake. I'm your assistant for today. As such, it is my duty to help you out as much as I can." Lucette said to him with a proud smile. "And besides, I'm sure both Clint and Phoebe can handle the other one." Moments later, Phoebe's doll Savior walked up next to them and picked up the egg that was left behind. He easily carried it with one hand and suddenly grabbed the egg the two were carrying. It soon walked off towards the stove with ease.

Phoebe soon came rushing towards them soon after. "Oh, umm, I'm s-sorry. I didn't notice you t-two were already c-carrying the other egg w-when I asked Savior to go and h-help." She said in an apologetic tone.

"Its okay. Not a problem at all." Lucette answered back with a faked smile.

(Confessional)

Lucette: Aww, no fair! That was the best time for me to get close to Blake and Phoebe ruined it. I know Phoebe means well but come on that was my chance.

(End Confessional)

Over by the other kitchen area, the long table was already set up with all the equipment and other ingredients Paris needs to begin her cooking. She soon reached for a glass bowl and whisk and passed it to Gelsey who was standing right beside her.

"Here, Gelsey. I want you and Laren to crack open and beat these eggs for me." She instructed her to do. "Me and Ginger will be in-charge of slicing some of the vegies we have over here."

"Okay!" Gelsey exclaimed while giving her a salute. "Come on Laren. Lets get started."

"Yeah!" Laren answered back happily. Both of them soon got started with their task.

"Hey Paris, you haven't told us what we're even going to cook yet. How am I supposed to help you properly if I don't even know what were making?" Ginger questioned her.

"Oh, right. Hehe." Paris scratched the back of her head out of embarrassment. "I was so excited in cooking that I forgot to tell you guys. Whoops." She explained. "Anyways, were going to make something simple yet delicious. Vegetable omelets!"

"Vegetable omelets? Can we at least have something with a little more meat in it instead?" Ginger pouted.

"Now, now Ginger. I'm the head chef here." Paris reminded. "And besides, I'm sure you guys will love it!" She said proudly. "Especially since we have much more normal looking eggs." She started chuckling.

Ginger let out a deep sigh, "Fine." She soon grabbed a knife. "I trust you in this." She twirled the knife in her hand. "Now, tell me what to cut and I'll get it done fast."

Back at the Diamond team's kitchen area, Clint was shown searching through all the cabinets. He was bringing out everything that was inside each one of them but always had a disappointed look every time. Clint soon stopped searching the moment he emptied out the last cabinet. He turned to face Blake who was watching over him the whole time.

"Well?" The latter asked. The former just shook his head in response. "Tss, I see. Thanks." Blake said back. Clint soon got up and brushed the dirt off of his pants.

"So what now Blake? We don't have a large enough pan to cook these eggs." Lucette said to him with a worried look.

"I don't know. Things are not going as I'd hoped." Blake looked frustrated now. "If only we had the right equipment for this then we wouldn't be having so much trouble."

"Umm, what about if we ask Skell to give us a bigger pan?" Lucette suggested. "You think that would work?"

Blake shook his head, "I'm not so sure about that either. If anything, he might be just as lunatic as Chris is."

"Hey! I heard that!" Skell announced his presence to them. "And just so you know, I'm not anything like Chris." He crossed his arms at them.

"Skell? What are you doing here?" Blake asked him. Skell just waved him off.

"None of that matters for now." The co-host said dismissively. "What does matter is that I'm not anything like Chris is. Got that?"

"Okay..." Blake trailed off for he suddenly got an idea. "Fine. If you really aren't anything like Chris, why don't you give us a big enough pan to help cook these large eggs." The prankster said to him with a sly grin.

Skell let out a sigh, "Fine, but only this one time. Okay?" Blake gave him a nod in response. Pulling out his panel, Skell started inputting in commands and soon a very large frying pan appeared on the long table beside them.

"Yay! Thanks Skell! Now Blake can get started on his cooking!" Lucette exclaimed.

"Yeah, have fun with that. I'll be heading over to the other team to see their progress." Skell said before leaving them.

"Okay, now that we have our frying pan, its time to get this show on the road!" Blake tried lifting the large frying pan but it barely even budged. "Yeah...we need Phoebe for this..."

(Confessional)

Skell: See, I told you guys I'm nowhere compared to Chris. Just because I'm his "assistant" that doesn't mean I'm in any way comparable to him!

(End Confessional)

Back on over the gold team's cooking area, Skell was already by there walking around to see how much progress has been made on their breakfast. Paris was shown to be watching over their dish with a spatula in hand while the assistants were already cleaning up.

"Hey guys, how's the food cooking?" Skell said as he approached the other girls on the long table. He could already smell the omelet's invigorating scent from there.

"Oh, hey Skell! Things are going well as you can see!" Laren exclaimed as she took notice of him. She then pointed towards Paris who expertly flipped the omelet in her pan before setting it down.

"I see. So, what did you guys do exactly?" Skell questioned them further.

"Well, me and Gelsey did a great job in breaking open those eggs!" Laren beamed. "Isn't that right, Gelsey?" No response came from Gelsey for something was bothering her. She was shown to be gently cleaning the inside of a bowl with a piece of cloth. "Uhh, Gelsey?"

"Oh, umm, what did you say again?" Gelsey said as she snapped out of it.

"I just told Skell what you and me did a while ago." Laren explained to her. "And that we did a great job for our simple task." She added

"Oh, umm...I wouldn't put it that way to be exact. I mean we just cracked open a couple eggs." Gelsey said back to her. She looked a bit bothered about that notion.

"Oh come on, don't be to much of a pessimist. If you think positively about what we're doing then things will end up going are way!" Laren said to her to brighten up the mood.

"Okay fine. You got me there." Gelsey said with a small smile. "Lets just see if what you say is true." She giggled. Laren started to giggle a bit as well.

"Okay...anyways, how about you Ginger?" The co-host asked the last of the three assistants.

"Oh, me? Well, I just diced up a couple veggies for the omelet. No biggie." She said with a confident grin across her face. She attempted to twirl a knife as well but it fell straight onto the table causing it to clang out for a bit. "Oops. Hehe..." She scratched the back of her head in embarrassment.

"Okay then, that's all. Just signal when food is done cooking, okay?" Skell now said to them. All three girls nodded at him. He soon left the kitchen area and walked away off-screen

(Confessional)

Gelsey: Okay, look. I sort of made a slight oopsy when cracking open the eggs. I accidentally dropped one of the eggs in the bowl and it broke open...along with the bottom of the bowl cracking. I tried to scoop out all the broken shells while no one is looking but I'm not sure if I got them all out. I just hope it doesn't affect the omelet to much.

(End Confessional)

The time skipped to a couple minutes ahead after leaving the teams to do their own cooking. After a while of waiting, both sides had already completed their breakfast for the day's challenge. Skell, the one who's taste testing there food first, was seated behind a round clothed table in between the two kitchen areas. A complete set of silver wear and a plate was laid out on the table for him.

"Okay, now that everyone's done cooking, its time for the judging to commence!" Skell exclaimed. "Now, before we begin, Blake, heads or tails?" He asked the prankster.

"Umm, heads?" Blake tilted his head a bit.

"That means Paris gets tails then." Skell brought out a coin. He soon tossed it in the air before catching it right after. He looked at it to see what result he got. "And it's heads! Blake, you're up first!" He announced.

"Oh, umm, okay." Blake turned towards Phoebe who was behind him. "Phoebe, can you get that doll of yours to carry the pan again, please?" He asked her.

"Um o-okay." She meekly answered. Phoebe then faced towards the stove where her doll was standing idly by with the large pan still on top of it. She gave it a couple commands and soon the doll carried the pan in one hand and started walking towards Skell's table. Phoebe followed right after him.

As the two got close, Savior placed the large pan on the table without clearing it out first. The plate shattered underneath the pan while the silver wear were being flattened right under it.

"Oh my god, I'm s-sorry about that." The doll faced girl quickly apologized. Skell just waved her off.

"Its okay, Phoebe." Skell said reassuringly. He brought out his panel, placed in a couple commands and soon a cart filled with various plates and silver wear appeared right beside him. "See." He smiled at her. Phoebe was still embarrassed to look at him. "Anyways, lets see what you guys whipped up- Dear god! The fucks that!?"

On the large frying pan was a giant sunny side-up but it looked off putting and unappealing then normal. The egg white was a shade of bloody red with black splotches while the yolk being a bright orange. Dark-red vein-like lines lined the egg white leading up all the way to the center.

"What creature did you guys get this egg from?!" Skell asked. He looked towards Blake back at his team's kitchen area.

"I don't know. Kazuo didn't tell us!" Blake answered. "Ask him that!"

"Okay, where is he then?" The co-host now asked. Blake pointed towards the forest where Kazuo was shown sitting under a tree. He was just abiding his team by studying his spell book. "Hey Kazuo!" Skell called out to him.

Kazuo heard his call and looked up from his book. "Hey! You need something?" He responded.

"Yeah. Quick question; what kind of eggs are these?" Skell now asked. Kazuo just started chuckling. "What's so funny?"

"You really want to know?" Kazuo had a wide grin on his face. "Well, if you must know, there either Gorgon or Gargoyle eggs. We found a whole nest of them with some of them hatching right in-front of me. Have fun!" He started to chuckle manically. Skell's eyes widened as he heard this.

"Gorgon? What's a Gorgon?" Lucette tilted her head in confusion. Blake, who was standing right beside her, had an uneasy look on his face.

"You don't want to know." Blake said with an uneasy tone.

Skell, who looked very concerned for his sake, took in a big gulp for he knew what got himself into. Slowly grabbing a fork from the tray beside him, he started to poke the egg's yolk. The yolk burt and dark orange goop started spreading all over the egg.

"Oh god..." He commented before slicing off a piece. Skell lifted the piece he had cut off with his fork and noticed web-like strands hanging from the sides. "Well...heh...bottoms up..." Skell looked at the piece with some hesitation before bringing it up to his mouth. Taking in another gulp, he closed his eyes and shoved it all in his mouth.

"Please let this be good." Skell thought to himself as he chewed it. After a while of chewing it slowly he soon swallowed. Silence filled the air for a good few seconds causing the Diamond team to tense up a bit. Moments later Skell opened up his eyes and looked at the egg once more. He placed his fork on to one side and looked towards the team.

"Well, that was *clears throat* interesting to say the least." Skell commented. The Diamond team felt at ease for bit. "However." He said suddenly. This caused Blake to flinch. "For the most part, it was well cooked and made I have to say. You did a good job on that one, Blake." He said with a smile.

Hearing this earned Blake a sigh of relief. "Man, you had me worried there for a second. Hehe..." He said to him.

"Glad you did well Blake!" Lucette exclaimed happily. "Now we just need to wait and see if our food tastes better then theirs."

"Oh contrair." Paris interjected as she she walked up to Skell's table with a plate in hand. "I doubt Blake's horror show of an egg would beat my superb cooking skill." She said with confidence in her voice. "Now please, get this excuse of a breakfast out of the way for my cooking. That means you Phoebe." She pointed towards Phoebe.

"Oh, umm, o-okay..." She answered meekly. "S-Savior, can you umm g-get this pan out of the w-way, please?" She asked her doll. A few moments later, her doll started to move and lifted the pan up revealing the mess that was left underneath. Both her and Savior walked away off-screen now.

"Hmm, this won't do." Paris shook her head. "Girls. Please clear the table from this 8mess." She snapped her fingers. Gelsey soon walked up after a few seconds. She then pulled the cloth off of the table and started waving it in the air. All the mess that was on the cloth soon scattered and landed on the grass. She returned the table cloth neatly back on the table.

"Thank you, Gelsey." Paris thanked her. Gelsey smiled and soon walked away off-screen.

"You do know I could've done that myself, right?" Skell said to her.

"If I allowed that then it wouldn't look good for the reviews now would it." Paris said with a small smile as she started to giggle a bit. Skell started to chuckle lightly as well.

"Whatever you say Paris." Skell said jokingly. "Anyways, are you just going to stand there and pose with that food in your hand or feed it to me?" He said rhetorically. "I know there's a term called a feast for the eyes but I'd rather have a feast that I can actually taste." He added.

With a smug look, she placed her plate down on the table. Everyone was soon taken aback when they saw how well prepared and designed the omelet was. Mustard and Ketchup lined the sides of the plate in an alternating swirling fashion with some of it going on top of the omelet itself. A single piece of mint laid on top of it to top of the dish.

"Damn...the presentation of this egg looks so different from the horror show of an egg Blake did." Skell commented as he marveled at how well made the omelet looked. Lets see if this thing tastes as good as it looks." He then grabbed a different fork from the cart.

With a quick hand motion Skell was able to easily slice a piece of the omelet with his fork. The egg was cooked just right that it was soft enough to slice through without exerting to much effort. As Skell pulled away his piece, strings of melted cheese came stretching it out before detaching itself.

"Hmm, I see you added some cheese." Skell noted. "And by the looks of it, it seems you used mozzarella based on its consistency. Nice touch I have to say." He commented. This made Paris more confident about her cooking.

"Thank you." Paris said back.

"Well, bottoms up." Skell said while raising the piece up with his fork. Shoving it in his mouth now he soon got a good taste of it. "Man, this is good." He started to chew on his food now, savoring every little taste he could find. After a short while of enjoyment of his food he suddenly stopped when he felt a crunch in his mouth. A look of surprise suddenly formed from face for something wasn't right.

"Uhh, anything wrong, Skell?" Paris asked him. Concern was already wrapping around her face as she looked at his expression. Moments later Skell spitted out his food. Everyone from the Gold team was surprised to see this. Gelsey felt especially pressured for she figured it out right away as to why.

"Ugh...I'm sorry Paris." Skell shook his head solemnly. "As good as it was initially, I have to be objective with the judging and as such I can't let something as that out of place piece pass. I'm sorry." He said in a sad tone.

"What do you mean? What could you have possibly found in my food so bad?" Paris started questioning him now with a worried look.

"Well, I found an object in the food while chewing. It didn't feel quite right with the food so I spat it out. I can only assume it was an egg shell though." Skell now explained to her. "And for a person with such prestige as yourself, you do know how bad something like that is, right? Especially if its from a well established place."

Paris hearing his words felt a bit saddened and depressed by this. A sad look was casted upon her face but didn't seem to be noticeable for she kept up a weary smile. She let out a deep sigh, "I see, well, nothing much I can do now. I'll take my leave." She said before walking off back to her team.

"I'm sorry to hear that your cooking failed, Paris." Laren said in a comforting tone. Paris didn't say anything as she sat down on a chair next to the table.

"It's okay. There's still two more rounds. We just got really unlucky is all. We can still bounce back from this." Paris now said to them. She still felt a bit saddened by this. "We just need to be really careful about our preparations, okay?"

Everyone nodded at her at the same time in response. Gelsey though, felt a bit heavy on herself from seeing Paris' sad look.

(Confessional)

Paris: Dammit! I shouldn't have been careless about my cooking. If I only double checked then ingredients carefully then this would have been a clean sweep for us! *lets out a deep breath* Its okay though. I won't let it get to me. There is still two more rounds and I'm sure Blake won't be able to out best me!

Gelsey: Oh my god, after seeing how down Paris was I just couldn't bare to see her being all sad and stuff. I knew I should've confessed but I was to afraid that they might get angry at me and possibly vote me out if we ended up losing. Hopefully we could win the next two rounds so that that little mishap wouldn't need to be brought up once more and it would be my own little secret. I just have to think positive, right?

(End Confessional)

The camera now panned back to Skell's dining table. He was already standing up right behind it and was about to announce something.

"Well, after taste testing the food that was given, I finally made a decision." Skell announced. "After all things considered. The winners of the breakfast round is Blake and his team. Congratulations." He said to the winning team with a small smile. The aforementioned team started to cheer at this.

"Yay! I can't believe we won that round!" Lucette said while jumping in joy.

"Yeah. I really can't believe it as well." Blake said back to her in a happier tone.

"Hmm, not bad. Though I could've made something better but oh well." Kazuo shrugged.

"Hmph. Doubt it." Alice shot him down.

"You just got lucky there, Blake. I'll make sure to blow away the judges in the next two rounds." Paris declared to him with new found determination after last round.

"Yeah! You can do it Paris!" Laren cheered her on.

"Can we end this round and eat already? I'm still starving here!" Leonard growled at them

"Now that he mentioned it, I do feel a bit famished after all that running and watching." Nathan chimed in with a much calmer tone. Everyone now felt the same after they mentioned about eating.

"Fine. Fine. I'll let you guys eat the breakfast you all whipped up." Skell now said to them. "Except for Paris and her team. Since they lost the round they will have to eat this instead." With a flick of his fingers his panel soon appeared. After inputting in a couple commands a bad full of plain bread appeared on their table. "Enjoy. I'll be back in an hour." He said before flickering out of the virtual world.

With the contestants now all alone, they all gathered around their respective team's table with their food now all set. The Diamond team all started chowing down on their egg while the Gold team was preparing their own individual sandwiches to eat.

"Well, at least this round isn't a total lost." Gelsey silently muttered to herself.

(Confessional)

Blake: *burps* Man, that egg was huge that we were barely able to finish it all. Good thing it didn't taste as half-bad as I imagined it to be. For the most part it tasted like any normal egg. I got to wonder though, how do they program stuff such as taste in the first place? Now that is some matrix shit right there now that I think about it.

Lucette: Mmmm. Blake isn't a bad cook now that I got to taste it. If me and Blake ever end up being together then maybe I won't have to worry about learning how to cook hehe.

Kazuo: For a prankster he sure can cook. It may not be the best meal but it'll have to do. The choices I made so far sure did reveal a few hidden things about our teammates. Though Alice did play a good part in this for constantly opposing me even though we're in an alliance together. Now that I think about it, will Alice still be with me in our little deal now that we are in a different team? Or will she bail on me now that there are more to our name? This second half just got a whole lot more interesting for me. *grins*

(End Confessional)

The scene now jumped to an hour ahead to where everyone was shown cleaning up and fixing their stations for the next round. Skell was already standing between the two teams with a notable grin on his face. As the last contestant finished up with their cleaning, Skell soon spoke up.

"So, did everyone enjoy their breakfast?" Skell asked. Mixed responses came from the contestants. Some enjoyed it some didn't but majority felt neutral towards it. "Well, either way, I hope the hunters had their fill for the next hunt will require a whole lot of patience. For you see, our main ingredient for the lunch round...is...seafood!" He announced. "Feel excited? I know I am!"

"Of course you'll be excited. You're not the one doing the dirty work." Leonard glared at him.

"Cool it, Jag. We're already down by one round, we don't need to make a scene." Dylan scolded him. Leonard just scoffed back at him.

"F-fishing huh? We are not going to be stranded in a large body of water, right?" Alice asked. She was lightly trembling at the thought but no one seemed to notice much.

"Why? Afraid to get your hair wet?" Kazuo gave her a sly grin. Alice just waved him off.

"Shut it!" She said to him dismissively.

"Hey, Skell. If we are going to fish for our next main ingredient. Where are our fishing gear then?" Janet asked. "How do you expect us to fish without them?" She added.

"You guys got weapons and magic right?" Skell asked her first. Janet nodded in response. "Well, to put it bluntly, use them." He answered.

"What about fishing spots then? Where are we supposed to start fishing?" Nathan now asked as well.

"Good question." The co-host pointed towards him. "There are two spots you guys can choose to fish from." He signed the number two with his hand. "You guys can head north towards the mountains to find a large fresh water lake or head south until you reach a beach to start fishing in more deeper waters." He pointed out to them. "Also, you guys only have about three hours to finish this time." He added.

"Hunters. Since the Diamond team won last round, they're going to choose where to go first." Skell now explained to them. "Now, Diamond hunters, make your choice.

"Hmm, we get to choose where to go first huh?" Janet repeated. "What do you two think?" She asked them.

"Well, why don't we-" Kazuo said before getting cut off

"We head south. End of story." Alice interjected before Kazuo could finish. She looked and sounded very serious about it.

"Why there though? We would have to reach deeper waters if want a chance to actually catch some big fish." Janet argued.

"Who says seafood has to be fish? Crabs are counted as seafood to you know?" Alice said with a very serious look. Janet just let out a sigh and gave in.

"Fine, but if things head south other than us then you'll know what happens next, got that?" Janet said looking serious now as well.

"Yeah. Yeah. Now lets go. We're wasting opportunities the more we stay here." Alice said before leaving. Janet followed suit.

"Okay. Well, we're off now. Bye!" Kazuo waved back at everyone before following them into the forest. All three of them soon disappeared from view.

"Well, thats that I guess. That only means the Gold team's hunters are going north for their catch." Skell announced to them. "Do you three have any questions before you all go?" He now asked the remaining hunters. All three of them just shook their heads.

"Good. I'll be seeing you three back here in three hours then." The co-host reminded them.

"Well, lets go." Dylan said as he left first. The other two followed soon after.

"Good luck guys!" Laren waved them off.

(Confessional)

Alice: *sigh* Fine. The only reason why I insisted on going to the beach is because I can't stand being near large bodies of water. I just feel very uncomfortable being close to one.

Janet: For her sake, Alice better hope what she says is right. Otherwise she'll find herself dropping this competition tonight.

(End Confessional)

The scene now transitioned to the southern part of the forest. The diamond team's hunters were just silently walking on by with none of them wanting to start a conversation. Low hanging vines and branches were the only things stopping them for the most part of their journey but otherwise it was very uneventful.

After a few more minutes had passed with them just walking through the forest in silence, the trees and foliage all around start to slowly diminish. Moments later, the hunters found themselves in an open field with little to no greenery all around them. The sound of waves crashing along the shore soon echoed throughout the place signifying that the sea was close. Soon, a sandy, white opening was shown ahead of them with crystal-blue waters just passed it

"Guys, we're almost their!" Janet pointed out to them for she was walking ahead of the other two.

"Great! I've been itching to do something other than walking!" Kazuo exclaimed. "Its either that or the insect bites." He shrugged.

"Lets make it quick. The less time we spend here the better." Alice said with a scowl on her face.

A few seconds later, all three of them managed to make it to the beach. The sea breeze whistled throughout the area accompanied by the steady beat of the waves crashing along the shore. The sound birds squawking also filled the area.

"Wait, are those actual seagulls up there?" Kazuo pointed out towards the sea. The two girls soon looked towards where he pointed to. "And why are they flocking around there for?"

Alice hearing this suddenly felt a slight chill pressuring down on her neck. "Umm, guys? I think we should back away from this place." She said looking a bit worried.

"Why? The seagulls just probably found a large school of fish to feed on is all." Janet said turning around to face her. Moments later the sound of water erupting was heard behind her. "Huh?" She turned back around to see a large pincer reaching out from underneath the water. Seconds later the body soon came rushing out to reveal itself to be one large monstrous crab.

"Holy...how the fuck are we supposed to deal with that?!" Janet said looking quite shocked with what she saw.

"Yeah. I mean, how are we going to bring that back to the others?" Kazuo said to them.

The giant sea creature soon took notice of the trio on the beach and started moving towards them. Giant waves formed and crashed along the shore with each step it takes.

"What now, Alice? You're the one who wanted to go crab hunting!" Janet now asked her. Alice didn't say or do anything for she had a horrid look on her face as she watched the waves crashing and splashing all over. "We're doomed."

The scene now changed to the opposite side of the forest where the gold team's hunters are. All three of them were shown to be standing by the edge of a large lake. Clear, fresh waters fill the lake with the sun beaming down on it to give it that sparkly look.

"Now that we are here, what's the plan now?" Nathan asked his other two companions.

"Well, since we don't have any fishing rods, there is only one option left really if we want to catch something." Dylan answered him while taking off his helm. "We'll just have to do it the old fashioned way; spear fishing." He raised up his sword.

"Hmph. More like sword fishing." Leonard rolled his eyes at them. He chuckled slightly afterwards.

"Why don't you just shoot the fish instead with your rifle?" Nathan suggested as he motioned towards Dylan's case.

"I would but I doubt the fishes would remain intact after getting shot once. This thing packs way to much of a punch." Dylan reasoned. He soon removed the front half of his armor exposing a fitted dark blue shirt underneath. The back half fell off seconds later. "Anyways, lets hurry on up and start fishing. The sooner we get a catch the sooner we get to eat."

"Fine. Just give me a minute to remove some of my stuff first." Nathan replied as he took off his robe first.

"Yeah, no." Leonard objected. "I did all the work and risked my life last time while you two watched so its my turn to do the same." He crossed his arms.

"Ugh, fine. At least act as our spotter and watch out for anything dangerous. Can you at least do that?" Dylan asked of him. Leonard just rolled his eyes and scoffed but still agreed to it with a nod. "Good. Now wait a sec, I still have to remove my armor."

After a short while both Dylan and Nathan were already done taking off their clothing. The former was just left wearing boxers while the latter was wearing only his pants with the legs folded up above his knees. Both of them were shown to be already in the water moving around by the shallowest parts in search for a potential catch. The water was already up to their knees as they searched.

"You see anything over there?" Dylan called out to him while still searching from his end.

"Not much yet!" Nathan answered. "Should we try searching through the deeper parts of the lake? They might be swimming around there." He suggested.

"Hmm not yet. We don't know what might be lurking around there yet so keep searching by the shallows." Dylan argued.

"Okay."

After a couple minutes of the two just searching around the shallow parts of the lake nothing has yet to appear to them suitable for a catch. So far in their search only a few small fishes were the only things being seen swimming past them. Both of them soon ended up walking around the lake until both of them met up on the other side.

"Hmm, not much luck." Dylan shook his head in disappointment. "So far only tiny fishes are the only thing I've been spotting." He crossed his arms

"Same here." Nathan said with a nod. "Maybe we should try the deeper parts now? I did spot a few silhouettes of larger fish closer to the center." He recalled.

"Fine. We don't have much of a choice now." Dylan agreed. Both of them soon started walking towards the center of the lake. With each step they took the water started rising and rising. Leonard, still watching over them, soon took notice of an eel-like creature quickly erupting from the ground underwater heading straight towards them from his side of the lake.

"Hey guys. Get out of there quick! Something is heading your way!" Leonard yelled at them.

Both of them at this point were already chest deep in water when they heard his call. As they looked towards him they soon took notice of the creature swimming swiftly towards them. Nathan managed to safely get back to land for his ability to dash made it easier for him. Dylan though was still in the water with the creature now getting in close.

"Hurry!" Nathan urged him.

Dylan doing his best to keep on treading through the deep parts of the water managed to make it back to where the water was below his waist. Being able to move faster, he started to run as best as he could. With the gamer now getting closer to dry land he was about to get into safety when suddenly the eel burst out of the water and lunged towards him with its mouth gaping wide open. The eel now out of the water looked way larger than it did underwater.

"AAAH!" Dylan screamed as the eel bit down on him from the back of his neck. He was soon forced to go underwater with eel still biting down on him. A mix of both blood and water were splashing around as Dylan struggled to get back to surface.

"Dylan!" Nathan rushed back into the water with his katana on the ready but as soon as he got close to the thrashing another set of sharp teeth suddenly bit down on his right ankle and started dragging him down as well. "Shit! Ahhh...Leonard...help!" Nathan called out just before the other eel dragged him down underneath the water.

"Dammit!" Leonard cursed as he quickly rushed towards them. In a matter of seconds he had already reached the other side of the lake where the two were but as soon as he got there both thrashings suddenly stopped. "Guys?" He called out to them with worried tone. No response or movement came.

After a few seconds of dead silence had passed a bright flickering suddenly started from underneath the water showing that one of them had already died. A silhouette of a body floating up from underneath the bloody water soon appeared right after. As it floated back to the surface it was facing down making it unrecognizable. A second later two large eels sprung up from the water and dragging the body down with them underneath. A bright flicker happened moments later.

"Fuck this! I'm getting out of here!" Leonard started running back towards the kitchen area.

(Confessional)

Dylan: Dammit, those eels really took us by surprise. Lying in wait until we were out of our safe zone. If only we were better equipped then it would have been a great catch.

Leonard: *sigh* What a drag. Another failure under my belt. I really couldn't stand this anymore! First I've been failing a lot on my old team now I'm failing still on this new team. I really wonder why things haven't bee going my way lately.

(End Confessional)

The scene now returned to the beach. Kazuo, Alice, and Janet were still in the middle in fighting off the giant crab monster. Arrows and magic were sent flying every where in attempt to damage the creature but was to no use for it barely scratched the crabs tough outer shell. The crab retaliated back at them by swinging and slamming its large pincers around but the hunters all managed to either dodge or block it every time.

"Alice watch out!" Janet warned as the crab slammed its pincer on the beach launching torrents of sand towards her.

Alice seeing no way to get out of the attack just crossed her arms with her bow at the front and braced herself. As the sands draw close a barrier of ice suddenly appeared right in front of her shielding her from the sands. Looking around now she saw Kazuo casting the spell from far behind her. A noticeable grin was wrapped all around his face.

"Hmm, didn't expect that to work." Kazuo said still grinning. Alice just ignored him and took off into a much safer area next to Janet.

"What now? I don't think there is a way we could possibly kill this. Its shell is way to hard to crack!" Alice said to her.

"I don't know either." Janet shook her head. "I could possibly deal with this if only this spear of mine would trigger its effect but for some reason it wouldn't." She reasoned.

"Obviously because you haven't done anything heroic or righteous yet." Alice pointed out to her plainly.

"What do you mean? I'm helping you guys, right? Isn't that righteous enough? Helping people!" Janet argued back. Alice was about to say something back at her but was interrupted when Kazuo approached.

"Hey girls, I don't mean to intrude but something is up with our food." Kazuo interjected as he approached then. Both girls looking towards the crab saw that it retreating back to the ocean.

"Umm, why is it leaving?" Janet asked as she watched the crab slowly descend underwater. The crab was soon hidden beneath the water with only bubbles popping from where it was last seen. "Should we be worried?" She said looking quite nervous.

A few seconds had passed with all three of them just watching and waiting for something to come up. Thinking that it might be over all three of them just dropped there stances with Kazuo turning his back immediately right after.

"I guess that's that." He said with a grin. As he was about to leave, the water started to ripple and churn. Before all three of them could react, a strong blast of water swept them off of their feet and flooded the shore. All of the water soon came rushing back to the ocean with only Alice being seen getting dragged along with it.

"Ah!...help!." Alice pleaded for she was panicking all over the place. Moving her head around she noticed that the two were no longer in sight with the beach far into the distance. Taking in quick and steady breaths in attempt to calm herself down, she tried to swim back but found herself not being able to.

As she gave it her all to make it back to safety, she soon felt the water rise suddenly from behind her. Turning her head around she saw the monstrous crab rising out of the ocean towering over her with both pincers raised. Alice just watched on in horror for she knew it was her end for there was nowhere left for her to go. The crab slamming both pincers down on her was the last thing she saw before her consciousness faded.

After a quick moment of darkness Alice soon felt she was lying down on soft grass. Opening her eyes she saw Kazuo looking down on her with the same grin he always had. Standing behind him was Janet who had her arms crossed.

"Glad you could make it back, Alice." Kazuo greeted her. Alice now quickly rose up from her position and saw she was back at the cooking area. She also noticed the gold team's hunters, minus Leonard, was back there as well.

"Why are we back here?" Alice questioned him. Kazuo just gave her a shrug.

"I can give you the answer to that." Skell's voice was suddenly heard. The co-host soon materialized standing in the midst of everybody. "The answer is simple really. Once you die you get sent back here."

"Okay, but what happens then? Do we get to continue our hunt?" Alice questioned him further.

"That's correct! If you have the time at least." Skell looked at the timer above them. "And by the looks of it you don't have enough time to even get half-way to your fishing spots."

"What happens to Jag though? He's still alive and isn't back here yet." Nathan now asked. "Also, what happens to our old clothes and items though? I remember leaving these things back at the lake."

"Yeah, I'm wondering about that as well." Dylan chimed in as he inspected himself.

"Well, for the first question, its up to him really. He either goes back or press on." Skell answered. As if on cue, Leonard soon appeared from the brushes to join them. "And I think he already made his choice." He chuckled slightly. "As for the second question. Your old items despawn and you'll get to respawn with a new similar set. This is applicable to any scenario actually." He explained to them.

"So what now though? Since both hunters failed what happens then? Do we still get to cook?" Paris now started questioning Skell.

"Yeah! Don't go telling us we'll have to starve out this round!" Ginger added in. Almost everyone seemed to have agreed with her.

"Well, that's exactly it, you all get to eat anything for the this round until the dinner round in a few hours.. Meaning, this is a loss for both teams." Skell said to them. Everyone groaned after hearing this. "Also, no consolation prizes for this round as well since no one had anything to show." He added. Everyone felt even more down from this.

"Great! Just great. First we failed both rounds and now we have to starve. Can this day get any better?" Leonard crossed his arms.

"Lighten up, Leonard. Its only for a few hours. I'm sure Paris can cook up something grand for tonight!" Laren said to him to cheer him up. "Right, Paris?"

"Yeah! I'll make sure to win the next round to secure ourselves!" Paris declared.

"Aww. This sucks. We don't get to eat anything until dinner time." Lucette pouted. "What are we supposed to do until then though?"

"I don't know. Maybe Skell will allow us to do our own hunting until then." Blake answered her.

"H-hunting on m-my own?" Phoebe shivered. "I d-don't think I can h-handle that."

"Don't worry to much about it, Phoebe. I'm sure we can find away to get around this!" Janet comforted her by patting her head.

The open field was soon filled with everyone talking. Skell soon interrupted them to get their attention by clearing his throat.

"Okay. Anyways, you guys can have the rest of the afternoon to do your own things until the dinner round starts." Skell flicked his fingers causing a neon portal to appear behind him. "I'll be leaving this portal behind for you guys to take so that you may all head on back to the real world if any of you wants." He explained. "Just don't think about eating there. I told Chef to lock away all the food until tomorrow. Well, bye!" Skell waved at them before entering the portal himself.

Back in the real world, the co-host had managed to get out of his pod. He let out a yawn and stretched out his arms when his phone started to ring. Picking it up, he soon spoke to the person calling him.

"Hello?" Skell said to the phone. "Chris? What's taking you so long!...Confessional booth? Now? But why?...Okay. Okay. No need to nag me about it." He soon walked out of the building with his phone still on.

(Confessional)

Skell's phone: *the phone was attached to a speaker* Hey there everyone! Chris here! Now, I know all of you are all thinking why I'm not hosting today's challenge and its because I was supposed to bring in two special guests for both today and tomorrow but one of them was to difficult to get a hold off. Right now I'm just waiting for a reply from one of them before I can get back over there. Hopefully they'll agree so that tomorrow's challenge will be an exciting one! Anyways, that's all I wanted to say. Now get that idiot over here to pick up his phone.

(End confessional)

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(Cabin 2: Kazuo and Nathan's)

A few hours left before the final round would begin, Kazuo is shown to be laying down on his bed with both arms underneath his head. He was just deep in thought while staring straight at the ceiling above him. Underneath him was Nathan who had chosen to take a nap before the next challenge.

Silence filled the room between them with only the sound of their wall clock ticking was the only thing to be heard. A few quiet moments had passed when a knock on the door was suddenly heard by Kazuo

"Who is it?" Kazuo sat up straight.

"Kazuo, its just me, Skell, Chris called and said he wanted to have a word with you." Skell's voice was heard saying from outside. The former, looking quite curious, dropped down from his bed and opened the door.

"Hey Skell!" Kazuo greeted. "I haven't seen Chris all day. Where is he then?" He said while looking around him.

"Chris isn't her per se but there is a phone in the confessional booth where you can talk to him." Skell explained. "Hurry on up though since he also needs to talk to somebody else."

"Okay." Kazuo said before leaving.

(Confessional)

Kazuo: *is on the phone* Hey! Its been a while, hasn't it?...Yeah, I'm doing fine. This season was sure filled with a lot of interesting outcomes. Well, for me at least hehe. *giggling was heard from the other line* So, why did Chris decide for me to come and chat with you...A secret? Oh come on, after all of those times we've been together you are still keeping secrets from me? Can you at least give me a hint?...Pretty please...Okay fine. It was nice talking to you again though. Bye! *hangs up* Hmm, now I'm starting to wonder why Chris made me talk to that person specifically.

(End confessional)

As Kazuo exited the confessional booth he soon saw Phoebe walking towards him. Curious as to why she was here, he approached her.

"Hey there, Phoebe! You going to make a confessional as well?" The former asked.

"Oh, umm, h-hey Kazuo. N-not really. I'm just here b-because Skell said C-Chris wanted to t-talk to me." The latter explained. Kazuo looked very intrigued after hearing this from her.

"Interesting. Well, good luck to you then." Kazuo gave her a pat on the shoulder with a smile. He soon walked away right after.

(Confessional)

Phoebe: *is on the phone* H-hello?...Oh, umm, hey, yeah, its been a while...Y-yeah, I'm still d-doing good. The p-people here are n-nice as well...yeah, I was surprised as well. Th-they decided for m-me to join another s-season so here I am...Y-yeah, okay, umm, bye. *hangs up* Hmm, that w-was nice of C-Chris to let me t-talk to an old friend again.

(End confessional)

A few more hours had passed and everyone was already gathered back in the virtual world. The virtual sky is in a shade of bright orange to show that it was already late in the afternoon.

"Now that everyone is back, its time for the third and final round: Dinner!" Skell exclaimed. Everyone didn't feel way to excited about this. "For the final main ingredient our hunters would be scouring for will be-"

"Hold on for a second." Chris' voice suddenly echoed cutting Skell off. Everyone looking around the place found someone materializing in from behind Skell. After a few moments the materialization process had finaly completed to reveal it to be Chris. "I'll be taking over this final round."

"Hey! You can't simply take over just like that!" The former complained. The latter just gave him chuckled at him lightly with smug.

"Of course I can! I'm the main host after all! Am I not?" Chris asked rhetorically. Skell just grumbled something to himself. "Whats that? I couldn't quite catch that."

"Its nothing." Skell shook his head. "Now, if you guys don't mind, I'll be sitting under that tree over there." He said before walking away from everybody. "I swear, this is the second time he took the spotlight from me." He grumbled to himself while walking off.

"Okay. Anyways, before I begin the final round, hunters please stand aside from your teams." Chris commanded them. All the hunters were now standing off to the sides. "Good." He flicked his fingers and soon a large barrier separated both the hunters and Skell from everyone else. All of the contestants were surprised to see this.

"Chris? What are you doing?" Ginger asked. She had both her hands on her holsters and looked like she was about to draw them.

"Don't worry to much about it, Ginger. Its just for precautionary measures." Chris said with a grin. "For you see, we will all be having some minotaur outback for our final round!" Chris exclaimed.

As if on cue, thundering footsteps was suddenly felt shaking the ground below them. The sound of leaves rustling and branches breaking accompanied the footsteps as it got closer and closer. Everyone looking around to see where the beast would be coming from soon took notice of the trees right behind them to be shaking wildly. Moments later the minotaur soon burst into scene from the forest in a rampant furry while wielding a large jewel encrusted battle axe.

"RAAAWR." The beast roared as it swung its weapon around. It glared at the hunters while huffing madly at them.

"Eeep!" Phoebe shrieked as she ducked under the table. Savior stood over her with both his weapons on the ready.

"Its okay Phoebe. I'm sure this barrier was made to protect us." Lucette said to her in comforting tone to try and calm her down. Chris was soon heard laughing a bit maniacally.

"I hate to burst your bubble but this barrier only has a limited capacity on how many hits it can take before getting shattered." The host grinned deviously at them. "Good luck!" He said before flickering out of the virtual world.

"Well...lets hope our hunters can get the job done. Otherwise that bull is going to make a meal out of us." Blake said to his team.

"Hmph. At least that's something we can agree on." Paris said after over hearing him.

Outside the barrier all six hunters stood in defensive stances while staring back at the beast in anticipation for its first move. After a short while the minatour soon engaged on them first by swinging down its large axe on the diamon team's hunters first.

"Look out!" Alice warned them before jumping off to the side. Kazuo and Janet did the same and were both able to move out of the way causing the swing to miss and land in-between both of them.

"Hmm, that was close." Kazuo commented.

The minatour let out another loud roar before swinging his axe now towards the other hunters.

"Woah!" Dylan managed to roll forward and out of the axe's way. Leonard and Nathan didn't do the same for the former just dropped down to his chest while the latter jumped backwards. Take this!" Dylan followed up his roll with a spinning slash to its left leg the moment he got back up. The minatour roared out in pain as some blood started to drip out from its wound.

"Hah!" Leonard drove the naginata's blade into the beast's knee. This caused the minatour to cry out even more but didn't falter. The beast tried to smash down on Leonard with its free arm but stopped when flames started bombarding its face.

"Don't you forget us about now." Kazuo grinned. He then casted another spell to create a rocky pillar to hit ghe minatour at an angle causing it to get knocked back. While the beast was still staggering, Nathan took this opportunity to quickly run up the pillar and jumped off of the top. He used his momentum to slash down on the beast's chest with his katana. With a large cut wound exposed, Janet threw her spear with a lot of added force to impale it onto its chest and instantly pulling it back out right.

"RAAWR!" The minatour roared from the top of its lungs with both arms flexed. It soon started to trample and thrash around while swinging its axe wildly. The hunters did their best to avoid getting smashed by the beast while retaliating back with every chance they got.

"Ha!" Alice shot an arrow hitting the back of the minotaur's left shoulder after ducking under a tail swing. The minotaur groaned and turned back around to deliver a crushing blow with its fist but was blocked by a prismatic barrier that held off the attack. The barrier bursted into shards immediately right after with all of them striking the minotaur all at once causing it to roar out in pain.

"Heh, saved you there." Kazuo smiled. Alice just scoffed and ran off to a safer position. "Aww, not even a thanks?" He frowned.

The minotaur now covered in cuts and bruises just brushed it all off. Tucking in his head down low, the minotaur charged towards Kazuo like a bull with it's horns pointing forwards. Kazuo managed to move out of the way of the attack but this caused the minotaur to ram into the barrier protecting the others instead. The horns managed to pierce through with large visible cracks but the barrier still held strong.

"Eeek!" Phoebe got terrified even more after hearing the impact which in turn prompted for Savior to attack. The doll's lance started to gather up energy while it spun like a drill signifying that it was charging up for an attack.

"Uhh, Phoebe? What is your doll doing?" Blake took a couple steps back as he watched the doll charge on forward. With the minotaur still stuck on the barrier, Savior finished charging up his attack and thrusting it forward. The beast got impaled on the top of it's head but the cracked portion of the barrier got shattered as a result.

"RAAAAAWR!" The minotaur pulled it's head back carrying Savior with it and started to flail around in a frenzy. After a while of it just thrashing around with Savior still hanging on to it, it finally succumbed to its wounds and collapsed. The resulting fall Savior took was enough to shatter him into pieces with only his right arm holding on to the spear remained. Everyone looked intently at the beast only to see no movement coming from it showing that it had already died.

"Well...that just happened." Dylan said looking quite baffled. "So what happens now? Do we all get to share in this kill or something? I mean there is only one minatour here." He pointed out.

"Oh yeah, now that you mentioned it. Chris did just spawn that thing in for all of us." Nathan recalled.

"That, or he wants us to fight over it." Alice added in. She had both her arms crossed.

"Ain't that a cheap way to settle the final round." Dylan shook his head. "Did he expect the score to be tied or something?"

"Hmph. I wouldn't mind fighting over it." Leonard stepped up. "Makes things a whole lot easier." He said with a smug look.

"Ha! How so? From what I've seen so far you're the one always being carried around! I doubt you could even take us on in a straight up fight." Alice said with a smug look of her own. Leonard glared back at her.

"You really want to test me huh? Then bring it!" Leonard roared at her. He clutched on to his weapon tight and was about to charge in on her but was interrupted when Chris's voice was suddenly heard stopping them.

"Hold it!" Chris said before reappearing back into the virtual world. "I'll have to stop you two right there."

"Hmph. Took you long enough." Skell said as he slowly approached them. The hunters were surprised to see he hadn't left. "It was getting quite boring to not step in and stop them you know?"

"Hey, at least we got some interesting footage." Chris grinned. "Anyways, lets just get this show on the road. Assistants, go and prepare the beast for the chefs to cook. You may all have one part each." The host commanded them. "And Skell, follow me back into my office. I'll be introducing you to a couple people." He said before disappearing once more.

"Umm, okay then." Skell looked a bit confused before flickering out as well. All of the contestants were now left on their own once more.

"Well, umm, lets start gutting the minotaur I guess." Blake said to his assistants with a weak smile.

"Yeah...you three do the same as well." Paris said to her assistants as well.

(Confessional)

Lucette: Eww...getting that thing gutted was the most disgusting thing I've ever seen! I could still feel how squishy and gross it felt *shivers*. Good thing Phoebe's doll came in handy for this. I just hope this thing taste as good as actual beef.

Gelsey: Well, umm, *gulp* that was some queasy work I should say. I could barely stomach the smell it emitted once all the guts were out. It was made even worst when we accidentally bursted that things stomach!

Phoebe: G-good thing V-Violin c-came in handy when we had to c-cut it open. Th-though I couldn't s-say much for myself...I r-ran off when I s-saw all the i-insides start sprawling o-out.

Ginger: Man, why do all little girls have to act that way? Heck, even Tricia nearly fainted when we had to cut that thing open! Its just virtual guts and all! It's not like its real or anything. *sigh* Well...there is no use complaining about it now. At least its over with.

(End confessional)

After some time had passed, the assistants finished in gutting out the minotaur and chose which portion they would be using to cook. Over by the Gold team's table they had a large slab of a sirloin slice that was placed on a large plate. The meat looked to be already well marinated with spices covering the surface.

"Its time to put this on the pan!" Paris said looking quite enthusiastic as she picked up the plate and carried it on over to the stove. A pan was already placed on top of it with some minced garlic already simmering on it. Paris placed the meat on the pan and it started to sizzle. "Oh! I just remembered something! Can someone grab the red wine inside the cabinets please?"

"I got it!" Laren said happily as she searched under the table where the cabinets were. After a short while she popped on out with a bottle of red wine on hand. She proceeded to hand it on over to Paris. "Here you go!"

"Thank you!" Paris opened up the bottle and poured some wine all over the pan. A small, bright-red flame burst out from the pan but the dancer still looked calm. An intoxicating aroma flowed through from the pan which captured her teammates' attention.

"Wow! I only see that style of cooking on tv. I never expected to see someone actually do it." Gelsey said looking quite amazed.

"Yeah, I'll give Paris this one. She may not be a skilled fighter but at least her other skills served us well." Ginger commented. Paris was oblivious to their praises for she was way to caught up on her cooking.

Over on by the Diamond team's kitchen area, Blake was already busy cooking up his meal. He had two large ribs sitting on the grill as he watched over them. Moments later he grabbed a pair of thongs and flipped each rib over. He then spread some barbeque sauce all over each one of them soon after.

"Wow! These ribs look real good already!" Lucette exclaimed. She soon got a whiff of what there food smelled like which caused her to get even more excited. "It smells really tasty as well!"

"Thanks!" Blake smiled at her. "Oh yeah, how's the steamed veggies coming along?"

"Its going quite well. I have Phoebe watching over it for the time being." Lucette answered. Blake was at a pause for a second after hearing this. "Oh, you don't need worry about her. I noticed that Clint kept watching over her whenever she does something so I can bet nothing bad is going to happen." She assured.

"Really now?" The prankster now looked quite intrigued. He looked over his shoulder to see if what Lucette said was true and soon noticed Clint keeping a close eye on Phoebe, albeit with a plain expression. "Hmm, I wonder what was their relationship in their old team?" He pondered. "I mean by the looks of it, Clint doesn't look like the type of guy to deal with people like Phoebe." He added in.

"Yeah, he does look the part. Always looking all cool and serious...I wonder if Phoebe is in to that?" Lucette started daydreaming. "Maybe I'll ask Ginger about that later."

(Confessional)

Blake: Hmm, Phoebe and Clint huh? Now that I think about it that's going to be a really deadly combo once merge hits. Phoebe's dolls taking care of anything that comes their way while Clint takes down hard to reach enemies with killer accuracy. I wouldn't want to be on their bad side when that happens.

(End Confessional)

The time now skipped ahead to where both sides had already finished cooking and preparing their meals to be judged. Chris this time around was the one shown to be judging the final round for he was the one seated on the table.

"Hey Chris, where's Skell? I thought he was the one supposed to be judging us?" Blake asked with a confused look.

"Oh, its nothing important really. I just made him do some early...uhh, preparations for the next challenge is all." The host answered with a sly looking grin. "Anyways, its time to start the taste testing! Since you already got my attention, lets start with you, Blake." He pointed towards the prankster.

"Oh, umm, okay." The prankster cleared his throat. "Phoebe. Please serve Chris here our dish."

"O-okay..." Phoebe got her doll, Violin, to grab the plate containing their barbequed minotaur ribs dripping with barbeque sauce. A side of steamed mixed veggies were placed on the side of the plate. The doll placed the plate on Chris' table and took a bow before leaving.

"Hmm, these are some rather large ribs." Chris said eyeing his food. "Lets see if this taste as good as it looks." He picked up his knife and fork and began eating. "Hmm, not bad." Chris commented while still chewing. "For someone who's mostly into pranking others, this tasted better than expected. I don't often say this but good job." He praised him.

"Thanks!" Blake felt very confident now. "Lets see if you can top that, Paris." He said smirking at her. Paris wasn't fazed by this at all and gave back a smirk of her own.

"We'll see about that." Paris said back to him. She walked elegantly towards Chris with her plate in hand and placed her dish right on the table. Presented to Chris now was flame cooked pepper minatour steak covered evenly in steak sauce. Chris whiffed an aromatic scent that got his mouth watering.

"Damn...this might even rival even Chef's cooking back in the real world." Chris said looking quite astonished.

"Oh please, my cooking can even rival Gordan Ramsey's." Paris said with a lot of confidence backing it up.

"Really now? Lets see if your word can hold some water to it." Chris said back to her with a small grin. Picking up his utensils again he cut off a small piece and began eating it. The moment he started chewing on his food n array of savory tastes started filling his mouth that he can't help but cover it. After a while off savoring the taste of his food he removed his hand from his mouth to show a small smile underneath.

"Well?" Paris asked, though she already knew what was going to be his answer.

"You know, I don't know the right words to use to describe how good this tastes. Well, maybe except for one." Chris took a dramatic pause as he gave the dancer a serious look. "Paris. You guys won the third and final round for today's challenge." He said to her. The gold team started to cheer the moment they heard this.

"Sweet! Good job, Paris!" Laren cheered her on.

"Yeah! That was some really nice cooking you did there as well!" Gelsey added in.

"Don't get to excited now girls. This just means our scores are tied." Dylan reminded them as he stepped up. The mood went back to being serious after hearing this. "We still need to beat them in the tie breaker round whatever it may be."

"Oh right, you two are tied one-to-one after this round since Skell told me no one won the lunch round." Chris thought back. "A bonus round is in order then." He flicked his fingers and soon his panel appeared. "Since we don't have a lot of time left lets do something interesting for the final round." He said with a small grin. "Blake. Please join me and Paris here in the front." He commanded the prankster.

"Umm, okay?" Blake looked a bit skeptical about what Chris had planned for them. After a short while he was now standing beside Chris.

"Good. For our bonus round to determine the overall winner for this day's challenge is with..." Chris trailed off to make things suspenseful. "A food eating race!" He announced.

"What!?" Paris looked quite surprised at this.

"Yes!" Blake started jumping. "I got this in the bag since there is not a lot to eat on mine!" He exclaimed.

"Isn't there a better way to do this?" Paris insisted. Chris just gave started silently laughing at her.

"Nope!" The host answered as he waved her off. The dancer didn't like hearing this for one bit. "Anyways, let the final round...begin!" He announced. As he did, Blake already pulled out a rib piece and started gnawing on it. Paris on the other hand scrambled to find a clean set of utensils before eating hers.

"Come on Paris. You can do this!" Ginger cheered her on.

"Lets go Blake! You got this one easy!" Lucette did the same.

Blake already had a small pile of clean rib bones on his plate while Paris only had finished a fifth of her steak by this point. The two teams continued on to cheer for their chefs as they devoured their food.

"Damn...this steak is to much..." Paris says as she tries to catch her breath from all the eating. She was barely finished eating a fourth of the steak now.

"I don't know a bout you but I'm almost done with mine. *burp* Excuse me." Blake said back to her. A large pile of rib bones were stacked beside him with only half-way to go before finishing. "You could give up if you can't take it anymore."

"Ha! Like that will happen." Paris said before eating another piece of meat. Both continued on eating the food they themselves had prepared.

After a few minutes had passed of them eating and eating, only a few rib pieces were left for Blake while Paris only had one-third of her steak left to go. Both of them looked like they were already at their limits for the former was getting sloppier in eating out the bones while the latter could no longer slice large pieces.

"Lets go Paris! Don't give now!" Gelsey started to cheer her on.

"Hmph. You better win this round since you're the only one who got to eat around here!" Alice demanded from him.

Both sides looked to be at the verge of giving up but none were giving in.

"Wow. These two are determined to win that much huh?" Chris commented on them. Blake only had three more rib pieces left while Paris was down to the last fourth of hers. Both looked to be getting slower and slower when it came to eating.

"Just...a little...more..." Paris pushed herself to take another bite.

"*burp* heh...you're not...going to beat me..." Blake said back as he picked up another rib piece.

As the two continued on to eat, everyone was now watching them intensely for Blake was down to his last rib while Paris only had a small portion left. After a couple seconds had passed, Blake was the first one to finish eating his food for he slammed the final rib piece down while Paris only had a single bite left.

"I *burp* did it!" The prankster announced as shot himself up from his seat. His team started to cheer him on.

"Well, that settles it. The Diamond dusk wolves have won today's challenge thus earning them immunity!" Chris announced. "Golden dawn elves, I'll be seeing you all later for tonight's elimination. Since we don't have a lot of time left, it will be in thirty-minutes so start planning." He started to laugh maniacally at them. Moments later he flickered out of virtual reality with his laughter trailing off.

"Well that sucks. We just formed our new team and now its getting torn apart." Laren frowned.

"Yeah, we even had an advantage in cooks as well." Ginger crossed her arms. "Right Paris?...uhh...Paris?"

"Urp...we need to go to the bathroom. Stat!" Paris said looking a bit sick.

All the contestants soon got taken out of the virtual world and were now headed back to reality.

(Confessional)

Paris: Ugh...that was so unfair! Letting the tie breaker round be a food eating competition. He didn't even let us choose who we want to represent our team! I'm so totally going to get back at him someday!

Blake: I'll have to admit, that was hard. I could barely stomach eating another bite but I managed to pull through and win it in the end. Though I do feel bad for Paris though since I saw her run through the doors with Ginger chasing.

(End Confessional)

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(Girl's bathroom. Twenty-five minutes before ceremony)

Inside the girls bathroom Ginger was shown to be standing outside the stalls with her back pressed against one of them. The sound of someone hurling echoed throughout the bathroom followed by some constant groaning. A few seconds later the hurling stopped with the sound a toilet flushing followed right after. One of the stall doors soon opened up with Paris walking out of it.

"You okay?" Ginger asked. Paris just gave her a slight nod.

"Yeah, I think so." Paris answered. "Now, what where saying again while I was in there? I didn't quite hear you well."

"I said we should plan out who to vote off now." Ginger reminded her. "I suggest we vote off one of the hunters since they failed during the second round." She suggested. "What do you think?"

"Hmm, sounds interesting but I think I have a better idea." Paris insisted. "I say we vote off someone from the old yellow team." She suggested instead. Ginger just blinked at her.

"Why target them specifically?"

"Well, its so that we can establish a majority." Paris now answered. Ginger still looked quite confused about this. "Let me explain. As far as we know, Nathan could still be on our side so we have three votes to our name but the problem is so does the old yellow team. If we drop one of them out now then we can have the majority in votes when the need arises. Simple!" She explained.

"Okay, but that still doesn't answer my question on who to vote off." Ginger crossed her arms. "Also, what about Laren? She's in the minority in our team. What happens if the others get to her first and make them vote with them?" She pointed out.

"Don't worry about her, I'll make sure we get to her first." Paris assured. "Right now, lets just think about who to vote off from the other three."

"Okay. How about Dylan then? Based on what he did to Blake yesterday makes him a volatile character to have." Ginger suggested. Paris just shook her head.

"That may be so, but we can still use his skills for challenges." Paris argued. "Maybe choose someone who is more on the weaker side. And besides, we could always vote Dylan off for later."

"Well, that only leaves Gelsey then. From what I could tell she really hasn't been doing anything much for her team." Ginger explained to her. "And if the very first challenge means anything, she is pretty much a clumsy person. Getting lost and trapped and all" She recalled.

"Hmm, now that I think about it, she was in-charge of breaking the eggs on the first round." Paris thought back. "It may have been her fault. Yeah, lets vote her off then." She agreed.

"Attention Golden dawn elves. Please send in your votes for the ceremony is about to start. That is all." Chris' voice was heard announcing.

"Well, that's our cue. We better get ready." Paris says as she was about to walk out. "Quickly go find Nathan and tell him who to vote and why. I'll go just go find Laren and try to persuade her." She instructed before walking off.

As Paris was shown walking out of the girl's bathroom, Gelsey was seen hiding around the corner with her back pressed against the wall. She over heard everything the two were talking about inside. The moment she saw Paris go, she immediately ran off.

(Confessional)

Gelsey: I got to go and find the others fast if I want to save myself. Hopefully another tie breaker happens. *gulps*

(End Confessional)

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(Elimination grounds: Golden dawn elves)

All remaining contestants were shown sitting around the fire with Chris and Skell in the middle of it. The latter held a plate of cookies in the shape of elf heads while the former held out a piece of paper.

"Welcome golden dawn elves! You are the first team to face elimination after the team shuffle!" Chris announced to them looking quite excited. The gold team wasn't to excited at all.

"Just hurry on up already!" Leonard roared at him. Chris just glared back at him.

"Anyways, lets begin!" Chris announced now. "Starting with Ginger." He started.

Ginger managed to catch hers and triumphantly took a bite out of it.

"Laren..."

Laren's cookie went over her head and it broke into pieces.

"Dylan..."

Dylan caught his but he accidentally crushed it.

"Leonard..."

Leonard's cookie landed on his lap but he flicked it off instead.

"Paris. Gelsey. You two received votes from your team but only one of you is safe." Chris said to them. Gelsey was feeling tensed in her seat while Paris still looked a bit calm. "The one that is safe is...

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Paris gave off a small smile as she caught her cookie successfully. Gelsey looked a bit down after hearing this.

"Gelsey. You have been voted off by your team. Any last words?" Chris asked her.

"Man, this sucks." Gelsey said slumping down. "At least I had a good enough run while it lasted."

"Hmm, trying to keep things positive I see? Skell. Take her away." Chris commanded his partner.

"Gelsey, follow me." Skell says as both he and Gelsey left the scene.

"That is all. You guys can go now." Chris announced to everyone else. "Enjoy your evening for it may be your last." He laughed evilly. Everyone soon left only leaving Chris behind. The camera started to slowly zoom in on him.

"Well, there you have it our dear viewers! The golden dawn elves was the first team to suffer a casualty right after the teams have been shuffled with poor Gelsey paying that price." Chris paused as smiled his trademark smile. "Will the golden dawn elves manage to pick themselves up and renew themselves for the next challenge? Will the diamond dusk wolves be able to keep things civil until merge hits? Who were the people Skell got introduced to? Find out next time on Total...Drama...Dungeon Hunters!" He held both his arms wide open dramatically.

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Votes:

Paris: My vote goes to Gelsey. She may or may not have caused our lost in the first round but she's part of the old yellow team so my vote goes to her.

Ginger: I'm going to have to trust Paris for now and vote Gelsey. Seems a bit sketchy since Dylan would have better in all honesty.

Nathan: Ginger approached me and said I should vote for Gelsey. I have no problems with it since she is part of my old team so I can trust her in this.

Laren: Both Paris and Gelsey approached me on who to vote off. Both of them wanted to vote off the other and I don't know exactly who to trust between them. So, I'll vote of Paris instead since Gelsey got to me first before she did.

Gelsey: Shit. I couldn't find Leonard or Dylan anywhere on time so I'm screwed! If I'm lucky enough one of them would decide to vote out Paris. My vote goes to Paris.

Leonard: You know what? Screw Dylan! I've had it with that guy bossing me around like he is some sort of hot shot. My vote goes to Dylan.

Dylan: Leonard, that hot head is starting to get on my nerves. I'm surprised he even made it this far. You may be physically capable here but in the virtual world that's where the real game is at! My vote goes to Leonard.

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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: Backrow

14th: Gelsey. The Smol Girl. Role: Support

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Author's note: Gelsey...she's quite the uhh interesting character. Because at most, I technically own her at this point. She's the character my irl friend gave me but her app was incomplete so filled in most of it myself for her to be usable. The reason why she has no last name is because he didn't give her one. That's all I have to say about her really. So if you are reading this bro, next time I make a story, make sure you fill in the app properly next time.

Anyways, onto the chapter question: Deceptive and seductive. Objective and cool. Two different sets of character traits that can make for an interesting character. How well will your character perform if they were to spend some alone time with either one of them? That is all. See you all next time!