Note: I don't own these characters, except for Jimmyfish, Jennyfish, and Ghost.

Note 2: I've recently discovered that there's a show that's actually really similar to this, called Big Brother. I hadn't heard anything about it until like I was writing Chapter 4, so this is still totally different (I think).

THE ROOM

Previously, on The Room, the five contestants faced an endurance challenge, with the winner who held on the longest receiving an extra vote. Three game changing envelopes affected Ghost and Spongebob, making the former immune and the latter receive an extra vote. The real effect was on Jimmyfish, who ended up with the losing vote, being the eighth contestant to leave the Room. Four remain, and the finale is as close as it gets without actually being here… who will be the next one to leave… the Room?

"Hello, everyone, and welcome back to… the Room!" Perch said. "Today is our contestants' tenth day in the room, and they've grown so lethargic that they would kill to have a competition, which I'm going to spruce up a little bit!"

"Hello, roommates!" said Perch, opening the door. The four were sitting around the table, not doing anything.

"Oh, dear Neptune, Perch, please tell us that we have something to do!" Spongebob said.

"You have something to do! There'll soon be a competition," Perch began, seeing the four cheer. "…but only three of you will be competing in it. The four of you must somehow decide who'll sit out."

Instantaneously, the contestants pointed at someone they wanted to sit out. Sandy pointed at Ghost, who pointed back at her. Patrick pointed at Ghost as well, and Spongebob pointed at Patrick.

"That was easy. Spongebob, Sandy, Patrick, come with me! Ghost, sit here, alone and bored out of your mind in here!" Perch said.

" !" Ghost shouted.

"Perch, it's dark in here," said Spongebob, after the host had led him to the room in which the competition would be.

"I can't see a darned thing!" said Sandy.

"What's our challenge gonna be?" asked Patrick.

Perch began to talk into his mic. "Turn on the lights… now!" he said, and the ceiling lights slowly buzzed on. In front of the three were nine booths- and each had an eliminated competitor behind it.

"What?" said Patrick.

"No way!" said Spongebob.

"Everyone, say hello to Gary, Plankton, Karen, Squidward, Mr. Krabs, Squilliam, the Flying Dutchman, Jimmyfish, and Jennyfish!" Perch said.

"Hey!" said Spongebob, Patrick, and Sandy, simultaneously.

"This competition is for the ability to vote twice in the next vote off… AND there will be another twist that the winner will actuate," said Perch.

"What is it?" asked Spongebob.

"I'll tell you if you win," said Perch. "Eliminated roommates, I want each of you to hold up one of your signs- the one that says 'Spongebob', the one that says 'Patrick', or the one that says 'Sandy'. The competitor with the most signs up will NOT win the competition."

Squidward, Plankton, and Karen quickly produced 'Spongebob' signs, and Jimmyfish held up 'Patrick'. Squilliam snootily flashed the 'Sandy' sign.

"Okay, that's three votes Spongebob, one vote Patrick, and one vote Sandy," said Perch.

Thinking intensely while emotional music played, the other four pondered over who they should vote out.

"Eh, why not?" said the Flying Dutchman. He pulled up the 'Patrick' sign.

Gary was the next one to choose, pulling up 'Sandy'. "Sorry," she said.

"Not a hard decision," said Mr. Krabs, choosing Patrick.

"There are three votes Spongebob, three votes Patrick, and two votes Sandy. Jennyfish, who do you choose to eliminate from the competition?" Perch asked.

"Sorry to do this, but… Spongebob!" she said, showing the 'Spongebob' sign.

"Sorry, Spongebob, but you don't win the two votes," said Perch. "Now, if you two will turn to your left wall, you'll see two buttons. Pick the button you want, and hit it. A slip of paper will slide out. If you get a star, you've won!"

Quickly, Patrick chose the left button and Sandy the right. "Yeah! I got the star!" Sandy cheered.

"Wait… my paper has a star, too," Patrick said.

"Congratulations to both of you!" said Perch. "Sandy, you have the five point star, so you've won the two votes!" Sandy raised her fist in the air, excited. "Patrick, you have an eight point star, so you get to enact the twist!"

"What do I do?" Patrick asked.

"Pick five of the eliminated roommates," said Perch.

"Um, Gary, Mr. Krabs, Squidward, the Flying Dutchman, and… Jennyfish," said Patrick.

"Okay. Choose two of those five," said Perch.

"Um, Gary and Squidward," Patrick replied.

"Gary, Squidward, I'm going to ask a question. Whoever answers it right first wins," Perch said. "Who was the first player eliminated from… the Room?"

"Squilliam!" said Gary.

"Correct!" said Perch. "Gary, pick two of the other three to go next."

"Dutchman and Mr. Krabs," said Gary.

"Okay, you two, what color block did Patrick get in the last competition/quiz?" Perch asked.

"Green!" shouted Dutchman.

"Wrongamundo!" said Perch. "Sorry, Dutchman, you've lost."

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH!" the Flying Dutchman shouted.

"This next question is for Gary and Jennyfish," said Perch. "How many contestants were eliminated on the first day?"

"Three," said Gary.

"Correct!" Perch replied. "Okay, Patrick, the two that remain are Gary and Mr. Krabs."

"What do we do know?" asked Mr. Krabs.

"Patrick, pick one of them to rejoin… the Room," said Perch.

"WHAT?" said Gary.

"REALLY?" said Mr. Krabs.

"I definitely choose Gary!" said Patrick. Gary cheered.

"Patrick, you're fired!" said Mr. Krabs.

"Aw, not again," said Patrick.

"Patrick, Spongebob, Sandy, and Gary, follow me back to… the Room."

" ! ," said Ghost.

"I know! Wait, what?" said Gary.

"I know you're all glad that Gary's back, but it's already time for your next vote!" said Perch.

"Really?" said Sandy.

"Sandy, take two slips, everyone else take one. There'll be six votes cast," Perch explained. In less than fifteen seconds, he had all six slips back.

"Are you all ready?" he asked. "I'm gonna do it a bit differently. I'll randomly pick a ballot, and read it. You know what happens to whoever has the most votes."

Everyone looked at each other. "You really have to make it more stressful?" said Sandy.

"Yup!" Perch said, happily. "First vote- Patrick."

Patrick gulped.

"Second vote- Sandy."

Sandy looked confused.

"Next vote- Patrick."

Patrick sighed, upset.

"Next vote- Sandy."

"Ugh!" said Sandy.

"Fifth vote- Ghost."

" ?" said Ghost.

"Final vote," said Perch. "With three votes, Sandy is going home," he finished.

"What? Aw!" she said, exasperated. "Good luck, everyone." She walked out of… the Room.

Voted For: Voters

Sandy: Gary, Ghost, Patrick

Patrick: Sandy, Sandy

Ghost: Spongebob

"Does this mean the four of us are gonna be in the finale?" said Gary.

"No, we have another competition!" Perch declared.

"When?" asked Spongebob.

"Follow me," Perch finished.

Perch led the four roommates to a large, circular room, with four clean, white carts, attached to a circular beam that rode close to the exterior of the room. Each cart had a lever, a button, and a small hole in front.

"Each of you, board a blaster," Perch said.

"These things blast?" said Gary.

"Yep, if you press the button, you'll launch a paintball all the way across the room," Perch said. "The lever will move you either clockwise or counterclockwise around the rim."

"What's the purpose of this exercise?" said Patrick.

"Don't act smart," said Perch. "The point is to shoot a paintball and hit your opponent's carts. Patrick's paint is red, Spongebob's paint is blue, Gary's is green, and Ghost's is black. If your cart has one paintball splatter from each of the other three, you lose."

"How do we avoid the paint?" asked Spongebob.

"Rotate around to slide away from the paint- if you can!" said Perch.

Spongebob and Gary looked at each other, secretly making an agreement.

"Ready… go!"

The first few seconds consisted of the four trying to find out how to work the machines, how long it would take the paint to reach the other end of the rim, and how fast the cart could slide along. After about a minute, they had it down.

Spongebob decided to gun for Ghost first, as Patrick was no threat whatsoever. He craftily hit Ghost's cart. "HAH! Gotcha!" he yelled. As he cheerily danced, Ghost fired one back at him. "Darn it."

" ! !" Ghost cheered.

"Ah-hah!" said Patrick, hitting both of the distracted competitors.

" …" said Ghost. He went crazy, hitting Spongebob's cart for a second time, and then Gary's and Patrick's.

"…" said Spongebob, Patrick, and Gary. Gary was the first to recuperate, using her time to hit Patrick.

"Spongebob!" she shouted, knocking the other two out of their trance. Spongebob affectedly slammed down on the button, firing a paintball at Gary. "What the…!" Gary shouted. Angrily, she fired at him.

"Sorry… hey!" said Spongebob.

"Spongebob, you've lost this competition, but you still can fire," said Perch.

"No!" shouted Spongebob, smashing down on the button. The paint terribly missed.

Gary was the next to fire, knocking square into Ghost's cart. "Ghost, you are the second eliminated," said Perch. "If Spongebob hits Patrick, Gary will win. But if Patrick hits Gary, he will win."

"I gotta hit Gary!" said Patrick. He fired, obscurely missing.

"Spongebob! You've gotta hit Patrick!" said Gary.

"No, you hit me, and that got me out!" said Spongebob.

"But that's because you hit me!" said Gary. Patrick took this time to eliminate the last competitor.

"Congratulations, Patrick, you've won!" said Perch.

"Yay!" cheered Patrick.

"With this victory, you receive a guaranteed spot in the finale! That's right, Patrick is immune!"

Gary and Spongebob approached each other. "I'm sorry I got you eliminated!" they both yelled at each other, simultaneously. They laughed, and then hugged.

"I've gotta be more careful," said Spongebob.

"I've got to not overreact," said Gary.

Ghost frowned. Since Gary and Spongebob now liked each other, he figured they'd both vote for him.

"Hello, roommates!" said Perch.

"What's up, Perch," said Patrick.

"It's time for the last vote of the game!" said Perch. "Whoever stays will be here for the finale!"

"WHOO!" cheered Patrick, Spongebob, and Gary. Ghost tried to look excited.

"But, there's one more twist," said Perch.

"What now?" said Gary.

"I'm gonna roll this eight sided die. If your name comes up… you've surrendered your vote," said Perch.

"WHAT?" the contestants shouted as Perch threw the die into the air. It hit the table, and rolled a bit, with a small 'SS' on it. "Sorry, Spongebob, you can't vote this time."

"UGH!" said Spongebob.

"Now, I'm going to give Spongebob's vote to someone," said Perch. "Spongebob, if you come up again, you'll get your vote back and nothing will have changed, okay?" said Perch.

"Okay," said Spongebob, tensely.

"Oh man," said Gary.

" ," said Ghost.

As Perch threw the die in the air, the camera speed slowed, showing the die turning slowly as it descended. The sound of a heartbeat played, increasing in tempo as the die neared and then hit the table. Speed returned to normal. "Spongebob's vote will now be cast by…" Perch began. He looked down. "GW. That's you, Ghost."

" ! ! ! !" Ghost shouted.

Gary and Spongebob solemnly looked at each other. "It looks like one of us is going home," said Spongebob.

"Good luck," whispered Gary.

"Patrick, here's your slip, Gary, here's yours, and here is your slip and Spongebob's, Ghost," said Perch.

"Could you cut down on the mentioning of my lost vote?" said Spongebob.

"Whatever," said Perch. He snatched up the slips, and read the votes.

"Ghost, you have… one vote. Spongebob, you have… two. And Gary has one," Perch finished.

"WHAT? PATRICK! WHY DIDN'T YOU VOTE FOR GHOST?" shouted Spongebob. "ME AND HIM WOULD HAVE TIED AND THEN WE'D DO SOME COMPETITION AND I'D BE HERE STILL!"

"Well, Gary should have picked the Sandy sign and not mine," said Patrick.

"Hey! I apologized!" said Gary.
" ," said Ghost.

"Well, maybe an apology wasn't enough!" said Patrick.

"If you were so freaking mad at me why didn't you just bring Mr. Krabs back?" asked Gary.

"Because I didn't think, apparently! I'm not smart, remember?" said Patrick.

"STOP it! Just STOP fighting! Gary, I hope YOU win, so that WE can share and maybe if Patrick was smart enough to vote for Ghost, GHOST would be walking out this door and not me!" Spongebob yelled, slamming the door on his way out.

"This is it folks. The finale is only one day away and tensions are high. Will Patrick's vote to save Ghost help or hinder his chances to win the million sand dollars? We'll see next time!" said Perch.

AN: Just so you know, this'll likely be my last chapter before school starts, so I won't be able to be typing this up at midnight or so (like I am now). Expect the finale soon, but not too soon!