Here' Chapter 13! Enjoy!
(Tribe Passion)
The remaining Kongs walked back to camp after Tribal Council.
"Thanks for saving me, kid." Ace said in relief.
"No prob." Swiper said. "The choice wasn't easy though."
"I dodged a bullet at the last Tribal Council. I had do a tiebreaker to save my butt." Ace said to the camera. "If it wasn't for Swiper, I would probably gone tonight. And I am pretty sure Clover deserves better than seeing me after making a full recovery handing in my torch."
"So does this means you are with us?" Mark asked.
"You mean to vote off Xigbar and Fuuka?" Swiper asked. "Sure."
"Good." Ace nodded. "Then, at the next Tribal Council, we will vote Xigbar off. If he wins Immunity, we'll just go for Fuuka."
"Got it." Mark and Swiper said in unison.
"Tonight I was the swing vote. I controlled the entire vote. Normally, that would be a good thing for me." Swiper said to the camera with a sigh. "Both ways had great consequences for me either way which could seriously ruin my game sooner or later. Even though I decided to go back with the Kongs in the end, I felt I would regret that decision soon enough."
"We are realigning with Swiper even though he was the reason that Ace and I was in the minority in the first place." Mark said to the camera. "Normally, I don't trust that guy after what he did to Eduardo but thankfully I don't think he will backstab us twice. If he does that and somehow makes the finals, I doubt anyone will vote for him."
Unknown to the three, a certain Nobody was glaring Machetes at them through his good eye with a teenage girl looking at him in concern and worry.
"That dirty little weasel!" Xigbar growled. "He betrayed us and voted out Lilo!"
"I must admit, I am a bit upset too." Fuuka sighed. "I mean, what possibly reason did he had to backstab us?"
"That's what I want to know." Xigbar said narrowing his good eye in hatred.
"Okay, I am just going to be blunt here. I am livid!" Xigbar said to the camera. "We were supposed to vote off Ace painlessly 4-2 . But no! We just HAD to be blindsided again. This time, my best friend, Lilo was the one who took the fall!"
Xigbar and Fuuka were now talking inside the shelter.
"Perhaps I should take up Ace's offer he gave after Eduardo got voted off." Xigbar scowled. "Turn Swiper into a fur-coat."
"Now, now." Fuuka said calmly.
"I actually thought that the Family Visit would make all of Xigbar's hatred go away. But it reignited when Lilo got blindsided." Fuuka said to the camera. "Unless I find some way to calm him down, things will not go well for these next few days."
"I understand that you are upset. You have every right to be. But please calm down!" The green-haired girl said.
"Calm down!? That no-good rat backstabbed us and you want to calm down!" Xigbar said. "Why!?"
"Because if you do something that could get you excluded from the game, how will you avenge Lilo-chan now?" Fuuka said solemnly.
Xigbar sat in silence thinking about his words before giving a deep sigh.
"You see this Immunity Necklace? I actually thought having it around my neck was of the most awesome feelings ever. But now I can't even stand the look of it." Xigbar said to the camera as he sadly held up his Immunity Necklace. "I just realized that every time I had this Immunity Necklace, one of my buds took the fall when the victim would had probably been me. First, Augie. Then, Hank. And now, Lilo. All three of them would probably had gone further if I didn't won Immunity. Right now, I truly feel like a lesser lifeform."
"I guess you are right." The sniper sighed before getting under the covers. "I am going to sleep. Night."
"Night, Xigbar-san." Fuuka said before sighing.
"I am Xigbar's only ally out here. Unless I at least try to help him, he will be most likely gone at the next Tribal Council." Fuuka said to the camera. "I don't know what I can do but I have to help him."
Suddenly, the green-haired girl noticed something.
"Hey, where are the others?"
Ace, Mark and Swiper sat shivering trying to sleep on the sand in the windy night.
"Oh sure, it just HAD to be a very cold night tonight, isn't it?" Ace growled.
"Why don't we just grab a couple of blankets from the shelter?" Mark suggested.
"And risk being turned into Swiss Cheese?" Swiper asked. "I think I rather freeze to death."
(Day 34)
Xigbar and Fuuka were both sitting inside of the shelter.
"Well, it's safe to say that I am next the next time we go to Tribal." Xigbar sighed.
"So what do you suggest we do?" Fuuka asked.
"The only suggestion in my head I got so far is to get Swiper to vote with us." Xigbar explained.
Fuuka looked shocked. "You are actually willing to align yourselves with the same guy who voted off Lilo?"
Xigbar gave a sad shrug. "Hey, Ace and Mark went to him even though he hated his guts even since he voted off Ed so I can't imagine why we can't do the same.
"But how do we do that?" Fuuka asked.
Again, the gunner shrugged. "Maybe we could convince that Ace and Mark are bigger threats than us."
"The gameplan is to get Swiper to realign with us. It won't be easy but it is the only way." Xigbar said to the camera. "So once again that little rat is the swing vote. We are basically giving him guns to play with."
As the two remaining Kremlings talked, the both of them noticed Mark walking over.
"Oh hi, Mark-kun." Fuuka said.
"Hey, guys." The cheetah said waving his head. "Um, I know that we currently on bad chemisty with each other right now and we are having a celebration."
"Celebration?" Xigbar asked with a raised eyebrow.
"Yeah." Mark nodded with a smile. "We are in the Final Five. After outlasting a lot of different people, we are this close to the finals. I just thought we could all get together and celebrate.
The two Kremlings looked at each other.
"What do you think?" Fuuka asked.
"I don't see why not." Xigbar shrugged before getting up.
"Okay, awesome." Mark grinned.
"Tensions schensions. We are all in the Final 5. That is a big accomplishment especially since each and every one of us had been targeted at least once." Mark said to the camera with a smile. "I decided to get everyone together and discuss it."
Mark, Xigbar and Fuuka over to the fire pit where Ace and Swiper.
"Um, hey." Swiper said feeling a little nervous
"Hey." Fuuka said.
"Did we miss much?" Xigbar asked.
"No, we all agreed to start together." Ace shrugged.
"I see." Fuuka nodded.
The three then all sat down.
"Wow, I can't believe that we all are in the Final 5." Swiper said in awe.
"We certainly came a long way." Mark nodded.
Suddenly, Fuuka chuckled.
"And to think, I actually thought I was going to be picked off." She said.
Xigbar chuckled as well. "Yeah, you kept freaking out most of the time pre-merge that you will be the first one voted off."
"Yeah..." Fuuka said. "But after I lost the Day 3, I thought for sure I was done for."
"Fuuka, do you know why we kept you over Nermal on Day 9?" Xigbar asked.
"Um, no." The teenager said shaking her head. "In fact, I am glad you asked. I had been wondering that for a while."
"Because you really helped out in the Day 8 Challenge. You really helped out with me and Hank with that barrel!" Xigbar grinned. "Also, Nermal basically did nothing except shout "Go!"
Fuuka blushed at this. "Aw, thank you."
"Back then and now, I am shocked to find that I was in the Final 5. I was a huge target pre-merge." Fuuka said to the camera. "Thankfully, I lucked out big time and managed to avoid elimination in many ways."
"At least you don't have to worry about being a threat post-merge." Xigbar pointed out. "Dang... You can't realize how freaked out I was after Augie got voted off."
"Me too. I was terrified for you." Fuuka agreed. "You couldn't believe my relief when you were spared."
"Yeah, you were really not yourself." Mark nodded. "You weren't your usual cheery self."
"Yeah, I don't really like to see you like that." Ace agreed.
Xigbar chuckled a bit. "I bet the Superior would say the same thing. Only with different opinions of the matter."
"Being the only strong person and the leader of the Kremlings ever since Zoro been stupidly taken out, I was a huge target since merge hit." Xigbar said to the camera. "If it wasn't my Immunity streak, I would had probably gone by now."
"You got the luck of an Irishman, Ace." The one-eyed man said. "You only been targeted once and that was last night."
"Yeah, I suppose mainly because I was a strong player but not as much as Mark and Eduardo." The mercenary said scratching the back of his head. "I guess that's why I wasn't targetted that much."
"Yeah, we were considering voting off over Eduardo because you were the leader." Fuuka shrugged.
"I could understand that." Ace nodded. "Dang, I am STILL sweaty from last night."
"Yeah, I was actually worried that he will go home." Mark agreed.
"I didn't get targeted much in the game but I mustn't get cocky. I was overconfident thinking that I would win this game after Augie left. But then Eduardo went and I went into the minority." Ace said to the camera. "I am in the majority once again but this time, I am intending to keep a tight leash on Swiper so he doesn't backstab me this again."
"Ever since Calvin got voted off, I was worried that the girls will come after me because I was the only one who didn't voted against him." Swiper said.
"Hey, at least you pleaded your case to the girls." Ace pointed out.
"Yeah, thankfully the only time I WAS targeted was when I got my Immunity Idol." Swiper explained. "However, because of it. I couldn't leave the game."
"Actually, if it wasn't for Yomi, we would had probably agreed to vote you off." Ace reminded.
"Yeah, thank her." Mark agreed.
"Oh, trust me. I did." Swiper sighed.
"I grew a lot during this game. After making a losing mistake with Calvin's all-boy alliance, I knew that I needed to shape up my game." Swiper said to the camera. "I think without a doubt, I made the most moves out of anybody in this game."
"Speaking of which, I wanted to thank you again for saving me." Mark said looking to Ace.
"No problem. You ARE my bud." The brown-haired shrugged. "Besides, over Yomi? The choice was easy."
"Still, you managed to save again at Hank's final Tribal Council." Mark pointed out.
Ace chuckled scratching the back of his head. "Well, no way I let someone like Hank outlast you."
Mark gave a deep sigh. "I can't believe I am still here. I thought I would had been gone after the merge started.
"Especially since you was a target BEFORE merge." Xigbar laughed.
"Yeah..." Mark sighed.
"Ever since the merge, I been a huge target. Thankfully, I got someone to back me up." Mark said to the camera. "I am still a threat but fortunately I should trust my allies to help me. We all came this way to the finals. I doubt anyone want to home now."
(Day 35, Reward Challenge)
The last five contestants walked onto the mat.
"Ah, welcome, contestants! Are you ready for your next Challenge?" Tinyrocket asked.
They all nodded.
"All right. Here is your last Reward Challenge." Tinyrocket explained. "And because of that, why don't we make it a little more fun?"
"I don't like the sound of that..." Fuuka frowned.
"Well, maybe you will like this. The Reward is an auction!" Tinyrocket grinned making everyone brighten up. "Here is how it works. There are five items. You will each have 100 dollars. On each item, you will bid on it. Whoever bids the highest of their amount of money wins the items. I should warn you though. They are covered and you don't know what it is until you won. No question asked. Got it?"
Everyone happily nodded.
"Good. Now let's get into positions and I will give you the money."
Soon, all five people sat down with 100 dollars each ready for the auction.
"All right, there are no winners because everyone has a chance to get a prize." Tinyrocket said. "First item up for bid. Who want to make the opening bid?"
"Fifteen bucks." Ace said holding up his head.
"Twenty." Xigbar exclaimed.
"Thirty." Swiper shouted.
"We got thirty. Anyone care to outbid Swiper? Going once... Going twice..." Tinyrocket said with a wide grin on his face.
"Forty."
Everyone looked at Fuuka with wide eyes.
"Okay, then. Anyone care to outbid her? Going once... Going twice..." Tinyrocket announced. "Sold to Fuuka!"
The green-haired girl smiled before running over happy that she got the first item up for bid. After paying Tinyrocket her money, she excited lifted off the cover wondering what her prize.
"A classic strawberry screwball ice cream." Tinyrocket said. "Go ahead, Fuuka. It's yours."
The teenager nodded with a wide grin on her face before taking the ice cream cup and skipping back to her seat.
"I always liked ice cream." Fuuka smiled as she sat down and started to eat with a small spoon.
"Whoa. Go Fuuka." Xigbar said with a smirk.
"All right." Tinyrocket said putting the next item on the table. "Item number two. Who wants to keep the ball rolling?"
"I will! Twenty!" Swiper shouted.
"Thirty!" Ace said.
"Thirty-Five!" Mark annouced.
"Fifty!" Xigbar said crossing his arms with a smirk.
Everyone "oohed" in awe.
"Going for half, eh?" Tinyrocket said with a raised eyebrow. "Anyone care to outbid him? Going once. Going twice... Sold to Xigbar!"
The one-eyed sniper smirked before getting and casually walking over to Tinyrocket and paying him. He then opened up the basket ready for his Reward.
"A hot dog with ketchup and mustard all over it." Tinyrocket said.
The Nobody chuckled a bit before taking the plate and walking back to the seat whistling a jovial tune.
"Now for a snack!" Xigbar said before taking a big bite of his hot dog.
"Third item. Up for grabs. Place your bets!" Tinyrocket sang. "Who's up first?"
"Seventy-five!" Ace shouted suddenly.
Everyone looked at him in shock.
"Seventy-five? Are you sure?" Tinyrocket said in awe.
"Also positive!" The brown-haired man said with a confident smirk. "When gambling, you need to go with your gut and I have a good feeling about this one."
"Very well. Seventy-five!" Tinyrocket said. "Another wanna outbid him? Going once. Going twice. Sold to Ace!"
The mercenary smirked before going over to Tinyrocket and giving him money. Rubbing his hands together, he eagerly took off his cover.
"A sea cucumber."
Ace's face fell almost instantly upon seeing the unappetizing meal.
"You gotta be kidding me."
"If you are that lucky in gambling then I am not surprised you went on Survivor just to win money to pay off some debts." Xigbar said with a smirk as Mark, Swiper and Fuuka chuckled.
"Oh, hardy-har-har." Ace muttered as he took the sea cucumber plate and walked back over to his seat.
"This just shows goes that you don't know what you would have until it is too late." Tinyrocket said.
Ace muttered swear words under his breath.
"Anyway, time for Item Number 3!" Tinyrocket announced. "Who wanna a shot?"
"Five..." Ace muttered under his breath.
"Easy there, dude. Don't break the bank." Xigbar smirked making the womanizer growl.
"Twenty." Swiper said casually.
"Thirty." Mark said.
"Forty." Swiper said.
"Fifty-Five." Mark said.
"Dang... Even Mark don't play around when it comes to these things." Swiper said in awe.
"Fifty-Five. That's the highest so far!" Tinyrocket grinned. "Gimme Fifty-Six? Anyone? Going Once. Going Twice. Sold to Mark!"
The cheetah grinned brightly as he jogged over to Tinyrocket to pay. Taking a deep breath, he took off the cover.
"A slice of pepperoni pizza." Tinyrocket said.
Mark smiled happily and rubbed his hands together before taking the plate before walking back to his seat.
"Sweet! I love pizza!" Mark beamed before taking a bite of his pizza.
"All right! Now it is time for the fifth and final item for bid." Tinyrocket grinned. "Who wants to kick it off?"
"The sha-bang." Swiper said casually.
Nobody seemed surprised by this. Mainly because everyone knew it was the last item.
"Sold to Swiper." Tinyrocket said quickly. "You may collect your prize."
The fox smirked before getting from his seat and walking over. He took off the cover hoping to get a better prize than Ace.
"A scroll." Tinyrocket said.
The contestants looked confused at this.
"Well, what are you waiting for?" Tinyrocket urged. "Open it."
Swiper did what he was told and took the scroll. Opening it up, he read the contents on the scroll.
"Congratulations. You had won the last item of the Survivor Auction." He read. "As Reward, you may choose one person to send to Exile Island for the last time."
When he finished reading this, the contenders' eyes widened in shock.
"You read right. To end the auction with a bang, you will send one person to Exile Island." Tinyrocket explained. "Who will it be?"
Swiper looked over to the four. He then noticed Xigbar scoffing the rest of his hot dog in his mouth. After one hard gulp, he swallowed the food in his mouth.
"Xigbar."
"Oh, what a shocker." The one-eyed man said sarcastically.
"At least you more or less finished your meal first. Now, Xigbar, the boat is waiting there." Tinyrocket said. "Fuuka, Ace and Mark. You may finish your foods. This Auction is officially over."
(Exile Island)
After rushing to the cove to avoid the eternal downpour of rain, Xigbar took a deep breath before eyeing around the cove.
"Ah, my island heck away from my island heck." The sniper remarked.
"Today at the Reward Challenge Swiper won a chance to send someone to Exile Island. I think we all saw that coming." Xigbar said to the camera. "Kinda of ironic because I was the first person here and if that Tiny says is true, I am the last person as well."
He then knelt with the Flint and Machete and started to make a fire. After a few flicks, he made a big flame. Smiling a little at his success. He put his hands to the fire.
"What is also creepy is that the fact I went to Exile both times is while I was in the minority." Xigbar said to the camera. "And the fact that Swiper is my greatest hope to survive the next Tribal Council is just scary."
"I just hope Fu is all right." The Nobody sighed. "We are not that close to each other like my previous tribemates but she is my only ally out here."
He then started to think.
"Hmm... What do I do? Obviously Immunity is my biggest shot to staying in the game but if I do that then it would be Fuuka taking the fall." Xigbar mused. "Maybe if I could convince Swiper that voting off Fuuka over Ace and Mark is stupid. After all, she is not a threat in any way."
However, he then groaned before rubbing his good temple.
"No. Swiper had already betrayed two alliances. He knows that if I convince him to betray Ace and Mark AGAIN, he won't get much votes if he makes the finals." Xigbar said.
"Oh, who am I kidding? If I would in Swiper's position, I wouldn't backstab the same person twice if I want to win." Xigbar lamented to the camera. "It's not he's Baxter and betrays people just for the sake for it."
Xigbar gave a deep sigh as he watched the flame burn brighter.
"This blows. The only way Fuuka and I will survive if either one of the Kongs flip." The sniper sighed. "Swiper can't afford to betray another person, Ace knows he needs Swiper to get rid of me and Mark..."
Mentioning Mark suddenly made him pause. Stroking his grin, he continued to stare that the fire.
"Yes... This might work." Xigbar said with his mouth curling into a dark smirk.
(Tribe Passion)
Ace, Mark and Swiper sat inside the shelter. The former was still not happy about the outcome of the Challenge.
"A cucumber. A freaking sea cucumber." The mercenary said in disgust. "I can't believe I blow most of my money on it!"
"Well, I think that's the point of a Survivor Auction." Mark said with a shrug. "You don't never know what you get until you cash in your dough."
"Yeah, it is all a matter of luck and the Lady just wasn't by your side that day." Swiper explained.
"I just wish I didn't made a fool of myself while doing it." Ace said rubbing his temples.
"Today at the Challenge, I brought a sea cucumber for exactly 75% of my money." Ace said to the camera with a beet red face. "I just felt that the third one would have the best prize. I can't believe I did it."
Swiper then got up. "I'm hungry. I am going to get some fruit."
"K." Mark said.
With that, the fox walked out of the shelter and made his way to the fruit stash intending to get some room. He was about a good few away from the shelter before he froze.
"Swiper."
The purple-clad anthro's eyes widened before turning around. There, he found Fuuka walking towards him.
"It is obvious that unless Xigbar and I do something, he will go home 3-2." Fuuka said to the camera before narrowing her eyes. "I may had been riding his coattails for the majority of the game but that doesn't mean I should sit back and just watch him get voted out."
"Why did you do it?" The teenager asked. "Why did you vote off Lilo?"
Swiper gave a small sigh expecting something like this. "All right. I am just going to be frank because there is no way to sugarcoat this. I betrayed you guys because I don't trust you."
Fuuka shook her head. "I admit that we do have that strike against ever since we voted off your Idol."
Swiper continued. "Remember on Day 26 when I ask you to think about joining me and Hank in an alliance? Well, I was thinking of using the Immunity Idol as a backup plan in case you fail to flip."
"We all somewhat guessed that." Fuuka explained.
"However, now that my Immunity Idol AND partner was gone, I knew that I needed to pick the side I felt I could go further so that why I went back to Ace and Mark." Swiper explained.
"Swiper, all you accomplished by that move by going from fourth place to third." Fuuka said crossing her arms. "And I doubt there will be a Final 3 this season."
The schemer took a deep sigh. "Tell me something I don't know."
"Look, Swiper, Xigbar and I need to help to save us." Fuuka explained.
Swiper's eyes widened. "You mean flip again? Why? What's in it for me?"
"The fact that you could win Immunity a lot easier. Ace and Mark are far too big threats to keep." Fuuka explained.
"Dude, but they didn't had the Immunity Necklace around their necks three times." Swiper said crossing his arms. "Xigbar is far too strong to save. Especially in the Final 5."
Fuuka bit her lip knowing he was right. "But what if Xigbar gets Immunity for the fourth time tomorrow?"
Swiper raised an eyebrow. "I'm listening."
"Well, if Xigbar-san wins the Immunity necklace at the Challenge tomorrow, I would be the target by default, right?" Fuuka asked. "What possible gain could you get by voting me off? Not only I am terrible at the Challenges, I been riding on Xigbar's coattails since the merge."
"True." Swiper said stroking his chin.
"Ace and Mark on the other hand are both good at the Challenges." Fuuka explained. "Sure, they are not as strong as Xigbar but they are still pretty strong."
"So let me get this straight." Swiper asked. "If Xigbar wins Immunity, you want me to side with you guys again?"
"Yes." Fuuka said. "That is exactly the case."
Swiper started to think while stroking his chin. "All right. If Xigbar wins Immunity, I'll think about it. IF that is."
"Thank you." Fuuka said in relief as Swiper walked off to get his fruit.
"Well, I did my part. All I could hope that Xigbar wins Immunity and Swiper decides to flip again." Fuuka said to the camera. "This was without my biggest, if not only move in this game. I just pray that it plays out in the end."
"Fuuka made a very good point. Getting rid of her at this point with other threats in the game would be stupid." Swiper said to the camera. "Even though it may bite my tail back if I did this, I am considering siding with the Kremlings. However, if Xigbar fails to win Immunity, I would lose no sleep over writing his name down tomorrow night."
(Day 36, Immunity Challenge)
Ace, Mark, Swiper and Fuuka stood in front of Tinyrocket.
"All right. We bring in Xigbar from Exile Island." The host grinned.
The Nobody walked back to the others with a neutral look on his face. "Yo."
"Now, here is your next Immunity Challenge." Tinyrocket explained. "It is a simply test of your memory of how well you knew the five post-merge boots. I will ask a question about each of them and you write down the answers. After I ask you, you will show them to me. If you get it right, you get a point. Whoever has the most points at the end of the Challenges wins Immunity guaranteed an one-in-four chance of winning."
"A memory challenges revolving around a few friends?" Mark asked before smiling. "Nice."
"Now, here everyone could get seated, I could hand over the cards and markers and we will start." Tinyrocket explained.
Everyone did was there was told and in return got the tools for the Challenge.
"All right. We will start now." Tinyrocket said. "Who is Augie's greatest hero?"
Everyone wasted no time writing down answers.
"All right. Let's see what you got." Tinyrocket explained as the contestants showed their answers. "Everyone either wrote "Daddy" "Father" or even "Dear old dad." All of them are right. You all get one point."
"Way too easy, dude." Xigbar said with a smirk.
"They get harder." Tinyrocket said. "Now, what is the name of Eduardo's favorite pet dog?"
Everyone wrote down the answers. However, some took longer than others.
"Okay. Let's see Round 2." Tinyrocket explained before eyeing the answers. "Ace and Mark wrote down "Chewy." Xigbar and Swiper wrote down "Juanita." and Fuuka wrote down "Estella". All are names of Eduardo's dogs. However, Chewy is his favorite. Ace and Mark gets one point giving them two points and the lead."
"Eduardo didn't say that he had a favourite dog..." Swiper muttered.
"I told you there would get harder." Tinyrocket said with a smirk. "Next question. What is the name of Clover's mother?"
Most of them wrote down their answers. However, some were a little hesitant.
"Hmm... Not too much confidence this time around." Tinyrocket said as they showed him the answers. "Ace wrote "Stella", Mark wrote "Daisy" while the others were blank. The correct answer is Stella. With three points, Ace takes the lead."
"How were we supposed to know that?" Xigbar grumbled.
"Next question." Tinyrocket said. "Who is Hank's greatest enemy?"
"You going to have to be more specific." Ace said flatly.
"In his home node, wise guy!" Tinyrocket snapped.
Everyone chuckled before writing down the names. However, some were a bit unsure.
"All right. Let's see them." Tinyrocket said as everyone held up the answers. "Ace's was blank. Mark wrote down "Cowcat.", Swiper and Xigbar wrote down "Pete" while Fuuka wrote "Plato." Plato and Pete are very debatable. However, Pete is the correct answer. Xigbar and Swiper both get a point getting two points. Ace has three points, Mark, Swiper and Xigbar has two points and Fuuka has one point. Which means Ace needs to win this round to win Immunity. Also, Fuuka is unable to win."
The green-haired teen frowned before putting down her card. "I thought for sure that Hank hated Plato more than Pete."
"Now for Immunity." Tinyrocket explained. "Here is an interesting one. Which person from Lilo's node did she said herself was very similar to a pre-merge Survivor?"
All of the men wrote down the answers while Fuuka watched eagerly rooting for Xigbar to win.
"All right! Show me your answers!" Tinyrocket shouted.
Everyone did what they were told.
"Now, this is interesting. Everyone wrote down Mertle." Tinyrocket explained. "Indeed, Lilo had compared her to Lucy. Which means you all get a point."
Xigbar frowned realizing what happened.
"Which means... ACE WINS IMMUNITY!"
The brown-haired man grinned as he pumped his fist in the air. "Heck yeah!"
Later, Ace stood in front of Tinyrocket as he put the Immunity Necklace around his neck.
"Congratulations, Ace. You won Immunity giving you a 1-in-4 shot of winning." Tinyrocket smiled.
"Feels nice to wear this sucker around my neck for once." Ace grinned.
Tinyrocket then looked at the others. "As for you rest of you, the game will be over for one of you. You may head back to camp."
(Tribe Passion)
Once reaching back, the Kongs and Kremlings went their separate ways for now. Xigbar and Fuuka sat in the shelter.
"Well, this bites." Xigbar said.
"I managed to make a deal with Swiper saying that if Xigbar wins Immunity, he would flip and vote off one of the remaining Kongs." Fuuka said to the camera. "Obviously, it isn't going down now."
"Xigbar-kun, sorry. I tried to convince Swiper to vote with us but it seems like now he would never flip." Fuuka lamented.
The one-eyed man shook his head as he patted her shoulder. "It's all right. It's not your fault."
"I just wish there was something we can do." Fuuka lamented.
"Actually, Fu, there is." Xigbar said.
"Hm?" The teenager said.
Xigbar gave a crafty smirk. "However, we'll going to get down and dirty. And I mean dirty..."
Fuuka raised an eyebrow not liking the way her only ally said that.
"It is obvious I am next unless I do something so I am giving everything I got and I ain't pulling no punches." Xigbar said with an evil smirk. "Lilo says I am not a villain but she is only partly right. I do have an evil side and man those Kongs are about to find that out the hard way!"
Meanwhile, Ace, Mark and Swiper were talking to each other.
"Xigbar?" Ace asked.
"Duh?" Swiper replied.
"Uh-huh." Mark nodded.
"It was pretty straightforward who should go. Xigbar." Ace said to the camera. "He found three Immunity Challenges. If that's not a threat, I don't know what is."
"Swiper, can we count on your vote?" Ace asked.
"Don't worry, you have my vote." Swiper agreed.
"I made a deal with Fuuka that if Xigbar wins Immunity, I would at least think about flipping back to the Kremlings and voting off a Kong." Swiper said to the camera. "Obviously, it isn't like that now."
"I still don't trust Swiper overall but I think we still got his vote." Mark said to the camera. "I don't see any reason for booting off us now."
"All right. So till then, we'll just mingle." Ace nodded taking a stretch. "I am going to take a nap."
"Yeah, I want to go bathe." Swiper said.
With that, the two of them went their separate ways leaving Mark alone. "All right. I guess I'll go take a walk."
The cheetah then started to walk off. However, he wasn't aware of the fact that Xigbar and Fuuka were eyeing him.
"Quick, Fuuka! Now's our big chance!" Xigbar said with an eager grin.
"Um, okay..." The teenager said feeling uncertain of the whole plan.
"Yo, Mark!" Xigbar shouted cupping one hand to his mouth.
The sprinter instantly whirled around to see Xigbar and Fuuka heading over.
"Oh, um, hey guys." Mark said. "How's it doing?"
"Oh, just dandy. We just wanted to talk some strategy." Xigbar explained.
"S-Strategy?" Mark asked confused.
"Yeah, we need to you to flip and vote off Swiper." Xigbar said.
Mark raised an eyebrow. "Really, why?"
"Why? Because he is nothing more than a snake in canine-fur!" Xigbar countered. "He had betrayed too many people to keep now!"
"Xigbar, trust me. I am still mad at Swiper for the stuff he did too." Mark explained. "But even still, I owed him for saving Ace at the last Tribal Council. It's only right to keep him here a little while longer."
The Nobody sighed as he rubbed his forehead. "You are giving Swiper much more than he deserved."
"What do you mean by that?" Mark asked with confused.
Xigbar simply put his arm around the young man. "Kid, let's go to the campfire site to talk."
"Um, okay."
"I think I been going at this the wrong way. Instead of trying to get someone to flip for a strategic reason, I should get someone to flip for a PERSONAL reason." Xigbar said to the camera with a smirk. "Mark seems like a dude who lets his emotions get the better of him. I think I could use that to my advantage."
Xigbar, Mark and Fuuka sat down at the campfire site.
"Mark, I admit we did ticked him off by voting off his Immunity Idol but he still had no right voting off Lilo." Xigbar said sternly. "Not only that was a punk move but a stupid one too."
"Well, we told him that you guys weren't loyal to you." Mark explained.
"But he still betrayed our trust. My trust. Lilo's trust!" Xigbar snapped. "We only voted his idol out because he was going to use it against us after you two were gone! Dude, we are not that loyal to him but going back to you guys was stupid. Trust me, that blindside hurt!"
"I am sorry." Mark said sadly.
Xigbar sat in front of the camera making it a finger gun with both of his hands. "Ready..."
"And that wasn't the only time he did it too!" Xigbar snapped.
"Huh?" Mark asked.
Xigbar proceeded to aim his gun at the camera. "...Aim..."
"Don't tell me you forgot Eduardo's elimination." Xigbar said.
"FIRE!"
Mark's eyes widened before looking at the side.
"Can't you remember how hurt you were when you saw Eduardo's name came up for the boot?" Xigbar asked. "Poor Ed got really hurt too. The poor lug."
Mark winced remembering that Tribal Council.
"It didn't helped that Hank added insult to injury." Xigbar frowned. "He literally made your island paradise into a hurricane Hades."
Mark growled also remembering Hank's smug little face.
"It doesn't help that Swiper was actually willing to backstab you guys from the start." Xigbar pointed out. "We all realized that on Day 28."
"Yeah, Ace figured that out too." Mark lamented.
"You see, Swiper would slit his mother's throat for a dime." Xigbar said. "I don't know about you but I can't stand being around a snake like that."
"True but..." Mark said.
"What I am saying is help us vote off Swiper." Xigbar explained. "He played us all for fools even before the merge started!"
"Gee... I don't know..." Mark frowned.
"Don't worry, kid. There is still a bit of time before Tribal Council." Xigbar pointed out before getting up. "Just think about it, K?"
"K." Mark sighed.
Xigbar then walked off. Fuuka quickly got up and ran after him.
"Xigbar-san, don't you think that was a little... Harsh?" Fuuka asked shocked.
The sniper shook his head. "Sorry, Fu. It was the only way I could think to keep us safe. And I am handing in my torch without a fight.
"I could understand Xigbar's desire to stay in the game but I never knew that he would do such an underhanded tactic." Fuuka said to the camera before sighing. "Then again, this is exactly what I feared. Lilo's elimination drove him off the deep end."
"Yeah, you may be write me off as a jerk, a bully and a few certain things that cannot be said on television. However, I am NOT just going to sit back and get voted off." Xigbar said to the camera with a determined look on his face. "The way I see it, Swiper is getting off easy. If I had it my way, he would had been a Heartless with a single bullet to the head."
Unknown to the retreating Xigbar and Fuuka and the thinking Mark, a pair of eyes narrowed behind purple lens while lying inside of a bush.
"Sooo... Xigbar doesn't want to go home without a fight and is resorting to cheap blows to get Mark to vote me off." Swiper said to the camera. "Well, just you wait, Xiggy, if my head is on the chopping block, I am not going to sit back without a fight either."
(Tribal Council)
The five remaining contestants walked into the cave.
"Welcome, guys." Tinyrocket said. "Sit."
Everyone did what they were told.
"We now bring in the jury." Tinyrocket said. "Eduardo, Clover, Hank and Lilo who was voting off at the last Tribal Council."
The contenders looked at the jury coming in. Lilo was wearing a Gothic-Lolita dress with horizontal monochrome lines on it and a matching bow on her head with black boots.
"Now, remember. You cannot address the jury. They are only here to observe." Tinyrocket explained. "Now, Ace, you just barely won that tiebreaker against Lilo? How do you feel?"
"Relived. Normally I would think being up against a kid would be an unfairly easy match-up." The brown-haired explained. "However, I was up against a superfan. I think my heart just stopped."
"Well, at least I can't say I didn't fought for my survival." Lilo said with a shrug.
"Swiper, you seemed to had forced the tiebreaker." Tinyrocket said. "Why?"
"Because I didn't trusted them." Swiper said simply. "I knew that they would pick me off after we vote off Ace and Mark so that's why I flipped back. To get a better chance."
"Fourth place to third place?" Lilo said flatly. "That doesn't seem much of a better chance."
"Xigbar, it seems that you are once again in the majority." Tinyrocket said. "And it seemed like Immunity was your only hope to staying in the game."
"Yeah. It was." The sniper said before sighing. "But... In a way, I am kinda glad I didn't."
This surprised everyone in the cave.
"Come again?" Tinyrocket asked.
"Well, every time I won Immunity, one of my friends took the fall instead." Xigbar said sadly. "Even if I wanted Immunity, I knew that I would only mess up another one of my buds' games."
"Dang, I never realized till he pointed it out." Hank frowned.
"Yeah, poor Xigbar." Lilo said sadly.
"Xigbar-san." Fuuka frowned.
"Fuuka, are you worried that your ally might leave?" Tinyrocket asked.
"Yeah. I am. I mean Xigbar was a nice guy who tries to get along with everyone." The green-haired girl said.
"Except when scheming."
Everyone's eyes widened before they looked at the person who said this.
"Swiper?" Tinyrocket asked.
"I am just saying." The fox said. "Xigbar may be a nice guy most of the times but remember, he is a sniper. He ain't afraid to pop a bullet into a guy's head."
All of the people in the cave looked shocked. Xigbar then narrowed his good eye.
"Oh, and YOU'RE one to talk. Always making life miserable for those kids by swiping their stuff." Xigbar growled.
"Dude, my name is called SWIPER for a reason." Swiper pointed out. "Besides, I don't swipe their stuff ALL the time."
Xigbar rolled his good eye. "No, but you DID backstab everyone post-merge."
"It's a game. Backstabbing happens. I don't do it to be mean. I do it to get rid of threats and destroy alliances!" Swiper explained. "And besides, like YOU'RE one to talk about backstabbing! Remember when you and the girls backstabbed me and voted off my idol and getting rid of Hank?"
"I do." Hank growled.
"It doesn't help that you was intending to blindside Ace even though they were in the minority." Swiper snapped.
"Hey, I only did it because if I didn't try to blindsided them, Ace and Mark would had voted for Hank causing a tie!" Xigbar said.
"And yet he still ended handing in his torch anyway." Swiper said crossing his arms.
The jury looked at each other.
"Normally I dislike arguments but this is actually getting good." Eduardo said.
"Yeah. Much better than any of the soaps I watched." Clover nodded.
"Also, I don't go all trigger-happy when I get blindsided." Swiper pointed out.
"Grr! Watch it!" Xigbar growled.
Swiper smirked. "Fine. But I just like to remind you that if you shoot me now, you would be automatically disqualified."
"Yeah, but who said I can't shoot you AFTER the game?"
Ace, Mark, Fuuka, Tinyrocket and the jury stood in stunned silence.
"Wow... Just wow..." Eduardo said.
Tinyrocket coughed a couple of times. "Ace, what are your comments on this?"
"My only comment on this is "What the heck!?"" The mercenary exclaimed. "Seriously, I don't know when Swiper and Xigbar decided to have an insult battle."
"Mark, what about you?" Tinyrocket asked.
"I think Swiper and Xigbar are trying to point out which one is less deserving to survive this Tribal Council instead of them." The cheetah said.
Xigbar raised an eyebrow before looking at Swiper to see him glaring at him.
"Well, I think this goes without saying. It will be an interesting vote." Tinyrocket said. "Ace, you have Immunity, you wanna give it up?"
"Nope." He said.
"All right. You CANNOT vote for Ace." Tinyrocket said. "Swiper, you're up."
The fox nodded before he got off from his seat and marched into the cave with narrowed eyes.
"You think you are the only person who get down and dirty? I don't think so." Swiper said holding up the name "Xigbar" to the camera.
Next was Fuuka. She walked into the cave taking a deep breath before writing down a name.
"Please, Mark. Come through for Xigbar-kun." Fuuka said holding up the name "Swiper" to the camera.
Next was Mark. Doing pretty well he was the swing vote, he needed to make the right vote. After a lot of thought, he wrote down a name and dashed back.
Next was Ace. He walked into the cave still a bit stunned about what just happened.
"I don't know what happened between you two but either way, your rivalry ends here." Ace said holding up the name "Xigbar" to the camera.
Last was Xigbar. Narrowing his good eye, he marched into the cave determined.
"Hopefully, I would avenge Lilo by sending you packing." Xigbar said holding up the name "Swiper" to the camera.
He then marched off.
"I'll go collect the votes." Tinyrocket said before going into the cave and coming back with box.
"I'll read them out. First vote, Xigbar."
Xigbar crossed his arms unfazed by this.
"Second vote, Swiper. One vote, Xigbar. One vote, Swiper."
Swiper put his hands his hips not surprised by this.
"Third vote, Swiper. Two votes, Swiper. One vote, Xigbar."
Swiper narrowed his eyes while tapping his foot against his seat.
"Fourth vote, Xigbar. Two votes, Swiper. Two votes, Xigbar. One vote left."
Lilo started to bite her finger hoping that her friend would make it.
"Twelfth person voted out of Survivor and fifth member of our jury..."
Everyone looked eager at the vote. Mark was the only exception.
"...Xigbar with three votes."
Lilo's face fell "Aww..."
Fuuka shook her head in sadness as Mark looked away. Swiper smirked as he looked Xigbar who stared back with an indifferent look on his way.
"Xigbar, your torch, please."
The nobody stood up. However, all he did was stood in his place much to the confusion of everyone.
"A fox whose mind is always reeling with schemes and plans."
Tinyrocket raised his eyebrow in confusion.
"An athletic young cheetah with a pure heart."
The jury looked at each other wondering what was happening.
"And a member of a mercenary unit whose leader has one of the strongest entities of his node."
Xigbar then summoned his guns in his hands before looking at the contestants with a twisted look on his face.
"All good candidates for Heartless." He said.
Ace, Mark and Swiper's eyes widened in horror. As did Clover and Hank's. Fuuka and Lilo gasped in shock. Tinyrocket was ready to call for backup while Eduardo was actually getting ready to charge at Xigbar.
Suddenly, his guns vanished as quickly as they appeared.
"PSYCHE!"
The Nobody gave a hearty laugh as everyone sighed in relief. He then took his torch, walked over to Tinyrocket and placed it in front of him.
"Go ahead, kid." He said.
"A-All right. Xigbar, the tribe had spoken." Tinyrocket said putting his snuffer over the torch extinguishing it. "It is time to go."
"Later, dudes." The Nobody said waving them off and walking off.
"Well, um, that was more or less an interesting way to end the game." Tinyrocket said coughing a bit. "It's more or less was a big way to start the finale. You four had lasted 36 days despite having quite a few runs of bad luck and outlasted twelve different people. This is where the game reaches its climax. You may head back to camp."
Next time... We will have our thrilling Finale! Who will win?
Mark The Athletic One
Swiper The Schemer
Ace The Leader
Or Fuuka The Kind One?
Only time will tell on the next episode of Survivor!
"Well, looks like my plan didn't went too well as I thought it did. Apparently, Swiper figured it out and wasted no time returning fire on me." Xigbar said to the camera. He then chuckled. "Still, I guess I could leave here happy. I was the leader of my tribe, I kicked butt in three Immunity Challenges and a Reward and met a lot of cool people. Fuuka, I wish you the best of luck. If not, I will leave you some sea-salt ice cream in the Juror's House."
RESULTS
Xigbar: Swiper, Mark, Ace.
Swiper: Fuuka, Xigbar.
So Xigbar leaves with a literal big bang. I really enjoyed writing for Xigbar. He was a goofy kind guy. However, around Hank's boot episode, I realized how he turned into schemer. Which is cool. I mean how many Survivor entrants acts as both an OTTP (Over The Top Positive) and CPN (Complex Personality Negative)? I had a blast writing for him and I think his fight with Swiper was my favorite part of his story.