(Taberna Tribe)
The remaining Taberna members went back to camp with mixed reactions.
"We all voted out Nick Boy over Megan. Normally, that seemed like a bad game move but I am glad we did it, anyway." Yuri-Chan said with a small smile. "Nick Boy had been nothing but offensively forward to all of us girls and we feared it was only a matter of time before he does something unthinkable."
After the tribe had put their torches against the shelter, Megan turned to the others.
"Okay, I think what happened back there." She said.
"Really?" Floyd asked in awe.
"Yes, it is clear that I got four votes because four people thought that this was the Final Tribal Council!" Megan explained.
Everyone blinked twice at this.
"Don't worry, I am not mad. In fact, I am kinda flattered." Megan said before putting her hands on her hips. "But I wish that you would think more next time!"
This struck a nerve on Roger's head. "WE need to think more next time?"
"I don't think you are in the position to talk." Megan scolded. "If Nick Boy wasn't trying to de-pure me, he would have been gone."
Roger's eyebrow started twitching.
"What? You don't think they think that tonight was the Final Tribal Council? It HAS to be the reason." Megan scoffed. "I don't see any other reason for voting me off first out of my tribe."
The blonde then walked off leaving the others with blank stares. Suddenly, Roger coughed getting everyone's attention.
"Could someone please tell me…" He asked with a scowl. "What just happened?"
Kat and Yuri-Chan looked at each other in worry while Larka stayed silent. Regina shook her head and stepped forward.
"It's my doing, Roger." Regina confessed. "I rallied the girls to vote Nick Boy out!"
"WHY? He is far stronger than Megan and a harder worker too!" The soldier snapped.
"Because he is a pervert." Regina said simply.
"I knew that Roger would be against voting out Nick Boy but we had to. Nick Boy was a creep who had no respect for women and actually thinks he is a Casanova." Regina said crossing her arms. "No way we could stay with him for three more days."
"I mean come on… He'd been bugging us since Day 1!" The future girl insisted.
"So has Megan." Mikey said crossing his arms.
"You have family jewels. Nick Boy didn't went after you." Regina countered. "Besides, Nick Boy is not that strong. We can manage without him."
"Yeah but we can't manage WITH Megan!" Floyd insisted.
"Oh, calm down. We may had lost the Challenge but not by much." Regina said. "Besides, we can always get her out the next time we lose Immunity!"
"Very well, we'll see if your "big move" was a great one." Roger said narrowing his eyes. "In the meantime, we will all reflect on it tomorrow."
Regina blinked twice at this. "Um, what exactly do you mean by that?"
"You will see soon enough." Roger said walking off leaving everyone in worry.
"If I done something like what Regina did, I would be court-martialled for mutiny! I want to show her the consequences of her actions!" Roger said narrowing his eyes. "And not just her but everyone else so that this would not happen again!"
(Day 4, Robur Tribe)
Dan laid in the shelter taking a nap. Suddenly, a black and purple blur zoomed back him followed by a white and orange blur. Dan immediately sat up wide awake. However, he felt tired again. With a yawn, he felt back to sleep.
"Get away from me!" Blake yelled behind him.
"Aw, come on! Don't be like that!" Alan yelled chasing the man.
"Ever since Day 2, Alan seemed determined to be my friend. And all I could ask is what crime I did to deserve this." Blake grumbled. "I mean, come on. I am on a tribe with Bertha! There is no way my sins are larger than hers!
"Stop chasing me!" The dark-clad man shouted.
"I'll stop chasing you when you stop!" Alan yelled.
"As if!" Blake shouted as he ran into the jungle with Alan hot on his trails.
"No, I am not bothering Blake. I just thought he needed a friend. That's all. However, it is pretty hard when he is constantly running away from me!" Alan sighed. He then smirked. "Well, unfortunately for him, I am known for my speed on the court! It is only a matter of time before I hunt him down!"
Blake had managed to lose Alan in the jungle. However, he knew that it was only a matter of time before he found him again. Looking around frantically, he noticed Victoria sitting on a log by herself. Thinking quickly, he ran over to her.
"So how are you doing with your new friend?" Victoria asked with a raised eyebrow.
"Oh, hush!" Blake growled. "In fact, hush, PERIOD."
With that, the young man dove into a bush in an attempt to escape. Then, Alan dove out of the jungle. He frantically looked around before seeing Victoria. Deciding to find out if she seen anything, he jogged over.
"Hey, Vicky! Have you seen Blake?" Alan asked.
"Um, yeah. He ran THAT way." The dark-skinned woman said pointing in a random direction. "Better hurry though. He looks like he is in a hurry!"
"Thank you!" Alan winked before running off.
Victoria watched the tennis player run out of sight before turning to the bush.
"All right. He's gone now." She said.
Blake sighed in relief before he made his way out of the bushes. "You have my gratitude. I don't know what is it about me that attracts to him!"
"I heard that he is trying to help you break out of your shell." Victoria said with a raised eyebrow.
"Well, I don't NEED to break out of my shell." Blake snapped. "I am perfectly happy isolated from everyone in eternal darkness."
"Hey, don't get mad at me. I am just repeating what he told everyone." Victoria said. "Though he IS right…"
"Hm?" Blake asked.
"You are not going to be very popular with the tribe if you keep isolating yourself from the tribe like this." Victoria warned.
"Even with people like Bertha and Rinky around?" Blake asked sitting down next to her. "Besides, I find being popular is overrated."
"I know too." Victoria said. "Especially people who know fully well of their popularity and flaunt it around as if they got money in their underpants."
Much to her surprise, Blake actually chuckled at this. "That is actually a good one."
"Wow, and here I thought you didn't have a sense of humour." Victoria said in awe.
"I don't…" Blake shrugged. "Well, at whatever these people think is humour."
"Yeah, we are stuck with quite a bunch of clowns, aren't we?" Victoria asked.
"Yeah…" Blake said before giving a small smile. "But at least we know that are all in the same boat here."
Victoria giggled at this. "Heh. Truth."
"I have to ask though. I don't know too much of the Vigilante 8 series but I heard that game is a game about vehicular destruction, right?" Blake asked. "You are the LAST person I expect in a game like that."
"Ugh… Don't remind me. My brother made me ride with him because he needed a partner to fire weapons while he drove like a maniac." Victoria groaned.
"I kinda know how you feel. Nemi sometimes drag me to crazy things too." Blake nodded.
"Try riding shotgun. With a wildcard brother. While having Coyotes and Drifters shooting at you."
"Blake and I started talking for a while now. As it turns out, we both have a lot in common. We are both easily annoyed by most of the people in our respective nodes." Victoria smirked. "Well, it is always good to have a friend out here."
"Seriously, your brother actually named his car the "Lone Ranger"?" Blake said in disbelief.
"Of course!" Victoria said rolling her eyes. "It is even built with old fashion Western guns!"
"Wow… What a drag…" Blake lamented.
"Yeah…" Victoria said with a sigh. "Thanks for listening."
"No problem. At least there are about situations that are similar to my own problems." Blake smiled. "At least I have someone to speak with!"
Suddenly, a blur came out of nowhere and tackled Blake from the back knocking him on the ground.
Victoria's eyes widened as she looked down. Blake laid first down on the ground with Alan on top of him.
"Found him!" Alan said cheerily.
"Someone to speak with on the same level!" Blake grumbled.
(Taberna Tribe)
Roger narrowed his eyes as he eyed his castaways. They were on the ground doing push-ups. Most of them were looking tired.
"Twenty-six… Twenty-seven!" The castaways groaned.
"I decided to stay true to my word and show everyone the errors of Regina's actions. After properly disciplining my tribe, they would think twice before pulling a fast one on me." Roger said sternly.
"Keep it going! You barely made it halfway and yet you are already tried!" Roger scoffed.
"I am not used to exercises like these!" Regina countered.
"Look at me! Do you really think I am a kind of guy to do push-ups?" Floyd snapped.
"I am sweaty!" Megan cried.
"Silence! Do you want to go for one hundred?" Roger yelled.
"Roger had elected himself the leader but we didn't had any qualms with that seeing that most of us were inexperienced with camping." Floyd said looking to the side. "But I don't think we gave him the rights to treat us like bulldogs."
"Come on! Mikey and I both voted with you!" The cameraman groaned.
"I know that. I just wanted to teach everyone the consequences of Regina's actions." Roger said.
"Well, that isn't pompous!" Regina growled.
"Aw, quit whining!" Mikey scolded. "Seeing that a certain someone is still here, we need all the exercise we can get to win future Challenges."
"Easy for you to say. You've been doing jumping jacks ever since Day 1!" Kat said.
"Oh, you are just hating because you have such a small frame compared to mine!" Mikey said with a smirk.
"Okay… I don't really approve of Roger's "collective punishment" move but in this case, we are going to make an exception." Mikey said. "I mean we are already one down in players in Challenges. We need all the exercise we could get to excel at Challenges."
"Can I stop now?" Megan whined. "My arms hurt!"
"Good. Keep going. That way you will find out how hard life is!" Roger said.
"But I don't like how hard life is!" Megan cried.
"Well, tough because that is how it is outside of your mansion!" Roger said narrowing his eyes.
Megan started to cry. "You are such a big bully!"
"Well, maybe you are just a big baby." Roger said. "Now shut up and push those ups. Same goes for the rest of you."
Everyone half-heartedly agreed as they continued their exercises.
"Roger is so mean! He made me do fifty push-ups for no reason!" Megan cried with tears running her face. "Now I had probably wasted away to nothing thanks to him! I am surprised that I could even lift up my dress. Why!"
(Day 5, Robur Tribe)
Honey and Belle walked over to the treemail box together.
"I wonder what kind of Challenge we got today?" Honey said excitedly.
"I don't know, Honey." Belle shrugged. "I just hope that it suits our benefits."
"Yeah, unlike the last Challenge." The orange-clad girl sighed.
"To be fair though, it was more Bertha's fault than our own that we didn't win the last Challenge." Belle shrugged.
"I know. Rinky had been bugging Bertha about it ever since we got back from our Challenge." Honey said shaking her head.
"Winning the first Challenge is always good because it gives you a sense of pride. It adds a lot to your morale and gives you more determination to win further Challenges." Honey smiled. "Here's hoping that winning the last Challenge will give us a power boost."
The teenager took a letter out of the treemail box.
"Well, here it is. Shall we?" Honey asked.
"Let's." Belle smiled.
With that, the two girls made their way back to the others.
"All right! We got treemail!" Honey yelled summoning everyone around.
"Sweet! Let's keep our winning streak going!" Rinky said with a smirk.
"Don't sound so cocky." Bertha said narrowing her eyes. "You ARE the smallest tribemate here."
"Hey, at least I helped scored the winning point!" Rinky insisted before smirking. "Which is more than I can say for you?"
"Watch it!" Bertha snarled.
"Now, now." Barry said before turning to Honey. "So what does the letter say?"
"It says "How good are you at fishing?" The brunette read.
"Fishing? But that is sooo boring!" Rinky whined.
"And unfair to the fish, man." Dan added.
"That is Survivor, boys." Barry shrugged. "Not everything has to be fun and you have to eat or get eaten to stay alive."
The two men mumbled under their breath but still nodded their heads.
"So apparently our next Challenge has something to do with fishing. One could only wonder what THAT is supposed to work." Belle mused. "Sure, it is definitely something Survivor-related but it is also long and somewhat uneventful. I strongly believe that Tiny had something else in mind."
(Reward Challenge)
The Robur made their way onto their tribe mat where Tiny was waiting.
"We now bring in the Taberna tribe." Tiny said as the tribe walked in. "Nick Boy voted out at the last Tribal Council."
"Seriously, they actually kept that spoiled brat?" Bertha said in disbelief.
"Well, considering who got the boot itself, I am not too surprised." Victoria said with a small smirk.
"Here is your next Challenge." Tiny smirked. "Take a look at the sea."
Everyone looked to see four boats. Two of them were in their respective team colours.
"Four of you will get into a boat each using oars to row out. You will be given a grappling hook each and will try to use it to capsize the other tribe's boats. The tribe that makes their opponents tip over wins Reward. Want to know what you are playing for?"
Everyone nodded.
"A whole sack of rice. Which will definitely help you a lot out here." Tiny said. "Now, Robur, you have one extra player. Who are you sitting out?"
"I'll sit out." Honey offered.
"All right, Honey, come join me. Everyone else, I give you a minute to strategize." Tiny said.
(Later)
The Taberna tribe had chosen the teams as Roger, Floyd, Yuri-Chan and Kat and Mikey, Larka, Regina and Megan. Meanwhile, Robur chose Barry, Alan, Victoria and Belle and Bertha, Blake, Dan and Rinky.
"All right, Survivors, ready! GO!" Tiny yelled.
All four boats pushed the boats into the ocean and started rowing. However, Megan seemed to be putting little effort on her part.
"Sheesh, at least TRY to put a little muscle into it, Megan." Mikey scolded. "Your oar is barely touching the water!"
"What? You want to row and I am rowing." The blonde scolded. "What more do you want? To PUSH the boat?"
"That will be a camera-getter." Regina said rolling her eyes.
The boats continued rowing trying to think up strategies to outsmart their opponents.
"Yo, Larka!" Mikey whispered. "We'll try to get close to the bear's boat and you use the grappling hook to snag them."
The Ronso nodded as the team rowed themselves over so they could get enough distance on Barry's boat. When Mikey confirmed that they should be close enough, Larka grabbed the grappling hook and got ready to throw it. It successfully snagged the side of the boat.
"Oh no!" Alan yelled.
"Nice throw!" Mikey encouraged. With that, he, Larka and Regina grabbed the rope and started to pull.
"Victoria, get it off quick!" Barry yelled.
"On it!" The woman said narrowing her eyes and pulling the grappling hook off of the boat. It took a while but she managed to get it off.
"Well, THAT sucked." Regina lamented as she pulled the grappling hook back.
"Grappling hook at six o'clock!" Roger yelled.
The other turned around to see that Bertha threw their grappling hook at them. Larka thought quickly and used her hook to deflect it.
"Nice one, Larka!" Mikey smirked.
"Thank you." The blue-furred woman said.
Rinky watched as Bertha pulled the hook back. "Nice throwing."
"Hey, like you could do any better!" Bertha yelled. "Oh wait, you can't! Because you are a small bed-sheet ghost with no fingers! So shut up!"
"Hey, watch it!" Rinky growled.
"Make me!" Bertha demanded.
"Hey, come on! We are all on the same side here!" Dan said. "This isn't going to help anyone!"
Bertha and Rinky grumbled under their breath before continuing on with the Challenge.
This continued on for a long while. Whenever one tribe tried to catch another's boat with the grappling hook, the latter easily took off just as quick. The castaways were started to get frustrated and tired from this.
"I'm tired!" Rinky whined.
"If you are tired already then you should had sat out when you had the chance!" Bertha scolded. "But you didn't so shut up!"
"Hey! Cut me some slack! I'd been rowing ever since we started!" Rinky insisted.
"Oh, like your rowing affected us with those limp limbs." Bertha said rolling her eyes.
Rinky growled at this. "Hey, I am doing everything I can!"
"Like it matters." Bertha said.
Rinky then jumped up. "Now listen here, you brute! Just because you are bigger than me doesn't mean you are tougher than me!"
"Yes, it does because I been throwing the grappling hook ever since we started." Bertha countered.
"Come on, guys. Don't fight!" Dan begged.
"Hey, she started it!" Rinky said.
"No, I didn't! I merely countered your annoying whining!" Bertha scolded.
"Well, excuse me for not being built like a gorilla!" Rinky snapped.
This struck a nerve on Bertha's head. "What was that?"
"Guys, shut up. You are giving me a headache." Blake said.
"Oh, like your emoness will make things any better!" Bertha growled.
"Can't we all just get along?" Dan asked.
"NO!" Bertha, Blake and Rinky yelled.
"Now you listen here! I am in charge of the boat! I am the one with the grappling hook! As long as I sit in this boat, I could…" Bertha said.
That was all she got out before Roger threw his grappling hook onto her boat and the others easily pulled on it making the boat capsize and spilling their contents in the water.
Tiny blinked twice at this. "Um, one of Robur's boats is down. They are now out."
"Great…" Barry muttered.
Mikey gave a smirk. "We got a one boat advantage! Let's use it!"
The others looked back and forth not liking where this was going.
"They are trying to box us in!" Alan said in despair.
"Row! Don't give the opportunity!" Barry commended.
With that, they tried their best to avoid the two boats as much as possible.
"Roger, try to hook the side of them!" Mikey yelled.
"Why?" The soldier yelled back.
"Just trust me!" Mikey said with a smirk.
Roger raised an eyebrow before nodding. "All right. For now we are taking Mikey's lead."
"Okay." Kat nodded.
With that, they rowed their boat over to the side of Barry's boat. Roger narrowed his eyes and readied his grappling hook. He then threw it.
However, Barry easily deflected it with his oar.
"Heh. Must have been very cocky to think that would work so easily." The muscular man smirked.
"We know. That is why it is only a distraction." Floyd smirked.
Barry's eyes widened before turning around. Mikey's grapping hook was on theirs. He got ready to pull it out but it was already too late.
SPLASH!
All Honey (and the people sitting on shore) could do was watch in disdain as their tribe's boat capsized dropping the four in the water.
"Robur's second boat had tipped over!" Tiny announced. "TABERNA WINS REWARD!"
The Taberna tribe pumped their oars in victory.
(Later)
"Congratulations, Taberna tribe. You had won Reward in form of rice." Tiny said. "Also…"
He then threw something at the winning tribe. Mikey caught it.
"You had also won flint." Tiny said before turning to Robur. "As you for, Robur. I got nothing for you. You may head back to camp."
(Taberna Tribe)
"Well, how do you like that? We saved our biggest liability and still we managed to win. It just goes to show that Nick Boy was not needed that much." Kat smiled. "Now we found something other rice for the next few days."
"Congratulations!" Roger smiled. "Most of you had done quite well in the Challenge and we managed to overcome the Robur tribe despite being at an one-person disadvantage!"
"Yeah, I am proud. Perhaps I was put on the right tribe, anyway." Megan smiled.
Roger glared at the woman before shaking his head with a sigh.
"Um, so…?" Kat said nervously. "Why don't we celebrate with a feast?"
"Oh, heck yeah!" Mikey grinned.
"What?" Roger asked confused. "Why?"
"Why not? We all fought hard for this Reward and we deserve to get a taste of it." Floyd agreed.
"But we need to save that rice for rations." Roger pointed out.
"Come on, lighten up." Regina said crossing her arms. "We got plenty so we could have a feast."
"Even still, we don't know how long we are going to be here." Roger said. "Personally, I want to save it for a long while."
"Don't be like that, man." Mikey said. "Here, somebody help me to get water."
"I'll help." Yuri-Chan offered following her tribemate away from the camp.
"Roger seriously needs to get laid. This isn't the army. We are not his soldiers. We are free to slack off how we wish." Regina said shaking her head. "Seriously, he is making me uneasy with that stiff attitude of his."
Meanwhile, Mikey and Yuri-Chan made their way over to the water.
"Congrats on winning the Reward for us, Mikey!" Yuri-Chan praised.
"Why, thank you, little lady." The dark-skinned man said proudly. "Sometimes I have my moments and sometimes I have my moments."
"You must have trained very hard for the Challenges, huh?" Yuri-Chan asked.
"Of course! My goal is to win every Challenge." Mikey said before frowning. "I already messed up at the freaking first one so I had to step it up."
Yuri-Chan blinked twice at this. "Um, you are really going to base your whole game on that?"
"Of course! They can't vote you out unless you win Immunity." Mikey shrugged.
Yuri-Chan paused.
"I don't think Mikey should focus his whole strategy on winning Challenges. There are other ways to play the game." Yuri-Chan said. "In fact, people mostly worry about individual Challenges to keep themselves safe or stop OTHER people from winning it."
"Speaking of competitions…" Mikey said.
"Hm?" Yuri-Chan said looking up.
"How are you from Tekken?" Mikey asked. "Are you friends with one of the canon fighters or something?"
Yuri-Chan blushed a little before looking away. "Um, well. More or less."
Mikey's eyes widened at this. "Don't tell me you are a fighter."
"Um, all right. I won't tell you." Yuri-Chan said quietly.
"Dudette, you are a fighter in one of the most violent fighting games that DOESN'T have explosions of blood." Mikey said in awe. "That is so cool!"
Yuri-Chan looked up at Mikey. "Really?"
"Of course!" The young man smirked. "So what kind of fighting style do you use?"
"Um, Aikido…" Yuri-Chan said shyly.
"Oh, I heard of that fighting style." Mikey grinned. "So have you been in a tournament?"
"Yeah, but I am lucky if I won the first round." Yuri-Chan frowned.
"Yeah… Life is different for us fan-characters, eh?" Mikey sighed. "So that means you should be stronger than you look."
"Um, well… I don't know about that but… yeah." Yuri-Chan said.
"Nonsense! I heard that tournament is hard to get into, you should be strong." Mikey said.
Yuri-Chan blinked twice at this. "You really think so?"
"Of course!" Mikey grinned.
Yuri-Chan looked down with a small blush. "Um, thank you…"
"Being from a fighting game, I like to speak with other fighters. Yuri-Chan isn't exactly what you see in a fighter but if she is as strong as I think she is, she could be a real asset to us." Mikey said before arrogantly smirking. "You know… Besides ME, of course."
(Robur Tribe)
"What do you mean it's MY fault!"
"Want a list of reasons?"
Everyone looked in exasperation as Bertha and Rinky exchanged insults.
"We had lost the Challenge which is a major bummer. But to make things worse, Bertha and Rinky started fighting ever since we got back to camp." Dan frowned. "Why? Why do something that would bum us out more than before?"
"Well, I am sorry but I fail to see how this is MY fault!" Rinky insisted.
"You had distracted everyone with your constant whining!" Bertha scolded.
"Hey, the only person who responded negatively to me is YOU!" Rinky snapped.
"Yeah. OPENLY." Bertha said unimpressed.
"And besides, maybe we wouldn't had our boat turned over if you stopped yelling at me!" Rinky scolded.
"Well, maybe you would stop whining, I wouldn't had been distracted!" Bertha scolded.
"Hey, my arms were on fire!" Rinky insisted.
"So was mine but you don't hear me whining!" Bertha snapped.
"Actually, I do!" Rinky countered. "The entire time since we first started!"
"That is because I am stuck with someone as annoying as you!" Bertha said.
"Like you are any better!" Rinky snapped.
"Everything about that little squirt just annoys me! The way he talks! His voice! His devil-may-care attitude! I don't think I could stand another minute with him." Bertha snarled. "Hopefully, his screw-up would show the entire tribe how useless he really is."
"Okay, you know what? I am going Rinky Island!" The ghost snapped.
"You can't possibly mean the small connected by the bridge." Blake said.
"Okay, seriously. Who are you to name that island?" Bertha asked.
"Shut up! You suck!" Rinky said walking off.
Barry watched the short figure leave before glaring at Bertha for a moment. He then walked off after Rinky.
"I don't know what Bertha's beef with Rinky but it had taken to ridiculous levels. Bertha is just as much to blame as Rinky." Barry said crossing his arms. "I think I am Rinky's only friend so I might as well try to cheer him up."
The bear made his way across the bridge to see Rinky throwing a couple of stones into the water. He then sat down next to the ghost.
"Don't let her get to you." Barry said coolly.
"Too late." Rinky pouted. "Bertha… Sucks. And yet she acts like she is better than everyone else when really she sucks. I mean this…"
"Sucks?" Barry asked with a raised eyebrow.
"I know, right?" Rinky growled.
"I admit… Bertha's attitude is quite irritating." Barry said. "ESPECIALLY since she kept harassing you the most for no reason."
"Pfft. Even if she wasn't, I'll still hate her." Rinky grumbled. "She bosses around trying to sound intimidating like a certain yellow psychopath with a Power Pellet."
Barry looked confused at this. "Yellow psychopath? You don't mean…?"
"Don't let his simple look fool you. That guy probably eats ghosts for breakfast!" Rinky countered.
"Meh. I am not afraid of Bertha. Especially since physical assault is against the rules. She tries to use her size to intimidate others but I am not buying it!" Rinky said narrowing his eyes. "If Bertha wants to start a war that to arms, men!"
(Day 6, Taberna Tribe)
Regina decided to go on get treemail.
"Hey, Reg!"
The blonde's eyes widened before she whirled around to see Kat walking over.
"Oh, hey, Kat! How are you doing?" Regina smiled.
"Just fine." The white cat asked. "I wanted to know how are you doing so far?"
"So far?" Regina asked with a raised eyebrow.
"You know, with your first ever trip to the present time." Kat shrugged.
"Oh, so far so good. I am getting used to sleeping in the shelter and walking to Challenges." Regina shrugged.
"That is good to hear." Kat smiled. "Remember if you can make it here, you can make it anywhere."
"Why, thank you, Kat." Regina nodded. "I will keep that in mind."
Suddenly, Megan walked past them grumbling.
"Stupid Roger only giving me a small amount of rice despite we got plenty. If I knew that he was going to be THAT stingy, I would have asked Tiny to give us individuals bags of rice." Megan growled. She then perked up. "That's not a bad idea! In fact, give us individuals shelters and showers!"
Megan walked off continuing her brainstorm unaware Regina and Kat were watching her with exasperated looks on their faces.
"And if that advice fails, I could say that I did much better than HER." Regina said flatly.
"Y-Yeah, I guess you're right…" Kat said as Regina went to get the treemail.
"So far I am doing quite well on my own, however, there are some things you can do alone. I need someone to back me up." Regina said. "Not right now, of course seeing that Megan is still here but definitely after that."
It didn't take long for her to return with the letter.
"All right, guys! It is Challenge time!" Regina announced summoning everyone.
"Sweet! What does it say? What does it say? What does it say?" Mikey asked excitedly.
"Hold on there, Muscles. You don't even know that it is a physical one." Regina scolded. "In any case, it says "How is your eye for picking out threats?"
"Sounds like an elimination Challenge." Roger mused.
"Yeah, unfortunately that is the ONLY thing concreted." Floyd said scratching his head.
"Though that was probably what they were planning." Regina sighed.
"Larka need to be on guard. Larka strongest player. Taberna target Larka." Larka said crossing her arms.
(Immunity Challenge)
Both tribes made their over to their respective mats.
"Hello, Survivors. Ready for your next Challenge?" Tiny asked. Everyone nodded. "All right. Take a look."
Everyone looked around to see some kind of obstacle course. Also, in between were a cage held in the air at each segment.
"Here is your next Challenge. Three of your tribemates will in cages. The other five will have to make their way past a large haystack. After that, you have to climb up onto each other and free your first tribemate. Next, you would break across a brick wall. Don't worry, it is fake. After that, you have to free your next tribemate. Then, you have to manoeuvre through a large net maze. After that, you have to climb up onto a high platform. First tribe to get all of their tribemates across wins Immunity. Here is the kicker. The opposing tribe has to choose which person has to be caged though not in any particular order. Now, Robur, you have one ext…"
"Rinky." Bertha interrupted. Rinky merely rolled his eyes.
"Um, all right." Tiny said. "Taberna, you have an one-person disadvantage so you can choose who gets caged first."
"Barry, Bertha and Alan." Roger said.
"I see. Robur?" Tiny asked.
"Roger, Larka and Mikey." Barry said.
"All right. You have a minute to strategize." Tiny said.
(Later)
Both tribes got themselves ready to free their tribemates.
"Survivors, ready! Go!" Tiny shouted.
The ten castaways made their way over to their respective haystacks. However, Floyd was holding Megan's hand dragging her.
"No! No! That hay looks dirty!" Megan begged.
"Sucks to be you, then!" Floyd grumbled.
With that, both teams jumped into the large haystacks at nearly the same time. (Robur had a slight lead though.) They all crawled their way through the hay trying to make it to the other side. Rinky waited eagerly hoping that his tribe would make their way though.
Blake made it through first and whirled around.
"Victoria!" The man yelled reaching out his hand.
The young woman accepted it so Blake could pull her out. The two then proceeded to do the same with the others. After helping Dan, Belle and Honey, they all ran over to their first cage that had Bertha captive.
Meanwhile, the Taberna tribe made their way out of the hay.
"Ugh… I am tired! Can't we take a break?" Megan whined.
"No! We are behind!" Floyd scolded before he dragged the blonde off.
With Robur, Blake and Dan both crouched down so Belle could step onto them to unlock Bertha's lock.
"Hurry up, you slowpokes!" Bertha growled. "We got a lead and I will be angry if you lost it!"
Belle growled a bit but tried to ignore it before trying to unlock the lock with the key already in it.
Meanwhile, Taberna had caught up. Floyd and Regina got on their hands and knees to help Yuri-Chan up. However, due to her short stature, Kat had to volunteer to stand on her shoulder to reach the lock.
"Hang in there, girl! I will get you out!" Kat reassured.
Larka nodded as she looked at Bertha's cage. Belle had already unlocked it.
"All right! You are free!" Belle said before jumping off of Blake and Dan.
"Bout time!" Bertha snarled before leaping off. However, she narrowly missed landing on Blake and Dan.
"Hey! Watch it! You nearly broke our backs!" Blake scolded getting up.
"Ah, quit your belly-aching and move it!" Bertha shot before running off.
The others frowned before following the large woman.
"Hey! We are behind!" Megan yelled.
"I know! I know! I am trying to unlock this thing!" Kat said. She was then successful.
As everyone got down and made their way out of the way for Larka to jump down. Bertha ran straight the brick wall surprisingly easily breaking through it.
SPLAT!
Bertha fell face-first into a large mud puddle smearing her all over her.
"Did I forget to mention that behind the brick wall was a giant mud puddle?" Tiny asked trying to keep a straight face.
"Yes!" Bertha snarled. She then noticed Rinky was laughing his head off. "Watch it, you runt!"
Meanwhile, Larka led her tribe towards the brick wall. She tackled her way through it. However, unlike Bertha, she managed to secure her balance and continue running with the others following her. Megan had tried harder to escape from Floyd's grip.
"Come on! It is mud! And not even the beauty kind either!" Megan whined.
"Don't act like we actually have to DIVE in it!" Floyd growled pulling Megan through.
Meanwhile, Dan stood on top of Bertha and Blake trying to unlock the lock to Alan's cage.
"Hurry up, the Taberna tribe is catching up!" Bertha snapped.
"Well, maybe we would have a decent chance if you didn't slow yourself down in the mud." Blake scolded.
"Shut up!" Bertha snarled.
Meanwhile, Dan had unlocked Alan's cage. "All right. You are free!"
"Thanks, guys!" Alan grinned.
"Hurry up!" Bertha scolded. "That nerd almost got the jock free!"
As she said this, Regina opened Mikey's lock and jumped off of Larka and Floyd.
"All right! Let's go!" Regina said.
"Don't need to tell me twice!" Mikey smirked before jumping down.
With that, the two tribes made their way towards the net maze. With their lead, the Robur tribe wasted no time climbing into the maze first.
"Keep going, guys!" Honey cheered. "We got this!"
Bertha however was moving a little slow. Belle noticed this.
"Hurry, Bertha! You don't want to get left behind!" Belle yelled.
"I know! This mud is dragging me down!" Bertha growled.
Meanwhile, Larka had taken Floyd's job of dragging Megan. And by dragging, as in carrying her over her shoulder.
"Stop it! This is no way to carry an aristocrat like myself!" Megan shouted.
"Quiet." Larka snarled.
"Rinky, do you think your tribe will win?" Tiny asked.
"Of course! We got a lead!" The ghost smirked.
"But the Taberna tribe is catching up!" Tiny said.
"Don't worry! We will win!" Rinky winked.
They then noticed both tribes making out of the rope mazes at nearly the same time. They both rushed over to their last captive tribemates. Bertha and Alan both got down letting Blake stand on top of them to free Barry while Mikey and Larka did the same to help Floyd up so rescue Roger.
"Good work, everyone! Keep going!" Roger urged.
"Come on! Just one more turn!" Barry said.
Rinky waited impatiently hoping that his tribe would win.
Soon both tribes freed their respective tribemates and allowed them to get down. They then both ran over to their platforms hoping to get up first. Tiny and Rinky eagerly watched.
Then, they saw one tribe hauled their last tribemate up.
"Taberna have all of their tribemates up!" Tiny said. "TABERNA WINS IMMUNITY!"
The Taberna cheered in victory and the Robur tribe looked devastated that they lost by a hair.
(Later)
"Congratulations, Taberna, you have won Immunity keeping you safe from Tribal Council." Tiny said before turning to Robur. "As for you, Robur. You got a date with me at Tribal Council will you have to vote someone out. You may head back to camp."
(Robur Tribe)
"Ugh… When we won the first Challenge, I actually thought that I was on the stronger tribe but after losing the next two, I find out our win was a fluke." Bertha grumbled. "It just goes to show that we need to get rid of the deadweight as soon as possible and that deadweight is Rinky."
Everyone but Rinky gathered around in a circle.
"We think we all know who we want to vote off." Bertha said.
"No, we all know who YOU want to vote off." Barry countered.
"Shut up!" Bertha growled. "Look, Rinky is our weakest member by far! Losing him would surely benefit our tribe."
"I can't believe I am saying this but Bertha is on the right track." Victoria sighed.
"Yeah, Rinky had been a buzz in my ear since Day 1!" Blake agreed.
"That's what I'm saying! He is a liability in every way!" Bertha smirked. She then scowled before looking at Barry. "And I expect EVERYONE to see that."
The bear blinked twice before narrowing his eyes. "If I didn't know any better, I'll say that you are acting like you are the leader of the tribe!"
"Well, I don't care if I'm NOT!" Bertha snapped. "If I was you, I would vote for Rinky and not rub anyone the wrong way!"
"Right! Because you would never do that." Barry said rolling his eyes making a few chuckle and Bertha growl.
"I don't like Bertha. She scares me. However, she IS strong and we need all the strength seeing that we just lost two Challenges back-to-back." Honey lamented. "I don't really mind Rinky that much but this is for the good of the tribe I am afraid."
"I don't want to do it but he IS the weakest player." The young girl sighed.
"Yeah, we have to make our tribe stronger." Blake nodded.
"I guess." Honey said looking down.
"All right! It is an easy 8-1 vote for Rinky!" Bertha smirked.
Barry merely narrowed his eyes in determination.
"In Survivor, you can take many roles to get far. But I can tell you one role I WON'T be playing. The sheep." Barry said sternly. "I like Rinky and I am NOT going to let him get voted out just because a brute says so."
Rinky sat alone on the island. Suddenly, he heard footsteps on the bridge. Turning around, they saw Barry walking over.
"Hey, Big B! What is going down?" Rinky asked.
"Might be you, I'm afraid." Barry sighed shaking his head.
Rinky blinked twice. "What?"
"Bertha wants you out." Barry lamented.
Rinky paused. "So what else is new?"
"I mean it, Rinky. Bertha had managed to convince a few people into voting you out." Barry scolded.
"What! Why! She is a jerk!" The ghost said.
"Yes, she is. But she is a strong jerk." Barry sighed shaking his head.
Rinky looked worried.
"Don't worry, I am not going to let you get voted out like that." Barry said.
"Really?" Rinky asked.
"Yes, I think you already know this but Bertha isn't very popular, is she?" Barry smirked.
"Tell me something I don't know!" Rinky said rolling his eyes.
"Then, maybe I could swing the votes against someone else." Barry said. "Just to show that she is not that important."
Rinky immediately smirked at this. "Oh man! I would love to see that!"
"Then just leave it to Uncle Barry!" Barry winked.
"I am not surprised that Bertha is going after me. If you didn't think so then you are an idiot. Still, I am shocked to hear that people actually considered voting with her." Rinky said. "Luckily I got Barry backing me up."
Barry had managed to pull Alan, Dan and Belle aside to talk with them.
"All right. You got our attention and I don't think anyone else is listening so what is it, Barry?" Belle asked.
The mob boss sighed. "I was thinking that we should vote off Honey instead of Rinky."
The other looked in shock at this.
"What? Are you actually going against the tribe's wishes?" Alan asked in disbelief.
"Is it really the tribe's wishes or Bertha's?" Barry countered. "Think about it. Ever since Day 1, she had been acting as if she is queen of the tribe."
"I know. I don't remember ever making her leader." Belle agreed.
"Right. She is getting too big for her boots and it is only Day 6." Barry said.
Dan scratched back of his head. "If that's the case, then why not vote off Bertha instead of Honey?"
"Because Bertha may be a negative force but she is strong." Barry said. "Which is what we need after losing the last two Challenges."
"Ah, I see." Belle agreed. "So instead of voting off our weakest player which is what Bertha had been burrowing into my minds since Day 1, we vote off our second weakest to exactly show how much power she have in this tribe."
"Correct. It is nothing personal against Honey but Bertha needs to learn some humility." Barry said.
"I agree. I like Honey but Bertha is acting like a corrupt authority figure." Dan said looking surprisingly stern. "She may scare me but I still not going to give my freedom to her."
"Yeah, I want to show that we don't like being bossed around." Alan nodded.
"Gee, I don't know. Honey may be not that stronger but we need all the strength we got." Belle frowned.
"I know but please give it some thought." Barry said. "Personally, I rather take my chances with strength just to show Bertha that she doesn't run the show."
Belle looked to the side. "All right. I will think about it…"
"Thank you." Barry sighed missing Belle's devilish smirk.
"Well, I be. And here I thought I actually had to WAIT before I get the chance of controlling a vote but suddenly I am being put in the role of the swing vote." Belle smirked. "Should I vote with Bertha and get rid of our weakest player or should I vote off Honey just to spite her? Decisions, decisions."
(Tribal Council)
The nine Robur members made their way to Tribal Council.
"Welcome, Robur tribe." Tiny smiled. "Take a torch, light it and sit down."
Everyone obliged knowing how important it was to keep their torch ignited. They then sat down.
"So Dan, how are things at your new camp?" Tiny asked.
"Oh, it is just grand!" The hippy grinned. "The scene is wonderful and we even got our own island of tranquillity."
"I thought we agreed that it was Rinky Island." Rinky piped up.
"Nobody agreed to that! Because NOBODY would want to live on something named by YOU!" Bertha snapped.
"Hey! Watch it!" Rinky snarled.
"Whoa, whoa! Where did this come from?" Tiny asked.
"Bertha is quick to bite my head off for every single thing I say!" Rinky growled.
"That because you are an annoying, weak, useless shrimp!" Bertha countered.
"Honey, is this true?" Tiny asked.
"Yes… Bertha seems to dislike Rinky the most of this tribe." The teenager sighed. "Which is weird because Rinky never did anything to annoy her in the beginning."
"He was a whiner. Who WOULDN'T get annoyed?" Bertha asked.
"Yeah, woman! She was not talking to you!" Rinky snapped.
"Neither was Dan when he was describing the island!" Bertha snapped.
"Please don't put US into your mess." Dan said.
Tiny sighed as he shook his head. "Alan, is the conflict between Bertha and Rinky the only one?"
"Yes. All of us get along together like family." The tennis player smiled.
Blake rolled his eyes at this.
"Is there something you don't agree with, Blake?" Tiny asked.
"Oh no… In a way, Alan is right." The dark-haired man said. "He is just a little TOO friendly for my taste."
"Aw, come on! I was only trying to be your friend!" Alan insisted.
"Since when friends chase each other around the same island?" Blake countered.
"The type whose favourite game is tag." Alan said.
"That is NOT what I meant."
"Hoo boy. We have a potential Mano here." Tiny said. "Victoria, who do you think is going home today?"
"Rinky." Bertha said.
"Oh no! Don't mind me even though his question was directed at me." Victoria said rolling her eyes.
"What? It is no secret. Everyone knows Rinky is the weakest link and should be voted off." Bertha said.
"That still didn't justify answering her question as if you own her." Barry scolded.
"All right, I answered for her because she would say something indirect." Bertha snapped. "Happy?"
Barry merely shrugged. "Makes sense. Victoria usually talks with tact."
Bertha growled as a few people chuckle.
"Um, Belle. Is tonight's vote is really going on as Bertha says?" Tiny asked.
"It should but you never know on Survivor." The beauty shrugged.
"That may be true but the answer should be obvious." Bertha butted in.
"Aw, shaddup!" Rinky yelled.
"Yep. Definitely Mano Part 2 material." Tiny sighed. "Anyway, it is time to vote. Barry, you are up."
The large bear nodded before he got up and walked over to the voting table. He then firmly grabbed the pen knowing who to vote for. "I like you but I am not going to let a fired cop get her way. Sorry." He said holding up "Honey" to the camera.
Dan strode over to the voting area with a laidback look on his face. However, it faltered when he actually took the pen to vote. Nonetheless, he wrote down a name and went back.
Alan bit his lip as he jogged over. He didn't want to vote but he did so anyway knowing that he had to.
Honey made her way over to the table not liking where the vote was going. With a sigh, she wrote down a name. "I am so sorry but we need to keep our tribe strong." She said holding up "Rinky" to the camera.
Victoria crossed her arms and walked over. She wasted no time grabbing a pen, writing down a name and heading back.
Bertha smirked triumphantly as she headed over the voting table. She cracked his knuckles in anticipation. "Time to get rid of the anchor once and for all." She said holding up "Rinky" to the camera.
Rinky narrowed his eyes in determination as he walked over. Jumping up a stool, he grabbed the pen. "You are okay… For a girly-girl but I refuse to be the first one out of my tribe." He said holding up "Honey" to the camera.
Belle strutted over to the voting table with a smug smirk. She knew that she was the swing vote and she needed to make sure that her vote mattered.
Blake took the slowest pace heading over to the area. Grabbing the pen, he wrote down a name and put it in the urn.
Once he returned, Tiny got up.
"I'll get the votes." He said before walking off.
Everyone waited patiently as he returned with the urn.
"I'll read them out. Remember, once the votes are read, the person got voted out has to leave the Tribal Council area immediately."
"First vote, Rinky."
Rinky turned to Bertha to see her smirking in success. The former rolled his eyes.
"Second vote, Rinky. Two votes, Rinky."
Rinky took a couple of deep breaths trying to keep himself calm.
"Third vote, Honey. Two votes, Rinky. One vote, Honey."
Honey raised an eyebrow but otherwise look unfazed.
"Fourth vote, Honey. Two votes, Rinky. Two votes, Honey."
Bertha immediately glared at Barry who returned the expression.
"Fifth vote, Rinky. Three votes, Rinky. Two votes, Honey."
Rinky looked at Barry looking surprisingly worried.
"Sixth vote, Rinky. Four votes, Rinky. Two votes, Honey."
Bertha crossed her arms with a confident smirk.
"Seventh vote, Honey. Four votes, Rinky. Three votes, Honey."
Honey gasped in horror.
"Eighth vote, Honey. Four votes, Rinky. Four votes, Honey. One vote left."
Honey put her hands in her mouth while shaking her head.
"Second person voted out of Survivor…"
Everyone looked on eagerly.
"…Is Honey."
Bertha looked thunderstruck at this. Rinky smiled at Barry as the latter winked. Blake and Victoria raised their eyebrows in confusion.
"Honey, you need to bring me your torch."
The brunette slowly sat up with tears forming in her eyes. "Well… Sorry, for whatever I did to tick you off, guys…"
With that, she took her torch and made her way over putting it in front of Tiny.
"Honey, the tribe has spoken." Tiny said before putting his snuffer over his torch extinguishing it. "It is time for you to go."
Honey looked at her tribe while walking off. "Good luck, guys. Please win for me."
Tiny watched her leave before turning to the others. "It is safe to say that Honey never saw that coming. And judging by some of your expressions, neither did you. It just goes to show that nothing is concrete in this game. You may head back to camp."
The eight Robur members got up and picked up their torches heading back to camp. Rinky brought up the rear with a small smile. He was one vote away from going home but instead he made it to see another day. And he was going to make sure that he wasn't going anywhere anytime soon.
"Wow… That really hurt. First person voted out of my tribe in a blindside. I don't know what I did to make them keep Rinky over me." Honey said wiping her eyes. "I do hope that what they did was the right decision. I am rooting for you, guys."
RESULTS
Honey: Alan, Barry, Belle, Dan, Rinky
Rinky: Bertha, Blake, Honey, Victoria
And there she goes. Honey was always going to be an early boot. She was nice and had the potential to be a sweetheart but last season already had three of those, Dormie, Allison and Becky (though your mileage may vary on the last one.) I find that compared to them, she is a bit stale and had no role in the main story.
NOTE: Honey, like Nick Boy was part of my Total Drama Island idea. Not much had changed except she is a boy-lover. Like here, she was an early boot that didn't leave much of an impact on the main story.