(Robur Tribe)
"I honestly don't know what happened. We were supposed to vote Rinky off and when I saw Bertha's name come up, I thought that Rinky and his friends were trying to get Bertha out." Victoria said scratching her head. "But no… Instead Dan got voted off and the vote against Bertha was a hinky vote… Okay…?"
"Okay… What just happened back there?" Bertha asked crossing her arms.
"Dan was a weak player." Barry explained. "He was a colourful man but he had to be cut."
"Rinky was even weaker and had even less colours!" Bertha growled. "Did you NOT see those ridiculous shorts?"
"Wow… As poor as that excuse was, it was actually quite clever." Rinky chuckled.
"Shut up!" Bertha growled.
"As much as we wanted to vote off Bertha, we'll give her this. Besides me, of course, she is the strongest person and voting her off when we are at a disadvantage would be stupid." Barry said. "So we have no choice but to trick Dan into casting a hinky vote and then vote him out. Harsh, yes but it had to be done."
"I don't know the full details of what happened but the main problem still remains." Bertha said before narrowing her eyes. "Rinky is still here."
Everyone rolled their eyes at this.
"Well, I am sorry, Bertha but there is nothing we could do about it right now." Barry shrugged.
"That's right. Now let's go to bed." Belle instructed. "To say tonight was a long one would be an understatement."
Everyone nodded their heads before walking off leaving Bertha. The woman narrowed her eyes as she crossed her arms.
"As much as I hate to admit it but the only thing those guys did right was vote off another weak player instead of me but I knew that hinky vote would be just the start." Bertha growled. "I can't believe I am saying this but I may actually have to do something other than YELL to these idiots that Rinky is our weakest player."
(Day 10, Taberna Tribe)
Mikey and Yuri-Chan made their way through the jungle talking to each other.
"Wow… Mikey! Your win was so cool!" Yuri-Chan smiled.
"Thanks! There was no way that I would lose to a tennis player!" The dark-skinned man smirked.
Yuri-Chan blinked twice at this. "But isn't one of your nodal companions a tennis player?"
"Yeah… That is why I didn't want to lose to him." Mikey said shaking his head.
"At first, Yuri-Chan would be the last person I would want to be friends with because she was so frail and weak." Mikey said. "But as it turns out, she is actually a lot stronger than she looks."
"Your win was epic as well." The dark-skinned man said.
Yuri-Chan blushed as she looked away. "Um, thank you."
"Hey, do you do training much?" Mikey asked.
"Um, yeah…" Yuri-Chan said. "I practice my Aikido at least once a day but due to being on Survivor, I have no time to train."
"Oh, really? That is a bummer." Mikey frowned. Suddenly, a light bulb appeared above his head. "Hey! I think I got an idea!"
"Really?" Yuri-Chan asked.
"Yeah!" Mikey nodded. "Let's get the entire tribe together!"
"Mikey wanted the full attention of the tribe for some reason. I don't know what he wanted but I must admit that I am getting a little giddy myself." Yuri-Chan said with a small smile.
The entire tribe stood in front of Mikey who looked quite confident.
"All right. You had gone to all this trouble to summon the entire tribe here." Roger said crossing his arms. "Why?"
"Well, I got a good idea to train ourselves." Mikey grinned.
"Really?" Kat asked.
"Yes, and I think that it is an exercise that EVERYONE can do." Mikey said.
"You mean that we are doing ballet!" Megan said with sparkling eyes. "And here I thought that you were anything but cultured, Mikey."
Everyone cast the pink-clad woman strange looks.
"All right… MOSTLY everyone." Mikey said flatly before smirking. "Wanna hear what it is?"
"Might as well." Floyd shrugged.
"All right!" Mikey smirked. "At my high school, Pacific High, we have a boxing club. Where yours truly is a member of."
"Hoo boy. I sense some self-ego-stroking here." Regina said rolling her eyes.
"Well, we usually train ourselves by punching training bags." Mikey grinned. "So that is what we are going to do."
"Hey, that is not a bad idea, actually." Roger smiled.
"Only one problem." Regina said. "We don't have any training bags."
"AND why would we learn to punch? Those skills are useless in most Challenges!" Floyd said.
"Glad to see that our tribe is full of positivity!" Mikey said rolling his eyes.
"I personally loved Mikey's idea. Besides Megan of course. I think this would be training that everyone would agree with." Roger nodded. "Besides, it gives the others a chance to learn to defend themselves."
"Sounds like a sound idea to me but how do you do it?" The military man asked. "What with the lack of punching bags and all."
Mikey merely wagged his finger. "One of the many rules of Survivor, Roger. When in doubt, improvise."
"All right. What do you have to substitute punching bags?" Regina asked crossing her arms.
Mikey merely bent down and picked up a log. He then gave a wide grin.
"THESE!"
Everyone blinked twice at this.
"…You're kidding? You're kidding, right?" Regina asked flatly.
"What? What's wrong?" Mikey asked.
"Please don't tell me that you are actually thinking of having us punch those things with bare fists!" Floyd asked.
"Why not? They aren't that hard!" Mikey said.
"Mikey, please don't tell us that you know this from actually punching a log before!" Kat pleaded.
"Of course not!" The boxer scolded. "I punch cinder blocks!"
Everyone's eyes widened at this. Larka on the other hand raised an eyebrow.
"Oh my goodness, Mikey." Yuri-Chan said shaking her head.
"Mikey… Is a psycho. At first, he may seem like any other everyday teenager but the dude is obsessed with competitions." Floyd frowned. "He looks like one of those people who forces people to spar with him whether you like to or not and trust me. I learned that from experience!
"Mikey, it is unwise to punch logs without the right equipment." Roger scolded.
"Aw, don't be like that!" The high-school student said. "How else are you going to build fists of steel? So who wants to go first?"
"No, thank you. I prefer my knuckles in one piece!" Floyd said.
Everyone else agreed. Mikey grumbled at this. Suddenly, Larka walked forward. Mikey then brightened up.
"Ooh, we have a volunteer!" Mikey grinned. "All right, Larka! Hit this log as hard as you can!"
The blue-furred woman raised an eyebrow and nodded. "All right."
POW!
The Ronso wasted no time punching the log. Everyone gaped as he actually knocked Mikey onto his back in pain. The latter's leg stuck up in the air twitching a couple of times. Everyone blinked twice.
"Splinters… Splinters in my chest." Mikey moaned.
"Ugh… Is this part of the lesson because I am confused." Megan asked.
"Mikey very weird boy. Larka have no other comment. Except said weirdness is mildly amusing." Larka said flatly.
(Taberna Tribe)
Bertha had summoned Blake and Victoria over to the fire pit to talk.
"All right, Bertha. You got our attention." Victoria said crossing her arms. "What do you want?"
Bertha let out a small sigh. "I want to make an alliance."
"As much as I hate to admit it but I need all the help I could get to counter Barry's alliance and get rid of Rinky." Bertha sighed. "I need to make an alliance with Blake and Victoria seeing that they were the ONLY people who voted with me."
"I thought we were already in an alliance." Victoria said with a raised eyebrow. "Or have you just realized that bringing the strongest to the end wasn't a good idea?"
Blake actually chuckled at this while Bertha growled.
"Shut up! This is serious!" Bertha scolded. "Take a good look! Four people had voted out Dan while us three tried to get Rinky out!"
"Let me guess, you want an alliance to get him out?" Victoria said crossing her arms.
"More than that! Just look!" Bertha said. "It is 4-3! Unless we get somebody to flip, we would be next!"
Victoria's eyes widened at this. "Wait! Are you sure that those three are in an alliance?"
"Of course! These four had voted the way two times back to back!" Bertha said. "And Belle and Alan was quick to try to end the conversation when I got upset over Rinky being kept. TWICE!"
Victoria and Blake looked at each other with raised eyebrows.
"As much as I dislike Bertha, she DOES have a point. Alan and Belle had been spending a lot of time with Barry and Rinky. They're definitely having an alliance going on." Victoria said. "It would be suicidal if we miss this chance."
The young woman gave a small sigh. "All right. You made your point."
"Thank you…" Bertha sighed. "And here I thought I was the only sane one here."
"But what are we going to do?" Victoria asked.
"We just convince the most likely to flip, that's all." Bertha shrugged.
"I am so glad to see that you are not letting the whole "I am in a minority" get to you." Blake said rolling his eyes.
"No, I actually think it is simple as that." Victoria said.
Blake turned to his friend with wide eyes. "Really?"
"That's right. We just have to send the right person to convince the right person." Victoria said.
Blake raised an eyebrow. He then looked back and forth between the two women. Suddenly, his eyes widened in realization.
"Oh no! No, no, no, no, no!" Blake said waving his hands in front of his face.
"Blake may not want to admit it but he is our best chance of getting somebody to flip and he knows it." Victoria smirked. "Alan had been trying very hard to be Blake's best friend and Blake could easily use that to our advantage."
Alan sat on a log humming to himself. Meanwhile, Bertha pushed Blake in the direction towards him. Turning around, the latter glared with a growl. He then sighed in defeat. Making his way towards the tennis player, he sat down.
"Hey, Alan!" Blake sighed.
The young man then looked up. "Oh hey, Blake. How are you doing?"
"Just fine." The dark-clad man sighed. "Listen, can I sit next to you?"
Alan immediately looked shocked by this. "Really?"
"Yes…" Blake nodded.
Alan looked stunned for a moment before scooting over to the log with a wide grin.
"Do please! Take a seat!"
Blake winced before sitting down.
"So is there something you walk to talk about?" Alan asked. "Or are you here to chill?"
"Um, well… I wanted to talk about a few things." Blake said looking to the side.
"Yes, yes! Like what!" Alan said eagerly.
"Um, well…" Blake said looking nervously. He then noticed something. "How is your arm?"
"I am so excited that Blake actually took the time to talk to me! After almost a week of chasing him down, I had finally managed to get him to settle down! Alan grinned. "This is awesome!"
"Oh, don't worry. Belle had bandaged up for me." The white and orange clad man said holding up his arm. "See?"
"Ah, I see." Blake asked with a raised eyebrow. "I didn't know Belle was skilled in first aid."
"Maybe she learned it in her free time." Alan shrugged.
Blake then coughed. "Are you sure you are all right?"
"Of course! As a representative from Mario Sports, I am used to sports injuries!" Alan grinned.
Blake blinked twice at this. "But you are a tennis player."
"Hey, returning Power Shots from people like Bowser and Donkey Kong is harder than it looks!" Alan grumbled.
"Even still, you took a pretty nasty fall." Blake said.
"Hey, but I am all right. I was able to swim back on my own, wasn't I?" Alan asked.
"I guess…" Blake sighed. "Well, don't overdue it, okay?"
"Blake, I am fine." Alan chuckled. "I appreciate the concern but I think you are overreacting."
"If you say so…" The purple-clad man said. "Anyway…"
"Hey, Alan!"
The two's eyes widened before turning their heads to see Rinky.
"Could you help me with something over here?" The ghost said.
"Okay, Rinky." Alan said before turning to Blake. "Sorry, Blake. I have to go for now. I am glad we had this chat."
Blake tried to say something to stop him but stopped himself allowing Alan to get up and walk away. He then sighed as he shook his head.
"Figures. When I am finally trying to actually CONVINCE Alan to join us, someone just had to come at the worst possible time to spoil it." Blake sighed. "Bertha is not going to let me hear the end of this."
(Day 11, Taberna Tribe)
Yuri-Chan and Kat walking around camp talking to each other.
"So you play the tambourine?" Yuri-Chan asked.
"Yeah, it is an underappreciated instrument." Kat said. "It adds a little jingle to the music."
Suddenly, they both noticed that Megan was sitting on a log trying to bite something.
"Um, Megan? What are you doing?" Kat asked getting the aristocrat's attention.
"I am trying to eat this accursed banana!" The blonde growled.
She then tried to take another bite. However, she immediately retreated her mouth in disgust.
"I can't believe that Roger! He is trying to starve me out here!" She whined. "He said that if I can't eat some rice, I would have to settle for fruit! Simple fruit! And not even the tropical cuisine kind either!"
Yuri-Chan and Kat looked at each other.
"As much as I hate to do what THAT brute says, I have no choice but to do what he says but this banana tastes horrible and for some reason, I can't break it in half!" Megan growled. "I don't know how you commoners do this but this is more than a hassle for people like me."
Yuri-Chan paused before walking over to Megan. She then took the banana.
"Hey! What are you doing!" Megan demanded.
She then watched Yuri-Chan peeled the banana. She then handed it to Megan.
"There. I think that it will be edible." Yuri-Chan said.
Megan blinked twice before accepting the banana. She then took a bite out of the banana.
"Hey! This IS more edible!" Megan said in surprise before turning to Yuri-Chan. "How did you know that it will work?"
"Um, because there is a fruit shop a few blocks from my house back home." Yuri-Chan said flatly.
"AH! That explains it!" Megan said in awe. "I always have my fruit imported! Thank you!"
Yuri-Chan and Kat shook their heads in hopelessness.
"Megan… I could tell that she isn't a pain to everyone just because she is mean but… She is a pain nonetheless." Kat said shaking her head. "She has absolutely no idea how the "commoner" world work. The worst part is when she finally gets voted out, she would probably have no idea why."
"I must admit… Things had not been going my way ever since I been here. I was constantly yelled at by Roger, half of the tribe for some reason distance themselves away from me and furthermore, the Challenges are too hard." Megan groaned. "And everything seems so much easier on TV…"
"CHALLENGE TIME!" Mikey's voice echoed throughout the camp.
Everyone gathered around as Mikey walked in with a letter.
"All right. What does it say?" Roger asked.
"It says… "Can you fend for yourself?"." Mikey read.
Everyone looked around in confusion.
"Yeah, a lot to go on there…" Regina said flatly.
"Can you fend for yourself? I do NOT like the sound of that… Mainly because I just getting used to the present time." Regina frowned. "And just like that I have to rely on myself without the support of other people in a Challenge? Lame…"
(Immunity Challenge)
The Taberna tribe made their way over to their tribe mat.
"We now bring in the Robur tribe." Tiny said as the tribe walked in. "Dan voted out at the last Tribal Council."
"Whoa. The little squirt made it past another vote." Mikey said impressed.
"Let's get ready for your next Challenge." Tiny said before smirking. "However, before we do so, I have two twists to announce. The first one is that this is an Immunity Challenge."
Some people looked startled by this.
"What? Aren't we one day too early?" Megan asked surprised.
"Well, this IS an eighteen-contestant season, Megan." Roger shrugged. "Some days had to be cut short so that more people would get voted off earlier."
"That's right, Roger. And that's why we are having a double Tribal Council!" Tiny smirked. "BOTH tribes will go to Tribal Council tonight!"
This time, everyone looked shocked.
"What!" Bertha exclaimed.
"Oh dear…" Yuri-Chan frowned.
"Why even have a Challenge then!" Rinky growled.
"Now, now. It will be explained soon enough." Tiny said. "Take a look."
Everyone looked ahead to see two long horizontal metal poles standing high over the ocean.
"Here's the deal. Everyone will hang onto these large poles for as long as possible. If you fall off, you are out. Whoever is the last person on the pole wins two things. One of them is this." Tiny said holding up a headdress with tall white feathers. "This headdress which represents Immunity. If you win this, you cannot be voted out at Tribal Council. Also, your tribe will have a chance to see the OTHER tribe's Tribal Council and learn some interesting info."
Everyone looked intrigued by this.
"Now, because this is more or less an individual Challenge, everyone will be competing. Everyone get into positions."
(Later)
Both tribes hang onto their respective bars.
"All right! This Challenge had officially begun!" Tiny smirked. "And it looks like nobody is having any difficulty y…"
"Ugh! My arms hurt! I am going to break all of my nails hanging here! Can't you soften this bar or something?" Megan whined.
Tiny blinked twice at this. "The Challenge had barely began, Megan."
"WHAT! It JUST started! I felt like I been up here for five whole minutes!" The young woman yelled.
"Are you for real?" Roger asked flatly.
"Don't you talk to me! This is your fault I am doing this in the first place!" Megan yelled. "I know for a fact that you would be on my case if I didn't do this! I can't wait until I reach merge so I can sit out of individual Challenges."
"Um, Megan? This IS an individual Challenge." Tiny said flatly.
"It is?" The blonde said surprised.
"It is the only one pre-merge but yeah. It is definitely an individual Challenge." Tiny said.
"Then, what am I doing here?" Megan said grouchily. "Oh, screw this!"
With that, she dropped straight into the ocean causing everyone to roll their eyes.
"And Megan is out…" Tiny said shaking his head.
Suddenly, Rinky then slipped in.
"…And so is Rinky." Tiny spoke up.
"Are you freaking serious? You are the first person out of our tribe! Do you even care for us?" Bertha growled.
"Shut up!" Rinky snapped before swimming back to shore.
Suddenly, Regina fell in.
"Regina is out!" Tiny shouted.
"Should have seen that coming." Regina grumbled swimming off.
Tiny decided to speak. "Kat, you are just as small as Rinky. Are you worried that you may be next?"
"Somewhat. But I am a cat and a cat is used to hanging onto stuff." The tambourine player said.
"I see. Belle, what about you? Are you worried about dropping next?" Tiny asked.
"Don't like my frame fool you. I am a lot of agile than I look." The sniper said with a small smirk.
"Uh-huh. Alan, what is your strategy?" Tiny said.
The tennis player surprisingly stayed quiet.
Tiny blinked twice. "Alan?"
The young man once again ignored the host and had his eyes shut the entire time.
"Shh!" Barry scolded. "He is obviously trying to concentrate."
"Ha. And man, here I thought he doesn't even know the word." Victoria mused.
Blake on the other hand raised an eyebrow.
Meanwhile, Floyd fell off the bar with a mighty splash.
"And Floyd is out!" Tiny yelled.
The photographer grumbled before swimming off. "Serves me right for trading gym lessons for photography ones."
"All right! So far that the Taberna has six people left while the Robur have five people left." Tiny said. "However, this game is open to everyone."
"AAAAAUUUUGGGGGHHHHH!"
Everyone jumped at this. They all turned to the direction of the loud shout.
To see Alan falling far from the bar in pain.
"Alan!" Blake shouted before diving into the water.
"Alan and Blake are out!" Tiny shouted. "And Alan looked like he is in pain!"
Everyone watched in worry before Blake resurfaced with Alan.
"Alan, are you okay?" Barry yelled.
The tennis player didn't reply.
"Guys, keep going!" Blake shouted before helping Alan back to shore. Floyd ran over to help them.
"Are you okay, man?" Floyd asked.
Alan grunted as he held his arm. "Yes…"
"No, you are not." Blake said narrowing his eyes.
Everyone on the bar looked concerned over Alan. However, they knew that they couldn't afford to drop off just yet.
Suddenly, Yuri-Chan fell in. Victoria then followed her.
"Yuri-Chan and Victoria are now out!" Tiny announced.
"Hang in there, everyone! We still got an one person advantage." Yuri-Chan said swimming back to shore.
"Mikey, are you getting tired?" Tiny asked.
"Are you kidding me? I could spend all day up here!" The teenager smirked.
"If you say so. Bertha, are you feeling the pain?" Tiny said.
"You know what they say, no pain, no gain." The mall cop said. "These types of Challenges help show everyone who is strong and who is weak."
"As usual!" Barry said rolling his eyes.
Bertha immediately whirled her head. "You say something, Smokey! Just because you are stronger than me doesn't mean I have to deal with your… AAAAAAH!"
SPLASH!
Everyone looked unimpressed as Bertha shook herself off of the bar in her own anger.
"And I guess Bertha is out too." Tiny said flatly.
When the dark-skinned woman swam back to shore grumbling in the water, Belle and Kat fell into the water as well.
"And so are Belle and Kat!" Tiny said. "Barry is the only one left representing Taberna!"
"All right! Easy win, guys!" Mikey smirked.
"Now hold on one second!" Barry scolded. "Just because I am on my own doesn't mean you will win! After all, this IS an individual Challenge!"
"True but the winner and his or her tribe will get to see who wins first." Roger said with a smirk.
"Oh yeah! Well, I didn't wanted to use my secret weapon so soon but maybe it would wipe those cocky smirks right off your faces!" Barry said narrowing his eyes.
Roger's smirk vanished in an instant. "Um, what secret weapon?"
Barry's mouth curled into a sly smirk. He then coughed a couple of times.
"I GAVE MY LOVE A CHERRY THAT HAS NO STONE! I GAVE MY LOVE A CHICKEN THAT HAS NO BONE!"
Everyone looked shocked as Barry started singing. Quite loudly and poorly. Some even covered their ears in pain.
"Barry is… Singing?" Tiny asked holding his head.
Roger, Larka and Mikey all winced in pain trying to drown out Barry's singing.
"Don't let him get to you, guys!" Kat shouted.
"I GAVE MY LOVE A RING THAT HAS NO END!"
Roger and Mikey winced before looking at each other for a moment.
Then then dropped in the water.
"And Roger and Mikey are out!" Tiny said. "It is now Barry VS Larka for Immunity!"
"Suddenly I see that winning isn't everything." Mikey said swimming back.
"Agreed. It's not like they knowing about us would be that problematic to us." Roger nodded.
"I GAVE MY LOVE A BABY WITH NO CRYING!"
Larka winced in pain trying to drown it out.
"Rinky, is Barry always this bad of a singer?" Tiny asked.
"I want to say yes but then I remembered that Barry said that he liked to use "unique" ways to torture his enemies." Rinky smirked.
"Really? If so, then he scares me even more now." Victoria said.
Tiny blinked twice. "Um, Kat, do you think that Larka would stand strong?"
"I hope so." The white cat said. "Then again, I think Larka had faced harder trials."
"What in the world could be a harder trial than listening that bear's dreadful singing?" Megan asked in disbelief.
"I pray I never find out…" Floyd sighed.
Blake on the other hand was more concerned with Alan who was looking down. The former actually looked concerned.
SPLASH!
Everyone looked into the ocean with wide eyes knowing that someone had dropped out.
Larka stared at the ocean ashamed of herself.
"Larka is down! BARRY WINS IMMUNITY!"
The bear cheered as he cannonballed into the water as the Taberna tribe cheered him on.
(Later)
Everyone watched as Barry stood in front of Tiny.
"Congratulations, Barry!" Tiny smiled putting the headdress on top of Barry. "You had won Immunity guaranteeing another shot of winning the game seeing that you cannot be voted out tonight."
"I must admit, I didn't think my singing technique would work so well." The mob boss smirked.
"All right! Here is how tonight is going to work everyone." Tiny said. "The Robur tribe will go first to Tribal Council and vote someone else. After that, they wait on the jury bench and spy on in on Taberna's Tribal Council. When it is time to vote, Barry will give his headdress to someone preventing them to avoid getting voted out of this. You may now head back to camp.
(Robur Tribe)
"I had won Immunity for my tribe and now we can see how the dynamics between the two tribes are and maybe see a chance to save a potential liability to them." Barry said before narrowing his eyes. "However, that is actually the least of my concerns right now!"
"All right, Alan! What gives?" Belle asked after the gang returned to camp.
"I don't know what you are talking about, Belle…" The brown-haired man lied.
"That is a lie and you know it!" Victoria scolded. "We're not stupid! We SAW you! You were in clear pain!"
"It is just a little pain!" Alan insisted. "Honest!"
"My boot!" Blake said narrowing his eyes.
"Alan, why didn't you drop out earlier if you were in such pain?" Belle asked.
"I didn't want to let my tribe down." The tennis player insisted.
"Your tribe wouldn't have wanted you to lose an arm either!" Barry scolded. "For all we know, your arm is actually WORSE than before!"
"No, I am fine. Really!" Alan insisted.
Everyone stayed silent at this.
"You are going home tonight." Belle said flatly.
Alan's eyes widened at this. "WHAT?"
"I must admit that I care only for the dataDyne Corporation but I had no choice but to play the façade of the nice girl." Belle said crossing her arms. "Plus, if Alan doesn't leave soon, he would be the biggest liability of the tribe."
"It is for your own good, Alan." Belle said shaking her head.
"Come on, guys! I can still do this!" The tennis player insisted. "Just give me a chance!"
"I am sorry, Alan but it is clear that it is hurting you to last even one more day in this game!" Barry said. "We need to get you some medical attention!"
"But… But…" Alan said.
"No buts! Sorry but it had to be done!" Belle said sternly.
Alan looked at his tribe in disbelief not believing this was happening. He then looked down at his feet with a few people feeling sorry for him. Bertha on the other hand looked quite thoughtful.
"It sucks that Alan really hurt his arm but it is for his own good really. And even if it isn't, what good is he with only one good arm?" Rinky frowned. "I hate to get rid of him especially since we just recently been allies but it had to be done."
Alan walked over to a log and sat down with holding his arm with a sad look on his face.
"You really want to stay, don't you?"
The tennis player looked to see Bertha, Blake and Victoria coming over.
"Of course I do! Do you know how hard it is to get on this show?" Alan asked. "When I found out I was accepted, I was excited! Blake, I know that you been forced to come but you don't know how many people wishes that they were you!"
Blake merely looked to the side not knowing to say.
"That is why I am so sympathetic those people who got voted out! Because their dreams of making it further in the game had been cut short!" Alan said.
"Wow… I never imagined it like that…" Blake said.
"That is why I don't want to go home. Not this early. Not like this." Alan frowned.
Victoria sighed sadly as she shook her head. "Well, there is nothing we can do about it, I'm afraid."
Bertha rubbed her chin in thought. "Or is there?"
The three looked at the dark-skinned woman in thought.
"What do you mean, Bertha?" Alan asked.
"If you wish to stay that badly, just vote with us." The mall cop said.
Alan, Blake and Victoria looked shocked by this.
"Really?" Alan asked surprised.
"Of course. Just write down Rinky's name." Bertha smirked.
"Now, hold on! Don't say such bold claims!" Victoria said.
"Why not?" Bertha asked with a shrug. "We had been wanting Rinky out for a while now."
"Yeah, but Alan is hurt!" Victoria said.
"Ah, it is just a flesh wound." Bertha smiled. "Right, Alan?"
"Of course! Everyone is just overreacting!" The young man nodded. He then frowned. "It would be a shame to betray my alliance after I just joined them…"
"Ha. Some alliance." Bertha said rolling her eyes. "They align with you and then they vote you out over the smallest offense. Go with us and I promise we will keep you."
"Well… Okay…" Alan nodded.
Bertha smirked. "Good boy."
"Gee, I don't want to go against my alliance but if I don't, I will be voted out. I don't want to go home. Not as an early mercy boot." Alan frowned with a sigh. "I know that they are doing it for my own good but I don't want to go home like this."
Bertha walked off with Blake and Victoria following with shocked expressions.
"Are you high?" Victoria asked in disbelief. "You saw how much pain he is in!"
"This could be our only shot at getting a majority and voting off Rinky!" Bertha said looking back.
"Wasn't you the one who wanted to keep the strong?" Victoria asked. "What is so strong about an injured player?"
"Well, he DID say that it was a mere injury." Bertha shrugged.
"That is because he is willing to let his arms fall off to stay in the game!" Blake scolded.
Bertha sighed before looking at the two. "Look! This is our big chance to vote off Rinky and actually be in control for once! For the last two Tribal Councils, we were all blindsided! I strongly recommend you decide what you want to do!"
Blake and Victoria looked at each other knowing that Bertha was right about thinking very clearly.
"Blake and Victoria need to get their head in the game. If they want to actually be in the majority for once, they should vote with me and vote off Rinky." Bertha said crossing her arms. "They think that an injured man would be a bigger liability than Rinky but I strongly beg to differ!"
(Taberna Tribe)
Larka walked into the jungle.
"Hey, Larka! Wait up!"
The Ronso raised an eyebrow before turning around. She then saw Kat running over to her.
"Kat? What is wrong?" Larka asked.
The white cat panted heavily a couple of times before speaking up. "I need your vote."
"Larka's vote? For what?" Larka asked confused.
"To help me stay in the game." Kat explained.
"Barry has Immunity tonight and he has the power to give it to any one of us and I think he seems smarter than he lets on." Kat said before frowning. "Which means that he would probably give it to Megan seeing that anyone with eyes could see that Megan is our biggest liability. That means I have to scramble so that they vote off someone other than me."
"Why Kat worry about leaving? Megan target tonight." Larka pointed out.
"I know and that is why I am worried about leaving!" The small feline insisted. "The Robur tribe may easily see that she is the most useless!"
Larka raised an eyebrow. "I see. Barry has Immunity. Barry may give Immunity to Megan."
"That's right!" Kat nodded. "Which means that we have to choose somebody else."
"Larka understands. But why Larka save Kat?" Larka explained. "Kat smallest tribe member."
"I may be the smallest but I am not the biggest liability." The cat said in her defence. "I had spent a more time up on the bar before I fell off and I even beat the second strongest member of the Robur tribe in a log rolling contest."
"Larka remember." Larka nodded.
"As for Regina, it is not really her fault but her inexperience with the present time is really affecting your performance in Challenges." Kat said. "Besides, Megan of course, she was the first person from our tribe to fall off in the last one."
Larka nodded. "Regina still learning. But Larka think Regina chose wrong place to learn."
"Exactly! It is okay to learn about the present time but perhaps she shouldn't have gone on Survivor first-hand." Kat said. "It's too big a step."
Larka put her hand on her chin in thought. "Kat got Larka's vote. Larka go speak with Roger."
"Thank you." Kat said sighing in relief.
Meanwhile, Regina and Floyd were in front of the bushes with the former pacing around nervously.
"What am I going to do? Barry is going to give Immunity to Megan and everyone would be forced to vote me out!" Regina said francatically.
"Whoa. Calm down, Reg." Floyd said holding up his hands.
"Easy for YOU to say, it is obviously between me, Kat and Yuri-Chan!" The blonde woman said glaring at her friend.
"Also true but don't worry, all we have to do is convince Roger to keep you." Floyd said. "Question is… Who should we avert the attention from you to?"
"How about Yuri-Chan? She's frail, she's shy." Regina explained. "I like her but she is way too hesitant to keep any further."
"Yeah, that is true." Floyd nodded putting his hands on his pockets. "Do you think Roger will listen to us?"
"He will if we give a good enough reasoning to vote her off." Regina said.
"The only problem with scrambling to keep yourself off of the chopping block is that you are forced to put on someone you like on it instead." Regina said sighing sadly. "I love Yuri-Chan to bits but not enough for me get myself voted off in her place."
Meanwhile, Mikey and Yuri-Chan sat inside of the shelter with the latter holding her arm.
"I am scared, Mikey. Really scared." Yuri-Chan frowned.
"Why? What makes you so sure that Barry will give to the Immunity Necklace to Megan?" The dark-skinned man asked.
"Because if he didn't, I would be surprised." Yuri-Chan sighed shaking her head.
"Yeah…" Mikey frowned. "Don't worry, I think we can easily convince Roger that you are a bigger asset to this tribe than everyone thought."
"Really?" Yuri-Chan asked looking up.
"Of course! You can be great in future Challenges!" Mikey smirked. "Let's get rid of Kat! She had to use a stool to use the voting table, anyway."
"True. Thank you." Yuri-Chan said with a small smile.
"I am really nervous about tonight. Either Regina, Kat or I will go home and I hope that the person will not be me." Yuri-Chan frowned. "I am so happy that I have someone like Mikey to back me up."
Later, Mikey and Yuri-Chan were talking with Roger.
"And that is why we need to get rid of Kat." Mikey said.
"I see. Well, I see your reasoning but I just thought I should tell you that other people spoke with me before." Roger explained.
"I knew it…" Yuri-Chan said looking down.
"Regardless, please think about it!" Mikey begged.
"I never had any intention of dismissing your thoughts." Roger scolded.
"Thank you." Yuri-Chan sighed.
With that, the two walked off. As Roger watched the high-school students walk out of view, he smirked.
"Well, how do you like that? Last time, half of my tribe disobeyed my orders and now nearly all of them had come up to me begging to vote with them." Roger said with a smirk. "Best of all, no matters where I vote, I am the swing…"
However, his eyes widened before he looked to the right. "I'm sorry. Hold that thought."
Roger then quickly left the confessional to run over to Megan who was sitting on a log filing her nails with a piece of tree bark. (She most likely annoyed a cameraman into making a make-shift nail file for her.)
"Megan?" Roger asked.
"Hm?" The young woman said without looking up.
"Who are you voting for?" Roger said.
"You." Megan said simply.
Roger blinked twice before walking back. "Thank you."
"Not a problem." Megan said.
Roger then sat back down in front of the cameraman. "Yep. I am definitely the swing vote. However, there is one problem. Who do I vote for? Regina, Yuri-Chan, Kat? They are all weak and have potential to be major liabilities. I just have to see at tonight's Tribal Council."
(Tribal Council)
The seven Robur members made their way to Tribal Council where Tiny was waiting.
"Welcome, Robur." Tiny said. "Take a seat."
Everyone obliged.
"Now, Alan, I have to ask." Tiny frowned. "What happened at the Challenge today?"
"Oh, nothing. My arm just hurt a little." The sportsman insisted.
"Oh, that was more than a little!" Belle spoke up.
"Really, I am fine!" Alan insisted.
"Blake had to drag you back to shore." Barry said shaking his head. "You are certainly not fine."
"Belle, why did Alan's arm get like this?" Tiny asked.
"It probably when Alan fell at the log-rolling duel with Mikey." The beauty shrugged. "When I really think about it, it WAS a pretty nasty fall."
"Rinky, is Alan's broken arm's going to be a liability?" Tiny asked.
"Yeah. At this rate, he is going to be an one-armed man." The ghost sighed. "And not in a cool way."
"So you are going to vote him out?" Tiny asked.
"Yes." Rinky said shaking his head.
"Bertha, are you voting for Alan?" Tiny asked.
"Well, I am definitely going to be voting with the majority this time." The mall cop said with a smirk.
"Blake, how do you feel about this?" Tiny asked.
"Well, I had been thinking a lot about it and I am doing what I feel what is right with Alan's best interests." Blake said crossing his arms with a stern glare.
"I see. Well, it is almost time to vote. Barry, do you wanna give up Immunity?"
"No…" Barry said hanging his head.
"All right. It is time to vote. Blake, you are up."
The young man sighed before getting up. He made her way over to the voting table shaking his head. He then wrote down a name.
Bertha smirked confidently as she made her way over to the voting area. "I can't think of a better blindside for someone as annoying as you." She said holding up "Rinky" to the camera.
Rinky sighed sadly before walking over. Bounding out the stool, he shook his head. "Sorry, man. You would have been an awesome ally and friend." He said holding up "Alan" to the camera.
Alan held his arm and he walked over. Slowly grabbing with his good arm, he wrote down a name. "I am sorry but I don't want to go home like this." He said holding up "Rinky" to the camera.
Barry had his head down looking at his feet. As he sighed, he wrote down a name. "I am sorry but this is for your own health." He said holding up "Alan" to the camera.
Victoria sighed as she made her way over. She wasted no time writing down a name and putting it in the urn.
Belle snarled not happy how things were going for her. Nonetheless, she sighed and wrote down a name.
After she made her way back, Tiny got up.
"I'll get the votes."
Most of the tribe looked upset as Tiny returned with the urn.
"I'll read them out. Whoever gets voted out has to leave the Tribal Council area immediately."
"First vote, Alan."
Alan gave a sad sigh.
"Second vote, Rinky. One vote, Alan. One vote, Rinky."
Rinky tilted his head in confusion.
"Third vote, Alan. Two votes, Alan. One vote, Rinky."
Alan crossed his fingers with his good arm hoping for the best.
"Fourth vote, Rinky. Two votes, Alan. Two votes, Rinky."
Half of the tribe's eyes widened in shock and disbelief.
"Fifth vote, Alan. Three votes, Alan. Two votes, Rinky."
Alan bit his lip knowing that this was it.
"Fourth person voted out of Survivor… Is Alan."
Bertha's eyes widened in shock as everyone else looked upset.
"Alan, you need to bring me my torch."
"Alan, I am sorry." Blake sighed looking down.
"Well, I admit I'll be surprised if I DID stayed…" The tennis player said shaking his head.
He then took his torch with his free hand and slowly made his way over to Tiny putting it in front of him.
"Alan, the tribe has spoken." Tiny said putting his snuffer over the torch extinguishing it. "You may now go."
"Fight hard, guys…" He said walking off.
Tiny watched him walk off before shaking his head. "Always a shame to see someone leave the game due to medical issues. Especially if that person was never even going to get targeted tonight. Let's hope that his leave won't affect the tribe badly. Now normally I would send you back to camp but tonight I would ask you to move to the Jury Bench so you could spy on the other tribe."
Everyone nodded before making their way over still feeling down about the whole thing. Except for Bertha who looked annoyed for obvious reasons.
"I don't believe it. I am one of the stronger players on my tribe. I had good chemistry with mostly everyone. AND I was in a majority alliance." Alan sighed. "And it all fell apart because of one accident. This sucks because I KNOW I could go further. Oh well… Good luck, Robur. I am rooting for you."
Later, the Taberna had walked in. They quickly saw that Alan had been voted out.
"Wow… Alan must have been voted out because of what happened earlier." Yuri-Chan said in awe.
"Poor guy…" Floyd frowned.
"Welcome, Taberna." Tiny smiled. "Please take a seat."
Everyone obliged.
"Mikey, despite losing your first Challenge, you actually managed to win two Immunity Challenges, after that…" Tiny said. "Was that skill or luck?"
"Definitely skill! The Robur tribe definitely caught us off-guard in the first Challenge but we stuck together and managed to stay strong." The boxer said confidently.
"So after losing Nick Boy, your tribe became unified?" Tiny asked.
"More or less." Mikey shrugged.
"I do not like the sound of that." Tiny said shaking his head. "Megan, do you know what he means?"
"Of course! In fact, everyone knows!" The blonde said crossing her arms.
"Oh really. Want to give out names?"
"Of course! It is Roger!" Megan snapped.
Tiny blinked twice. "Roger?"
"That's right! He had been bossing me around, wouldn't let me have more than normal-sized rations and constantly threaten me to participate in Challenges!"
"Um, Megan? That IS usual on Survivor!" Tiny said.
"Maybe for normal contestants but I deserve special treatment!" Megan said. "I am rich and beautiful."
Everyone including the Robur tribe rolled their eyes.
"Hoo boy." Tiny said. "Regina, how is your first time in the present time, isn't it? How is it?"
"So far so good. I had only lasted 11 days out and I managed to keep up with the others." The blonde smiled.
"Kat, does Regina's inexperience in the wilderness make her a liability?" Tiny asked.
"Somewhat. Regina, I am sorry but you chose a pretty big place to begin your trip in the present time." The feline pointed out.
"I know. Truth is I never had much fascination with the present time but I had always been a fan of Survivor." Regina said. "When I saw that they were handing out applications, I just couldn't refuse."
"Well, that is always nice to hear." Tiny smiled. "Yuri-Chan, how is tonight's vote going to go now?"
The high-school student then looked down. "Normally, I would have at least a small idea as to what is going on but tonight I am completely stumped."
"Why is that?" Tiny asked.
"Well, I can't explain in detail but we had a plan tonight and for some reason, we had to switch it around a lot." Yuri-Chan sighed. "Everyone is scrambling."
The Robur tribe couldn't help but smirk at this knowing what she meant.
"Roger, where do you fall in this?" Tiny asked.
"Well, it is rather amazing, really. At first, everyone wasn't taking me seriously as a leader." The young man said before chuckling. "But now nearly everyone had come to me as if I am a precious swing vote. Sure is a reversal, isn't it?"
Regina raised an eyebrow at this comment.
"Anyway, it is almost time to vote." Tiny said. "Barry, you have Immunity tonight and have the power to use it to save one member of the Taberna tribe so choose wisely."
The bear smirked and nodded getting up. He slowly made his way over to the Taberna tribe with everyone waiting impatiently.
"Eeny… Meany… Miney…"
He then took his headdress off of his head and handed it out the person he wanted to save.
"…Megan!"
The Taberna tribe rolled their eyes as Megan raised an eyebrow before taking the headdress.
"Well, normally I wouldn't accept a clothing that would clash with my attire but seeing how this represents I will make an exception." Megan smiled. "Thank you!"
"Not a problem." Barry said before walking back to the jury bench.
"All right, you cannot vote for Megan." Tiny said. "Everyone else is fair game. Roger, you are up."
The soldier smirked before making his way over to the voting table knowing that he was the swing vote. Taking a last-minute thought, he nodded on the finalisation of his decision.
Larka casually walked over to the table. She wasted no time writing down a name and putting it in the urn.
Floyd put his hands in his pockets as he walked in. Wishing the best of luck to his partner, he wrote down a name.
Yuri-Chan took a deep breath trying to calm herself down. With a gulp, she took the pen. "I like you but I don't want to go home this early." She said holding up "Kat" to the camera.
Kat gulped nervously before bounding up the stool. She shakily wrote down a name. "I am sorry. I wish that there was some other way." She said holding up "Regina" to the camera.
Regina fiddled with her glasses as she made her way over. With a deep sigh, she started to vote. "I am sorry that things had to be this way. Good luck." She said holding up "Yuri-Chan" to the camera.
Mikey jogged over to the voting table. Despite his confident jog, he seemed quite nervous about it. With a deep breath, he wrote down a name.
Megan lifted her dress up as she stuck her nose in the air with a smug smirk on her face. "This blindside is only fitting for a thorn in the side like you." She said holding up "Roger" to the camera.
With that, she made her way back. Tiny then got up.
"I'll get the votes."
Everyone waited anxiously for Tiny to return.
"I'll read them out. Whoever gets voted out has to leave the Tribal Council area immediately."
"First vote, Kat."
Kat's ears drooped out at this.
"Second vote, Regina. One vote, Kat. One vote, Regina."
Regina nervously adjusted her glasses.
"Third vote, Kat. Two votes, Kat. One vote, Regina."
Kat silently hoped that was the last time her name comes up.
"Fourth vote, Yuri-Chan. Two votes, Kat. One vote, Regina. One vote, Yuri-Chan."
Yuri-Chan physically winced at this.
"Fifth vote, Yuri-Chan. Two votes, Kat. Two votes, Yuri-Chan. One vote, Regina."
Yuri-Chan nervously fiddled with her school uniform tie.
"Sixth vote, Roger. Two votes, Kat. Two votes, Yuri-Chan. One vote, Regina. One vote, Roger."
Megan crossed her arms turning to Roger with a smug smirk. The latter couldn't help but roll his eyes.
"Seventh vote, Regina. Two votes, Kat. Two votes, Yuri-Chan. Two votes, Regina. One vote, Roger. One vote left."
Regina bit her lip knowing that it was all-or-nothing for everyone.
"Fifth person voted out of Survivor…"
Everyone was literally on the edge of their seats.
"…Is Yuri-Chan…"
"Whoa… Talk about epic." Rinky said as the Robur sat slack-jawed.
Mikey's jaw dropped in disbelief. Roger looked content with his decision while everyone else looked relieved. Yuri-Chan on the other hand gave a small sigh.
"Yuri-Chan, you need to bring me your torch."
The teenager then got up and looked at her tribe. "This had been one of the best experiences of my life. Thank you for sharing it with me."
She the grabbed her torch and walked over to Tiny placing it in front of him.
"Yuri-Chan, the tribe has spoken." Tiny said putting his snuff over the torch extinguishing it. "You may now go."
"No offense taken, guys. Best of luck." Yuri-Chan said walking off.
Tiny watched the girl walked off before turning to the others. "So because of Megan having Immunity, you literally had to scramble to make sure that you or your ally was safe. Here's hoping that this is the only time something like this happens. You may head back to camp."
Both tribes gathered their torches and went off their separate ways back to their respective camps. The Robur still can't get over how Taberna's Tribal Council went. The Taberna tribe on the other hand had mixed reactions about the vote for obvious reasons. Regina however seemed to be in thought.
"Wow… I got voted out in a semi-skewered vote. And yet I am okay with it. I did all I can to plead my case and it didn't work so there is no use complaining." Yuri-Chan shrugged. "I wish all of my tribemates luck. Especially Mikey. Just try to get over your head, okay?"
VOTING
Alan: Barry, Belle, Blake, Rinky, Victoria.
Rinky: Alan, Rinky.
VOTING 2
Yuri-Chan: Floyd, Regina, Roger.
Kat: Mikey, Yuri-Chan.
Regina: Kat, Larka.
Roger: Megan.
And here is the only double elimination for the season. Alan had the skills and personality to go far. Only one problem. I already had a goofy athletic guy make the Final 3 in the past two seasons. (Mark & Wally) Alan may be different from the both of them but I still can't let him go far. Naturally, an injury was the only one to make him leave early. Even I went sorry for his departure.
As for Yuri-Chan, she suffers from the same problem as Alan. I already had a shy, quiet girl with hidden depths make the Final 6 in the last seasons. (Fuuka and Allison) However, unlike Alan, Fuuka pales in comparison to her predecessors. However, I wanted to at least show that she could fend for herself and would had made it further if Roger gave her a chance.
Note: Again, Alan was from my old Total Drama Island idea. He has the exact personality as he does here. Only difference was his name was Ace. Needless to say, I didn't wanted him to have a name as a previous winner.
Note2: Another scrapped TDI character. However, that Yuri-Chan has much more depth and personality in that story idea. It is too bad because during planning stages, she was one of my favourites.