(Tyjet Tribe)
"Ding-dong the witch is dead! Which old witch? The Wicked Witch!" Rinky grinned. "Bertha had been a thorn in my side since Day 1! And it is not even for a good reason! And the fact that she dug her own grave by trying to reveal what we knew about Blake and tried to get me out because of it really made the blindside sweeter!
The tribe made their way back to camp quite happy about how things worked out.
"Guys, I wanna thank you for making the vote for Bertha an unanimous one!" Rinky grinned.
"Rinky, I could assure you that it was no problem." Regina reassured.
"Yeah, she had no one to blame but herself for trying that forward plan." Victoria agreed.
"Victoria and I were the swing votes tonight and truth be told, we were having trouble trying to commit to a side." Blake said before narrowing his eyes. "But then Bertha accused me of something I didn't do in front of everyone. Why? So that she could say Rinky planted the idea in her head and vote him off. Well, sorry, sister but doing that won't get MY vote!
"Seriously? Where did she get that crazy story about me diving into the ocean to get the Idol?" The dark-clad man asked in disbelief.
"I know, right?" Victoria asked. "Was Bertha THAT desperate to get rid of Rinky that she needed to think up of a story out of the blue?"
The others looked at each other with worried looks.
"Well, I think we all know that Bertha was never the subtle type." Rinky said.
"Still, I am curious about where did she got the idea from." Victoria shrugged.
Everyone looked at each other in worry.
"Larka worried. Larka's alliance know Blake has Idol and according to Bertha, so does Regina's alliance." Larka said crossing her arms. "Which shouldn't hurt us too much. Larka concerned about Blake and Victoria knowing. Blake and Victoria can't afford to know."
"I don't think we will ever know." Barry said waving it off.
"True. On the other hand, I don't really want to know." Blake said rolling his eyes. "Listen, if anyone want to celebrate the downfall of Bertha, go ahead. Just try to turn it down, I am going to bed."
"No, I think we should all go to bed. It had been a hectic night for us all." Belle suggested. "Even if it DID worked in our favour."
"Agreed." Kat nodded. "Besides, something tells me that Bertha's elimination is only the beginning."
Everyone nodded their heads.
"What? You think that Blake survived the vote means my plan failed? Far from it. May I remind me that I am a sniper?" Belle smirked. "Yes, like Bertha, I go against people who get in my way but however, UNLIKE her, I plan my attack and wait as long as it takes. When the chance finally comes by, I SHOOT. And I'll make sure not to miss."
(Day 18)
Blake and Victoria walked through camp together. Suddenly, she noticed Barry and Belle walking towards her.
"Hello." Belle said.
"Um, hey. Is there something you want, guys?" Victoria asked raising her eyebrow.
"Yes. There is something I need to clarify." Barry said.
"Once we celebrated the epic defeat of Hurricane Bertha, we all realized that the game is still going on." Barry said crossing his arms. "There are still two sides going at each other's throats and there are still two swing votes. One of them is an Idol-holder!"
"Did you vote with us because you chose our side or was it because Bertha accused you?"
"Definitely the latter." Blake said narrowing her eyes. "Whether I was voting with you or against you, there was no way we were going to let Bertha get away with that."
"I'll be lying if I didn't agreed with you." Barry sighed shaking his head. "Heck, even her own alliance voted her off."
"Us voting against Regina's alliance means nothing. We only did so because she made us angry." Victoria said crossly. "Now that she is gone, we could focus on getting rid of actual threats instead of worrying about repetitive rivalries!"
"Is there anything that could make you side with us?" Belle asked.
Victoria raised an eyebrow. "Is there? You said it yourself. The main reason not to vote with Regina's side was because Bertha was on it. Now that she is gone, we got a lot of non-threats physical-wise."
"Regina may not be a Challenge threat but she is still sneaky." Barry said. "Roger told me himself that she masterminded two eliminations in favour of their biggest liability."
"Yeah, but you masterminded two eliminations as well." Victoria countered.
"Hey, but Roger and Larka said that the second elimination was mainly due to an overreaction on Regina's part." Belle shrugged.
Blake raised an eyebrow. "You know, considering that your reasoning stems from "Roger and Larka told you so", you would think that they would actually with you helping you make your case."
"Oh, they agreed to help Rinky learn how to make a fire." Barry said.
"Remember, Bertha wouldn't even let Rinky near the fire." Belle scolded.
"Oh, yeah… I…" Victoria said before sniffing the air. "Heh. Do any of you guys smell something burning?"
"That would be us."
The four turned to the direction of the voice only for their eyes to widen. Roger, Larka and Rinky were standing all black and charred. The former two looked annoyed while the latter merely grinned.
"Oh my… What in the world happened?" Belle asked.
"I made a fire!" Rinky said enthusiastically.
Everyone merely stood stunned.
"As much as I hate to agree with Bertha but I could see why she didn't wanted Rinky anywhere near the flint and Machete." Blake whispered to the others.
Rinky coughed out a small cloud of soot before looking up at Roger. "So, Sarge. How did I do?"
The young man rolled his eyes. "Are you serious? I'd seen campfires at summer camp bigger than yours!"
Rinky scowled before walking off. "All right. All right. I'll get some firewood so we could try again later. Sheesh, you military-heads are perfectionists!"
Roger's eyes widened at this as he watched Rinky walked off. He then ran after him.
"I was being sarcastic, kid!" Roger shouted.
The others merely blinked twice. Blake then noticed something.
"Um, Larka?" He said. You got a little something…"
The Ronso raised an eyebrow before looking at her tail. Suddenly, she noticed that there was a small flame on her tail. Licking her fingers, she promptly put it out.
Meanwhile, Megan made her way over to Regina, Floyd and Kat.
"Regina, may I ask you for something?" Megan asked.
"No, I am not going to help you make a throne." The bespectacled said sharply looking at her fellow blonde.
"That was NOT what I was going to ask you." Megan scolded. "But it should!"
"Megan, wasting our firewood to build a throne just for you is as pointless as…" Regina said before pausing. "Building a bar."
"A bar? Would be nice too!" The aristocrat smiled putting her hands together. "But only those nice wines."
The others blinked twice at this.
"The main problem with having Megan in our alliance is that other than an extra vote, she inputs absolutely nothing to our alliance." Regina said rubbing her eyes behind her glasses. "Despite she is the oldest of us four, we have to look after her like we are babysitting her."
"Isn't there something you wanted to talk about?" Floyd asked.
"Um, yes." Megan said. "Why did we voted off Bertha last night?"
"Because she put her foot in her mouth and accused the swing vote!" Regina insisted.
"I know. You already told me the reasoning. But Bertha was more or less right?" Megan shrugged. "I mean, everyone knew he had the Idol so why pretend that he doesn't."
Regina blinked twice. "Um, because we think that he found out that we knew he had the Idol, he would use it."
"But you said that voting off Blake wasn't our main problem right now." Megan warned. "Mainly because we lost one of our allies."
"That is just how the game works, Megan." Floyd shrugged.
Megan put her arms on her hips while looking annoyed. "Well, I don't like it. This game should be played more straight-forward."
Regina, Floyd and Kat looked at each other with exasperated looks on their faces.
"Well, I am sorry, Megan." Kat said shaking her head.
"Humph. Whatever." The pink-clad woman scoffed before stomping off. "I am going to add it to the list of things that Survivor should have."
"Next to the hot pink jet-ski?" Floyd asked flatly.
"Of course!" Megan scoffed. The others merely shook their heads.
"Ever since the merge, everyone was always strategy, strategy, strategy and I hate it! I mean, come on people don't watch Survivor for the strategy, they watched it for the fan-service!" Megan said rolling his eyes. "There is a reason why they always have the series of a jungle island, you know!"
(Day 19)
Roger and Larka made their way to the treemail box together. Larka however had her head down in thought.
"What kind of Challenge do you think we will have this time?" Roger asked.
"Larka do not know." Larka said. "But Larka intend to use every ounce of energy."
"Yeah, same here." Roger nodded.
"Seeing that there is nothing we can do except plead our case to Blake and Victoria, we just have to focus all of our energy on the Challenges." Roger said crossing his arms. "Our goal is to make sure that Regina or anyone from her alliance doesn't win."
"Roger…?" Larka said.
"Yes, Larka?" The camouflage-clad man said.
"Roger sure we should leave Blake alone right now?" The Ronso asked.
"I can see why you are asking that but unfortunately we can't afford to make waves right now." Roger sighed. "They still hold the power of the swing vote in their hands."
"But Roger letting schemer have power over vote AND Idol!" Larka insisted.
"I know that." Roger sighed shaking his head. "Unfortunately, we can't do anything at the moment. If we vote off Blake now, Victoria would be furious."
"Victoria may be furious but she still has to choose side." Larka reminded.
Roger sighed. "Sorry, Larka but right now, but there is nothing we could do but to make sure that Blake votes our way."
Larka nodded not looking happy.
"Larka dislikes people who go around everyone's backs and lie. Especially when Blake was already in good position." Larka said crossing her arms. "Larka don't see any reason to take Idol like that."
Roger took a letter out of the treemail box. "All right. It is time. Are you ready?"
Larka nodded with a determined look on her face.
"Good. Let's go back." Roger nodded.
With that, they made their way.
"All right. It is time for another Challenge." Roger said.
Everyone gathered around.
"What does it say?" Rinky asked.
"It says "Are you good at basketball"?" Roger read.
Rinky's smirk vanished. "Basketball? But that is sooo unfair!"
"Yeah, Rinky and I can't even reach the basket!" Kat insisted.
"Don't worry, I doubt that they would make a Challenge that would be impossible for you to do." Belle reassured.
"No but I bet they won't stop at making it difficult for us." Rinky muttered as he and Kat looked down at the ground.
"The main problem with being so short is that you would be a big liability in the Challenges. Especially with sports like basketball." Kat frowned. "I mean come on! That is for tall people!"
(Reward Challenge)
The eleven castaways made their way onto their tribe mat.
"Hello, Survivors to your next Challenge." Tiny smirked. "Take a look."
Everyone looked to see eleven basketball hoops each on a slope with a recovery net.
"The Challenge is quite simple. Score as many baskets as you can in two minutes. The hoops have an automatic counter so it will keep score for everyone." Tiny said. "Whoever gets the most baskets wins Reward."
The contestants looked at each other with mixed reactions.
"Now you will be playing for a private island hut with a beautiful view." Tiny said. "Now if everyone could draw for spots, we can begin."
(Later)
Everyone got into their spots.
"All right! For Reward." Tiny said holding a stopwatch. "Survivors, ready… GO!"
Everyone wasted no time grabbing their basketballs and throwing them. However, they all missed due to everyone's somewhat inexperience with the sport. Nonetheless, they kept trying to score baskets.
People like Larka, Barry and Roger seemed to be trying into the groove but people like Rinky, Kat and Megan were having trouble even trying to reach the baskets.
"Heh. It is not really that hard when you get used to it." Roger mused.
"How the heck am I supposed to shoot a basket if I can't even reach it?" Rinky grunted.
"Okay, you can do this…" Regina said to herself. "Just relax."
Megan on the other hand threw the basketball. However, it didn't went too far.
"Ugh! Why do people play this barbaric sport anyway?" She growled.
"Because it is fun." Barry said picking up his basketball.
"How is this fun? Shopping is fun and when I haven't spent a single dollar here!" Megan snapped.
"Could you keep it down please?" Roger snarled without turning his head. "You are interrupting people who actually have a chance."
Megan grumbled before she went down to pick down a ball. However, she immediately retracted her hand.
"ACK! I broke a nail!" The blonde screamed before growling. "Okay, that's it! I am dropping out! My manicure costs me fifty dollars a nail!"
"Sheesh, calm down, Meg." Floyd winced.
"My nail had just broken!" The pink-clad woman snarled. "I can be as over the top as I want!"
With that, she stormed off with the others looking at her in exasperation.
"Megan should be happy." Larka said before throwing her ball. "Challenge finally cost Megan something."
Floyd successful scored another basket. "Heh. This isn't so bad once you get the hang of it."
"Yes, and it is quite fun too!" Belle smiled.
"I wish I can say the same…" Kat frowned.
"Yeah, I can't even reach these hoops!" Rinky grunted.
Meanwhile, Tiny looked at his watch. "Hmm… Almost time to end the Challenge in 3… 2… 1…"
"And DROP YOUR BALLS!"
Everyone obliged.
"The Challenge is officially over!" Tiny yelled. "Now just give me a few minutes to count up the scores."
(Later)
The eleven players waited patiently hoping for the best.
"All right, here are the results." Tiny said.
"Megan… Because you ragequited in the middle of the Challenge, you get 0 baskets." Megan merely shrugged while looking at her broken nail.
"Kat, you didn't do much better, you got 7 baskets." Kat sighed as she shook her head not surprised by this.
"Rinky, you barely managed to beat Kat, you got 8 baskets." Rinky angrily kicked the dirt not happy with his performance.
"Regina, you did better than the previous three but not by much. You got 12 baskets." Regina merely shrugged impressed that she managed to get at least ten.
"Floyd, a little better but you got 15 baskets." Floyd nodded his head a little proud of himself.
"Blake, you got 17 baskets." Blake looked unfazed by his score as if he didn't cared.
"Victoria, you managed to get 19 baskets." Victoria shrugged not that upset to lose the Challenge.
"Belle, you really surprised me. You got 23 baskets." Belle smirked at her progress.
Tiny then turned to Roger, Barry and Larka.
"Which means you three may have a chance of winning the Reward." Tiny smiled.
The three looked at each other.
"Roger, because you did quite well but your score of 30 baskets just weren't enough." Tiny said.
Roger snapped his fingers.
"All right, For Reward." Tiny said. "The score of 37 baskets which barely beat out 35 is…"
Everyone looked on in awe.
"LARKA!"
The Ronso gave a content smirk while crossing her arms while Roger cheered her on.
"Larka, if you come over please?" Tiny asked. The feline obliged. "Congratulations, you had won Reward where you would go to a nice hut and with a seaside view. However, going only would be boring so you can choose two people to go with. Who would you take with you first?"
"Roger." Larka said without much hesitating.
The solder smirked before walking over.
"All right, next person?"
"Blake." Larka said.
This completely took everyone by surprise. Especially Blake.
"Um, thank you?" Blake said confused walking over.
"All right, Larka, you, Roger and Blake will go to the resort hut will you be back in time for the next Challenge." Tiny said before turning to everyone. "As for the rest of you, I got nothing for you. You may head back to camp."
(Tyjet Tribe)
"Larka had won Reward and she took Roger with her. No big surprise." Regina frowned. "What DID alarmed me that she took Blake as well. Which means they are going to talk to him about flipping. Which means there is nothing left to do but to do the same to Victoria."
"I am going to talk to Victoria again." Regina said getting up.
"Why?" Floyd asked. "We already told she and Blake all the reasons why to vote with us."
"Well, I am sure that Roger and Larka are not just relaxing with Blake." Regina scowled. "They are going to try to get him on THEIR side! We have a plant a seed in Victoria's mind to counter-act the seed growing in Blake's!"
"Not to say that I don't know what you are coming from but aren't you jumping the gun a bit?" Floyd asked. "If anything, Roger and Larka will tell Blake obviously nothing new they haven't already told him."
"Yes, but he could flip just because Roger and Larka took him on the Reward!" Regina scolded. "I refuse to be in the minority just because we were late to play the "Kissing-up game"."
"Ooh, that sounds like fun!" Megan smiled clapping her hands together. "How do you play?"
Regina slapped her forehead with an exasperated growl.
"It seems that Regina can easily be as strung up as her hair when she is stressed out." Floyd sighed while shaking his head. "Whenever something may not go her way, she tends to freak out and thinks that she doesn't give a 100%, she will fall hard. Unfortunately, playing too hard would cause you to fall too."
"I am going over there." Regina said.
"Hold on! I am coming too!" Kat said getting up.
Regina raised an eyebrow. "Why?"
"Nothing personal but I don't think you should go talk to Victoria." Kat scolded. "At least not in your state of mind."
"State of mind?" Regina asked. "What does THAT even mean?"
"Ever since the merge, you had been stragetizing worrying that if you hesitate for even for one second, things will blow up in your face." Kat scolded.
"That's because we are in a minority." Regina scolded.
"No, we are not. Yes, a four-person alliance in a group of eleven is not impressive but remember, we got two swing votes." Kat warned. "If we could get them on our side, we could get the majority."
"And THAT is why I am going over to them!" Regina scolded.
"And THAT is why I want to come with you!" Kat said. "You saw how those two reacted when Bertha accused Blake!"
"And you actually think I would say something that would make her mad at me?" Regina asked crossing her arms.
"Well, not to say I don't trust you but I just need you at least calm down." Kat scolded.
"Kat DOES have a point." Floyd warned. "You DO have a tendency to mouth off when flustered."
"You would too if you were in MY position!" Regina scolded. She then sighed. "All right. You win. You can come."
"Thank you." Kat smiled. "I hope I am not being a bother."
"No, seeing that apparently it is I who is being a bother." Regina said sarcastically with a small smile.
"I am part of a band. Usually we play lovely music together but like most bands like the Beatles, we tend to get into fights over major conflicts." Kat sighed shaking her head. "That is where I come in. I'll try to make sure that the fights don't escalate to an impossible level. I'll try to make sure Regina puts on a cool head."
Meanwhile, Regina and Kat were talking to Victoria.
"You want to talk about why we should go to your side AGAIN?" Victoria asked with a raised eyebrow.
"Of course." Regina nodded.
"We know that we already did so but seeing that Roger and Larka took Blake away on the Reward." Kat said.
"I know." Victoria said. "Even still, what's the big deal? Roger and Larka probably have something nothing new to add."
Kat merely looked away trying to hide a concealed smirk while Regina blushed.
"Well, I have you know that Roger has military training." Regina coughed. "He knows how to adapt to other people."
"Really?" Victoria pointed out. "From what I heard, Roger's social game was horrible. Isn't that why you dethroned him?"
Regina's eyes widened before looking down.
"Look, it is nerve-wracking to watch a potential swing vote away with the enemy!" The bespectacled girl scolded.
"All we ask is just a few minutes." Kat said.
Victoria merely scratched her head. "All right, all right. You got my vote."
"Personally, I think they are overreacting but I could at least see their reason why." Victoria said with a shrug. "I mean if you don't see what Roger and Larka are up too then you need glasses. They are trying to kiss up to us by bringing us on nice Rewards. Sorry, but Blake and I had already told ourselves not to vote with emotion."
(Resort Hut)
Larka, Roger and Blake made their way across the shore.
"According to Tiny, we should be heading up to it." Roger said.
Suddenly, they noticed the hut a distance away. Also, they saw the beautiful view.
"There it is." Blake mused.
Roger looked around. "My… This is beautiful."
Larka nodded her head.
"Larka had won Reward and of course her first choice was me. Now we get to go to a nice resort hut." Roger smiled. "Also she brought away one of the swing votes which is good because we seriously need his vote."
The three sat in the hut admiring the view outside.
"Larka like it here." Larka nodded. "Nice and quiet."
"I say." Blake smiled.
"Thank goodness for this Reward. Ever since the early merge, it had been nothing but strategizing for everyone. Especially us." Blake smiled. He then sighed. "Unfortunately, I KNOW for a fact why I am here."
"So I assumed that you chose me because you wanted to talk to me." Blake nodded.
Roger and Larka nodded.
"Surely you know how important your vote is." Roger said.
Blake nodded. "I know. Everyone had talked to us at least once. Minus Megan, of course."
Roger rolled his eyes. "That's because Megan would just make you vote against her and her alliance."
Blake chuckled. "True."
Larka sternly narrowed her eyes. "Anyway, Regina major threat. Regina blindsided majority twice."
"So I heard from Barry." Blake nodded.
"Regina seemed like type of person to vote against someone who gets in her way." Larka scolded. "Whether you like it or not."
"Agreed." Roger snarled. "I mean she kept Megan TWICE."
"Well, to be fair, Barry kept Bertha twice." Blake shrugged.
"That is hardly a fair comparison!" Roger scolded. "Barry kept Bertha because he kept he would be a big asset."
"True…" Blake said rolling his eyes.
"Regina KNEW that Megan was a liability and even then she kept her!" Roger said.
"I dunno." Blake said. "From what I heard, you and this Nick Boy fellow annoyed your tribe."
Larka growled. "Hardly reason to go behind Roger's back TWICE!"
Blake winced while Roger stood up.
"Larka, please." Roger said trying to calm his closest ally down.
The Ronso sighed before looking down. "Sorry… Larka have big dislike of Regina."
"So I noticed…" Blake said with a gulp. "Anyway, thank you for taking me here but you just have to wait until Tribal Council for our answer."
"I understand." Roger nodded.
Larka on the other hand growled a bit.
"Main reason Larka brought Blake onto trip was because Larka wanted to sense Blake's presence to see if Blake had Idol or not." Larka lamented. "Nothing. May or may not be on purpose but Blake's answers were vague and hard to predict. Looks like truth will be concealed until Blake uses Idol."
(Day 20, Tyjet Tribe)
Barry, Belle and Rinky made their way over to the Treemail box.
"Do you think that Roger and Larka had convinced Blake to vote with us?" Belle asked.
"I sure hope so. We seriously need their votes." Barry mused.
"I am just a little upset that we are OPENLY giving that jerk the most power in the game when he already has the Idol." Rinky snarled.
"I know, I know." Barry sighed. "But remember, Blake doesn't know WE know he has the Idol."
"Right." Rinky smirked before rubbing his hands together. "Which means he will get a major blindside when the time comes."
Belle shared Rinky's smirk.
"So far, so good. Nobody wants to vote off Blake yet but with each passing day, they are counting the days until they CAN." Belle smirked. "This is going perfectly. I just have to wait for a while until the time finally comes and hope that Blake and Victoria votes with us."
Barry took a letter out of the treemail box. "Speaking of which, let's see if what we got this time."
"All right." Belle said before they walked back to the others.
"Okay, we got treemail." Rinky yelled summoning everyone.
"All right!" Floyd smiled. "What we got?"
"It says "Are you good at shooting"?" Barry smiled.
Kat immediately smiled at this. "Oh, thank goodness! Something that put us short people on even ground!"
"I know right!" Rinky smiled.
"The last Challenge was totally unfair because it favoured the taller players. Which is why Kat and I only beat Megan while Larka won the entire thing!" Rinky said rolling his eyes. "I may not be good at shooting a gun but I am definitely better at that than basketball."
(Immunity Challenge)
The eight Survivors made their way over to their mat.
"We now bring in Larka, Roger and Blake from the Reward." Tiny said.
The three then walked in.
"Hey, guys." Roger said.
"Here is your next challenge." Tiny said. "Take a look."
Everyone looked to see 12 rifles on the ground. They also saw two long pillars on the ground parallel from each other.
"Now this Challenge is quite simple. You will take turns holding a rifle with 10 shots. You will be shooting at clay pigeons." Tiny explained. "However, there will be 10 clay pigeons shooting so use your shots wisely. If there is a tie, we would go to a tiebreaker. The person with the most clay pigeons shot at the end wins Immunity guaranteeing a 1-in-10 shot of winning this game."
Everyone looked at each other knowing that this was a test of accuracy.
"Now let's draw for positions." Tiny said.
(Later)
Soon, the order had been arranged. Barry was up first.
"All right. Barry, you drew first and you get to shoot first." Tiny said. "However, I SHOULD warn that some of the pigeons go at different speeds and don't usually go at one at a time."
Barry nodded before narrowing his eyes.
"3, 2, 1… GO!"
The bear waited patiently for the first clay pigeon to fly out of the pillars. Suddenly, he saw the first one come out. Thinking quickly, he shot at it breaking it easily. However, he saw a pigeon fly past him. He tried to shoot it but the speed was alarmingly fast.
He tried to shoot some clay pigeons but they had proven too fast for him. Soon, he managed to shoot down the last clay pigeon.
"That is the last one!" Tiny yelled. "Barry, you got 4 pigeons. Not that impressive but it may make a decent lead."
Roger raised an eyebrow. "I thought you were a mob boss."
"I am but I am more a smasher than a shooter." Barry sighed.
Next was Regina. With a nervous gulp, she held her rifle in her hand.
"3, 2, 1… GO!"
The teenager yelped when she saw the first clay pigeon fly past. She then shot at it missing it completely. More pigeons fly out. Regina shrieked before flying at them managing to get a shot in. However, she let the next one fly through.
"Regina, you got 5 pigeons." Tiny said. "Barely made it but you now got the lead."
The blonde sighed. "I am surprised I even managed to get one."
Next was Rinky. With a mischievous smirk, he readied his rifle.
"3, 2, 1… GO!"
As the first clay pigeon flew out, Rinky immediately shot at it. However, his aim was quite poor as he missed it. He ended up panicking and having to shoot after the fast pigeons barely hitting a few.
"Rinky, you got 6 pigeons." Tiny said. "Rinky now holds the lead."
"Man, that was harder than it looks!" The ghost said taking a deep breath.
Next was Blake. He examined his rifle for a bit.
"3, 2, 1… GO!"
Blake immediately shot at the first clay pigeon easily breaking it. However, he failed to shoot the second one. Thinking quickly, he tried to shoot it but it went out of range. The next thing he knew, clay pigeons were flying everywhere.
"Blake, you got 3 pigeons." Tiny said. "Rinky still holds the lead."
"I never was good with a gun, anyway." Blake shrugged.
Next was Floyd. Looking confident, he prepared himself.
"3, 2, 1… GO!"
Floyd immediately shot the first clay pigeon. Much to the surprise of the others, he had demonstrated to a better gunman than some people thought. Nothing professional but still quite good.
"Floyd, you got 7 pigeons." Tiny said. "You now have the lead."
The young man smirked. "Not bad… Don't you think?"
Next was Belle. With a small smirk, she waited patiently for the countdown.
"3, 2, 1… GO!"
Everyone jumped when they saw Belle skilfully shot the first clay pigeon with good aim. They then saw Belle managed to shoot all of the targets with extraordinary accuracy.
"Belle… I have to say, that I am speechless." Tiny said in awe. "Because you got a perfect score, you have the lead now."
"Sorry, to scratch a number off your score, Floyd." She smirked looking at the stunned photographer.
Next was Kat. Taking a deep breath to ready herself, she readied her rifle.
"3, 2, 1… GO!"
Kat tried to shoot at the first clay pigeon only to miss it completely. Biting her lip, she tried her best to shoot as many targets as she could. However, she only managed to get a few.
"Kat, you got 4 pigeons." Tiny said. "Belle still holds the lead."
"I knew that I wasn't going to do well, anyway…" She lamented.
Next was Megan. She curiously eyed her rifle as if she never saw one before.
"3, 2, 1… GO!"
Megan immediately aimed at the flying targets. However, for some reason, she didn't shoot. Instead she waved her rifle away around frantically trying to aim at the shooting clay pigeons and yet she shoot. Megan looked at her gun annoyed.
"Megan, you got 0 pigeons…" Tiny said flatly. "Also, you have pull the trigger on your rifle to fire."
The blonde turned to the others confused. "You mean this thing?"
Everyone jumped before hitting the deck covering their heads.
"Not when you are aiming at us, you crazy woman!" Roger yelled.
After their potential near-death experience, Victoria went to shoot. She gave a small sigh not liking her chances.
"3, 2, 1… GO!"
The dark-skinned woman then shot at the first clay pigeons. The others looked in awe as she managed to shoot most of them with good aim. Despite her nervousness, she managed to shoot the last clay pigeon.
"You shot eight clay pigeons!" Tiny said. "Not bad but Belle still holds the lead."
The dark-haired woman eyed her gun. "Well, what do you know? Maybe riding shotgun with my brother worked out for me."
Next was Larka. Like Megan, she curiously eyed the rifle.
"3, 2, 1… GO!"
Due to her inexperience with firearms, Larka's performance was quite poor. She missed a couple of clay pigeons by miles only managed to shoot some by complete accident.
"Larka, you got 2 pigeons." Tiny said. "Belle still holds the lead."
The Ronso shook her head as Roger walked up as the last one. He knew that he had to win this.
"3, 2, 1… GO!"
As expected from a soldier, Roger had demonstrated extraordinary accuracy managing to shoot each and every target so far. Everyone else looked impressed. However, he was a little slow on the last one.
"That's it!" Tiny said. "Roger, you got… 9 targets. It was close but you just missed tying with Belle."
"Which means…" Tiny said. "BELLE WINS IMMUNITY!"
The sniper cheered as everyone cheered her on.
(Later)
"Congratulations, Belle." Tiny said putting the headdress on her head. "You had won Immunity guaranteeing a 1-in-10 shot of winning."
"Rinky was right… This DOES give a feeling of authority!" Belle smiled.
"Heh. I knew it!" Rinky smirked.
"As for the rest of you, you will all see me at Tribal Council where one of you will be going home. You may head back to camp."
(Tyjet Tribe)
"Belle won Immunity which is okay because she was never a target on Barry's side anyway." Blake shrugged. "Anyway, tonight is where we will actually choose a side and stick with it for real. We only voted with Bertha because Bertha annoyed us. Again."
"So what now?" Blake asked as he and Victoria walked through camp.
"Well, both sides have really good points but I think only one of them have a better reason." Victoria shrugged.
"I sure hope that when we DO choose a side, we could at least get a break for 2-3 days." Blake sighed rubbing his head. "All this going back and forth is getting repetitive."
"I'll say." Victoria sighed shaking her head.
"The early merge had really shook everyone up. Everyone was going to each other telling to get each other out." Victoria said shaking her head. "I am surprised that this hasn't resulted in a full-blown war."
Regina paced back and forth in front of her alliance.
"Regina, calm down!" Kat begged.
"Calm down, I can't calm down!" Regina scolded. "The most important vote of the game may be at this Tribal Council and we have no power over it!"
"Well, unfortunately there is nothing we can do and hope that they vote my way." Floyd shrugged.
"I guess." Regina said looking down.
"This is it. This is to decide who could have the majority of this game. I had worked too hard for my alliance to be broken away like this." Regina said sternly.
"Regina needs to chill. I know that this is a big moment for everyone but she seriously needs to calm down." Floyd said. "Yes, I am nervous but I know how to control it. Mainly because I been through FAR worse than this."
Meanwhile, Barry's alliance on Rinky's island was talking.
"Well, any luck?" Barry asked.
"I doubt it." Roger frowned shaking his head. "Blake gave us the same answers he and Victoria had been giving us since the start."
"Darn it." Barry said. "So we did all we could do is wait."
"Larka don't like situation. Blake has Immunity Idol and he has most power in game." Larka said with a snarl. "Larka refuses to allow Blake in charge of game. Only thing about tonight is that no matter what, Blake will go down."
(Tribal Council)
The eleven Survivors made their way into Tribal Council where Tiny was waiting.
"Welcome, Tyjet." Tiny said. "Take a seat."
Everyone obliged.
"Now, Rinky. You had voted off your rival, how does it feel?" Tiny asked.
"It feels great!" The yellow spectre smiled. "Especially since the main reason she gone after me was because the main reason was because I looked like that Bloo guy!"
"…But aren't all the ghosts from your node similar to Bloo?"
"Hmm… Good point…" Rinky said rubbing his chin. "Maybe I should send her an invitation to our hometown."
"Now THAT would be fun!" Tiny grinned. "Onto more serious matters, Kat, you voted with the others. Why?"
"Well, when we saw Bertha accusing Blake of having the Idol, we all knew that he and Victoria would vote against us." The white cat shrugged. "Sorry but I refuse to go down with Bertha for that move."
"So Blake, you voted with Barry's side, correct?" Tiny asked.
"Yes, but only to get rid of Bertha." The young man shrugged. "We still haven't committed to a side."
"Victoria, if you pick a side, would you actually stick with them?" Tiny asked.
"Of course. After Bertha had gone, everyone else is tolerable." The woman shrugged.
"Regina, how does this play out for you?" Tiny asked.
"Well, it is quite nerve-wracking." The blonde said. "It is not good to know that you have little power over the vote."
"I see. By the way, Barry, I don't suppose you know where Bertha's Idol story come from?" Tiny asked.
Barry shook his head. "I wouldn't know. That woman would do anything to get rid of Rinky."
"I know but don't you think that story just came out of right-field?" Blake asked.
Barry merely shrugged. "You can be surprised how some people will take something and blow it out of proportion."
"Is Barry right, Larka?" Tiny asked.
The blue-furred feline merely shrugged. "Apparently. Especially when something is known only to you and nobody knows truth behind it."
Belle smiled and nodded.
"All right. Belle, you have Immunity. Do you want to give it up?" Tiny asked.
"Not right now too." She said.
"All right, you cannot vote for Belle." Tiny said. "It is time to vote. Belle, you are up."
The beauty walked over to the voting table with a small smirk on her way. She then picked up the pen and wrote down a name.
Kat walked over to the stool looking determined. She bounded up and wrote down someone's name before putting it in the urn.
Barry looking quite nervous for once rubbed his chin. He then decided and wrote down a name before going back.
Megan scratched her head before wondering who to vote off. After deciding, she put it in the urn and walked back.
Rinky had a pretty good idea who to vote for. After making his way up the stool, he shrugged before writing down a name.
Regina adjusted her glasses before going over. With a deep gulp, she picked up the pen. "Here's hoping that they vote our way." She said holding up "Larka".
Roger narrowed his eyes knowing how important this Tribal Council was. He picked up the pen. "Even now, I still think you overreacted." He said holding up "Regina".
Larka walked over to the voting table shaking her head with crossed arms. She then grabbed the pen. "Larka despises you. Go home." She said holding up "Regina".
Floyd a bit worried about how tonight will turn out for everyone, grabbed the pen and wrote down a name. "Take this as a compliment. You are the biggest threat in Challenges." He said holding up "Larka".
Blake walked over knowing how important tonight was. Taking a deep breath to calm himself, he took the pen and wrote down a name.
Victoria sighed before making her way over. Grabbing the pen, she wrote down a name.
With that, she went back. Tiny then got up.
"I'll get the votes." He said walking off.
Everyone looked at each other in worry.
"I'll read them out. Person voted out have to leave the Tribal Council area immediately."
"First vote, Larka."
Roger's eyes widened in worry.
"Second vote, Regina. One vote, Larka. One vote, Kat."
Regina bit her lip at this.
"Third vote, Regina. Two votes, Regina. One vote, Larka."
Kat and Floyd looked at each other in worry.
"Fourth vote, Larka. Two votes, Regina. Two votes, Larka."
Larka merely crossed her arms with a snarl.
"Fifth vote, Regina. Three votes, Regina. Two votes, Larka."
Regina nervously adjusted her glasses.
"Sixth vote, Larka. Three votes, Regina. Three votes, Larka."
Barry, Belle and Rinky looked at each other.
"Seventh vote, Larka. Four votes, Larka. Three votes, Regina."
Roger and Larka looked at each other.
"Eighth vote, Regina. Four votes, Larka. Four votes, Regina."
Megan merely looked like she was about to doze off at any minute.
"Ninth vote, Regina. Five votes, Regina. Four votes, Larka."
Blake and Victoria narrowed their eyes knowing their deciding votes were next.
"Tenth vote, Larka. Five votes, Regina. Five votes, Larka. One vote left."
Roger's eyes bugged out as Larka shook her head.
"Eighth person voted out of Survivor…"
Nobody looked concerned about the next vote.
"…Is Larka."
Regina's alliance looked relieved while Barry's alliance looked at each other in disappointment.
"Larka, you need to bring me your torch."
Roger looked at his friend. "Larka, I am sorry."
The Ronso shook her head. "Don't apologize. Can't be helped."
With that, she surprised everyone by hugging Roger. The camouflage-clad man despite taken back managed to return the hug.
Larka soon broke it. "Hang in there."
With that, she took her torch and made her way over to Tiny placing it in front of him.
"Larka, the tribe has spoken." Tiny said putting his snuffer over the flame extinguishing it. "It is time for you to go."
"Fight hard." Larka said walking off.
Tiny watched her leave before turning to the others. "So the swing votes had decided on a side and voted with it to get rid of a power player. Let's see how long that alliance will last. You may head back to camp."
Everyone got up and gathered their torches. Roger brought the rear in shock. Ever since Mikey had been voted out, Larka had been his closest ally and friend and in a flash, she was gone. To make things worse, he was now in the minority.
"Larka not surprised. Friends warned me to watch out at merge and they were right. Larka too strong for game." Larka said shaking her head. "Larka has no regrets but has hopes for Roger. Roger has long uphill battle."
RESULTS
Larka: Blake, Floyd, Kat, Megan, Regina, Victoria.
Regina: Barry, Belle, Larka, Rinky, Roger.
I know Larka wasn't the most interesting of characters and her speech pattern got old real fast but she was a primary character in Roger's story and served as his morality pet. However, I never had any intention of her going too far.
NOTE: I always had Larka as a Final Fantasy X fan-character. However, I never really had any development with her until now.