(Tyjet Tribe)
Everyone walked back to camp knowing that they had finally reached the Finale.
"My plan worked and man what a relief it was! The idea was to get Kat to vote with us because it was going to be a Final 2." Victoria said in relief. "Now that the playing field is even again, we may have a shot of making the finals after all."
"This is EXACTLY what I was afraid of. Kat betrayed me and Floyd and voted him off. I know this is VERY hypocritical considering the way I had been acting but she had better have a very good reason for doing so." Regina said crossing her arms.
The blonde decided to take Kat for the side.
"All right, Kat. What gives?" Regina asked crossing her arms.
The white cat looked down. "Listen, I know you are mad at me…"
"Darn right I am!" Regina scolded. "I DO however hope that you at least voted out Floyd for some reason."
Kat slowly looked up and nodded.
"Tonight was the hardest decision of the entire game. I had to choose between being sticking to my alliance or getting a better chance into the Final 2." Kat sighed. "I chose the latter because I knew that I couldn't take on Regina and Floyd in the Final Tribal Council."
"Okay, I admitted that I fibbed a bit." The band player sighed.
"About what Victoria told you?" Regina said raising her eyebrow.
"Yes…" Kat said before looking serious. "Regina, if you are mad at me, you have every right to be but I just want to know one thing."
"And that is?" The blonde said.
"If we make the Final 3 with Floyd and you win Final Immunity, who would you take?" Kat asked.
Regina's eyes widened at this before she looked away not knowing how to answer that question.
"I am embarrassed to say that I haven't even thought that far." She frowned.
"Me either until Victoria brought it up." Kat sighed.
Regina merely paused. "I am afraid that I can't answer your question, Kat."
"I understand. But I am now hoping that you do." The feline pleaded.
Regina looked down. "Well, since you put it like THAT, I can't really be bitter."
She then glared up.
"I do hope that we have to worry about a tiebreaker all over again." She scolded.
"I know that." Kat said. "Don't worry, THIS time you have my 100% loyalty."
With that, the two girls joined Roger and Victoria in the shelter to go to sleep.
"I am officially the last man standing now that Floyd is gone. And a strong one at that. Usually those types get picked immediately at the merge but I somehow managed to make it all the way to the finals." Roger said crossing his arms. "In fact, the other girls had their fair way of obstacles as well. Which makes it more harder for us to go home empty-handed."
(Day 37)
Victoria sat at the fire pit making a fire with Roger looking on.
"Good work, Victoria." Roger noted. "You had made that flame was bigger than the last one."
"Now that we are on even grounds again. It is clear that no matter what there WILL be a tiebreaker this time around." Victoria said. "We all need to be at our best if we don't want to go home in a tiebreaker."
"Do you think I have a chance against Regina and Kat?" Roger asked.
"We will if we practice hard enough." Roger said. "Those two may have been out of their element but from what I learned from this experience is NEVER underestimate your enemies no matter where they are from."
"Agreed. Surely they had been in the majority for a reason." Victoria said.
"Right." Roger mused.
"I don't want to make the same mistake we made last time. It cost us the Immunity Idol, Rinky AND the majority." Roger said holding his head. "We have to be on our best game because one slip-up and it is all over."
"I guess hope that we will make it." Victoria said slowly.
"Same here."
Meanwhile, Regina and Kat was heading over to the treemail box.
"So who do we target?" Kat asked.
"Well, Roger is the bigger threat…" Regina said before shaking her head. "Unfortunately, he is also the harder person to beat in a tiebreaker."
"Yeah…" Kat sighed. "All we do is see who wins Immunity and see who to target."
"Right…" Regina said looking to the side.
"Even though I had explained my reasons, I still think Regina doesn't trust me. I have to show that I am willing to take her to the end with me." Kat said looking determined.
Regina then grabbed the letter out of the treemail box.
"Well, there is no time like the present." Regina said before walking back to the others.
"All right, guys!" Kat called out. "It is time!"
Roger and Victoria walked over.
"Well?" Victoria asked.
"It just says "Are you afraid from heights?" Regina read before groaning. "Great."
"What's wrong? I thought you are from a world where you are literally miles off of the ground." Kat asked.
"I know but these Challenges have more than dealing with climbing and stuff." Regina sighed.
"Yeah…" Victoria grumbled.
"This is it. Just one more Immunity Challenge before the Final Challenge and frankly, the pressure is piling on big time." Regina said with a sigh. "Fortunately, that means that this is almost over but not by much."
(Immunity Challenge)
The four finalists made their way on the mat where Tiny was waiting.
"Hello, finalists and welcome to your next Challenge." Tiny smirked. "Take a look."
Everyone looked on to see four tall pillars standing high over the ocean. At the end of each of them, there was a rope bridge connected to each of them joining up at the middle making a X where there were four keys.
"Here is your next Challenge." Tiny said. "You have to climb those narrow rope bridges to those keys in the centre. Once you had gotten the one in your respective colour, you may head back to your lock. Sounds easy, right? Wrong. These bridges are more difficult than it looks. You must be have precise control over the bridge to get across. Now let's get into positions."
(Later)
Everyone stood at their respective platforms ready for the Challenge to begin.
"For Immunity! Survivors, ready, go!" Tiny shouted.
Everyone immediately started to climb the rope ladder realizing almost instantly that the bridge was quite wobbly indeed. Regina even had to hold onto the rope ladder with both arms to avoid falling in.
"How am I supposed to get across if I can't even make it past the first step?" Regina yelled afraid to move.
Roger, Kat and Victoria on the other hand had no problem making their way over.
"Carefully… Carefully…" Roger said.
"Don't look down… Don't look down…" Victoria said.
"Just a bit to go." Kat said mused.
The three made their way on slowly while Regina was hesitating to move. However, slowly she inched her way over to the keys.
"Come on, girl…" Regina muttered. "You can do it…"
Tiny looked on to see how the castaways were doing. Everyone but Regina was doing fairly well.
"Come on, Regina." Tiny yelled. "Surely you don't want to lose this Challenge?"
"Do you think I WANT to!" Regina snarled.
With that, she tried to go even faster.
Only for her to shake the bridge and send her falling into the ocean below.
"Well, not that it would had mattered but you are definitely not winning now." Tiny said looking to the side.
"Aw, shaddup!" Regina snapped poking her head out of the water.
As she swam back to shore, the others were making their way towards the centre. One by one, they grabbed their keys before making their way back to the top.
"So seeing that you are out of the Challenge, who do you think is going to win?" Tiny asked.
"Well, I don't know. I think that it is pretty even so far." Regina mused.
"But who do you WANT to win?" Tiny asked.
Regina looked down. "I don't know. Kat and I don't even know who to target in a tiebreaker."
Tiny raised an eyebrow. "Are you sure that it will be a tiebreaker this time around?"
"I am!" Regina said. "It is me and Kat versus Roger and Victoria. I am sure that this time it will be a tiebreaker."
"I don't know. The last time you were SO sure, you got blindsided BIG time." Tiny said.
Regina glared at the host. "Hey. Seriously. Screw you, you Jeff Probst wannabe!"
Tiny blinked twice before looking back at the Challenge. "Haven't heard THAT insult for a while."
The two looked up to see the three heading back. It looked quite close and it may come down to the wire.
Then, one person had made it across and used their key to unlock it releasing the tribe's flag much to their surprise.
"Roger has it!" Tiny yelled. "ROGER WINS IMMUNITY!"
The soldier clutched his fist in victory.
(Later)
"Congratulations, Roger. You had won Immunity guaranteeing an one-in-three chance of winning." Tiny said putting the headdress on him.
"The third time is a charm." The camouflage-clad man smiled.
"As for the rest of you, the journey will end for one of you today." Tiny said. "You have all day to figure out who. You may now head back to camp."
(Tyjet Tribe)
"Roger has Immunity again. Should be no surprise. We had already gotten rid of all of the major threats." Kat sighed. "But that is not my main problem. My main problem is trying to get Regina past to the Final 2."
Regina watched as Kat used the flint and Machete to make a fire.
"Well, how was that?" Kat asked after she had made a fire.
"Well done. Your speed is now increasing nicely." Regina noted.
"Good." Kat said before giving flint and Machete to Regina. "Now it is your turn."
"Um, right…" The blonde said.
Kat merely sighed. "Regina, don't worry. We just need to practice as much as we can."
"Well, what do you think Roger and Victoria had been doing?" The futuristic girl countered.
"Regina, if you think negatively like that, you will be in serious trouble if they select you as the target." Kat scolded.
"I know…" She said. "I am just nervous…"
Kat nodded.
"When I got into the game, I actually completely forgot my main problem with coming here. I was not used to a less-modern environment." Regina said looking down. "If I am the target, this could be my ultimate test to see if being here changed me for the good."
Meanwhile, Roger and Victoria looked over to the two.
"What do you think?" Victoria asked. "I mean I think I could take Regina and Kat in the Final Challenge."
"I honestly don't know…" Roger frowned. "On one hand, Regina had backstabbed a lot of people but on the other hand, Kat had made very few moves compared to her."
Victoria nodded her head. "Right… Targeting the right person is crucial."
"It is a no-brainer that there is going to be a tiebreaker tonight. It is between Victoria and either Regina and Kat." Roger said. "Both girls have their strengths and weaknesses with their gameplay but if we win the tiebreaker, only one of them will make it to the Final 3."
"I must admit, I am a little nervous." Victoria mused. "I mean whoever gets the majority of the game counts on this tiebreaker."
"You know, if you are that worried, why don't I give you Immunity?" Roger asked.
Victoria's eyes widened at this. "But that means you would be the target."
"It is all right. I know that I may seem cocky but I have full-confidence in my skills." Roger said.
However, Victoria shook her head.
"No, I had come this far. I refused to go back out like that." Victoria said sternly. "If I let you do that, everyone would think I practically let you carry in a pram. I appreciate the thought though."
"This may be the biggest ordeal I had ever since I finally exposed Belle to the others. A tiebreaker also shows how much you had learned over this time." Victoria said sternly. "I had come too far to just go home. Even though I never even wanted to be here in the first place."
(Tribal Council)
The four finalists made their way over to Tribal Council where Tiny was waiting.
"We now bring in the jury." Tiny said as the jury walked in. "Blake, Barry, Megan, Belle, Rinky and Floyd voted out at the last Tribal Council."
The jury sat down. Floyd was wearing an orange Hawaiian shirt with blue palm trees on it with white khakis and sandals. He also had his trademark camera around his neck.
"Regina, I guess that you weren't expecting Floyd to leave." Tiny said.
"Yeah, he had been with me since the early stages of the game." The blonde frowned. "I really miss him."
The jury looked at Floyd in confusion.
"Didn't you tell us that she BLACKMAILED you?" Megan asked in confusion.
"Let's just call it a vitriolic partnership." Floyd shrugged.
"Kat, why did you betray one of your allies even though you went through so much trouble to save another?" Tiny asked.
The feline merely sighed. "Well, I knew that if the Final 3 were made up of Floyd, Regina and me, I would be the third-wheel and would automatically lose if I didn't win Final Immunity."
"So basically it was either you or him." Tiny said.
"Yes…" Kat sighed.
"Wow. The kitten's claws are sharper than I thought." Rinky said in awe.
"Not sharp enough…" Belle muttered.
"So Victoria, you had made it past another vote." Tiny said. "However, from what I gathered, you aren't in the clear just yet."
The dark-skinned woman nodded. "We still have to a tiebreaker. This time, it will be one."
"I see." Tiny said. "So have you prepared?"
"Of course. This could be make-or-break for everyone here!" Victoria said.
"Agreed." Barry nodded.
"I take it that you and Regina had prepared, Kat?" Tiny asked.
"Yes. It is just like Victoria said." The tambourine-player said.
"Roger, you are practically just sitting back and watching the tiebreaker." Tiny said. "How does that feel?"
"It feels nerve-wracking but you have to trust your ally to pull through for you." The soldier said.
"All right. It is time to vote." Tiny smirked. "Roger, do you intend to keep it?"
"Yes, I do."
"Okay, let's do it." Tiny smirked. "Roger, you are up."
The soldier nodded his head before making his way over the voting table. "Victoria, I am counting on you."
Kat made her way over to the stool not looking forward to the tiebreaker. "It all comes down to this."
Victoria looked determined before heading with a stare. "This is it. All or nothing."
Regina walked up to the table looking worried. She then grabbed the pen. "I just hope this works."
With that, she made her way back as Tiny got up.
"I'll get the votes." He said.
Nobody looked worried because they knew how the vote is going to go.
"I'll read them out."
"First vote, Regina."
Regina's eyes widened in shock.
"Second vote, Victoria. One vote, Regina. One vote, Victoria."
Victoria nodded her head.
"Third vote, Regina. Two votes, Regina. One vote, Victoria."
Regina looked at Kat in worry.
"Don't worry…" She whispered.
"Fifteenth person voted out of Survivor and seventh member of our jury."
Nobody looked concerned.
"…We have a tie. Regina and Victoria at two votes each."
"This should be interesting…" Barry noted.
"Okay, here is how the tiebreaker is going to go. We have two tables where you can build fires. You will be given a flint, a Machete and lots of coconut husk." Tiny said. "Your goal is to build a big enough fire to burn through the rope ringing a bell."
The two girls nodded.
"Just relax…" Kat smoothed.
"You can do it, Regina…" Roger offered.
The two then made their way over to their respective fire pits.
"All right. For your right to stay in the game. This Challenge starts…" Tiny said. "NOW!"
The two women wasted no time getting as much coconut husk as they can and placed them on the tables. Everyone looked at the end of their seat.
After the two had collected enough coconut husk, they both grabbed their Flint and Machete and started to click them together making as many sparks as they could. However, one of those sparks had turned into a small flame.
Regina's eyes widened realizing that she was behind and Victoria had a flame only. The latter carefully blew on it trying to spread the flames. Regina on the other hand continued the progress faster.
Then, she had gotten a flame as well. With a big grin, she blew on it trying to fan the flames to the rest of the husk. She then started to feed it some more coconut husk to make the flames bigger. Regina and Victoria did everything in their power to fan the flames to make it larger. It was almost a tie. Everyone was getting eager.
Suddenly, a bell rang. Everyone turned their heads to see who had won.
Regina was standing over a burning fire looking perplexed.
"Regina has it! She had officially won the tiebreaker!" Tiny said.
"Yay, Regina!" Kat cheered.
"Whoa… Really had me worried there." Floyd said with a smirk.
"I won…?" Regina said slowly before smiling. "I won?"
Victoria on the other hand hanged her head.
"Which means…" Tiny started.
"…That by default, I am officially the Fifteenth person voted out of Survivor and seventh member of our jury." Victoria sighed.
"Dang…" Blake frowned.
She then grabbed her torch. "Sorry, Roger."
"It's all right." The soldier nodded.
With that, she made her way over to Tiny and put the torch in front of him.
"Victoria, the tribe has spoken." Tiny said putting his snuffer over the torch extinguishing it. "You may now go."
"Just one more Tribal Council, Roger." Victoria said walking off.
Tiny watched her leave before turning to the others. "We just had our first and last tiebreaker of the season. That is how close you are to the Final Tribal Council. You had better bring your game because you will need it for the Final Immunity Challenge. You may head back to camp."
The three finalists got up and picked up their torches knowing that this was it. Just one more Tribal Council before the biggest one yet. However, that means one more person was needed to fall in order to win.
"Dang… So close. I was in this much reach of making the Finals, it wasn't even funny. All I could hope is that Roger makes it one more round." Victoria said. "Still, at least I could say that I had fought my way here."
RESULTS
Victoria: Kat, Regina.
Regina: Roger, Victoria.
So Victoria is the next boot. Victoria was one of my favourite characters to write for. She was snarky yet nice. She had to learn to accept playing the game. And I especially loved how she reacted after Blake got voted out.
NOTE: Victoria is another character from my scrapped TDI idea. She had the same story and relationships with Blake and Belle but she was a textbook studyholic.