Episode 13: Diamonds Are For Never

-Last Time On Quarantine-

"Quarantine will be ours in no time. MWAHAHAHAHAAAA!"

Contestants were faced with their most dangerous and challenging task yet.

"Waaaaaah! Percy scared! Percy dun wanna go in scary tunnel."

Conestants teamed up once again in order to find the fog machine...

"Okay, I have had it with the Malamar stereotypes!"

...only to be sent on a wild goose chase.

"I made a few last-minute changes to the fog machine so that it can operate from above the clouds."

Contestants were tasked with making their own flying suits. ...A task that proved too great even for Drenig.

"...Okay, this challenge was a bad idea."

Contestants then had to fly to the fog machine using flying suits that Bertram ended up having to buy.

"Twelve o-clock as in a direction, it means North! And... I'm not even sure about that part!"

In the heat of the moment, Kiki and Drenig squared off in trying to destroy the battery first.

"I've had Rhyperiors punch me in the face! Your pathetic weapons are worthless against me!"

...But it all ended in a tie.

"Ugh, it's too close to tell!"

In elimination, after carefully reviewing the episode, Bertram disqualified Percy for his action against Jet.

I didn't want this to be the outcome, but right now anything that gets ME away from YOU is fine by me!"

There are only seven contestants left. How things have gone down since the beginning of the series.

-Mad Eyes and Moody-

Before the episode, we look up on the antagonist of the show: Dagger Eyes. He was currently yelling at Medulla for the latest failure.

"NO! Your worthless fog machine was destroyed just like every plan you make Medulla!" Dagger Eyes. "Why did you not stock weapons onto it?"

"The machine would get too heavy to operate if we loaded it with weapons," Medulla said.

"And you are supposed to be a GENIUS Medulla!" Dagger Eyes roared. "You have failed me for the last time! Now, you will be destroyed!"

You could see Dagger Eyes silhouette in the shot right before his eyes lit up and out of his eyes shot a huge laser that was sent right at Medulla. Medulla jumped back out of the laser beam, and then started to beg for his life.

"No! Don't kill me!" Medulla said. "I'm sorry things didn't work out, but I can still be useful. After all, the most worthless henchmen is a dead one."

"I want you to DANCE for your dear life!" Dagger Eyes yelled, shooting another beam at Medulla. Medulla dodged again.

"WAH! I can still be useful!" Medulla cried right after a third beam hit him and knocked him backwards a great distance. He did not die, but it was obvious that it rattled him up a lot. "Please I'm begging you."

"Well... I'll think about it for a day," Dagger Eyes decided. "But for now, get out of my sight. I want to talk to Gola now."

Medulla ran out of the room after Dagger Eyes last statement. Eventually, Gola came in instead. He seemed rather cheerful.

"Stupid useless Medulla," Dagger Eyes grumbled. "But you, you're the only henchmen I have who isn't completely useless. So... what is our next plan of attack?"

"Why are we even being creative?" Gola shouted. "Just go in there and destroy them! That's what we SHOULD have done in the first place, but with every mistake we make, we lose more and more henchmen to those STUPID contestants!"

"And so do they," Dagger Eyes stated. "You might not realize it, but there used to be eighteen of them, and now there's only seven. And with all the blunders we had, we are STILL winning! ...Although I do kind of wish we had Hespute back. He did more work than Vower and that useless Hypno combined."

"Even that Pudge brat did more than them!" Gola shouted.

"But, as much as I'd like a full scale attack, Bertram is not that dumb," Dagger Eyes said. "He put out all those cannons on the bunker. He gave the contestants mechs to use. He even made weapons using that VILE POTION! Nothing is stopping him from using other weapons to keep us at bay. And Vower already tried a full-scale attack with his army, and they failed. Hespute's army was eradicated, and Medulla's Drowzee and Hypno army proved to be USELESS! Most of our old army is now theirs. These contestants are tougher than we may wish to give them credit for."

"But THEY can't take on a Dragon," Gola said. "Once they get a load of my furious dragon breath, they... Oh wait, the purple one's a fairy isn't she?"

"Even YOUR army has proven useless against them," Dagger Eyes said. "You think Dragons are ALL POWERFUL! Prove it!"

"Fine, feast your eyes on THIS!" Gola then held out a necklace that was tucked inside his robe. It was a deep purple jewel and it was... HUGE. "This is the Lapis Lazuli of Lugia, one of the sacred gems of power!"

"...If it's a Lapis Lazuli, why is it purple and not blue?" Dagger Eyes asked.

"Nevermind that," Gola said. "With this gem, I am virtually unbeatable. Only Diance's Diamond can defeat me!"

"YOU FOOL!" Dagger Eyes shouted. "NEVER shout your weaknesses no matter where you are! You have no idea who could be listening!"

...Like for example, Bertram the Bibarel. He couldn't help but laugh at Dagger Eyes right now.

"I wonder if I should start taking it easy on those poor guys," Bertram said to himself. "It's obvious they underestimate the power of a wealthy Bibarel with the elemental power of Mew. ...Okay, maybe not that powerful, but then again... Is Mew all that powerful to begin with? Still, my power is supreme among Bibarel, and Pokemon should start respecting our species more. All the years of "Bibarels are so weak and stupid, and stupid looking!" Even from Team Mol-Tres and those who have gone have mocked me for my species. I look out for them, I provide them the best medical care money can buy, and I treat them to fabulous prizes every now and then, and yet I still don't get the respect I deserve. ...Well, I better locate that stupid gem then."

While Bertram was looking for the gem, Kiki and Drenig went back to competitive Crush Cousins. They were still trying to cement the ruse that they hated each other.

"Oh good gravy, who even plays Pac-Lax anymore?" Kiki asked.

"Pac-Lax is vintage, who the heck is Marsh the Marstomp?" Drenig asked.

"From Blaze Insignia?" Kiki shouted. "Who cares? Marsh is cool! And way cooler than that stupid Munchlax!"

"Don't like Pac-Lax, don't choose him!" Drenig shouted. "I'm choosing... I don't know..."

"Oh wow, Dr. Bernardo's back!" Kiki shouted. "I mained him in Super Crush Cousin's 2!"

"Good for you, I'm choosing the Furfrou Fighters," Drenig said.

"Oh please, you've so lost!" Kiki shouted.

The other contestants, once again, had to suffer through their made-up qualms. Some of them wanted to scream.

"Look, we all know you're making that up," Kiki said. "You can stop it now, we all know your friends."

"We are NOT FRIENDS!" Both Kiki and Drenig shouted.

-Confessional Session(Kiki/Drenig)-

"Drenig/Kiki is so cool!" Kiki and Drenig said about each other respectively.

-After Confessional-

Jet was not as peeved by the action as the rest were. In fact, he was kind of enjoying it. Well not so much enjoying it as he was accepting of it.

"If we're going into a Kiki/Drenig war, I pick Team Kiki," Jet said.

"Jet, cut it out!" Wren shouted. "They're just trying to hate each other cause they think they're being forced into a relationship."

"...Which was said approximately a hundred times give or take," Aria stated.

"Muffy's hungry," Muffy stated.

"Alright, I suppose we could try that pie again," Aria said. "But this time, I'm NOT allowing Grant anywhere near the kitchen till I'm done."

"Why me?" Grant asked.

"Yeah, why him?" Muffy asked again.

"Like I said, I don't trust him," Aria said.

"It's alright Muffy, you don't have to worry about poor Grant," he said. "But maybe SOME PEOPLE have their own secrets to hide. And me, I wanted to go back to that cave and explore it a bit before the next challenge."

"That's way too far away, you won't be back in time for breakfast," Wren stated.

"Then I guess I'll just go to the hunting grounds," Grant said. "I wouldn't mind admiring the wildlife."

"Grant, can I come with you?" Muffy asked.

"No, I'd rather you not," Grant said. "I would rather be alone."

"Okay, we'll let you go alone then," Muffy said. "I... I guess I'll... work with Aria then."

Muffy didn't seem happy about working with Aria. The thought of Aria sending her best friend home still lingered on.

"What's wrong?" Wren asked.

"Nothing, nothing at all," Muffy said.

"You still don't trust me?" Aria asked. "I really am trying to make up for what I did to Lilly."

"Right... I guess," Muffy said.

"It's okay, Aria is a nice person," Grant said. "You don't have to worry about her betraying you. Trust me."

"I said I guess," Muffy said. "Okay, we'll be in the kitchen then. Hopefully we can do that pie right this time."

"Ha! Knock-out Drenig!" Kiki yelled.

"Oh yeah!?" Drenig shouted. After Drenig's Furfrou Fighters respawned, they immediately took on Dr. Bernardo and knocked him out too. "How do you like that!"

"ARGH! Curse you!" Kiki yelled. ...Eventually the two started to giggle with each other again. They weren't doing a good job hiding their relationship.

"Alright, I'm going to the Kitchen now," Aria said. "See ya guys." Eventually her, Wren and Muffy left.

-Confessional Session(Aria)-

"I don't mean to be on the offense," Aria started. "But I think Muffy might be a few ranks short of a Slowking. She doesn't trust me that much, yet she trusts that evil kid all of a sudden."

-Confessional Session(Muffy)-

"I never told Aria about the time Grant saved that furry kid," Muffy stated. "I forgot what her name was, but I bet if Aria knew about that, I bet she'd be whistling another tune about Grant.

-After Confessional-

"I think I'll go to that hunting location now," Grant said. Grant then rushed out the door leaving Jet and the two "love birds" behind.

Inside the kitchen, Aria wanted to gain Muffy's trust. Aria decided it wouldn't hurt to help Muffy with the pie.

"Muffy, don't worry you made the cheese yesterday and you did a good job," Aria said. "Only thing you did was add too much spice. Think you can ease up this time?"

"I... I think so," Muffy said.

"I'll be frank, I don't think you can do it," Aria said. "I know you can."

"Should I cook the ham?" Wren said. "Drenig doesn't seem to like ham."

"He can just pick the chunks out again," Aria mentioned. "Now, just a smooth stiring like this."

Aria placed her tentacle on Muffy's arm. Aria tried to help guide Muffy along like. Muffy was actually starting to smile. Aria looked at Muffy's face and tried to give her friendliest smile. She wanted to make sure they were in good terms.

"You're doing very good," Aria said. "See? I can be a nice person when I want to be."

"I didn't doubt that," Muffy said. "Maybe... I'm just a bit biased, that's all."

"I'm going to go work on the scrambled eggs," Aria said. "Wren, don't forget to work on the pie crust."

"Got it!" Wren said happily.

The three of them were working together peacefully as they cooked their pie. Maybe Muffy could trust Aria after all.

Meanwhile, Grant was at the hunting grounds. He was standing right behind a tree, talking to himself.

"Alright, let's see here," Grant started. "Laaaa la la laaARGH!"

Grant seemed to be trying to sing, but he wasn't doing it in his voice. In fact, it almost seemed like he was trying to imitate Aria.

"Okay, no singing then," Grant said in his normal voice before trying to imitate Aria again. "Hey sug, this is Aria. Just wanted to let you know I am a VERY evil Malamar. You silly creature are a FOOL for trusting me. Bertram is so cool. ...Not! Lilly was such a nice person. ...Not! Oh I love vegetarian cuisine. ...NOT! Ha ha ha ha ha!"

"Aria?" Just then, Grant heard someone behind him. It sounded like Jet. "Aria, why aren't you in the kitchen?"

Suddenly, Jet jumped up to where Grant was and noticed Grant was not Aria. This made Jet confused.

"Huh? Where's Aria? I heard her voice," Jet said.

"Well... what are YOU doing here?" Grant asked.

"Hunting," Jet said. "Now that Percy's gone, I can do it in peace. Now where's Aria?"

"Oh, well that was... Aria is right..." Grant was thinking of an excuse, but he could think of none.

"That was YOU?" Jet asked. "But why? Why are you trying to imitate Aria?"

"I... well... He he he, just practicing being evil," Grant excused. Jet seemed to be onto Grant, but at the same time intrigued at what he was doing.

"You are one shifty little creature," Jet said. "You're doing something, and I would like in on it."

"Fine, if you must know," Grant started before going up to Jet and whispering. "I'm trying to imitate her voice so I can get her kicked off. She's onto all of my evil secrets, and I need to eliminate her."

"Wow, you're the real deal, aren't you?" Jet asked.

"As real as they come," Grant said. "All I need to do is talk around the right people while Aria is away, and then she's as good as gone."

"I never liked her anyway," Jet said. "Such a motormouth, really. ...By the way, the offer? The one you made me yesterday? ...I accept."

"Huh, so much for doubting me," Grant said. "I thought you said you could win the game by yourself."

"Well, I don't want your help so much in winning," Jet said. "I just want you to get rid of Aria and Drenig faster if you know what I mean."

"Okay, Aria's gone then maybe I'll consider ousting Drenig," Grant said.

"And how do you plan on doing that?" Jet asked.

"Not sure just yet, but he and Kiki are annoying EVERYONE with their made up battles," Grant said. "I could just go from there."

"Excellent, just get rid of Drenig then maybe Kiki," Jet said. "After that I won't need you anymore. I can win the game by myself."

"Sure you can," Grant said before he broke out in a laughing fit. Jet then burst out laughing right with him. Soon though, the two cackling Poochyenas would have to go back to the bunkers for breakfast.

Aria, Wren and Muffy had just finished making another breakfast pie. Everyone was gathered in the kitchen for breakfast. The pie was served again, this time in seven slices because of one less contestant.

"Okay, I am pretty sure we got it right this time," Aria said to the group. "Well? Enjoy. And no overpowered White Herb spice either."

Like last time, Drenig and Jet were hesitant in eating their slices. Drenig was picking out the chunks of ham again and Jet was worried about his figure again.

"Just eat the stupid pie, Jet!" Muffy shouted. "I didn't mess it up this time!"

"Fine," Jet said as he took a bite.

"Mmmm, this is much better," Kiki complimented.

"Yes, delicious!" Grant proclaimed.

"Hmmm, it's okay I guess," Jet said. Muffy started to growl at Jet for what he said.

"Thank you guys," Aria said. Suddenly, Bertram appeared on the screen in the kitchen again.

"Challenge time again," Bertram said. "Meet me outside, cause I have a lot to tell you and I want to do it as easily as possible."

After logging off, the contestants seemed a bit... perplexed. He's never explained a challenge that way before.

"Well, time to witness another one of Bertram's crazy ideas," Aria said to the group.

"Oh, I'm sure it's not going to be that crazy," Wren said as he went outside. The others followed Wren outside to where the challenge would be announced.

-Castle Hastle-

As everyone got outside, the first thing they saw as Bertram near a large cargo truck: just like the ones that hauled them to Quarantine. What did Bertram plan to do with the truck?

"Instead of making you walk to the next destination, I shall personally drive you there," Bertram said.

"Really? That doesn't sound like you," Wren said.

"In addition, there's a nice surprise in the van all for you," Bertram stated. "Want to see what it is?"

Bertram opened the back of the cargo truck and there was a table in there. On the table were seven cups each with a turquoise color to it.

"Wait, are those what I think they are?" Muffy asked.

"That is correct," Bertram said. "In honor of making it so far, I had my chefs prepare seven Nanabrawst smoothies."

Wren was the first inside to grab a smoothie. The cups even had a straw for easy sipping. Wren took a sip of his smoothie and smiled.

"Mmmm, it's got quite a bitter taste, but the sweetness really balances it out, bringing out a harmonious flavor," Wren said.

"What's the catch?" Kiki questioned. "Why are you being nice to us all of a sudden?"

"I feel like I don't treat you contestants kindly enough," Bertram said.

"Let me guess," Aria started. "It's because you're a Bibarel and no one likes Bibarel and you're trying to earn our respect by letting us rest our legs while enjoying a cold nanabrawst smoothie, am I right?"

"It has nothing to do with wanting respect!" Bertram erupted.

"Sure it doesn't," Aria said.

Bertram had an angry face on him, but at the same time he seemed kind of sad. What Aria said was true, and deep down he kind of felt like he got the short end of the stick when it came to what species he got to be: the ever so ridiculed Bibarel. The contestants started to feel sorry for him.

"It's not that we don't respect you," Kiki said. "Well Jet and Kiki might not, but the rest of us do, right guys?"

"Yeah, we don't have anything wrong with you," Wren said.

"You're a nice guy Bertram," Muffy added.

"It's just that... we don't know if we're supposed to like you or not," Kiki said. "You try to be the cold and serious type, but deep down you have a heart of gold."

"All because your father didn't hug you every night before you went to bed," Jet stated.

"...That's because my father was a Raticate," Bertram said. "He has very tiny arms. ...But he always tried to."

"Ignore Jet, he's just adding oil to the fire," Drenig said. "The point is we respect you more than you think."

"Okay... that's nice to know," Bertram said. "Okay, no smoothies and you get to walk."

"What!?" the contestants shouted.

"Just kidding, hop in, enjoy your drink," Bertram said before he entered his vehicle. The contestants hopped in the back and started to enjoy their smoothies. As the truck started to head out, the contestants couldn't help but wonder where they were going.

"Okay, so what is today's challenge?" Grant asked.

"I'm glad you asked," Bertram said. "Today we are going to explore... a castle."

"...Really, another exploration challenge?" Aria asked. "Isn't that incredibly cliche by now?"

"Hey, exploration is big. Going with the world trend," Bertram said. "But this time you are all on your own."

"And why are we going into a generic castle again?" Kiki asked.

"Come on, man! All we've done is storm buildings the entire show," Jet complained. "Give us something new!"

"I would like to do that, but we have a Dagger Eyes to take down," Bertram said. "And apparently Gola has a gem that makes him immortal unless you have Diance's Diamond. Speaking of Diance's Diamond that is EXACTLY what we are looking for."

"Okay, and you know it's in the castle because you heard them say it was in the castle?" Drenig asked.

"No, I did research on the matter," Bertram said. "The Diance's Diamond is said to be located in a mysterious castle known as Escavalier's Keep. ...And as luck would have it, it's located in Quarantine."

"How convenient," Aria stated.

"CAN IT, SQUIDFACE!" Bertram roared. "This gem provides the power of the fairies. Dragons, for example, fear fairies more than anything."

"Then why can't I just bite Gola?" Muffy asked.

"Because you're not a fairy type," Bertram said.

"Yes I am. Granbuls are fairy types," Muffy stated.

"They are?" Bertram asked. "When did that happen?"

"When the element was discovered," Wren mentioned. "Many Pokemon including Jigglypuffs, Clefairies, Azumarills, AND Granbulls were found to have fairy-based powers."

"Huh, guess I better keep up with the times," Bertram stated.

Eventually the group made it to the castle Bertram said he would be taking them to. The contestants looked on at the huge castle, wondering one thing.

"...How come we've never seen this castle before?" Grant asked.

"You would be surprised how big the peninsula is," Bertram stated.

"Great, do we get anything to help us find the jewel?" Grant asked.

"You will each receive an Itemfinder," Bertram said. "These Itemfinders pick up on peculiar items like the Diance's Diamond. They should prove helpful in finding the gem."

"So? They cannot pinpoint items," Grant said.

"Technology has come a long way," Bertram said."It used to be that they could not point exacts, but they have gotten much more powerful over the years.

"Great, can we go now?" Kiki asked.

"Hold on Mrs. Chicken," Bertram said. "Now, one big difference about today's maze/exploration mission is that you will NOT have to deal with any of Dagger Eye's henchmen this time, so this should be a peace of cake. ...Except for the usual traps and guardians."

"I knew it wouldn't be too easy," Aria said.

"And with so many rooms to search through, you could easily get lost in the castle and not find your friends," Bertram said. "Now the person who brings the gem out the door is the winner."

"Hmm, that sounds too easy," Grant said to himself. "All I have to do is..."

"And one thing, no guarding the door," Bertram said. "You actually have to go inside the castle, and you have to leave the entrance to the castle to make things fair."

"...Blast," Grant blurted.

"One final thing," Bertram said. "You may team up if you wish, but remember that only the one who has the jewel IN HAND is immune. So if you are going to team up, be wise about it. And with that I say to you, good will hunting."

Jet immediately bolted in the castle. He wanted to find that gem as quick as possible.

"Don't worry, he's not smart enough to find it that easily," Drenig said.

"I'm gonna find that gem before you Drenig!" Kiki shouted as she ran inside the castle.

"Why you stupid poultry bird!" Drenig shouted as he followed in. "You not off the pescitarian menu by the way!"

"I wanna go in together with Grant," Muffy said to the group. "...Grant?"

But Grant had already ran in. He didn't even give thought to Muffy.

"I think he already went in," Aria mentioned. "Anyway, good luck guys." Aria went inside to look for the gem herself, leaving Wren and Aria behind.

"You can team up with me, Muffy," Wren the goody two-shoes offered.

"Awww, thank you Wren," Muffy said with a smile as they both went in.

Jet was hopping down the hall of the castle trying to find the gem. Jet assumed it would be easy to find.

"Just rush in and find the gem," Jet said to himself. "What could be ARGH!"

As he was running across a rug in the hall, a rug gave way to reveal a flight of stairs which Jet carelessly fell down. That put Jet's search to a halt.

"...Medic!" Jet called out.

Grant was taking a more careful approach to the challenge. He started to look through rooms to find the gem. One thing didn't sit right with him.

"How big is this gem anyway?" Grant asked himself. "Bertram never specified."

Suddenly, Aria came in the same room as Grant. Normally she would try to avoid Grant, but right now she wanted to keep an eye on him.

"What are you up to?" Aria asked.

"Gee, I don't know, maybe I'm trying to search for the diamond," Grant said.

"You know, Muffy wanted to venture the castle with you Grant," Aria stated.

"She did?" Grant asked sadly. "Now I feel like a jerk for just running off on her."

"Why don't I take you to her," Aria said.

"No that's fine," Grant said. "I can find her myself."

Grant then ran past Aria and out of the room. Aria watched as Grant ran down the hall, obviously not in the direction Muffy and Wren were in.

"Hey! Grant!" Aria yelled. "Muffy's the other way!"

But Grant kept running. Aria decided to chase after Grant the best she could. Grant was a bit faster than her so it proved difficult, but she did what she could.

Meanwhile, Muffy and Wren were quietly walking down the hallway Jet went down. They were talking about the challenge at hand.

"Why do we need some dumb Jewel? Can't I just wallop him?" Muffy asked.

"I don't think the rules would allow it," Wren said.

"He'll breathe his fire right in my face, and I'll just march up to him and uppercut him!" Muffy said.

"Brave, but again the rules forbid it," Wren said.

Suddenly, they saw Kiki and Drenig charging out of each of the rooms. They were doing what's become the usual dueling business of theirs. Suddenly, they bumped into each other after coming out of separate rooms.

"Hey! Watch where you're going feather-head!" Drenig shouted.

Kiki quickly kicked Drenig's left leg. Drenig started to keel over.

"I'll watch where I'm going alright, crook-face!" Kiki shouted as she ran through the hall some more.

"Okay, I know you guys are trying not to like each other," Wren started. "But wasn't that a bit... too far?"

"No way, now she's gonna get it," Drenig stated before picking himself up and chasing after Kiki.

-Confessional Session(Wren)-

"...Okay, I am starting to not like where things are going with those two," Wren stated. "It feels like they're going to the extremes just to deny their friendship with each other. When in fact, they have become satellites to each other. I don't want to be rude, but it's getting old."

-After Confessional-

"Muffy don't want those two to fight," Muffy said.

"Me neither," Wren said. "But their fighting is getting too extreme."

Eventually, Kiki came across the flight of stairs Jet fell down. Kiki ignored them and ran past the steps. Drenig on the other hand decided it would be best to go down there.

"He he, stupid Kiki," Drenig said. "The treasure of the castle's always underground."

He rand down the steps to see Jet sprawling on the floor, still trying to get up. Drenig payed little attention and ran past.

"Oh, hi Jet," Drenig said as he ran past.

"Hi Jet?" Jet growled in anger as he ran past.

-Confessional Session(Jet)-

"I'm lying their in agony and that stupid pompadour-totting JERK just runs past!" Jet shouted. "He will completely rue that moment! RUE I SAY!"

-After Confessional-

Wren and Muffy got to the stairs and noticed Kiki and Drenig went two seperate ways. They were planning on which actions to take.

"Maybe we should split up," Wren said. "You go after Kiki, I'll follow Drenig."

"Okay," Muffy agreed before running past the rug.

Wren went after Drenig down the steps. He saw Jet still trying to get up as he ran past.

"Oh, hi Jet," Wren said as he ran past.

"Oh rue you too!" Jet cried. "That does it, no more mister nice frog! Ready or not, here I come!"

Jet finally recovered from his fall and started to hop off into the hall the stairs lead to. He was now determined to fight everyone else.

Grant was still searching the hallways for the gem. He also wanted to get away from Aria so he could execute his plan better. Suddenly, Grant came up to a room that seemed empty, but something seemed up.

"Hmmm, what an ominous looking room," Grant said. He almost stepped forward but stopped himself as he saw the floor. "Oh, a trap door. Peeeeerfect."

Grant quickly jumped across the trap door and into the dusty room. He then hid and lured Aria into the room. As expected, Aria approached the room. She looked around the room but did not see Grant. Then she entered the room and, boom! She immediately fell through the trap door.

"What the!" Aria cried as she fell through the hole into the basement floor below. She landed on a mattress that cushioned her fall, but now she couldn't track Grant for the time being.

"He he he, stupid little Malamar," Grant said as he jumped back across the trap door and went back through the hall.

Kiki was running around a branch connecting the two main halls, looking for a flight of stairs that would lead upstairs. Suddenly, Muffy caught up to her. That's when Muffy started to get frantic.

"Kiki, I'm glad I caught up with you, Muffy want's to talk," Muffy said.

"Aww, hello there Muffy," Kiki said. "What do you want to talk about."

"Muffy doesn't want you to fight with Drenig any longer," Muffy said. "No one likes how you two fight to hide the fact you like each other."

"Listen, Muffy," Kiki started. "I am sick and tired of everyone trying to pair us up like they think we absolutely have to become one with each other just because we're compatible with each other."

"No one's forcing you!" Muffy shouted. "It's in your head! It's in both of your heads! You just think it's being forced on you."

"I'm sure everything that happened was a coincidence," Kiki said. "That's why we tied the last challenge, continued bumping into each other the previous challenge, not to mention being paired up yesterday. Sure it's all in my head, and it's nothing to be concerned with."

"But Kiki..." Muffy started.

"Listen, I do not dislike Drenig," Kiki said. "But the more I tell myself I do, and the more he tells himself to dislike me, the more power we have over the show's dreadful curse, you get what I'm saying?"

Grant was walking through the hall where he finally saw Muffy. Grant entered a room close by to not be detected and then closed it behind him, finding whatever he could to block the door with so no one could get in.

"I'm telling you you are wrong," Muffy said. "At least think of the competitors around you."

"I know Team Mol-Tres as a whole probably doesn't approve of it," Kiki said. "But I don't approve of a forced relationship either."

"NO ONE'S FORCING A RELATIONSHIP!" Muffy screeched.

"You'd like to think that," Kiki said. "But too much has happened for it to be a coincidence."

"So... little pig." Suddenly, their attention was drawn to the room Grant was in. Grant sounded just like Aria. "You dabble in the dark arts too, so maybe we should join forces to destroy the competition."

"That's Aria's voice," Kiki said.

"I... I... maybe?" Grant said in his own voice. "But I don't know if your evil enough." He then switched voices. "Oh come on, you mean the time I vanquished Lilly wasn't enough?" He switched voices again. "You really did? But I thought you wanted to help Muffy." Then he did it again."Muffy is weak. I'm just playing her like a deck of cards." ...And again. "But you said you wanted to aid Lilly's wishes by being Muffy's friend." ...And yet again. "Ha! As if I actually wanted to aid her wishes. I hate her! Why would I want to aid her wishes?" ...and once more. "Woah, you're too evil for me. I don't want to be associated with a Malamar."

Muffy stopped and stared at the door. Her fists clenched in rage at what she heard.

"I knew it!" Muffy shouted. "I knew that Aria wasn't to be trusted!"

"Wait a minute... something seems odd," Kiki said.

"You don't want to join me you stupid Grumpig?" Grant said, pretending to be Aria. "You will pay for your insolence!" He switched voices one more time. "No!"

Suddenly, there was a crash inside the room. Grant then got rid of all the objects he put in front of the door and rushed out, closing the door behind him. That's when Muffy and Kiki saw him.

"We have to get out of here," Grant said. "Aria is evil! Muffy, Kiki, we have to go!"

Grant then ran away from the door. Muffy, being the gullible idiot that she was, followed Grant away from the door. Kiki, on the other hand, waited to investigate. She opened the door, looking inside and could not find Aria.

"Huh? She's not here?" Kiki said. Just then, she thought of something. Maybe she was waiting for Kiki to come in. "I better not go in further just in case what I heard was true." Eventually, Kiki ran towards Muffy and Grant.

-Confessional Session(Grant)-

"Congratulations Muffy," Grant said. "You are now being pulled along by my Super Fishing Rod of ominous deception. MWAHAHAHA!"

-After Confessional-

Although it's only been several minutes into the challenge, no one has made much progress on finding the Diamond. Still, the race was heating up, as were emotions. Bertram was outside ready to cut to commercial.

"Well well well, Grant is quite the competitor, isn't he?" Bertram said to the camera. "I'm starting to like this episode already. Stick around viewers, there's more heated battles among Team Mol-Tres to come."

-Denials and Betrayals-

Down in the basement of the castle, Drenig stumbled upon a hall with many torture devices in them. Drenig couldn't help but comment them.

"Oh come on, Iron Maidens? Devouring chairs? Pears of anguish?" Drenig blurted to himself.

-Confessional Session(Drenig)-

"Now I'm no history buff," he said. "But I'm pretty sure the knights of old didn't actually have any of these torture devices in them. Of course that's only what I've read in daily gossip letters, I couldn't actually tell ya if that's true."

-After Confessional-

Eventually, Wren caught up to Drenig. Wren's first instinct was to talk to him.

"Drenig, we need to talk about you and Kiki," Wren said.

"What's there to talk about?" Drenig asked. "We're rivals. Rivals fight with each other."

"Drenig, drop the act, we know what's really going on," Wren stated. "You two are way too obvious."

"Huh? Ay man, what makes you think it's anything else?" Drenig asked.

"You two are only fighting because you think the show is forcing you two to hook up," Wren mentioned. "It likely started when you two realized you actually DO like each other."

"How would you know if we liked each-other?" Drenig asked.

"Mostly a guess," Wren said. "Aria's kind of the one who brought it to my attention. She seems to think that it's common nature for people who like each other to bully each other."

"I never heard no logic like that!" Drenig shouted.

"Well is it true? And be perfectly honest with me," Wren said. "...Is it?"

"Well..." Drenig was actually about to tell Wren the truth until Jet busted into the dungeon and started ranting.

"What is wrong with you two!" Jet yelled. "You saw I was hurt and didn't do nothing!?"

"We didn't know," Wren said.

"That's complete Tauros excrement!" Jet shouted.

"To be fair, when was the last time you helped any of us?" Drenig asked.

"You're missing the point!" Jet shouted.

"He kind of stated the point," Wren said. "If we were in your shoes, you would have done jack."

"I would TOO have helped!" Jet shouted.

"Although then again, did that really make us any better Drenig?" Wren asked. "I know we don't like him, but maybe we should have helped him a bit."

"Dang straight!" Jet shouted.

"I guess, but... it's Jet we're talking about," Drenig said.

"But is it really a good thing for us not to help him just because he's mean?" Wren asked. "I mean, as long as someone isn't evil and can be helped, we really should have."

"Well..." Drenig tried so say something, but once again someone came up and interrupted. It was a rather angry Aria.

"Has any of you seen that conspicuous Grumpig anywhere?" Aria asked. "He's up to something, I know he is!"

"Argh! Too many distractions!" Drenig shouted.

"Sorry, I haven't seen him," Wren said, also a bit confused.

"Where could I have seen him?" Jet asked. "I could care less about him!"

Jet was sweating a bit. Aria started to sense that something was off.

"Well if you see him, interrogate him," Aria said. "He's floating around somewhere, I know he is, and he's hiding something!"

Aria then went off on her own account. She decided to try and find a way to get upstairs.

"And if you two don't mind, I have a challenge to win!" Jet shouted as he ran off down the dungeon.

This left Wren and Drenig in the torture room. Wren couldn't help but feel creeped out by the dungeon.

"Why did they put these iron maidens down here?" Wren asked. "Someone could get hurt."

But Drenig was still thinking of what Wren said earlier. He wanted to let his feelings out.

"Alright, listen little dude," Drenig started. "You are right, I do like Kiki. And you are right that we both bully each other because we want to fight the temptations set by the show. Still, I don't know how much longer I can keep up the whole charade."

"Maybe you and Kiki should talk about ending it," Wren suggested.

"Alright. Alright," Drenig decided. "But first I want to win the challenge."

"Okay, is it alright if I help you?" Wren asked.

"Ay don't suppose why not man," Drenig stated.

As Wren and Drenig explore the basement, Muffy, Kiki and Grant came to a crossroads in the castle. There was a flight of steps, another long hallway, and a big doorway outside the castle.

"What should we do now?" Muffy asked.

"Let's split up," Grant said. "I'll go upstairs, you search the hall, and Kiki goes through the doorway."

"Hmmmm, okay that sounds fine," Kiki said.

"And if you see Aria, run!" Grant exclaimed.

"Got it!" Muffy said as she ran down the hallway. Grant immediately climbed up the steps to the upper level of the castle. ...But Kiki didn't go through the doors. Instead she followed Grant. She was a bit... suspicious of him.

Muffy was running through the halls of the castle only to find out she was just heading back to the entrance. And what's more, Aria managed to find her in the same hallway. Muffy's first reaction was not a pleasant one.

"ARGH! Get away you evil creature!" Muffy shouted.

"Calm down, Muffy," Aria said. "I'm not evil or out to get you. Now where is Grant?"

"Why should I tell you!?" Muffy shouted. "So you can convince him to become a real villain like you!?"

"A what?" Aria asked in shock. "He's already started his evil plans, hasn't he?"

"Evil plans!? You're the one conspiring to have me kicked off!" Muffy shouted.

"That's absurd!" Aria proclaimed.

"You never wanted to aid Lilly's wishes at all! You just want to act like my friend so that you can kick me off just like you kicked off Lilly!" Muffy shouted.

"Grant told you that, didn't he?" Aria asked, a bit angry at the moment. "He's lying about me!"

"You told him yourself!" Muffy challenged.

"I did NOT!" Aria returned.

"You were talking to him in a dark room! You told him everything!" Muffy shouted.

"Muffy, I don't trust him," Aria stated. "If I had any evil intentions, which I don't, why would I tell Grant?"

"Enough!" Muffy shouted. "You can't lie your way out of this! Wren's going to hear about this, and you are on the next cargo truck home!"

"Muffy, I can't believe I'm saying this," Aria started. "But you are a fool! You are complete fool for putting your trust in that shifty Grumpig you think is your friend!"

"Quiet!" Muffy shouted.

Muffy ran past Aria and knocked her over as she ran down the hall. Aria was REALLY starting to get angry now.

-Confessional Session(Aria)-

"I don't know what that worthless pile of bacon told Muffy, but she's eating it up like candy!" Aria shouted. "I don't care how well he got her, no one can be that gullible. When I find Grant, he is going to wish he was never born!"

-After Confessional-

Meanwhile, Grant was searching around in a royal bedroom chamber. He started to look around the room and noticed a bookshelf on the wall.

"Hmmm, why would there be a bookshelf in the bedroom?" Grant asked. "Seems... innocuous. ...Or does it?"

Meanwhile, Kiki had followed him all the way up there, and Grant didn't even notice. Grant was too busy pulling books around until eventually he pulled a book that allowed the bookshelf to swing open, revealing a secret room. Grant walked inside and saw a switch with a book-stand in front of it. Grant read the book out loud.

"This is one of two switches to the royal Escavalier's keep," He read. "This keep is located in the king's throne room across the royal garden. The keep lies under the royal throne which is much lighter that it appears. Just push the throne aside to reveal the path to the keep. However in order to access the keep's treasures, you must find and activate BOTH switches. Beware, the keep has its guardians who will protect the treasure from any trespassers. If you dare, press the switch now."

Without much hesitation, Grant stepped on the switch. As he did, Kiki couldn't help but smile inside. She krept back the way she came, off to find the royal gardens which were likely past the huge doorway.

...But as Kiki was going toward the garden, she ran into Aria. Another discussion commenced.

"Oh, so it's you," Kiki said.

"Oh, hello Aria. Have you seen Grant anywhere?" Aria asked.

"You mean after that incident in the dark room where you told him of your evil plans?" Kiki asked.

"Again with the accusations," Aria moaned. "Listen honey, that stupid little pig is putting the screws to me. Don't trust a word he says."

"Hold that thought, let's go somewhere more quiet," Kiki said as she lead Aria to a different location. "I want to talk to you in private."

Down in the dungeon, Jet was looking at a dead end in a path he took. Still something piqued his interest. The walls were made of brick, and a few of the bricks were indented.

"Why does this wall look so familiar?" Jet asked. "Like something out of a movie."

-Confessional Session(Jet)-

"You know those dungeon crawler movies with the castles that have all those secret passages?" Jet asked. "Secret passages are initiated by switches indented in brick walls, a very common cliche. I don't think Bertram is trying hard enough with these challenges. ...But I guess if he got TOO creative, no one would figure it out."

-After Confessional-

Eventually, Jet started to feel around the wall for a switch. But after a few minutes, he started to pound away at the wall.

"Stupid wall! I know there's a switch here!" Jet cried. "Where's the switch! Aww, come on man! ...Did I just end a sentence with "man?" Ugh, don't make that a habit, Jet."

"What's your problem now?" Suddenly, Drenig and Wren appeared in the same area as Jet was in. Jet started to scramble for that button even harder.

"What, are you trying to look for a secret button or something?" Wren asked. "How do you know that wall even has one?

"I'm taking an educated guess," Jet answered.

"In other words you don't actually know," Wren asked.

"Well it's probably not there if you can't find it," Drenig mentioned.

"I'm going to look elsewhere," Wren said as he hopped off.

"I'm surprised you even figured out the whole secret switch business man," Drenig stated.

"Don't say "man!" Jet shouted. "You know how long I've had to put up with you saying that?"

"I... I just like saying it, man," Drenig said. "Why, does it bother you?"

"Yes!" Jet shouted. "It's annoying! Almost to the point where it gets stuck in my head and I end up saying it!"

"Yeah, almost," Drenig said with a smirk.

"I found something Drenig!" Wren shouted.

Immediately, Jet picked his body up and immediately bolted out of the dead end and past Drenig, rudley shoving him over. He then saw Wren being spun around with a chunk of wall until the wall closed and Wren was behind the wall. Apparently he found the secret wall.

"Hey! I found it first!" Jet yelled as he ran to the wall.

"...No you didn't," Drenig pointed out bluntly as he walked up to Jet. "And I would appreciate it if you watched where you were going."

"Coming from someone who wouldn't help me after falling down the steps!" Jet shouted.

Eventually, Wren came back out of the wall and ran towards Drenig. He found something out beyond the wall.

"Okay, I found something out about the castle's treasure," Wren said.

"Ay man, what?" Drenig asked.

"ARGH!" Jet shouted.

"What's his problem?" Wren asked. "Never mind, I'll tell you on the way upstairs. Follow me Drenig."

"Alright man, but I want to know sooner than later," Drenig stated.

Jet was really starting to fume right now. Eventually, he went over to the wall Wren was at, started to feel around for a button, and eventually found the magic switch that let him inside. That's where he found the description for the tomb and the switch much like the ones Grant found before.

Upstairs, Kiki had taken Aria to a location where she thought Grant could not find them. That was when she started their discussion.

"So," Kiki whispered. "Where were you hiding in that room?"

"What room?" Aria asked back.

"The one Grant burst out of before?" Kiki asked.

"That doesn't answer," Aria said back.

"Wait... you were in that room, weren't you?" Kiki asked.

"What room?" Aria reiterated.

"Me and Muffy heard you talking to Grant about evil plans and overthrowing Lilly and Muffy and what-have-you," Kiki brought up.

"I told you before sug'," Aria started. "Grant is trying to trick you. I wasn't talking to him about evil plans. I was following him all around the castle trying to keep an eye on him, and then I fell through a trap door. After that I lost track of him."

"And this started?" Kiki asked.

"Ever since we got here," Aria stated.

Kiki looked at Aria for a moment, examining her face carefully. Something didn't seem right.

"...You don't seem to be lying," Kiki mentioned. "But if that wasn't you in the room, then who was it?"

"I still don't know what room," Aria reiterated.

"Never mind, the point is I believe you," Kiki said. "I think something might be up with that Grant character."

"I just wish Muffy would figure that out," Aria said. "I tried talking to her, but no matter what she bought into Grants lies."

"Maybe we should watch Grant closely," Kiki suggested.

"That's what I've been doing all day," Aria said.

With that, Aria and Kiki were currently teamed up. But would they find out about Grant's deadly secrets?

Meanwhile, Grant had made his way to the royal garden where he quickly ran through it to get to the King's throne room. The garden was very pretty, but Grant took no time to admire it. He had his eyes on the prize. Eventually, he entered the throne room. He noticed no one was there.

"Hmmm, I wonder if the others are still searching," Grant said as he went to the throne and started pushing it.

Eventually, he knocked the throne over and found a secret flight of steps. He couldn't help but laugh as he went down. Of course, he only knew his switch was pressed. He didn't know if the other one was, but he went down to check anyway. ...But what would Grant find down there. Would he realize the quest set by the mission? Or would he only find doom and gloom down there.

-Fairies Best Friend-

As Wren and Drenig were running up the steps, they eventually ran into Muffy. Muffy seemed very angry.

"Wren! Drenig! Aria is evil!" Muffy shouted.

"...No way," Wren said. "Why would she be evil?"

"I heard her with my own two ears!" Muffy said. "She said she wanted to get rid of me just like she got rid of Lilly!"

"You're kidding!" Wren shouted.

"No! She even tried to convert Grant to her side," Muffy cried.

"Wait, the kid who is already evil?" Drenig asked. "Sounds fishy."

"He's not evil! He just likes acting that way," Muffy said. "He's a good kid deep down."

"Yeah, Drenig. He actually is a pretty nice kid," Wren said. "And Muffy doesn't seem lik the kind who would lie to me."

"She probably is looking for the gem now!" Muffy shouted. "We have to..."

"Scuse me, coming through!" Eventually they all turned around and saw Jet hopping their way.

"Jet! Aria is evil!" Muffy shouted.

"Don't care! My eye's on the prize!" Jet shouted as he ran off to look for the gem. That's when the other group started to kick it into gear.

"We have to find that gem too," Wren said. "Come on!"

As they chased Jet down the hall, Wren was trying to keep up. But suddenly, Wren ran into an open door. Out of the open door popped Kiki and Aria. Of course, Muffy stopped to scream.

"ARGH! Kiki, get away from her!" Muffy shouted.

"Calm down, Muffy," Kiki said. "She's not out to get you or anyone else."

"But you were there!" Muffy shouted.

"Yes I was, but I notice one person was NOT there at the time," Kiki said. "Aria herself was absent from the scene."

"No... Kiki, she hypnotized you!" Muffy shouted. "Snap out of it Kiki!"

"Pipe down! No one's hypnotized!" Aria shouted. "And besides that, if Kiki was hypnotized, why would she be talking in a multi-tone voice? Hypnotized victims ALWAYS talk in a mono-tone voice."

"But how would you know, Kiki?" Muffy asked. "Do you know for sure?"

"While I can't be too sure," Kiki started. "I talked to Aria about it, and she SEEMS to be telling the truth on the matter. She said she'd never even been in the room. She didn't even know which room we were talking about. So either she's a really good liar or she's innocent."

"But the voice!" Muffy exclaimed.

"I can't explain it either," Kiki said. "That's the one piece of the puzzle that doesn't fit."

"In any case, we should get going to the garden," Drenig said. "Also, I want to talk to you on the way there, Kiki."

"Why should I talk to you?" Kiki asked. "I hate you."

As they were walking down the halls, the conversation went on. Drenig wanted to end the fight now.

"Alright, Kiki, I just want to say... maybe our rivalry is going a bit too far, maybe we should just let it up," Drenig said.

"Rivalry? Too far? We're enemies," Kiki said as they got to the garden.

"No Kiki, we're not," Drenig stated. "We're only pretending to be because, well, we feel like the show is forcing us to hook up. ...But maybe it's in our head."

"Which is what I was trying to tell you earlier," Muffy stated.

"I agree, maybe you two should are trying too hard," Aria said. "Maybe it's best to just accept that you two are friends and leave it at that."

"...Alright," Kiki said. "Maybe we were both getting carried away. It's easier to say you're wrong when you're surrounded by beautiful flowers."

"Yeah, they are pretty," Wren said.

"So... wanna just be friends? Maybe even go with it Kiki?" Drenig asked.

"Well... alright," Kiki said. Eventually the two went up to each other and shook claws. They seemed happy with each other.

"Oh, and by the way," Drenig started. "I'm starting to get this really nasty itch on my back, could you scratch my back please?"

As Drenig turned around, Kiki started to feel skeptical. She's never had to do something like that for someone.

"Ummm, okay," Kiki said as she went up to Drenig and started scratching. Drenig had his tail curled up at the time. And then, all of a sudden, Drenig flicked his tail right into Kiki's hip, sending her off to the side.

"And by the way, now we're even," Drenig said.

"What was THAT for!?" Kiki shouted.

"Yeah, what was that for?" Aria asked.

"Oh I'm sorry, I believe you recall kicking me in the leg earlier?" Drenig stated.

"You didn't want to become friends! You just wanted revenge for a past incident!" Kiki shouted.

-Confessional Session(Kiki)-

"Ugh! And here I thought Drenig was actually a sweetheart deep down!" Kiki shouted. "He's almost as bad as Jet!"

-Confessional Session(Drenig)-

"What? She started it," Drenig said. "I know that's still no reason for what I just did, but sometimes emotions like small revenge are hard to shake off. After all, we're only mortals, aren't we?"

-After Confessional-

"Listen, neither of you guys were in the right," Wren said.

"You stay out of it!" Kiki and Drenig yelled in unison. "STOP COPYING ME!"

"You just another jerk like Riley was!" Kiki shouted.

"Okay, I admit that wasn't my proudest moment," Drenig said. "But my knee still hurts!"

"You deserved it!" Kiki shouted.

"You came out of nowhere with that kick you brute," Drenig shouted.

"That's it! I will make sure you are voted out today!" Kiki shouted.

"Same here, I'll have YOU voted out!" Drenig shouted back.

"That way we can PROVE we're not love interests!" Kiki shouted.

"Guys? Guys?" Muffy asked.

-Confessional Session(Muffy)-

"What did I get myself into by coming to Quarantine?" Muffy asked. "First someone reveals their betrayal to me, and now two best friends are at each others throats! Muffy really wants to cry right now."

-After Confessional-

Down in the tomb, Grant was walking through the hall of the tomb. He walked quietly along, watching the floors for any traps. Suddenly, he found one: a tripwire attached to a pinton.

"Too obvious Bertram," Grant said as he pulled the pinton out of the ground and pulled the trip wire out of the wall.

Suddenly, a big pendulum swung right in front of Grant. Grant didn't seem intimidated by it at all, as it was just a big inflatable rubber ball attacked to a pole.

"Hmmm, this trip wire might come in handy later," Grant said to himself.

Eventually he walked back down the halls until he got to a nicely sized doorway. But inside the doorway you could see something pink and shiny. It could only have been Diance's Diamond.

"It's mine... All mine," Grant said. "All I have to do is take it and..."

But suddenly, he was pounced on from behind. Jet had gotten to the tomb as well, and Jet was going so fast that he didn't even notice Grant till he smacked into him.

"Dang! What a doozie," Jet said. "I didn't even see you there. It's kind of dark in here."

"You will not impede on my plans for domination, Jet," Grant said. "But anyway, my plans on getting rid of Aria are at hand."

"Why not Drenig?" Jet asked. "I keep telling you I want HIM gone."

"Aria is much more dangerous to our plan," Grant said. "She is onto me, and is on the verge of putting an end to my tyranny. Drenig on the other hand has no idea. BUT if I can turn her friends against her she's history. But this plan involves me getting immunity."

"But if I don't get immunity, they might vote me off," Jet said.

"Don't worry, I'll just shift the attention away from you," Grant said.

"Go on," Jet said.

"You may also recall that Kiki and Drenig are being a little bit loud today," Grant said. "Their bickering is bound to distract them from the real threat of the game: Us."

"...Okay," Jet said.

"And right now, Muffy and Kiki think Aria is evil, so they may try to vote for her. Trust me, focus will not be on you today."

"I don't know," Jet said, hiding under the shadow of doubt.

"I said trust me," Grant said. "I am smarter than I look. Now let's hurry and get the gem. They could be here any minute."

As Grant and Jet tried to go through the doorway, they were quickly stopped. As soon as they reached the door, a pair of lances shot out in front of the door in an X. When Grant and Jet looked up, they saw giant statues in the shape of and Jet looked kind of scared as they saw the giant statues.

Back with the others, they were still arguing. Drenig and Kiki just said they wanted to kick each other off. At this point, the others were rather on board.

"You want to be voted off?" Aria asked. "You got it! With the way you two have been acting, you've become beyond help, so maybe we SHOULD!"

"NO! She's at it again!" Muffy cried. "She's trying to get people voted off!"

"Would you stop with this crazed assumption I'm conspiring to kick anyone off!?" Aria shouted. "I just cannot believe it! I've tried to be your friend since Lilly was exiled, and no matter what, you refuse to trust me, yet you trust that stupid pig!"

"He's not stupid, he's nice!" Muffy shouted.

"To be fair, Aria, Grant does have a better grasp at being, well... friendlier than you," Wren stated.

"I can too be friendly!" Aria shouted.

"Ugh, you losers can duke it out, I'm after the gem!" Kiki shouted.

"I'll get it first!" Drenig shouted.

But the minute they started to run into the throne room, Grant came running out. He did NOT seem to be very confident right now. In fact, he seemed scared out of his wits at that moment.

"Escavaliers!" Grant exclaimed. "Run!"

"Ugh, I'm not letting him out of my sight this time," Aria shouted as she went after him.

"Escavaliers!? That's it!?" Kiki shouted. "What a wimp!"

"Uhhh, to be fair, not everyone is a fire type," Drenig stated.

"Don't even start with me, crock-face!" Kiki shouted.

As Drenig and Kiki ran into the throne room and down to the tomb, Wren and Muffy were still there. Muffy kept looking between the throne room and back at the castle, not sure what to do.

"Come on, Muffy," Wren said. "Let's go get the gem."

But Muffy ran off. She ran back into the castle to chase after Aria.

"Muffy! Where are you going!?" Wren shouted. Now Wren was at a loss for what to do. With quick thinking, Wren ran after Muffy.

Aria was in the halls, trying to keep an eye on Grant. Suddenly, Muffy called out to Aria.

"You are not hurting my friend!" Muffy shouted as she ran after Aria.

"Are you that shallow?" Aria asked. Since she couldn't outrun Muffy or Grant, she stayed put. "Grant is not your friend! If anything, HE is the one conspiring against you!"

"Grant would never do that!" Muffy shouted.

"Are you an idiot, or just pretending to be one!?" Aria shouted. "Yesterday, the herb incident! Tell me you didn't find ANYTHING suspicious about that!"

"No, I did not!" Muffy shouted.

"Okay, what happened when I banned Grant from the kitchen?" Aria asked. "We had no problems then!"

"So what!?" Muffy shouted.

"I've tried to be your friend, Muffy!" Aria shouted right as Wren showed up. "But it's obvious you don't want to be mine. You'd rather be friends with that worthless conniving pork slab!"

"You're the one who's worthless!" Muffy shouted. "I heard what you said! Why do you even bother trying to go back on it?"

"Oh, you're so right Muffy," Aria stated. "It's so true, I tried to conspire against you to have you kicked off! And Wren's going to be next! And you know I'm telling the truth now because I just said I plan on having Wren eliminated when he's right there!"

"Guys... why do we have to fight?" Wren said.

"She just admitted she was conspiring against us!" Muffy shouted.

"I was JOKING!" Aria shouted. "Who in their right mind would say they're conspiring to vote someone off knowing full well that person is right in earshot?"

"You just won't give up, will you?" Muffy asked.

"That's it!" Aria shouted. "No, I am NOT conspiring the have you voted off, BUT I'm done trying to be your friend Muffy! You are a lost cause!"

With that, Aria went off on her own to go look for Grant. Meanwhile, Muffy was on the verge of crying. Wren was there to comfort her.

"Lost cause?" Muffy cried. "I'm not a lost cause."

"There there, Muffy," Wren said. "Aria's just a little frustrated. I'm sure she didn't mean that. ...Right?"

"You weren't there when she said the things she did," Muffy said.

"I know, but that just doesn't seem like something Aria would have done," Wren said. "I'm not sure, but maybe there's more to the story."

"Waaaaaaaah! Aria's a bully!" Muffy cried.

-Confessional Session(Wren)-

"I don't know what to think at this point," Wren said. "Should I believe Aria, or should I believe Muffy? Me and Aria have been friends since Stawolt left. ...But Muffy just seems overall more friendly. ...I don't know what to do at this point."

-After Confessional-

Meanwhile, Drenig and Kiki were down in the tomb where they saw Jet jumping around trying to get past the Escavaliers. He seemed to have been doing a decent job.

"Ha! That all you got?" Jet asked right before jumping through the lances to get to the gem. "It takes more than that to stop me!"

Jet then grabbed Diance's Diamond and then slid right under the Escavaliers lances before hoping off down the tomb. ...That was where he saw Kiki and Drenig.

"Not so fast, Jet!" Kiki shouted.

"You'll have to get through me first!" Drenig shouted.

"No! Me!" Kiki shouted.

"No problem!" Jet Exclaimed as he got a hopping start and then tried to jump over them.

Kiki did a backflip behind Drenig while Drenig stood ground. Jet jumped right above Drenig's head. ...But Drenig grabbed his legs, stopping him from going far. Meanwhile, Kiki took the gem right out of Jet's hands.

"Awww, how kind of you two," Kiki said as she ran off with the gem. All the way up to the throne room.

"What? HEY!" Drenig and Jet both said as they started running after her. Drenig still had a hold on Jet, and was slowing Jet down a bit, which meant neither really had a good shot of catching up since Drenig was slower than Kiki and Jet was trying to escape from Drenig, who wanted to catch Kiki first.

Meanwhile, Grant was at the big doorway to the garden. He planted the pinton into some loose tiling on the ground near the doorway and stretched it out near him. He made sure the pinton was firmly in the ground before going to the other side of the doorway with the tripwire. It wasn't long before Kiki came out with the diamond.

"Huh, those losers haven't caught up to me yet?" Kiki asked herself. "Wow, I thought Drenig and Jet would be better rivals than that. Ha!"

But as Kiki got to the doorway, she did not see Grant's tripwire. As a result, she tripped and fell. In the process, she even dropped the gem outward.

"Special delivery," Grant said before he went out to pick up the Diance's Diamond.

Grant started running through the hall until eventually he saw Aria in the hall. To make matters worse, Kiki was gaining on him too.

"Alright Grant, I've had enough of you!" Aria shouted as she stood in his way.

"Muffy! Help!" Grant called out.

As luck would have it for Grant, Muffy and Wren were nearby where Aria was. Muffy saw Grant and heard his cry for help. Muffy instantly tackled Aria to the ground, allowing Grant to run by.

"Thanks Muffy, I owe you one," Grant said as he ran past.

"Argh! You fool!" Aria shouted.

"Muffy, what's gotten into you?" Kiki asked.

"I'm trying to help my friend," Muffy said.

"I don't know if he really is your friend," Kiki stated.

"Don't bother talking to her," Aria stated. "Muffy's an idiot!"

"I am NOT an idiot!" Muffy cried.

"...You kind of are," Kiki stated.

There was nothing stopping Grant from delivering the Diamond the Bertram. With Aria and Kiki out of the way, Grant b-lined to the front of the castle and was free to give the diamond to Bertram.

"Here you are lord Bertram," Grant said as he knelt down and presented the diamond.

"Well, I've never been called "lord" before," Bertram said "And with Diance's Diamond in hand, you have official gained immunity for today."

"Mwahahahaha! MWAHAHAHAHAHAAAA!" Grant cackled. Eventually Bertram started to laugh along with Grant.

Eventually, the others found their way out of the castle and saw Grant and Bertram together. It looked like they were ready to go home. Except Grant had one request.

"By the way lord Bertram, is it possible if I were to receive another prize?" Grant asked. "Like, say... another smoothie?"

"Oh, umm sure my subject," Bertram said. "Any kind in particular like an Occacheri smoothie or a Pinapstarf smoothie or even a Pomegbluk smoothie?"

"Ooh, Occacheri sounds good," Grant said. "But one more request, is it alright if my friend Muffy has one too?"

Muffy's face light up in delight as Grant thought of her. Aria couldn't help but roll her eyes. She knew he was just buttering her up.

"Well... she didn't win," Bertram said. "I don't know..."

"That's not good?" Grant asked. "Fine, she can have my Occacheri smoothie."

"Are... are you sure?" Bertram asked. "Well... okay."

"Awww, thanks Grant!" Muffy cried out.

-Confessional Session(Aria)-

"Ugh, as much as I hate to say it, Grant's good," Aria said. "I don't mean he's a good guy, I mean he's good at manipulating people. Muffy may or may not be an idiot, but she's still a fool."

-After Confessional-

"I just have one last question," Wren blurted out. "...Did any of us actually use our Itemfinders?"

"No," was the resounding answer from the team.

With the diamond in hand, Team Mol-Tres returned to their bunkers. But there were still matters to attend to, like who would be sent home today. But that would come later in the evening.

-The Fight-

Back at team Mol-Tres bunkers, Kiki and Drenig were going at each other. Both were yelling about how much they supposedly hated each other.

"Ugh, thanks to you I lost!" Drenig shouted.

"I cost you the victory!?" Kiki shouted back. "You're just jealous cause I'm better than you!"

"You ARE NOT and NEVER WILL BE!" Drenig roared!

"UGH! You are SO voted out!" Kiki shouted. "And believe me, you have a LOT more enemies than I do!"

"I can make allies easier than you man!" Drenig countered.

"I'm NOT a man! I'M A JUDO QUEEN!" Kiki shouted.

Meanwhile, Muffy was trying her hardest to enjoy her shake. She was even sitting with her two best friends Wren and Grant.

"Thanks for letting me have this smoothie Grant," Muffy said. "Want a sip?"

"Actually, I bet Wren would like one more," Grant said.

"That's very kind of you," Wren said.

But suddenly, he was interrupted. Aria had put his tentacle on his shoulder and shook her face.

"No, don't drink that smoothie," Aria said. "He's trying to butter you up just like he did with Muffy."

"Okay, but why can't I drink it?" Wren asked.

"I think you're just jealous cause you're going home today," Grant said. "After everything you said, you deserve it."

"Why you little PUNK!" Aria shouted. "If I can PROVE you're framing me, you will suffer the burden of your regrets."

She then turned her attention to Muffy. She had something rather important to say.

"And as for YOU Muffy," Aria started. "The last bit of respect I have for you will go towards NOT voting for you! Hopefully tonight you may realize that Grant's been lying to you the entire time."

"Aria, give it up," Muffy said. "Your desperation will get you nowhere."

"Wren, help me out," Aria said in a bit of a whiny tone.

"I... I... I don't know the details," Wren said. "I wasn't there."

"Wren, I've been your friend ever since Stawolt got eliminated," Aria said. "Heck I even made it my duty to remember the name Stawolt"

"I just don't know," Wren said.

"Please, don't vote for me this evening," Aria said. "You know I've never lied to you."

"I said beat it, Aria!" Muffy shouted.

"You did NOT tell me to beat it, you said give up the "desperation" that I'm not even using," Aria mentioned.

"Well Muffy's saying it now, BEAT IT!" she shouted.

"Pa-thetic," Grant commented.

-Confessional Session(Grant)-

"It's no use Aria," Grant said. "I'm so much more friendly and likeable than you. You have nowhere to turn anymore. Ha! First Abigale, then Ruce, and now you!"

-Confessional Session(Aria)-

"I may not know for sure what you've done," Aria said. "But surely my gospel group does. You're forgetting you are on TV, and the enemies you make on the show will multiply the enemies you make in real life. And you are making lots of real-life enemies."

-After Confessional-

Kiki and Drenig were still bickering. Jet was nearby and he couldn't really stand it.

"You're going to get less votes than me!" Kiki shouted.

"No way, YOU'RE going home!" Drenig shouted back.

"I already said I'm on team Kiki," Jet said.

"Fine for you, but I still got Wren and his friends," Drenig said as he went over to them. "Please guys, we need to end that fried chicken's chain of slaughter. Please guys, do it for your old pal Drenig?"

"We... aren't that connected with you," Grant said.

"I'm already voting for someone else!" Muffy shouted.

"And I have too much respect in her right now," Aria stated. "We were going to interogate Grant."

"No... Awww man," Drenig started to sweat.

"What's the matter? Worried you might go home?" Drenig asked.

"Sorry Drenig, but better you than me," Aria said.

"No way! YOU are going home Aria!" Muffy shouted.

Kiki watched the situation unfold. She was unsure what to feel at the moment. Was Drenig really her enemy?

-Confessional Session(Kiki)-

"This is your name on my vote-slip Drenig," Kiki shouted. "Soon I will be one step closer to my dream. And actually, it's kind of the same dream as Muffy's right now is to put an end to bullying through self defense. I do also plan to donate to charities like feeding the poor and helping honest businesses like Bigboss Motors. ...Bigboss Motors?"

Kiki had the slip in her hand. She showed immediate signs of regret. But she threw it in the box anyway.

"I'm sorry, but to end this curse, this is goodbye," Kiki stated.

-Confessional Session(Wren)-

"This is all going to come down to my vote, isn't it?" Wren asked. "Aria's been my friend for a long time, but... I don't know if I trust her right now. Aria doesn't seem like the type to lie, but neither does Grant or Muffy. Maybe she CAN'T be trusted. Then again, Kiki and Drenig are going too far with their rivalry, and Drenig has a grater chance of going home than Kiki. ...I don't know what to do."

He took a slip of paper, he took a pen, and then he just wrote a name down. He didn't show the name, he put it in the box.

-After Confessional-

At the Quarantine ceremony there were TWO nervous individuals on the chopping block. Aria is being accused of conspiracy against fellow Mol-Tres team mates, and Drenig's rivalry with Kiki is getting him no friends.

"So we have SEVEN left," Bertram stated before he handed out the milk. "But soon there will be a mere six left hope you've all got used to the milk by now."

Kiki watched Drenig the whole time. She was really feeling guilty about her choice.

"If there's no further questions, I will begin by saying who is safe," Bertram said. "Grant, you are safe."

"Excellent," Grant responded.

"Wren, Muffy, you are both safe," Bertram stated.

"Yay!" they said in unison.

"...Am I reading these votes right?" Bertram asked. "Jet, you are actually safe without immunity this time."

"Ha!" Jet exclaimed as he looked over at Grant. Grant gave him a wink back.

"Finally, Kiki is safe as well," Bertram stated.

Kiki remained silent. She was still regretting what she was doing.

"Well, here we are at last," Bertram said. "Will it be Drenig, or Aria?" He then went over to Aria and stared her down. "Will it be Aria, who feels like her friends might be turning on her?"

"Especially since I did nothing wrong!" Aria raved.

"And Drenig, it looks like your heated rivalry is giving everyone a migraine," Bertram said. "How do you feel?"

"Well..." Drenig started. "I feel..."

"Stop!" Everyone looked at Kiki right now. "I'm sorry, this fake rivalry of ours has gone too far."

"Kiki..." Drenig seemed a bit sad as well.

"The idea of having us be together against our will made us both angry," Kiki said. "So we tried to hate each other."

"Kiki, no one was forcing you two to be together," Bertram said. "It was all in your head."

"I... I wish we realized that sooner," Kiki said. "Bertram, I quit. I forfeit the compotition."

"But Kiki..." Bertram started.

"No!" Kiki shouted. "Drenig shouldn't go home because of me. I should have stopped myself sooner."

Kiki then went over to Drenig and hung her head. She had her claws in the back of her body at the time.

"I'm sorry for kicking you Drenig," Kiki stated.

"And I'm sorry for flicking my tail at you," Drenig said.

"...Actually, you already drank the milk, so you can't forfeit," Bertram said. "And besides that, Drenig isn't going home either, because with a three to four verdict, Drenig has been spared from elimination."

"What!?" Aria shouted before she looked at Wren in disgust. "Wren! I trusted you!"

"I... forgive me Aria," Wren said. "I didn't know what to think about you. I... just went with my gut on the matter. Nothing personal."

"You rat!" Aria shouted. "You are being played for a chump! Grant is playing all of you like a fiddle!"

"Sorry Aria, but that's how things go," Bertram said as he grabbed Aria's tentacles and started hauling her off.

"No! This isn't the end Grant!" Aria shouted. "People WILL know of your actions! You will rue this day!"

Grant just sat there with an evil smirk on his face. He was just rubbing the salt in her flesh wounds.

"Well go on. Start ruing!" Aria shouted.

"Are you crazy!" Bertram shouted. "Do you want to get sued for copyright infringement!?"

"Mark my words, Grant!" Aria shouted as she was thrown in the chamber. "You will regret your actions!"

Wren watched in horror as his friend was covered in the green mist. Wren had a feeling that, maybe, he had made the wrong choice. But then again, with how the Kiki/Drenig relationship was turning out, maybe not. But soon, the smoke cleared and Aria was gone.

"...What have I done," Wren said to himself.

Over with Kiki and Drenig, Kiki started to smile. Drenig started to smile back.

"You... You didn't vote for me?" Kiki asked.

"No I didn't," Drenig said. "I just couldn't do it. Deep beneath our recent actions, I still like you as a friend Kiki, and I just didn't feel right to vote for you. ...That and I would have been throwing away my vote anyway."

"Thanks... I guess," Kiki said. Kiki started to blush before she held her claw out. "You wanna be friends? And for real this time?"

"Ay, let's just be good friends," Drenig said before he shook Kiki's claw. ...When suddenly, Kiki pecked Drenig in the face. "Ay, what was that for?"

"That... was just a friendly kiss," Kiki said. "I... have never done that before. I forgot birds have sharp beaks."

"...Oh, that was just it?" Drenig said. Suddenly, Drenig kissed Aria back. Wren, Grant and Muffy let out a resounding "Awww."

"Well, very touching," Bertram said. "But now you guys should go to bed. We have a big day tomorrow."

Eventually the contestants went down to the Mol-Tres bunker. Kiki and Drenig held claws the entire time. Maybe a relationship WAS brewing between the two.

"Ugh, finally rid of that yammering squid," Bertram said as he turned to the camera. "Well, six contestants left, and five episodes to go. Bertram would like to thank you for sticking with us after yesterday's episode, we hope you were much more satisfied with this one. But now it is time to say goodbye for now. Tune in next time for the battle against the mighty dragon Gola. We shall meet again.

-Next Time on Quarantine-

"Please welcome back... Stronghold."

Competitors tackle the dragon stronghold in order to fight Gola.

"They will be burnt where they stand!"

With Diance's Diamond in hand, competitors will be able to finally defeat him.

"Time to relive my mech training."

...With glass cannonballs filled with potion?

"You're forgetting Gola and his henchmen are zombies.

With only six competitors left, the competition gets even hotter.

"I will take one of you down with me!"

All this and more on the next episode of Quarantine: Tanks in Advance.