Chapter 9: Pairs in Paris

The next morning, Team Victory, Heather and Cody were having breakfast in first class. While the others were eating, Lindsay got a pedicure. "Wow... I'm so relaxed, I think even my brain is asleep!", she said. She picked up a cup of coffee and spilled it on her shirt. "Yep, totally asleep!" Cody ran over with a napkin. "Here, let me take care of that for you..." he started blotting at the spilled coffee, right by her cleavage. Lindsay giggled. "You're too sweet, Cody." Cody grinned and blushed. "Anything for you, baby."

Meanwhile, the other teams were stuck in the economy class. Courtney turned to Gwen and said "Alright, we need to start preparing for the next challenge. Can you go get Cody and Heather?" Gwen nodded. "Thanks. Also, have you seen Izzy?" "I saw her go to the cockpit, to talk with Chef", Alejandro said. The other contestants gasped. Suddenly, an alarm went off and the plane started shaking like crazy. Everyone fell out of their seats. "What's happening!" "We're goin' down!", Tyler screamed. Owen started screaming as well. "I'm too pretty to die!"

The plane continued spinning and shaking around. Alejandro strapped himself in and smirked at Team Amazon. "Having some trouble controlling your team?", he asked. Courtney glared at him. "You'd have trouble with Izzy too. Don't think I'm responsible for her." "No, of course I don't! You're far too organized and talented to have caused a disaster like this." Courtney raised an eyebrow. "Oh, really?" Alejandro smiled. "Yes, Courtney. You're the most talented girl on your team." "Oh... w-well, thank you..."

Confession Cam: Courtney

"Alejandro is so sweet... I wonder why. Why does he praise everyone, even people on other teams? I mean, it's nice to have someone appreciate how great I am, but it's just odd."

Up in the cockpit, Izzy turned the intercom on. "Ahem! This is your captain speaking! If you look out your window, you'll get to see what happens when a plane does a somersault!" "Gimme that!", Chef shouted. "Um, y'all might wanna hang onto something heavy!" Team Chris grabbed onto Owen and everyone else strapped in. The plane flew by the Eiffel tower and did a somersault through a river, stopping and landing safely by a museum. Izzy's seat shot out of the cockpit. She landed in the river, cheering and giggling.

The contestants got out of the plane and met Chris by the museum. He sighed and pulled out a cue card. "I didn't get a chance to prep my introduction, what with the unexpected water landing and all... I'm just gonna give the highlights. France, city of love, art gallery, filler, lots of art work, priceless PRICELESS artwork..." "Yay, Paris! There's only one guy I wanna share this with... Where's my Cody?", Lindsay asked. Cody walked up to her, smiling. "Oh, there you are!" Lindsay picked him up and hugged him. "Us being in Paris means only one thing..." "I know. I love-" "Shopping! I can pick out new clothes for you!" Lindsay squealed, and Chris pinched her mouth shut. "There's no time for shopping! The first challenge is about to start! Everyone, inside the loave!" "I believe you mean Louvre", Courtney said. "Whatever, go already!"

Everyone followed Chris inside, and walked until the found Chef and a large wooden crate. "Challenge time, kids!", Chris announced. "Each team gets their very own famous sculpture. Team Victory, yours is the Thinker." He handed them a photo of it. "Chris is Really Really Really Really Hot, you guys get the Venus de Milo." He handed them a photo as well, then handed another photo to Team Amazon. "Amazons, you ladies get the Statue of David. Here's how it works. It's up to you guys to find your statue hidden somewhere in the Louvre." "Well that shouldn't be too hard, the statues are big. Plus, I'm amazing at reading brochure maps", Courtney said. "About that... Chef has broken the statues into pieces and hidden them. First team to find their pieces, race to the pyramid court and assemble them wins." Alejandro raised an eyebrow. "But the Thinker isn't located in the Louvre, and the Statue of David isn't even in France!" "Well, we're not using the actual statues. Those are priceless. Chef made some fake ones. Right?" Chef frowned, went wide-eyed and sprinted away.

Chris pulled out a remote control and grinned. "I almost forgot the twist twist. Here's your motivation." He hit a button on the remote, and the crate opened. Out of the crate came a Sasquatchanakwa, a bear with a chainsaw and a very angry seal. "I'd start running." The teams did so, and also started screaming while being chased by one of the animals. Team Chris was being chased by the Sasquatchanakwa. "I don't wanna be yeti food!", Owen said. Noah smiled. "I got your ginormous back, big boy! Watch this, it totally works on my dog!" He turned around and pulled a ball out of his pocket. "Who wants the ball? Who wants it? You want it, don't you? Go get it!" He pretended to throw it, and the beast ran away. Alejandro smiled. "Well played, Noah. Now, onwards!"

Meanwhile, Team Amazon had already found the first piece of their statue. "Come on, guys! There's no way we can let the others beat us to the pyramid court! We have to find the rest of these things fast!", Heather told her team. Cody turned around and saw the bear walking towards him. "Yeah, let's hurry!" They started running. After a while, they found a few more pieces. Heather smiled. "Good. Hey Izzy, can you carry- Izzy, what are you doing?" Izzy had shoved her head threw a picture and was wearing it like a necklace. "Izzy, we have a challenge to win!" Izzy stuck her tongue out at Heather, who glared at her. "Listen, missy, you can have your fun after we win. Now come on!"

In another hallway, Team Victory had found several pieces of their statue. "You don't think that seal is gonna kill us, do you?", Lindsay asked. Bridgette shook her head. "No way. DJ's the one who ran it over, and I wasn't even there when it happened. We'll be fine." "Good, because I have some shopping to do when this is over!" They kept walking and passed by an Egypt exhibit. "Think we should check in there?", Bridgette asked. Lindsay shrugged. "Nah."

Team Chris found a few more statue pieces, and took a short break. Alejandro turned to his teammates, smiling. "You've all been brave and courageous, but we need to pick up the pace! Break time's over!" They ran to the end of the hallway and found the head of a statue behind some laser beams. "Oh, great. How are we gonna get our last piece without setting off an alarm?", Alejandro asked. Tyler smirked. "Guess who was captain of his gymnastics team at kinder-gym?", Tyler asked. "It's Tyler time!" He ran toward the lasers, but crashed into a wall. Alejandro facepalmed. "Noah, you'll have to move through the lasers. Owen's girth, Sierra's height and my muscled chest will not fit." The team heard some growling, and Noah sighed. "Fine, let's just get this done. I don't think my ball trick will stop the yeti a second time. Okay, I just move and- OWW!" Noah touched one of the lasers by accident and got zapped. "You can do it, Noah!" Noah sighed and worked his way through the lasers. He picked up the statue head, and the lasers turned off. Owen cheered. "Way to go, dude!"

The other teams gathered the rest of their statue pieces and ran outside to the pyramid. "Okay, put the pieces here!", Alejandro told his team. "Let's move it, Amazons! The other teams won't know what hit them!", Heather said. They put their statue pieces down in the same place. Sierra glared at the Amazons. "Hey, you got some of your David in our Venus!" "Well this is awkward", Cody said. Meanwhile, Bridgette and Lindsay got outside as well. "Okay, Lindsay, let's get to work", Bridgette said.

Team Chris got to work, slowly, with Tyler giving directions. "Put the middle piece under the wide part! Then, rotate the thingy straightwise! No, no, under over!" "Some of those aren't even words!", Noah told him. Meanwhile, Owen wandered back into a museum. He spotted a painting of some cheese and approached it. "Mmm, looks yummy!" He tore some of the canvas off and shoved it in his mouth. "Mmm, acrylic!"

Back outside, Team Amazon finished building their statue... sort of. Courtney looked at the photo from earlier, then at the statue. "I don't think this is right... is that a LEG attached to its shoulder?" Nearby, Noah was assembling his team's statue. He put an arm into place and stepped back to admire his work. "Perfect." Alejandro tapped him on the shoulder. "Um, Noah? You should look at the photo. You have a few too many limbs."

Bridgette and Lindsay kept working steadily. "Bridgette, we're totally going to win!", Lindsay said. Bridgette nodded. "Yep. All we need to do now is put the head in place." Bridgette picked the head up from the ground, walked over to the statue, and tripped. "Oh, crap!" The statue head went flying. Lindsay screamed, ran for the head and held her arms out. She caught the head and sighed. "Oh my gosh, that was a close one." She put the head on the statue. Chris walked up to them and said "And Team Victory wins again! Coming in a close second is Team Amazon, and this week's losers are Team Chris is Really Really Really Really Hot. Sorry guys." Alejandro scowled, and Owen came back from the museum. "Hey guys, how's the statue coming?", he asked. Alejandro glared at him.

Confession Cam: Alejandro

"I'm not sure who to vote off first: Owen for being annoying and suspicious of me, Tyler for giving poor directions and stinking in athletic challenges, or Sierra for bothering Chris and possibly making him hate us. This is gonna be tough."

Chris brought everyone back to the plane, and Team Chris to the elimination room. He stood in front of them with a tray full of barf bags. "Well, guys, this is your first elimination. I'll make it simple for ya. Just go to the confession cam and stamp the passport of the person you want to vote off, then come back here. Everyone who's safe gets a barf bag full of peanuts. The person who isn't safe gets a parachute and a one way trip out the door."

Confession Cam: Owen

"Let's see you let caterpillars drag me away from back home, Al! ...I wonder if he can really do that."

Confession Cam: Sierra

"Once you're gone, I can talk to Chris all I want. Adios, amigo!"

Confession Cam: Noah

"I never really trusted this guy. So long, Alejandro."

Once the votes had been cast, Chris cleared his throat and turned to Team Chris. "Alright. Barf bags go to Tyler, Noah, and Sierra. And the final barf bag goes to... Owen." Alejandro went wide-eyed. "Excuse me? I think you misspoke, Chris." Chris smirked at him. "Nope. Sorry, dude, but it's time for you to go." "What! But I'm the leader! How could you all vote me off!" Owen ate some peanuts and talked between bites. "Mm, sorry Al, but you can only blame yourself." Chris threw a parachute to Alejandro and opened the door. Alejandro scowled and walked away. "Fine. I wish you all the best of luck. Goodbye, everyone." He jumped out the door, and the rest of Team Chris went to the economy class.