Chapter 17: Sailing, Walking, Viking

The plane flew north to its next destination, and Bridgette was stuck in the economy class with Owen and Noah. She sighed and looked toward them. "Are you sure it's too late for me to take you up on that offer?", she asked. Noah crossed his arms and nodded. "You had your chance, Bridgette, but you said no. Now you're all by yourself and probably going to lose. Sorry."

Confession Cam: Bridgette

"There's no way I can lose now. I was a finalist last season! Heather's still here, so she's definitely gonna help me stay here after the merge. As long as I make it that far... Wait! I got it!"

Bridgette came back to economy class and sat down on the bench across from Noah and Owen. She started wiggling around, then stood up. "Guys, I think I sat in some gum, can you check for me?" She turned around and bent over a bit. Noah blushed, and Bridgette smirked. "N-n-no, you look fine", Noah said. "Oh really? How fine, exactly?" "V-very fine..." Bridgette smiled and sat back down. "Well, alright then. Say, do you think you can do me another favor?" Noah shook his head. "I know where this is going, and the answer's no. You're on your own now, Bridgette."

Up in first class, Team Amazon was chilling out and having some cookies. Courtney ate one and smiled. "Another day, another delicious snack. This is great, isn't it, Gwen?" Gwen nodded. "Yep. Seeing the world and traveling first class is great. Now if only we could get rid of Chris and Chef..." The girls turned to Heather, who was sitting alone, looking out the window. "You okay, Heather?", Courtney asked. Heather nodded. "I'm just worried about Bridgette. She's stuck back there with those stupid boys. They'd better not try to make an alliance with her..."

Suddenly, the plane landed and started sliding. After it stopped, everyone got out onto a frozen lake. Chris got out last. "Velcome to Sveden!", he said. "Where are those jackets you ordered for us in the Yukon?", Heather asked. "Um, I worked pretty hard on that accent, it would've been nice if somebody had commented." "Chris, it's freezing out here", Noah said. "Sweden, hello? Ugh! Ingrates..." Chris walked away, grumbling to himself. Bridgette walked over to Noah and hugged him. "Think you can help me stay warm, Noah?", she asked. Noah blushed. "Um, s-sure, I guess..." Heather glared at them.

Chris came back, with Chef following him. "The jackets are here!", he announced. The contestants cheered. "In six to eight weeks." The contestants groaned. "Follow me for your first challenge!" Chris led the teams to three piles of wood and other junk. "Before you are three mysterious piles of Ibuilda tools and pieces. Your first challenge is to use the tools provided to turn your piles into... whatever they're supposed to be when properly assembled. Sadly, the assembly instructions were accidentally shredded when they were put through a shredder. Anywho, first team to correctly assemble their item will earn a big advantage in part two of the challenge. So, go!"

The teams went over to their piles and started working. Bridgette moved some pieces around while panting and groaning, then sat down, pretending to catch her breath. After a minute, she walked over to Team Chris. "Guys, can you help me move this stuff? It's too heavy for me, and you're so big and strong..." Noah raised an eyebrow. "Really?" "Well, Owen is at least." Noah shrugged. "Fine, I guess." Bridgette hugged Noah. "Thank you, thank you so much! Okay Owen, follow me!" Bridgette and Owen ran back to Bridgette's wood pile. Heather glared at them.

Confession Cam: Heather

"What is she doing! Is she flirting with them! How dare she! I'm her girlfriend, she should be asking ME to help!"

Meanwhile, the rest of Team Amazon was talking. "We should lay out the pieces and try to figure out what we're building", Courtney said. Gwen nodded. "Good plan." The girls started laying the pieces out while Heather scowled at Bridgette and Cody drew a picture of Lindsay in the snow. At Bridgette's wood pile, Owen picked up a curved piece of wood and licked his lips. "Man, I wish I had some barbeque sauce, cause this looks like a whale rib!" Noah heard this and gasped. He started pulling some of the pieces in his pile around and hammering them together. A few minutes later, Courtney and Gwen finished arranging the pieces. Courtney looked at the arrangement and smiled. "I think I know what we're building."

Thirty minutes later, Team Amazon finished building their item. It was a large boat. Chris walked over to them, smiling. "Well, Team Amazon takes the lead! And, she's a beauty! Here's your reward for finishing first." Chris tossed a sack to Cody, who caught it and fell over. Courtney looked in the sack. "Hey, this is just a bunch of rocks! What's our real reward?", she asked. "That IS your real reward. Now, drag your ship to open water and go north until you find Chef to receive your next instructions." Team Amazon cheered and started pushing their boat. A few minutes later, Bridgette and Owen finished building theirs. Bridgette smiled. "Thanks, Owen. Now good luck winning this challenge!" She started pushing her boat. "Owen, get over here!", Noah yelled. Owen ran over. "Help me push this thing!" "Are you even done building it?", Owen asked. "We don't have time! Just push!" Owen started pushing. After a few seconds, he farted and laughed. Noah started coughing.

Team Amazon got to the water first and started sailing. "Great job, team!", Courtney said. "Yeah, we're so going to win!", Gwen said. Heather rolled her eyes and crossed her arms. "What's with you?", Gwen asked. "Bridgette is getting really chummy with Team Chris. I don't care which one of them loses, just make sure we win, okay?" The team reached a dock, hopped out and found Chef. He walked up to them with a horned helmet. "Okay, this is for your team captain", he said. Courtney smiled. "That obviously means I get it." "Sure, whatever", Heather said. Gwen frowned. "Wow, you really are upset..." Courtney took the hat and put it on. Chef left, and Chris walked up to them. "Captain Courtney, huh? I seriously doubt this is going to end well. Anyway, it's time for your second reward!" Chef drove a crane down a dock and put a cannon on the Amazons' boat. "Huh. So, those rocks are flints to fire the cannon with?", Cody asked. "Bingo, dingoes! ...Crap, I should've said that back in Australia. But, yes, that's what they are. You also get some of Chef's Swedish meatballs as ammo. To win the challenge and travel first class, sail north to capture the red flag way over yonder on the buoy. Or, use your meatballs to sink the enemy ships. Good luck, captain Courtney."

Team Amazon sailed away, while Team Chris and Team Victory got their cannons and meatballs, but nothing to fire the cannons with. The teams sailed along toward the flag. Team Chris passed Team Victory. Cody turned and saw this. "Captain, incoming vessel!", he shouted. Courtney smirked. "And so the battle begins. Fire at will!" Heather and Gwen aimed and fired the cannon. A meatball shot out of it, hitting Team Chris's boat and making a hole in it. Noah went wide-eyed. "Oh no. this is not good." "What should we do?" "Patch the hole, duh!" Owen pulled his shirt off and started patching the hole with it. Meanwhile, Bridgette passed them in her boat. "Well, this is a lot harder than surfing, but I think I'm getting the hang of it", she said to herself. Heather heard her and glared at her. Courtney did the same. "Fire!" Heather aimed the cannon. "Take this, flirty girl!" She fired it and hit Bridgette's boat. Bridgette gasped. "Flirty girl? Wait, I can explain!" "Too late now, babe! You're going down!" Bridgette glared at her girlfriend. "Alright, if that's the way you want it..." She went to her cannon, used some sticks to fire it, and shot a meatball at Team Amazon. It hit them and made a large hole in their boat.

While the girls were fighting, Noah and Owen passed them. "Thanks for the help, Bridgette!", Noah yelled. Heather gasped. "Wait. You were helping THEM?" She growled and pushed Courtney away from the wheel. "I'm steering now! Courtney, man the rudder! Gwen, Cody, sink that traitor!" "No, it's not what you think!", Bridgette shouted. Cody and Gwen fired at Bridgette and hit her boat, which started leaking. Bridgette glared at them and returned fire. Her meatball hit Noah in the back of the head and he fell over. Owen gasped. "Noah! Noah, buddy, are you alright?" He picked up Noah and started shaking him. Meanwhile, Team Amazon kept sailing toward the flat. When they got close to it, Heather jumped out and snatched it off the buoy.

Chris drove up to the teams in a motor boat. "Well, we have our winner! First place goes to Team Amazon, with Team Chris coming second, and the sinking Team Victory in last place. See you at elimination, Bridgette!"

Once everyone got back on the plane, Bridgette and Heather went to the elimination room. Heather scowled at Bridgette. "Well I guess this is goodbye, traitor. I thought you would've learned not to do this to me..." Heather frowned. So did Bridgette. "Heather, it's not what you think." "I think you're lying! If it's not what I think, then what was it?" "I was trying to use Noah so I could get to the merge. Being a team of one isn't easy, I thought I could get some help..." "Why didn't you get MY team to help!" Bridgette started crying. "Because I knew you'd help me no matter what. Right?" Heather hugged Bridgette tightly. "Yes... yes, I would. I love you, Bridgette." "I love you too. Well... you can win for us this season, right?" Heather nodded. "Of course I can."

Chris walked into the elimination room. "I hate to break up your little love fest- okay, actually I'd love to- but it's time for someone to take the drop of shame. Or at least it would be... but, this is a reward challenge! Bridgette, you're safe. For now." Bridgette stopped crying. "What? Seriously?" "Yep. Didn't have an elimination planned, and you just happened to lose. There's no drama in a team elimination with one person on the team anyway. So, while Team Me enjoys some Swedish massages, you girls can just figure out how the heck you're gonna stay here next time. Go relax for a while."