Chapter 23: Dino-Sore in the Morning

The next morning, as the plane flew to its next destination, Owen and Courtney were having breakfast in first class. Owen munched on a pastry and smiled. "Mmm, these are good! What are they called again?", he asked. "Babusas or something", Courtney said. "More importantly, can I ask you for something?" "If it's to not vote you off after the next challenge, no. Heather already did that", Owen replied. Courtney crossed her arms and turned away.

Meanwhile, in the economy class, Noah and Heather were sitting across from each other, glaring. Noah crossed his arms. "You're going home next", he said. Heather raised an eyebrow. "Oh really?" "Really." "But what about Courtney? She won the last challenge so easily, don't you think she's the bigger threat?" Noah chuckled. "A bigger threat then the former finalist? Not likely." Heather turned away. "Fine. I guess we'll see who's right by the end of the season."

Confession Cam: Noah

"Oh, we'll see all right. See that I'm a genius, and can do anything I set my mind to. I just need to figure out how..."

Shortly after this, the plane landed and everyone got out. "Welcome to Drumheller, Alberta, a world heritage site", Chris said. "It has the most wicked collection of dinosaur bones on the planet. In front of you is a giant pit with lots of super ancient dino bones. Grab whatever bones you can find to make your own life-size dino. I'm calling it Design-O-Saurus!" Noah facepalmed, while Courtney and Heather groaned. Owen smiled. "Building a dinosaur! Awesome!" "You also have two minutes to rifle through the plane's cargo hold and grab whatever you can to help build your creations. And, go!"

Everyone went to the plane and got their supplies. Noah got some stickers and feathers, Owen got various sharp objects, Heather got some glitter glue and paint, and Courtney got a some glue and an encyclopedia. Then, they ran back outside and dug up some fossils. Courtney unearthed a femur bone and looked at it. "Shouldn't we be preserving these?", she asked. Chris shrugged. "Eh, heck if I know. Just do the challenge." Courtney shrugged and did so.

Heather walked over to Owen, carrying a small bone. "Hey Owen, I got you a very helpful T Rex bone!", she said. Owen stopped digging for fossils, and ran up and took it. "Awesome!" Heather smiled. "Glad you like it. So, I was thinking, we should really vote off Courtney next." Owen turned away. "I dunno... Noah and I were planning to vote YOU off." "Courtney is the bigger threat. You saw her dominate the last challenge. If that happens again, we're all going to lose to her. So try to help me with this." Owen sighed. "I'll think about it."

After an hour, Chris walked up to the contestants. "Time's up!", he announced. "Now we'll begin the amazing tour through the ages of imaginary dinosaurs. Let's start with Noah." Noah crossed his arms. "I didn't make mine up. I made a velociraptor, as accurate as I could. I even added feathers due to the speculation that some raptors may have had them." Owen applauded. "Great job, buddy!" "Alright, what did you make?", Chris asked him. Owen pointed at his statue, excitedly. "I call it the super-ultra-duper-ceratopsaurus! It's got stegosaurus, triceratops, megalodon AND T Rex pieces, and it has knives for teeth! It's awesome!" Chris nodded and smiled. "Yes, very. Kinda messed up though. Heather, your dinosaur?" Heather smiled. "I call it the princess-saurus, the prettiest dinosaur ever. It's pink and sparkly!" "...Wow." Heather scowled at Chris. "What? I like sparkles. I even collect glitter glue..." "Okay, moving on. Courtney?" Courtney smirked and gestured toward her statue. "Feast your eyes on the tyrant lizard itself, the tyrannosaurus rex!" Owen applauded, and Chris smiled. "Sweet."

"And now, the judging! You guys have to vote on your favorite dino sculptures other than your own, and in a 'shocking' twist, you'll be hooked up to an electric chair and lie detector while you do it." Chris took the contestants to the lie detector chair and Noah sat down. "Well, I'd love to vote for Owen, but honestly he didn't do the best job. Courtney had the same idea as I did, but didn't decorate her dinosaur. so... Heather." Heather smiled. Noah got up and Heather sat down. "I think Noah's was pretty good. Sure, Courtney's T Rex was nice, but it's an overdone dinosaur. So, Noah wins my vote." Courtney scowled. Heather got up and Courtney took the chair. "I vote for Owen. Not the most realistic dinosaur, or the most creative, but very dangerous. Besides, the others each have a point already." Courtney stood up, and Owen sat down in the chair, struggling to fit. "Um... I uh... I vote for Heather." Courtney and Noah gasped, while Chris and Heather looked confused. "Um... why?", Chris asked. "It's creative! I've never seen a pink dino before. Plus, just using a real dinosaur is boring. Sorry Noah..."

Chef walked up to the group, carrying an odd device. "As the winner of the first challenge, Heather gets this handy dandy post digger", Chris explained. "Your task is to dig up some barrels of oil, since we can't really expect you to find a real oil deposit. Heather already claimed her prize. Noah and Owen, for coming in second, you each get an old prospector kit." Chef handed each of the guys a pickaxe and a trash can lid. "And Courtney, for coming in dead last, you get a toy shovel and a sand pail. First one to dig up a barrel of oil wins. Oh, and we'll be pummeling you with the occasional boulder! Funny, right?" Chris laughed, but the contestants glared at him.

Chris blew a whistle and the contestants got to work. Heather walked around, relaxing and drilling holes with her post digger. Courtney desperately dug some holes with her toy shovel. Owen and Noah teamed up to look for level spots to dig at. Meanwhile, they all dodged boulders launched by Chris and Chef. After a while, they launched one at Heather. It hit her post digger, breaking it to pieces. She screamed. "Oh, come on! I was still using that! NOW how am I supposed to win!?"

Elsewhere, Noah and Owen dug up a barrel. "Holy cow, did we seriously find one?", Owen asked. Noah pried the lid off the barrel and check its contents. He smiled. "It's oil. Let's get this to the plane! Come on, buddy!" The two guys ran back to the plane, with Owen carrying the barrel. They put it down in front of Chris. "Great job, guys! So, whose barrel was it?", he asked. Noah and Owen looked at each other, frowning. "Um... what do you think?", Noah asked. "I think you should have it", Owen replied. "Really?" Owen picked Noah up and hugged him tightly. "Sure! You're my little buddy, I gotta help you out when I can." "Well, okay then. Chris, this is my barrel."

Later that evening, the girls both got to the plane, rolling their barrels. Afterward, Chris led them over to a campfire. "I've got a little season one tribute treat here for you! You've all cast your votes. Now it's time to see who gets a marshmallow. If you do not get one, you're out. Noah, since you have invincibility, you get one. The next goes to Heather. And the final marshmallow goes to... Owen." Courtney went wide-eyed. "Wait. What? What!? You guys voted for ME!? How could you!? We had a deal, Noah!" "Hey, I didn't vote for you! Blame them!" Courtney glared at Owen and Heather. "Oh, trust me, I do. You guys will be hearing from my lawyers. Well... bye!"

Courtney stormed off and an intern ran out of the jumbo jet, carrying a lighter. "Okay, I'm here to start the campfire!", he shouted. He ran though a puddle of oil leaking from one of the barrels, slipped and fell. The lighter fell into the oil. The plane exploded.