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Maybe the Villains wouldn't give Courtney much of a welcome to their team, but us Heroes did things differently. The butler, of course, was helpful in providing everything we needed.

So when Duncan walked into the main room the next morning, we paused, and Sierra shushed everyone before flicking the light on.

"Surprise!" we all called out. "Welcome to the Hero team, Duncan!"

Duncan looked completely dumbstruck.

"Don't look so shocked." I teased. "Being on our team is great! It's not that much different from being on the Villains' team, anyway."

Duncan didn't look convinced, and okay, I wouldn't have been convinced, either.

Sierra ran to get her Smartphone, and Sam suggested that we sing the welcome song.

"How about let's not do that?" snapped Duncan.

We were all sidetracked when we heard a scream. "My social media machine! It's in pieces!"

Sierra was holding her broken Smartphone. It had been fine last night, I knew.

I glanced over at Mike, who was watching, a troubled look on his face. Something was definitely not right.

"It's okay, Sierra." he began.

"It's NOT okay!" yelled Sierra. "It's no-kay! It had my top five hundred Cody pics on it!"

"Just picture him in your mind, then." suggested Sam.

I groaned. "Uh-oh, here it comes."

Sierra's dark eyes went all dreamy, and she said "Okay, Codys." We all exchanged worried glances. I knew she was going to do that!

When we were called to the beach for the challenge, I was relieved to see that Cameron was not only alive, but not even injured. He did have a weird stench wafting around him, but as he explained, that was what kept the animals from attacking him.

"If you douse yourself with the, uh, scent, of the most vicious animal in the forest, then all the other creatures will give you the utmost respect!" he said.

"Not all creatures." Duncan muttered. The rest of our team felt the same way. It was nice that Cameron was still alive, but I'd probably wait until after he showered to get too close.

But it was time for the challenge. Chris showed us the giant stacks of pancakes. Basically, each teammate would take their turn eating some of it within a minute, then go on an obstacle course. If they barfed, they were on the bench. If we survived without barfing, we could help our team again later.

Dumb Scott scoffed at the course, and of course, that meant Chris had to put in one last obstacle that he hadn't intended to do. The rolling logs and everything else – I could handle that, but the last thing we had to do was be spun around and then thrown out.

"Nice one, Scott." Courtney said. "And yes, I was being sarcastic!" Scott just stared at her, a smile on his face. "What?" snapped Courtney. "What?"

"You're pretty when you're mad." he answered.

"Barf." remarked Heather, moving away from them. As she walked off, she caught my eye, and I just know that if we were on the same team, we would've rolled our eyes at Scott's attraction to Courtney together. As it was, she just gave me a cold glance.

I offered to go up first for the Heroes. I wasn't the type to puke often, so I wasn't about to start now. But I was up against Alejandro, who was doing pretty well. I was pretty surprised, actually. I assumed he'd be an easy out after the time he cheated in China, but it looked like pancakes weren't a problem for him.

All too soon, the horn sounded, but I'd eaten a fair amount around the edges, and hadn't run into any of the booby-traps Chris "forgot" to mention until Alejandro ran into a pair of rats. I quickly ran for the obstacle course. I was slow and Scott was already working on the stack when Sierra went up for our team, but hey, I made it to the end!

The reason Sierra lost was because of the fish eyes she encountered. Sure, she could handle a starfish on a skewer, but fish eyes...she barfed and was out, leaving Cameron to take a turn. Actually didn't end up doing the spinner, but he ended up in a tree at the end and fell off, and Sierra, who had managed to fix her Smartphone, was recording it all. "Way to go, Cody...Cam! Codycam? Camdy?"

I facepalmed. Seriously? She knew perfectly well that Cameron wasn't Cody, but still saw him as a crush?

Duncan also did pretty good for us. After Scott had finished the course, Gwen ate, but she ended up benched after she was sick on the log roll.

The villains were still doing better than us, which sucked. We'd had more eaters, so why?

Mike ate next for us, while Courtney faced her worst fear in the pancakes and started screaming when she was covered in it. "Green jelly! Get it off me! GET IT OFF ME!"

"Why is she freaking out so much?" Cameron asked.

"Season One, Phobia Factor challenge!" Sierra called out. "She's terrified of that stuff!"

"She was supposed to jump into a pool of it," I explained further, "But she chickened out at the last minute."

Due to some dynamite in our pancakes, Mike skipped most of the obstacle course apart from the spinner, and Chris allowed it, so we were slowly catching up, but not enough.

"Enjoy the loser cabin tonight." Alejandro mocked our team.

"Oh, it's not breakfast any more, Alejandro." Sam answered. "It's DINNER TIME!" Okay...I didn't really get that, but whatever.

Zoey was eating, but Sam got her to tag him. Chris immediately made the villains do the same, so Heather, on Alejandro's request, tagged him.

And so...yeah, we won! Just. We all cheered, and Zoey and Mike hugged.

Before elimination that night, I finally found a time to ask Mike about the broken gadgets. Not that I was going to tell anyone else if he had broken them, but I wanted to know. Usually, he and Zoey were always together (with Cameron often there too), but luckily, he was on his own at that moment.

"Hey, Mike." I greeted him. I hadn't really spoken to him much at all, but I needed to do that.

"Hey, Amee." he returned my greeting.

"Um, there was something I wanted to talk to you about." I said.

Mike still seemed calm, so I continued on. "It's about...Sam's Gameguy and Sierra's Smartphone. Do you know who broke them?"

Mike's whole calm look disappeared and he looked terrified. "No...I...I don't know anything about it!" he stammered.

I folded my arms. "I can tell you're lying. And the only reason you'd be lying is if you did it. Look," I lowered my voice. "If you don't know anything about how it happened or couldn't control it, than that's okay. I just want to know the truth."

Mike seemed defeated. "I think I've been sleepwalking and breaking things." he admitted. "I thought it was just a dream at first, but then when Sam's Gameguy was really broken..."

"Has this ever happened before?" I asked. "I was wondering if it was connected to you not being able to access your other personalities...like I said, it started after you got hit in the head. And that was the night Sam's Gameguy got broken, wasn't it?" I paused, looking at the guy for a moment. "I won't tell anyone." I said. "For the moment. I know you're not doing it on purpose. But if it starts getting any more problematic, you can tell me if you want to. Okay?"

Mike gave me a tiny smile. "Okay. Thanks, I guess." I knew he probably wouldn't take me up on that offer. After all, the people he trusted most were Zoey and Cameron – in fact, Cameron was the first person to work out Mike's disorder in the last season and try to help him, and once his secret was exposed to Zoey, she'd proved incredibly understanding about it.

Speaking of trust, Alejandro wanted to talk to me after the challenge, too, for some reason. "So what's up?" I asked.

He gave me that smile. "Do I have to have a reason to want to spend time with my girlfriend?"

I shrugged. "You like Heather, too. Shouldn't you be working on her?"

"Oh, I am." he assured me. "But I need to get the upper hand on her and throw her off her game. I simply cannot make peace with her until I take revenge on her." He smiled. "On the other hand, I can spend time with you without having to think about those things."

I frowned. "I wish it could be more like it was in World Tour," I sighed wistfully. "I miss what we had there."

"It doesn't have to have changed." Alejandro said. We were both sitting on the bank above the beach. "I knew it would be different when we first met, but now...we can get back to how we were before." As if to prove a point, he wrapped one arm around me and pulled me to his side.

"But we're on different teams." I pointed out. "It complicates things a little, doesn't it?"

"We won't be here forever." he answered. "When we get off this show, we can work things out. You, me, maybe Heather."

I nodded, leaning into him. "Yeah. I'll look forward to that."

Elimination wasn't a problem for me. I expected one of the villains to go. Oh yeah, and Chris added that Gwen, for the first time, hadn't accidentally hurt Courtney...at least, not yet.

"The day's not over yet." Courtney said icily.

But there was one more thing. Chris explained that he'd rewatched the tapes of today's challenge, and according to them, us Heroes actually hadn't won.

"Sam, will you stand up and turn out your pockets, please?" The gamer obediently stood and brought out...two pieces of pancake.

"I just saved a tiny bit in case I had to go to Boney Island again." he said in defense. "It's a terrible place!"

Nevertheless, we were the ones on the chopping block, and there was no doubt who to vote for. To be fair, even if Sam hadn't saved the pancake pieces, Alejandro would probably have finished the challenge before him for his team. But I still voted for Sam.

Finally, everyone was given a marshmallow except for two – me, Mike, Zoey, Cameron and Duncan. "Who will get the final marshmallow?" said Chris. "Will it be Sam the pancake hoarder, or Sierra the pancake hurler? The last marshmallow goes to..."

There was a pause. Sam lowered his eyes. Sierra blinked rapidly, looking nervous.

"...Sierra!" Chris tossed the marshmallow. "Guess who didn't need a Boney Island plan! Sam, you're done."

Sam gave a sigh. "Sorry I blew it, guys." he apologized. "But you would've done the same, if you were me and had to spend a night in that scary bitey place..."

As for the villains, Scott volunteered for exile, while the remaining six of us Heroes headed back to the cabins.

At least some things were cleared up.

Oh wow, the blue moon challenge next. This'll be fun.