Well, a new plot bunny came to me while I was writing the last chapter. I don't know if you'd call it a twist, but I sure wasn't expecting to do it! Thanks for reviewing, SuperKitty and Ali6132.

In the morning, Chef called everyone to the camera room. Yes, everyone.

"Where's Chris?" Courtney asked.

"Just hush up!" snapped Chef. "You'll see in a minute!"

"Are you okay?" I heard Gwen ask, and I turned to see Cameron glaring at her. When she asked, he turned away.

"What's wrong?" I whispered.

Cameron shot another glare at me and looked away again. I thought I heard him muttering "You were the one who said...", but I couldn't hear him properly.

The screen flashed up with an image of Chris, wearing a party hat in front of a table full of party stuff, including a four-tier cake with the number 100 on top.

"Welcome to episode one hundred of Total Drama!" the image of Chris exclaimed. "To celebrate, I have an extra-special one hundredth episode challenge! I hope no one is allergic to rhinoceroses, fire, or poison..." as he continued, we saw Zombie Ezekiel beside him, but Chris didn't seem to notice.

"Look out!" we all started yelling.

Chris glared out at us from the screen. "Please, don't interrupt. I'm-" Zeke leapt on him, trapping him in a sack. Chef did a spit take with his coffee, and it dripped all over the machinery, rendering the cameras useless for the moment.

"New challenge!" Chef hollered. "Find Chris!"

"You want us to hunt for Zeke?" Gwen said incredulously. "No way! He's psycho crazy!"

"Hey, if no one saves Chris, there ain't no show!" Chef snapped. "Which means no winner, and no million dollars!"

We couldn't have that. We basically had to find Chris.

"We accept this challenge," Alejandro said, speaking for everyone, "But only if the one who finds Chris gets immunity for the next vote."

"And permanent residence in the spa hotel for as long as they're in the competition!" Courtney added.

"And they get to send one person to Boney Island." Cameron finished, still glaring at Gwen.

"Deal!" Chef bellowed. "Just find Chris!"

It was Zoey who suggested Zeke took Chris to the mines, since he was hanging around there in the previous season. But we'd have to find a different way in from the obvious, since it was blocked.

"Perhaps we should split up for this challenge." Alejandro suggested cordially. "After all, there can only be one winner this time, and you know my thoughts on winning."

I sighed and nodded, catching sight of Scott and Courtney, who were turning down Gwen's offer to work with them because they wanted to be together. Scott had his arm around Courtney...kind of sweet and weird at the same time. According to him, it was their one-hour anniversary. Oh well, maybe Scott could tolerate a "high-maintenence chick with a superiority complex" (Duncan called her that once), while Duncan deserved better (even when considering he blew it with Gwen). It was sad to see they'd work together, when I was dating someone who would rather win for themselves, but hey, when I said yes to Alejandro on the plane after that kiss in Newfoundland, I knew what I was getting myself into.

I'd just have to find another ally. Gwen and I were both following the friendship trio (that's Zoey, Mal and Cameron), but all of them walked away faster. She didn't speed up, but I did. Gwen was still ally-less but she was there.

"Hey, you three, wait up!" I called. "What is going on? Cameron, why have you been blanking me?"

The trio finally stopped. "Mike told me what you were saying about me this morning." Cameron answered, still glaring at me.

That was weird. I hadn't said anything about Cameron that morning. I frowned and said "I have no idea what you're talking about. Ma – Mike, it must have been someone else. What kind of things would I have said? Apart from being confused about who rigged the votes last night, that is."

Mal shrugged and said in his 'Mike' impression "I must have been mistaken! I wasn't sure it was you, anyway. Sorry about that."

"Anyway," I said, "I know four's kind of a crowd, but can I please work with you guys? Alejandro ditched me and I figured safety in numbers would be a good idea. Plus, I know I can trust all of you." Safety in numbers would be good, not only with Zeke, but with Mal. After the blue moon challenge, he'd ditched Cameron and tried to knock Zoey out. I wanted to stay so I could keep an eye on him.

We managed to find several holes that led to the mines.

"No!" Gwen panicked. "I can't go down a hole. I have a phobia about being buried alive. No way am I-AAAHHHH!" The ground broke apart underneath her and she fell down, screaming.

"Gwen!" Zoey jumped down after her.

Meanwhile, Mal pulled Cameron down another hole. That made my mind up. I clenched my teeth shut and jumped down the hole. No way was I leaving Cameron alone with Mal!

The three of us walked along, Cameron calling out Zoey's name. Sadly, it looked like the hole took her and Gwen somewhere else in the mines.

"We need to figure out who to pull over to our side." Mal said. "I'm glad you're with us, Amee, but we need more people. Alejandro's not trustworthy, and Gwen and Courtney are too tight...that leaves Scott."

"He's not gonna want to team up with me!" Cameron objected. In the last challenge, he'd used Scott as bait for Fang to trick him into towing their raft. He knew that Scott would never want to work with him.

"He might," Mal said thoughtfully, "If we drive a wedge between him and Courtney." His idea was for Cameron to kiss Courtney and make it look like she initiated it. If he did that, it would create a bond between Cameron and Scott. "Then you'd both be guys she toyed with."

"Um, guys, I don't think that's such a good idea." I said quickly. "I don't think Scott's any more trustworthy than Alejandro. Don't you remember how he sabotaged the teams last season?"

Cameron nodded. "He might still crush me. There must be another way!"

I was the only one who saw Mal narrow his eyes. When he realized I was looking at him, he immediately straightened his face and said "Is something wrong?"

I tried to smile and said "Nothing's wrong, Ma – Mike." This was the second time I'd almost called him Mal! I just had to try hard to think of him as Mike. Mike, Mike, Mike.

As it was, we ran into Courtney and Scott, and Cameron actually did it – he kissed Courtney, and Scott was fooled by thinking it was his girlfriend.

"You kissed him? Why?" he demanded.

"I wouldn't!" protested Courtney.

Scott wouldn't listen. "Of all the-"

"We fell!"

In the midst of their argument, we saw a creepy shadow that was disturbingly familiar, and Mal whispered a "Run!". All three of us hightailed it out of there.

It was only when we stopped that the trouble started. The ground began to break underneath us. Mal and I managed to jump out of the way, but Cameron wasn't able to. He was left clinging to a root, with the nearest ground being a long way below him.

"Hang tight, and I'll go find something to lower down for you!" Mal called down, starting to walk away

"I've got an idea!" I said desperately. "How about I hold on to you and lower you down to Cameron, and then you can-" It was only then that I realized he'd probably let go of Cameron.

"Good idea, Amee!" Mal said. "Although I think you should-" I didn't see it coming. Suddenly, Mal knocked me right down, making me hit my head on a rock. The last thing I saw was Mal, hair over one eye, dark circles around his eyes, and a wicked smirk.

"...take a fall." I heard him finish in that deep voice I'd only heard him use once before. "Night-night, beautiful." he said mockingly.

I wanted to reply, but by that time, I was slipping out of consciousness...slipping...slipping...

Bet you weren't expecting that! Sorry the chapter was so short, but it's necessary! Please review!