Rawr. Sorry for the lateness. Busy with stuff.

So anyways, this is the first dramatic bonfire ceremony. *waves fingers mysteriously* Oooooh!

PS, there's a TSR poll in my profile. I'd love it if you'd vote in it, tell me what you think. :D

Read, review, and enjoy! :D

After making Chef rewire the TVs, Chris walked back to the campfire pit to see who had completed the challenge. DJ and Jamal, Bridgette and Keith, Gwen and Zack, and Owen and Candace were all back on time with their luggage. Cody and Courtney, who both had several large bandages covering their bear-related wounds, were there as well. Heather had untied herself from her annoying brother a while ago, since she wasn't able to handle being tied to him. Trent and Grace had also failed the challenge, as you all remember. The families with three siblings had already completed the challenge and were hanging out by the campfire pit with the others. That only left Rikki and Jackson, wherever they were…

Selena looked around, like she was trying to find something. "Hey, where are the interns?"

Zack looked up from his game and at her. "I dunno. Why?"

"Well, it's just that they've been gone for a while. Where'd they go off?"

"Beats me." He shrugged and went back to his game.

She shrugged as well and went to find Marilee, who was shooting dirty looks at Keith. Marilee was still ticked at him for looking at her boobs, and she was determined to make sure that he was one of the first ones going home. She stuck her tongue out at Keith as he skated by and winked at her. Selena couldn't help but smirk. "She likes him."

*T*S*R*

Meanwhile, at the secret production campground, the four intern girls were inside a large lounge, complete with flat-screen TV, hot tub, and built-in spa.

Mia was laying on a massage table, wearing only a towel. Her face was covered in green goop and there was a cucumber slice on each one of her eyes. She was smiling for the first time since she arrived at the island, probably because her back was being massaged by a very tan and muscular man. She let out a relaxed sigh as the masseuse's hands traveled further down her back.

On the other side of the lounge, Marina and Tamyra were bowling on the Wii. Holly was sitting on the couch near them, reading Twilight again.

"Yeah, " Chris looked into the camera and shrugged. "I figured it would be nice if I gave the interns better treatment this year… Okay, my boss said I had to, but still…"

*T*S*R*

Back at the Dock of Shame, Jackson was still talking to Rikki, who was now tied to him. After listening to him talk a while, she actually started answering some of his questions.

Jackson looked into the Confession Can camera, looking quite satisfied. "I was finally able to break through to Rikki. It turns out that she was in an abusive relationship a few years ago and it affected her psychologically. Her boyfriend made it feel like his actions were her fault, thus making her depressed, even after Riley died in a car accident. The negative feelings stayed because she had never told anybody else about how she was abused, not even her parents or brother. See? All she needed was someone to talk to. And someone to make her talk."

The newly formed duo were snapped out of their conversation when they heard a loud beeping, signifying that it was 6 PM and that the challenge was over. Courtney and Cody had surely gotten their stuff, so they only had to worry about getting there on time. "Come on, we'd better get to the campfire pit. The ceremony's going to start any minute." Jackson untied them and started walking.

He thought Rikki was following him, until he heard a faint, "Jackson?"

He turned around, revealing that she was still in the same spot she was in a while ago. "Yes, Rikki?"

Her cold expression she had when she first arrived had been melted. She still didn't look happy, but at least she looked slightly better. She walked up to him and gave him a quick hug, departing from him almost as soon as she came toward him. Locking his dark brown eyes with her ebony orbs, she whispered, "Thank you."

Jackson only smiled in return and they both started walking toward the campfire pit together.

*T*S*R*

Nighttime darkness had finally arrived. The campfire was lit and the campers were gathered around it, waiting for the moment of truth. Some of them were extremely nervous, since those same people hadn't completed the challenge, like Heather and Damien. However, some were confident, since they had completed theirs with flying colors, like DJ and Jamal.

Chris arrived again, with a large silver platter, holding exactly twenty four marshmallows on it. Looking at the campers before him, Chris said, "Now that you all have cast your votes, it's time for the first dramatic bonfire ceremony. Twenty four campers will be safe, but four will be outta here. Here's how this will work: I'll call out the names of the twenty campers who didn't receive any votes first. Eight of you got at least one vote. I'll call out the names of the four out of those eight who are safe. The four who don't get called at all will walk down the Dock of Shame and take a ride on the Boat of Losers!" The host saw more nervous glances as he reached for the first marshmallow. He held it out in front of him and said, "Geoff."

The party boy grinned and let out a "Yeah!" and ran up to Chris, proud to receive the very first marshmallow of the season.

Chris waited for Geoff to sit down and then said, "Owen."

"Awesome!" He grabbed his marshmallow, shoving it in his mouth as soon as he sat down.

"…Selena." Selena, who had been kicking at some dirt with her boot, looked up and grinned. She jumped up and grabbed her marshmallow.

As much as he hated it, the next names he said were, "Grace and Trent." Chris tossed her marshmallow to both of them, since they were in the front, and she smirked at him triumphantly.

"… Zack." Zack knuckle-touched Keith and claimed his marshmallow.

"Candace." Candace let out a small shriek and ran up to receive her marshmallow, skipping back to her seat after she got it.

"Izzy, Herbie and Xavier." He tossed all three of them their marshmallows, since they were in the front row, as well.

"DJ and Jamal." The duo got up and received their marshmallows.

"Bridgette." She looked back at Geoff, relieved that both of them were safe and got her marshmallow.

"Duncan." Looking as if he didn't care either way, he got up and snatched his invincibility.

"Courtney." Duncan, who was still walking toward his seat, smirked at Courtney as she got up, who blushed in return.

"Marilee." The blonde proudly walked toward Chris and claimed her marshmallow, looking like she had already seen her victory coming.

"Duke." Marilee sneered, hearing her eldest brother's name being called, meaning that she'd have to deal with him for several more days.

"Cody." The techno geek high-fived Owen and got up to claim his marshmallow.

"Jovie and LeShawna." The sisters high-fived each other and claimed their marshmallows.

The eight remaining campers looked at each other, fear in their eyes. They knew only half of them would stay in the game. The question was: Who?

"Well," Grace crossed her arms and glared into the camera. "I had to get rid of Gwen! She'll probably distract Trent during the competition and… and…" Unable to think of a better reason, she screamed, " I HATE HER!"

"Jackson would have been able to complete the challenge with me if Cody's depressing sister wasn't here to distract him." Courtney crossed her arms over her chest, looking angrily into the Confession Can camera. "Nothing personal, Rikki… Okay, it's a little personal. I just don't think you'd make the best teammate."

"Damien's a meanie." Zoey looked like she was about to cry, but still kept her composure. "He pulled my hair and held me down and burped in my face! And he said he was gonna vote me off! So that's why I'm voting him off!"

Izzy looked into the camera, dead-serious. "That Damien kid is a total psycho."

"I voted Keith off." This, no surprise, came from Marilee. "That perv had the nerve to look at my boobs! Nobody looks at Marilee Anderson like that and gets away with it. No one!"

DJ looked into the camera, almost indecisive. "Okay, Jamal may be a jerk, but he's a strong jerk. Can't vote him off, so I voted for Raven. Sorry, girl."

"I had to vote off Princess' lame brother." It's probably obvious who this came from. "He's a total weakling and he keeps trying to 'psychoanalyze' me, whatever that means…"

"As much I'd love to see Grace the Demon leave the island," Gwen said as she glared at the camera, "I had to vote off Heather. There's no way I can risk her repeating what she did last year."

"I was originally going to vote off Heather…" Bridgette looked down at the floor of the Confession Can angrily and continued, "But that was before Heather's bratty little brother scribbled all over my surfboard with a permanent marker! I don't get angry easily, but when you mess with my board, you're going down!"

"I voted off Rikki." Geoff looked guiltily to the side. "She just seems like kind of a downer…"

"Campers… there are eight left of you, but only four marshmallows." He motioned to the platter and continued, "The next camper to get a marshmallow is… Keith."

Keith ran up to claim his marshmallow and turned around to walk back, grinning all the way there. Even after somebody threw a marshmallow at him and hit him square in the forehead. He sat down, now smirking. "Nice aim, Marilee." He got a frustrated groan in response, coming from Marilee herself.

Chris held the next marshmallow high above his head, dramatically pausing. After a moment of silent anticipation, he finally called out, "Zoey."

The little girl giggled with excitement as she caught the marshmallow Chris tossed at her.

"… Gwen."

Relieved, the Goth stood up and claimed her marshmallow, sitting down next to Trent and giving him a quick peck on the cheek. Grace glared at her as she did, a deadly look in her eyes.

Chris turned toward Heather, Rikki, Jackson, Damien and Raven. Damien and Raven looked like they couldn't care less, but the others looked extremely nervous. Even Rikki looked a little nervous. The host held the final bit of fluffy immunity and said, "Campers, this is the final marshmallow for the night. Only one of you get to stay."

He held it high over his head and set the platter down. He pointed to each of the campers one by one, as if he didn't already know who was going to get it and trying to decide. After two minutes of that, Heather yelled, "Out with it already, Chris! The audience doesn't need this much suspense!"

"Okay, okay, yeesh!" Chris lowered the marshmallow and proclaimed, 'The final marshmallow for the night goes to… Heather." He tossed her her marshmallow and she sighed in relief.

"Damien, Jackson, Raven and Rikki. Can't say I'm surprised. You guys are kinda useless." He pointed to the dock and said, "The Dock of Shame awaits!"

The four losers got up, slowly trudging to the dock, except for Damien, who ran full-charge. As soon as they boarded the boat, it noisily sped away.

"Okay," Chris turned to the remaining twenty four campers, "It's time to assign teams and cabins. The Calivers, Colemans, DiCaprios, Delaneys, Courtney Mann, Heather Fujimoto, and Cody Erikson, come over here."

Duncan, Selena, Zoey, Owen, Candace, Trent, Grace, Gwen, Zack, Courtney, Heather and Cody walked over to Chris. He tossed a flag to Zack, who unraveled it, revealing a picture of a bear with its paws held menacingly high above its head. "You will now be known as the Killer Bears!"

"What?" Gwen looked at him like he wasn't being serious. "All you did was replace 'bass' with 'bears'!"

Chris just ignored her and said, "You'll be staying in the old Gopher cabin. Girls on the right, guys on the left. Grab your stuff and get unpacked. You all need your rest for tomorrow."

The Bears didn't say anything, but just grabbed their items and walked toward their cabin, too tired to complain.

"Jeffersons, Joneses, Andersons, Carlisles, and O'Callaghans. You're up."

DJ, Jamal, LeShawna, Jovie, Geoff, Duke, Marilee, Bridgette, Keith, Izzy, Herbie and Xavier walked up to Chris. He tossed a new flag to Jamal, who unraveled it. Instead of a bear on this one, there was a wolf. It appeared that there was something coming out of the wolf's mouth, like foam. "You are now the Rabid Wolves."

"Well," Duke looked down at his little sister and continued, 'We do have an insane girl right here."

Marilee glared up at him, jabbing him in the gut with her elbow. He winced a little, but tried not to show that a girl seven years younger than him had bruised his belly.

Looking at the wolf, Izzy exclaimed, "Cool! I saw a rabid wolf once! It was running down our street and it was all like, 'RAWR, I'M A SCARY WOLF! I'M GONNA GETCHA!'" She started laughing, while the others exchanged nervous looks with each other. After getting over her giggle fit, she said, "But it turns out it was just my neighbor's dog who got into a can of whipped cream."

"Um… okay then." Chris pointed to the old Bass cabin and said, "You'll be staying in the other cabin. Girls on the right, guys on the left. Let's move."

With a few tired mumbles, they got their stuff and headed to their cabin. It was going to be a long day tomorrow.

*T*S*R*

On the Boat of Losers, Raven and Damien were keeping themselves occupied with whatever it was they were doing. Rikki and Jackson were standing next to each other, looking back at the island that was slowly drifting out of their sights.

Jackson took a look at Rikki out of the corner of his eye. He could tell that she had really changed since she arrived at the island just a few hours before.

After minutes of working up the courage to do it, he lifted his arm and slowly wrapped it around her shoulder. He waited for her to try and wriggle away from his grasp, but she didn't do anything. But looking at her again, he saw her doing something she hadn't done in years.

She was smiling.

Aww, the first four campers leave the island. Shootski. : ( Oh well. Chris will take weekly visits to the Playa de Losers to get an update on how the voted-off campers. Yay. :D