The burly security guards take Shay back to her room and stand guard outside until it is time for everyone to meet in the lobby. As she exits her room they each grab an arm and drag her up a couple of floors to the penthouse suite. As they knock on the door Shaylee is about to make a sarcastic remark when the door is opened by a haggard looking Logan. He says in a harsh voice, "come in before anybody sees you." He leads everyone into the opulently appointed suite and says "Have a seat, Shaylee. I heard that you started an altercation last night. Normally you would be sent home for violating the team rules but since last night was a clusterfuck of epic proportions we are going to put you on probation. You are lucky I am in such an easy guy to get along with because once your teammates heard what you tried to do they wanted to kick you off the team. Now get out of here and get down to the team busses.
She makes her way down to the lobby of the hotel with her now familiar security guard buddies. The team from Hollywood Arts just stares at the unfamiliar scene unfolding before there eyes as she heads out the door and boards the LAST bus. She is met by cold unfriendly stares and disbelieving shakes of the head. She retreats to the farthest corner of the bus to sit by herself and sit in an injured silence. The rest of her team talks amongst themselves as a plan starts to form in her head. Meanwhile back in the lobby the kids from Hollywood Arts notice that Jade's makeup is all smeared down her face. They all turn to her questioningly but she is ignoring everybody and marches out to the Hollywood Arts bus. The rest of the team follows her along with Tori who is glaring daggers at Jade.
They make it to the beach where Logan is still looking worse for the wear. As the teens get off the bus they notice Logan's bloodshot eyes and his unshaven face. Behind him is a smoothed out area with five baskets placed in an X shape. "Now you guys will be split into two different sides with four players a piece. There will be a total of four rounds so each player will play offense and defense. The object is to get as many points as possible by placing these balls in the baskets. The defense can stop the offense however possible. Your team will get one point for the baskets on the outside and three points if you make it in the middle basket. The first team for the LAST team is Lilliana, Meg, Zeak, and Connor. The first team for the Hollywood Arts school is Andre, Beck, Trina, and Tori. Hollywood Arts, you guys are on offense first so get ready." Logan blows an air horn to signal the beginning of the first round. The LAST team decides to play man to man defense but they still give up five points. After a short break the Holly wood Arts team also scores five points against more of a zone defense. The competitors shake hands after the dust settles.
"Alright guys, the rest of you get in position but this time Los Angeles Star Tech will be on offense first." Logan blows the air horn again to start the second and final round. Kendall scores three points for the LAST team but nobody else manages to score any. After a short respite Logan blows the air horn again to signal the beginning of the second half of the second round. With ten seconds to go Shaylee stops playing allowing Jade to score the winning points. Without warning Cat bowls Shaylee over to celebrate with Jade. Shaylee clutches her left knee in agony as the teens from Hollywood Arts celebrate their win. The medics tend to the girl and quickly assess that she will not be able to continue with the competition. They load her into the ambulance and everybody watches it drive away with varying emotions.
Logan gets everybody's attention and says with some relief, "Today's competition is finally over and it was really close but the Hollywood Arts team won. Each of you have won a $250 gift card to the pear store. You can buy apps or whatever you want for your pear pod. We will know more about Shaylee's status tonight. You guys can go back to the hotel and hang out or whatever and I can finally go back and take something for this headache. Get out of here." With that he jumps off the stage and hops in the waiting limo to whisk him back to the hotel. Everybody is tired and they clamber back onto the waiting busses to go clean themselves and their various cuts and bruises. The teens are starting to wonder when there is going to be a mental challenge because these physical challenges are getting really demanding. As they pull up to the hotel they cause everybody to stop and stare because it looks like they have been to hell and back.
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