Ryan kicks back with an iced tea and watches the stunned expressions of his teammates because they know he hates to compete. Not only is he taking in the facial expressions of his teammates but is also watching the other team. One person in particular catches his eye not because she is well put together but because is off by herself with a thousand yard stare. He decides to talk to her but before he can move toward her Logan grabs him and whisks him away so he can get up to speed on all the rules and regulations of the game. He walks right past the girl whose name he doesn't know and she doesn't even notice him as he is sheparded past her.
Jade is the girl with the thousand yard stare as Ryan marches past her and the events of the previous few hours run through her head. As she sits there she watches with puffy eyes as Connor and Tori head back to the elevators to presumably go make out. Jade kicks the chair in disgust as she thinks that she probably blew her chances by being so forward. She gets up and stalks off to her room muttering under her breath knocking down anybody who gets in her way.
Meanwhile, Robbie is half army crawling across the floor from the Beck beat down. Teresa sees him struggling and walks over to him and tries to help him up. Robbie blindly lashes out as soon as he feels someone touch him and ends up accidentally slapping Teresa across the face. Teresa immediately puts her hand to her face and her eyes go very wide as tears from in her eyes. She quickly flees from Robbie leaving him trying to stand and stumble after her. After finally struggling to his feet he doesn't know where she went and he can't catch his breath to yell out her name. He lurches off stiffly trying to find Teresa to make amends.
Cat and Kendall watch the scene in some amusement but wince each time Robbie takes a step because they can see how much it is hurting him. They both turn to Beck assuming that since he caused them both pain that he caused Robbie the same thing. Beck looks slightly guilty as he avoids their questioning gazes which only confirms their suspicions of douchebaggery. They storm off in a huff leaving Beck to feel slightly worse than he did before. Beck storms off pissed that nobody understands why he did what he did.
Ryan comes back out from his meeting with Logan and has been told the next twist of the game. He is smiling because nobody knows it is coming and it is going to throw the game into complete chaos. His smile fades though as he notices Jade has left the lobby leaving only Trina and Zeak to continue their make out session. He goes off to get his room key for the room that he will be staying in while competing. As he does he notices an oddly matched pair in an argument.
He stops and watches Sinjin and Slayter loudly arguing and gesticulating wildly drawing the stares of everybody around them. "You are the most infuriating person I have ever known," Slayter yells as Sinjin stutters and tries to form a coherent argument. He never gets a word in as Slayter grows louder with her accusations and Sinjin actually cowers under the verbal barrage. Slayter rears back and slaps him and storms off to the amusement of the lobby. Sinjin touches where Slayter slapped and gets a smile on his face because a girl actually touched him. He runs off with his arms straight down at his side and Ryan wonders if this kid is for real.
A couple of hours later everybody is gathered on the roof for a special surprise announcement. When everybody's attention is focused on the podium Logan strides up with a cocky smile on his face and waits for everybody to settle down. "Alright guys it has been a hell of a day that has seen many twists and turns but it isn't over quite yet." Everybody's mouths drop open as they wait apprehensively for the forthcoming announcement. "First off I would like to welcome Shaylee back," he says as she crutches herself up onto the stage. "She is going to be helping me with the decisions from here on out and her first decision is that we are going to have a trade off. Each team has to choose one person to trade to the other team but in a twist the opposing team has to approve of the person they are getting. No captain or vice captain can be traded but everybody else is fair game. And if you teams cannot agree on a person to take then Shaylee will have the final decision on who gets traded." Nobody can believe their ears and they stand their motionless as Logan and Shaylee leave the stunned audience behind.
A/N Quite a twist there. Let me know who you think will be traded or spared. How will Shaylee's return shake up the rest of the competition.