Sun was setting into a slow evening as the campers enjoyed a day without Chris. Team Winning West had found a clearing and the forest and were playfully tossing a ball back and forth. Gwen smiled, her first sincere smile since she arrived, as she caught a pass from Leshawna then tossed it to Trent. However, they were one of the only teams who were completely happy.

Up on the mountain Izzy was searching avidly for Ezekiel, who was trying to stay one step ahead of her. Bridgette and Geoff had their backs turned to each other, and Tyler was moping about breaking up with Lindsay. Only Lindsay looked to be enjoying herself as she tried, but failed, to get a tan.

On the eastern island various campers had taken out towels and were relaxing in the sand. Heather was beginning to get suspicious of Katie though, the girl kept following her, no matter how many times Heather moved. Heather shot a glance at Alejandro; she could never be too careful with him.

Courtney meanwhile was trying to sidle up to Alejandro, and was being pursued herself by Justin. As she tried to avoid Justin but get closer to Alejandro she ended up moving in circles. Duncan only laughed as he watched.

At Team Something South, even Eva and Noah had managed to relax slightly. Beth was trying to cheer up Owen and Sadie by helping them build sand castles. She sighed as she saw that Owen had built Izzy's face in the sand while Sadie had made Katie's.

Suddenly they were shocked by an obnoxious fog horn. Chris revealed himself as he arrived at the shore in a fishing boat.

"All campers are to report to the Dock of Shame immediately," he announced.

"But it's nearly nighttime," Beth pointed out.

"Exactly," Chris said with a sly grin.

Slowly the other teams arrived at the shore.

"All aboard," Chris called. "We're taking a little trip."

Courtney rolled her eyes at the person next to her. To her embarrassment it turned out to be Duncan who winked back at her. Everyone made their way onto the ship. It was a tight fit, but they managed to all get aboard. The ship headed down the lake and approached a familiar, eerie island.

"I'm sure you all remember Boney Island," Chris said ominously. "Well tonight you'll be staying there."

He was met with a chorus of "What!"s.

"Let me explain first," Chris said. "You will be divided up on the island. To leave you need to return to the ship…with your entire team. Once your full team has arrived you will be safe from elimination, and once everyone shows up we can go back. But the last team to have everyone arrive will be voting someone off."

"So are you going to go around the island dropping us off?" Courtney asked.

"Something like that," said Chris with a sly grin as he pulled a lever.

Suddenly the platform that Courtney had been standing on shot up and launched her flying into the island.

"Who's next?" Chris called.

When no one volunteered he sighed, "Don't all speak at once."

Eventually Katie was shoved onto the platform and launched off.

Before Chris could send anyone else off, Beth pulled her team into a huddle and said, "Okay, what's the plan, Noah?"

"So I'm supposed to come up with a plan now?" groaned the know-it-all.

"Yeah, you're our leader," Beth urged.

"Well the obvious thing to do would be to all head for the boat without the team," Noah said after a sigh. "That way we can all meet up there. It's pretty simple but I doubt any of the other idiots will bother to consider it."

After that Chris made his way around a full circle of the island. He would stop to launch a couple campers off at each point then he returned to his initial stop.

Leshawna's Confessional

No offence to the big guy, but it's a good thing that DJ's not here for this one. Being brave isn't exactly that guy's forte.

Owen found himself being ricocheted between two trees as he fell to the ground. He rubbed his back and shook his head as he got up. He began to nervously walk through the dark forest. Every noise he heard caused him to spin around and cringe in horror. Eventually he saw someone familiar.

"Izzy!" he cried as he ran to his former girlfriend.

"Hi," she said without her usual quirkiness.

"Izzy, I've wanted to get a chance to talk to you," Owen said.

"Talk all you want," Izzy said as she walked away.

Owen followed her and pleaded, "It was a big mistake to ever let you go. Please, Izzy, give me another chance."

Izzy was silent. As Owen fell behind he felt something tap on his shoulder.

"Ah! Don't eat me," Owen cowered.

"It's just me, eh," whispered Ezekiel. "I want to you help you with your problem, eh. That girl is, like, crazy; if you can get her back maybe she'll leave me alone, eh."

As Ezekiel continued to whisper to Owen, Izzy looked behind her.

"Good riddance," she said to herself.

Izzy's Confessional

People think I'm crazy, but you know what would really be crazy? Taking back a guy who pushed you into a serial killer, broke up friendships for money, and then tried to break up with you for no reason. Having my head cleared briefly just allowed me to see that.

Beth's shirt had gotten tangled in a tree branch. She wasn't too far from the ground, but no amount of struggling could get her down.

"Uh, anybody," she called. "Help!"

She was thrilled to see that Eva was approaching her. Wordlessly the buff girl pulled her down from the tree.

"Thanks, Eva, I'm so glad I can depend on you," Beth praised.

"Let's go," Eva ordered as she headed back to the edge where Chris was waiting.

"I hope you know that you can always depend on me too," Beth added as she followed her friend.

"I wish that were true," Eva said under her breath.

Beth's Confessional

I think I've made a real breakthrough with Eva. I'm not sure exactly what it means, but it's still a breakthrough.

Gwen clumsily tried to find her way through the darkness. She bumped into someone with an, "Oof."

"Trent, is that you?" Gwen asked hopefully.

"Even better," she heard Duncan say. "I've been waiting to get you alone."

"Duncan, not now," Gwen sighed. "I've gotta find my team and you've gotta find yours."

"What's the rush?" Duncan said as he grabbed Gwen's hand. "Don't you want to spend a little quality time? Alone? In the dark?"

Gwen was finding it harder and harder to resist.

"I can't," she said half-heartedly both they both shared kissed.

What they didn't know was that Lindsay was also not too far away and had recognized their voices.

Lindsay's Confessional

I just know there's got to do after hearing that. Somehow this will caused the teams to stop trusting each other. I need to tell someone. Someone like…Leshawna? Oooh, I know, Trent.

Sadie felt her knees knocking together as she slowly wandered the forest. She shivered both from the cold and her fear. Eventually she found someone else.

"Katie," she exclaimed happily.

"Sadie," came the happier reply.

Then both girls turned away from each other in anger.

"My ex-BFFF," Sadie huffed.

"Oh come on, you're just jealous," Katie said. "You should be, after all I'm on a team with Justin, Alejandro, and Duncan."

"Hmph, you're the one that should be jealous," Sadie retorted. "I've got Noah on my team, and as any girl with half a brain knows, he's the real prize."

"Well the only reason I don't have half a brain is because I've had to share it with you all this time," Katie snapped back.

"Nuh-uh, I've been sharing my brain with you," Sadie argued back.

"Well it doesn't matter because with your size you'll be lucky to even get Owen," Katie snapped.

"You are the dumbest, meanest, girl I wish I'd never called 'friend,'" Sadie finished as she turned away.

Once both girls thought they were out of sight, they burst into tears. After much aimless wandering and sobbing, Sadie eventually spotted the ocean. She made her way to it and quickly noted Chris and various member of her team.

"Very clever," Chris exclaimed as he counted Noah, Eva, Beth, and Sadie. "But you're still missing one more."

Leshawna had landed on the far side of the island. She dusted herself off then began to make her way back. After a bit of travelling she saw a pair of legs struggling in some brambles.

"Let me give you a hand," Leshawna said as she pulled out Courtney.

"Oh, it's you," Courtney hissed. "What do you want?"

"I just want to help out," Leshawna said innocently. "I may not be DJ, but I'm not going to leave someone stuck in this nasty old place."

"Well, forget it," Courtney said as she headed in the other direction. "I can't trust anyone from the other team."

"You can't trust anyone on your team either," Leshawna said under her breath.

After walking a bit further Courtney turned around and snapped, "Quit following me!"

"Um, hello, we're going to same way," Leshawna sighed. "Look, we don't have to be friends, but can we please just get along? On a place like this, being alone isn't such a good idea."

Courtney couldn't argue with that logic.

Cody struggled about in the darkness, but once his eyes adjusted he got an idea. He began piling leaves and twigs in a small cleared space. He then took two larger sticks and began to rub them together.

"Come on, it always works in the movies," Cody complained as he rubbed furiously.

Eventually he managed to get a spark and started a weak fire.

"This should draw the others," he said not realizing that the small glow could barely been seen from where he was standing.

However it did attract some company, just not who he was expecting.

"Cody, what a surprise," said Heather as she approached with Alejandro.

Cody looked pale as he saw his two old enemies.

"You don't mind if we share this…ember with you, right?" Heather asked as she sat down.

"I…guess not," Cody sighed.

"The three of us together must bring back memories," Alejandro said.

Cody's Confessional

Yeah, bad memories.

"So, for some reason, she really digs me, eh," Ezekiel explained.

"That's obvious, she likes that wild animal you turned into," Owen explained.

"My what, eh?" Ezekiel asked.

"Yeah, you know…uh never mind," Owen said. "But the point is, I need to act more like an animal."

The two caught up with Izzy. Ezekiel stayed hidden, but Owen chased after her. The fat boy got on all fours and began to bark at her like a dog.

"What's wrong, now, Owen?" she sighed. "Did you get something stuck in your shoes again."

Ezekiel slapped his face in frustration.

Ezekiel's Confessional

Yo, a net falls on her, eh, and she thinks it's aliens. When someone acts like a dog, eh, she thinks he's got something in his shoe. Yo, is there any understand this girl, eh?

Bridgette could hear Owen and Izzy's voices and she tried to follow them. It was then that she bumped into Lindsay who seemed to be in a hurry.

"Lindsay, glad I found you," Bridgette exclaimed. "I think Izzy's just ahead; if we catch up with her we'll be halfway done."

"Sorry, I'm busy," Lindsay said as she continued to run in the opposite direction.

"Busy, with what?" Bridgette demanded.

"Just stuff," Lindsay called back as she disappeared into the darkness.

"Lindsay, come back," Bridgette called. "Come back!"

She screamed in frustration, then decided that she ought to keep up with Izzy. Lindsay, meanwhile, had finally managed to locate Trent.

"Trent, Trent, I have something very important to tell you," Lindsay said eagerly.

"What is it, Lindsay?" Trent asked confused.

"Um…what was it again?" Lindsay muttered to herself.

After a few minutes of thinking she exclaimed, "Oooh, I know, Greta and Dukey were kissing."

"Who are Greta and Dukey?" Trent asked even more confused.

"No, it was Gertrude and David," Lindsay corrected herself.

Trent just looked at her perplexed.

"Oooh, wait, it was Gwen and Duncan," Lindsay finally managed. "They were right over there."

"What!" Trent cried as she ran the way that she had pointed him.

After running in the direction for a while he picked up on Gwen's soft voice whispering. He turned to follow it, and sure enough, he found Gwen lying on top of Duncan.

"So, this is what you call ending all relationships?" Trent snapped at Gwen.

"Trent, I—" Gwen didn't know what to say.

"Hey, leave her alone," defended Duncan. "Do you actually expect her to resist me?"

Trent just turned away in disgust as he muttered, "I should have known I couldn't trust you, Gwen."

Gwen reached out for him, but was pulled back by Duncan.

"Now, where were we?" Duncan said as he pulled her close.

Instead, Gwen punched him in the eye and shoved back into the bushes.

"Trent, wait up!" Gwen called as she chased after him.

Tyler and Geoff had managed to meet up and were headed towards a large monument. They couldn't make out what it was from the distance, but both agreed that it would be a good place to check for other teammates.

"I don't know what's gotten into Bridgette," Geoff sighed. "I mean, we've had fights before, but she's always had a reason. Now, I don't know what's going on."

"Don't tell me about girl troubles," Tyler sighed. "Mine just broke up with me, out of the blue with no warning."

"Maybe if we won more challenges, they'd respect us again," Geoff suggested.

"I don't know about that, but I'm all for winning more challenges," Tyler said. "Trouble is there's something about this show that's weakening my sportacular powers. Maybe the island is loaded with kryptonite."

"Or maybe you just need to work on your skills a bit more," Geoff suggested. "That's what I'm gonna try, you should join me."

The two had arrived at the monument. It looked to be an old crumbling temple. Surrounding it were various large stone heads with angry faces.

"Let's check on the other side," Tyler suggested.

However, both froze in their tracks when one of the heads started moving towards them.

"Grr, you have invaded my sacred land," it growled at them.

Both boys screamed like a pair of girls and ran for their lives. Once they were gone Justin stepped out from behind the head and laughed. As he turned to the side he spotted Bridgette, Izzy, and Owen arriving at the entrance to the ruins.

"So, Izzy, I think I was abducted by aliens," Owen said trying to start conversation with the redhead.

"As if, no alien would want you," Izzy scoffed.

What Justin didn't see was Sierra slip behind him and drop a few pebbles into his pockets.

Sierra's Confessional

Okay so maybe it was a little underhanded, but if anybody deserves the curse of Boney Island it's the evil team. Especially Alejandro…oh he makes me so mad!

"Trent, what happened was a complete fluke," Gwen tried to explain for the 50th time.

It was then that she noticed Katie approaching them.

"Mind if I walk with you guys?" she asked downtrodden.

"I'm okay with it," Gwen said. "I'm not sure if Trent is though."

"Are you guys having friendship issues too?" Katie asked.

"You could say that," Gwen sighed.

"The first thing you should do is apologize for saying or doing anything you didn't mean," Katie said more to the forest than Gwen.

"Trent…I'm really sorry for what happened," Gwen said sincerely. "I let my emotions get the better of me when I knew it was a bad idea. But I meant what I said, I'm not going to keep dating Duncan."

"Then you should explain your true feelings," Katie continued.

"I like you, Trent, I really do," Gwen continued her apology. "You know that I would never intentionally hurt of lie to you. I want us to keep being friends."

"Then you should finish by putting it all behind you," Katie concluded.

"What happened was a mistake on my part," Gwen finished. "Can you forgive me?"

Trent sighed, then turned around and smiled. The two embraced.

"I'm sorry too," Trent added. "I should have let you explain. I was just so surprise. I guess I let emotion get the better of me too."

Gwen turned to Katie and asked, "Is this what you would say to Sadie if you had the chance?"

"What? No!" Katie protested. "That's the kind of apology that I expect from Sadie after all the horrible things she said.

Noah was looking extremely tired as he paced the beach waiting for Owen, or anyone to show up.

"Where is everyone?" he demanded. "It's not like it's rocket science."

"Oh, looks like rain," Chris pointed out as he pulled out an umbrella for himself.

Right on cue a powerful downpour drenched Noah and his team.

"Looks like we might have to wait all night," Chris said eagerly. "With this rain campers are probably going to find shelter."

Noah just collapsed in frustration.

"There you guys are," Courtney said in her shrill voice as she spotted Heather and Alejandro.

Suddenly rain began to pour down on them and doused Cody's miniscule fire.

"Come, let's find the rest before we get soaked," Courtney ordered as she grabbed her two teammates; leaving Cody and Leshawna alone.

Leshawna's Confessional

That girl is hypocrisy at its worst. She thought that I would abandon her because we're on different teams. Then she runs off with her team once she doesn't need me anymore.

To get out of the relentless rain the campers outside of the ruins decided to hide inside for shelter. This turned out to not work as well as planned since there was very little room for all of them.

"Why are the walls made of pillows?" Sierra asked.

"That's me," replied Owen.

"Zeke, is that you?" Izzy gasped.

"Uh…no, eh," Ezekiel replied.

"Darn," sighed Izzy.

"Justin, where are you?" Courtney called from the outside.

"Time to go," Justin exclaimed as he began to work his way through the crowd. "Pardon me, excuse me."

"Ow, watch it."

"Ack, that was my foot."

"Watch where you're going."

After much struggling Justin managed to get out and meet up with the rest of his team

"Now all we need is Katie," Courtney exclaimed.

They managed to find Katie who was hiding under a tree with Gwen and Trent.

"Katie, let's go," commanded Courtney.

The tanned girl got up and followed her team.

"We should try to find our team too," Gwen said part yawning. "We should…"

Before she could finish she found herself falling asleep against Trent.

Team Something South was trying to get some sleep, but that was quite difficult when they were out in the open in a downpour. Courtney's team showed up, all looking miserable in the wet.

"Congratulations, Team Evil East," Chris exclaimed. "You win this challenge."

"Great let's get out of here," Courtney demanded.

"Actually we still need to wait for the others," Chris pointed out.

"Well, when are they gonna get here?" Alejandro demanded.

"Not too long from now," Chris assured. "Maybe morning."

The team groaned and collapsed on one another.

When the sun returned to shine on Boney Island the various campers in the old temple exited. They all looked terrible for their lack of sleep, but they were ready to continue.

"You know, Zeke, I've been thinking," Owen said. "There's no way I can be you, and you're who Izzy wants. So I'm gonna move on and let you have her."

"But I don't want her," moaned Ezekiel.

The group was met by various pairs. Leshawna and Cody both looked exhausted, while Tyler and Geoff didn't look much better. Trent and Gwen were the only ones who looked like they got any sleep at all.

"Walking…all night…ugh," Leshawna moaned.

"Wait a minute," Sierra gasped. "If we're all here, then shouldn't we…"

She didn't need to finish. The many campers all ran as fast as they could back to where Chris was waiting for them. In a scramble of teams that all clumped together and ran in a crowded mess. Once they arrived Chris, who was barely awake, tried to count who had arrived first.

"Aw screw it," he yawned. "Looks like you all win this time."

However he stopped when he saw Owen trailing behind the group.

"On second thought, Team Something South, I'll be seeing you for a camp fire ceremony tonight," he changed his plan.

"Lindsay, you can't keep doing this," Bridgette argued. "If you want to be a part of this team you need to work with us and stop treating us like garbage."

"It's called taking charge," Lindsay argued back.

"Well you don't deserve to be in charge," Bridgette countered.

"I so do," was only Lindsay could say.

"I don't like dividing up friends, but we're going to have to turn to our other teammates to decide who they want," Bridgette said. "Who's it going to be? Me or her?"

The three guys looked from Bridgette to Lindsay. Both looked furious. It was then that Izzy entered with a smile.

"Hey, great game guys," she cheered. "We rock."

Unanimously the boys stepped towards Izzy.

"Team Something South," Chris greeted as he arrived at the campfire. "You've been here twice in the first three challenges, tsk tsk."

The five campers looked either frustrated or worried.

Beth's Confessional

Well Owen did cost us the challenge, but he's such a sweet guy.

Noah's Confessional

Well I tried didn't I, and it didn't work. Maybe now I'll get to go home.

Sadie's Confessional

The plan wasn't that hard, even I could follow it. I don't see what took Owen so long.

"Let's just get this over with," Noah sighed.

"Fine, the marshmallows go to," Chris started. "Beth and Eva."

The two girls caught their marshmallows, Beth smiled at her friend, but Eva just shot her an irritated look.

"And the last two marshmallows go to," Chris continued. "Sadie and….Noah. Sorry, Owen, time for you to go."

"It's okay, Chris," Owen exclaimed. "I was able to make peace with my rival for my woman's heart. Now that I'm ready to move on I'm sure I'll find lots of willing girlfriends."

"Yeah, good luck with that," Chris said as he guided him to the Boat of Losers.

"He's gonna need it," Noah added.

Once Owen was gone, Chris turned to the camera and said, "Team Something South isn't looking too hot; can they pull it together? How will the curse affect Justin and his team? When is Gwen gonna pick a guy and stick with him? Tune in next time and maybe some of your questions will be answered."