Author's Note: I'll put the votes for each couple to the right of their
-Izzy and Owen-2
-Heather and Justin-20
X-Lindsay and Tyler-0
-LeShawna and Harold-4
-Beth and Cody-4
X-Eva and Ezekiel-0
-Bridgette and Geoff-11
-Gwen and Trent-55
-Courtney and Duncan-74
X-Sadie and DJ-2
-Katie and Noah-7
"Time for the next challenge!" Chris says, facing all the campers. "You will have to survive in extreme cold, making a shelter to survive the night. If Chef and I see you turning blue, however, we will have to come and get you before you freeze to death. It's in the contracts that we can't let you die. Anyway, if we come get you, then you are eliminated."
The campers look at each other. Gwen raises her hand. "Um, Chris, in case you haven't noticed, it's a hundred degrees out here," she says.
"I'm glad you made that connection, Gwen!" Chris exclaims, clapping his hands together, "Chef will be flying you all to a remote mountaintop. You have to make a shelter, get food only for the night, and then we will pick you up in the morning. The couple that seems to look least well-off is eliminated."
"Uh, Chris, we're wearing summer clothes! We're going to freeze!" Courtney protests.
"No worries, Courtney. You each will get to choose one coat from the coat room over there. Meet back on the dock and Chef and I will fly you to the mountain!" Chris says, climbing into the helicopter. Meanwhile, the campers run towards the coat room, right into the middle of a free-for-all for the best coat.
"Good luck, campers!" Chris shouts from the helicopter, above the couples' heads. Chef guns it and the helicopter takes off into the distance.
"Now what?!" Courtney shrieks.
"Hey, ease up, Princess," Duncan says, wrapping his arms around Courtney.
"We are in the middle of no where!" she shouts, stomping her foot. The other couples slowly drift off, away from Duncan and his paranoid girlfriend. Duncan and Courtney are soon alone.
"We should find somewhere to sleep tonight," he says quietly.
"Like where?" Courtney asks, motioning towards the icy, barren mountainside.
"Like… under here," Duncan says, pointing downwards.
"Right here," Courtney repeats unbelievingly.
"Yes. Right here. We'll dig a hole."
"And sleep in a hole?"
"Exactly. I went to juvie one time in Alaska and I ran away and had to live outside. And see, I survived," Duncan insists.
"How'd you dig it?"
And so Duncan and Courtney get on their hands and knees, scooping snow out of a hole, with their hands shaking in the cold.
"Ahh!" Gwen screams. Trent grabs her arm as Gwen stumbles on the icy slope. She rights herself.
"Got it?" Trent asks. She nods, and Trent lets go of Gwen's arm. They walk in silence for a while until Gwen breaks the silence.
"Where are we going to sleep?" she asks. Trent shrugs.
"I don't know, maybe we'll--"
Gwen and Trent fall downward. Gwen screams and clings to Trent as they plummet for the ground. Trent holds Gwen close to him, and braces himself.
They fall into a pile of fluffy snow. Gwen and Trent are breathing hard.
"You okay?" Gwen asks, laying on Trent's chest. They were half-buried in the snow.
"Yep. You?"
"Yeah. Now let's get out of here," Gwen replies. She kneels and lifts herself out of the snow drift. "Holy crap."
"What?" Trent asks, lifting himself out too. "Oh."
They were trapped in a huge ice cave. A huge hole in the ceiling shows where the fell through. The floor, walls -- everything -- was made out of ice. Gwen steps off the mound of snow on the ice floor. She stands shakily on the ice, and screams, pointing at the wall.
Trent grabs Gwen's waist. "That's really…" Trent leaves off, not knowing how to describe it. A huge dinosaur-monster-insect thing was trapped in the ice.
"Scary," Gwen finishes for him. Trent nods and leads Gwen to the opposite side of the cave.
"I guess we'll be sleeping here," Trent says. Gwen curls up to him.
"We have to find somewhere where we can sleep," Bridgette says, clinging to Geoff. His arms were around her.
"Yeah, I know. It's freaking cold," Geoff agrees. They walk for a bit until they see a rocky overhang.
"Look!" Bridgette exclaims, pointing. She and Geoff start running for the cave. Bridgette falls. "Ahh!"
Geoff stops running and helps Bridgette up. She winces. "What's wrong?" he asks, still holding Bridgette's arms.
"My ankle. I think I might have twisted it," Bridgette says slowly.
"Aw, crap. C'mon, we need to get in that cave," Geoff says, scooping Bridgette up in his arms.
Geoff sets Bridgette on the rocky ground of the overhang. He rolls up her pant leg, and carefully removes her boot. Bridgette winces.
"Sorry, babe," Geoff apologizes, taking off Bridgette's sock.
"Oh my gosh," Bridgette gasps, looking at her swollen ankle.
"It's not that bad…" Geoff says, trying to make things better.
"Oh, yes it is," Bridgette disagrees.
"Alright, then I should signal Chris to pick us up," Geoff says, standing up. Bridgette grabs his hand.
"No!" she exclaims, then quieter, "Maybe it isn't so bad…" Geoff smiles.
"Good." He puts Bridgette's sock back on, but leaves her shoes off. He un-rolls her pant leg.
Meanwhile, Bridgette is taking off her jacket. "What are you doing? You'll freeze!" Geoff says.
"We can't sleep on this rock!" Bridgette points out. Geoff shrugs, laying down on Bridgette's jacket spread out on the ground.
"Fine. Climb in," Geoff says, unzipping his coat. Bridgette smiles and curls up on his chest. Geoff zips his coat up after her.
"Wait. What about food?" Bridgette asks, lifting her head and looking at Geoff.
"Well, I could probably catch a rabbit or something…"
"Okay! Never mind! I'm fine," Bridgette exclaims. Geoff chuckles.
"Chris will pick us up in the morning…" he says, and they fall asleep.
"Duncan! Let go of my butt!" Courtney shrieks. He smirks and chuckles.
"I was conserving body heat," he insists. Courtney grunts.
"Yeah, whatever," she mumbles. Duncan kisses her cheek. She blushes, but is still glaring at Duncan.
"Can't sleep?" he asks. For hours after they had dug their little ice cave, Courtney had been resting her head on his shoulder. But they hadn't fallen asleep yet, and it was well into the night.
Courtney shrugs. "I don't know. I'm a bit hungry, though," she says. Just then her stomach growls loudly and she grabs her stomach, embarrassed.
Duncan laughs then motions towards the dead rabbit lying in the corner. "Rabbit?" he offers.
Courtney turns up her nose at the dead animal. "You know we can't cook that. There's no wood! And I'm not eating it raw," she explains. Duncan shrugs.
"Sorry 'bout that," Duncan apologized. Courtney looks up at Duncan.
"It's not your fault."
Duncan smiles. Now that Courtney was facing Duncan, he could kiss her. So he did.
Courtney lets go of her stomach and hold's Duncan's head. He leans more into Courtney until she falls on the ground. She giggles, still kissing Duncan, as they roll over so now she was on his chest. Courtney slightly pulls her lips away from Duncan's as his hands start to travel south (towards her butt). He gets the message and returns his hands to the small of her back. As Courtney leans in to kiss Duncan again, she screams.
Duncan jumps. "What?" he asks. He follows Courtney's gaze to the dead rabbit, now less than a foot away. He chuckles and scoots them away. Once there's enough distance between them and the rabbit, they start making out again.
