Got this up, finally. It was a bit of a fun one to write. Hope you all like it. I'm chugging along, here. I don't have know who is getting off in what order, so that's something. And it'll be fun up to the end.


Battle!

"Help me secure this…" Walter struggled to say as he held back tree branch. Jamie and Zak grabbed the rope they had and tied the branch low to the ground of another tree.

"Are you sure this is going to work?" Zak asked. He took back a step and scanned it with his eyes. "I think that a lower branch might work better…

"None of the lower branches are strong enough," Walter assured Zak. "It would snap with the pressure or not be able to fling the rock."

"What about trajectory?" Zak asked.

"It we attach the rock to the very end of the branch, it'll soar high and far," Walter said. Jamie walked over with a huge boulder with S.O.S. written in red paint on it, along with the coordinates of the island, which, luckily, Zak had calculated with a GPS he had before it ran out of batteries.

Confession Cam:

(Walter) "So, Chris hasn't come by the last four days… The general consensus is that he told the producers that a giant tidal wave took us, and all the equipment out to sea, and that he's keeping the money for himself."

"Trust me, this rock will not plop down into the sea in the middle of no where." They positioned the rock on the end of the branch. "Now, watch it fly," Walter said as he took the machete Christie had lent to them and sliced through the rope and the branch flew upward, the rock at the end, but then it continued to swing and ended up slamming the rock into the ground at the end of the beach.

Confession Cam:

(Zak) "I didn't want to say it… but…"

"I told you so."

"But, I don't get it…" Walter said.

"It swung too hard, too fast, so that the rock couldn't release," Zak said.

Christie and Bex walked up from down the beach a bit. "All that work to make sure that no one can pick up the boulder," Bex said and lifted an eyebrow at the three guys.

"As you can tell, it didn't work out so well," Zak said.

"I still say we set the trees on fire for a smoke signal," Christie said.

"This place it hot enough," Bex said. "We don't need a giant fire burning until we're found."

"And then tried for destroying the whole island," Walter added.

"Why not spell out S.O.S. with a bunch of boulders?" Jamie asked, not looking up. "So that anyone flying overhead can see it."

"We've had about five planes fly over us," Walter said. "Most were Chris."

"Let's see if the others came up with anything," Bex said.

Upon arriving on the main beach, they found that Rufus and Nessa were both tanning, Todd and Brooke were sharing a lunch, and Genevieve was trying to goad birds to her with bread crumbs.

"Yes, lets use some of our dwindling food and give it to the animals," Walter rolled his eyes. "Great thinking, Gen."

"Did your rock thing work?" Nessa asked.

"No," Jamie answered.

"Then don't criticize what we're doing," she said. "We're waiting until we have a plausible idea before we act."

"So, feeding the birds?" Walter asked.

"So that the knife girl can capture them when they're nice and plump," Rufus said. "What feeds more, a slice of bread or a fat birdie?"

They all turned to Jamie. "Those birds are still really small… maybe if we could find their eggs…"

"Eat baby birds?" Genevieve asked.

"You eat chicken eggs, right?" Zak asked. "It's the same, only, not chicken."

"What's that noise?" Brooke suddenly looked up and out to the ocean. Not too far off, the boat Chris and Chef traveled on was approaching.

"He remembered us," Rufus said. He stood and walked into the guys' tent, walking out a minute later dressed in his day clothes.

The ten campers were on the dock when the boat arrived. Chris jumped out, smiling at them. "There are ten of you," he said. "And, it so happens that one of our producers is also the producer of movies, the next of which will take place in ancient times. And, to make sure that the costumes can work with the stunts he plans to have the actors do, we are using you."

"This is a challenge?" Nessa asked.

"Not really," Chris said. "But we needed another, so we're improvising with this. When I call out your name, please approach and take your costume. First, Christie," Chris held out a costume that appeared to be little more than a bathing suit made of red silk and gold fringe. It had a sheer veil and gold chains. "You are Malika, the concubine."

"What!"

"Nessa," he held up a leather corset and skirt with bronze shoulder pads and a large wooden scabbard to be worn on the back. "You're Hussie, the female warrior."

"Jamie." This time, he held a long brown robe attached by a rusted clasp along with a tall staff. "You're testing out Hitnal's costume. He's a wizard of sorts, I guess."

"Will this stay on?"

"No idea," Chris said. "Brooke, you're the princess." He handed her a pink gown. "Todd, you're the general and the princess's secret lover." He handed Todd leather and bronze armor. "Rufus, you're the king." He handed Rufus a red silk outfit. "Zak, you're a normal guard." He handed Zak a costume that was less decorated than Todd's costume. "Walter, you're the god." He handed Walter armor and a full body sheer suit that would fit him tightly and make him shine. "Bex, you are Amber, the girl from New York than fell through a time portal." He handed Bex jeans and a t-shirt. "And, finally, Genevieve," Chris had Chef walk out carrying a metal plated outfit with large wings. "You're the harpy that the king called forth to attack his people." Chris clapped twice. "We haven't got all day, people. Go change."

"So you can strand us here for four days without any extra supplies, but we can't take our time changing?" Christie yelled.

"Calm down, Christie," Genevieve said and picked up the yelling Japanese assassin.

Everyone gathered on the beach after changing. No one seemed happy with his or her costume. "This outfit is a little too tight," Nessa said in a strained voice.

"That sucks, doesn't it," Chris said with a smirk.

Nessa reached back and pulled the sword, with some difficulty, from the scabbard. "Any one mind if I slice his neck?"

"Why does she get to make attempts on his life and I can't?" Christie asked.

"Because she's got a rubber sword," Zak said.

"So how is this going to work?" Bex asked.

"Glad you asked," Chris said. "I have ten battles in this folder that will take place in the movie…"

"That's a lot of battle," Todd said.

"That's two for each of you," Chris said. "If you win both of your battles, then you will receive immunity… that means that more than one may receive immunity for tonight, but there will be no extra immunity tickets given, and no extra prizes. Now, for our first battle…"

"Wait, if we lose our first battle, why bother with the second?" Walter asked.

"Because you may take away the immunity of someone that would otherwise have immunity, making you less likely to be voted off. Now, the first two to step into battle will be King Marcun against his Harpy, to prove he is worth her services. Rufus, Genevieve, please step forward."

Confession Cam:

(Rufus) "Is he serious, I'm going to smash her."

(Genevieve) She knocks on her metal plating. "I think I have a shot if I just run into him."

Rufus pulled the rubber sword tucked into his belt and stepped forward. He and Genevieve ran at one another, and Rufus swung the sword. It bounced off her metal plating.

Confession Cam:

(Rufus) "So, it wasn't quite as easy as I thought it would be."

Rufus dropped the sword, realizing that the only way it could help would be if Genevieve tripped on it. Instead, he dodged to her side, but she turned quickly, her wings knocking him off his feet. But this gave Rufus an idea. He grabbed her wings and used his strength to spin her while he had a piece of her that she didn't have control of. He then released her, sending her into a tree. From that, a coconut dropped and hit her head, causing her to fall. Chef counted to five… quickly…

"One two three four five, defeated," Chef said.

Confession Cam:

(Nessa) "That count really gives the fallen a chance…" she rolls her eyes.

"And Rufus has taken his first win. Our second battle is when our wizard tries to correct his wrongs by asking the gods to send a harpy for the king, and he must battle a god sent forth. Jamie, Walter."

The two stepped forward. Jamie spun his staff while Walter pulled the rubber sword from his girdle and held up his shield. Jamie swung his staff low, taking Walter's feet out, then hit Walter's stomach, causing him to drop his sword and lower his shield to his stomach, so Jamie then struck Walter's head a bit lighter, so as not to kill him.

"One two three four five, defeated," Chef said.

"And Jamie took that one quickly," Chris said.

Confession Cam:

(Walter) "I apparently don't make a good god."

(Jamie) "Once again, watching ninja anime has helped me. Hope you noticed this, mother…"

"And, we will now take a break," Chris said. "Our next few fights are Walter against Nessa, followed by Christie against Brooke."

"What!" Brooke's eyes shot open.

"I didn't write the script," Chris said.

Confession Cam:

(Chris) He snickers. "I so did write this script, and these battles are going to be how the battles in the movie turn out. There will be an additional battle to conclude the movie, if needed…"

(Walter) "Didn't I just fight the last fight? Now I have to go again?"

(Christie) "I have a feeling I'm going to do well in this challenge."

(Nessa) "Thankfully, Jamie just whooped Walter, so this should make my job a bit easier,"

"Okay, campers, time to get this third fight started," Chris called. "Walter, Nessa, you're up. Brooke, Christie, you're next. Walter, Nessa, your fight is as Nessa is coming to the call of the king, and Walter is trying to stop her from reaching the people to save them from the Harpy."

Walter walked into the fighting area, rubbing his head, as it was still sore. Nessa was right behind him, spinning her sword. "Ready?"

"Not nearly," Walter said.

"And, begin!" Chris yelled.

Nessa swung hard and hit Walter square in the chest. Walter stumbled backwards, but stayed on his feet and steadied himself as she came to attack again. This time, when she swung, he held up his shield to block. He tried to swing at her with his sword, but she jumped up and actually landed on it, the flipped off it, kicking Walter in the face as she flipped back and landed with a smile on her face, ready for more.

Confession Cam:

(Nessa) "I really don't know how I possibly did that…"

(Jamie) "What, is she Xena: Warrior Princess or something? I have to admit, that was really cool."

They charged at one another, sword to sword. Everyone was so wrapped up in their battle, no one but Rufus noticed they were talking.

"Ease up a bit," Walter said. "I already lost to Jamie."

"Yeah, so you have to let me win," Nessa said. "We need Rufus and me to both be safe, so we can make sure that we can vote for someone not you."

"Or, we could split the votes," Walter said.

"Rufus has a plan," Nessa hissed.

"And when Todd wins both his battles?"

Confession Cam:

(Rufus) "So, here's the plan. Todd loses one battle, and we can vote him off. Me, Nessa, and Walter is three. I can convince Christie that he's a threat to her, and she knows that people like him more than me, so that's four. And then there's Jamie. Five. The other five, well, they're probably be divided, so I don't have to worry about him."

(Walter) "There's a major flaw in his plan."

"What makes you think he will?" Nessa asked.

"What makes you think he—" Walter stopped when Nessa shoved the hilt of her sword into Walter's stomach, as he had been a bit distracted. He fell to the ground and was soon declared to have lost. Nessa spun around and high-fived Brooke.

"And our next battle is Christie against Brooke, followed by Jamie against Zak," Chris announced. "Christie's character is jealous that the head of the guard loves Brooke, the princess and will not touch her."

Brooke and Christie walked up. "And, fight!"

Brooke had hardly comprehended Chris's yell when she fell the air being forced out of her lungs. Only then did she realize that her legs had been kicked out from under her and she had hit the ground back first. Christie stepped on her chest to hold her down, making it harder for Brooke to breathe.

"One two three four five," Chef said. "Assassin wins."

Todd ran to Brooke and helped her to stand. "Are you okay?"

"I'm better than I would be if I had tried," Brooke said.

"True," Christie said. "It didn't want to hurt you too much because you looked so clueless."

Brooke blinked. "Gee, thanks…"

"And, will Jamie and Zak please step up," Chris said. "They will be followed by Christie and Bex. Jamie and Zak are fighting as Jamie tries to break into the castle and Zak guards. Now… Go!"

Jamie smiled. Even though Zak had armor and a sword, Jamie had the height advantage, as well as the staff. When Zak attempted to draw his sword, he lost grip of it and it fell to the ground. Before he could reach for it, Jamie smacked his staff on it, pushed off the ground, swung the arc the staff allowed him, kicked Zak in the chest, sending him flying, then landed standing over Zak. His staff had flipped up, and twirled in the air several times before Jamie reached up and it landed in his hands. "Surrender," Jamie said.

"Okay," Zak said. "I give."

"And it seems that Jamie is the first to gain full immunity," Chris said.

"Alright, Jamie," Bex cheered and ran up to him and smiled. However, he walked right past her, not acknowledging her. Bex just stared at him as he walked out of the circle and took a seat on one of the fallen trees next to Rufus.

Confession Cam:

(Bex) "I don't like Jamie hanging with Rufus. That jerk really uses Jamie to his advantage, and it seems he's turning him against me." Bex frowned a bit and looked away from the camera.

(Jamie) "It's annoying that she pretends to care about me. I know she doesn't."

"Okay, after Christie and Bex will be Bex and Genevieve," Chris said. "Okay, in this, Bex is in the castle courtyard waiting to see the king. She has been brought in by Todd, as he believes that she is supposed to defeat the King. However, Christie, on the side of the King, wants to defeat Bex before she has a chance to meet him."

Christie smiled and charged at Bex. Bex, still distracted by Jamie, was taken by surprise, but was able to flip Christie off her as she was in easy to move in clothes. Christie landed on her face, and was not happy. She charged at Bex again, but this time, Bex was ready. Bex rolled away at the last second, but grabbed Christie's long hair and gave it a sharp tug, throwing the Japanese girl to the ground again. Christie was getting impatient and sloppy. She tried to land a few punches, but kept missing. Bex smirked and stayed out of her reach. Finally, when Christie tried to punch too hard, Bex dodged only with her torso, leaning back on her legs, then swung herself around, pushed Christie, and gave her a quick kick to the butt. Christie fell flat on her face, and was totally pissed. She stood and took a few steps toward Bex, but Bex just smiled and cracked her knuckles. This time, she threw the punch, one to Christie's gut, and Christie was out.

Confession Cam:

(Christie) "How did I lose?! I was a shoe-in to have immunity! AHHHHHH!!"

(Bex) "I beat her… wow!"

(Genevieve) "Oh, Bex beat Christie… and now I have to fight her. I think I'm going to lose."

"And now, the King has called upon his harpy to defeat the strange girl from the future," Chris said. "And, after Bex and Genevieve we have Todd and Zak."

Genevieve took Christie's place in the fighting circle. She gulped and stepped carefully.

"Genevieve, you're supposed to be the vicious beast," Chris yelled.

"That's only pretend," Genevieve complained. "But in real life, I don't stand a chance."

"Got that right," Bex said, behind Genevieve, she used the wing to flip Genevieve on her back. Genevieve lost her breath. She tried to roll to her sides to get back up, but her wings wouldn't permit it so she was like a turtle stuck on her back.

As if on instinct, Nessa giggled and said, "Awkward turtle."

"It's not funny," Genevieve said, still trying to get on her feet.

Chef was snickering as he counted. "One… hehe… two… he… three… hehehe… four… hehe… five."

"Yay!" Bex jumped into the air and clicked her heels together, then landed unbalanced and fell to her butt.

"Graceful," Rufus said and he held up a hand to Jamie for a high-five. Jamie, however, didn't respond.

"We're both here for another three days, Jamie," Bex said once she got back on her feet and walked to him.

"Yipee…" Jamie muttered, then turned away and started to walk off.

Bex felt her eyes get a little hot, then she blinked away the approaching tears and turned to Rufus. "What did you say to him!"

"Me?" Rufus looked offended. "Nothing. What did you say to him… or what did you say to Zak? Something about a four-letter word?"

Confession Cam:

(Jamie) "She keeps pretending she likes me… but she hurt me."

(Bex) "I can't believe… did Zak spread the word or something?"

"Okay, now we have Todd against Zak," Chris announced. "To be followed by Brooke and Rufus."

Confession Cam:

(Rufus) "Oh, seriously, this is too good."

(Todd) "Oh, he had better not hurt her…"

"In this situation, Zak has discovered how Todd is betraying the King and is trying to follow his orders to protect the king," Chris said. "And, battle."

Todd and Zak charged at one another, but Todd was stronger and faster. With a few hits, he managed to get the sword from Zak's hand. Then he swung at Zak's neck, stopping so that his sword was just barely touching Zak's neck.

"Sparing his life," Chris said. "Good idea," Chris turned around and scribbled in a small notebook, before turning back to the campers. "Todd takes the prize."

"Could you rephrase that?" Rufus asked.

"Nope," Chris said. "Anyway, Rufus, you're back up, along with Brooke. And the last battle will be Nessa and Todd. So, the Princess has approached the king in anger with what he has been doing, and he attacks. So, battle!"

Bex had followed Jamie after sending a few angry glares at Rufus, and one contemplating look at Zak. When she caught up to him, he was by the waterfall, failing at skipping stones across the lake at the bottom of the fall.

"Hey," she said coming up behind him.

"Oh, hi," Jamie said, once again, unable to skip a stone. He bent down and grabbed another one.

"I know why you're mad at me," she said.

Jamie didn't look at her, he just threw the stone and it plopped in the water again. He grabbed another, tossed it in the air, but Bex snatched it from the air before he could catch it again. She skipped it all the way across the lake.

"What do you want?" Jamie asked.

"What I said," Bex said. "To Zak. It was for his benefit, to make him feel better about how Phoebe treated him. You weren't supposed to hear it."

"So that you could still use me?" Jamie asked.

"No!" Bex said. "Look… to me, a kiss is just a four letter word. But, what I have with you, that's real. I do really like you, a lot."

"How do I know you're not just saying that?" Jamie asked.

Bex grabbed him and pulled him down to meet her lips, kissing him hard and passionately, wrapping her arms around his neck. Jamie couldn't help but respond. When they finally released, there were tears on Bex's cheek. "You know me, Jamie. You know that I can't fake that kind of passion."

Jamie looked down. "Don't cry…" he said. He looked at her and smiled. "Rufus would never let you live it down."

Bex smiled as Jamie wiped her tears off her cheeks, and then they just wrapped their arms around one another.

Rufus sauntered toward Brooke and she took a step back to every third step he took. When he was a two feet from her, he jumped, grabbed her arm, and spun it behind her, grabbing his sword and holding it to her neck. "I think I win…?"

"Can you escape?" Chris asked Brooke.

"Come on, Brooke, just kick him in the shin," Bex yelled.

"Try and I'll make this hurt," Rufus said with a smirk.

"And Rufus wins immunity," Chris said. "And Todd and Nessa… both up for immunity. Who will take it? In this battle, both are trying to save the princess, but both think that the other works for the king. And battle!"

Todd and Nessa both entered the fighting area. They swung their sword, and were matched blow for blow. After five minutes of neither showing an advantage, Todd smiled and charged at Nessa. She jumped to dodge, but Todd tackled her and pinned her to the ground. She tried to push him off or wiggle free, but Todd grabbed both her hands and held them behind her back so she was unable to escape.

"Todd wins!" Chris finally announced.

Rufus frowned and crossed his arms.

"So, four have immunity," Chris said. "Bex, Jamie, Rufus, and Todd. Unless…" he smiled, "Rufus and Todd would like to face off in one final battle…"

"Yes!" Rufus said.

Todd smirked. "Nice try, Chris, but I'm not risking my immunity."

"Damn," Rufus muttered.

"In that case, vote and meet on the boat for your food in twenty," Chris said. "And I'll see you all after the sun goes down for the campfire ceremony where one of you will say goodbye to this island forever."

Confession Cam:

(Bex and Jamie) Rather than talking, they're heavily making out, and Bex keeps giggling. They suddenly fall off the seat and there are more muffled giggles and hums.

(Rufus) "So they made up. Anyway, Nessa actually came up with a good idea about who to vote off, seeing as Todd is a pansy."

(Nessa) "Can't vote off Todd, duh. So, voting off someone we can… but I didn't share the information with Walter."

(Walter) "I'm going to vote with Zak and say Genevieve."

That night, Chris approached the campfire with his plate of marshmallows. "Ten of you sit before me, but only nine of you will continue on in hopes of winning the $250,000 prize. So, Todd, Jamie, Bex, and Rufus, you four have won marshmallows." He then looked the six remaining. "Christie and Nessa, you will also continue on." He tossed them marshmallows. "The remaining four of you all lost both of your battles. Brooke, you are safe." He looked at the three left. Genevieve, you are also safe."

Confession Cam:

(Walter) "Me or Zak? Great…"

"Walter and Zak, one of you is going to leave tonight and will not be returning. The last marshmallow goes to… Walter."

"What?" Walter's eyes widened. "Seriously? Zak's gone?"

"Yep."

Zak sighed. "It's okay. I never expected to last this long. See you all at the finale."

"Bye…" Brooke said.

"I'll miss you!" Genevieve said, hugging him tightly and half sobbing.

"Need to breathe…"

"Sorry…"

Confession Cam:

(Nessa) "Think about it. If there's another brain game, I don't want to be against him. Plus, he's one of the few we can't really trick into voting with us. Now, to get off Todd and Bex, so I'll be in the top three."

(Rufus) "Couldn't vote off Brooke, because that would just make Todd try harder to win for her. Christie, we can make her think that Todd is a challenge so she will vote with us. And Genevieve, well, unless there is a challenge where the heaviest will win, I'm not worried about her. I still need Walter and Nessa, and that left Zak."

After most of the campers had returned to their tents, Todd approached Brooke. "Hey, Princess," he said with a smirk. "I'm here to fight for your honor."

Brooke smiled at him. "The challenge is over now, Todd."

"I know," Todd said taking one of her hands. "But, I didn't need the challenge to know that I'm in love with you."

Brooke looked at him, her eyes a bit wide. "You're…"

He lifted her hand and lightly kissed it. "See you in the morning, Brookworm." With that, he turned and walked to the boys tent.