I know, it's way overdue... but still. The final two chapters will be better... I hope. I'm actually not that happy with some of it. And you're all going to freak out with how easy this is for one pair and how difficult it is for the other pair. But... hey, there's a whale!


Rat Race

Confession Cam:

(Todd) "So, seeing as the last elimination was the voted off campers, you'd think they'd to the right thing and vote off Rufus. I'm sure I'd be able to handle Walter easily, but Rufus... I haven't really admitted it yet, but he's a real threat."

(Rufus) "All I have to do is make sure that I get immunity this challenge, and then the game is in the bag. I can do anything they throw at me. I'm stronger than the girls to the point that they're no threat. Once we vote off Todd, they might as well just hand me the prize money."

(Nessa) "I think that the power is going to Rufus's head. Sure, he did get about half the campers that have been voted off according to his schedule... huh! I wonder if he had anything to do with Manny's elimination! I wouldn't put it past him."

(Brooke) "Things keep getting more and more stressful as time goes by. I'm not so much worried about myself as I am about Todd. I mean, when I get stressed, I still have a book that I'm only half way through and reading it really calms me down. But, Todd can get really mad."

Four very disgruntled teens sat on a speed boat that was going in circles, zig zags, and all together making them all feel very sick. The blindfolds they all wore did nothing to help; in fact, the blind folds made everything that much worse. Finally, however, the boat pulled to a stop in a small bay and they were allowed to remove the blindfolds.

Having no idea what way they came from, they all climbed out of the boat and trudged to the shore. Chris stood before them already smiling brightly as always, which made them all uneasy because they knew it couldn't be good if he was happy.

"Welcome to the Bay of Bafflement!" Chris said.

"Why did we move locations?" Rufus asked.

"We didn't," Chris said. "You challenge today is to get back to Camp Wawanakwa 2. The first team to return to the camp and ring the bell that we've set up on the Dock of Shame gets immunity. Now, for your teams..."

"Do not pair me with him," Todd said angrily pointing at Rufus.

"For once I agree," Rufus said.

"Chillax," Chris said. "I wasn't going to. Rufus and Nessa, you are one team. Brooke and Todd, you two lovebirds are the other."

"So, how are we supposed to get back?" Nessa asked.

"Any way you want," Chris said. "Swim... build a raft... commandeer a ship..."

"But we don't even know where we are, what direction the island is in... anything!" Brooke said.

"Well, I will tell you that the island is north-east of where we are," Chris said.

"And, don't we get any supplies?" Todd asked.

"How are we supposed to find north-east?" Nessa asked.

"Not my problem," Chris said. He grabbed onto a rope ladder that appeared next to him. He was pulled up onto a helicopter that flew off.

Todd groaned. "Okay, Brooke, let's make a raft, and we can use the sun and stars for directions... I guess."

"Follow me," Rufus grabbed Nessa's wrist, walking up a hill on the island as Brooke and Todd discussed the best way to make a raft.

"Where the hell are you taking me?" Nessa asked. As they reached the top of the hill, Nessa saw that the island was a lot bigger than she expected. In fact, she had thought there would be just a few more feet of sand before it faded into the ocean, but from where they stood, Nessa saw that the Bay of Bafflement was hidden from the rest of the island by the hill, and that, for all she knew there could be civilization on the island.

"I've been here before," Rufus said.

"You... what?"

"The other side of this island is a resort," Rufus said. "I was here before I went to the damn island. Just trust me."

Confession Cam:

(Rufus) "It pays to be filthy rich."

Meanwhile Brooke and Todd had managed to fall two palm trees and were trying to somehow fasten them together using the leaves and roots they removed from the tree trunks.

"Where do you suppose they went?" Brooke asked and she tried to carefully tie a long leaf without it ripping.

"Who cares," Todd said and tightened the root he was using as rope on the other end of the trees. "As long as they aren't bothering us."

"Well, what if they know something we don't?" Brooke asked.

"They can't possibly," Todd said. "More likely, they're wasting their time." Todd seemed grouchy, which was highly unusual for him.

"Are you okay, Todd?" Brooke

"I am fine, Brooke, thank you," Todd said, mostly devoid of emotion. Rather than making Brooke feel better her, it made her feel even more uneasy.

"You're not mad, are you?" Brooke asked.

"Brooke..." Todd warned.

"Sorry," Brooke said. "It's just... well..."

Todd looked up. "What?" His voice wasn't as friendly or as gentle as it usually was, but at least a little warmth had returned.

"You sound really tense right now," Brooke said.

"Oh," Todd looked down. He stood up and turned to the next tree. "I guess I am. I mean, if we don't win this, I know they'll be voting me off."

"Well," Brooke walked to tree number three, "we better make sure we win."

"But now that I think about it, wherever Nessa and Rufus went is a bit suspicious," Todd said.

"Nope," Brooke shook her head. "We're not thinking about them."

Nessa managed to keep her mouth closed as she and Rufus arrived at the beach of the resort. She knew that Rufus's family was rich, but this resort was so deluxe that it was almost ridiculous. Everywhere she looked, it seemed that every patron had about four or five different workers serving them. One girl had a hunk of a man holding her glowing pink drink, a women giving her a deluxe pedicure, another woman working on a manicure, a third woman holding up different outfits while discussing which would be best for a dinner party, and a fourth woman taking notes on the girl's impressions of each outfit.

Suddenly, a beautiful and busty woman in a beach hand's outfit appeared out of nowhere, startling Nessa. Rufus just smirked. "Mr. Whitherton, it's an honor to see you've returned. I've been cheering you on every episode, so I hope you don't mind my asking, why have you returned. You weren't eliminated, were you?"

Rufus shook his head. "Not happening, Allysa. No, today's challenge is to get back to the island."

"I'll get Colin to prepare a boat immediately," Allysa said.

"Thank you."

And Allysa disappeared as quickly as she had appeared.

"And that was?" Nessa asked.

"My personal assistant while here," Rufus said. "She fulfills... all... my needs."

"You're a pig," Nessa said.

"Believe me, she enjoys serving me just as much as I enjoy being served," Rufus said.

"Okay," Todd said looking at the weak raft. "Now, we need oars..."

"This is going to be so difficult," Brooke said. Their raft would probably not get them twenty yards from shore.

Nessa leaned back as the speed boat headed toward the island that Camp Wawanakwa 2 was on, sipping on a smoothie. Rufus sat with his feet up, smiling.

Brooke and Todd pushed their raft out into the water and crawled on, grabbing their oars and rowing their raft northeast, despite the fact that the sun was slowly setting. They had no idea where Rufus and Nessa were.

Nessa strolled onto the Dock of Shame, and cutely kicked the bell, securing victory for her and Rufus. She yawned, stretched, and crawled into her tent. Rufus threw Brooke and Todd's things from the other tent and pulled his stuff in, falling asleep as well.

Both Brooke and Todd were exhausted as they kept rowing, but falling asleep would surely cause them to get off course. As it was, they were only assuming that they were rowing the correct way.

Todd looked over at Brooke and saw that she was barely keeping her eyes open. He reached over and took her oar. "Why don't you go to sleep for a little, Brookworm."

Brooke smiled a little, but took her oar back. "Sorry, but I don't think we should rest at all. We have no idea what Rufus and Nessa are up to."

"Well, I don't see how they could have left the island," Todd said. "Not ahead of us. We got this raft made in record time."

"Still, we don't want to get thrown off course," Brooke said. "It would be hard for you to keep on course alone. Plus, what if you accidentally fall asleep?"

"I won't," Todd said.

"Well, that's why it would be an accident if you did," Brooke said. "Now keep stroking."

Confession Cam:

(Nessa) "As annoying as Rufus can be... I'd still rather be on the island with him than Brooke and Todd. Sure, Brooke is awesome, but if it was both of them, I wouldn't exist. Todd is as fun as a hole in the head when he's trying to impress Brooke. Have they even kissed yet?"

(Rufus) "I'm debating, what island do I want to buy as a gift to myself for winning? I could buy this one simply to completely obliterate it for my own amusement. But then I wouldn't have an island to use for my use..."

"Todd, I think there's something under us," Brooke said. They were paddling as hard as they could as the sun was rising, but they were getting pulled in the wrong direction.

Todd looked down and his eyes grew wide. "Keep paddling," he said. But as they worked, the thing under them grew closer and closer to the surface. Suddenly, it broke the surface, Brooke, Todd, and their little raft on the back of a huge whale. And then it decided to flip.

"Run," Todd yelled, grabbing her hand and running on the slippery skin of the whale, trying to get to the stomach before it flipped completely over. Unfortunately, they were only half way there when the whale hit the water again and they were pulled under. They held on to one another and swam with all their might toward what they hoped was up, barely breaking the surface before they ran out of air. The wreckage of their raft looked like mulch.

"Now what are we going to do?" Brooke asked.

Todd grabbed a piece of wood that could support some weight. "Swim I guess," he said passing her the wood. "Take this so you don't get too tired."

"What about you?" Brooke asked.

"I'll be fine," Todd said.

Brooke looked around. There was no land in sight. "Which way is the island?"

"I, uh..." he looked around as well. "Wait." He pointed out toward his right. "If the sun is coming up, that must be the east, which means straight ahead is north. So, we just have to swim in between the two and hopefully we're not as far out as it seems we are."

The two began swimming, not talking. Brooke was just a little behind Todd, as using the hunk of wood was slowing her down a bit, but it was also helping her as she was exhausted from not having slept at all. After a good hour, and two rests where Todd just floated on his back catching his breath, they finally saw an island off in the distance. The adrenaline hit and they began swimming a little harder and faster, just wanting to get to land. However, as they grew closer, they quickly realized it couldn't be the island they were staying on. Why? Well, the large white resort building that they saw was the first hint.

"No!" Brooke cried.

"It's okay, Brooke," Todd said. "At least we can rest and get a real boat or something. And food."

They crawled onto shore, sore and too tired to move. Before they could actually get out of the sand and onto the grass, they both passed out.

Brooke woke a few hours later when a shadow passed over her. She opened her eyes, prepared for the worse, such as a jaguar that was hungry, or crazy island natives. Instead, she was met with...

"What are you two doing here?" Zak asked. "Don't tell me there was a double booting and Rufus and Nessa are the only ones left."

Brooke sat up, then cringed. "What are... why are...? Where are we?"

"Playa de los Losers," Ashlynn said. "Glad you finally woke up."

Brooke looked around to find herself in an actual bed. For a moment, she wanted to quit and just enjoy the comfort of civilization... and then she remembered how far she had come and how good it would be to go home the winner of $250,000. She looked around and saw that Todd was in the other bed of the room, and Erik was poking him with a stick.

"What exactly are you two doing here anyway?" Ashlynn asked. "We were shocked when Zak came running up yelling about you two being passed out on the beach."

"Oh, Chris dropped us off on an island and our challenge was to get back to Camp Wawanakwa 2," Brooke said. "Not that I have any idea how we're going to get there now."

"I'll take you," Christie said, still feeling strange in her new attire. "I mean, I've been back and forth between the two places enough times now."

"Really?" Brooke smiled. "Erik, will you stop poking Todd!"

"Sorry," Erik said. "Not my fault he won't wake up."

"Todd," Brooke said loudly.

Finally, the passed out boy stirred. "What in the...?"

"Come on," Brooke said crawling off the bed. "There may still be time to win."

The trip on the boat was fun for them. After all, getting it had been easy enough. They talked. Brooke and Todd told those with them a few things that hadn't been shown on camera. The others explained to Brooke and Todd how it was Walter and not Rufus that got the boot.

However, as they got close to the camp, they were not met with a good sight.

"How did my bags get onto the dock," Todd asked when he recognized what they were.

"Oh, you're back," Nessa said coming out of one of the tents.

Rufus appeared a moment later, wet from having just taken a shower. "Don't bother getting off that boat, Todd. You're off."

"How did you two get back?" Ashlynn asked, hands on her hips.

"Colin," Nessa said.

"Who's Colin?" Zak asked.

"This totally hot guy that drives speedboats while saving up for college," Nessa said.

"You should have explored the island a bit," Rufus said. "There was a resort on the far side."

Chris appeared, seemingly out of nowhere. "Brooke you have a choice," he said, holding a plate of marshmallows, only three. "If you vote for Todd to go, he's off. But if you're willing to vote yourself off, Brooke, you'll be the one on that boat instead."

Confession Cam:

(Brooke) "That's just plain not nice, Chris."

(Todd) "I wasn't about to make her go through any struggle or guilt."

"Actually, Chris, I'm not making it her choice," Todd said. At this, even Rufus's mouth dropped open. "I'm voting myself off."

"What!"

"But, you..."

"Oh, wow, an unexpected twist," Chris said. He toss out the three marshmallows to Rufus, Nessa, and Brooke. However, Brooke didn't even notice as she clutched to Todd and cried.

"Oh, Todd, why are you doing this?"

Todd put his arms around her and held her for a moment. "It's what needed to be done, Brooke. Just do me a favor and don't let Rufus win."

Brooke nodded and tried to stop crying, but couldn't. Todd helped Brooke onto the dock, and then Christie began to drive the boat away, Zak, Erik, and Ashlynn all sending glares at the host and Rufus, even sparing a few at Nessa.

Confession Cam:

(Brooke) She wipes the tears off her face. "Okay, Todd, I'm going to win this for you."


I hope it was to your expectations... but, I need some help. I need dares for the next challenge which, as you might have guessed, is I Triple Dog Dare You. So, send in dares from your campers, or if you think that it would have been better from the other campers, thats also fine. But, I can only do so much and my mind can only come up with so many sick dares.