AN: I am still missing swimsuit info for Josh, Lucas, Samantha, and Xander. Last chance before I make it up for them! Please send it in either PM or in the review. Thank you.

I know this chapter feels short, but I'm really looking forward to the next location. Guess where it is!

Chapter 4—The Second Battle of Gettysburg

***Recap***

Chris: Last time, we were in Washington D.C.! Our contestants took part in a mock Presidential election. Dakota represented Team Freedom, and Leilene represented Team Liberty. With Dakota's super short and exciting speech, he lost the challenge because I felt it wasn't Presidential enough. No offense, well, lots of offense, but his team lost again and Elijah, our jokester, got voted off in a blindside. Will Team Freedom ever win a challenge? Probably not, but find out anyway right here!

***Back to Game***

Team Liberty was still in the front of the bus. Lucas, Roxanne, and Tonia were fast asleep as Jasper and Josh were hanging out on one side of the bus. Leilene and Holly were on the other side. "Those two keep hanging out together." Leilene said as she and Holly were talking to each other. "Maybe we should get to know them."

"I'd rather date Jasper than Josh."

"No. Jasper's got that innocent feel to him. Hey, if you paired up with Josh, this show would be perfect for ratings."

"You're kidding right? I'd rather get my tonsils out than to date him. He's seriously way too flirty."

"Hey, at least he's been following your advice. Maybe you should give him a chance."

"And you'd be with Jasper? Talk about a one-sided relationship."

"Josh told me he talks. He's really just shy."

Holly and Leilene kept talking as the bus made a stop at an old restaurant. "Contestants, bathroom break!" Chris yelled out as the remaining contestants got out to use the bathroom.

"Where are we?" Michelle asked.

"We're in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. This isn't our next location, but since laws prevent me from gunning it to our actual destination, we have to stop here."

"Where exactly are we going then?"

Samantha responded. "We're heading west, so it must be Pittsburgh or Gettysburg."

"Correct." Chris answered. "Well, one of those."

"I hope it's Pittsburgh." Xander said in interruption. "Gotta crush the Steelers!"

"Get out of here, freak!" Michelle yelled. "Take your scheming elsewhere."

Xander ran off into the restaurant. Logan and Dakota followed, still talking about the elimination. "I was wrong! Xander's the bad guy!" Logan pouted in front of his friend.

"Don't worry about it. Hey, do you want to throw this week's challenge just to get rid of him?"

"We lost Eli, and it's all my fault! We can't lose any more people."

"It's not your fault, Logan. Xander probably voted for me. We need to get rid of him."

"I can't trust anyone here. I need answers." Logan left into the bathroom, leaving Dakota confused.

***Confessional***

Dakota: Logan's getting very paranoid. Sure Xander's annoying, but I'd rather have an annoying confident guy than a guy that's freaking out everywhere. Maybe some team confidence can bring him back to sanity.

Samantha: Logan really needs to get a grip. If he needs a shoulder to cry on, he can use mine. I hope Dakota doesn't mind.

Xander: Me freaking out Logan? Sweet!

***Back to Game***

Everyone finished going to the bathroom and reboarded the bus. The bus took off and started heading west, as Samantha predicted. It was morning now, and the sky was cloudy. "Is it going to rain?" Josh asked.

Jasper shrugged his shoulders as he started to watch the sky. "Maybe" he whispered to his friend.

"Do you have a nickname, perhaps?"

"Jazz."

"OK Jazz, You see those two girls there?" Josh pointed to Holly and Leilene, "By the end of the season, we'll be dating them, okay?" Jasper shrugged again. He didn't seem interested. "Why not? I think Holly's hot, don't you?"

"Eh." Jasper still didn't seem interested.

"Oh I know, maybe you're into Rocky. Good luck with her."

"I'm going back to sleep." Jasper fell asleep on the seat, unconsciously learning towards Josh.

***Confessional***

Josh: Did Jazz just say a whole sentence? He's making progress. I knew he was just shy, but he doesn't need to use me as a pillow.

***Back to Game***

Josh tried to push Jasper in the other direction, but he was unsuccessful. For the rest of the bus trip, he had to support Jasper's head on his side. Not long after their conversation, just as Jasper thought, it started to rain. Chris didn't feel too happy about this. "Oh no! My challenge plans! Ruined!"

"It'll clear up." Michelle said back to the host. The bus finally made its stop in a small town seemingly in the middle of nowhere, just like the last stop.

"Welcome, everyone, to the tiny town of Gettysburg!" Chris announced. "Home of one of the most famous American Civil War battles! If it ever clears up, I'll explain the challenge. For now, just stay on the bus."

Chris went back to his seat to get his coffee, then he continued. "Oh yeah, since Team Freedom's down two people, Lucas will be switching teams!"

"What?" Lucas yelled out. "You can't do that!"

"I think I can. Get acquainted with your new teammates."

***Confessional***

Xander: Perfect. I think I'll be staying in this game a little longer.

Logan: Why does Lucas have to be on our team?

Samantha: Anyone but him.

Tonia: Now he'll be bothering them instead of us.

***Back to Game***

Chris went outside a few more times to check on the weather, and after an hour. The rain stopped. He went back into the bus to explain the challenge. "Today's challenge is a Civil War Re-enactment. Using these replica cannons, you'll be firing paintball cannonballs at the other team. Team Liberty's paintballs are blue, and Team Freedom's are gray."

"Can't even buy red paint?" Holly asked.

"The store was out, brah. Now let me finish. Each team will use plastic muskets to shoot the other team."

"I think you meant rifles, Chris." Michelle interrupted. "Muskets were from the Revolutionary War."

"Whatever. Teams, get your paintball guns. Each team gets one cannon as well. If you get hit, you're out. Last person standing wins for their team. Ready, Go!"

Team Liberty stationed themselves on top of a local hill, with all of them working together to carry the cannon up the hill. It took them twenty minutes to lug the giant cannon all the way to the top. Roxanne decided to call the shots. "Tonia, Leilene, and I will guard the hill. Holly, Josh, and Jasper, try and find the other team."

"Got it, Captain Rocky." Josh answered. All three of them went down the hill and into a forest, assuming that's where Team Freedom went.

Meanwhile, Team Freedom went into a different part of the forest. "Logan, you're captain." Dakota said to him, "Don't screw things up."

"Got it. Michelle, Samantha and I will stay here. You three charge at them." Lucas, Dakota, and Xander prepared to charge up the hill.

With Team Liberty's height at the cost of cover, and Team Freedom's cover at the cost of height, the two teams felt confident enough that one of them would win. Team Freedom attacked first, with Dakota leading the charge. "CHARRGE!" He yelled as he and the other two fired shots towards Tonia, Leilene and Roxanne. Tonia and Leilene started to fire back, with Roxanne on cannon duty. Lucas was the first hit, followed by Dakota.

"Hah! You two guys are out." Tonia boasted, but before long, she was hit by one of Xander's paintballs. "Ow!"

Xander went back into the forest. "One down, five to go." He thought to himself, trying to avoid Leilene's gunfire as she tried hinting him. The two of them eventually found each other, and started to open fire. Gray paintballs started splattering the trees near Leilene, as blue paintballs splattered the area around Xander. Neither person was hit yet. Both of them kept shooting for a while, until Leilene ran out of paintballs.

She was an open target, with Xander shooting her as she was looking for more. She was out. "Now I just need to get Roxanne."

Meanwhile, Josh, Holly, and Jasper went to look for Team Freedom's base. A cannon was fired as a big gray paintball approached them. "Look out!" Holly yelled as all three of them ran for cover. After the explosion, Jasper was completely painted with gray.

"Sorry, Jazz." Josh said, as he helped his friend up. Jasper went back to the base camp where he thought everyone else was.

"Maybe they didn't make it back here." He thought to himself, as he heard two people talking in the forest. He couldn't hear anything, but it seemed like one of them was yelling at the other.

"I did stuff! Don't blame me!"

"What did you do?"

"*unintelligible*"

"Fine, but we still have that deal. You'd better shape up." Jasper went to investigate further, but by the time he got there, they were gone. He decided to go back to base camp, and found everyone who was out at the time, already there.

Back in the forest, Holly and Josh continued searching for Team Freedom. They had a lead with the cannon shots, but by the time they were there, only Logan was there. Josh and Holly fired their guns in unison, and with Logan unable to get out of the way, he was splattered with blue paint in seconds.

From behind, Michelle and Samantha came back to the cannon site and started to fire upon the Team Liberty members. With two-on-two, it was total warfare. Samantha was the first to fall, followed by Holly. It was down to Josh and Michelle. "Take that, perv boy." Michelle fired her gun, managed to hit Josh, only to be hit from behind by Roxanne, who was looking for Xander.

Roxanne and Xander were the last two left. It took them fifteen minutes for them to find each other, then the last part of the battle began. Xander started firing first, but with Roxanne's flips and cartwheels, she was a fast foe for the football fanatic. He had to change his strategy.

***Confessional***

Xander: Man, she's fast. Is she some stuntwoman or something?

Roxanne: Xander's an idiot. He'll be shot in seconds.

***Back to Game***

He decided to go on defense. "Come and find me!" Xander yelled out as he ran all the way up the hill with Team Liberty's cannon. Roxanne followed, but she was a little slower than him, which gave Xander enough time to act as a sniper. It took him three shots to shoot the last person on Team Liberty.

Chris saw what happened, and declared Team Freedom the winner. "Team Freedom wins!" All of Team Freedom was happy for the fact they finally won a challenge. "Team Liberty, you know what's coming!"

This is the first time Team Liberty lost, and with the obvious choice of who to vote off on the other team, they had to pick someone else. Chef Hatchet finally managed to arrive at Gettysburg, which made Chris very angry. "Where the hell have you been?"

"In Philly." Chef answered. "Those cheese steaks are for sure delicious."

"You wasted valuable plane fuel! We were going to go to Philly next, but you already went there! So much for a Liberty Bell challenge."

Everyone was happy that the plane was back, along with all their stuff. Xander went into the lounge first with Lucas to watch more football. "You were great, man." Lucas said as Xander continued watching TV.

"You're a singer, right?"

"Yeah. I write my own songs, too."

"Do you have a song for the Packers?"

"I dunno. I'm not that really into sports, but I guess I'll try" Lucas went into the guys' quarters to get his guitar, and then he started to sing.

Green and Yellow
From Green Bay with pride
Your favorite football team
Will always be…

"You'd better not say 'by your side.'" Xander interrupted the song as Lucas finished the chord.

"Huh, what? No!" Lucas interrupted. "Song time's over. Let's get out of here."

Meanwhile, Team Liberty had to decide who to vote off. "Who here isn't jealous of Lucas?" Leilene asked.

"No one cares." Holly answered. "We need to pick someone."

Just as they started to discuss, Chris called Team Liberty to the elimination area just as the plane started to take off.

AN: Voting time! Team Liberty needs to vote someone off. Votes will be tallied in either three days or after everyone has voted. (Whichever comes first.) You can still review the story, but your vote must be sent via PM, or it won't count.

If you do not vote, I will vote on behalf of your character.

Teams:

Team Freedom: Logan, Dakota, Xander, Samantha, Michelle, Lucas

Team Liberty: Jasper, Josh, Tonia, Holly, Leilene, Roxanne

Eliminated so Far: Jane, Jake, Seeiah, Elijah