(A/N: Sorry this update took so long. I had to go down to California and visit my grandparents this week, and I just got back home yesterday. On the bright side, I missed the last week of school before winter break! Anyway, I'll get on with the chapter.)
"Okay, so what was it you wanted me to talk to you about?" Justin asked Heather.
"Well," Heather sighed, "I was just-"
"HEY JUSTIN!" Cody called, "I snagged some gummy bears from the mess hall!"
"Gummy bears?" Justin asked excitedly, "SAVE SOME FOR ME, CODY!"
Before Heather could say another word, Justin had taken off running.
A scowl formed on Heather's face as she watched Justin leave.
"Fine," she said, "I'll take care of you LATER."
The next day, while the contestants were eating breakfast, Gwen was talking with Bridgette.
"So what do you think's up with the whole Chris Blaineley swap?" Gwen asked, "this whole thing still seems weird to me."
"It is weird," Bridgette nodded, "if they were going to do something about Chris' drinking problem, they would have done it before hand, don't you think?"
"Yeah," Gwen murmured, "you're right about that one."
"Looks like we have a mystery on our hands, huh gang?" Cody asked, now appearing.
"Are… you wearing an ascot?" Gwen asked.
"So you noticed," Cody smiled.
Instead of his usual outfit, Cody was wearing a white sweater with a blue collared shirt under it, as well as an orange ascot. He was also wearing blue jeans and brown shoes.
"Yeah, it's my mystery solving gear," Cody smiled, "I figured since we were going to be working together-"
"Um, we aren't working together," Gwen snapped, "me and Bridgette were just having a conversation, that's all."
"Right," Cody smiled, "I see how it is. Don't move, I'll be right back."
With that, the geek rushed into the boy's bathroom.
"Um, can you go talk to Justin and Trent about Cody?" Gwen asked Bridgette, "He's starting to creep me out."
Minutes later, Cody reappeared. This time, he was wearing a brown coat and fedora, as well as a white shirt and tie.
"So doll," Cody said, once again sitting next to the two, "let's cut the sweet talk, a couple of pretty dames like you shouldn't be involved in a case like this anyway. Just tell me what you know, and you can be on your way."
"Cody," Gwen said, pinching the bridge of her nose, "just-"
Out of nowhere, Cody pulled a bottle full of light brown liquid out, and put it on the table. He grabbed a nearby cup, and poured himself a drink.
"You two dolls like a drink?" Cody asked, "It helps soothe the nerves."
"That's apple juice, right?" Bridgette asked.
"Only the best," Cody said, taking a large gulp, "so tell me, what do you have?"
"Move over, loser," Duncan smirked, pushing Cody out of the way and sitting next to Gwen, "go play somewhere else."
"That's detective to you, dirt bag," Cody said, getting to his feet, "consider this your first warning before I bust out my tae-kwon-do."
"You, fight me?" Duncan laughed, "C'mon kid, you wouldn't stand a chance."
"Maybe he wouldn't," Gwen snapped, "but I would. Get out of here, Duncan."
"Whatever," the punk smirked, "see you girls later."
Meanwhile, Katie was trying to form an alliance with Tyler, to no avail.
"Seriously," Katie said, "we could make a killer team. My brains and your strength, NOTHING could stop us!"
"Lindsay and I tried to work together last season," Tyler said, tears forming in his eyes, "and do you know what happened? SHE WAS VOTED OUT FIRST!"
"Actually, she came in second place," Katie told him.
"And then there was that whole thing with Bob Cat," Tyler muttered, "if I had been there, I could have stopped it. I COULD HAVE STOPPED IT!"
At this point, everyone was looking over at Tyler.
"LINDSAY!" Tyler shouted, then ran out of the tent.
CONFESSIONAL: Gwen
"So Tyler's gone completely coo-coo for cocoa puffs, and Cody's suffering from like, multiple personality disorder or something. And then we have Izzy, who's Izzy. Chris has been fired, and Duncan has been stalking me nonstop. So basically, everyone except Bridgette and I totally lost their minds."
(End Confessional)
When the contestants were done, Blaineley entered the tent.
"Hey guys," she greeted, "you all ready for your challenge today?"
"I think I am," Noah smiled, "this entire competitions is a cakewalk."
Justin rolled his eyes.
"Anyway," Blaineley continued, "today, we'll be doing a challenge based off of the movie Black Sheep. Basically, you guys just have to outrun mutant sheep-people for a while, and the last person standing wins immunity for their team."
"Wait a second," Justin said, "we have to outrun mutant sheep people? That sounds like a very… physically tasking challenge."
At this, Justin turned and smirked at Noah.
"It is," Blaineley nodded, "and the challenge starts… now."
Everyone gave Blaineley a blank stare.
"That means go, NOW!" Blaineley shouted.
With that, all of the contestants got up and rushed out of the tent.
CONFESSIONAL: Katie
"Okay, so my options for a good alliance are limited. I mean, I already have an alliance with Duncan, but I can already tell it isn't going to last long. Instead of voting off Gwen or Izzy, he voted off his own alliance member. He'll end up destroying himself, I just need to guarantee my own safety during that process. So I obviously can't rely on Tyler… that leaves either Izzy or… well, that's pretty much it."
(End Confessional)
"Well Noah, ready for a real challenge this time?" Justin smirked.
"More ready than you are," Noah yawned.
"Whatever," Justin chuckled, "you might know your way around challenges that require more intelligence than the others, but during a REAL challenge, you won't last five minutes."
"That a challenge?" Noah smirked, "You're on. I'll go five minutes, AND be the last one standing for our team."
"Whatever you say," Justin smiled.
Meanwhile, Bridgette and Sadie were walking past the trailers.
"Where are these mutant sheep people supposed to be?" Sadie asked, "I'm getting kind of bored."
"I don't know," Bridgette sighed.
"But I'm BORED!" Sadie whined.
"You've said that at least eighty times," Bridgette frowned.
"But it's true," Sadie huffed.
Suddenly, the two girls heard a faint crackling noise.
"What was that?" Sadie asked.
"Ssh!" Bridgette hissed.
"Do you think it was-"
"Sadie, just shut up for a minute!" Bridgette snapped.
"Fine!" Sadie huffed.
The two stood in silence for a while.
"I guess it was nothing-" Sadie commented.
As soon as she said so, however, a giant, humanoid sheep monster leapt out of nowhere, grabbed Sadie, and took off running.
"Bridgette, help me!" Sadie called.
CONFESSIONAL: Bridgette
"Okay, I know it was mean not to help, but… if you had to put up with her all day, you'd understand."
(End Confessional)
Meanwhile, Noah and Justin were still staring each other down- exactly one minute and thirty seven seconds had passed.
"Just admit I'm a better competitor than you," Noah smirked.
"Okay, if you somehow manage to make it to the final four, I'll consider it," Justin said.
"Oh, I will," Noah said, "I'll make it to first place, too."
"Whatever makes the tears stop," Justin muttered.
"Three minutes left," Noah yawned, "and absolutely nothing has happened-"
On cue, another monster leapt out, grabbed Noah, and shook him around in the air.
"GAHHHHHHHHHH!" Noah screamed, "Put me DOWWWWWWWWWWWWWW-"
"HA!" Justin laughed, "In your face!"
The sheep monster curled Noah into a ball, and then started dribbling him as if playing a game of basketball.
"Well, I win," Justin smiled, "see you after the challenge. Don't worry though- I'll make sure we win the challenge so you don't have to go home."
Laughing, Justin took off running from the monster.
CONFESSIONAL: Justin
"Finally! Maybe Noah will just stay down this time. He may have gotten the better of me last challenge, but physically, he's no match for me. Even though he is my arch-rival, I should still make sure I win this challenge anyway. If he gets sent home, we'll lose the edge in more strategic challenges. Wait, hold on a second- I have an arch-rival! That means I officially hit the reality-show big leagues! WOO!"
(End Confessional)
IT wasn't long before Justin met up with Trent and Cody.
"Hey guys," Justin smiled, "how's it going?"
"You seem happy," Trent observed, "what's going on?"
"Oh, nothing," Justin said, "I just watched a mutant sheep use Noah as a basketball."
"Dude, what's with you and Noah, anyway?" Trent asked, "We should be focusing on Heather!"
"Oh please," Justin said, "there's no reason to think Heather's up to no good yet."
"That's what you said about Katie," Trent snapped.
"Fine," Justin said, "when elimination time comes around, we'll vote Heather off."
"Thanks bro," Trent sighed.
Justin blinked.
"Cody, what are you wearing?" he asked.
"Cody Anderson, private detective," Cody said, "when you need a case solved, you go to the police. When you need a zero percent chance of failure, you go to Cody Anderson."
"Dude, what?" Justin asked.
"I don't know, he's been talking like that all morning," Trent sighed, "first he was dressed up like Fred from Scooby Doo, and now this. I think the pressure of being on this show has finally caught up with him."
"Whatever," Justin said, "we better get going, though. Noah was eliminated, unless there was a freak accident and he managed to escape. We don't know how many of us are left, so we need to stick together and make sure we win this thing. We need to make sure Team Isaak keeps losing- that way morale is low for them, and our entire team can go to the merge."
"Yeah," Trent nodded, "let's go."
Back in the crafts and services tent, Heather was waiting out the challenge with Izzy.
"I just want this thing to be over," Heather sighed, "this is the stupidest challenge we've done yet."
"Oh my gosh," Izzy grinned, "did I ever tell you about the time my dad and I went hunting? WE were just walking along in the woods, right? And then we-"
"And then you found a walrus with a mustache that shot lasers out of its eyes, yes, you told me," Heather sighed, "at least four times."
"But did I tell you about-"
"The talking bear?" Heather asked, rolling her eyes.
Izzy looked disappointed.
The red head walked around the tent, until she at last found a microwave.
"A microwave!" Izzy giggled, "Oh my gosh, there's sooooooo much you can do with these things! Ah, it reminds me of my days in 'nam."
"As in Vietnam?" Heather asked.
"Well duh," Izzy laughed, "we used to go up in helicopters with microwaves, right? Then we would put grenades in them, and throw them at people under the helicopter! It was SOOOO much fun!"
"Izzy, you weren't even alive when the war happened," Heather frowned.
"Who said anything about the war?" Izzy asked.
"Okay," Heather said, getting to her feet, "I'm going for a walk."
"I LOVE walks!" Izzy cheered, "Woof, woof! Haha!"
CONFESSIONAL: Heather
"Okay, forming a secret alliance with Izzy seemed good at the time… but now I'm starting to fear for my life."
(End Confessional)
When Heather stepped outside, however, she was immediately grabbed by one of the sheep monsters and hoisted into the air.
"HEY!" Heather shouted, "PUT ME DOWN!"
"I'll help you, Heather!" Izzy called.
The red head rushed out of the tent, and tackled the monster.
"Take this! And that!" Izzy shouted, punching the sheep man in the face.
"CHUCK!" the sheep monster called, "HELP ME!"
Another monster appeared, this one toting a tranquilizer gun. The monster aimed, and fired. A dart flew straight into Izzy's neck- however, she seemed energized by it more than anything else.
"WOO-HOO!" Izzy cheered, "PARTY!"
Izzy lunged for the one with tranquilizer gun, took it from him, and then fired a dart at the monster. He immediately fell unconscious.
Meanwhile, the monster who attacked Heather to begin with had pulled out a walkie-talkie.
"I'll need some back-up, this one is getting out of control!" the monster cried, "I'm over by the tent- gahh…"
The monster fell to his feet- Izzy had shoot him with the tranq gun, as Heather looked on with an expression of horror on her face.
"Izzy, what did you DO?" Heather asked.
"Oh, I don't know," Izzy chuckled, "I beat up that one guy, and then I kind of shot them both with tranq darts. But they should know better than to sneak up on old Izzy!"
Heather got to her feet, and backed away.
"Uh, Izzy, why don't you put the gun down?" Heather asked, "Just to be safe?"
"Nah," Izzy smiled, "besides, what if more-"
All of a sudden, about three dozen darts all flew into Izzy.
"Ohh…" she groaned, "I don't feel so good…"
Finally, the red-head dropped to the ground, and two of the sheep-men came to drag her away.
"Thank you," Heather mouthed at them.
"No problem," one of the monster said, "but here, hold on a second."
Seconds later, Heather was also rendered unconscious by a tranq dart.
"Okay," Gwen sighed, "I have no idea where anyone else is, and the film lot is full of sheep monsters. Definitely not the best case scenario."
"Hey Gwen," Duncan greeted, "what's up?"
"Oh, great," Gwen sighed, "you."
The two were behind the make-up confessional- Gwen was trying to keep a look-out for anything out of the ordinary.
"I don't suppose you know where anyone else is, then?" Gwen asked.
"Well, I saw Tyler and Katie get nabbed by a couple monsters a few minutes ago," Duncan said, "and I'm pretty sure Izzy got caught, too."
"Great," Gwen sighed, "we're the last two people on our team."
"Looks like it," Duncan smiled, "so then, do you-"
But before he could finish, a monster lunged out and grabbed the two.
"Oh no," Gwen groaned, "we lost the challenge!"
"Relax," Duncan smiled, "I have the feeling we'll both still be here tomorrow."
"I don't," Gwen snapped.
Minutes before the elimination ceremony, Heather approached Duncan.
"Hey Duncan," Heather smiled, "I think I know what'll help you earn Gwen's… favor."
"Oh, really?" Duncan said, rolling his eyes, "And what would that be?"
"Easy," Heather said, "she doesn't like you because she doesn't trust you. So, you just have to gain her trust. And the best way to do that right now is to vote off Katie- to show that you aren't working with her."
Duncan thought it over.
"You might have something there," he agreed.
"Of course I do," Heather smiled, "but if you're going to do it, you better hurry up- I'm pretty sure the elimination ceremony is soon."
On her way to the elimination ceremony, Gwen saw Duncan jog over to her.
"Listen," he said, "I know you probably don't trust me-"
"Of course I don't," Gwen scoffed.
"But listen, give me a chance," Duncan smiled, "I'll prove I'm not all bad- I'll vote for Katie tonight, you should do the same. Tyler's going to as well."
"Why would you vote off Katie?" Gwen asked, "Aren't you working with her?"
"Of course not," Duncan said, "and that's why she needs to go- to prove I'm not up to something. That, and she still needs to pay for last season. She got both of us eliminated."
"Fine," Gwen sighed, "but you better not try to screw me over on this one."
"Welcome to your first elimination ceremony with me," Blaineley greeted everyone, "well, you all turned in your votes. The first award tonight goes to Gwen. Izzy and Tyler are also safe. Duncan and Katie, it's between you two."
Katie looked at Duncan nervously.
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"Katie!" Blaineley said.
"WHAT?" Duncan demanded.
"Nah, just messing with you," Blaineley smiled, "here you go, Duncan. Katie, you don't actually get an award tonight."
"Fine!" Katie said, "Whatever, I don't care! Screw you guys! I don't need this stupid show!"
"Whatever you say, dear," Blaineley smirked, "well, that wraps up tonight's episode. Go get some sleep guys, you'll need it for tomorrow. Well viewer, make sure you tune in next time to another episode of:
CAMP TV:
BEYOND THE SET!"
(A/N: Okay, okay, I know a few Noah fans are going to be pissed at me for having him get beaten up this chapter. But I didn't want to make him Mr. Sue- I read a story once where Noah literally knew everything, and he was beating up bears and stuff every other chapter. I wanted to establish that while Noah is good at intellectual challenges, he isn't the best player physically- and the opposite can be said for Justin. Basically, I try to give every character a noticeable flaw or two- a Mary Sue is something I never want to be associated with. Although, I think it's a given nearly everyone will make that mistake at least once. It's when you do it knowingly that it's annoying. Well, hope you enjoyed the chapter, I'll try to update soon!)