"Slow down, bro," Trent exclaimed, "you're SURE it's Sierra?"
"Positive!" Justin exclaimed, "Who else do we know that has purple hair?"
"Oh, god," Trent groaned, "dude, Cody is as good as gone."
Trent and Justin were talking behind the make-up confessional. They had both met Sierra before, so they knew the direness of the situation.
"What do we do?" Justin asked, "We can't leave him with that acid eating spider-monkey!"
"Here's what we do," Trent sighed, "count our losses, and go back to the trailer. Besides, you should be mourning over Bridgette's elimination instead of going after psycho fan-girls."
"I'll have some sort of depressing montage later," Justin said, "right now, we need our third member back. Can you live with yourself knowing you let him die?"
"Sierra wouldn't kill Cody," Trent said.
"Have you ever read Misery?" Justin asked, "By a certain Stephen King?"
Trent's eyes widened with fear.
"Yeah," Justin nodded, "I think she'd do it. She's fucking crazy, dude. You remember what happened-"
"NO!" Trent said, covering his ears, "Just, don't bring it up, man! I don't want to think about it, okay? That was the single worse day of my life!"
"So imagine what she'll do to him when there's no mall security this time," Justin hissed, "can you LIVE with that?"
"Okay," Trent sighed, "okay, you win. But we'll need everyone to help-"
"Dude, if we ALL go looking for her, she might smell us out, or something," Justin said.
"She's not a bloodhound," Trent muttered.
"I don't want to take any chances," Justin huffed, "we should bring a small group. Even if she can't sniff us out, we'll make less noise that way."
"Agreed," Trent nodded, "let's go see who wants to come."
Later, Justin and Trent gathered the other seven competitors, and explained the situation to them.
"So if we don't get Cody, he's going to die," Trent finished, "maimed by a crazy stalker. Now, our question to you is, who wants to help?"
"Screw that," Sadie muttered, "you guys never help me!"
"Sadie, you're being extremely selfish," Justin snapped.
"I'M being selfish?" Sadie demanded, "I'm used as bait in nearly every challenge and ignored when I'm not needed? And I'M being selfish?"
"Yes," Justin told her, "extremely. Since Sadie decided to throw a hissy fit, would anyone else like to volunteer?"
"Oh, oh, me me me!" Izzy cheered.
"I'll go," Heather said, offering a smile.
"Whatever," Duncan yawned, "if for nothing else but to prove I'm better than you guys."
"I'm too busy tanning," Chris said, chuckling nervously.
"At night?" Justin asked.
"Yes," Chris replied, "and, um, I'm also busy being alive in general."
Duncan glared at Chris.
"Fine," the former host sighed, "whatever, I'll come."
"You guys have fun," Gwen yawned, "I'd rather get some sleep then go psychopath-hunting."
"Noah, I don't suppose you'd like to join in?" Trent asked.
"I'll pass," the genius replied.
"Whatever," Justin sighed, "let's get going. Izzy, can you sniff out Sierra again?"
"Yup!" the redhead smiled, "No problem! Let's go, guys!"
Once everyone was gone, Noah looked around nervously to verify that he was alone.
"Good," he whispered, "looks like I'm alone. Better get started, then."
With that, Noah hurried into the boy's cabin.
Meanwhile, in Blaineley's trailer, the blonde was throwing money in to the air, effectively "making it rain" as some would put it.
"Pikachu!" Blaineley called.
"GAH!" Tweek cried, dressed in his Pikachu costume, "Wh-what is it?"
"Go fetch me some more cocktails," Blaineley snapped, "NOW!"
Tweek nodded, then rushed off.
Blaineley proceeded to throw money into the air, until her cell phone started to vibrate.
"HELLO?" she demanded, answering her phone, "this better be pretty frigging important, because-"
"It's me," a voice snapped.
"Oh, sorry boss," Blaineley chuckled, "I thought you were someone else. Is everything all right?"
"The guild is starting to get tired of waiting," her boss replied, "things better be moving along pretty damn quickly."
"Oh, they are," Blaineley smiled, "I just arranged for Cody to be kidnapped, so-"
Blaineley stopped short when she heard a glass break from across the room.
The blonde spun around, and saw Tweek standing in front of her with a look of horror on his face.
"I'm going to have to call you back," Blaineley hissed.
Blaineley hung up her phone, and then glared at Tweek.
"Well?" she demanded, "What's it gonna be?"
"I won't tell anyone, I swear!" Tweek protested, "Just let me- l-l-leave! GAH! Oh jesus don't kill me!"
"Sorry Tweek," Blaineley sighed, "but you're a loose end, and must be taken care of accordingly."
Blaineley took a step toward Tweek, who cowered in the corner.
"Sorry," Blaineley repeated.
"I KNOW ABOUT YOU AND THE MILK!" Tweek exclaimed, "I KNOW WHAT YOU DID TO TYLER! GAH! If you don't let me go now, I'll tell everyone when I get out!"
"Well, in that case, you're never going to get out," Blaineley sighed.
The woman clapped her hands, and two interns came to take Tweek away.
"YOU WON'T GET AWAY WITH THIS!" Tweek cried.
"Oh, no, I will," Blaineley replied.
Meanwhile, somewhere on the film lot, Cody was tied to a chair, and Sierra was grinning at him.
"Isn't this great, Codykins?" the girl asked, "We can finally be together FOREVER once this is all over! Of course, I'll have to take care of Trent and Justin permanently, and the heat will be on me for a while, but people have gotten away with worse!"
"You're insane!" Cody shouted.
"Cody, that's hurtful!" Sierra whined.
"Good!" the geek said, "Now let me go!"
Sierra sighed, and walked around the room. There wasn't much in it- just a stereo, and a mirror.
Sierra flipped on the stereo, and smiled.
"I love this song," she said, stepping in front of the mirror.
You told me, I see the rise
But, it always falls
I see them come, I see them go
You say, "All things pass into the night"
And I say, "Oh no sir, I must say you're wrong-
I must disagree, oh no sir, I must say you're wrong."
Won't you listen to me?
Sierra smiled, and then began applying lipstick while she looked into the mirror thoughtfully.
"You know what this reminds me of?" Sierra asked.
"Buffalo Bill?" Cody asked fearfully, "Serial Murderers?"
"No, silly billy," Sierra laughed, "YOU!"
"That's… really creepy," Cody groaned.
To Cody's horror, Sierra began to dance in front of the mirror.
"I'm dealing with a complete and total whack job," Cody groaned, "where did I go wrong?"
Sierra began strumming an imaginary guitar as the end of the song came on.
Goodbye horses! I'm flying over you!
Goodbye horses! I'm flying over you!
Goodbye horses! I'm flying over you!
Goodbye horses! I'm flying, flying, flying-
"Yeah," Cody sighed, now in his detective voice, "it was looking pretty bleak for me. I was kidnapped by a psycho fan girl, and I was going to lose out on my celebrity status as a result. But little did Sierra know, I was planning something that would get me out of there in five, ten minutes tops."
"Wait, what?" Sierra asked, "What are you planning, Codykins? ANSWER ME!"
"Oh yeah, Sierra didn't know about the locater I had in the boy's trailer. Soon enough, the please would be notified- oh no! Did I say that out loud?" Cody gasped.
"You did," Sierra growled, "Cody, I'll distribute a spanking for being so bad later. Right now, I'm going to go get that locater in the boy's trailer."
With that, Sierra stormed out of the room.
"Phew," Cody smiled, "I think that just bought me some time. Now to find a way out of here."
Moments later, however, Sierra came back in the room grinning.
"Yeah, right," she laughed, "you think I would have fallen for that? I know EVERYTHING you brought with you to camp!
"Damnit," Cody groaned.
"So just sit back and relax!" Sierra cheered, "We only have a day or so to wait before the show is officially cancelled!"
Izzy and the others, however, were picking up on Sierra's trail.
"Okay!" Izzy said, "She went… THAT way!"
"Hey," Justin said, "isn't that the area where we had the Evil Dead challenge?"
"Hey, yeah!" Trent agreed, "They must be in one of the cabins!"
"Well, what are we waiting for?" Heather asked, "Let's go get our Cody back!"
"Yeah, go ahead," Justin said, "I need to, uh, tie my shoe."
"Whatever," Duncan called, "don't fall too far behind, loser."
Everyone went on as Justin knelt down to tie his shoe- however, he grabbed Heather's hand, and yanked her back.
"Okay," he hissed, "tell me everything you know about Bridgette's elimination tonight. Don't you dare try to lie."
"What?" Heather asked, chuckling slightly, "I don't know what you mean-"
"Okay, if you want to play it that way," Justin nodded, "I know Noah probably had something to do with it. And while I'd never hit a girl, I have no qualms with beating him until I get some answers. And if I find out you lied to me-"
"Okay!" Heather cried, "Okay, I'll talk! I just don't want to go home!"
"Good," Justin smiled, "start now."
"Okay, you might not believe me, but…" Heather sighed, "it was Cody who organized the whole thing. I just went along with it, I swear."
"Cody?" Justin exclaimed.
"Yeah," Heather nodded, "I don't know, maybe he was jealous or something. But he kept talking to me about it in the morning at breakfast. I also saw Sadie sneak out to go talk with him."
"But… Cody's my friend," Justin said, "he wouldn't do that!"
"Lindsay thought that Katie was her friend last season," Heather protested, "my guess is that Cody knew there was going to be a second season somehow, so he was making alliances ahead of time."
"He wouldn't," Justin said, "I refuse to believe it."
But it all added up in Justin's mind. Cody WAS always sneaking off.
"Wait a second," Justin said, "then where was Cody tonight?"
"I don't know," Heather shrugged, "he just gave Sadie and I our marching orders, so to speak, and then he said he was going to meet with one of the other girls."
Justin recalled Cody begging him to get Gwen to hook up with him earlier in the night. Maybe Cody's attraction to Gwen had nothing to do with romance- maybe it was strategically.
"No," Justin groaned, shaking his head, "no, no way."
"He probably got snagged on his way there," Heather said, "listen, if it's any consolation… I'll help you vote him, Noah and Sadie out if you want. It was nothing personal… well, it kind of is…"
"what do you mean by that?" Justin demanded.
"Well," Heather said, "I mean, watching the show, you were always… the hottest guy competing. I only wanted to vote off Bridgette because I thought you might pay attention to me."
Justin let out a sigh, then dropped to the ground.
"Yeah," he sighed, "whatever. Go catch up with everyone else."
"I'm sorry-" Heather began.
"SHUT UP!" Justin snapped, "GO CATCH UP WITH EVERYONE ELSE!"
Heather ran off into the woods.
Justin let out a sigh, then ran his hands through his hair.
"Oh man," he groaned.
So Trent was wrong all this time, about Tyler, about everything. Heather was a fangirl. Not like Sierra- she wasn't dangerous, she just wanted to hook up with someone on the show, probably to brag about it when she got home. But Cody? Part of Justin believed Heather's story, part of him didn't.
CONFESSIONAL: Heather
"Okay, it looks like phase two of my plan is starting successfully. Duncan has no alliance, and it looks like the trio isn't going to last much longer. I just need to create some conflict between Trent and Justin to seal the deal. Now that I have an alliance with Sadie and Noah, I'll make it to the merge and take down Duncan to make sure he can't manipulate someone else into an alliance. After that, everyone else should be easy pickings."
(End Confessional)
Finally, the five reached the cabins.
"Where's Justin?" Trent asked.
"I think he's taking the news about Bridgette a little hard," Heather said, flashing Trent a smile.
Trent scowled at Heather, then turned to everyone else.
"Okay, listen guys," Trent called, "the person we're dealing with is extremely dangerous. Proceed with EXTREME caution. We'll split into two groups and sweep the cabins, to make sure she doesn't have him locked up anywhere. Any questions?"
Chris raised his hand.
"Yes Bob?" Trent asked.
"I'm scared," the older man whined.
"Okay," Trent sighed, "let's go. I'll go with Bob and Heather into the right cabin, Izzy and Duncan will take the one on the left. Ready? Split!"
The two groups made their way to the cabins.
"I don't wanna go in!" Chris groaned, "I'm too pretty to die!"
"She won't kill us," Trent said, "she'll just… oh god, the memories.."
Trent shut his eyes as he thought back to that day at the mall.
"Anyway," Trent continued, "let's go."
The teen kicked the door to the cabin open, and the three proceeded inside.
"Hello?" Chris called.
"SSH!" Trent snapped, "You want her to know we're coming?"
"Sorry dude," Chris said.
The three began a sweep of the cabin, but found nothing.
"We should check the basement, to be thorough," Trent suggested.
The other two nodded, and then the three made their way down.
Meanwhile, in the other cabin, Sierra was still standing in front of the mirror, her eyes closed and a grin spread across her face.
"Cherish this moment, Codykins," she smiled, "you will forever know this as the day-"
"HIIII-YAH!" Izzy shouted.
The redhead leapt across the room, and kicked Sierra in the back of the head, causing the girl's face to smash up against the mirror.
"GUYS!" Cody exclaimed, "You came for me!"
"Shut up," Duncan said, "let's get going, everyone is checking out the other cabin."
Duncan untied Cody, who looked worried once he saw Sierra. The girl was lying on the ground, cuts all over her face.
"Is she DEAD?" Cody asked.
"I dunno," Izzy giggled, "maybe. Probably not."
"Let's just get out of here before she wakes up," Cody suggested, "I don't want to be here once she does."
Izzy nodded, and then the three exited the cabin.
Once the six were back at the trailers, they saw Gwen was waiting for them.
"You actually found him?" she asked.
"Yeah," Duncan yawned, "the girl practically cried once she saw me. She knew she was no match for me-"
"Actually, Izzy bashed her head into a mirror and knocked her out," Cody interrupted.
"Or probably killed her," Izzy giggled.
"Um, that's great," Gwen chuckled, "uh, I'm going to bed. Night."
After everyone was in their trailers, Cody thanked everyone for saving him.
"I didn't think I would make it out of there," the geek smiled.
"Whatever," Justin snapped, "just shut up and go to bed."
"Oh, okay," Cody frowned, "goodnight- hey, where's Noah?"
Everyone looked around the cabin- the genius was nowhere in sight.
Meanwhile, in Blaineley's trailer, the blonde had received a very nasty phone call from her boss. Sierra was cowering in the corner, afraid of what her punishment for failing might be.
"We can't afford anymore mistakes!" the voice growled, "You know what? Just hire Scarlet and be done with it."
"We're not looking to kill anyone," Blaineley replied hastily, "look, I'll take care of it. They might have eluded Sierra, but I have another plan that's sure to work. Of course, I'll need to lie low for a day or two. Another incident like that might raise suspicion among the campers. Just, give me time."
"We've given you nothing BUT time," the voice growled, "it's time to see some results."
With that, the line went dead.
Blaineley sighed- she had hoped it wouldn't have come to this.
It was time to pull out the big guns.
(A/N: Hope you liked that chapter- it was kind of cool to take a break from the usual stuff. So yeah, next time will be the standard challenge and then elimination. Although there might be another chapter like this in the future- who knows? Well, I mean, I do, but whatever.)