"Last… um, period of time on Beyond the Set:
We went through a dark period on the show when Blaineley had me arrested and took over my position as host. Then some stuff happened, Josh from Celebrity Manhunt infiltrated the set to help Cody, Heather managed to orchestrate the elimination of several contestants, and I managed to pose as a teenager and become a contestant. Somehow, I only took eighth place but- anyway, forget that. It turned out Blaineley cut a deal with Noah, who trapped Cody in a cave with Sierra and Tweek. Then Chef Hatchet showed up with his lackey, and attempted to doom the world courtesy of another Jersey Reality Series. Cody managed to escape with Sierra and Tweek, stuff happened. Long story short, Hatchet is now our new Chef, I have my job back, and Noah is out of here. Now we're down to six players: Justin, Cody, Duncan, Heather, Gwen, and Izzy. Heather has used a careful set of plans to make it this far- getting into Tyler's head so that his team would lose challenges, make Cody look like a manipulative genius, and take out several specific targets. So far, everything's worked- next on her list is to eliminate Duncan, the only person left who uses manipulation as a tactic. Will her plans come to fruition? Or will someone catch on and manage to stop her? Find out on:
CAMP TV:
BEYOND THE SET!"
(Intro)
The six contestants were in the new crafts and services tent, getting breakfast.
When Justin was at the front of the line, he presented his tray to Chef.
"How hungry are you?" Chef Hatchet asked.
"Uh, pretty hungry I guess," Justin shrugged.
Chef Hatchet reached behind the counter, pulled out a horse head, and dropped it on Justin's tray.
"GAH!" Justin exclaimed, "What the heck is this?"
"Breakfast," Chef snapped, "now get out of here!"
Meanwhile, Heather, who had literally been served a bowl of grease, was eyeing the room suspiciously.
CONFESSIONAL: Heather
"With Noah gone, that leaves me one alliance member down. I need to review my options, and fast- now would be the worst time to mess this up. Justin and Duncan both think Cody is the enemy. Obviously Justin will confront him about it at some point, and Cody's denial won't change anything. Actually, denial in a situation like his will just make him look worse. But, for my sake, I need to make Cody stay safe. I won't ask him for an alliance until Justin is gone- if Justin see's me talking to him, he'll think I really have had something to do with it all along. My best bet is form an alliance with Gwen and Izzy, then take out Duncan and Justin. Once that's through, I'll work on Cody."
(End Confessional)
Chris waltzed into the tent while the campers were eating, an incredibly smug look on his face.
"What're YOU so happy about?" Duncan asked in between bites of black eggs.
"Just happy to be back," the host smiled, "and the giant Cthulhu robot we have outside. Other than that, no reason."
"Oh, okay," Duncan nodded, "that's- wait a second, WHAT?"
The campers leapt out of their seats, getting ready to rush out of the tent.
"Relax," Chris smiled, "sit down, enjoy your breakfast. No need to panic."
"If there's a giant Cthulhu outside, I think we have a right to panic!" Gwen exclaimed.
"It's not even a part of the challenge," Chris said, "we were just testing it out for the finale. You know, make sure everything works."
All of a sudden, Tweek ran in, covered in cuts and bruises.
"CHRIS! It just tore up the building from the Hangover challenge and flung it across the film lot! It's going haywire, man! GAH! This is WAY TOO MUCH PRESSURE!" the intern exclaimed.
"Okay," Chris said, "now might be a good time to panic."
The contestants launched into a frenzy, running around the tent and screaming- all except for Izzy, who was still nonchalantly eating her breakfast.
Chris walked peeked out of the trailer, to see that most of the film lot was either destroyed or aflame.
"Great," the host sighed, "after that whole incident with Scarlet, we need to make MORE repairs. Okay campers, LISTEN UP!"
Everyone stopped, turned, and looked at Chris.
"Okay, I WAS going to give you the day off as a reward for making it to the merge, but I changed my mind," Chris said, "we WILL be having a challenge today. Whoever manages to stop Cthulhu from wrecking the film lot first will win a reward. The rest of you are stuck with clean up duty."
"How are we supposed to stop a giant robot?" Cody asked.
"Easy," Chris smiled, "on the south-east edge of the film lot, there's a huge mountain. I'm surprised you haven't seen it, actually- you guys must be blind or something. Anyway, at the top of that mountain, there's a huge gold chest. Open up the chest- inside it, you'll find a copy of the Necronomicon. All you have to do is open it up, push the button inside, and the robot will automatically shut itself down."
"Wait, did you say before that we made it to the merge?" Gwen asked.
"Yup," Chris nodded, "well, actually, the merge happened when there was eight people left, but I don't think it was officially announced. So yeah, there's that. Now, back to the giant robot and the reward challenge-"
"Wait a second," Duncan asked, "what reward could POSSIBLY be worth risking our lives to get?"
"Hm," Chris thought, "well, you can have a private movie party here, complete with horror movie marathon set-up, popcorn, doritos, soda, and gummy bears."
"GUMY BEARS!" Justin exclaimed, rushing out of the tent, "Let's do this!"
"Is that all?" Duncan asked.
"Oh, and you get to watch everyone else clean up the monster's mess," Chris added.
"I'm in," Duncan shrugged.
"I'll do it, no problem," Izzy smirked.
"Okay, I guess," Gwen sighed.
"No bears?" Cody asked.
"Sure," Chris told him.
"Then let's do this!" Cody cheered.
"Whatever," Heather scoffed, "let's just get this over with."
When all of the contestants began exiting the tent, Heather pulled Gwen aside.
"Hey," heather asked, "can I talk to you for a second?"
"Okay, I guess," Gwen shrugged, "what about?"
"I was just thinking," Heather shrugged, "I mean, I can't be sure, but… after watching the episodes at home last season, Duncan looked like a schemer at heart. I mean, not a very good one, but during the year break… he could have formulated a plan, or something."
"Who spends an entire year formulating a plan just to try and win a reality show?" Gwen asked.
Heather blinked.
"Uh, not me, that's for sure!" she laughed, "But what I'm getting at is Duncan might try to pull something. I was thinking we could just work together to get him voted out- just for one night."
Gwen thought it over.
CONFESSIONAL: Gwen
"Hm, I don't know. On one hand, Duncan's incredibly annoying, and Heather does have a point. On the other hand, I don't know Heather. For all I know, SHE could be the schemer. But I do want to win, and Duncan COULD be a threat…"
(End Confessional)
"Can I have a little while to think it over?" Gwen asked.
"Of course," Heather nodded, smiling politely.
"Thanks," Gwen smiled, "well, I'm off to go win that challenge."
With that, the goth girl walked off, leaving a scowling Heather behind.
CONFESSIONAL: Heather
"I'll think about it, wah wah wah. We're in the final six, people, we don't have TIME to just think about things. I need to get the ball rolling, and fast. One wrong move, and I'll be eliminated this close to winning."
CONFESSIONAL: Duncan
"So here's MY plan. At this point, Justin and I aren't friends, but we've reached a mutual agreement in which Cody gets voted off. After that, Justin suggested we take out Heather, just to be safe. That would leave us in the final four with that psycho and Gwen. I'll ditch Justin and Izzy, win the game, and then Gwen and I can split the million. I mean, I KNOW I was meant to win this season. I even have recurring dreams where I'm in the final two with… Beth, I think her name was? Except it was weird, because I was dating some random girl with a grey sweater, and Chris was actually bald, and Geoff and Bridgette were dating and hosting an Aftermath show… come to think of it, I should probably see a therapist about that."
(End Confessionals)
Cody was hiding behind the boy's trailer, when Justin came running up from behind him.
"Justin!" Cody exclaimed, "Have you seen-"
"Shut up," Justin snapped, "I know you got Trent and Bridgette eliminated!"
"I… what?" Cody asked.
"Yeah, Heather and Noah told me everything," Justin snapped, "you're next, buddy."
"Heather told you what?" Cody asked.
"I would just pack your bags ahead of time," Justin snapped, "save you the trouble."
With that, he stormed off, leaving a confused Cody behind.
CONFESSIONAL: Cody
"Woah, woah, what? I have no idea what Justin's been talking about! I was too busy trying to save Chris' ass for half the season to even pay attention to the eliminations! At least I knew who told him that- time to pay Heather a little visit."
(End Confessional)
Gwen was creeping around camp, when she saw Cthulhu approaching in the distance.
"Crap!" she cried, taking a step backwards.
Gwen bumped into Izzy, who had been standing directly behind her.
"Hai!" Izzy greeted, "What's up?"
"Uh, Izzy," Gwen muttered, "there's kind of a giant robot alien squid god monster coming right for us!"
"Psh," Izzy scoffed, "you act like this is your first time handling a giant robot."
"Wha- have you done this before?" Gwen asked.
"Only like, twice!" Izzy said, "Which is why I'm not allowed in Japan or Berlin anymore."
"Wha-" Gwen began.
"Don't worry about it," Izzy laughed, "c'mon, follow me- I know how to handle this sort of situation."
Gwen raised an eyebrow.
"Izzy, I don't think-"
"Take four steps to your left," Izzy interrupted.
"What?" Gwen asked.
Izzy yanked Gwen out of the way- a few seconds later, a tree came crashing down where the girl had previously been standing.
"What the-" Gwen gasped.
"I told you," Izzy sighed, "now follow me."
Meanwhile, Heather was making her way to the goal when Cody leapt in front of her.
"Oh, hey Cody," she greeted, "how's it going?"
"Why would you tell Justin I voted off Bridgette and Trent?" Cody demanded.
Heather was caught slightly off guard, although she had planned for this moment.
"What?" she gasped, "I never told him that. I've only talked to Justin a total of twice."
"Oh, really?" Cody asked, "You expect me to believe that?"
"I don't know," Heather said, "come to think of it, why would I believe you? YOU could be the one making all of this up so I would hate Justin!"
"I- what?" Cody asked.
"Yeah," Heather said, crossing her arms, "it all makes sense! You just want me to vote off Justin, don't you?"
"No!" Cody insisted, "I'm just talking about what Justin told ME!"
"Why would he make something like that up?" Heather asked, "Unless it was- wait, never mind."
"No, go on," Cody said, "unless it was what?"
"Well," Heather said, "I have seen Duncan and Justin together a lot. It almost seems like they're… planning something. It's not likely, but… Duncan could be telling him to make all of that stuff up."
"Hey," Cody thought, "wait, that COULD make sense... Duncan IS the biggest jerk left on the show…"
"I don't know," Heather murmured.
"YEAH! That HAS to be it!" Cody exclaimed, "This is all DUNCAN'S fault!"
"Listen, I don't know about that," Heather muttered, "but… if you wanted, we could form an alliance, just this one time to vote him out."
"Okay," Cody smiled, "deal."
With that, the geek turned and walked away.
CONFESSIONAL: Heather
"Okay, that wasn't a part of my plan… but hey, works for me."
CONFESSIONAL: Cody
"It all makes sense! Duncan is trying to woo Gwen for an alliance! I don't know what's up with the Justin thing, but I'll get to the bottom of it. Or… Detective Cody will."
(Cody pulls out a charred Detective's hat, and put's it on his head, a smile forming)
"I'm back, baby!"
(End Confessionals)
Meanwhile, Duncan had found Izzy and Gwen running away from the robot. He trotted up to them, and began running alongside them.
"Hey Gwen," he smirked, "what's up?"
Gwen gave Duncan a look, but said nothing.
"Silent treatment, eh?" Duncan smirked, raising any eyebrow, "That's okay, I like my girl's quiet. Seen and not hear-"
Gwen tripped Duncan, who was then in turn stepped on by Cthulhu-bot.
CONFESSIONAL: Gwen
"That was the most satisfying thing I've done all season."
(End Confessional)
Gwen and Izzy had reached the mountain at the back of the film set, where Justin had already began his climb.
"Hey guys," he greeted, "'sup?"
Out of nowhere a huge boulder flew across the sky, and knocked Justin off of the mountain- courtesy of Cthulhu.
"Hurry, climb!" Gwen cried.
Izzy and Gwen began their ascent up the mountain, while Cthulhu continued to hurl objects at the two. Izzy managed to dodge everything, but eventually, Gwen was knocked off of the mountain by a table.
Izzy shrugged, and continued her way up.
After a while, Duncan and Justin found themselves in the lot's infirmary, laying in beds next to each other.
"Well," Justin sighed, "this is a familiar sight. Minus the roller coaster car."
Chef Hatchet wheeled Gwen in, and helped her into one of the empty beds.
"Okay, y'all should be fine, just stay here until it's clean-up time," Chef instructed.
"We still have to clean up the film lot?" Duncan whined.
"Yeah," Chef snapped, "ain't gonna' clean itself, fool."
The three contestants groaned, and Chef Hatchet left, a grin appearing on his face.
"Man, I hate that guy," Justin grumbled.
"Tell me about it," Duncan huffed.
Cody was walking through the woods, when he heard a low growling from behind him.
"YOU SAID NO BEARS!" Cody cried, "YOU HEAR ME CHRIS? YOU SAID NO BEARS!"
Soon enough, Cody found himself joining the other three contestants in the infirmary.
Meanwhile, Heather had finally managed to reach the mountain.
"Yes," she smirked, "reward, here I come!"
Heather tried to take one step forward, but she was immediately crushed by a falling tree. Far above her, Cthulhu-bot laughed silently to itself- until a certain red-headed figure caught the robot's eye.
"Hey!" Izzy called, holding up a book, "Look what I got!"
Before the robot could try and stop her, Izzy opened the book, and pressed the button inside-
Nothing happened.
As Cthulhu stepped forward, Izzy frantically pushed the button over and over, until at last she threw it aside.
"You wanna do this the hard way?" Izzy demanded, "Well fine! Come on at me, bro!"
With that, Izzy lunged at the monster.
"All six of you in the infirmary," Chris sighed, "I'm a little disappointed."
The six contestants were all covered in bandages, cuts, and bruises.
"You said the button would work," Izzy frowned.
"Yeah, well, I lied," Chris smirked, "I thought it would be funny to see one of your faces after pushing the button, and realizing it didn't work. For the record, it totally was. Now, enough lolly-gaggin', time to start cleaning!"
"Well who wins the challenge?" Justin asked.
"Uh, me," Chris snapped.
"What happened to Cthulhu?" Cody asked.
"Well, I turned on the news a little while ago," Chris murmured, "said something about a giant squid monster destroying a city not too far from here. Answer your question? Good. Now get cleaning."
Chris tossed a mop and bucket at Cody.
"Well folks, we're down to our last six competitors," Chris smiled, "and the drama is really starting to heat up!"
"Uh, who are you talking to?" Cody asked.
"I'm signing off!" Chris snapped, "SHH! Who will be the next to get the boot? Who will live to see another day?"
All of a sudden, the roof of the infirmary was ripped off, and the Cthulhu robot peered in.
"Actually, I'll have to cut this intro a bit short," Chris said, chuckling nervously, "EVERYONE RUN!"
The contestants all scrambled to get out of the infirmary as Cthulhu attempted to grab at everyone.
"Tune in next time," Chris added hastily, "on
CAMP TV:
BEYOND THE- GAHHHHHHHH-"