(A/N: Before this chapter starts, I just thought of something… I remember last season, there was never a chapter where I didn't get a review that called Katie the "New Heather". So, Since Heather's the antagonist this season, does that make Heather the new Katie, or is Heather still Heather?... contemplate that.)
"Last time on Camp TV:
We discovered the real reason Duncan was eliminated- Gwen sabotaged the votes! Heather managed to find out about it, and blackmailed Gwen into working for her. If Gwen doesn't help Heather, Heather will tell me that Gwen swapped the votes. The irony? I already know, and frankly I don't care. After our war movie challenge, Heather had Gwen convince Izzy to vote off Justin, who Heather viewed as a potential threat… but it seems Heather has turned her gaze to the red-headed psychopath. Meanwhile, Cody still has no idea how he managed to make it this far, and Gwen has silently vowed to take down Heather. But Heather is confident that once Izzy is gone, there won't be any remaining threat to stop her- will Gwen manage to ruin it for her? Or will Heather manage to complete her plan, taking out Izzy in the process? Find out tonight on an all new
CAMP TV:
BEYOND THE SET!"
(Intro)
CONFESSIONAL: Cody
"Okay, final four… at least I know Heather is behind everyone's eliminations. If I talk to Gwen and Izzy about it, I'm sure they'll work with me to vote her off. Then I just have to hope Izzy doesn't accidently- or, purposefully- kill me in the final three."
(End Confessional)
Gwen was sitting outside the make-up confessional when Cody approached her.
"Hey Gwen," he greeted, "can we talk?"
"Uh, sure," Gwen frowned, "what about?"
"Listen," Cody said, sitting down next to her, "I know Heather is behind a lot of the eliminations that have happened this season. From what I understand, she even managed to get people on your team kicked off without being a part of the team itself. I don't know how she managed to majority vote Justin last night, but if we team up with Izzy, we can take her down tonight."
Gwen sighed, and thought about it.
"Listen Cody," Gwen muttered, "there's something you should know… I-"
Gwen cut herself off, and looked into the distance. She knew the right thing to do would be vote off Heather, but she was close to winning the money, and she didn't want to give that chance up.
"Well?" Cody asked, a concerned look on his face.
"I, um… I did some snooping myself," Gwen said hastily, "I thought it was Heather, at first. I think she was involved in an alliance or two, but she's not the one to blame."
"What?" Cody gasped, "Of course it's her! Who else would it be? I know YOU would never do anything that sinister!"
"Cody, I-"
"I mean, you'd always do the right thing," Cody smiled, "you wouldn't let fear of elimination or losing control you. There's no one else here it could be! Do I look like an evil mastermind?"
"No, but-"
"Exactly," Cody said, "WE'RE the good guys. The only other person that's left is- and I mean, there's no way it's her!"
"It is," Gwen said, "she's been faking acting crazy this whole time. Izzy just wanted everyone to think she's unstable. She's behind all of the elimination's on my team, and probably a few on yours."
"No way," Cody muttered, shaking his head, "not buying it. It couldn't be her, no way. I mean, come on, she's harmless. Well, not harmless, I mean… but she's not manipulative! Just a little… insane, that's all."
"I'm telling you, she's faking it," Gwen insisted.
"Well, I mean- wait, hold on a second." Cody got to his feet, then looked Gwen up and down.
"You," he said.
"Me?" Gwen asked.
Cody took a step backward.
"How long have you been working with Heather?" Cody asked.
"Cody, don't talk like that," Gwen frowned, "you said it yourself, I'm not the bad guy."
Because good guys totally switch out votes, she thought to herself.
"That's how Heather got Justin," Cody exclaimed, "you were working with her! Maybe Izzy too, but you had something to do with it, didn't you?"
Gwen tried to move towards Cody, but he backed up, a horrified look on his face.
"Cody, you're delusional," Gwen snapped.
"Am I?" Cody demanded.
"Of course you are!" Gwen hissed "Who else ran around camp playing detective and batman? You're a freak, Cody! Of course you would think I had something to do with this! This whole time it's been a game to you, running around, trying to solve mysteries- I'VE been trying to win a million dollars, because I NEED the money, Cody!"
"That… that hurts, Gwen!" Cody stammered.
"You know what hurts?" Gwen asked, "Having to downsize into smaller and smaller apartments every month because your drunk, single mother can't hold down a job. WE don't even have a kitchen anymore- just a living room You can stay in fantasy land if you want, Cody. If you'll excuse me, I have money to win."
With that, Gwen stormed off. Cody couldn't even bring himself to watch her leave- he just slumped to the ground instead, and let out a sigh.
"It's true," he muttered, "I… guess this really is just fantasy-land for me. Damn it… Damn it! DAMN IT! How do I get myself into these things?"
"I dunno," Chris said, "it's reality TV, this stuff is supposed to happen."
Cody spun around.
"When did you get here?" the teen demanded.
"I've, like, been here," Chris said, "seriously, are you guys blind? I was literally standing right behind you."
"That was a private conversation," Cody huffed, "you shouldn't have been listening in!"
"Oh, I'M sorry," Chris said, rolling his eyes, "perhaps you'd like to explain to the millions of people watching you right now? Reality TV, brah, nothing's private. That thing you've been doing with the empty milk cartons? We all know about that too."
"I- wait a second, what?"
"Never mind. Be at the craft's and services tent in ten minutes, time for another challenge," Chris said, "so get prepared."
Ten minutes later, all of the contestants were at the tent, getting the rundown from Chris.
"Okay," he said, "today's challenge is simply, yet difficult. It'll be based off of the movie Land of the Dead. It's a zombie movie- but not of the traditional, shambling, mindless variety. No, this movie was about zombies evolving. So, you'll be holed up in the hotel we used in the Hangover challenge. We'll send wave after wave of robot zombie, and each time they'll get a bit stronger. You'll be given rifles with rubber ammunition to defend yourself. It'll be enough to stop one of the robots in its tracks, but not enough to seriously injure a fellow cast member. So if you're planning on sabotage, you'll have to be a bit smarter than that. Basically, you'll just try to hold off the horde- they WILL make it inside eventually, though. Your job is to outlast the other contestants- one by one, you'll be dragged off by robot zombies. Last person standing wins immunity. So, start heading over- I'll meet you guys there in five."
On the way over to the hotel, Gwen found Heather.
"Hey," the goth said, "just thought you should know Cody is on to us. I'm afraid he's going to tell Izzy, and they'll try to vote one of us off."
Heather smirked.
"Oh, leave that to me," she said, "Izzy WILL be going home tonight, one way or another. You just leave that to me."
"What about Cody?" Gwen asked.
"What about him?" Heather scoffed, "We can take care of him later. He's nothing. Izzy can actually win challenges, which is unacceptable."
"You saw yesterday how good she was with a firearm," Gwen protested, "she'll win immunity for sure."
"It won't matter," Heather said, clearly annoyed, "I told you, I'll handle it. I suggest you shut up and leave it at that."
Gwen sighed.
"Whatever you say," Gwen mumbled.
Eventually, everyone reached the hotel.
"Okay," Chris said, handing each contestant a rifle, "you have five minutes to get situated before the zombies start coming. You have limited ammunition- use it wisely. Once you run out, you'll be stuck clubbing zombies in the face with whatever you can find. We'll send five in a first, and then each wave will double, in addition to granting the zombies advantages. So, get going!"
The contestants nodded, and then moved out.
Once inside, Izzy immediately took off to find a good vantage point at the top of the building. Cody slinked away somewhere- only Heather and Gwen remained in the lobby.
"So what do we do?" Gwen asked.
"You go hide out somewhere," Heather yawned, "I need to make a call."
"What?" Gwen asked.
"Just trust me," Heather said.
"Gee, that's ironic for someone who's waiting to stab me in the back," Gwen snapped.
"I'll knife you in the back now if you don't shut up," Heather hissed, "I know what I'm doing, Goth-girl."
Gwen rolled her eyes, and stormed off. Heather smiled, and walked over to the front desk of the hotel. She peered over the counter- sure enough, a telephone was hooked up. Heather picked up the phone, and dialed for the operator.
"Hi," Heather greeted when the operator finally picked up, "could I have the number for the Vietnamese embassy, please?"
Izzy was gazing out of the hotel window, aiming her rifle at the five approaching zombies.
"Pfft," she scoffed, "child's play."
Within seconds, all five of the robots were down, and Izzy was reloading her rifle. She aimed out of her window again when a knock came at the door.
"Hey," Cody greeted, "it's me."
"oh, hey Cody!" Izzy smiled, "What're you doing? Oh, stupid question, the challenge of course. What's up? Also stupid, the sky is up-"
"Actually," Cody said, "I was hoping to talk to you about Gwen and Heather."
"Hmmmmmmm?"
"Well," Cody frowned, "listen, they're working together. Heather must have done something to Gwen- I don't know what, but she's not acting like herself. We need to take out Heather at tonight's elimination ceremony-"
Cody saw Izzy fire off a few more rounds.
"So they got a little faster," Izzy scoffed, "big deal. Sorry, you saying something Cody?"
"Forget it," Cody scoffed, "there's no way I could win this anyway. I'll just try to win immunity tonight."
"Okay!" Izzy cheered, "Have fun, Corey! Uh, Cody! No, wait, Simon right?"
Cody sighed, and walked out of the room.
Izzy shrugged, and turned to look back out of the window .She quickly ducked back in, and a missile flew over her head and exploded on the wall across from her.
"Robot zombies firing rocket launchers," Izzy said, nodding, "well done, Chris. I approve."
Heather eventually found Gwen holed up in a room on the second floor.
"Well?" Gwen asked.
"All taken care of," Heather smiled, "say hello to the final three, Gwenny."
"Don't call me that," Gwen snapped.
"Aw, I'm sowwy, does dat anowy you?" Heather mocked, "Deal with it. This is my show, now. If I ask you to jump, you say how far. If I tell you to cook and eat you own shoes, you ask what recipe. It's simple Gwen, it really is. Once Izzy is gone, there's no one left who could win- except me. Cody can't stop me, and neither can you."
"We'll see about that," Gwen hissed.
Heather chuckled, and shook her head.
"Whatever, Gwenny," she laughed, "whatever."
Meanwhile, Izzy was about to shoot more zombies when a helicopter appeared in the distance- the Vietnamese flag was painted on the side.
"Well," Izzy frowned, "that can't be good."
Izzy rushed down the stairs, and out of the hotel. Chris, who was waiting nearby, was surprised to see Izzy.
"hey, woah," Chris said, "where you going?"
"I, uh," Izzy laughed, "listen, I gotta go. Great show you have here, but I really need to go!"
"Wait, you're quitting?" Chris asked.
Izzy eyed the helicopter.
"Yeah, you could say that," Izzy chuckled, "been nice seeing you. Gotta go, bye!"
With that, Izzy took off running.
"Huh," Chris thought, "weird. Oh well. You know… I could get everyone down now since Izzy's already been eliminated, but… the whole concept of zombies with rocket launchers amuses me, so I think I'll just watch a little more."
After about an hour, all of the contestants had finally been captured.
"Great," Cody groaned when Chris came to find them, "who won?"
"Nobody," Chris smiled.
"So who gets immunity?" Gwen asked.
"Nobody," Chris said, "no elimination tonight. In case you haven't noticed, someone already left our numbers voluntarily."
"Oh no!" Heather said, gasping, "Who would that ever be?"
"Izzy," Chris said, "it was the weirdest thing. One minute she goes to the lame-o-suine and takes off, the next minute some guys from Vietnam land a helicopter here, get out and start yelling at me in Polish, or something."
"Polish?" Gwen asked.
"I don't know, Mongolian, whatever!" Chris exclaimed, "Who knows what language they speak over there?"
"Um, Vietnamese?" Cody suggested.
"Pfft," Chris said, "too obvious. Whatever. Well, you guys are the final three, so… welcome to the finals, blah-de-dah and all the good stuff. You guys are free to go for now. I suggest you get ready for your next challenge- it's going to be a doozy."
"We have another challenge already?" Heather gasped.
"What? No. But it's so insane that even an entire day or preparation won't get you ready for it!" Chris exclaimed.
"Sounds… ominous," Gwen muttered thoughtfully.
"Very ominous," Chris said, "with lot's of tension. Because tension means drama. Now, get enjoy the rest of your day off- it'll be the last bit of peace that you get!"
CONFESSIONAL: Heather
"Izzy was always talking about the crazy stuff she did in Vietnam. I wasn't sure if it was crap or not- until today, at least. When I them up and told them Izzy was here, they sent over top agents to come get her. Maybe she got away, maybe she's in jail. Who knows? What I DO know is that I'm in the final three, and that's good enough for me. Next… I think I'll take out Gwen. She could probably do more than Cody in the final challenge. Enjoy your last day here, Gwenny. Because when you go down, you're going to crash and burn."
(End confessional)
"Well," Chris said, "finally we got rid of Izzy! Girl was a HUGE safety hazard! Heather has been talking about her plan non-stop… and it sure seems like it's working! Tune in next time to see who makes it to the final two on
CAMP TV:
BEYOND THE SET!"
(A/N: Sorry, Izzy fans- and by that I mean pretty much everybody. I mean, as far as I'm concerned, if you aren't a fan of Izzy, you aren't a real person. This chapter was kind of short- bit of a slump- but I assure you the final chapters are filled with drama. We've only got four episodes to go, including the aftermath and the special. Anyway, I'll update as soon as I can!)
