Chapter 16: Hide and Seek

A few days later, Heather and Lindsay were hanging out in front of the girls' cabin. Heather was glaring at Lindsay, but she didn't notice. "I am so glad they included grapetastic pop in your reward from the last challenge, Heather! It's totally my favorite! It's the only thing I've really been craving on the island", Lindsay said. Heather snatched the bottle out of her hand, took a sip and spewed it out. "How can you drink this sugar water!", She shouted. She threw the bottle away and Lindsay gasped.

Confession Cam: Lindsay
"Heather's my best friend on the island. I mean sure, she steals my food and borrows my clothes and calls me names, but that's what BFFs are for. Best female friends!"

Confession Cam: Heather
"I'm gonna make sure Lindsay pays dearly for what she did to me. She was in my alliance first, she can't just leave it to hook up with Cody. They are both out of here as soon as I come up with a plan."

Later that afternoon, the campers were standing on the dock and Chris came up to announce the challenge. "Today's challenge is a good old-fashioned game of hide and seek. You all get ten minutes to hide before Chef Hatchet comes looking for you. With his military background and advanced degree in man hunting, he's uniquely qualified to make this game excruciatingly hard." Chef walked up with a water gun. "What's with the squirt gun?", Cody asked. Chef pointed it at his forehead and a laser dot appeared on it. "The lifeguard chair is home base", Chris said. "When Chef finds you, he'll try to spray you. If you escape his blasts, you can try to run to home base, but if he catches you on your way, you're in trouble. Why don't you demonstrate the water gun, Chef?" Chef turned and shot Chris, soaking him and knocking him over. "Not on me, dude!" "So how do we win this game?", Heather asked. Chris got back up and shook some of the water off. "You have three options. One: don't get discovered in your hiding place. Two: run to home base before Chef blasts you. Three: Once you've been caught, help Chef find other campers. Do any of those, and you win invincibility. All clear? Now, go hide!"

Leshawna changed into her swimsuit and hid under the dock. Lindsay ran to the girls' cabin and Cody followed her. "Uh, can't you do any better than hiding under your covers?", he asked. "Fooled you! This isn't even my bunk!" Cody facepalmed. "Okay, cool. Still, I have a better plan. Follow me!" Meanwhile, Trent went into the bear cave to find DJ already there. "Oh, great. Now I need a new hiding spot." "Before you go", DJ said, "we need to talk. There's seven girls on the island and only three dudes. They're gonna notice soon if they haven't already, and pick us off one by one. We've gotta do something about it!" Trent nodded. "You thinking what I'm thinking?" DJ smiled. "Guy's alliance. Do me a favor and talk to Cody about it?" "Sure", Trent said. "Just no voting off Gwen or Lindsay. You know me and him have, uh, personal reasons to want them here."

Out in the woods, Chef was on the hunt and Izzy was right behind him, copying his every move. He turned around and she jumped into a bush, then she resumed following him when he turned around. In another part of the woods, Cody and Lindsay climbed a tree, with Cody further up, looking for Chef. Gwen was hiding nearby, under some fake grass. Sadie went to hide on top of the mess hall, only to find Katie already there. She giggled. "Wow, great minds think alike!", she said. Katie nodded. "Yep! This is perfect, and we can chat while we hide from Chef!" "Don't you think the noise will give us away?" Katie rolled her eyes. "Oh, don't worry about it. I'm your best friend, just trust me." Below them, Heather went to hide in the mess hall. By this time, Trent had left the cave and went over to the campfire pit. "No other campers around, no sign of Chef... Nice", he said. "This'll do just fine." But, he caught his leg on a string of paper lanterns...

Chef went into the kitchen and turned on the light. Heather was hiding under a table and tried to sneak away, but he turned around and saw her on her way out the door. He laughed. "This is MY kitchen, also known as forbidden territory." He prepared the water gun and Heather bolted out the door. She ran to the dock with Chef right behind her, and nearly got to the lifeguard chair before Chef shot her. Then, he went back to the mess hall while Heather dried off. He went in and looked around, then heard a sneeze and looked up. "Oops", Izzy said from the ceiling. "I guess you heard that, huh?" She screamed and jumped down at him, landed on his head and jumped off. She landed and Chef put his gun down. They both glared and ran at each other, fighting like mad, punching and chopping and blocking rapidly. Chef hit Izzy and pushed her back, then he charged at her and they resumed fighting. After a few seconds, Izzy jumped, dodging Chef's strike and kicked him in the face. "Bye-bye!", she yelled, then jumped out the window. "YOU'LL NEVER GET ME ALIVE!" She ran to the dock with Chef trailing behind, dove and slid across the dock, but overshot it and went past the lifeguard chair. She turned around and waved at Leshawna.

Back at the campfire pit, Trent sniffed the air and turned around to see a family of skunks. "Oh, you've gotta be kidding me! I just keep having to deal with you guys!" He backed away slowly, but the string of lanterns got pulled too far and the pole fell down, knocking over a barrel which scared the skunks. They sprayed at his face. "Oh, come on!" Then, Chef tapped his shoulder. "Technically I don't have to spray you, but-" "Come on, do it", Trent said. He did so, and Trent took a deep breath. "No... that didn't do it. Stupid skunks..."

Back at the mess hall, Sadie and Katie were chatting when Heather came up. "Girls? Is that you?" Katie waved. "Hi, Heather!" "Oh, you guys are so busted!" Sadie gasped. "What are you doing?" Heather smirked. "Well I was gonna tell Chef, but since we're in an alliance, I might let you off easy. Just help me find Lindsay." They went off into the woods to look for them, and Heather found them first. "Oh, look! Cody and Lindsay, sitting in a tree, K I S S I N G!" "Heather, shush!", Lindsay yelled down. "We don't want Chef to find us!" Just then, Chef walked up with Trent, Gwen and Izzy behind him. "Too late now." The two lovebirds sighed and climbed down. "So I get invincibility now, right?", Heather asked. Chef nodded. Then they all went back to camp and found Katie and Sadie on the way. "Eight down, two to go", Chef said.

Back in the woods, Chef walked around and found some hair on the ground. He ran to the cave and dragged DJ out of it. "Well, I guess that's everyone", Geoff said. "What about Leshawna?", Cody asked. "Leshawna?" Chef ran to the dock, only to find her sitting in the lifeguard chair. "What took you so long, sugar?", she asked. Chef sighed and the former Gophers cheered. Chris walked up and said "Alright campers, show's over. Time to pick a loser and send them home."

In the girls' cabin, everyone but Lindsay was discussing who to vote off. "I suggest we get rid of Cody", Heather said. Katie raised her hand. "But isn't he Lindsay's boyfriend?" Heather rolled her eyes. "Yeah, and he's just gonna use her to get himself further along in the game." "I don't think so", Gwen said. "Cody's a lot of bad things, but he isn't manipulative." "I think he might be. I want what's best for my girls, so I say Cody's gotta go. Izzy? Your opinion?" She shrugged. "Eh, sure." Heather smiled. Meanwhile, the guys were having a meeting at the docks. "Okay, let's get this over with before Lindsay comes back", Cody said. "Who should we vote off?" Trent scratched his head. "Well sadly Heather's immune, so is Leshawna, and Gwen and Lindsay aren't options. So..." "I'd pick Izzy", DJ said. Trent raised an eyebrow. "Really? Why? If we vote off Katie or Sadie, the one that's left will probably have a breakdown." "Yeah, but Izzy's crazy! She scares me." Trent sighed. "Fine." "Fine", Cody said. "Let's hope this alliance pays off."

Later at the campfire ceremony, it was down to Izzy, Cody and Lindsay. "There are only two marshmallows left on this plate", Chris said. "You each racked up a lot of votes. One of you is going home tonight, and cannot return. Ever. The next marshmallow goes to... Lindsay." "Yay!" She got her marshmallow and smiled. "And the final one goes to... Izzy." Gwen and Lindsay gasped. "Yeah, that was a shocker. Well, not for me, I counted the votes. Sorry dude. See ya!" He got up and walked toward the dock, with Gwen and Trent waving. "Sorry about that, man!", Trent said. Then Lindsay ran up and hugged him. "Oh, Cody, I'm gonna miss you so much!" Cody smiled. "It's okay. It was nice while it lasted. Good luck, Lindsay." She kissed him and let him go, and they waved goodbye as Cody got on the boat.