(Uporstvo Tribe)
Despite a majority vote, most of the castaways came back not looking too happy.
"Bill went home tonight. I repeat, we had gone from 8-1 targeting Richard to 5-4 sending Bill packing." Sally said crossing her arms with a snarl. "And why? Because Aurum didn't trust us. How the heck does that work after we were willing to give them the majority!"
"All right, guys. You have a LOT of explaining to do." The Street Fighter said crossing her arms.
"Guys, please! We can explain!" Janet insisted.
"Explain? How could you explain voting off Bill after giving you the majority?" Coco roared surprising everyone. "Bill had voted against Richard because he was untrustworthy!"
Oscar nervously played with his fingers. "We… Thought he was targeting Ronald."
"Why?" Coco exclaimed.
"We… I heard that it was his mission to get rid of the villains." Oscar said. "So we voted him off thinking he was going to do the same to us tonight."
Sally blinked twice. "What kind of logic is THAT?"
"We thought you were going to target Ronald because of his looks." Catherine said.
Kao paused. "I am sorry but that is offensive, rude and just plain silly. Why would we vote someone off over how they looked."
Catherine stood in her place before looking to the side.
"Where were you guys at the start?" She muttered under her breath. "Would had made Ronald and my game a lot more better."
"What was that?" Kao asked raising a non-existent eyebrow.
"Nothing." Catherine said.
"The reason we voted off Bill is because… He is a dragon-slayer. Someone who goes at far as to vote off villains." Ronald said. "Considering that my appearance had caused me a lot of trouble in the start, I can't afford to keep Bill. Unfortunately, not even my silver tongue could smooth Sally and surprisingly Coco now."
"Bill had not considered Ronald a villain at ALL." Coco scolded. "At first before his torch was snuffed."
"But we couldn't afford to take any chances." Ronald insisted.
"Oh, so you gone back to the very person you turned on because HE was untrustworthy?" Sally asked. "I don't care if we DID practically give it to you! You don't abuse your swing vote like that as you may!"
"You ruined Bill's game!" Coco snapped. "Plus, you ruined ALL of our games!"
With that, she ran off.
"Coco!" Kao said running off after the child.
"I hope you have a good night because WE sure won't!" Sally said glaring at the others before running after her friends.
"It took all of my energy to express my anger without losing my façade and even then, I think I made a few people sceptical but I am furious." Coco said. "Bill was like my extra 1-up in a video game and I lost him because of some reason that been picked out of a hat. Now besides me of course, the only people with a decent amount of brain cells ARE Sally and Kao and that's just pathetic!"
As the others watched the three go out of sight, Richard looked at the stunned Aurum.
"If it's any consolation, I wouldn't be too surprised if Bill tried to vote Ronald out of base on his looks." Richard said.
With that, he walked off.
"We screwed up, didn't we?" Catherine asked.
"Majorly." Janet said slapping her forehead.
"Hey, we still got the majority." Ronald explained. "Just with different people. And even if things gone our way, we would have gone into a tiebreaker anyway. So at least have a back-up reason."
"Yeah. A reason with causes people to react like they been told fire was cold." Janet said before sighing. "But yeah, even though we made ourselves look like fools at least we don't have to do a tiebreaker."
The brunette then looked around.
"Um, where's Oscar?" Janet asked.
"I don't know." Ronald said. "He was right behind me a minute ago."
Oscar was in deep in the jungle outside of the camp with several broken down trees around him. He head-butted a tree a few times unaware that he was about to break it.
"WHY… CAN'T… I… DO… ANYTHING… RIGHT?" He said between head-butts. Soon, he destroyed the tree.
"One chance. This is my one chance to show my stuff and I ruined it! I made Aurum looks like idiots, I kept an unlikable creep AND nobody from Plata would want to do ANYTHING with us anytime soon!" Oscar exclaimed looking defeated. "I am still in the majority so why do I feel like I hit rock bottom!"
(Day 28)
Richard and the Aurum tribe were talking to each other.
"I must admit, I had my doubts but thank you for saving me." Richard said.
"No problem, I guess." Janet sighed.
Richard's smirk vanished as he narrowed his eyes. "Way to hide that keeping me was a mistake."
Catherine shrugged. "I know it's not your fault but let's face it. The main reason we kept you is because we thought Bill was going to do something he never did."
Richard crossed his arms. "Well, I know it's not your fault because you had a right to be sceptical of Bill but you made a choice and you are stuck with me."
"I guess…" Janet sighed.
"Richard is officially our fifth wheel of our alliance. Even though we got him over an assumption. Now we have no choice but to side with him and vote off the rest of Plata." Catherine said before holding her head. "Ugh… Even when we are in the majority, we are trapped in a complicated web."
As the five talked, Kao looked over at them from the fire pit. He turned to Sally and Coco who looked upset putting her fists on their faces and their elbows on their legs.
"Are you girls all right?" Kao asked.
"No." Sally and Coco said in unison.
Kao sighed and shook his head. "I know that you girls are upset but Bill wouldn't want you girls to give up."
"Well, what can we do?" Sally snapped. "The majority of the games are backstabbers and I don't care if it is part of the game, at least have the move make sense."
"Yeah but it doesn't!" Coco said. "Bill had said nothing about me staying away from Ronald. Because when Richard tricked you, he told me to stay away from Richard."
"So we can't afford to trust ANY of them!" Sally snapped. "Because they are not untrustworthy because they want to win! They are not trustworthy… Because they want to be jerks!"
"But we can't give up!" Kao said. "What would Bill say?"
Coco looked down. "Kao's right. I… I don't want to lose to these guys."
"Tell me about it." Sally said rolling her eyes before hugging her knees.
"R-Right… That is one motivation. But what can we do?" Kao said.
"Obviously the Immunity Idol is our biggest if not only hope." Sally said explained.
"But how do you get it? To do so, we have to be at Exile Island." Kao said. "And the only way to get there if the winner of the Reward Challenge chooses to send a person there."
"Well, then. We have to win the Reward Challenge, won't we?" Sally asked narrowing her eyes.
"After Bill had left, it is just me, Kao and Coco fending for ourselves. So I have to step up as Bill's role as the leader." Sally said sternly. "Now normally I wouldn't even think about becoming a leader but I could tell that Kao and Coco are more than unwilling to join me."
"All right, here is the plan. The three of us try our best at the Reward Challenge and if one of us win, we will send another to Exile Island." The Street Fighter explained.
"Do you think we would be able to find the Immunity Idol?" Kao asked.
"We have to, Kao!" Coco said. "If we don't, we will get… Pagonged, was it?"
Sally nodded her head. "We can't just sit back and let that happen!"
"What a reversal of fortunes. Even though we had been doing so well in terms of Challenges AND numbers, one blindside is all it took to put us in the minority." Kao said with a sigh. "I really hope we can win this next Challenge because I don't want to see Sally or Coco to leave how Bill did."
(Day 29)
Oscar sat down against the treemail box. He seemed to be sleeping. Janet then made her way over to him confused.
"Um, Oscar?" Janet said crouching down and putting her hands on the whale's shoulder.
Suddenly, he jumped up with a yelp surprising Janet.
"AHH! GET AWAY WITH THAT HARPOON!" Oscar yelped before looking around and sighing in relief. "Oh, thank goodness…"
"Are you all right?" Janet asked concerned.
"Yeah… Just the same old nightmare everyone back home has…" Oscar sighed.
Suddenly, he realized something. Getting up, he looked at the treemail box.
"Oh, I missed it…" Oscar lamented.
"Missed what?" Janet asked raising an eyebrow.
"Whoever was delivering the treemail." Oscar said looking at his ally.
Janet paused. "Wait. You had been camping out just to find out who delivers the treemail."
"No! …Though I do wonder about that." Oscar said. "I just want to do the next Challenge as quickly as possible!"
"Why?" Janet asked.
"Because I want to be the next Colby." Oscar said.
"The only good thing I did since the merge started was win the first post-merge Immunity Challenge. Which is why I want to win the next Challenge. To see if I could erase everyone's memories of my horrible screw-up." Oscar said looking down. "I can't face anyone eye-to-eye without them thinking how much of an idiot I am."
The muscleman took the letter out of the treemail box. "Well, there is no time like the present."
Janet shrugged as the two walked back to camp.
"Yo! We got treemail!" Janet shouted summoning everyone.
"What does it say?" Sally asked looking determined.
"It says…" Oscar said before his eyes lit up. "Are you up for a tournament?"
"Oh right. We are in the Final 8, aren't we?" Richard said. "They should have a tournament-like Challenge here."
"Usually in tournaments like these, they are both options. One is a physical challenge and the other is a gross eating Challenge." Janet explained. "We already had an eating one so logically we should have a physical one. Well, let's just hope that my sparring with Ralf and Clark would pay off."
(Reward Challenge)
The final eight made their way on the tribe mat.
"Welcome, Survivors." Tiny smiled. "Take a look."
Everyone looked to see a giant round flat platform with two bags on it.
"Here is your next Challenge. We are having a good old-fashioned Challenge." Tiny said. "Two people will stand on this Challenge trying to shove each other off using these large beds until one of you falls off. The winner of that battle will go to the next round. The person to wins their third and final match wins Reward. Want to know what you are playing for?"
Everyone nodded.
"A nice trip to a hit on a small tropical island full of beautiful wildlife which you would spend the next day relaxing." Tiny said. "Now let's draw for spots."
(Later)
It didn't take long for the draws to be set up. The first two contenders went up on the platform.
"All right! The first match is Janet VS Catherine." Tiny grinned.
"Okay. Let's see how you will face-off against a mercenary." Janet smirked.
"That means squat here!" Catherine said narrowing her eyes.
"Ready?" Tiny said. "GO!"
Janet and Catherine both ran towards each other holding their bags colliding with each other. The two women pushed against each other trying to gain ground.
However, Janet, due to having more strength and experience started to win the struggle. Soon, she had shoved Catherine onto her rear.
"Catherine is down." Tiny said. "Janet makes it to the next round!"
"What means squat here now?" The Ikari Warrior smirked causing Catherine to growl.
The two walked off allowing the next two to get on.
"The next battle is against Sally and Ronald!" Tiny said.
Ronald's grey fur paled at Sally's evil smirk. "Um… Respect your elders?"
"I have no respect for paranoid backstabbers." The blonde woman said.
"Ready? GO!" Tiny said.
Sally immediately charged at Ronald as fast as he could. The rat yelped before jumping to the side before Sally quickly turned around and shoved him off.
"Ronald is down!" Tiny said. "Sally goes to the next round!"
Ronald lay on his back dazed. "Ugh… Where is PETA when you ACTUALLY need them?"
As the two people walked on, the next pair went on.
"The next battle is Richard versus Coco!" Tiny said.
"I am going to get you what you did, you meanie!" Coco roared.
Richard blinked twice. "Why do I have the feeling no matter what happens, I will still be labelled as the bad guy?"
"Ready? GO!" Tiny said.
Coco immediately let out a loud shout before charging straight at Richard just like Sally did. She crashed straight into Richard.
Only for it to have little effect. Coco continued to shove into Richard with all of her might. The scientist blinked twice before gently shoving Coco out of the ring.
"Um… Coco is out…" Tiny said. "Richard moves on to the next round!"
Coco muttered under her breath. "I KNEW I should had kick him in the groin…"
As she sulked off with Richard, the final pair went onto the platform.
"The next battle is Oscar VS Kao." Tiny said.
"All right! Time for a good heavyweight!" Oscar smirked.
Kao's face paled. "Uh-oh!"
"Ready? GO!" Tiny shouted.
Oscar smirked before charging straight at Kao. The Pianta's eyes widened as the whale charged straight towards him.
"I'M A CHUCKSTER!"
Everyone jumped as Kao charged straight at Oscar. Tiny and the castaways looked in awe as Kao grabbed Oscar and literally threw him through the air screaming until he fell like a stone into the ocean with a big splash. They all gaped with slack jaws before looking at Kao who looked sheepishly.
"Um, sorry… He scared me…" Kao said sheepishly.
"Um, Oscar is out in the ocean." Tiny said. "Kao moves to the next round."
"Good thing that Oscar is an aquatic mammal." Catherine said flatly as he watched Oscar swam back sulking underneath the water. The next pair then got on.
"It is now Janet versus Sally." Tiny said.
Sally narrowed her eyes. "Don't think I had vented all of my rage out on Ronnie!"
Janet sighed not surprised to see a comment like that."
"Ready? Go!"
The two girls had at each other at fast as they could. When they crashed into each other forcing them both to stagger back a few times. However, Sally recovered first and charged forward. Janet then saw the charge coming and used her bag to block the blow.
The two women shoved each other trying to gain ground on each other. Suddenly, Janet jumped back allowing Sally to stumble forward a bit. With her opponent off-guard, Janet shoved Sally out of the ring with all of her might.
"Sally is down! Janet moves on to the final round!" Tiny shouted.
Sally looked down. "No… Not like this…"
The next two pair went on as the two women walked off.
"The next match is Richard versus Kao." Tiny said. "After this is the finals…"
"Well, at least I am not facing someone aggressive." Kao said in relief.
"Well, at least I am not facing someone who wants my head on a silver platter." Richard said unwittingly copying what Kao said.
"Ready? Go!" Tiny said.
Richard and Kao didn't move immediately. Richard was wondering how to shove someone that huge out of the ring. However, he didn't had much time to think as Kao charged forward deciding to make the first move.
Richard quickly leaped out of the way and charged straight into Kao. However, he did little to move him. Kao gently shoved his bag into him making it more than enough to shove Richard off.
"Richard is down! Kao moves on to the finals!" Tiny said.
The dark-haired man got up and walked off grumbling passing Janet in the progress.
"Good luck trying to turn that bag into a bulldozer…" Richard muttered as they walked by.
Janet nodded before getting on the platform and picking up the spare bag.
"The final match is between Janet and Kao." Tiny said. "The winner of this match will win Reward!"
The two nodded as they looked at each other. This was it.
"Ready? Go!" Tiny shouted.
Janet and Kao carefully circled around each other waiting for each other to make the first move knowing that this could decide who wins.
Suddenly, Janet made the first move charging straight at Kao. The two bumped bags with each other forcing the mercenary to step back. Kao then shoved his bag forward but Janet jumped to the side to avoid it. She then shoved her bag into Kao's side trying to shove him off.
Kao was shoved to the side for a moment but quickly recovered and shoved back. Janet tried to hold her ground but found herself being shoved off the platform.
"Janet is off!" Tiny announced. "KAO WINS REWARD!"
The Pianta cheered in relief as Sally and Coco cheered him on.
(Later)
"Congratulations, Kao. You had won Reward which a boat would take you to a literally island paradise." Tiny said. "AND you get to bring one person with you. Who would it be?"
"Um, who indeed?" Kao asked before looking at the other contestants.
"Coco can go." Sally offered.
The child's eyes widened. "Are you sure?"
"Positive." Sally said with a grin.
"All right." Kao said. "I'll take Coco."
"Um, thank you?" The dark-skinned girl said making her way over.
"Okay, Kao, now you have to send someone to Exile Island where they would have a clue to the Immunity Idol." Tiny said.
"Sally." The Pianta said quickly.
The blonde woman happily nodded as the others gave each other sceptical looks.
"All right. Sally, the boat is waiting for to go to Exile Island. Kao, Coco, enjoy your Reward. You will all be back for the next Challenge." Tiny said. "As for the rest of you, I got nothing for you. You may head back to camp."
(Uporstvo Tribe)
The Aurum members (and Richard) were talking to each other.
"Kao won Reward. And pretty much demolished the competition. I could had done that if it wasn't for… Whatever he could have done… Now I look like…" Oscar grumbled before realizing that he was still in a confessional. "But THAT'S not important right now! What is important is that somebody from the opposing alliance may get an Idol."
"This isn't good. With Sally on Exile Island, she would be sure to find the Immunity Idol." Janet lamented.
"Well, it depends on Sally's intelligence." Ronald shrugged before turning to Richard. "Richard, do you think Sally is capable of finding the Idol."
The Russian man put his hand to his mouth. "Normally I would think about Sally's intelligence but in this case, I would think about her confidence."
"Huh? Confidence?" Ronald asked with a raised eyebrow.
"Well, Sally had been suffering self-esteem from the start." Richard explained. "Whenever something goes wrong and she is involved, she is quick to blame herself."
"So you think that Sally would be too busy moping to look for the Hidden Immunity Idol?" Catherine asked.
"I assume so." Richard said with a shrug. "After Amber got voted out, she had been doing nothing but letting Bill make most of the moves."
Ronald paused in thought. "I think you may be right but I refuse to take any chances."
"Yeah… I know how." Richard muttered trying not to let anyone else know.
"Besides, at least one of them is next on the chopping block right?" Ronald asked. "We might as well go safe than sorry."
"Sure, why not?" Oscar asked. "But who do we target?"
"Obviously someone who is NOT the most likely target…" Ronald said crossing his arms. "Which is Kao."
"Good plan. Not only he is the strongest of the majority but the biggest jury threat of the game." Catherine said.
Oscar winced as he crossed his arms.
"All right. But who do we target?" Janet asked. "Sally or Coco?"
"Sally, definitely." Ronald said. "She is a bigger physical threat."
"Yes and Coco is…" Richard started.
Suddenly, his eyes widened in realization. The others noticed this.
"Um, Richard?" Janet asked confused.
"An even bigger jury threat than Kao…" The older man said in awe.
Ronald raised a non-existent eyebrow. "I assume you have a good reason for saying that."
Richard nodded. "Oh right. I nearly forget that nobody had ever told you. You see, Coco…"
"I can't believe I didn't think of it sooner! Despite not making that many moves, Coco is the biggest threat in the game." Richard explained. "Why? Because she is the person who needs the prize money the most due to her tragic story comic into the game."
"And she had gone on the show to try to forget about her recent scars." The Russian man said.
The Plata members stared in awe with slack jaws.
"Oh my goodness…" Janet said putting her hand to her mouth. "That poor child…"
"I would never think that she would hide such a dark past." Oscar said sadly. "Given how cheery she is."
"Wait. You are not suggesting that we should vote her out, do you?" Janet asked in disbelief.
"Exactly. I know I am not going to be popular for saying this but if we are going to decide between Sally and Coco anyway, we might as well go with the bigger threat." Richard explained.
"I can't do that! It would just break her even more!" Catherine cried out.
"On the other hand, if we let her be and she makes the Final Tribal Council, she would win against ANYONE regardless of her competition's mental and social game." Ronald explained.
"Yeah, but…" Catherine started.
"Catherine, I know this seems harsh but Richard is right." Ronald said. "If we pull this off successfully, we could flush out the Idol AND get rid of a big threat."
Janet, Catherine and Oscar looked at each other not liking where this was going.
"I could tell that even my biggest ally, Catherine is looking at me with conflicted thoughts but they have to realize that this is the best move we can make." Ronald explained crossing his arms. "I came into this game to win and I am NOT sitting next to someone who I KNOW I wouldn't stand a chance against in the Final Tribal Council. Coco, just like I told my customers back home, this isn't personal. This is just business."
(Island Paradise)
Kao and Coco rode on a boat heading towards their destination.
"Kao, look! I see it!" Coco said hopping up and down pointing ahead.
The giant looked ahead to see a small island. It was decorated with lots of palm trees and beautiful tropical flora and fresh fruit everywhere. Also, there was a wooden hut big enough for two people. Kao and Coco looked in awe.
"Pretty…" Coco said with sparkling eyes.
"I'll say!" Kao said with an unseen grin.
"I had won Reward today. And it felt great winning a Challenge for yourself. Not only that, we got a great Reward." Kao beamed. "AND I am glad that we took Coco somewhere nice. She needs to relax after losing her father figure a couple of days ago."
Kao and Coco got off the boat and scanned the arena.
"Wow, this is lovely!" Coco said. "I never saw anything like this before."
"Really?" Kao asked. "But I thought you were from an island."
"Yeah but it is more of a village island where most of it is bricks. We have wildlife but nothing like this." Coco explained.
"Ah, I see." Kao smiled. "I am glad that you are able to enjoy something like this."
Coco giggled and nodded. But then she looked to the side to hide her uncertain face.
"Don't get me wrong. While not interested in nature, I did like the layout of the flowers. But it is just that I am too concerned about something else." Coco frowned. "Sally went to Exile Island. Sally! In charge of finding the Immunity Idol? Of course I can't enjoy this Reward, I am freaking out!"
Coco and Kao were eating fruit inside of the hut.
"Mmm… This is truly is paradise, isn't it?" Kao smiled biting a mango (somehow).
"Right…" Coco said before taking a bite out of her banana.
Kao raised an eyebrow. "Is something the matter, Coco?"
The young child sighed. "Kao, do you really think that Sally will find the Immunity Idol?"
"I hope so. We seriously need that Idol at the next Tribal Council." Kao said.
"Yeah but is Sally a good treasure hunter?" Coco asked.
"Well, Sally wanted to take you on the Reward so she must be confident in her skills to find it." Kao sighed.
"Really? Because Sally had always had trouble with confidence." Coco said.
"She does but I have a feeling that this time will be different." Kao explained.
"How?" Coco asked.
Kao just shrugged. "Well for starters, if she was THAT unconfident, then she wouldn't have gone to Exile Island."
"So that is what you believe?" Coco asked.
"Definitely!" Kao smiled.
Coco paused for a moment. She then gave a small smile.
"All right, Kao. I believe in you." Coco said. "And Sally."
"I know too. I know Sally would do everything in her power to save us." The Pianta said.
"Sally had gone through a lot on this journey. She had done poorly in some of the Challenges, got tricked into voting out Amber and lost her leader." Kao said with a sigh. "That is why I want her to succeed. If you could find the Immunity Idol, she will start blaming herself whenever she thinks someone that goes wrong is her fault."
Coco continued to eat her fruit still not looking convinced.
"Do I believe in Sally? No. She acts like she is under the spell of that Perona girl! She has absolutely little confidence and I am supposed to cross my fingers and hope for the best!" Coco said in disbelief. "Ugh… Ever since I came into this game, it had been one bad thing after another. In fact, the only thing that is going all right for me is my dark past lie and even that backfires on me depending on the situation."
(Exile Island)
Sally got up the boat stepping foot on Exile Island. Narrowing her eyes in determination, she stepped forward.
"Well, it is now or never." She said.
"This is it. The moment of truth. I have to make use of this trip to Exile Island or else Kao, Coco or I are sunk. It is literally our only chance of survival." Sally said crossing her arms. "Like I stated earlier, I can't afford to trust ANYONE in the majority."
The blonde woman took a deep breath before reading the sign. After a couple of minutes, she stepped back looking less confident.
"Ugh, I can't believe in my want to get the Idol, I forget that I only got two clues to work with." She lamented.
With a sigh of defeat, she got up before looking around.
"All right, Sally. You can do this. Do this right and you can suck nearly any other puzzle thing afterwards." She said.
With that, she decided on a spot and started to dig.
"This is my big chance. For just once, I have to do this right. Kao, Coco and Bill are counting on me and I can't let them down." Sally said narrowing her eyes in determination. "Come on, think straight. Think straight."
The Street Fighter continued to dig through the sand trying to find the Immunity Idol. However after much searching, she had little luck.
That was until she noticed an inch of something in the hole she created. Raising an eyebrow, she reached down and pulled it out.
Much to her surprise, she pulled out a familiar brightly-jewelled Idol out of the ground. She also took off a note attached to it.
"Congratulations, you had second half of the two Immunity Idols which you can use before the votes are read at Tribal Council." Sally read. "Because this is the second and last Immunity Challenge, this place would be nothing but a place people would send to spite people. As for you, you may decide what to do with your Immunity Idol and who you wish to share it with."
She paused still in disbelief. She then cracked into a weak chuckle. Soon, the laughter had gotten more joyful and louder.
"I can't believe it! I can't believe a mercenary didn't found the Immunity Idol and yet I did! This is incredible! This is the greatest feeling in the world!" Sally grinned. "Now I could save myself, Kao and Coco! And the majority won't know what hit them!"
After the young woman had calmed down from laughter, she eyed the Idol.
"All right. I got it. Question is, who do I use it on?" Sally quizzed. "Kao is one of the two strongest people of this season so logically I should give it to him. But after what happened with Bill, it is safe to say that not to assume anything with Aurum."
She then frowned. "On the other hand, who do we vote off? Give me the choice a week ago and I would have chosen Richard in a heart-beat but thanks to Aurum's backstabbing, I dislike all of them all the same."
She continued to look at the Idol with deep thought. She then gave a small smile.
"Meh. Who goes doesn't matter. Just as long as it isn't one of us!" Sally said pocketing the Idol.
(Day 30; Uporstvo Tribe)
Ronald was sitting on the log. Then, Janet walked up to him.
"Ah, Ronald! Catherine said that you were here!" Janet said walking up in front of him.
"I had been here the whole time. What is it?" The rat asked raising an eyebrow.
Janet paused before giving a deep sigh. "I am with you."
Ronald suddenly looked intrigued. "You mean my idea to get rid of Coco?"
Janet slowly nodded her head.
"Don't get me wrong. I WANT to give Coco the million dollars because she definitely need it after what she been through." Janet said shaking her head. "On the other hand, that would be stupid. I came on Survivor to try to win. Not to literally give it someone else. If I am on the jury, sure I kinda have to but otherwise, no."
"My comrades would never let me hear the end of it if I just let a huge jury threat make it all the way to the end." The mercenary explained.
Ronald nodded. "I see. I am glad that you see my way. Besides, we also need to flush out that Idol and Coco seems like the least person they would give it to."
Janet sighed and nodded. "But we just to make sure that Kao, Sally or Coco don't win it."
"Agreed." Ronald sighed. "Hopefully the next Challenge is less strength-needed."
Janet shook her head. "I just KNOW that after the Tribal Council will hate us more than enough."
"Janet, I am just going to be perfectly blunt." Ronald said flatly. "I don't think we will make them hate us any less so I am not afraid of losing jury votes, Aurum ever had."
"Harsh but true…" Janet sighed.
"Yo, treemail!" Oscar's voice shouted.
"Well, might as well get this over with." Janet said.
The few people gathered around Oscar who had a letter.
"What does it say?" Richard asked.
"Are you good at taking a bow?" Oscar asked before pausing. "Um, WHAT?"
"I think it has to do with archery." Janet added.
"Good. We just need to keep the remaining Plata members from winning it." Ronald said before looking around. "Anyone used a bow before?"
Everyone looked at each other as if waiting for somebody to step up.
"We are in trouble…" Oscar said flatly.
"The main goal for now is to make sure Kao, Sally or Coco doesn't win Immunity, otherwise the entirely plan may go up in flames. Only one problem?" Catherine asked softly. "NOBODY had TOUCHED let alone used a bow in their life! Granted, there is a chance that the minority may suck at archery as well but still, then this Challenge may be more a case of beginner's luck for the victor!"
(Immunity Challenge)
The five people waited on their mat where Tiny was.
"We now bring in Kao and Coco from Reward." Tiny said as the mismatched pair walked in.
"Hiya!" Coco said trying to sound cheerful.
"And Sally from Exile Island." Tiny said as the braided woman stepped in.
"Hey, guys." She said. Everyone cast her suspicious glances before looking at Tiny.
"Well, are you guys ready for your next Immunity Challenge?" Tiny asked as everyone nodded. "Good. Take a look."
Everyone looked to see an archery target complete with bulls-eye. They also saw a bow standing a good feet away.
"Here is your next Challenge. We are going to have a good old-fashioned archery contest. You will be taking turns shooting a target. The goal is to get it closest to the bulls-eye. You only get one shot." Tiny said. "Whoever gets the closest to the bulls-eye, wins Immunity."
Everyone looked at each other knowing that a simple archery Challenge could be so important.
"All right! Let's draw for spots!" Tiny grinned.
(Later)
It didn't take long to sort out the order. Up first was Ronald.
"All right, Ronald. You are up first to start the bar." Tiny said.
The warlock nodded his head before readying his bow and arrow. He aimed as carefully as he could despite a couple of people notice that his hands were shaking a bit. He then fired.
"Hit. 31." Tiny said. "Ronald set the bar… Albeit a little low."
The rat growled. "If only I could have fused my magic with the arrows."
It was then Coco's turn. The young girl frowned not liking where this was going. Deciding to get it over, she took aimed with her arrow and fired.
Tiny watched as the arrow pathetically fell into the ground in front of Coco. "Miss… Ronald still holds the lead."
"No fair…" Coco pouted.
Next was Catherine. Taking a deep breath, she aimed carefully with her arrow and aimed at the target closing one eye in the progress. She took great aimed and fired.
"Hit. 69." Tiny said. "Catherine now holds the lead."
The pink-haired girl sighed in relief. "All right. That is a decent score."
Next was Kao. Taking a deep gulp, he shakily aimed his bow and arrow trying to calm himself down. With a deep breath, he fired.
"Hit. 3." Tiny said. "Catherine still holds the lead."
"Should have seen THAT coming…" Kao sighed.
Next was Richard. Experimentally with the bow string plucking it a couple of times, he nodded before taking steady and firing off his arrow.
"Hit. 50." Tiny said. "Catherine still holds the lead."
Richard shook his head. "I was never interested in archery anyway."
Next was Oscar. Narrowing his eyes in determination, he stepped forward and aimed carefully before firing.
Only for it to soar over the target and into the ocean. Tiny blinked twice. "Miss. Catherine still leads."
Oscar pouted as he sulked off. "If it was an anchor-throwing contest, I wouldn't have missed…"
Next was Sally. Everyone looked at her intently for good reasoning. Taking in a deep breath, she tried to calm herself and fired her arrow. Everyone looked in suspense.
"Hit. 39." Tiny said. "Catherine still holds the lead."
Sally sighed before sulking off as Aurum along with Richard looked content.
"Janet, if you get a 70 or more, you will win Immunity." Tiny said.
The Ikari Warrior nodded before narrowing her eyes. Aiming carefully with her arrow, she tried to focus it on the target as much as she could. She then let the string go allow to arrow to zoom towards the target.
"Hit."
Everyone looked in suspense.
"61." Tiny said. "Janet barely missed it. CATHERINE WINS IMMUNITY!"
The pink-haired girl jumped up in joy happily upon hearing this.
(Later)
"Congratulations, Catherine. You had won Immunity." Tiny said putting the Immunity Headdress on her head. "Granting you an 1-in-7 shot of winning this game."
"I still can't believe I won a Challenge in something I never did before!" The teenager smiled.
"As for the rest of you, you will be seeing me at Tribal Council where one of you will be leaving this game." Tiny said. "You have all day to figure out who. You may head back to camp."
(Uporstvo Tribe)
"Um, Catherine… Nice…" Oscar started.
"Nice job with winning Immunity, Catherine!" Janet said.
"She stole my line…" Oscar muttered underneath his breath.
"Thanks, Janet! I still can't believe I did that!" The high-school student beamed.
"AND you stopped anyone from the majority from winning Immunity." Ronald said with a smirk.
"Well, time to put my plan into motion and here's hoping that we won't have a repeat like last time. We are going to flush out the Idol Sally may have." Ronald explained. "To do so, we will vote off Coco who may seem like the smallest threat but is indeed the biggest jury threat left in the game."
"Are you sure that they would use the Idol on Kao or Sally instead of Coco?" Janet asked with a raised eyebrow.
"Definitely. We took out their leader so instead of looking for mental threats, they would think we will go for physical threats instead." Ronald explained. "No one would suspect us to take out the nine-year-old girl."
"Who would get everyone's jury vote automatically if she reaches the Final Tribal Council." Richard agreed.
"So is everyone is in agreement? I know a few people had voiced their oppositions." Ronald asked.
Catherine shook her head. "A part of me wants Coco to win but another part scolds the former for being stupid."
"Indeed. It may not be pretty but it had to be done." Janet nodded.
"Good. Now that…" Ronald started.
Suddenly, he froze. Raising a non-existent eyebrow, he turned around at the bushes confusing everyone.
"Um, Ronald? What's wrong?" Catherine asked.
The pupil-less man cast a suspicious look. "Nothing, I guess…"
In reality, it was a frantic Coco running through the bushes looking like she was being chased by just kind of lion.
"Crap! Crap! CRAP!"
"I don't believe it! I just don't believe it! My secret weapon is becoming my undoing! I am being targeted for being a jury threat!" Coco said clenching her hair in exasperation. "UGH! And to think, I was spying on them to see who they were targeting! Never would I saw THIS coming!"
Meanwhile, Sally and Kao were talking to each other. Then, the latter turned his head to see Coco rushing over.
"Here she comes now." Kao pointed out.
"There you are, kiddo!" Sally grinned. "Where have you…"
"PleasetellmeyoufoundtheIdol!" Coco said quickly making Kao and Sally jump.
"H-Huh?" Sally asked in surprise.
"Sally, PLEASE tell me that you had found the Idol!" Coco said a little slower making it easier to understand her.
"Um, yes." The blonde said flatly.
Coco's eyes widened at this. "Really?"
Sally nodded before taking out her Idol and showing it to Coco. The latter looked in awe.
"How… How…?" Coco said stunned.
"I do! I was just as surprised as you are!" Sally said before putting the Idol away. "But what's wrong? Why are you so scared?"
Coco paused for a moment before sighing. "I, Um, accidentally eavesdropped on the majority. Apparently that they think that you had found the Idol and was going to target me instead.
Sally and Kao gasped in horror at this.
"What?" Kao exclaimed.
"Those jerks!" Sally growled. "Why don't they just come up to our faces and laugh and point!?"
"They also said that they wanted me out because I am the biggest jury threat in the game." Coco said looking down.
Sally looked in confusion before realizing. "Oh I see. Richard told the others about your sad tale."
"Yes…" Coco said sadly.
"As much as I hate to admit it but their logic is actually sound for once." Sally said before narrowing her eyes. "Still, I won't stand for this. Don't worry, I am using the Idol on you."
Coco's eyes lit up at this. "Really?"
Sally gave a small smile and put her hand on the little girl's shoulder. "Of course. I was thinking of using it on Kao because I thought he was going to be targeted tonight but since you decided to act as our scout."
Coco giggled nervously. "Thanks, Sally…"
She then looked to the side to hide her still-worried face.
"All right. I got the Idol tonight so I am safe… For now. But then what? Even if I am being targeted for them to waste an Idol, I am still the biggest jury threat in the game. What am I going to do? Any crocodile tears I pull NOW would just make my game WORSE!" Coco exclaimed. Suddenly, she froze before smirking devilishly. "Unless…"
(Tribal Council)
The eight remaining contestants carried their torches to Tribal Council where Tiny was waiting.
"Welcome, castaways. Take a seat." Tiny said.
Everyone obliged.
"We now bring in the jury." Tiny said as the jury walked in. "Mortimer and Bill voted out at the last Tribal Council."
The jury walked over to the jury bench and sat down. He was down wearing a mauve top hat with orange-lens shades, a yellow tie, a green shirt, mauve suspenders and lilac pants. A few people blinked twice at his… odd fashion sense.
"Sally, how did Bill's blindside made you feel?" Tiny asked.
"Oh my goodness! It made me feel horrible!" The Street Fighter exclaimed. "Our leader and friend got voted off for a random reason!"
"Tell me about it." Bill said rolling his eyes.
"Sally, please, we already told you our reason." Janet pleaded.
"Oh, and what was the reason, Janet?" Tiny asked.
"We thought that Bill was going to backstab us by voting off Ronald so we decided to beat him to the punch." The mercenary explained.
"Except that Ronald had NOT gotten a single vote." Sally said indignantly. "Making you guys look like tools!"
"Go to town, Sally!" Bill called out. Mortimer just rolled his eyes.
"Richard, had it not been for Aurum's betrayal, you had been gone." Tiny said. "How do you feel in all of this?"
"Call me a sadist but I feel great." Richard said with a smirk. "No offense to anyone else but whenever I thought of Bill's reaction when he got blindsided, I couldn't help but smirk like an imbecile."
Bill growled as the contestants rolled their eyes.
"So Catherine, are you with Richard or are you back with Bill's alliance?" Tiny asked.
"Even if we WANTED to go out to Bill's alliance, we can't!" The pink-haired girl said. "We had dug ourselves too deep so we might as well go all of the way."
"It is so refreshing that you just basically just said out loud that you are regretting siding with me." Richard said rolling his eyes.
"I am just going to say straight out. I saved you because I thought I was saving RONALD!" Catherine snapped. "Yes, I know that none of this is your fault but I just want you to know that I don't like you one bit!"
"All right, all right." Richard sighed.
"Coco, you must be devastated." Tiny said.
"Yes… Bill was my closest ally so to see him get voted off really hurt my game." The young girl said.
Richard raised an eyebrow. "Wait. Why did you say ally and not friend?"
"This again?" Catherine asked in disbelief. "Richard, this is EXACTLY why…"
"Friend? Why is he my friend? He is a dork."
Everyone at Tribal Council froze in their spots. With wide eyes and slack jaws, they slowly turned their heads towards Coco.
"Come again?" Tiny asked.
"You heard me! Bill is always going on about justice and how cops and how much he hates criminals!" Coco said crossing her arms. "It gets annoying REAL fast!"
Bill's jaw dropped to the ground.
"Why… Why would you say such a thing?" Sally asked in disbelief.
"Easy. I'm a criminal. A pirate to be exact." Coco said.
Everyone gasped at this.
"Oh my… I KNEW this Tribal Council should be eventful on Coco…" Mortimer said putting his hand to his mouth. "I have… Absolutely no idea…"
"A pirate? But… I thought your father is a Marine." Kao said not believing his non-existent ears.
"Nope. He is a pirate too! And alive and kicking." Coco smirked.
Sally's pupils shrank. "So you LIED to us?"
"Yep!" Coco said cheerfully. "And let me tell you, it is no picnic being all sugar and spice to you people!"
Richard broke out his shock and narrowed his eyes. "So wait. Bill never sent you to lie to me! You did that on your own!"
"Right again! And boy what a blow-up THAT caused!" Coco said. "I also tried to sabotage the tribe like hiding the Machete and trying to pin it on someone else."
"I… I can't believe you…" Sally said shaking her head. "Bill treated you like a daughter. I treated you like a sister! We all treated you like some kind of family member!"
"I know! I thank you for that! Otherwise I would had been had made merge!" Coco smiled.
Bill held his head shaking it.
"Coco… I… Wow… Where did THIS come from?" Tiny asked.
"I… Was just so tired of crying crocodile tears over stupid drama these morons create." The young girl said.
Janet narrowed her eyes. "Your honesty is a breath of foul air."
"Hey, it is calling playing the game, sweetheart." Coco said.
Everyone looked at each other in disgust.
"Kao, this HAS to be a harsh blow to you." Tiny said.
"It is… Nearly everyone treated Coco nicely and to hear that she was using Belle's strategy from last season to manipulate us… AND admit that she had NO remorse for any of us." Kao said. "It truly, truly hurt."
"Sally, does this change anything?" Tiny asked.
"No… It doesn't. I mean it changes everyone's opinion on Coco but right now, we had already assigned targets." Sally sighed. "I now hate Coco but it would be stupid to let emotion get the better of us."
Coco smugly smirked before crossing her arms.
"All right. It is time to vote." Tiny said. "Catherine, you have Immunity. Do you want to give it up?"
The teenager still stunned slowly shook her head. "N-No…"
"Okay, it is time to vote." Tiny said. "Catherine, you are up."
The young girl walked over to the voting table still in shock as to Coco's reveal. However, she quickly narrowed her eyes before snatching the pen and writing down a name.
Coco whistled a jovial tune before putting her hands behind her back and skipping off the stool. "You dethroned our leader for a stupid reason so it is only fitting that you'll get dethroned as well." She said holding up "Ronald".
Richard adjusted his glasses with a vex glare. He stomped over to the table before taking the pen. "Nina, I can't believe I am saying this but… Apologies…" He said holding up "Coco".
Kao quickly got up and walked over to the voting table so that nobody would see him drying his eyes with his hands. With a sigh, he wrote down a name before putting it in the urn.
Janet crossed her arms walked over looking the least tense besides Coco. She promptly wrote down a name before making her way back.
Oscar walked over as if he was a deer stuck in the headlights. As his brain was still trying to comprehend what had happened, he picked up the pen.
Sally stomped over looking determined. With a deep breath, she snatched the pen. "Prepare yourself for a humiliating elimination." She said holding up "Ronald".
Ronald walked over blinking twice. Once he stopped in front of the voting table, he wrote down "Coco" before giving his insight.
"WHAT THE FREAKING HELL WAS THAT!?
After his shout, he made his way back as Tiny got up.
"I'll get the votes."
Everyone eyed the beaming Coco as she crossed her arms.
"I'll read them out."
Coco looked in Sally's direction. The latter looked her way. Suddenly, she smirked before looking ahead. Coco's eyes widened in horror.
"First vote, Coco."
Coco paused realizing what just happened.
"Second vote, Coco. Two votes, Coco."
Coco shook her head in disbelief.
"Third vote, Ronald. Two votes, Coco. One vote, Ronald."
Ronald seemed unfazed.
"Fourth vote, Coco." Three votes, Coco. Two votes, Ronald."
Coco then started to clench her teeth in pure rage.
"Fifth vote, Ronald. Three votes, Coco. Two votes, Ronald."
Ronald just crossed his arms.
"Sixth vote, Ronald. Three votes, Coco. Three votes, Ronald."
"Why didn't Sally play the Idol?" Oscar whispered to Janet.
"Because I don't think she ever had it to begin with."
"Seventh vote, Coco. Four votes, Coco. Three votes, Ronald. One vote left."
By this time, a trail of spit went down Coco's face.
"Eleventh person voted out of Survivor and third member of our jury…"
Nobody looked eager.
"…Is Coco."
"Well, looks like you got your wish, Bill. The villain got voted out next." Mortimer smirked turning to Bill.
The cop didn't react. He merely stood with wide eyes.
"Um, Bill?" Mortimer asked waving his hand in front of Bill's face. The latter didn't react.
Meanwhile, everyone else looked content with the vote.
"Coco, you need to bring me your torch."
The dark-skinned girl jumped to her feet and glared at her tribe. "Okay, you know what? Fine! I want you all to die horrible deaths as well!"
With that, she snatched her torch and stomped over to Tiny placing it in front of her.
"Coco, the tribe has spoken." Tiny said putting his snuffer over the torch extinguishing it. "You may now go."
"If I ever saw any of you yazoos again, it would be too soon!" Coco said storming off.
Tiny watched her leave with blinking eyes before turning to the others. "Well, you had gotten rid of a hidden schemer. Even though she had just revealed herself. And from what I heard, she is partly responsible for some of the drama. Here's hoping that it would make things better. You may head back to camp."
Everyone gathered their torches still stunned by what happened. Sally brought up the rear just like last time. However, she seemed a little better. She had gotten rid of the person who had placed everyone for fools and kept her Idol. Now she had to focus on protecting her ACTUAL friend.
"What a gip! Everything that was going smoothly blows up in my face! My lie! My closest ally! My spot in the majority! UGH!" Coco said angrily before pointing her finger. "And Sally! You think you are so smart blindsiding me like that! Well, let's see how much you laugh when you and your boyfriend goes home next!"
RESULTS:
Coco: Catherine, Janet, Oscar, Richard, Ronald.
Ronald: Coco, Kao, Sally.
And thus Coco finally goes home. How could I put this bluntly? Coco has the same problem as Margo sort of. I had no real plot for her at the start and was just a filler character so for her to logically make merge, I had her taking Belle's strategy. However, when most people say Belle played it great, Coco played it… not-so-great.
NOTE: Honestly, I never realized how irrelevant Coco was for most of the game. I mean this wasn't THAT important but I didn't noticed how little screen-time I gave her.
(Ponderosa)
Coco snarled as she crossed his arms while sitting in the limo waiting to get to Ponderosa. Soon, they arrived.
"Here you go, little one!" Touil said cheerfully.
"Up yours, old man!" Coco snapped coming out of the car and slamming the door by to Touil's surprise. "And don't expect a tip, loser!"
He blinked twice. "Well, SOMEONE'S bitter."
"Tonight SUCKED! I was being targeted for being a jury threat so I revealed my true self to everyone to get the target off of my back!" Coco growled. "But no, Sally didn't give me her Idol like her promised and I got voted off by a bunch of self-righteous white-knights! Speaking of which…"
The girl then entered the house. Suddenly, she noticed that Mortimer and Bill weren't around. She turned to see Mortimer on the couch watching Bill play a video game.
"Well, isn't any one of you morons are going to greet me?" Coco snapped.
"You made it perfectly clear that it wasn't sugar or spice being with us." Mortimer said without turning his head.
"Screw you!" Coco shouted.
"Yeah, Richard and I had our suspicions about her but still this is a shock. To hear that the little girl had been playing everyone the whole time." Mortimer said shaking his head. "Anyway, I am glad she is out of the game. Her pointless lie to Richard caused quite a bit of drama between Plata."
Mortimer shook his head. "But I DO have one question for you, Coco?"
"What?" The little girl spat.
"Why did you reveal to the entire tribe your secret?" Mortimer asked. "Literally a couple of minutes before voting no less."
"I was being targeted for being a jury threat!" Coco insisted. "I revealed my true self so I could shift the target to Sally or Kao."
Mortimer's eyes widened. "THAT'S your reasoning?"
"Yeah, what's wrong with it?" Coco asked.
"Coco, by the time you revealed yourself, it was far too late to change strategies." Mortimer said. "OR get the others to think strategically. You manipulated their feelings!"
"Hey, I was just playing the game! Get it through your non-molting head!" Coco snapped. She then looked at Bill who was still playing his video game. "And what is with the mime act, Donut Joe?"
"Trust me. You do NOT want to test him." Mortimer said.
Coco didn't listen. Instead, she merely made her way over to Bill who was playing his game.
"Well, don't YOU have something to say?" Coco asked. "You know… To the girl who broke your heart!"
"Coco! That's enough!" Mortimer scolded.
"Shut it, poultry!" The child said turning around. "I just want to get the rest of my nights over with!"
"Anyone who thinks Bill is not upset with me is a moron! He had been acting like my father since we started and I basically told him that I don't give a crap about him!" Coco snapped. "I just want to get his stupid, self-righteous speech over with so I could be miserable about bigger things!"
"Go, big boy! Say it!" She said. "You know you want to!"
Bill's lip twitched.
"Come on! I basically told everyone how much I think you suck and used you like a pawn when you treated me nicely!" Coco snapped. "Don't lie and say you DON'T have anything to say about!"
"Um, Coco? I think Bill is not saying anything for a…" Mortimer started.
"Go on! Make your move, buddy-boy! Make your move!" Coco snapped.
Bill growled.
"Go on! I tricked you and ruined any and all chances of proving out all cops are like Bryan or Bertha!" Coco snapped. "Go on! Say it! SAY IT!"
Bill snapped open.
Mortimer looked in shock as Bill got up and glared down into Coco's eyes.
"SHUT UP, YOU UNGRATEFUL, STUPID, LYING, BACKSTABBING LITTLE BRAT! I WAS AVOIDING YOU BECAUSE I DIDN'T WANT TO ARGUE WITH YOU!"
Coco stepped back.
"YOU LIED TO ME! YOU TOOK ADVANTAGE OF MY DUTY AS A COP! YOU USED ME AS A PAWN! AND YOU HAD THE IDIOTIC GALL TO EVEN GET INTO MY FACE TO CONFRONT ME! ARE YOU A MASOCHIST!?"
Coco stepped back even more as Bill stepped forward.
"ALL I WANT WAS TO PROVE THAT ALL COPS WERE NOT LIKE BRYAN AND BERTHA! BUT NO! I JUST HAD TO BE ON THE SAME TRIBE AS SOMEONE WHO COPIES THE STRATEGY OF NOT ALONE BELLE BUT RUSSELL HANTZ! RUSSELL FREAKING HANTZ!"
Mortimer was tempted to get Bill to stop but was too scared.
"NOT ONLY THAT! I WAS MANIPULATED BY AN IDIOT! WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO GAIN BY SABOTAGING OUR TRIBE! SURE, WE WOULD POINT AT FINGERS OTHER THAN YOU BUT WE WOULD HAVE BEEN WEAKER MORAL-WISE! IT IS A GOOD THING YOU SUCK AT SABOTAGING SEEING THAT IS THE ONLY REASON WHY WE BEAT OUT AURUM IN TERMS OF NUMBERS WHEN WE MERGED!"
By this time, Coco had already backed up against the wall. Bill stepped forward panting heavily to pure anger.
"You… You…" Bill said before pants. He then gave a final sigh. "Screw you, Coco… Just screw you…"
With that, he stomped over to the bedroom and slamming it hard. This caused a giant picture of Ace from Season 1 on of the wall Coco was leaning against to fall off.
CRASH!
Mortimer winced as he covered his eyes with his hands. Daring to peek through his fingers, he saw that Coco's head poking out of the picture looking dazed but unharmed. It looked like her head was replaced with Ace's making it look like she had his body. Mortimer blinked before shaking his head with a sigh.
"…He said it."
Coco nervously poked her fingers together. "Yeah… I guess it is safe to add that plan to the pile of the ones that didn't work."
Meanwhile, Bill promptly fell onto his bed burying his face with his pillow.
Bill sat in front of the confessional. He looked like he was about to say something until he stopped himself. With a sigh, he got up and walked away without a single word.