(Uporstvo Tribe)
The majority of the last vote walked back to camp with stunned looks on their faces.
"Well, that was… Unique." Oscar spoke up.
"So we are all are about to vote off Coco not only to flush out an Idol but get rid of the biggest jury threat in the game." Oscar said stunned. "Then, suddenly she came out of nowhere and said that she was LYING about her past the entire time and was playing us all for saps. Literally a couple of minutes before voting. Um, okay?"
"I don't know what was up with Coco but I do know one thing." Janet said.
"What?" Richard asked.
"We messed up." Janet said flatly. "Again."
"I have to agree." Ronald sighed. "Instead of getting rid of the biggest jury threat, we voted out someone who would have no votes."
"Well, if you are thinking the way I was thinking, then you voted out Coco because you don't who the hell to vote for." Oscar said.
Everyone nodded.
"If Coco had revealed her true colours BEFORE Tribal Council, we would have scrambled and may consider voting someone else." Ronald said in disbelief. "But no. She literally did right before voting and even though we would be voting off a potential goat, we had no choice. Oh well, it IS still part of a Pagonging so… yay?"
"Besides, if anyone should be scolded for being an idiot, it should be Coco." Catherine said narrowing her eyes.
"Yeah, what was she thinking when she took off her mask?" Janet agreed before sighing. "Well, at least we know that the Idol hasn't been found yet."
Ronald then looked around. "Speaking of which, where ARE Sally and Kao?"
"Oh, Kao just disappeared when he went back to camp." Janet said. "Sally went to search for him."
Meanwhile, Sally looked around the area wondering Kao had gone.
"Kao? Where are you, big guy?" Sally said looking around.
Suddenly, he heard a noise. Raising her eyebrow, she walked over to the direction of the sound wondering what it was. She then realized that it was sobbing.
Rustling her way through the bushes, she saw Kao sitting on the ground sobbing in his face with his shades on his forehead.
"Kao?" Sally asked concerned.
The Pianta looked up in surprise before quickly wiping away his tears.
"Oh, Sally! I didn't see you there!" Kao asked. "Um, sorry. I got sand in my eyes when coming back."
The blonde sighed before shaking her head. "Kao, it is all right. I know that what Coco said back there hurt you."
"It is no surprise that Coco's reveal hurt a few people. Seeing that sweet troubled little girl tell everyone how much she didn't cared for the people who helped her made it that far." Sally said sadly. "Kao felt the worst of it. It must be hard for someone like Kao to have someone he thought was his face say all of those harsh words to him."
Kao looked down. "I… I just don't understand how someone so young and small be so manipulative and spiteful."
"Yeah. It is like a mini-Belle." Sally said putting her hand on his shoulder. "Hey, don't worry. I am upset too. I wanted to take Bill's place as her protector. But in the end, that was her plan."
Kao sighed. "I just don't want to do anymore. We can't even trust one of our own allies."
"Dang right. We are literally by ourselves." Sally said putting her hands on her hip. "But don't worry. We still got the Idol."
"Yeah… Do you think that it would be a good idea for you not to use the Idol?" Kao asked.
Sally nodded her head. "Don't worry, I planned ahead. I wanted to make it seem like we were still on Coco's side to the majority."
Kao paused for a moment. "Um, I don't get it."
"Well, I said that we would will work with Coco even after her reveal right?" Sally asked. "What would you do if you were with Aurum and heard that?"
Kao stood in silence before his eyes widened. "I would think that you would play the Idol on Coco!"
"Exactly! We may lost an ally, somewhat… But we still have our Idol." Sally said. "Best of all, we have the element of surprise."
"Oh, I see." Kao said. "But who do we target? Even if our plans work, we still have be in the majority."
Sally paused. "We just have to make the Idol count."
Kao returned the pause before nodding his head. He then got up and held Sally's hand.
"Sally, I don't know if we will make it to the Final 2 or be the next ones out but promise me this." Kao said. "Please stay with me till the end."
The braided fighter paused for a moment. She then gave a small smile and nodded. "Don't worry. I will not write down your name at all."
"Thank you. Neither will I." Kao said in relief.
"I try not to get upset because when people see you like that, THEY get upset. But… I just can't control my emotions tonight after Coco's unveiling." Kao said wiping his eyes. "I know that backstabbing is a part of Survivor but unlike Richard's, Prick's or Aurum's backstabbing, Coco's own truly hurt me. Still, I can't be like this. How can I support Sally when she was having her own problems?"
"I realized what Bill meant by having a reason to fight for and I did. I want to fight for Kao and my games." Sally said narrowing her eyes. "If he goes next, he could be traumatized due to recent events. I don't know if I could pull an Ace, but dang I am going to try."
(Day 31)
Richard, Janet and Oscar walked along the shore still thinking about what had happened.
"Wow, all that and Sally did not find the Idol." Oscar said in awe.
"Yeah, we were worrying over nothing." Janet sighed.
"Well, at least we got rid of someone who caused a lot of drama that wasn't good for anyone. Not even her." Richard said narrowing his eyes.
Janet shook her head. "Sorry, Richard. We thought you were making the whole thing up."
"It is quite all right." The scientist said.
"Coco caused me a lot of grief with her pointless lie and everyone wanted my head on a silver platter. Even someone I was aligned with at the same time openly said they hated my guts." Richard said shaking his head. "I am just glad this stupid drama had been cleared up."
"So I was thinking…" Janet said. "Are you still on for getting rid of Sally and Kao?"
"Um, da." Richard said raising an eyebrow. "I don't dislike them especially when compared to Bill and Coco but they have to be the next target."
"Well, I was thinking…" Janet said before turning to Oscar. "Oscar, listen up. This affects you as well."
"Um, all right?" The whale said.
"Well, how do you guys feel after we get rid of Sally and Kao, we go after Ronald and Catherine?" Janet asked.
Oscar's eyes widened at this.
"I had been avoiding making any moves or leading the pack because I didn't wanted to be a target. However, if I overdo this strategy, I will just look like a floater." Janet said crossing her arms. "Besides, I am not taking Ronald to the end with me because as weird as it sounds, I think he could beat me hands-down."
"Wait. You are willing to vote off one of your own tribe-mates over me?" Richard asked raising an eyebrow.
"I don't want to go into the Final 4 in a tiebreaker." Janet said. "I want a clear vote."
"Makes sense. The luck-based tiebreaker Mortimer and Amber had just nerve-wracking for all." Richard said.
Janet nodded before looking over at Oscar. "Are you okay with this, Oscar? I mean if everything goes as planned, then you will have to go after…"
The muscleman immediately snapped his head up. "I know that…"
Janet paused before sighing. "I am sorry, Oscar. I know how much you wanted to get on Catherine's good side."
"And I still do!" Oscar exclaimed.
"But Oscar, let's assume that we get rid of Kao and Sally successfully and then get rid of Richard." Janet explained. "Then it would be me against Catherine. I am not forcing you but sooner or later, you HAVE to make a choice."
The aquatic creature winced.
"I… I…" Oscar said before narrowing his eyes. "Why are we talking about this? Kao and Sally are still here! We still need to vote them out!"
Janet stepped back but held her ground. "Right! You have at least two Tribal Councils to think it over!"
"All right. Fine." Oscar said before walking off. "Late…"
As he leaves, Richard walks forward. "Are you sure that he will side with us?"
Janet shook her head. "I don't know. That is why I told him while Sally and Kao were still in the game. I want him to think about it."
"Good idea. Don't want to end up doing the same thing as Coco." Richard nodded.
Meanwhile, Oscar was playing his way through camp thinking about what Janet said.
"Hmm… Janet DOES have a point." Oscar said. "I had been arguing with her about whether we should vote off Catherine and/or Ronald for most of the pre-merge time. And if the plan goes accordingly and we get rid of Sally and Kao, I have to choose…"
As he was walking, he failed to see Catherine and Ronald watching him past. Catherine looked concerned while Ronald looked determined.
"Go! Go!" Ronald said shooing Catherine forward.
"We still have a few days to go but it never hurts to plan ahead. If Sally and Kao get voted out as planned, we have to go after each other." Ronald said crossing his arms before smirking. "Normally I would go ask the outcast, Richard to join us but I got someone who is more than willing to join us."
"Oscar! Mother freaking Oscar! Ronald wanted to ask Oscar to join us when we get rid of the minority." Catherine said before holding her head. "I guess I could see WHY Ronald thinks it is a good idea but Oscar had been riding on Janet's coattails since the start. Still, it is worth a shot."
"Um, Oscar?" The teenaged girl said getting his attention.
The strongman looked in surprise. "Oh, hey, Catherine. How is it going?"
"Um, just fine." The young woman said. She then took in a deep breath. "Listen, I… We… Ronald really needs your help."
Oscar's eyes widened at this. "Really?"
"Yeah, we were just thinking. Now that the Idol is still in play, Ronald and I were talking about who to team with if we get rid of Kao and Sally." Catherine said.
Oscar's pupils shrank even further. "You mean…"
"Yes, Oscar. If the plan goes without a hitch, we want you to side with us." Catherine sighed.
Oscar paused honestly trying to figure out what to say.
"Listen, between you, Janet and Richard, Ronald trust you the most." Catherine said.
"Um, all right." Oscar said.
Catherine noticed this. "Um, all right. Is that all you are going to say?"
"Um, aight?" Oscar asked nervously.
"This isn't funny, Oscar!" Catherine scolded before looking down. "After Kao and/or Sally goes may be the most important break in the game. That is why we want you to join us."
The whale paused. "Catherine, I won't say anything that may bite me in the tail later but I WILL think about it."
"Thank you." The teenager said before turning around and walking off leaving Oscar stunned.
"What have I gotten myself into…?"
"So I am stuck with two choices. Either go with Janet and Richard, the former had been my ally and my female bro since we started." Oscar said with a sigh. "Or I could go with Catherine and Ronald, the former I had been trying to get on her good side ever since the start. Ugh… The only good thing is that I still got a bit of time. And that's assuming we find the Idol before they do."
(Day 32)
Sally and Kao stood against some trees talking to each other.
"So… Who do we use the Idol on?" Kao asked.
"Well, I was thinking about Janet seeing that she is the leader." Sally explained.
"Really? I thought Ronald was the leader seeing that he was always the one to explain Aurum's plans." Kao noted. "Particularly Mortimer's elimination."
"Yeah, I guess you are right." Sally said. "Either way, perhaps it would make either of them scramble."
"We have an Idol. One that nobody knows about. So we have to be very careful with it because we can only use it once." Kao said with a sigh. "This may be the only guaranteed blindside we could do and it could blow up in our faces if we are not careful."
"Treemail!" A voice said snapping Sally and Kao out of their daze.
"Uh-oh. Looks like we have to talk later." Sally said. "It is Challenge time."
Sally and Kao walked over to the others where Richard was holding a letter.
"What does it say?" Kao asked.
"It says "Are you willing for one more teamwork Challenge?" Richard read.
"Teamwork?" Oscar asked before looking around. "But they are seven people left."
"Unless our teammates are…" Catherine said before smiling. "Our loved ones!"
"All right! We made it!" Kao smiled.
"So it is time for the Family Visit. I could see why everyone else would be excited but I am not. Mainly because most of the canon Darkstalkers don't really like me that much." Richard said before shrugging. "To be fair, there are very few Darkstalkers with personalities I like and I doubt they let me experiment here."
(Reward Challenge)
The seven finalists got onto the mat looking a little excited.
"Welcome, Survivors." Tiny said. "I see that you are more than eager for the next Challenge and I think you all know why."
They all nodded.
"That's right. We are having the Family Visit." Tiny said with a big grin. "All right. I won't waste any time so I will send them in. One by one, guys!"
With that, a figure walked into the Challenge area. She was a young Japanese human girl in her early teens with long black hair and wearing a school uniform.
"Here is Tenma Tsukamoto from School Rumble!" Tiny grinned.
"Tenma, you came!" Catherine said happily holding her hands.
"I know! I just couldn't help but visit my friend on a place like this!" Tenma said cheerfully.
"You are just as cheerful as ever!" Catherine giggled.
Then, the next visitor came out. He was a middle-aged bulky human dressed similar to Rambo with a red bandana covered his brown hair.
"Here is Ralf Jones from Ikari Warriors!"
Janet immediately saluted. "A pleasure to see you here, sir."
"Sheesh, lighten up. I told you that cut the sir crap when we are off-duty." Ralf said scratching the back of his head.
Janet blushed a bit in embarrassment. "Sorry. Force of habit."
The next visitor came out. She was a beautiful young woman with brown hair, a blue Chinese attire and spiked bracelets.
"Here is Chun-Li from Street Fighter!"
Sally's eyes sparkled. "Ah, Chun-Li! You actually came!"
"Hey! I was off-duty at the time and when I got the call that you were still in the game, I just couldn't resist!" Chun-Li chuckled.
"Oh, thank you very much!" Sally said bowing her head.
The next visitor then came out. He was some kind of red muscular lobster wearing nothing but swimming trunks.
"Here is Larry the Lobster from Spongebob Squarepants!"
"All right! Larry!" Oscar grinned before slamming chests with Larry. "BODY SLAM!"
"Glad to hear that you are still in the running!" Larry chuckled.
"Same here." Oscar said scratching the back of his head.
The next visitor then came out. He was some kind of muscular man that looked like Frankenstein's monster completely with bolts on the sides of his throat.
"Here is Victor von Gerdenheim from Darkstalkers!"
Richard's eyes actually lit up. "Ah! This is fortunate! I thought I would get someone I would constantly disagree with!"
"It is a pleasure to meet again, doctor." Victor said nodding his head.
"Indeed." Richard said.
The next visitor then came out. He was some kind of overweight anthro black cat wearing a red derby hat with a green sweater and blue pants.
"Here is Pete from Classic Disney!"
"Ah! What a pleasant coincidence!" Ronald said happily. His expression then turned nasty. "I was wondering why you are going to pay your tab!"
Pete winced before gulping. "I will! I will! Just let me get it from the rent from the House of Mouse!"
"That was what you said LAST time!" Ronald snapped.
As the two argued, the final visitor came out. It was some kind of short dark-skinned man wearing a tank-up with purple gloves, shorts and boots. He also had a bucket that looked like a Pianta's face covering his real one. Everyone couldn't help but look in awe.
Kao shrank back. "Uh-oh…"
"And last but not least, here is Il Piantissimo from Super Mario Sunshine!"
"That's right! THE Il Piantissimo is here!" Il Piantissimo said grinning before his bucket. "So when is the Challenge? That I had been inching for one!"
Sally blinked twice. "Um, Il Pian… Whatever your name is, don't you have something to say to Kao?"
"Hmm?" The cocky man said. "Oh yeah! Don't think just because you are the same node as me doesn't mean I am going to go easy on you!"
Tiny slapped his head. "Il Piantissimo, we been over this a million times! You are teaming up WITH Kao!"
The racer looked at Tiny in shock. "WHAT!? I never heard anything about this!"
"That's because what goes out another…" Tiny said rolling his eyes. "Now get back in line with the others!"
Il Piantissimo sulked before making his way to the others. "Great. I am stuck with someone who would slow me down."
Kao sighed as most of the contestants and visitors glared at the vertically-challenged man.
"All right, then." Tiny said flatly. "Let's take a look."
Everyone looked ahead to see several planks on the ground. They also saw countless amounts of pots.
"Here is your next Challenge." Tiny said. "You and your visitor will each be using these planks to carry ten bowls twenty yards. If you drop one of the bowls, you can still continue but you have to go back and get the other bowls after delivering the ones you had. First duo to get all ten bowls across wins Reward. Want to know what you are playing for?"
Everyone nodded.
"A nice trip for a restaurant where you will eat all you want and then rest up with some nice beds." Tiny said. "All right. Let's draw for spots."
(Later)
All seven duos got into their position.
"All right. For Reward, Survivors ready? Go!" Tiny said.
Everyone then picked up theirs planks and made their way went off. Il Piantissimo almost immediately ran in front.
CRASH!
While spilling all of his bowls on the ground. Il Piantissimo looked in disbelief and Kao just sighed.
"This may be a race but not where speed benefits this Challenge best." Kao said.
"So you are staying that slow and steady wins the race?" Il Piantissimo scoffed. "Il Piantissimo doesn't live up that style."
"But if you don't slow down, you will just keep dropping bowls!" Kao pleaded.
Meanwhile, the others were going at different paces. Suddenly, Oscar dropped at least half of his bowls.
"Tarter sauce!" Oscar cursed.
"Forget about it! Just deliver what you have now and come back for the others!" Larry called out.
Catherine noticed Tenma drop a few bowls. "Are you all right, Tenma?"
"Yeah…" The dark-haired girl said taking a few breaths. "This is heavier than it looks!"
Kao was slowly making his way in the end of the pack. "Il Piantissimo, how are you holding up?"
"Fine!" The strange man lied as he picked up his bowls. For the third time. "I just need to get going!"
"All right." Kao said.
Meanwhile, Pete started to slow down panting heavily.
"Don't tell me that you are already low on steam ALREADY?" Ronald asked in disbelief.
"These bowls are very heavy." Pete panted in dropping a few bowls.
"Ugh. No wonder what you are so weak in a game like Kingdom Hearts." Ronald grunted before dropping a couple of bowls. "Now look what you made me do!"
So far, the only duos that haven't dropped any of their planks with bowls on it were Janet & Ralf, Sally & Chun-Li and Richard & Victor. Though the latter was going slower than the others.
"Focus… Focus…" Sally said softly.
"Almost there… Almost there…" Richard said.
Oscar and Larry make their way across the way across the finish line.
"All right! Go get the others while there is still time!" Larry instructed.
"Right!" Oscar said running off. As he did so, he passed Ronald standing over Pete lying down on the ground.
"Good grief! I have an old and scrawny frame and I am still stronger than you!" Ronald scolded.
"I was starving! All they had on the plane was airline food!" Pete whined.
Ronald slapped his head as he looked. It looked like it was between Janet and Sally as their respective partners, Chun-Li and Ralf made it across the finish line.
"Go, Janet!" Ralf cheered.
"You can do it, Sally!" Chun-Li said.
The two women continued onward. Both of them advanced slowly knowing that it could be over if one of them dropped a bowl.
Then, one woman made it across the finish line.
"Sally had made it with all of her bowls!" Tiny said. "SALLY AND CHUN-LI WINS REWARD!"
Sally cheered as she dropped her board before she high-fived Chun-Li.
(Later)
Tiny and Sally & Chun-li stood in front of the others pairs.
"Congratulations, Sally! You and your visitor will go to a nice restaurant." Tiny said. "But you get to share the same joy to one other pair. Who would it be?"
"That's easy!" Sally grinned. "Kao and Il Pian… Il Pian… Nick-Too-Quick!"
Il Piantissimo snarled. "It is Il Piantissimo! It is Il Piantissimo! It is not that hard to pronounce!"
"Calm down, Nick!" Tenma said.
The strange man glared at Tenma. "You did that on purpose, didn't you?"
"Hey, don't take your lack of a good name out on the kid!" Ralf said crossing his arms.
Kao decided to pick up the furious Il Piantissimo before he could start some unwanted drama to the Street Fighters.
"And who is the pair you want to send to Exile Island?" Tiny asked.
Sally paused before crossing her arms. In contrast to choose someone to go with her, she actually had to think.
"Um… Richard & Victor." Tiny said.
The scientist and the giant looked at each other before shrugging.
"Richard & Victor, you will go to Exile Island where the next clue to the Immunity Idol will be waiting for you." Tiny said. "You will return for the next Challenge. As for the rest of you, I got nothing for you. You may head back to camp."
(Uporstvo Tribe)
"Well, we lost the Challenge but that is cool. I get to be with my superior, Ralf. It would be nice not to talk about the game for once." Janet said with a small smile. "The Family Visit really helps get a lot of stress out of you."
"Ralf, you have no idea how glad I am that you made it." The woman said as she and Ralf walked down the jungle. "To say how this game had been crazy had been an understatement."
"Aren't all Survivor seasons?" The bulky man said with a shrug.
"I suppose that is right." Janet sighed. "Still, a lot had happened."
Ralf raised an eyebrow. "Need some help? Maybe I could give you advice to get you out of this tight jam."
"Tight jam. Oh, don't worry. I am not in a tight jam NOW." Janet said. "As of right now, I am in a 5-2 majority."
"Really? Wow. I guess your under-the-radar strategy really pays off." Ralf grinned.
Janet's eyes widened before looking to the side with an embarrassed look on her face.
"Janet told me that she would be as much in the background as possible because she didn't want to be seen as an uber-threat." Ralf said before smirking. "It took all of my energy not to burst out laughing when I found that she had been unanimously voted the leader on Day 1! HA! Still, she seems to be doing well for herself."
"And all I could do was say yes." Janet groaned putting her hand on her forehead.
"Well, it just goes to show that you have to watch what you say or do on Survivor." Ralf said before chuckling. "Still, to think it would escalate into becoming a leader."
"Tell me about it." Janet said rolling her eyes. "Fortunately, other people did and said something to take a target from me for now."
"Well, hang in there!" Ralf grinned. "The base could use the money!"
"Oh gee, Ralf. I am so glad that you are rooting for me for the money." Janet said rolling her eyes.
Meanwhile, Oscar and Larry were talking to each other while leaning against some palm trees.
"So that's the story." Oscar said. "I have to choose between Janet and Catherine sooner or later."
Larry crossed his arms. "Wow… Who knew that an Immunity threat could become a swing vote this late in the game?"
"I am a little ashamed to admit it but Larry is everything I want to be. Even though we both have the same build, he is more stronger, more handsome and all around a cooler guy to be around." Oscar said before sighing. "I'll be honest that I wanted to be his friend in a vain attempt for his awesomeness to rub off on me."
"Larry, you have more than a few fan-girls." The Orca whale said. "Have you ever been in that kind of situation?"
"Um, no. I never thought about going steady." The lobster said.
"Lucky punk…" Oscar muttered. "Isn't there ANYTHING you could tell me?"
Larry merely shrugged. "I don't know to be honest. Either way, you seem to be earning the trust and respect of a woman and considering that this is YOU we are talking about, it is not a complete downer."
Oscar immediately took offence. "What's THAT supposed to mean!?"
"Oscar… Had been known to be the… runt of our fellow bodybuilders. He is always getting low ranks in the weight-lifting competitions and rarely has any luck with women." Larry said bluntly. "Which is why I am surprised that he could be a potential swing vote having to choose between two women. Heh. Who knew that something like that could happen on Survivor?"
Meanwhile, Catherine was wrapping her arms around Pete while Tenma was fiddling with his ears while Ronald looked in amusement. Pete just crossed his arms looking annoyed.
"Why, you are more cuddly than you look!" Catherine smiled.
"AND your ears feel like a cat!" Tenma smiled. "I also thought you were a bear!"
"Yeah, yeah. You had figured out my species!" Pete grumbled. "Now get off of me!"
"Aww, all right." Catherine said sadly as she and Tenma reluctantly backed off making Pete sigh in relief.
"So what was that about a tab back there?" Tenma asked.
Ronald rolled his non-existent pupils. "This man had ran up the biggest tab of my shop and is no way near completing it!"
"I already told you! I had to make the bills for myself!" Pete insisted.
Ronald scoffed. "No wonder you are never able to beat Mickey. You couldn't afford to plans to do so."
"HEY!" Pete snapped.
"All right, you two. Calm down." Catherine scolded. "The point of the Family Visit is to relax!"
"You think that having Pete, one of the most famous Disney villains of all time here would wave some red flags in front of Catherine but it won't." Ronald explained. "I told her that Pete is my most frequent customer so it would make sense that he would be my visitor."
"So Tenma, how are things back at home?" Catherine asked.
"Oh, things are just great!" Tenma smiled. "First off, I am going after Karasuma again."
Catherine's smile turned into a forced one. "Oh, Karasuma."
"That's right! I had been trailing him when he goes shopping so I could find out about his likes and dislikes!" Tenma smiled.
"So you had been stalking him?" Ronald said flatly.
Tenma jumped before waving it off. "No, I am not stalking him!"
"Sure sounds like stalking to me, kid." Pete said raising an eyebrow.
"It is NOT stalking!" Tenma snapped before looking down. "It is espionage to find out sacred information."
"I think there is a term for that." Ronald said. "I think it is called government stalker."
"YOU'RE a stalker!" Tenma yelped startling the others.
"You know, you DO have the look of a stalker." Pete said with a smirk.
Ronald snarled. "You know… I could turn you into a toad."
Pete's smirk vanished.
"Ronald and Pete were just being so mean to me about my way to find out about Karasuma's likes." Tenma pouted putting her hands on her hips. "I was just trying to find the best way to be nice to him. At least Catherine is fully supportive of this."
"He has emotionless eyes! He has a bowl cut! He has the personality of freaking cardboard! Of course I am not supportive of this!" Catherine exclaimed before holding her eyes. "Seriously, how could you look at Karasuma and say… "Mmm, that's hot!"
"Anyway, let's save this for another time…" Tenma muttered. "There had been something I always wanted to do!"
With that, she looked at Pete who raised an eyebrow.
"Um, what?" Pete asked.
Tenma didn't reply. She merely walked over to Pete, grabbed him by the arm and hoisted him on his face.
"Let's do the Hot Dog Dance!" Tenma said cheerfully.
Pete and Ronald's eyes widened at this while Catherine looked confused.
"The Hot What Now Dance?" Catherine asked.
"Here. Let us show you! I'll start us off!" Tenma grinned before she started to dance. "Hot dog! Hot dog! Hot diggity dog! Now we got ears! It's time for cheers! Hot dog! Hot dog! The problem's solveddddd!"
Pete's eyebrow started to twitch.
"Hot dog! Hot dog! Hot diggity…"
"AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!"
Tenma, Catherine and Ronald jumped as Pete ran off screaming bloody murder. The three stood stunned as he ran into the jungle knocking over as many trees as he could in his way.
"Um, Tenma. Though the show may tell otherwise, EVERYONE good and bad alike absolutely DESPISE that song." Ronald said flatly.
Pete rocked back and forth hugging his knees mumbling like a baby. "Make the bad hot dog noise go away! Make the bad hot dog noise go away!"
(Restaurant Resort)
Sally, Kao, Chun-Li and Il Piantissimo made their way over to the restaurant. The latter was sulking behind.
"Il Piantissimo, THE Il Piantissimo had not only lost a Challenge but was in last place. I thought that having Kao as my partner would be the reason for my loss." Il Piantissimo said. "But no, EVERYONE got ahead of me. Even that cat that made Mario look skinny did better than me!"
The four then made their way inside where a waiter was there.
"Hi, we are with the game." Sally said.
"Ah, a table for four." The waiter said.
"No, three." Il Piantissimo piped up.
"Nick?" Chun-Li asked looking down.
"MY NAME IS IL PIANTISSIMO!" The vertically-challenged man roared before looking down. "And I am not eating."
"Huh? Why not?" Kao asked.
"I had disgraced my name as a racer today." Il Piantissimo said. "I must atone for my failure by training."
"Um… You DO know that the reason you did so poorly was you were trying to go too fast." Chun-Li said. "If you just went slower…"
"I MUST get faster." Il Piantissimo said before running off leaving the others stunned.
"Um, Kao. Tell me why you two friends again?" Sally asked.
"That's just the thing!" Kao said. "I don't think he knew I existed until I got onto Survivor!"
The waiter blinked twice. "Sooo… Table for three."
"I think the reason I got Il Piantissimo as my visitor is because he is the only Sunshine-exclusive canon that isn't a villain." Kao sighed. "It's not that I don't dislike Il Piantissimo but he is just so roped up in races that it is almost as if the rest of the world is invisible to him."
After the three were taken to their table, the three waited for their meals.
"So Chun-Li, how are you doing with your mission?" Sally asked.
The cop just sighed. "Not so good. Anything we found anything related to Shadoloo, we are always getting mixed up with S.I.N."
"Sorry to hear that." Sally said. "I am sure that you can stop it someday."
"And take down the main leader." Chun-Li said. "What about you? How are things here?"
"We could be better." Sally said giving a sigh of her own.
"Why? Are you in a bad position?" Chun-Li said.
"Kinda. Kao and I are in a 5-2 minority." Sally said.
"Ouch." Chun-Li winced.
"Thankfully, both of us should be safe for this round." Kao said. "Sally found an Immunity Idol and I don't think anyone else but us knows about it."
Chun-Li's eyes widened at this. "Really?"
"Yeah… I still can't believe I found it." Sally said scratching the back of her head.
Chun-Li suddenly realized something. "Wait. If there is an Exile Island for this season, then you got that Idol from there, right?"
"Um, right?" Sally asked wondering what her visitor was getting at.
"And you let a scientist go on the island?" Chun-Li exclaimed in disbelief. "What if he finds it and soon figures out that you have the Idol?"
"Let him. I am giving the rest of the majority to a reason to freak out." Sally shrugged.
Kao and Chun-Li paused in confusion.
"Aurum are some of the most paranoid people I had ever met. They backstabbed Mortimer because they were afraid of Richard's ally. They backstabbed Bill because they thought he was going to backstab THEM first. And they targeted Coco because they wanted to use her as an Idol goat." Sally explained. "Well, seeing that I have a chance, I might as well use their paranoia to our advantage."
"I sent Richard to Exile Island because I made everyone believe that I didn't have the Immunity Idol by not using it to save an ally." The braided woman said.
Chun-Li gasped. "You threw your ally down the river just to hide your Immunity Idol?"
"Trust me, if you met this girl, correction, this girl's REAL form, you would want to do the same thing." Sally said rolling her eyes. "Anyway, with Richard on Exile Island, Aurum will get paranoid about him having the Idol and vote him off even though he was supposed to be targeting me or Kao."
"Aurum?" Chun-Li asked.
"You know those four who went back to camp? Aurum was the main of their tribe." Sally said
"Wow. That is a very good plan. I am impressed." Chun-Li smiled. "It sounds fool-proof!"
"It has to be. With the odds Kao and I are facing, I couldn't afford to make any mistakes." Sally said in determined.
"Wow, looking at Sally talk about strategy was like looking at a different person. She was always so unconfident about her skills and is very quick to judge herself." Chun-Li said. "But here she was, keeping her cool and using her wits to figure out what to get out of this mess."
"Are you sure the others will be paranoid enough to target Richard?" Kao asked.
"It is not 100% sure but let's face it. If they DO target, can you really be THAT surprised?" Sally asked.
"I suppose so." Kao said. He then saw the waiter coming. "Ah, it is time to order!"
The two women looked to see the waiter. However, he looked upset for some reason.
"Um, I am sorry but could you give us a hand?" The waiter asked.
Sally raised an eyebrow. "With what?"
As if on cue, everyone heard light footsteps from above them.
"MWA HA HA HA HA HA! RUN, RUN, RUN AS FAST AS YOU CAN! YOU CAN'T CATCH ME! I'M IL PIANTISSIMO!"
The waiter sighed. "That… Nick fellow is practicing his running on the roof. We tried to get him off but he won't listen."
Chun-Li and Sally rolled their eyes and Kao shook his head.
(Exile Island)
Richard and Victor both got off the boat to Exile Island. Victor looked around curiously as Richard walked over to the sign to read it.
"So… This is Exile Island." Victor said.
"Yes, not much to here but I suppose that is the point." Richard said reading the clue.
"That girl with the braids sent Richard and me to this place called Exile Island. I didn't mind that much." Victor said with a shrug. "I wanted to speak with Richard after a while regardless of the location."
"Well, that does it say?" The muscle-man said.
"Hm… If my guess is correct, then it should be…" Richard said before turning to Victor. "Right around the area, you are standing on actually."
Victor looked down at his feet.
"Sally was… Lack of better word, an idiot today. I'm sorry but she really was. The Immunity Idol was her and Kao's biggest chance of surviving and she sent someone from the opposing tribe instead!" Richard scoffed. "Aw, well. Her loss is my gain seeing that I definitely need it before the two of them go."
The Russian man and Victor both started to dig in a spot while looking for the Immunity Idol.
"So, Victor. Any luck?" Richard asked.
"No. I don't see anything from what you had described as the Immunity Idol." The Frankenstein-like monster said shaking his head.
"No, I mean with Emily." Richard said.
"Oh!" Victor said before frowning. "No… Nothing since we first started our journey. She still isn't alive."
"Well, hang in there. I am sure that we will find a way to revive her." Richard explained.
"Thank you…" Victor sighed. "It is really hard to do so on my own."
"Richard had been one of my biggest, if not the ONLY help I had in trying to wake up my little sister, Emily." Victor explained. "In return, I'll give him part of my DNA for his experiment. I could see the other Darkstalkers are sceptical of him but for Emily's sake, I will do anything for her."
The two continued to dig for a while. However, they had failed to find anything. Richard was most perplexed.
"Where is it?" Richard exclaimed.
"Maybe are we in the wrong place." Victor said. "Are you sure you heard the clue right?"
"Of course!" Richard said. "Piecing the clues together, there is no other place around here it could be!"
"Then maybe somebody else found it. Who had been here before us?" Victor asked.
Richard looked down. "Just Janet and Sally. But Janet couldn't have found the Idol on the first go and Sally didn't…"
His eyes then widened in horror.
"When I thought about why we couldn't find the Idol and where it could be, it hit me. Sally used the same trick I used earlier!" Richard exclaimed. "She tricked everyone into thinking she didn't had the Idol by not playing it at the last Tribal Council so she didn't had to worry about us scrambling over Idol goats!"
"Sally has the Idol!" Richard exclaimed. "I have to warn the others!"
Victor jumped at this. "But weren't you about to say about why this Sally girl didn't had it?"
"That was until I found out that she faked us out by not playing so she could play it!" Richard said.
Victor blinked twice. "Um, what?"
Richard rubbed the temples behind his glasses. "Even I am stunned, Victor…"
(Day 33, Uporstvo Tribe)
The contestants were seeing their friends off as they got ready for the next Challenge.
"Well, it was nice seeing Tenma again and meeting Pete but the game must go on. We must go back to playing the game." Catherine said. "We enjoyed our break but this close in the game, we have to focus on winning."
"Um, Pete? Are you all right?" Tenma asked.
"Don't make me answer that…" Pete muttered.
Janet gave a nervous chuckle before looking at Oscar. "Sooo… How don't you tell everyone what the letter says, Os?"
The whale said before reading the letter. "Are you familiar with Scottish traditions?"
Everyone paused at this.
"Well, THAT isn't vague." Ralf said flatly.
"These clues are always like this. Still, this is quite fascinating even for them." Janet mused.
Ronald narrowed his eyes. "They better not force me into a kilt."
"I hope not." Larry said in disgust now with an unsettling mental image.
"All I know about Scotland is that they can openly wear skirts before being teased about, they eat the stomachs of sheep and they have long bushy beards." Ronald said. "I don't know what that Tiny kid is planning but one thing for certain… I am going to end up wanting to put a curse on him."
(Immunity Challenge)
The remaining Aurum members arrived on the mat ready for the next Challenge.
"We now bring in Sally and Kao from the Reward." Tiny said as the two walked in.
"Hi, guys!" Kao greeted.
"And Richard from Exile Island." Tiny said.
The scientist regrouped with the others without a single sound. Instead, he was eyeing Sally intently.
"Here is your next Challenge." Tiny said. "Take a look."
Everyone looked to see seven pairs of weights in front of a line.
"The next Challenge is simple and very popular in Scotland. For five minutes, you will be carrying these two heavy weights a distance. The person who gets their weights the most distance in that amount of time wins Immunity."
Everyone looked at each other with mixed reactions knowing that this was a test of strength and nothing else.
"Now let's draw for spots." Tiny said.
(Later)
The seven contestants got into their spots.
"All right. For Immunity." Tiny said before holding up a stopwatch in the air. "Survivor, ready? GO!"
Everyone lifted up their bags and started to do the course. Most of them figured out how heavy the bags were.
"We are supposed to do this…" Ronald wheezed. "For FIVE minutes?"
"Hey, just be glad I ditched he caber-tossing idea." Tiny shrugged.
"You are SO lucky my arms are already in pain!" Ronald roared.
"Shut him out, Ronnie!" Catherine called out.
As expected, Kao and Oscar held the pack looking evenly matched right now. Followed up Janet and Sally with Richard and Catherine trailing them with Ronald dead last.
Oscar was starting to pull out ahead due to putting more effort in his walk. He noticed this and smirked at the fact that he had taken the lead.
Richard saw this and looked horrified. "Oscar, that imbecile!"
"Tell me about it!" Catherine said rolling her eyes. She then paused. "Um, why are you calling him an imbecile for?"
"You'll see." Richard said with a growl of pain and disbelief.
Meanwhile, Ronald looked up seeing that everyone was pulling ahead.
"Ugh! All this torture and for what?" Ronald asked. "Being dead last! Why don't I just give up?"
"Because you will be seen as cocky and getting too comfortable." Tiny said.
"Over dropping out of a Challenge I obviously have to chance of getting second-to-last!?" Ronald asked in disbelief.
"That is what people thought about Karen." Tiny shrugged.
Ronald snarled before continued.
"Come on, Kao! You can do it…" Sally said through gritted teeth.
"Kao's the target tonight… Just stay ahead of him." Janet said.
This had gone for a good while. They were now approaching the final minute. The positions haven't changed for the most part.
Except for Oscar who was slowing down.
Catherine's eyes widened. "Oh no! Now I see why you are talking! Oscar had been using up most of his energy since the start!"
"While Kao was conserving some of his strength…" Richard groaned.
Indeed, Kao was starting to gain on Oscar. The latter saw this and tried to go faster but most of his energy was drained. While Kao was going at a steady pace, everyone looked on knowing it will be close.
Tiny then looked at his stopwatch. "5… 4… 3… 2… 1… STOP THE CHALLENGE!"
With that, the contestants dropped their bags panting heavily. Tiny looked to see who had gotten the farthest. When he triple-checked, he announced the results.
"KAO WINS IMMUNITY!"
The Pianta gave a big sigh of relief still extremely tired.
(Later)
"Congratulations, Kao!" Tiny said putting the head-dress on the giant. "You had won Immunity granting you a 1-in-6 shot of winning."
"I feel extremely tired but it was worth it." Kao said.
Tiny then turned to the others. "As for you the rest of you, I got nothing for you but a date where one of you will leave this game. You may head back to camp."
(Uporstvo Tribe)
The original Aurum members had gathered around upset by the turn of the events.
"Well, that sucked. I had it. I had the lead and suddenly I lost it." Oscar said looking down.
"Serves you right for using most of your strength all at once." Ronald scolded.
"Indeed. That was the reason for Nick's downfall at the Loved One Challenge." Janet said.
Oscar sighed as Ronald coughed.
"Um, guys. I have an announcement to make." Ronald said. "I know this seems sudden but…"
"You want us to vote off Richard." Janet, Oscar and Catherine said in unison.
Ronald jumped at this. "How did you know that?"
"Easy. The Idol is still in play. Richard went to Exile Island. Richard may find said Idol. You want Richard gone." Janet said flatly.
"Well, of course! He had already found it before so why not again?" Ronald shrugged.
"Can you really blame me for wanting to backstab Richard? He may have an Idol and you know how much I am sceptical with Idol." Ronald said crossing his arms. "Besides, we are not even that close. Not even alliance-wise. It is not like I am going to miss him that much."
"But how about Kao and Sally?" Oscar asked.
"How about them?" Ronald said. "We'll still have the majority if we vote off Richard. Besides, he is just a number to us."
Catherine nodded her head. "Yeah, we never liked him anyway so it's not like we are backstabbing our friend."
Janet paused before looking at Oscar who seemed uncertain.
"I see your reasoning." Oscar said.
"Thank you." The warlock said.
"I am very glad to hear that you feel the same way too." Catherine said.
Oscar winced knowing why Catherine said this.
"Oscar had always doing things to tick me off even from the start but there is a chance that I am going to forgive and forget everything." Catherine explained. "If he picks Ronald and I over Janet, it will prove that I could 100% trust him."
Oscar and Janet walked down the shore.
"Janet… You are not thinking of saving Richard, are you?" Oscar asked.
"Of course I am! If we lose him, then we may end up in a tiebreaker!" Janet said.
Oscar looked down. "But… It is too early. Kao and Sally are still here."
Janet paused for a moment. "Well, I am sure that we could either get Kao or Sally our on side seeing that their backs are literally against the wall."
Oscar gave a small smile. "So you will do it?"
Janet stood still. "Well…"
"There you two are!"
Janet and Oscar both turned to Richard running over to them before putting his hands on his knees panting heavily.
"What's wrong, Richard?" Janet asked.
Richard took a moment to get his breath back before speaking. "…We need to vote off Ronald!"
Janet and Oscar's eyes widened at this.
"What? Why?" Janet exclaimed.
"Because if we vote for Sally, we will go into her trap!" Richard said.
"As much as I hate to admit it but I am absolutely worried about the vote! Sally will probably think that using her Idol on me would be the ultimate karma!" Richard said holding his head. "I have no choice but going with our plan earlier than expected and get rid of Ronald!"
"I couldn't find the Idol on Exile Island!" The scientist said. "Even though the clues clearly showed a particular spot!"
"What? So Sally had the Idol the whole time!" Janet said. "But if that's the case, why didn't she…"
"Used it to save Coco?" Richard asked. "She faked us out! She made it seem like she was on Coco's side by saying that she will vote with her and voted for Ronald."
Oscar looked in disbelief. "I don't believe it…"
"Me either." Richard said. "And that is why we have to vote off Ronald now."
"Um, all right. I see your point but…" Janet said.
"But why should we trust you?" Oscar said quickly. "How do we know that this isn't a trick?"
"A tric…?" Richard asked appalled. "What do I have to gain? What's the point of angering Catherine by voting off Ronald? She may go to Sally and Kao out of emotion!"
"Um, yeah… Let's assume that does happen." Janet said scratching the back of her head. "You could just go up to her face just like you did with Catherine and call her out for being entitled."
"What? Why would I…" Richard started before narrowing his eyes. "Oh no! They are targeting me because they think I have the Idol, don't I?"
"I'm afraid so." Janet said.
"Guys, I don't have the Idol!" Richard insisted. "And besides, remember our agreement."
"Well, we remember." Janet said.
"But we were supposed to worry about this AFTER Sally and Kao are gone." Oscar said.
"Well, with Sally having the Idol and Kao having Immunity. Which you can blame the latter for yourself because if you didn't react so recklessly…" Richard said before Janet elbowed him in the side.
"How in the freaking underwater hell was I supposed to do that Sally would lie about not having the Idol, have one of her allies voted out and use it for real at the next Tribal Council!" Oscar said holding his head.
With that, he stormed off.
"Hey, Oscar! Wait!" Richard called out.
"I will NOT be lectured about why I should stick with you, Richard!" The strongman yelled. "Right now, I just want to think in peace!"
Janet and Richard watched him leave before the former glared at the latter.
"You know, if Oscar votes with him us, it would be because of our friendship." Janet said. "But maybe… Just maybe… He will join us because he was starting to like you."
Richard held his head. "Ugh! Normally I wouldn't be that upset about something like that but he had backed everyone in a corner!"
"Hey, this isn't fun for Oscar too!" Janet scolded.
"Great. Now I am practically forced to pick sides now. Ronald and Catherine want to get rid of Richard while Janet and Richard wanted Ronald." Oscar said holding up. "So I have to choose between both girls. And the worse part. Richard IS right. I DID caused this!"
Meanwhile, Sally and Kao were talking to each other.
"So are you sure you want to use it?" Kao asked.
Sally nodded her head. "I don't want to take that big a risk."
"I may have sent Richard to Exile Island to put doubt in Aurum's minds but I don't know for sure if he will be their target right now." Sally said. "They may still go after me and maybe even use me as an Idol goat. That is why I am playing my Idol tonight. No matter what happens, this is going to be crazy."
(Tribal Council)
The seven remaining members made their way to Tribal Council where Tiny was waiting.
"Welcome, Uporstvo." Tiny said. "Take a seat."
Everyone obliged.
"We now bring in the jury." Tiny said as the jury walked in. "Mortimer, Bill and Coco voted out at the last Tribal Council."
The jury then sat on. Coco was wearing a green bandana around her hair with a red and white striped sleeveless shirt and denim shorts. She had a pouty look on her face.
"Now Kao, how did you feel about Coco's reveal?" Tiny asked.
"It felt horrible! I can't believe that sweet little girl was just playing us all for puppets when we had cared for him!" The giant lamented.
"Oh, cry me a river! I wasn't the only person who did something like that!" Coco said rolling her eyes. Mortimer and Bill looked at her in disgust.
"Sally, are you just as upset by Coco's secret?" Tiny asked.
"Of course!" The Street Fighter said sternly.
"And yet you still voted with her."
"Well, we were in a desperate position. As much as I hated to admit it but we still needed Coco." Sally shrugged.
"Now watch as Sally becomes an even BIGGER hypocrite, Bill." Coco said as the cop growled.
"Well, she is gone now. Catherine, how was the family visit?" Tiny asked.
"It was awesome! It was nice seeing Tenma again and meeting the others." The pink-haired girl said.
Mortimer paused. "Wait. If you made the Family Visit, wouldn't you get a Marine as a visitor?"
Coco opened her mouth to snap back at the duck only to shut it in realization.
"So is the game still a Tribal War, Ronald?" Tiny asked.
"Yes, it is. It is Aurum versus Plata." The rat nodded. "As much as Coco's reveal was shocking, it hardly did anything in the grand scheme of things."
Richard, Janet and Oscar rolled their eyes when he said this. Even Catherine looked to the side.
"Richard, even though Ronald is siding with you, he just flat out said that it is a Tribal War. And you were on opposing tribes." Tiny said.
"I think I am an exception seeing that I am a "traitor" of my tribe." The scientist shrugged.
"So Catherine, are Aurum tight?" Tiny asked.
"We should be. We just need to know that we could trust each other and we can count on each other." The pink-haired girl said.
Oscar winced when she said this.
"So Oscar, is trust an issue for this time?" Tiny asked.
"This late in the game, it sure is." The whale nodded.
"All right, it is almost time to vote." Tiny said. "Kao, you have Immunity, do you wish to give it up?"
"Not this time." The Pianta said shaking his head.
"All right, you cannot vote for Kao. It is time to vote." Tiny said. "Sally, you are up."
The braided woman nodded before getting up and heading towards the voting table. She was quite quick to write down a name and put it in the urn.
Richard adjusted his glasses trying to hide his nervous. With a deep sigh, he picked up the pen. "I can't say that I didn't want to do this but I DID want to do so later." Richard said holding up "Ronald".
Catherine took in a deep breath before making her way over to the table and took the pen to write down a name. "Honestly? Nobody from Aurum liked you that much anyway." Catherine said holding up "Richard".
Kao took in a deep gulp as he made his way. With a deep sigh, he wrote down a name hoping for the best.
Ronald gave a small smirk before walking over. He took the cap of the pen and started to write down a name. "You have the Idol. I can't keep you." Ronald said holding up "Richard".
Oscar took a deep gulp knowing what was on the line here. His friend or his crush. Knowing that this could be a game-changer. He took out his pen and wrote down a name.
Janet walked over taking in a deep breath. She then looked up going over to table and writing down a name. "Hopefully Oscar would come through for us." Janet said holding up "Ronald."
With that, she made her way back as Tiny got up.
"I'll get the votes."
Everyone waited patiently for Tiny to return.
"I'll read them…"
"Excuse me?"
Everyone turned to see Sally getting up holding an Idol.
"I would like to play my Idol." She said startling Mortimer and Bill.
"She had the Idol… But why didn't she?" Catherine asked.
"…Because she wanted to fake us out." Ronald said holding his head.
Coco on the other hand jumped up and down on her seat.
"OOH, SALLY, YOU TRAMP! HOW DARE YOU USE THAT IDOL ON YOURSELF WHEN YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO SAVE ME WITH IT! I SHOULDN'T BE SEATING HERE! THAT RAT SHOULD! ALL BECAUSE I "LIED" TO YOU! HEY, DUMB BLONDE! IT IS CALLED PLAYING THE GAME! TRYING DOING IT NEXT TIME! BUT YOU WERE SO BUSY BEING AN EMO BRAT, YOU… Whoa, whoa, WHOA!"
Crash!
Everyone winced as Coco slipped and fell backwards on the jury bench hitting her head. She then sat there with swirled eyes. Bill checked on her.
"Umm… She seems to be unconscious." Bill said flatly.
"So it seems. Just leave her there." Tiny said accepting Sally's Idol. "Anyway, this IS the hidden Immunity Idol. All votes against Sally are void."
The blonde woman grinned before heading back to her seat. The majority looked worried but for a different reason.
"First vote, Richard."
Richard sighed.
"Second vote, Richard. Two votes, Richard."
Richard adjusted his glasses.
"Third vote, Ronald. Two votes, Richard. One vote, Ronald."
Ronald raised a non-existent eyebrow. "Must be Sally and Kao's votes."
"Fourth vote, Ronald. Two votes, Richard. Two votes, Ronald."
Ronald just shrugged it off.
"Fifth vote, Richard. Three votes, Richard. Two votes, Ronald."
Richard wiped some sweat from his face.
"Sixth vote, Ronald. Three votes, Richard. Three votes, Ronald. One vote left."
Ronald's eyes widened.
"Twelfth person voted out of Survivor…"
Everyone looked on.
"…Is Ronald."
"Trust, my boot." Bill said rolling his eyes.
Ronald and Catherine sat stunned. Janet seemed upset while Richard sighed in relief. Janet and Kao looked at each other in confusion. Meanwhile, Oscar sat thunderstruck.
"Ronald, you need to bring me your torch." Tiny said.
The rat got up his seat looking peeved. "Janet, what the hell?"
The mercenary just sighed. "I'll be honest. I was supposed to do this AFTER Sally and Kao had gone. But one thing led to another and… I had to write your name down."
Ronald shook his head. "Catherine, it will be an uphill battle but don't let these guys take advantage of you."
"I won't." The pink-haired girl said narrowing her eyes.
Ronald then grabbed his torch and planted it in front of Tiny.
"Ronald, the tribe has spoken." Tiny said putting his snuffer over the torch extinguishing it. "You may now go."
"I am still overwhelmed by what had happened…" Ronald said stalking off.
Tiny watched him leave before looking at the six. "Well, safe to say that Ronald didn't saw that coming. Actually at one point or another, all of you had some unexpected happen to you. Let's see how much this affects the game. You may head back to camp."
The six remaining members got up and gathered their torches with mixed reactions. Oscar brought up the rear looking upset. This was HIS decision. HIS swing vote. And even then, he wouldn't matter. Now he had betrayed Janet and with Catherine as his only ally, she will easily destroy him.
"I… Don't know what to say. I am still trying to figure out what had happened. Janet voted me out. Sally had the Idol the whole and somehow the others knew." Ronald said flatly while groaning. "I don't even know who to plot revenge over. Catherine better make it though, because I don't think I could stomach voting for anyone else."
RESULTS
Ronald: Janet, Kao, Richard, Sally.
Richard: Catherine, Oscar, Ronald.
Thus Ronald is the next person out. Ronald was a fun villain to write for. He started out this person who tried to use the hidden villain strategy but failed miserably managing to align with a couple of people. But soon though strategy and a lot of luck, he became the head of Aurum's strategies.
NOTE: Um… I got nothing. Everything I planned for Ronald was thought up instantly. His design. His role. His relationships. Everything. He is probably one of the only characters I didn't have much to change from his original design.
(Ponderosa)
Ronald crossed his arms in the limo on the way to Ponderosa. He crossed his arms not looking pleased. Touil drove on deciding to strike up a conversation.
"So anything you want to talk about?" Touil asked.
"No." Ronald said sharply.
Touil immediately shrank back. "Okay…"
With that, he drove his limo in front of Ponderosa.
"Here we are." Touil said. Ronald got out of the car and walked off without a single word. Touil paused before shuddering.
"Well, I got blindsided tonight! So much that I didn't know HOW I got blindsided but I am going to find out!" Ronald said narrowing his eyes. "All I could say that the other jurors BETTER be smart enough not to mess with me!"
The warlock entered the house. Bill was on the couch watching movies with Coco to the side drinking a can of soda. Mortimer was nowhere to be seen. Just like with Coco, nobody really bothered to greet Ronald but the rat didn't mind mainly because he wasn't in the mood for conversation.
However, Coco stomped over looking furious.
"That dirty rat lead to the idea to vote me out! It was his fault that I am stuck in this place and I want to know the full stupid reason!" Coco roared. "Nobody messes with ME and gets away with it!"
"Hey! Rat-Boy! What's the big idea!?" The girl roared.
Ronald stepped back. "Excuse me?"
"You were the one who had been voted out! You were one of the reasons I am here!" Coco roared. "I want answers!"
Ronald narrowed his eyes. "Back off, kid! I am not in the mood!"
"Well, I am! A bad one at that!" Coco snapped.
"It is BECAUSE I'M in a bad mood that I don't want to talk about it!" Ronald snapped.
Bill looked at the two exchanged insults before shaking his head.
"You think that little snot would learn not to anger people who were already having a bad day. But no. She decides to call out Ronald the second he stepped in." Bill said rolling his eyes. "Sheesh, how the hell this kid kept her nice girl façade up for so long if she is that bad with people."
"Look, kid! Get out of my face, NOW!" Ronald roared.
"And give me one good reason why I should do so!" Coco snapped.
"I'll give you FIVE!" Ronald countered.
With that, he summoned a flame in his hand.
"One…"
He then killed the flame so he could summon electricity around his hand.
"Two…"
Next, he had a very sharp icicle on his hand.
"Three…"
He then turned his hand into a fist as rocks surrounded it.
"Four…"
Finally, he turned his hand into a shadowy sharp claw.
"Five!"
Coco shrank back with the colour draining from her face. "Those are some good reasons."
"Um…"
Ronald, Coco and Bill turned to see Mortimer holding a letter and clipboard.
"Is this a bad time?" Mortimer asked.
Bill just sighed. "What is it, Mortimer?"
"We just got a letter from Tiny that we are going to go on a trip to a beach resort as a vacation." Mortimer said.
"A vacation? With us four together?" Coco asked in disbelief. "What kind of vacation is that?"
"For once, the brat makes sense." Ronald said narrowing his eyes.
"Yeah!" Bill added from the couch.
Mortimer shook his head.
"With four people who are on odds with each other, we can go to the moon and still find something to complain about." Mortimer said rolling his eyes. "I just hope for everyone's sake is that the resort is a very, very, VERY big one."
"Also, we have an application for jet-ski rides." Mortimer said. "All you have to do is sign your name on here for single or double."
"Double?" Bill asked.
"One person rides and the other call shotgun." Mortimer said.
"Forget it. Machinery isn't my thing." Ronald said.
"Not in the mood." Bill said.
"I bet they won't even let me ride it." Coco pouted crossing her arms.
"And I don't want to ride either." Mortimer said putting the clipboard on the counter. "I guess nobody wanted to ride."
With that, he walked off. Coco stared at the clipboard on the counter.
She then got a devious look on her look.
(Island Resort)
The four had arrived at the island resort being taken there by Touil.
"Well, guys! Here it is!" Touil grinned. "The Island Resort!"
Everyone looked up to see a large hotel with a few smaller buildings. There were also a few people on the beach. Some were jet-skiing.
"Well, come on, juror!" Touil grinned. "Jurors, let's go! Let's go, jurors!"
The jurors stayed silent. The limo driver's face fell into a grumpy frown.
"All right, then." Touil said before giving Bill something. "Here you go, Bill."
"Huh? What is this?" The bearded man asked.
"It is a map to explore the area." Touil said.
"Um, why are you giving it to me?" Bill asked.
Touil raised an eyebrow. "Because you had signed up to jet-ski."
Bill's eyes widened. "What? I never signed up for it!"
"So I take it that your partner hasn't signed up either." Touil said flatly.
Everyone paused.
"Partner?" Bill asked.
(Later)
Bill was sitting on top of a jet-ski with a blank face on his face. He turned to see Ronald sitting behind him with a blank face as well. Mortimer, Touil and Coco stood a few feet from a dock watching them.
Ronald sat in front of the camera. "How the hell did this happen!? I never signed up to ride shotgun on a jet-ski! Let alone with a cop! However, unlike with the blindside, I KNOW who did it!"
Bill pointed an accusing finger at Coco. "Coco, we all KNOW it was you!"
"Me?" The young girl said innocently.
"Don't give me that crap!" Ronald snapped. "Anyone with eyes could see that you signed our names up!"
"Oh? And where is your evidence to this forgery?" Coco said coolly.
"You are mad at me and Ronald for yelling at you! AND you are one of the biggest brats in the universe!" Bill snapped. "But two and two together and the motive is clear despite not being visible!"
Coco put a finger on her face. "Now you absolutely know more about the law than I do, Bill but "invisible" evidence does not fly well in a real courtroom!"
Bill and Ronald snarled as Mortimer and Touil stared at each other.
"All right. I admit it! I wanted to get revenge on Ronnie for voting me out! And what better way but to make the obviously evil wizard with a by-the-book cop!" Coco grinned. "Oh, man! Those two are going to tear each other to pieces leaving the rest for the sharks! Aw, man! That's beautiful! I wish I could have been there!"
"Well, whether I did or did not sign your names down is in the past." The dark-skinned girl smirked. "All that matters is the present. Now make a lot of fond memories together!"
Bill and Ronald growled. The former then sighed and revved by the jet-ski before riding off. Ronald held on Bill's side but not before he put his hands in the water and splashed at Coco.
However, it was powered by Ronald's magic so a giant wave literally crashed into Coco, Mortimer and Touil splashing them off of the dock.
"This just gets worse and worse. I never really liked Ronald but if he stays out of my way, I will tolerant his presence at Ponderosa." Bill groaned. "But NO! That little brat just couldn't resist making other people miserable and forced us to ride on the deep blue together! Great…"
A few minutes later, Bill and Ronald had both rode into the far ocean. Neither of them said a word since they left. The two continued riding.
"Hey! Will you ease up?" Bill shouted back. "I need to ride this thing."
"I'm hardly touching you!" Ronald scolded.
"Touching me is enough with that messy fur of yours!" Bill snapped. "I swear, I think I got a few small cuts."
"Well, excuuuuuse me for not letting myself fall off for your skin, Officer." Ronald said. "Look, I didn't ask me to stuck here! That whelp had stuck me with you!"
"Same here…" Bill muttered. "Ever since I found out the truth, that brat had been making my life miserable literally every time she opens her mouth!"
"Is that why you didn't come in when she came to attack me?" Ronald asked.
"Yeah. She can do whatever the hell she wants." Bill said. "I am sick and tired of playing the good guy!"
With the silence continue, Bill just continued riding on.
"Where exactly?"
Bill raised an eyebrow without keeping his eyes off the ocean. "Come again?"
"Where are you going to stop playing the good guy? Here? Or back at home?" Ronald asked.
Bill paused for a moment. "I… I don't know. I don't know what is right anymore. The sweet, troubled girl is actually a malicious schemer and the malicious schemer turned out to be… I actually don't know what the hell he turned out to be and frankly, I could care less."
Ronald stood silent before speaking up. "Bill, let me tell you a little story about myself."
Bill raised an eyebrow before stopping the jet-ski to prevent any noise.
Ronald took in a deep breath. "When I was in my college years, I was an apprentice to a wizard. Well, actually I paid to be one seeing that I wanted to be a great wizard. I wanted to use my magic to change the world."
Bill paused. "So what happened?"
Ronald gave a deep sigh. "Nobody how hard I tried I couldn't do a single spell. I thought it was me and I wasn't supposed to use magic. Nonetheless, the wizard encouraged me and continued to teach me as long as he hoped."
"So one day, you just didn't take any more and give up?" Bill asked.
Ronald paused. "Kinda like that. Tired of failing, I snuck into his magic shop when it was closed to ask for personal lessons. It was then, I found out the truth."
"Um, what?" Bill asked not liking where this was going.
"He was never teaching me!" Ronald snapped.
"What?" Bill asked
"Yes! He was just scamming me! He wanted my money and only encouraged me get a few more bucks out of me!" Ronald snapped.
"I… I don't believe it. Your greatest idol turned out to be using you for his own selfish needs." Bill said.
"Yeah..." Ronald growled.
"After that experience, I took a few magic books from him and left him. I bet he still isn't thinking about me or the time we had together." Ronald said. He then smirked. "Then again, it is hard to think when you are a statue."
"I am so sorry to hear that." Bill said.
"Meh. It is all right. I am grown over it." Ronald said. "Feels weird considering this is the first time I had ever talked about something like this."
Bill raised an eyebrow. "So why chose to speak to me?"
"I'll be honest. Being good is overrated. I am not saying you don't have to be nice but to assume that morals and ideals will get you far is a fairy-tale." Ronald said. "You have to be mean and sneaky to advance in life. As much as I hate to give Coco credit for anything, she wouldn't have made it so far if she was being herself the whole time."
Bill snarled. "I rather eat a whole unpeeled pineapple."
Ronald chuckled. "Anyway, the main reason I told you this is because I thought you were like most cops. Wrapped up in your childish delusions."
He then smiled.
"But… Now that you had finally seen the light, I find you much more tolerable now." The rat said.
Bill rolled his eyes. "Gee… Thanks…"
"…Was Ronald right? Was my journey to prove the good name of cops was nothing but a fairy tale? I don't think he is lying because unlike Coco, Ronald only lies when he sees something in it for him." Bill paused. "Honestly, what IS the point of going so far for somebody who ends up not giving any crap about what you did for them?"