(Uporstvo Tribe)
"Kao got voted out tonight which means I am in a 3-1 minority now. This sucks because that means Janet and Richard may want to take Catherine to the end." Sally said. "Which means I have to focus on winning Final Immunity because I may need it to the most."
As the Street Fighter sulked off, Janet, Richard and Catherine walked with each other.
"See? I told you that we were on your side." Richard said.
"I guess you are right." Catherine said with a shrug. "So are we together to the end?"
"Of course!" Richard said. "Sally is still a jury threat."
Catherine paused. "All right."
"I couldn't be more relieved with how things worked out. Catherine believed us and now we have her trust." Richard said in relief. "Now all we have to do is make sure she doesn't win Immunity so we could vote her out."
"Do I trust Janet and Richard? No. I could trust them as far as I could throw them. They are only bringing me to the end because I am a goat." Catherine said crossing her arms. "Question is. Why betray Oscar? He is a potential goat too. Did they really vote him out just to rub their egos."
"Guys, we have to get a lot of rest." Janet instructed. "Tomorrow is the most important Challenge of them all."
"Indeed." Richard said.
"After so much strategizing, backstabbing and flipping, it will be nice just to stop doing things mentally and put things to the test in the final Challenge." Janet said. "Whoever wins it will get a spot in the Finals automatically."
(Day 38)
Sally sat inside of the shelter wondering what she should do. Catherine saw her and narrowed her eyes before making her way over.
"Hey, Sally." Catherine said.
"Hm?" The blonde woman said. "What is it, Catherine?"
Catherine crossed her arms. "What do you say you and I get Janet out?"
Sally's eyes widened.
"Ever since the start, Janet had been in charge of everything. Not a single vote didn't go her way. She dominated this game." Catherine said narrowing her eyes. "And to add insult to injury, she had been using her swing vote to take out whoever she wants and yet not get a single vote against her AT ALL. Well, not today."
"W-Why the sudden change?" Sally asked.
"Because if I vote with Janet, I will just be another pawn for her." Catherine explained.
Sally blinked twice. "I… Don't get it."
"I mean think about it. Ever since Ronald had been voted out, both of us along with our respective muscle-bound partners had been relying on her and Richard for the vote." Catherine explained. "It was the same thing that happened with her between Ronald and Andrew."
"You mean Janet was the swing vote before the merge as well?" Sally asked in disbelief.
"Yes. Multiple times. And if I don't take her down, there is no chance I could win against her." Catherine said. "But I need your help."
Sally raised an eyebrow. "You want me to have a tiebreaker with her."
"Yes, you are the only one you could take her down?" Catherine asked. "Will you do it?"
"Considering they will vote for me if I didn't have Immunity, duh!" Sally said.
Catherine gave a small smile. "Thank you."
"I got the break I needed. Catherine wants Janet out and I couldn't be happier. However, to do so, I have to beat her into a tiebreaker." Sally said narrowing her eyes. "Well, fine. I will accept it. I'll take on a tightrope balancing tiebreaker if the prize is being in the Final Tribal Council."
Meanwhile, Janet was doing some exercises while Richard came back with a letter in his hand.
"Stretching for the final Immunity Challenge?" Richard asked.
"Of course!" Janet said. "Sally would be the most determined out of all four of us because she needs it to stay in the game!"
"I see. Good point." Richard said.
"Keeping Sally from winning Immunity is the prime thing right now. We have to be prepared for anything." Janet said sternly. "There is never a single Immunity Challenge that I haven't been more determined to win."
"Speaking of which…" Richard said holding up the letter.
"Oh, is that?" Janet asked.
"Da." Richard said. "Catherine, Sally! Come over here!"
The two girls came over.
"Oh, is it time?" Sally asked.
"Yes. The letter telling us that it is time for the Final Challenge." Richard said. "But first we have to go around a path and pay tribute to our Fallen Comrades."
"Oh boy, I loved that part!" Sally grinned. "I have so many people I wanted to pay tribute too!"
"Same here!" Catherine grinned.
"Visiting the Fallen Comrades was always a good feeling. Remind you of all the different people you had outlasted." Richard smiled. "Shows how far you came and that you were one Tribal Council away from the final one."
(Fallen Comrades)
The four made their way into the Challenge area.
"Is this the place, Richard?" Janet asked.
"Yes. They should there should be a boat waiting for us." The Russian man said.
The four looked up ahead to see that there was indeed a small boat on the shore. It was big enough to carry all four of them. Inside of the boat were a lot of torches with names on them.
"Well what are we waiting for?" Catherine asked as the group made their way over the boat. They then pushed it into the water.
"Incidentally, do we have to do anything special?" Sally said.
"It says we have to put these torches into the respective slots while we pay tribute." Richard said.
"Isn't that the same thing as Season One but in reverse order?" Catherine asked raising an eyebrow.
"Meh. I seen less unoriginal things." Janet said as they grabbed their oars.
They then started to row. Soon, they reached their first slot. It had a picture of a tan-skinned young woman with a grumpy look on her face.
"Oh, great. It is Nina." Catherine said rolling her eyes remembering her first meeting with her.
"Yeah, Nina was a no-brainer. Not only was she negative but she kept doing things that was clearly out of her league." Sally said shaking her head. "And every time we try to tell her otherwise, she just kicks and screams."
"Sheesh, glad I was not on her tribe." Janet winced.
"Trust me. You were blessed with luck." Richard said rolling his eyes before placing the torch on it. "I WILL give her this. She was the only one who saw through Coco's façade."
"Yeah. But one has to ask." Sally shrugged. "Would it really matter?"
"I was robbed. I have to. That little brat had ruined my game and I am never forgetting it! Fortunately, my future fans after seeing me would not stand for this injustice and spam that stupid host with comments demanding that I return for All-Stars!"
The four then moved on to the next person. This time, it was a bee-like creature.
"Queenmon, Queenmon, Queenmon." Janet said shaking her head. "So well-read and yet so ignorant."
"I take it because she stupidly sat out Oscar in her final Challenge right?" Richard asked.
"Um, duh!" Catherine snapped. "Not only that! She is a stupid bigot! She targeted Ronald because she thinks that he is a schemer! Can you believe that? Ronald!"
The others looked to the side to avoid making eye contact. Catherine growled.
"Um, didn't she have some kind of Survivor handbook or something?" Sally asked.
"Yeah and that was her downfall." Janet said placing the torch on the stand. "She discarded all of her free will and thoughts to follow the words of her book blindly."
"Pathetic… And sad." Richard said shaking his head before moving on.
"I know I risk sounding bitter but I think I was put on the wrong tribe. The others tried to explain to me why I got voted out but seeing that most of my tribe got picked off while Ronald is still in the game, I failed to see their logic. I suppose some people have no appreciation for strategy."
The finalists rowed over to a stand that had a picture of a dark-haired young woman with pink headphones.
"Come on, girls. You can tell me." Sally said. "Was there a Calvin on your tribe?"
"What? No!" Catherine denied. "Margo was just in a battle with Cassie on who is the least biggest liability and Margo lost!"
"Oh, it was much more than that." Janet said solemnly.
"Huh? What do you mean?" Richard asked.
"Sure, it was a battle of who was the weakest but in actuality, it was the start of the power struggle between Andrew and Ronald." Janet said shaking her head. "Both of them started a rivalry and Margo and Cassie were each other's allies."
"So basically Margo got voted out because of the sparks flying." Sally winced. "Ouch."
"It IS quite sad when Janet says it like that." Catherine frowned putting Margo's torch on the stand.
"Yeah. I thought that being nice would make people look past my lack of strength and keep me farther but in the end, my weakness outweighed my strength. Considering what had happened after I had gone though, I can't say I am not upset about leaving early now."
The next picture the group came across was a brown and white collie with a blue bandana around her head and a big grin.
"Richard, don't think I forgave you for what you did to me." Sally said narrowing her eyes.
"Oh, for goodness' sake. Let it go already!" The dark-haired man said rolling his eyes.
"I have to ask. Why did Amber got voted out?" Janet piped up.
"Well, I kinda messed up at that lacrosse Challenge and when Prick yelled at Mortimer, I thought he was yelling at me." Sally said looking down. "I thought I was going to be voted out until Richard told me to vote for Amber to save myself."
"But you never got a single vote." Catherine said.
"Yeah…" Sally said sadly. "Poor Amber."
"Look, I didn't do that because I hate you or Amber." Richard said. "I merely did it to save Mortimer."
Janet shook her head. "Am I the only one who noticed that the girls were being voted off first?"
"Yeah, it sucks…" Catherine said placing the torch on the stand. "Thankfully, we got three girls in the final four to make up for it."
"My time was short but I think I done what I came here for. In twelve days, I had played a better strategic and social game Hank may ever hope to do. I wouldn't had mind to last a bit longer but you can't have your cake and eat it too I guess."
The four rowed over to the first male stand finally. It was a picture of an old man with a beard and a big grin on his face.
"Max seems… Annoying." Richard said narrowing his eyes.
"Oh, you had no idea!" Catherine said rolling her eyes.
"Hey! Max had a fun guy to be with and made things more positive!" Janet retorted.
"Oh yeah! Like how he positively stole my hair dye and turned Ronald's fur pink!" Catherine snarked.
"Wait? That was him!" Sally said with a laugh. "I should had known he had done something like that."
"Yeah, he sure did left with a bang." Janet chuckled placing Max's torch.
"Please don't say things like bang when talking about Max." Catherine said grumpily.
"Despite only lasting fifteen days, I had a lot of fun. I had made a lot of friends, I had dominated some of the Challenges AND I turned a rat in more ways than one pink! That is a million dollar picture if I ever saw one!"
The next stand had a picture of a young girl with a cheery face and long red hair. Janet and Catherine couldn't help but frown.
"Poor Cassie." Catherine frowned.
"Why? What happened?" Sally asked.
"She… She quit." Catherine said looking down making Richard and Sally go wide-eyed.
"What?" Richard exclaimed.
"Yeah. The drama got to her." Janet said looking down. "She asked Oscar, Andrew and I to vote her out."
Richard raised an eyebrow. "What about Ronald and Catherine?"
"She asked that they wouldn't be told so they wouldn't get upset." Janet lamented.
"Oh my goodness…" Sally said sadly. "That is so sad."
"Yeah but considering what happened recently, it is probably for the best." Catherine said placing Cassie's torch on the stand.
"Did my move made a lot of people angry? I think so but even now, I still don't regret my choice. The drama and conflict were getting out of hand and judging from what I heard from Andrew, I think I left at the right time."
The four made their way over the next stand. It had a picture of a smirking porcupine.
"Prick, Prick, Prick." Richard said shaking his head. "I don't usually resort to things like this but his name befits him."
"Yeah, he seemed very unfriendly after losing the lacrosse Challenge." Janet said.
"Not only that but he was OBSESSED with getting Mortimer out." Sally said. "He went around our backs and made a deal with Richard to vote him out."
"Can't say I am complaining." Richard smirked.
"Of course you wouldn't." Catherine said rolling her eyes.
"I WILL give him this." Richard said placing Prick's torch. "He was just what Mortimer needed to stand up for himself.
"What can I say? I have no one to play for myself for my boot. I made a deal with the devil and I got burned by the flames of Hell. Still I am ticked that Mortimer made jury. Come on! Say what you want about what I did but he was pathetic!"
The finalists made their way over to a brown-haired man with a grumpy look on his face.
"Ew. It's Andrew." Catherine said in disgust.
"I must agree with you." Janet said narrowing her eyes. "He had become insufferable after the double Tribal Council."
"Okay, what did HE do?" Richard asked.
"Well, first of all, he had been anti-Ronald from the start!" Catherine snapped. "He is always trying to get him out!"
"And after Catherine made a comment on his parenting, he turned in a prick." Janet said narrowing her eyes. "I only did it strategic reasons but I am glad I betrayed him."
"Sheesh, Prick times five!" Sally winced as Janet placed Andrew's torch.
"I got nothing positive to say. My tribe is going to be Ulonged and I couldn't be happier. If they wanted to keep a schemer, then let the steel stick out of their backs for all I care! I don't need this! I got more brain cells than all four of them combined!"
The next stand had a picture of a nervous white-feathered duck with glasses.
"Ah, Mortimer. My closest ally." Richard smiled.
"Poor guy looked like he had the weight of the world on his shoulders." Catherine frowned.
"Most of the time he did." Janet winced remember some of the things that had happened to him.
"But in the end, he had grown past his nervous state and thought up of the plan to vote off Prick AND keep the Idol." Richard said.
"That was HIS idea?" Sally asked in surprise. "Wow, Prick didn't know what had hit him."
"Indeed." Richard said placing his torch.
"I had changed so much since we started. Most of the time I was a bit of a wimp and who is quick to tears but in the end, I was starting to create strategies and get rid of Prick. I admit I wanted to last a little longer to see what else I could do but I take what I could get."
The four rowed to a stand belonging to a grinning bearded man.
"Ugh. It's Bill." Richard said rolling his eyes.
"You know…" Sally said. "Bill only gave you grief about what you did at Amber's final Tribal Council."
"I won't deny that Bill is so upset but he was absolutely irritating." Richard said narrowing his eyes. "He accused me of manipulating Mortimer."
"Just like you accused me of manipulating Oscar?" Catherine asked raising an eyebrow.
"Again, completely different circumstances!" Richard snapped. "I am glad that we voted him out for his self-righteousness."
"Technically speaking, we voted him out because we thought he was going to vote off Ronald." Janet said. "AND considering your position at the time, I doubt you would had cared if who had been voted off over you."
"Just put his stupid torch on before I toss it aside!" Richard snapped. Sally rolled her eyes before placing the torch on it.
"I came into this game wanted to play the hero card but it backfired on me in more ways than one. I guess I am just not cut out for this game. At least I know for a fact that a couple of friends are seeing how well they did without me."
The finalists made their way to a stand. Their faces immediately went sour when they saw a dark-skinned girl with a flower in her face.
"Coco…" Sally spat in disgust.
"That girl caused us a lot of pointless drama with her lies." Richard said narrowing his eyes.
"AND she was an idiot!" Catherine said. "Did she really think Sally and Kao would still keep her two minutes AFTER ticking them off?"
"Also, she did not think her plan through." Janet said. "The only reason we targeted her in the first place is because she is the biggest jury threat in the game."
"In the end, she was all talk. No action." Sally said putting the torch on her hand. She didn't even bother to make sure it was on properly as they quickly rowed off as fast as they could.
"I was robbed. I had everyone wrapped around my little finger and yet due to a series of stupid events, nothing goes my way. Even my back-up plan was used against me in the end. Sally better watch herself because a pirate NEVER forgets someone who crossed them!"
The next stand to four came across had a picture of a menacing aging rat with pupil-less eyes.
"Ronnie!" Catherine said cheerfully. "Such a cutie!"
"That part still creep me out." Sally said whispering to Janet.
"It does to us all." She whispered back.
"He and I were partners-in-crime!" Catherine grinned. "We spent most of the pre-merge period along with Cassie fending off that bigot, Andrew!"
"I assume that the whole rivalry started because Andrew thought he looked like a schemer?" Richard asked.
"I know right? Can't you believe that?" Catherine said placing the torch on the stand. The others looked to the side.
"I think I had improved since I came here. Since Day 1, most of the tribe didn't trust me and wanted me out but now I was becoming a better strategist despite most of the castaways didn't liked me. Still, I am not going to give a nice jury speech."
The finalists rowed over to a black and white orca while with a big grin. Catherine immediately glared at the three.
"What?" Richard asked.
"It is your fault he is gone." Catherine said darkly. "Because you thought I was a vamp!"
"For the last time, Catherine! We couldn't trust you!" Janet exclaimed. "You had been mean to him since the start!"
"He deserved it at the start and you know it!" The pink-haired girl snapped.
"So basically, if Oscar had earned Catherine's trust by the start, none of this would have happen?" Sally asked. "Wow… That's depressing."
"Yeah. What a mess…" Janet said looking down as Catherine placed Oscar's torch.
"No matter what I do, everything always seems to blow up in my face. And when I had earned the trust of my crush and dominated a Challenge, I got voted out in the harshest ways possible! I don't know what I did to deserve this but I am not going to take this lying down."
The final stand had a picture of a yellow Pianta with shades.
"Kao! Such a sweetheart!" Sally smiled.
"Yeah. He is such a gentleman!" Janet said.
"Usually overly-positive people annoy me but Kao manages to do so without being irritating." Richard noted.
"I could talk to him all day and he would not think me off one bit." Catherine said.
"Kao was my biggest ally and best friend out here." Sally lamented placing the torch into the stand.
"I had no regrets out here. Sure, I had a lot of unhappy times but the friends I made at the end of it made it worth it. I should be pleased that I made it as far as I did considering that I am one of the more stronger players."
The four started to row back to the Challenge area thinking about all the people they faced.
"So many people we outlasted." Sally said in awe.
"I still can't believe we made it this far." Janet supplied.
"But three of us still have to outlast one more." Richard said.
"Right." Catherine said looking ahead. "Speaking of which…"
Everyone looked ahead. They then saw Tiny waving them over. The finalists rowed their way to shore.
"Welcome, finalists! Ready for your final Immunity Challenge?" Tiny grinned as everyone nodded "Take a look."
The four then saw four balls with a platform on it each. They didn't have to think hard and how the Challenge might be.
"You will all be standing on these platforms over a ball trying to keep your balance. The objective is simple. Don't lose your balance and fall off." Tiny said. "Last person standing still win Immunity guaranteeing a spot in the Final 3 where they have a 1-in-3 shot of winning."
The four looked at each other knowing how important it was.
"All right. Let's draw for spots."
(Later)
All four finalists were on their platforms currently balancing.
"The Challenge is now under way." Tiny said. "Catherine, how confident are you in this Challenge?"
"Fair. I think we are all on even ground here." The pink-haired girl said.
"Richard, it is only until the last Challenge since you had gotten an Immunity win of your own." Tiny asked. "Did that give you the motivation to go on?"
"Well seeing how important this Challenge is, I can't afford to give up this one." The scientist said.
"Sally, you were in the minority vote. Do you need this headdress?" Tiny asked.
"Of course I do! I need it most of all!" The Street Fighter exclaimed.
"Uh-huh. Janet, are you just as determined?" Tiny asked.
"It is the final Challenge." The mercenary said sternly. "Nobody wants to give up."
"Fair enough." Tiny said.
The four finalists continued standing on the platforms for thirty minutes. They were already starting to feel the pain in their legs. However, they can't afford to move a single muscle. Not even with all the sweat beads growing on them.
"How are you all holding out?" Tiny asked.
"Fair. I am a mercenary. I had done worst jobs than this." Janet said.
"Well, I am a Street Fighter. I fight some of the most strongest fighters you could ever meet!" Sally smirked.
"Richard, Catherine, what do you say to that?" Tiny asked.
"I have you do that while strong and dangerous, the fighters you face aren't vampires or werewolves." Richard said.
"Catherine, that means this puts you at a disadvantage." Tiny said.
"Hey, a frail girl beat out a mercenary and a cheetah! I think I have a chance!" Catherine snapped.
"All right. Let's see what you got." Tiny said. He then took a look at his stopwatch to see what much time had passed.
Suddenly, he heard a crash. He looked up to see Catherine falling down.
"And Catherine is out!" Tiny said flatly. "After saying how she had a chance!"
"Shut up, you Jeff Probst rip-off!" Catherine roared.
"Honey, after the rumours I had heard about the latest season, I don't give a crap about not being on the same level as him anymore." Tiny said waving it off.
The three remaining people looked at each other in confusion before deciding to let it go. They had far worse things to worry about.
As the minutes flew by, the sun beamed down harshly. What were just a few sweat beads on their faces multiplied due to the heat. They were now feeling the pressure.
"Sally, how are you holding out?" Tiny asked.
"Fair…" The braided woman said panting a few times. "I am feeling the heat."
"Janet, you had been used to the heat back where you work." Tiny said. "How are you holding out?"
"Just fine. I just actually kinda forget how harsh the sun could be." The mercenary said.
"Richard, you are the last male standing." Tiny said. "Does that put you at a disadvantage?"
"I strongly don't see how gender plays a part in this." The Russian man said.
"Fair enough." Tiny said before turning to Catherine. "Who do you think will win?"
"Honestly, I don't know. They all looked equally fatigued to me." The high-school student shrugged.
"Who do you want to win?" Tiny asked.
"The person I want to win is Nunya." Catherine said.
"Nunya?" Tiny asked raising an eyebrow.
"None of ya business!" Catherine spat.
Tiny blinked twice before scoffing. "Whatever…"
Then, the two saw another person fall.
Richard put his hands on his knees panting heavily.
"Richard is out! It is now between Sally and Janet."
The two women looked at each other knowing this was it.
Time started passed as the soaring sun hid behind the clouds giving the two a break from the harsh rays.
"Sally, do you want to step down?" Tiny asked.
"What? Of course not!" The blonde snapped. "I had stood up here too long just to give up!"
"That was why I was asking?" Tiny asked. "Janet, what about you?"
"No, there is too much on the lie for me to quit." The brunette said.
Tiny gave a smirk as Richard and Catherine watched intently.
"Come on, Janet." Richard muttered.
"You can do it, Sally." Catherine whispered so Richard can't see.
Tiny adjusted his glasses while eyeing the two girls. It was coming down to the wire and he knew it. The two women stood tightly.
Suddenly, a woman stumbled falling off her platform. The other went wide-eyed.
Sally collapsed on her knees.
"Sally fell!" Tiny smirked before announced. "JANET WINS IMMUNITY!"
Despite extremely tired, she leaped off the platform in joy while Richard smirked and Sally looked disappointed.
(Later)
"Here we go, Janet!" Tiny said putting the headdress of her head. "You had won Immunity guaranteeing you an 1-in-3 shot of winning."
"I feel like queen of the world right now!" She grinned.
Tiny then turned to the others.
"As for the rest of you, it had been a long run for you all but you WILL go to Tribal Council where one of you WILL be voted out of this game. You may head back to camp."
(Uporstvo Tribe)
"Today had been a great day for me! Might me my best one out here yet! I had won the Final Immunity Challenge today!" Janet grinned. "And you know what the best part is? The runner-up was Sally! The very person we were TRYING to target!"
"Congratulations, Janet!" Richard grinned.
"You have no idea how glad I am to win this headdress!" The brunette beamed.
"And you earned it! Because you stopped Sally from winning Immunity!" Richard said. "So are you a trio to the end?"
"Of course!" Janet said.
"Sure, we got roped in against my will anyway." Catherine shrugged.
Richard and Janet gave unimpressed looks.
"And they call me a Gloomy Gus." Richard said flatly.
"Hey, cheer up! You can't go into the Final 3 like that!" Janet said. "Be happy you made it so far!"
"All right! All right!" Catherine said.
"Our goal is set. Vote off Sally. Then, it would be Janet and Catherine in the Final 3. I am not intimidated by Catherine at all." Richard said. "Janet on the other hand… I am more than a little of. Just like a couple of people said, the vote had gone her way every time. I may be seen as a coattail rider."
Catherine walked away from the group with a neutral look on her face.
"Hey, Catherine!"
The pink-haired girl stopped in her tracks before turning around to see Sally running over.
"Are we still on with our deal?" Sally asked.
Catherine's eyes widened. "What? It was broken the second Janet won Immunity!"
"Hey! It wasn't my fault!" Sally insisted.
"I know that but the target I wanted is immune from the Final vote-off!" Catherine said turning around and walking off. "Now she is going to WOW everyone with her perfect game!"
Sally's hand stretched out before looking down in defeat. Suddenly, she jerked her head up.
"But does Janet have to leave to dent her perfect game?" She said.
Catherine stopped walking to turn around in confusion.
"I blew it. This was the most Immunity Challenge of all and I lost! Now Janet is immune and Catherine wants to break her deal." Sally said sadly. She then narrowed her eyes. "No. I had come through too much to give up now."
"All right. You caught my attention for the moment." Catherine said walking back.
"Well, Janet may be immune but her closest ally, Richard isn't!" Sally said.
"I could see what you are coming from but one dent isn't going to change the jury's minds." Catherine asked. "Besides, I am not afraid of facing Richard to the finals."
"But if you go with Janet and Richard's plan, the jury will think you will be a coattail rider!" Sally said.
"Coattail rider?" Catherine asked. "I have you know that I joined Janet and Richard because I was forced to! The only reason I went with them was because they wanted to use me as a goat!"
"And you are just willing to let them do that to you?" Sally asked in disbelief.
"What's the freaking point?" Catherine asked. "Janet has the game around her finger! And with her making the final Tribal Council, there is no hope of winning!"
"Then, what's the point of even going to the final Tribal Council?" Sally snapped. "Quit and let me take your spot!"
"Hey!" Catherine snapped.
"Don't you "hey" me! If you truly think you can't win, why bother going to the final Tribal Council at all?" Sally asked.
"And like YOU would do any better!" Catherine accused before sighing. "I don't know if I would win either way but… I don't want to be a slave of Janet's plans."
"Then, don't!" Sally said. "Vote for Richard and leave the rest to me! Even if I win, at least you could say that you didn't vote with Janet."
Catherine paused.
"Honestly, I don't know how to vote. I fear Sally more than Richard in the final Tribal Council seeing that she will get more voted." Catherine said. "On the other hand, I don't want to be Janet's little pawn for her perfect game. I bet she is gloating in the shelter now."
(Tribal Council)
All four people had made their way to Tribal Council where Tiny was waiting.
"Welcome, finalists!" Tiny said. "Take a seat."
Everyone obliged.
"We now bring in the jury." Tiny said as the jury walked in. "Mortimer, Bill, Coco, Ronald, Oscar and Kao voted out at the last Tribal Council."
The jury then sat down. Kao was wearing a green cap with a pink shirt. His shades were now gone showing his large beady eyes.
"Sally, Kao was your ally from the right correct?" Tiny asked. "How does it feel having him leave?"
"It sucks. He had been my friend from the start and it was to lose him this close to the end." The braided woman frowned.
"Aw, I missed you too." Kao said.
"Janet, how is the alliances now?" Tiny asked.
"It is 3-1 right now." The mercenary said.
"Really?"
"Yeah, we managed to convince Catherine to stick with us." Janet said.
"Catherine, is this true?" Tiny asked.
"Hey, I take what I got and this was the only thing I got." The pink-haired girl shrugged.
"Well, THAT'S a different way of saying like I have a choice." Mortimer said raising an eyebrow.
"Sally, is what they are saying is true, then, you are in trouble." Tiny said.
"Yeah, I am in the minority right now." The blonde woman frowned.
"Richard, why is the others so insisted on voting off Sally?" Tiny asked.
"Out of us four, she had annoyed the least people." The Russian said man. "She is a jury threat."
"Not to me." Coco spat causing the others to roll their eyes.
"So Catherine, how is this vote going to go?" Tiny asked.
"It is going to go how the majority wants to." The high-school student said crossing her arms.
"All right. Janet, you have Immunity. Do you want to give it up?" Tiny asked.
"You can't pay me enough to make me do so." The mercenary said flatly.
"All right then." Tiny said. "It is time to vote. Richard, you are up."
The dark-haired man nodded before getting up heading over to the voting table. He then picked up the pen. "I stand what I say about you being a threat." He said holding up "Sally".
Sally narrowed her eyes in determination before marching over to the table snatching the pen. "For the vote, this vote is in self-defence not spite." She said holding up "Richard".
Catherine crossed her arms looking very unsure about the vote. "Something tells me I am going to regret this vote in the morning. Still, when I make something up, I am NOT changing it."
Janet walked over happy that she had to do one last vote-off before she could worry among other things. "Honestly, I just want to worry about the jury right now." She said holding up "Sally".
With that, she walked off. Tiny then got up.
"I'll get the votes." He said walking off.
Everyone waited patiently for him to return with the urn.
"I'll read them out."
"First vote, Sally."
Sally nodded.
"Second vote, Richard. One vote, Sally. One vote, Richard."
Richard quickly shrugged it off.
"Third vote, Sally. Two votes, Sally. One vote, Richard. One vote left."
Sally bit her lip knowing this was it.
"Fifteenth person voted out of Survivor and final member of our jury…"
Everyone stayed silent.
"We have a tie."
Everyone's eyes widened.
"Sally and Richard, two votes each."
Sally let out a deep breath in relief. Richard and Janet sat slack-jawed before immediately glaring at Catherine who smirked.
"Sorry, I guess I just don't like being a pawn." Catherine said with a carefree shrug.
"That's my girl." Ronald said as he and Oscar smirked.
"That means we have to go into a tiebreaker." Tiny said.
Richard let out a deep sigh of defeat before he stared at Sally who returned the glare.
"We are having a good old-fashioned Trivia Challenge." Tiny said. "Take your panels from underneath your seats."
The two obliged.
"Okay, we will be doing questions about a certain Survivor series." Tiny said. "Survivor Central Hub."
Everyone gasped at this.
"All right. I will ask you a series of questions about the first three seasons." Tiny said. "Just raise A or B. First one to get it wrong loses the game. Got it?"
The two nodded.
"All right. Let's begin." Tiny said. "Who had to be pulled out of the game for medical reasons? A. Brick or B. Renaldo?"
The two quickly raised their answers. Both of them were A."
"The answer is A. Brick. Renaldo wasn't pulled from the game but he was voted out instead." Tiny said. "Next question. Which tribe had been dispersed in Season 3? A. Malabar or B. Roka?"
The two again raised their answers. Just like before they had A.
"The answer is A. Malabar." Tiny said. "Next question. Who got zero votes at the Final Tribal Council? A. Elias or B. Yori."
The two hesitated a bit but then raised their answers.
"The answer is A. Elias. He got a couple of votes despite coming in third place." Tiny said. "In the Family Visit at Season 3, which pair won it? A. Carly & Inferno or B. Edwina & Liz?"
The two looked at each other as if they were both stumped. The others saw this and their raised their answers. Sally raised A and Richard raised B."
"Two different answers. Which means this game is over…" Tiny said. "The correct answer is…"
Everyone looked anxiously.
"A. Carly & Inferno. Technically it was Beaker and Psymon who found it but still." Tiny said.
Sally's eyes widened as Richard looked down.
"Which means… Richard, you are officially the fifteenth person voted out of Survivor and final member of the jury."
"Dang…" Mortimer frowned.
"This is rigged!" Coco spat crossing her arms and pouting.
"Richard, you have to bring me your torch."
The Russian man sighed expecting his fate taking the torch and glaring at Catherine. "For your sake, you had better hope that people vote for you for your free spirit."
Catherine smirked as Richard planted his torch in front of Tiny.
"Richard, the tribe has spoken." Tiny said putting his snuffer over the torch extinguishing it. "You may now go."
"So close and yet so far." He said walking off.
Tiny watched him leave before looking at the others. "Safe to say Richard didn't see that coming. Just goes to show, no matter what day you are on, You are never safe in this game. But you three ARE safe. You had outlasted fifteen different people and now your power in the shifts over to…"
The jury then smiled or smirked.
"The jury. Seven people you had a hand in voting out in my way or another. You have the rest of the day to think up of jury speeches. You may head back to camp."
The three women gathered their torches and went back to camp knowing this was it. Tomorrow they had to think of ways to convince the jury how much they deserve the million dollars and the fourth person to be worth of the name of Sole Survivor.
"As much as I hate to admit it but I think this is karma. I tricked Sally into forcing a tiebreaker and now she beat me in a tiebreaker. One that was my speciality I may add." Richard said before sighing. "Nonetheless, I am proud of my progress. Despite having only one or two close allies, I made it to Day 38."
RESULTS
Richard: Catherine, Sally.
Sally: Janet, Richard.
Thus Richard is the last person to get voted out. Richard was one of my favourite villains to write for. He was blunt, he was scheming and he was cold but he was not a bad person as most people claimed. That was why I gave him a Morality Pet in form of Mortimer.
NOTE: Richard was originally going to be the winner. However, that plan was scrapped when I can't think of a good storyline after Bill's departure.
(Ponderosa)
Richard looked out the window with a bored look on his face. Soon, the limo had reached Ponderosa.
"Well, we are here, pal!" Touil said.
"Thank you." Richard said getting out of the car. "Can't say I am happy but it is better than sleeping dirt."
"That's the spirit!" Touil grinned.
"Well, here I am. The last juror. Can't say I am that pleased of coming so far only to get voted out at the final vote-off." Richard sighed. "I knew that Catherine didn't like aligning with me and Janet but who knew that she will take her bitterness to the end?"
Richard walked into the place.
"Richard, welcome to Ponderosa!" Mortimer said cheerfully.
"Yo…" Oscar and Coco said flatly.
"Well, at least I got a somewhat warm welcome." Richard said with a small smile.
"Even now, people still dislike Richard and honestly with his blunt attitude, I can't really hold that against them." Mortimer said. "Still, I am grateful for him teaching me to come out of my shell so I am upset that he didn't make the Final Tribal Council."
"So the scientist didn't win a Trivia Challenge." Ronald said with a smirk.
Richard growled a bit. "Hey, my knowledge of the Central Hub series were limited save for the most known facts!"
"I admit it, it is a surprise to hear about that series." Kao mused. "Maybe I should watch it sometime."
"In any case, the jury is full so we could discuss we think should win." Bill said.
The others nodded.
"Honestly, I was expecting to answer questions on winning then ask them but it is too late to grief about it now." Richard shrugged. "Still, the whole thing left me with little time to think about who do I want to win."
"All right. Alphabetical order." Bill said. "Catherine."
"Um, do anyone even got a reason for Catherine to win?" Richard asked.
"Yeah, she pulled out more moves than you thought!" Ronald countered. "She was the one who saved me over Queenmon and figured it out that it was Max who turned me pink."
"Yeah, the reason you never saw any of that is because we had the majority for most of the game." Oscar said.
"Being blessed with the luck of a majority alliance does not make a good player." Richard said.
"Why not? Coco claimed that she is the best player ever by worming her into the majority!" Bill joked jerking his thumb towards Coco.
"And I am." The dark-skinned girl said sitting out her tongue
"Anywayyyyy…" Bill said rolling his eyes. "Janet."
"I am glad you said that, gramps!" Coco smirked.
"Janet is not the only one I want to win out of the three but the only one in this entire season worthy of the title of Sole Survivor besides me." Coco explained. "She had been given a target on her back and what does she do with it? Let chaos run in her tribe to avoid any votes going her way! That's hardcore if I ever saw one!"
"Face it! You guys are sore losers!" The young girl said. "You just can't admit that Janet not only outlasted you but outwitted and outplayed you!"
"Like she outwitted and outplayed me by voting me out! When Catherine was the main "offender?" Oscar said with a twitching non-existent eyebrow.
"No, she didn't outwitted and outplayed you." Coco said smugly. "Catherine did!"
"You're pushing the whole Infant Immortality thing too far, punk!" Oscar snapped.
"Forget it, Oscar. She is just a brat." Ronald said rolling his non-existent eyes.
"Speaking of which…" Bill said. "Sally."
"Oh, don't you ever get me started on that broad!" Coco growled. "She didn't played the Idol when she promised she would!"
"Um, did she make the promise BEFORE you revealed your true self to the world?" Mortimer asked.
"Shut up! Shut up! Shut up!" Coco roared. "I never did anything to her besides reveal that I didn't like her!"
"Other than the fact, you sabotaged our tribe by pulling a Russell Hantz." Bill said narrowing his eyes.
"AND tell a pointless lie to me just before the merge." Richard added.
Coco looked back and forth between everyone. "You know what? I don't need this! I am obviously a lock for All-Stars!"
With that, she got up and stormed off with everyone glaring at her.
"Coco is everything I hate in kids. Bratty, arrogant, loud-mouthed pieces of snot who think they are the greatest things since sliced bread when… they are really not." Ronald said with a disgusted grunt. "You mean to tell me that girl lasted nine years without anyone tying an anchor to her body and throwing it into the ocean? I find it very unlikely!"
"That kid needs a boot to the head." Oscar said narrowing his eyes.
"She needs more than that!" Ronald growled.
"Forget her! We got better things to worry about!" Bill said as everyone nodded.
"On one hand, we have Sally who had grown as a person trying over his lack of confidence, Catherine who didn't do anything but didn't do anything but any jurors angry or Janet who had apparently been manipulating her tribe so she wouldn't be a target." Kao said. "Even though I know who I am going to vote for. I don't think some people will make things easy."