"Well, well, well." Rippen slowly walked in from the open door, slow clapping. He was dressed pretty normally, but was wearing an apron with an assortment of tools, like a sylist. Larry burst in after him, wearing a propeller cap and suspenders. He was sucking on a lollipop. "Look what we have here."

He gazed around the small room, at Sashi, Boone and Penn. Sashi immediately raised her fists up in defence, but Penn batted them down. "Rippen," He growled.

"Penn Zero."

"Larry!" Larry cried out. He looked around at the blank faces around him, and shrugged. "What? Are we, like, are we not playing that game?"

Rippen smacked his hand against his head. "Larry, what did I say about talking?"

"Sorry Rippen," Larry pouted, but immediately brightens up again. "But this is just too darn exciting! And what am I supposed to be? A 1980s pop star?" He strikes a pose and nearly drops his lollipop. Rippen sighs.

"You're supposed to be my son! Now, can you just listen to me and stop talking for a second?!" He shouts. While he and Larry argued, Sashi walked sullenly out of the room. Boone seemed engaged in the argument, and sits back to watch with a bucket of popcorn to watch. Penn however, noticed Sashi, and followed her out. He found her leaning against the wall of the hallway, her arms crossed.

"Sashi, it wasn't your fault. We should've known that you can't wear heels." Hesitantly, he puts his arm on Sashi's shoulder, and then jerks back, as if unsure whether or not she was going to attack him. Seeing that she still hasn't moved, he put his hand back. "Besides, you don't know you failed."

"It's not like that, Penn," She sighed. "Every time something like this happens, I mess up the mission. I can't be one of them. I just can't!" Penn seemed confused for a second, but realized that "them" stood for the girls outside in the pageant.

"But you don't have to be!" He threw his arms up in frustration. Sashi looked at him warily, her eyes starting to brim with tears. "Who was it that said we should always be ourselves? Because it's what inside that counts?"

Sashi nodded and blinked away the tears. "You're right, Penn. I can do this."

In that instant, the PA system came on again. "The girl to be eliminated this round is…"

Sashi and Penn held their breaths in anticipation, and even the argument inside the room stopped for a moment to listen to the news.

"… Olivia Xu." They stood stock still for a moment before realizing that that's Sashi's cover name.

"You lose!" Cackled Rippen, running out of the room. "You finally lose! And I'm a full-time villain!" He grabbed Larry into an awkward hug and laughed in Penn's face. "Finally! The part-time hero loses! I win! I win!"

"Shh, I'm listening!" Boone said. Rippen stopped talking to listen to the new announcement.

"This year, we will select a wild card contestant to enter the next round. That winner is… Olivia Xu!"

Rippen remained motionless, his face frowning. Penn suddenly smiled.

"Yes! We still have another chance!" Sashi shrieked, and grabbed Penn into a hug. They drew apart from each other almost immediately, and coughed, embarrassed.

"Ugh, yeah. Another chance." Penn said in a low voice. Rippen was still frozen.

"Wait…" Penn started smiling again. "Rippen, that means you haven't won yet!"

But he didn't frown. Instead, he broke into a large grin. "Oh, but you will lose. Unfortunately, the next event will have you stumped."

On cue, the PA started again. By now, they were getting tired of the interruptions. "Hey…" Penn narrowed his eyes. "How do you know what the next event is?"

Rippen laughed maliciously. "Because I organized it."

"The next event, Couples Dancing, will begin tomorrow at 2:00 PM. Good luck, girls!"

"Come on, Larry. We're leaving." Rippen started walking, only to realize that Larry was still talking to Boone. And laughing. "LARRY! DO NOT FRATERNIZE WITH THE ENEMY!"

"Coming, Rippen!" Larry called out, and bounced after Rippen, sucking on his lollipop.

Penn and Sashi looked at each other. And Boone showed up too. One word sums it all up.

"Uh, oh."