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Sierra didn't spend that much time in the spa hotel during the free day. As she put it to Beth and I when Beth was back on the island for the day, "The luxury's nice, but as for the company, that leaves much to be desired."

"Let me guess..." I chuckled, "Scott wants to make an alliance with you?"

Sierra gave a nod. "I know why, too. He's dropped a few hints that he wants you to go next. He knows you're gunning for him. He's only after me because I have the weakest ties with the rest of you, and of course, your ally's been taken out so it would be an easy matter for me to convince everyone else of it."

"I've talked to Brick about who to take out in the final four." Beth said quietly. "He's said the same thing, but we both agreed that Scott should go before anyone else. Whatever happens, I'm going to stick to that promise."

"So, I've already got three votes against me if Scott gets immunity?" I mused. "Looks like I'm really going to have to work hard for invincibility in the next couple of votes. And I know who to vote off after Scott's gone." Then I smiled. "I know it's a game, and I know we have to play to win, and I appreciate you being honest about your plans in voting, Beth, but...it does mean that I will be trying to vote you out the same way."

Sierra, who had been listening to me with a thoughtful expression, got a small smile on her face. "What about this?" she said brightly. "Danni, we can be allies from now on. Since the Bs are each other's final two, we can do the same. Then in the final four, we can force a tiebreaker, and then we'll leave it up to fate. May the best man or girl win!"

"Are you sure that's a good idea?" I said doubtfully. "What if Chris just makes it a double elimination?"

"I don't think he will." Sierra reassured me. "I know how many episodes needed to be in this season, and unless one of them is non-elimination, there won't be any doubles."

I smiled, but another thought hit me. "I just hope Scott doesn't win invincibility tomorrow."

"We'll just have to work extra hard, then." Beth said optimistically. "You guys are both super athletic, and I'm good with animals, and Brick's way disciplined and strong, so between us, we should be able to keep invincibility away from him!"

How I wish that Beth hadn't been in exile! When Chris called us out the next day, he warned us that "Whoever gets here last drops and gives me fifty!"

And as the last of us came running up, he said "Glad you could join us, Beth. You know the drill: Last one here equals push-ups there."

"But it's not my fault – I only just got back from Boney Island!" Beth protested.

"You mean..." Chris pulled out a megaphone, "I only just got from Boney Island, SIR!"

Yeah, it was an obstacle course challenge, apparently a callback from the obstacle course during Chef's boot camp in the first season (just remembering the cuteness of a particular relationship there brought a smile to my face). We had a bunch of tyres to run through, a wall to climb up (with several ropes that varied in reliability), monkey bars over a pool (Chris called them 'snapping bars' which I guessed was a hint), a zone where we'd get shot at, and then...well, Chris said we were in for a real, uh, "treat" after that, but didn't actually explain what was next.

But that was because Scott scoffed about it being easy again, and Chris announced that we all had to wear heavy packs during the whole course, or get a penalty. I guess the packs weren't really that heavy, but they were definitely enough. Tiny Beth looked as if she was about to collapse – it honestly wasn't fair to make someone her size carry something that heavy.

So the course was...yeah, a bit of a nightmare to be honest. I had expected booby-traps everywhere – this was Total Drama after all – but the number of booby-traps in the tyres was just crazy. Scott practically ended up doing the splits, if his cry of "MY FOOT IS TOUCHING MY FACE!" was anything to go by. As for me, I triggered a hose switch and had to do the rest of the course with dripping hair and clinging clothes. And then Brick glanced at me and went scarlet, looking away, so now I knew my bra was showing, too.

But at least I wasn't flashing anyone without a bra, like Heather back in the first season, so I just winked at the camera and kept going.

I think there were a few more booby-traps in the tyres the girls hit, but I was second to reach the ropes after Brick (he'd probably done a tonne of these before at cadet camp, and without maggot slime and fuzzy glasses he could ace it) so I didn't waste time looking back when I heard Beth give a squeal of shock.

I surveyed the ropes for a minute. Brick had taken a thick, greyish-brown one. The remaining ones were red, black and light brown. But the black one seemed to have sparks coming from it, and when I got close enough to the red one I could smell the licorice, so I took the light brown one instead. Sierra actually ended up taking the licorice (and survived), and Scott took the black rope when he caught up (yes, it was a faulty electrical cord.

I was still only in second place, but that was okay. Scott was in fourth, Sierra was right behind me, and although Beth would probably be last, at least her ally would have invincibility and we could all make good on our promise and take out Scott.

I could take a little bit of a guess what the snapping bars would entail, so I stayed in a crouch as I swung from bar to bar. Lucky, too, because a few more inches and the turtles would have had a good knaw on my sandals – and probably my toes, too. Mangled shoewear was bad. Eaten toes would be much worse.

Okay, so I wasn't so lucky in the duck-and-cover zone. Chef was shooting leeches at us, so every so often, I had to keep ducking behind a bush so I could pull off one leech without getting another shot at me. I had to do this three times before I reached the zipline. However, by that time, Brick already had immunity, and Sierra was pulling stuff out of her pack.

Yep, the penalty for leaving your pack was not being able to zipline effectively. Gotta give Chris props – and wearing them wasn't Scott's fault after all. Oh well he still suffered. The guy left his pack behind, enabling Beth to end up in joint last, rather than last on her own.

And like I said, Brick had immunity! About time the dude got to show off his skills. I congratulated him that night. "This is, like, the first time I've really seen your skills in full! How many years have you gone to cadet camp?"

"About nine years now, I guess?" Brick paused to think about it. "Wait, eight. I was here for most of last summer but I got to join late once the season had finished, and I'm going back after this season is over, so that's two halves." He blushed a little from the attention. "I wasn't the best at most of those courses, really. I'm really just average – the only reason I won today was I was the only one used to obstacle courses, and trust me, some of the men I'd had to answer to are worse than Chris."

Double B, of course, got the spa hotel that night, but that was okay. Chris informed us that exile was no longer in effect since there were so few of us left, so Sierra and I would still be sharing a cabin for the night. And equally predictable was Scott's inevitable finish.

But I still went down to the dock to say goodbye. "Sorry about all the shaming." I said guiltily. "I know you didn't really deserve it all this season. But face it – you would have been here two days ago if you hadn't won immunity. But..." I hesitated. Did I really want to add this?

Yes, I did.

"If we're ever on another season together," I told Scott, "I'll let it go. I won't try to get you out unless it's something to do with you that season. I'm not going to ask you to do the same for me because I don't trust you. But remember that." Before Scott could reply, I turned and walked back up the dock.

The last thing I heard was the sound of swirling water.

Oh well. At least Scott was gone now. I could sleep a little easier, now knowing that the victor would be someone nice, someone who deserved it.

Although, when I thought about it, I knew who deserved to go next.

There's a really easy way for me to tell you who the final two will be, but who wants to tell you? However, a certain someone (and if you're reading, I don't know because you stopped reviewing, you know who you are) will no doubt be pleased when they find out. However, for now, you'll just have to wait. I think I must have eliminated the sundae episode by accident, but I've changed my mind. Therefore, the next challenge will be different to as it was originally, however Episode 12's challenge will not happen while the final three will have to do the sundae-making challenge (be fair, can you really say the challenge was exceptionally problematic?).