As what is apparently routine, the camera faded in and Chris is standing on the Dock of Shame, ready to recap the thrilling adventures of last episode.
"Last time on Total Drama Island, The Screaming Gophers finally dodged their pathetic losing streak against The Killer Bass." Flashbacks from last episode started to play starting off with Anisa taking Anthony out, and him spraining his ankle. "There were bruises, tears, risky moves, and dangerous alliances."
A montage of different scenes followed. It included Lester sitting in the corner crying, Anthony slamming to the floor to dodge Tanner's dodgeball, and finally ending on Harmonia talking to Christopher before going to bait Tanner.
"And in the end, it was poor-little-Celestia who walked down the dock, but not before giving a sickly sweet goodbye to her friend Lucien."
Scenes of the med-student flashed on the scene looking terrified of the dodgeball game before flashing to her goodbye to Lucien. After, the scene then flashed back to Chris on the dock.
"This week, another challenge will send one more camper on a cruise to Loserville. Population: Four. Who will sink? And who will stay afloat? Find out right now on Total. Drama. Island!"
The scene flashed to a wideview of the cabins before panning into the guys' side of the Gopher's cabin. It flashed once more, showing the inside of the cabin. Freddy and Colin were on the latter's bunk, playing on their own portable game consoles. Colin sat with his back up against the frame of the bed while Freddy laid on his stomach in between Colin and the wall.
It wasn't long before a small victory jingle played through the speakers of Freddy's system. "That's what I'm talkin' about Circus Babaayy!" The FNAF fan extended his arms in celebration, but quickly recoiled in pain after his fist slammed into the wall. "Owww…"
Colin laughed slightly at the FNAF fan's celebration gone wrong. "Man, your reflexes are absolutely god-tier. I could barely get a hit in."
Freddy sat up on his knees, facing his fellow gamer as he rubbed his sore fist. His mouth turned into a grin. "Heck yeah they are! I've been playing horror games since I was a kid. You know how many of them require super fast inputs? All of them!" To prove his point, Freddy raised his arms in the air so Colin could see how grand 'all of them' actually looks. However, he just slammed his hands into the wooden beam over his head. The brunette recoiled his hands in pain again. "Ah!"
"You good dude?" Colin asked, clearly amused by the scene.
"This is sabotage, I just know it." Freddy playfully accused.
The pink-haired geek smirked in amusement. "You're the one who suggested playing on my bed."
Freddy crossed his arms and looked away. "I was just trying to be nice and give you a home-field advantage."
"Well clearly that doesn't help much against your cat-like reflexes."
"I prefer fox-like." Freddy told him, putting his hands on his hips proudly.
Colin playfully rolled his eyes as the door to the cabin opened.
"What are you two doing?" Colin and Freddy's attention turned to the new voice, which belonged to Dustin.
Colin held his game system up nonchalantly and responded, "Playing games."
Freddy smiled at Dustin and held his system out. "Wanna join?"
"No."
There was an awkward pause between the three. Finally, Freddy spoke up. "Uh, well that's okay! If you change your mind, you're always free to join us."
"Okay." The musician responded simply. He turned to his bunk and grabbed his guitar before heading towards the door. As he did, Freddy asked Colin, "Now where were we?"
The chubby geek smirked. "You were telling me how many horror games require fast reflexes."
The lightbulb went off in Freddy's head. "Oh yeah! Well, the answer is all of them!" Freddy exclaimed as he once again flung his hands into the air and smacked them on the wooden beam just as Dustin walked out. "Oww!"
Confessional Freddy
"Growing up, my parents weren't home a lot, but that just meant I had all the time in the world to play games and hone my reflexes." He smiled excitedly. "You need to be quick when playing any horror game. 'Cause it takes less than a second for the jumpscares to getcha!" He raised his hands up next to his face, making a claw gesture with them to help prove his point.
End Confessional
Outside, Dustin started to make his way towards the woods. As he did, he encountered Cherry who was sucking on a red lollipop. "Morning," the DJ greeted, giving Dustin a nod of acknowledgement.
"Hey." Dustin nodded his head back.
Cherry looked at the instrument in Dustin's hands. She pointed her lollipop at it as a smirk appeared on her face. "Off to play some guitar?"
The brunette shrugged. "That's the plan."
Cherry gave a chill nod. "Sweet, mind if I tag along and listen?"
"I didn't know you needed my permission to make your own decisions." Dustin responded sarcastically, continuing his trek into the woods.
Cherry followed him and chuckled. "Feisty one. I'm sure that top tier social game of yours is doing you wonders."
"Not like it matters much yet, our team is filled with people with huge targets on their backs." Dustin responded.
"Like who?" Cherry inquired, sucking on her lollipop some more.
The musician glanced over to the club kid. "Why don't you tell me?"
"Ah, keeping your cards close to your chest." Cherry smirked, nodding her head slightly. "Smart."
The two reached a small clearing with a large tree stump in the middle. "Well I'm not going to put a target on my own back by naming names." Dustin told her, taking a seat on the stump and fiddling with his guitar.
Cherry shrugged nonchalantly. "That's fair." She took a seat next to Dustin. "Though, I won't be naming any names either if that's the case. Not to worry though, love, I can safely say you're not in my sights just yet." She sent him a playful wink, which Dustin just ignored.
The musician strummed the cords of his guitar a couple times. "Yeah, I'm totally going to take you at your word there."
Cherry finished off her lollipop before tossing the stick behind her. "Well, I don't have any reason to lie. But I can understand being distrustful, especially after what happened."
This admittedly piqued Dustin's interest. "What are you talking about?"
Cherry played with a couple strands of her hair. "Your past. Did you think no one knew? Darling I'm a DJ, even if you nor your dad were the most famous musicians out there, I've played songs from both of you before. And of course I've heard about what happened. It was quite the scandal, really."
Dustin sent a dark glare towards her. "Don't bring him up."
Cherry nodded, holding her hands up. "Sorry babe, wasn't trying to strike a nerve there."
"Whatever." Dustin scoffed. "So, what? You going to try to blackmail me or something?"
"No, that wasn't the plan." Cherry responded. "I'm just trying to show that you can put some trust in me. If I wanted to, I could've blabbed already. But I didn't."
Dustin went back to strumming his guitar. "Whatever, it's not like I care whether people know who I am. Won't do too much to my game."
"Maybe, maybe not." Cherry said as she stood up. "Just know that I'll have your back if you let me." With that, the party gal took her leave. Dustin continued to strum his guitar as she left, though he was thinking over the conversation and what Cherry was saying.
Confessional Cherry
Cherry played with a part of her jacket as she spoke. "Let's be honest here, shall we? As great of a shield as Tanner is, we're just two votes. We can't do too much on our own, especially with how little everyone respects the brute." She sends a playful smirk to the camera. "I'd prefer another ally, and Dustin would be pretty helpful. On his own he's fine. But what makes him a great ally to have is his connection to Keesha. Our team's leader has taken a liking to Dustin, and he could potentially sway her vote in our favor if need be. And where Keesha's vote goes, I'm sure Anisa's will follow not far behind. If Keesha listens to him, then we could really take control of the team and make sure we're safe."
End Confessional
The scene flashed over to the beach where Tamera was out suntanning in her swimsuit. She wore a pair of sunglasses over her eyes and she had a deep scowl on her face as she grumbled to herself.
"These stupid bitches better watch their backs… putting me in the bottom two, almost sending me home."
The perspective shifted to someone else's line of sight, though it was hard to tell who it was. Regardless, their gaze stayed on Tamera.
She took out some lotion and started to rub it on her legs. "I'm gonna give them hell. They think they can get rid of me easily, they got another thing coming."
The unknown person started to creep their way closer to the HBIC, however she was too invested in herself to really notice.
"I'm gonna flip this team upside down." Tamera smirked to herself as she started to rub the lotion on her arms. "Soon, I'll be runnin' this shit."
"Want me to get your back?"
"Hm? Oh sure." Tamera didn't even bother checking who asked before handing the bottle of lotion back to them. Realization quickly hit the vixen and she turned around. "Wait, who the fuck-"
"I could also put some on your super stuffed mommy milkers." said the girl who Tamera had handed her lotion to. She stared at the vixen with cold, seemingly dead eyes and her mouth was turned into a crooked grin as she poured a large amount of lotion on her hand. She had dark blue eyes and short, curly red hair. Her skin was extremely pale and her body was sickly thin, giving Celestia a run for her money as the skinniest legend. The girl wore a purple jacket, a green skirt, and purple leggings.
"Ew! Who the fuck are you!?" Tamera yelled, standing up.
The smile on the new girl's face widened. "A hot girl hasn't asked for my name before."
"And it'll be the last time it happens, now who the hell are you?"
"I'm Bonnie, I'm an intern." Bonnie replied. Her eyes went back down to Tamera's chest. "So can I rub the lotion on you now?"
"Hell no you creep!" Tamera snapped. "Don't you have some intern shit you should be doing?"
The ginger tapped her chin in thought. "Uh, yeah probably."
"Then go do that, I don't talk to lowly interns." The vixen told her.
"Whatever you want." Bonnie grabbed Tamera's wrist with an iron grip. The intern then slid her hand down the side of Tamera's, transfering the large glob of lotion onto the palm of the HBIC's hand. All the while, maintaining unblinking eye contact with Tamera.
The vixen stared back at her with disgust and horror
After the lotion was all in the palm of Tamera's hand, Bonnie let go of her wrist and started walking away. "B-bye."
Tamera watched her retreating form with abhorrence. She looked at her hand, and shook off the lotion Bonnie laid there. "What the fuck!?"
Confessional Tamera
She had her arms crossed angrily over her chest. "I was already pissed, but now I gotta feel violated on top of that? Ugh, I'm gettin' more riled up by the minute." She slammed her fist into the seat. She followed it with a deep breath. "I gotta focus that shit into the challenge. And I gotta figure out whose ass Imma throw under the bus if we lose." The vixen flips her hair. "I'm not going home early. Hell no!"
End Confessional
The scene flashed to the Mess Hall where some of the contestants were eating breakfast. Maelle walked into the kitchen just as Anthony and Rhonda received their trays from Mortimer. They turned to head to their table, but Tanner was standing there.
"Sup hotcakes." Rhonda greeted, already undressing the quarterback with her eyes.
The quarterback smirked. "Sup, just came to say that I was pretty impressed with your guys' team last challenge." Tanner told them.
"Thanks man." Anthony responded.
Tanner told Rhonda, "Your throws were killer. Both times you took that little turd out was hilarious."
Lester overheard this from over at the Gopher's table. He clenched his jaw, glaring daggers at the quarterback.
"Too bad lugging around all that fat tired you out so quickly." Tanner mocked with a shrug.
Rhonda, surprisingly, took it. "Just means there's a whole lot more to love." She said, winking at him.
The blonde looked at Anthony. "And I gotta say those were pretty sick moves, pretty boy."
"I know."
"Too bad your reign of terror ended by a pathetic waste of a pretty face." Tanner said before laughing.
Anisa heard him say that too, and ducked her head as tears started to well in her eyes. Lester slammed his spoon into his slop and hissed like an angry horse girl towards the quarterback.
Anthony frowned at this, but before he could say anything, Tanner asked, "So how's the ankle?"
Anthony was genuinely surprised to hear him ask that. However, surprise quickly turned into distrust as Anthony narrowed his eyes and responded, "Uh, it's fine. Feeling a lot better now. Why?"
Tanner scoffed, noticing the look. "Just askin' dude. Sheesh, no need to get your panties in a twist."
Rhonda looked down at Anthony's groin area. "I think he's going commando today."
Anthony looked at her uncomfortably. "How do you even know that?"
"I always know."
Tanner got a bit flustered at this for some reason. His eyes also darted towards Anthony's lower half before he looked away and rubbed the back of his head. "I-, uh- Whatever, I'm heading out." He nodded his head at the two before turning and briskly heading for the door.
"Later big daddy." Rhonda smirked, staring at Tanner's butt as he left. Anthony raised an eyebrow at her. "What? Can you blame me?" She asked, not seeing any problem.
Anthony glanced at Tanner right before he walked out the door, analyzing him. "Nah, I kinda understand."
Confessional Tanner
"Shit man, why couldn't I have been put on the other team?" He said, rolling his eyes. "Cherry is the only cool hottie on this team, everyone else just isn't on my level. The Bass has a couple uggos, but for the most part their members certainely aren't as bad to look at."
End Confessional
Confessional Rhonda
"Listen, Tanner may be obnoxious, but he's the third hottest guy on the island." Rhonda said. "The two hottest are both honeysuckle homos, and the rest of the guys on my team are complete dweebs. I need a wrench to twist since none of the hot girls are really worth it either." She explained, rolling her eyes. "Tamera's the hottest, but she's a complete bitch. Cherry is on such a higher level than any human, that even I'm not delusional enough to think I deserve her. And then Keesha and Anisa are already on their way to smashville with each other. Tanner is like the only viable option to get jiggy with.
End Confessional
Lester continued to glare at Tanner until he left the Mess Hall. Afterwards, he slid over to sit next to Anisa who still had her head ducked down.
"I don't care if that douchebag solos the next challenge, next time we lose I'm voting him out." The scrawny nerd told her. "He's a stupid bully, he's just saying crap to be mean."
"Yeah, b-but what he said was true." Anisa sniffled. "I've heard that all before."
"So? Even if you're pathetic, that doesn't mean you're a waste." Lester replied.
This only seemed to confirm things for her. Anisa stood up, and walked out of the Mess Hall quickly, tears streaming down her face.
The dork just sent a confused look at that reaction. Lester quickly shrugged it off however, sliding Anisa's abandoned bowl of slop in front of him. "Whatever, just means there's more for me." He picked up the spoon Anisa was using and took a bite of her slop. However Lester managed to start choking on the slop. He started to grab at his neck before falling down to the ground with no one to help him.
The scene flashed to Harmonia and Ranbir sitting at a picnic table enjoying some tea not too far from the Mess Hall. The two saw Tanner and Anisa walk by not long ago, however they were invested in their own conversation.
"Seeing the moai in person was so cool!" Ranbir told the anthropologist, excitement in his voice. "I was glad my parents were stationed near there for their research! My sister and I were allowed to go to the island with my parents a couple times. Seeing how big the statues are was insane! I never realized how big some of them are."
Harmonia smiled at him amusingly. "Yes, some are quite lofty. If memory serves, the tallest one that was finished is around 10 meters."
"Yeah, Paro!" Ranbir nodded, his eyes sparkling. "It was ginormous! The first time I saw it, I craned my neck back so far that I fell flat on my butt!" The treasure hunter gave a hearty laugh.
Harmonia chuckled softly. "That doesn't seem very surprising." She took a sip of her tea before continuing. "I find it fascinating that the ancient people who made them potentially created the moai as a way to help improve their soil fertility. One has to wonder how they came to the conclusion that they could do so."
Ranbir shrugged. "No clue!"
"Ah, hopefully one day I will be able to make my own excursion to Rapa Nui." Harmonia said. "Maybe if I'm the victor of this competition, I will use my winnings to go." The anthropologist held a finger up to her chin. "Oh, but there are so many places I wish to venture to. Decisions, decisions."
"Well, wherever you choose to go, I'm sure it'll be a cool time." Ranbir told her. "Anywhere you go will have a lot to offer."
The gothic lolita chuckled. "Well of course, that's what's so interesting about the world. Every place one can travel to, there's different cultures and different customs to be found. Yet too, there's so many which have similarities or can be traced back to similar origins."
"Yeah, and there's a whole bunch of different kinds of treasure wherever you go!" Ranbir said, giving a toothy grin.
"Yes, that's true as well." Harmonia responded, slightly amused at the rambunctious lad.
Ranbir finished off the rest of his tea before standing up. "Well, I'm gonna take my leave! I gotta poop big time!" Harmonia's eye twitched slightly. "But it was nice talking to ya Harmonia!"
"Yes, you as well, Ranbir." The anthropologist responded. "Though, I could deal without knowing about your bowel movements."
Ranbir chuckled. "Sorry! But a man's gotta do what a man's gotta do. Later!" With that, he took his leave. Not too long after, Maelle came out of the Mess Hall holding a tea kettle. She walked up to Harmonia. "More tea?"
"Hm? Oh, yes thank you!" Harmonia responded.
Maelle refilled her cup with some tea. "I see Ranbir has left, did you have a nice conversation with him?"
Once the maid finished refilling her cup, Harmonia picked it up. "I actually did, yes. It's nice to be able to hold a conversation with someone who has knowledge on different cultures like I do."
Maelle collected Ranbir's abandoned tea cup. "I see, well I'm glad you were able to have a fulfilling conversation."
"I must thank you for your attendance by the way. I appreciate you serving tea to Ranbir and I."
"No need for thanks. It's simply a maid's duty." Maelle responded.
Harmonia looked up at her. "Still, you're quite attentive. Perhaps after this competition, would I be able to hire you for your services?"
Maelle shook her head. "Unfortunately, I must decline. I am already in a contract that I am unable to get out of for the time being."
"Oh, that is quite unfortunate." Harmonia sighed. "I presume you're under contract with Chris?"
The maid shook her head once again. "No, not Chris. My employer is involved with the show though. Hence why I'm here."
"Oh? How interesting. Well perhaps one day." Harmonia responded.
"Perhaps…" Maelle said, though her tone was distant. She then took Ranbir's tea cup back to the Mess Hall to be cleaned, leaving Harmonia alone.
The scene flashed to a bit later. Miriam and Lucien were at the dock, fishing. The astronomer was sitting down on the edge of the dock with his line in the water. The small archer was standing up as she casted her line out.
"Nice one." Lucien commented.
"Nyeh, thanks." Miriam responded, simply.
The blonde glanced over at her. Miriam stared off in the direction she threw her line, keeping quiet.
Lucien wasn't one to complain about the quiet, but he could tell Miriam seemed off. "Are you okay? You're usually more loquacious than this."
"You know I don't know those big words…" Miriam muttered.
"Why aren't you speaking as much as usual?"
Miriam looked down, somewhat guiltily. The astronomer just raised an eyebrow, waiting for a response back from her.
"I-" Miriam paused and then sighed. She sat down next to Lucien, still with her pole in hand. "I just feel kinda bad, I guess."
Lucien turned his head to look at her. "Why, did you do something wrong?"
She rubbed her arm with her free hand as her shoulders tensed. "I feel like Celestia was eliminated 'cause of me. I voted for Andrew, and maybe if I voted with you guys she'd still be here."
A soft chuckle came from the drowsy astronomer.
"What's so funny, aren't you mad?" Miriam asked. "You two were friends, and she's gone 'cause I voted for that doofus over Tamera."
"Because, you really shouldn't feel bad." Lucien told her. "Celestia didn't leave because of you voting for Andrew. Thinking about who everyone possibly voted for, I believe she would've left even if you had voted for Tamera."
"How can you be sure though?" The archer asked, looking up at him.
He responded with a shrug. "I'm not. Frankly, the most I can do is simply theorize. But regardless of where the votes went, you're not to blame for her elimination. It's a competition anyway, it's not like we'll never see her again."
"Nyeh, that's true." Miriam said, relaxing a bit.
"So you have nothing to be sorry about." Lucien told her.
Though it wasn't visible behind her face covering, a small smile grew across Miriam's face. "Thanks Luci, I feel better now."
The astronomer raised an eyebrow. "Luci?"
"Yup, that's my nickname fer ya." Miriam told him.
"You can't just use my name?"
"Well I could, but it's cool to give people nicknames." Miriam explained. "Ranbir does it, and he's cool."
Just then, something started to pull on the archer's fishing line. "Looks like you got a bite." Lucien told her. Miriam quickly started to reel in her line. It went pretty easily at first, but then whatever was on the other end started to fight back.
"Ah geez." Miriam groaned, trying to reel the catch in as best as she could. "This thing isn't letting up."
Lucien quickly reeled in his empty line, and set the pole down on the dock. He immediately got up and started to help Miriam pull in her catch. He grabbed the pole with her and the two started to tug on the line.
They battled with the catch and started going back and forth with it. However, the duo started to make leeway and reeled it closer and closer.
"We almost have it." Lucien said through his clenched teeth. He wasn't the strongest and was struggling more than Miriam was. However, the two gave one last tug and finally reeled in a gargantuan-sized bass.
The fish flung onto the dock, thrashing about. Lucien fell on his bottom, trying to catch his breath Meanwhile, Miriam ran over to their catch. Even though her voice wasn't the most emotive, the hint of excitement could be heard as she said, "Holy crap, look at this thing Kay-" She caught herself, "Luci!"
The blonde noticed the small mixup, but didn't comment on it. He finished catching his breath and looked over to their catch. "Hm? Yeah that's pretty big."
"I didn't know bass could get this huge." Miriam said, poking the flailing fish. She started to snicker. "Well, except for Rhonda."
Lucien rolled his eyes at the unfunny joke. Just then, a screech came from the loudspeakers around camp, getting their attention.
"It's challenge time, campers!" Chris announced through the loudspeakers. "Start making your way over to the campfire pit for further instructions. McLean out."
"Ah nuts." Miriam pouted. "I wanted to cook this baby up."
"Maybe we can make a quick pit stop at the Mess Hall and put it in the freezer." Lucien said with a shrug. "Maybe Chef will make something edible with it."
"Ooh, good idea! Let's do that." Miriam said. "Help me pick this thing up."
Lucien sighed. "Alright, hold on."
Confessional Miriam
"Nyeh, did you see how big that catch was? I may as well add master wrangler to my super long list of cool things I do." She told the camera playfully, kicking her feet as she sat on the bench. "Though, I guess I hafta thank Luci fer helpin' me out. Probably wouldn't have gotten the fish without him." She left out a humorless chuckle. "Fishing with him kinda reminded me of the times I went fishing with my big bro." She rubbed her arm. "I had a nice time."
End Confessional
The scene flashed to the campfire pit. Chris stood in front of the contestants with Chef to his left and Bonnie to his right. Some of the contestants were sitting on the stumps while others stood close by, waiting to hear what the challenge was going to be today.
"Morning campers." Chris greeted. "I hope you're feeling stealthy because today's challenge is a good ole game of manhunt."
Tamera scoffed and rolled her eyes. "That's it? Glorified hide and seek? Well this challenge is gonna be fuckin' stupid."
Chris scowled at her.
Rhonda noticed the look the host was giving her and told Tamera, "Dude, shut up. No one gives a crap what you think of the challenges."
"I know the bitch shaped like a deep breath ain't telling me what to do." Tamera snapped at the wrestler.
The rotund woman snarled as she stood up from her stump, getting ready to throw down. "What'd you say!?"
"Can we stop with this!" Chris shouted. The host glared at the two. "Can't you people wait till I'm done explaining to start yelling at each other?"
"Well maybe if the priss would shut her mouth every once and a while." Rhonda complained.
"I don't care!" Chris snapped. "Next time anyone interrupts me to start an argument when explaining a challenge will be immediately kicked off the island, do I make myself clear?"
Both Tamera and Rhonda crossed their arms, keeping quiet.
"Good. Now as I was saying, you'll be hunted by one of two seekers. You will all get ten minutes to hide somewhere on the island. Once the time is up, they will be sent to catch each of you." Chris explained motioning to Chef and Bonnie. "For the Gophers, Chef will be the one hunting you. Which means our intern Bonnie will be hunting the Bass."
Tanner took notice of the water gun Chef was holding. "What's with the water gun?"
Chris shrugged. "Just something to make things more fair. For the Gophers, Chef will try and spray you when he finds you. If he hits you, then you're out of the challenge. But for the Bass, Bonnie will try and tag you. If she does so then you'll be out of the challenge."
The burly Chef smirked devilishly as he pumped the gun. Bonnie, on the other hand, giggled in excitement.
"Heck yeah! We got the sweet end of the deal." Ranbir gloated. "Chef obviously seems like the harder guy to hide from."
"Oh, I wouldn't be so sure." Chris snickered. However, he didn't elaborate further. "Whichever team loses all of their campers first will be heading to the elimination ceremony tonight. All clear?" Chris finished.
"Uh-" Andrew raised a finger to ask something, but Chris cut him off.
"Great! You have ten minutes, go go go!" Chris announced.
A lot of the contestants ran off, wanting to be quick to find a hiding spot. Though some wanted to think of a plan first.
Colin walked up to Freddy, rubbing his arm awkwardly. The FNaF fan gave him a smile. "Hey Freddy, uh, I suck pretty badly at manhunt. Would you want to maybe hide toge-"
"Gay bestie let's go hide together!" Hannah butted in, grabbing Colin by the wrist.
"Wait- what did you call-whoa!" The pink-haired gamer was caught off guard as the blogger dragged him away.
"We need to hurry and find a good spot." Hannah said.
"But I-" Colin looked back towards Freddy who just waved him off. He ended up just accepting the situation with a sigh.
"Good luck!" Freddy called out. Once Colin and Hannah were out of sight, the brunette then thought to himself. "Hmm, now where to hide…"
The scene flashed, showing a quick montage of some of the contestants hiding. Christopher hopped into a hole in the ground. There was a pile of leaves next to the opening which he shoved over top of himself, covering the hole. Behind him, Anthony just chose to lay in a nearby bush.
Next was Harmonia who walked up to a small boathouse that was on a small dock that was different to the Dock of Shame. The anthropologist looked around before opening the door to it and heading inside.
Then was Lucien who wrapped himself up in a grass blanket. He laid on the ground and quickly went to sleep.
After that was Andrew. The hypnotist came upon a very tall tree. He looked up and started to climb it. It took a bit, but he was able to finally reach the top.
Finally, Cherry was shown in her swimsuit on the dock of shame. She hopped into the water and swam underneath the dock. She went towards the back to where she was able to sit comfortably underneath it with her head poking above the water. She smirked to herself. "I may have outdone myself this time."
Confessional Cherry
Even in the confessional, Cherry wore her swimsuit, blessing the viewing audience with the sight. "When you sneak into clubs as often as I have, you learn how to hide and be sneaky. Sometimes bouncers can be thorough little buggers. Hopefully Chef doesn't think to check the water."
End Confessional
The scene then flashed to Anisa and Keesha walking in the woods together. Anisa had a frown on her face, thinking about the events from earlier. Keesha however, was trying to figure out a good hiding spot.
"I doubt we have much time left." Keesha said. She bit her lip nervously. "I truly don't have any idea on where to hide."
"You can probably just use me as a human shield." Anisa told her dejectedly. "It's all someone who's as pathetic as me is good for."
Keesha looked back at her with confusion and concern written on her face. "Anisa, why are you talking like that?"
"I-I'm just telling the truth. I don't want to think that, b-but I haven't done well at any of the challenges. The first one I barely helped, the second one I didn't stay awake that long, and I only got by last time by pure luck!" Anisa rambled, tears filling her eyes as they tend to do. "I should've been voted off instead of Rosalina."
"Anisa, don't think that." Keesha told her. "Don't throw this opportunity away."
"I don't want to throw it away." Anisa responded. "I want to win really, really badly! B-but… I don't have a chance. I'm pathetic. The others already think that so it's only a matter of time before I'm eliminated."
The taller woman frowned. "Anisa…" She pursed her lips, trying to find the words to say. After a couple moments, she crossed her arms. "You're not pathetic, and you need to stop calling yourself that. I understand that hearing those types of things from people hurts, but letting that sort of thing get to you anytime you hear it isn't going to do you any good."
The musical therapist looked down. "I appreciate the words, but I know you're just trying to be nice." She clenched her jaw. "I hate feeling like this."
"You don't have to feel that way." Keesha responded, her tone indicating that she was losing patience. "The truly pathetic people are the ones who are calling you that. What they say doesn't matter, you need to learn to let their words roll off of you. I know that's easier said than done, but if you try and put in effort to ignore those things then you won't have to feel that way. Because at the end of the day, it doesn't matter what the others think of you. You need to form your own opinions and form who you are as a person based on who you believe you are. Not what others say or think."
Anisa didn't respond, taking in Keesha's words. The soul singer sighed. "I'll be glad to give you support, both during this competition and out of it. But learning to not take everything to heart is something that you need to do on your own. You have to be the one who overcomes your insecurities and ignore what people label you as."
Just then, Chris's voice boomed over the island. "Alrighty campers, I hope you've found your hiding spots. The hunters have been released! Good luck!~"
"Darn it, we still haven't even found a hiding spot." Keesha gave a worried look as she tried scanning the area to see if she could find anywhere to hide. In the distance, she could see the opening to a cave. "There! Anisa, let's go hide in that cave." She started to jog towards it however she didn't get very far before realizing that Anisa wasn't following. "Anisa, come on!"
"I… I need to be alone!" the bigger girl responded. "I'll try not to be found, j-just go hide without me!" With that, Anisa ran in a different direction away from Keesha. The soul singer just looked at her retreating form with a frown before turning back towards the cave.
Confessional Keesha
Keesha gave the camera an uneasy look as she sat with her hands on her lap. "I'm not sure exactly what Anisa's past is like, but I'm sure her lack of self-confidence comes from somewhere. I just wish she'd stop perceiving herself so lowly due to others. I know we just met and I should let her handle that on her own, but that doesn't mean I can't support her. I just need to be careful not to coddle her." Keesha sat in silence for a couple moments before her lips curled into a dejected smile. "I should probably learn to apply my own advice to myself as well." She chuckled humorlessly.
End Confessional
The soul singer finally made her way to the mouth of the cave. She rested her hand on the wall and looked back. "Hopefully Chef won't think to look in here." She turned her head forward and walked further into the cave.
"You can't find your own hiding spot?"
Keesha jumped at the new voice and turned to the source of it. Sitting behind one of the rocks in the cave was Dustin.
"You scared me!" Keesha exclaimed. "A warning would have been nice!"
Dustin hushed her. "Keep your voice down."
"Right, sorry!" The singer responded, lowering her voice to a hushed tone. She chuckled. "I thought I had a good find, hiding out here. Figures it's already occupied."
Dustin shrugged. "So? We're on the same team, why would you have to hide somewhere else just because I'm here?"
"Good point." Keesha chuckled. "Thanks, I appreciate it." She took a seat next to Dustin.
"It's whatever. I'm not going to throw a fellow musician to the wolves." He gave a small smirk. "Unless I need to make a getaway, then you're on your own."
"Fair enough."
The scene then flashed to Tamera who hadn't found a good hiding spot yet. She trudged through the woods, not having any idea on where to hide.
"This shit is stupid. I hate hide and seek." She grumbled. A deep scowl formed on her face and it didn't seem like it was going anywhere any time soon. "Whatever, maybe if I just keep walking I'll get far enough away where that troll won't be able to find me."
She huffed. "I need to at least try to make it far in this challenge. Can't give them bitches any more reason to vote me out."
Just then, Tamera started to hear something in the distance. She froze. "What the hell is that?" She whispered. She listened out for the noise, hearing that whatever was making it was swiftly making its way in her direction.
"Shit!" She whisper-yelled. The HBIC took off running, not wanting to stay and find out what was making the noise. Tamera dashed through the woods as quickly as she could. Unluckily for her though, whatever was making the noise was seemingly chasing her down.
"Shit! Shit! Shit!" She panted. Whatever was chasing her was gaining on her pretty quickly. Tamera heard shuffling behind her get louder and louder. She looked back to try and see what was chasing her.
However this was a mistake. Since she wasn't paying any attention, she wasn't able to notice the root that was poking itself above the ground. Tamera's foot caught on it, causing her to trip and fall to the ground with a hard thud!
Tamera hissed in pain. "Mother fu-!"
"I-I found you!"
She turned and looked behind her, seeing Bonnie practically drooling at the sight of the vixen. The ginger's tongue was hanging out as she panted. "Heheheh, I was hoping to find you quickly." She took a step towards Tamera, getting ready to tag her.
"W-wait!" Tamera pleaded. "Don't touch me!"
"Sorry, I gotta." Bonnie told her. "Boss's orders are to hunt everyone on the Bass down." She smiled creepily. "Besides, I-I get to touch whoever I find. I haven't had real human contact in a while."
"S-stay away!" The HBIC yelled. Bonnie didn't listen though, walking towards her. "Wait! H-how about a deal! I'll do whatever!"
"I don't think I can do that." The ginger responded. "I gotta capture all the Bass. I'll get in trouble if I rig the challenge."
"You don't have to rig it." Tamera tried reasoning with her. "You can still tag me, but what if you just save me for last?"
Bonnie stopped, putting her finger to her chin in thought. "Uh, I guess I could do that."
"Yes, you can!" Tamera desperately said. "Why don't you go capture everyone else first and save me for last. You'll be saving the best for last. It'll be like your own reward!"
Bonnie shrugged. "I guess, but I feel like I should get something out of it."
"I don't fuckin' know, what do you want?"
The creepy smile returned to Bonnie's face. "I-I wanna t-touch lips."
Tamera had to hold down her barf. She looked up to the skinny girl trying not to look absolutely revolted by that. "You sure you don't want somethin' else?"
Bonnie shook her head. "No, I wanna kiss you."
Tamera cringed at this. However, she didn't have much of a choice. "Fine… You have a deal. I'll kiss you if you capture all of the others before me."
The ginger breathed heavily with excitement. "Oh my god." She turned on her heels. "Aye aye Lady Mommy Milkers!" She went to run to try and find someone else, but Tamera called out to her before she could.
"Wait!"
Bonnie turned to her. "Y-yeah?"
"There's one more thing."
Confessional Tamera
The screen hog sat in the confessional, cringing. "As if I will ever kiss that fuckin' gross ass gremlin. Whatever, I'm glad she didn't ask for the payment upfront." Tamera rolled her eyes. "If I was the first one captured and we lost, I just know it'd be my ass leaving. Thankfully the mutt is so desperate and has the hots for me." She smirked, flipping her hair behind her shoulder. "Though, can you really blame her? I'm fly as fuck!"
End Confessional
The scene flashed once again, this time to Colin and Hannah. The latter was talking Colin's ear off as they walked through the woods.
"Yeah, I totally owned that racist Karen in the Starbucks!" Hannah rambled on. "She tried insisting that she was yelling at that lady because she 'cut in front of her' but I know it was because she was a woman of color."
"Uh huh." Colin responded absentmindedly, not really paying much attention.
"I told her, 'Suck my ass you racist bitch!' And her face got so purple with anger." The blogger continued. "She stormed out and everyone in the Starbucks applauded me and I still get free Starbucks to this day."
"That was a very riveting story which I believe 1000 percent." Colin responded sarcastically before looking around. "Hey, uh, do you think we should maybe find a hiding spot? Chef's already on the hunt for us and we're still out in the open."
"Ha! I'm sure there's no need to worry gay bestie! Even though Chef is a very competent and strong black man, I'm sure he'll let us off scott-free once he learns how big of an ally I am."
The pink-haired geek looked at her uncomfortably. "Can you stop calling me that?"
Hannah looked at him with surprise."Why? You should wear that with honor!" The Soapbox Sadie gasped. "Wait, are you experiencing internalized homophobia!? You shouldn't be ashamed of who you are gay bestie!" She then sang off-key, "Be who you aaaaare, for your priiiiide!"
He looked at her unamused. "Yeah, no that's not why." He sighed, rubbing his arm awkwardly. "It's just, calling me that makes it seem like I'm a prop."
Hannah gasped very loudly and dropped to her knees. She desperately grabbed Colin's hand. "I am so sorry! I in no way, shape, or form meant to objectify you in that way!" Hannah wailed, as tears already started streaming down her cheeks. "As a woman and a fighter of rights for the LGBTQIA plus community, I should've known better!"
"Uh, I mean, it's not that big of a deal?" The chubby guy looked down at her, not really understanding what was happening. "Just maybe, like, not do that."
"It is a tremendous deal! I pride myself in canceling those who are problematic, yet here I was being problematic myself!" She cried. "I'm the one who should be canceled."
Colin started to panic at how loud she was starting to get. "H-Hannah keep it down, what if Chef is around?"
She wasn't listening though. "I have soiled my own good name! I don't think I'll ever be able to recover from this!"
"I don't think I am either." Colin responded nervously.
All of a sudden, the #Hannahisoverparty was interrupted by a blast of water being shot at the two. Luckily for them, it just barely missed. Colin turned his head, just to see Chef standing not too far away, holding his water gun up.
A look of terror spread across the geek's face. "Hannah, you're forgiven if you just ru-" He turned his head back to where the blogger was kneeling down just moments ago, just to find no one there. He looked up and saw her high-tailing it out of there. "Of course."
Chef squirted another blast of water towards him. Colin ducked just in time before dashing after his teammate.
"You can't outrun me boy!" Chef called out after him, running after the gamer.
Colin ran for his life, having a surprisingly hard time keeping up with Hannah. Chef was hot on his trail, pumping his water gun for another blast. Pretty soon, they came up to a fork in the road. Hannah ran down the left path, not even taking time to think about which way to go.
"Maybe it'll help if I split from Hannah." Colin thought to himself as he took notice of the split paths. He was starting to get tired. When he got to the fork in the road, he took the right side. "Hopefully… he'll take… the other path after… Hannah." He panted.
A blast of water shot past the gamer. "Of course not!"
He continued to run for his life, but his lack of stamina was working against him. Colin started to pant harder and harder, and eventually his legs just gave out. He fell to his knees, out of breath. "Crap…"
Chef walked up to him. "That was pathetic." He said before spraying the pink-haired geek with water.
"And Colin is the first to be taken out!" Chris announced over the loudspeakers around the island.
The scene flashed to Andrew up in the tree he climbed earlier. The emo sat on the highest branch of the tree, clinging to the trunk of it for dear life. "I shouldn't have hid this high…" He said nervously, trying to look down.
To try and keep himself calm, Andrew repeated to himself, "Don't look down. Don't look down. Don't look down." As long as he didn't look down, he should be fine!
He looked down.
And just as he did, Andrew almost felt like he was pushed. He slipped off of the branch and fell down towards the ground. He smacked into all of the tree branches on the way down, yelping in pain with each branch he hit.
Finally, he slammed into the ground, making an Andrew-sized hole in the dirt. The hypnotist groaned in pain as the camera cut back to the top of the tree. Miriam was shown to have been the culprit, looking down at Andrew.
Confessional Miriam
She sat in awkward silence, rubbing her arm sheepishly. "The intrusive thoughts won…"
End Confessional
Andrew picked himself out of the hole, his face contorting in pain. "Mother fucker…" He whined, grabbing his head.
Then out of nowhere, Bonnie flung herself at the emo, grappling him to the ground. "I got my emo boy." She looked down at him hungrily. "Wow, your piercings are hot… D-do you have a Prince Albert?"
Chris's voice rang out over the loudspeakers again. "And Andrew is out."
The scene switched over to Chef who was walking through the campgrounds in front of the cabins. The burly man looked left and then right, trying to see if there was any sign of one of the Gophers around. Though, he didn't see anything.
Seemingly unbeknownst to him, Delanie was hiding underneath the Gophers' cabin. She tensed up, hearing the footsteps. Where she was hidden, she couldn't see the shoes of who was close by.
Chef turned his attention towards the cabins. He looked towards the Gophers cabin and stared at it for a couple moments, analyzing it. Then, he chuckled. "I know none of them are that dumb." He turned on his heel and marched towards the Bass cabin instead. First he went into the guys' side. He looked around, seeing nothing out of the ordinary. He kneeled down to check under the beds, just to be thorough.
However, his search came up empty. So he walked over to the girls' side of the cabin. As soon as he opened the door, he frowned with disgust. Inside, Lester was sitting in the middle of the floor with underwear from most of the Bass ladies around him. In his hands was a pair of Tamera's panties that he was rubbing against his face. Though he immediately stopped and looked towards Chef, absolutely horrified at being caught.
"This is just all kinds of wrong, boy." Chef told the scrawny nerd.
"Don't judge me!" Lester snapped defensively.
"Too late for that." Chef readied his water gun and aimed it at the bowl-cut kid. He put his finger on the trigger, but before he could push it, he got smacked in the face with a pair of panties.
"You'll never take me alive!" Lester yelled before darting between Chef's legs and out of the cabin. He leapt off of the deck of the cabin, not even bothering to take the steps. Sadly for the nerd though, a blast of water shot through the open doorway, hitting him and ruining his landing. Lester face-planted onto the ground in an unceremonious fashion.
Chef walked out of the cabin and looked down at him with complete disappointment. "You disgust me."
Delanie breathed a sigh of relief from her spot, hearing that it was just Chef that was near. The relief was short lived however when she heard another voice. "What was that?"
Delanie froze like the statue she played in that one film that she did that one time. Bonnie was behind the Gophers' cabin walking around.
"I thought I heard a sigh or something." She muttered to herself. The pervert walked around, looking for the source of this mysterious sigh.
How did she even hear that? Delanie thought to herself.
Bonnie walked a bit closer to the cabin and stopped right next to it. Delanie laid there, hoping that she wouldn't think to look underneath it. Bonnie stood there for a couple minutes, keeping Delanie on edge the whole time. Luckily for the method actress, Bonnie never looked underneath the cabin and just walked off. Delanie made sure to keep herself from breathing another sigh of relief.
The scene then flashed to near the campfire pit. Tanner was hiding behind an oil barrel, clearly not hidden very well. Unfortunately for him there aren't any closets around. But what was around was Rhonda. The rotund woman noticed him right away and sauntered over to the quarterback, her face adorned with a flirty look. "Hey big sexy."
"Why are you here? Shouldn't you be trying and failing to hide that big body of yours?" Tanner asked her, annoyed that she found him in his totally super awesome hiding spot.
The wrestler leaned closer to his face, a smirk across her face. "I'm here with a proposition for ya."
"Proposition?" Tanner raised an eyebrow. This actually got his attention. "And what might that be?"
"You-me blasting off to Jupiter in T-minus seven minutes." She told him, wiggling her eyebrows.
The quarterback's face twisted in confusion. "Uh, what?"
"You know. We take the stairway to heaven, riding into paradise with the gifts we were bestowed." She explained, licking her lips with her tongue after. The explanation didn't help much though as Tanner just stood there, still completely confused. Rhonda's smirk dropped. "Seven minutes in heaven. We make out for seven minutes." She said plainly, shaking her head at the fact that he wasn't understanding what she was putting down. "I hope you know how to work your tongue better than you work your brain."
After a couple moments of silence Tanner burst into laughter, now knowing what she was asking.
"I don't see how this is funny, but if it gets you in the mood who am I to complain?" Rhonda said, still fully confident that she was going to receive some action.
The blonde's laughter started to die down. "Please, I'm laughing at you. I mean really, you think I'd do something like that with you? You have a better chance going after one of the dweebs here. I'm sure their virgin selves will jump at the chance to get any sort of action."
The wrestler scoffed. "I know my worth, pretty boy. I'm priceless compared to any of them. Nah, I need a big dog who can handle all of this jelly. And you're the ticket." She sent him a wink.
Tanner rolled his eyes, clearly not buying any of this. "Sure you are."
"How about you take a chance and see what I'm made of." She said, looping her fingers in the belt loops on Tanner's pants and pulling him towards her, catching the quarterback off guard.
In the distance, Bonnie was peeking out from behind a tree, watching this exchange go down.
Confessional Bonnie
"Man, I know I should tag her, but I can't do that to Rhonda while she's trying to get some. T-that goes against the perv code." She smiles. "And if she's successful, maybe she'll let me watch after the challenge." Bonnie shrugs. "What's waiting until later to tag one more person anyway. Besides, I smell the scent of coffee and depression. Lucien must be nearby."
End Confessional
"Lucien has been found." Chris said over the loudspeaker.
Keesha looked to Dustin after hearing this. "Well, we're currently tied with the other team." She whispered to him.
"Yeah, I know." He responded, keeping his voice in a whisper as well.
"Sorry." Keesha apologized sheepishly. "It's just a bit awkward sitting here in silence."
"What do you expect? The whole point of this challenge is to hide." Dustin told her. "Talking will just increase our chances of being found."
"Yeah, you're right." Keesha rested her elbow on her knee and laid her head in the palm of her hand. The two sat in silence for a bit more, the ambient sounds of the cave and the woods outside being the only noise that filled their ears. It was broken with a sigh from Dustin.
"Yeah, this is awkward." He muttered. The brunette tapped his finger on the ground a couple times before asking, "How'd you get into music?"
Keesha turned her head to him, a bit surprised that he was the one trying to initiate a conversation. Is this actually Dustin sitting next to her? She quickly got over her surprise and responded, "My mother, she used to sing a lot. She was in our church's choir, and I always loved getting to hear her voice."
"Right." Dustin immediately regretted asking her, not wanting to touch that topic. Luckily, but unluckily, a sound came from further in the cave. "Did you hear that?"
Keesha bit her lip. "I did." The two waited in silence, unsure of what the noise was or if it was anything significant. As they did though, Dustin could make out a large silhouette making its way towards them from deep within the cave.
"I think we need to book it." He whispered to Keesha, starting to stand up.
Her heart sank hearing this, starting to expect the worst. "Oh no, please tell me that noise didn't come from a-"
The bear that made the cave its home came closer and let out a loud yawn, cutting Keesha off. It clearly just woke up from a nap and was leaving the cave. It took notice of the two musicians. The bear looked at them, confused, before rubbing its eye with its paw. Once it realized that they were real and were breaching its territory, the bear let out a roar.
"Run!" Keesha screamed. The two musicians hightailed it out of the cave, forgetting about keeping quiet in the moment. The bear followed behind, taking chase. Keesha and Dustin ran through the woods with the bear quickly catching up to them.
"What should we do?" Keesha asked, panicked.
"Keep running." Dustin told her. "Just keep going straight, and when I say to, make a sharp right."
Keesha kept running, not sure what Dustin was planning but going along with it regardless. The two ran off of the path in front of them and started heading straight towards a large tree. The soul singer noticed this and started to connect the dots. They continued towards the tree with the bear gaining on them quickly. It was right on their heels when Dustin yelled, "Now!" Before they could smack into the tree, the two split up in opposite directions, not stopping. The bear didn't stop in time, and it slammed right into the large tree. It stumbled for a couple moments, seeing stars before falling to the ground, knocked out.
By some twist of fate, this happened to be the tree that Miriam was hiding in. The archer, not expecting this, fell off of the branch she was sitting on. Unlike Andrew, who she shoved off a tree earlier, Miriam had a cushion to break her fall, the cushion being the bear. "Hey! I was hiding there!" She called out to Dustin and Keesha, though it fell on deaf ears. She got up off of the bear, but just as she did Bonnie came out of nowhere and tackled her to the ground.
"Ah, c'mon!" Miriam whined.
"And Miriam is out!" Chris announced.
Confessional Miriam
"Man, this was my challenge to win. I got out so early." She huffed. "I just got unlucky… Probably karma for pushing Andrew out of a tree or somethin'."
End Confessional
The scene flashed back to Delanie underneath the Gophers' cabin. She had a bored look on her face, clear as day. Though she didn't budge from her spot. She soon heard some footsteps though that were coming right towards her. Her eyes widened and she got into position to quickly start crawling if it happened to be Bonnie once again. However, who the footsteps actually belonged to was much worse in Delanie's eyes. "Get out of here bitch, this is my spot!" She hissed at Tamera as the HBIC made her way underneath the cabin.
"I'm not here to steal your trash spot." Tamera responded. "Bonnie already knows you're hiding here anyway, why would I try to take this spot?"
"And how do you know that?" The method actress responded.
"Because she's the one who told me where you were hiding." The vixen told her. "I made a deal with her, tryna save my ass as much as I can."
"Why would you want to find me?"
"Because I want to offer an alliance." Tamera told her.
Delanie just scoffed. "Really? Are you actually that stupid, bitch? Why the hell would I make an alliance with you?"
"Because no one would see it coming." Tamera explained to her, tapping her finger on the ground as she spoke. "We don't like each other and have been at each other's throats since day one. No one would see it coming. Not to mention, think of the storyline! Us two bitches coming together despite hating each other and slaying the competition despite that. Talk about ratings gold."
Delanie took this in, thinking it over to herself. She didn't want to admit it, but Tamera was making some good points. However… "And why the hell should I trust you?"
"Because I ain't no wolf in sheep's clothing." Tamera told her. "I'm the big bad wolf, you see me coming. I've showed that to be true during my time here so far, have I not?" Delanie was still thinking it over and Tamera could see that, so she continued. "Listen I may be a bitch to the heart, but I'm not someone who's gonna stab you in the back. I take shit head on."
Delanie shrugged. "Eh why the hell not, it'll be good tv."
Tamera smirked. "Perfect. Now I'm getting the hell outta here. You should too, the time I bought you from Bonnie ain't gonna last forever, and she knows you're here."
"Bet, I'm out of here." Delanie responded, crawling out from underneath the cabin. She dashed towards the woods, trying to see if she could find a new spot. Tamera followed suit, though she didn't move as quickly, knowing she was fine for the time being.
The scene flashed once again back to the campfire pit with Tanner and Rhonda. The wrestler was still trying to get a slice of the frat boy.
"C'mon sweet tart, let Rhon give ya the ole razzle dazzle." The wrestler said, elbowing the quarterback in the arm while wiggling her eyebrows up and down.
"Dude, I already said I'm not desperate enough to do that." He responded, rolling his eyes. "I'm not going to sit here and have some lardo suck my skin off."
"What did you say!?"
Hearing the screeching voice of Hannah just made Tanner even more annoyed. He groaned. "Are you kidding me right now?"
The blogger stormed up to the two, her glare set towards Tanner as it tends to do. "Did I just hear you fat shame again!?"
"Obviously." He rolled his eyes.
"Completely despicable!" Hannah snapped. "You keep repeating these horrible things over and over again, and you don't stop. You are so totally canceled a hundred times over!"
"I literally don't care." Tanner snapped back. "Get that through your thick skull you ugly pig."
"And there you go, still doing so!" Hannah exclaimed.
"What part of I don't care, don't you get!?" Tanner argued back.
"Damn, the vibe's dead." Rhonda said, slightly annoyed. She just turned and walked away from Hannah and Tanner, not feeling like dealing with that.
"Oh, I do get it. I get that you're a complete bigot!" Hannah retorted, getting into Tanner's face.
The blonde didn't back down though, matching her energy. Wouldn't it be crazy if they just made out right now? "And you're a complete lunatic!"
"Bigot!"
"Lunatic!"
"Bigot!"
"Luna-"
The two's bickering was cut off with a blast of water courtesy of Chef. "You two need to learn to shut up." He walked off to find more of the Gophers, not wanting to deal with their nonsense any more.
"Great, nice going you bitch." Tanner said, dripping with water. "Your screeching made us get found."
"Typical male!" Hannah sneered. "Always blaming women for their mistakes."
"Me!? You're the one who came up to me and started having a bitch fit!" The quarterback retorted.
"Lies, it was you and your out of date remarks that did it." Hannah told him, crossing her arms and turning away from him.
"Yeah right. If we lose, we'll see exactly who was in the wrong." The frat boy responded, sending her a glare before storming off.
"You bet we will!" Hannah exclaimed, having to get the final word in before storming off herself.
Confessional Hannah
She huffed angrily before speaking. "The audacity of that degenerate to try to pin that on me. Typical male behavior." She rolled her eyes. "I had nothing to do with us getting out of the challenge, I simply went to stop him from bullying that beautiful big girl Rhonda. He is the one who started the argument which caused us to get found out. I was simply an innocent bystander in his ignorance, and I'll make sure the team knows that." She smirks deviously.
End Confessional
The scene switched to Andrew. Even though the emo was out of the challenge, he was still wandering around in the woods. He still looked pretty annoyed from getting out of the challenge, a deep scowl on his face.
It wasn't long though before Keesha ran up, stopping in front of him to catch her breath. The soul singer panted for a moment, resting her hands on her knees. The hypnotist just looked at her before an idea popped into his head.
"Andrew…" Keesha panted. "Aren't you… out of the challenge?"
He shrugged. "Yeah, but that doesn't mean I have to just sit around."
Keesha just nodded, still tired from running.
"Tch what were you running from Chef or something?" Andrew asked her. Keesha shook her head in response.
"Bear…" She told him. He just nodded.
"Oh, well why don't you sit down for a second or whatever?" Andrew suggested. "I actually know a way to get your breath back quicker."
Keesha nodded. "Sure, what?"
"All you have to do is put all your focus into something else." He told her. "Usually staring at an object works."
"Okay…" Keesha responded.
Andrew took his pocket watch off of his neck. "Here, focus on this. It usually helps me." He started dangling it in front of her. It swung ever so slightly in front of the singer's face, and Keesha kept her gaze on it. Soon, Andrew started to swing it back and forth more and more, causing the singer to fall into a trance.
The emo snickered. "That's right, just follow the watch." He kept swinging it back and forth in front of her eyes. "Let the watch help you catch your breath and calm you down." He told her, lowering his voice a bit to a calming level. Back and forth, back and forth the watch went. Keesha's trance didn't let up, but her breathing did slow more and more till it was steady once again. "That's good. See, you probably feel much better. And now that you have your energy back, you can go and find Chef yourself."
The hypnotist smirked as Keesha nodded her head, still in a daze. "Perfect." He let the pocket watch stop swinging on its own before pulling it away from Keesha. "Feel better?"
The soul singer seemingly came back to her senses, shaking her head. "Yeah, I do. Thanks Andrew." She smiled at him. "Now if you excuse me, I have to go find Chef." With that, she took her leave, letting Andrew snicker to himself.
Confessional Andrew
He sat in the confessional, swinging his pocket watch around his finger with a smirk on his face. "I'm trying to be frugal with using this too much. I can only hypnotize a person once, so I want to make sure to not over do it too quickly." He explained. "But I've only used it to make that annoying blogger to fall asleep in the awake-a-thon so far. I thought I could at least try and use it to help us in the challenge a bit." He snickers. "I know, I'm a genius."
End Confessional
A montage started to play as the scene flashed.
It started with Bonnie slamming the door open to the guys' communal washroom. She had a pervy smile adoring her lips as she muttered. "I hope I catch him with his pants around his ankles."
She made her way to the first stall and slammed the door open, only to find no one there. She followed suit with the next two with similar results. Finally, she walked up to the last door and opened it. And as she wished, Bonnie caught Ranbir with his pants around his ankles.
"Hey! Can't you wait!" He yelled, his face turning red from embarrassment.
"Hehehe, no." Bonnie responded, taping his nose with her finger.
"Ranbir's out." Chris announced over the loudspeaker.
The scene flashed again to Freddy looking around in the kitchen of the mess hall nervously. He was completely out in the open.
He heard the door to the mess hall open and footsteps make their way towards the kitchen. He gasped and looked around, erratically trying to find somewhere to hide. But instead of doing the logical move and hiding in a cabinet or even the freezer, he just opted to stay where he was standing and cover his face with his hands.
Chef entered the kitchen and looked around, making his rounds around the counter in the middle of the room next to where Freddy was standing. He seemingly didn't spot the FNAF fanatic somehow.
After looking in a couple cabinets, the co-host shrugged and walked out of the kitchen. The brunette peeked through his fingers and gave a sigh of relief when he noticed Chef left. Just as he wiped his forehead from the couple beads of sweat that formed, a blast of water shot through the door to the kitchen and soaked Freddy. The force of the water knocked him to the ground.
Chef walked back in. "I'm no dummy, son."
"And Freddy is taken out of the challenge." Chris says.
Next, we travel back to Bonnie who was walking through the woods until she came upon a pile of leaves. She giggled before kneeling down and sweeping the leaves out of the way with her hand, revealing the hole Christopher was hiding in.
"How did you-" before he could finish, Bonnie smacked him on the head, taking him out of the challenge. "Oh drats!"
While this was happening, Anthony was in a nearby bush. He slowly started to crawl away from where Bonnie and Christopher were, trying to make a getaway. He tried to make sure to stay as silent as he could be.
Just as he thought he was going to get away safely, Bonnie's head snapped towards him. "Heheh, two hotties for the price of one." She said, running and pouncing onto Anthony.
"Oof!" The dancer groaned.
"Can't escape me that easily." The pervert told him, laying on top of him.
And on cue, Chris's voice spoke out over the loudspeakers. "And in a double whammy, Christopher and Anthony were found."
Next, Dustin was near the big dodgeball court from the last episode. He was trying his best to sneak around, though he was annoyed that he had to leave his first hiding spot.
"Stupid bear," he muttered. He made it past the dodgeball court and came upon a path that led back into the woods. Dustin looked down the path. "I guess there's better cover there than out here on the beach." He went down the path, trying to be careful and listen out for any potential Chef sightings.
He wasn't careful enough though, as the sound of Chef pumping his water gun alerted the musician to the burly man's presence. . Dustin turned around and came face to face with the water gun. "Of course." He looked at the gun with a deadpan expression, and was promptly sprayed with a blast of water.
"And Dustin gets drenched."
Next, Bonnie made her way over to the boat house, sniffing the air. "I-I smell roses and nice perfume." She opened the door to the small structure, and found Harmonia just sitting in there peacefully.
"Oh dear, it appears I've been found." The anthropologist said.
"Yeah, now I just got to tag you." Bonnie told her, some drool coming from her mouth as she made her way towards the raven-haired lady.
"I guess so. Though," Harmonia bowed her head slightly and looked up at the ginger. Even if her face looked as serene as ever, her gaze held a threatening aura that both terrified and turned Bonnie on. "If you touch me in a perverted way, I will saw both of your arms off and snap your knee caps in half."
"N-noted." Bonnie responded meekly, just tapping the anthropologist on the shoulder.
"Harmonia has been found!"
Finally, The scene focuses back onto Chef. He was just walking through the woods, on the prowl for one of the remaining Gophers when Keesha walked up to him.
"Chef, there you are." She said, "I've been trying to find you."
He gave her a bewildered look before telling her, "Uh, I think you have the goal of this challenge a bit mixed up."
"No, I…" She was going to explain herself, but then she stopped, coming back to her senses. "Wait…" The soul singer looked up at him, her eyes widening. "Oh, well would you look at the time. Apologies, I can't really stay and chat but I hope you-" She was cut off with a blast of water.
"And there goes Keesha." Chris announced.
"Seven down, two to go." Chef said, walking away to hunt the last two Gophers. Keesha was left standing there, a confused look on her face.
Confessional Keesha
The confused look didn't leave her face, even in the confessional. "I… I don't understand why I would go and seek out Chef. I knew the challenge was to hide from him, but… after I talked to Andrew I just had the strong urge to find him." She thought to herself. "It's strange."
End Confessional
The scene flashed, showing a shot of Tamera casually walking through the woods. She had a confident look on her face, feeling pretty confident in the work that she's put in so far. "We're in the lead, and I'm still in it. I may have saved my ass yet."
She continued for a bit before some bushes started to rustle. Tamera stopped, but didn't look nervous about it at all. "Nah, you still have other people to find before me goblin."
"What did you call me?" Rhonda glared, stepping out from the bushes.
"Oh, ew. You're worse than finding Bonnie." Tamera rolled her eyes. "How the hell has someone the size of the moon made it this far without being found? Bonnie is really slacking if she hasn't caught you yet."
The wrestler scoffed. "Because I'm just that good. I may be big, but I'm slicker than a tomato on a camel's back."
"The fuck does that even mean?"
"It means what it sounds like, dumbass." Rhonda retorted.
"Well it sounds stupid as hell." Tamera told her. "Not a shock coming from someone who probably has a twinkie for a brain and the looks of a deformed toad."
The larger woman glared down and cracked her knuckles. "I recommend shutting your trap. You don't want to push me."
"Not like I can if I wanted to, elephants weigh, like, 10,000 pounds." Tamera shot back. "As if your big bitch self will move."
"Oooh, cat fight!" Bonnie giggled, pretty much appearing out of thin air.
"Shit!" Rhonda jumped back, not wanting to get tagged.
"Aw, someone's a little scared now, huh." Tamera taunted.
"Yeah, cause I don't want to lose the challenge you idiot." Rhonda retorted, sending her another glare.
"Not like you had a chance anyway, King Kong." Tamera told her, lightly smacking her face.
That was the last straw for Rhonda. With a scowl on her face, she wordlessly took her glasses off and stuffed them into her pocket. She let out a battle cry and picked Tamera up and threw her at a tree.
Tamera groaned in pain as she fell to her knees after the impact, but Rhonda didn't give her the chance to recuperate before tossing her into another tree. From the sidelines, Bonnie just hungrily took in the sight. However, it was short lived once Rhonda picked Tamera up again and threw her at the ginger.
"Uh oh." Bonnie said before the HBIC slammed into her.
"Later losers." Rhonda said before running off.
Tamera looked a bit worse for wear, holding her head while laying on top of Bonnie. However it didn't take long for her to come to her senses.
"And Tamera is taken out!" Chris announced over the loudspeaker.
"Are you fuckin' kidding me!?" She yelled before her eyes widened. She quickly got off of Bonnie and slapped the pervert. "Don't grope me, you creep!"
The ginger sat up, a satisfied smile on her face. "It was an accident." She responded, giving a nonchalant shrug.
Tamera clearly didn't buy this, but she didn't care enough at the moment. "Ugh, whatever, just go after that fat bitch and take her down!" The HBIC commanded.
"Yes mommy!" Bonnie responded, quickly getting to her feet and running after Rhonda.
The wrestler was running as fast as she could through the woods to try and get away. Unfortunately for her, she wasn't a fast runner and her stamina was pretty poor. She could hear Bonnie panting and starting to catch up to her.
"Ugh, why does there have to be so much running?" Rhonda panted. She was starting to get really tired and her speed was decreasing. Eventually, she lost so much speed that she was just walking away from Bonnie while breathing heavily.
The pervert quickly caught up with Rhonda, slowing down to a walk as well. "Sorry I gotta do this big mama."
The wrestler just fell onto her back, completely out of energy. "Please… put me out of… my misery…"
Bonnie gave her a salute before tagging the brunette, taking her out of the challenge.
"Rhonda has been caught, and the Bass lose their lead." Chris announced.
Laying on the ground, the rotund girl just groaned tiredly.
Confessional Tamera
"You gotta be fuckin' kidding me! My plan was going perfectly 'till that fat fuck ruined it!" She yelled, stomping her foot. "So much for shrinking the target on my back by doing the best in the challenge." She rolled her eyes.
End Confessional
Confessional Rhonda
She still looked pretty tired from all of the running that she did. "Ugh, That was the most I've ran in a while. You don't need to run much when your whole deal is to pin down some loser. But whatever, I did good enough in the challenge."
End Confessional
Chef made his way back to the campgrounds in front of the Mess Hall. He looked up to the roof of the structure, but didn't see hide of Anisa nor Cherry. He walked up to the Mess Hall and looked underneath it, but again he found nothing. He walked back inside to see if one of them made their way inside after he had caught Freddy, but still he came up empty.
Chef walked out and made his way back over to the cabins. He tapped his water gun on his shoulder in thought and then grumbled to himself, pretty annoyed. "Now what the hell? I've gone all over this island, where could these last two be?"
The burly man scanned around, just trying to think of where else he could possibly look. His eyes landed on the Dock of Shame a short distance away, and a lightbulb went off in his head. "Oh ho, that's clever." He made his way towards the Dock of Shame.
Cherry was just chilling underneath the dock, having a serene and comfortable look on her face. It quickly broke as she heard footsteps above her. "That's not what I want to hear." She whispered to herself before lowering her body deeper under the water.
Back above the dock, Chef made his way to the end of it and scanned the water, seeing if he could spot someone in it. His search came up empty, and he turned towards the mainland. However, he didn't leave the dock, rather he knelt down and looked off the side of it. He craned his neck to check underneath, and it was there where he finally spotted Cherry.
"Oh… well good day to you." She told him innocently. "Lovely weather, innit?"
Chef shrugged. "It's a bit humid for my taste. Besides, I think I heard that it was calling for a downpour." She smirked devilishly, taking his water gun and aiming it at the party gal.
"Well it's a good thing I'm already wet." She responded before ducking into the water just as a blast from Chef's gun shot towards her.
She started to swim away from the side Chef was on, trying to stay underneath the water.
"You're not escaping that easily!" Chef exclaimed, leaping off of the dock onto the beach. He started to run parallel to Cherry, trying to keep his sights set on her.
Back under the water, the party gal swam as quickly as she could. She paddled her away from the dock, trying to hold her breath for as long as she could. However, before long she was starting to run out. She tried to hold it out for a little longer, but she was only human and needed to take in some oxygen.
She surfaced and tried to take as much oxygen in as she could quickly. However, Chef was waiting for this moment and as soon as he saw her surface, he blasted water at her again. This time, it hit the clubber. "Ah, shite."
"Cherry has been found!" Chris once again announced. "We're down to our final two!"
The party gal made her way back to the beach where Chef was, a bit annoyed that she got eliminated from the challenge.
"I'll admit, that was a good post soldier." Chef told her.
"Not good enough apparently." Cherry responded. "Seems you're a step above the bouncers I'm used to."
"Never forget it." He said. "Now to find that last girl."
"Anisa?" Cherry raised an eyebrow before looking past Chef for a moment at a spot on the beach further away. She pointed her gaze back at the co-host. "Well, I don't think she'd hide at the cabins, so don't check there."
The burly man furrowed his brow, looking down at the DJ. She responded with a sheepish grin.
Chef couldn't help but chuckle. "You really think that's going to work on me?"
She shrugged. "Well it was worth a shot?"
"Yeah, and you coulda had me fooled if your eyes didn't betray you." He turned his back to her, looking in the direction the party girl glanced at. In the distance, Chef could see a lone figure sitting on the beach. "Bingo." He took off running, already pumping his gun to get it ready.
The scene then flashed to Bonnie in the woods. The ginger was making her way towards the 1000-ft cliff from the first challenge. She stopped at the base of it, looking up towards the top. "She's there." The ginger said, sniffing the air. "I know it." She smiled creepily before running up the slope of the cliff with unnatural speed.
The camera then transitioned into a split screen of the two hunters, running towards their prey. Chef was pumping his water gun as Bonnie giggled at the fact that she was going to get to touch another person.
They both were getting closer and closer to their targets, and Chef took aim as the figure on the beach just as Bonnie reached the top of the cliff. Their targets were in sight. Chef pulled the trigger on his water gun and Bonnie pounced, leaping towards the lone figure on the top of the cliff.
They both hit their targets at the same time though. Delanie, who didn't even notice Bonnie, screamed as she was tackled off of the cliff. "What the heeeeeeeell!?"
Over with Chef, the burly man smirked at the drenched camper. However, the smirk was quickly wiped off of his face as he realized that it wasn't Anisa who he soaked with water.
"Are you kidding me? You already got me out." Dustin complained, scowling at him.
"Delanie has been captured!" Chris announced. "Meaning the Screaming Gophers win!"
Chef was flabbergasted. "Wha- but wait, where the heck is that last girl at?"
Just then Cherry made her way over to him, a towel wrapped around her body. "I told you love, she was hiding in the cabin."
Chef looked at her, then towards the Gophers' cabin. Anisa stepped out of the girls' side, still looking a bit down. Though, she mostly had confusion written all over her face.
"I didn't think anyone would be dumb enough to hide in their own cabin!" Chef said.
"You highly overestimate the people here." Dustin deadpanned, still very annoyed that he got soaked again for no reason.
Chef groaned before looking down at Cherry. "Well played girlie, well played."
She sent a wink his way. "Thanks love."
With that, Chef took his leave. Cherry and Dustin stayed behind however. The party gal chuckled and offered him a towel. "Sorry mate, you good?"
Dustin took the towel and used it to start drying himself off. "It's only water, it's not that big of a deal. Just kind of obnoxious since I just completely dried off from when he found me the first time."
"Hm, true. Guess you were just at the wrong place at the wrong time." The party gal shrugged.
"Sure."
Cherry chuckled once more before saying, "Now I do have to ask, have you put much thought into our conversation this morning? About how we can maybe watch out for each other in the game. Perhaps an alliance?"
"Pushy, aren't you?" Dustin looked at her, keeping a poker face.
The party goer just shrugged nonchalantly. "I wouldn't say I'm being pushy, just following up from our earlier conversation." She kept a calm smile, not being deterred by his response.
Dustin eyed her, trying to analyze everything as best he could. From her offer to her attitude to Cherry herself. They hadn't interacted much before today, so he didn't have much of a reason to trust her. Though, that could go both ways.
Cherry saw that he was trying to figure things out. "Maybe this would sweeten the deal or it could detract from it, but we would have one more number as well." She told him. "I have Tanner as an ally so there would be three votes between ourselves."
"Let me guess, is he the shield for this alliance?" Dustin inquired, slinging the towel over his shoulder.
"I mean if any one of us were to get taken out first it probably would be him." The party girl shrugged. "As strong as he is, he just can't help but keep himself out of trouble with the team."
Dustin rolled his eyes. "You've got that right." He thought for a couple more moments before saying, "Alright, I'll join. Under one condition."
"Shoot."
"I get a say in what we do." Dustin told her. "I'm not going to go around and be someone's little lackey."
Cherry raised her hands in front of her. "Oh of course. Alliances aren't much good if they don't benefit all of the members in it. Besides, I'm not here to try and be a leader at anything."
The musician nodded. "Fine, then you have a deal."
"Lovely, I'm glad to hear it." Cherry gave a satisfied smile. "I'll bring Tanner up to speed. Thankfully we don't have to worry about sending anyone home tonight so we can start slow for now."
"Yeah, cool." Dustin responded, clearly done with this conversation now that the important part was over.
Cherry picked up on this and chuckled. "Well, I'll take my leave. I'll be seeing you around though." She gave a quick and chill wave before heading back to the cabin to change.
Confessional Dustin
He had his arms crossed and he was tapping his left arm with his finger. "Honestly, Even if I had the idea of going solo for a bit longer, it wasn't an idea I was dead set on. Even if I don't fully trust Cherry, there's no real reason to deny the alliance. If she tries something, then I'll just have to make sure I strike her out sooner than she can me." The musician shrugged. "I'm here to do whatever it takes to win, and alliances are just a part of that."
End Confessional
The scene transitioned over to Anisa on the front deck of the cabin. She had her headphones around her neck and looked confused. "Did Chris say that we won?"
"Anisa you did it!" Keesha exclaimed, walking up to the cabin. "You won it for our team!"
"I...I did?" This information wasn't something she was expecting to hear. "I don't understand how. I-I was just sitting on my bed with my music."
Keesha chuckled. "The how doesn't necessarily matter, just that you did. You were the only one not to get caught."
The musical therapist blushed and smiled at the recognition. "Wow, I never thought I'd actually win a challenge for the team. That's… kind of weird to think about."
"You need to have more faith in yourself." Keesha told her. "I knew you had the ability to win something."
Anisa's blush just deepened and she rubbed her arm bashfully. "Y-yeah…" However, she shook herself out of it, and looked up to Keesha regretfully. "By the way, I want to say sorry for earlier. For not listening and just abandoning you."
"It's fine Anisa." Keesha responded, brushing it off.
"No, it's not." The shorter girl told her. "I've been teased and called bad things a lot, a-and hearing the same types of things here… they made me get in my head really bad. So badly that I was just brushing what you were telling me off. It was really rude and self-centered of me. I'm sorry Keesha."
The soul singer gave her a gentle smile. "All is forgiven Anisa. I'll admit, it was getting a bit aggravating, but I understand where it was coming from."
"Thank you." Anisa smiled back. She then looked down for a moment before saying, "I… pretty much just sat and thought about things during the challenge. I thought about how I was feeling… and what you told me earlier. About letting things roll off me." She raised her gaze from the ground, looking Keesha in the eye. "I want to be a musical therapist to help people, but I don't think I'll be very helpful if any little thing will make me break down. I want people to look to me for help, not the other way around. And I definitely want to try to not be so sensitive to the mean things people say. I know it won't happen overnight and things will still get to me, but I still have to try."
Keesha was a bit taken aback by this. She looked down at Anisa, seeing her attempt to look determined. The soul singer let out a small chuckle and smiled at her. "Well, I'm glad to see that you want to better yourself that way. As I said earlier I'll gladly support you, but you can't rely too heavily on me. This is something you have to do yourself."
"I know." Anisa responded. "And I wouldn't want to rely too much on you for this. It wouldn't be fair to you, and I think it'll be better for me in the long run to do it myself."
"Great." Keesha nodded her head. "I wish you luck on this journey."
"Thank you, I really appreciate your support all this time." Anisa told her.
"It's my pleasure."
Confessional Keesha
She still had her smile on her face from her conversation with Anisa. "I'm really glad to see that Anisa is actually taking the step herself to try and not take everything to heart. I think that in of itself shows a lot of strength that I don't think she realizes." She laughs lightly. "I do have to admit though, her trying to look all determined was pretty cute."
End Confessional
The scene flashed to a bit later. The sky had grown dark, and the elimination ceremony was approaching. The Bass council decided to get together to discuss the elimination. Though, Christopher certainly didn't look very happy. He was clearly both annoyed and stressed.
"I cannot believe we lost again." He ranted. "We started off so well with the first two challenges and took an early lead. But we completely screwed up. Now we're going to back to an even playing field with the Screaming Gophers."
"C'mon relax, Hunky Potter. It's not that big of a deal." Rhonda shrugged.
"It is. That lead in numbers would have really benefited us for many of the challenges." He told her. "Like today, we had one more person for Bonnie to find. That was a big advantage, yet we managed to fumble it."
Confessional Harmonia
She raised her hand to her mouth and chuckled. "It seems the thread is starting to unravel."
End Confessional
"It happened, there's not much we can do about that now." Anthony told him. "Let's just put this challenge behind us. We should figure out this vote and just put our energy into the next challenge."
The Type-A sighed. "You're right, I apologize." He took a deep breath to calm himself down a bit before continuing. "Now, who do you all have in mind to maybe send home."
Rhonda was the first to speak up. "Tch, that's an easy one. I say we send Tamera packing. Should've done so last time if I'm honest."
"Truthfully, you don't have to do much convincing to get me to vote her out." Christopher said. "I cannot stand her."
"Me neither." Rhonda huffed. "She's an annoying little girly bitch."
"Tell us how you really feel." Harmonia snarked, keeping a smile on her face.
Anthony shrugged. "Honestly, I'd be down to take her out too. She's annoying as hell."
Harmonia brought her finger up to her chin. "I'm certainly not opposed to eliminating Tamera, however I do think it could be beneficial to still look at other options before settling on an answer."
"Fair enough, who else do you think we should consider?" Anthony asked her.
"Well Andrew was the first one out of the challenge, was he not? He also hasn't been much help in the other challenges either." Harmonia explained. "I do think we need to take into account who is holding us back and who is doing their part." Anthony raised an amused eyebrow at this, but he didn't say anything.
"You also bring up a good point." Christopher said, thinking over what he just heard.
"Yeah, but he's slightly less annoying than Tamera." Rhonda commented.
"Besides, we can at least give him a chance to prove his worth." Anthony said. "We saved Tamera last time, and she had the chance to chance her attitude. But she clearly isn't showing any signs of doing so."
"That is true." Harmonia agreed, nodding her head before looking at the others. "I will go with whomever you'd like. We voted for my choice last time so it is only fair that I follow what you all wish to do." She smiled at them, lifting her hands to rest her chin on them. "Just let me know where my vote should go."
The scene transitioned over to Lucien and Miriam. They were hanging out near the mess hall, sitting at the picnic table eating some of the fish that they had caught earlier. Judging by her body language though, Miriam looked grumpy. She had her arms crossed over her chest while Lucien just sat across from her, lazily leaning his head in the palm of his hand.
"Nyehh, I was totally robbed this challenge." Miriam said. "I mean I'm super sneaky, I totally coulda won this if I didn't get knocked out of a tree."
Lucien gave her a pointed look. "Didn't you tell me earlier that you pushed Andrew out of a tree?"
"That's besides the point."
"Frankly, it just sounds like karma to me." The blonde shrugged.
Tamera made her way over towards the two and took a seat next to Lucien. "Hey bitches." The two just stared blankly at her. "What? I know I'm hot, but you don't have to stare."
"What are you after?" Lucien asked. "I highly doubt you'd willingly talk to us if you weren't looking for something."
Tamera looked offended. "Damn, you really think that lowly of me?" They both gave her deadpan looked. "Aight, fine. I want to ask that y'all vote with me tonight."
"I dunno, yer kinda annoying." Miriam said.
The HBIC glared at her, however quickly pulled it back knowing that she needed the votes. "I know I'm extra, but I just can't help it. I'm a natural born star, I can't stop myself from just commanding attention."
"Yer not really helpin' yer case." Miriam told her.
Tamera frowned.
"Looking past that," Lucien spoke up, "Why should we vote with you? How would that benefit us?"
"Cause I'm the type of bitch where if you scratch my back, I'll scratch yours." The vixen responded. "I won't target neither of you."
The astronomer blinked. "You mean either of us."
Tamera rested her hands on her hips. "You know what I meant."
Miriam looked to Lucien for guidance. He met her gaze and thought for a couple moments before sighing tiredly. "Who did you have in mind?"
The HBIC smiled at this. "I'm voting that bitch Rhonda out. She's the reason I even lost the challenge. She beat me up and threw me right at Bonnie."
"You provoked her, didn't ya?" Miriam looked at her unamused.
Tamera looked offended at this, putting her hand to her chest. "What, why would you think-" She stopped, realizing neither of them were buying it. "So what, doesn't mean she should've sabotaged our team's chances!"
"Frankly, it doesn't matter to me why." Lucien told her. "You have my vote."
Tamera perked up at this. "Fuck yeah! I appreciate it." She stood up from the table. "I'm gonna try and convince some others, peace."
After the HBIC made her exit, Miriam looked to Lucien. "Why did you agree?"
He looked to her before scanning the area to make sure no one else was around. Once he saw that the coast was clear, he explained, "Listen, what I'm going to tell you has to stay between us. Got it?" The archer nodded. "I'm pretty positive that Christopher and Harmonia have an alliance. And while I don't know for sure if anyone else is in it, I do know that Rhonda is pretty close with Christopher. She listens to what he tells her to do. So if we take her out, then that will be one less potential vote that he can use."
Miriam nodded. "Ah, that makes sense I guess. But what if she doesn't actually listen to him for voting? She'd kinda be an innocent bystander taken out."
Lucien shrugged it off. "Well, she'll have to be eliminated eventually. If you and I are going to the end together, we'll have to take everyone else out of the competition."
"You wanna go to the end with me?" Miriam's eyes sparkled.
"I mean, who else would I?" Lucien told her. "Outside of Celestia before she left, you're the only one I really talk to."
"Heheh." Miriam chuckled. "Point taken. Final two, here we come!"
"Not so loud!" Lucien shushed.
"Sorry…"
The scene flashed to the elimination ceremony later that night. The Bass sat at the bonfire, facing Chris. Some of them like Christopher, Rhonda, and Andrew looked annoyed to be there. The host with the most smirked tauntingly at the losing team.
"Bass, what happened? You guys started so strong, and here you are for a second time." Chris said.
"It's very disappointing, Chris." Christopher responded to the host. "I want to make sure this won't happen again."
The host chuckled. "Good luck with that. Now Killer Bass, you have all cast your votes and made your decisions. If you do not receive a marshmallow tonight, then you must walk down the Dock of Shame and board the Boat of Losers. And you won't be able to return… Ever!"
Ranbir gulped dramatically.
Confessional Tamera
She sat in the confessional filing her nails with her legs crossed. "Bitch, this may be a close one. On top of Delanie, Lucien, and Miriam, I convinced Ranbir to vote with me too. Hearing that Miriam was on my side really helped. I'm hoping some of the others voted for Andrew or something so I don't even have to worry about a tie breaker."
End Confessional
Confessional Andrew
"These normies better know not to vote for me!" Andrew sneered at the camera. "I don't care if I was the first out of the challenge. I should stay."
End Confessional
Chris held up the plate of marshmallows. "Marshmallows go to… Delanie."
The actress smirked confidently and got up to retrieve her marshmallow.
"Christopher, Harmonia."
The two alliances mates looked to each other before getting their marshmallows.
"Miriam, you're safe."
"Sweet." The archer responded, getting her marshmallow.
"Lucien, Anthony, you two are also safe."
They nodded and got their marshmallows.
"Next is…"
Ranbir looked at the host nervously while next to him, Andrew looked annoyed."
"Ranbir."
The treasure hunter gave a sigh of relief. "Oh, whew. That was nerve-wracking." He got up and collected his marshmallow.
"There are three campers left, but only two marshmallows." Chris announces, smirking at the bottom three.
Rhonda and Andrew both looked annoyed while Tamera was trying to hide how nervous she was. As she stared at the plate of immunity symbols with determination, her leg bounced with anxiety.
"Next one safe is… Andrew."
The emo scoffed as he stood up. "Obviously."
"Why the hell am I in the bottom two?" Rhonda asked angrily.
"Uh, duh, because you literally threw me at Bonnie, taking me out of the challenge!" Tamera told her.
The wrestler glared at her. "I'm about to throw you into the fire next."
"Maybe instead of worrying about throwing me around, you should worry about poachers mistaking you for a fuckin' endangered white rhino you ugly bitch." The HBIC shot back.
"Can we not, it's killing the mood." Chris told them, sending the girls a glare. They both crossed their arms and glared at the other, waiting to get the marshmallow. "Good. Now the final marshmallow of the night goes to…
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The wrestler stood up in celebration and laughed at the HBIC. "Ha! Take that you prissy little wench!"
Tamera was stunned. "What?" She stood up angrily and yelled at Chris, "What the hell, bitch you must've miscounted the votes! It should've been at least a tie break-" She stopped when she noticed Delanie smirking at her. Realization dawned upon Tamera as her anger transferred to the method actress. "You two timing bitch!"
Delanie rolled her eyes, enjoying Tamera's anger. "Tch, you're the one who was stupid enough to think I'd actually ally with you."
"You stupid fuckin' z-list bitch!" Tamera yelled. "You're a goddamn liar!"
"Actually, I'm an actress." Delanie smirked.
"A sucky one at that!" The HBIC retorted. "You're sitting there, actin like you did some shit when so far in this competition, you've done nothing but act like a second rate version of me!"
"You say that, yet here you are getting the boot bitch." Delanie mocked. "Guess we know who the real head bitch in charge is now."
"Honey, I will always be more real than you. In more ways than one." Tamera shot back, putting emphasis on her chest.
"At least I look better than you making your exit." Delanie responded. "Bye, don't let your big ass sink the boat."
Tamera scoffed at this. "Whatever, good luck getting anywhere without a storyline bitch!" With that, she stormed off towards the Boat of Losers.
"She certainly won't be missed." Anthony commented.
"Amen to that." Rhonda agreed.
On the Boat of Losers, Tamera was being taken away. She had a scowl on her face, very unhappy with the outcome. "This is such bullshit. That fake ass bitch screwed me over." She scoffed. "Whatever, this won't be the last those bitches see the last of me. That's a fuckin' promise." She smirked at the camera before the Boat of Losers came to a stop in the middle of the lake.
Tamera raised an eyebrow. "Uh, hello! Why the hell are we stopping?" She called out to the driver of the boat. She didn't get a response though, so she called out again. "Hello! Answer me asshole!"
She received a response this time, though it wasn't much of an explanation. From inside of the boat's cabin, she could hear giggling. Tamera's eyes widened, immediately recognizing who it was.
"Oh hell no."
"Heheh, I think it's time for you to hold up to your end of the deal." Bonnie said, walking out of the cabin. She had a horny look on her face as she hungrily started to close the distance between her and the vixen.
"N-no wait! Stay away from me you goblin!" Tamera pleaded. However, they fell on deaf ears as Bonnie came closer and closer to her.
The camera zoomed out to a wide shot of the boat of losers in the middle of the lake. While the figures of Tamera and Bonnie weren't visible, the sounds of kissing were heard loud and clear. The camera panned up to the night sky before things faded to black.
Reasoning: Well there goes Tamera and, like, 90% of the cursing in this fic fjhfjkdfdsfdsl. This elimination was the most painful so far. I love Tamera so much and she was really fun to write. Every line of her's I read in Tiffany Pollard's voice since that's who she was inspired by XD. But sadly, her time in island has come to a close. She is a gigantic personality, but she's very combative and that puts a huge target on her back. I am glad I got to write her and Bonnie before she left though!
Votes:
Tamera: Anthony, Christopher, Delanie, Harmonia, Rhonda, Andrew
Rhonda: Lucien, Miriam, Ranbir, Tamera
Tamera: 6 votes
Rhonda: 4 votes
Placements:
19th: Tamera
20th: Celestia
21st: Rosalina
22nd: Ashe
Nyeheh, bet you were expecting the talent show, huh? But nope, we have good-ole hide and seek/manhunt. I wanted to switch around and change some of the challenges a bit. Since I've written an Island story already, it's partially to help keep things a lil fresher for me. Also some plot stuff. We also are introduced to our final(?) intern Bonnie! Gosh I love her, she is really fun to write. Thanks Grape Escape for letting me use her UwU. But yeah, I hope ya enjoyed the chapter, and until next time, later bitches! ;P ~MG