Ticket here, and welcome back to the pen-ultimate episode of the season! In these next three chapters, everyone's got their own agenda going on, even the lone wolf we have now. Still though, the players manage to breathe in a critical time like this. Only four players can make the finale, so who will make it? Find out right here, on Episode 14!

P.S: Since there are seven chapters left (four-chapter finale), there will be ONE cast drop on each of the remaining chapters! I'll say: a some of the next cast is going to be recognizable to everyone. We have some of the same franchises like Super Mario, Mortal Kombat, The Walking Dead, and more, but also some cast members are first-timers of their franchise. Yes, I'm dipping into newer ones.

One last thing! Before I start I have to update you on the rest of the calendar for this season.

The Final Five Tribal is on Night 38, The Final Four Boot is on Night 40, and the Final Three Boot is on Night 41. Following that, the Final Two Feast and Rites of Passage will be on Day 42, and THEN? Final Tribal Council later that night. After SIX weeks in Fiji, someone will finally be crowned the winner!

That's all for this authors note today! Enjoy!

Players: Bandana Waddle Dee, Gordon Ramsay, Kabal, Li Mei, and Sonic the Hedgehog

Jury: Tremor, Little Mac, Kano, Luigi, Blu, and Matt

Five are left. As we close in on the finale, WHO will be voted out next?

Merged Tribe

Night 35

The five castaways arrive back at camp, leaning their torches on the beloved Torch Tree. Out of everyone who's left, the hedgehog's now in the most trouble. He knows it, they know it, even the producers know it.

Despite the adversity, he's not running from it. "It's the game, y'know? At least you guys didn't laugh at him on the way out. He deserved to have his moment." Even Sonic's shading Kano to this day.

"I'm glad you aren't bitter. I need to snooze before I do any damage control." Kabal responds, honest about his intent for the night.

"Hehe, yeah I get it. Rest up…" Kabal turns away, and Sonic mutters one word: "..d*ck."

Everyone in the Black Dragon catches shade day in, day out. The most villainous alliance that's ever appeared in the series.

On a lighter note, Dee hands Sonic a couple leftover coconuts. "Do you need a hug?"

"I'm good. I've been through much worse man."

"Oh…"

Sonic: One lone hedgehog has to somehow, someway get to the end. Do I have a plan? No, but who needs planning when you have confidence!

Losing Matt's the least of his problems. He still has to deal with the chef who popped off once again. Gordon's not avoiding the hedgehog, but when Sonic approaches him, he doesn't get much out of him.

"Yeah we aren't even in the same book, but you were RED. Are YOU ok?" he asks.

"Your comments didn't help..you NEVER ask a madman why they're mad." Decent life advice. "Trying to provoke me when I'm already losing it is bold." Gordon's cooled down a bit, so he hasn't slammed anything in his face.

"I wasn't trying to p*ss you off. Just..fooling around was a mistake. If I stepped in more, maybe Matt would still be here…." Sonic… "Not that you staying is bad. Not at all."

"People stick their foots in their mouths all the time. Just another day in the bloody neighborhood." Gordon responds. "Anything else you need to say before I crash?"

"Tomorrow I'm getting serious. It's me against the world anyway."

"THREE immunities isn't serious enough?"

"Growth mindset. It's how legends like Lebron succeed. I'd love to break the record." Sonic has his goal in mind. Didn't know he was a Lebron fan.

"..unbelievable. I'm exhausted."

"Then get some rest."

The chef lets out a tiny snicker. "Don't tell me what to do."

Gordon: Sonic's a good kid at heart, but right now I don't have one. The second he drops in the challenge, he's gone. There's no way I'm letting him to the end. If he gets there, I've already lost, so he's my biggest threat. And me? I'm his.

Merged Tribe

Day 36

Normally there'd be a rest period for the cast. The end is coming though, and everyone's planning for it. They've got six days to pull off any moves they have left.

The FaTwo themselves are considering other options.

"It's cool those two lent us a hand. But If Sonic gets immunity, we HAVE to split them up. He may be the biggest fish in the sea, but he's not the only one." Gordon explains, as the waddle Dee listens on. "If we're going to make a pact, this is our only chance to get one over. The bad part is.."

"We can still get him! You don't have to be enemies with him all the time, you got along fine back then! You can team up at least once." The waddle Dee argues.

"I JUST led the charge to screw him over. He can act unbothered if he wants, but he's got some resentment inside." The chef hits back. "If he wins immunity, there's nothing else we can do, we're sitting ducks. He'll enjoy competing with Kabal and Mei more than me anyway."

"They're the only ones who can stop him from a run! They may not be the biggest people, but that's still a threat in some way at least." Dee says, pushing the team-up further. "There's always a way out, I've watched you escape twenty times already!"

Good advice from Bandana Dee. Usually he doesn't throw advice out, but he's had to be in the cheerleader role with how emotional the original Fatu can be. First Luigi, then Gordon. Seems Toriel's rubbing off on him.

Gordon let's out a massive sigh. "If Sonic doesn't believe us over those two, it's game over."

"Sonic will do what Sonic does. He's got nobody left, so maybe, JUST maybe there's a chance for us." Dee encourages. "Believe in him for once."

Gordon turns to his close ally. "I believed in him before and it bit us. If he betrays us, it's not surprising. If he sides with us, he's still here at the end of it." That is true. "Ohh f*ck it, we'll have problems either way."

The chef's not going down without a fight..or at least without an argument. He never has in his life ever since he donned the white jacket.

Gordon: Sonic's gotta lose if I want an easy path. But working for something has never been easy for me. It took time, practice, and faith to become the man I am today. Maybe I'll need to put my faith in Sonic…for one night.

What about how Dee feels? He's got quite a bit going on.

Bandana Dee: I'm still on Gordon's side even if Kabal and Mei want to save me. He's been a brother since day one! It's easy to side with him. Just like it's easier on us all if Sonic loses. I like the guy, every time he provokes someone bad it's funny, but as fun as it's been to keep him around..he has to lose. Or else this whole secret thingamabob will blow up in my face!

The waddle dee's screentime isn't up yet. A little while after that talk, he sits alone. Taking in the clear blue ocean ahead of him. A nice, calming moment before these next rounds kick into high gear.

It doesn't last long though, as Li Mei's silhoutte covers the light above him. "Do you have a moment?" she asks, and Dee looks up to see her neutral face. "I've got nothing better to do… guess."

"Well when you're done gazing at the ocean, meet me at the well." She says, and it's another meeting between this little Dee/Kabal/Mei contingent. Well ok, maybe not Kabal but those two are still apart or it.

Anyways, Dee meets her later and strategy is back on the menu!

"We all know that Sonic needs to go next. After that, we can either go to final four and see which pair comes out on top. Final three between us doesn't look like an option given how close you are to Gordon." Li Mei admits, seeing the obvious.

"Yeah, I mean we have to go to four anyways…" Li Mei hears that silence. "You don't sound so sure…"

"I am..I am. But we should get Kabal and Gordon together at least and just make this official." Dee, it basically is.

"It is already official. Kabal may speak to you later tonight just to gauge where you're at, since he's not here now. As for Gordon, he already knows about our final four pact. It's very obvious that Sonic's the outsider." Li Mei explains. "Do not overthink it."

"It's hard not to overthink you know. We don't really have to do any strategy in Dreamland."

"Oh so you live in an innocent place. Enjoy your time there while it lasts, that is all I will say." Wise advice from the kombatant who's been through literal hell in her lifetime.

"W-why? What happened to yours?"

"Do you have two hours?"

Li Mei: Sonic is the biggest obstacle in the way of my agenda. I NEED to face Kabal at Final Tribal, he is my best chance, but if people like Sonic and Gordon are still here, it will wreck everything. We need to keep the Fatu looped in just incase that blue creature tries to flip them.

The agendas are set: Kabal and Mei want to make final three with Dee. Dee and Gordon want to (maybe) take Sonic out and go against the lesser jury threats. Sonic just wants to survive period.

Besides all that…there was still some fun to be had. After the messy rounds at ten, nine, and seven, they needed another break and by god they got one! No rewards needed. Bandana Dee's sitting on the shore with a SURPLUS of food, seeing a line in this order:

Sonic.

Li Mei.

Kabal.

Last and definitely least, Gordon.

How did this even happen?

Kabal: At first it was nice when people came up to me, and gave me the power. Now there's no need for swing votes anymore. With our strategy set in stone, a break from this god forsaken game is SO needed.

Cool, but who started it?

Kabal: Color me unsurprised when SONIC wants us to go see who can jump the furthest off a 20 foot rock…because he's a lunatic. The devil himself could show up and Sonic wouldn't take it seriously. He just doesn't flinch at anything.

Back to the crazy contest they're holding, and Sonic's up first!

"HEY DEE!" he shouts. "How's my form?" he asks, doing some elegant corkscrew into the water! Don't think that's how it works, but then again he casually dived into the water. Must've gotten over his fear..or maybe he's just tolerating it.

Li Mei steps up next, looking down at the waves below. "Hmm. Bold for him to always rest near the edge. One slip could end in disaster." she notes.

"He lives on the wild side. I respect it." The word 'respect' coming from a Black Dragon? What world are they living in?

Li Mei does a dive off the rock so great that it makes the water itself applause. Once she's in, Kabal decides he doesn't want to wait.

"KANNONBALL!"

He leaps off the rock and absolutely bombs the water! It splashes Mei and Sonic, who are BEHIND him! He wins, but they don't seem to mind, it's like a vacation. Dee just laughs at the scene infront of him. Nothing like watching a good time. He could have joined, but declined due to some reason off camera, who knows.

It's Gordon's turn, and he looks down at the water below. There's a tiny patch of rock below the giant one.

"One slip and I'm done." he whispers to himself, looking at the three call him from below. "You got nothing to worry about, it's easy!" Sonic shouts, and the chef steps back to get a running start. He better pray he doesn't trip.

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He makes the jump, and is has the shortest one out of them all! He turns around and oh boy, that rock patch isn't very far! He could have broken something if he wasn't careful. Imagine if Gordon Ramsay becomes the first medavac in the series history…the Ramsay fans would be in shambles.

"Bloody miracle." he says, but his focus is taken away when he sees Kabal is the furthest. "He got you again, Sonic."

"Eh. You win some, you lose some."

"Sure." Kabal mutters behind his back.

Kabal: Anytime Sonic wins, he's showboating. When he loses, he's all of a sudden humble about it. Can't he just feel the way I do every time he beats me?

No love lost from him. That race must be replaying in his head over and over again.

Alright, so a shorter "A" chapter than the usual without a reward challenge. So far it seems straightforward, with everyone left targeting Sonic. Protection's pretty crucial for him. However, with this Kabal, Mei, and Bandana Dee group seeming to form despite the waddle Dee's hesitance, everything may not be what it seems.

Also…it's time to reveal yet another cast member in Season 4! This is the thirteenth one out of eighteen, so there's FIVE more castaways left to reveal. He's another robot on the cast. Give a welcome to Sektor, from the Mortal Kombat Series! He's a Lin Kuei member turned cyber, no humanity in him. How will he perform when he hits the beach?

See the theme yet?

Ticket out, see you in 14B!