Hello, you're having a nice day! Sorry, this took so long to come out school got in the way. Hopefully, I can post more regularly from now on.
Here's the third part! It's a bit long, but it has a lot of key character moments in it as well as the second elimination.
Enjoy reading 👉📙👈
Episode 2 Part 3 "So I may not be built to run, but I was built to run this game!"
Soon both teams had gathered for the challenge which was near a cave. The cave was large which could be deducted from its huge opening.
"Welcome to the challenge! Should we get to it!" Caleb exclaimed as he came out dressed in a more outdoorsy outfit.
"Nice outfit, Caleb, I see you're a man of good taste," Serenna complimented.
"Thank you Serenna, your hair also is looking good today," Caleb said as he gestured to it.
"Oohh, the host noticed," Serenna smiled as she flaunted her hair.
"We all noticed," Balaam muttered blankly.
"And we all noticed your attitude too, boo," Serenna remarked in response giving him the side eye. "It isn't a good look."
"Glad you noticed, I try to make it apparent," Balaam just smirked.
"Can we not right now guys? If we're gonna have a team argument at least wait for the challenge to start," Howie said as he facepalmed.
"Ha! The other team can't get along!" Gabe snickered, and he high fived Ryder.
"We get along just fine, thank you," Esme protested, backing up her team.
"Anyways! Let's get to the challenge! So remember your new team names, the Sophisticated Salamanders and the Ambitious Alligators? Well we decided that will be cooperated into the next part of the challenge. You see inside this cave, we released the animals you guys chose to represent your team inside," Caleb explained. "Your challenge is to find and capture your respective team animal and bring them back here. The first team to reach back here with their animal wins! There will be decoy animals though by the way, so be careful. Any questions?"
"You expect us to catch an alligator?" Howie asked, looking concerned.
"And all they just have to catch is a salamander? How is this fair?!" Ingrid added on.
"Ha! The other team has to find an alligator!" Gabe then exclaimed as he then high fived Stefan this time.
"Well to be fair, you guys did pick the team name," Caleb began.
To that everyone on the Ambitious Alligators turned to stare at Esme for suggesting they use alligator as a name.
Esme smiled embarrassedly and awkwardly chuckled, "you live and you learn, my bad?"
"Plus an alligator may be harder to capture, but it should be a lot easier to find. Salamanders are small, so it could hide under rocks or other things in the environment," Caleb reminded them with a nod.
"Okay that sounds fair enough..." Howie said as he then turned to stare at the entrance of the cave.
"Both teams get flashlights as well," Caleb said as he gestured to a box of flashlights near the entrance of the cave. "And you'll know it's your animal if you see your team color on it. Yellow for the Alligator. Orange for the Salamander."
"Got it!" Everyone confirmed, as everyone walked up to get a flashlight.
"Ready! Set! Go!" Caleb announced, and both teams sprinted off into the cave.
The first few seconds was a bunch of commotion and chaos as people bumped into each other and ran by each other.
"Watch where you're going!" (Ingrid would yell)
"I am watching where I'm going, I'm going into the cave!" (Ryder would reply)
"Did someone just touch my hair?" (Serenna would ask)
"Is this a salamander? No, it's human hair." (Kelvin would just say)
"Ow! Someone tripped me!" (Daisy complained)
"Ha! Get punked!" (Carter could be heard snickering)
Soon the Sophisticated Salamanders had gathered in one area.
"We're all here?" Stefan asked as he shined his flashlight around the area.
"Correct. Report: We're all present," Kelvin stated as he turned on his own flashlight, shining it on his face.
"Okay good, so we need a game plan bruh?" Stefan then asked as he scratched his head.
"I think our best strategy is to split up. We can cover more ground," Erin spoke up as she shined her flashlight around the area. "So we should-"
"Sounds good to me!" Ryder just exclaimed, as he was already racing down a pathway.
"Annnnnddd he's off," Gabe noted as he shine his flashlight to show that Ryder had definitely left the area.
"We need to get a leash for that kid.." Cece stated jokingly.
"Or get sustainable shackles with a fastener attachment," Erin tried to add on to the joke.
Everyone just stared vacantly at her, which Erin sighed, "it means use a chain and a nail."
"Well someone should follow him, bruh," Stefan then said, to which Cece raised her hand.
"I'll handle him, the rest of you figure it out," Cece told them as she then ran off in the direction Ryder went.
"Well I'm with Stefan!" Gabe then claimed as he put an arm around Stefan's shoulder.
"That's cool with me, dude," Stefan smiled as he then looked at Daisy, Erin, and Kelvin. "So you three are together."
"Yup," Daisy confirmed as she smiled at both Kelvin and Erin. "We'll take the path on the left, you guys head to the right."
"K, see ya," Stefan said as him and Gabe waved as they went down the pathway.
"Well then.." Daisy turned to look at Kelvin and Erin awkwardly, "well, we should probably get going then."
"I supposed we should," Erin said as she took the lead and began walking down the path.
Confessionals
😊Daisy- "You know the feeling you feel like when you get paired up with the school nerd and weirdo for the class project..ya that's what I feel like now. Nothing against nerds or weirdos though. I just don't talk to Kelvin and Erin that much. Erin does talk to me, but whatever she does it's usually about strategy, never on a personal or like normal conversation topic."
**Static**
📺Erin- "I don't know how receptive Daisy was of our last conversations, but I think it's great I have time with her now. Daisy and Kelvin strike me as people that can be influenced, and luckily I happen to be very influential. I'm hoping we do win the challenge though, so I won't have to worry about voting anyone off though."
End
For the first few moments they walked just with Kelvin talking out loud to himself.
"Is that a salamander? No it is a rock. Is that a salamander? No it is a rock. Is that a salamander? No it is a rock," He would say as he would shine his flashlight on the rocks and small figures they passed.
"Why don't we just assume every motionless object is a rock for now on," Erin suggested with a tint of irritation after Kelvin went on for a few minutes more.
"Okay. I will now assume everything is a rock," Kelvin stated as he then was saying to himself, "Is that a rock? Yes it is. Is that a rock? Yes it is. Is that a rock? Yes it is"
Erin just sighed as she shook her head, as Daisy gave her a simple smile, "At least It could be worse."
"I suppose hearing repetitive mindless questions isn't a cause of death, so yes I guess it could be worse," Erin replied simply as she kept her eyes ahead.
For a few moments they walked in the dark cave accompanied by silence.
"Hey guys, can I ask you something?" Daisy then asked suddenly as she was glancing at the floor.
"If you are asking if that is a rock, then yes. Yes it is," Kelvin stated as he was shining his flashlight on another small rock.
"What? No, it's something else," Daisy replied shaking her head.
"Is it about my alliance offering?" Erin questioned with an eyebrow raise.
"Not about that either.." Daisy replied as she suddenly seemed more flustered.
"Well, what is it then?" Erin asked as she turned to stare at Daisy.
Daisy began to speak but stopped.
"Um how do I say this.." Daisy muttered as she put her hand on her head.
"Simple. Words that can be used are: Rock, pebble, stone, or bok. Bok is a word I made up using the figments of my mind. But it is fun to say. Bok!" Kelvin then blurted out as he kept his beaming flashlights on various rocks.
"What? Kelvin I told you I'm not talking about rocks or boks- huh that is fun to say, but that isn't the point," Daisy groaned as she stopped walking, "It's something I wanted some advice on."
"Go ahead, Daisy," Erin said as she put a hand out to stop Kelvin so he wouldn't keep following a trail of rocks.
"Well you see..originally coming to this game, my only goal was to enjoy the experience and to win..It was just supposed to be a get away from life you know..." Daisy explained as she brushed back her hair.
"I don't know, cause I was never informed of this data. Information now known. Proceed," Kelvin just said.
Erin and Daisy just looked at Kelvin like he had ate his own toe. Ya they thought he was that weird.
"Anyways, continue," Erin told her.
"..ya, and I was hoping that would be the only reason I was here...and I was hoping not to get distracted. Specifically I was hoping not to have any crushes or what's the word?" Daisy asked as she was blushing a bit.
"Rocks," Kelvin supplied, but Erin and Daisy both shook their heads.
"A relationship? So what's the matter? Has that changed?" Erin asked, now looking interested.
"Well kind of..I mean I don't know? Maybe?" Daisy just looked down looking flustered and confused.
Erin stayed silent for a moment thinking. She then said, "Who is it?"
"Who's who?"
"Who is the person."
"Oh the person?"
"Yes the person."
"The person I li-"
"Daisy, you know what I mean. You can trust me, just tell me," Erin assured her.
"Okay, but you won't tell anyone?" Daisy asked nervously.
"No I won't," Erin answered plainly.
Daisy took a deep breath. She looked around just for a moment. She closed her eyes just for a second to get her emotions gathered up. She then said to them, "Ryder."
Confessionals
😊Daisy- "I wasn't planning on it, I swear! Things just happen, things you can't predict, things you can't control, things you can't stop...and Ryder just happens to make my heart...flutter? and I don't know what it is about him. I don't know maybe it's how he's so lively and full of energy. Or it's he's charming, yet cute voice. I'm not fangirling! I am fangirling aren't I? Right, right focus Daisy. I don't know what I'm gonna do...Maybe it could work this time..but what if..no, I don't know"
**Static**
👽Kelvin- "Rocks are inorganic compounds. Humans are organic compounds. If a human ate a rock, the rock would still be in-organic compound"
**Static**
📺Erin- "This is interesting. Very interesting. The more you know"
End
"I think it's a terrible idea, no offense," Erin then stated as she kept walking.
"What do you mean?" Daisy questioned as she picked up her pace to match Erin's.
"Daisy, the way I see it is Ryder is the 'bros before h- you know what' type of guy. This whole team gives off so much testosterone, you can basically smell it," Erin snorted as she had a slight smile on her face.
"Actually testosterone is a hormone produced in the male body. I don't think it could be smelt," Kelvin told her.
"I know that Kelvin. It's an expression," Erin told him blankly. She then turned to Daisy,
"I just don't think it'll work out for you in a gameplay point of view."
"But in a relationship point of view?" Daisy just asked, dismissing what Erin just said.
"I'm no relationship expert," Erin shrugged.
"So you don't think it's worth it.." Daisy sighed looking down.
"Yes," Erin answered honestly, which made Daisy tilt her head down more. "But on the other sides of things, if you truly want to then I suppose so. If it's what makes you happy."
Daisy thought about it for a moment having to consider what she said.
"You know, I think it would make me ha-" Daisy was about to reply, but Kelvin interrupted her.
"Is that a rock? No it's a salamander," Kelvin mentioned in his monotone voice as he shined his light on a small scaly tail.
"Salamander!" Daisy exclaimed as her and Erin turned as they began running over to where Kelvin was shining his light.
Daisy looked over the rock, "This is it?!"
"Oh nevermind, false alarm. It's an alligator," Kelvin calmly corrected himself as he squinted at the tail.
"Alligator!" Daisy then yelled she turned on her heels and began sprinting. The alligator had noticed both her and Erin, and began pursuing them.
Daisy ran quickly in fear as Erin followed after her. Kelvin was running backwards while throwing rocks he collected at the alligator, "Unpleasant alligator. Stop following me and my companions. You will be struck on the head with boks for your misconduct of behavior."
The alligator was deflecting most of the rocks with its snout, but some rocks landed good hits.
"Maybe provoking it with rocks isn't the best idea," Erin called as she picked up her speed.
"Oh that's okay. I will provoke it with a flashlight instead," Kelvin said as he then threw his flashlight.
The alligator got flunked right on the head. It stopped for a moment because of the painful blow, but began chasing them even quicker.
"It didn't work," Kelvin noted. "What now?"
"Run!" Daisy yelled as she lead the two of them in a random direction.
Meanwhile, Ryder was still zooming through the cave, when he heard the yell.
He stopped in his tracks, "Huh that sounded like Daisy?"
He then heard footsteps behind him and turned to see Cece.
"Oh hey Cece!" Ryder said as he waved at her.
"Do you know how hard it is to follow you? Not to mention in the dark," Cece just said as she shined the flashlight around the area they were in.
"Sorry..got carried away," Ryder laughed sheepishly as he put a hand on his head. "Plus! I think I saw a salamander running up ahead!"
"Well let's go, the sooner we win, the better," Cece then said as she this time took the lead.
Ryder jogged to match her pace.
Soon the two of them saw a salamander.
"There it is!" Ryder pointed at it. He then tried to jump at it, but Cece tripped him.
"Can you wait. Catching a salamander requires a certain type of finesse," Cece told him crossing her arms.
"Ow- how do you know that?" Ryder questioned.
"Catching anything requires finesse," Cece said in a 'no duh' type of way.
"You didn't have to trip me though," Ryder frowned as he stood up dusting himself off.
"And you didn't have to run into my leg. Life choices suck sometimes," Cece replied simply.
"Okay then let's see this finesse of yours," Ryder stated in a challenging tone.
Cece just slowly crept forward without making a sound or alerting the salamander.
She soon was close enough and pulled out her knife.
"Woah! Woah! Woah!" Ryder leapt forward and grabbed her wrist, "what are you doing with that knife?"
"Take a guess," Cece remarked as she pulled her wrist free, "also you're gonna scare it away."
"Are you gonna kill the little guy?!" Ryder said as he blocked her way.
"Alive things can run away from you. Dead things, not so much," Cece answered simply.
"It doesn't deserve it," Ryder said.
"You don't even know it. It could have massacred a bug colony or something," Cece shrugged.
"I'll catch it then!" Ryder then leapt at the salamander, only to miss.
The salamander had jumped out of the way, and it began scurrying away.
"There goes our chance at finesse. And there goes the catch.." Cece muttered as she began chasing after the salamander.
"Wait up!" Ryder yelled as he ran to follow her.
Confessionals
🃏Cece- "What? It's true, a dead salamander isn't a good runner, now is it."
**Static**
🏃 ️Ryder- "Can you believe she was gonna kill the little guy?!"
End
Meanwhile, the Ambitious Alligators had split up into 2 groups of 4. So far, Howie, Carter, Esme, and Serenna were walking through the cave.
To pass the time Esme was playing her guitar as Carter was singing "All-star" by Smash Mouth
"Carter you sang the song 3 times now? I think that's enough," Howie told him.
Carter just stopped in the middle of his verse, just to shine his flashlight in Howie's face, "Oh come on! It's to pass time! We haven't found the alligator yet."
"Maybe your terrible vocals are scaring it away," Serenna suggested.
"Also get the light out of my eyes, you could blind me," Howie said as he pushed Carter's flashlight away.
"What a BRIGHT idea Howie!" Carter just said as pointed his flashlight away. He then turned to Esme, "My vocals weren't that bad, were they?"
"Your vocals were great," Esme assured him with a pat on the shoulder as she then strolled up to walk besides Howie.
"You liked my guitar playing?" Esme questioned with a smile.
"It's really good," Howie nodded. "You're quite talented, Esme."
"Thanks, it was a lot work and practice," Esme smirked as she little out a small giggle, "I'm sure you're quite talented as well."
"Wish I took a music class. I had to quit chorus," Howie admitted.
"You were in CHORUS!" Carter exclaimed, his voice echoing through the cave. Carter began laughing hitting his knee.
"Ya, what's so funny about that?" Howie asked defensively.
"Chorus?! I'm sorry but in my school chorus is for girls," Carter explained as he caught his breath.
"Mhmm, If a girl could see Howie everyday for free, then of course she'd sign-up for chorus," Esme mumbled quietly.
"Chorus is for singers," Howie corrected while crossing his arms.
"The only guys that were in chorus were the ones that sounded like Mickey Mouse choking on helium," Serenna added on, "at least in my school."
"Well the scenario is different at my school," Howie argued.
"Is not," Carter teased.
"It is."
"Is not."
"It is."
"Is not."
"It is- Carter I'm not doing this with you, you didn't even go to my school in the first place," Howie then stated with a serious expression.
Carter just snickered as he shined the light on his face.
"Well Howie you should sing something for us? Maybe your angelic vocals will attract an alligator" Esme said with a smile as she picked up her guitar.
"I don't think-" Howie was about to refuse, but he could make out the big smirk that was on Carter's face.
"Actually, nevermind. I don't see why not," Howie then said as he cleared his throat. "Maybe my precious voice can do some good."
Confessionals
🎸Esme- "Howie's gonna sing! Oh la la! Oh la la!" Esme said in a sing-song way. "Also I think I really like Howie and Carter, their good friends to have. Of course Howie is gonna be more than friends with me eventually. Serenna isn't bad either."
**Static**
💅 Serenna- "How did we go from catching alligators on Animal Planet to singing on The Voice. One challenge at a time please."
**Static**
Howie- "I was a great singer. I will admit it was only me and this other guy in chorus, but the girls in chorus respected me. They were quite fond of me actually, it was kind of weird. Huh?"
End
"Give me a beat," Howie then said, and Serenna began tapping her hand against a rock.
Howie then turned to Esme, "Mr Blue Sky?"
"I got it," Esme began strumming the beat at the beginning of the song.
Howie then held his flashlight like a microphone and began singing "Mr Blue Sky" by Electric Light Orchestra.
As he sang, Esme bobbed her head side to side, and Serenna looked impressed how good it sounded. Carter just watched still smiling, "Not bad, Mr. Sweater."
As the song got to the guitar solo, Esme twirled forward and began dancing as she played.
"Woo!" Esme cheered as she was enjoying this.
Although in that moment, alligators began coming into the area.
Serenna and Carter both noticed them.
"Um...It looks like we got an audience, and they don't look happy," Serenna said concerned as she stopped tapping against the rock.
"Maybe we should play them some rock music?" Carter joked as he lifted up some rocks.
Although Howie and Esme were too carried away, as Howie had picked up singing again.
"Hey you two! We got a situation!" Serenna screamed over to them.
Although the two of them didn't seem to notice, and were now in the rhythm of the song.
"Ugh.." Serenna rolled her eyes as she then turned to the approaching alligators. She noticed one of them had the yellow collar.
"We need that one!" Serenna exclaimed pointing over at it.
The alligators began snapping at Serenna, and she had to start backing up.
"Help me!" Serenna called as she was getting cornered.
One alligator then jumped forward, but Carter had jumped in front of Serenna and got tackled by the alligator instead.
"I-saved-you!" Cartee got out quickly as he placed his flashlight in the alligator's mouth to prevent himself from getting eaten.
Serenna brushed back her hair to make sure it was fine, then turned to look at Carter.
She just blinked for a moment and then said, "Okay, thanks."
"What! You're not gonna save me!" Carter screamed as he was beginning to have a hard time holding the alligator's jaws away from his face.
Other alligators were getting prepared to bite him.
"Ugh fine.." Serenna stated as she then picked up some rocks and hit the alligators. "Hey! Come and get it!"
Esme and Howie had finished the song and were still oblivious to the situation going on.
"That was..actually very fun," Howie said chuckling.
"I know right!" Esme laughed as well, "and your singing voice? Howie you never told me you could sing like that!"
"Well..you know.." Howie smiled awkwardly, "I guess I never really thought I could sing like that either."
The alligator moment was literally happening behind them in the background.
"What do you mean?" Esme asked.
In the background, Serenna was running as an alligator chased her.
"Oh well..I guess I was so focused on grades and work, I never really focused on fun activities or habits..I dropped a lot of things actually to focus on academics," Howie admitted.
In the background, Carter could be seen wrestling with a small alligator.
"What about dating?" Esme asked. "I know it's a weird question, but I was just..you know, wondering."
In the background, Carter and Serenna both seemed to be surrounded by the alligators.
"I did like one girl...things didn't work out. I guess it was both our faults. We wanted different things," Howie sighed as he thought about it. "I was young. I didn't know much. I guess I never had much dating experience."
"Hey.." Esme put a hand on his. "You're a smart guy. Charming too. I'm sure you'll find someone, you just have to look. Also Howie I know you want a lot of things, but sometimes in life it's good to just have fun."
Howie looked down at her hand on his, then looked up at her, "I guess you're right, Esme."
Confessionals
Howie- "I want to thank you Mrs. Florence, and apologize for saying your chorus class was useless for my future."
**Static**
🎸Esme- "I'm getting closer! I can tell! Eeehhh! I can't wait to play my song for him!"
End
"If you two let us die! Don't be surprised when my angry soul shows up at your door!" Serenna threatened, which got their attention.
"Oh gosh! We're coming!" Howie and Esme ran over, and Esme began flanking the alligators with her guitar.
Howie had grabbed Carter and Serenna, "you both okay?"
"That depends. Is my hair okay?" Serenna just asked in response.
"Well-" but before Esme could answer, an alligator snatched Serenna's shoe.
Serenna's face looked like someone had just spit all over her eye.
"Okay you see that's what we're not doing! Now give me that!" Serenna had tackled the alligator and was on its back. Fortunately it was the alligator with the collar and Serenna managed to get her shoe back. Unfortunately, the alligator began running.
"Get me off of this thing!" Serenna then shrieked as she held on for her life.
Meanwhile, Stefan and Gabe were still busy finding the salamander. Right now the two were just having fun rapping. Gabe was making a sick beat with his mouth, and Stefan was making up the lyrics on the spot:
"Two bros in a cave trying to find a reptile
Been walking here just for a long while
my legs get heavy, but I'm havin fun
I'm sophisticated, bouta get this job well done
Another win for me and crew
That's another W and that's nothing new."
"Oooo!" Gabe then just said once Stefan was done. "But salamanders are amphibians by the way."
Stefan just laughed a little and high fived Gabe. "Ya true, but reptile rhymed."
"Hey Gabe, I got a quick question," Stefan then said.
"Lay it on me," Gabe smiled.
"Well um..I know it's only been a few days, but do you have anyone the team that you'll consider your best friend?" Stefan questioned him.
Gabe pondered for a moment. "I have best friendS, why are you asking?"
"Okay I'll be honest. Erin said you liked Ryder more than me, dude," Stefan told him honestly as he glanced at the ground. "Not that its a problem..I just don't want to be excluded."
To that Gabe just laughed. "Trust me, Stefan, I'm not like those weirdos that number their friends. 'Oh, you moved down to friend slot number 2 for not understanding my anime reference, I'm disappointed with your uncultured ways,'" Gabe said while mimicking a monotone voice.
"Oh..well sorry dude for thinking that," Stefan then said sighing.
"Stefan, don't worry about it! If people were punished for thinking weird things, I would be a head on a stick," Gabe smirked. "Yea, I can proudly say I'm weirdo. A cute weirdo though!" Gabe winked.
"Hey there's a salamander," Stefan nudged Gabe, and pointed at it.
Although before either of them could react Serenna came in riding on the alligator still. The salamander ran as the alligator charged at it.
"Comin through!" Serenna bellowed as she was clinging onto the alligator.
"What? The other team gets to RIDE the alligators! Aww, no fair! I always wanted to ride one!" Gabe said as Stefan grabbed him.
Stefan began to run, pulling Gabe with him, "Let's get out here, bro."
At one end of the cave, Gavin, Balaam, Ingrid, and Charlotte were all sitting down as they had given up on the search.
"And they said it would be easy! Those alligators can't be seen anywhere!" Ingrid complained as she had a seat on a rock.
"Of course we can't find it...not with me..I probably messed something up.." Gavin just told them.
"No you didn't, don't worry about it Gavin, it isn't your fault," Ingrid told him as she put a gentle hand on his shoulder.
"Why did you offer to help during the reward challenge though..." Charlotte then asked.
"I didn't..Balaam told me to," Gavin answered as everyone turned their head to stare at Balaam.
Balaam just shrugged, "I wanted you to prove your worth to the team. I wanted them to consider you a more valuable member." He made up the lie on the spot.
"Oh...thanks..but I'm not valuable," Gavin assured him as he came to have a seat on the ground.
Confessionals
😈Balaam- "That wasn't the real reason. It was so I could see how valuable he was to ME. Seeing that he sucks at challenges just tells me two things. 1. If I bring him along he wouldn't be any threat to me. 2. He would be an easy vote off. As of Charlotte..I'm still figuring her out."
**Static**
😭Gavin- "I really am not anything special...so much has happened to me..It makes me wonder if it's my fault or the universe. I always thought it was just me..so I'm really not valuable."
End
"Gavin, I don't want to hear another word out of your mouth! Forget what I said at the other challenge! You're so valuable!" Ingrid told him as she put two hands on his shoulder. "Stop beating yourself up verbally, before I beat you up physically, which I won't actually do, but still!"
"She's right, Gavin.." Charlotte agreed turning to stare at him.
Gavin just looked down sighing, he's eyes seemed to fill with tears.
"Hey, what's wrong?" Ingrid asked as she tilted his head up.
Gavin just shook his head and turned to face the other direction. They could hear him sniffle in the dark.
"Why do you guys care.." Gavin said as tears ran down his face. "No one ever has..so why do you guys.."
Charlotte and Ingrid both turned to stare at each other, both having no answer. They're was dreadful silence for a couple of minutes.
"Cause we're your friends," Balaam finally answered, even though he thought it sounded cheesy. "Now tell us everything. Let it all out."
Gavin seemed to pause to wipe his face and collect himself, although he was then just silently crying. He then said quietly, "My parents divorced when I was younger...it was hard..I had to live with my dad and couldn't see my younger sister. My dad is a caring person, he understood me.. He used to take me places to make up for my mom being gone. He died a year later...it was painful. I moved in with my mom then...She's terrible..she's manipulative, judgemental, and cruel. She treated me like a burden or like I was some brat that she found on the street..
.She made me feel like she regretted that I was born everyday, all the time... My younger sister has a disability and my mom uses it to manipulate her...it's sickening. My mom married a psychopath after that, that constantly threatens to hurt me and my sister whenever we make him mad. He has hurt us on many occasions. My mom does nothing about it...then I have a murderous uncle that wants to kill my whole family because of reasons my mom never told me...then I have an aunt that could have taken care of me and my sister..but she's in jail..there's more but..who would want to hear more...yet I have to deal with more..."
There was silence after that. No one knew what to say. Finally, Ingrid hugged Gavin, "Gavin..I'm sorry. I really am."
Charlotte was looking down, but soon she hesitantly joined the hug as well. Balaam then eventually reluctantly also joined the hug.
"We'll help you Gavin. We'll get you as far as we can," Balaam then stated.
"You guys don't-" Gavin began, but Charlotte interrupted.
"We want to," Charlotte said, actual sounding genuine.
"Definitely!" Ingrid agreed.
Confessionals
💪Ingrid- "So am I really gonna throw away my game for Gavin? No way-"
**Static**
Charlotte- "-But I do feel really bad. I know how it feels to feel helpless and like everyone hates you. So the least I can-"
**Static**
😈Balaam- "-Do what I need to do to get to the end, but string Gavin along with me. We'll see how far that is. For now-"
**Static**
💪Ingrid- "-I want him to enjoy this experience! Maybe after the show we can help him with his home situation. It's terrible, no one deserves to live like that."
**Static**
😈💪Charlotte/Balaam/Ingrid- "I guess it's me and Gavin till the end!"
End
Their sweet moment was interrupted as a salamander came running by squealing in terror. The salamander was followed by Gabe and Stefan.
"Hi other team! Bye other team!" Gabe would say waving as him and Stefan passed by them, and Stefan would just give them a quick salute.
Then Serenna came riding by on the alligators. "Hellllllpppp ME!" Serenna yelled as she passed by them, clenching onto the alligator's collar.
The four of them all took a moment to process what they just saw.
"What was-" Charlotte began, but Gavin just told her, "..Sometimes it's better not to ask questions..."
"Okay, well we should probably go help," Inrgid finally said as she then began chasing after the random chain. Balaam, Charlotte, and Gavin followed her lead.
Ryder and Cece were still running, but they had lost trail of the salamander they were chasing.
"Darn it!" Ryder said as he stopped running. "We lost it!"
"I guess.." Cece replied as she frowned.
"If we lose again.." Ryder groaned as he put his face into his hands. "I don't want to send any of my teamies home!"
Cece started thinking for a moment as her eyebrows curved in curiosity. She then asked, "If we lose who are we voting?"
"Hm?" Ryder just said as he then glanced at her.
"Gabe?" Cece offered.
"No, he's a cool guy."
"Stefan?"
"He's also cool."
"Kelvin?"
"Uh..maybe, but probably not."
"Erin?"
"I like her..but ya know."
"Daisy?"
"She's super nice, so probably not."
"So your only thinking about Erin," Cece stated.
"Well I don't know, let's just try and not lose okay!" Ryder just dismissed the question as he then went sprinting ahead.
Confessionals
🃏Cece- "Just as I suspected. I was asking Ryder who he was willing to vote so I could see who he was aligned with. From him telling me he's not willing to vote Stefan, Gabe, Daisy, and Kelvin just tells me he's with them. If he wasn't then he would at least consider it. That means it's me or Erin isn't it. Either I need to win this challenge or throw Erin under the bus. Or maybe both, it's my security policy"
End
"You know, I did hear something earlier..." Cece then said as she ran to jog next to Ryder.
"Heard what? The salamander?!" Ryder asked her, as he quickly jolted his head in all directions.
"No, not the salamander. It was Erin talking to Stefan. She was saying something about her working with Stefan to get out you and Gabe. She wanted some kind of alliance. She thinks you guys are too close," Cece explained casually, although she turned her head to watch for his reaction. "She thinks you guys are using Stefan as a third fiddle and hoping he'll backstab you guys."
"She said that?" Ryder seemed surprised, as he came to a hard stop. "That's such a lie, I'm not using anybody! Were friends?"
"Not according to Erin," Cece replied smirking with a shrug.
Confessionals
🃏Cece- "Love you Erin, but I can't risk myself being the one going. Hehe. Now they won't even consider me as an option"
**Static**
🏃 ️Ryder- "I didn't mean to make Stefan feel like that..that's my bad. It's never good to make someone feel excluded. But Erin trying to get into his head that me and Gabe are using him isn't gonna fly with me!"
End
Ryder's and Cece's conversation came to a stop when they saw the salamander.
"The salamander!" Ryder said as he lunged at it, but he ended up crashing into Stefan and Gabe who came around the corner.
"Oof- Oh hey guys!" Gabe said as he noticed Ryder and Cece.
"No time to talk, let's get the salamander," Stefan just told them as he helped both Gabe and Ryder up.
The four of them kept running after the critter.
Behind them Serenna was still trying to balance on the alligator's back. Her teammates(Ingrid, Charlotte, Balaam, and Gavin) were behind her.
"Ride it, Serenna!" Ingrid called to her.
"Do I LOOK like an alligator-rider to you?!" Serenna just called back.
"You definitely don't," Balaam commented in response.
"Thanks for the encouragement," Serenna rolled her eyes.
"Hey you said it," Balaam shrugged in response as he had a smug smile.
"Look, you said you could win a challenge! Now is the time to do it!" Ingrid then reminded her.
Serenna looked back at her teammates, then turned her head to look forward. She closed her eyes as she whispered to herself, "C'mon you can do this. This is what you came for.''
Serenna then grabbed onto the collar and pulled as she tried to steer.
The gator seemed resistant, but Serenna kept tugging until she finally gained control.
Meanwhile, Ryder, Gabe, Cece, and Stefan were gaining on the salamander.
All the boys leapt at the salamander, but the little guy once again escaped their grasp.
"How does it do it!" Ryder screamed a bit frustrated as it was his third time missing it.
"Better question is why can we not do that! It would be so cool if we could," Gabe commented.
"Coming through boys," Cece then uses the boy's backs as they were still low to the ground, to propel herself in the air. She did a flip as she took out her knife and shot it at the salamander.
"Woaahhh!" Gabe and Ryder said together as they both turned to each other. "She's bada-"
"Aim!" Stefan interrupted, as Cece's aim had been off and the salamander had dodged the knife.
Luckily coming their direction was Daisy, Erin, and Kelvin. The 3 of them had outrun the alligator that had been chasing them.
Seeing their teammates, the four of them yelled, "THE SALAMANDER!"
"Huh?" Daisy said as she looked at her teammates, and the salamander slipped through her legs. Erin tried to spot it, but it had gotten past her too.
"Kelvin! Catch it!" Everyone yelled as the salamander was approaching him.
Kelvin smiled as he leapt forward...
And missed. On purpose. The salamander ran into a hole.
"Figurative language," Kelvin said proudly with a smile. "You said catch it and I did not."
Everyone on the team was silent with either their eyes twitching or their mouth hanging open.
"How about I introduce you to the figurative term, the knuckle sandwich!" Ryder said as he tried to run at Kelvin, but Daisy and Stefan held him back. "Let me go! Let me go! I'm not gonna hit him!"
Confessionals
🏃 ️Ryder- "I wasn't gonna hit him!" Ryder was crossing his arms and making a pouty face. "At least not hard. What? He kind of deserves it."
**Static**
✌Stefan- He was facepalming, "Kelvin...what am I gonna do with you, my dude.."
**Static**
😊Daisy- "He learned figurative language?" Awkward smile. "Hooray?"
**Static**
👽Kelvin- "The team's reception of me learning figurative language isn't as I expected. Odd."
End
Meanwhile, Serenna had comin riding out of the cave on the alligator.
"Woooo!" Serenna cheered as she leaped off.
Soon everyone else followed suit, as they came out of the cave.
"And with that.. the Ambitious Alligators win for the second time!" Caleb announced once everyone had gathered. "Congratulations guys!"
The Ambitious Alligators cheered and celebrated once again. Plus to mock the other team, Ingrid, Esme, Charlotte, Serenna, Carter, and Balaam made a congo line.
"Oh ya! Let's get it! Oh ya! Let's get it!"
"As of the Sophisticated Salamander, unfortunately it seems you're heading back to elimination," Caleb told them with a sympathetic look.
Confessionals
💅 Serenna- Serenna let out a squeal mixed with a laugh. "What can I say, your girl pulled out a win! And she looked good doing it!"
**Static**
💪Ingrid- "Guess I was wrong about Serenna. Rich girl got some guts!"
**Static**
Howie- "Way to go, Serenna! I knew she could do it!"
End
Before elimination
As the Sophisticated Salamanders got back to camp, Erin had pulled everyone but Kelvin to the side, behind the girl's cabin
"I think it's obvious who we vote tonight," Erin just stated crossing her arms. "Kelvin. It's simple and most beneficial to the team."
"Honestly, he did it to himself," Cece added as she was by the corner making sure the coast was clear. "No one is that stupid.."
"I..guess I'm fine with that," Daisy nodded her head after a whole minute of thinking.
"I'm down!" Ryder and Gabe also both agreed, but it was Stefan who looked hesitant.
Stefan sighed as he noticed all eyes then turned to him, "I wanted to be his friend..and I like him a lot...but I guess I'm down if you guys are."
"Well it's finalized, he's voted unanimously, " Erin then nodded her head. she walked off. Cece had followed after her.
Although once she was gone, Gabe said, "I'm not doing it."
"You're not?" Both Daisy and Ryder looked surprised.
"Big surprise! I'm not!" Gabe said dramatically with his hands in the air, before his face became serious, "But seriously guys, Erin's trying to divide us. She's dangerous, so we need to cut her loose. She's like a farmer and we're the chickens. We better make a coup, before she makes us dinner! Plus Kelvin is a part of Daisy and the Bros."
"I don't know..we can't keep losing.." Ryder mentioned frowning.
"True, it might be the best choice," Daisy responded, sighing. "Kelvin, doesn't understand a thing..."
"But guys, she was trying to get between me, Stefan, and Ryder," Gabe pointed out, "she wants to turn my friendship circle into an endship circle!"
"What even is an endship circle?" Stefan questioned with a confused look.
"I have no idea, but it isn't good!" Gabe just replied with a chuckle. "Just think about it. Okay guys?" Gabe then left as well.
"I mean he's right..Erin did do that..also um," Ryder then shifted awkwardly, "sorry Stefan if you felt excluded by me and Gabe. I didn't mean to do that you know."
"No man, it's all good," Stefan told him as he gave him a fist bump. "It's cool. We're cool"
Ryder smiled as he accepted the fist bump.
"So what do we do?" Daisy asked them as she seemed unsure.
"..Well Kelvin is our guy..Erin is gonna be a lot more dangerous, she's way more strategic than most of us. She knows what to say to mess with your mind..." Stefan trailed off, but it was clear what he was hinting at.
"I'll still need to think about it. I'm still kind of mad at what they both did," Ryder just said as he then walked away.
Later on, Daisy went to have a final conversation with the girls in the girl cabin.
"So Daisy if everything going as planned?" Erin asked her as she was just playing cards with Cece.
"Well you see..." Daisy seemed hesitant to answer at first, but she decided to be honest, "Well..some people changed their mind. They kind of are thinking of sending home a girl.."
Cece just raised an eyebrow to that, while Erin sighed, "I suspected that."
"Well ultimately it comes down if you can get Ryder, then we have a 4. Kelvin will go," Erin told her the numbers. "Daisy, if another girl goes then the rest of the girls will be fried."
"Get Ryder for his vote?" Daisy questioned.
"Precisely," Erin nodded with a smile.
Daisy just sat there on her bed pondering.
"Daisy, us girls need to get a boy out. So you should do it," Cece told her.
"I know..its just hard.." Daisy admitted.
"We know, but we didn't come for the game to be easy," Erin just told her.
Daisy had fortunately found Ryder just before the votes just sitting down looking sad.
"You okay Ryder?" Daisy asked as she sat beside him.
"Yea I guess.." He answered, "I just hate we lost again and have to send someone home."
"I hate it too, but I guess it's what we came for," Daisy shrugged with a simple smile.
"I guess," Ryder did smile back.
"Did you decide who you're voting? It's up to us ultimately," Daisy pointed out.
"Well.. Kelvin is in Daisy and the Bros, but he also keeps making us lose," Ryder replied.
Daisy nodded, "And Erin is a strategic threat, who is dangerous to all of us."
"So what's the best choice?" Ryder turned to stare at her. "I trust you Daisy, what do you say."
Daisy smiled hearing that, "Well...how about we vote for-"
Elimination
The Sophisticated Salamanders trotted into the elimination area as they all took a seat near the campfire.
This time Michigan was the one standing behind the podium instead of Caleb.
"Well hello there our friendly, neighborhood losers," Michigan waved as they had a seat.
"Thanks.." Ryder grumbled.
"I'm kidding! Anyways, let's get down to it!" Michigan smiled as she brought out a platter of oreos. "So, how does it feel to be back here again, Stefan?"
"It feels terrible...we've gotten closer since last time, so it sucks to lose someone," Stefan replied to her.
"I see. Well is there a reason you lost, Cece?" Michigan then asked.
"The reason is right behind me," Cece gestured to Kelvin. "You're either useful or useless, and it's clear which category some people are."
"She didn't sugarcoat it at all, huh," Michigan chuckled, "Well, Erin you think everyone agrees with that?"
"I agree, no offense, although I won't say everyone agrees," Erin stated in a plain tone as she stared at the others.
"So Daisy is it gonna be an easy vote?"
"Not tonight.." Daisy muttered as she couldn't bear to look at anyone. She was still thinking.
"Lastly, Gabe what are you deciding your vote on tonight?"
"Let's just say farmers don't belong in the chicken coup," Gabe answered with a simple nod.
"I have no idea what that means, but okay! Time to vote!" Michigan announced. Soon everyone got up to go vote. Everyone seemed to take their time as they put their vote down. Daisy and Ryder took the longest as they had considered multiple factors.
Once they were all seated, Michigan was ready to read the votes. "Okay! So with 0 votes, the first oreo goes to...Gabe!"
"Coolio!" Gabe caught the oreo and munched on it.
"Cece."
Cece caught her oreo as a sly smile appeared on her face.
"Daisy."
Daisy let out a sigh of relief, but her face filled with dread again as she worried who would be going.
"Stefan."
Stefan simply nodded as he caught his oreo.
Ryder, Erin, and Kelvin were left.
"Ryder!"
Ryder just smiled as he caught the oreo with his mouth.
"That leaves Erin and Kelvin. Erin, some people are voting for you cause they consider you dangerous."
Erin just nodded as she crossed her arms.
"Kelvin, some people are voting you cause you lost them the challenge."
Kelvin just had the same look he had the same time.
"So the last oreo goes to..."
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"...Kelvin, once again. By a 5-2 vote," Michigan said as she tossed Kelvin his oreo. Kelvin just blinked as he caught it, not saying anything. "Erin, you have been eliminated."
Erin sighed as she stood up, clearly seeming disappointed. She turned to her teammates, "Well played. Although Daisy, you made a mistake. You'll see that I was right.."
Daisy just guilty waved, "I'm sorry Erin..bye."
Cece didn't look to suprised, just rather annoyed. She waved as Erin left.
"See ya Erin! It was cool knowing you!" Gabe called to her.
"Bye Erin!" Ryder waved to her.
"Enioy life," Stefan got up to hug her before she left.
The Votes
Daisy- Erin
"When it comes down to it, you said make the smartest decision. Well the smartest choice is sticking with my alliance...I'm sorry Erin."
Erin- Kelvin
"I'm voting for you once again. I'm sorry, you just are detrimental to the team and it is best you go home for the good of the group."
Kelvin- Erin
"Erin, I think you are very smart for a human being."
Ryder- Erin
"So I know Kelvin made us lose, but you tried to ruin my alliance by getting Stefan to turn on me and Gabe, and join you. Well..I don't blame you, but I do vote you."
Gabe- Erin
"Trying to ruin my friendship was your endship. I don't know what endship means, but your smart so I'm sure you'll figure it out! Anyways, Erin your a cool person, and I hope we can be friends after the show! Tell Ashley, Gabe says hi!"
Cece- Kelvin
"You don't belong here, and it's not figurative language when I say that."
Stefan- Erin
"Erin..I did consider your offer, and I might have taken it if you suggested voting off Ryder. But you suggested Kelvin, and I know I need Kelvin around cause he's my dude. When it comes down to it, bruh, your a strategic threat, Kelvin isn't so I don't have to worrying about him plotting schemes and plans. Say on the cool side though!"
Voting Total
Erin-5(Daisy, Kelvin, Ryder, Gabe, and Stefan)
Kelvin-3(Erin and Cece)
Erin's final message
"From what I can tell, I think I played too hard, and these people couldn't take it. That and I underestimated the bonds behind the group of 5. I was right that me and Cece were on the bottom of the team cause the Friendship Club had the numbers. If they were smart they should have kept me, but then again if they did I would have found my way to the end, so I guess it is logical. Right now, Cece is probably next. So is Daisy. I can tell this bromance train is gonna run over the females. Gabe and Stefan, they're both smarter than they look. They're real smart..."
Eliminated
16. Ashley Esii(The Narrator)
15. Erin Wynn(The Calculated Reality TV Fanatic)
Contestants
1. Daisy Isabelle(The Nice Girl)
2. Balaam Bru(The Violent Cocky Asshole)
3. Ingrid Ren(The Strong Badass)
4. Esme Isabella Cruz(The Flirty Guitarist)
5. Ryder Perez(The Hyper-active Athlete)
6. Gavin Harris(The Sad Backstory)
7. Cecilia Vernez(The Street-Smart Card Player)
8. Gabriel Lee (The Epic Gamer)
9. Stefan Davis(The Bro's Bro)
10. Serenna Darlene(The Un-spoiled Brat)
11. Charlotte Vernon(The Shady Shy Girl)
12. Kelvin Abadi(The Alien-Like Experimentee)
13. Howard Johnson(The Loving Protector)
14. Carter Barnes(The Annoying Jokester)
15. Ashley Esii(The Narrator)
16. Erin Wynn(The Calculated Reality TV Fanatic)
Thanks for reading😉✌
I do have questions if your interested:
1. Did you expect the elimination and what did you think of the person eliminated?
2. What do you think of some of the couples that seem to be forming?