"In the last episode of Total Drama All Stars! The campers took the word 'camper' literally when it was time to go camping!" Chris narrated, the shot quickly turning to Jasmine, Lightning and B receiving a map and compass respectively for their teams, "However, we had a surprise guest appearance of the wonder twins!" A scene of Katie and Sadie squealing obnoxiously was shown, "And they chose two people from each team to travel towards The Cave of Friendship! Some were happier than others," Some quick scenes showed Gwen and Leshawna giving each other the cold shoulder, Scott and Duncan glaring at each other, and Noah and Dawn giving each other the stink eye. "Where they went on to debate their grievances, with Scott in particular winning his debate against Duncan and receiving an Extra Vote!" Scott was shown grinning evilly as he read what was on the parchment. "In the end, the heroes were on the brink of losing again, luckily, Harold decided he would rather take a snooze rather than win the challenge!" A scene of Harold snoring was shown, "In the end it came down to Harold and Sky, who the others weren't happy with for slapping Dave," A scene of Sky scolding Dave was shown.

"Tune in to find out what happens in this episode of TOTAL. DRAMA. ALL STARS!"

(Theme Song)

Sky was sitting on the edge of the dock first thing in the morning. To be frank, she was still feeling a little uncomfortable from the last ceremony. How many votes has she received in the two elimination ceremonies she's attended?

At maximum? Eight.

When the girls had gone to bed Sky had tried to have a private conversation with Dawn about the Dave incident. Dawn had pursed her lips and simply shrugged her off.

"I voted against you as a one time offence."

Dawn stonewalled her for the rest of the night, so Sky went to bed with butterflies in her stomach. Why was she the one people continued giving a hard time? Why wasn't anyone giving Dave a hard time for his attitude? Why was she the one people shook their heads against disapprovingly and Dave got off scot free without a second glance?

Well. There was one person who had stuck up for her.

Sky got up from the docks and quickly made her way over to the heroes cabin. She knocked on the door and expectantly waited. The door was opened and she was ushered in expectantly. "Morning Mike, how's Zoey feeling?"

The last challenge had done a number on Zoey, who was feeling unwell. She had a wet cloth draped over her clammy forehead. Her nose was runny and her eyes watery. She was currently trying her best to eat chicken broth that Mike got for her.

"Morning. Still not super well," Mike said worriedly, "I think she has a bit of a fever."

Sky raised her brow towards what Zoey was eating, "How'd you sneak that in?" She asked, referring to the chicken broth.

Mike turned a bit red in the face, "I uhh, may have… Raided the kitchen with inside help." He smiled a bit cheekily, "It was worth it though, it's the first thing she's eaten since yesterday!"

"Inside help?" Sky questioned with a bit of a mirth on her face, "With the villains?"

"Duncan, surprisingly," Mike told her, which ended up surprising Sky even more, "He was angry at first, but when I said it was for Zoey because of her condition, he softened and basically helped me with no questions asked!"

"Duncan's a good guy," Zoey smiled weakly, "Even if he has to maintain a bad boy image."

Sky nodded her head in agreement, not having any particular opinion on the boy. Last she had seen of him he was throwing a tantrum, so needless to say her first impression of him wasn't amazingly good. "Thanks again for voting to save me, I really appreciated you sticking up for me." She thanked Mike gratefully, looking to get to her main point.

Mike shrugged modestly, "It's genuinely not a worry. I felt sorry for Dave at first, but now he's just irritating, I can see why you slapped him."

Sky's face flushed in embarrassment that he had said that in front of Zoey, who was mildly surprised at the revelation, "You slapped someone? What was it for?" Zoey asked curiously. She didn't know who Dave was as Mike seemed a little reluctant to gossip about his team to her.

"It was stupid," Sky tried dismissing, "He was just saying some… Unpleasant things and just upset me and-"

"He was being cruel to one of her friends, it was uhh, Shawn right?" Mike asked for clarification, causing to nod her head in surprise as she didn't think Mike knew who Shawn was, "He was just being mean spirited and Sky slapped him because of it. I don't think she did anything wrong. If he was bad mouthing you Zoey, for example, I don't think I could forgive him."

Zoey seemed a little queasy. She hated when Mike spoke like that. "I can understand why you did it, but still…"

"I could have resolved it better?" Sky finished Zoey's sentence, her smile a bit downtrodden.

It was Zoey's turn to flush in embarrassment, "I'm not trying to scold you or anything, it just seems wrong to resort to physical violence like that…"

"She was more than a little angry," Mike reminded his girlfriend, "Sometimes we do things we don't mean to do."

"True, you're right," Zoey agreed, shaking her head, "Sorry Sky, I'm being silly."

"Don't worry about it." Sky winked as she headed towards the exit, "Get well soon Zoey!"

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Confessional: Sky (Wildest Weasels)

"Mike's such a solid guy," Sky smiled in appreciation, "I'm jealous of how healthy his relationship is with Zoey, she's such a sweet and lucky girl!" She smiled a little bitterly, "She's better at choosing boyfriends than I am at any rate."

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Confessional: Mike (Wildest Weasels)

"Zoey's a little sensitive to conflict sometimes," Mike explained awkwardly, rubbing the back of his neck, "Sometimes people lose it a bit. I know I was a really violent kid back in school." Mike reflected with a reminiscent look on his face before widening his eyes, "Wait, did I say that out loud? You won't show that clip, right?"

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Dave was mad. How wasn't Sky voted off last ceremony!? They should have had the numbers for it! So why didn't she go!? Sky was the one who deserved to be voted off, she hit him! That deserved instant elimination in his book! He knew he had to plan something before she voted him off and quickly.

Dave had decided to organize a rendezvous with Noah and Dawn, two people he strangely trusted. "Is it just me or did the last ceremony just strangely isolate us?" Dave asked, a little bit of manic paranoia on his face.

"It isn't particularly strange." Dawn commented nonchalantly, twirling a piece of her hair, "Harold lost us the challenge, so he was deemed by the majority a necessity to vote off."

"But still!" Dave exaggerated, waving his arms around, "Sky, Lindsay, Mike and B hung out like crazy together at the last challenge! You don't think that could be an alliance?" Dave couldn't help questioning.

"And what do you propose we do?" Noah asked with a raised brow, "I suppose you want us to team up with Sierra and at best cause a tiebreaker?" He snorted to himself, "And let me remind you, you want us to team up with Sierra of all people?"

"MAYBE!?" Dave couldn't help shouting out.

Dawn rubbed Dave's back comfortingly, allowing the other boy to calm down slightly as a bit of pink went to his cheeks, "It is no use worrying about speculations. Keep calm and you should avoid a target on your back, I can promise you that." She soothed.

"Promise?" Noah questioned, clearly amused, "I can't wait for that to backfire."

Luckily, Dave hadn't heard him, but Dawn was quick to throw Noah a glare that warned him to stay quiet unless he wanted to deal with another one of Dave's numerous meltdowns.

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Confessional: Dawn (Wildest Weasels)

"Dave is in a vulnerable state." Dawn explained tentatively, "His mind is riddled with paranoia. I am well aware of Dave's volatility but continuing to provoke him will not properly rehabilitate his behavior." Dawn frowned a bit, "This environment is probably not the best place for such a thing, but my options are limited."

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Confessional: Noah (Wildest Weasels)

Noah sighed through his nose in frustration, clutching his forehead. "I see Dave's point to be honest." He began explaining, "He really is a disgusting parasite, but that disgusting parasite needs to stay in the game to keep me off everyone's radar. Once he's gone? I'm next."

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"How are you feeling?" Sammy asked Jasmine whilst they were out foraging together. Sammy never considered herself an outdoorswoman, but it was her favorite thing to do with Jasmine. "About Shawn? I know you've been distracting yourself with keeping the team together, but you shouldn't put so much responsibility on yourself!"

Jasmine smiled wryly, "Could be worse. Could be better. I was given some solid advice about how to deal with Shawn."

Sammy seemed confused, but decided not to question who exactly it was that gave her advice. "What was the advice?" She asked curiously.

"Just that I can't be chasing Shawn around," Jasmine said, she frowned in annoyance, "It's a bit of a bugger, but Shawn's still processing his feelings. He knows where to find me when he's ready."

Sammy hugged her friend from behind, catching the bigger girl off guard. "Jasmine! I just want you to know that I appreciate you so much! You're so strong! I could never be as strong as you are, but if you need a shoulder to cry on I'll be here for you no matter what and you can count on it!"

Jasmine laughed a little and pat Sammy's head, "I know I've always got a friend in you no matter what happens."

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Confessional: Sammy (Heroic Horses)

Contrary to her earlier behavior, Sammy seemed a little stressed as she clutched her hair, "I voted against Shawn." Sammy said in despair, "What was I thinking!?" She slapped herself to come back to reality, "I mean, I know what I was thinking! I was protecting Jasmine! But did that mean voting against Shawn?"

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Confessional: Jasmine (Heroic Horses)

"Being the team leader is the only thing that distracts me at the moment," Jasmine couldn't help confessing, "If I don't worry about everyone else, then I only have myself to worry about and that would really suck! He'll come to me when he's ready…" Jasmine trailed off, an impatient look on her face.

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The next scene transitioned to Gwen and Duncan in the boat house, the latter sacrificing his morning in the motel to talk with his girlfriend. He was in a less than ideal mood. However, he also knew he couldn't avoid this conversation. If he did, he would have given Gwen the completely wrong idea about everything.

"So what's the deal?" He asked grumpily.

Gwen glared immediately, "You're kidding, right?" She couldn't help asking.

"I don't have any feelings for Courtney!" Duncan couldn't help exclaiming, "Scott was just being a douche about the entire thing and I overreacted a bit!"

Gwen sighed, rubbing her forehead in thought about what to say next, "Listen, Duncan, I'm not trying to be a control freak-" She began explaining.

"But?"

"But," Gwen snapped, the interruption setting her off, "This is unhealthy for the both of us. Isn't it? This competition has always affected my relationships in some way, so if you're getting tired of me and you want to go back to Courtney I get it already so just stop leading me on-"

Duncan decided to shut Gwen up with a kiss. They enjoyed it for a moment, before separating.

"Did you do that just to shut me up again?" Gwen couldn't help grinning, wrapping her arms around her boyfriend's shoulders.

"Maybe," Duncan couldn't help grinning back, his boyish confidence returning again, "But what I wanted to say was that I'm sorry for confusing you." He rubbed her back in a soothing manner, "I don't have any feelings for Courtney, it was just the first time I'd seen her back on Camp Wawanawkwa and she was looking like her usual self. We were just bantering like we did in the old days, honest."

Gwen wasn't entirely sure she believed him. She had overheard his conversation with Courtney in the medical tent and it honestly sounded like he was trying to hook up with her again. There was a part of her that wanted to break up with Duncan on the spot just so she could avoid having her heart broken again.

But Gwen was never any good at following the logic in her head.

She kissed Duncan again and ruffled his hair, putting one finger underneath his chin so she could look him directly in the eyes, "I'll believe you." Gwen said, "But if you ever get the inkling to cheat on me, break up with me first before you break my heart."

Duncan had to control his face from contorting into anger, and instead decided to kiss Gwen again before she could see the flash of anger come onto his face, "I promise babe, I'm not going to cheat on you, so that won't be necessary."

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Confessional: Duncan (Villainous Vipers)

"IF I EVER GET THE INKLING TO CHEAT ON HER!?" Duncan yelled in outrage, a visible vein pulsing from his neck being shown, "WHAT IS HER DEAL!?"

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Confessional: Gwen (Heroic Horses)

Gwen shrugged her shoulders as she sketched in a notebook to distract herself, "Do I expect Duncan to stay loyal?" She couldn't help grimacing when she asked the question, "Not really. I'm just trying to enjoy our time together before we split." Gwen commented nonchalantly, having lost faith in her relationship with Duncan.

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Brick was on his morning jog. He had tried his hardest to get Cody out of bed, but the shorter boy seemed to be in a lot of pain from the challenge yesterday. It was strange since Brick hadn't seen any noticeable injuries on Cody, but nevertheless if one of his comrades was in pain he wasn't going to question it. He figured he'd come down with a bug or something, similar to Zoey. As he was finishing his morning jog, he noticed Leshawna who appeared to be reading a magazine of sorts. She had a frown on her face, prompting the soldier to see if anything was wrong.

"Everything alright within the vicinity ma'am?" Brick asked with a bit of a shout.

Leshawna raised her eyes from her magazine and regarded him with a smile. She hadn't actually spoken with Brick very much. To be truthful she was feeling a little lonely. Jasmine and Sammy wanted to hang out by themselves, Zoey was with Mike, Gwen was with Duncan, and Cody of course was in his room not getting out of bed. She would have tried to hang out with Harold, but he had been voted off…

She was bored.

"All good sugar plum," Leshawna winked as she put her magazine down for a moment, "Just feeling the tension on our team."

Brick had the good sense to not point out that Leshawna was one of the reasons why the team was feeling tense, but he let it go. "Then that merely means we need a team bonding exercise!"

Leshawna raised a brow, a teasing smile on her face. She had thought of a fun bonding exercise for her and Brick. "Let's play two truths and a lie~"

Brick's face turned a little red "Ma'am, that's a little, umm…"

"What?" Leshawna asked with a mirth on her face, "Too chicken to reveal your cards? I thought you wanted to bond with the team? Last I checked I'm part of your team."

Leshawna was teasing him. She knew these honorable cadet types, typically tend to be huge mama boys. She wanted to see how personable he might be willing to get if they play this game.

"Of course! Very well!" Brick confirmed Leshawna's provocation taking effect.

"Here's an extra rule," Leshawna said, a mischievous glint in her eyes, "If I manage to guess what your lie is, I'm allowed to ask any question I want and you have to answer with full honesty. And of course you can do the same for me."

Brick paused. At first he was going to outright refuse, but then he remembered something. Maybe he could finally ask Leshawna that burning question in the back of his mind.

"Let's play, you can go first." Brick said chivalrously, taking a seat next to Leshawna as they laid on the ground.

Leshawna thought about it for a moment, "Hmm… My favorite color is yellow, I love eating pineapples and I volunteer frequently at a community center." She coyly smiled, waiting for Brick's answer.

Brick tapped his chin in thought, "You definitely volunteer at a community center, that seems like a cruel thing to lie about." He concluded logically.

Leshawna gave nothing away on her face.

"You seem like a pineapple kinda girl, so I think the lie is that your favorite color is yellow!" Brick answered with false bravado, hoping his confidence in his decision rubs off.

Leshawna stuck his tongue out at him, giving him a smirk as she laughed, "Sorry baby boy, but my lie is that I love pineapples. I'm allergic to the little suckers!"

"Drat!" Brick snapped his fingers, a disappointed look on his face. "My turn then, right? My hero is Arthur Nothingchick… I have been in a relationship with a girl before, and I used to work as a paperboy!" Brick made up, smiling confidently.

Leshawna scoffed, rolling her eyes as she easily pinpointed his lie, "Boy, you ain't ever had a girlfriend. You might have the cadet thing going on but you would never have the time or patience to treat a girl right in your state!"

"Th-that's!" Brick couldn't help stammering, a deep blush covering his face. "... Yeah, you're right…" He admitted defeatedly.

"On the subject of girlfriend's, you're totally crushing on that Jo girl, right?" Leshawna asked him straightforwardly, a more considerate look on her face as she tried to ask the question with some level of sensitivity.

"Define crushing, ma'am." Brick asked with a defiantly embarrassed look on his face, although he already knew the answer.

Leshawna thought about it for a second as she took a glance towards the sky before answering his question, "You sorta get nervous around this girl. You want to impress this girl and get her attention so you can spend more time with her, that's what I'd say a crush is." She concluded unsurely.

Brick twiddled his thumbs nervously, "Well then… Yeah, I get kind of nervous around Jo… And I also want to show her that I can be just as good as she is!" He frowned for a moment, "I don't think I have a crush on Jo, in a way I guess I sort of look up to her? She's like my sergeant. Even though her moral compass is corrupt, she's really hard working and I admire that about her."

Leshawna regarded him dubiously, "Any reason you don't hang out with her anymore?"

"Isn't that wrong?" Brick questioned immediately, "She's on a different team, I wouldn't want you guys to think I'm fraternizing with the enemy."

Leshawna gave him a deadpan look, "Zoey and Gwen are literally hanging with their boyfriends who are on different teams, you can hang out with whoever you want."

"I mean…" Brick trailed off, a conflicted look on his face. "She's in the motel anyways, I probably couldn't force her out like Gwen could with Duncan…"

Leshawna gave him a friendly nudge, "If it's any comfort homeboy, I think she likes you too. She's just got a rough exterior y'know?"

"Thanks Leshawna."

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Confessional: Brick (Heroic Horses)

"Leshawna's a lot nicer than I thought she was!" Brick exclaimed in mild surprise, "She always seems so tough, but I think she's the type of person with a heart of gold." Brick had a thoughtful look on his face, "Maybe I should work with her?" He pondered curiously.

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Confessional: Leshawna (Heroic Horses)

"With four members on the team I need all the numbers I can get." Leshawna said, sharing her strategy immediately, "With Jasmine and Sammy on my side we got three votes together, if I can pull in Brick and by extension Zoey? The next time we lose we can vote off either Gwen or Cody… Gwen might be the better target." Leshawna couldn't help admitting with a guilty look.

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Scarlett didn't like to admit it, but she couldn't help feeling a little conflicted about her position on the team. She wondered if winning too many challenges could be considered a curse rather than a blessing. With so many competent players on the team she was worried that if she didn't take out each player carefully her longevity in the game might be cut short.

Alejandro was someone who concerned her greatly. His charm and persuasion made him a deadly opponent, regardless of how smarmy he more often than not came across. She flip flopped, contemplating when she needed to eliminate one of the biggest threats in the game. With Heather on the same team they proved to be her biggest obstacles. Scarlett was not eager to eliminate Heather anytime soon, the queen bee was an excellent lightning rod for stray votes and to get rid of that so casually would be foolish.

Courtney and Duncan were a strange pair. Under normal circumstances Scarlett would have preferred to target Duncan first. However, Courtney seemed to be in a more stable position than Duncan and seemed to be a more desirable target. Scarlett did consider the possibility that Duncan could recover and Courtney could self-destruct, but she was confident that they weren't necessarily primary targets for her game plan so she had more time to observe them.

Scott and Jo were both equally irritating for different reasons. Having observed their season, she couldn't help thinking Scott was disgustingly swaggerish for someone who had an objectively awful strategy. Scarlett couldn't help thinking voting off Scott might save herself the trouble of having to deal with his awful decision making later on. Jo on the other hand? She hated to admit it, but Scarlett thought Jo could be a very legitimate threat if not taken care of soon. Not only is she a physically capable player, Jo seemed to be zoning in on her sooner than anyone else on the team and that proved dangerous to Scarlett. Luckily, Jo had no stable allies beyond perhaps Duncan.

Lightning and Topher were non-threats. As long as Scarlett proved athletically meek, Lightning would overlook her as a target. And Topher? Scarlett was bold enough to claim that he was easily the weakest player in the game.

That left Shawn. Scarlett couldn't help grimacing. Shawn… Did not like her very much. She hoped he remained vulnerable so that he wouldn't lead the charge against her. He was a legitimate threat that Scarlett simply wanted gone, but the opportunists on her team would almost never allow him to be voted off.

Who was her ideal target if they were to lose?

"Scarlett! Just the person I was looking for."

There was only one person on the team with that silky of a voice. "Alejandro." Scarlett acknowledged, directing her attention to a book she was reading. Ironically, it was about the effects of reality shows and how it rots cognitive thinking skills.

"I would really like to get to know you better." The Spaniard told her genuinely, sitting across from her with a somewhat intense look.

Scarlett didn't look up as she answered, "As an individual, or as someone who could prove beneficial to your game?" She asked pointedly. She already knew the answer of course, but it was socially more etiquette to get an answer rather than assume what it is.

"Both." Alejandro said bluntly. "I don't intend to play mind games with you Scarlett. I'm regarded as a dangerous player, so I was hoping you might give me an opportunity so as to advance each other's games." A dangerous glint came over his eyes, "After all, I cannot imagine you have too many connections on this team. No harm in us using each other."

This conversation was beginning to bore Scarlett. "I concede with your proposal." The brainiac waved Alejandro off with a lazy hand, "It's very rare I get to be in the company of a book on this island, so if you don't mind leaving me to my leisure…"

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Confessional: Alejandro (Villainous Vipers)

Alejandro appeared unsatisfied as he sat in the confessional booth, "Scarlett paid me the barest of attention." He confessed with a somewhat offended look on his face, "I do believe someone's getting a little too comfortable on this team. It's almost as if she believes she's invincible. Maybe a little reminder that she's not will jolt her into action…"

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Confessional Scarlett: (Villainous Vipers)

"From time to time I can appear a little aloof." Scarlett explained, yawning a little as she attempted to cover her mouth, "Alejandro wasn't saying anything new to me. An alliance proposal from him was inevitable, I like to make the most of time. And in that moment I prioritized my book, the only thing that will never betray me."

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Shawn was still feeling a little numb to everything. He had been on the villains team for a few days now and he had to say he hadn't encountered anything more stressful in his life! It seemed like anytime he wanted to go somewhere, Heather or Jo would ambush him when he least expected it.

He was currently in the kitchen trying to make himself a sandwich when Jo came out from her hiding spot.

"There you are!" Jo said indignantly, she had been waiting for Shawn for who knows how long to appear, "Took you long enough!"

"ZOMBIE!" Shawn screamed, quickly throwing his peanut butter sandwich at Jo.

Jo was unprepared for Shawn to freak out, thus failing to step out of the way in time as an ominous squelching noise could be heard as the sandwich made contact with her face. With a scary look on her face, the jockette grasped Shawn by the scruff of his shirt as she lifted him up off of the air, "Listen here zombie nutjob," Jo hissed out with venom, "I'm trying so hard to make an alliance with you here. Accept it, or be prepared to be eliminated. Capiche?"

Scott walked into the kitchen in that moment, causing Jo and Shawn to turn their heads towards him. Scott regarded the situation strangely, "Uhh, yeah, I'm just going to ignore whatever this is and come for what I came for." Scott took some soup from a nearby microwave and promptly left, most likely to give to Courtney.

As soon as Scott left the room, Jo and Shawn continued their confrontation.

"W-why do you even want an alliance with me?" Shawn bit back, a defiant look on his face, "Wouldn't it just be easier to eliminate me?"

"Oh for the love of-" Jo couldn't help crying out, dropping Shawn to the ground as she paced back and forth, "NO!" She shouted pointing a butter knife at Shawn who recoiled in fear, "You need allies, I need allies, if you would bother to actually talk to me for a sec we could plan out how to survive this god awful team!"

Shawn was completely befuddled. "B-but, what makes me different from the others?"

Jo rolled her eyes, pinching the bridge of her nose, "Why do you think, zombie bait? Ale-whatever-bro and Old Hag are an on again off again couple, Prissy Pants, Pit Sniffer and Dudkin have this weird thing going on. And Brightening, Scarface and Turnip are all condescending or useless as a mousetrap!" She then pointed at Shawn, who cowered away, "You though? You've got skills, you keep to yourself, you ain't any trouble and that's the perfect ally for me. Are you in or not? I'm not chasing you around forever."

In actuality, Jo would chase Shawn for as long as she needed to as long as she made an ally out of him. But he didn't need to know that.

Shawn was quiet for a second, thinking it over his head. It's not like his game was over or anything. Jasmine was still in the game so that's a plus! And it's not like this is the first time they've been on separate teams. Maybe… Just maybe… If he allied with Jo and managed to reach a merge, he could dominate the rest of the game with Jasmine!

"I'm in. Who else are we going to work with?" Shawn said, his face full of determination.

Jo smirked, "That ain't anythin' for you to worry your scruffy head about. Just vote how I tell you to and we can dominate this game." She then sniffed the air for the first time, quickly pinching her nose as an awful stench intruded her nose. "When was the last time you took a shower, zombie bait?"

Shawn smiled sheepishly.

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Confessional: Jo (Villainous Vipers)

"YES! BOOM! THAT'S HOW IT'S DONE!" Jo couldn't help cheering gleefully, a cocky smirk on her face as she looked at the camera. "If me, Zombie Bait, Scarface, Turnip and Brightening vote together? We take complete control of the team and it's bye bye to all of the lame-o originals and Pit Sniffer!" Jo pumped her arms again, "HELL YEAH!"

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Confessional: Shawn (Villainous Vipers)

"Jo takes me for an idiot." Shawn accused flatly, an annoyed expression on his face. "Whatever, I just have to play the long-con. When I reunite with Jasmine, it's game over for everyone else."

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Heather was a little taken aback at the lack of people who had shown up for breakfast.

Courtney and Topher were bedridden, she knew that much. She knew Scott was looking after Courtney so that explained his disappearance. Who was looking after Topher? Not Heather, that was for certain. That left the unexplained absences of Duncan, Scarlett, Jo, Zombie Freak and… Alejandro. That only left her and Lightning… Let's just say Lightning seemed a bit too busy with his breakfast to properly be aware that everyone hadn't shown up.

No.

Heather could have tried to strike up an alliance with Lightning, but honestly what good would that do? She might as well hang out with people she can somewhat tolerate. So Heather quickly finished her breakfast before setting off for the Wildcard cabin. She wanted to go over some strategies with Sierra again and see if the crazy blogger had any more thoughts on her team. It felt like the dynamics of her team kept changing and she needed a second opinion.

As she approached the Wildcards door however she could hear incessant crying coming from inside, causing Heather to roll her eyes.

There was only one girl who could cry this loudly.

"SIERRA!" Heather shouted, banging on the door, "OPEN THIS DOOR BEFORE I BREAK IT OPEN!"

To Heather's surprise, the door opened a lot quicker than she was expecting. It was Lindsay who had answered the door and she had a somewhat annoyed look on her face as she addressed the queen bee, "Can you like, not?" She asked brusquely.

Heather wouldn't let Lindsiot deter her and pushed past the blonde, causing the other girl to cry out in surprise. Lo and behold, Sierra was crying uncontrollably in bed.

"WAHHH!"

SLAP

Sierra held her cheek in shock as she processed who had slapped her.

"Stop crying." Heather scolded her aggressively, "Do you think Cody finds this attractive? It's pathetic, stop embarrassing yourself for once and gain some self respect."

Sierra narrowed her eyes as she stood up, allowing the height difference between her and Heather to show as she glared down at her, "And how would you know what Cody finds attractive huh?"

"Well lets see," Heather said sarcastically, "The dweeb bet on Gwen's bra. He's never bet on yours. I think it's a safe assumption."

"GWEN!" Sierra couldn't help hissing, a look of realisation on her face, "Of course, this is all Gwen's fault! That pruny, wrinkled, shriveled witch casting a spell on all the boys she passes by!"

Heather had to admit, Sierra wasn't exactly wrong about Gwen. But that's not why she came over here. "LISTEN!" Heather shouted over Sierra's ranting, getting the other girl to stop. "All I came over here for were updates. What else do you have?"

Sierra rolled her eyes at the question, like it was the most obvious thing in the world, "Just target Courtney, duh. I don't see why you need me to tell you that."

Before Heather could slap Sierra again, Lindsay chimed in. "Well, since you're here anyways," Lindsay chimed in mischievously as she took out bottles of grape soda and tequila, "Why don't we do a bit of day drinking?"

"Pftt," Heather couldn't help scoffing, "Day drinking? Who would be stupid enough to do that?"

30 MINUTES LATER.

The girls were happily gossiping with stupidly wide grins on their faces, a concerning amount of empty bottles lay on the cabin floor. The current topic?

Gwen.

"That girl is the most attention seeking hussy I've EVER SEEN!" Sierra declared with a happy giggle as Heather and Lindsay giggled with her, the former out of malice and the other out of stupidity. "Like HELLO!? Hot Topic called, they want their hair-dye back!"

Heather interrupted with her own laugh as she elbowed Sierra good naturedly, "Not to mention her clothes as well! Like, seriously? How desperate can you be? Nobody wears skirts nowadays, weird gothball!"

"AND HER LIPSTICK!" Sierra shrieked as she grabbed Heather by the shoulders excitedly, she put on a silly sultry voice, trying to pretend to be Gwen, "Lemme put on this teal lipstick and give you a kiss of death, LIKE LOL! How cringe is that!"

"Major cringe!" Heather couldn't help agreeing, enjoying herself too much.

"How's Alejandro?" Lindsay couldn't help asking innocently, twirling her hair.

Heather groaned in response, "WHO CARES!?" She couldn't help shouting, "I couldn't care any less about Alejandro even if I tried!"

"Knock knock, World Tour says otherwise!" Sierra giggled as she applied burgundy varnish on Heather's nails, "C'mon! It's just a girls hangout, we can all keep secrets!"

Heather glanced at Sierra, then at Lindsay. She knew that neither girl could really keep a secret to save their lives. But you know what? These were the first two people she was genuinely having fun with this entire game, why not make the most of it?

"Okay fine!" Heather relented, eliciting an excited squeal from Sierra and Lindsay, "I still really like him! But like, I pushed him off a volcano! How does somebody forgive someone for doing that!?"

"Yeah, that seems extreme." Lindsay agreed.

Sierra tapped her chin in thought, the cogs in her brain functioning, "Well how does Alejandro feel about you?"

Heather couldn't help making a noise of disgust, "He said he loves me, but, how am I supposed to believe that?" She took a depressed swig of drink, "He's going to want revenge so I don't feel like anything he says is honest."

"Hmm… I don't know about that." Sierra pondered as the cogs kept turning in her brain. But before she could properly collect her thoughts an announcement played.

"CHALLENGE TIME CAMPERS!"

"Oh crud." The three girls said simultaneously.

"Well, isn't this interesting?" Chris couldn't help commentating, a shameless smirk on his face.

In front of him stood many disoriented campers. From the Heroes he noticed Zoey's pitiful state and Cody looking downright dreadful with heavy bags under his eyes. Not to mention Gwen and Jasmine were noticeably distracted. From the Villains Courtney and Topher were similarly in dreadful states from the last challenge, although it was very apparent that Topher looked worse than Courtney. Heather was also in a dazed state, causing Alejandro to hold her out of concern. Interesting. Finally, nobody on the wildcards looked ill, but he couldn't help noticing that Sierra and Lindsay were very giggly.

"Gotta lotta unruly teens in the midst! It's the perfect time for… Bête Noire Complex!"

"Sha-Wha Complex?" Lightning questioned, echoing what many were thinking.

"Bête Noire is French, translating to Black Beast or in other word… A person or thing that somebody dislikes." Alejandro explained, retaliation coming into his eyes, "This must take inspiration from the phobia factor challenges!"

"Correctomundo Burromuerto!" Chris complemented with finger guns, "Going to be completely upfront, finding out what all of you were scared of was a giant pain in the butt! So instead we thought it would be more fun to make you all do something you'd rather not do!"

Chris rubbed his hands mischievously as his eyes landed on someone, "Since Dawn here was quick to play hooky at the paintball challenge, we put particular effort for her to complete her Bête Noire…"

Dawn wasn't exactly happy at being called out as all eyes had landed on her. Dave in particular looked concerned for her, but she brushed it off. "So what is my challenge?" Dawn asked apprehensively.

"Glad you asked!" Chris grinned, "Chef! Bring in our specially made meal for Dawn…"

"Meal?" Dawn asked meekly as Chef was all but happy to bring in a silver platter, the contents hidden as something was placed in front of Dawn.

"Before you open your dish Dawn, we've got another one made for Courtney!" Chris explained happily as Chef brought out another silver platter made specifically for Courtney.

"Green jelly." Duncan coughed into his hand, a malicious smirk on his face as he enjoyed seeing the colour drain from Courtney's face.

Courtney peeked inside her silver platter before quickly shutting it down. "Please tell us there's a twist to this…" Courtney couldn't help begging, a pleading look on her face.

"You could technically opt out anytime you like…" Chris whistled innocently, getting Courtney and Dawn's hopes up. "But… You would have to spend the night on Boney Island!"

The campers gasped at the twist, not expecting a punishment for an incomplete challenge, "Why are you being so brutal about this?" Sammy couldn't help, a squeamish look on her face.

"ON THE OTHER END OF THE SPECTRUM!" Chris shouted, shooting a glare at Sammy who cowered, "If you manage to complete your challenge, I will be granting you individual immunity. That means even if your team loses? They won't be able to vote you off!"

Scott scoffed, an unimpressed look on his face. "Well that sounds easy."

"Y-yeah Chris!" Topher chimed in, sneezing afterwards. "Are you losing your edge or something? Old age will do that to ya."

Chris glared at the two. He gestured for Chef to lean down so he could whisper in his ear, he pointed at Scott and Topher, then smacked a fist into his open palm. Chef grinned, liking what he was hearing. This made Scott and Topher physically gulp.

"Well then! Courtney, Dawn, open up your platters!"

Courtney opened hers and to no one's surprise, it was a cup of green jelly. Dawn meanwhile opened her platter to reveal a singular chicken nugget.

Courtney cringed, having accepted this would be her challenge.

Dawn however was VERY upset.

"YOU MONSTER!" She couldn't help screeching at Chris who failed to contain his laughter. Most of the villains were laughing at her and even some of the heroes were laughing at how comedically angry she was, "CHICKENS ALREADY GIVE US EGGS!" Dawn shouted as an incoming rant was on its way, "HOW COULD YOU BEHEAD A CHICKEN FOR SUCH A JUVENILE CHALLENGE!? THAT CHICKEN HAD A FAMILY! A HOME! AND NOW YOU'VE RUINED IT JUST LIKE YOU RUIN EVERYTHING YOU SOULLESS, SELFISH, SCOUNDREL!"

"CAREFUL EVERYONE! IT'S THE QUACK WHISPERER!" Scott mocked as he laughed and pointed at Dawn, the villains following suit.

"YOU MIGHT HURT THE CHICKEN'S FEELINGS!" Topher gleefully joined in.

"C'MON! SHOW US A CLUCK!" Jo maliciously tormented as she began impersonating a chicken.

Dawn's face was red with fury as angry tears threatened to spill. Of course she'd be laughed at. She expected nothing less, but even so, it hurt being humiliated like this.

"Dawn, it's just a chicken nugget-" Noah tried to negotiate as he touched her shoulder.

Big mistake.

SPLASH

Dawn promptly threw a cup of water on Noah's face as she angrily turned to Chris. "I adamantly refuse to do this challenge." Dawn declared, her nose stuck in the air defiantly as she could still feel the villains laughing at her. "I accept my fate on Boney Island, or even elimination if it comes to that." And she quickly left the dining hall.

Opted Out: Dawn

XXX

Confessional: Dave (Wildest Weasels)

"That was hard to watch," Dave admitted as he rubbed his arm uncomfortably, "She didn't deserve to get treated like that at all…"

XXX

Confessional: Sky (Wildest Weasels)

"Dawn can't keep refusing to participate in challenges!" Sky shouted in outrage as she threw her hands into the air, "That's two challenges she's refused to do, if we lose she needs to be voted off! For goodness sake it was just a chicken nugget!"

XXX

Having sufficiently humiliated Dawn as he intended, Chris smirked as he looked over at Courtney. "Well? Are we about to have two chickens?" He then impersonated a chicken.

"If you don't do this we'll all vote you off." Duncan claimed with a serious look on his face. He was done holding her hand, Courtney needed to suck it up and do her fear already.

Scott sneered at him, "Think you can hug a cardboard box without help this time?"

"C-can I think about it?" Courtney intervened quickly, sweat rolling down her face as she tried to prevent another argument between Duncan and Scott.

Chris grinned mischievously. "Sure thing, Court."

XXX

Confessional: Courtney (Villainous Vipers)

"We have ten members on the team." Courtney explained cockily, a smug look on her face. "We've been on such a winning streak that I'm willing to bet we'll win this challenge purely on numbers alone. No way am I touching green jelly!"

XXX

Chris was on the beach with Jasmine and Gwen as he explained what their challenge would be. "Spend thirty minutes buried, think you can do it?"

"Buried!?" Jasmine yelled out, a look of fear crossing her face as she uncharacteristically crouched into a ball and started shaking.

Gwen rolled her eyes as she crouched down to Jasmine's level and comforted the bigger girl in a surprising act of compassion. "Listen, I know what Chris is making us do is crappy as hell, but we can get through together, yeah?"

Jasmine took deep breaths, Gwen's words comforting slightly. "Yeah, together."

Next Chris stood in the dodgeball dome with Noah as he crossed his arms in annoyance. Along with them was Alejandro, Duncan, Jo and Lightning

"Your challenge is pretty simple." Chris explained, a twinkle in his eyes, "All you have to do is let the four most athletic members of the Villains pelt you with dodgeballs!"

"Yeah… That's not happening." Noah deadpanned, walking away as the villains laughed at him mockingly.

Opted Out: Noah

In the bathroom, Chris introduced Topher and Lindsay to their respective challenges as he brought some hair products out

"Topher, your challenge is to simply dye your hair pink for the entire day!" Chris declared mischievously.

"HOW COULD YOU SAY THAT!?" Topher shrieked in horror, clutching his precious fawn hair.

Chris gave him a crooked look as he grinned, "Because I can!" He then turned his attention to Lindsay, "As for Lindsay, while I would NEVER do anything to ruin your looks." He creepily touched her shoulder, not that Lindsay cared, "But… You'll have to do a whole goth look for the day and we have a beautician just to do that!"

An unnamed gothic teenage girl came in with all of her hot topic supplies.

"Oh. No thank you." Lindsay shook her head.

Chris raised a brow, "You're opting out?"

"Totally. I wouldn't want anyone to mistake me for a vampire! They might get the wrong idea." Lindsay said bubbly, causing Chris and Topher to exchange an odd look between each other.

Opted Out: Topher & Lindsay

Next, Chris was on the docks with Scott and Zoey. Both people were unhappy as an unhygienic Scott and unwell Zoey glared at each other.

"If we have to fight I'll gladly do it." Zoey said with a determined look on her face.

Scott sneered back at her, "Watch it Snot Face, you might dribble all over the dock and fall over."

"As entertaining as that would be, that's not what you'll be doing!" Chris said with a glint in his eyes as he whistled, summoning an incoming boat that was waiting for his signal. "Both of you get on this boat, this will take you to Boney Island. Simply survive it for two hours!"

Scott and Zoey glanced at each other, unsure of what to expect.

Chris stood next to the mines with a very nervous Brick next to him.

"Brick! Your challenge is to spend one hour inside of the mines! Think you can do it, soldier?" Chris asked with bravado, clapping Brick on the shoulder.

"Uh huh…" Brick gulped.

Chris stood next to a cave with a whimpering Cody rubbing his clammy hands together in anxiety.

"Cody! The last time we did this we made you defuse a time bomb, but since then we felt you had a more interesting fear!" Chris smirked devilishly. "Simply spend one hour in this cave with a sleeping bear! Namely, the same one that mauled you in season one! Isn't that exciting!?"

"CHRIS!" Sierra's drunk voice could be heard in the background out of camera view, "HOW COULD YOU! YOU SICK FU-"

"NO SWEARING!" Chris shouted back very heatedly, trying his best to drown her out, "THIS IS A CHILDREN'S SHOW… For the most part." Chris muttered the last bit out loud. He then turned his attention back to Cody, "Well Codemeister, what's it gonna be?"

Cody looked like he wanted to pass out on the spot. He wasn't sure if he could do it. Maybe he could chicken out and let his team win-

"Cody," Sammy said his name softly as she stood next to him and patted his shoulder, "I know this is a really scary thing to do, but I believe you need to face this fear."

"B-but, why…?" Cody asked vulnerably.

Sammy bit her lip as she lowered her voice, "We're at a numbers disadvantage." She explained slowly, "We could have six of us face our fears and still lose. If that happened and you were the only one who didn't face their fear…"

"I would be eliminated immediately." Cody breathed out, a look of morbid realization crossing his face.

"And that's why you have to do it… For me?" Sammy pleaded with her own puppy-dog eyes.

Cody's bile got caught in his throat as he gulped in something that wasn't quite fear…

XXX

Confessional: Sammy (Heroic Horses)

Sammy sat guiltily in the confessional booth with lowered eyes, "So I used a bit of manipulation to help Cody face his fear!" Sammy said in a high pitched tone, "I mean, is that really so wrong? It was for a good cause!"

XXX

Chris now stood on the talent show stage as he faced the remaining campers who hadn't been introduced to their Bête Noires.

From the Heroes only Leshawna and Sammy remained, they closely huddled together as the remaining players were from the other teams.

The majority of the campers came from the Villains team as Alejandro, Duncan, Heather, Jo, Lightning, Scarlett and Shawn awaited their fears. Courtney was also with her team, but was delaying doing her fear for as long as possible.

And the Wildcards consisted of B, Dave, Mike, Sierra and Sky. They were mostly spread out as none of them were particularly friendly with each other. Mike and Sierra in particular made an effort to stay away from each other.

"For my first victim I'll pick out…" Chris pondered, before his eyes landed on someone and a nasty smirk came over his face, "... Jo…"

"Bring it on McLame!" Jo bragged cockily, "I'll do anything you throw at me!"

"Anything, you say?" Chris goaded.

After that ominous warning the remaining campers were left waiting for a few minutes before Chris got confirmation from Chef over the earpiece.

"She's really doing this?" Chris asked in surprise, causing the other campers to raise their brows in anticipation. Chris shrugged after hearing Chef's response, "Well campers! Introducing… LITTLE JO PEEP!"

"Little What Peep?" Duncan asked with mirth.

Jo walked onto stage and everyone's mouths dropped wide open when they saw her. Jo wore a pink bodice with a lace front in pale blue. She wore a white skirt with pink polka dots, brown cowgirl boots and to finish it off she was wearing a pink bonnet and a baby blue pacifier in her mouth.

Jo took the pacifier out of her mouth with the nastiest frown on her face as she began her performance and sang in the most uninterested tone possible.

Little Jo-Peep has lost her sheep,

And can't tell where to find them;

Leave them alone, And they'll come home,

Wagging their tails behind them.

"Now listen here." Jo spoke deeply into her microphone, causing the other campers to stop their chuckling, "I know all of you salt lickers think you got a good laugh outta me, aye? Just remember I've got a stick and I can ram this right up your butt-"

"THANK YOU LITTLE JO PEEP!" Chris laughed as he shoved Jo backstage. "In an amazing display, Jo actually gets her team the first point of the challenge! About time too."

Challenge Complete: Jo

Duncan scoffed, "At the cost of her dignity, sure."

XXX

Confessional: Jo (Villainous Vipers)

"I HAD to do that!" Jo complained, back into her usual tracksuit attire. "Immunity was on the line! Now that I've got it? None of these losers can vote me off! They can suck it!"

XXX

"B," Chris began with a nervous looking B sweating bullets, "Here's a simple thing for you to do. Introduce yourself with your voice. Think you can manage that quiet guy?"

B's wiped his sweat-soaked face with his hand as the mostly uninterested audience simply stared at him in boredom. Sky was attempting to be encouraging and Mike gave a reassuring smile.

B's eyes however landed on a redheaded girl who stared at him intently. Scarlett was uncharacteristically trying to help out B. She was mouthing words to him, in the hopes that he would unconsciously pick up on what she was saying.

"M-my n-name is… B." B spoke into his microphone, surprising his entire team and even some of the other campers as they heard him speak for the very first time. "It's n-nice to m-meet you… A-all." He then bowed, as if he had just finished a performance.

It was silent for a long while. Even Chris himself was stunned as he was betting on B not completing this challenge.

Challenge Complete: B

Sky was the one who broke the silence. "WELL DONE B!" Sky cheered wildly, clapping her hands as she forcefully glared at her teammates to join in.

"WAY TO GO B!" Mike congratulated, joining Sky in the cheering.

"YAY B!" Sierra cheered wildly.

Dave rolled his eyes, "Woohoo, well done on knowing how to do something people do when they're three years old." And then waved his arm uninterestedly.

Mike aggressively elbowed Dave, causing the latter to fall over and splash into the mud. The villains were amused and laughed at this, causing Dave's face to turn red.

"No storming off Dave, we haven't done your challenge yet! If you do you forfeit the point and could be up for elimination. And lemme tell ya, you seem like a popular choice for elimination if your team loses~" Chris sang mockingly, pointing to his teammates.

Dave took a glance at Sky, Mike and Sierra who glaring really hard at him. And then he snuck a glance at B who looked at him with hurt in his eyes.

Dave gulped.

XXX

Confessional: Dave (Wildest Weasels)

Dave looked annoyed as he sat in the confessional, "This sucks. Dawn, Noah and Lindsay have already cost us three points." He complained with an eyeroll, "If I cost us another point I'm almost guaranteed to be voted off. UGH THIS IS TOTAL CRAP!"

XXX

"Drumroll please! Our next victim is… LIGHTNING!" Chris declared with a sinister look on his face.

Lightning ran up onto the stage with ease, a smirk on his face. "SHA-BRING IT! Lightning can do anything!"

"Anything?~" Chris sang mischievously. "Chef! Bring in the TV!"

The campers raised their brows as a TV was rolled onto the stage by Chef.

"Pfft, watch some dumb show? Lightning's on it!" Lightning bragged as he sat down in a seat prepared for him. What he wasn't expecting was for a familiar man to appear in front causing Lightning's face to turn pale as he stuttered, "P-pops?"

The man on screen was Lightning's father and a familiar scene was playing out.

"My boy's gonna win the WHOLE million dollar SHA-BAM!"

"N-no." Lightning said weakly.

"All you have to do is watch the entire thing through and you win your team a point!" Chris said innocently, letting the scene play out.

"He's the best son an athlete could ever hope for!"

"I-" Lightning's voice was beginning to crack as his gaze started averting.

"DON'T YOU DARE LOOK AWAY BRIGHTENING!" Jo shouted at Lightning, "YOU KNOW YOU CAN DO THIS!"

"What if Lightning doesn't win?"

"Impossible! I'll bet my championship rings on them!"

"NOOO!" Lightning cried, quickly running away as tears were beginning to form in his eyes. He couldn't handle the humiliation of watching this particular clip play out again.

Challenge Failed: Lightning

"Well. Isn't that sad?" Chris asked uncaringly. "Oh well!"

"Dude, that's just WRONG!" Jo glared at Chris. Surprisingly she wasn't blaming Lightning for the loss.

"Tough." Chris said.

XXX

Confessional: Lightning (Villainous Vipers)

"The Lightning did not run away crying! That's a girl thing to do!" Lightning said hotly, his temper more apparent here, "He was just, uhh, needing the toilet! Yeah! That's right! SHA-BAM!" Lightning finished, although it was easy to tell how much bravado he was faking.

XXX

"Oh?" Chris asked as he spoke into the earpiece. "Is that so? Kay, send them over." Chris coughed into his hand and addressed the audience. "Gwen and Jasmine have officially completed their challenges! Getting the Heroes their first two points!"

Challenge Complete: Gwen & Jasmine

"Woohoo!" Leshawna and Sammy cheered as they hugged each other.

Chris tapped his chin as he looked over the audience. "For my next victims, I want Leshawna and Shawn."

"Choose again." Leshawna said, passing off whatever challenge he had for her, "I refuse to do anything with Shawn."

"Ditto." Shawn agreed.

"Not even if you get to… Beat each other up?" Chris shrugged innocently, causing the two to give a quick glance at each other.

In just a few minutes Chris prepared a boxing ring as Leshawna and Shawn were hidden on opposite sides. "IN THE RED CORNER WE HAVE… THE SPIDERLING!"

Shawn came out in a, frankly, silly spider costume with boxing gloves on his fists. He looked uncertain, but his ears perked up when he heard who his opponent was.

"IN THE BLUE CORNER WE HAVE… THE ZOMBIELICIOUS!"

Leshawna came out in, also frankly, bad zombie makeup that was obviously tacked on in five minutes. Leshawna obviously felt stupid, but readied herself when she saw her opponent.

"Here's the dealio! Whoever can knock out their opponent first wins their team a point!" Chris declared.

"KNOCK HER OUT SHAWN!"

"DON'T PULL ANY PUNCHES!"

"TAKE A TOOTH OUT!"

The villains cheered on their teammate, although Shawn felt the cheering was less for him and more for Leshawna to get seriously hurt.

Leshawna scoffed as she rolled her eyes and readied her fists.

"3…2…1… BOX!" Chris whistled, signaling the go.

Leshawna threw the first jab, which Shawn managed to nimbly dodge. He jabbed at her face, causing Leshawna to be stunned slightly, before she quickly regained focus and sent a hook Shawn's way, hitting his face and causing the boy to groan as he was knocked to the ground.

"You've got a mean hook…" Shawn whined, a black eye quickly forming as he tried to cover it.

Leshawna shrugged, her confidence returning, "What can I say? I squash ALL Spiderlings~"

Shawn narrowed his eyes and took advantage of Leshawna's boasting as he quickly uppercut Leshawna's stomach, causing the bigger girl to wheeze as she fell to the ground.

"NICE ONE SHAWN!"

"GET HER WHILE SHE'S DOWN!"

"SHAWN WHAT ARE YOU DOING!?"

Shawn's eyes widened as something distracted him. "Jasmine?" He said softly, seeing her practically run towards the ring.

Unfortunately for him, this was all Leshawna needed to return her own uppercut as she punched Shawn's stomach with all her might.

"GUH!" Shawn spat, a dribble of saliva flowing down his mouth as he fell to the ground out cold.

Before Leshawna could enjoy her victory she was swiftly knocked out herself as she was too tired to notice a raging Jasmine coming for her!

SMACK!

"HOW DARE YOU!" Jasmine screamed, red in her eyes as she picked Leshawna up by the scruff of her shirt.

"WOAH WOAH WOAH!" Chris mediated, quickly, getting Jasmine to drop the knocked out girl from her clutches. "It was a part of a challenge! Do NOT intervene again." Chris warned her sternly. He then spoke into his earpiece. "Yeah, Chef? I've got two knocked out contestants, we're gonna need some medical beds, STAT!"

Chris clutched the bridge of his nose as Gwen quietly sat next to Sammy and asked her to fill her in on everything. "Well, technically that point goes to the Heroes. Leshawna wins and Shawn loses a point!"

Challenge Complete: Leshawna

Challenge Failed: Shawn

XXX

Confessional: Leshawna (Heroic Horses)

Leshawna was bruised pretty badly as she had a medical patch over her cheek, "Yeah… Forgivin' Jazz for this one's gonna be hard, not gonna lie…"

XXX

The injured campers were quickly wheeled away as Chris chose his next target. "I think I'll go with… Mike."

Mike looked queasy as he walked on. The challenges just kept getting worse and worse and he figured Chris had something nasty for him planned.

"Mike! For your challenge, you will… Have to sit in this electric chair and go through some Shock Therapy! I'm sure this will look familiar to you, no?" Chris asked innocently with sinister intent as Chef wheeled on a chair which had Mike almost peeing his pants.

"THAT'S NOT FAIR!" Sky objected immediately, sitting up in outrage at the injustice. "Do you know how insanely ableist this looks!? Mike has a medical condition! This is no different from a conversion camp!" Sky argued hotly. "Don't bother Mike, you're not doing this challenge-"

"I'll do it."

Multiple people widened their eyes as Mike's declaration left everyone stunned.

Scarlett raised her hand slowly, pushing her glasses up the bridge of her nose, "Excuse me, but this could have severe side effects to your condition that can include but not be limited to-"

"I have to." Mike said despairingly. "We're already down three points. I can't afford to sit this out."

"But Mike, this is literally insane!" Sky exclaimed loudly. "Sit back down!"

"No!" Mike objected, "I can do this!"

"We won't vote you off!" Sky pleaded with him, and she turned to her teammates for support. "Right guys?"

Sierra and Dave shrugged. B gave a thumbs up to say he agreed with her. "I'll vote Dave over you, probably." Sierra suggested noncommittally.

Sky was forced to sit back down as Mike was strapped into the chair. "Seeing as we're not complete monsters, this won't last any longer than thirty seconds. Capiche?"

Mike nodded as he waited for the shocks.

The next thirty seconds were probably the most uncomfortable moments of the day as Mike was shocked for thirty seconds.

The heroes generally felt sorry for him as he was Zoey's boyfriend and figured he didn't deserve this.

The villains were surprisingly sympathetic as everyone had a look of discomfort on their face, even the meaner players such as Heather and Jo had the decency to look squeamish.

The wildcards hated watching their teammate get shocked, with Sky reacting to it the worst as she paused with bated breath.

The shocks finally ended as Mike was quickly unstrapped and strolled away to the infirmary by Chef on a medical bed. People waved him goodbye, not that people cared.

"And means Mike has completed the challenge and won himself immunity!" Chris grinned as if he hadn't done something awful, "What a dedicated guy!"

Challenge Complete: Mike

"You're the worst!" Sky spat.

"Yes I am!" Chris chuckled, he suddenly held onto his earpiece as he was receiving info. "Oh yeah? Is that right? Interesting… Kay, send them over." Chris turned off his earpiece and sent a message to the rest of the campers. "Both Brick and Cody have managed to complete their challenges! They'll be joining us shortly!"

Challenge Complete: Brick & Cody

"YEAH!" Sammy and Gwen cheered, high-fiving each other in the process. Only Sammy and Zoey had to do their challenges for the Heroes to win!

"At the same time…" Chris said, causing the campers to tense up, "Scott has failed to spend 2 hours at Boney Island! He will also be joining us shortly."

Challenge Failed: Scott

The villains groaned as they were progressively losing challenge after challenge. "That dirtbag!" Heather raved, her fists clenching, "I'm going to give him a piece of my mind when he gets here!"

"I'm sure he had his reasons!" Courtney tried to defend Scott. To no avail at any rate.

"Your fear is literally green jelly, don't talk to me." Heather said as she turned around cattily, much to Courtney's fury.

"Oh yeah… He had his reasons alright." Chris chuckled.

A flashback showed Scott getting chased around by a Mutant Fang amongst other Mutant animals inhabiting Boney Island.

"I GIVE UP I GIVE UP SOMEBODY PLEASE SAVE ME!" Scott wailed his arms wildly, running away from all wilderness.

Hearing his cries over the intercom, an intern flew a helicopter and promptly picked up Scott, much to his relief as he cried tears of joy.

"At any rate! I'd like my next victim to be Scarlett! If you will…" Chris winked at the well dressed redhead as she walked up to the stage.

"I suspect my challenge will be revolting?" Scarlett asked with an eye-roll. "I cannot think of any particular fears I may have, so the only logical conclusion is that you intend to have me do something vile."

Chris flicked Scarlett's forehead, causing her to flinch in surprise. "Don't interrupt me." He said, "Bringing back a classic competitor, it's Max!"

"WHAT!?" Scarlett shouted, a vein appearing on her face at the mere mention of his name.

Maniacal laughter could be heard entering the stage as Max in his typical attire walked on with a lot of audacity. "That's right minion! It is me! Your master who has come to claim back ownership of you, sidekick!" He roared with laughter much to Scarlett's growing impatience.

"Tell me I get to kick him." Scarlett begged, a pleading look on her face.

"NOTHING OF THE SORT SIDEKICK!" Max laughed even further as he brought out a lip balm, "Chris here says you must kiss your master, and I agree! We both know you were HOPELESSLY in love with me and I have come to grant you your one wish!"

Chris grinned as Scarlett could be seen slowly snarling, "That's right Scarlett! To earn a point, simply give a peck to Max's lips!"

Scarlett grimaced as Max puckered his lips and waited for her to make the move. He made a movement with his eyebrows to make himself seem sexier when all he achieved was make himself look less desirable.

"Any day now minion! I don't have all day!" Max whined impatiently.

"C'mon Scarface! Kiss your boyfriend!" Duncan mocked, he was getting a kick out of this one!

Scarlett inhaled a deep breath. Lightning, Scott, Shawn and Topher had all failed their challenges. Meaning the only ones who could successfully win a point were herself, Jo, Heather, Courtney, Duncan and Alejandro. She glanced at Courtney and made plenty of bets that the girl wouldn't dream of completing her dare.

The Heroes had five points. The wildcards at minimum could only get five points now. If Scarlett wanted any chance of winning this challenge, mathematically she would have to suck it up and kiss Max…

Scarlett winced, steeled herself, and pecked Max on the lips much to the latter's enjoyment.

"Sidekick! Well done, you had the pleasure of being my first kiss with a girl, as a reward-"

Scarlett grabbed Max by the scruff of his shirt, causing the boy to cry out as Scarlett got very close into his face. "I did not kiss you for you. Nobody will EVER enjoy kissing a lard of liniment such as yourself! I envy everyone whoever has the pleasure of NEVER meeting you!" Scarlett hissed into Max's face.

She dropped Max, causing the boy to angrily reply. "THAT'S NOT TRUE!" He denied strongly, "MY MOMMY ALWAYS ENJOYS KISSING ME GOODNIGHT!" And he stormed off the stage in a temper tantrum.

Scarlett returned to her seat, sending daggers at anyone who attempted to poke fun at her.

"Well then… Scarlett wins the point." Chris shrugged. "Bit anti-climatic, really."

Challenge Complete: Scarlett

XXX

Confessional: Max

"My sidekick is entirely in the wrong!" Max complained with crossed arms, "Plenty of girls have enjoyed kissing me! My mom, my aunt, my grandma, my cousin and my sister!" Max winked into the camera, "See? Totally kissable! Even my dog likes kissing me!"

XXX

"Next up is… Heather!" Chris grinned. "I see your hair's grown all back since the very first season…"

"Yeah, I'm passing." Heather declined, using her hand as a stopping motion, "I've LITERALLY just grown back my hair. You're not cutting it again."

"Heather!" Courtney hissed, "It's just some hair!"

"AGAIN!" Heather exclaimed, giving Courtney a pointed look, "YOU'RE AFRAID OF GREEN JELLY! YOU'RE THE LAST PERSON WHO SHOULD BE TALKING!"

"Whatever, Heather fails." Chris shrugged, quickly putting the scissors in his pocket back where they came from.

Challenge Failed: Heather

She received some glares from her teammates, which she promptly replied to. "What, you're saying it's unreasonable I should want to keep my hair?" Heather asked her teammates, "I'm not cutting it for you losers, I'll spend an entire night on Boney Island before cutting my hair again."

"Diva." Jo coughed into her hand, getting amused looks from a few of her teammates.

Heather rolled her eyes.

"Well I support Heather!" Alejandro flirted, "Her luscious hair should go untouched."

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Confessional: Heather (Villainous Vipers)

"HELLO PEOPLE!?" Heather exclaimed, nail file in hand, "I've already gone through the traumatic experience of being bald on Live TV. I'm never letting that happen again."

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"Our next victim is… Sierra!" Chris grinned. "Oh, speak of the devils! Here come Cody, Brick and Scott!"

Cody quickly sat next to Gwen, who gave him a congratulatory pat on the shoulder. Brick sat next to Sammy and she gave him a similar congratulatory pat on the shoulder.

"So?" Heather asked impatiently, "Why'd you quit? It better not be for a dumb reason."

"There are mutant animals on that island!" Scott seethed angrily. He then looked around at the Heroes bleachers. "HOW THE HELL IS ZOEY NOT BACK YET SHE CAN'T SURVIVE TWO HOURS!"

"Cuz she's a lot stronger than you, matey!" Jasmine winked at him, "That's our girl! Even when she's sick she pulls through for us!"

"If Zoey completes her challenge do I have to do mine?" Sammy asked curiously, "Cuz if she completes her challenge we literally beat both of the villains and wildcards anyways, right?"

"Do you want to spend a night on Boney Island?" Chris questioned. That got Sammy to shut up. "Didn't think so. Sierra!"

"Hi Chris!" Sierra giggled excitedly, "I'm like, so totally stoked to be here! So, what's my challenge?"

Chris handed Sierra a phone, which the girl took apprehensively. "Read out loud what it says."

Sierra, suspecting a trick, did a quick read through herself before reading it out. The color quickly drained from her face as Sierra began hyperventilating. "No… No… Nononononono!" She chucked the phone back into Chris's hand. "I CAN'T READ THAT!" Sierra sobbed into her hands uncontrollably. The Wildcards were too shocked to even admonish Sierra for giving up such an easy task.

"Well that's Sierra knocked out, and that's still the Wildcards with only two points!" Chris declared. "Sucks to suck, I hope Dave and Sky are willing to take one for their team when the time comes!"

The two exchanged a nervous glance.

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Confessional: Sierra (Wildest Weasels)

"It was THE MOST horrifying thing I'd ever seen in my life!" Sierra bawled as she recounted her testimony. "Chris was trying to force me to… READ OUT A FANFICTION WHERE CODY-KINS AND GWEN HOLD HANDS!" And that caused Sierra to cry herself uncontrollably to sleep again, the fanfiction still haunting her.

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"E'llo?" Chris spoke into his earpiece again, "Has she now, huh? Okay, send her over." Chris coughed into his hands as he delivered some news. "I've got some good news for the Heroes! Zoey has completed her obligatory two hours at Boney Island, particularly with Larry, meaning the HEROES HAVE WON IMMUNITY AND THE MOTEL!"

The heroes cheered as they high fived amongst themselves. "Alright Zoey!" Gwen couldn't help shouting, finding more reasons to like the redheaded girl.

Challenge Complete: Zoey

"With immunity guaranteed, my next victim is going to be Sammy! You can abstain if you want…" Chris warned the blonde haired girl, "It could be really traumatizing."

"HA! Sparemy's entire existence is traumatizing!" A very familiar voice sounded from behind the stage. In her usual attire, Amy strutted onto stage. "I'm back!"

"We voted her off literally forever ago, go away!" Heather complained, waving her off exaggeratedly.

"I agree…?" Sammy asked hesitantly.

Amy smirked, "Oh my gag, does my pathetic little sister have something to say to my face? Well?" Amy threatened a nasty glare on her as she stared Sammy down.

"Your task is simple." Chris said, "Simply pin Amy to the ground for three seconds."

"Wait-" Sammy tried, before shrieking as Amy tackled her into the mud and they both started mud fighting.

"SAMMY-" Jasmine tried to intervene, her overprotective nature wanting to protect her friend.

"DON'T!" Chris said sternly, stopping Jasmine in her place, "If you intervene I'll be disqualifying your entire team!"

Everyone was forced to watch as Amy was beating Sammy a bit too maliciously for everyone's liking.

"C'mon Sammy! Get up!" Jasmine begged as Sammy was trying her best to resist Amy, but Amy held her hair tightly and was kneeling on her back, making it nearly impossible for Sammy to fight her off.

"Oh look at this everyone!" Amy shouted sweetly, "It's my useless twin sister! I mean, really, all she exists to be is my Sparemy! I'm the original! Of course I'm stronger, smarter, and prettier!" She held Sammy's face into the mud as the other girl struggled desperately to get any sort of leeway. "You'll forever be my shadow Sparemy, so just give up and make this less painful for us, okay?"

For some reason, those last few words sparked an anger in Sammy as she mustered all the strength she could and threw Amy off of her, surprising her twin sister as she fell backwards into the mud. Sammy quickly took advantage of the momentum and quickly held Amy in the same position she did. Instead of retaliating however, she harshly addressed Chris. "START COUNTING!" She screamed a bit ferally.

"3… 2… 1… AND IN A CLEAN SWEEP ALL THE HEROES HAVE WON THEIR CHALLENGES!"

Challenge Complete: Sammy

"WELL DONE SAMMY!" Everyone cheered as they gathered around the dirtied, paying no mind to Amy as everyone stepped on her.

"HEY! GET OFF!" Amy shrieked. Jasmine made particularly sure to put all of her weight on Amy's fingers, causing the other girl to shout out in pain.

"Oops, didn't see ya there." Jasmine said sarcastically, no sincerity to be found in her words whatsoever.

Amy stood up, "Stupid slag…" She insulted, limping off as the Heroes all picked up the muddied Sammy and were likely taking her to the communal bathrooms.

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Confessional: Sammy (Heroic Horses)

Sammy sat in the confessional booth, particularly proud of herself as she puffed her chest out. "I could have given Amy a verbal beatdown." Sammy admitted, "However, I had a challenge to win and that was more important than venting my feelings onto Amy who wasn't going to hear me anyways." Sammy shrugged hopelessly. "If we're ever going to reconcile, it won't ever be on Reality TV."

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"Here's where things are at!" Chris tallied as he brought out a whiteboard. "The Villains and Wildcards have two points each. From the Villains only Alejandro, Courtney and Duncan can win any points. From the Wildcards, Dave and Sky remain."

The five players named looked at their teammates in suspicion.

"I'll quickly knock out two birds with one stone. Dave and Sky, your challenge is simple. Simply kiss each other!"

BUUUUUURRRRRPPPPP!

Sky quickly covered her mouth as her eyes widened in shock and embarrassment.

"You're nervous about this?" Dave asked, almost wondering if Sky still liked him.

"I-" Sky gulped. She knew she couldn't get her words out in time so she did the only thing she knew she could do to give her team the best possible chance of winning.

She quickly kissed Dave, to the latter's surprise, where they kissed for a solid five seconds to make sure they had done the challenge. As soon as the kiss was over-

BUUUUUUURRRRRRRPPPPPPP!

Sky was darting off as fast as possible, most likely to the communal bathrooms.

"What was that…?" Dave questioned, his cheeks tinted red at the daringness of her actions.

Chris shrugged. "Dunno, but looks like to me you guys kissed! Meaning you guys complete the challenge!"

Challenge Complete: Dave & Sky

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Confessional: Sky (Wildest Weasels)

"That kiss was purely for the challenge!" Sky said adamantly, "I was nervous because I didn't wanna give Dave the wrong idea, but if I didn't kiss him soon Chris would've said we'd have failed the challenge! I couldn't allow that at all!"

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Confessional: Dave (Wildest Weasels)

"Does Sky still like me after all?" Dave asked, an almost stupid amount of hope on his face as he entered into a world of delusions.

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Chris started stretching as it was beginning to turn evening. "This should hopefully be coming to a wrap soon! Remember Villains, in order to win, all three of you need to complete your challenges!"

Alejandro and Duncan both glanced at Courtney with unimpressed looks, which Courtney quickly took offence to. "I can eat a cup of jelly guys! It's totally not a big deal!"

"Are you volunteering to go first-"

"Nope."

Chris smirked at Coutney's quick response. "That's alright, our next victim is Alejandro!"

"What is my challenge Chris?" Alejandro asked diplomatically.

"Well…" Chris said, "We originally tried to get your brother onto the show!"

"Of course you did." Alejandro sighed.

"However, he ended up being too busy or whatever!" Chris whined, looking a little disgruntled anyone would decline an invitation to torment a player. "Meaning your new challenge is now a lot simpler! Do you choose to trust Heather?"

"Qué?" Alejandro questioned with raised brows, "In what way?"

"Well you see, Al." Chris used Alejandro's nickname, purposefully irking the young man as he grimaced, "We all know how much of a gamer you are. If you choose to trust Heather, she would have the choice between you getting immunity, or herself getting immunity."

"Oh?" Heather questioned, her curiosity sparked.

"Simply put Alejandro, your fate would be in Heather's hands. To be more specific, if she chooses to betray you, you'll have no immunity this upcoming elimination ceremony AND Heather will be in control of your vote for this upcoming elimination ceremony along with her being immune." Chris explained, "Or, Heather can simply give you immunity, along with the point and the chance to win the challenge anyways."

"Mi amor?" Alejandro questioned, looking at Heather directly in the eyes, "Do you intend to betray me?"

Heather crossed her arms in amusement. She had all the power here and he knew it. "That depends, what can you offer me?"

"You're joking, right?" Jo couldn't help, "This is a TEAM challenge!?"

"Shut up!" Heather replied sharply, "I'm talking to Alejandro!"

"I offer you my companionship?" Alejandro replied charmingly.

Heather was not having it as she glared at him. Alejandro sighed as he leaned into Heather's ear. "I offer a truce till we merge, I swear it on my love for you~"

Heather's cheeks turned red as she stepped away from him and coughed into her hand. "Okay, I wouldn't betray you." She stated, although it was hard to tell whether she was telling the truth or not.

Alejandro stared at Heather for a long time, contemplating his thoughts. He finally gave a sign of resignation. "I choose to trust Heather with my fate."

"Well in that case-"

"Alejandro wins another point for his team!" Chris declared, cutting Heather off mid-sentence!

Heather's eyes widened in surprise, "What!? But I thought-"

"You thought wrong!" Chris replied cheerily, "If I'd actually gone through with that it wouldn't be fair to Alejandro! Whilst I don't mind bending the rules, that's giving you too much power. So yeah… No." Chris then turned his head to Alejandro who seemed confused, "Well done! You wholeheartedly put your trust in someone who was very likely to betray it, that gets you a point!"

Challenge Complete: Alejandro

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Confessional: Alejandro (Villainous Vipers)

"That is a rather unorthodox challenge, however, I will take that." Alejandro shrugged uncaringly, "I am just relieved to have won immunity here."

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"Duncan! My man! Are you ready for your challenge?" Chris asked with wicked enthusiasm, much to Duncan's confusion.

"Whatever." Duncan shrugged.

"Chef!" Chris ordered, "Bring in the Polygraphic Chicken!"

"The Polygraphic what now?" Duncan asked as Chef brought in a chicken inside of a carrier.

Chris stroked the chicken's head, "Meet Clucky! He can spot any lies from a mile away! Here's how we're going to do things. I'm going to ask you three questions. Answer as honestly as you can. Clucky here will then determine whether what you said was a truth or a lie."

"What's the catch?" Duncan asked, as Clucky sat on his lap much to his discomfort.

"Tell the truth to all three questions I ask." Chris said, "It's simple really, if Clucky suspects you're lying, you forfeit the challenge! Capiche?"

"Get on with it." Duncan rolled his eyes. He couldn't believe some people got to fight and all he had to do was be put up to a Polygraphic Chicken test!

"First Question: Do you love Gwen?" Chris asked.

Duncan hesitated, thinking over his answer. Courtney in particular was very interested in his answer as she paid close attention.

"Gwen's very special to me." Duncan tried answering.

"Yes or no answers, Duncan." Chris reprimanded him, "Trying to dodge a question only confuses Clucky."

Duncan paused for the longest time, confusing his team and the Wildcards. Sierra in particular was holding her breath as this sort of questioning was a dream come true for her!

Finally, he answered:

"No."

The campers gasped at the declaration, with a direct shriek coming from Sierra at the shocking revelation.

Clucky eyed Duncan long and hard, before nodding his head in satisfaction. "Clucky says, that was the truth!"

Duncan could feel the judgmental stares start getting to him. But he pretended like he hadn't noticed anything. At least Gwen hadn't been here and was too busy celebrating with her team.

"Second question: Do you miss Courtney?"

Duncan gulped as Courtney stared directly into his soul. He breathed in and answered as honestly as he could.

"Yes."

Gasps revealed themselves again as Courtney herself could feel her face getting flustered. Duncan really missed her? He truly, truly missed her?

"Clucky says, that was the truth!"

As Courtney mulled over this revelation, there was one person who didn't like this revelation one bit. And that was Scott as he glared daggers into Duncan.

"Third and final question!" Chris declared impishly, a particularly thoughtful look on his face as he read the question off the placard. "Was cheating on Courtney with Gwen worth it?"

Sierra had pulled out her phone to fully record this question live.

Everyone stared at Duncan, anticipating his question. The villains willed him to tell the truth whilst the wildcards begged for him to wuss out and lie.

"No."

Gasps filled the room as all eyes turned to Courtney to see her reaction. Courtney was completely taken off guard, she was too shocked to say anything as she just looked at the chicken.

"Clucky?" Chris asked, "Is he telling the truth?"

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Chris clapped his hands together, "And with that! Clucky says, that was the truth! Well done man, totally crushed the challenge!" Chris congratulated him.

Challenge Complete: Duncan

"Stuff it." Duncan sulked, quickly exiting the stage area to cool off. He knew Gwen would hear about this eventually and would need to have a very tough conversation with each other.

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Confessional: Duncan (Villainous Vipers)

"Aww man," Duncan groaned, stabbing his pocket knife into the cabin booth wall, "This bites like all hell."

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Courtney was feeling a mix of emotions. Her first instinct was to find Gwen and rub it in her face how much of the side chick she actually was. That Duncan actually loved her and not Gwen! But Courtney had matured from that.

Courtney's current feeling was regret.

"Well, well, well… If it isn't Courtney McQuitterPants!" Chris gloated, getting the girl's attention. "Listen here, I'mma be super real here. If you don't eat this cup of jelly? I'm sending you villains to the elimination ceremony."

"What!?" Courtney objected, holding her hand up, "But if I don't eat this we have the same amount of players completing the challenges! Four on each team!"

"You see…" Chris started, "You Villains have ten members. The Wildcards have eight. The tie-breaker will simply be who has the better statistic and let me say, The Wildcards having half of their members do challenges while only four out of ten managed to complete their challenges for your team? Fractionally, The Wildcards have the advantage."

"But," Courtney objected again, "By that logic we would still tie! Even if I did the challenge, half the members on both teams would have completed the challenge!"

"True." Chris shrugged. "However, five out of ten is more impressive than four out of eight. By default your team would win that tie-breaker. No more delaying Courtney, what's it going to be?"

Courtney was out of excuses and she knew it. She stared at the cup of green jelly, the same jelly a group of girls stuck up her nose when she was younger and took pictures of her so that it would look like Courtney was picking her boogers.

She hated that memory.

It was absolutely vile.

"OMG! Courtney's picking her nose!"

"Ew! You're so gross Courtney!"

"Courtney eats her boogers, we can't be friends with a gross girl like her!"

Courtney could feel herself getting overwhelmed as she remembered the memories. She wanted to give up again! It was too much! This green jelly was too much! She couldn't eat it!

Courtney was about to throw the cup of jelly in a rage when Scott caught her wrist, "Hey there Courtney, let's think about this, yeah?"

"Let go of me Scott!" Courtney said defeatedly, "I need to throw away this green jelly!"

"Why?"

"Because it's gross that's why!"

Scott gulped, trying to think of clever ways into tricking Courtney to eat it. "Have you ever tried it before?"

"...No."

Bingo.

"Then how do you know if it's bad?" Scott asked curiously, trying to level with Courtney.

"I just do!" Courtney rebuffed, any logical reasoning escaping her.

Scott took the cup away from her and scooped a bit of green jelly onto the spoon. "Listen Court, I need you to do me a favor here. Just try it, okay? And if you ABSOLUTELY hate it, you never have to eat this again? Okay? For me?" Scott pleaded, his own puppy-dog eyes trying to convince Courtney to eat it.

Courtney… Figured that was reasonable enough.

The villains that would usually have taunted her stayed silent. Heather and Jo observed this with a mild bit of interest, but also a mild bit of impatience.

It was Alejandro who was truly interested in what was happening in front of him.

Courtney took the spoon from Scott and with a shaky hand, slowly placed the spoon inside of her mouth and clamped it shut. Courtney closed her eyes tightly, not wanting to throw up. However, she tasted it and… It actually tasted good? Courtney opened her eyes, wordlessly took the remaining jelly in Scott's hand and devoured it to the shock of Chris and all the campers!

Courtney wiped her mouth with her sleeve once she was finished, approached Chris and dropped the empty plastic cup in his hand. "I'm finished." Courtney said with dignity.

Chris stared at her, his mouth wide open. Really? Of all players Courtney managed to complete her challenge? Chris grinned, a somewhat genuine smile on his face, "Congrats Court, for you have JUST WON VILLAINS SECOND PLACE! SAVING THEM FROM ELIMINATION!"

Challenge Complete: Courtney

The Villains at this point didn't care how stupid they thought Courtney's fear was, they pumped her up and chanted her name as they left the talent show stage.

"COURTNEY!"

"COURTNEY!"

"COURTNEY!"

Chris then turned his face to the only two members still there, Dave and B. "I'll be seeing the rest of your team later tonight Wildcards! Where you'll vote off the third person from your team!"

All B and Dave could do was groan in disappointment.

Final Statistics

Heroes:

Brick - Success

Cody - Success

Gwen - Success

Jasmine - Success

Leshawna - Success

Sammy - Success

Zoey - Success

7/7

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Villains:

Alejandro - Success

Courtney - Success

Duncan - Success

Heather - Failed (Sent to Boney Island)

Jo - Success

Lightning - Failed (Sent to Boney Island)

Scarlett - Success

Scott - Failed (Sent to Boney Island)

Shawn - Failed (Sent to Boney Island)

Topher - Failed (Sent to Boney Island)

5/10

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Wildcards:

B - Success

Dave - Success

Dawn - Failed (Sent to Boney Island)

Lindsay - Failed (Sent to Boney Island)

Mike - Success

Noah - Failed (Sent to Boney Island)

Sierra - Failed (Sent to Boney Island)

Sky - Success

4/8

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The Wildcards took their seats around the campfire as Chris held a platter with seven marshmallows on it. "This is a symbol of safety. If I call your name, that means you are safe. The person who doesn't receive a marshmallow must walk down the dock of shame!"

Each player was tense for a different reason. Noah and Dawn were worried about becoming targets for their poor performances. Lindsay was worried about having to spend a night at Boney Island and Sierra was wondering how her Cody-Kins were doing.

The eliminated player would be between Dawn, Lindsay, Noah and Sierra. B, Dave, Mike and Sky all had immunity due to completing their challenge.

"Back here again, aye Wildcards?" Chris couldn't help mocking, "Who do you blame this time? Don't have quite as easy of a scapegoat, do ya?"

"Sky, how does it feel knowing you won't be in the bottom two for once?" Chris asked the girl.

Sky was caught off guard by the question, but recovered quickly enough, "It's nice knowing I don't have to worry about receiving votes this time!"

Chris nodded, "Oh I understand. Bet Dave's disappointed though!"

"Hey," Dave countered, "I'm not receiving votes either so I don't care who goes here!"

Chris tapped his chin as he looked at the four vulnerable players who have yet to say anything. "Dawn, why shouldn't you be voted off? After all it was simply a chicken nugget…"

"A chicken that had to lose their life for your perverse challenge." Dawn replied snootily, looking away from Chris as looking at him further disgusted her.

"Noah, why shouldn't you be voted off? It was simply being pelted by dodgeballs…" Chris asked innocently.

"By crazy athletic people!" Noah pointed out, "I don't have any legitimate fears, so you just wanted to humiliate me!"

"That I did!" Chris grinned, "Lindsay, why shouldn't you be voted off? A change of style wouldn't have killed you, no?"

"Because I'm the prettiest and I didn't want anybody to mistake me for a vampire!" Lindsay replied with genuine innocence, causing Sky to let out a small chuckle at her friend's obliviousness.

"And finally, Sierra. You just had to read off a phone brah, not that hard." Chris taunted, unimpressed with the girl's performance.

"There is no way I was reading out the loud the seducing of a witch towards my poor Cody-Kins!" Sierra insisted.

Chris stared at the rest of the Wildcards. B looked nervous and Mike seemed like he had a raging headache. That was probably from shocking him too much, oops!

"Well then, I'll start handing out marshmallows!" Chris said as he picked up four pieces in one hand. "Dave, Sky, B and Mike! You four have immunity, none of you are at risk of being voted off!"

Dave, Sky and B were glad to have their marshmallows as they ate them happily. Mike completely missed his marshmallow as his headache was getting worse.

"Now here's a fun fact! All four of you received votes!" Chris grinned, causing everyone to gasp. "This is really anyone's game! However the next vote goes to…"

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"YES!" Sierra cheered, sighing in relief as she caught her marshmallow. Mike seemed unhappy with that outcome.

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Dawn caught her marshmallow elegantly, receiving a dirty look from Sky but otherwise no other comments were made.

"And the final marshmallow goes to…"

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"WHAT!?" Sky shouted out in shock as Noah received his marshmallow and ate it smugly.

Chris wore a sad look on his face, "Unfortunately, Lindsay received the majority vote, which means she must ride the dock of shame."

"YAY!" Lindsay cheered, much to the confusion of her teammates, "Now I don't have to go to Boney Island! What a relief!"

Sky smiled sadly as she gave Lindsay a tight hug, "That's so like you, always seeing the positive side of things. I'll miss you Linds!"

"Aww, don't be sad Sky, I'll be rooting for you!" Lindsay encouraged, patting Sky's head due to their height difference.

Sky's eyes widened in surprise, "You remembered my name?" She asked the other girl.

"Of course!" Lindsay smiled, "I just called you Star because you shine as brightly as one! Now you need to fly that Star into the Sky that you are!"

"Linds…" Sky said, touched that Lindsay would say something like that.

Lindsay finished hugging Sky and waved off the rest of her teammates, who weren't happy to see her go, but weren't close enough to give her a personal goodbye. "Thanks for having me! It was fun while it lasted! Try to win some challenges~"

And with that, Lindsay drove away on the dock of shame as everyone saw her off.

"That's our sixth elimination and I have NO CLUE WHAT JUST HAPPENED!" Chris exclaimed in utter shock. "Will the Wildcards be able to break the losing streak? Will they all be picked off one by one? Will the Heroes continue to dominate now that they've found harmony? AND FOR GOODNESS SAKES CAN THE VILLAINS JUST LOSE FOR ONCE!?" Chris complained loudly, before smiling again at the camera, "FIND OUT IN THE NEXT EPISODE OF TOTAL! DRAMA! HEROES VS VILLAINS VS WILDCARDS!"

Voting Confessionals:

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B: "I v-vote f-for N-Noah!"

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Dave: "Well I can't exactly target Sky. So if I can't get to her, I'm targeting her closest ally. See you later Lindsay."

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Dawn: "For my own survival, it would appear Lindsay is my best option as of now..."

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Lindsay: "Sky told me to vote for someone... Dana? I think?"

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Mike: "Gah, this headache is killing me! I can't think straight, dammit, umm, Sierra? I guess? She's a pain in the butt."

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Noah: "Lindsay. This time, I will survive in the bottom two against you, I guarantee it."

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Sierra: "Noah of course! Noah's snark isn't appreciated at all!"

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Sky: "I vote for Dawn. She's been weak in every single challenge and she's dragging us down, so I think she needs to go!"

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Votes for Lindsay: Dave, Dawn, Noah (3)

Votes for Dawn: Lindsay, Sky (2)

Votes for Noah: B, Sierra (2)

Votes for Sierra: Mike (1)

Heroic Horses: Brick, Cody, Gwen, Jasmine, Leshawna, Sammy, Zoey (7)

Villainous Vipers: Alejandro, Courtney, Duncan, Heather, Jo, Lightning, Scarlett, Scott, Shawn, Topher (10)

Wildest Weasels: B, Dave, Dawn, Mike, Noah, Sierra, Sky (7)

Eliminated: Lindsay

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25th: Lindsay

26th: Harold

27th: Owen

28th: Cameron

29th: Amy

30th: Sugar

A/N: Hi everyone! It's been a little while since I've last updated and I want to completely apologize for that! I got swamped with college work and then as soon as I was finished with college I got a bit lazy about writing this chapter because I had to think EVERYTHING through. I wish I had a chosen a different challenge as this was very time consuming, but overall I liked it!

This time around we say goodbye to Lindsay! Lindsay was always destined to be one of the first 10 eliminations when I made my original draft. Originally she was supposed to be eliminated at 21st, but some other characters just ended up being more important which is why I lowered her down four spots where she ultimately gets 25th. I wish I could have kept Lindsay longer, ESPECIALLY considering what I have next planned which I think Lindsay would have thrived in, but ultimately sacrifices needed to be made and from a strategic sense targeting Lindsay just made sense for the people who voted her.

To address some fears overall:

Heroes - I had the easiest time with this team by far. Brick, Gwen and Jasmine all essentially had the same fear with a few tweaks, so I got them out of the way quickly. Cody was easy in the sense that I could just use his traumas of bears to get him out of the way. Zoey was a little trickier since the best thing I could think of was Larry in episode 12 of season 4, which I didn't even show a montage of, but she was never supposed to be a big focus this chapter which is why I glossed over her. Obviously the two biggest fights were between Leshawna & Shawn and Sammy & Amy. I hope you liked those fight scenes! I'm not very experienced in that so I hope it was readable.

Villains - Courtney, Heather, Jo, Scarlett, Lightning, Topher, Scott and Shawn I had planned from the very beginning. Their fears made sense, so I mostly mixed a sense of actual fear with disgust. The two question marks here are Alejandro and Duncan. I'll be honest in that I didn't want to write ANOTHER fight scene between Alejandro and Jose, so I scrapped it in favor of Alejandro having to choose between the game and trusting Heather, which I thought was more compelling. And of course Duncan's fear was never going to be about Celine Dion Cardboard Standees again, so I had him confront the reality of his situation which should bare some heavy consequences for the future!

Wildcards - This was the trickiest team by far. I knew what I wanted to do for B, but beyond that I was stumped. Dawn's fear is actually a reference to when she mentions going to a chicken nugget factory in episode 5 season 4 and being scarred by it. Noah's was just a callback to his first elimination since he doesn't actually have a legitimate fear as far as I can tell? Lindsay I just completely winged and said she had to go goth, which I assumed she was always going to deny doing. Sierra's was completely meta and not supposed to be taken seriously. Dave and Sky were pretty easy because it's getting easier to emphasize how much they can't stand being near each other (even if misunderstandings occur) the biggest question mark this entire chapter was Mike and despite the clearly very problematic themes to his fear, I do intend to make that VERY relevant for future plots.

I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter!

LaCuevademisgustos: "I'm glad you're enjoying the Dave and Sky scenes! Considering how messy of a couple they actually are I felt it was important to establish their conflict VERY early on. They'll definitely be some more scenes between Dave and Shawn eventually! Yes poor Mike and Cody! Yeah Harold's elimination was VERY weird because I hadn't intended for him to be eliminated so it just came off very sloppy, but I hope you can forgive that! As for the elimination... Yeah, you'll probably not like this!"

Gucci Mane LaFlare: "I'm happy you enjoyed the chapter!"

Shota: "Thank you so much for the kind words! I'm not sure I can guarantee a working middle ground between Duncan and Scott but we will see!"

Guest: "It could be a dig at Noah x Dawn, who knows? I think Cody being paranoid made sense considering the circumstances which is why I wrote him the way I did that episode. I'm glad you like the Heroes conflict! I was never about that the most. See I like writing characters people are conflicted about! I've genuinely never seen a bigger divide than I have between Dave and Sky and whose side you're on!

SuperSonicHeroes: "Yup! Scott having an extra vote is INCREDIBLY dangerous! I find Noah and Dawn to be very stubborn characters, which is why their clash is very interesting! The challenge was a little mediocre in comparison, I'll admit I was attempting to implement a lot of horror movie clichés into the tasks but was making the chapter too long to properly make that clear! I'm glad you caught it though! Poor Shawn and yup, it's very easy to dislike Dave! Thank you for not minding the Harold elimination. It bothers me that I couldn't do him more justice but some characters will just end up like that!"

NotOriginalToast: "To clarify Chris's definition of who gets swapped over where. He swaps whoever makes the best entertainment. So trust me when I saw Sierra has much more entertainment value on the Wildcards than she does the Villains! I understand if she's not your cup of tea though, she's a required taste!"

Theboiishere123: "I guess Kitty would be Dawn's worst enemy! I'm glad you enjoyed the drama this episode! That's what I was going for! Whether there's a love triangle between Duncan, Gwen and Zoey? Who knows? Sierra's amazing when it comes blue-balling and I find her most amusing in that role most. No worries about the jumbled thoughts! I just appreciate you enjoyed the chapter! Also yes! I have watched the new season and this might be an insanely hot take all things considered but my favorite character is by far Millie! She's not the most popular choice, I know!"

- Iris Nightingale