The screen panned over the obstacle course once more and then to the beach, where the contestants were standing.

"It's time to finish the challenge!" Chris declared. "Dawn, Lightning, and Bridgette all tied on the fourth round. Meaning the other contestants will have to go next. The order for the Giggling Goats is Blaineley, Sierra, Harold, and Zoey finishes. The order for the Running Roosters is Scott, Carrie, Mike, and then Courtney goes again to finish. Lastly, the order for the Crying Catfish is Sky, Trent, Heather, and then Gwen finishes! Blaineley, Scott, and Sky, go ahead and get up to the platform."

"Can't believe I'm about to ruin a perfectly good bathing suit for this!" Blaineley exclaimed as she stepped back from the raft.

"It was ruined when you put it on." Scott joked, receiving a glare from her.

"Okay, on your marks… get set… GO!" Chris yelled as all three of them ran out and slid on the grease.

Sky put her hands out and thrusted herself forward, getting in front of Blaineley and Scott.

"Hey, Scott!" Blaineley whispered, getting his attention and not Sky's.

"What?"

"This is your time to get a little payback. Sky and Jo tried taking advantage of you, so try to get Sky back."

Scott simply nodded as Blaineley and himself continued to thrust forward. They caught up to Sky and all three of them dove in at the same time.

Blaineley was the first one to resurface, swimming quickly to the other raft as Scott and Sky got above the water.

She began to climb up the ladder with honey and chocolate getting tangled in her hair. "Chris and his stupid sticky ideas!"

Sky and Scott follwed her and began to climb up the ladder.

"Hey, Scott." Sky began. "I need to talk to you."

"About what?"

"Listen, what Jo and I did to you is unforgivable. But I wanted to apologize for everything that happened. I can't speak for Jo, but I will speak for myself."

Scott smiled and shook his as he reached the top and Blaineley went down the slide. "That's a first. You should do it more often."

Sky stood up and looked at him. "I get it if you're upset! I don't blame you."

Scott nodded. "Then hopefully you don't blame me for this…" He shoved Sky back down the ladder, bouncing off the end and into the water, where Blaineley was washing her hair.

Scott quickly slid down as Sky swam back up.

Blaineley looked over to her. "Be careful now, you don't want your team to vote you off, do you?"

Sky ignored her and began to climb up again, as Scott and Blaineley climbed onto the other raft.

They both began sliding at the same pace as Sky slid down the slide.

"I like what you did to Sky. Revenge is a sweet treat for sure."

"Well I'm not doing it again. Going from Jo and Sky bossing me around to you doing it."

"I didn't make you do anything. I just suggested that you'd try and get payback. You used to be a very smart player. Taking out Dawn, B, and even Mike if I recall? But you went soft for Courtney. How sad."

"Nobody controls me! Not you, not Jo, and certainly not Courtney!"

"We'll see about that." Blaineley said as they reached the shore.

"Where the heck is Sky?" Heather asked.

"She fell down the ladder and bounced into the water." Scott said handing the baton to Carrie. "Tragic."

"Tragic and suspicious." Heather added as he walked away.

"Good luck, Sierra!" Blaineley said. "We have a good lead ahead of the Catfish."

Blaineley Confessional:

"Mind games are fun with the weak minded. I have Scott in my pocket for when merge comes. With Courtney's backing, something she doesn't even know about, Scott will probably get to merge. With that, Jazelle, Cody, Sierra, and Lightning will probably be there if I have anything to say about it. And so will Scott. Jazelle and Scott are the ones I have to keep my eye on though. They don't trust me, but to be honest, I wouldn't trust me either. I'm dangerous."

Carrie and Sierra ran and began to slide on their stomachs as Sky passed them the other way. She got up to the shore as Heather and Trent ran up to her. Sky quickly handed the baton off to Trent as he began to run on the raft.

"What took you so long?" Heather asked as Sky sat down on the shore, picking bread out of her hair. "

"I just, got behind." Sky answered, trying not to throw Scott under the bus.

"How do you just fall behind? You were up against Blaineley! Whose hip could go out if she did the hokey pokey too hard." Heather exclaimed.

Sky looked back up at her. "Look, I'm sorry. But hopefully Trent can get us back on track."

"Yeah, let's hope for sure." Heather said as she walked away.

Sky Confessional:

"Pahkitew Island was great for me! I came in 2nd and Shawn was a super deserving winner! But Total Drama Ultimate has been bad for me and my gameplay. But I won't blame Jo! We were an alliance, even if she did manipulate me sometimes. We both did Courtney, Scott, Sugar, Shawn, and even Sammy and Dawn wrong. I can't blame Jo for something we both did. But I will try everything in my power to make it right. Starting with Sammy and Dawn."

Sky went up to Sammy and Dawn, who were laying underneath the dock in the shade.

"Hey… girls." Sky began.

Sammy and Dawn looked up at her.

"Yes?" Sammy asked.

"Listen, I owe you both a big apology."

"Why?" Dawn asked. "You were the better one of out of you two."

"But that's not the point. I was horrible to both of you and what Jo and I did almost put a strain on your relationship. Something I regret so much!"

"Don't you think Courtney deserves an apology?" Sammy questioned.

"She does, and I have a long line of people to apologize to. But you both deserved one too, and I'm sorry that you both felt the need to expose us and get us away from the team. That wasn't the real me. The real me isn't a monster, and I don't want that monsterous side to actually be me. You know?"

Sammy nodded and stood up. "I get it. You have a side of you that did bad things and you're trying to move on from it. You're like me."

"How?" Sky asked.

Sammy looked over to Dawn as she stood up and then back at Sky. "I already confessed to this and I'll do it again. I used to try strangling Amy in her sleep when we were younger. She was so bad to me and I felt like that would get… rid of her. But that is a side of me that I can't deny. And I won't even try to. We all know that isn't the real you. But we're mad because that's how you react when someone does something wrong to you. Right? It took my mom about 5 months before she actually forgave me for trying to… destroy her own blood. But even since then, we've never been the same."

"I'm really so sorry to hear that." Sky said. "You deserved so much better."

"Well I feel like I got what I needed." Sammy responded looking over to Dawn. "But, more than having Dawn, I found acceptance. For who I am and for what I want to be. I used to change myself to be accepted in a bigger crowd. But who needs that when you could have a couple of best friends."

Dawn nodded. "I can relate too. Sammy has also taught me so many things like love, confidence, but more importantly, forgiveness. Seriously, I'd never thought that I'd be willing to forgive Scott, but I did and now we're acquaintances. All thanks to Sammy."

Sky smiled and saw the two clearer. "Well, I really do appreciate you guys talking to me, but I better get back to my team."

Dawn smiled back at her. "Sure, we'll hopefully see you around."

Trent began to slide down on the second raft, getting closer to Carrie and Sierra who were climbing back onto the other platform.

He swam through the water and climbed onto the longer float as the girls slid on their stomachs. He got a little running headstart then began to slide.

"I see her coming!" Zoey called. "Get ready Harold!"

Harold got up to the raft as Sierra slid in, she jumped up to her feet and handed him the baton. "Yeee! Have fun!"

Carrie was the next one to the shore, handing her baton to Mike. "You got this, Mike!"

Mike nodded and slid after Harold. He passed Trent on his way there as Trent arrived to shore.

Heather ran up to him, dove over grabbing the baton from his hand, and began sliding swiftly on the raft, catching up to Carrie.

"The girl has some sweet moves." Jasmine observed as Trent walked up to them.

"We're falling behind." Bridgette exclaimed. "I really hope that Heather does well this round!"

"It's Heather," Emma reminded her. "I'm sure she'll find a way to do well."

"Are you sure? She's been changing herself as a nice person." Gwen pointed out. "What if she's… gone soft?"

"That's enough!" Bridgette yelled. "We shouldn't think of Heather any differently than we do now. She's changing herself because she wants to and we have to be supportive of her."

"Why are you so worried about protecting her?" Trent asked. "She used to…"

"Leave the past in the past!" Bridgette insisted. "I saw the worst in her and karma bit me, hard! Heather doesn't deserve people bringing up her past after she tried so hard to dig herself out."

Harold began to climb up the sticky ladder as Heather and Mike got onto the raft.

"This stuff is all soggy now!" Heather exclaimed as she brushed the gunk off of her shoulder. "Eww!"

"It's hard to get a grip up here!" Mike noted as Harold slid back down.

"Here, climb back up." Heather said as her and Mike reached out their hands to help him up.

He climbed up to them as they lifted him up.

"Hey," Heather began. "How about we all tie this round, so the last round is determined by the last person up."

Harold nodded. "I'm down for that, besides, you both helped me."

Mike shrugged. "If Courtney wants the win, she'll have to get it herself."

They all climbed to the top and slid down. Heather followed by Mike followed by Harold.

They swam to the other raft and climbed up, getting the same running start and slid on their bellies at the same time.

"Oh god! They're so close to each other!" Jazelle exclaimed.

"Mike, Heather, and Harold are all way too close for their team's liking!" Chris announced. "Looks like they're going to tie, which means Zoey, Courtney, and Gwen will have to give it their all to stay alive."

"You act as if they're gonna die." Blaineley scoffed.

The three slid to the shore and passed their batons to their teammates, with Zoey taking the lead and Gwen and Courtney sliding behind.

"Gwen!" Courtney called. "I need you to do me a favor."

"What?" Gwen asked.

"I need you to lose! Our team is going way underneath yours. Besides, we're friends now!"

"Is that what our friendship will be?" Gwen questioned. "Me letting you trump over our team."

"No! It's not like that! I promise."

"It might be the dehydration, grease, and oils getting to my head, but I suppose I will."

Courtney squealed. "Thank you! I owe you big."

Zoey dove in with Courtney and Gwen going close behind.

Zoey Confessional:

"I heard every bit of what was going down with Courtney and Gwen. I can't believe Gwen is friends with Courtney again. I'm not going to do anything about it because it surely isn't my business. But I still want to talk to Gwen."

Courtney floated back up and quickly swam to the raft, with Gwen and Zoey after her.

"Hey, Gwen!" Zoey started as she swam with her. "I didn't know that you and Courtney were friends again."

"It's in progress. But I've been trying to be very supportive of her."

"That's nice! Well, I overheard you guys talking. Why are you throwing the challenge?"

"I'm helping Courtney out." Gwen responded. "Is that a problem?"

"No, I just find it odd how she asked you to throw the challenge, instead of both of you trying to beat me. I would rethink that friendship if I were you." Zoey noted as she finished climbing up the ladder and slid down.

Gwen sighed and slid, following behind Zoey.

Zoey finished cleaning herself off then looked back over to Gwen. "Just think about it. I only want the best for you."

Gwen watched as Zoey climbed back up the other raft and quickly went after her.

"Courtney! We won!" Sammy yelled as she slid to the shore, handing her baton to another teammate.

"That's how you win the challenge!" Chris declared as he looked out to shore. "It's neck and neck between Gwen and Zoey! Who's going to win?"

Zoey slid to the shore, taking second place. Followed by Gwen who was right behind her.

"The Running Roosters have won today's challenge!" Chris declared. "With the Goats trailing behind in second place! Sorry Gwen, but the Catfish will have to eliminate a player tonight."

Sky smiled and then looked at the team. "You did a great job out there. So close!"

"Now, you guys need to go out and get a shower! I'll see you all later tonight!"