The episode starts with Don narrating. "Last time on the race around the states, Junior became 100% convinced that his father wanted nothing to do with him anymore." "So he decided not to sleep in he and his father's hotel room, and instead opted to put up a tent outside." "We then went to Oklahoma for a wagon race, where Junior's head injury became even worse, with how much he was being shaken around." "To add insult to injury, he lost ground to Kelly in the standings, due to finishing dead last." "On the opposite end, Josee picked up her third win of the season, and Harold lost his shot at the million dollars." "With only two challenges left, Kelly leads Junior by 31 points." "Can she clinch the million dollars before the final challenge of the season even starts?" "Find out on this episode of, the race around the states."

Intro consists of a shorter version of the final countdown.

During that day's self defense class, Harold was way off. The other contestants were doing significantly better than him. He ended having to leave class early due to dehydration issues.

(Room 12- Harold and Carrie)

"I blew it big time, I once again humiliated myself on international tv" said Harold. "I worked my ass off to get to this point, overcoming a massive points deficit to make the chase, winning 10 challenges in a row." "I failed, I didn't come anywhere close to winning that million dollars." "None of that matters, you've already proven yourself" said Carrie. "What matters is that you proved to the world that you aren't a punching bag, and that you are one of the most loyal and hard working people on earth." "You've already proven that you can achieve the impossible, and you've established yourself as a hero." "When this show ends, all of your bullies will be forced to accept that you are not a weakling." "You are Sir Harold Norbert Cheever Doris McGrady V."

(Confession cam- Keep your head held high)

Harold- "She's right, it doesn't matter that I wasn't able to win, i've already proven myself years ago." "And to those of you that still think i'm a nobody, you can kiss my ass."

**End confessional**

(Room 11- mother and daughter)

"Mom, I really enjoyed traveling all around America with you" said Taylor. "Thanks sweetheart, it feels like the start of the season in the Grand Canyon was only yesterday" said Kelly. "But we're not done yet, we still have two more states to go to." "Time is going to go by fast, so we better enjoy this while we can" said Taylor.

(Room 4- the sisters)

"I can't believe it, in just over a month from now, I'm going to be changing my last name" said Emma. "I still can't believe this is actually happening, over a year ago, I never thought that my competition would be my brother in law" said Kitty.

Late that night, outside the hotel where there were no cameras, Junior found it hard to sleep in his tent. He was lying in his sleeping bag, holding onto his teddy bear for dear life, his head hurting, and his tears dripping down his face. "Junior, are you still awake?" said a voice. "Yeah, come on in" said Junior. Miles then came into the tent. "Listen Junior, you aren't thinking clearly, you know how much your father cares about you" said Miles. "He's really hesitant to support you, because he doesn't want a repeat of his previous child." "It's blatantly obvious that he values Sarah more than me" said Junior. "He never wanted a second child after Sarah died, nothing could replace her." "Junior, he doesn't pick favorites, he loves both of you" said Miles. "Just think about what you're doing to yourself, if Sarah was still alive, is this what she would want you to go through?" "Miles, I know you love me, I know that you're just trying to help, but you're not talking me into quitting this late in the game" said Junior. "This has gone on far enough, you need to tell your dad that you know about Sarah" said Miles. "Miles, just leave me alone" said Junior. "You clearly don't realize the emotional scarring my dad would go through if someone mentioned Sarah in front of him." He then buried himself in his sleeping bag. Miles realized there was no getting through to him, so she went back into the hotel.

As everyone was riding on the bus the next morning, they were passing by some beautiful scenery. There were rivers and streams, and lots of greenery. As the bus was slowing down and coming to a stop, Don began singing. "Country roads, take me home, to the place, I belong." "West Virginia, mountain momma." "Take me home, down country roads." Everyone then got off the bus. "If those lyrics didn't tell you what state you were in, I will clarify that we are in West Virginia" said Don. He then signaled to the contestants to follow him, and he led them to a mountain. "For this challenge, you guys are going to hike the 3.8 mile third hill mountain trail." "First contestant to reach the end of the trail, will be the winner.

The challenge soon began, and this was when all hell broke loose. The sound of a gunshot could be heard. The contestants looked all around them, and saw that that on both sides of the trail, were a bunch of men with shotguns. At this point, they didn't care about the challenge, they were just trying to get the hell out of there so they wouldn't die. They eventually made it out of the trail, with Noah getting out before anyone else, Kelly following close behind in second, Chet third, Junior fourth, Taylor fifth, Emma sixth, Leonard seventh, Sanders eighth, Brody ninth, Crimson tenth, Lorenzo eleventh, Owen twelfth, Kitty thirteenth, Ryan fourteenth, Ennui fifteenth, Jen sixteenth, MacArthur seventeenth, Pete eighteenth, Jacques nineteenth, Mary twentieth, Harold twenty first, Rock twenty second, Ellody twenty third, Spud twenty fourth, Dwayne twenty fifth, Tammy twenty sixth, Geoff twenty seventh, Tom twenty eighth, Josee twenty ninth, Gerry thirtieth, Laurie thirty first, Miles thirty second, Courtney thirty third, Carrie thirty fourth, Stephanie thirty fifth, and Jay thirty sixth.

(Confession cam- WTF?)

Lee- "If I had the functions of a human being, i'd be pissing myself in fear right now."

Don- "Holy shit, security is not doing their job." "For the first time in the show's history, the military had to be called."

**End confessional**

Six hours later, the military had completely sorted out the situation. It was now 9:00 PM, and all of the contestants were sitting in the hotel lobby. "Okay, hopefully the worst is now behind us" said Don. "A lot of bad things have happened on this show, but a terrorist attack takes the cake." Knowing that his father could have been shot and killed, Junior got down on his knees, and began crying. Dwayne then went over to comfort his son. "It's alright Junior, daddy is right here" said Dwayne. "It'll be okay, we can thank God that everyone made it out alive." "THERE IS NO GOD, AND IF THERE IS, HE DOESN'T GIVE A SHIT ABOUT ANY OF HIS FUCKING CHILDREN!" shouted Junior. Everyone was shocked by this sudden outburst. "IF GOD REALLY CARED ABOUT US, HE WOULD HAVE LET SARAH SANTORI LIVE!" shouted Junior. Dwayne was shocked by what he just heard. "Son, did you say what I think you just said?" he asked. "YES, I CONFESS, I KNOW ABOUT MY OLDER SISTER THAT I SHARE A BIRTHDAY WITH!" shouted Junior. "I'VE KNOWN EVER SINCE THE LOKI INCIDENT!" "I DIDN'T WANT TO BRING IT UP WITH YOU, BECAUSE I DIDN'T WANT TO TRAUMATIZE YOU!" "I SHOULD HAVE TOLD YOU BACK WHEN IT FIRST HAPPENED!" Junior then explained every last detail of what happened that night in the hospital.

(Confession cam- Every last word)

Sanders- "Oh God, this situation is 50X worse than I thought."

Harold- "Wow, just wow."

Kelly- "If I win this whole thing over him, it's not going to be as satisfying as I thought."

Dwayne- "This is all my fault, I should have told Junior about Sarah over a decade ago." "I am a horrible excuse for a parent."

**End confessional**

The podium ceremony was a very quiet one. Chet was on the third place pedestal, Kelly was on the second place pedestal, and Noah was on the winners pedestal. Don handed Noah his prize which turned out to be all three Toy Story movies on DVD, without saying anything. Considering what just happened, nobody really had any idea what to say. Eventually, Don finally broke the silence. "Well this is it, there's only one challenge left." "For the time being, the contestants are going to take a break." "The season finale in Florida will not be happening until the tenth of December." "Okay, that's a wrap."

Point standings

First place: Kelly, 2,264 points, 1 win

Second place: Junior, 2,231 points, 5 wins

Third place: Sanders, 2,224 points, 1 win

Fourth place: Emma, 2,224 points, 1 win

Fifth place: Crimson, 2,220 points, 2 wins

Sixth place: Chet, 2,217 points

Seventh place: Ryan, 2,206 points, 3 wins

Eighth place: Taylor, 2,202 points

Ninth place: Jay, 2,195 points, 4 wins

Tenth place: Leonard, 2,195 points

Eleventh place: Laurie, 2,167 points, 2 wins

Twelfth place: Harold, 2,148 points, 12 wins

Thirteenth place: Owen, 1,154 points

Fourteenth place: Kitty, 1,138 points

Fifteenth place: Noah, 1,102 points, 3 wins

Sixteenth place: Lorenzo, 1,076 points, 1 win

Seventeenth place: Ennui, 1,031 points

Eighteenth place: Tammy, 1,013 points

Nineteenth place: Geoff, 978 points

Twentieth place: Jen, 962 points

Twenty first place: MacArthur, 903 points, 1 win

Twenty second place: Stephanie, 869 points

Twenty third place: Mary, 791 points

Twenty fourth place: Miles, 777 points

Twenty fifth place: Jacques, 754 points, 1 win

Twenty sixth place: Brody, 734 points, 4 wins

Twenty seventh place: Pete, 659 points

Twenty eighth place: Rock, 652 points

Twenty ninth place: Chris, 605 points, 1 win

Thirtieth place: Spud, 578 points

Thirty first place: Ellody, 453 points

Thirty second place: Dwayne, 437 points, 3 wins

Thirty third place: Tom, 395 points

Thirty fourth place: Josee, 365 points, 3 wins

Thirty fifth place: Gerry, 350 points

Thirty sixth place: Carrie, 337 points

Thirty seventh place: Izzy, 272 points, 1 win

Thirty eighth place: Leshawna, 171 points

Thirty ninth place: Mickey, 139 points

Fortieth place: Courtney, 126 points

Forty first place: Devin, 114 points

Forty second place: Zoey, 101 points

Forty third place: Dawn, 81 points

Forty fourth place: Duncan, 35 points

Forty fifth place: Lindsay, 18 points

Authors note: For the final challenge of the season in Florida, I will not be taking suggestions. I already knew what it was going to be before I started writing this story. All i'm going to say, is that the final challenge of the season, will be the most difficult.

The final challenge is going to split into the two chapters. The first half is going to be the buildup to the finale, and the second half is going to be the main challenge itself.

Thank you for reading and please have a great day.