"Last time on Total Disventure All Stars, the contestants went through the maze from Disventure Camp Season 1 in an effort to not be hunted down by Chef Hatchet. MK began drifting further apart from Julia and more towards Riya while Yul continued to insult Grett's weight. In the end, thanks to a mental breakdown by Tess along with Aiden pulling a strategic move for once, she was promptly voted off. Thirteen competitors are left but that's not all… who's ready for the merge? And as always, who will be eliminated tonight?!" Kristal asked happily.
(After theme song)
The episode begins with Cyan Team at the campfire together for the first time in a while with all of them currently mourning over Tess' elimination.
"I feel horrible for Tess… she only came here to spend time with Hunter and Ally, but she hardly got to be with either of them as long as she could've and we ended up pushing her into having a mental breakdown all because we couldn't work together properly." Damien said solemnly which made Aiden and Gabby look at each other guiltily before Bowie spoke up.
"Well… maybe it's time we change that." Bowie said with a smile, "If all four of us are able to work together, we can take down the Villains' Alliance."
"Bowie, I swear to god, if this is another one of your manipulations-" Aiden began yelling before Bowie interrupted.
"No, I mean in general. Not just the four of us, but Jake, Ally, and Millie as well when we merge. The Villains' Alliance is way too much of a threat at this point and we need to take them down, it's what Tess would want us to do." Bowie explained.
"He has a point, Aiden." Damien added helpfully, "If anything would make Tess happy, it would be to disband the Villains' Alliance once and for all."
"Well… if you're being serious about this, then I'm open to the idea." Aiden smiled.
"Me too." Gabby added brightly before both her and Aiden looked to the side in doubt.
Confessional: Aiden
"What Bowie's suggesting is pretty noble but like I said, I do want to make moves outside of the heroes eventually. Keeping Jake in the game is a big risk to my game, and I do not want to risk him voting me out." Aiden said angrily.
Confessional: Gabby
"As much as I appreciate Tess… I know I'll be on the bottom of the heroes' alliance if I primarily work with them. I'm here to win this for Ellie, not for anybody else." Gabby said in determination.
Confessionals End
We then cut to Kristal and Chef walking to the productions' tent when they encountered Oliver observing some footage.
"Hey Oliver, what's going on?" Kristal asked happily.
"Hey Kristal and Mr Hatchet, we might have a problem on our hands, one of the staff members was caught breaking the rules a few episodes ago." Oliver said with a raised eyebrow which made Kristal glare at Chef.
"Oh c'mon! It wasn't me this time!" Chef scoffed indignantly.
"For once, he's not lying. It was actually someone else." Oliver confirmed which made Kristal raise an eyebrow.
We then cut to the beach where Kristal and Chef were standing in front of Magenta and Yellow Team when Cyan Team began walking forward.
"Everyone, you are getting your first look at the new Cyan Team, Tess voted off at the last elimination." Kristal announced happily which made Ally look towards the Cyan Team sadly.
"Tess… oh no…" Ally said softly.
"You seriously voted Tess off over the serial traitor?" Jake said indignantly as he pointed towards Gabby who narrowed her eyes and clenched her fists at the mention of her.
"It's funny how you call me a traitor when you're the one who eliminated Tom back in season one while you begged and pleaded for him to use his totem on you like the pathetic manchild you are." Gabby rolled her eyes in annoyance which made Bowie and Damien share a wide-eyed gaze while Jake glared at Gabby even harder.
"Do NOT bring that up!" Jake said angrily as Millie and Ally looked on in concern while Alec, Riya, and MK all shared smirks with each other.
"That's enough!" Kristal interrupted, "So how are you all feeling about your teams out of curiosity? You must've been together for at least twenty days, surely the bonds have forged between all of you."
"Ahahahahahahaha, good one." Yul laughed.
"However, today is going to rip the rug from under you. Drop your team colors, we are merged." Kristal said enthusiastically.
Pretty much everyone began cheering at this news.
"That's right, congratulations to our top thirteen All Stars. From now on, it's every man and woman for themselves. Immunity challenges will be individual and every one of you will be attending elimination every night. This game just got a whole lot harder." Kristal smirked.
"So who's camp are we staying at?" Julia asked dismissively.
"We have the shower and beach stuff, so it should be ours'." Riya smirked.
"No. We have fishing gear, that's way more important." Ally protested.
"Mmmm, debatable." Julia smirked playfully.
"Sorry campers, part of the new merge rules is that you will all start at a new campground." Chef smirked.
"Are you serious?!" Riya growled.
"Your new campground will have two tents, a campfire, and none of your rewards will be transferred there. You'll basically be starting from scratch." Chef explained happily.
"You two are sick in the head." Aiden said angrily.
"Oh quit your whining. Geez, and here we thought spending a few weeks here would build some character." Chef rolled his eyes before tossing a map to Bowie, "Here's your map. We'll call you guys over for your immunity challenge tomorrow."
Confessional: Yul
"So we reach the merge, big whoop. The biggest worry is that I'll have to sleep next to twelve other people. Ugh! The things I do for three million dollars!" Yul said furiously.
Confessional Ends
We then cut to a new campground at sunset where two black tents were already put up while the final thirteen looked unsure of what to do with themselves.
"Ugh. Just when our camp was starting to get comfortable." Riya grunted.
"Well we can't waste time. We need to make a campfire before it gets dark." Damien reminded the others.
"Julia, do you want to make yourself useful and come with us to get firewood?" Grett asked the influencer.
"Ugh, whatever." Julia rolled her eyes before walking off with the former Yellow Team members to get firewood.
"Are they even trying to hide it anymore?" Jake scoffed.
"I think that ship passed once Bowie defected from their alliance." Damien acknowledged in which Bowie nodded in agreement.
"Fair enough. So what's the plan to deal with the villains?" Millie asked curiously.
"Obviously the seven of us have to vote together. It's our best chance at picking them all off one by one." Bowie explained.
"Bowie's right. So any negative feelings we have against each other have gotta be set aside for now because the Villains' Alliance is a much bigger threat right now." Damien told the group in which Jake, Aiden, and Gabby all gave each other awkward looks while Ally gave Bowie a raised eyebrow.
Confessional: Ally
"Bowie may have gone against the Villains' Alliance but I still don't trust him after what he did to Raj and I'm not exactly crazy about working with Jake either given his track record so far. I don't exactly trust Julia either but even after voting off Hunter and Raj, she was still more helpful to me than Jake's ever been." Ally admitted reluctantly.
Confessional Ends
Meanwhile with the Villains' Alliance, all the former Yellow Team members were speaking with Julia.
"So you're still with us 100%?" Grett asked suspiciously.
"Obviously." Julia rolled her eyes in annoyance, "I'm not exactly Miss Popular around here after all and this Villains' Alliance does guarantee me at least some safety."
"Glad you're with us, Julia." MK smirked proudly before frowning in thought, "However, we do need a plan or one of us will be gone by tomorrow."
"I can help with that." Julia reminded her alliance.
"We're listening." Alec said happily.
"Well I have been trying to turn Ally against Jake and Millie for a while now back in the team phase and I'm aware Jake has issues with Aiden and Gabby." Julia said with a vindictive smirk.
"Well then I guess it's time to shake the beehive. AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" Yul laughed maniacally.
We then cut to Jake sitting on the rocks where he and Tom shared their first kiss when Millie walked over to him.
"Hey Jake, what's going on?" Millie asked curiously as she went to sit next to him.
"I've just been thinking… you know how I've been having regrets over how I treated Tom… well I'm also starting to have regrets when it comes to how I treated Aiden too. On day one, I literally accused him of cheating on his boyfriend. I'm honestly lucky to still be here after that." Jake said solemnly.
"Well that's good news. I say you should talk to him. Aiden's pretty nice, I'm sure he'll be happy to know you're willing to make amends." Millie smiled reassuringly.
"I voted out his boyfriend though… are you sure he'd be willing to talk to me after that?" Jake said worriedly.
"Oh yeah…" Millie admitted sheepishly before speaking up, "Well… Bowie and Damien did tell us we need to start getting along better. Even if he doesn't forgive you immediately, I'm sure he'll at least be civil with you."
"I hope that ends up being the case." Jake sighed.
We then cut to the morning where Kristal walked up to the tent and spoke into her megaphone while Chef followed her.
"Cocka Doodle Doo. Morning campers, ready for your first individual immunity challenge?" Kristal asked happily.
"Why are we starting so early?! I need my beauty sleep!" Yul said furiously as the rest of the cast got out of the tent.
"Okay then, Yul forfeits and is out of the game." Chef smirked vindictively.
"What?! Nononono, please please." Yul begged as he dropped to his knees.
"Hahahahahaha! Relax maggot, I was just kidding, but don't mouth off again or we WILL eliminate you for real next time." Chef glared at the K-Pop star.
"Let's get to the challenge. Today's challenge will test your battle tactics and artillery skills." Kristal said happily.
"Oh." Ally smiled enthusiastically.
"It's a classic game of paintball. Everyone for themselves and the last person who takes a bullet…" Kristal added.
"We better have face protection." Yul whispered harshly to Alec.
"Kinda like this." Chef smirked as he took out a paintball and shot Yul in the chin, making him scream in horror while Alec and Riya smirked in satisfaction.
"Darling!" Grett gasped in horror.
"Like I was saying, the last person to get splattered by paint wins invincibility. Grab your paintball guns in the shed and we'll get started." Kristal finished explaining.
We then cut to all thirteen contestants with protection goggles and paintball guns with Kristal smirking at the scene.
"Alright. Everyone has their paintball guns. This challenge starts… NOW!" Kristal said happily.
"Follow me!" Riya told the Villains Alliance members who all ran off in Riya's direction.
"Okay, I think we should split up. Jake and Ally, mind accompanying me?" Millie asked curiously.
"Sure thing." Jake smiled enthusiastically while Ally nodded before all three ran off to the right.
"Uh… should we be concerned about those three?" Gabby raised an eyebrow as she, Damien, Aiden, and Bowie watched the former Magenta Team members run off.
"Oh, let them go." Bowie smiled reassuringly, "I have a plan. Follow me."
Bowie then ran off to the left with Damien, Gabby, and Aiden soon following.
We then cut to the production tent where Emily was waiting before Kristal walked over to her with a glare.
"There you are, Kristal. Oliver told me you wanted to see me. Can I fix you a coffee?" Emily asked curiously.
"No thanks Emily. I wanted to talk to you about your performance. We checked the cameras and saw you helping Yul amongst the other rules you've broken by bringing outside food for him and Grett, relaying info to him about his manager, and alerting paparazzi to our location." Kristal said angrily as Emily looked away nervously, "Now I was considering firing you but considering our co-host Chef Hatchet has had experiences with illegal alliances before, I felt that would be a bit too harsh but you do need to be punished so I'm demoting you to testing the challenges with Trevor and letting Derek take your place."
"Derek?! You mean your new boy toy?! Why is he the only one who gets my job while Trevor is stuck testing challenges?!" Emily said angrily.
"Because between him and Trevor, I've seen him take his job more seriously. Sorry Emily, but it's for the best." Kristal shook her head angrily before walking off while Emily glared in Kristal's direction.
We then cut back to the challenge where the Villains' Alliance were hiding behind some bushes when MK spoke up.
"Alright, so what's the plan?" MK whispered curiously.
"If we want to escalate the conflicts between Jake, Aiden, and Gabby, we can't allow for either of them to win immunity." Riya smirked.
"It's true. It doesn't matter who wins, it just can't be one of those three." Alec nodded.
"We can split into two groups to cover more ground." Riya told the alliance, "I'll go with Alec and MK, the rest of you scram."
"Whatever." Yul rolled his eyes.
"Wait. Why can't we split into three groups of two? We'll cover a lot more ground that way." Julia asked suspiciously.
"Because with two groups of three, we can cover more firepower. Now shut up and just deal with it!" Riya said angrily.
"Do not tell me what to-" Julia began furiously before MK spoke up.
"Jules, it doesn't matter what the groups are. Just work with Grett and Yul for now." MK said softly, trying to de-escalate the conflict before it could boil.
"Ugh, fine." Julia grunted in annoyance before walking off with Grett and Yul, she noticed MK look away sadly but did nothing as she continued trekking along with the toxic couple.
Confessional: Julia
"Obviously I wanted some alone time with MK. Now that we're finally at the merge, I was hoping we could go back to our usual antics so I could stop feeling so weird when I think about her, and I could tell she wanted to partner with me too…" Julia said with a bit of a soft tone before shaking it off and growing a more furious look, "The problem is that Riya definitely wanted to keep us apart for some reason. What's her deal?"
Confessional Ends
We then see that Bowie, Damien, Aiden, and Gabby were near some tree when Bowie spoke up.
"Okay, here's my plan. Me, Gabby, and Damien will go find the villains. Aiden, you stay here and when the villains show up, you fire them into oblivion." Bowie smirked vindictively.
"Guys… I'm not great at climbing trees." Aiden said nervously.
"Oh don't worry, I'll give you a boost." Bowie smiled reassuringly as he helped Aiden climb the tree to which he then sat on top of a tree branch.
"Whoa! Thanks!" Aiden said happily.
"Awesome. Now stay right there and wait for any of the villains to pass by. The rest of us will search for them on the ground." Bowie instructed before he, Damien, and Gabby began running together.
Confessional: Damien
"Gotta hand it to Bowie, when he's not being actively malicious, he is a good person to have on your side." Damien said happily.
Confessional Ends
We then cut to Jake, Millie, and Ally walking together when Millie began to talk strategy.
"Okay guys, no matter what, we have to stick together and watch each others' backs because if we don't, none of us will have a chance at winning immunity." Millie told her two friends.
"That sounds good." Ally nodded.
"I agree. Also I was thinking after we take down the villains, we should target Bowie and Gabby immediately. They're both major threats and as long as they don't win immunity, they'll have less leeway at elimination." Jake spoke up.
"I mean… I guess that's a good idea but are you sure you're not just saying that because of your grudges on them? The two of them are in our alliance." Millie asked with a raised eyebrow.
"Yeah, for now. Gabby voted with the villains once, she can easily do it again and Bowie literally messed with my whole situation with Tom and Aiden just to benefit himself." Jake said angrily which made Ally put a finger to her chin in thought.
"That's all fair Jake, but let's not focus on that right no-" Millie began before a paintball sent her to the ground. Jake and Ally immediately looked on in horror to see Alec, Riya, and MK holding their paintball guns as they immediately began shooting paintballs at Jake and Ally but they immediately ran off in different directions in horror which made Millie sigh miserably from the ground.
Confessional: Millie
"Apparently sticking together and watching each others' backs means nothing now." Millie facepalmed.
Confessional Ends
Meanwhile Julia, Grett, and Yul were all walking together in the woods when Julia began speaking.
"So what do you guys think our best course of action would be?" Julia asked awkwardly, "I was thinking we should hide behind some bushes so we can surprise those losers."
"We can't. Grett can't exactly fit behind a bush if you know what I mean." Yul scoffed indignantly which made Grett sigh solemnly causing Julia to raise an eyebrow.
"Okay, what is with you two? I've dealt with relationship problems on this type of show before but this isn't even funny, it's just sad." Julia said angrily.
"Oh don't mind Grett, she's just throwing a pity party and being pathetic as usual!" Yul scoffed which made Grett tear up as she glared at her boyfriend, making Julia feel even more awkward but before either of them spoke again, suddenly a paintball shot Yul in the face.
"UGH! WHY IS IT ALWAYS THE FACE?!" Yul cried out indignantly.
"That's for being mean to your girlfriend!" Gabby cried out furiously as she popped up from behind a bush with Damien and Bowie soon getting up as well.
"Gabby, what are you doin-" Damien began lecturing before Julia shot Gabby and Damien's chests with a paintball which gave Bowie the cue to run off.
"Get him!" Julia cried out which snapped Grett out of her shock as she began following Julia to chase after Bowie but as they did so, Bowie led them towards the tree Aiden was hiding in, allowing the e-boy to shoot both Grett from above but he ended up missing Julia.
"What?! Are you serious?!" Julia asked incredulously as she continued avoiding Aiden's shots.
"Sorry! See you at elimination! Ahahahahahahahahaha!" Bowie laughed smugly as he ran off with Julia glaring bitterly at her rival as she ran off to prevent Aiden from shooting her while Grett looked deep in thought.
Confessional: Grett
"Even if Bowie was able to trick us into falling into his trap… Gabby clearly wasn't supposed to expose herself like that but she did so just to defend me? After how I treated her back in our season? I never thought she'd do that…" Grett admitted in shock.
Confessional Ends
We then cut to Ally running across the woods and hiding behind a bush when she felt someone tap her on the back, when she turned around, she was surprised to see it was Julia.
"Julia?!" Ally cried out in shock before she raised her paintball gun but before she could do anything, Julia brought out her own paintball gun and shot herself on the chest, effectively taking her out of the challenge much to Ally's confusion.
"Why did you just shoot yourself?" Ally asked curiously.
"Well I needed to talk to you, and I needed to prove I was serious about this so naturally, I gave up immunity so this wouldn't turn into a shooting match." Julia explained with a shrug.
"I… guess that makes sense…" Ally admitted sheepishly.
"Have you considered my offer? We're down to six villains and seven heroes, you could easily be the swing vote right now and further your chances of winning." Julia said happily.
"I don't know, what about the rest of the villains?" Ally raised a curious eyebrow.
"Alec, Riya, Grett, and Yul are all major threats to my game and I don't care for either of them. So I'm fine ditching them." Julia explained dismissively.
"I see… but what about MK?" Ally asked with a skeptical raise of her eyebrow.
"Well obviously we need other votes by our side, and out of the others, she is definitely the most likely to stick by our side." Julia said in a rare nervous tone Ally's hardly seen Julia use.
"Look… I'll consider joining you but on one condition, you have to tell me how you really feel about MK." Ally said sternly.
"Did you not watch the Rematch? She's obviously my best friend and I really respect her." Julia scoffed in annoyance but when she saw Ally give a dull look in response, Julia bit her lip before grunting.
"Okay fine! I miss what we used to have, alright?! Yeah, the two of us are still besties and everything but I can't help but feel MK's been drifting away from me. Ever since the music challenge, I've been feeling weird whenever I think about her and I have no idea how to freaking handle it! Is that what you wanted to hear?!" Julia snapped with some worry in her voice which shocked Ally but she immediately snapped out of it.
"Look, don't take this as a fact, but it sounds like you're in love with her." Ally said softly.
"L-Love? That's impossible! I'm incapable of loving people! I always have been!" Julia scoffed.
"No one's incapable of feeling love, Julia… well okay, maybe Yul isn't capable of doing so but most people are. Like I said, you don't have to take this as a fact, but you've said you were experiencing this since the musical challenge and we were writing a love song at that time. Again, maybe I'm wrong and what you're feeling is strictly platonic but that's just my guess. Now if you'll excuse me, I have a challenge to complete. We can discuss the vote later." Ally explained before running off, leaving Julia to contemplate her emotions.
We then cut to Alec, Riya, and MK hiding behind a bush once again while Bowie was walking by himself. As soon as the trio saw him, Alec smirked.
"Gotcha." Alec said happily before making a shot at Bowie but he was luckily able to dodge before aiming a shot at Riya which caused a paintball to splat on her goggles, blocking her vision.
"Gah! I can't see!" Riya cried out in worry which made Alec and MK glare at Bowie before aiming their paintball guns at him but he was running off as Alec and MK tried to catch him.
Meanwhile Jake was running alone by himself, Aiden's eyes widened fearfully as he fired his paintball gun but once a paintball struck Jake's chest, he fell to the ground, giving Aiden a clearer view of the boy.
"Aw crap!" Aiden cried out alerting Jake to his presence.
"Aiden!" Jake said in annoyance, "What the hell man?"
"Sorry Jake, I thought you were MK for a second there. She's pretty quick on her feet." Aiden said nervously which made Jake sigh.
"No no, I get it. Sorry for yelling." Jake called out before walking off, much to Aiden's surprise.
Confessional: Aiden
"Strange… I thought Jake was going to lash out at me even if that was an accident. I'll be honest, I'm pleasantly surprised." Aiden admitted.
Confessional Ends
We then cut back to Bowie running away from Alec and MK as they continued firing paintballs at him. Suddenly Bowie stopped running and turned to fire a paintball at MK who fell to the ground as it hit her chest.
"Aw, dammit." MK groaned as Bowie and Alec began standing off against each other.
"Come on Alec, if you stand down right now, maybe I'll get the others to vote off another member of your alliance instead." Bowie smirked before he suddenly felt some sharp pain on his ankle.
"Yow!" Bowie cried out in pain as he looked down to see MK biting his leg but before he could do anything, Alec shot him in the chest and MK let go of his leg which caused Bowie to fall on his back before Alec ran off.
"Are you serious?! Interference much!" Bowie glared daggers at MK.
"Sure I can't shoot you, but the hosts never said anything about sabotage." MK smirked as she began running off too.
Alec then found himself nearby the tree where Aiden was currently sitting when a paintball suddenly shot towards him. He immediately dodged and noticed Aiden on the tree but before he could do anything, he felt a paintball shoot him in the back.
"What the hell?!" Alec asked in shock before he saw Ally with her paintball gun aimed at him.
"Alright, nice job Al-" Aiden began praising but then he felt a paintball shoot at his stomach, sending him falling off the tree on his back, "Ow! What was that for?!"
"We're still fighting for immunity, aren't we?" Ally asked dismissively.
"And just like that, Ally wins immunity after being the only one to not be shot with a paintball. You can all return to camp, I'll see you all tonight at elimination where someone will be the first camper eliminated from the merge!" Kristal announced from the loudspeakers.
We then cut to the merge camp where all the proclaimed "Heroes Alliance" members were having a team meeting.
"Okay guys, here's the plan. I was thinking all of us should vote off Alec since he was the closest of the villains to winning immunity today and is the leader of that Villains' Alliance. Sounds good?" Bowie spoke up.
"I disagree. Julia is a much bigger threat than Alec is. We need to keep her from getting a constant immunity streak like she usually does in the merge." Damien spoke up.
"What about Riya? She made the finale last season and left me to die on a cliff! She's a lot more dangerous than Alec or Julia!" Aiden reminded the others.
"Aiden's got a good point. At least Julia is likely to be distracted with whatever is going on between her and MK." Jake said in agreement which made Aiden give Jake a look of surprise while Ally looked sheepish, remembering the conversation she had with Julia involving MK.
"I mean… I guess I'm cool with Riya if the rest of you guys are." Millie smiled encouragingly towards Jake and Aiden.
"I guess it's not the worst idea." Damien shrugged as Gabby nodded.
"Sounds fine to me." Ally smiled nervously with a thumbs up.
"Fine." Bowie rolled his eyes in annoyance which did not go unnoticed by Jake which earned him a stern look from the blue haired boy.
Confessional: Jake
"I still don't trust Bowie, but right now our alliance has the upper hand so I can put those feelings aside for now." Jake said confidently.
Confessional Ends
We then cut to Julia waiting by a tree before Ally walked over to where she was.
"So who are the heroes voting for tonight?" Julia asked curiously, getting straight down to business.
"They're voting for Riya tonight, although yours' and Alec's name also popped up. So who are you guys voting for?" Ally said nervously which made Julia smirk but her answer remained vague.
We then cut to all thirteen contestants at the elimination ceremony with Kristal and Chef standing in front of them.
"You know, when I first got confirmation we'd have a twenty-four player cast, I knew I would look forward to the merge. Look at this crowd, you are all the very best of both shows and I hope you're proud of how far you've come. Chef, any thoughts?" Kristal smirked.
"Aiden, you accidentally shot Jake with a paintball today. Let's hope he doesn't hold a grudge because of it." Chef said sternly in which Aiden turned to Jake worriedly but all he did was just smile reassuringly, putting Aiden off more.
"Alec and MK, you both played dirty today. I wouldn't be surprised if one of you two got eliminated because of that." Chef reminded the two which made Alec and MK look at each other in worry.
"Bowie, you also performed very well in the challenge today. That might make you a big target." Chef told the strategist who rolled his eyes at the remark.
"Now that we've got that out of the way. One of your merge journeys is ending tonight. Get voting." Kristal smirked joyfully.
Voting: Damien
Damien smiled confidently as he inserted his vote in the urn.
Voting: Aiden
Aiden looks skeptical but he ends up placing his vote in the urn.
Voting: Riya
Riya confidently puts her vote in the urn.
Voting: Yul
Yul smirks as he writes down his vote.
Voting: Julia
Julia smirks as she writes down her vote.
Voting Ends
"Once the votes are read, the decision is final. Whoever's voted out must head to the Bus Of Losers and leave immediately." Kristal said ominously, "Today, we're going to pay a little tribute to season one."
As soon as she said that, Chef rolled over a TV screen much to everyone's shock and horror.
"Wait… what are you doing?" Alec asked worriedly, recognizing this familiar scenario.
"Derek pitched the idea and we figured it'd be a great idea to see who you all voted for, just for fun." Kristal smirked before turning on the TV.
Voting Confessional: Bowie
"I would've preferred to vote off Julia or Alec, but this is what the group agreed on." Bowie rolled his eyes as he showed his Riya vote.
Voting Confessional: Jake
"Hopefully this vote gets me and Aiden to bury the hatchet, but either way, he makes a good point about Riya leaving." Jake told the camera as he held his Riya vote.
Voting Confessional: Millie
"Jake does have a long way to go, but self improvement isn't linear, I know that first hand. I'm glad he was willing to see things from Aiden's perspective tonight and target Riya." Millie smiled as she displayed her Riya vote.
Voting Confessional: Damien
"Julia would probably be a better target but it took two seasons for Julia to actually reach the finale. Riya was able to do so in her first season." Damien admitted in his confessional as he held up a vote for Riya.
Voting Confessional: Aiden
"I'm not sure what's up with Jake today, but at least he's being civil for once. Also Riya, this is for leaving me to die on a cliff!" Aiden said angrily as he held up his vote for Riya.
Voting Confessional: Gabby
"I don't trust Jake after what he said about my girlfriend, but I'll work with him for now and then he can join his ninja boyfriend at…" Gabby said angrily as she held up a vote for Riya before putting a finger to her chin in thought, "Where are ninjas from… CAMBODIA!"
Voting Confessional: Yul
"Ugh! Grett has been absolutely insufferable to deal with lately but as of now, we still need to be together! I guess the nerd can go for now!" Yul said angrily as he held up a vote for Millie.
Voting Confessional: Grett
"Sorry Millie, but this is what our alliance agreed on." Grett shrugged apologetically.
Voting Confessional: MK
"From what we know, Millie's the one keeping the Heroes' Alliance and Jake from falling apart, so we might as well kick her out now that we got the chance." MK shrugged.
Voting Confessional: Alec
"Millie is one of the key factors holding the heroes together according to Julia. Once she's gone, the others will be in for a rude awakening." Alec smirked as he held up a vote for Millie.
Voting Confessional: Riya
"Julia's may be a pain in the ass and a thorn in my side for my plans, but right now I need her vote so I'll go along with this elimination for now." Riya said angrily as she held up a vote for Millie.
Voting Confessional: Julia
"While Riya is pissing me off lately, I can't eliminate her just yet. So I'll just have to settle for my original target." Julia said angrily as she displayed her Millie vote.
Voting Confessional: Ally
"I'm sorry about this Millie, but I know if it came down to it, I wouldn't be your top priority ally in the game and you did vote for Hunter and Raj when we were on the same team so… I guess I need to return the favor." Ally said remorsefully.
Voting Confessionals End
"Millie," Kristal addressed the gobsmacked Millie once they were finished with the confessionals, "That's seven votes. You're out."
"I-I can't believe this…" Millie said in shock but Jake immediately turned to glare at Ally.
"I knew I was right about you turning on us." Jake glared at Ally furiously.
"I'm sorry guys… I just had to do what's best for my game." Ally said solemnly.
"How is this good for any of us?!" Damien asked angrily.
"Judge me all you want. Jake doesn't exactly trust Bowie and Gabby either." Ally reminded the boys, causing Gabby to glare at Jake and Bowie to raise an eyebrow at this information.
"Please don't fight guys." Millie told the group before turning to Ally solemnly, "I really hope you know what you're doing Ally."
"Come on Millie, me and Jake will walk you out." Damien smiled at Millie and Jake who smiled back.
We then cut to Millie at the bus stop as she stood in front of Damien and Jake.
"I'm so sorry. If I hadn't distracted you today, maybe you could've won invincibility." Jake said sadly.
"It's not your fault. If anything, I should've listened to you when you had worries about Ally turning on us." Millie smiled softly before giving Jake a hug which he returned.
"Sorry we didn't get a chance to talk much." Damien told Millie remorsefully after she and Jake finished hugging.
"It's not your fault. It couldn't he helped. Both of you kick some butt, okay?" Millie told Jake and Damien before the two of them nodded. Soon enough, the bus arrived to pick up Millie and once Millie got on, it drove off with Jake and Damien waving her off.
After elimination, we see that MK was sitting by herself at the beach when she suddenly heard footsteps and saw Julia standing next to her.
"Hey. Can I sit down?" Julia asked softly, much to MK's surprise before MK patted the spot next to her as a way to let Julia know it was okay and so Julia sat next to her without much trouble.
"Look, I know a lot of stuff has been going on this season that has us both confused but I want you to know that no matter what happens, I… really care about you, though it might sometimes be hard to see that." Julia said nervously to which MK smiled at.
"Thanks Julia…" MK said appreciatively before catching Julia in a one-armed hug which surprised Julia but she leaned into it nonetheless.
Author's Note: Yeah, I doubt I'm gonna surprise anyone when I say that Millie was always intended to be eliminated somewhere around this spot. The thing is, I didn't want a repeat of the canon episode where the heroes split their votes so I opted to just have Ally cash in her offer with Julia due to the fact Jake and Millie have been making her feel left out and despite her positive feelings on Millie, she needed to eliminate her for the sake of her game.
Now that we are at the final twelve and twelve contestants were eliminated, I can safely say we're doing the comeback challenge next episode. I'm curious to hear your predictions on that. Also, I'm case you haven't noticed, I fixed the dialogue in Episode 1 and de-canonized the idea that Chris is Kristal's father since I should've likely done that since the beginning and I never really planned to tie that in any meaningful way so hopefully you catch that when re-reading.
Hope you enjoyed this chapter, and I'll see you soon.
24th James
23rd Priya
22nd Miriam
21st Hunter
20th Ripper
19th Connor
18th Raj
17th Ellie
16th Tom
15th Fiore
14th Tess
13th Millie
Merge: Aiden, Alec, Ally, Bowie, Damien, Gabby, Grett, Jake, Julia, MK, Riya, Yul