Theme Song
There are quick pans from one part of camp Wawanakwa to another. In these locations cameras pop out of every location, startling the local wildlife. A cue card marks the transition to a flying shot starting at the docks and Wawanakwa sign, through the camp, and over Chris drinking coffee
Dear mom and Dad I'm doin fine
You guys are on my mind
The camera dives off of the cliff into an underwater shot. Cameron, chokes out in fear as fish swim near him. A swimming Scott bumps into him after being pursued by a shark, and they both float to the surface
You asked me what I wanted to be,
and now I think the answer is plain to see!
The camera raises up to the surface of the water where Katie, rows a canoe. She relaxes before Jackson, leans over the canoe from the water and gives her a big scare. She pulls his mask off of him and it flies high in the sky
I wanna be... famous
The mask eclipses the sun before landing in the forest, where Trent is playing his guitar to gentle woodland animals. The mask lands on his head, knocking him out. The animals flee in front of the camera and into a tree, where both Shawn and Jasmine dangle from, before Shawn falls down
I wanna live close to the sun
The camera zooms to another part of camp, showing Leshawna and Heather in a raft and about to go over a waterfall. They are too busy fighting when the raft goes over
Go pack your bags 'cause I've already won
Ella and beardo are shown singing to woodland creatures over a rickety log in front of the waterfall as Leshawna and Heather scream behind them.
Everything to prove nothing in my way
Ella stands up and sings a tune before Izzy swings into her and they fly through the camp. they slam into the outhouse confessional and Tem stumbles out. Scarlett, about to use the outhouse, looks at tem with a determined glare.
I'll get there one day
The camera pans rapidly to the Main mess hall, where Chef's silhouette is visible in the window. He's hands deep in something murky and pulls out a seagull. He smirks and the camera turns to somecampers, Chloe, Dave, and Noah. Dave and Noah are tied up and look at each other fearfully in reaction to the dish while Chloe flips through her bible quickly
'Cause I wanna be famous!
The camera shifts to the right to show Duncan carving his name into the door of the main lodge. Courtney yanks his knife away and gives him a scolding glare
na-na nananananana, nanananananaaa
A quick zoom out the main door shows Ryan and Marilyn shaking hands before locking up for an arm wrestle. Further down the path Sky backflips out of sight into a cabin
I wanna be! I wanna be! I wanna be famous!
The camera goes down the docks to show Justin looking at himself through two different mirrors and he winks in one of them. The camera motion eventually turns to see Zoey walking down the dock, waving politely to the camera before she's pushed out of the way by another hand.
I wanna be- I wanna be famous
Dakota turns on her phone and starts an impromptu photo session. The camera moves away, much to her displeasure, and the camera focuses on the end of the dock. Beth begins to twirl a lit baton and launches it into the sky. The sky turns from blue to black as the baton's flames turn into the campfire's warm glow. Seated in front of the fire are Brick and Sammy, behind them is a large full moon. They lean in for a kiss but are interrupted by a marshmallow erupting in flames in front of them. The shot zooms out to show other campers all around the fire and whistling the last notes of the theme song
"What do you think they'll make us do?" Katie said to no one in particular.
"It's our first challenge, how hard can it be?" Dakota said.
"Rule one of horror movies- never ask how hard it could be. It's always worse than anticipated," Jackson stated through his mask. Just as quickly he spoke up, he shrunk when he felt the gaze of his fellow campers on him.
Confessional, Zoey
I can't imagine they do something completely insane out of the gate. That would be… well INSANE!
Confessional, Sky
I hope this challenge is something I can succeed at, you know? I know in these types of shows, showing off your strengths is usually a benefit.
"Shit." That was all Dakota could muster looking at the task at hand. A massive thousand foot cliff is where they all stood realizing that this upcoming challenge would not be so easy because it was their first.
"You just had to open your big mouth," Noah mumbled to Dakota.
"Okay. Today's challenge is three-fold. Your first task is to jump off this thousand-foot-high cliff into the lake,"
Confessional, Jackson
That's what she gets for breaking rule number one.
Confessional, Justin
You know… I'd be scared. But actually I've been looking into doing some diving photo shoots, so this could be some great practice.
Confessional, Katie
So this…. This is what they're going to make us do... I wish Sadie was here to help….
"Piece of cake," Marilyn smirked proudly. Several others were able to agree with her.
"If you look down, you will see two target areas. The wider area represents the part of the lake that we have stocked with psychotic HAHAHA man-eating sharks. Inside that area is a safe zone. That's your target area, which, we're pretty sure, is shark free," Chris explains.
"Excuse me?" Leshawna asked in shock.
Confessional, Izzy
HAHAHAHA! This is nothing compared to what the RCMP has done to try and capture me… oops did I say that?
"For each member of your team that jumps into the smaller circle and actually survives, there will be a crate of supplies waiting below. Inside each crate are supplies that you'll need for the second part of the challenge... building a hot tub. The team with the most people who jumped will get some wheelbarrows in order to make moving the parts much easier. The team with the best one gets to have a wicked hot-tub party tonight. The losers will be sending someone home. Let's see, Killer Bass, you're up first."
"So… who wants to go first?" Courtney asked.
"Don't worry guys. I heard that on these types of shows they have the interns test the challenges first to make sure they're safe," Tem explained.
Flashback Begins
"We need to test the stunts first. You know that," Chris explains to Chef.
"Do I look like an intern?"
"No, but the ones we had are all in the hospital. C'mon, just jump it, you big chicken. Bwak bwak bwak."
"I don't get paid enough for this, man." The massive Chef took a jump off the cliff with a manlier scream than Chris expected. The camera focused on his target and quickly panned once it was clever that the poor chef was nowhere near the target.
After a loud splash the black man bobbed up and down in the water. "Hey, I made it. I made it, man, uh. Something just brushed up by my foot. Hey, Chris, man, something ain't right down here." A similarly loud scream to the first one came from the water as Chef leaped out like a Looney Toon and ran to shore.
"Well, that seems safe enough," Chris says, checking something off of his clipboard.
Flashback Ends
"Sooooo, who's up?" Zoey asked the group.
The camera panned over both teams with a quick wipe as the sound of crickets echoed. The teams stood silent and still as statues. "It's a half hour show you guys," Chris said as he rolled his eyes.
Confessional, Chris
Technically it's more like forty-five minutes, as if I'm going to tell them that!
"Ladies first," Duncan replied. He received an ugly glare from Courtney and Tem.
"Fine. I'll go. It's clear that we need to get something done," Marilyn stated, jumping off the cliff into a perfect dive much to the awe of the other campers.
"If she can do it, I can to!" Katie said as confidence welled within her. "SADIEEEEE!" she shouted as she plummeted downwards. The poor girl landed on a buoy, but she was none the worse for wear, for she was safely within the safe circle.
Immediately after her, Izzy took a hop, skip, and a jump towards the cliff before stopping in midair. "Something's missing," she murmured. "AHA!"
With a yelp, Scott found himself thrown up in the air as Izzy flew off of the cliff. "KOWABUNGA GOPHARINOS!"
Scott landed on the cliff with a big sigh. "Why me?" he moaned.
"It wasn't going to be me," Duncan snorted. "Now if you'll excuse me." The punk walked off of the cliff with little fanfare, as he fell with his arms folded and a scowl on his face.
Dusting himself off, Scott looked to his team and stood up. The remaining non-jumpers looked at him with blank faces. Scott took one look at them, one look at the sharks, another look at the team, and closed his eyes. A loud screech ended, punctuated with a splash and a screech.
Confessional, Scott
I've got a strategy that'll take me to the finals. All I've gotta do is throw all the challenges and pin the blame on the biggest threat. But with twenty-eight players, I may just hold off for now and… get a feel for the competition.
Confessional, Marilyn
I don't know what these people are talking about. That was incredibly easy.
Confessional, Duncan
Easy peasy, and Scott and Katie both ate it. Honestly we're off to a great start haha!
"So far the Bass have as many points as they do jumpers! Will the rest of the Bass make it down?" Chris said to the camera.
"I'm sorry, there's no way I'm doing this," Heather said with a wary-but bitchy-glare towards her fellow teammates.
"Why not?" Chloe asked with her hand around her rosary.
"Uh, hello, national TV. I'll get my hair wet," Heather said, pointing to her hair as if it was obvious.
"You're kidding, right?" Jackson stated incredulously. "It's not even a thousand feet!"
"If she isn't going to do it, can I at least get a pass too," Cameron nervously asked.
"Oh you're doing it," Leshawna declared, strutting up to the queen bee.
"Says, who?" Heather scoffed..
"Says me. I'm not losing this challenge 'cause you got your hair ruined, you spoiled little daddy's girl."
"Back off, ghetto-glamor, too-tight-pants-wearing, rap-star wannabe."
"Mall-shopping, ponytail-wearing, teen-girl-reading, peeking in high school prom queen!"
"Well, at least I'm popular." That left many stunned and jaws on the floor. Amidst a smirking Noah, mortified Zoey, and self absorbed Justin, Leshawn rolled up her figurative sleeves.
"You're jumping!" The loudmouth shouted.
"Make me!" Heather said with a dismissive hair flip. In the blink of an eye, Leshawna walked over and picked Heather up. The queen bee screamed as she plummeted down to the water. "Leshawna, you are so dead!"she shouted from the water.
"Hey, I threw you into the safe zone, didn't I? Now I just hope I can hit it, too. AHHHHH"
Confessional, Heather
Leshawna is SO DEAD. D. E. A. D. She will be gone before you can even say pop star wannabe.
Confessional, Leshawna
I'm not losing the first challenge because some girl don't like wet hair.
Confessional, Beardo
I know I haven't talked a whole lot… But when people are fighting over the smallest things… I'm really nervous about saying the wrong thing.
Confessional, Zoey
I know we need the points, but I do feel a bit bad for Heather. She was basically forced into doing something she didn't want to do.
Jackson followed Heather and Leshawna into the water, with an unspectacular cannonball into the water, his mask somehow staying on during the impact. Beardo and Zoey followed suit, holding hands together as they looked at each other and nodded, before also leaping into the water together, Zoey screamed, while Beardo was trying to make a sort of whooshing sound.
Justin followed the duo into the water with a clean dive. With everyone staring at his sculpted muscles as he dove in. However he missed the target, but as soon as everyone's panic set it, it quickly subsided as Justin rose from the water being carried by the two man eating sharks.
"Dear God, give me the strength to make this jump," Chloe prayed. Getting off her knees she closed her eyes and lept off the edge of the cliff, barely making it into the circle but still she managed to stay shark free.
Confessional, Justin
What can I say? Humans and animals love me.
Confessional, Ella
I know Justin is conventionally attractive, but if animals love him too then that's a massive bonus. What a prince
Confessional, Chloe
I thank the Lord for being with me through that horrendous fall, I know his light will shine on us. (she smiles a relaxed smile) But we better be on his good side to keep winning and one person can only do so much.
"Yeah... I'm not jumping," Courtney hesitated. She let her breath out in an exhale with hesitation.
"You sure? You'll have to wear this chicken hat for the rest of the day and go down the escalator of shame," Chris taunted.
"It's a calculated risk. I'm looking at their team and I don't think they'll all jump."
"Well here's your chicken hat and please take the escalator of shame." Courtney took her hat and put it on her head as she walked towards the conveniently placed escalator to head down to the beach.
Confessional, Courtney
I'll take my chances with the chicken hat. We're clearly stronger than the other group.
"What's taking so long?" Duncan asked his team, holding his hand up to his unibrow to block out the sun as he stared at the cliff.
"I think Cameron is still up there," Katie responded.
"That runt," Heather scoffed. "He should just give up now." Her team shooting glares at her.
"Come on Cameron, you can do it!" Zoey yelled up to the bubble boy.
"I can do this. I can do this," Cameron mumbled to himself, trying to hype himself up.
Confessional, Ryan
I'm looking at this guy thinking, there is no way he's going to survive this. He is going to die.
Confessional, Heather
There was no way this guy could actually survive this. He would physically break himself in half if he jumped.
"I'm going to freaking die now. I'm going to freaking die. Tell my mama I love her," Cameron says as he stared down to the water below him. He backed up and got a running start and jumped into the water.
As he pummeled down to the bottom he screamed "I WANT MY BUBBLE!" and as he landed a very small splash was left in his wake.
Confessional, Cameron
(sopping wet)
Plummeting down took me an estimated five seconds. I weigh only a mere forty kilograms. I was hitting the water at an estimated four hundred and fifty or so newtons. My calculations may be off because, at that moment, the internal voice in my head was screaming for the bubble. Now that I've jumped, it is not so bad…
(A butterfly flies onto his head, tipping his down)
BUT I STILL WANT MY BUBBLE!
"Well then. Gophers, all of you need to jump in order for you to gain the advantage. If you don't jump you'll meet the same fate as Courtney," Chris announced to the Gophers
"Okay, guys, who's up first?" Trent asked the group.
The Gophers looked between each other, none wanting to jump off the cliff towards their possible doom. Eventually the resident cadet in training step forward, "As a military man it's my duty to lead us into battle, so I'll take the first plunge,"
Brick walked to the edge of the cliff and looked over the edge. Worry was clearly written all over his face as he looked over the edge. But he quickly turned his facial expression into one of bravery and leapt off of the cliff and into the circle below.
"Nice one mate," Jasmine comments. "Come on guys, we can do this." Jasmine trying to motivate her team to follow Brick's example who she herself followed by jumping into the water.
Confessional, Jasmine
I like to think I'm a natural-born leader. Back at home, I'm always leading the charge when the wallabies invade. But Brick's a real trooper. I wouldn't mind standing behind him every once in a while.
Confessional, Brick
As the leader of this squadron I appreciate Jasmine stepping up like that. She showed some true character there.
Ryan dove in next, or more so belly flopped as he landed squarely on his stomach as he fell into the water, leaving a massive splat ringing throughout everyone's ears as they winced in pain. Sky dove in next doing a multitude of flips, showing off her skills, diving in right next to where Ryan belly flopped. And finally Shawn dove in, doing a surprisingly perfect form dive entering the water without even making a sound.
Confessional, Ryan
No comment
Confessional, Shawn
You gotta learn how to make as little sound as possible, or else those zombies will find you before you know it!
"Is this pond even sanitary?" Dave asked Chris
"About as sanitary as a fish poop filled pond can be," Chris replied.
"Technically it's a lake," Scarlett murmured. She was largely ignored but she seemingly took no mind.
"Maybe you should jump, some of the others on our team like Sky and Ryan would see that as a reason to keep you here," Trent says to the germaphobe.
"Yeah you're right…" Dave says, pausing for a bit, trying to motivate himself to make the jump. The neatfreak put another glob of hand sanitizer on his hand as he looked down. Tem walked up next to him, placing a hand on his shoulder, causing him to jump with fright, causing him to lose his balance as he fell into the shark infested waters. Like a Scooby Doo scene he leapt out of the waters and sprinted to shore.
"I DON'T LIKE BEING TOUCHED!" Dave yelled, huffing and puffing.
"Um sorry," Tem squeaked out. As she leapt into the water, trying to hide her bright red face from her fellow campers.
Confessional, Trent
We need all the help we can get at this point, so sort of tricking Dave into jumping wasn't all bad… Or I guess, Tem did most of the work.
Confessional, Tem
I just wanted to help Dave out, you know. He was struggling to get it together. At least he jumped I guess.
Confessional, Dave
This has gone far from according to plan. Not even close! As a germaphobe, I hate being touched because it gets someone else's germs all over me, that's why I keep several cans of hand sanitizer, and if I can extra pairs of disposable gloves.
"Well, Dakota, do you want to go next?" Trent asked the mogul.
"As if!" Dakota said. "My stylists tell me that I need to remain cut and dry with this new hair for at least one day."
"Well that's too bad because your hair is gonna be covered with the stylish latex chicken cap!" Chris sardonically replied.
"Okay," Dakota said. "You may not know this about me but I did make it on the cover of Teen Bleep Monthly with my daddy wearing an entirely latex vest!"
Confessional, Dakota
Like I'd jump off that cliff. I deserve to be here and with my popularity I should be here for a while. And besides, my paparazzi was here.
"The escalator for chickens is that a-way." Dakota looked down the escalator and was bombarded with flashes. She struck poses as the escalator lowered her down. "For crying out loud. What do we have for paparazzi, Chef?"
"We can sick the sharks on those fools," Chef said.
"Nah, we need them for the challenge. And they don't have security contracts yet. Just try to ram their boat or whatever they have."
"I shall go next!" Ella proclaimed.
"Go ahead Princess," Noah deadpanned. As Ella skipped off of the platform her scream seemed to be rather musical. The camera panned down to the side of the cliff where it was apparent that some birds were going down with her. Chris looked over the side and blinked unknowingly. The birds managed to fly down fast enough to catch her, and then carry her to the beach where she was safely placed down.
Confessional, Chris
I don't like that she cheated the challenge like that, but I can at least admit that it was kind of cool, so I'll let it slide for now.
Confessional, Ella
That was so much fun! Thank you my birdy friends (she had several birds on her shoulders, lap and head as she sat in the confessional)
"Okay if the rest of you can make it down then you'll be able to gain the advantage," Chris remarked.
"So you want to go Sammy?" Trent asked.
"Sure," the cheerleader said. With a deep breath and a grin she jumped off of the cliff with a flip and landed squarely in the center of the inner circle. "I'm alright!" she said. No sooner had those words exited her mouth that Trent made a splash from high above.
"Sorry Sammy," he apologized.
"It's alright, don't worry!" Sammy replied, as the pair swam to shore.
Confessional, Sammy
That was so scary, yet exhilarating! Amy would NEVER do that!
"Three to go," Noah said as he looked over, a notable shade of green covering his head. "I'll see you on the other side, ladies. Now that could be hell or it could be this earthly realm, but I'll see you around."
The egghead threw up, covered a hapless shark way below him, who dove in the water to clean himself. Noah took his plummet shortly after. "Gross, but it worked! Noah has landed in the safe zone!"
Confessional, Noah
They better not air that on television. They should just cut to me in the water, and poof all is well in the world.
"And I shall not jump," Scarlett said astutely.
"But why?" Beth inquired. "Just because it's tall doesn't mean we can't survive."
The redhead flashed a glare at the farm girl and took her to the side. "It's a calculated risk my friend. Falls of at least forty-five feet may in fact cause a fair bit of injuries and improper landings may result in paralyzation of the lower half of the body. Besides, I am not going to be the first to ignore the risks of falling. Remember our dear Dakota did so?"
Beth started to think for a minute before she finally nodded. "One of the poultry hats made from the hevea tree please," Scareltt said.
Confessional, Beth
Wow! Maybe I should stick with Scarlett, she has such a good point.
Confessional, Scarlett
Dakota isn't exactly someone I would call intelligent. But she was right, that jumping on a cliff this high, is incredibly risky and unsafe.
"Umm," Beth peeped. "Since both Scarlett and Dakota didn't make it, that means we lost, didn't we?"
"Huh?" Chris turned around. "Oh, well, since Dave didn't make it into the safe area then he didn't earn a point either. You don't have to jump then."
"...do I still have to wear the chicken hat?"
"Bawk-Bawk!" Chris replied.
As the farm girl made it down the escalator, Chris put a megaphone to his mouth and directed his voice to the campers. "THANKS TO THREE NON JUMPERS AND ONE FAILED JUMPER, THE GOPHERS HAVE IN FACT LOST! CONGRATULATIONS KILLER BASS! YOU GUYS GET THE WHEELBARROWS! Screaming Gophers you get nothing. Now get going. These parts aren't going to move themselves."
Confessional, Courtney
I told you. A calculated risk
The camera cut to a time skip to show the Killer Bass were moving along at a solid pace. While Singing Ninety-Nine Bottles of Pop on the Wall, celebrating their victory. The Gophers on the other hand were a bit more dysfunctional.
"You guys seriously couldn't jump? We all did," Shawn chastised the three chickens.
"In both Scarlett and I's defense we would've lost no matter what," Beth countered.
"What do you mean?" Ryan asked the farm girl, shoving his box forward another few feet.
"Even if Scarlett or I jumped, we still would've lost because Dave missed the circle," Beth replied, earning a nod from Scarlett, and a scowl from Dave.
Confessional, Beth
If I want to work with Scarlett I may as well try and make her look good too, you know?
Confessional, Dave
Yeah, throw me under the bus. Yippee!
"I guess that makes sense, Chris would need a tie breaker," Sky mused, as she shoved her box another foot.
"Wait, didn't Justin not make it into the circle either?" Tem pointed out, looking to her pushing partner Ella for agreement.
"Yeah I think so, but I guess when sharks carry you to shore you get a bonus point," Ryan joked, earning a chuckle from some of the Gophers.
"Well in any case, I think we know where to direct our blame," Noah stated, shooting a glance at Dakota.
"Woah guys we haven't lost yet, we can still win this," Brick stated, trying to turn their attention back to the challenge, as he heaved his box forward.
"With how things are going Brick, I don't think we'll make it back in time to build this hot tub," Noah deadpanned, struggling to move his box with Trent even a little bit.
"With that attitude we won't," Brick countered.
Confessional, Noah
Brick is going to get on my nerves isn't he. That said, I'm keeping an eye on Scarlett and Beth, that excuse seemed a little convenient.
Confessional, Brick
This platoon is going to have no room for negative Nancies! We won't win a single challenge with that attitude!
The Screaming Gophers trudged on as they pushed and shoved their crates to the campsite. All the while the Killer Bass had marched on without much fanfare. The group was singing Ninety-Nine Bottles of Pop on the Wall as if they didn't have a care in the world.
"You know guys, I think we've got quite a strong team here. If we keep it up we may all make it to merge thanks to the help of our Lord!" Chloe said cheerfully.
"Never get your hopes up, it always leads to bad things happening," Jackson said ominously, passing Chloe with his wheelbarrow.
"So, you haven't spoken much Jackson. Aloof and recessive. Why is that?" Katie asked, walking up to the taller boy, joining him on his wheelbarrow.
"Oh um," Jackson stuttered. "I'm just super into horror films. Especially Slasher flicks. I guess I just like living them," Jackson explained to the tan girl.
"Oh that's cool, what got you into that sort of stuff. Between you and me I can't stomach watching those movies," Katie replied, imitating a vomiting motion.
Even through his mask, Jackson's emotion of confusion permeated through. Though somewhat alert, Katie's presence was appreciated. But there'd be time to tell if she was genuinely nice or trying to use him. Only time would tell but she seemed alright for now. "My uncle used to watch horror movie marathons with me and I just got hooked. Good or bad I just liked them." A slight chuckle escaped Jackson's mouth as he explained his past.
Confessional, Jackson
A lot of people don't really like talking to me, so Katie talking to me at least comes off as odd. I mean, wouldn't they rather talk to Heather or someone more typical?
Confessional, Katie
I just know my BFFL Sadie is cheering for me back home. Especially since a hot guy is talking to ME! EEEEEEE!
"Wow, the slasher killer can laugh, who would've thought?" Heather joked.
"What was the point of that comment, Heather?" Katie asked the Asian girl.
"I'm just pointing out what I see."
"Yeah right," Marilyn scoffed, walking up next to Katie and Jackson with her own wheelbarrow.
Confessional, Heather
I almost hope we lose this challenge, because these people are annoying! With a capital A!
The Bass managed to arrive at the campsite well before the Gophers and began to open their crates, however Chris had other ideas.
"Campers, I am NOT sorry to say, but you have to open these crates with your teeth," Chris laughed maniacally
"When was this a rule?" Courtney questioned, her eyes twitching in agitation.
"Since now!" Chris cackled.
"Ugh, well does anyone have an idea?" Courtney asked her team, turning away from the host.
"I do!" Izzy offered excitedly! Running over to the crate Courtney was working on.
"It better not involve destroying my teeth, those are not muscles that I can use without my mouthguard!" Justin exclaimed, earning some sideways glances.
"Teeth are bones Justin…" Marilyn deadpanned.
Confessional, Izzy
I don't know why these people are so mad about the teeth thing, I think it's a fun rule!
Confessional, Beardo
Thousand foot cliff dive, followed up by opening crates with teeth. What did I get myself into?
Confessional, Justin
I've never really needed to use my brain in school. I've only needed to look pretty, and to occasionally do something athletic.
"Ugh, at this rate we'll never make it," Dakota complained, throwing her hands up in the air in frustration.
"We wouldn't have this problem if you had jumped," Tem pointed out.
"Whatever," Dakota scoffed, dispatching the comment with a wave of her hand.
"Guys keep in mind. It isn't about who gets there first, it's about who builds the best hot tub, we still have a chance," Beth said, trying to encourage the group, as she and Scarlett tried to keep pushing their crate.
"Yeah, but it's not like we have all day," Dave replied, his voice clearly indicating he was annoyed.
"Well at the pace we're at, we'll be back at camp within the next hour," Scarlett calculated.
'Then let's get moving," Jasmine said, pushing her crate.
Confessional, Dakota
These people need to start recognizing me for how awesome I am, or else they are going to pay!
Confessional, Tem
Where did casting find these people? Like did Dakota pay to get on the show or something? I mean I guess the good thing about her is she doesn't appear to be a liar, just very… conceited I believe to be the word.
After an hour, like Scarlett had predicted, the Gophers managed to arrive at the campsite with their crates. However they saw that the Bass were already building their hot tub in a rather orderly fashion. Courtney led the charge with the assistance of Cameron, they were building their hot tub up piece by piece. The Gophers had begun to open their crates for Chris to arrive saying that they must open their crates with their teeth further dampening the mood amongst the Gopher team.
"How did you guys manage to get yours open?" Brick asked the Bass team, who all stared directly at Izzy.
"Well what we did…" Izzy began, before Leshawna walked over and put a hand over the red head's mouth.
"Y'all just gotta figure it out, sorry!" Leshawna exclaimed, dragging Izzy back over to the Bass side.
Confessional, Izzy
Leshawna was right to muzzle me like that. What we did is better left off camera.
After yet another hour of arguing and struggling the Gopher team had finally managed to open their crates. Meanwhile the Bass had already begun to fill their hot tub with water with an efficient water bucket passing system. The Gophers, realizing how far they had fallen behind, rushed to finish their hot tub. Some of the more level headed team members managed to keep the team in check. However they were pressed for time.
Despite Scarlett's complaints the Gophers hastily put together a hot tub which looked as if it was held together by string and duct tape rather than screws and nails as it should've been. After both teams had finished their hot tubs Chris walked into view inspecting each hot tub thoroughly. He was genuinely impressed by the Bass creation. However when he got to the Gopher's tub it broke into a multitude of pieces causing the water to go everywhere.
"Well I think we all know who won that competition… Killer Bass you have won, you get your hot tub for the rest of the season and you don't have to go to the Bonfire Ceremony tonight. Screaming Gophers I'll be seeing you guys later.
Confessional, Ella
Well we gave it our all! It sucks that someone has to go home though.
Confessional, Beth
I was really hoping we'd win the first challenge. I've seen a couple of Survivor seasons, the first boot is usually laughed at and then forgotten, I don't want that to be me.
Confessional, Chloe
I knew my prayers would be answered!
Confessional, Cameron
I am so glad we won that. I know Courtney didn't jump, but look at me! I look like I still belong in my bubble.
The campers gathered in the Mess Hall for dinner. The Gophers and Bass each went to their respective tables. The Bass were gleeful with their recent challenge win, with cheers of delight coming from their table. Whereas the Gophers were stressing on who to eliminate, nervous beads of sweat formed on many Gopher's faces.
"I for one think we should eliminate rich girl over there," Noah stated, jabbing a finger at Dakota, not holding back, allowing for some of the more nervous Gophers to breathe a sigh of relief.
"Woah, I'm a valuable team member. I'm way more athletic and popular than brace face over there," Dakota says using her head to point in Beth's direction, who looked incredibly shocked.
"Insulting each other isn't going to get us anywhere," Ryan intervened, folding his arms together.
"Ryan is right. Perhaps we should make this decision on our own?" Trent wondered aloud.
"No, maybe we should make it as a group so the person that goes isn't surprised," Tem suggested, earning a few nods of agreement.
"I get not wanting to stab someone in the back, but like Trent said we aren't going to get anywhere by having an open forum," Jasmine added.
"Well, Scarlett, Beth, and Dakota all didn't jump," Sky began. "However even if Beth and Scarlett had jumped we'd have lost according to Chris. I think it's safe to say who we should vote for," Sky said with a shrug of her shoulders.
"At this point is it even a question," Shawn mused.
"Guys hear me out. Beth and Scarlett aren't that good physically. This competition is a physical competition and I'm good at that," Dakota argued, a look of panic forming on her makeup covered face.
"Dakota, how can we know that if you didn't even try to jump," Ryan stated to the daddy's girl.
"Come on guys," Dakota pleaded using a set of puppy dog eyes that got multiple eyebrow raises and looks of disgust from her teammates.
Confessional, Dakota
My puppy dog eyes never fail. I'm for sure safe tonight.
Confessional, Noah
She's gone.
Confessional, Sammy
That was intense. Aren't shows like this supposed to have people discussing amongst each other, rather than in one big group?
Confessional, Sky
If there is one thing I cannot stand, it is quitters. Always annoyed me when someone gave up during a gymnastics meet because they were losing.
Elimination Ceremony
"Killer bass, at camp marshmallows represent a tasty treat that you enjoy roasting by the fire. At this camp marshmallows represent life," Chris begins, "You've all cast your votes and made your decision. There are only thirteen marshmallows on this plate. When I call your name, come up and claim your marshmallow. The camper who does not receive a marshmallow tonight must immediately return to the dock of shame to catch the boat of losers. That means you're out of the contest and you can never come back... EVER. The first marshmallow goes to... Brick."
"Jasmine."
"Alright thanks mates," Jasmine says, walking up to collect her marshmallow.
"Ryan."
"Sky."
"Shawn."
"Dave."
"Oh thank you, I'm not the first boot," Dave mumbled to himself as a sigh of relief escaped his lips.
"And Trent you're safe as well."
'Cool bro," Trent responded
"Tem."
"Yes," Tem cheered
"Sammy." As Chris said her name a sigh of relief escaped the cheerleader's mouth.
"Noah."
"Naturally," Noah replied.
"And Ella. You all have safety this week as well."
"Now there are two marshmallows left and all three of you didn't jump today," Chris begins after handing out some of the final marshmallows. "But Scarlett, your brains seem to have some value to this team so you're safe as well," Chris says tossing the brainiac a marshmallow.
"Now this is the final marshmallow." Chris held up the marshmallow holding it between the nervous nail biting Beth and the confident nail filing Dakota. "Dakota you're a spoiled rich brat, and Beth you're less annoying, but still annoying. However your team has decided that Beth will be staying in the competition."
"What? Are you guys kidding me? I'm by far the richest and most famous here and you chose to eliminate me? I haven't even gotten far enough to get my own spin off series yet," Dakota wailed in anger.
"Chef, angry contestant at the bonfire," Chris called over his walkie talkie.
Chef then appeared from the dock grabbing the spoiled rich girl and throwing her over his shoulders. Placing her into the boat. She had gone from anger to pouting as she was placed on to the Boat of Losers.
The camera cut to the front of the Bass cabin as the Bass were all giddy with joy from their first win of the season, waiting for the soon to be thirteen Gophers to arrive at the campground. Most of the Bass had left their hot tub and were now drying off on their porch with some white towels from the communal bathrooms.
"So who do you think they voted out?" Duncan asks the farm boy Scott.
"I bet they voted out that rich girl, she didn't jump and she was really annoying," Scott guessed. "That's just asking to be the first boot."
"You never know, they may eliminate Scarlett for being a threat with her brain," Justin offers, taking a seat next to the two boys on the porch.
"There's twenty eight people here, I think as a team you'd want to eliminate your weaker links now and wait for the numbers to thin out a bit before eliminating your stronger players," Duncan explains, earning a nod from Scott.
"Dakota is also pretty in shape though, can't fault her there. You can make an argument to eliminate Beth. Not athletically gifted but is really nice. She'd probably get some votes if she made it to the end," Marilyn explains joining in on the conversation.
"A little early to be talking about the end, don't you think girl?" Leshawna mused.
"No, it's never too early to plan ahead," Marilyn offered.
The others seemed to give a silent nod of agreement. The buy in was a dollar a piece as no one aside from Dakota was made of money. Along with the aforementioned five, Izzy, Katie, and Beardo all bought in.
"Gambling is sinning, you know!" Chloe exclaimed, earning several eye rolls from her fellow teammates.
"I don't care much for the sinning part, but underaged gambling is illegal, you know," Courtney added.
"Yeah yeah, whatever princess. They're not going to come after us for all betting one single Canadian dollar," Duncan replied with an eye roll, earning a nod of disapproval from Courtney.
"Alright so who thinks Dakota is going home?" Duncan asks the group. Izzy, Katie, Scott, Beardo and Duncan himself raised their hands.
"Alright, who thinks Beth is going home?" Only Marilyn raises her hand in response.
"And I assume you guys think Scarlett is going," Duncan said, pointing to Leshawna and Justin, both nodding.
"It's fair to say that if none of those three go, the Gophers are stupid, but who knows," Marilyn stated, earning some nods of agreement.
The Bass team waited for their opponents to return from their bonfire ceremony. One by one they all arrived. Tem, Ryan, Jasmine, Sky and so on they all came into view. Eventually Beth came into view talking Sammy's ear off. This caused Marilyn to curse. Eventually Scarlett came into view causing Duncan and Scott to high five each other as the three losers paid the winners their winnings.
Duncan waved over Trent and Ryan to their cabin to ask about the ceremony to see what happened.
"What happened fellas?" The aforementioned punk asked.
"The vote was practically unanimous, Dakota was gone no matter what," Ryan stated, with a shrug of his shoulders.
"Yeah, as much as the first ceremony was nerve racking, I think we all knew who was going. Dakota whined, but that was sort of expected with her personality," Trent added.
"Who'd Dakota vote for, you guys know?" Scott asked the duo.
"Probably Beth, she was in the bottom two with her," Ryan responded.
"Well thanks fellas, and good luck tomorrow. You'll need it," Duncan says, extending his hand to Ryan who accepted the handshake.
"Same to you guys," Ryan replied, smiling as he and Trent walked to their cabin.
Meanwhile Scarlett who was watching the affair turned and looked towards the camera,
"Are you recording this? Good. They can enjoy their little party all they want, but I am gonna win this competition and no one's going to stop me," Scarlett stated, staring into the camera lens intently, her glasses giving off a shiny glint before she walked off screen.
Final Confessional, Dakota
Ugh, my team is full of idiots. They kept that girl Beth over me. I'll find a way back on to this show and get my spin off series no matter what. But if I had to choose who could win, I guess Jasmine or Ryan, they're both physically gifted and seem socially accepted among the team but you never know.
Votes
Tem: I don't want to be the mean girl but that Dakota really is dragging us down.
Trent: Yeah I think we've all agreed that Dakota should go
Ryan: Yeah I'm going Dakota. Let's be real here, she does not belong on this show.
Dave: Yeah I'm voting for the spoiled rich brat Dakota
Sky: I guess I'll go Dakota, rather keep Scarlett or Beth over her
Jasmine: I think in another time Dakota and I could be friends but now is not that time
Shawn: The pretty blonde girl almost always goes early in a zombie apocalypse, so see ya never Dakota.
Scarlett: This team once you cut away the fat isn't a bad team. However the likes of Sky, Jasmine, Brick, and Ryan will all need to go eventually before merge but now is not the time. Bye Dakota.
Noah: Need I explain why I'm voting out Dakota.
Sammy: I don't have any ill will towards Dakota but she's a detriment to our team.
Ella: I don't want to vote anyone out but I guess I'll vote Dakota out.
Beth: I guess I'll vote Dakota, not like there's a lot of choices here.
Brick: As much as I don't want to leave a soldier behind, I think Dakota leaving this platoon is for the best.
Dakota: Obviously they'll vote Beth as I'm clearly the better person to keep.
LordGemini: I'm glad you enjoyed it, I hope you rise on Marilyn as time passes, and I'm glad you enjoyed Dakota. We have our plans for Chloe as well.
Nobody245 Well you were wrong on Beardo, We'll see on your Katie and Jackson prediction, and we already talked on OCs, but if anyone has an OC they're interested in submitting then feel free I'm always willing to provide feedback.
Gucci Mane LaFlare: I'm glad you enjoyed it. And no OCs will overshadow anyone. They'll all be treated fairly.
Mysteryals: Mysteryals, here you are.
Guest: We'll see if your thoughts come true. I'll disclose that Zoey is not getting with anyone this season at least. Glad you enjoyed..
(Note by RJ, 2024): Hey everyone, thanks again for rereading this rewritten chapter. This is more in line with our standard styles of writing by the time you read this. We want to thank our initial writers for reading and helping provide the skeleton, but now we're adding more meat to the great structure we initially had. Once again, thanks for reading.
Eliminated
28th: Dakota (13-1)
Screaming Gophers Tem, Trent, Ryan, Dave, Sky, Jasmine, Shawn, Scarlett, Noah, Sammy, Ella, Beth, Brick
Killer Bass: Jackson, Marilyn, Chloe, Courtney, Duncan, Cameron, Zoey, Heather, Scott, Katie, Izzy, Leshawna, Beardo, Justin