The rest of team one

You knew the distinct voices of Duncan, Gwen, and Courtney, although the girls seemed to be arguing. About what? You’re not sure if even they knew, for you heard the overlapping over words nonstop. It kind of hurt your ears, on top of the headache from those darts. Next up, another contestant came up to you, quietly. “You ok, buddy?” It was Cody who arrived at the same time as Izzy, Owen, and Noah. Cody prodded you again. “Here. Take these. I don’t know but they might help.” Cody handed you some pills and helped you up.

Looking around, you saw Gwen, Courtney, and Duncan tied together with a rope not even across the finish line yet. Noah and Owen slowly followed a quick and jumpy Izzy, for some reason she was also nude. She started to handspring across the line, into team one. Duncan finally dragged the other two across the line. You also noticed that Heather was already there, having let you go. Cody helped you across the finish line and let you down. You were thankful that Heather suggested to go out naked, as the sun beat down, be it her intention or not. Owen and Noah walked across the line and was put into team two by Chris. Sierra showed up and pouted at the sight of missing out on being in Cody’s team. The sentiment was not shared by Cody. Tyler showed up coming from the top this time, followed by Bridget and Lindsay.

Nothing happened for minutes before Chris got bored and was taken to the plane. People also got bored and started making small talk, also partially because there were still sounds of arguing from Gwen and Courtney. “How’d Izzy end up... like me?” I quietly asked Noah.

“Owen and her had an idea to dress her like a mummy. When we unraveled her, her clothes were gone, most likely stuck to the linen.” He smirked. “She didn’t just keep the stuff on?” I asked.

“Izzy’s kinda cuckoo up there.” He said bleakly.

I listened to something over by Heather. It was unmistakably Sierra’s voice. “You think you can steal my Cody-bear by seducing him with your ‘naked’ ‘body’? Well, I’ll show you!” Sierra started to strip herself and tried to get Cody’s attention. He tried to not care. Meanwhile, Heather looked stuck between correcting her on why she’s naked and enjoying the humiliation of another competitor. I couldn’t help but feel the same. Then something clicked. I walked over to Heather, pulling her aside.

“I think we can ‘help’ our competitors, ruin them, and look a little more normal at the same time. Some are easily persuaded, take Sierra for instance, who thought it was seduction. Look at her now. Just a little persuasion is all it takes.” Heather smiled and said, “Now, you’re getting the hang of strategy.”