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At three after a day of nothing Derrick came and got them to all get into the vans for a challenge.
"Maybe not..." Nicholas said sadly.
Lola had been doing stuff with Charlie all day (Is this okay Twisted) until at three Derick came and got them to go to the challenge and for once she was dissapointed.
Emily had been doing stuff with Maggie, Zac, and possibly Vivien (is this okay) until it happened.
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Maggie sighed when Derrick came up to the group. She had been speaking with Emily, Zac and Vivien and they were all wondering whether there would even be a challenge. Maggie had hoped there wasn't because she was still sore from the night before but she had to try her best and still show others that she was a strong competitor.
"I was sad that there was a challenge today in the first place, but he also says it's an hour drive. Gross," said Maggie.
Charlie was happy that there was a challenge today. He was getting used to these challenges and actually liked them. He didn't really care about his placing in them, just that they were fun. "Challenge," he said happily to Lola smiling like a dork.
"Once again I feel like I should win this one to be safe from elimination, and knowing that there are three immunity winners, it makes me a little less scared," said Jackson.
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When they made it out and the whole group was overlooking the ocean, Derrick came out and began to explain. "Alright guys, so as you can see behind you at the edge where the forest meets the beach, there are three large billboards. This is where you and two other competitors will be creating a puzzle made of 22 pieces. Where are the pieces, you may ask. They are far out in the ocean, floating and waiting for you to retrieve them."
There were several groans after hearing this, save a few who enjoyed so much physical activity. "Now, since you are in teams of three, there are going to be rules. At all times, one player must be standing at the puzzle, no exceptions. The other two may spread out however they want. They can both retrieve or one can run and one can retrieve. As long as someone is at the puzzle. And one last thing. One challenger can only take back one piece at a time. So this will get tiring. First team to finish the puzzle wins."
"So what are the teams?" interjected Matt, anxious to hear who he was with.
Derrick glared at him for a second and then announced the teams. "Nick, Vivien and Matt are a team."
"Hell yes, We got two strong competitors, me and Vivien and then Nick who is like the smartest guy here. We'll definitely win."
"Then Charlie, Jackson and Maggie. And that leaves Lola, Zac and Emily as a team. Alright guys go to your billboards and I'll give you ten minutes to decide a strategy."
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Charlie, Jackson and Maggie all got together. "I know you guys probably want me to be at the puzzle but I'm not very good at puzzles so maybe I should swim. But if you two really want to swim than I'll stay at the puzzle," said Maggie looking worried.
"No, I think we should have one person swim, the other person take the peices from the shore to the puzzle, and than one at the puzzle," said Jackson. The team agreed and had Charlie at the puzzle, Jackson swim and Maggie run.
"I think our team has a pretty good strategy. Hopefully we can win this," said Maggie smiling.
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"A team of three? This should be interesting." she said listening further to the rules.
"Hey, Matt, Nick." she said walking towards them smiling."We should make a plan fast. I think we can win this."
"GREAT TEAM we have."
"I suggest Nick stays on shore to resolve the puzzle. But I'm up to any ideea."
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"I agree Vivien." Nicholas said. Then he huddled up with them so no one would hear. "Now seeing as only one piece can be hold by a person at a time and it will get tiring I believe that what we should do is this; at first I will stay at the puzzle, Matt you will swim and find the pieces, then Vivien you will wait closer to the shore to receive the piece and bring it to me, then go back and retrieve the piece from Matt again when one of you gets tired then some one will replace you, so lets say Matt gets tired, then Vivien will swim, I will retrieve, and Matt will be by the puzzle. If I see any errors I will correct them. With this plan if your tired you get rest then your ready to go back in and the puzzle will be right and if it needs fixed it will be." Nicholas said a big plan he had and he hoped it would work. "Any questions or different plans?" Nicholas asked.
"Well this is okay, I'm great with team work and I'm not as dumb and weak as it seems." Emily said smiling.
When Emily found out Lola was a partner of hers she wasn't happy but she would work with it. "Okay here's my idea. You two swim and get on pieces, and I will put the pieces on the board if one of you gets tired say so and we'll switch spots." Emily said smiling.
"Okay challenge time." Lola said getting pumped.
Lola's happiness was short lasted when she found out she was working with Emily. But there was no way she was going to let this spoiled rotten girl get in her way of $300,000. The plan Emily came up with was actually pretty good. Everyone here was all around types smart and strong, this could work. "I hate to say this but I agree with your plan Emily." Lola stated.
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"I think our team has a pretty good chance of winning this challenge, and it'd be nice to have a win."
Zac nodded to the two girls. He didn't have the best chance of winning, but they still had a good one if they all pulled their own weight. He ran down to the edge of the beach and also got ready.
"Our strategy is for two of us to swim and run, that way we can get double the peices than if one ran and once swam."
Derrick sounded the horn, starting the time, and Zac and Matt both dived into the ocean. Zac was swimming as fast as possible to get the peice as quick as possible. Matt, however, took his time and paced himself, so he wouldn't get too tired too quickly.
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"I think we have a good strategy, a good team. The chances to win are good."
When Derrick sounded the horn, Matt started swimming and Vivien encouraged him "GO Matt!"
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"Jackson get's a cramp. He doesn't seem to be too good at any challenges that don't require wrestling," said Charlie.
Charlie quickly dove in and after a while, brought back six peices. Then they traded back now that Jackson's cramp was gone. Maggie tried to figure out the puzzle, but so far had the two bottom corners done only. She needed all of them to really figure it out completely. "C'mon guys!" she yelled down to Charlie and Jackson.
The group wasn't too far behind, but they weren't doing the best. They needed to get a little faster at the swimming part of the challenge.
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"I run, I lift, I play every sport you could think of. I'm not too in to swimming."
Matt had brought back four peices now, and knew he had brought back the least amount of peices in the amount of time that had passed, but he also saw that the others weren't pacing themselves like he was. Zac was slowing down already. After another few minutes, Matt now had ten peices and was actually in the front. He wasn't even tired yet.
"I could do this all day!" he yelled out to everyone else. He was being cocky, but whatever. From the looks of this, he could win, and then it wouldn't matter if people didn't like his attitude.
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"Matt, when you want I'm ready to change places with you, we don't want you to get too tired."
"Hopefully we'll win this"
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Nicholas was solving the puzzle with ease there were only a few pieces he didn't know what to do with but once he got new ones from Matt and Vivien he knew what to do with them. Eventually he got ten pieces from Matt and all were on the board correctly. 'only twelve more!' Nicholas thought eagerly. Everyone was handling things well.
"I'm not breaking a sweat with these pieces" Lola said reassuringly.
Zac got five pieces but was slowing down however, that was okay because she was getting pieces as well, she got five pieces but was starting to get tired and it looked as though Emily was having a hard time with the puzzle because she only had six pieces on the board. Lola ran up to Emily, "Lets switch." Lola said. "Okay" Emily replied and so they switched and Emily went into the water.
"Okay, things are going moderately for my group right now," Emily said wondering how things would turn out.
Emily was doing okay in the puzzle but she was wondering too much about how her opponents were doing, so it took her way off topic. She snapped out of her daze when Lola wanted to switch places with her. Emily went to swimming she was doing a bit better and got three pieces, she was pacing herself which was good but was also worrying which was bad. She also noticed Lola was struggling with the puzzle a bit as well.
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"My only idea to keep up and pull this one out is to get Jackson in the water too. Maybe we can get some feet if we both retrieve."
"Jackson!" Jackson could hear from the water. "Come out and swim too!" yelled Charlie. Jackson wasn't sure if it was a good idea, but decided to go ahead and get in. There wasn't time for disagreeing. Jackson ran down and dived in to retreive peices.
Maggie was having trouble still with the puzzle, and only had about half of the peices that she had recieved in the board. The others were confusing her. She wished she was swimming right now. Though she wasn't sure if that would turn out well either. All she could do was wait and hope that they could win. Maybe if they did win, it could pull Charlie and Jackson together and they might bury the small hatchet they had taken out in the past few days.
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After about ten minutes, Zac and Emily brought back all the rest of the peices. The other two teams were also finishing up and it was anyone's game. It was whoever got the peices up on the billboard the fastest.
Matt switched with Vivien so he wouldn't tire himself out. He wanted to go over to the board and help out Nick, but he seemed good by himself. At this point, Matt and Vivien would just get in his way. He decided to ask if he needed help anyways now that they had all of their peices. "Hey Nick, you need any help?"
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"Go Matt, those are the last pieces."she said handing the pieces to Matt and comming out of the water.
"Immunity here we come."