Holding Out for a Hero

Plot
The episode opens with a wide shot of the island of Wawanakwa. It's dawn, and the camera zooms into the luxury cabin.

Annie and Alex are sitting in one of the bedrooms each on separate beds. Annie is telling him about Colby’s frustration with Kirsten, and talks about her paranoia potentially being dangerous down the road. Alex agrees, but wonders when is the right time to vote her out. Alex says he also doesn’t trust Izzy still after everything that went down in Disney World and Annie nods her head.

Annie (CONF): Honestly this game is getting very stressful with all these moving parts and not ever really knowing who to trust

Nico, Beyla and Miller walk in, and Alex says he really trusts the four of them, and they should make a pact to stick together. The four all agree, and they shake, officially solidifying an alliance of five.

Alex (CONF): Lord let’s hope this works

Miller (CONF): Let’s do this

Nico (CONF): *nods head*

The five all begin laughing and jumping on Annie’s bed as the scene shifts to breakfast. Kirsten sits there alone, panicking as to everyone’s whereabouts.

Kirsten (CONF): I feel like it’s a matter of time before they pick me off, I have to make a move

She walks into the workout room where Zach is lifting and Lauren is sweating as she walks on a Stairmaster. Kirsten gets their attention, and asks them if they trust Annie. Both look at each other curiously, and Kirsten begins talking to them as the scene pans past Colby sitting and reading by the fire and Eli asleep in a rocking chair on the front porch, ending at Team Waka’s cabin.

Vani, Mary, Paige, Rourke, Garrett and Phillippa are all congregated on the girl’s side of the cabin, as they comfort a visibly upset Ani.

Ani (CONF): *sniffling* I just don’t understand why he didn't believe me

She keeps trying to explain that she didn’t vote for him at the last campfire ceremony, and Vani shoots Garrett a look of guilt as Paige shifts uncomfortably.

Paige (CONF): Alright, we get it, you voted for me

Duncan sits on the front porch, pondering.

Duncan (CONF): Damn, our team is down to eight people? It feels like just yesterday we had the full sixteen

*flashback to Duncan laughing with Hank at breakfast in the luxury cabin, and a deep conversation with Sibu on the jumbo jet*

Garrett comes out to join him, and Duncan tells him he’s scared now about his place in the game. His alliance is down to just him, Mary and Ani against Phillippa, Paige and Rourke, giving Garrett and Vani full power as the swing vote. Garrett shifts uncomfortably, but tells him he wouldn’t be opposed to working together. Duncan looks intrigued as the scene shifts to Team Booty’s cabin. Grant and Kelsey nod as they talk to Wilson and Townes on the boy’s side.

Grant (CONF): Yeah I mean I guess they do have good points

The two are arguing that if they continue working with Helina, once Townes and Wilson are voted out then the two of them will be next, as it’s unlikely Helina, Gianna, Sofia, Ranjitha and Archer will turn on each other. Kelsey asks who he thinks would try to flip, and Townes says they don’t need someone to flip, he just needs Archer and Helina to turn on each other again for their next elimination ceremony, which seems to be a recurring trend on Team Booty. Grant and Kelsey look at each other, and the four shake hands, solidifying Grant and Kelsey as members of Kirk Alert (although now without Kirk).

On the girl’s side, Gianna, Archer, Sofia, Ranjitha and Helina are discussing whom they think they should vote out next. Helina is a strong proponent of voting out Grant, for being a huge athletic threat, but Archer questions why they haven’t voted out Wilson yet, given his obvious strategic prowess and how many times they've tried. Gianna argues that they need to be unified now because they’re about to lose the numbers.

Gianna (CONF): Before I came they voted out Sammi and those two other girls, and since I've joined we've lost Fiona, Yuri and Myra…and we've only managed to take out Sam and Kirk, how the hell are Wilson and Townes still in the game y'all

A loud honking suddenly rings throughout the cabins. Everyone groans as they see Chris standing next to a large yellow school bus, driven by Chef.

Paige (CONF): This just can’t be good

Chris tells them they’re taking a field trip for today’s challenge.

Miller (CONF): A field trip?

Kelsey (CONF): Don't we literally have a jumbo jet for this very reason?

Sofia (CONF): This just can’t be good

They file in and the bus drives to the edge of the island and onto a boat, which promptly sets sail.

Zach (CONF): Yeah this absolutely can not be good

On the bus, everyone laughs as Duncan leads cheers, Zach sleeps with his eyes partially open, and Annie and Gianna each tell a funny story. After an indeterminate amount of time, the bus stops in the parking lot of an abandoned film lot. Everyone unloads and on one side of Chris is a dark blue mat, and on the other side is a deep red one. Next to him is Samantha from season one, who happily greets Beyla and Alex.

Samantha (CONF): It's such a bummer I couldn't be on this second season dude

Murmurs erupt from the crowd, as talks of a team switch or merge begin to fly. The confessional camera is set up in a dressing room.

Nico (CONF): Damn this could change everything

Garrett (CONF): I really wouldn’t hate a team switch

Chris hushes the contestants, and tells them there is a team switch, but only for today’s challenge. The twenty-eight remaining contestants look confused. Chris tells them that the smallest team right now – Team Waka, will be split. Three will go to Team Glory, deemed the “heroes”.

Miller (CONF): I mean makes sense given the people on Team Booty are crazy

And six to Team Booty deemed the “villains.”

Sofia (CONF): Wait what? Why are we the villains?

He welcomes them to the "Heroes vs. Villains" special, and how he is excited to get them started on today's tortu- challenge.

He tells Team Waka that the three heroes chosen from the team are – Garrett, Duncan and Phillippa.

Paige (CONF): Wait what? Why the hell am I a villain?

Garrett (CONF): *smiles* Aw

The other five – Paige, Vani, Mary, Rourke and Ani are deemed the villains. He says Ani would have been a hero had it not been for...recent events.

Ani (CONF): *rolls eyes* I did not vote for Matt…*sniffles*

Mary and Rourke nervously look at one another, knowing their secret double-cross alliance is probably what consitutes their villain status, and Vani just shrugs.

Chris tells them to get acclimated to their new teams, because today’s challenge is a doozy. Alex and Kirsten run over and hug Garrett and Duncan, as Annie joyfully dances about Phillippa being on her team. Mary talks with Ranjitha and Sofia, while Rourke hugs Wilson and Townes, excited to get to work together while all three are still in the game, and Helina gives Vani a bear hug. Paige introduces herself to Kelsey and Grant, and Ani chats with Archer, the latter wary of Ani after rumors of her flipping on Matt began to circulate.

Zach (CONF): These new players could really fuck up the vote tonight if we lose…let’s hope we don’t lose

Kirsten pulls aside Alex, Colby, Annie and Lauren and tells them they should throw the challenge to try and vote out a Team Waka member. The four look over as Phillippa cackles at Izzy’s joke and Duncan tries to pry Beyla off him as she hugs him and introduces him to Samantha. They all disagree, but Kirsten tells them to think about it.

Chris gathers the new teams and tells them the challenge will revolve around the heroes trying to make it to the top of the skyscraper in the middle of the city set. The camera shifts to Chef, dressed as a damsel in distress, waving a little handkerchief out the window from the top floor. The villains need to protect Chef for a full thirty-minutes while the heroes have to try and kidnap him. Chris brings them to the prop room that is filled with makeshift weapons, ranging from a little foam bat to a weakly charged taser. He tells them these will be their “superpowers”, and will use them to hopefully hurt each other. He tells them to chose wisely, as they each only get one "power." Samantha is about to comment on how lame the challenge is when Chris angrily hushes her.

Samantha (CONF): *blowing upward to push her bangs to the side* Testy

Immediately the contestants rush the pile and equip themselves with a new power – Zach gets a huge set of stink bombs, Nico gets a bow with plunger arrows and Sofia gets a giant fan.

Sofia (CONF): You know...not sure how this fan is going to do in combat but I guess we'll see?

The scene flashes to the heroes on the outskirts of the city. Garrett’s rubber duck cannon glistens in the sunlight, and Beyla beats her rubber chicken against her hand, ready for battle. The villains are gathered at the skyscraper, with Grant, armed with a glue gun, and Ani, with her smoke pellet gun, guarding the front door while the rest of the team spreads around the perimeter or up to guard the inside.

A giant starting horn blasts throughout the fake city set, and the battle is on.

Alex (CONF): This is a dream I love superheroes

Intense music begins to play as the heroes rush the skyscraper, where they come across Grant, Ani and Rourke, who has a weak taser with him. Immediately, Colby gets struck by the taser and falls to the ground, so in retaliation, Alex hurls one of his bolas at Rourke’s feet, connecting and taking him to the ground. Ani retaliates with smoke pellets, and Grant begins spraying back and forth into the smoke, hitting Eli and Izzy’s feet and sticking them to the ground. Kirsten fires from her blow tube full of tranquilizer darts into the smoke, and Ani’s grunt can be heard.

Lauren (CONF): This challenge is honestly much more fun than I thought it would be

Lauren laughs as she attacks Grant with her marshmallow gun. While Grant is getting pounded with marshmallows, Rourke is tied up and Ani is covered in adhesive silly string, courtesy of Miller’s super-soaker filled with it, putting the villains in a tight spot. Grant hollers for backup, as Phillippa, Duncan, Alex, Beyla, Kirsten, Colby and Eli, who had taken off his shoes to escape the glue, break through and burst into the tower.

As the rest of the heroes follow, Ranjitha, Kelsey, Townes and Helina move in to help defend. Ranjitha swings her foam bat at Annie’s plastic sword, the two girls locked in combat. Helina uses her plastic shield to guard Grant from Lauren’s marshmallow gun onslaught while Townes runs with his high-powered water gun to free Ani. Zach hurls stink grenades while Kelsey retaliates by rapidly swinging her two paper fans.

Kelsey (CONF): How did I end up with this lame-ass power

Izzy and Garrett fire their rubber ducks at the crowd, which Helina tries to fend off with her shield. As the battle rages on, the scene flashes to inside the tower. The heroes stand proudly as Eli ties Mary up with his rope. She tried to fight the heroes off with her water balloons filled with itch powder, but only managed to hit Colby, who isn’t pleased and aggressively itching himself. He’s also still occasionally flinching due to the leftover taser shock.

The seven come across Gianna and Archer. Archer tells Gianna to head up the stairs to warn the others with her extra-power megaphone. First, she screams through it, bringing the heroes and Archer to their knees with pain, before she yells for Archer to attack and runs up the stairs.

Gianna (CONF): *panting* Goodness we’ve had to climb hella stairs in this game

Archer, still recovering from Gianna’s attack, hurls his tennis ball with a rope attached to it, hitting Phillippa square in the chest. He begins swinging it around, and Alex ducks and Duncan jumps before Duncan nails him with his boxing gloves, Alex hurls a bolas at his feet and Colby makes the area invisible with his smoke grenades.

As they ascend the stairs, they see Gianna, passed out. She weakly attempts to stop them with her horn, but doesn’t have the breath to scream through it.

Gianna (CONF): Ok there’s a lot of stairs y’all and this game is hella tolling on your body

Phillippa sticks her head out the window and looks down at the battle, now way below. A montage shows Miller and Lauren back to back firing their silly string and marshmallows, as Rourke nails Garrett with his taser and Nico fires two plungers hitting both of Kelsey’s fans. She hears Helina cheer after Grant begins successfully glueing the heroes' feet so Phillippa tells the team to hurry up.

When the seven burst into the penthouse, they see a giant timer that reveals they have 6:45 left. Wilson, Sofia, Vani and Paige look shocked, having not gotten a warning from Gianna, and immediately prepare for battle. Colby immediately barrages the area with smoke grenades, but Sofia uses her giant fan to immediately clear it. Beyla and Duncan spar with Wilson, who has a giant pole like from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Vani yells at the other villains to cover their eyes and lets out a blast of her light, blinding the heroes. A disheveled Alex still manages to connect with her ankles with his bolas, bringing her to the ground.

Vani (CONF): *rubbing her head* Ow?

Paige throws heavy stones at Phillippa, who dodges them and fights back with her orbs of sticky gel.

Phillippa (CONF): I’m sorry Chris but did you put rocks in this list of weapons? You couldn't have gotten any more creative?

The scene flashes to Chris watching from the control room, rolling his eyes and saying they do have a budget.

It flashes back to the top of the skyscraper and there’s a minute left on the clock. Kirsten is firing tranquilizer darts alongside Phillippa throwing sticky orbs, managing to incapacitate Paige. Vani had undone the ropes, and Alex continues to hurl them at her as she begins blinding other heroes. Colby jumps to his side and throws the smoke grenades, but Sofia continues to retaliate with the fan. Duncan and Beyla still brawl with Wilson, and Eli works on fending off Archer, who managed to recover from his hit from earlier.

Archer (CONF): If we get sent to elimination I'm nervous, because with five new members who knows what will happen

Duncan yells at Kirsten and Phillippa to run to get Chef as the clock nearly reaches zero. As Phillippa runs, Kirsten puts out her foot and trips her. Unfortunately, they were close enough to Chef that she tumbles into him and sends him over the side of the building. Everyone stops, confused as to what is going to happen next.

Eli (CONF): Did Kirsten just trip Phillippa? Why the hell would she do that? That was an easy win

The scene flashes to all of the contestants at the concession tent. Chris walks in with Chef, who is covered in bandages and glaring at Phillippa and Kirsten. He tells the teams that although the heroes “technically” got to Chef, he wasn’t safe, as he was pushed over the top of a skyscraper. The villains begin to cheer when Chris stops them. He tells them they also technically didn’t stop the heroes from getting to him, as they did reach Chef before the clock hit zero. Wilson asks what happens now, and Chris tells them that he's glad he asked: both teams will be sending someone home that night.

Vani (CONF): Fucking piece of…

Townes (CONF): ...bullshit I mean can he really…

Izzy (CONF): ...he’s just literally making this up as he goes along

He tells them that by Chef’s request, the heroes will go to the elimination ceremony first, but they’re deemed the technical winners for completing the challenge. Some produce a half-hearted cheer, but most just glare at Chris. Chef pulls his finger across his throat as he eyes them. The villains will follow. He tells them the special elimination ceremony will take place at the stage, and will be called the “Gilded Chris” ceremony. Colby rolls his eyes, saying of course it would be.

Archer and Mary ask Wilson why they were so unprepared for the hero’s ambush, and Wilson tells them they never got a message. Archer face-palms. He pulls aside Helina, Sofia and Ranjitha, and asks what to do. Mary and Vani walk up as well, and they debate whether or not to target Gianna.

Vani (CONF): Look Team Waka is greatly outnumbered, as long as it’s not one of us…

Gianna walks up, and tells them they need to take out a member of Kirk Alert, given how many new numbers they have thanks to combining with Team Waka, and they begin to discuss.

In the meantime, Kirsten is making a case as for why Garrett needs to be voted off. She is explaining to Izzy, Colby and Zach that Phillippa cost them the challenge by tripping and sending Chef over the side, but Garrett is a much more physical threat and taking him out will be helpful for the rest of the team stage. Izzy nods her head, but Colby slips in that Phillippa didn't really trip more so got tripped, earning him a dirty look from Kirsten.

Colby (CONF): Not sure what the glare was for there Kirsten given that actually happened

Zach asks to clarify, but Kirsten quickly interjects saying they need to use this as an advantage to take someone out from Team Waka, something Team Booty should also be doing.

In the meantime, Nico pulls aside Alex, Miller, Beyla and Annie and the five decide what their first vote will be as an alliance. He also pulls Duncan aside, as a potential future ally. Colby, while talking to the rest of them, notices and is distracted.

Suddenly, awards show music begins playing over the loud speakers, and Chris calls the heroes to their first and only elimination ceremony as a team.

~*ELIMINATION CEREMONY (HEROES)*~

Chris, in full suit and tie, and Chef, in an elegant ball gown he doesn’t look happy about and still covered in bandages, walk onto the stage. He welcomes them to their first Gilded Chris ceremony. He explains that they need to tap person’s face on the voting machine who they want eliminated, and he has a plate with thirteen Gilded Chris awards. Whoever doesn’t receive an award will take the Red Carpet of Shame to the Limo of Losers. A montage shows some clicks…

Kirsten: This plan was brilliant and if it doesn’t work…*clicks Garrett’s face*

Phillippa: Sorry but getting you out would be great for my team *clicks Zach’s face*

Colby: *looking at Beyla laughing with Nico* Do they have an alliance without me? *looks at the device confused*

Duncan: *hovering over Zach and Kirsten's faces*

Chris walks out with an envelope, as if he’s announcing the winner to an award.

Miller (CONF): Chris is honestly so extra

He hands the first Gilded Chris award of the season to…

Alex.

Alex howls, catching his award and throwing it in the air.

Duncan. Beyla. Izzy. Nico.

All of them cheer and hug as they receive their awards.

Annie. Colby. Phillippa. Eli. Lauren.

Annie turns to hug Colby but he looks wary, as Eli and Lauren squeeze each other and Phillippa sighs with relief.

Miller.

Miller also sighs with relief. That leaves Zach, Garrett and Kirsten as the bottom three. The next award goes to…

Zach.

Kirsten grins, watching Garrett shift nervously. The last Gilded Chris award goes to…

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Garrett.

Silence sweeps across the awards ceremony, as Kirsten looks absolutely shocked. She turns to Alex, looking heartbroken. Alex doesn't know what to say, and Eli steps in, saying she threw the challenge and they should have won. It wouldn’t be fair for anyone else to go home. Kirsten counters it was a part of a strategy but Annie jumps in and asks why they would risk this happening and losing one of their own when they could have avoided this altogether.

Kirsten is at a loss for words. People try to console her, but she pulls away, walking the Red Carpet of Shame into the Limo of Losers. The rest of the heroes are silent.

Kirsten (CONF): I…can’t believe that just happened…what?

Chef ushers them out, and they remain silent.

~*ELIMINATION CEREMONY (VILLAINS)*~

As the villains walk in past the heroes, a lot of them notice Kirsten is gone. Ani’s mouth drops, as Helina nudges Ranjitha and mouthes "can you believe that". Chris tells them that the last elimination ceremony was a doozy, so he has high expectations for this one. He gives them the spiel, and they have a chance to use their voting devices.

Archer: I hate to do this. I hate to do this. *clicks unknown face*

Ranjitha: I mean Gianna is right, if he gets too far this dude is going to win *clicks Townes’ face*

Paige Wow it’s weird being at elimination with some of these people…let’s hope it doesn’t fuck my game up *clicks unknown face*

Wilson: Seems straightforward given you cost us the challenge? *clicks Gianna’s face*

Once the contestants have voted, Chris walks out with an envelope. He opens it, and tosses the first Gilded Chris award to…

Vani.

She cheers, kissing the award then immediately blushing.

Helina. Ranjitha. Wilson. Mary.

Helina and Mary laugh and “eat the booty” at each other, as Ranjitha awkwardly hugs Wilson.

Grant. Ani. Duncan. Sofia.

Sofia sweeps up Ani, as Duncan and Grant chest-bump.

Paige. Rourke. Kelsey. Archer.

Wilson scoops up Rourke, while Kelsey hugs Archer and Paige hugs her award tightly. Paige just looks relieved to be out of the bottom two for the first time in the past few elimination ceremonies. That leaves Gianna and Townes as the bottom two. Both look extremely shocked, and extremely nervous. The last Gilded Chris award goes to…

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Townes.

Gianna looks devastated. She understands, given she cost them the challenge, but that doesn’t change how much the elimination stings and shocks her.

Gianna (CONF): Man this is just such a huge bummer…but this has been the wildest time of my life, and I am sooo fucking grateful for it

Everyone group hugs around Gianna, even the members of Team Waka, before she walks the Red Carpet of Shame and enters the Limo of Losers. She sadly looks out the window as she's being pulled away, still in a state of disbelief.

Chris brings in the heroes and congratulates Team Waka for all surviving the elimination ceremony, despite being outnumbered on both teams. Beyla, Alex, Nico, Duncan and Zach look absolutely heartbroken that Gianna is gone. Alex looks at Ranjitha, who mouths that she'll tell him later.

Chris tells them that the night’s party is going to be called the “after-party,” and to get ready for a good time.

He takes them into downtown LA, to a club that is light up by neon lights. There are beautiful couches, two floors connected by a lit-up staircase, and an open bar.

Rourke (CONF): For how much Chris sucks balls…he sometimes pulls through

Alex, Nico, Samantha, Annie, Colby, Helina, Ranjitha, Izzy, Duncan and Beyla break it down on the dance floor, the lights beneath them dancing along with the music. The DJ, Gazzo, is incredible, and they cheer as Kelsey, Townes, Grant, Mary and Paige join them on the dance floor. Townes is drunk beyond his mind, effectively becoming “Drownes”, given he is safe and thought he was done for when he saw he was in the bottom two, especially after losing Sam in Alaska.

Archer takes shots at the bar with Sofia, both saying that they’re pretty much screwed now because they have to put all their trust in Helina and Ranjitha. Sofia motions to the two, with Ranjitha casting an imaginary fishing line and reeling in Helina, and she tells him she thinks it may turn out ok. Archer sighs, saying she's right but he already misses Gianna.

*flashback to Gianna locked in a dance battle with Hank in the castle in San Marino, everyone cheering them on*

Sofia sighs and agrees, but says it was time, given she was a weak link physically.

Wilson and Garrett play beer pong against Eli and Miller on a neon blue table, as Vani sits with her drink on a couch and talks with Phillippa and Lauren, the three girls laughing and bopping along with the music.

Ani is also drunk, trying to ignore the fact that Matt is out of the game, and is hanging off the edge of the staircase breaking it down, with Paige and Townes joining her on different steps. Rourke stands beneath her and cheers her on, laughing and badly swing-dancing with Zach.

A bass drop brings the rest of the cast to the dance floor, and the camera zooms to Alex, who is telling Ranjitha the story on the dance floor as they dance. Alex thinks back to memories with Kirsten, making him upset.

*flashback to Alex clicking Kirsten's name at the Gilded Chris ceremony*

Nico comes up and rests a hand on his shoulder, as the scene fades to black.