Everything Is Never As It Seems

## *Last One Standing*

**Season**
*Last One Standing*

**Episode**
1.2/15 (001)

**"Everything Is Never As It Seems"** is the second part of the first episode of *Last One Standing*.

## Plot

Charles: "Are you ready for your first challenge, teams?"

A chorus of answers shouts "Yes" back.

Charles: "Alright, here's how this challenge will work. There are four parts to this challenge. For the first part of the challenge, two team members will have to roll a massive wooden ball down the hill to their team's resting spot. Once there, the next two members will have to go one at a time through a muddy pit. Once both members are through, two more members will have to throw small rubber balls into a net. Once they get three balls in, The final three contestants must run into the woods one at a time and light a beacon. I'll give you a second to choose who's doing what."

==TEAM FANG (Ben, Emma, Justin, Meg, Paula, Peter, Tom, Veronica and Violet)

Veronica: "Okay, this sounds really pointless, but I'll do the basketball thing."

Peter: "I'm pretty good at basketball, too. I should do that, too."

Tom: "I'm really quick. That's why the ladies like me. I can run in and light one of those beacons in record time."

Meg: "I want to do the mud thing."

Tom: "What are you, weird? Who would *want* to get muddy?"

Emma: "I'll do the mud, too."

Tom: "What is with you guys wanting to get dirty? Clean's the way to go."

Justin: "I should probably handle the ball. But who else wants to help with that?"

Ben: "I can help. I'm really good at handling big things."

Tom: "Yeah, like your gut. How do you afford to *eat*?"

Violet: "I guess that leaves me and Paula with the beacons, right?"

Paula: "Sounds just fine to me."

(CONFESSIONAL) Paula: "If I can get a chance to be the reason we win, you'd better believe I'm taking it. Some of these others might want to stay under the radar, but if I'm out here doing all the good things in front of everyone, I'll be the one getting rewarded in the end."

==TEAM CLAW (Agatha, Alex, Audrey, Britney, Elliott, Lamar, Matt, Nathaniel and Tiffany)

Elliott: "Guys, let me decide how this will go. I'm in charge of a big company back home and I have to organize people based on their talents all the time."

Agatha: "How could you possibly know what our talents are? We've known each other for fifteen minutes."

Elliott: "Just trust me. And if we lose, you can vote me out."

Tiffany: "I don't wanna vote *anyone* out. That'd be totally mean."

Britney: "Oh my god, it *would*."

Elliott: "You guys wanna do the same thing?" He looks at Britney and Tiffany.

Britney and Tiffany: "OOOOOOOOH That's a good idea!"

Elliott: "Great, you guys are on the mud, then."

Britney: "I don't know, I don't wanna get *muddy*."

Tiffany: "It's okay, we can do this. It's not that bad."

Elliott: "Great. Lamar, Agatha, you guys are bigger than anyone else in the game. You can handle that massive ball."

Agatha: "Okay, fine. But who gets the basketball?"

Elliott: "I'm no good at basketball, and judging by the looks of 'em, Nathaniel and Alex should probably not do that. So that leaves Audrey and Matt. Sound good to you?"

Matt: "YES! I mean... yeah, that sounds cool."

Audrey glares at Matt. Audrey: "Sure."

Elliott: "So the rest of us will light the beacons."

==CHALLENGE, PHASE 1==

Charles: "Rolling the ball for Team Fang is Justin and Ben, versus Lamar and Agatha for Team Claw. Are you ready?"

Ben: "Boy, am I!"

Charles: "Be careful, these things can really get out of control! GO!"

The two teams push their balls down the hill. Lamar and Agatha keep good control over it, but Ben gives Fang's one a big ol' shove that sends it flying at top speeds.

Justin: "Dude! You gotta be careful!"

Ben: "I didn't know it would be *that* easy to set it off."

The two chase down the ball, while Lamar and Agatha get a sizable lead.

Charles: "Well, this is a landslide lead for Claw right now."

Agatha and Lamar lay the ball to rest neatly by where Tiffany and Britney are standing.

Charles: "Tiffany! Britney! Your turn!"

==CHALLENGE, PHASE 2==

Britney: "How deep is this mud?"

Charles: "Deep enough."

Britney: "Ooh, can I do a cannonball?"

Charles: "I wouldn't recommend it..." but Britney ignores him and takes a running leap into the mud. She lands with a resounding crunch.

Britney: "OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW, My ANKLE! WAHHHHHH!" She begins to bawl.

Tiffany walks up to Charles and puts her finger in his face.

Tiffany: "YOU NEVER SAID THIS WOULD BE *DANGEROUS*! I *REFUSE* To do this part of the challenge. *REFUSE!*"

Charles shrugs. Charles: "Your loss."

Elliott is standing at Stage Four, waiting next to Alex and Nathaniel. His face is contorted into a furious frown.

Elliott: "If you lose this for us, we will VOTE YOU OUT!"

Tiffany: "Humph."

Charles: "*Mean*while, Fang is finished with Phase One."

Justin is exhausted and sweating, but he manages to guide the ball to the team's mat, where Meg and Emma stand at the ready. Meg begins sprinting towards the mud. Meg: "YOLOOOOOOO!"

Tom: "Weirdo."

Meg begins to run through the mud, quickly gaining on Britney. The latter sniffs and looks up. "Huh?"

She stands up very wobbly and tries to start moving, but Meg is quicker and finishes the section.

Charles: "Now, Meg is finished for Fang, and it's *Emma*'s turn to take to the mud!"

Emma: "But I might ruin my shirt."

Ben: "Hey, you could take it off!"

Justin glares at Ben.

Ben: "What? I'm just trying to help."

Meg is waiting at the other end of the mud. Meg: "Let's GO, Emma! Before we lose the lead!" She looks over at Britney, who is shuffling slowly through the mud.

Britney sits up on the ground after finishing. Britney: "My ankle still hurts."

Emma and Tiffany enter the mud. Emma: "I don't like this..."

Tiffany: "Me neither..."

Emma begins to run as quickly as she can through the mud, and pulls ahead of Tiffany. Emma: "EEEW! This feels so *disgusting*!" But she finishes nevertheless.

Charles: "Emma's done with phase two! Now, it's on to Veronica and Peter on Phase three!"

==CHALLENGE, PHASE 3==

Veronica puts her hands on her hips. Veronica: "I know you think you're being heroic by doing this, Pete, but try not to mess anything up."

Peter scowls at Veronica.

(CONFESSIONAL) Peter: I usually don't have a problem with people, but Veronica definitely brings out the worst in me."

Peter picks up one of the three rubber balls and shoots it at the net. It sinks in,

Peter: "Yes!"

Meanwhile, Tiffany finally finishes for Claw. Tiffany: "Phew! I'm *done*!"

Veronica pushes Peter aside as he gets ready for another shot. Veronica: "Alright, Petey, step aside. We don't have all day for you to mess around." She picks up a rubber ball and winds it up big-time, before releasing it at full force. It doesn't even come close to the net and sails it a straight line towards Paula, Tom and Veronica, who're waiting at Phase 4.

The ball smacks Paula straight in the face and knocks her over. Paula is sitting on the ground.

Paula: "Oh, I swear to god, Veronica! I am going to pound you!" Another ball comes hissing in their direction, this time right at Tom, who moves to help Paula up. It smacks him square in the face, too, flipping him around before he lands on his back.

Violet offers him a hand up. Violet: "Here, let me help you."

Tom: "Hehe, okee."

Violet hoists Tom off his back. Tom: "Heehee, thanks." He's blushing big time.

Veronica: "UGH! Look what you *did*, PETER!"

Justin is getting angry. Justin: "You can't actually think that it's *his* fault..."

Just then, Matt throws in the third ball into Claw's basket and Claw is done with Phase 3.

Matt: "Ha ha, Easy!"

(CONFESSIONAL) Matt: "I don't really play basketball professionally, but I am good at it. It was great of Elliott to suggest that I do that part."

Veronica: "What? How are they done *ALREADY*?"

Paula storms up to Veronica. Paula: "You give me one good reason not to vote you out RIGHT NOW!"

Veronica: "Uh, I'm *hot*, DUH."

Ben: "I second that."

Justin glares at him again.

Ben: "What? Am I wrong?"

==CHALLENGE, PHASE 4==

Nathaniel runs through the forest, carrying a torch.

(CONFESSIONAL) Nathaniel: "I *hate* running. Absolutely despise it. And yet, here I am running while the other team tears each other up. No need to rush, right?"

Nathaniel slows down as he approaches the first beacon. He put his torch to it, and in an instant, the beacon roars to life in a blaze. It leaves Nathaniel's face covered with soot.

Nathaniel: \*coughs\* Toasty...

Charles: "ALEX, It's *your* turn!"

Alex sprints out to the forest as Nathaniel walks back weakly, his face black as can be.

Charles: "I apologize, Nathaniel. I forgot to tell you that the beacons can be a bit--"

A loud roaring boom is heard from the forest.

Charles: "-- Explosive."

Veronica, meanwhile, is chiding Peter for not going faster. Veronica: "Come *on*, Peter. Before we *LOSE*."

Peter: "At least I'm not hitting people in the face."

Veronica: "It was a *MISTAKE-UH*."

Justin: "Can you at least finish the shooting before the other team is *completely* done?"

Veronica looks up at the two balls in the net. Veronica: "Shouldn't be *too* hard. But with Peter here, you never know."

Peter takes the rubber ball from Veronica's hands. Peter: "*I'll* handle this." He takes his aim and shoots, sending the ball in a graceful arc into the net.

Charles: "Great, now Fang is done with Phase 3."

Violet: "I'll start lighting the beacons!"

She picks up a torch and heads into the woods, but too late, because just then..

BA-BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM

Charles: "You hear that? That means..."

==TEAM CLAW is the WINNER!==

Charles: "Fang Team. What a poor effort. I'll see you at the Elimination Meet tonight.”

==CAMP FANG, Day 1==

The team sits around at camp, obviously down because of their loss.

(CONFESSIONAL) Emma: "None of us wanted to lose the first challenge. It's embarrassing to lose it and by so much. I personally don't even know who to vote for. Veronica screwed up pretty bad today, so I think most votes are going to her."

(CONFESSIONAL) Veronica: "I know that everyone will be blaming me for the loss, but that's not how it was supposed to go. So now I have to scramble to save myself."

Veronica approaches Ben, who's cleaning off in the ocean. Veronica: "Hey, Ben!"

Ben: "What's up, m'lady?"

Veronica: "Okay, one: Cut the 'm'lady' crap. Two: I need your help. Everyone wants to vote me off. I don't think that you want that, do you?"

Ben: "Sure don't."

Veronica: "Well, in order to keep me in, you need to do *exactly* what I tell you to."

Ben: "Sure thing, just give me the word."

A few minutes later, Veronica approaches Emma by the beach. Veronica: "Listen, if you want to stay in, you need to vote with me. Here's how we're voting..."

(CONFESSIONAL) Emma: "Veronica told me she has a master plan to keep me and herself in, and all I have to do is follow her every instruction."

A montage plays in which Veronica talks to Tom, Meg and Violet.

(CONFESSIONAL) Veronica: "I've talked with just about everyone about who to vote. I'm not sure if it'll pay off, but I hope so... All I can do is wait."

==ELIMINATION MEET, Night 1==

Fang Team walks to the Elimination Ceremony. Justin and Peter look mad, Paula has a big bruise on her cheek where the ball from earlier hit her. She does not look like someone who should be messed with. Meg glares at Tom, who has a massive black eye. Emma and Violet looks nervous. Veronica smirks and Ben seems totally fine.

They all sit down on a bench. In front of them is a large bonfire, and, straight across stands Charles, with his hands behind his back at attention.

Charles: "I will now ask you some questions. Veronica, you messed up at the challenge today. Do you think that you're at risk tonight?"

Veronica: "Do I think I'm going to get votes? Yes. Do I think I'm going home? Let's just say that Everything is never as it seems."

Ben: "Woah. That's some Owl-City-ass shit right there."

Charles: "Justin, what do you think of that?"

Justin: "I think Veronica might not know just *how* much trouble she's in. Either that, or she's bluffing so the rest of us freak out."

Charles: "Has there been any discussion about who might be going home if not Veronica?"

Meg and Emma: "Yes."

Meg: "Sorry, Emma. I said it first."

Emma: "Uh, okay? But, um yes, there's a general idea."

Charles: "And who would that be?"

Meg and Emma: "Tom."

Meg: "Emma, can you stop that? I'm trying to answer his questions, and you're just copying me."

Emma: "I'm not trying to, we just happen to say the same thing, and--"

Meg: "I don't wanna hear it."

Tom: "Why is *my* name coming up?"

Emma: "Well, you haven't been really polite to us girls, and you *did* get hurt..."

Tom: "Oh, I haven't been nice to you *girls*? Well, Charles, I think that confirms my theory. A theory that the GIRLS ARE CONSPIRING AGAINST ME!"

Charles: "Peter, what do you think of that?"

Peter: "I think it's preposterous. We all know that Veronica needs to go, so that's who's going."

Charles: "Well, it's time for you to vote. Ben, you're up first."

Ben gets up and heads to the voting booth.

The screen cuts to Meg voting. It shows her vote: TOM. Meg: "Tom, you may have cracked the girls' alliance plan, but it's not going to do you any good."

Paula, Emma and Tom vote.

Peter is in the booth. Peter: "Veronica, I hope you get out tonight."

Veronica and Justin vote, then everyone is back to sitting.

Charles: "Alright, I'll go get the votes.

Charles leaves to get the votes, but is back soon.

Charles: "If anyone has an idol and they want to use it, they must do so now."

Justin looks at Veronica, but she doesn't budge.

Charles: "Alright, I'll read the votes. The first vote: Veronica."

"The second vote... Tom."

"Third vote is...Meg."

Tom sneers at Meg. Meg glares right back.

Charles: "The fourth vote: Veronica. That's two votes for Veronica."

Charles: "Tom. Two votes Tom, two votes Veronica."

"Sixth vote is... Veronica. That's three votes for Veronica."

Charles: "Seventh vote: Meg."

Peter: "What the hell..."

Charles: "Meg, that's three votes for Meg and three votes for Veronica. One vote left."

Charles looks at the last vote. Charles: "The first person voted out is.......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

Meg. Four votes is enough, it's time to go."

Meg springs up and points an accusing finger at Emma. Meg: "It was *YOU!* You did this! You'll PAY!"

Veronica: "Please, you give her too much credit, it was all me."

Charles: "Well, Meg, it's time for you to go. Head down the stairs for your final confessional, then leave."

Meg grumbles and heads down the flight of stairs underneath a sign happily reading, "BYE!"

Charles: "Well, eight of you are left. Better not have a challenge like the last one, or you'll keep on coming here. Now, go. I'll see you for the next challenge."

Team Fang leaves.

## Voting

 Ben
 Emma
 Justin
 Meg
 Paula
 Peter
 Tom
 Veronica
 Violet
 Meg Dixon4-3-2 vote18th place