𝐂𝐎𝐖𝐁𝐎𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐊𝐄 𝐌𝐄 || 𝐫. 𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥

𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐞𝐧

"FRIENDS, PLAYERS, FORMER CONTESTANTS," DIGGINS ANNOUNCED. They were all in a room discussing what was going to happen from then on and who was going to Joust. Hadley obviously knew that she was out, something that she was still bitter about, but it was still down to Ray, Dodge, and Natalie. "The results of the individual challenges have been tallied. All the points have been scored. Hadley quit, so she's out of the game. Dodge is in first place and will be heading to the Joust. The player competing against him is as yet undetermined."

"What? Why? I mean, I stayed long enough in that shithole cooler, didn't I?" Ray exclaimed. The Alden girl had heard that he had to stay in a cooler in the morgue overnight since he was claustrophobic.

Summer contradicted, "Not long enough to beat Dodge's time."

"The individual challenges aren't done yet, Ray," Diggins informed him, and Hadley was confused because she was pretty sure that everyone had gone. "By the order of the judges, Natalie Williams is disqualified for reasons of false representation and failure to complete required challenges. As punishment, the player's points have been retroactively invalidated. The judges wiped Natalie's score because she cheated." This caused a chorus of muttering, and Ray laughed loudly. "She was never in Spurlock's house. Shouldn't have even made it to Graybill, let alone the Final Four."

"That's...that's bullshit. All right? That's hearsay," Natalie breathed out, trying to defend herself, but she did not seem very convinced.

Summer nodded. "True. We heard you say it."

"No, you admitted it in your video that you trapped me underground. That's nowhere near the house, right?" Heather questioned, and the Alden girl could tell that some shit went down during Natalie's individual challenge.

"Plus, someone ratted you out to the judges," Diggins told her, and she muttered some curse words as she stood up and began heading out of the room. "You were outside watching the house. Dodge covered for you."

Ray spoke up as the door slammed closed behind her when she left angrily. "Wait, hold on, hold on, hold on, wait a second. If Dodge helped Natalie get through the last challenge, then why is he still playing."