The Challenge; Total Madness

*11*

Finley swung Johnny's arm up and down as they made their way back into the bunker. "On a scale of one to ten, how happy are you that you're back?"

"A fifteen." He answers, everyone else trailing behind them, thinking about how the game is now changed.

~Melissa's Confessional~

"The Final feels like it's in reach. It would be such a shame to end up going home because you didn't get a Red Skull. And in order to get to the Final, you have to have a Red Skull. I need to do something to make sure I get it."

~End Of Confessional~

"These boots were made for fucking winning," Bananas states as he takes off his shoes, tossing them in a pile of his stuff.

He takes Finley's hand, dragging her to the nomination board, making a big show as he takes off Wes's name and throws it across the room before putting his own name back on the side with everyone else.

~Johnny's Confessional~

"Wes leaving is honestly familiar territory for me. The unfamiliar thing was Wes being here and us attempting to work together. I made a huge statement sending Wes home. Now, my game is to stay focused, because to win a million dollars, I'm gonna have to fight for it."

~End Of Confessional~

•••

Mattie, Fessy, Kaycee, Nelson, and Finley all sat in one of the rooms, chatting about random things.

"How many people have Red Skulls?" Mattie asks.

"Rogan, you," Kaycee points at Fessy. "Nelson. Johnny, Dee, Finley, Aneesa, and myself."

"So four and four?" Fessy wonders, making Finley nod.

"Four and four." She confirms.

Mattie looked around at the group. "The time has come. Should I just put my name in now? That way they know, and, like, see it."

~Mattie's Confessional~

"A Red Skull means you qualify to run the Final. And I think it's just coming to that point where I'm probably gonna break, or I'm gonna get a Red Skull."

~End Of Confessional~

"You could just announce it to everyone, like, right now. That way, you get first dibs." Finley suggested, playing with a loose thread on her T-shirt.

"Tomorrow for the challenge, I'm still gonna give it a hundred, but if I don't get in the Tribunal, then I would like to be the house vote."

"So the first one is, obviously, if you get into the Tribunal, you want to throw yourself in, for sure?" Kaycee asked, earning a firm nod from Mattie.

"Either way, I'm going in."

•••

The next day once the siren went off, everyone dressed in their gear, gathering in the vans that would take them to the daily challenge that day.