Already ten minutes had passed since the beginning of the final match, and only Chingla and William had been eliminated—one from each team.
Now that she was eliminated, Chingla watched from the crowd with an almost relieved expression. At least she had gotten out early.
Jangla, on the other hand, looked like she was slowly transforming into a demon from the seventh level of hell. She wanted nothing more than to chew Sam's head off after he had used her forehead as a flash grenade.
Sam, after finally escaping the danger, quickly took out his tag and checked it. Thankfully, it hadn't been hit.
He quietly tied it to the top of his head. If anyone wanted a clean shot at it now, they'd have to get to higher ground.
Not bad, Sam thought. I'm basically a tactical genius.
He immediately started trying to remember where everyone else had placed their tags. Earlier, he'd taken a quick glance at everyone and memorized what he could.
Liabilities had his tag around his left arm.
Roslin had hers around her right arm.
Tsunami had hers on her knee.
Flower had hers around her left kidney.
And Preguy and Oppa had theirs around the backs of their heads.
The clock was ticking.
Sam needed to finish this as quickly as possible.
Everyone else seemed to have the exact same thought.
Finish this as quickly as possible.
Sam quickly climbed up a tree to get away from everyone. From his new high ground, he spotted Liabilities walking through the field with Chingla sitting on his shoulder.
The two leaders had apparently merged into one terrifying unit.
Jangla was practically breathing fire, while Liabilities was covering two metres with every step.
From a distance, the two of them resembled a dragon.
Suddenly—
PSSHH!
A shot came from below and hit Sam in the back.
He looked down.
It was Tsunami.
Apparently, Chingla's elimination had somehow amplified her rage even further.
Sam looked down at her and smirked.
"I'd prefer it if you didn't stare at my butt like that. I'll blush."
Tsunami's eye twitched.
That was apparently the last straw.
She kicked the tree.
BOOM!
The entire tree shook violently, causing Sam to lose his balance.
"WHOA—!"
He barely managed to grab onto a branch at the last second.
Now he was dangling from the tree for dear life.
He looked down at Tsunami.
"Were your parents psychic or something? You really do live up to your name, Tsunami!"
Tsunami's expression somehow became even more terrifying.
And as if things weren't bad enough, Flower and Roslin appeared below as well, both pointing their water guns directly at him.
Flower looked up at Sam.
"Just give up already and tell us where your tag is."
Sam, still hanging from the branch, looked at her.
"Your parents definitely made a mistake calling you Flower. You're more of a thorn at this point, why are you so rough."
He then glanced at Roslin.
"Look at Roslin. So elegant."
Without saying a word, Roslin raised her water gun and shot Sam directly in the hand.
PSSHH!
His hand became slippery.
Sam's grip weakened.
"Elegant, you say?" Roslin said calmly. "I wouldn't be so sure about that if I were you."
Sam stared at his wet hand.
Okay. Maybe complimenting her wasn't my greatest strategic decision.
The three girls waited below, aiming directly at Sam, ready to shoot him the moment he hit the ground.
Sam, however, couldn't resist.
Even while hanging onto the tree for his life, he continued trash-talking them, deliberately pushing their buttons.
Eventually, Tsunami couldn't take it anymore.
She kicked the tree again.
And again.
And again.
Until finally—
Sam lost his grip.
"OH, COME ON!"
He fell.
The three girls immediately prepared to ambush him the moment he landed.
But just before Sam hit the ground, he kicked against the bark of the tree and launched himself sideways.
He flew away from them.
"HA! Still alive!"
Roslin and Flower weren't going to let him escape that easily.
Roslin quickly climbed onto Flower's shoulders.
Flower crouched down.
Then—
BOING!
Flower jumped into the air and at the right moment, Tsunami jumped and landed a powerful kick right underneath Flower's feet.
The combined force sent both Roslin and Flower flying toward Sam.
For a brief moment, the three of them met in mid-air.
Roslin looked at Sam.
"How far do you think you can go?"
Flower added, "Don't think you can escape us that easily."
Sam looked at the two of them.
"Alright. You guys go on ahead."
He deliberately didn't use enough force to launch himself very far.
Unfortunately for Roslin and Flower, they were still running entirely on rage and they had exerted far too much force.
As a result, they flew straight past Sam.
"Wait—"
WHOOSH!
They disappeared into the distance.
Sam landed relatively close by and casually dusted himself off.
"See? Easy."
He took a breath.
Then suddenly—
A silhouette appeared behind him.
Sam froze.
"...Shit."
He slowly turned around.
"I forgot about another one."
It was Tsunami.
Except she wasn't holding her water gun anymore.
She had apparently decided that water guns were beneath her.
She was now relying entirely on her kicks.
At this point, this wasn't even a survival game anymore.
It was a survival hunt.
Sam barely dodged a kick that sent air rushing past his face.
"Hey, Tsunami!" Sam shouted while dodging another one. "Shouldn't you stick to your name's attribute and use the water gun instead of your legs?"
Another kick narrowly missed him.
Sam's smile disappeared for a moment.
Okay... those kicks are actually terrifying.
He was barely keeping up.
And then, because apparently the universe hated him, two more people appeared in front of him.
Oppa and Preguy.
Both raised their water guns.
They looked furious.
"You're gonna pay for what you did!" they said in unison.
Sam's eyes widened.
"Oh, come on. Not you two as well!"
They both fired.
PSSHH! PSSHH!
The streams of water came straight toward Sam from behind.
Sam noticed them at the last second and quickly ducked.
The water flew over his head.
Unfortunately for everyone involved, it hit Tsunami directly in the face.
Silence.
Everything stopped.
Oppa and Preguy froze.
Sam froze.
Tsunami slowly wiped the water from her face.
Sam looked at Oppa and Preguy.
They looked at Sam.
Then all three looked at Tsunami.
Sam swallowed.
He slowly began taking steps backward, trying his absolute best not to provoke her any further.
Once he made passed Oppa and Preguy—
"If I were you... I'd run right about now." Sam eexclaimed
He ran.
"RUN!"
Oppa and Preguy immediately ran too.
And now the three of them were being chased by a literal Tsunami.
"Why are we in this situation?!" Preguy shouted.
"This is all your fault, Sam!" Oppa yelled.
Sam looked back while running.
"Aren't you all working together, so why are you running?! I'm pretty sure she's only chasing me. She probably hasn't even realised you're here!"
He suddenly had an idea.
"Why don't you two stop and let her pass?" Sam suggested.
Oppa and Preguy looked at each other.
It actually made sense.
They stopped.
They braced themselves.
"See? She's gonna run right past us," Preguy said.
Tsunami came rushing toward them.
She didn't slow down.
"Wait—"
WHOOSH!
She literally swallowed both of them.
"AAAAAAAH!"
ELIMINATED.
Tsunami continued running without even realizing they had been there.
Sam watched from a safe distance.
He shook his head.
"Quick lesson: don't stop when a tsunami is approaching you."
He paused.
"Common sense."
Oppa and Preguy had bought Sam just enough time to escape.
Finally, he found himself alone.
No one was chasing him.
No one was shooting at him.
No one was trying to eat him.
Sam smiled.
"Finally. Peace."
A moment of silence passed.
"...Or so I thought."
From behind him came two familiar figures.
The Plant Duo.
Roslin and Flower had apparently landed in a bed of thorns after their earlier launch.
And now they were covered in them.
Sam stared at them.
"Damn... did you two just get an evolution or something?"
He looked them up and down.
"What is your evolution name? Are you now called... FloraxFauna?"
Roslin and Flower said nothing.
Sam blinked.
"Did the evolution steal your voices too?"
Maybe but they gained something better as a trade for there voices, because without wasting another second, Roslin threw out her arms.
The thorns stuck all over her body suddenly flew through the air like bullets.
"WHAT THE—?!"
Sam tried to dodge.
Few of the thorns struck him.
One hit his shoulder.
Another hit his side.
And another struck a pressure point.
Sam's body suddenly froze.
His eyes widened.
"...Why can't I move?"
Another 10 minutes went by as the incidents unfold and now there is only 20 minutes left for the game to end but sam has been temporarily paralyzed, he can no longer move nor escape the current situation. How would Sam survive with such a drawback? Tsunami the wildcard, Jangla and Liabilities the unexplored threat and The FloraxFauna current danger.