Joining Forces with the Enemy!

Joining Forces With The Enemy! is the first episode of Survivor: United Nations.

Challenges
Reward Challenge: Facing off two on two, the tribes would try to retrieve a ring and return with it to their starting flag. The tribe would score a point when one of their members had one hand on the ring and one hand on the flagpole. The first tribe to score four points would wins reward. Reward:Flint and 20 pounds (9.1 kg) of beans. Winner: Oracabessa Immunity Challenge: Six castaways from each tribe would race out into the ocean and over a set of three obstacles to a boat. They would then dive down to untie knots to free the boat. The castaways would paddle the boat back to shore and deliver a chest with three bags of puzzle pieces. The other three members of the tribe would then assemble the puzzle pieces into a ship’s wheel, which would be used to raise a flag. The first tribe to raise their flag would win immunity. Winner: Alcoa

Day 1
"none"

- Twenty average Americans from different walks of life are currently being driven into of the grandest locations on Earth, Jamaica. "oracabessa"

- My name is Henry. I'm currently an engineering student at Texas A&M. It has been a dream of mine to win the game of Survivor since I first started watching it as a young boy.

"alcoa"

- I've been underestimated throughout my entire life. So don't be surprised if I pull off a few tricks here or there. "none"

- Although the islands are pretty, they are far from what the castaways will experience. Together, they must work together in order to succeed as one tribe on this stranded island. But one by one, each person will be eliminated from the game until only one remains. 39 days, 20 people, 1 SURVIVOR!

Driving through the island terrain, two trucks carrying 20 Americans arrive at their designated location. The castaways have no idea what to expect. But the one thing they have in common is to compete for the title of Sole Survivor and the prize of $1,000,000 that comes along with it. They arrive in an open, lush field and one by one, each of them steps out off the truck and in front of them Jeff Probst stands with two bags in his hands.

"Jeff Probst: 'Welcome to Survivor: United Nations. You're here in Jamaica for one purpose. To become the sole survivor around here. This may be a beautiful island. But as we all know, Survivor is not a beautiful game. With that being said. On one tribe, we have Wayne, Mavis, Dexter, Tori, Ernie, Kendra, Nathan, Daphne, Tanner, and Prim. You guys will be Alcoa. On the other tribe, we have Hiro, Jessica, Henry, Brisa, Fred, Amy, Jerry, Cassidy, Rudy, and Charlotte. Here are your buffs.'"

"oracabessa"

- When Jeff said we would be divided up into two tribes, that's when it hit me that playtime is over and it's time to get going.

As soon as the tribes were arranged, Jeff gave the tribes their first reward challenge. When the rules were explained, the challenge began. In the first round, the pair of Jerry and Brisa had trouble with the pair of Wayne and Mavis as Alcoa scored first. In the second round, Hiro and Cassidy were able to out maneuver Nathan and Kendra and the score was tied at 1. In round three, Fred and Jessica teamed up to prevent the pair of Ernie and Daphne. Oracabessa led two to one. In round 4, Henry and Charlotte got tangled up with Dexter and Prim. But Charlotte was able to touch the pole and put Oracabessa on top three to one. In round 5, Tanner was tackled by Rudy not once, but twice. While Tori and Amy got heated in the round, Tanner tried to climb Rudy's back hoping to prevent him from scoring. But Rudy did not budge and score the winning point for the Oracabessa, who won reward.

Upon arriving at their camp, the West tribe start to mingle and work on their fire. It isn't long before Henry comes to the rescue and secures fire for his tribe.

"oracabessa"

- People think I'm nothing but a stupid geek that only knows data crap. But I also know how to make fire. Thanks mom for signing me up for summer camp every year."

Not everyone is thrilled about Henry's achievement.

"oracabessa"

- Henry is obviously stealing the spotlight from everyone. You look at the guy and he's nothing but a squint. We don't need squints. We need strong people on this tribe. So right now, I need to form a good alliance with some other people."

Amy is taking charge over the shelter building and it appears that Oracabessa tribe has good chemistry making the door. But not everyone is thinking about the shelter.

"Jerry Hey Hiro. I was thinking about an alliance with Cassidy and Brisa. Are you in? We can cause problems for the other losers. Hiro Are you sure? Jerry Hell yea partner! I got it figured out. We'll start with the lunatic Henry. He's the first one to go."

"oracabessa"

- I look over and see Jerry and Hiro whispering about an alliance and I'm thinking what are those clowns up to when we're building the shelter? It's just another reminder that the game has begun.

Meanwhile, the Alcoa tribe is feeling the wrath of their loss at the reward challenge. But Nathan decides to help the tribe by making fire. He grabs two stones, makes a pile of leaves and wood and after a series of attempts, he is able to make fire.

"alcoa"

- There's two things that I take great pride in. Being a football player and being a great outdoorsmen. When those two mix in, I'm the one walking away with a million dollars. Who cares if we don't have flint? I can make fire twenty times better than those morons over there."

"Wayne Nathan, you are one ballsy sob man. Kendra I agree. I feel better about losing since we have you around. Tanner What else can you do? Nathan I'll show you."

As Nathan starts to showoff his muscle by picking up big wood, Prim is not at all impressed by Nathan.

"alcoa"

- Nathan is walking around like he's God or a King or something. And it pisses me off that everyone is just bowing down to him. We all have different talents. But we don't have to be boastful about them. If he keeps this up, he's going home.

As the sun sets on the Jamaican Islands, both tribes sleep in their shelter for the first time. Although it seems like nothing bad happened, the tribes know that paranoia is not very far.

Day 2
At the break of dawn, Amy awakens and sees Rudy walking around looking at the beach. She walks up to join him.

"Amy Mind if I join you? Rudy Sure! Amy So listen, I was just watching you and I thought that maybe you could use a friend. I look around and see that no one here is trustworthy. So I thought maybe if you want, then we can be allies. Rudy Ok. I guess we can try."

"oracabessa"

- Amy is a very beautiful girl and I was surprised that she came up to me and suggested that we form an alliance. The hard part for me to do is try to see if this can work and make sure I don't fall in love with her. After all, I've had a pretty bad experience with women before. I don't want my heartbroken again.

"Amy So I think we need to look out for Jerry and Henry. There sure to butt heads soon. Rudy I agree. And maybe if it comes to be, then perhaps we should add a third member to our alliance."

Fred walks up to the two of them.

"Fred What's this I hear about an alliance? Amy We were just talking about forming one. Rudy I think you are the third guy we need. Fred Really? Rudy Absolutely! We can cause chaos here. If we go undercover like Hogan's Heroes, then we can go very far. Amy I don't know about Hogan's Heroes. But the undercover part I like. No one will ever know what hit them."

"oracabessa"

- When the situation come up for me to take part in an alliance with Amy and Rudy, I was taken aback because I never thought no one wanted me in a group here. But now that I have two people that want me in their team, I'm all in for it.

"oracabessa"

- I've already got two friends who I can trust in Fred and Rudy. We got a lot of work to do. If we keep this alliance a secret, then our game will take us to the top.

Over at the East camp, Tori and Ernie are chatting.

"Tori So listen, I want you to know that I don't think we can make a good team. But I feel that if it comes to that point, we're gonna have to put aside our differences. Ernie I understand. Tori We'll just have to play our own games until then. Ernie I won't cause a problem to you. I don't want this rivalry to be the reason why both of us were voted out."

"alcoa"

- When I first found out that Tori graduated from Michigan, I was a bit hesitant at first because I graduated from Ohio State. Those two schools are big rivals, so I don't like her already. However, I am tempted to work with her if their was a scenario coming up that could involve me and her working together to get to the end. "alcoa"

- I don't see any way that Ernie and I can work together as an alliance or team. I don't trust him, nor do I like him. I think he's a cocky dude. But if it comes to that point, and that means joining forces with the enemy, then yes, I'll work with the idiot.

Jeff calls the campers to their first immunity challenge and shows them the immunity statue, which is a statue of a turtle with a crown on it. The immunity statue is given to the tribe that wins the immunity challenge. The losers go to tribal council where somebody will be voted out. He then gives flint to the Alcoa after learning about their fire. After the rules are explained, the challenge starts. The Oracabessa six who take part in the obstacle course rush out to a big lead. The Alcoa six do not fare so well as they struggle early on when Wayne is lagging behind. The Oracabessa reaches shore first with their puzzle pieces and they give it to the other four. But the team of Henry, Amy, Jessica, and Cassidy fail to get the pieces together. This allows the Alcoa tribe to catch up and win the immunity challenge.

While Alcoa celebrates, the Oracabessa returns to camp not feeling too pleased with the challenge.

"Jessica My fault guys. I'll take the fall here. Amy Don't say that. We all struggled on the pieces. CassidyI don't think anyone should be at fault here. It was a tough challenge. BrisaTough challenge girl? We choked. We blew a huge lead. I feel like the LA Clippers. Rudy More like the 2004 Yankees."

"oracabessa"

- We lost because the puzzle team couldn't fix the puzzle pieces in time. It really pisses me off that we have to go to tribal council. I do not want to go to tribal council. I already had plans to stay at camp and get a massage for myself. But nope, we have to go cause our puzzle team sucked.

"Jerry Well I'll say this. If we didn't have any squinty nerds on this team, none of this would've happened. Henry Why you blaming me Jerry? Jerry You were on the puzzle, ain't you? Henry Yea. But why blame it on me? Three others deserve fault. Jerry Cause you suck and you're a disease to all of us. Henry Is that so? Let me tell you... Jerry I don't care what you say. You're the reason we lost and I'm going to see to it that it happens. Hook'em Horns loser. Henry You know what? Screw you Jerry. I hope you realize what a fool you make yourself out to be. Jerry I ain't no fool you piece of... Jessica Will you two just shut up? Jerry You mind your own manners sweetheart! As for you Henry, see you tomorrow at tribal council."

"oracabessa"

- I didn't come here to make enemies. But Jerry blaming me for the loss because I'm a squint is just plain stupid. He's been having too many one nighters if you ask me. I'm not sure if he knows the ins and outs of Survivor.

Day 3
The next day, as Oracabessa worked on their on their dailey chores, Henry sits alone at camp watching the others work.

"oracabessa"

- At this point, I have to say that I'm going home tonight and I feel responsible for the loss. But I need to figure out a way to redeem myself or else my game is over after 3 days.

Jessica and Charlotte discuss the blowup from the day before.

"Charlotte Did you talk to Henry? Jessica Yep! He said he was ok with everything and that he would like to help out. Charlotte So it's settled then? Jessica We still need to talk to the other three.I hate that Jerry guy so much. Calling me a sweetheart? That's a foul move."

"oracabessa"

- Jessica and I decided to form an alliance with Henry because we feel he wasn't responsible for the loss. Plus, Jerry's a scumbag if you ask me. For him to abuse Henry like that and call Jessica sweetheart is just rotten like tomatoes in trash. I don't take comments like that from chauvinists of his kind. Right now, we got three votes for Jerry. Jerry likely has four votes with Hiro, Cassidy, and Brisa to take out Henry. So now we need help from the other three.

While Charlotte talks to Fred and Rudy about Jerry, Amy is speaking with Jerry's alliance about voting out Henry. Amy returns to Rudy and Fred.

"Amy So it looks like Henry's gone as far as I'm concerned. Rudy That just leaves the three of us. Fred Who do we vote with? Henry or Jerry? Amy We have to be discreet about this. I'm closer to Jerry's alliance while you both like Henry. God, this is hard Rudy Why not vote both? Amy and Fred Both? Rudy We said we cause chaos didn't we? So why not start the slugfest?"

The four member alliance of Brisa, Hiro, Cassidy, and Jerry, who dub themselves The Clique meet up and discuss the plans.

"Jerry No big shift. But Henry is a goner tonight. Cassidy I like the idea. But if something goes wrong like an idol in play, we need a Plan B. Hiro Cassidy's right. I'm thinking we take out Jessica or Amy. Brisa Jessica admitted to screwing up. So let's take her out. Jerry Screw Plan B. Let's do what we said we would do. Besides, we got Amy. Brissa Do you think she'll commit to us? Cassidy I don't trust her already."

"oracabessa"

- Of course Amy will commit to us. She does't trust Henry as well. So as far as I'm concerned, tonight's gonna be an easy night. Tonight, I'm gonna vote Henry out and he'll run all the way back to his hometown and cry like a baby.

That night, Oracabessa arrives for their first tribal council this season.

Jeff Behind each of you is a torch. Grab one, light it up. In this game, fire represents your life. When your fire is out, so are you. Welcome to Tribal Council. This is not the place you want to be at because tonight, one of you will be voted out of this game. So Jessica, what's life been like at camp? Jessica Well, we've already made progress. We've got a shelter and a fire going. But the one thing we don't have is team harmony. Jeff Who's the reason behind the lack of harmony? Jessica Mainly it's between Henry and Jerry. Jeff Henry? What's going on? Henry When we came back from the immunity challenge, people we're blaming others on whose fault it was we lost. Then Jerry brought me up and gave me a verbal beatdown. He then proceeded to call Jessica a few names. Jeff What did he say Jessica? Jessica He called me a sweetheart. I don't take too kindly words from a chauvinistic moron as him. I demand respect for my gender. Jeff Jerry, a lot of stuff is on your plate. You blew a huge lead in the challenge and then you start blaming others. Jerry You're damn right I did. First of all, I'm not a chauvinistic person. I treat women with respect. Cassidy He's not! I agree. Jerry Thanks! But I got it here. I was trying to tell you to stay out of our business. Second of all, I was just speaking the truth and that is that squints don't belong here. We need strong people in this tribe. Squints do nothing but cause us to lose challenges and that was the case here. Puzzle teams don't win you challenges. Jeff But this was mainly a puzzle challenge. You were part of the team that had to get the bags to the puzzle team. Jerry Well that's the way I feel. Henry If I may add, I don't want to have enemies. But when people like this insane person here calls me a piece of crap and other stuff. It hurts me. I've been bullied for most of my life. I know what the pain feels like and I'm sorry. But this hurts me so much. So guys, I'll make tonight's tribal council easy. Vote me out. Jeff Henry, are you saying you want to quit after three days? Henry I've got nothing left after yesterday. What's the point of me being here? I'm nothing but a squint. Jerry Truer words never spoken. Take out the squint guys. I call it at 9-1. Let's make this tribe better and kick Alcoa's ass in the challenge.

Jessica Wait a minute! Please don't quit. Let him stay. Vote me out!. I admit that I was the one who screwed up. I spent the longest time trying to put a piece in only to realize it was the wrong one. If that hadn't happened, we'd be celebrating. Amy No! I'm the screwed up one here. If I hadn't messed up, I wouldn't be saying this stuff. But I took time because I admit to throwing the challenge. I to wanted Henry voted out. But after the challenge, I felt guilty that I just couldn't wait to be voted out. Jeff WOW! I've never seen three people a admit that they made mistakes and want to leave. Charlotte, when you have three people saying this, does that tell you that they already qualify as people you would vote out? Charlotte Absolutely Jeff. We're all here to win a million dollars and if Survivor is not for them. Let them leave! I don't know what the situation is at the Alcoa camp, but it's not going well over here and it needs to stop. Jeff Rudy, Why would three people after three days say they made a mistake and want everyone else to let them be voted out? Rudy First off Jerry, Baylor owns Texas in the last few years. To answer your question Jeff, I'd say it's a ridiculous reason to vote someone out personally. You got three people saying they want to be voted out. Take one of the three out. This is a tough choice. Who's the most beneficial to the camp? Who can stay and fight for us??Personal votes get you nowhere in this game. Brisa I agree with Rudy on that. However, we have to move forward with the strongest people in this game. So tonight's vote is not intent on hurting the player voted out. It's intent on making this tribe stronger. Jeff Fred, Henry was part of the puzzle team that lost. But that doesn't mean he's going home. You could be going home or Jessica or Cassidy. Fred You're right Jeff! Anyone of us could go home. But there are six other people here that can go home because we're here at tribal council. So whether its Henry or Jerry or Jessica, or Amyor me, all of us are eligible. Jeff Well speaking of votes, it's that time. Brisa, you're up.

Brisa walks up and casts her vote, which isn't revealed. One by one, the castaways vote and soon Jeff says "I'll go tally the votes." He grabs the urn and brings it back to tribal. "Once the votes are read, the decision is final. Person voted out will be asked to leave tribal council immediately. I'll read the votes."

First vote: Henry

Jerry

Henry (2 votes Henry. 1 vote Jerry)

Jerry (We're tied!)

Henry (3 votes Henry. 2 votes Jerry)

Jerry (We're tied again)

Henry (4 votes Henry, 3 votes Jerry)

Jerry (We're tied again)

Henry (5 votes Henry. 4 votes Jerry. 1 vote left.)

Jerry (We're tied.)

Everyone is stunned that it's a 5-5 tie. Jeff gives the rules. There is to be a revote for which, Henry and Jerry cannot participate in. Everyone else would cast their votes only for Henry or Jerry. Once everyone voted, Jeff got the urn and read the votes.

First vote: Henry

Jerry

Jerry (2 votes Jerry. 1 vote Henry)

Henry (We're tied.)

Henry (3 votes Henry. 2 Votes Jerry)

Jerry (We're tied again)

Jerry (4 votes Jerry. 3 votes Henry. 1 vote left.)

First person voted out of Survivor Portland Bight: Jerry

Henry is relieved as Jerry grabs his torch in anger and frustration. Jerry's torch is lit out and he leaves in disbelief.

Jeff reminds everyone that no matter if you like a person or not, you should not let those feelings dictate your destiny in the game. He then sends Oracabessa back to camp.

Voting Confessional
"oracabessa"

- I don't like the bullying, but I prefer strong people over liabilities.

"oracabessa"

- Sticks and stones may break my bones. But names will get you nowhere.

"oracabessa"

- Hook'em Horns

"oracabessa"

- The eyes of Texas are upon you as I vote you out. The eyes of Texas are upon you so you better not give a pout. You are making an embarrassment of the state even though you're acting like a moe. Hope you learn your lesson well otherwise you'll end up in the dough.

"oracabessa"

- Stop being a crybaby. Grow up and get a date.

"oracabessa"

- I appreciate you not acknowledging my blame in the challenge. This makes the vote easy.

"oracabessa"

- You ain't so tough anymore. Screw you and your fratty ways.

"oracabessa"

- I guess this was part of the plan. Sorry!

"oracabessa"

- If you survive this vote, get ready for a big whooping back at camp.

"oracabessa"

- No hard feelings, but you are the weakest person.

Revote
"oracabessa"

- You can now head to Amarillo by morning

"oracabessa"

- Geeks suck

"oracabessa"

- I'm sorry to take you away from your gals. They'll be just fine without you.

"oracabessa"

- Keep it classy Henry

"oracabessa"

- Ain't no love! Bye bye bye!

"oracabessa"

- Just doing what I was told to do.

"oracabessa"

- Still waiting for you to survive

"oracabessa"

- Just kidding Henry! I was referring to Jerry. He's the weakest person.

Final Words
"oracabessa"

- I can't believe I was the first person voted out of this game. But I'm more embarrassed and upset that I lost a bet that I would survive 3 episodes of Survivor. There's bound to be some horse manure on me anytime soon. Hook's Horns!

Next Time on Survivor

 * A good gesture leads to a betrayal
 * An incredible comeback at the immunity challenge.