Game Show
by Kalie Fok 5B
“Welcome, one and all, to Fun Frenzy! I’m your host, Johnny Jackson and today we have four teenagers joining us today! Now tell me, kids, what are your names?”
“My name is Penny Harper, a pro at games and the future winner of this competition!” Penny confidently said to TV.
“That sure is a ton of confidence!” cried Johnny.
“My name is Jack Smith, star athlete of my school and the definite winner of this show,” said Jack.
“I’m Kim Parry and I'm a world champion gymnast and also the owner of the mystery prize.” Kim smiled and grinned in front of the camera.
“I’m Hayden Conner and I’m winning this competition.” Hayden said with a grin.
“Ok, now that we are introduced, let's move onto the first round.” Johnny yelled excitedly.
“Welcome to…Obstacle Frenzy, two of you will compete in a set of obstacles, swinging boulders, balancing bars… and don’t forget, you must press the green button. First to press it is the winner!” The speakers announced. Kim and Hayden were warming up and doing stretches.
“Now the contestants are all warmed up, the race will start at 3…2…1…and they’re off! Kim takes an early lead but no! Hayden is right on her tail! Woah! Watch out for the boulders if I were you! Time for the balancing bars! Oh no! Kim just lost her balance, fell and got stuck in the mud as Hayden now takes the lead! He’s going for it and—Hayden just barely presses the green buzzer! What a shot, Hayden!” Johnny yelled to the crowd.
Hayden yelled like a maniac as he was filled with excitement, he was hugging everyone except for the muddy Kim. “Now, Hayden, you get a choice: would you want everybody to get steak for dinner and you get oatmeal? Or do you want you to get steak and everybody else gets oatmeal? Think quick!”
“Hmm…I’ll go with…steak and everybody, oatmeal!” said Hayden happily.
Disgusted faces filled the room when everybody was served chunky, sloppy oatmeal. Hayden’s face however, was lit with happiness as he slowly savoured every last bite of the steak.
“Psst! Jack! When we are voting out people, Hayden’s out next!” Kim whispered to Jack.
“I agree, what he did to us was unforgivable.” replied Jack.
“It’s the next day! Contestants should be all refreshed from last night! This time, Jack vs. Penny. You two will be competing against each other in…The Fight of Doom! You will be on the balancing beam, You both get a pole and the last person to fall off, wins! Are you ready? Three…two…one…GO!!” said Johnny.
Jack had the early lead, he pushed Penny to the edge! However, Penny got back up and they both were trying to balance. Penny tilted to the left and then to the right while Jack was only balancing on one leg! Jack accidentally leaned backwards, he tittered and tottered and was losing his balance. Penny, her face filled with glee, stared watching as Jack miraculously regained his balance. Jack saw that this was his chance, and hit Penny with his pole.
“Congratulations, Jack, you are now the winner of this round. Now tell me,” said Johnny, “we found a stinky, used porta-potty behind the circus last week. Would you: A, stay there for five minutes and your friends don’t have to? Or B, all your friends stay there for five mins and you don’t?”
“I’m not making the same mistake as Hayden, Johnny, I’ll stay there for five minutes.” answered Jack almost instantly.
When Jack was returning to the waiting room, his clothes were all wet and his hair was covered in toilet paper. He was walking slowly and groaning, with every step he took, was a step of humiliation. His friends were looking at him, laughing and with a face of disgust. That made Jack even more humiliated.
“And now, for the elimination. The person voted for the most is…going home, and the person is…one of you, now enough for the jokes, the person who is actually going to pack their bags is….Jack!” Cried out Johnny.
“What? After all that I’d done for you guys? This is unbelievable.” Grunted the surprised and shocked Jack.
“Sorry, Jack, but it looks like you’ll be packing your bags tonight,” said Johnny.
‘Great job, guys, voting out Jack was the best decision ever!” Kim sneered with a smug smile, “Jack was the biggest threat, getting rid of him was like lifting a boulder off our shoulders.”
The others agreed and nodded as Jack packed up his belongings and returned home.
“So, now that one of our contestants is eliminated, we will now move onto the next and final round.” Yelled Johnny.
“This is……The Hanger! All of you, will you please put both of your hands on the pole on top of you? Thank you very much, and now, Take away the standing board! All three of you will be hanging on to the bar for as long as you want! But don’t let go now! Because the last person to let go will be the winner of this competition! And...the mystery prize is...a vacation to anywhere in the world with an amazing free suite of your choice! Now, without further ado….The competition has started!” Said the speakers.
Kim, Penny and Hayden were clinging on to the bar like their life depended on it. They all struggled but appeared to be at ease.
“Looks like you all three appeared to have no challenge, well why don’t we bring out the cannons now?” Johnny screamed into the microphone.
“C-c-cannons?” Hayden stuttered as he panted.
Within a blink, Cannons appeared and had what seemed like hundreds of balls loaded in. Balls started hitting each of them one by one when suddenly-
“Woah! Looks like Penny’s out of the game! Better luck next time!” said Johnny.
Penny stepped out of the gooey mud, her face, clothes and her hair were all covered in mud as she sadly went home.
“This is it, Hayden, the time where you now let go and I get a free vacation.” smirked Kim.
"Y’know what, Kim? We came all this way just to win this game show, but we never thought of how we started an alliance to vote out Jack, or how we treated our friends. Now, it feels like winning is losing.” Hayden said without his usual smile.
“You’re right, Hayden, how we treated our friends isn’t the right thing. Let’s let go of the bar together, then maybe we’ll both share the prize.” said Kim.
“Yeah, we’ll let go in three…” Kim and Hayden closed their eyes,”Two...”they both let go of one hand,”ONE!!!!!!” Yelled Hayden.Kim let go of the bar.
"That felt great, Hayden, thank you…Hayden?” Kim asked as she looked up,”Oh, I’m gonna kill you when you get down!” Shouted Kim furiously.
“LOOK DOWN BELOOOOOOOOWWW...” Screamed Hayden as he too let go of the bar.
“Congratulations, to our new winner, Hayden! Now tell me, Hayden, where would you like to go?” Johnny asked Hayden.
“R-rovaniemi, F-f-finland.” Panted Hayden.
“Well then, Hayden, guess you’ll be going to Finland!” Johnny said to Hayden.
The Awe-struck Kim was so Jealous, she was speechless! She and Hayden packed up. They were the exact opposite, one was gloomy and under the weather, while the other one was like a ray of sunshine as they left.