Episode  5.       SURVIVER          (C) dino 2001

[Start.]

[Voiceover and show scenes of island.] "Twenty people, ten dominant -
submissive couples, stranded on a tiny south seas island. Every three
days the couples will have to compete against each other in two
challenge competitions, for rewards, and for points. At the end of
twenty days, the five couples with the fewest number of points will
have to leave the island, while the rest will continue on for another
twenty days. In the end, the couple with the highest number of points
will be declared the winner, and will walk away with One Million
Dollars."

"Last time on Surviver:" [Run clips as the host, Kent, speaks.]

"Three of our dominants stage a raid on the production camp and acquire
a nice little motor boat." [Show the boat speeding away.] "Later that
evening, Colleen and Sierra reveal some interesting details about
themselves around the campfire." Colleen: "I was sitting on this guy,
his huge tool still crammed inside me."

"Partly as punishment for taking the boat, the first challenge has two
somewhat nasty parts. One for the subs," [Show subs getting stuffed
with ice.] "and one for the doms." [Show plate of grubs, doms eating
and gagging on them.]

"The main points challenge was an obstacle course with each dom
handcuffed to his or her sub. The Major and Jane have come on strong
and now lead in the points total, followed close behind by Sam and
Trish. Lisa and Myka hold third place.

"Stay tuned, as one of our couples moves closer to winning our grand
prize, of One Million Dollars."

[Run Opening Title Sequence.]  [Episode Intro Sequence: 65 seconds.]

05 seconds -     Airport: small plane taking off - classic over the
camera shot.

12 seconds -     Small plane flying over water - slow zoom to cockpit -
jungle drums begin building.

17 second sequence - ahead view, flying low over water. Plane banks
left, island comes into view as title music breaks in and dialogue
begins (see below). Pull up, camera tilts down, show fly over of
island, trees etc.

20 second sequence - show cast: head shots, 2 seconds each couple,
background is island shore as plane flies past.

11 seconds -     Night view of beach from point offshore: fast zoom in
to bonfire, chained submissives dancing around it. Expand title and
logo. Hold for 5 seconds.

Fade to black.

Intro Dialogue:

Island fly over: "Ten couples, stranded on a tiny south seas island,
forced to fend for themselves. Every three days the couples must
compete in two challenges, for rewards, and for points that will lead
to one of our couples winning a grand prize of One Million Dollars."

Show cast: "Within each of these couples, one person is in control
while the other person submits to that control. One is dominant while
the other is submissive. Each submissive is fitted with wrist and ankle
cuffs and chains which will hamper their movements, and which shall be
worn by them at all times while on the island."

Night view: "In the end, one couple will walk away as the sole
survivers."

[End episode intro.]


[Evening of Day Thirteen, after the obstacle race.]

[Voiceover.] "Having use of a boat has allowed four of the doms to go
out past the reef and, using the net, they've managed to catch a nice
sized Tuna fish for dinner. Eddie and Rusty have cooked it whole on the
grill over a fire. The group are now sitting around camp and enjoying a
delicious meal."

Lisa: To Peter. "What did you make of Kent's announcement, about the
next few days being a bit different?"

Peter: "I'm not sure. We're getting closer to the half way mark in the
contest. Maybe the challenges will be getting tougher now."

Sam: "That race today was hard, but not as bad as I thought it would 
be. I'd imagine that in the next few competitions, we're going to be
competing directly against each other. There won't be anything that's
open to interpretation or chance. They will have to be contests with
decisive outcomes."

Peter: "As the points stand right now, Sue and I would be out. Gaining
points in these next few challenges are paramount to many of us, so
they'll have to be both fair and conclusive. Kent said that there will
be materials in the mail tomorrow that we need for the next two games.
I guess we'll just have to wait and see."

After supper, Colleen and John are seen down on the beach doing her
laundry.

Colleen: "We have to win at the next few challenges to make the final
five. You ready for that, John?"

John: "I am, mistress. I hope that we're able to go on, but even if we
don't make it to the end, it's been a fantastic adventure."

Colleen: "Yes, it has been. We haven't done all that well in the
challenges, but it certainly has been fun being here."

A few at a time, the couples show up on the beach to watch the sunset.
It's a bit cool this evening and the few clouds in the sky are washed
in glorious colours of reds and golds. The bonfire is built, and fire
is brought down from camp to light it. Everyone gathers around.

Colleen: "Ok. Who's next?"

Lisa: "For what?"

Colleen: "Hottest, or wildest sex. Lisa?"

Myka: "Let me tell it, Lisa."

Lisa: "Tell what?"

Myka: "That guy, two years ago? The gold Porsche?"

Lisa: She laughs. "Ok, sure."

Myka: "Me and Lisa worked at a bar in Austin for a few months. I
danced, and Lisa worked the bar. One night there was this guy, right up
front, just looking at me. You know? So I finished my last set and he
says to me, "Hey honey, buy you a drink?"

"So I'm sitting with him and there's a no touching rule but I had this
gold chain around my waist that I'd found in the dressing room. He
touches it with a fingertip and says, "I like this. It's nice." Yeah,
well so? I liked the way it felt on me when I was dancing, and it did
look good on me.

"He can't keep his fingers off that chain, and he's feeling it around
me, feeling around my back, the chain, and my hair, and I'm really not
minding it all that much. The guy looks Ok, and he seems gentle and
nice. Some guys creep you out right away but he seemed all right.

"It's a slow night and so Lisa brings us a round, then sits down with
us. Buddy gets a bit nervous but I introduce Lisa as my friend and then
he settles right down. "You two live together?" he asks. I says,
"Yeah," and that makes it really Ok.

"He's some big oil guy and he pulls out a wad of bills to start peeling
off hundreds. Me and Lisa are just staring, watching the pile grow.
He's going on about me and her coming over to his place for a bit of B
and D, with him getting both the B, and the D. I looks at Lisa and
she's lookin' at me. The rent's due, and the car needs fixing.

"The guy's putting 'em down slower now. It's getting embarrassing, all
that cash. Lisa puts her hand on the pile. "So we go to your place, you
get tied up, and we take turns whipping you?" "Yup," he says, "That's
about it. You game?" Lisa and I enjoy our bondage sessions but we've
never played with whips and stuff. "How about it, Myka?" she asks me.

"Well there's over two large there and we'd been itching to move on.
Two grand for a couple hours 'work'? "Ok," I says.

"Lisa puts the cash in an envelope and gives it to the bar owner to
hold. Lisa didn't catch it, but I saw him smile at the guy I was
sitting with. Maybe his little kink was known about by the locals.
Anyway, we go out back and he's got this brand new, shiny gold Porsche
with the softest seats I'd ever sat in. There was only two seats, so
Lisa's on my lap the whole way out to his ranch.

"At the door we're met by his butler. "James will be here in the house
to ensure all our safety," the guy says. James looks kinda creepy, but
he discretely splits and leaves us alone. The three of us sit down in
the living room. "There's a rather well equipped dungeon downstairs,"
he begins. "I'd like it if you'd both take charge and tie me down
tight, then whip me. As hard as you can."

"Lisa asks him, "What about a safeword?" "No," he tells her. "I never
use them. It spoils the experience if I know I can stop it."

Lisa: "I think that he regretted that by the time we'd finished."

Nadine: She's fidgeting with her wrist chain. "So then what happened?"

Myka: "We all go downstairs. James had disappeared and it's just us
three. The lights come on and I'm getting wet just looking at all the
stuff he's got. A cage, padded bench, cross. Chains and cuffs
everywhere. Lisa asks him, "Any preference?" He steps up on this low
platform in the center of the room. There's padded cuffs hanging from
cables and he touches one. Cuffs chained to the floor, too. "Please,
Mistress," he whispers. For a second I feel jealous.

"But then, "Myka," Lisa barks at me. "Undress this worm!" Instantly I
comply. The guy just stands there watching me with the saddest eyes
I've ever seen. But behind the sadness, I see that spark. That spark
that we all get, right before a really intense scene.

"I get all his clothes off and Lisa's locking the cuffs on. There's a
crank on the wall that raise his hands up over his head. Then, Lisa
goes to the rack of whips and selects this big flogger. She comes to me
and stands beside me and cracks the thing against the floor a couple
times. Buddy's staring with wide eyes at us both. I can't imagine what
that thing would feel like, but I think the guy knew. Lisa starts in,
and soon, she's right into it."

Lisa: "I'd never done anything like that before, though I'd heard
enough about it to know what to do. That whip just seemed to feel so
natural in my hand. I started off slow, but soon I was sweating from
the exertion. And the guy just stood there and took it all.

"I could never do something like that to another woman. Beat my lovely
Myka with a whip? I'd sooner cut off my own arm. But this guy had asked
for it. He'd begged for it. So I just gave him what he'd asked for."

Myka: "I'd see him look my way and I could see it in his eyes. He was
thanking me for making this happen. Lisa just continued on until she
was worn out. Then, it was over.

"The guy couldn't look at either of us afterwards. He just hung there
in the cuffs. Ashamed, I guess, of what he'd let us do to him. "Leave
me," he asked. "James will drive you back." As I walked past him I saw
his eyes flicker up at me. I said, "You're a very brave man." He smiled
at me. "Thank you, Mistress," he said to me. Wow!"

Lisa: "I told her, "Don't let it go to your head." In the car, James
says, "My boss paid you two a lot of money tonight. We ask that you
keep quiet about what went on." I asked him some things but he didn't
say anything more. He just dropped us off at the bar again and we drove
home."

Mark: "It's always the ones you'd least expect who's into that stuff. A
boss of a big company, lots of power. Sometimes they just want to give
up all that power and let go."

Major: "Hrump! What kind of a man would let himself get whipped by a
woman?"

Eddie: "We know someone who likes that sort of thing."

Major: "Queers aren't men."

A few, including Eddie, laugh. The group is becoming more, if not
accepting, at least more understanding of the Major's attitudes.

Rusty: "Bill had a sub before me who was into that stuff."

Eddie: "Really? Would you like to tell us?"

Rusty: "Ok. I met Bill, my master before Eddie, through him. Mr.
Andrews, we called him, but I later found out his first name. Steve.

"After high school I got a job in the mail room of a big investment
company. Mr. Andrews was one of the top guys there. I was up in his
offices delivering the mail one day, and his secretary was all worked
up over something. Steve comes running out of his office and says,
"I've gotta get this package over to the Handcock building right now!"
The regular courier company was on strike or something.

"I said, "I can take it over, Mr. Andrews." Hell, it was only two
blocks away. He looks me right in the eye and says, "This is important,
son. Can I count on you?" "You bet, sir," I says.

"So downstairs, I hop on my bike and I'm there in three minutes. I get
back with the receipt and the secretary says, "Mr. Andrews wants to see
you." He's really pleased with me cause I "saved his ass", he says.
Then he tells me to join him for dinner that night!

"I guess he knew about me, or could tell right off, that I was gay.
Over dinner he's getting really friendly with me. Later on he invites
me to a party he's going to on Friday night. He drops me off at home
and he puts his hand on my arm. "See you later, Michael." That was my
name, back then.

"Friday night I show up at this big mansion east of town. I can't
believe that I'm gonna get in, but at the door, I say my name and I'm
whisked right through. The place was like right out of the movies.
Opulence everywhere you looked, and the people there; I was awestruck.

"Steve sees me but I never would have recognised him. He wore drag and
boy, did he look hot! Sorry, Major. "Michael, I want you to meet
someone," he says, and upstairs we go. "Michael, this is Bill."

"Bill took me home that night, and I lived with him as his slave for
nearly six, happy years. Until he died."

Rusty pauses a moment, remembering times past. The wood on the fire
crackles twice, loudly, and brings his focus back to the present.

Rusty: "Anyway, back at the party, Steve and Bill go downstairs and I
follow along. In the cellar of this big house is a fully equipped
dungeon. There's already a few people playing down there and Bill takes
Steve over to the wall and makes him strip down. Then he chains my boss
up to the wall! And then, Bill takes this whip and starts laying into
Mr. Anderson!

"Sure, I knew about this sort of thing, but being right there and
seeing it is something else entirely. And Mr. Anderson, this big wheel
at a big money company, is taking it all and loving it. Bill was doing
it because he knew that Steve liked it. Bill tried it on me a little
but he wasn't really comfortable whipping me, and I really didn't like
it all that much. So it was never a big thing in our relationship.

"So It's like you said, Mark, you really never know who's into that
sort of thing."

Major: "Well I think it ain't natural for a man to want to get beaten,
much less to actually enjoy it."

Max: "Everybody's different."

Major: "That's part of the problem."

Lisa: She gives a disgusted glance at the Major and stands. "Come on,
Myka. Let's call it a night."

Peter: "Yeah, that's not a bad idea."

The fire is banked up and the group turns in for the night.

[Go commercial.] / [Return.]

[Title. DAY FOURTEEN.]

[Dawn's early light. On the beach.]

The Major and Jane are doing their exercises. The sun is peeking from
behind a low cloud formation out to sea, washing the beach with an
eerie orange light. Jane looks toward the Major.

Jane: "We're leading in the points totals, Sir. I hope we can win this
thing."

Major: He stops and looks at Jane. "We've done very well so far, Jane.
You've done very well. I feel good having you on my team."

Jane: "Thank you, Sir."

Sam and Edgar step from the jungle with fishing poles and head to the
boat. The Major watches them as they start the motor to head out and
try their luck at catching some breakfast. After they're out of
earshot, the Major turns to Jane again.

Major: "I don't want any fuckups these next few days. We hold top place
now and it's going to stay that way. Got it?"

Jane: "Yes, Sir."

[Cut to:] The mail tree. Kent is placing bundles of bound papers into
the box below. He stands, holding a book.

Kent: "In the late Nineteen Sixties, a fellow by the name of John
Norman, began the writing on what has became a series of twenty five
books. They are based on an imaginary planet called Gor. Gor is a
world, very similar to Earth, but with a difference.

"The Gor books tell a tale of a civilization, where the men are strong
warriors, and where the women's place is at the feet of the men, their
masters. On Gor, women are held in bondage as slaves and, as such, are
there for the use and for the pleasures of the men.

"Some people who've read Norman's books on Gor, feel that they portray
a society bent on subjugating and degrading women. And while that may
be true, in Gorean society, women are also trusted and valued members
of that society. It is held that the women of Gor are free to explore
their sexuality to the fullest extent, for both their own pleasures,
and for the pleasure of the men that they serve.

"Join us now, as, for the next few days, our contestants immerse
themselves in the world of Gor."

Kent places the book on top of the stack of binders and then closes the
lid. Getting into the Jeep, he drives off.

[Cut to:] Surviver camp. Most of the couples sit around, snacking on
fruit and drinking morning coffee. Kent's Jeep is heard from somewhere
off in the jungle

Peter: "Hear that? Kent must have dropped off the mail."

Colleen: "Let's go see what we've got."

Peter and Sue, Colleen and John, head down to the beach to find out
what Kent has left them. At the mail tree, Peter reaches into the tube
and he finds a rolled up paper that's tied with a thin gold chain. He
unhooks the chain and then unrolls the sheet of paper. Peter reads the
note to the others.

Peter: Reading. "We bid thee welcome, to a land, far away. A land where
Men reside, and those that are destined to serve them. Welcome, to the
land called Gor."

John: "Look!"

John has opened the box and he lifts out the book and one of the
binders of papers. The book is titled "Nomads of Gor" and is written by
John Norman. Colleen takes the binder and flips through the pages.

Colleen: "Listen to this:

"Nadu Position.

"The first and most often used of all of the Gorean slave positions,
and one of the first ones a slave learns. The command is often called
"Nadu," from what seems to be a common Gorean word for kneel. In this
position, the slave kneels and sits upon her heels with her back and
shoulders straight, her chest out, belly in, and her head up, though
she averts her eyes to the floor. Her thighs are open, widely spread,
and her hands rest upon her thighs."

Peter: "There's more." Peter reads the challenge. "The submissives will
learn the positions described in your binders and will be asked to
perform each one, when ordered, for tomorrow's competition. Marked
excerpts in the book are to be read out loud, around the campfire,
tonight and tomorrow night. The day after, the challenge is a wagon
race as described in the book, in the second marked section"

Colleen: "A wagon race? With horses?"

Sue and John look at each other. Colleen catches the exchange between
the two subs, and she starts to laugh.

Peter: "Let's go tell the others."

Peter and Colleen lead the procession back to camp with their subs
following. Colleen is flipping through the book as she walks. Sue and
John carry the ten binders, and Peter, is twirling the gold chain
around his finger. When they reach the camp, the others come running to
see what they've got.

The stack of binders is placed on the camp table and the contestants go
through the material. Sam picks up the book and thumbs through it.

Sam: "Any of you ever read any of Norman's work? Trish and I have one
at home, called Captive of Gor."

Trish: "It was Sam's book. I really enjoyed reading it."

Max: "I've heard about this. There's lots of Gorean sites on the net."

Jane is eager to say something, but the Major gives her "the look", and
she settles back down. He takes one of the binders of slave positions
and he and Jane move off, away from the group. When they are alone,
Jane speaks up.

Jane: "You have many of the Gor books in the library, Sir. You have
given that very one on the table to me to study once. Why did you not
wish the others to know. . . oh. Forgive me, Sir. I understand now."

Major: He's looking through the pages in the binder. "The others need
not know what we know, Jane." He hands the binder to her. "Your
assignment is to learn every one of these positions. I'll drill you
after lunch today."

The Major walks off, leaving his sub alone with the binder. She sits
and begins to read. Other subs are left alone in the camp to go over
the pages, while the doms mostly gather down on the beach.

The cloud cover is thicker now and a strong breeze blows in from the
sea. The dominants sit on logs in a grove of small palm trees where
there's a bit of shelter from the wind.

Peter: "So Major, have you read anything on the land of Gor?"

Major: "I've heard of it, yes. Makes a lot of sense."

Colleen: "As I understand, it's only women who are the slaves."

Max: "There are men slaves too. Females are called Kajira and men are
Kajirus. Male slaves do all the heavy work."

Colleen: "Are all the women there slaves?"

Peter: "In some parts of Gor they are. In many places though, there are
women who are free persons. But anywhere on Gor, being a woman means
that your place is under the men."

Sam: Smiling. "As it should be." Colleen whacks him on the arm. "Owch!"

Colleen: "And what about that horse race the challenge mentioned?"

Peter: "Wagon race."

Major: "Probably a big, heavy wagon, pulled by three or more of the
subs. Think about Medieval times. Castles, mighty warriors, and deeply
sensuous women born to serve them. Subjugation of women is simply part
of the culture on Gor. It's a natural thing in their society. Women
accept it, and the men insist on it."

Peter: To the Major. "I think that you know more about this Gor thing
than you're letting on. Have you read any of Norman's books?"

Major: "I have a few."

Lisa: "And I suppose that you agree that all women should be slaves?"

Major: He looks directly at Lisa. "Not all women. For most, there's no
hope."

The wind begins to really pick up. A few raindrops begin falling. The
dominants decide to take cover inside the shelter and they leave the
beach to head back. Some fruit is gathered from the stores, and by the
time everyone has settled inside the shelter, the sky opens up with a
heavy tropical downpour.


Tower Slave Position

There is another variation of Nadu in which the slave kneels the same
way, but with her knees modestly together. This variation is referred
to as Tower Slave Position and is typically reserved for underage or
white-silk slavegirls, or slavegirls who serve their Master in a non-
sexual way, such as a Tower Slave or female Work Slave. When at rest,
the slave's hands are modestly crossed at the wrist, and lay in her
lap.


Bara Position

This position is sometimes designated by the name Bara, which is a
Gorean word which probably means "belly," although slaves are expected
to respond to the separate command, "Belly," in a different fashion
(described below). In Bara position the slave falls to her stomach,
face down to the floor, her head turned to the left. She crosses her
wrists behind her back, and similarly crosses her ankles, her legs
straight, in preparation for binding. (NOTE: Because of your bondage,
for this position your hands are to placed on either side of your body,
palms down, your wrist chain under your belly.)


Belly Position

This position is a distinctly separate one than the Bara position
described above. It is generally less formal than Bara. In this
position, upon hearing the command "Belly!" the slave "bellies" before
her master, basically falling to her belly at his feet. She lays face
down, with her palms pressed flat to the ground on either side of her
head, and awaits further commands. 


Each of the couples find some space inside the shelter and begin to
practice the Gorean slave positions that they've been assigned. To
some, assuming the positions comes almost naturally to them, while
others, Judith in particular, find the whole thing somewhat humorous.

Edgar: To Judith. "Look, Jude. This is the challenge we've been given.
At least with this one we know what it is and we can practice a bit
beforehand."

Judith: "Slave positions? Jesus, Edgar, give me a break. It's
ridiculous!"

Edgar: "Ridiculous is us blowing a Million bucks because you're too
bitchy to show me proper respect. Now, on your belly, Slave!"

Judith: She assumes the position. "When we get the million, I'm going
to buy this island and keep you chained up here for a year!"

Edgar: "Promises, promises. For now, let's just not forget who's the
master and who's the slave here. All right?"

Judith: "Yes, oh great Master."

Sue is kneeling comfortably in the Nadu position. Peter has her 'Bara',
and she slides gracefully down on her belly, hands to her sides, legs
straight, ankles crossed.

Peter: "Flip the ankle chain to the inside. It's all hanging out
crooked like that." Sue makes the adjustment. "Perfect. You make a
lovely slave, darling."

Sue: "Thank you, Master."

Over in one corner, Myka rests in the Nadu position while Lisa flips
through the book on Gor. Myka's long hair cascades down her back to
come to rest on her feet, under her bum.

Lisa: "Your hair looks beautiful, Myka, but it also could be seen to
hide the beauty of your body underneath. There might be something about
slave girl's hair in here." She turns back a few pages in the book.
"Here. 'Carstil tied her hair in a long braid to keep it out of her way
while she worked.' I'll braid your hair tomorrow for the challenge."

Myka: "Maybe we should do it now and see how it moves when I change
positions."

Lisa: "Sure. Ok."


Lesha: 

This position is used to attach a leash. She kneels, her back to her
Master, with her chin lifted and head turned to the left, offering her
collar for leashing. Her wrists are behind her back, ready, if needed,
to be snapped into slave bracelets. (NOTE: Wrists crossed in front,
since you have your slave bracelets on already.)


Capture Position: 

The girl lies on her back with her knees raised, heels on the floor in
a standard, supine capture position.


Ko-lar (Collar) or Position of Female Submission: 

She kneels at the Master's feet and leans her body back, sitting upon
her heels, with her arms extended upward, crossed at the wrists, and
her head beneath them lowered in supplication.


As the rain drums down on the shelter's roof, the doms put their subs
through the various Gorean slave positions. In the early afternoon the
rain lets up, and shortly after, the sun is shining brightly once more.

The fire has been drowned out from the rain, so Eddie gathers up dry
wood from a pile stashed under the tarp. He uses the bow to get it
going again. Marsha and Sierra begin cooking the rice and beans, and
the last tin of ham is opened for the group's supper.

[Iso shot of Peter and Sue.] They're off gathering coconuts.

Sue: "I had a chance to talk to Jane earlier. I think that there's
something strange going on between those two."

Peter: "Like what? The Major chains Jane to her bed each night? Oh My
God. . . !"

Sue: "No, silly! Actually, she sleeps in a tiny cage. But that's just
it. First I asked her what sort of things they like to do. She seemed
willing to talk about that. It sounded like the Major is pretty hard on
her, but it's their life, so who's to judge.

"But when I asked her how they met, well, she clammed right up. Didn't
want to talk about it. And another thing, she kept on looking around
like she was afraid of the Major seeing her talking to me. I think that
they have a big secret that they're not telling anyone about."

Peter: "The Major's not the type to talk a lot about himself. He may
simply wish to keep their private life private."

Sue: "I think it's a lot deeper than that. I think that Jane is really
afraid of him and what he might do to her."

Peter: "Look, Sue. We're here like everyone else to win the Million
Dollars. If we don't start earning some points in the next challenges
it's all not going to matter. We could be heading home in five days."

Sue drops down on her belly in the dirt before Peter. Her hands are at
the sides of her head, palms down.

Sue: "Forgive this worthless slave, Master. She will try very hard to
please you."

Peter: Smiling. "On your knees, slave. You Do greatly please me."

Sue goes to her knees on the jungle floor. There's a leaf stuck to her
right breast and there are a few twigs tangled in her hair.

Back at camp the evening meal is almost ready. The Major and Jane
return from water detail and Jane places the jugs down near the storage
area. She picks up some fruit from the table and then goes off alone to
eat. Trish notices Jane leaving, and then she sees the marks on the
girl's ass. Trish finds Sam and goes to him.

Trish: Whispered to Sam. "The Major must have caned Jane. There's marks
all over her bum."

Peter and Sue return carrying two coconuts each and they pass by Sam
and Trish. Sam nudges Peter and tells him about Jane.

Sue: "I knew it. Where is she. We have to go to her."

Sam: "Easy, now. Let's just get our dinner and then we'll go eat down
on the beach."

The four get their meals and one by one, without arousing suspicion,
they drift away to go and find Jane. A little ways up the beach, Jane
is sitting out in the water. Her head is down, though as Sue and Trish
approach, she looks up. She has been crying.

Trish: "Jane, are you all right?"

Jane: "Hi Trish. Sure, I'm Ok."

Trish: "I saw the marks on your ass, Jane."

Jane: Her forced smile falters a bit. "It's nothing, really."

Sue: "Let me see."

Jane: "No! I. . . ."

Trish and Sue lift the girl to her feet. Peter and Sam are standing
nearby and Peter lets out a gasp.

Sam: "Jesus."

Sue: "Oh, Jane."

Jane's bum is covered with raised welts. In some places the skin has
broken and the water dripping off her is tinged with pinkish red. The
sea water must have stung her something awful, but the salt would have
helped to kill any chance of infection at least.

Sam: "You and the Major went for water. What happened, Jane?"

Jane: "I. . . I displeased my Master and he was forced to discipline
me, Sir."

Sam: "How did you displease Kilpatrick?"

Jane: "I. . . this afternoon, I got my period. He felt that it may hurt
my ability to compete in the challenges, Sir."

Peter: "What!?"

Sue: "A girl can't control when her monthly comes. What kind of shit is
that?"

Jane: "The Major hates it when my menses come. Usually he doesn't beat
me so hard, but today I guess he felt like it. Sir."

Peter: "This is fucking bullshit! I'm going to have a talk with that
prick."

Trish: "Don't look now but here he comes."

The Major steps out onto the beach and sees the four people gathered
around his sub Jane. He moves towards them carrying a bowl of food.

Major: "What's going on here, Jane?"

Peter: "You tell us what's going on here, Major."

Major: He waits a beat until he's standing near Jane. "I had to
discipline my submissive. Any problem with that?"

Peter: "What did she do to warrant a beating like that?"

Major: He hands the bowl of food to Jane. "That's none of your
business, is it."

Sam: He places his hand on Peter's arm. "No, it isn't. Let's leave
these two alone, Trish."

Sam and Peter and their subs move away from the Major and Jane, to
gather again on the beach.

Sam: "I think we should keep an eye on the Major from now on. Agreed?"

Trish: "We'll pass the word to a few other subs. Jane isn't to be left
alone with him anymore."

Sam: "Good. We'll let it lie for now. Even though we may not agree with
the way they choose to live their life, they're certainly free to do as
they see fit. If Jane wasn't happy, she could simply leave the Major.
Right?"

The four take seats near the fire pit to watch the evening sky, and
keep an eye on Jane, who's eating her supper. The Major has the tube of
ointment from the first aid kit and he's rubbing some cream on Jane's
bum.

Sue: "Maybe she can't leave him."

Trish: "What, she's too much in love with him?"

Sue: "Could be. Or maybe it's something else."

Peter: "Look. We'll watch out for Jane, but we still have a challenge
to win tomorrow. Ok, Sue?"

Sue: She slips off the log she's sitting on to lay prone, Bara, in the
sand. "Yes, Master. This lowly slave will honour you in the challenge
tomorrow."

Sam: To Peter. "A fine slave you have, sir. How much do you want for
the girl? Mine gives me much displeasure of late. Owch!"

Trish has reached out and tweaked Sam's nipple between two fingers. She
leaps up and runs, ankle chain jingling, into the sea. Sam catches her
easily and tackles Trish into the water. Together, they laugh and
splash about for a bit, then swim out further. In the deeper water,
they come together as one.

Others begin to gather down on the beach and wood is brought for the
nightly bonfire. Eddie and Max carry fishing poles to the boat. Out in
the water, they pick up Sam, and then head out past the reef.

Colleen suggests that the submissives assemble together to run through
the Gorean slave positions. So all of the subs line up along the beach
and Mark is chosen to call out the commands.


Obeisance position: 

She goes to the floor, laying upon her stomach, face down before the
Master. She turns her head and places her cheek against his feet,
kissing them lightly in a gesture of love and submission.


Table:

This command is used when a Master is in need of a table to rest his
drink or to just rest his feet. She goes to all fours, locking her
elbows, making her back smooth and level, holding her head level as
well.


Whipping Position or Kneeling to the Whip: 

She first assumes the Nadu position, though with her arms crossed in
front of her. She then leans forward and places her head to the floor,
first sweeping her hair forward over her shoulders in order that her
back might be utterly exposed to the whip.


The subs are drilled on the slave positions for nearly an hour. Mark
begins with having them simply 'stand' for several minutes. A few of
them become impatient and start fidgeting and talking, but are quickly
corrected by their doms. Then Mark begins calling out the positions.

The pace is picked up and the subs have to move both quickly and as
gracefully as they can to assume each position. Judith is slow to shift
into the 'sleen' position and receives a hard smack on her bum by Edgar
who's standing behind her. John steps on his ankle chain and stumbles a
bit, earning a swat on his bum with a stick that Colleen is holding.

Jane is at the end of the line and she is being closely watched by the
Major. Although her motions are slightly jerky at times, Kilpatrick
chooses to cut her some slack. He knows how much she's hurting from her
beating earlier on. He can see that she is trying to best the other
subs in the drill, and so he feels that, tomorrow, she will be ready.

Sue is beside Jane and from time to time she glances at the girl. Sue
can't help but feel empathy for her because she understands the pain
that the other girl still must be feeling. There have been times, at
her request, that Peter has whipped her almost as hard as Jane appears
to have gotten it. She had asked him to do it because she wanted to
know what it would feel like, and also, to learn how much she would be
able to take.

The Major notes that the other submissives, and some of the doms, seem
to be keeping an eye on his sub, Jane. Jane, however, is keeping her
mind fully on moving herself into each of the slave positions as fast,
and as smoothly as she can. If the others feel that they need to
distract themselves from the task at hand, he thinks, then so much the
better for him.

Eddie brings the boat in at dusk and he, Sam, and Max, have caught
three nice fish for the group's breakfast. The fire is lit, and the
couples gather around while Mark reads the assigned sections of the
book.

[Go commercial.] / [Return.]

[Title: DAY FIFTEEN.]

[Early morning, on the beach.] The sun is just beginning to peek over
the horizon as the Major and Jane begin their exercise routine.
Earlier, when they first wakened, the Major had spread some more of the
antibiotic cream on Jane's whip marks. Her bum shines in the dim light
of dawn.

Jane glances at her master from time to time, trying to gauge his mood
this morning. Every time she bends over she feels a twinge of pain from
each and every one of the marks that stripe her ass. However, before
she can summon the courage to speak to him, Peter and Sue show up to
start their morning workout.

As the sun begins it's daily climb, Peter and Sue warm up with a few
stretching moves. Then, Peter turns to the Major.

Peter: "Feel like a run, Major?"

Major: He gives a sidelong glance at Jane. "Sure, why not."

Peter: "We'll check the mail."

Peter and the Major head off down the beach leaving Jane and Sue alone.
Jane feels uneasy and begins to inch away from the other submissive.
Sue waits until the two doms are out of sight.

Sue: Softly. "Jane, can we talk?"

Jane: "The Major has ordered me not to speak to any of you."

Sue: "Jane, you have to talk about it."

Jane: "No, Sue. I cannot."

Trish steps out onto the beach and comes over to the other two.

Sue: To Trish. "Trish. Go over to the boat and pretend to check it.
Peter has the Major down at the mail tree. Give us a wave when they
come back."

Trish: "Right."

Trish heads off and Sue turns to Jane.

Sue: "Now. Tell me, Jane."

Jane: "Sue, there's nothing to tell. The Major is hard on me sometimes.
That's all there is to it."

Sue: "Have you seen what he did to you? Have you looked at your bum?
There's no question that you've been beaten, and harder than anyone
should have to be. How's that going to look on TV? Does he think that
it's Ok to beat someone like that for no real reason?"

Jane: She gives the camera a glance. "The Major has a reason for
everything he does."

Sue: "Why did he beat you like that?"

Jane: "He. . . I'm not sure. He doesn't have to explain his actions to
me."

Sue looks towards Trish, who's standing by the boat. Trish glances over
at the two, then turns back to watch for the Major's return. Sue turns
to Jane again.

Sue: "Why do you stay with Kilpatrick? Is it because you love him?"

Jane: "I. . . I. . . I don't know. I don't know what love is, Sue."

Sue: "Why do you stay with him then? How did you get hooked up with a
man like that?"

Jane: "He. . . ." She glances towards the camera again. "No! I can't
talk about it, Sue."

Jane turns and moves away from Sue. She runs, head down, into the
jungle. Sue turns to look at Trish. Trish shrugs and moves to her. The
two meet near the trail to the shelter.

Sue: "She won't talk. I think that she's scared shitless of him."

Trish: "Look. We tried, all right? We've got a competition to get
through today, so let it drop for now. I talked to some of the others,
and we'll watch out for her. For now, that's all we can do."

Sue: "You're right, Trish. Ok."

Trish: "Let's go see if anyone's made some coffee."

Back at camp, Peter and Sue talk while having breakfast.

Peter: "Anything?"

Sue: "No. She won't say a thing. I'm really worried, Peter. She. . . ."

Peter: "Look, Sue. You and I need to win the challenge today. All
right? If we get bumped off the island, there's nothing we can do for
Jane. So let's concentrate on the game. Ok?"

Sue: Sighs. "Yes. Ok."

Peter: "Ok, what?"

Sue: "Ok, Sir?"

Peter: "That's better."

The challenge area is a patch of beach just South of the survivers
encampment. Ten short sticks have been placed in the sand in a
semicircle. Kent and Miss Kate stand in the center and the couples
gather around them.

Kent: "Welcome. Have you all been practicing your positions? Now, The
doms will sit this one out, so if you'd like to make yourselves
comfortable over there, we can begin." 

Kent waves the doms towards some logs in the shade at the jungle's
edge.

"There are ten sticks in the sand. The sticks will symbolize the feet
of your masters. You will preform your positions to the stick, as if it
was your master standing there. It would be too crowded if all twenty
of you were standing there and we need to see you subs complete each of
the moves. So Subs, take a position in front of a stick, facing me, and
Stand."

Each sub stands before one of the short sticks in the sand. Not all of
them have picked up that the order to stand was one of their positions,
and the contest has already started. Judith stands at ease and is
looking around. Rusty too stands with his feet together, and only after
seeing that most of the others have assumed the proper 'stand'
position, does he shift his feet apart. Sue got it right off, though,
as did several of the other subs, stepping in front of a stick to take
up the proper 'Stand' position.

Kent and Miss Kate write in their notepads. Kent calls for the next
position, Nadu. All the subs fluidly lower down on their knees. Kent
and Kate walk around the subs, checking their positions. Any small
thing, like a back not straight, feet not properly placed, a general
lack of symmetry, and a note goes into Kent or Kate's book.

Kate looks closely at Myka. She has her hair in a braid but she also
has looped the braid up double and knotted it. The knot lays evenly
across her left shoulder. Perfect for a master to grab hold of. Myka
earns a positive mark in Kate's book for her creativity in the use of
her long hair.

Kent: "Bara."

As one, the subs drop to their hands, slide their legs from under them,
then go down on their bellies. Kent is standing behind Jane now, and he
sees the vicious looking slashes across her bum. He also notes that
Jane has one hand the right way, flat against her side, while her other
hand is palm up, beside her.

One by one, Kent calls out the Gorean slave positions and he and Kate
move amongst the subs, checking that they have assumed the positions
correctly. At the mid point of the challenge, Kent and Kate move off to
the side to compare notes. They stand on camera, away from the others.

Kate: "I have Sue and Myka in the lead, Kent."

Kent: "I agree. Myka's hair is lovely and she handles it well. Sue's
hair is loose though, and she controls it with equal grace.

Kate: "Marsha was slow on the sleen position. John is trying hard
though. I have him third now."

Kent: "You notice Jane's ass?"

Kate: "How could you not? Have you noticed her doing little things to
try and blow it?"

Kent: "A hand or a foot slightly out of place. Always on the side away
from Kilpatrick."

Kate: "Yes."

Kent: "Should they do the Gorean Love Bow?"


Gorean Love Bow: This position is very painful to maintain for longer
than five minutes. She kneels in Nadu position and bends her body
backwards, her head to the floor. She places her hands by her head, and
pulls up into a back bend.


Kate: "Let's see who falls first."

Kent: "Oh, you are a nasty one."

The submissives have been left on their bellies for the judges confab.
Kent has them 'Nadu', then calls for the 'Gorean Love Bow'. They all
lean back, place their hands back over their heads and down upon the
sand behind them. That's as far as some of the submissives get.

A person has to be in great shape to hold a position like this for any
length of time. Some of them are unable to raise their bodies up
properly. After a couple tries, Kent lets the few concede the position.

When Sue lowered her head she'd given it a shake, and her hair now
pools on the sand around her head like a halo. Perfect. Myka's hair
knot curls fetchingly across her forehead as she stares out to an
upside down sea. Sue and Myka hold the position easily, Myka, due to
her lithe dancers body.

Rusty and John are balls up in the pose, but Rusty's arms are already
trembling from the strain. Sierra's big tits have spread out somewhat
and look less appealing now, compared to during some of the other
positions.

At just under three minutes, Rusty, and Sierra drop from exhaustion.
Nadine falls shortly after. Kent calls a halt to the competition.

Kent: "Ok, ladies and gentlemen, there's a cooler of soft drinks over
there. Help yourselves. Kate and I will announce the winners shortly."

The doms and subs gather around the cooler to take cans of pop and ice
cubes. Kate and Kent move off to go through their notes.

Kate: "I have Sue and Myka in first, Kent."

Kent: "I saw Myka have to shift one foot a little for 'table'. She was
magnificent though."

Kate: "So Sue, Myka, then John?"

Kent: "Yes. John was quick, and I could see that he was really trying
hard."

Kate: "All right."

Kent and Kate move towards the group standing around the cooler. Kent
reaches into it and takes the last two cans of pop, handing one to
Kate. They pause a moment to quench their thirst. Judging competitions
like these is tough work.

Kent: "The points are fifteen, ten and five. In first place is the
couple of Peter and Sue. Second place goes to Lisa and Myka, and third,
for five points, Colleen and John. Congratulations, folks.

"Tomorrow's challenge is set for the sand bar, north of camp, after
dinner at low tide. Have a light supper tomorrow, subs, I think it's
going to be a strenuous contest. I'll see you all then."

The couples head back to camp with Peter and Sue in the lead. Some of
those that trail the procession aren't looking too happy, knowing that
they've dropped further in the points totals.

When they get to the camp area, most of the couples go off together or
find places to sit down on the beach. Sam and Trish follow the Major
and Jane up to the shelter along with a few of the others. Trish and
Nadine look through the food stores and prepare some fruit for whoever
wants some. Sam, Max and Eddie offer to go for water.

The Major sits with Jane on the step of the shelter.

Major: "I don't understand what happened in the challenge, Jane.
Perhaps you could enlighten me. Why did we fail?"

Jane: "I don't know, Sir. I did the best that I could."

Major: "Well that wasn't good enough, was it?"

Jane: "No, Sir."

The Major stands and heads to the latrine. After he's gone, Trish moves
to Jane and hands her a banana. She sits with the girl.

Trish: "How's your bum, Jane?"

Jane: "It feels better now."

Trish and Jane sit in front of the shelter and munch on bananas for a
while. Trish is looking out into the jungle, and then she begins to
speak.

Trish: "It's funny, sometimes, the things us submissives let happen to
us. People that don't understand what drives us would think us crazy,
the things we get up to."

Jane: "What do you mean, Trish?"

Trish: "The whipping you got. Sam and I have never really been into
the rough stuff, but I know that there's many that are. But it's all
part of the same thing. These things that we subs put ourselves
through, and that can seem so dreadfully bizarre to outsiders, these
are the things that give us such wildly intense pleasures."

Jane: "I'm not sure I understand."

Trish: "Ever been left completely alone in the dark for a while?"

Jane: "Well, yes."

Trish: "Sam has a little cottage way out in the wilderness. It's
surrounded by rugged mountains, and there's a cave system through one
of them. I. . . I had Sam take me right into the heart of the mountain
and chain me up down there. Then, he left me alone to find my own way
out. With no light. It took me twelve days of stumbling around in the
dark to find the exit from those caves."

Jane: "Oh my God, Trish. Why would he do something like that?"

Trish: She looks at Jane. "Because I asked him to."

Jane: "But. . . ."

Trish: "I've never told anyone about this, Jane. Not even Sam. Getting
out of that cave by myself was the hardest thing I've ever done. And it
was the most incredibly awesome experience of my life. I had a hobble
chain, half as long as these," Trish brings up one foot to the limit of
her chain, "and I had my hands locked close together." She brings her
wrist cuffs together to show Jane. "I had to feel my way along because
I couldn't see a thing in front of me.

"There were times that I just wanted to lay down and die in there. I'd
feel the darkness pressing on me and I knew that it was just little
chained me, all alone, inside miles of solid rock. And then I'd brush a
fingertip, across my clit a couple times, and I'd fucking cum like a
bomb went off inside my head.

"You know what kept me going? It was my love for Sam. He not only
allowed me the chance to try it but he helped make it possible. I could
see that he didn't really understand why I'd want to put myself through
something like that, but he understood that it was something I really
wanted to do. At the end, I was just about ready to give up. And then I
started to see the dim light ahead. Then, suddenly, I was out. I'd made
it through to the end. Sam came to me, and everything was right in the
world. I was the happiest person alive, that night."

Jane: "Trish, why are you telling me this?"

Trish: "You must have the same feelings for the Major, yes?"

Jane: "No."

Trish: "But your ass. You like getting whipped, right?"

Jane: "What, are you nuts? My ass is killing me!"

Trish: "But. . . I thought. . . ."

Jane: "I'm so in love with the Major and I like getting beaten?" Jane
stands up. "Jesus, Trish, you don't have a clue."

Trish: "What. . . ."

Jane walks away and leaves Trish sitting, confused, on the steps. Sue,
who's been watching the two talk, comes and sits beside her.

Trish: "Jane isn't in love with him. I don't even think there's
anything sexual between them."

Sue: "Then what? Why does she stay with him?"

Trish: "Yeah. Why?"

Jane takes a coconut shell cup of water, drinks it, then takes the
trail down to the beach. Trish and Sue watch her leave, her striped
bum a red, white, and purple flag, moving through the trees.

[Cut to:] Sam, Max and Eddie have reached the well and are filling
water jugs.

Max: "Sierra and I could be gone in a few days if we don't get some
points."

Sam: "Yeah. In any case, five of us will be heading home in, what, four
days."

Eddie: "Four days. It's going to be really strange for those who get to
stay. Living so closely with so many people and then suddenly having
half of them go will be a bit of a shock."

Sam: "We should have a big feast on the last day."

Max: "Kill a pig maybe?"

Sam: "Right. I'm getting sick of fish anyway. I'll talk to the Major
about it."

The three doms lift up the water jugs and start back to camp.

Max: "What do you need to talk to him for? He's not the boss here."

Sam: "Quite frankly, I haven't the stomach to chop some poor piggies
head off. The Major killed the last one, so if he's willing, I'd rather
he did it than me."

Max: "Yeah, I guess so."

[Cut to:] The boat, out on the water. Sierra, Myka and Judith have
taken the boat out to try catching some dinner. Inside an ice chest on
board, two fish splash around in some water. Myka hooks something and
hauls it up. It's a fair size Bluefish which she unhooks and adds to
the others.

Judith: To Myka. "You're ahead in the points total, Right?"

Myka: "Lisa and I have one point over the Major now. Did you see his
face drop when Kent announced the results this afternoon?"

Judith: "Did you see what he did to his sub's ass?"

Sierra: "Sue mentioned that we should keep an eye on them two so he
doesn't get a chance to whip her again. I can't see how it's any
business of ours what they choose to do out here."

Myka: "Yes. We each express our love for our partners in different
ways. Just because someone doesn't like what somebody else is doing, it
doesn't give them the right to interfere."

Sierra: "Unless it's being done against one's will."

Judith: "Right. The Major and Jane wouldn't have been picked for the
game if they weren't in a consenting relationship. Whoa!"

Judith's line goes taught and she hauls up a beauty. Myka reaches over
the side of the boat to grab the fish and Sierra unhooks it. It barely
fits in the cooler. The girls pull up the lines and head back to camp.

After supper the couples gather on the beach. Mark reads aloud the
assigned section from John Norman's book. The section basically
describes a big heavy wagon that is being pulled through a town by six
strong slave girls.

After Mark finishes reading the few marked pages, some of the subs
request to hear more of the story so Mark continues reading the book,
starting at the beginning.

A few hours later he passes the book to Sam to continue reading, and
later on, Eddie takes over. It's quite late when Colleen finally closes
the book and the couples leave the campfire to get some sleep.

[Go commercial.] / [Return.]

[Title: DAY SIXTEEN.]

Dawn, on the beach. Late morning actually, since most of the
contestants have slept in late today. The others have finally taken the
cue from the Major and Jane, and have joined them today to do some
exercises. With Kent's warning of the upcoming challenge being a
strenuous one, the dominants thought it best for their subs to make
some effort to limber up.

Peter and Sam check the tree mail while breakfast is being prepared.
The only message they find is the current points standing.

Peter: "Yesterday, Sue and I would have been gone, but now we're only
six points behind first place.

Sam: "The points spread is close. It's still anyone's game."

Back at camp, little expense is spared for the morning meal. The last
of the flour and some leftover cooked fish are used to make fish cakes.
There's fruit, and Rusty found a bunch of eggs from some bird nests
in the jungle. He's boiling them in a pot of water. The group sits
together to eat, with some speculating on the day's challenge.

More fish is caught for lunch, and another large meal is enjoyed by the
contestants. The afternoon is spent peacefully with no arguments and no
fighting. All of the couples are mentally preparing themselves for the
upcoming important challenge.

[Show scenes, preparations for the wagon race.]

A backhoe and a bulldozer work on the sand bar. Sand is brought up and
piled into a raised strip, then the bulldozer packs and flattens the
race course. The sand bar now stretches a half mile out from the beach,
almost to a tiny island further out to sea. The machines have to
retreat to shore each time the tide comes in.

Kent: Voiceover. "For the past three days, the crew has worked to build
up this sandbar."

[Cut to:] A shot of two solid looking, flat bed wooden wagons. Kent is
standing before them.

Kent: "A team of five subs each, will pull these wagons out to the end
of the sandbar and back. They'll stop at the far end so we can turn the
wagons safely, and they'll get few moments to catch their breath. Then
they will sprint back to the finish line."

Kent: He holds up a leather harness. "The subs will be fitted with
these harnesses and hitched to the wagons. Two doms will sit up on each
wagon to drive them. It should make for an interesting race."

The contestants have a light supper and then head up the beach to the
challenge site. The two wagons are side by side at the starting line
and Kent, Brent, and Miss Kate stand nearby. After the couples have
walked around the wagons and examined them, they assemble around a
table piled with the leather harnesses.

Kent: "Welcome. This will be the tenth competition we've held, and I
think it's going to be a good one. There will be five subs in each
team, and the winning team gets twenty points each. In a few moments
we'll be drawing cards to determine the two teams. Also, we'll need
four dominants, two for each wagon.

"Before we start though, there's a few safety items I will mention.
These wagons are big and heavy and, when they get rolling, they are a
force to be reckoned with. The wagons have brakes, and one dom will be
in charge of applying them if any of your subs trips or falls. You'll
start out side by side, and the other dominant in each wagon will be
responsible for keeping his team on course. You'll keep to the side of
the course that you're on.

"At the far end is a line, and that is the halfway point. Drive your
team across and then stop. We'll take the time to get the wagons turned
around safely and then you'll go again, back here to the finish. Brent
will be at the far end to time you, and your second starts will be
staggered accordingly.

"Kate, you want to get the submissives fitted now?"

Kate: "Sure. Subs, line up, tallest to shortest, biggest to smallest."

The harnesses come in three sizes and the straps are adjustable with
buckles. Each sub is given a harness to put on. The doms help their
subs get into the complicated webbing of leather straps.

Starting at the top, each harness has two over the shoulder straps.
These buckle to an inch wide belt around the upper chest, under the
subs armpits. This belt, and another, wider one, around the sub's
waist, have large D rings, front and back.

From the back of the upper chest belt, runs a wide band of thick
leather, down the back, narrowing where it passes through the crotch,
then up, buckled to the front of the top strap. All of this is adjusted
nice and snug and checked by Brent and Miss Kate.

Rusty and John get a plain strap buckled around their chests, between
the upper and lower one. The girls get one with two, heavy, chromed
steel rings on it for their tits to stick through. Sierra, and her huge
mammaries, looks especially fetching with the two, size large, shiny
steel rings around them.

Standing in the late day sunlight, the ten submissives are an awesome
sight. The black leather harnesses complement their leather wrist and
ankle cuffs nicely. Shiny chains between the cuffs, and the two shiny
rings around their breasts make the picture complete. The doms are
moved to grins and smiles seeing their subs decked out so attractively.

Kent produces a thin deck of cards. He gives them a shuffle and then
fans them out in his hand, face down. He holds the deck to the subs.

Kent: "Submissives. Pick a card. Any card."

Each of the submissives take a card.

Kent: "Ace to five is the near wagon, six to ten, the far one. The ace
leads the first team, and the six leads the other one. Hold up your
cards so we can all see, please."

Sue and Rusty draw the lead positions for each wagon team. With Sue,
are Marsha, John, Jane and Sierra. The other team is Rusty, with
Judith, Myka Trish, and Nadine. Kent pulls a second deck of cards from
his other pocket.

Kent: "Subs, Kate and Brent will get you hitched up. Now for the
dominants. Since Sue and Rusty are the lead ponies, Peter and Eddie
will drive. We'll draw for the brakeman for each wagon. There's eight
cards here. The ace, and the two, get to ride. We'll draw until we get
matches of dom and sub with each team."

Except for Peter and Eddie, the other doms pick a card. They only have
to do the draw once. Colleen rides with Peter and Mark picks the ace,
Eddie's wagon with Nadine in the team.

Each wagon has a long bar out from the front with two cross bars
attached by steel shackles. Four subs stand in front of the cross bars
and they are attached to it by the D rings in their upper chest and
waist belts. The leaders stand to one side of the front of the main bar
and they are secured to it by a strap attached to the front and back
rings of their waist belt. Each lead pony stands on the outside of the
bar, the side away from the other wagon. 

On the front D ring at each sub's chest belt, two thin straps are
clipped on and passed up, over their shoulders. These are the reins,
and they're gathered together in two bunches, left and right, then
handed up to each wagon's driver. Peter and Eddie pull up the slack in
each rein, then sit, waiting. There's a bench seat across the front of
each wagon. Colleen and Mark, the brakemen - or brake persons, it would
be - sit beside them, to their right.

At the very front of the main bar is a upturned skid attachment. If the
whole team were to go down, the bar will slide along the sand rather
than digging in and causing a major upset. Kent explains this to the
teams, while Brent sprints down to the end of the track with a
stopwatch.

Kent: "Your brakes are on right now. Brakemen, push the leaver to the
outside and it will fall forward." 

Colleen and Mark do this. Kent asks them to get the feel for the brake
handle and they do.

Kent: "Above everything else today, I'd like to have a safe race. You
submissives will have to quickly find your rhythm and stick to it. The
course is a half mile out and a half mile back again. With your ankle
chains, you won't win any speed records here, but your two teams are
fairly equally matched and I think it's going to be a good race. Are
you ready?"

Kent sees that Brent is in position at the half way line. He waves, and
Brent waves back.

Kent: "Brakes off?" Mark and Colleen check. "Contestants, ready? GO!"

Ten submissives lean hard into the traces. Slowly, the wagon wheels
begin to turn. Peter and Eddie crack the reins, and the thin strips of
leather telegraph their intentions down to the subs shoulders. Twenty
bare feet dig into the sand and the wagons move out onto the sand bar.
Like big old steam trains, the subs huff and puff, and the two big
wagons begin to pick up some speed.

[Camera in boat, following the race.] At the quarter post the teams are
neck and neck. Peter has developed a routine of flicking the reins for
each four steps, and his team is following this pace nicely. As the
wagon picks up more speed his rhythm increases proportionally. Eddie
picks up on this tactic and follows suit.

Eddie holds a slight lead at the half way mark. Peter sees Sierra
stumble slightly, but she regains her footing quickly and they press
on. Eddie sees that his wagon is inching towards the edge of the
course. He gives the right reins two tugs, and his team responds before
the wheels can bog down in the softer sand.

Eddie has a three foot lead over Peter's team, at the three quarter
post. Peter feels that the subs under his command are giving it all,
but as he's watching John putting his feet down, he hears him calling
out to the other subs, encouraging them to pick up the pace. Peter,
ever so slightly, increases the tempo of his flicking the reins.

Brent is standing in the water at the half way line. The two wagons
roar towards it. Rusty's nose passes the line and he clicks the
stopwatch on, then, a second and three quarters after, when Sue
crosses, he stops the timer.

Colleen and Mark ease on the brakes and the wagons slow down. Eddie
calls to Peter to "Take the inside," and so Peter lets the other wagon
pass him, then he pulls on the left reins to turn his team. Eddie
drives a bit further on and then makes his turn. As if they all do this
for a living, the two teams smoothly make their turns and draw up to
the starting line again.

Brent: "We'll have a two minute break for you to catch your breath. The
team of Eddie has a one and three quarter second lead."

Eddie: He looks over to Peter and grins. "Ain't this great?"

Peter: He laughs. "Damn straight! I haven't had this much fun in ages!"

For one sub to go down to their knees, they all have to, since they're
all harnessed to the center posts. So they all kneel on the sand and
gasp for air. The two minute break is up too soon.

Brent: "Challengers, take your positions!"

When the wagons are positioned correctly, the tip of the lead bar on
the line, Brent moves to one side.

Brent: "The first start is Eddie's team. Peter's team goes on the
second one. All right?"

Everyone understands the starting arrangement. Brent holds the
stopwatch.

Brent: "Ready! GO!" One steamboat, two stea-- "GO!"

The subs pull hard in the traces and the two wagons pick up speed for
the home stretch. Peter pushes his team a bit harder now, and at the
half way post, they are once more neck and neck. Then, Sue begins to
inch ahead of Rusty.

At the three quarter mark, Sue has a full length on Eddie's team.
Sierra, who's hitched behind Sue, is even with Rusty, the other team's
lead pony. Eddie sees Judith's foot go out on a rut in the sand and
Mark's hand hovers over the brake handle. But Judith regains her
footing and bravely presses on.

The teams drive hard to the finish line. Peter's team crosses it with a
pony length and a half over Eddie's team. Kent waves the two lead
ponies in opposite directions, and the wagons peel off to either side,
to roll along the beach, slowing down.

Once Peter's wagon slows to a safe speed, he pulls up on the right
reins to turn his team. His dutiful ponies come around. Then, at an
easy trot, they bring their wagon up beside Eddie's. Colleen pulls the
brake, and the two doms, grinning widely, jump down to the sand.

Kent: "Congratulations to the Team of Peter and Colleen! Great race
everyone. Thanks for coming out.

"We have a special treat for all of you tonight. There's pizzas and
cases of beer and soft drinks on the way. We'll get you ponies
unhitched and your doms can give you a wash down, then we'll eat."

Brent, Kate, and the doms, all work to help the subs get unhitched from
the wagons and take their harnesses off. Once freed, the subs all go in
for a swim. Soon after, a Jeep drives up holding boxes of pizzas and
drinks for all.

[Show scenes from the evening party.]

[Roll credits.] [Split screen with credits, show points totals.]

The Major and Jane         125
Peter and Sue              120
Brandi and Marsha          110
Lisa and Myka              106
Sam and Trish              100
Colleen and John            97
Max and Sierra              94
Edgar and Judith            93
Eddie and Rusty             89
Mark and Nadine             87

[END Episode 5.]

"Next Time On Surviver:"

"Two more challenges, and we'll know the five couples that will be
continuing on for another twenty days. Next week, we'll find out who
stays, and who will have to leave, Surviver Island."

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