With heavy hearts, the remaining members of Charging Eagles returned to camp with one fewer teammate. As if reflecting the team's mood, the sky opened up with a huge thunderstorm. Shivering and soaked, Ruby explained, "We all hate the rain here. Keeper won't shut up about it ruining her hair. I just want it to stop so I can go puddle surfing."

    Back at camp Totally Hot, teammates sang a different tune, discussing how they would use the rainfall to replenish their water supply, although none of them were actually willing to collect the rain.

    Meanwhile, sequestered at the beautiful Candlewood Suites. Jake and Diva shared a quiet moment sipping champagne, eating bon bons in their fluffy bathrobes and reminiscing about rats of old. Sydney arrived with a relieved sigh and a cloud of stank. Diva urged her to take a hot shower before they went to dinner at the Olive Garden.

    The next morning, bright and early, the teams met host Dillon for their next challenge. Each team was to swim out to a raft, fetch an item they could use in their camp, and bring it back. The fastest team to the finish line would be the winner, and would get to keep all the items they fetched.

    Totally Hot started off with a big lead as Rhino leapt half the distance in one bound and fetched some Cloudstar treats off the raft. Charging Eagles were hot on his trail though, as Boomer swam his little Boom-legs off trying to keep up, fetching a flexi-lead from Penn-Plax. Charging Eagles were frantic to make up Rhino's lead, but in the end, Totally Hot were the first ones to finish.

    Unfortunately, Rhino ate all the Cloudstar treats before he got across the finish line, disqualifying him from this event, and in a surprising turn of events, Charging Eagles were victorious!

    Host Dillon then surprised everyone by announcing that both teams will be voting off a teammate tonight, 1 member from Charging Eagles will be asked to leave, while Totally Hot will have to vote off 2 teammates because they did not win today's challenge.

    Back at camp Totally Hot, Brandy told Kess, Brenn and Smoke that they should all band together as Border Collies and pick off the Jacks and Rhino one at a time. "It's the only way we can go into the merge strong enough to beat those Eagles!" Brenn agreed, but secretly told Rhino, Kasey and Xena that they should all do the same and get rid of Kess, Brandy and Smoke, starting with Brandy and Smoke. "I'm playing them all like little doggy violins", explained Brenn.

    At camp Charging Eagles, Bounce entertained all with more impressions of the Totally Hot members. "Who do you think you are having fun?? I'm Brandy and you're under arrest for having fun in a NO FUN ZONE! Ggggrrrrrrrrr."

    In a difficult vote, team Totally Hot voted off Brenn and Rhino, while team Charging Eagles opted to get rid of Bella. "We were sure Bella had some kind of agreement with Kess, and we couldn't have that kind of thing going on with a merge happening soon," explained Boomer, "plus she was annoying me with all that 'just call me Boogler' stuff."

    Smoke had this to say about the removal of Brenn and Rhino, "Brenn had it coming. She should know better than to double cross us! Rhino was too strong, plus that whole treat eating thing. He had to go. And he stank!"

    "I thought I had it all figured out, but I guess I was wrong," commented Brenn. "I guess that's how the game goes. Peace out Booglers!" said Bella. Rhino left the tribal council without even looking back, "Hey is it time for supper? How about a late night snack?"

Sunshine Rain's Analysis:
"The true story is this: Everyone liked the Boogler Bella, but they had a problem with her person. He has a hard time getting along with people and everyone voted off Bella because of it. Hey wait up Rhino, I'll join you! You got any of those treats left?"