Previously, on Survivor: In a controversial SOS challenge, the new Pali tribe prevails to bring home the immunity idol again, leaving the new Kamaku to a tribal council, expecting a 3-3 tie. However, when Kathy fails to vote, Mike and Martin realize their target status, and decide something must be done. What will they do? What will be the final tribal challenge? Find out tonight, on Survivor: Malakula.
             With the departure of Kathee, Mike and Martin new they were targets. It was pretty clear Cindi, Chris, and Dustin would try to throw the challenge to vote off either of the two - and Mike, being the strong player that he is - approached Dustin with a deal.

                                                                
:: KAMAKU CAMP ::

Mike:  I like to think you've been honest with me.. Umm.. If we lose the next one, am I out?  :-/   
Dustin: ...yeah 8( ...but only because you're stronger than martin....
Mike: *sigh*
Mike: :'(
Mike: I don't s'pose there's anything I can do to change that, huh? :-/
Dustin: well...you could promise to vote with kamaku at the merge.....
Mike: hmmm.....
Mike: *ponder*
Mike: *think*
Mike: Can I sleep on it?
Dustin: sure 8)
Mike: Acutally.. Those jerks *DID* decide to "ditch" me.. See, I thought that I was close with Kevin and them, but they decide to exhile me to the "bad guys" (no offense!) ??
Mike: Hmph.  Screw them.
Dustin: haha, no offense taken 8)   cool 8)
Mike: Besides, only one person can win this game, and we (old Pali) woulda had to vote each other off eventually anyways.. Might as well make it sooner rather than later. :-p
Dustin: haha..true enough, true enough...glad ta have ya with us 8)
Mike: Besides.. I gotta see them wacky smileys s'more. :-p
Dustin: haha....thanks 8)  you're the only other person i've seen use them as much as me

Mark then spoke to Mike.

Host: Do you plan on keeping this pact?
Mike: Depends on the circumstances. When push comes to shove... *sly grin*  ...I push and shove.

Mike rants...

Mike: Cindi is ... so ... slow ...
Mike: Amber is an airhead.
Mike: (Oh, you might as well be recording this. ;-) )
Mike: Tim, while nice, couldn't tell his ass from a hole in the ground in regards to challenges.
Mike: Kevin's a sh-thead.
Mike: Hmm.
Mike: Did I forget anyone?
Mike: Chris will cry about everything.
Mike: And Gia's a trampy little bitch who will blame all of her problems on lag, and not the fact that she's too busy writing the next chapter in her ONLINE SURVIVOR BIOGRAPHY.
Mike: *ahem*  *adjusts collar*
Mike: Dustin...My door don't swing that way.
Mike: Sorry.

                   While Mike rants/makes under-the-table-deals, Pali starts to get serious as well. Well, they tried, at least.

                                                                     
:: PALI CAMP ::

Tim, Vinny, and Kevin discuss their game plans.

Vinny: alright so we vote Charlie?
Kevin: yeah
Vinny: but guys i promise.... im voting with u
Kevin: ALRIGHT
Kevin: CHARLIE IT IS
Vinny: either way i cant get in the final 2 so might as well vote people off who i hate!
Vinny: great
Tim: yay!
Kevin: BUT PROMISE YOU WILL GET FURTHER WITH US
Vinny: i have never felt this safe...
Vinny: dont tell anyone about this guys
Kevin: THATS GOOD TO HEAR
Kevin: OF COURSE WE WON'T TELL
Kevin: THIS IS LIKE A FAMILY SECRET
Vinny: :-) u guys really are my family now ... well in survivor at least
Vinny: i like that Kevin
Vinny: our family secret
Kevin: YEAH
Kevin: :-)
Vinny: lol it sounds like a Mafia thing THE FAMILY
Kevin: LOL IT DOES
Tim: :-D
Tim: <---the don
Vinny: that could be our lil alliance name!
Kevin: YOU SAID IT BEFORE I GUESS WE TAKE OUT THE POEPL WE HATE
Kevin: LOL
Vinny: lol
Vinny: ok but i dont wanna see Chris make the jury
Vinny: so once we hit merge, hes gone
Vinny: thats just what i think
Vinny: unless u want someone else gone
Tim: lol, ok
Vinny: this is so cool!
Vinny: now we are in control!
Vinny: yay!
Tim: although dustin needs to be next
Tim: cuz he is soooo scary
Vinny: lol hes nice though
Vinny: but i will vote him out
Vinny: and i will vote Cindi
Tim: k
Vinny: but i wanna gia in the final 6
Vinny: cuz she kinda was an outcast too
Vinny: k
Vinny: :-D
Tim:  k
Vinny: wow i can breath easy now...
Vinny: its great to be with my lil survivor family
Vinny: :-)
Tim:  :-D
Vinny: so am i the kid brother everyone loves?
Tim: u sure r!!!
Vinny: yay
Vinny: where is Amber?
Tim: i sold her
Vinny: oh
Vinny: so i guess we are back to 3
Kevin: i'm back
Vinny: k
Tim: yay!
Kevin: WHAT DID I MISS?
Tim: kimmi
Kevin: LOL REALLY?
Kevin: DID SHE BRING HER CHICKEN?
Vinny: ya
Kevin: COOL
Kevin: WE SHOULD HAVE ATE IT I'M STARVING
Kevin: HAHA
Tim: yay!!!
Vinny: what if we win
Kevin: WE ALL WANT YOU TO SAY
Vinny: and then they vote out a pali
Kevin: Oops!
Kevin: lol
Vinny: and we are screwed
Kevin: NO
Vinny: we have to do NOTHING on that challenge
Kevin: WE ARE GIVING THEM IMMUNITY
Kevin: SO ME VOTE
Kevin: A KAMAKU MEMBER
Kevin: (CHARLIE)
Kevin: IN THE MERGE WE GOT THE BIGGER ALLIANCE
Vinny: ya i no
Vinny: but im sure they are thinking of throwing it cuz they have majority
Kevin: MARTIN, MIKE, KEVIN, AMBER, TIM, VINNY
Kevin: DUSTIN, CINDI, GIA, CHRIS,
Kevin: AND WE KNOCK ALL THEM OUT
Kevin: SEE
Vinny: yes yes i know taht
Kevin: OK
Vinny: but im sure that Kamaku is goign to try to throw the challenge
Vinny: cuz the old kamaku have majority
Kevin: THEN SO ARE WE
Vinny: but what if they do a better job of losing lol
Kevin: BECAUSE THEY DON'T KNOW THAT YOU ARE ON OUR SIDE NOW
Vinny: why would they risk a "tie"
Kevin: WELLTHEY THINK THEY HAVE THE BIGGER ADVATAGE IN THE MERGE BECAUSE YOU ARE A KAMAKU
Kevin: BUT YOU ARE NOW WITH US
Vinny: yes
Kevin: IF THEY THROW THE IMMUNITY
Kevin: THEN THEY VOTE A PALI MEMBER OFF
Kevin: BUT YOUR IN OUR ALLIANCE
Kevin: KEVIN TIM AMBER AND VINNY
Kevin: WHO EVER IS LEFT IN PALI WILL JOIN US
Kevin: THATS 5
Vinny: but then it will be Cindi Chris Gia Charlie Dustin - Martin Vinny Amber Tim Kevin
Vinny: right?
Kevin: EXACTLY
Kevin: A TIE
Vinny: oh good
Kevin: BUT WE DON'T KNOW HOW A TIE BREAKER WORKS
Vinny: im a bad counter
Kevin: BUT IF WE MAKE A TIE ALL WE GOTTA DO IS WIN
Kevin: WIN THE TIEBREAKER WHATEVER IT IS
Kevin: BUT WE NEED TO THROW THE IMMUNITY
Kevin: SCREW THEM
Kevin: LOL
Vinny: yes sir
Kevin: I DUNNO
Tim:  sorry
Kevin: OK
Kevin: BUT WE DON'T WANNA RICK A TIE SO WE ARE THROWING IMMUNITY
Kevin: RISJ*
Kevin: RISK*
Kevin: LOL
Kevin: I'M NOT TRYING TO SOUND BOSSY I'M SORRY
Kevin: LOL
Kevin: I'LL SHUT UP NPW
Kevin: NOW
Vinny: dont worry about it
Kevin: LOL
Kevin: HAHA
Tim:  lol
Tim: this is gonna be the most interesting challenge
Tim:  both tribes r trying to lose it
Tim: lol
Kevin: LMAO
Tim: its like Survivor: People With Issues Edition
Vinny: lol
Kevin: LOL TIM
Tim: no, its like the arrow shooting one
Tim: we all start shooting arrows at our tribe members
Tim: lol
Tim: ;-)
Vinny: where is Amber?
Tim: 85: i sold her
Vinny: to who? we need to buy her back
Tim: why?
Vinny: so she can vote
Tim: ooooooooo
Tim: right


Kevin and Charlie talk about throwing the challenge.

Kevin: are we throwing it (immunity)?
Charlie: lol where are people getting that idea? I don't want to, and Amber doesn't either.
Charlie: I hope I'm not being lied to
Kevin: LOL well thats what I heard
Kevin: but I don't wanna
Charlie: did you hear from Mark?
Kevin: nope
Charlie: Please don't say Gia or Vinny
Kevin: i heard it was your idea
Charlie: mine? never!
Kevin: okay
Kevin: cause i wasn't gonna throw it anyways
Charlie: Trust me, I really want this win
Kevin: i trust you
Charlie: Because frankly, I'm afraid for my life right now
Kevin: why is that?
Charlie: well I heard from the other tribe, that I was the only person that they are concerned with.
Charlie: I wish I wasn't told that
Kevin: yeah
Kevin: which one of us 3 are you voting for honestly
Charlie: I haven't even thought of it
Kevin: but its one of us 3... lol
Kevin: obciously
Charlie: You'd be surprised of the thoughts that are running through my head
Kevin: okay
Kevin: have you been seduced by that girl yet?
Kevin: what a ho
Kevin: lol
Charlie: after I heard the comment that vinny made I can see voting for him, and the same with Gia, I don't know what to think about her
Charlie: ho = Gia?
Charlie: I usually run away or change the topic
Kevin: lol yeah
Kevin: what kind of comments? if you don't mind me asking
sumnerott: I heard that he wanted to vote with you three the changed his mind and then all of a sudden... this may be coincidence because I don't know if it happened before or after. He caame to me and Gia and said "I think I've decided I wanna vote with you guys". Of which Gia and I went huh?
Kevin: hmm...
Kevin: do you wanna know what he said to us?
Charlie: What did he say?
Kevin: he said you and gia hate him
Kevin: and he thinks that his going to get voted out early
Charlie: I have no idea why he thinks that
Kevin: and so i was like umm... ok
Charlie: I remember when one day he thought Gia hated him because she wasn't really talking to him
Charlie: well she was but noty constantly
Kevin: i'll tell you Vinny wanted to join us 3
Kevin: and we were like sure
Charlie: I  have no idea what he is thinking right now
Kevin: but after what you said I can't trust him
Kevin: i trust you more then him
Charlie: thank you for that
Kevin: I'm going to take your offer in the merge
Kevin: that Pali as we are stick together
Kevin: Amber Tim Gia Vinny You and I make a ally in the merge
Charlie: thanks, that's what I was hoping, I'm just going to keep on talking to the others like I know nothing, like I have been.
Kevin: has anyone else agreed to this?
Charlie: Tim said he would if you and Amber did. I'm not sure about amber, I have mentioned it to her. I still havent went to Gia and Vinny. I'm not sure what to do about them
Charlie: honestly, when Vinny was going to side with you. Who was the target Gia or me?
Kevin: us three said Gia
Charlie: ok, that's what I thought just from first impressions
Kevin: but....
Kevin: please don't repeat this*
Kevin: Vinny wants us to vote for you at TC
Charlie: alright
Charlie: ahhh
Charlie: After all the conversations and the millions of IM's that really sucks
Charlie: oh well, it's the game
Kevin: yeah
Kevin: so immunity is really important tonight
Kevin: i wanna win
Charlie: As do I, Especially now
Kevin: hmm... hope that doesn't make you hate me
Kevin: lol
Charlie: Nah not at all, you are being honest
Kevin: alright cool
Charlie: cool beans
Kevin: but please don't tell anyone else
Charlie: I won't

                         Treemail was then put up:

The final one as a team
You'll need to run fast
If you wish to burn off some steam.
Find the tribemate that needs assistance
You'll need to work to find the location
Without team resistance.
Win this one and you're on your way
Don't lose this one, I say
For you may not be one to stay.

                                                                   Day 17