Episode 11 Escape from Scorpion Island

Last time on Scorpion Island, in The Divider,

all the adventurers threw themselves into a bid to lead

Sting and Claw.

But some of them crossed the line.

I crushed them in my hand so that when I throw them

they'll easily crash.

I've done it.

When the dust had settled, Natty proved herself

the most valuable adventurer and brought home

the silver crab, a precious island treasure.

-Natty.

-THEY CHEER

'She became the first team captain of Team Sting

'and James the very first captain of Team Claw.'

'Today is a new dawn and tough decisions await them

'as they must choose the rest of their team-mates one by one.'

I'm really sorry.

And if that won't be pressure enough,

Natty and James will face off in an Island Challenge

high in the tree tops.

Who will keep their head?

-Who will strike first?

-No!

And which of the captains will lead their new team to victory?

It could only be Scorpion Island.

-I'm Myleene.

-I'm Johny. There are two teams on this devious island

attempting to escape its clutches.

The pressure is mounting as only one team

can escape on the final day.

Scorpion Island relishes in its splendid isolation

and uses its natural world as its impenetrable defence system.

The island is teaming with life, its precious treasure.

In recent times, an adventurer came from far across the seas.

He was a fortune hunter whose mission it was to plunder

the island of its legendary treasure.

He took on the island's challenges and succeeded.

But when he failed in his final escape, the furious island

captured the Fortune Hunter's spirit and locked it away.

'Aargh!'

Now ten adventurers must follow the path he created.

Their mission, to escape the island.

They must battle it out in terrifying challenges

and the victors will win an island treasure.

The more they win, the greater advantage

they will have in the final race to escape.

At the Island Fire last night, the first two team captains

of Sting and Claw were announced and picked their new team-mates.

Time to find out which adventurers are going to be in Claw

and Sting. Pssss!

Now it's time for you to pick your teams.

Natty and James have won the honour

but also the unenviable task of picking their new team-mates.

In the last island challenge, adventurers had to aim rocks

at a bull's eye

and their best shot dictated the order in which they'll be picked.

'They must step up two at a time and the captains will take turns

'to choose an adventurer to join them.'

In score order, starting with the boys.

Zach and Peter, step onto the island.

'Where will their loyalties lie?

'Zach and Peter both hold treasures.

'Zach has the silver eagle, Peter has the scorpion.'

Natty, you must choose your team-mate.

Oh, my gosh! I really don't know.

I'm trying to think of everyone's skills, like,

so don't be offended, I'm picking you out of what I have seen.

I think I am going to have to go with Peter. I'm really sorry.

Zach, you join James.

Sorry if you didn't want my team.

Jordan and Dilhan, please step onto the island.

'Jordan holds the cactus island treasure.'

James, please choose your team-mate.

WHISPERING: Dilhan.

-Um, yeah, but Jordan's really good.

-But Dilhan's really good as well.

-Go on. I think Dilhan.

-We're going to choose Dilhan.

Dilhan, please join Claw.

Jordan, welcome to Sting.

Lizzie and Khadie, please step onto the island.

'Lizzie holds the silver pit viper.'

Natty, please choose your team-mate.

Khadie.

Khadie, please join Sting.

Lizzie, please join Claw.

Eleanor and Jeremy. Please step forward onto the island.

James, you must now decide.

I'm going to pick...Eleanor.

Join your team.

Yey!

Well done, guys. Welcome to your new teams.

Team Sting, Team Claw.

'The legendary teams are now set in stone.

'Team Sting are Natty, Peter, Jordan, Khadie and Jeremy.

'Natty has picked wisely, and Sting have three island treasures.

'Team Claw are James, Zach, Dilhan, Lizzie and Eleanor.

'But has James let his heart rule his head?

'He chose Dilhan over Jordan, who holds an island treasure.'

We are Sting!

'The captains now have to get their chosen adventurers to work

'together as a successful team.'

It's a fresh start with two fresh teams

and the new captains already have to make another choice.

The choice of camps.

You've got to choose which camp you want.

Tree camp.

River camp all the way.

-OK.

-Shake it!

That's a show of bad character.

The captains have gone for familiar territory.

Natty has chosen the girls' old camp

while James has chosen the boys' camp.

Can they get once sworn enemies to become trusted team-mates?

We are now Team Claw!

-Who are we?

-Sting!

-Who are we?

-Sting!

New teams Sting and Claw still have a long road ahead of them.

Destination - escape.

The newly formed Sting and Claw may be beginning to bond

but they have yet to take on the island,

throwing twists and challenges in their path at every turn.

The Fortune Hunter once faced these challenges

and he knows that only those that can now pull together quickly

and work as a team can escape

this treacherous island and free his spirit.

He has left a system of clues in a symbol ring to help them

on their way.

But the island is furious that the Fortune Hunter is

attempting to help the newly formed Sting and Claw, and has smashed

the ring into pieces and now they must attempt to piece

the shards of the symbol ring back together in the fastest time.

In three, two, one, go!

With each day that passes, the island makes the puzzle

more complicated to solve.

There are eight pieces of symbol ring

but only four make the ring complete.

-We need the inside.

-No, it's not this one. Quick.

Natty's tactics are to work with Khadie, a familiar team-mate,

who has already proved herself at the puzzle.

James has gone for different tactics

and has decided to work with a new team-mate, Lizzie.

Which choice will win and play for

an advantage from the Fortune Hunter?

Done!

Stop the clock, that's it, game over.

Well, I can now tell you that you, Team Sting, will go through

to the next round.

It's time for the Code Cracker.

Sting may have mastered the puzzle

but now they must prove themselves in a brand-new, tougher trial.

As the island makes the adventurers' journey harder, the Fortune Hunter

must prepare them for the tougher challenges to come.

The symbol ring has been placed on a code wheel.

Each symbol relates to a letter of the alphabet.

Adventurers will be given just one letter that relates to one symbol.

It is then up to them to use the rest of the wheel to spell out

a message from the Fortune Hunter that contains a three-digit code.

Natty and Khadie will have five minutes to work out the message

and win an advantage in the forthcoming island challenge.

Now this is where things are about to get interesting.

If you fail to crack the code, you automatically lose

and Team Claw will be declared the winners. Are you ready?

Yeah.

Three, two, one, go!

There must always be one person at the board describing the symbols.

The first one is this and it says it equals "W".

And one at the wheel

identifying the letter that is paired with each symbol.

It equals W.

Team Sting align the code.

-The first one is lightning.

-So, lighting.

-What letter is it?

Lightning, lightning cloud is F.

-F. Next one, um, is circle.

-Circle.

The circle is I.

The next one is the fish sign.

-The fish?

-The fish which looks... The fish, yeah.

-Oh, yeah, OK.

This one is R.

Just one wrong letter could throw Sting completely off course.

-What?

-Is the square S?

-The square is S, yes.

-And then the lightning thing.

-T, T, T!

Now the tooth, the horned tooth.

Um, is E.

The X.

The what? Oh, the X. Um, the X is N.

The lightning again. Oh, it's T.

"Enter..." Wait. What's that? A shark, shark!

Shark, shark is O.

-O, you say O?

-Yes.

Khadie is racing ahead by working out that some of the symbols

appear more than once, and saving time by filling them in.

Clever tactics.

Lightning is T... What's a pyramid?

Pyramid, what's a pyramid look like?

-This one.

-Is that the pyramid?

-Yes.

-H.

"Three..." F...O...

Snake, snake, snake.

The snake is...L.

L, O, W...no. W.

Horn is E.

Diamond, what is diamond?

Diamond, diamond. Diamond is D.

-D?

-Yes.

-Mountain, mountain, mountain!

-Mountain?

Three mountains, the spikes?

-You swap with me now.

-OK.

B, mountain is B.

Where are you up to? B. Shell.

-The shell. Which one?

-The spiky one.

-Y.

Yeah. Um, that little lightning bolt.

The lightning bolt, the one with the clouds?

Yeah, OK.

O, um, S,

E, um...

Oh, what's that little shape?

That one, that one.

-The eye, the eye.

-Quick, quick.

With everything seemingly going smoothly, Khadie accidentally

pulls the wheel out of synch. Will she notice her mistake?

-V, V.

-Sure?

-Yeah.

-It looks wrong.

The code is back in place but has this cost them vital seconds?

-E, um...

-The square, come on.

Three...square...sevens.

OK. "First enter one three

"followed by two sevens."

-One three.

-One...

-No, no, one number three.

-One three...

-Followed...one number three, followed by two sevens!

-Yes, finished.

-And stop the game!

Sting have cracked the code.

377 is correct.

The code is attached to another of the Fortune Hunter's

treasured relics.

The mystical filing cabinet.

It only materialises when a team have deciphered its code.

Within it is a precious island challenge advantage.

Sting's hard-won winning code of 377 has unlocked it.

"Congratulations. In the first round team captains will go head-to-head.

"My island challenge advantage for you is a ten-second head start

"on the Flight Of Fear."

Ten seconds is a big head start. How do you guys feel about that?

Very happy?

For the first time, the island will make the new teams' captains

go head-to-head to try to win the advantage for their team-mates

when they compete for the latest island treasure in round two.

So Sting's captain, Natty, will be battling Claw's captain, James.

Who will win the advantage for their team in round two?

They have never before battled one-on-one

without the support of their team-mates

and there has never been so much pressure put on the adventurers.

This is huge.

And here is what the captains are going to be facing.

This is Flight Of Fear.

In the forest clearing are some of the tallest trees on the island.

Natty and James have to climb up

fixed ladders attached to one of these trees

before swinging across to angled cable ladders to collect giant cogs.

They have to deliver these cogs into collection tubs

at the base of the tree.

And the captain who gets all eight of their cogs in a tub first wins.

If a cog hits the ground it is out of play, and if a captain

completely loses momentum and can't reach either of the ladders

they'll be lowered all the way back down, a real waste of time.

Plus, as team Sting won the Code Cracker,

Natty has a ten-second head start.

Will it be enough to ensure victory in the first

Sting verses Claw island challenge?

What's at stake is an advantage for the teams

in the second round when they try to win the latest island treasure.

The island's sixth treasure is the butterfly and represents change.

The adventurers have gone from boys and girls to Sting and Claw,

and they must embrace this change like the journey

of the chrysalis to fully-fledged butterfly.

Team Sting hold three island treasures and Claw have two.

The pressure is on Claw to win today and equalise,

otherwise Sting will create a clear lead.

Natty, you have a ten-second advantage.

-So we will start with you. Are you ready?

-Yeah.

In three, two, one, go!

Now, can she make this head start count?

Five, four, three, two, one, James, off you go!

Go, James!

Natty's already across.

She's got one cog. That ten seconds equalled a cog.

But she's got to get it into the tub.

Oh, but James is swinging over and, yes,

he's got his first cog but Natty is there and she's dropping hers in.

Yes! That's first score to Sting.

Go on, Natty!

But Claw need James to keep the pace up.

He can't let Natty get too far ahead.

And the cog is safely in.

Run up that ladder, go, go, go!

Well, Eleanor, he needs to

because Natty is already swinging across to her second cog.

Come on, Natty, come on!

James has made good time up the ladder and he's getting across too.

Yes, come on, James!

This is so close. Who is going to get down first?

Down, down, down.

Oh, it's James. But Natty's only just behind him.

Interesting. James always goes right down to the bottom

and places it in but he's a lot quicker than Natty is.

But can he keep this speed up?

-No.

-Oh, no!

He's got to go back and swing again.

This could be a great opportunity for Natty. Yes!

Natty's ahead again. James is struggling with that third cog.

Ooh, but he's grabbed the ladder. Can he get the cog?

Yes, he's got it.

Go, go, go!

That's Natty's third cog in but James is scampering back down

just seconds behind her with his third. It's in.

-Yes!

-They both started really strongly, really quickly,

but will they feel it later on?

Come on!

Well, Natty isn't showing any signs of fatigue yet.

That was a hugely confident leap.

James going as fast as he can, but Natty is still in the lead.

James could really do with a quick grab here.

Oh, no!

That's Natty's fourth cog in but James... Whoa!

At last he's got it, but he's slipped massively behind now.

Natty's looking determined and at around the halfway point

of this first ever Sting versus Claw one-on-one,

she is definitely in the lead.

-But that's James down and his fourth cog in.

-Well done!

He is so fast on the ladders, but here comes Natty.

No! She has to kick herself back on and James is diving out again.

Oh, he's swung out too low.

He's wasted time there, but Natty's losing all momentum.

Oh, Natty's in no-man's land, this could be disastrous for Natty.

But James has swung higher and got his fifth cog so quickly.

Go, go, go!

This is where James could take the lead.

It's really neck and neck, exciting stuff.

Oh, yes, Natty is back on.

They're at the exact same point now. Who's going to get this cog in next?

Well, Natty has just crept into the lead.

But this could go either way.

Natty's first in there.

That was her fifth cog but James is close behind getting his fifth one.

And he's absolutely zooming up the ladder.

Three cogs left for Natty and James to get each. This is so close.

And it's getting so high as well.

It must be almost impossible to keep focused

when you're way up there among the tree tops.

James is the first one back onto the ladder but Natty is there.

James has lost control and so has Natty. It's anyone's game.

Which of them will build enough momentum to get

back on the ladder first?

It's Natty!

And now James is back too.

Go, go!

The new teams desperately want the first Sting versus Claw victory

but cheering is all they can do.

The captains are battling on their own.

That was Natty's sixth cog in, but James is not giving up.

James has popped his in.

Two cogs left for each.

They're going for another swing.

Claw's captain is first to leap.

Oh, but James missed! What a disaster!

Especially because Natty made it.

She's climbing up for that cog but James is utterly floundering.

How frustrating for him and his team.

Weak return swing from Natty. No surprise she didn't make it

but it's not what Sting were looking for.

Still James is being lowered to ground level now.

Once you lose all your swing there is no way you can reach the ladder.

He had to go right down to climb up again. A proper time waster.

Can Natty grab the ladder now?

Nearly, but no! And she can't get back to that side either.

James must be exhausted but he's managing to keep moving ultra fast.

-Yes!

-James has got it.

That's his seventh cog and he is racing down with it

just as Natty has to be lowered. An epic waste of time for Sting.

But at last she has got her seventh cog in,

nudging her back into the lead, but with James so close behind

she can't afford to take as long on her final cog.

Oh, and that's his seventh in and now it's a straight race to see who

can get the final cog in quicker.

And James is definitely climbing much faster.

He's already caught Natty up but she is first to swing.

Now James.

Go on, James!

ALL SHOUT AND SCREAM

Their teams are absolutely screaming for them to win,

its Sting against Claw, it's James against Natty.

She's swinging back.

No, she can't make it! This could be a disaster for Sting.

So close, it's agonising for Natty!

James is coming down. This is for the last cog.

And it's for the first Sting versus Claw victory.

Can Natty do anything to pull this back? She's going for the drop.

No! Her cog's bounced out

and that means James can toss his in to take this for Claw.

The winner is James. That was amazing stuff.

Heartbreak for Natty and Team Sting.

Jubilation for James and team Claw

and it's great to see them be so sporting.

Well, James and Natty did seem really evenly matched

with both pulling off some great swings

and both struggling at times too.

Natty began with the head start but the lead

changed throughout the challenge and there was some extremely fast

ladder climbing from James.

Natty was just ahead as they raced for their last cogs

and it was the worst possible moment for her to lose her momentum.

She tried for a long distance drop but the cog bounced out,

allowing James to nab the win.

And so that means team Claw will have the advantage

when the teams compete for the all-important island treasure.

The silver butterfly in round two.

So the winners of that round were Team Claw.

Yes!

Well done, Team Claw, that means you guys are going to go first

in round two and you have an advantage, you have a spare cog.

So that means, first, I need you to pick your two team-mates

to play this challenge.

Claw, we going to start with you, James.

The captains now have to decide who will play in the next round.

In Claw, James is struggling with his choice

and his team-mates aren't making it any easier.

You have to pick not just your friends and who hasn't done it.

You said that last time and I picked you and you always say that.

OK, I think you should pick someone who hasn't done this challenge.

What will he do?

I want Lizzie because she is tall and that is a good advantage

when doing all of those things.

But... And I think I am going to go with...Zach.

That's interesting. I am surprised you picked a girl and a boy.

I thought you might stick with what you knew and two boys.

You're kind of mixing it up, that's good.

I am going to come to Team Sting next. Natty.

I want you to pick two team-mates for the next round.

Well, this is quite difficult because I know everyone wants to go up.

Khadie is really, really strong, so I am going to go with her

but I don't know who to pick next.

I think I'm going to have to go with Peter.

I'm sorry, Jordan.

Well, I can't wait for round two, which is going to be coming up soon.

Next time, James has creeping doubts about the decision he's just made.

I think I might have accidentally made the wrong choices.

There's no let-up as Sting and Claw go head-to-head

in the second fearsome round of Flight Of Fear.

-No, higher!

-I can't!

Claw are desperate to win and take the butterfly island treasure.

But Sting will be no pushover.

It's all coming up.

That's all to come next time, and you can join the adventure online.

-As both teams try to Escape From Scorpion Island. Bye.

-Bye.