Episode 1: Tanks a lot
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A familiar face is seen standing at the center of a rather large mall. A roller coaster can be seen zooming along its track behind him. The host smiles "Welcome to Total Drama Mall of Emergency!"
"Dear mom and dad I'm doing fine."
Andy can be seen looking nervously at his father.
"You guys are on my mind"
Alex can be seen thinking hard while looking at a scruff mark on the mall floor
"You asked me what I wanted to be"
Angie is sitting cross-legged on a table while writing in a journal.
"I now I think the answers plain to see"
Alex is still looking at the scruff mark when he suddenly jumps up.
"I wanna be famous"
Tori is seen singing on a stage.
The host hits the camera with his signature smile. "The unlucky suckers who will be tormented on this season will be arriving shortly. They will be arriving in armored tanks with tainted windows... For... Safety reasons. Here are the first to now"
A military grade army tank drives into the mall. 6 foot tall 18 year old steps out of the tank. He has blonde hair that fades out to brown and dark hazel eyes. He is clothed in a sleeveless white shirt, black and red Jordan's, and has two diamond studs on each ear. His dog tags clank against each other as he walks towards the host, "hey Chris, really loving the tank, but was it really necessary?
The host opens his mouth to speak, but before he can a second teen (this one 17 years of age) exits the tank.
The teen stands one inch taller than the first and his light brown eyes soak up his surroundings inquisitively. He adjusts his black deer-stalk cap, and dusts of his black dress pants. He reaches into his black jacket (which exposes his white dress shirt) and pulls out a pair of white gloves and puts them on. "Dear military boy, is it not obvious that we had to pass through some incredible danger to get here? And is it not obvious that Chris did not yet want us to catch a glimpse of said danger?"
The older teens face contorts in anger. "Listen Alex..."
The teen is interrupted yet again, "please Detective Haden..."
The older teen shouts over Haden "Listen here, Haden! I told you many times on the ride here not to call me that! My name is Andy!"
The young detective he is yelling at looks confused, "was I incorrect in my conclusion that your family comes from a military background?"
Andy's face gets a bit softer, "well no but..."
Haden suddenly speaks again "then I have no reason to apologize."
The camera man switches the camera away from the quarrel, and back to our dashing host. Chris is seen laughing hysterically, "Oh Man! Are you getting this? Right of the bat? This season is going to be EPIC!"
The camera man shifts the camera up and down in order to agree. "Chris suddenly stops laughing when he realizes the boys are still arguing. "Okay guys that's enough I have a schedule that I have to follow here."
Andy walks away from the quarrel first. Chris takes this opportunity to announce the competitor. "This is this season's confused soldier, Andy Taylor."
"Nice to be here Chris," Andy shakes the hosts hand before taking a seat.
Haden walks up to the host next. "And this is our resident junior detective Alexander Haden."
"At your service" the teen says with a light British accent. He bows to Chris before taking his seat.
CONFESSIONALS.
Andy: "Man that kid really needs to cool it. My dad would have wanted me to sock somebody who was bothering me right there." Andy pauses for a moment. "But luckily unlike my old man, I believe in second chances." Andy stops in horror, "wait, nobody sees this right? Oh god. S-sorry Sarge."
Haden: "Nice to meet you names Dr. Alexander Haden. Well it will be after 3 more years of college. I work as a detective for the London detective agency. With 273 successful cases under my belt, one could say I'm pretty good. I'm here to clear my head and practice my detective skills in order to solve a case I've been stuck on for almost a year." Haden takes a pause. "Oh you want to know more about the quarrel with the military kid... Figures you would. Alright then I'll happily oblique. I was simply practicing my skills on him on the way down. It didn't take long to deduce his family had some sort of military background. His dog tags and posture helped me figure out that much. But when I made my big reveal, he didn't seem thrilled. In fact he started getting angry." Haden removed his caps revealing his messy light brown hair, and thinks for a moment..."perhaps he has had some sort of trouble, and pressure in his military career thus far. Maybe an argument with the family over his future in the armed forces... Yes the could be it... I'll have to ask him later." Haden puts his cap back on.
Another armored tank pulls into the mall. A smaller teen pops out. Standing at 5 foot 4, the 17 year old female wears a large smile. She brushes some blonde hair from her face, and lets it fall to its natural mid back length. She wears a button down plaid shirt and blue jeans. Her van shoes barely male a sound as she walks to Chris, and the boys.
"Is this a total drama episode or a model shoot? Look how handsome you three boys are!"
Chris grins "well the modeling agencies to have my headshot!"
"Of course they do Chris, surprised they haven't given you a call yet!"
Chris announces "this little sweetheart right here is Le'lana" the host then turns to the boys, "be nice to this one guys.
As Le'lana winks at the boys Haden leans over to whisper to Andy, "something seems off about this one... I can't tell what though. For the first time ever, I can't really tell what's wrong... Just like in my current case... I can't be sure..."
Andy gives the junior detective an unbelieving glance, "c'mon man, you're in the presence of a lady, stop being such a Jerk.
As Haden tries to start his next line, Le'lana taps the shoulders of both boys, mine if I sit between you two hunks?
Andy nods "of course m'lady"
"But military boy-"
"I said of course she could Alex!"
Haden slumps in seat.
CONFESSIONALS
Haden: there is something wrong here... I'm sure of it.
Le'lana: Le'lana is laughing a sweet laugh. "Did you see that? Chris was easy to fool, like taking hair gel from a baby. And that jock strap Andy? Piece of cake? But Sherlock Holmes over there? I barely knew I had it in me... And all it took was one of These! "Le'lana winks at the camera.
A second, 17-year-old competitor steps out of the armored vehicle. Her naturally curly brown hair and hazel eyes complement her tan skin well. She stood at a height of 5'7. She wore her black jacket in a way that you could see her peach tank top. Her grey skinny jeans and black boots complete the outfit. "Hi guys."
Haden suddenly stands up, "you will be my Watson." He runs up to her and gets on one knee. "Will you be my Watson?"
The teen is taking by surprised. "Wha-what?"
Haden stands up, "I thought you would know who Watson was with you stage background. Oh well, Watson was-"
"Dummy I know who Watson is; I just don't know what you mean by being YOUR Watson."
"Oh, well then, I want you to accompany me, we can hang out together, solve cases together-"
"Are you asking me out?" The teen girl blushes slightly.
"Well... No not really. I just want you to be with me."
"Uh this is all very strange and sudden don't you think?"
"No not at all, your humor and energy will balance me will, and keep me company on cases."
"Uh, sorry... I don't know if that is something that I..."
"Shoot I've made you uncomfortable... I guess we'll continue this conversation another time my dear Watson."
"It's Victoria actually... And, I prefer Tori."
Haden seems to not here her as he returns to my seat, "See you soon my dear Watson."
Chris smiles "well uh welcome anyway Victoria Evans, our resident actress."
Victoria takes a seat.
CONFESSIONALS.
Haden: Victoria, will be my Watson, she's perfect for the role. You see I need a Watson. I need somebody with decent reasoning powers, a great sense of humor, and extreme beauty to help me in my detective endeavors... Plus I get a little lonely sometimes.
Victoria: Haden is kind of sweet, in a weird kind of way, but I barely know him... I don't think he's a bad guy, but... I don't know.
Another armored tank reaches the group. A short (5 foot 2) 17-year-old auburn-haired boy would be the next to arrive. Chris smirked, "And here is our little Napoleon. Greyson McKenna-Thomson.
Haden commented next, "Napoleon in deed, judging by the way he carries himself, coupled with his attire... He appears to be a leader of some sorts."
Greyson smiled. "Thanks for noticing." He wiped a hair out of his grey-blue eyes, and some dust off his black blazer, and trousers.
CONFESSIONALS
Greyson: "a leader must always look his best. If you are the best, you peers will be inspired to be the best." Greyson adjusts his prescription glasses.
As Greyson takes his seat, another teen leaves the tank. A taller 5 foot 10 boy takes the scene. (Yet another 17-year-old... Jeez.) He combs his blonde hair off to the right as he observes the prior contestants with his striking green eyes. His clothing was fairly normal, a red shirt and black shorts, but that was until you noticed the white scarf around his neck.
Le'lana spoke first, "sweetie, you're cute, but it's the middle of summer, do you really need the scarf
"Well..." The new teen started in a quiet, barely audible monotone.
"He needs it to hide his scar."
Le'lana looked shocked, "what scar?"
"Well actually..." The new teen tried to explain.
"The scar that he got, likely in some sort of tragic accident that messed up his voice"
"Hey I don't like to talk about-"
"Aww that's so sad!"
"I was just talking!"
Haden didn't speak. "Did you guys here something.
The new teen spoke. "I said I don't like to talk about that. You guys are being kind of rude."
Le'lana smiled, "oh course we were in very sorry."
"I guess I could let it go this time. I'm just excited to be here." Zane said... Uh enthusiastically I guess. It's hard to tell, he was still speaking in monotone.
"You don't sound excited. C'mon get pumped!" Tori exclaimed energetically.
"Well you see my dear Watson-"
"Tori"
"Tori... The accident probably took always his ability to express emotions with his voice."
Zane spoke next. "I thought I said I didn't want to talk about it."
Andy butted in "yeah Sherlock, back off."
Haden jumped up and got in Andy's face. "I don't like unshared information 'cadet'"
"He doesn't want to talk about it."
"Well he should"
Chris chuckled. "As much as I am enjoying this, I'm going to need to move us along."
CONFESSIONALS.
Zane: "it's just so rude of them to" the tape is randomly cut off.
Andy: "Mr. Holmes needs to get some emotions and fast."
Haden: "military boy would be wise to mind his own business."
Zane: "at least the confessional listens. Thanks for that rant."
A fourth armored tank arrives. Out of it, emerges a 17 year old girl. Her most notable trait is her height. She rivals Haden's height at 6 foot 1. Her pastel pink and black hair would be second on her notable traits list, followed by her eyes, which seemed to Serve as a gateway to her soul. Her short blue flowery dress clashes with her combat boots.
Haden smirks on the sidelines. "This one is interesting. I'd bet my 273-0 case record that she does not believe in the same God as you and I!"
The girl smirks back at Haden. "Satanic, how'd you know?"
Haden walks up, and stands next to her face to face. Their heights match perfectly. "All in the way you carry yourself.
"Interesting, coming from the Roman Catholic."
Haden's eyes widen in shock, "how'd you know."
The girl laughed "Doug told me, didn't you see him whisper?"
Haden looked confused. "I didn't see anybody whisper."
The girl looked outraged. "Don't be RUDE! He's right there."
Haden, "oh uh... This one is really interesting. Had trouble in kindergarten I presume."
"And you are in college a year early"
"You were Christian... Non-practicing before your conversion to Satanism"
"Your car ride here lasted... 33 minutes"
Haden smirked, "and yours lasted..." Haden removes his hat, and runs a hand through his hair. "1 hour and 32 minutes"
"Impressive"
"You're not bad yourself"
"Doug gave me all the answers"
"Uh... Okay?" Haden went back to his seat quietly.
The tall female observed the rest of the competitors, only to realize they were all looking at her uncomfortably.
Chris responded first, "welcome to the show Lucinda Von Malcolm."
"Seriously come on, aren't you going to introduce Doug?" Lucinda makes a motion towards an empty area to her right.
Chris frowns, "uh, yeah sure... Welcome... Doug.
Lucinda's brown eyes turn green, "SERIOUSLY GUYS, I'm not crazy, please give my friend a warm welcome."
The rest of the teens clap uneasily as Lucinda takes a seat.
CONFESSIONALS
Lucinda: Lucinda's eyes are still green as she frowns, "Us Satanists really aren't that bad, but everywhere I go people still think I'm crazy... I mean really." Suddenly she starts laughing. "That's a good point Luther."
Haden: she's crazy, but pretty good. I'm so much better though.
The second teen who exits the vehicle, is short (5 foot 4) and young looking. She twirls the flower in her hair and jingles her heart earrings. "Wow look at all the hunks!"
Haden groans. "Another one?"
Andy glares at him, "what not used to pretty ladies Sherlock?"
The young teen giggles. "We'd look get together Big guy." This comment causes Le'lana to scoot closer to Andy.
CONFESSIONALS
Le'lana: "uh-uh. This one is my game. Go find your own you little tramp. There has to be plenty of boys in middle school."
The young teen is dressed in a sweatshirt that claims in pink letters "I look so good with your boyfriend," and a pink skirt.
She twirls her blonde hair, bats her light blue eyes, and giggles her way to her seat.
Chris announces, "while technically not yet 16, Madison-rose Anderson was too good not to put on the show."
CONFESSIONALS
Le'lana: "I must admit... She's good"
Madison: "yeah, I know... I'm good."
Out of a new tank arises and a teen who stands at 5 foot 9. His blonde hair and Aqua blue eyes went well with his black hoodie and blue jeans. The eighteen-year-old young adult, sneered, "you guys all look stupid."
Haden shouted back, "and you look like you look like you afraid of the wittle old roller coaster just above our heads."
Brent looks up at the coaster, and his eyes widen, "sh- yeah whatever. I hate you man. Sleep with one eye open... Actually, you know what? Sleep with both eyes open" Brent angrily takes a seat as far away from the coaster as possible.
CONFESSIONALS
Brent: "seriously, a coaster? Right of the back?"
Andy: "okay, you know what? Gotta give props to Alex on that one."
Haden bends over to whisper to Andy "you willing to talk to me about the girls yet cadet?"
CONFESSIONALS
Andy: Andy audibly sighs. "Props gone."
A 5-foot ten, 17-year old teen, with straight black hair and icy blue eyes leaves the tank next. His black short sleeves shirt, and grey jeans were covered in a fine layer of dust. "Don't you guys ever dust that thing?"
Chris smiled, "no Logan, no we don't."
Logan, smirks at his fellow contestants and takes a seat silently,
CONFESSIONALS.
Logan: "they have NO, clue what that are I for. Just the way I like it."
Haden: "strange, I have absolutely No clues on that guy!"
A final tank makes a stop at the center of the mall. A dark-skinned 16-teen year old girl clothed an oversized shirt and waist-high denim shorts. Her messy, dark hair flows down to her shoulders. "Hey guys."
Chris smiles, "hello Angie McKenzie! Welcome to the island, gang this is our-"
"Local writer, a natural one at that." Haden finishes.
Chris frowns, "thank-you Haden."
"I'm just so excited to be here guys!" Angie takes her seat.
CONFESSIONALS
Angie: "Okay. Honestly, I just want to make friends and get people to laugh with me." She frowns again," Unless they laugh at me. That's not cool. That's so uncool of them like seriously. How rude"
Chris smiles, "and here is our final competitor: Karina the gamer."
Karina exits the tank and smiles "whoa, level up for sure." She adjusts her green hat, to cover up more of her long brown hair. She scans her peers with her light brown eyes. She also wore a green parka and bright yellow pants.
"Well guys, we had a kick butt challenge planned for you, but this INSOLENT BRATS WASTED ALL OF OUR TIME FOR TODAY."
"Either way, we'll see you in two days to continue this. Will Andy and Haden continue to duke it out? Will Le'lana or Madi be exposed for the tramp-y little frauds they are? And, last but not least, who the Frick is Doug? knows what's in store for us next time on TOTAL DRAMA MALL OF EMERGENCY!"
This got long, so I cut it off here. Wednesday June 24th will be the next update, and will include team-splitting and challenges.
Thursday June 25th will be our first elimination, and Friday June 26th will be our first Behind the Scenes episode.
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