And here's the first official episode of Total Drama: Pahkitew's Vengeance! Watch as your Ocs lie, cheat, fight, love, and scream their way to the million dollar prize! And don't worry; if your OC didn't make it in, your character will enter the competition at a later point in the game! My Ocs will be entering the game, so if you want to see their applications, look at my Profile page! APPS are now closed. I am so sorry this took so long to make! I will try to update it every two weeks. Updates will be slower and less frequent towards the end of August and the beginning of the school year, but I have no desire to end this series until it's complete!
The camera turns on to see Chris McClain standing on an old dock. Behind him is the island of Pahkitew from the last season. "Yo, I'm Chris McClain!" the host says with his trademark smile. "But you probably already knew that! I mean seriously, I'm famous! But enough about me. Lets talk about my new show! And what better way to start than by introducing the new group of vic – I mean contestants that will battle their way for the right to claim the grand prize: ONE! MILLION! DOLLARS! And here they are now!" the host announced as a motorboat driven by a lowly intern pulled up to the docs. Inside the boat next to an intern sat a 23 year old woman with a light tan and black hair with pink highlights. She wore a red dress with a large, black, Chinese Dragon on the front and black heels. A skull necklace with emeralds in the eye sockets was looped around her neck as she climbed onto the dock.
"Meet our first contestant, Kiko the Chinese Uber-Fan!" Chris said with mock enthusiasm. Kiko glanced around the island before setting her green eyes on Chris. "OMG! I can't believe I'm here you!" Kiko squealed excitedly. Without warning she jumped at Chris and pulled him into a hug, revealing the fact that she finally got to meet her idol. Meanwhile, struggling to breath. "C-can't . . . breath!" he managed to gasp before Kiko let him go. The host dropped to the docks as the girl danced around excitedly before running to the other end of the dock, unable to keep her eyes off of Chris as he stood up again and straightened his hair.
"Um, welcome our next contestant, Caroline the Exiled Animal Lover!" Chris said in slight disgust as another motorboat pulled up. In it sat another girl with long, dark brown hair that went all the way down to her waist. An oversized sweatshirt sat on her shoulders, and a white tank top underneath. She wore a knee length, navy blue skirt with pockets and teal stockings with boots. "Do I really have to be here in front of the cameras?" she asked nervously. Chris gave a dead panned look. "Yes, you do. You signed up for it when you signed the contract!" Caroline sighed and moved to the end of the dock to stand next to Kiko, trying to stay out of sight. "Maybe I should call her Lindsay 2.0" he grumbled as another motorboat pulled up to the dock.
This one was carrying a boy with raven black hair and tanned skin. Surfer dressed boy climbed onto the dock and walked up to Chris, fist bumping him before joining the girls. "Our third contestant, Alex the Laid back Korean!" Chris announced. For once, he didn't hate this teen so much as the others he had been forced to work with. That however, would not save Alex from the horror Chris had in store for the cast. At least, once they all showed up.
"Our next contestant is Trey the Rock Star!" Chris said as another motorboat carrying a guy with a dark brown beard and shoulder length hair. He wore a white, stained T-shirt with the sleeves torn off, and a pair of jeans with the knees ripped out. A bass guitar was strapped to his back and a knife was being twirled around in his fingers. "Sup, dude?" Trey greeted Chris with a thumbs up. "This where we're stayin'?" Chris answered him with his trade mark grin. As Trey walked to the other end of the dock, frightening Caroline as he stood next to Kiko, another motorboat pulled up to the dock with a girl with a ponytail and a large scar over her left eye. The girl stepped up onto the docks and walked up to Chris. "Meet Maurananei the Female Bad Cop!" the host said. The girl glared at him and growled slightly. "You better watch your step, Chris," Maurananei hissed, saying his name like a curse. "Because I will get you." Chris blinked and stepped back in fear as the red jacket clad teen stalked down to the opposite end of the docks. Everyone quickly side stepped out of her way. Maurananei gave them an odd look, but ignored the gesture. She watched as yet another motor boat pulled up to the dock, and a small boy hopped out and walked up to Chris.
"Reese the Prankster!" Chris said as Reese strolled down the dock toward the rest of the cast. "Nice to meet all of you." he said to them, grabbing their hands and shaking them. Then he got to Maurananei. "Hello, my dear. My name is Reese. A pleasure to meet you." he said, extending his hand to her. Maurananei looked at it suspiciously, but eventually took it. Suddenly, a jolt of electricity shot through her! "AAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGGH!" she cried as Reese and Chris laughed. The course of electricity suddenly stopped, leaving Maurananei's ponytail looking like a fried broom.
"I am going to get you if it's the last thing I do." she gasped as trails of smoke curled off her charred body. Reese smiled nervously and stood next to the others, away from Maurananei.
"Ahhhhh," Chris sighed as he wiped a tear of joy from his eye. "Our next contestant is . . . . what the heck is that?" Chris asked as the motor boat pulled up to the dock with a black cloaked figure sitting in the back. The small figure stepped out onto the dock, the only thing visible being their ruby red eyes. The sky darkened as thunder rolled and lightning cracked the sky. "Ah, thunder storms. How I love them." the figure said in a feminine voice. The girl flipped up her hood revealing a pale skinned face and a head of raven black hair. "Name's Mortisha Adams, but you can call me 'AAHHH!' if you want. That's what everyone calls me." the girl said, saying the last part sadly. "Um, yeah. Whatever." Chris said as the cloaked girl moved to the end of the dock. Maurananei edged away from her to stand with the rest of the group, not one of them objecting.
Chris composed himself as another motor boat pulled up with a lowly intern at the helm. "Where's Mitchell?" Chris asked the nervous intern. "You didn't lose him already, did you!?" The intern shook his head nervously and pointed skyward. Everyone followed to where he was pointing and saw a figure flying through the air above. "What the- is that guy using my jet pack!?" Chris yelled angrily as the figure, revealing to be a boy with dark brown hair with caramel streaks, floated down toward the dock. What surprised – and shocked – everyone was the fact that bright, hot, flames were coming out of his hands as scorching temperatures. Chris stood shocked as the teen landed on the dock and walked to the opposite end of the dock. "What, you can't control fire?" Mitchell said nonchalantly. Everyone blinked before regaining themselves. "Wow! You can shoot fire out of your hands!?" Reese cried with excitement. "Yes. Yes I can." Mitchell said with no enthusiasm. "Seriously, it's not that big of a deal."
"Are you kidding! That's the coolest thing EVER!" Reese yelled as an 8th motor boat pulled up to the docks. A mocha skinned girl with chocolate colored hair and hazel colored eyes sat in the back and climbed up onto the docks. She adjusted her tan vest coat and olive green skirt before moving forward. "Meet Toni the Animal Nut!" Chris said as Toni walked past him. "I'm not that crazy." Toni shot back at him. "Whatever. Just get out my camera time, will ya?" Chris said with annoyance. Toni rolled her eyes and moved to stand next to Caroline and Kiko. Caroline smiled and Toni grinned back, her eyes flashing yellow. "Is something wrong with your eyes?" Caroline asked Toni. "No. Nothing's wrong with my eyes." Toni reassured her. Caroline looked closer, and saw hazel colored eyes instead.
Caroline shrugged and turned to see a guy suddenly appear on the dock. A black mohawk sprouted up from his head, and a black shirt with a skull with a dagger stuck in it was on him. He wore black arm guards and black jeans. "Meet Eduardo the EMO Child." Chris said with a smile as Eduardo stared at him. And stared at him. And stared at him some more. "Um, hello? Are you okay?" Chris asked as he waved a hand in front of Eduardo's face. Eduardo seemed to startle before saying "Whatever." and walking to the edge of the dock, looking at the rest of the cast with a bored look.
Chris ignored him and turned to see a girl with incredibly long hair tied in a ponytail that reached down to her calves. She wore dark blue skinny jeans and a black long sleeve shirt that hung off her right shoulder. Seven piercings lined both her ears along with feathered earrings. Several bracelets were around her wrists, and she wore two inch heels on her feet. "Meet Anuok the Psychic Loner." Chris said, rubbing his hands together mischievously. "So, what's my fortune!?" he asked her excitedly. Anuok raised an eyebrow, rolled her eyes and closed her them. After a minute she pulled out a notepad and scribbled down on it before handing it to an animated Chris. Chris quickly read it over before looking confused. "You will mashed before a fishy audience today?" Chris read. Anuok shrugged and tapped the pad at the bottom. "I can only see 24 hours into the future?" Chris read. "Whatever. This is bogus. Just go." Chris sighed, clearly disappointed. Anuok shrugged and walked down the dock and stood next to Reese and Mitchell.
"Hahhh, anyway. Our next contestant is Alan the Perverted Optimist!" Chris said as a short, thin, boy dressed in an orange hoodie and blue jeans. A large pair of glasses sat on his nose. "Hi, Chris! Nice to meet you!" Alan said as he vigorously shook the host's hand. "I can't wait to do some challenges!" Chris frowned and jerked his hand back. "Sure. Whatevs. Just go so I can get going ok?" Alan nodded happily and ran down the dock to greet the others. While Alan was distracted, Chris reached into his pocket and pulled out a walkie talkie. "Chef? If you can hear me, put a nest of fire ants into Alan's bed, will ya?"
Chris quickly put the device away just before a tall girl with long blonde and brown hair, pink glasses, and a pink dress. Basically, she wore a lot of pink. "Zelda the Pink Monger." Chris said as Zelda walked over to the rest of the cast. "Hey, guys! You ready?" she asked in excitement. "You bet!" Alan cried, giving Zelda a high five before Chris cleared his throat. "Now, we have one more contestant to greet before we begin your first challenge. He should be here any moment." Chris said as he shielded his eyes and looked toward the horizon. Not a single motor boat arrived at the docks. "Look! Down there!" Kiko yelled, pointing toward the water, which had begun to broil and bubble. Everyone screamed and yelled as a large, muscled figure rose from the water, covered in seaweed. The character was muscled, and covered in scales. A long antenna sprouted from his head with a small light at the end. It's jaws jutted forward, revealing wicked teeth that didn't even fit in the mouth, they were so big; large, glazed eyes that looked as if they belonged to a deep sea creature sat on either side of its face. The creature roared and climbed up onto the dock, towering over everyone, even Zelda.
"Oh, man! Sorry!" the creature said in a high pitched, garbled voice. "Give me a sec!" he said to the startled cast before reaching for a symbol on his chest and slapping down it. There was a flash of red light and the large fish man disappeared. In its place was a tall boy with lightly tanned skin,dark brown hair, and large muscles. He had blue eyes the color of the sea and wore a red and black shirt with black pants and sneakers. A shark tooth necklace was looped around his neck, and a mysterious watch with the same symbol as before on it. It was red and silver, with the symbol looking an open, red mouth with sharp silver teeth. A long, black tongue curled over the teeth in a deep snarl. "Sorry about that! It happens sometimes!"
Everyone but Mortisha stood in shock. Mortisha walked up to him and suddenly gave him a hug. The boy looked surprised, but returned the hug with little hesitation. "My name's Mortisha." she said as her face turned a deep red. "Micheal." the boy said, taking her hand and shaking it. Mortisha blushed even more and walked Micheal over to the rest of the cast.
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"Okay, so I might like him. But can you blame me?" Mortisha says to the camera. "I've been alone for so long, I don't even know the definition of friend! Or boyfriend." she said, saying the last part with much pleasure.
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"Okay, now that we've met Micheal the Watch Bearer, lets move on to our next challenge, shall we?" Chris said as he walked away. The cast followed him, stealing glances at Micheal as they moved along. Toni was looking at him the most, even though Mortisha was still holding Micheal's hand. They walked for a while before they reached a familiar clearing in the forest with a large pile of garbage and refuse. "What are we supposed to do with this junk?" Mitchell asked as he twirled three flaming rocks around in his fingers. Reese was watching, fascinated.
"This junk, as Mitchell calls it, are your building materials!" Chris said from atop the pile of garbage. "For all of you who watched the previous season, you will know that the teams had to make their own cabins to stay for the entire game. Today, you'll be doing the same thing!" Eduardo sighed. "That's totally lame. You have no original ideas of your own, Chris." he said with a bored tone. Chris glared at him and cocked an evil grin. "Your right, Eduardo. I am now going to thank you by unleashing a very good friend of mine," Chris said as he pressed a remote control. There was the sound of a mechanical door moving as a hatch opened in the trunk of a pine tree to the cast's right. Everyone turned to see a large shark crawl out on it's crocodile like legs. It grinned, showing its rows of razor sharp teeth. "Meet Fang 2.0!" Chris cried as the shark's eyes glowed red and a jet of lasers fired out and struck a tree, reducing it to ash. "Ah-hahaha! The egg headed interns really went to town with this baby! And who can blame them? After the destruction of Scuba Bear 3.0, we decided to make a robot duplicate of our beloved mutated shark friend, who is now enjoying his retirement in Australia!" Chris said as a flat TV screen popped up from the ground showing a picture of Fang chasing a surfer off the coast of Sydney. The TV vanished as Chris continued to speak. "Now, each member gets one turn to grab something useful. And by useful, I mean useful. Try not to grab something like the can of soup or bucket of glitter like the last cast did, okay?" Chris said. "But, we don't have our teams yet!" Maurananei exclaimed, her eyes darting between the faces of her team mates.
"Your very perceptive, Maurananei." Chris said. "When I call your name, go stand on that side of the junk yard; Toni, Alex, Reese, Anuok, Micheal, Kiko, and Zelda! You will now be known as the Rampaging Rhinos!" Chris said as the team gathered together. "That means Mitchell, Alan, Caroline, Trey, Eduardo, Maurananei, and Mortisha will now be called the Extreme Eagles!" The team moved to the other side of the garbage pile, and Mortisha was forced to let go of Micheal's hand. No one seemed to notice her disappointment though, as they were all engaged in preparing for the challenge. "Now, GO!" Chris yelled, blowing an air horn to signal the start of the challenge. The teams quickly separated and disappeared into the artificial forest.
"Anybody got a plan?" Kiko whispered to her team mates. Zelda quickly raised her hand. "Um, Zelda? You don't have to raise your hand. We aren't in school." Zelda bowed and continued. "If one of us diverts the attention of the large, amphibious Carcharodon carcharias, we will be able to pick out far more useful stuff at a faster exponential rate." Everyone just stared at her, blinking. Zelda sighed and pinched her brow. "We distract the shark and we grab more stuff." Everyone gave a collective "oooooooooohhh" and nodded their heads in understanding.
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"Simpletons." Zelda mutters under her breath.
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"Before anyone goes out there, we should check with Anuok, see if we're doing the right thing or not." Micheal suggested. Everyone turned to Anuok, who had already gone into a sort of meditation state. Seconds later, she opened her eyes and wrote something down on her notepad. Zelda took it read it over before closing her eyes for a moment and nodding. "I ran the calculations, and Micheal is the best candidate to distract fang."
Micheal shrugged. "If you say so. Lets see if I can get something useful." Zelda looked confused. "You say that as if you've had trouble before." Micheal nodded his head in shame. "The watch doesn't always exactly give me what I want. For instance, remember when I scared everyone crapless with that fish man? I was hoping I would get an eagle so I wouldn't freak everyone out. So much for that idea." he grumbled. Without another word, he reached for the watch and activated it, cycling through the holographic ring, and then selecting an animal. With a flash of red light, Micheal disappeared and a Thomson's Gazelle reappeared. The tiny antelope blinked and glanced over itself before its head drooped down.
"Let me guess, didn't get what you wanted?" Toni guessed. The gazelle walked over to her and bumped her leg with his head. Toni took this as a "yes". "Look, this has happened to you before, right?" she said. The gazelle nodded. "Well, just go with it! Oh, and try to be fast. I'm sure Fang's hungry." At this, the gazelle's eyes widened in terror before it darted away. Milliseconds later, the previously mentioned shark leaped onto the spot where Micheal had antecedently been, roared, and ran after the frightened gazelle. "Is he going to be alright?" Alex asked. Anuok closed her eyes for a second before flashed open. She quickly wrote something down on her notepad. Zelda grabbed her notepad and glanced over it before terror struck her face. "We have to save Micheal!" she yelled. "But what about the challenge!?" Reese cried.
"How come we didn't get anybody with super powers!?" Maurananei yelled in exasperation as she saw the red flash light up the woods. Mitchell frowned and summoned a fire ball, which we hurled at a tree. The tree exploded into a shower of wood and sparks. "Hey! Easy on the equipment!" Chris's voice rang out from the loud speaker. Maurananei didn't seem to notice the act, although everyone else did. "At least the oversized guppy is gone." she said to herself. "Eagles, lets move out!" The team ran into the clearing and dove into the junk pile to gather anything they thought might be useful. A minute passed before the loud speaker crackled and Chris's infamous voice echoed across the island.
"Oh, did I forget to mention that we also have Flying Starfish with Laser Eyes?"
"YES!" the entire Extreme Eagles team yelled in unison.
"My bad." Chris apologized as a cloud of small, orange starfish, all with a single red eye in their center, descended down on the, covering them in a large shadow. "I believe now would be a good time to run." Alan squeaked, just before the entire team panicked and fled into oppposite directions. The starfish split up into 7 smaller clouds, one for every poor, unfortunate contestant that was about to be flambeed.
"AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Caroline cried as the starfish fired their lasers at her, striking trees and rocks, but missing her all together, though they would sometimes get very close. Caroline dove stole behind a ring and gasped for breath as the starfish flew past her. Caroline breathed a sigh of relief and fell to the ground. "Why does Chris make this so damn hard?" she sighed. There was a rustling sound, and Caroline tensed up, waiting for another monster to come at her. Instead, a small gazelle jumped out of the brush and landed next to her, too tired to even be afraid of her. Caroline relaxed. At least it's harmless, she thought. I hope.
Tentatively, she reached out to the poor animal, who was too exhausted to resist. "You poor thing. What are you doing here so far away from Africa?" she asked as he petted the frightened animal. "Did that mean Chris bring here so you could be food?" The gazelle shook its head and moved its head to the red and silver collar around its neck. Caroline reached for it, and the antelope recoiled. "Don't be afraid! I won't hurt you!" Caroline told the gazelle. The gazelle didn't listen and bounded away before Caroline could say anything else. Moments later, Fang jumped out from behind the tree to land on the spot where the gazelle had been moments before. The amphibious shark snapped his fingers in frustration before running after the collar wearing antelope. Caroline would have followed, but was decided she wanted to live when the swarm of flying starfish found her once more.
"What is wrong with this island!?" she cried in frustration as she ran through the forest again.
The Rampaging Rhinos had decided that in order to rescue Micheal from a grizzly fate, they would divide up into two smaller team; Zelda, Kiko, Alex, and Toni would compete in the challenge, while Reese and Anuok rescued Micheal from Fang. The two groups would then rendezvous at the Pimâpotew Kinosewak's old tree house from last season. "He sure is fast for a fish with legs," Reese panted as he and Anuok ran through the woods after the robotic shark. Anuok remained silent and continued to run, while Reese dragged behind, his back hunched and arms low to the ground. They ran after Fang for what seemed forever, the main reason so was that Anuok would stumble or trip over every log or rock they came across. Eventually, they lost sight of Fang and Micheal all together.
"What (pant) are we (pant) going to do (pant) now?" Reese wheezed as he collapsed to the ground. Anuok sat next to him on a log, rubbing her sore knees. She was pretty sure that Chris was making this extra difficult for her, ordering the artificial island to move its trees and rocks just to trip her up and make a fool of herself on international TV. "Anuok?" Reese asked. Anuok looked toward him, but didn't say anything. "Do you have any idea on how to save Micheal?" Reese asked her. Anuok closed her eyes and concentrated. Minutes later, she frowned and her eyes opened again as she shook her head no. Reese sighed and sat next to her. "Why do you never talk, Anuok?" he asked her. Anuok heaved a breath that Reese assumed was a sigh and turned away. "Was it something I said?" Reese asked confused. Anuok shook her head no and got up from the log. She walked away from him with her head down and her arms folded over her chest.
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"Something's bothering Anuok," Reese said. "She hasn't said a single word ever since she got here. All she does is write on her notepad." Reese paused and thought about something. "Maybe she just can't talk at all?" he guessed.
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"Anuok! Wait!" Reese cried as he ran after her. Unfortunately for Reese, Anuok had simply seemed to disappear into thin air. One moment she was there, the next she had mysteriously vanished, as if she hadn't existed at all in the first place. Reese gulped and began to walk forward through the woods, jumping at every single rustle in the bush or snap of a twig. It seemed, at least to him, that the entire island was out to get him. Every tree, rock, and freaky mutant appeared to want to hurt him in some way or other. And the constant screams that rang through the quiet forest weren't exactly helpful either
Unbeknownst to Reese, or even Chris for that matter, Anuok sat alone up in the large hollow of a huge pine tree. The prickly branches and needles discouraged anyone that tried to get up there into the hollow. Everyone but Anuok. Sighing, she sat back and let her sore muscles relax. And she began thinking. Everyone seemed so nice, and they all seemed to want to be her friend, asking her for advice whenever the future was clear enough. Zelda, while the smartest person on the island, always let Anuok go through her plans to see if there were any unaccounted flaws she had missed. And with Chris, there would always be a surprise that neither Zelda nor Anuok hadn't seen, which would no doubt try to kill them. She loved her new found friends, and she hoped they would stay her friends, but she knew that it would be difficult for someone who didn't talk to keep up a social life.
Just then, a red tailed hawk alighted down on the branch outside the hollow. It peered into the hollow, spotted Anuok and screeched. It then stepped back out and pecked at a small red and silver collar around its neck. In a flash of red light, the bird was gone. In its place was Micheal, trying desperately to regain his balance on the tree branch. Once he had managed to sit down comfortably, he turned to Anuok, who was looking at him with curiosity dancing in her eyes.
"Anuok?" Micheal asked. "Why are you all the way up here, instead of helping the team?" Anuok reached into her pocket, pulled her notepad and pen and wrote something down on it before handing it to Micheal. He sighed, took it in one hand, and read it over. When he was done, he handed it back to her. "So Reese is out here too?" he asked. Anuok jerked her head up and down. "So, why exactly are you up here? In this tree?" Micheal asked her. Anuok just frowned and turned away from him. Micheal stretched his neck upward in an attempt to see her face, which was contorted into pain. "Are you shy?"
Nod. Yes.
"You don't have a lot of friends, do you?"
Shake. No.
"Do you trust a lot of people?"
Shake. No.
"What about us? The Rhinos?"
A shrug of her shoulders.
Micheal sighed and edged closer to the opening of the hollow. "Look, I don;t know what happened to you in the past, but I can guarantee that no one here is here just to hurt you. Not me, not Kiko, not Reese, not even Toni. While I can;t say the same for the Eagles or Chris, I will swear upon my Animatrix that we won;t hurt you in any way." Micheal said to her. Anuok didn't move. Micheal sighed. "I'm going back to the challenge to help the others. If you aren't back in a half hour, I'm coming back for you, and I will drag you to the team. Not because I'm trying to be cruel to you or anything; I just want to make sure you don't get voted off." Micheal then edged away from the hole in the tree and activated his watch.
Once he selected an animal, he turned to look at Anuok's small form and pressed the symbol. The familiar red flash enveloped him, and a bald eagle took to the sky, stretching its 8 ft wingspan, leaving Anuok by herself once more.
"Alright, lets see what we've got here." Kiko said as she dusted off her hands. While Micheal had been risking his life, and Reese and Anuok had gone off to go save him, the rest of the team had focused on getting what they needed from the junk pile while the going was good. Kiko looked down at what they collected, and was mildly pleased that everyone managed to grab something useful; several coils of old rope, a couple piles of planks, some metal sheeting and shingles, a bucket filled with nails, hinges, and screws, and an assortment of tools. "So, what do we do with this stuff?" Alex said, picking up a plank of wood. Unfortunately for him, there was a spider on the board, and it didn't exactly look friendly. With a girl scream, Alex dropped the board and hid behind Kiko, who looked at him oddly.
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"Okay, so I might have a slight fear of insects and spiders." Alex confessed to the camera. "When I was 7, my sister put fire ants in my bed after I told on her when she stole a cookie from the cookie jar. Ever since then, I've developed a phobia of arthropods. I can't even go to seafood restaurants anymore! I'm afraid the crabs and lobsters will get me!" he cried to the camera. Just then a fly landed on his forehead, causing him to scream and then faint.
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Zelda looked over the pile of equipment and looked at their rendezvous point, the Pimâpotew Kinosewak's old tree house. It had started to rot and become overgrown with moss, mold, and vines, and was in desperate need of repairs, not that the shows cheap host would do anything to fix it up. "I have a solution." Zelda said to her team. "We could use this stuff to repair the damaged tree house from last season." Everyone quickly agreed to the idea, as it saved time by actually having to build a shelter, and with the show being run by a mad man, being above the ground had its advantages. Toni grabbed some of the old rope and slung it over one of the railings of the tree house, so the team could haul their supplies up. A couple of minutes after they had done so, a bald eagle landed on the railing before hopping down to the deck. A flash of red light later, and Micheal appeared, looking slightly pleased with himself.
"What are you smiling about?" Toni asked. "Other than the fact that you're still alive?" Micheal smiled and grabbed a hammer and some nails. "Nice idea with rebuilding the old tree house from last season. Chris isn't gonna be happy when he sees this." Zelda cocked an eyebrow in confusion. "And just why would he be unhappy?" she asked him. "Because he was planning on testing to see if our shelters were bison proof." he answered as he pounded away on a nail. "Bison? Isn't that a bit cliché?" Alex asked. "I mean, serious. He did the same thing with moose last season!"
Micheal shrugged his shoulders. "I don't know. What I do know is that the other team is never gonna beat us. Last time I saw them, they were being chased by some mutant, flying starfish." "Seriously? Mutant starfish?" Kiko asked. "Isn't that a bit overboard?" There then was a crackling noise as Chris's voice came across the speakers. "No, no it is not overboard. Now be quiet before I unleash the beaver bots on you!"
"Chris! When I get my hands on you, I swear, you won't be able to walk right for a month!" Maurananei yelled as she ran from the mutant starfish. "Oooooh! I'm so scared!" Chris said in a mocking tone to the flat screen TV capturing the terror of the campers for him to watch. "Uh, Chris I think you should be scared." Chef said nervously, pointing at the screen. Chris turned to look at the screen, and what he saw actually frightened him. Maurananei had suddenly ripped an entire pine tree out from the island circuitry and was currently using it like a baseball bat to try and swat the flying starfish. "Wow. Didn't see that coming." was all Chris managed to say.
Just then, Maurananei noticed the camera filming her, and a sly smile split across her face. "Hiiiii, Chef!" Maurananei cried. "Like what you see?" she asked as she posed, throwing the pine tree and taking them out for good. Chef however, looked green. "I have never felt so sick in my life." he gasped. "No kidding! I just lost my deposit on those Starfish-bots!" Chris exclaimed.
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"Chefy Wefy is the perfect man for me." Maurananei sighed. "He's got everything I love! Big muscles, deep voice, loves to torture people, and even a dark, mysterious past! What more could you want!?" Maurananei laughed with glee.
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"Come on Chefy Wefy! Come on out so I can give you a big kiss!" Maurananei yelled to the camera. The cameraman holding the camera, looked more disgusted then he had ever been. "Maurananei, stop flirting with Chef and get on with the challenge!" Chris yelled over the speakers. One could literally hear the rage dripping from his voice. "Oh, fine! But I will be back for you, Chef! I'll always be here for you!" Maurananei yelled before running back toward the clearing. She found Alan, Mortisha, Mitchell, and Eduardo already sifting through the wreckage of the junkyard. Caroline was no where to be found, and Trey was up in a tree, keeping watch for Fang, lest he return and turn one of them into a chew toy. "Do you see anything yet!?" Mitchell yelled up to the top of a large tree. A second passed before a loud shrieking could be heard, blasting all the trees back. All the birds within a mile radius suddenly exploded, their wires and circuits sparking.
"I'm gonna guess that's a no." Mitchell said.
"WHAT!?" Alan cried.
"I'm gonna guess that's a no!" Mitchell yelled.
WHAT!?" Mortisha yelled.
"I'M GONNA GUESS THAT'S A NO!" Mitchell roared at his team mates.
"Well you don't have to yell!" Maurananei shot back at him. Mitchell merely sighed, pinched his brow, and went back to digging through the junk yard. "This is bogus!" Maurananei yelled in frustration after a quarter of an hour. "All the good stuff is taken, and Caroline is no where to be found!" A groan came from the woods, and a couple minutes later a burnt, broken, and dazed Caroline crawled out from the forest, her left arm hanging limply at her side. "What the heck happened to you!?" Mitchell asked as he and the rest of the team ran over to her, catching her just before she fell to the ground.
"Shark . . . . . starfish . . . . . . gazelle . . . . . . poison ivy . . . ." she groaned. Everyone flinched when they saw her red skin, raw from so much itching. "That's gotta hurt." Maurananei said as Mortisha and Mitchell propped Caroline up on their shoulders and helped walk her over to the junk pile where they set her down on a rock to rest. "You sit here and rest. We'll try and grab something useful from the pile." Mortisha told her. Caroline nodded and lay down on the rock, resisting the urge to scratch her already burning skin. "And time's almost up!" Chris's voice yelled from the loud speaker. "You have 5 minutes!"
"Quick! Everyone grab something useful and meet me at the swamp!" Maurananei ordered to her team. "I've got an idea!" Her team complied as Trey jumped down from his tree to help and Maurananei scooped Caroline up in her arms as she ran towards the swamp.
"Come on, people! Build! Build! Build!" Maurananei yelled as the precious seconds ticked by. While her team mates had been busy grabbing supplies, Maurananei had been busy finding a spot to build their shelter and had come across an area of swamp with four trees standing standing in a square pattern, with the trees being at the corners. Her idea had been to build a sort of stilt house above the swamp, similar to the ones down in New Orleans. After setting Maurananei down in a bed of reeds, Maurananei set to work with finding four logs to create the frame for the floor of the house. Once she had secured them to the trees with vines, she gathered smaller logs to create walls, which were also tied together with vines. She was about to go hunting for some reeds when her team mates arrived, covered in mosquito bites.
"Let me guess, you invited some mosquitoes over for lunch?" Maurananei joked at them. The team simply glared at her and dropped their supplies on a small mud flat. A small pile of rotting boards, rusty nails, a lighter, and some rope were among the useful items in the pile. Among the not so useful items were a couple bales of hay, a stool with a broken leg, a can of tuna, and a whistle of sorts. "Well, I guess some of this stuff we can work with." Maurananei sighed. "Mitchell, Mortisha, and Alan? Get to work on the floor. Trey, Eduardo, and I will go gather some reeds to make a roof. Got it?"
"Whatever." Eduardo sighed before trudging off into the swamp with Trey and Maurananei following closely behind. "What is that kid's problem?" Maurananei asked Trey quietly as they followed Eduardo through the swamp. "You talkin' 'bout the dude with the EMO attitude? No idea." Trey said as he tuned his guitar.
"I know your talking about me back there." Eduardo moaned back to them. "And my problem is that I have no desire to live." Maurananei looked at him strangley. "So, you aren't here to win the million dollars?" Eduardo shook his head. "No, I came here in the hopes that Chris's challenges would kill me. So far, the only one who's injured is Caroline." Without another word he moved off in another direction away from Maurananei and Trey.
"Done!" Alex yelled triumphantly as he hammered in the last nail. The team cheered as Alex climbed down from the roof. The tree house was complete; the railing was replaced, a rope ladder was added, mold was scrapped away, beds were fixed, and even a small indoor plumbing system with a sink (Zelda had thought of that one). As everyone celebrated, Micheal slipped away from the group, climbing down the rope ladder to the ground before activating the watch and slapping down on the transformation button. The red flash engulfed him as he ran into the forest, away from his team.
Just then, Chris arrived on his infamous jet pack, hovering a few feet from the tree house railing. "Nice, Rampaging Rhinos. Using the old tree house from last season! Brilliant!" he announced, receiving more cheers. "Now it is time to defend your shelter!" The cheers abruptly stopped. "As a wise man once said, a man's home is his castle. I've decided to take that quote and make reality! You have to defend your shelter from the other team and either capture all of them, or capture/destroy their own fortress. You have 10 minutes to prepare!" Chris said as he left in a cloud of smoke. Everyone just stood there for a moment, letting it all sink in, before they began to yell; either complaining about Chris or discussing battle strategies for the challenge. Either way, it was a lot of yelling.
Elsewhere on the island, was a small boy wandering through the woods, jumping at every little sound that met his ears; the snap of a twig, the rustling if something running through the leaves, a shadow passing overhead. Reese gulped as he walked deeper and deeper into the woods, searching for his lost friends Anuok – who had suddenly disappeared into the forest without a trace – and Micheal – who had sacrificed himself as shark bait so the rest of the team could win the challenge – and he was getting no where close to finding him.
"Hello?" he called out into the dark woods. The trees had begun to overlap, their canopies shutting out any sunlight that tried to fight their way through to the forest floor. A crow cawed off in the distance, making him jump. A rustling in the leaves behind him made him startle, and when a dark pair of brown eyes peered out at him from a bush, he began to all out run in the opposite direction. "AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!" he cried. The thing was after him!
No matter where Reese ran, the thing was always just behind him, jumping and swinging through the tree tops with ease. Once or twice he felt it graze his back, but this only made him run faster, his heart pumping like crazy. And suddenly he was off the ground! A pair of large, rough, leathery hands were hooked on his brown sweatshirt, pulling him off the the ground and into the air, as if it were flying on a pair of great wings.
"Please, Mr. Monster! Just make my death quick and swift!" he begged. The monster didn't react and simply continued on its way through the trees, with Reese not having the slightest clue where he was going. After what felt like hours they finally came to a large tree with a large hollow in its side, and Reese quickly assumed this was the monster's lair, where he would be quickly devoured with seasoning and butter. Instead he was ungracefully dumped on the branch outside the hollow, knocking the wind out of him. Another loud thump met his ears as the monster landed next to him. Reese closed his eyes and prepared for the worst, but nothing came. Daring a peek, he cracked open his eyes and saw a large, orange hair orangutan sitting on the branch next to him, munching on a papaya. Reese breathed a sigh of relief and scrambled up onto the branch to get more comfy. He studied the orangutan, trying to avoid looking at its horrible table manners, and noticed it had a round disk stuck to its chest with a red and silver teeth pattern on it.
"Micheal?" he asked. "Is that you?" The orangutan nodded, and hooted with amusement. Reese frowned and folded his arms. "It wasn't funny. You nearly gave me a heart attack!" he yelled at the ape, who covered its eyes with its hands. Reese huffed and turned away. Moments later, half of a papaya landed on his lap, and he turned to see a hopeful gaze on the male orangutan's face. A peace offering. Reese sighed, took the papaya, and stuffed it into his pocket. "Fine. I'll let this one off the hook." he said, greeted by a happy grunt from the great ape. Reese smiled. "But, I have to ask, Micheal. Why'd you bring me here? I doubt you wanted to have lunch with me." The orangutan nodded and gestured into the tree hole, motioning for Reese to follow. Reese peered inside, and was promptly shoved in, landing on his face. He picked himself up, spitting out tree bark, and saw a small figure off to one side with its back turned to her. A red flash lit up the dark hollow, and Micheal was there, crouching low.
"She hasn't moved in over and hour." he said to Reese.
"And she hasn't probably said anything either." Reese guessed.
Anuok could hear them both talking about her. Seriously, who couldn't? They were less than two feet away from her. And what she heard made her wonder. Was all her friends saw out of her just something to abuse and then toss aside when it lost its use? Well, at least Micheal and Reese cared enough to come back for her. At least that was something.
"Look, either way we need you Anuok." Micheal told her. "We need you now, or you'll be taking the Ride of Shame tonight! And neither me or Reese want that!" At this, Anuok perked up. Her friends wanted her?
"We don't care whether you can't or won't talk," Reese said to her. "We just want you back and out of this sulking mood." Other than that last part, Anuok was more than happy that her friends accepted her for what she was, silent or not. With that in mind, she stood up (as much as one could in a tree hollow) and pulled both Reese and Micheal into a hug, startling both of them. "I'll take that as a yes?" Reese guessed. Anuok bobbed her head and they all exited the tree hollow and climbed down to the ground. "Give me a sec, and we can be on our way." Micheal said as he fiddled with the watch. "I imagine that the challenge has already taken place. Hope we're not too late."
"Where's Micheal when you need him!" Kiko cried. That added up to three team mates MIA. And one of them is goin' home tonight, she thought. She yelped as another explosion set off just a few feet to her left. She screamed and ran forward as flaming arrows shot off and embedded themselves in the ground where she had been moments before. "Who gives a team of teenagers dynamite and arrows to protect a fort!" she screamed. Another explosion ripped apart a tree to her right, splinters flying everywhere. "When I get my hands on Chris, I am gonna rip him a new one!" she said to herself. As one who might have been watching the show could have guessed, Chris had given the team with the cruddy cabin the more dangerous equipment. The other team had gotten wooden swords, angry leeches, and poorly built slingshots as weapons.
Things were not going well for the Rhinos.
Add the fact that the Eagles had built their cabin in the middle of a swamp, surrounded by mosquito infested, alligator crawling, and piranha inhabited water that smelled as if several hundred somethings had gone and died in it. Needless to say, it stank. And while Kiko hated to admit it, the Extreme Eagles did a good job at defending their fortress, using their natural surroundings to their advantage. The extra fire power provided by Chris was an added bonus. That, and the fact that she was alone of here with only Zelda at her side guaranteed a win for the Extreme Eagles. While the girl was as smart as hell, Kiko wasn't exactly sure if she was capable of dealing damage.
"Incoming!" she heard Zelda shout from somewhere above the swamp, hidden in the trees. Kiko instinctively back as another explosion went off in front of her, sending seering heat through the air. It was a wonder nothing caught fire. "Move!" Zelda cried as a loud rustling could be heard in the tree tops. Kiko moved forward, kicking up small waves as she entered the water. She shivered as she felt something slide past her leg, but she didn't have time to think about that right now.
"Do you see anything all the way up there!?" she yelled up. Zelda could barely hear her voice over the rounds of explosions and dramatic music that seemed to suddenly pop in randomly at the right time. "Nothing yet!" she called back down. She then quickly jumped to another tree, clearing the landing with ease. She breathed a sigh of relief. Normally she was terrible with heights of any kinds. It was a wonder she had made it through the building challenge without worry of her nerves kicking in all that way up above the ground . . . .
That was when she fainted.
Kiko slogged through the swamp as fast as she could manage with a could of mosquitoes buzzing around her head (Chris had been nice enough not to provide bug spray), when a sudden splash to her right caught her attention. Fearing it was another alligator (a rather large one had attempted to make a meal of out her, and had only given up when Kiko had thrown rocks, sticks, and an old can of ravioli at it), she readied herself in the best fighting stance she could muster, and was shocked to see it was Zelda floating face down in the hot sludge, small bubbles trailing from her lips.
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"Okay, so I may have a slight fear of heights," Zelda admitted to the camera, her hair and clothes damp. " And I may have a fear of fire, closed spaces, the dark, being alone, and death. And I don't do so well around things with scales and teeth." She sighed. "Thank goodness Kiko was there to pull me out and give me CPR. Although I wonder why her lips tasted like rotting fish." she said to herself, smacking her lips slightly.
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Kiko quickly slogged over to Zelda and looped her arms over her shoulders and around her neck before pulling her towards the mud covered shore. Once there she lay Zelda on her back and began to forcefully pump her chest region, forcing as much water out of her lungs as she could. When that only seemed to bring a little of the color back to Zelda's face, Kiko panicked. "What am I supposed to do?" she yelled aloud to herself. "I am not giving this girl mouth to mouth after he icky lips have been covered in god knows what!" Suddenly a raccoon scurried by, pausing to look curiously at the two girls, and a cruel thought crossed Kiko's mind.
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"Okay, so maybe using a raccoon to give Zelda mouth to mouth was a bit much." Kiko said. "But would you have seriously given mouth to mouth to someone who had their face dunked in to nature's equivalent of a compost pile? Na-ah. I don't think so."
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Kiko quickly tossed the startled and deeply disturbed raccoon back into the woods just as Zelda started to cough and sputter up water. A few seconds later and her eyes opened. "Thanks," she croaked. "I owe you one." Kiko smiled. "I'll keep that in mind." she said with a sinister tone, though Zelda didn't seem to pick up on it.
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Kiko seemed to be ecstatic. "Yes! I finally have an ally in this game!" she cried, pumping a fist in the rank air of the outhouse. "Just goes to show ya that with age comes beauty and brains!"
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"And it seems that the Rampaging Rhinos suck both at attacking and defending!" Chris announced from the safety of his helicopter. Down below him, the two remaining team mates of the Rampaging Rhinos – Alex and Toni – were doing everything in what little power they had to stop the attack of the Extreme Eagles led by Trey, Alan, Mortisha, and Mitchell, who were all armed with large bazookas. "How come they get *BEEP* bazookas! Toni swore as she dodged a shot by Alan. Mitchell and Trey had long since ditched their firearms in favor of their own weapons; Trey played a rock solo on his guitar, sending out large amounts of sound waves that assaulted anyone's ears within a 10 mile radius, while Mitchell shot round after round of molten hot fire. Alex panicked as their tree house was suddenly ablaze, small fires dotting the deck and eating away at the rope ladder.
"AHH!" Alex yelled as another sound wave hit the tree house, his ears pounding like a drum set hooked up to a loud speaker at the grand canyon (don't ask me how I know this). Toni quickly grabbed her slingshot and loaded it with a small rock. She pulled the string taunt and let the rock fly, hitting Trey in the gut, making him stop playing for a moment. Toni quickly reloaded and fired another rock, this time hitting him in the leg. She then began to quickly fire rock after rock at Trey, keeping him from playing his guitar, which he was using as a shield.
"Dude! Not cool!" he yelled as Mitchell shot off around another round of fire at Toni. Alex panicked and ran back into the main structure of the tree house and came back out with a long fire house that was hooked up to the sink. "When did we have time to install that!?" Toni asked him as she continued to fire her rocks at Trey. Alex shrugged and turned on the hose, firing a thin stream of water at Mitchell. Mitchell quickly swerved to the right, just barely missing the jet of water. Another jerk of the hose, and Mitchell was soaked and falling out of the sky toward the nearby lake.
"Are you good?" Kiko asked Zelda. The girl gave a thumbs up and they continued through the swamp. After a half hour of trudging, climbing, slipping, and falling they finally caught sight of the Extreme Eagle's stilt house fortress. It really did look like a shabby house of stilts that one might find hidden deep in the bayous of Louisiana. Kiko held a finger up to her lips and the two girls crept forward. Silently, they moved forward through the waist deep water of the swamp, swimming as silently as an alligator stalking prey.
"Woah!" Zelda yelled as she suddenly plunged downward in the water. Moments before her head went under, Kiko grabbed her hand and yanked her up, with a slightly annoyed look on her face. Zelda was breathing heavily. "Thanks, Kiko! I owe you another one." Zelda gasped.
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"Wow. Two favors in one day!" Kiko said excitedly. "If this keeps up I'll have her eating out of my hand! And once she's out lived her usefullness?" Kiko then drew her finger across her neck with a slicing sound.
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"Kiko has saved my butt twice in one day." Zelda stated to the camera. "I feel so safe that she has my back!"
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"While I may not be the best trap maker in the world," Maurananei told the camera with an amused look plastered on her face. "I can't believe someone actually fell into the underwater pit traps! Took me a while to dig them, but it was worth it!" Suddenly, a thought occurred to her. "Chef, do you like what you see?" she asked, posing for the camera.
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"Look out!" Kiko screamed as another bomb crashed into a tree and exploded, sending up a tidal wave of swamp water. "Quick! Behind that pile of sticks!" Zelda yelled. Both girls quickly dove behind the pile and peeked out over the edge, just another bomb was fired at them from the stilt house. The girls screamed as it went off, sending Kiko into a tree and Zelda at the silt house, flying in through an open window. Groaning, she picked herself up and came face to face with an angry Maurananei holding a small dagger to her throat. "Don't move." she hissed. Zelda gulped and riased her hands in surrender. Maurananei put the knife away and grabbed Zelda by the hands, lifting her clean off the ground, and walked over to a corner where a coil of rope lay. A few seconds and a round of rope later, Zelda sat tied up in the corner with a piece of cloth tied over her mouth, silencing her.
To Zelda's left lay Caroline, who was still injured. Her arm was in a sling, and most of her scratches and bruises were in bandages or fixes. "You okay?" Zleda asked her, but it sounded more like "Mou moay?" Carloine nodded her head as much as she could, wincing in pain. Zelda immediately felt sorry for her. Next chance she got, Chris was getting a whooping.
"Hey, what's that sound?" Maurananei wondered as loud sucking sound could be heard. She ran to the window and looked at the wall of sticks to see a large hole in it, the water being sucked away like it was a bathtub drain. Slowly, the water level of the swamp receded, leaving a mud floor dotted with wet grass, puddles, flopping fish, and several large pits. A stray alligator grumbled as the water was drained away, and slid into one of the deeper puddles.
"Darn it!" Maurananei cursed. "Eduardo! I need you on the ground!"
"Whatever." was the response as Eduardo climbed down the ladder to the ground with a bazooka strapped to his back. "With any luck, this thing will kill me." he said to himself. "FIRE!" Maurananei commanded as Kiko suddenly appeared, charging through the trees. Eduardo aimed and fired off a round of ammunition, missing every time as Kiko dodged and rolled her way out of trouble. "Damn it!" Maurananei cursed. "Eduardo, you are the worst shot I have ever seen!"
"As if I care." Eduardo muttered to himself. He quickly reloaded and fired again, missing every time he fired, until an explosion caught Kiko off guard and caused her to fall to the ground. "Get her Eduardo!" ordered. Eduardo sighed and aimed thew weapon at Kiko's head, his finger on the trigger. "Do you give up or something?" he droned. Kiko was about to reply when the ground started to rumble and shake.
"Earthquake!" Kiko yelled.
"The Cops!" Maurananei roared.
"The Apocalypse!" Zelda cried in a muffled voice.
"My twin sister!" Eduardo said with a bored tone.
"Neither!" Caroline managed to moan. Maurananei turned to her with a worry all over her. "Well? What is it!?" she roared in a panicked sense. If there is nothing more terrifying than your deepest, darkest fears, it's facing those deep, dark fears in the unknown. And that was what they were experiencing right now.
"Elephant!" Caroline screamed. Maurananei dashed to the window and saw a massive mountain of muscle and bone crashing through the trees, flattening them with ease. The animal let loose a loud trumpet that shook the island, sending clouds of birds flying into the sky. Maurananei cried out in surprise and jumped out the window, completely forgetting about Caroline and Zelda in the process.
"CHAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRGE!" Reese yelled, pointing a finger at the stilt house. The elephant trumpeted again and surged forward. Anuok sat just behind Reese, clinging on for dear life as the animal ran. Explosions suddenly went off behind them and Anuok turned to see clouds of fire sprout up from the ground. Anuok quickly scribbled on her note pad and handed it to Reese. "Mines!? Seriously!?" he yelled.
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"Okay, so maybe I went a little overboard with the traps and defenses." Maurananei admitted.
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"WAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!" Maurananei cried as she landed on a mine that went off and careened her through the air, just as the elephant smashed through the stilt house like it was made of toothpicks (which, compared to an elephant, it kind of was). "Woah!" Caroline cried as she was sent into the air and landed (hard) on the elephant's back. Zelda was caught by the the animal's trunk, and was ungaged and freed by Reese. Reese then steered the elephant back around, and grabbed the back of Kiko's shirt as they rode past, trampling Eduardo in the process.
"Yes . . . . finally!" he gasped from the ground.
"And the Rampaging Rhinos win!" Chris announced. "By completely obliterating the Extreme Eagle's fort, they win the first challenge of the season, and, get to enjoy a couple hours in our new Hangout of Awesomeness!" Chris yelled, gesturing to a bunker like building. The door opened up to reveal three flat screen TVs, video game consoles, a hot tub, several couches and bean bag chairs, and fully stocked pizza pantry with unlimited soda. The Rhinos cheered and celebrated, while the elephant lumbered over to a bruised Trey, soaked Mitchell, mangled Alan, and surprisingly unscathed Mortisha, and gently set Caroline down on the ground in front of them.
"Unfortunately for the Extreme Eagles, you will be sending one sorry looser home tonight!" Chris said as the four teens glanced at each other nervously.
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"Okay, so maybe I've been a bit bossy lately," Maurananei admitted glumly. There was a thick bandage around her head, her hair still covering her eye, and her right arm was in a sling. "I just hope I'm not the one going home tonight. I haven't had enough time with my Chefy Wefy yet."
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"There is no way I am ever seeing that maniac of a girl!" Chef yelled. "I vowed to stay single afta that time in Austria! And besides, she gives me the creeps." siad, saying the last part as he shivered in fear.
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"Ahh, the Elimination Ceremony," Chris sighed from his station; an old tar barrel that acted as a podium. The Extreme Eagles sat on several logs and barrels, with worried looks on their eyes.
"One of your sorry butts is going home tonight." Chris said. "If I give you a marshmallow, your safe." he said, holding up a plate of 6 marshmallows. "Mortisha." Mortisha squealed with excitement and caught her marshmallow.
"Mitchell." Chris said, tossing the marshmallow to the Pyro-teen. Mitchell caught in his hand and roasted it with his eyes, sending out a jet of flame before eating it.
"Trey." Trey pumped his fist and caught his marshmallow.
"Caroline." Chris said, throwing the marshmallow to Caroline. The delicious campfire treat merely bounced off her face and fell to the ground, the poor girl unable to catch it.
"Alan." Chris said. "YES!" the boy cried, jumping up and down happily. That left Maurananei and Eduardo, both sporting bandages and casts.
"Maurananei! You're on the chopping block for your poor leadership skills, poor building skills, poor trap making skills . . . . . wow, you don't have a lot of good skills, do ya?" Chris said, Maurananei hanging her head in shame. "And leaving a team mate to be crushed by a 6 ton pachyderm? Not cool." Chris added. Maurananei bit her lip as Chris moved on to Eduardo.
"And Eduardo! Your here for not helping your team out and just saying 'Whatever' instead." Chris said. Eduardo merely shrugged, not caring that he had a broken leg and neck.
"And the final marshmallow goes to . . . . . . ."
Maurananei bit her lip, nervousness crawling through her and eating away at her like a parasite. Eduardo just starred ahead blankly, not caring in the slightest about what might happen next. The rest of team waited anxiously, wanting to know who would remain with them and who would be sent home. Mortisha bit her fingernails. Alan bit his lip and twiddled his fingers. Trey played with his hair nervously. Mitchell twirled three flaming rocks around in his fingers. Caroline couldn't do anything but sweat. The suspense was killing everyone.
"Maurananei." Chris said, finally. "You're safe. For tonight."
"Yes!" Maurananei cheered, wincing at the jolt of pain from her right arm. "Eduardo! You're being sent home, via our new elimination device!" Chris announced, gesturing down to the docks, where Chef waited with a tarp. The muscled cook yanked it off, revealing a sleek, black submarine with Chris's face painted on the side.
"Behold! The Torpedo of Shame!" Chris said.
The inside of the submarine was filled with fancy items; a fireplace, a wood burning pizza oven, a leather recliner with a cappuccino machine on the side table, a large flat screen TV, and imported rug. The only part that was decorated to impress was the area where they loaded the torpedoes to be fired. "Any finally words?" Chris asked the EMO kid as he climbed into a capsule shaped like a torpedo.
"Whatever." was all the boy said as the capsule sealed shut. Chef grabbed the seed vessel and shoved it into the firing station, signaling Chris that everything was ready.
"FIRE!" Chris yelled as he pressed a remote control was a large red button. The submarine fired the capsule with Eduardo inside, sending him flying through the water toward a distant island, where it exploded with a satisfying BOOM!
"1 down, and 13 to go!" Chris said as he turned to the camera. "Who will win? Who will lose? And who will be the next one to boom? Find next time on Total! Drama! Pahkitew's Vengeance!"
And there's the first episode! So, what did you think? Good? Bad? Please give me your comments in the reviews below! I have gotten a few Pms for other characters, and I am here to announce that they will be coming into the game at a later date and time. If you have any criticism, ideas for challenges, or just want to chat, just PM me or comment in the reviews. I am going to apologize I advance; if your OC doesn't end up with someone, no flames! Those belong to Mitchell!