And it's time for another chapter of the story I've created on behalf of another author. Not gonna lie, it feels kinda weird to be writing this but I'm warming up to the idea more and more. Also, I'm planning to update my story Strange People either tomorrow or the day after that depending on how busy I am. Anyway, here are some quick responses to the reviews I got:

Nicky Haugh: Thank you.

That British Guy: I can understand why you don't like Jo. People in real life with her personality type are kind of annoying.

Acosta Perez Jose Ramiro: Thank you too.

Well, that's it for the responses, you may now read the story.


"Previously, on Total Drama Champions. Eighteen of our old contestants came back to the location that was easiest to film at: The old abandoned film lot. There, they found out what we sunk most of our budget into this season: Virtual reality! In the challenge, Jo took charge of her team and for some reason, Topher did the same with his. But this didn't end up being so good for Jo when her team lost and they decided to kick her out for her bossy attitude. Who will lead Jo's old team now? What challenges are on the way? The only way is to find out is to stay tuned for Total. Drama. Champions!"


(Theme Song)


On an early morning at the film lot the cameras focused on the two trailers that contained the contestants. The camera switched scenes to the interior of the cabin the boys were sleeping in. After several seconds of nothing happening, Tyler was seen starting to move around in his bed.

"Hmm… Am I awake yet?" Tyler mumbled, his eyes only half opened. "Huh, guess so."

He rolled over in bed but ended up rolling right out of bed and hitting his head on the floor.

"Ow! Dammit!" Tyler exclaimed.

Tyler's pained screams caused the other residents of the trailer to suddenly wake up.

"Ugh… What happened?" Scott groaned.

"Did someone die?" Justin asked.

"I'm okay…" Tyler weakly said as he stood up. "Just bruised my face again, that's all."

"You gonna be okay?" Topher asked.

"Yep, totally used to it." Tyler stated.

"Hmmph, weirdo." Max grumbled.

"He does this kinda thing a lot." DJ said.

"I'm going back to bed." Dave remarked.

"Not me!" Lightning declared.

Lightning got up from his bad.

"Sha-yeah! Lightning's gonna go exercise and definitely not look for any of those idols." Lightning said.

"Why would you even say that last part out loud?" Cameron asked.

"Lightning doesn't know." Lightning admitted. "Anyway, see y'all later."

Lightning exited the trailer.

"Should we be concerned about that?" Shawn wondered.

"Nah, that guy's an idiot." Scott said.


(Confessional: Scott)

"I'm scouting the market for potential alliance members." Scott explained. "So far, most of the other guys are too dumb or too smart to be in alliance with me. DJ, Justin, and Dave look like they could be pushovers though. Maybe I could team up with them."


Meanwhile, inside the girls' cabin, Sky had already gotten up and was attempting to do sit-ups on the floor.

"Twenty-three... Twenty-four... Twenty-five..." Sky counted to herself. "Yes, I did it!"

Sky's cheering caused most of the other girls to be woken up.

"Jeez... What's goin' on..." Anne Maria grumbled.

"Oh, sorry." Sky apologized as she stood up. "Just doing my morning exercises."

"That's super cool." Sierra said. "I start every morning by updating my blog. And since there's WiFi here, I can actually do that. Yay!"

"It's seven in the morning during summer... I'm not used to waking up like this..." Zoey complained.

"Ugh... What she said..." Amy mumbled.

"It's not that early guys." Gwen told them. "Let's just go outside and enjoy the day or whatever."

"You're sayin' you're used to wakin' up this early?" Anne Maria asked.


(Confessional: Gwen)

"You know, it's finally sunk in that I'm a college student on a TV show that has mostly high schoolers in it." Gwen commented. "I know I'm only twenty but... It makes me feel kinda old."


A few minutes later, all the contestants had left their trailers and were just hanging out in the nearby area. The camera focused on Zoey leaning against the side of one of the trailers and Sierra talking to her.

"So Zoey, what do you think our next challenge is gonna be?" Sierra wondered.

"Uh, I'm not really sure." Zoey replied. "To be honest, this whole virtual reality gimmick seems kinda weird."

"I like it, makes me feel powerful." Sierra said. "Oh hey, Zoey, quick question. Got any tips for getting Cody to like me?"

"Um... No." Zoey replied after some thought.

"That's cool." Sierra said. "See ya later."

Sierra walked away from the area.

"Why did she want to talk to me?" Zoey wondered.

The camera moved over to Dave sitting underneath a tree by himself.

"Ugh... Why's it so boring here?" Dave complained. "I need to talk to someone."

At that moment Scott, with DJ and Justin following him, approached Dave.

"Hey, Dave, funny coincidence meeting you here." Scott remarked.

"In front of the trailers?" Dave asked.

"You know what I meant." Scott said.

"What exactly do you want?" Dave inquired. "And why is he following you?"

"He told me he had something cool he wanted to tell me." DJ explained.

"Actually, what is this 'Cool Thing' anyway?" Justin asked. "It can't be cooler than me."

"Well, I thought, what if the four of us formed an alliance." Scott proposed. "Huh? Sounds like a good idea right?"

"I'm not so sure..." Dave remarked. "I saw your season. I know what you can be like."

"Ah, c'mon, I'm a changed man." Scott insisted. "You can trust me. You saw All-Stars, right?"

"I just think it's too early to get into an alliance, man." DJ told him. "Sorry."

"Yeah, I'm with him here." Dave agreed. "In fact, I think I'll just go hang out somewhere else."

DJ an Dave walked away, leaving Scott with Justin.

"Well, at least I still got you." Scott turned to the male model.

"Heh, I don't think so." Justin said. "I don't really trust you after hearing what the little guy said."

Justin walked away as well.

"Hmm... That did not go as planned." Scott admitted. "I'll have to try harder."


(Confessional: DJ)

"I wanna play a good, honest game." DJ stated. "And associating with people like Scott ain't that good a way to play an honest game."


(Confessional: Justin)

"Right now, I'm gonna remain a lone wolf." Justin explained. "But I'll also prove my strength to the team. So I guess you could say this lone wolf is leading the herd!)

Justin paused for a second and stared off in thought.

"Did that make sense?" Justin asked.


A golf cart driven Chef with Chris in the passenger seat drove up to the area in front of the trailers the contestants were lounging in.

"Hey! Guess what time it is!" Chris cheered.

"Challenge time?" Justin guessed.

"Dammit, Justin! You're stepping on my lines!" Chris angrily replied.

"You're saying you asked a question and didn't expect a response?" Cameron asked.

"You know what, all of you shut up." Chris told them. "The point is, the challenges are starting soon and you all need to report to the same abandoned set as before. Got it?"

"I can not be told what to do!" Max declared.

"Fine, we don't need your stupid haircut lowering our ratings anyway." Chris replied.

"How dare you!?" Max shouted. "I shall participate in this challenge!"

"Yeah, yeah, all right." Chris said. "All of you just make it over to the challenge place."

"You need to think of a better word for that." Chef remarked.

"Shut up, I'm still only working with a half completed script." Chris told him.

"Man, I thought we were havin' a bigger budget." Chef said.

"Let's just stop complaining and get out of here." Chris replied.


(Confessional: Cody)

"I have a really weird feeling about this season." Cody admitted. "Everything seems to be on a shoestring budget. Like, even more than it usually is. I know it's probably nothing to worry about... But still."


A little while later, both teams had arrived at studio number eight where Chris and Chef were standing right by the machine that started up the virtual reality simulation.

"Glad you could all make it." Chris said.

"So Chris, what's your super awesome challenge gonna be today?" Topher asked.

"Okay, first off, you're still kinda creepy, Topher." Chris told him.

"Meh, I've seen creepier." Amy remarked.

"Nobody asked you." Chris said. "Anyway, as or today's challenge, I'm about to tell you. Today's challenge is themed after everybody's favourite horror subgenre: Vampire movies!"

"Aw man, I was hoping you'd say zombie movies." Shawn commented.

"Sorry dude, not giving your team the advantage just yet." Chris informed him. "But be patient, it'll happen."

"So what exactly are the rules for this vampire challenge?" Lightning asked. "Does Lightning get to beat up some vampires?"

"If you want." Chris replied. "But it's probably not a good idea. The basic idea of the challenge is that all of you are looked in a creepy old castle located somewhere vaguely in Eastern Europe. But there's a clan of vampires in there that are trying to hunt you down and drink your blood. Whichever team has more members left by the time the sun rises wins."

"Uh, I'm sorry, whadda you mean by 'Has more left'?" Anne Maria asked.

"Oh yeah, if the vampires get to you. You're out of the challenge." Chris explained. "Don't worry, this stuff isn't advanced enough to let you feel pain."

"Um... Yay, I guess." Zoey remarked.

"Quick question. Are these the sexy kind of vampires or the creepy kind?" Amy asked.

"Oh, definitely the creepy kind." Chris replied.

"Ah, dammit." Amy said.

"But anyway, let's stop standing around and talking and actually get into the challenge." Chris told them. "Take your places while Chef and I set up the machine."

The contestants sat down at the various chairs lining the room and the two hosts approached the machine. Chef pressed several buttons and pulled a lever. The machine made some noise but nothing happened.

"Uh... Are we in the computer yet?" Dave asked.

"Just a sec, this thing's still kind of buggy." Chef told them.

Chef pressed a few more buttons and the machine began making more noise.

"That'll do it." Chef remarked.


(Confessional: Cameron)

"Even after being out of my bubble for this long, I still get frightened very easily." Cameron explained. "So this whole vampire challenge sort of freaked me out."


Inside the virtual world, the members of the Irritable Actors found themselves standing in the courtyard of an ancient stone castle. In the courtyard garden, there were many old statues of people and animals scattered throughout it, some in better condition than others.

"Okay, this place already had a pretty high creep factor." Justin noted.

"Totally." Sierra agreed.

"Hey, uh, Topher, since you're the leader, apparently, what do you think we should do?" Anne Maria asked.

"I say we take the fight to these vampires!" Max declared. "Build a death trap for them and exterminate them all! Mwahahaha!"

"Dude, nobody asked your opinion." Scott remarked.

"Yeah, jeez, can ya at least try to say something normal." Anne Maria added.

"Well, as for my plan. I say we treat this like a game of hide and seek." Topher explained. "So everyone, let's find a really good hiding spot and stay there."

"Uh, where exactly can we hide in a creepy castle?" Zoey pointed out.

"Um... I'll work on that part." Topher stated.


(Confessional: Topher)

"Heh, heh, I think I may be a bit in over my head with the whole 'Team Leader' thing." Topher admitted. "Maybe declaring myself as being in charge in the first challenge wasn't such a good idea."


Meanwhile, the Demented Directors were getting their bearings inside a large empty ballroom with stained glass windows and a large organ against one wall.

"Ugh, whoever decorated this place should be fired." Amy remarked. "Gothic 18th century is not an 'In' look at all."

"Okay team, even though zombies and vampires are different, I think I can still be of value." Shawn spoke up. "Who's with me?"

"Meh... I guess, maybe." Cody replied. "I'm not really sure."

"Lightning's all for it, man!" Lightning cheered.

"Shh! Dude, there are vampires in here." Tyler reminded him in a hushed tone.

"Oh, right, sorry bro." Lightning apologized. "It's just, Lightning thinks zombie boy would be good since he's a crazy survivalist or whatever."

"Thank you." Shawn replied. "So now who's with me?"

"Yeah, sure, I guess." Gwen said. "Don't have many other choices."

"I think we can trust Shawn, guys." Sky remarked.

"Okay Shawn, what's your plan?" Cameron asked.

"The way I see it, we need to get to higher ground." Shawn explained.

"And why's that?" Amy asked.

"Well, the way I see it, vampires don't like sunlight, right?" Shawn began. "So, the higher we go up, the more likely the sun rises and they turn to dust. So that way, they're less likely to chase us higher."

"Huh, I gues that kinda makes sense." Cody remarked. "All right, we'll follow your leader."

"Don't worry, you're not gonna regret this." Shawn stated.


(Confessional: Shawn)

"No offence to Jo, but now that she's gone, I've got a feeling our team will be just a bit more functional." Shawn commented.


Meanwhile, the Actors were wandering through an old dusty corridor of the castle with Topher in front.

"I don't like this place." DJ remarked.

"Ha! Coward." Max laughed.

"Shh, there are vampires in here. We don't want them to hear us." Sierra reminded him.

"Don't worry guys, just pretend like this is an episode of Scooby Doo." Topher said. "That should keep you calm."

"Do you even know where we're going?" Anne Maria asked.

"Don't question my leadership." Topher stated. "I know exactly what I'm doing."

The team continued walking for a short bit in complete silence. As they walked, Dave felt a cold hand on his should which caused him to freeze in his tracks.

"Guys, how many people are on our team?" Dave asked as his team kept walking ahead of him.

"Nine." Justin replied, not looking back at Dave. "Why do you ask?"

"So... If I'm in the back of the group... Who's hand is on my shoulder?" Dave nervously asked.

The rest of the team turned around and saw a tall pale man in dark clothing with clawed hands and sharp teeth standing behind Dave.

"Ah!" DJ let out a high pitched scream. "Run for your lives!"

Dave took a few steps away from the vampire and turned around to get a better look at it.

"Oh yeah, we should do that."

In a panic, the members of the Actors ran down the hallway. When they came to a corner Topher, Max, and Sierra turned while the rest kept running straight ahead.

"Wait, don't split up!" Justin shouted over to them. "Do you guys know anything about horror films?"

"I don't think they can hear us." Scott pointed out.


(Confessional: Anne Maria)

"Splittin' up probably wasn't such a good idea." Anne Maria commented. "But how was I s'posed to know those three idiots were gonna go the wrong way"


Meanwhile, back over with the other team, the Directors were walking up a long, spiraling flight of stairs.

"Oh my god, how many stairs are here?" Amy complained from the back of the group. "This is so boring."

"Ah, stop complainin'." Lightning told her.

"Yeah, it's easy once you get the hang of it." Tyler added.

"Didn't you fall over just like, three minutes ago?" Amy asked.

"Uh, I don't remember that." Tyler quickly denied. "Let's, um, just keep walking."

"Don't worry guys, this is definitely a tower. We're bound to reach a roof of some kind eventually." Shawn assured his team.

"I hope so." Cody remarked. "There's not much to look at here."

"Oh, so he gets to complain and I don't." Amy said. "Totally unfair."

"He does it in a way that's less annoying." Gwen stated.

"Ah, thank you Gwen." Cody remarked, attempting to sound as charming as possible.

"Oh god, no." Gwen said.

"Can everyone just be quiet." Sky requested. "Let's just focus on the climb and get this creepy challenge over with."

The rest of the team compiled and walked in complete silence for a few moments. However, this silence was quickly broken when the team heard an odd heavy breathing coming from a location none of them could identify.

"Um, who's doing that?" Cameron asked.

"Yeah... That sounds more than a little ominous." Gwen agreed.

Amy looked up at the ceiling and saw a short bald man with pale skin in dark clothing hanging from a loose stone in the ceiling. This shocking sight caused her to freeze up.

"Oh god... I regret looking up..." Amy trailed off.

The rest of the team glanced upwards out of curiosity and saw the same pale man.

"Okay! New plan everybody! Evasive maneuvers!" Shawn announced.

The team turned around and began to run down the stairs as the vampire jumped down from the ceiling. The short vampire pounced onto Shawn's back and pinned him down to the stairs.

"Gah!" Shawn screamed.

"Don't worry bro, Lightning's here to help!" Lightning proclaimed, turning around to help Shawn.

"No! You all keep going without me!" Shawn ordered him, trying desperately to push the vampire away. "I'll probably catch up, don't worry."

"If you say so, man." Lightning replied.

Lightning continued to run with the rest of his team down the stairs.


(Confessional: Shawn)

"It turns out, making a heroic sacrifice is not very fun." Shawn remarked.


Meanwhile, the Actors, minus Topher, Max, and Sierra, were running through the dusty halls.

"Do you think we lost that vampire creep?" Justin wondered.

"By now, I say we probably have." Zoey replied.

"Then can we please slow down?" Dave requested. "I'm feeling tired."

The team collectively slowed themselves to a walking speed.

"Hey, so, uh, now that Topher is... Somewhere, who should be in charge?" DJ asked.

"Well, I personally think I'm the most qualified." Scott stated.

"Haha, no way, man." Justin told him. "Not after what you pulled this morning."

"Yeah, clearly I should be our leader here." Anne Maria said.

"Nah, I'm not for that one either." Justin remarked.

"Uh, maybe I could." Dave volunteered.

"Nope, you don't seem like you'd be leader material either." Justin said. "Maybe someone handsome, smart, muscular... Other positive qualities."

"Well, if you're such an expert on who should lead us how about you do it yourself." Dave half-jokingly suggested.

"Thank you for the suggestion Dave. I hereby elect myself as the leader!" Justin declared. "C'mon team, follow me!"

Justin began walking ahead of the team. Her teammates, not sure what else to do, followed her.

"Are- Are we really doing this?" Zoey asked in disbelief, stuttering a little.

"I'm with you, Red. This don't seem right." Anne Maria admitted.


(Confessional: DJ)

"You know, I don't think Justin knew what he was doing." DJ commented.


Elsewhere in the castle, the Directors were walking through another one of the many stone hallways. All team members seemed to be highly suspicious, constantly glancing over their shoulders.

"So, uh, do you think Shawn's okay?" Cameron asked.

"Definitely not." Amy replied.

"Oh dear... This is not good..." Cameron muttered to himself.

"C'mon Amy, try to be positive about this." Sky advised her.

"Okay, fine." Amy said. "I'm-"

"And don't say 'I'm positive that he's not okay'." Sky interrupted.

"Dammit." Amy remarked. "You know me way too well."

"Can everyone just be quiet." Gwen requested.

"I dunno, last time we got quiet that vampire got the jump on us." Tyler pointed out.

"But if we weren't quiet, then we wouldn't have been able to hear it coming at all." Cody said.

"Okay, good point." Tyler admitted. "Let's all be quiet."

The team fell silent and continued to walk. After a few seconds, they heard the faint noise of scurrying feet coming from in front of them.

"Um, is that the sound vampires make?" Lightning asked.

"I don't think so." Sky replied. "It might be the other team, actually."

"Let's be ready to run just in case." Cameron suggested.

"I like that plan." Cody agreed.

The team stood frozen as the sound of running got closer. The next thing the Directors saw was Topher, Max, and Sierra coming around the corner.

"Look out, people!" Sierra exclaimed.

The trio crashed into the team in front of them and all the contestants ended up in a big pile on the ground.

"Ugh... What just happened..." Topher groaned.

The group of competitors all slowly stood up.

"What are you three doing here?" Gwen asked.

"Ha! I could be asking you the same thing." Max said.

"Well, we're here because we're a team." Sky told him. "Where are the rest of your guys?"

"We kinda got a little separated." Topher explained. "But, uh, no worries, everything should be fine. I'm sure they can handle themselves."


(Confessional: Topher)

"All that stuff was a lie." Topher stated. "I was pretty sure that my team was doomed."


"Hey, so, uh, Cody's team, can we follow you around for a bit?" Sierra asked.

"Yeah, no not letting that happen." Amy told them. "You all can fend for yourselves."

"Oh my god what's that behind you!" Topher exclaimed, pointing at something behind the Directors.

"Really? You think we're gonna fall for that one?" Cody asked.

Cameron took a quick glance over his shoulder and saw the same short bald vampire that attacked them on the stairs slowly walking towards them.

"Ah! He was right!" Cameron exclaimed.

The rest of the Directors turned around and saw the vampire approaching them.

"Okay, fine, we'll call a truce so we can escape together." Amy remarked. "Everybody run!"

The Directors, and one-quarter of the Actors, began running down the hall together away from the vampire.


(Confessional: Sierra)

"Running away from a killer vampire would usually be terrifying. But running away from a killer vampire with Cody made it worth it." Sierra said,


Meanwhile, back with the rest of the Actors, the team had been led by Justin into an old dusty library inside the castle.

"Okay, why'd you bring us here?" Zoey asked.

"Y'see young lady, in all those old movies and cartoons there are secret passages behind bookcases." Justin began to explain. "So, I figure, there are the most places bookcases: A library. If we find a secret bookcase passage, we'll be totally safe. Makes sense, right?"

"That sounds like a terrible plan." Dave commented.

"Okay, smart guy, what would you do?" Justin asked.

"Something smarter, that's for sure." Dave claimed.

"Pfft, yeah right." Justin remarked. "I bet you don't have any ideas."

"Oh my god, will both of you please shut up?" Scott grumpily requested.

"You said it." Anne Maria added. "It's gettin' real obnoxious."

"All right, fine." Justin said. "C'mon, everyone, start pulling books off the shelves that are close to the wall. We need to find a passage of some kind."

"Fine, but I still think your whole idea is stupid." Dave said.


(Confessional: Dave)

"I try not to think of myself as an angry person." Dave told the camera. "But sometimes, there are just people I can't stand."


(Confessional: Justin)

"The way I see it, Topher was the second most handsome person on the team, since he was out of the picture, the most handsome person on the team, me, got the be in charge." Justin explained. "Plus I'm just flawless in every way."


The scene shifted to DJ and Scott over by a bookshelf that was pressed against the wall. They each were pulling random books off said shelf in hopes that Justin's plan would work.

"So, um, have you reconsidered my alliance?" Scott asked.

"Nope, not even a little." DJ told him.

"Ah c'mon, I can be trusted now." Scott insisted. "Didn't you see All-Stars? That shark attack changed my life."

"Shark attack?" DJ confusedly asked.

"Oh, yeah, I was attacked by a shark in season four." Scott explained. "But anyway, that's not important. What is important is you trusting me."

"Still not happening, man." DJ said. "I'm an honest guy and I don't think I really trust you."

"C'mon buddy, you believe in second chances, don't you?" Scott argued. "I'm a very-"

Scott was cut off when the book he pulled off the shelf caused the book cause to begin turning. DJ stepped out of the way just in time but the twirling book cause swept Scott behind it to wherever it led.

"Whoa! You okay man!?" DJ shouted out, hoping Scott could hear him.

"Help! There's a vampire back here!" Scott screamed. "Make this thing spin back around!"

"I don't know how to!" DJ exclaimed.

All the shouting attracted the rest of the team over to the area.

"What's happening over here?" Justin asked.

"Scott's trapped behind the bookcase and he's being attacked by a vampire!" DJ frantically explained.

"Do we have to help him?" Dave suggested. "I mean, he's kind of a jerk."

"He's still a person." Zoey said. "Not a very pleasant person, but still a person."

"Then let's get to work on moving this bookcase!" Justin exclaimed.

Before they could continue, the bookcase spun back around. Only instead of Scott like they expected, the tall vampire from earlier was standing there, baring its teeth at the team.

"I don't think that's Scott..." Justin trailed off in terror.

"Ya think?" Anne Maria sarcastically asked.

"Everybody run!" Dave screamed


(Confessional: Scott)

"Man, they just let me get attacked by a vampire back there." Scott remarked. "So much for teamwork."


Meanwhile, the Directors, still being tailed by Max, Topher, and Sierra, were walking down a staircase in another part of the castle.

"Uh, not to be a bother, but wasn't Shawn's plan to go up?" Cameron pointed out.

"Look, man, this is where we just ended up when we ran, okay." Tyler stated.

"Well, maybe we should turn around." Cameron suggested.

"Yeah, that's probably a good idea." Sky admitted.

The group collectively, and awkwardly, shifted around their position and began waking the stairs.

"Oh god, how far down did we go?" Cody wondered.

"Don't worry Cody, you still have me to talk to." Sierra said.

"Oh c'mon, Sierra. I thought you were over me." Cody remarked.

"I am." Sierra insisted. "Well, mostly."

"Great..." Cody nervously trailed off.

"Hey, guys, what are the chances of these vampires finding and attacking us again?" Amy wondered.

"Pretty high." Sky told her.

"Ugh, ever heard of being comforting." Amy grumbled.

"Ha! I sure am glad I'm not on your team." Max remarked. "It seems like all the losers are on this team."

"Bro, isn't the funny hair dude your leader?" Lightning asked.

"Hey, my hair isn't funny." Topher claimed. "It's stylish all right."

"I dunno, it kinda makes your head look like a birds nest." Tyler chimed in.

"Seriously?" Topher asked.

"Seriously." Tyler confirmed.

"Oh my god, I do not want to be here right now." Gwen commented. "Why is this what I'm doing with my life?"

"You okay, girlie?" Lightning asked.

"Um, yeah, sure, I guess." Gwen replied.


(Confessional: Gwen)

"How much time have I spent on this show when I was a teenager?" Gwen wondered to nobody in particular. "Instead of like... I dunno, getting a summer job or spending time with my family."


As the Directors, and three Actors, continued to walk up the staircase, they heard more footsteps coming from ahead of them.

"Oh god, we're walking ahead on into a vampire ambush, aren't we?" Tyler asked in a hushed tone.

"It's not really an ambush if we hear them coming." Cameron pointed out.

"We can talk semantics later." Sky told him. "Right now, we need to start backing away."

Before the team could turn around again the footsteps got close enough for the bodies attached to them to come into view. Out from the shadows ahead of them stepped the members of the Actors.

"Oh, hey guys!" Topher cheered.

"Boy, it's a relief to see you guys." Zoey remarked. "We thought those vampires got you."

"No, but we still had the unfortunate fate of having to suffer through these imbeciles." Max side-eyed the other team.

"Oh, shut up, you purple haired dwarf." Amy told him.

"Hey, where's Scott?" Sierra asked.

"He got a little... Eaten by a vampire." Justin explained.

"Could be worse though." Dave remarked. "From the looks of things we're still in the lead."

"We'd better split off from each other." Sky suggested. "Having both teams in the same place seems kinda weird."

"Well one of us needs to move to the side first." Anne Maria pointed out. "There ain't exactly much room on the stairs."

"All right, but fair warning, going downstairs probably isn't the best idea." Cody told the opposing team.

"Don't warn them, you idiot!" Amy scolded Cody.

"Jeez, I'm sorry." Cody replied.

"Doesn't really matter since me, Max and Sierra were already with you for like, a while." Topher pointed out.

"Oh my god, can we all just get moving please?" Gwen requested. "I'm sick of just standing around."

Before this conversation could continue anymore, the two vampires that had been hounding the teams jumped down from the ceiling and landed between the two groups. A third tall, slender, female vampire dropped down after those two.

"Ah! Dammit! Start runnin' again!" Anne Maria screamed.

Amy quickly pushed Topher over towards the vampires and then made a run down the stairs.

"Hey!" Topher exclaimed from the ground. "You can't just-"

Topher was interrupted when the female vampire picked him up and bit into his neck. After this, Topher was absorbed by a bright light which caused him to disappear.

"Oh dear..." Cameron muttered.

With this, the rest of Directors ran down the stairs away from the vampires while the remaining Actors stood still in fear.

"Guys... Shouldn't we be running?" Sierra asked.

"You two run down the stairs." Justin told Max and Sierra. "The rest of us will go up the stairs."

"Hmmph, fine." Max said.

Max and Sierra began running down the stairs while the rest of their team scurried up. The vampires followed the larger group of people.


(Confessional: Dave)

"We were so competent in the last challenge." Dave remarked. "So what the hell happened?"


The Actors reached the top of the stairs and got into the hallway with the vampires in hor pursuit. DJ glanced out the window and he saw the faintest rays of sunlight peaking over the horizon.

"Hey! I think the sun's startin' to rise!" DJ cheered.

"Great, now we just gotta try to not die." Anne Maria remarked.

The tallest vampire jumped forwards and landed on top of Zoey, pinning her to the ground.

"Ah!" Zoey screamed and attempted to push the vampire away from her.

"Don't worry, I'll help!" DJ exclaimed as he ran over to Zoey.

He grabbed the small vampire and pried it off Zoey. The vampire flailed around its arms in an attempt to attack something but DJ, in a panic, ended up throwing it straight out one of the castle's windows.

"Eek! I hate that thing!" DJ screamed.

"Guys, we still got trouble." Justin pointed out. "As your leader, I command you to do something!"

The team looked at the other two vampires slowly approaching them.

"Uh, don't worry, I'm sure the sun will rise soon, right?" Dave said hopefully.

Both vampires began running directly at Dave. He stood frozen in place by fear as the vampires dogpiled him and attempted to bite him. Dave tried to push both of them off but his efforts were beginning to fail.

"DJ! Can you help me with these guys!" Dave panicked.

"Huh, oh, okay." DJ replied. "Uh, hold on, man."

DJ rushed over to help and grabbed the tall male vampire by the shoulders. He began to pull the vampire away from Dave causing it to hiss in anger. While DJ was occupied with the first vampire, the female vampire managed to overpower Dave and bite down on his neck. This caused Dave to disappear after a flash of white light.

"Oh... That is not good." Justin remarked.

"Hey, I think this means we're behind the other team." Zoey realized.

"Uh, don't worry, this is just a minor setback." Justin said. "All we have to do is send these guys after the other team and we should be A-okay."

Suddenly, sunlight shined in through the windows disintegrating the two vampires into nothing but ashes.

"Would ya look at that, we're safe." DJ remarked.

"Uh, don't this mean the challenge is over?" Anne Maria pointed out.

"And I think we lost." Zoey added.

The Actors disappeared in another flash of white light.


(Confessional: Zoey)

"What the heck happened back there?" Zoey wondered. "We did all right last time but everything went all chaotic in this challenge."


Back in the real world, the visors on the helmets of the contestants that remained in the challenge flipped up, snapping them back to reality.

"And it looks like that's it for our challenge!" Chris announced.

"Ah dammit, we lost, didn't we?" Anne Maria predicted.

"Yep, pretty much." Chris said. "You had one less contestant on your team than the Directors did. Which means you're the losers and they're the winners."

"Yeah! Woohoo! We're awesome!" Tyler cheered.

"Ugh, tone it down, weirdo." Amy told him.

"Are you ever happy?" Cody asked her.

"Only when I get to put other people down." Amy replied.

"God, you're scary sometimes." Sky remarked.

"Ahem, handsome host over here." Chris attempted to regain their attention. "Thank you. Anyway, Chef's got a nice lunch prepared for you all. So enjoy. Except for the Actors, you have to think about who you're gonna kick off tonight."

"Don't worry, I already have several ideas." Scott remarked.

"Haha, great." Chris chuckled.


(Confessional: Scott)

"I'm real mad at my team." Scott stated. "Not only did they let me get killed by a vampire but they also lost the challenge! Why is that even a sentence I have to say?"


A little while later, both teams sat at separate tables and ate plates of what appeared to be some kind of potato salad. The camera focused in on the winning team of the Demented Directors.

"All right, here's to us." Sky remarked. "We recovered from yesterday's defeat with incredible grace."

"Ugh, no need to be so pretentious about it." Amy complained.

"Seriously, are you able to be happy at all?" Cody asked.

"Oh, will you drop it?" Amy replied.

"Let's all just be glad that we're on top." Tyler told her.

"Yeah, you all did pretty good without me." Shawn admitted. "Hopefully I'll be more useful in the next challenge."

"Could be a zombie movie challenge." Lightning speculated. "You like zombies, don'cha?"

"Well, I more like surviving them than zombies themselves." Shawn answered.

"Meh, that sounds close enough for me." Lightning commented.

"Who do you think the others will vote for today?" Cameron wondered.

"It could be anyone." Gwen said. "Seriously, they looked like they were in complete chaos today."

"Well, I have a feeling that without Jo to weigh us down, we'll be winning a lot more challenges from now on." Sky predicted. "So let's get used to this."

"Yeah! Woo! What she said!" Tyler cheered.

"Uh, all right." Cameron said.


(Confessional: Sky)

"Okay fine, I might have been a bit cocky about winning." Sky admitted. "But what can I say, it feels good to win. Especially after losing the first challenge."


The camera panned to the actors at their table, eating their potato salad and looking upset about it.

"This sucks..." Zoey mumbled.

"Oh gee, I didn't notice." Max sarcastically remarked.

"If Topher hadn't gone and split off with those two, none of the bad stuff would've happened." Justin said, looking over at Sierra and Max.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa, as much as I don't care for Topher, this is your fault too." Scott told him.

"My fault? What'd I do?" Justin asked. "If you want someone to be a patsy, blame Dave. He was the last one to get bitten."

"Hey!" Dave exclaimed.

"Yeah, but if it wasn't for you declaring yourself the leader, we probably would have done better." Scott said. "Seriously, why did nobody want to listen to me?"

"Well, it's not like you're exactly the most trustworthy guy." Justin argued.

"Why does everyone keep saying that?" Scott asked.

"Knock it off!" Anne Maria yelled.

"Uh, what she means is, let's just calm down." DJ told them.

"Yeah, de-escalate the stituation." Sierra added.

"Hmmph, fine." Justin said. "But I'm still not the reason we lost."

"How about we agree it's nobody's fault?" Topher suggested. "That way everyone's happy."

"Shut up, Topher." Scott told him.

"Heh, okay then." Topher said. "Shutting up. As quiet as a mouse. Yes sir, that's m-"

"Seriously, shut up." Scott repeated.

Topher, now taking the hint, quietly nodded in response.

"Thank you." Scott halfheartedly said.


(Confessional: Justin)

"I really hope there's less arguing on my team after this elimination ceremony." Justin commented. "'Cause, let me tell ya, it gets old real fast."


A little while later, the members of the Irritable Actors were sitting the audience in front of a stage that Chris was on. He carried a plate with eight golden statues of himself on it.

"So, you're all probably very excited to get your hands on these mini-mes. But not until you vote." Chris told them. "So, without further ado, get your anger towards your teammates out and head right to the voting area. Have fun."


(Voting Confessional: DJ)

"It's between either Scott or Justin for me." DJ admitted. "Scott's a jerk but Justin wasn't all that great at leading us. Real tough call, right here."


(Voting Confessional: Justin)

Justin drew an X over a photo of Scott.

"Scott, buddy, I'm sure you're nice once I get to know you." Justin began. "But it just doesn't seem like I can trust you. So see ya later."


(Voting Confessional: Scott)

Scott crossed out a picture of Justin.

"Rejecting the alliance was strike one, messing up the challenge was strike two, and in my ballpark, there are no third strikes." Scott stated. "You're out."

Scott paused for a bit and laughed to himself.

"Heh, that actually sounded pretty cool." Scott remarked to nobody in particular.


(Voting Confessional: Dave)

Dave held up a photograph of Justin with an X drawn on it.

"Scott may be a snake, but at least he has the sense not to stick his nose where it doesn't belong." Dave said.


(Voting Confessional: Sierra)

Sierra drew several X's over a picture of Dave and held it to the camera.

"Sorry, you don't seem too bad. But you're pretty weak." Sierra told the camera. "And, might I add, not as cute as Cody."


(Voting Confessional: Max)

Max angrily scribbled over a photograph of Justin.

"You insolent fool!" Max yelled. "You ruined this challenge for all of us! You shall pay, you hear me, pay! Ahahaha!"

Max paused for a second and smiled to himself.

"Yes, that was good." Max remarked. "I should write that whole thing down for future use."


(Voting Confessional: Zoey)

Zoey held up an X'd out photo of Scott.

"I just don't trust you based on your history." Zoey explained. "Simple as that, really."


(Voting Confessional: Anne Maria)

Anne Maria held a scribbled over photo of Scott to the camera.

"Justin's a narcissistic idiot, but he prob'ly ain't dangerous." Anne Maria explained. "You on the other hand, I ain't trustin' you, Scott."


(Voting Confessional: Topher)

Topher drew an X over a picture of Dave.

"Gonna be honest, I was away from you for most of the challenge." Topher admitted. "But physically speaking, you're one of our weakest members."


The scene changed back to Chris on the stage with the contestants in the audience.

"Okay, let's get through this quickly I'm a very busy man." Chris told the contestants. "My favourite pizza shop closes in five- Uh, I mean I have a date to go on with my girlfriend."

"You don't have a girlfriend, Chris." Topher remarked. "I should know, I'm an expert on all things McLean."

"Uh, let's just announce the results!" Chris quickly exclaimed. DJ, Zoey, Topher, Sierra, Max, and Anne Maria. You're all safe."

Chris threw the six of them Gilded Chris Awards.

"Dave, Scott, Justin, I'm going to give the next Gilded Chris Award away." Chris explained. "And it goes to..."

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Dave caught his award.

"Ha! That was close." Dave remarked.

"And now we have one more Chris Award to give away." Chris explained. "And the very final one goes to..."

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Chris threw the last awards to him.

"Aw man, I thought I was doing pretty well." Justin remarked.

"No you weren't, not even a little." Scott told him.

"Justin, please head on down to our Lame-O-Sine." Chris instructed him.

Justin complied and began walking down the red carpet over to the limousine.

"Whatever, it's impossible for a limo ride to be terrible." Justin said.

The model entered the car and sat down.

"Ick, did someone spill soda in here?" Justin wondered. "And why's it smell like fish?"

Justin paused for a second and crossed his arms.

"Fine, maybe it is possible for a limo ride to suck." Justin admitted. "Let's just get out of here."

The camera cut to the outside of the limo as it drove away and then back to Chris still up on stage.

"And it looks like that's it for today's Total Drama Champions." Chris remarked. "I'm your host Chris McLean. And I'm going to go meet my girlfriend and not go to my favourite pizzeria. Yep, definitely what I'm doing."

"The more ya say it the less we believe you!" Anne Maria called out from off camera.

"Shut up!" Chris yelled back. "Um, anyway, I hope you folks at home enjoyed watching this weeks installment of Total. Drama. Champions!"

Current Teams:

Irritable Actors: DJ, Scott, Sierra, Max, Anne Maria, Topher, Dave, and Zoey

Demented Directors: Cameron, Cody, Sky, Tyler, Amy, Shawn, Lightning, and Gwen

Eliminated:

Jo the Bossy Jock (18th Place)

Justin the Attractive Model (17th Place)

Votes:

DJ: Justin

Justin: Scott

Max: Justin

Scott: Justin

Sierra: Dave

Topher: Dave

Dave: Justin

Anne Maria: Scott

Zoey: Scott

Results:

Justin: 4 Votes

Scott: 3 Votes

Dave: 2 Votes


Well, that's about it for this chapter. Random fact, the descriptions of the vampires in this chapter were loosely based off the appearance of Count Orlok on the silent vampire film "Nosferatu". Anyway, I had more fun writing this chapter than the last and I hope you had fun reading it. I always sorta had Justin slated as an early boot. Never had going further than about 14th. But in this case he was the second one out. Anyway, that's it for now. Leave a review if you'd like. Thanks for reading.