Disclaimer: I do not own Total Drama, or any of its characters, they belong to their rightful owners, this is a fan based reimagining.
Warning The Following Chapter Contains: mild language, partial nudity, some adult content, cartoon violence, YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!
Chapter 2: Garden State of Emergency, PART 2
The ship began to pull away from the shore. The ten contestants all stood on the top deck of the ship. There they were joined by Chris who was wearing a full ship captain's uniform. "Welcome everyone, aboard the S.S. Christina!"
"Um, Chris, you do realize 'S.S.' stands for steamship right?" Valadora asked. "Modern cruise ships use either gas turbine or diesel electric engines as their power source. The last active steam powered cruise ship was converted in the 80s." Everyone just kind of stared at her. "What?" Valadora crossed her arms. "I did a little research in case there was a cruise themed trivia challenge."
Chris just rolled his eyes. "Thank you Valadora, that would have been helpful to know if I gave a crap. Moving on!" Chris pointed to his left. "As you can see there is a pool, multiple hot tubs, plently of sunbeds and places to rest. He pointed behind him. "There are batting cages at the rear of the ship, as well as golf driving nets." He then pointed in front of them, which in front of the pool led into an inside entertainment area. "In there is mini golf, a cocktail lounge with a grand piano, the cafeteria, and your living quarters. Going below this level is strictly against the rules."
"Why can't we go below? That seems like such a small section of the ship." Addie asked.
"Because I say so. Now shut up and follow me." Chris started to walk past the pool. The contestants remained quiet and followed along as they walked into the inside area. There they passed the mini-golf, lounge, and into the large cafeteria. There were two large tables with seats around them. "Off of the cafeteria are your cabins. The boys cabin is on the right, the girls is on the left."
"Wait, each sex have to share one cabin?" William asked. "This ship probably has hundreds of cabins."
"Because I say so. Are you noticing a trend here?" Chris made clear. "Plus, it's easier to keep track of you, cuts down on camera cost." Chris then cracked his neck. "It's now time for the teams. This year, we're doing things a little differently. It's Guys vs. Girls!" Everyone was shocked by the reveal. They all looked at each other. Chris continued, "Since the boys cabin is on the right, they will be know as the Starboard Seagulls. And because the girls cabin is on the left, they will be known as the Port Potatoes."
Ryan noticed there was a third middle door in the front of the cafeteria. "Where does that lead?"
"That leads to our confessional this year, right at the very front of the ship. I call it the I'm the King of the Confessional!" Chris informed them.
Link Confessional: Link is standing right at the very front of the ship with his arms spread wide staring up at the sky for a few long seconds. He then looks down at the camera. "What? Like you wouldn't do it if you had the chance."
Nastasia Confessional: Nastasia is standing there leaning on the railing, wind blowing in the wind, staring down at the camera. "Guys vs. Girls huh? I was not expecting that. No matter, if there's one thing I know, it's how to crush other girls."
Dexter Confessional: "Good. Last thing I want is to have to deal with those wreckage wrenches. I only need to deal with four bone headed testosterone filled little boys. How hard can it be?"
"I will now give you a chance to become acquainted with the ship. But don't get too comfortable. Because one of you will is going home tonight!" Chris then began to laugh manically, before turning and walking away.
The rest were just sort of standing there. Tami turned to Valadora and Addie. "Race you to the pool!" She turned and sprinted out of the cafeteria. Valadora and Addie both chased after her. Link turned to Ryan, they both nodded before running after them. Nastasia and Rickie both sombrely walked in the direction of the pool. William turned, and walked in the direction of the cocktail lounge.
Dexter went and sat down at one of the tables. He pulled out a small black book and a pen. He flipped through the book, each page were lines and lines all broken up into stanzas, forming different poems. He stopped on a blank page. He sat there in silence for a few moments, thinking to himself. He then began to write scribbles into the book. After a couple of lines Dexter paused. He then looked up and surveyed the room.
Off to the left, sitting alone at the other table, was Joan. She sat there in complete silence, so quiet that Daxter had not even realized someone else was still in the room. Joan just stared down at the table, not moving, not doing anything. Her hair drooped off her head covering her face from Dexter. If he hadn't met her before at the dock, he'd have mistaken her for a ghost. After almost a minute of staring, Dexter turned back to writing in his book. Slowly Joan raised her head and looked in his direction. She watched him intently scribble words down. Her eyes gravitated towards that little black book.
Tami ran out the doors and onto the top deck. She wasted no time going straight to the pool. She'd already reached the edge by the time the other two girls had just left the doorway. "Oh yeah! First place!" Tami exclaimed.
"No fair! You had a head start!" Valadora complained as she and Addie reached the scene girl.
Tami chuckled to herself. "Sore loser huh?" Tami then started to remove her tanktop. This caused Valadora to blush and turn around. Addie just shook her head as she began to remove her jeans.
The three girls heard a commotion, they each looked at the doors to see Link and Ryan running out of them. "Last one in's a rotten egg!" Ryan exclaimed. They ran up to the pool. Link pulled up next to the girls, but Ryan just ran right passed them and jumped in fully clothed. When he emerged from the water he looked up at the others, and noticed them removing their clothes. "Oh, that works too."
Link quickly tossed off his shirt. He then caught sight of the girls, who were now nearly completely at their underwear. "Oh, wow," Link muttered to himself.
"Hey Nintendo, you getting in or you just going to keep staring?" Tami asked.
"I... ah..." Link tried to come up with a response before getting pushed in the pool by Addie. She gave off a smile before jumping in next to him.
Tami's attention turned to the Swedish girl. Valadora was shyly stripping to her underwear off to the side. Tami walked up to her, "You getting in?"
"Um, yeah, just give me a moment." Valadora spoke softly.
Tami put her arm around Valadora's shoulders. "You want me to push you in?"
Valadora let off a light shiver. "No, it's okay. I don't like to get my hair wet. And I um, am not the strongest swimmer."
"Okay take your time." Tami said with a smile. Tami then realized her half naked body was pressing up against Valadora's half naked body. Her face immediately became blood red as she removed her arm from Valadora's shoulders. "Okay." Tami gave Valadora a pat on the head, feeling super awkward. "Good talk." Was all she could muster before turning around and running straight to the pool off into the water.
What neither of them realized was that Nastasia was leaning against the wall close by. Close enough to have heard everything they said. An evil smile grew on Nastasia's lips.
Nastasia Confessional: "This is going to be way, way too easy."
William slowly walked into the cocktail lounge. There was a large wooden bar off to the side. In front of the bar was over a dozen small round tables with two to four seats. In the middle of the room was a large grand piano standing atop a elevated platform. Large black curtains muted much of the natural light. William first walked over to the bar. In the back was a large wall with different liquors. He grabbed one off the shelf, opened it up and sniffed it to see if it was real, yup it was real. He put it back on the shelf and turned his attention over to the piano. William sat down on the bench. He stared at all the different keys. He placed his finger down on a key. A beautiful C note rang through the room. He pressed his finger down on another key, this time a little slower, and a much more muted note sounded. William took a deep breath. He then began to play a simple piece. It was a beginners version of Beethoven's Ode to Joy.
Back on the top deck, Rickie walked over to the poolside sunbeds. There were five in a row. He looked over each one carefully. He picked the second one to the left. He felt the cushions to make sure it was nice a soft. Slowly he sat down onto it. He stretched out his limbs before getting himself in a good lounging position. He threw his hands up and under his head. He smiled as he closed his eyes and took a deep breath. The ships horn sounded. It startled Rickie so much he flew off the sunbed and fell onto the ground.
"Challenge Time!" Chris called out on a megaphone.
Ten Minutes Later
All the contestants were in their bathing suits. They were separated into their teams. Each of them were standing on floating round rafts in the water next to the ship, which had been anchored. Each raft was tied to the back of a jetski. Chris sat top his own jetski in between them. "Now what's a cruise without water sports?"
"A bargain one?" Link asked.
"That was rhetorical. Anyway. One member of your team must pilot a jetski, that pulls a raft, which has the rest of your team on it. These jetskis are specially fitted so that their only speed, is their top one. In the centre of each raft is a container full of water balloons. Your objective is to knock your opponents off their raft, while simultaneously not falling off your own. The team with the last remaining member still on their raft, wins. Now pick your driver and we'll begin."
Nastasia took one look at the jetski and then turned to her team. "Any volunteers?"
"I'll do it." Addie replied. There were no objections.
The guys formed a huddle. "Okay we need to come up with a strategy." Link spoke to the group.
"Okay, I say we go with the strategy of someone riding that thing and the rest of us not falling off." Dexter replied condescendingly.
"I've driven one, but I'm a surfer, I'll be much more useful keeping my balance in the back." Rickie explained.
The others nodded. "Anyone else ever driven one?" William asked.
"I've rode on the back of one a couple times." Link said.
"Good enough." Ryan decided.
Soon both Addie and Link were on their jetskis. "Okay Link, you can do this," Link whispered to himself. "Probably should have mentioned I've never driven anything, ever." He looked over at Addie on the other jetski. She gave him a wave, and then revved her engine. Link waved back and then quickly looked over everything to figure out how to do that.
Chris drove up to them. "Alright! And Go!" He waved his arm in the air. Addie burst away, speeding through the water. Link finally figured out how to start his and his blasted forward, and away they went.
Just about everyone on the rafts were nearly thrown off except for Rickie. A couple of them had fallen to their hands and knees to try and stay on. "Holy shit, this is hard!" Tami cursed as they were rocked by the wake coming from the jetski.
"Link get closer to them!" Ryan yelled out. He and the others guys had better adjusted to keeping balanced. They each slowly moved to the centre to pick up some water balloons. Link gave them a thumbs up as he figured out how to steer the thing. He turned his jetski to come right up next to Addie's.
The girls saw them coming and quickly tried to scramble to the centre. Valadora and Joan needed to crawl as they still could not keep their balance standing up. Ryan was the first one from on his raft to get a water balloon. He then moved over to get closer to the edge in the direction of the girls raft. Rickie grabbed his but stayed in the centre. Soon the rafts got closer and closer. Link continued to drive left in Addie's direction. Addie then decided to to turn right, directly on a collision course with Link. Link was forced to veer right as to avoid her.
"Closer. Closer." Ryan was calling out. He was then jolted by two rafts being swung towards each other from Link's sharp turn. "Too close! Too close!" The two rafts smashed into each other. The force was so great that Ryan, being so close to the edge was flung into the air and off the raft. The others were barely able to stay on. Ryan fell into the water. When he came back up he watched the two rafts power away. He clenched a fist and hit the water.
Nastasia was finally able to regain her balance only to look up and see Rickie aiming right for her. "Well, shit." The water balloon smashed her right in the face, this forced her to stumble back. She took a quick glance over to see Valadora still on her hands and knees on the ground behind her.
Nastasia Confessional: "Now begins operation, victory."
Nastasia fell backwards in such a way that her foot caught the inside of Valadora's arm. This caused Nastasia to collapse over top of Valadora and fly off the raft, taking Valadora with her. They both landed into the water next to each other.
The two jetskis pulled away from each other, causing distance between the rafts. Everyone else lobbed their water balloons at the other raft but non of them hit anyone.
"We have the advantage!" William declared.
"Yeah no shit Sherlock." Dexter replied. "Just pay more attention keeping on this thing and less on the obvious comments!"
Chris came by with his jetski next to Ryan in the water. "Here." Chris tossed him an inflatable raft. "I suggest you get on it. These are shark waters." Ryan quickly scrambled to climb into the raft.
Chris then drove up to Nastasia and Valadora in the water. "Here you go," He tossed them a larger raft before driving off to chase the competition.
Nastasia was able to climb in with ease. She then looked over at Valadora in the water. "Why were you behind me! You caused us both to fall!" She accused her.
Valadora was struggling in the water to stay afloat. She was a few feet from the raft and was not able to reach it. "I'm sorry! Can you help me?"
"Why should I? You probably caused us to lose this challenge." Nastasia said venomously.
"I can't swim! Please!" Valadora pleaded.
"Why are you on a cruise competition if you can't swim? What if you fell off by yourself? You would have drowned for sure."
"Please help me! I'll do anything!" Valadora's head began falling under the water.
"Anything?"
"Yes! Anything please! I beg you!" Valadora whole body went under except for her one arm. Nastasia reached over and grabbed her hand. Nastasia lifted Valadora up out of the water and towards the raft. Valadora spat out some water before looking up at Nastasia. "Oh, thank you."
Nastasia did not look warm or comforting. Instead she had this fire in her eyes that would have scared anyone. "This? This was not free. You are now my slave. You will do whatever I say, vote off anyone I say, and you will not tell anything about it, do you understand?" Valadora was shocked into silence. Nastasia reached over with her free hand and pulled off Valadora's wig. "Or else I tell everyone about this. Do you understand?" Valadora slowly nodded. "Good." Nastasia lifted Valadora up and onto the raft.
Addie looked back at her team and saw that they were down. She quickly realized that her team would not win another engagement. Not with Rickie on the opposing team. It meant she needed to take matters into her own hands. She watched Link's route, and figured out what he was doing and adjusted accordingly. She then took a sharp right turn on another collision course. Joan and Tami were both thrown a little from her turn. Tami had to grab Joan to make sure she didn't fall off. "What are you doing?" Tami yelled out to Addie.
Rickie grabbed a water balloon. "Reload and get ready for the next attack." He said. Dexter nodded and began to move to the centre of the raft.
Before William went along, he paused and watched the girls. It was then when something caught his eye. "Um, guys."
"If you say another stupid observation I'll throw you off myself." Dexter threatened as he reached down and grabbed a water balloon. He then heard a splash. He quickly turned around to see William no longer on the raft. "What did I say about keeping on this thing you idiot!" Dexter yelled out in frustration. He heard another splash, he turned to see Rickie now off the raft. "What is going on?" He then turned in the direction of the girls raft to see Addie seconds away from smashing her jetski into his raft. "Bollocks." Dexter was barely able to jump off. Addie too jumped off her jetski with a second to lose as the two vessels collided causing a major explosion.
Now with the entirety of the guys team in the water, Chris drove up. "And the Port Potatoes Win!"
Twenty Minutes Later, In the Boys Cabin
The majority of the boys team rested on their beds. There was two bunk beds and one single bed. "Well, we're going to have to vote someone out." Link said with a sigh. "How do we want to do this."
"I think it's simple. We vote out the one guy who isn't here." Dexter declared.
"William?" Ryan asked.
"Yes, William." Dexter said. "Let's be honest here. Ryan you fell off first. So you're in a vulnerable position. William, myself and Rickie all fell off at the same time. It is hard to distinguish between the three of us if anyone deserves to go home. Link you're also in a vulnerable position because your driving caused Ryan to fall off and you were not able to prevent Addie from crashing into us."
Both Link and Ryan sat there in silence and thought hard about it. "But why William? Specifically?" Link asked.
"Well he's obviously not much of a team player if he separates himself like this. He does not really contribute anything really. Sure both of you failed, but you both had drive and determination that will come in handy later." Dexter explained.
"Works for me." Rickie decided. The other two were both unsure but eventually nodded in agreement.
Dexter Confessional: "Peer pressure. Works every time."
William sat on the piano bench in the cocktail lounge. The lights were turned down to a dim hue. He had his head resting on the top of the piano as he repeatedly pressed down on a single key. He let out a sigh.
Elimination Ceremony.
In the very rear of the ship, behind the batting cages was a makeshift firepit that was really just a fire going in a large metal barrel. The five male teens sat on lawn chairs. Chris stood over the fire. "Now, when I call your name, you will receive a replica anchor which means you are safe. The one camper without an anchor is going home."
"Ryan."
Ryan was tossed the anchor, the anchors were the size of basketballs. When Ryan caught his it sent him backwards off his chair and onto the ground. "Jesus these things weight a ton!"
Chris just ignored him.
"Rickie."
"Link."
"And the last Anchor goes too..."
William's leg started to shake violently as Dexter relaxed calmly.
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"Dexter."
Dexter happily received his anchor that threw him off his chair.
William just shook his head. He took a deep breath before standing up. Chris led William to the very back edge of the ship, where there was a makeshift plank. "Sorry William, but you've got to walk the Plank of Losers."
William hesitantly took a step onto the plank. Slowly he walked out onto it and looked over at the water and just how far down it was. "Is this safe?"
"Absolutely!" Chris gave him a shove off down into the water below. "Not!"
Chris turned to the camera. "Is there something blossoming between Valadora and Tami? And is Valadora really Nastasia's new slave? Who will go home? Find out next time on Total Drama World Cruise! Stay tuned for Chef's Extreme Cooking Show!"
(Credits roll, then a promo for Chef's Extreme Cooking Show comes on)
On this episode of Chef's Extreme Cooking Show:
"The Cake is a lie!" Max yelled falling to his knees.
(Cut to)
Thereon put on the mask to complete his hazmat suit. "I'm going in. If I don't make it back, tell that old British lady on the cover of 'a beginners guide to surviving the apocalypse' that I love her."
(Cut to)
"Cyrus!" Laura cried. "I need you! Top of da morning, sack of potatoes and other Irish sayings!"
"Frankly my dear, I don't give a damn." Cyrus replied shutting the door.
Afterword:
I'm actually really happy with how this chapter turned out. It was not exactly the kind of style I was hoping to go with coming into this story. I mean it's sort of turned into more of a drama than a comedy, which is alright, I'm sure there will be plenty of time for jokes in later chapters.
VERY IMPORTANT TO THE CREATOR OF WILLIAM, do not worry! Even though he was eliminated, he is not gone from the story. I have a really cool idea of what happens to the losers after they have been eliminated, and of course that means I have to show it. This was one of the key reasons for only having 10 characters, was so that I could continue some storylines post elimination, and not continually be swamped with a ton of characters.