AN: This is the second chapter of Total Drama: Redux. I like to thank aceman88 for giving me the idea to do this challenge, a challenge called Crazy Chaos Chess. I plan to use all the challenges that have been suggested to me (I have a list of all the challenges I've been told and when I plan to do them) so I also want to thank an unnamed guest, dimension traverler, digimedas, and The New Mr. D for their ideas as well. Continue to send in ideas for challenges via PM or Reviews. I also have been made aware that I need to start going into the emotional tension between the contestants and describing things better so I hope to do that here. Enjoy! P.S. I don't intend to do every single detail in the Chess match because that would bore anyone, including myself. I'll do the notable moments and the ending of it.
Chapter 2: Checkmate!
"Last time on Total Drama: Redux, the contestants arrived to the island to find out that it's just as dangerous and drama inducing as it has ever been. We saw fights and we saw quite possibly some of the most pathetic teamwork I have ever seen on this show! When it came down to it, the Rats ended up winning and in a surprise twist, Courtney was the first person voted off instead of Heather. I prefer it that way, I hated Courtney! Now, it's a brand new day filled with plenty of opportunities for me to hurt the contestants, and you'll get to see it all here right now, on TOTAL…DRAMA…REDUX!" said Chris.
[Opening Theme]
[Screaming Maggots]
Tension between everyone on this team seemed at an all time high for any team on this show. They were already not happy with the fact that they had lost a challenge because of poor team play, but they were more so confused on how Courtney had been eliminated instead of Heather, well everyone except Heather and Scarlett. They just shot each other devious looks while the others were bickering amongst themselves about how this had happened.
"So, would someone mind telling me how this exactly happened?" said Bridgette.
"I don't know alright? I mean we know for a fact that Courtney, Brick, and I voted for Heather to go." said Mike. They tried to put their heads together to think about this. Scarlett snickered under her breath upon seeing this.
(Confessional)
"They'll never figure it out, they have such simple minds, and they wouldn't ever guess I lit those votes on fire. Which reminds me…I need to have a chat with Heather about that favor she owes me." – Scarlett
(End of Confessional)
"Heather, we need to have a chat." said Scarlett.
"Let's move away from the team…they'll get the idea that something is up if they see us talking to each other enough times." said Heather. Heather and Scarlett then started to walk off. As they left the cave, Shawn was coming to it from sleeping in his tree. He shot them a curious glance.
(Confessional)
"That was a bit weird. I wonder what Heather and Scarlett were up to. Maybe Scarlett and Heather have some alliance going? Nahh." – Shawn
(End of Confessional)
Shawn walked into the cave and noticed that tensions were high.
"Shawn, answer me this, did you vote for Heather yesterday?" asked Bridgette.
"Yeah I did, have you asked Harold or Leonard that?" he asked in response to Bridgette.
"I don't need to, they voted for Courtney. I have yet to ask Dawn and Ella, but I feel like they voted for Heather, so this all doesn't add up." said Bridgette. Shawn just shrugged his shoulders and walked away.
"You guys don't even care?" said Bridgette.
"Not really, she wasn't exactly the nicest or most trustworthy person to have around; I honestly believe that it was better to have gotten her off. I only voted for Courtney because you told me to." said Mike.
"Yeah I agree, I never even liked her to start with." said Harold. Bridgette just let out a huge groan of frustration and walked off somewhere deeper into the cave to be alone.
[Killer Rats]
The Rats on the other hand were enjoying themselves. Having proper living conditions not only made them happy, but also motivated them for the next challenge.
"Ahh, this is great." said Samey as she was getting a massage.
"Yeah no kidding." said Topher as he too was getting a massage. Samey looked at him and shot him a weird glance.
"What? I need to keep my physical appearance lookin' good at all times, or how else am I gonna get Chris's job…I mean no reason, I just want to look good, is that such a problem for you?" said Topher.
"Ummm…" said Samey unsure of what to say next. The rest of the Rats team were enjoying every moment in the house. Lightning and Jo were working out and seeing who could do more workouts than the other. Tyler joined in with them but wasn't much competition as he just managed to hurt himself during more than half of the challenges. Noah was relaxing while reading a book while Amy was trying to stay as far away from Izzy as she possibly could. Trent was sitting on the front porch playing his guitar when he noticed Sky leaving the house.
"Something up Sky?" he asked her.
"It's Dave; I think he's still angry at me for what happened last season. It's been upsetting me a little bit every since we've been back on Pahkitew." she said to him.
"You want to try and win him back I'm guessing?"
"Yes, I don't even care about the boyfriend part…I just want to be friends with him again." she said.
"Well, all I can suggest to you is to start earning back his trust. Do nice things for him, but don't make it obvious. If you do that, he'll just say you're only doing this to fix up your relationship with him and think you're lying. Give him time as well, time heals wounds. They healed mine." he told her.
"Thanks Trent. If you don't mind me asking, what wounds are you talking about?" Trent had begun to remember about what had happened between him and Gwen. He tried not to think about it, as it only reopened old wounds that he didn't want to try to close again.
"It's nothing important. Just remember what I said." he said. Sky left feeling a bit satisfied in hearing a possible solution to her problem. Just then the intercom went off.
"Campers, report to the center of the woods for your next challenge!" said Chris.
[Center of the Woods]
When the campers arrived, they were shocked to see something on the ground that resembled a chessboard.
"Chris, why do you have a giant chessboard on the ground?" asked Harold.
"I'm glad you asked, this my dear contestants, is your next challenge. I decided to make this challenge called Crazy Chaos Chess. The rules are simple…for me anyway." he snickered.
"Wait, what do you mean you?" asked Sky.
"Well you see, I'm gonna be playing with you guys. Let me explain, this is laid out in the shape of a chessboard. We will be playing chess. It will be I versus the two teams. Each team will be given a choice on who will be directing the movements of the chess pieces. Oh and by the way, those chess pieces, are gonna be your fellow contestants!" he said. The contestants gasped upon hearing this.
"Yeah I know, shocking isn't it? Now each team will have 4 pawns, a rook, a knight, a bishop, and a queen."
"Chris, aren't you missing a piece genius?" said Noah sarcastically.
"Yes I know I didn't include the king piece, I'm not stupid alright? There's a reason for that. Now as I was saying, each team will have those to fill up their side of the board. On my side, I have all of my pawns, rooks, knights, bishops, a queen, and Chef is the King piece. My side of the board will consist of some of the most terrifying things we've ever had on this show, from lions, to robots, and bringing back a fan favorite…FANG!" he yelled. The contestants from TDROTI gasped upon hearing this.
"Who's Fang?" asked Shawn.
"This is Fang." said Chris. As soon as he said that, a mutated shark walked over to the queen square on Chris's side of the board.
(Confessional)
"What the heck is that!? A mutated shark!? How does that even happen!?" – Shawn
(End of Confessional)
"To win this challenge, all you have to do is checkmate Chef. BUT, as a twist to this challenge, if you lose both your queens to me, both teams will have to eliminate a player. The side that loses the most pieces if you manage to beat me, will end up eliminating someone nonetheless. So I recommend you don't lose." he said happily. Fear ran down the contestants. They weren't expecting Chris to go extreme on this; they hadn't seen a double elimination for both teams ever.
"You will have 10 minutes to choose who will do what, and I understand that some people won't be participating, so they can cheer on their team I guess. Now go!" Chris said.
[Screaming Maggots]
"So I think it's pretty obvious who should be the person telling the pieces where to move." said Heather confidently thinking it was gonna be her. They all pointed to Scarlett.
"What!? You don't think I can tell you all where to go!?" asked a stunned Heather.
"No, we all know you're bossy, it's just that you kinda need a brain to play Chess, and since Scarlett is the smartest one here, it would make sense to make her the controller." said Mike.
"Whatever." said Heather. Scarlett grinned a little bit.
(Confessional)
"Oh how fitting this it, I get to use these people as pawns, much like I'm already doing now. I'm dumbfounded on how these people never cease to amaze me at their idiocy." – Scarlett
(End of Confessional)
"Well we need more than just a controller, we need people to volunteer to be pieces." said Scarlett.
"Oh Scarlett, can I be the queen? I've only dreamt of what it would be like to be a queen." said Ella. Heather shot her an angry glance.
"No, I should be the queen." said Heather. Scarlett made a decision very quickly.
"Ella can be queen." Ella cheered happily to which Heather walked up to Scarlett and said some very colorful words under her breath to her.
"Look Heather, if I let you be queen, they'll think something is up, I can tell from the observations I've made that Shawn is already having suspicions about why we seem to be talking frequently. Sit this one out. Let people get less suspicious about all this." she whispered to Heather. Heather nodded in agreement after thinking it over.
"Heather has volunteered to sit this out. Ella, you're the queen, move there. Leonard you can be a bishop. Brick you be a rook. Shawn can be the knight. Mike, Dawn, Harold, and Bridgette, you can be pawns." said Scarlett. They knew not to argue about who should be what, so they took their places on the board.
[Killer Rats]
"So who's gonna be the controller?" asked Trent.
"Hmm I wonder, who has the most brains on this team, who's the smartest one here?" asked a very sarcastic Noah.
"Yeah I wonder." said Lightning being serious about it. Noah face palmed himself after hearing the seriousness in Lightning's voice.
"I think Noah wants to be the controller." said Topher.
"Fine Noah, but I swear if you lose this for us, you know who we're all gonna vote for." said Jo menacingly.
"I've never lost a chess match in my life. Don't worry. So I think Izzy and Amy should sit this out. Izzy is a psycho and Amy is from what I can tell very concerned more with harassing her sister than the challenge itself. Amy grew a very angry look but didn't start an argument. Samey can be the queen, Trent can be a knight, Lightning can be a rook, Sky can be the bishop, Jo, Dave, Topher, and Tyler can all be pawns." said Noah.
"Teams are you all ready." asked a very eager Chris. Scarlett and Noah shook their heads.
"This is how the turns will go. First, the Maggots will go first. Then myself. Then the Rats. Then myself. And repeat. Now let's begin." said Chris. Scarlett and Noah looked at what made up Chris's side of the board. The pawns were robot animals. The rooks were robot bears. The knights were actual lions. The bishops were two Chris bots. The queen was Fang and the King was Chef. Scarlett began to walk up to Noah.
"Look, we need to go for a quick victory. The longer the match goes on, the more frustrated we'll become and that's when he'll strike." said Scarlett.
"Yeah I don't need help from you; I have no intentions of losing." Noah said. Scarlett gave him a very angry look but went back to her side to make the first move.
"How will the teams fare? Will the Maggots and Rats be able to defeat the one and only me, or will I get the benefit of launching two people out of a slingshot by the end of today? Come back and find out here on Total Drama: Redux!"
"Welcome back, to spare you all of having to watch what exactly has happened to some of the contestants, I'll show you some of my favorite clips from the match!" said Chris. He then pulled out a remote and fast forwarded to the Rats 5th turn. Topher began to look away as he was sitting on the bench with Amy, Izzy, and Lightning. Noah had made a bad move that resulted in Topher being caught between two robot pawns. Chris laughed at this.
"Oh Topher, I've been waiting for this moment for a very long time. I'm gonna enjoy every minute of this." said Chris. He moved one of the robots to take Topher's square. The robot did this as violently as it could. It started to move and Topher wanted to run, but the robot grabbed him and started smashing his face into the ground. The contestants flinched every time they witnessed Topher getting beat up and then him being thrown to his team's bench. Chris laughed harder and harder every time he saw Topher getting beat up.
(Confessional)
"Why did it have to go for the face?" – A very bruised and battered Topher
(End of Confessional)
Chris then sped up to the Rats 7th turn. Noah had decided to move Lightning into a position to take one of Chris's bishops. Chris then pulled out his remote and pressed a button on it. The button caused the square that Lightning was on to explode.
"SHA-OUCH!" yelled Lightning as he went flying into the air. Noah was dumbfounded at what had just happened.
"You can't do that, that's cheating." said a slightly angered Noah.
"Oh yeah, I forgot to mention, some of the squares might be booby trapped." he said laughing. Noah became slightly more and more angered with this. Scarlett didn't react at all.
(Confessional)
"That's a very peculiar remote that Chris has available to him. I wonder what he would think if I decided to even the odds a little bit." Scarlett then pulled out an exact replica of the remote that Chris had. "He's so focused about the Killer Rats and making Noah mad, he didn't even noticed that I was analyzing how his remote works and viola, an exact replica that works and functions just as well as his." – Scarlett
(End of Confessional)
Chris then fast forwarded to the Maggots 11th move. Chris had lost several pieces by then because of the way that Scarlett was playing. He decided to start going for her. When she had accidentally made a bad move, Chris decided to put Fang into play. Leonard was confronted with Fang.
"I am not afraid of you shark." He began to cast a spell to prevent a horrific attack by Fang. "You there shark, right in front of me, I cast a lightning bolt, now begone with thee!" The shark looked at him confused. "Why is this not working?" he questioned.
"Because, YOU ARE NOT A REAL WIZARD YOU IDIOT!" yelled Dave. Leonard paid him no mind because he was about to be attacked by Fang. Fang attacked him with Chris laughing at every moment it was happening.
The chess match eventually got to the point where the only two pieces Chris had were Fang and Chef. Scarlett had Ella, Shawn, and Brick while Noah had Samey, Dave, and Sky.
"Chris, may I call a time out to think?" asked Scarlett. Chris nodded in approval. She then ran over to Noah.
"Noah, listen to me, there's a chance for us to win this. Have you noticed how dependent he is on the Queen and how he's been taking your pieces. You need to lure him to use Fang so I can use Shawn and Ella to checkmate him." said Scarlett.
"The only way I can do that is to lose Sky or Dave, and if I lose one more piece, even if we do win, we'd have to eliminate someone. How do I know if you won't just stab me in the back and let that happen?" he asked.
"I'll make sure to lose a piece as well, said Scarlett." She reached out to shake his hand to which he did. He didn't notice that she had her fingers crossed behind her back with her other hand.
(Confessional)
"Like I said, their idiocy never ceases to amaze me." – Scarlett
(End of Confessional)
Noah began to talk things over with Dave and Sky about who he should move. Sky had thought about what Trent had said and wondered if this would build some trust between her and Dave.
"Noah, move me." said Sky.
"I know what you're trying to do Sky, and it's not gonna work." said Dave.
"Look, do you want to get mauled by a mutated shark?" she asked him. He knew that it would either be her getting mauled or he would. He didn't want to take the chance.
"Fine… but this means nothing." said Dave. Sky began to think in her head that at least he said yes. That was a start. Noah made his move and moved Sky into position to take the brunt of the force from Fang to lure Chris to make the move. He did just that and Fang threw Sky into the air and hit her into the ground. Scarlett then made her move to move Brick into a position to checkmate Chef.
"Chris, I believe that is checkmate." said a very confident Scarlett. Chris looked over the board to see that with Brick being moved to the left hand corner of his side and with Shawn guarding a square and Ella on the other side of the board, he had lost.
"Well… looks like I won't be sending two people on the slingshot." he said sadly. Chef didn't think he was gonna get hurt since the match was over but Scarlett had other plans. She decided to test out her replica of the remote she had made and pressed the button. The square that Chef was on then exploded. Chris was confused about what had happened, and when Chef landed back on the ground, he was furious with Chris.
"Chris, what the heck was that!?" he yelled at him.
"I swear I didn't touch the button!" said Chris. He then turned his face to count the amount of pieces left. "Well looks like the Maggots are safe from an elimination, Rats, since you only have two pieces left, you will be sending someone home tonight!" he said trying to ignore the fact that Chef was angry at him. The Rats team looked at Noah with very furious looks. He looked back at Scarlett to which she gave him a devious look and showed that she had crossed her fingers when she made that deal with him. Noah knew that the inevitable was going to happen now because he had technically lost the challenge for them.
[Elimination Ceremony]
"Welcome Killer Rats to the first of your elimination ceremonies." said an ecstatic Chris. The Rats paid him no mind as they were looking at Noah very angrily.
"Do I even need to guess who all of you guys voted for? No? Well let's get this over with then. Jo, Lightning, Izzy, Topher, Sky, Amy, Tyler, Dave, Trent, and Samey, you are all safe from elimination. Noah, it's your time to go. As if we all didn't know this was gonna happen." said Chris.
"Chris, let me say something." said Noah. Chris wasn't listening and told Chef to go take him to the slingshot. The Rats team decided to watch Noah get hurled off from the island as well. As Noah was being put onto the slingshot, he continued what he was gonna say.
"Rats, you have to listen to me, there's someone on this island that you need to watch out for, she's incredibly deceitful and is the reason we lost and…" he said. He wasn't able to finish his sentence because he was interrupted by Chris.
"This sounds really important and all, but I don't care about any of this. Chef, would you like to do the honors?" he asked Chef. Chef was more than happy to press the button. Noah was last heard saying this as he was being hurled,
"THE PERSON YOU NEED TO WATCH OUT FOR IS S…" he yelled as he was shot from the island.
"Did you hear what he said?" asked Trent.
"Nope, and I do not care at all." said Topher. The Rats then left the elimination ceremony.
"Two down, twenty more to go. Who will be eliminated next? Will it be the Maggots winning two straight, or will the Rats bounce back? Will anyone figure out who this person that Noah could be speaking about be? And can this host get even more handsome and sadistic? Of course I can! But to find out the answers to the other questions, you'll have to tune back in and watch the next episode of TOTAL…DRAMA…REDUX!" said Chris before signing off.
Remaining Contestants:
Screaming Maggots: Mike, heather, Bridgette, Brick, Harold, Leonard, Shawn, Ella, Scarlett, Dawn
Killer Rats: Jo, Lightning, Izzy, Samey, Trent, Dave, Amy, Tyler, Sky, Topher
Eliminated Contestants:
1st - Courtney
2nd - Noah
AN: I hope that you guys have enjoyed this chapter! I also hope that you guys think I did a better job with this Chapter. Like I said, I'd like to thank aceman88 for the idea to do this. I really enjoyed doing this challenge! Send me a PM or a review about potential challenges and I'll be sure to see if I can do them. I love hearing ideas and you guys will definitely enjoy the next ones to come. Next is the challenge made by a guest. The challenge is called The Hint.
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