"Last time on Total Drama Island! Our 21 campers were forced to compete in the grueling Awake-a-thon challenge, where they had to try an stay awake. Over the course of the challenge, alliances formed, relationships blossomed, and Heather got punched in the face. In the end, The Killer Bass lost, and Sadie was voted off. Who will be next? Can the Killer Bass finally win a challenge, or will the Screaming Gophers continue to dominate? Tune in for THE most dramatic campfire ceremony yet, right here on Total...Drama...Island!"
*** Intro Theme ***
Inside the mess hall, the 20 remaining campers, except for Harold and Gwen, are all seated around their team's tables eating breakfast. The Screaming Gophers all look well rested, while the Killer Bass look very much tired, especially Duncan. Chris, amused by the terrible states the teens were in, approached them.
"Duncan, hehe, you look like death dude."
"Stick it."
Duncan rested his head back on the table, trying to sleep.
"Harold snored all night," Eva explained. "Thanks to him, none of us have gotten much sleep."
"Whoa," Chris turned back to Duncan. "Four nights without sleep? How much are you hurting bro?"
"Want to find out?"
"No, it's cool, it's cool."
Duncan began to calm down and doze back off to sleep after scaring his team with his outburst. Suddenly, Harold entered the room. Upon his face was a drawn on mustache, unbeknownst to him. As he walked by the Screaming Gopher's table, they laughed at him. When he sat down at his own team's table next to Ezekiel, they also began to laugh.
"Ok, what's so funny? Gosh."
"Someone messed with your face, eh,"
Harold picked up a spoon to check his reflection and saw the mustache.
"Hey, sweet stache."
"Look everybody, it's Gwen!"
After Chris said this, the aforementioned goth began to walk into the mess hall, to the cheers of her team mates.
"So...tired...can't even feel my face."
Gwen collapsed. letting her face land hard on the table. The Killer Bass looked over at the Gopher's table angrily.
*** Confessional: Eva ***
"So now our team has lost twice in a row, so as you can imagine, I'm pretty ticked. I swear, the challenge today better be something I can dominate in to bring this team out of this pathetic losing streak.
*** Back to Mess Hall ***
As the Screaming Gophers ate their meals, Heather, who was starting to recover from the black eye she received from Eva four days earlier, turned to talk to Beth and Lindsay.
"So let's go over the alliance rules again, shall we? Number 1, I am the captain of this alliance so I get to make the rules. Number 2?"
"Breaking the rules can result in being kicked out of the alliance?"
"Very good Lindsay. Number 3, I can borrow any of your stuff without asking, but my stuff is strictly off limits."
"I don't know about that last rule," Lindsay stated.
"That's cool, I can change it. I can also change who I take to the final 3 with me." Beth and Lindsay showed a look of horror on their faces, and shook their heads no.
"Good, now then, let's have some fun." Heather stood up and turned around to face the Bass. "Hey fish heads, way to lose twice in a row. Looking forward to getting your butts handed to you again today? Why don't you just give up now?"
"Come over and say that to my face, I dare you, you little bi-"
"Eva, calm down. We'll have a chance to beat her in the challenge today, alright?"
Eva settled down from Bridgette's words, and sat down back in her seat.
"Alright campers, listen up, your next challenge begins in 10 minutes so look sharp. And don't forget to be prepared to bring it."
After finishing their meals, the campers followed Chris to a large dome like place, holding a sport's court inside. There were two sides to the court, with bleachers on each side. Chef, donning a referee outfit, was sitting in a high up chair between the two bleachers. Duncan walked straight over to his team's bleachers and collapsed on them.
"Any of you wake me up, and it'll be the last thing you do."
Tyler gulped at Duncan's words, while Eva just shrugged them off.
"Whatever."
"Today's challenge, is the classic game of Dodge ball."
Eva's eyes lit up at Chris' words.
*** Confessional: Eva ***
"Now THAT'S what I'm talking about!"
*** Back to Dodge ball Court ***
Chris went over the rules of Dodge ball with the campers, explaining how catching the ball would get the thrower out, and bring in someone else on the catchers team, how the balls can be deflected with other balls, and to always remember to dodge.
"Throwing balls, wow another mentally challenging test," Noah sarcastically stated.
"I know right?"
Noah looked at Lindsay with an annoyed look.
"So, first team to win three rounds wins. One minute till game time. Gopher's you'll have to sit one person out each time."
"Alright, the Bass are going to be trying extra hard to catch up, and with Eva on their team, we're going to have to fight hard. Who wants to sit out the first round with Gwen?" Heather asked.
"Alright, I guess I'll volunteer. Now let's see you guys get out there and dodge!"
Noah happily took a seat on the bleachers and opened up a book.
The teams sent out 5 people each to begin the game: Eva, Tyler, Harold, Katie, and Ezekiel for the Bass, and Heather, Lindsay, Owen, Cody, and Leshawna for the Gophers. Chef check both teams.
"Get ready to lose fishies," Heather taunted.
"Oh, you'll be the one's going down. We're going to bring the dinner to the table, and then we're gonna eat it!"
The Killer Bass facepalmed at Tyler's comeback.
"Both teams ready? Remember, best of 5 games win. On your mark, get set, GO!"
Chef blew the whistle, and the game was on. Cody threw the first throw, by tossing the ball at Tyler, who easily dodged it. He glared at Cody, and drew his arm back to throw his own ball. However, when he threw it, it flew out of control, hit the wall, and came back and hit Tyler in his own face.
"Ow, darn it."
"Way to go," Eva harshly told him.
Owen then charged and hit Tyler while he was down, getting him out. The Gophers cheered as Tyler took his seat, and Chef blew the whistle for the game to continue.
"Time to unleash my wicked skills," Harold stated.
"Oh yeah? Well bring it string bean!" Leshawna replied.
Harold posed, preparing to strike, and then tossed his ball. However, he threw it directly on the floor in front of him, rather than at the Gophers. Leshawna looked at Harold unimpressed, and threw her ball at him, getting him out. Chef blew the whistle once more as Harold took his seat.
"Ok what am I supposed to do with these again?"
Before someone could answer Lindsay, Katie threw a ball directly at her face, getting her out. As Lindsay took her seat, she exchanged a smile and wave with Tyler. Heather, annoyed, threw her dodge ball right at Tyler's manhood. He doubled over in pain.
"...mommy," he weakly blurted out.
"The heck was that? He wasn't even on the court!" Eva was furious.
"Whoops, guess my hand slipped."
Chris shrugged. Chef blew the whistle to continue the game.
"Enough is enough, time to end this."
Eva grabbed the ball out of Ezekiel's hand and threw it at Heather, getting her out. She then took her own ball and threw it at Leshawna, getting her out as well. Eva then reached down and grabbed two more balls. She threw them with great strength, hitting Owen and Cody straight in the face, getting both of them out. Chef blew the whistle.
"The Killer Bass win round one!"
The Bass cheered as the Gopher's looked at Eva with their mouths agape.
*** Confessional:Heather ***
"Yeah...we're pretty much screwed."
*** Back to Dodge ball Court ***
"Alright campers, prepare for round 2! You got 1 minute."
"Alright guys, let's think up a team for the next round," Eva said. "As long as I'm out there, we have this in the bag, but Bridgette, Geoff, and DJ are up now with me. Who else is in?"
"I can do it. I didn't get the chance to properly display my mad skills."
"Oh I saw plenty Harold. You're staying right here, as far away from the court as possible. Zeke I guess that means you're back in."
"Wait, let me in," Tyler responded.
"No offense Tyler but you suck just as much as Harold," Eva coldly replied.
"That was just a warm up round, give all the balls to me, and I'll really show you what I got."
"Ugh, fine, you get one chance, and then I'm taking over again, got it?"
"Yeah, let's do this!"
Meanwhile, the Screaming Gophers were in a frenzy.
"Ok guys, with Eva on their team, this is going to be pretty hard to do. Noah, you're up," Heather said.
"Are you kidding? Eva is a machine, and you're going to send scrawny little me out instead of someone stronger? You're going to need all the firepower you can get. Trust me, I'm helping you guys the best I can by staying right here."
"Ugh, whatever. Beth you're in instead. Trent, Justin, Lindsay, and Owen, you're in too. Let's do this guys."
The teams took their positions on the court. Per his request, Tyler was holding all five of the Killer Bass' balls, which made the Gopher's raise their eyebrows in response. At the blow of Chef's whistle, Tyler spun and threw the balls all over the place. Most of them flew out of control, hitting everywhere except for the Gopher's side of the court, but one dodge ball did hit a Gopher: Lindsay.
"Alright, now that's what I like to see!" Eva said, impressed that Tyler was able to hit a Gopher.
"No!"
Tyler ran over to Lindsay, who was just recovering from the hit.
"Ow. How's my face?"
"It's...great. You look perfect, and really pretty." Tyler flashed Lindsay a smile.
"Really?"
"Yeah, really."
Tyler held Lindsay in his arms while Trent walked over and weakly threw a ball at Tyler, making him out as well.
"Idiot," Eva stated.
"Let's go for a walk."
Despite her thoughts of not walking with Tyler due to Heather's alliance rules, Lindsay couldn't help but agree.
"Alright!"
Tyler and Lindsay walked out of the court holding hands, much to Heather's annoyance.
"Game on!" Owen ran to pick up a ball while yelling, and threw it at Geoff with all his might, knocking Geoff off his feet and eliminating him.
"Ooooh, that's going to leave a mark," Chris said.
DJ, angered by Owen throwing the ball at his friend so harshly, tossed his ball at Owen. However, Owen was able to catch it, eliminating DJ, and bringing in Gwen. Gwen yawned and slowly made her way onto the court, only for Bridgette to throw her ball at her, knocking her off her feet.
"Oh, sorry Gwen."
"Oh it's cool, really it is." Gwen gladly returned to her seat.
"Alright, well now that you guys have had your fun, now it's my turn again." Eva picked up her ball and chucked it at Beth. The ball not only hit her, but also bounced off of her and hit Trent, and bounced off of him and hit Justin. All three of them were eliminated by this single throw.
"Whoa, now THAT'S impressive," Chris said, impressed.
As Eva went to pick up another ball, Owen tossed his at her. Eva jumped out of the way just in time, but the ball was able to hit Bridgette. Eva quickly scooped up her own ball and tossed it at Owen. It hit him square in the groin.
"Ahhhhhh, my kiwis!"
Owen collapsed to the ground and was out.
"The Killer Bass win Round 2!"
The Bass cheered in celebration of their second win in a row. They now only needed one more win to win the whole challenge.
"Ok...not good." Heather looked back to her team. Already they were looking crestfallen, knowing that defeat was most likely near. All except Noah, however, who was still busy reading. Heather had had enough.
"Ok Noah, you listen to me and you listen good." Noah looked up at Heather, beginning to get nervous by her words. "We are getting our butts handed to us out here, and you're just sitting here without a care in the world. You say that you're such a genius, so you're going to get out here and think of a way for us to win."
"Why should I? With Eva on their team, isn't any of my help pretty much pointless?"
"Because, if you don't at least get your butt out there and try, I can guarantee that you'll be the one eliminated tonight."
Noah looked around at his team mates, all of whom were giving him angry glares. He gulped as he finally realized he needed to take action to survive.
"Ok, I think I may have a plan. I'll get out there, and all of you just listen to me, got it?"
The Gophers nodded at Noah.
"Ok, Heather, Cody, Izzy, and Owen come out with me for this round."
"Uh Noah...my kiwis still hurt...like really bad.""
Noah rolled his eyes.
"Ok Owen, you sit this round out, but you're in next round, alright?"
Owen gave Noah a thumbs up.
"Next round? If they win, there won't even be a next round," Beth pointed out.
"Yeah, well, if this works, we should win. Now this first part is going to be tricky. We need to focus on eliminating Eva right off the bat. If we all throw at her, there will be no way for her to dodge it, and she'll only get one of us out in the process. Got it guys?"
Noah's team once again gave him nods of approval.
"Alright, Justin you fill in for Owen. Let's do this guys."
Noah, Heather, Justin, Cody, and Izzy took their positions on the court. Eva, Katie, Ezekiel, DJ, and Bridgette took their positions on the other side. Chef blew his whistle, and Round 3 had begun.
"Alright, now guys do it!"
On Noah's command, all five Gopher's tossed their balls at Eva. Shocked by this, Eva wasn't able to react in time, and simply threw her ball at the Gopher's. The balls hit her, eliminating her. In the process, however, her ball hit Justin right in the nose. As Eva took her seat, much to her team's shock, Justin howled in pain.
"Ahhhhhhhhhhhh, my face! My beautiful face!"
"Justin calm down man, you're going to be fine." Cody kneeled down to try and help Justin up, but he was shoved out of the way by Justin instead.
"Don't touch me, I'm hideous!"
Justin ran out of the court crying and holding his face. Everyone, including Chef and Chris watched him in confusion. Noah was the first to look away and remember the challenge was still going on. He picked up a ball and was barely able to hit DJ with it.
"Guys the game! Get your heads back in the game!"
The Gopher's snapped out of their confusion and picked up balls. Cody and Ezekiel ran at each other and hit each other out. Bridgette tossed a ball at Noah, but he was able to dodge it.
"Izzy, get her now while her defense is down!"
Izzy tossed her ball at Bridgette, and was indeed able to hit her.
"Hehehe, nice one Noah."
Noah smiled at Izzy's compliment and focused his gaze one Katie, the lone Bass member left. She glared at him intensely and tossed her ball at Heather, who deflected it with her own ball. The ball rolled over to Noah, who handed it to Izzy.
"Now finish her!"
Heather and Izzy tossed their balls at Katie, and hit their mark.
"The Screaming Gophers win Round 3!"
The Gopher's cheered, while the Bass looked at them with their jaws dropped.
"How the heck did they beat us?" Geoff asked.
"Because they know how much I can dominate this game. But there's no way I'm going to let them get away with this."
"Eva, you need to relax. You can't just charge into this thing all crazy, they'll just get you out again."
"Shut up DJ, I know what I'm doing. Those Gophers are dead. They won't know what hit them."
As the Bass argued, the Gopher's were enjoying winning the previous round.
"Noah, it actually worked! Nice dude," Owen complimented.
"Thanks. You're ok to compete this round right?"
"Heck yeah, let's do this! Woohoo!"
"Nice. Beth, and Izzy, you guys are in too. I'd bring in Justin, but he's gone. And where's Lindsay?"
"Oh don't worry, I'll find her." Heather stormed off, and Noah shrugged.
"Whatever. You're in Trent. Same plan as last round guys, aim for Eva first, then get the rest of them. Let's do this."
Noah, Trent, Izzy, Beth, and Owen took their places across from Eva, Geoff, Ezekiel, Katie, and Bridgette. Chef once again blew the whistle, beginning round 4.
"You're dead Gophers, you hear me!"
"That's what you think. Get her!"
All five Gophers tossed their balls at Eva. She easily dodge the first two, but struggled to dodge the third. She was narrowly able to dodge the fourth and pick up her own ball, but saw the 5th enemy ball coming at her far too quickly, and was knocked off her feet by its impact. Eva was out once again.
"Yes! Now get the rest of them."
Still stunned by Eva once again being eliminated, the Bass couldn't react in time to the other balls coming their way. Trent's ball hit Geoff, Owen's hit Ezekiel, Beth's hit Katie, and Izzy's hit Bridgette, eliminating all four of them consecutively. In a clean sweep, the Gopher's once again won.
"And The Screaming Gophers also win Round 4! Next round decides the winners!"
The Gophers cheered as the Bass looked on stunned.
"We got this guys, we're actually going to win. By the way, where's Heather with Lindsay?"
"Right behind you."
Noah turned around to see Heather and an embarrassed looking Lindsay standing behind him. He also noticed Tyler just now returning to his own team's bleachers.
"Where were you guys?"
"Not important. We won Round 4 right?"
"You bet! We dominated, hahaha." Owen was making his excitement apparent.
"Good. One more round to go, right?"
"Yeah. Since you two are back, you can be out there with me, Trent, and Cody. We should have this in the bag."
As Noah explained the game plan to his team, Eva was losing her patience on the Bass side.
"I can't believe they got me again! How is this possible!"
"Because you keep losing your temper," Katie responded, receiving her an angry glare from Eva.
"She's right, eh. Your strength can get them out, but with your short temper, it's too easy for them to overwhelm you. We need some one to help us who's more scheming, eh."
"Yeah, another take no prisoners guys that knows how to think out a nasty plan," Harold added.
The Bass members looked down at Duncan, who was still fast asleep.
"Well, I sure ain't going to be the one to wake him up," DJ stated.
"Me either, eh."
"Holy crap you guys are a bunch of wusses." Eva walked over to Duncan rolled him on to the floor, waking him up. "Get up, it's time to help us."
"Uhhhhh, why did you wake me up? It's dodge ball, shouldn't you have this in the bag?"
"I did, until they started getting smart. We need help out smarting them, and you're going to help us do it."
"Is that right? And why should I?"
"Because if you don't, I can promise you that YOU'LL be eliminated tonight if we lose."
Duncan looked around to see the other Killer Bass members giving him frustrated looks to back up Eva's claim. He sighed.
"Fine. So what's been happening?"
"Well, the little smart dude got out there and started telling them what to do. They start out by all hitting Eva, and then picking us off one by one," Geoff explained.
"Alright, then they're excpecting Eva, so we need to throw them off. Eva sit this one out."
"Are you freaking kidding me?"
"No I'm not. You want to win don't you? You'll be in once someone catches a ball, alright?"
"Fine."
"Hey, so can I be in too?"
"NO!" Eva and Duncan both yelled in response to Harold's question.
"Ok, DJ, Zeke, Katie, and Geoff are out with me. Let's go."
Duncan, DJ, Ezekiel, Katie, and Geoff positioned themselves across from Noah, Heather, Lindsay, Trent, and Cody. The Gophers were shocked that Eva wasn't on the court.
"What now Noah?" Cody asked as Chef blew the whistle.
"Get them out! What else? Follow my lead."
"Alright guys, just do what I say, and we'll win this. Let's go!" Duncan commanded the Bass and they prepared to go to war with the Gophers, who were under Noah's command.
The two teams squared off, throwing their balls back and forth in a neck and neck battle. As people continued to dodge and be hit, people continued catching balls, bringing in new players, including Eva. Geoff even took pity on Harold and tagged him into the game.
"Stay in the back Dweeb," Duncan harshly told Harold, who sadly obeyed the request.
After much back and forth action, the court was down to Owen, Gwen, and Noah for the Gophers, and Duncan, Harold, and Eva for the Bass.
"Save Harold for last guys, he'll be an easy out."
"Hey, I heard that!" Harold yelled at Noah.
Duncan and Gwen charged at each other, and got the other out, bringing it down to two on each side.
"Crap. You got this Eva, just get them out."
Eva nodded at Duncan and focused her attention to Owen. Owen looked intimidated by Eva's glare, and froze. Eva cocked back her arm and tossed her ball with all her might. Owen threw his as well, hoping it would hit her. Owen's ball was successful, and did hit Eva. However, before Eva's ball could reach Owen, Noah dived in the path of the ball, taking the hit instead.
"Noah, you alright?"
"I'm fine Owen. You just need to get Harold out now, and we win."
Owen looked up at Harold and grinned.
"Sorry about this dude."
Owen drew back his arm and threw his dodge ball straight at Harold. However, Harold leaped out of the way and easily dodged it. Stunned, Owen then picked up ball after ball and chucked them all at Harold, who dodged every single one. The campers looked on, impressed and shocked by Harold's dodging skills.
"Time out!"
By Eva's request, Chef blew the whistle to signify time out for the campers.
"Harold, that was amazing, eh! Were did you learn to dodge like that?"
"Figure skating classes. They really make you agile."
"Those were some pretty choice skills bro, but you're going to need more to win the game."
"Geoff's right. We all know you can't throw for crap, so you're going to have to catch the ball. Think you can do that?" Eva asked.
"For sure."
"Good. Now go out there and win."
Meanwhile, the Gopher's were freaking out on their side of the court.
"Did you see him? It's like he saw all of my throws coming before I even threw them! That was insane."
"Chill Owen, you need to focus. Harold is too fast for you to hold back. The only way you can win is to put all your strength in to one throw so he can't dodge it."
"Got it Noah, I can do this."
"Glad to hear it."
Owen and Harold took their places back on the court. Chef blew the whistle to start the game back. Owen picked up a ball immediately, and with all his might, threw it straight at Harold. The ball hit the mark, and the force shot Harold back in to the glass wall. Things looked grim as Harold didn't move for a while, but he finally raised up his arm. And in his hand was the dodge ball.
"The Killer Bass win the challenge!"
The Bass cheered in joy at Harold's victory. They hoisted him up on their shoulders and cheered for him.
"Not bad skater nerd, not bad at all," an impressed Duncan stated.
"Way to go man, we won thanks to you, eh," Ezekiel added.
Over on the Gopher's side, the team looked crestfallen.
"We...lost. My plan, it...it...it failed."
Noah sank down into his seat.
"I'm so eliminated."
*** Bonfire Ceremony: Screaming Gophers ***
"Screaming Gophers, welcome to your first elimination ceremony. Here's how it works. When I call your name, come up and receive your marshmallow. The camper who does not receive a marshmallow will be eliminated and must walk the dock of shame, board the boat of losers, and leave. And they can never come back. Ever. The first person safe is...Owen."
Owen smiled and got up to take marshmallow.
"Gwen, Cody, Izzy, Heather, Beth, Leshawna, Trent."
The other Gopher members stood with Chris and took their marshmallows.
"And Lindsay. All of you are safe."
Lindsay let out a sigh of relief and stood with her team, leaving only Noah and Justin in danger of elimination.
"Campers, this is the final marshmallow of the evening."
Noah and Justin looked at the marshmallow nervously.
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A stunned Noah looked up at Chris in disbelief.
"Wait, I'm safe?"
"That's right."
"So I'm eliminated?" Justin asked.
"Yes, that's also right."
"Oh thank goodness."
Justin ran past his team and happily jumped on to the boat of losers, and ran right up to Chef, who was driving the boat.
"Get me and my beautiful face as far away from this island as possible!"
Chef shrugged and drove the boat of losers away from the island. Noah stood with his team, still very much stunned.
"I don't understand. My plan failed. Why wasn't I voted off?"
"Because, at least you gave us a good effort, and helped us have a chance of winning. And unlike Justin, you didn't bail on us when we needed everyone," Heather responded.
"Wow...thanks guys."
"Hate to break up this mush fest, but you guys should probably be heading back to your cabins now," Chris said.
The 10 remaining Screaming Gophers nodded and began the trip back to their cabins. Heather stopped Lindsay and Beth to talk to them while the rest of their team headed for camp.
"And Lindsay, if I ever catch you sneaking off to flirt with Tyler again, there's going to be trouble, got it?"
Lindsay fearfully nodded.
"Oh and Beth, don't think I didn't notice you flirting with Ezekiel the other night. The same goes for you."
Beth nodded.
"Good, glad we got that all straight."
The trio returned to their cabins with their team, as the camera returned to Chris.
"Alright so maybe that wasn't the most dramatic elimination yet, but I still get paid, so bonus!"
Remaining Contestants:
Killer Bass: Duncan, Geoff, DJ, Eva, Ezekiel, Harold, Tyler, Katie, Bridgette.
Screaming Gophers: Owen, Gwen, Trent, Leshawna, Noah, Izzy, Cody, Heather, Beth, Lindsay.
20th Place: Justin
21st Place: Sadie
22nd Place: Courtney
Authors Note: Thanks again for all the kind words guys. The next chapter may take longer than usual to get out due to school work I have, but it will be out soon enough. Thanks for reading!