Chapter 3
What Goes Up Must Come Down
"We're back!" Chris grinned. "And our two teams- the Angry Anacondas and the Brutal Bison are about to take up Part 2 of their first challenge! Remember-" He turned to the campers. "One of you WILL be going home tonight. So make the most of your challenge!"
"And what exactly IS that challenge?" Leshawna demanded.
Chris grinned. "Make your way to Mount Looming Tragedy and find out!"
The campers shrugged and began to head towards the giant mountain.
"Ugh!" Courtney groaned to Gwen as they walked along. "Duncan keeps on me the kind of look a puppy would give you when it wants to play fetch!"
"You think that's bad? Try getting blanked by a guy you used to like," said Gwen, looking at Trent sadly.
Confession Cam:
"Used to like? USED to like?" Gwen slumped a little on the toilet seat. "Okay . . . maybe I still like Trent a little . . ."
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"I thought coming back would be a good oppurtunity to get back with Gwen," said Trent. "But she barely spoke a word to me during the pairing challenge. And now we're on different team." He sighed. "I hope she's still not mad over the whole Duncan business . . ."
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"Duncan is REALLY getting on my nerves!" Courtney complained. "He won't stop staring at me!" She paused and groaned. "WHY DOES THAT TURN ME ON?!"
Back to the Island:
"So," Mike said to Zoey. "Do you think the mountain challenge will be similar to the third challenge in Series 4? You know with the fire breathing beetle and stuff."
Zoey shuddered. "Considering Chris, I bet there's gonna be a twist! He always has a twist!"
"I was just about to say that," said Mike, making Zoey beam and Anne Maria frown.
Confession Cam:
"Goody Zoey Two-Shoes better watch her back!" said Anne Maria. "When she's not looking, Vito's gonna come out! Just for me!" She lowered her eyebrows. "I hope he doesn't get jealous over that Zeke freak." She leaned forward, her eyes widening. "He may like me but there is NO WAY I like him! Zeke is like . . . PALE! And he doesn't even KNOW how to use a can of hairspray! He won't be using any of MINE anyway!"
She then pulled out another can of hairspray and started applying it to her poof.
Back to the Island:
The teams had finally arrived at Mount Looming Tragedy where Chris and Chef Hatchet were waiting.
"So . . . you probably notice how familiar this place looks," Chris grinned. "Well most of you remember the place anyway."
Most of the teens nodded.
"Yeah so what has this got to do with the challenge?" asked Leshawna.
Chris chuckled a mischievous chuckle. "You probably remember the climbing challenge in Series 4 . . . remember how the challenge went off with a bang and then later, things didn't end up as cool as it could have?"
B and Scott exchanged competitive glances, both well aware of what Chris was talking about.
"This challenge is ALMOST the same! Only there are a few . . . differences," Chris explained, trying not to laugh. "For one . . . on your way up . . . let's just say that there'll be a few . . ." He chuckled again. "Surprises."
The campers cringed.
"Also, they always say, what goes up must come down!" Chris continued. "So when you reach the top, you'll have to make your way back down and cross the finish line! And believe me, the way down will be either harder than the way down! First TEAM-" He gave Jo a look as he said this. "First ENTIRE TEAM to cross the finish line wins Invincibility!"
"What's with all the junk over there?" asked Cody, pointing to a huge pile of trash on the side.
"Oh yeah, I forgot," said Chris. "You may use the 'garbage' to help your way up AND down the mountain. Be warned, every junk pile has it's guard. And this time, our junk pile has TWO guards!"
The all too familiar giant fire breathing beetle- AND it's offspring from Series 4, now fully grown appeared from the garbage, hissing ferociously. One of them growled, smoke pouring from what seemed to be it's nostrils while the other threw a toaster at the campers. The campers managed to dodge just in time.
"Sorry Dawn," Chris grinned, noticing that the moonchild looked the most upset. He then held up an airhorn and pressed the button. The noise from the horn, signalled everyone to start the challenge.
"Out of my way, worms!" Jo ordered, beginning to climb the mountain at full speed.
"No- Out of MY way!" Eva shouted, grabbing her leg and yanking her down.
Jo glared at her. "HEY! These are TRI- ATHELETE'S legs you're messing with, Jockette! Go and break a toothpick or something instead of wasting your muscle!"
"Oh you did NOT just say that!" yelled Eva, tightening her grip on Jo's leg and trying to pull her off the rock. Jo held on tight as Eva pulled as hard as she could. The rock that Jo was holding onto broke, and the two female athletes fell back to the ground- where a little scene was happening.
"KEEP AWAY FROM MY CODYBEAR!" Sierra screeched, standing in front of Cody protectively as the fire breathing beetles approached them. Cody had headed over to the junk pile to see what could be useful but unfortunately the beetles had noticed him and had lashed out.
"Um, Sierra . . . I don't think shouting at them is going to help," Cody whimpered as the beetles began to hiss in a threatning manner.
"Okay then . . . TRY THIS!" Sierra grabbed a table lamp from the junk pile and threw it at the younger beetle, knocking it out. The other beetle stared at it's offspring in horror then turned to face Sierra and Cody. Now it was really mad. It rolled up into a ball and started chasing the two of them.
Sierra and Cody screamed. Sierra scooped up Cody and ran as fast as her legs could carry her, the beelte literally hot on her heels as it spewed out fire from it's mouth.
"I DIDN'T THINK THAT WOULD HELP EITHER!" Cody yelled.
While one beetle was distracted and another passed out, B ran over to the junk yard and began to examine the garbage very closely. Naturally, the silent genius had a plan. He just needed to come up with an invention that would get his team up AND down the mountain with ease.
"Okay," Noah muttered as he tried but failed to reach the first rock. "This is not working." He looked up and watched his fellow campers make their way up even further, some faster than others.
"My great great uncle twice removed invented rock climbing! Yah, before him, people kept on falling off the mountains and breaking their bones. So sad," Staci lied. "But shortly after that, my fourth cousin Hayley invented bandages. Yah."
"Great," Noah groaned. Then an idea came to his head. "Did any of these relatives teach you HOW to rock climb or invent a bandage?"
Staci froze. Noah grinned, knowing that he had caught her out.
"Um . . . I- I'll tell you later!" Staci said quickly before grabbing Noah's leg and hurling him into the air. Noah screamed but managed to catch hold of a rock and haul himself up. Next thing, he caught sight of a button flashing on and off and realised what it was.
BOOM!
Noah screamed again as the explosion send him flying over and back onto the ground. Staci cringed at this and ran away as Noah shook his head, his face covered in ash.
"I WARNED YOU!" Chris shouted happily.
As Staci ran away from Noah, she noticed Anne Maria filing her nails. "Why aren't you climbing?"
Anne Maria snorted. "You really expect me to climb with THESE?" She held out her nails for Staci to see.
Staci grinned. "My great great grandmother Lily invented nail varnish! Yah, before her, people smeared berries and stuff all over their fingers! And dirt kept on getting under their nails! So sad! And my-"
Anne Maria pulled out a can of hairspray and sprayed it at Staci's face. Staci gagged for breath and collapsed to the ground.
"Hey Dawn! You want a hand up?" Bridgette offered, her arm outstretched.
"You really shouldn't be helping me," said Dawn as she took Bridgette's hand and allowed Bridgette to pull her up onto the first rock. "After all, we are on opposite teams. You could get into serious trouble with Eva and Jo. Scott might even convince the others to vote you off."
"Ah well, I'll live. We're still friends, right?" smiled Bridgette hopefully.
"Yes," Dawn replied as the two girls began to climb higher up the mountain.
A small distance away, Mike and Zoey were also making good progress up Mount Looming Tragedy.
"You're a really good climber when Svetlana's not in control," Zoey complimented her boyfriend.
Mike beamed. "Thanks! You're really good too!"
Zoey smiled and watched as Mike went to climb higher.
SNAP!
"OWWW!" yelped Mike as his hand got caught in a mouse trap. Next thing, he lost his grip and his footing before Chester could come out.
"MIKE!" Zoey cried, watching as her boyfriend fell closer to the ground. And before either of them knew it, Mike's shirt got caught in a branch and ripped off, just as Mike crash-landed next to Anne Maria.
"Mike!" shouted Zoey. "Are you okay?" Then she noticed that his shirt was off and Anne Maria was glaring at him. "Oh no . . ."
GASP!
"Aye-yo, what am I doin' on the dirty ground?" Vito frowned, examining himself in horror.
Anne Maria dropped her can of hairspray and squealed in delight. "VITOOOOOOO!" She wrapped her arms around Mike- or Vito and started stroking his chest happily.
Confession Cam:
"See, I told ya!" Anne Maria beamed. "The classy girls win the guys in the end! In your ugly face, Zoey!"
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"Anne Maria thinks she belongs with Vito," said Zoey. "But I know how the whole Mike Multiple Personality thing works now." She frowned. "I still don't like seeing Vito in my boyfriend's body making out with Anne Maria. But Mike only returns when I'm in danger. And I'm not in danger." She thought for a moment. "What would Cameron do . . .?"
Back to the Island:
Anne Maria and Vito were preparing to make out when Zoey let out a holler.
"Wow, this mountain looks REALLY hard to climb!" shouted Zoey with a smirk on her face. "I bet only an Olympic CHAMPION could climb a mountain like this!"
Vito froze. Then he pulled away from Anne Maria before letting out a gasp. And his face shifted into a more feminine look.
"And that one champion is . . . SVETLANA!"
Svetlana skipped over to the mountain before flipping onto the second rock. A bomb went off there but Svetlana was too light on her feet and leapt out of the way, onto the halfway point, ignoring the mutant chipmunk with lightning volts shooting out of it's eyes. Svetlana then front flipped onto her hands and, with arms like springs, pushed herself onto the top of the mountain."
"BITCH!" Anne Maria screamed at Zoey.
Zoey just smiled and ignored her and carried on climbing.
Confession Cam:
"Not sorry!" Zoey grinned.
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Anne Maria tightened her grip on her can of hairspray so hard, it exploded. "This . . . means . . .WAR!"
Back to the Island:
Brick hauled himself onto the next rock. Suddenly, a spring popped out of nowhere, causing him to loose his balance.
"WUUUUUAAAAAAA!" he screamed as he fell over. He crashed into Ezekiel and the two of them landed on another rock.
Jo smirked at this. "Looks like Chris killed two idiots with one stone!"
"Hey!" Brick looked up at Jo, not amused. "That ain't true, Jo! First of all, we aren't idiots! Well . . ." He glanced down at Ezekiel. "Maybe he IS pretty stupid . . ."
Ezekiel's eyes widened. "I can kill two idiots with one stone too! Watch!"
He picked up a large stone and knocked out Brick with it.
"Ohh . . . Looks like Brick isn't as hard as he looks!" said Jo, laughing. Then she noticed that Zeke was still waving the stone around. "What are you doing, Home Fool?"
"KILLING IDIOTS WITH ONE STONE!" Zeke yelled, looking down to see that Bridgette and Dawn were both directly underneath him.
Jo paused. "Whoa, Freakzekiel! I didn't mean it like-"
"DIE IDIOTS!" hollered Zeke. Bridgette looked up when she heard him and gasped at the rock in Ezekiel's hands before quickly climbing out of the way.
"Dawn, look out!"
Dawn looked up and screamed when she saw Ezekiel about to drop the stone on her. Realising that his aura told her that he was really going to drop the rock, she panicked and lost her grip.
The others gasped in horror as the moonchild began to fall towards the ground at a rapid pace. Even Zeke looked pretty shocked . . .
Confession Cam:
"Wow. That's what I call Breaking Dawn," muttered Jo. "Is Stone Head really that dumb?"
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"Okay!" Bridgette gasped, shaking from the shock. "I know that Ezekiel's pretty sexist . . . BUT THAT IS JUST WAY TOO FAR!"
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Ezekiel brought his hands to his face. "WHAT HAVE I DONE?!"
Back to the Island:
Dawn didn't know how to feel as she fell. Several emotions had struck her at once: fear, anger at Ezekiel for being that dumb (well he was homeschooled but still), sad because she was going to die . . . Dawn scrunched up her eyes and prepared herself for the hard landing . . . and the pain . . .
And she landed in B's arms.
Dawn opened her eyes, unable to describe her relief. She was still unsure about how she was completely felt. But there was one thing she was now sure of.
Confession Cam:
"B saved my life!" Dawn whispered happily. She then looked up. "Thank Mother Earth I have such a good teammate looking out for me!"
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B was trying to keep himself from cheering out loud. Instead he just clenched his fist happily, silently admiring the heroic deed he had just done.
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Jo raised her eyebrows. "Still a better love story than Twilight?"
Back to the Island:
B quickly put Dawn down and raced over to finish his invention, obviously pushed for time. Eva was dragging both the exhausted bodies of Owen and Noah to the top and over to the edge where the finish line was waiting. Jo was racing up the mountain. Sierra had grabbed some rope, tied herself and Cody together and now she was climbing upwards at a fast pace. Even Zeke was making good progress despite the earlier incident- he had almost reached the top and Bridgette, Scott, Courtney and Gwen were close behind.
The silent genius had already pulled out an old canaoe, a few wires, some rope and had even managed to sneak some of Anne Maria's hairspray.
Eyeing the beetle that hadn't been knocked out, he whistled out loud, getting the attention of his teammates who hadn't reached the top: everyone except Mike (or Svetlana) and Dakota who had made her way up Mount Looming Tragedy like a spider, thanks to her mutant strength.
"What's up, dude?" Trent asked, as he and MOST of the Bison approached B and his new invention.
B pointed at his invention and Dawn translated this for him.
"He wants you to go into the canoe."
"Whoa baby, you sure that thing's safe?" asked Leshawna, eyeing the wires, the hairspray and the rope.
Duncan, Leshawna, Trent, Zoey and Anne Maria exchanged confused glances and did so. As they made themselves comfortable, B quickly tied the rope around his teammates, fastening them in.
"Hey! Take it easy!" Anne Maria snapped as he tied the knot tight. Then she glanced behind her, where two cans of her hairspray sat. "HEY! THAT'S MY-"
B yanked hard at the rope, making Anne Maria gag before she could finish her sentence then pushed the canoe with his teammates in it to the edge of Mount Looming Tragedy. He then sat down in the canoe himself, made a twirling motion with his finger and pointed at the mutated fire breathing beetle.
"He wants us to provoke it," Dawn translated.
"Piece of cake!" Duncan grinned. He gave the beetle a mischievous look. "Some dad you are! You let your own kid get knocked out! Man, your girlfriend's gonna be REEEEALLY ticked off when she finds out!"
The beetle hissed, smoke steaming out of it.
"Oh, you don't have a girlfriend? Why doesn't that surprise me?" laughed Duncan. "Why would anyone wanna go out with a disgusting six-legged fire breathing bug that only throws garbage at people?"
His teammates stared at them.
"Did you mean what you said?" Leshawna asked in a suspicious tone.
Duncan nodded smugly. "Every word."
The beetle let out a roar and exhaled as much fire as it could. At the same time, B pressed two wires from the canoe together. The hairspray at the back started spewing from the cans, which was struck by the flames.
"HEY!" Anne Maria yelled. "You're wasting my-"
BOOM!
Dawn, Trent, Duncan, Leshawna, Zoey and Anne Maria screamed and held on tight and B grinned proudly. He then reached out and grabbed Brick who was still unconcious, no thanks to Zeke and grinned wider as the canoe blasted up Mount Looming Tragedy, past the traps, then over the mountain and back down. Svetlana and Dakota saw this and sprinted down after their teammates.
Around the Bison, several mine fields went off but the canoe was too fast for them to affect it. In fact the canoe was sliding down the mountain at lightning speed. In a matter of seconds, it raced past the finish line, just as Courtney was trying to push a collapsed Owen across the finish line, with the ten other Anacondas trying to drag him to victory.
"WE WIN!" Dakota shoited happily as she and Svetlana ran across the finish line.
The Anacondas stared at the Bison as the canoe crashed into a tree and stopped moving.
"She's right . . . We HAVE won!" Zoey gasped happily as she realised what had just happened.
GASP!
"Sorry, what happened?" Mike blinked around him, obviously confused.
"B won us the challenge!" beamed Dawn in an admiring tone, making B smile his proudest smile.
Confession Cam:
"WHY, CHRIS?" Scott wailed. "WHY DID YOU HAVE TO PUT ME ON THE OPPOSITE TEAM AS BEVERLY?"
Back to the Island:
The Anacondas sighed, realising that Owen and half of Courtney had not crossed the finish line. Owen farted in Coutney's face, pushing him and final distance completely across the finish line. Courtney gagged and collapsed on top of him, making Duncan laugh.
"Just a second," Chris grinned, flying over to the campers in his jetpack. He was grinning mischievously at the Bison.
"What's so funny?" asked Duncan, lowering his eyebrows.
"Hmm, let me see," said Chris, then started pointing at the Bison one by one. "Seven . . . eight . . . nine . . . only TEN Bison!"
He turned to the Angry Anacondas, seeing that Owen and Courtney had finally crossed the finish line. "The Anacondas win the challenge!"
Scott, Jo, Cody, Sierra, Gwen, Eva, Noah, Bridgette, Courtney and Owen cheered and Ezekiel hollered "THE WINNER IS RIGHT HERE!"
At that point, Staci appeared around the corner. "And my great great aunt twice removed invented scuba diving! Before her, people tried to see the fish underwater but kept on hurting their eyes with the salt!"
She opened her eyes and noticed her Bison teammates glaring at her angrily. "What?"
Chris chuckled his mischievous chuckle. "Ohh . . . Tension! I LIKE IT! Anyway . . ." He lowered his eyebrows happily. "Bison, I'll see you at the elimination ceremony tonight!"
Confession Cam:
"Anne Maria's hairspray made me pass out!" Staci lied. "And I came to just as Owen and Courtney crossed the finish line! Yah, that hairspray stuff is pretty dangerous! I knew it was a bad idea for my great great great great-"
Back to the Island:
Elimination Ceremony:
The eleven Brutal Bison members were sitting at the fire as Chris headed up to them, carrying a plate with the treasured marshmallows.
"You've all cast your votes," said Chris sternly. "There are only ten marshmallows on this plate. When I call out your name, you may recieve a mashmallow. The person who DOESN'T get a marshmallow must leave immediately leave. And you can never EVER come back!"
Chris held up the marshmallows. "The following people are safe: B."
B grinned as Chris tossed him a marhmallow.
"Dakota."
Dakota shrugged and sent another text on her phone, even when Chris threw the marshmallow at her head.
"Mike."
Mike smiled and caught the marshmallow.
"Zoey."
His girlfriend beamed and gave Anne Maria a competitive look.
"Dawn."
Dawn smiled warmly as the marshmallow landed in her hands.
"Brick."
"THANK YOU SIR!" Brick shouted, saluting the host as he recieved his marshmallow.
"Leshawna."
Leshawna relaxed and opened her mouth, allowing Chris to throw the marshmallow in.
"Duncan."
Duncan smirked as the marshmallow landed on his lap.
"Trent."
Trent clenched one fist proudly and caught the marshmallow in his other hand.
Chris nodded and stared at the remaining two campers: Anne Maria and Staci.
"Staci! You're on the chopping block for your non-stop tall tales AND non- stop slacking," explained Chris. "And Anne Maria, YOU'RE on the chopping block for not bothering to climb AND trying to steal a guy who was already taken!"
"Vito is NOT taken! He belongs to ME!" Anne Maria snapped, earning herself a glare from Mike and Zoey.
Chris ignored her and picked up the final marshmallow. "The final marshmallow of the night goes to . . ."
There was a tense silence . . .
Staci had her fingers crossed . . .
Anne Maria was nearly falling off her seat . . .
Chris glanced over and back at the two girls . . .
He raised the final marshmallow . . .
Everyone held their breath . . .
"Anne Maria!"
"Oh yeah! See, the classy girls always win!" Anne Maria grinned as Chris tossed the marshmallow over to her.
Staci sighed sadly. "I always get eliminated first."
"Wow . . . You finally learned to tell the truth!" muttered Chris.
Staci sighed again and looked up at the dock. "Where's that giant toilet thingy?"
"It's not there anymore! We came up with something more exciting and less humiliating!" Chris announced. "You'll LOVE this one!"
A little while later, Staci was squashed into a giant cannon that was pointing towards the Playas Des Losers.
"This is the Blast of Shame!" Chris grinned. "Making every episode end with a BANG!"
"Yah," said Staci. "Cannons were invented by my great great great-"
Chris lowered his eyebrows and nodded at Chef who pressed a button.
BOOM!
"GREAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!" Staci screamed as she was shot across the island like a human cannonball.
"Told you it would end with a bang!" Chris laughed. "Who will be our next loser to take the Blast of Shame? And how many more explosions will we see for the rest of this series?"
He stepped in front of the giant cannon. "Find out next time on Total Drama Spotlight!"
Yup! Staci's gone! One down, ninteen more loser to go! Who will be next?
And what kind of challenges would you like the campers to take on? Feel free to send requests!
See ya! ;D