Total Drama What is Real? Episode 2 part 2: Friendships, rivalries, and teams are formed.
After the introduction of the last contestant, Kevin had said now he was going to see what it was decided that the teams would be. With the new host gone, most of the contestants began talking to each other at an outdoor area not too far from the Crafts and Services Tent that had benches and tables for people to sit on or at. They had broken off into small groups of varying sizes with the aims of either re-establishing previously forged friendships or creating all new ones.
One such cluster was Cody, Giavanna, and Noah who were sitting on a bench. The three of them were able to very quickly establish that they shared some overlapping interests (preferences in movies, a love of classic literature, and many aspects of geek culture). Inwardly gushing, Giavanna maintained a calm façade as she spoke of her college offers.
"Wow! You've already been accepted into six major universities? Awesome!" Cody says in happy surprise sitting to the left of the Tall Bombshell.
"Indeed. I'm seriously impressed Giavanna." Noah commented (a rare gesture for him) from her right side. "But I'm curious, if you're so smart, why did you sign up for this show? Why did you volunteer for this madness after seeing what we have endured?"
Giavanna started to twill some of her long red hair with her right pointer finger while trying (but greatly struggling) to not look at Noah as she answered.
"Well there are a couple of reasons. But one of the biggest ones was to meet you…" Giavanna started to say as she started to find her eyes staring at Noah and feeling the arrows of social awkwardness, "…uh…I mean you guys! Both of you! Cody and Noah!"
"Really? You wanted to meet us?" Cody asks, smiling despite the awkwardness at the notion that a girl as attractive and nice as this one actually wanted to meet him.
"Yes. I've been watching Total Drama since the very beginning and you two were always at the top of my favourites. Actually, many girls in my town are also your fans. But those girls and I never see things eye to eye." Giavanna says, releasing a brief light chuckle. But then her face started to develop an expression of sadness.
"So, in what way is that?" Noah says, trying to break the silence.
"Um…oh, right! Well, most of them thought you two were gay but I never saw that. I never understood how one kiss on the ear while asleep was supposed to show a gay couple?"
Cody and Noah said nothing. They stared at each other from each of Giavanna's sides. To say it was silent would fail to convey just how devoid of noise it actually was.
As the lack of noise greater than silence continued for what seemed like forever, Giavanna had started growing more and more anxious and worried. She was pleading frantically in her own mind. Did she do something wrong! Did she say something stupid! Did she offend…?
"FINALLY!" Both Cody and Noah exclaimed in unison with the most genuine of voices possible (this was the first time Noah ever used such a voice in his whole life). As they shouted in the fullest joy they could, both of the much shorter guys wrapped their arms around Giavanna's sitting body. Though they didn't technically reach around her whole body, they did cover a large majority of it with their combined bodies and arms. With their heads just under her massive breasts (the tops of their heads brushed up against the bottoms), the two gave the gigantic girl the tightest hug both could give her. Squeezing her as hard as they could in instinctual graduate, Cody and Noah shouted again in happy unison, "FINALLY! FINALLY ONE WHO UNDERSTANDS!"
Almost as if in fear that if they let go they would loss this only indicator of a girl who was a fan of theirs but NOT a supporter of NoCo, the two much shorter geeks keep Giavanna as the middle of a man sandwich for at least several minutes, likely longer.
Though her initial reaction was one of shock, which was quickly replaced by another. What comes to dominate her face is an expression of absolute and perfect ecstasy. They could have stayed this way for hours and Giavanna never would have complained once.
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"Ok. Seriously…why wasn't it Giavanna who joined World Tour instead of Sierra! She's not only beautiful, smart, and kind but she's not a crazy stalker who uses my toothbrush and takes my clothes! In other words, she's a fan I'd have liked to have met a lot sooner!" Cody says, still bursting about the realization that he has at least one sane fan that doesn't see him as gay.
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"Ok. Seriously…why did it take this long? Fangirls, why are there not more of you like that!?" Noah says to the camera, his appreciation for Giavanna overwhelmed by his contempt for the rest of the fangirls who have become the bane of his existence for years.
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"Ok. Seriously…wow. I've always thought that Cody and Noah were really cute. And no guy has ever hugged me outside of my family before. So, is it any shock that being hugged by them was the best moment of my life! Oh thank you, God! Woohoo!" Giavanna says with shocked awe quickly replaced by unrestrained, adorable jubilation.
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Another big group that had formed a little distance away from the man-sandwich with the larger middle was Jay, Damian, DJ and Greg all talking with one another while sitting at a table.
"So, you're a DJ huh Greg? Interesting." Jay says intrigued by what the Prankster had said.
"How so?" DJ (the teenager who was a "DJ" by name and not by hoped for future career) asks curious to Jay.
"I'm a singer-songwriter myself. That's part of the reason I'm here, to get my music career off the ground." Jay replies smiling.
"I feel the same way, that's why I'm here, and to see how I can do on Total Drama. Hey, I might even win!" Greg exclaims.
"Anything's possible." Damian says with considerable dispassion in his voice.
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"With the way this game's gonna go, you'll have no chance Greg. Sorry to be a wet blanket, but I'm in it to win it…at ANY cost!" Jay exclaims with a look of grim determination on his face.
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"Somehow, I just don't think Greg is going to make it very far, not with the mutual hate-on with Duncan. That punk-wannabe asshole will sabotage him at every turn. Cody and Jay can't always be there. I actually feel sorry for him." Damian says, shaking his head in pity at Greg's plight.
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"So Damian, why are you here?" Greg asks.
"That's an easy question. My sister Heather is a massive cunt of the highest order! She soiled my family's name, and I'm here to prove that not all of my family is like her." Damian says, with angry venom dripping from his voice at his contempt for his sister and the damage she's done.
"Well, that's as good a reason as any." Jay says to Damian with understanding.
"Though your sister Melody might make that difficult." DJ says to Damian with concern.
Damian rolls his eyes, and then glares at his sister, who's sitting at the next table over with Erebus before answering DJ angrily. "Yeah, Mel's always been much closer to Heather than I've ever been. She sees her approach as a sound strategy to win this game, and I don't."
"Yeah, that kind of attitude cost Heather big-time in the long-run… cost her every ally and friend she had after coming so close." Jay says thoughtfully.
"Agreed, it cost me everything too." Damian says as he slams his head on the table in despair before he raises his head and adding with the deflation clear in the tone of his voice. "Can we please stop talking about Heather now? It's… a very depressing subject to me."
"Sure, no problem buddy." Jay says as he pats Damian's back, trying to comfort his friend.
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"Honestly, Heather's strategy wasn't bad…but her sheer callousness ruined everything for her. Initially she had the right idea though. Form an alliance, and let them do the dirty work for you. Justin worked along similar lines, but they chose possibly two of the dumbest and weakest competitors in Total Drama history, Lindsay and…" Jay says before adding with a shudder "…Beth."
"Heather and Justin were ultimately idiots. And while Alejandro and Scott's approaches to the game were better, they were one-dimensional and flawed, leaving them few friends and allies when they needed them most. I will not make the same mistakes they all did. I'll only drop my "allies" when they cease to be useful and/or they try to betray me." Jay states matter-of-factly.
"Damian, Greg, and DJ are a great start, but I need more. They should be able to get more to become my pawns without even realizing it but even that will not be enough. Any alliance, however well maintained or strong, will ultimately back fire because they are always small and confided to single team. For me to reach the winner's circle and that cool double mil, I'll need a big, multi-teamed one. Once the teams are formed, I'll be able to gauge what people on the other teams are worthy of being a part of my grand alliance. Either way, I'll find a way to pull Melody and Rob into my loop, though it will likely not be easy. Scott and Al will join me eventually. With all of them plus a few of the people to come later on my side…there's no way I can lose!" Jay says, smiling thoughtfully and evilly.
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"God, I HATE Heather!" Damian screams angrily. "At least she's not here, but I still have Mel to deal with." Damian says, switching from angry scream to sad sigh before face palming his own face.
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"Man, being Heather's Bro sucks yo, but I've got my own cancer to deal with named Duncan!" Greg says, the anger seething out his voice before his tone is a combination of sadness and rage. "I REALLY don't get his deal. I'm just like his buddy Geoff yo, except I'm smarter! So why in the hell does he hate me so much?!"
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Very close to this party of four that was Jay, DJ, Greg, and Damian was…another party of four! This one was made up of Solita, Mary, Joseph and Owen.
"Wow, so you guys are originally all the way from Egypt?!" Owen exclaims in wonder.
"Yes, we are from Egypt. We lost a lot there… but it made us stronger." Joseph replies with some sadness in his voice.
"I lost my mom and…" Mary starts to say but then she begins to cry profusely.
Joseph hugs her as he says "It's okay, we're in a better place now."
"Mary, I'm so sorry. Joey has already told me what he went through…that's brutal." Owen says with sympathy in his voice.
"At least you guys had parents. I have no idea who mine are…" Solita says with a hint of jealous anger in her voice.
"WHAT?!" Joseph, Owen, and Mary exclaim.
"Yeah, been in an orphanage all my life. Even my name "Solita" is the Spanish word for "Alone", nice huh?" Solita says disgusted, the bitterness just dripping from her voice.
"Oh Lord, I'm so sorry Solita…I had no idea." Mary says sympathetically.
"Don't worry guys; I'll be here for all of you!" Owen exclaims, and traps all three in a massive suffocating bear hug. "Owen had plenty of love to share. FEEL THE LOVE FRIENDS!"
"Owen… you're… suffocating us!" Joseph says. Mary and Solita would have agreed with they could have gotten enough oxygen into their collapsing lungs to have said those same words.
Owen releases the three of them and scratches the back of his head sheepishly while blushing with embarrassment as he says, "Sorry, I really don't know my own strength sometimes."
"It's okay Owen, we all do that sometimes." Joseph says.
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"Seriously, her name is "Alone" in Spanish?! How tasteless!" Mary states, completely disgusted. "I really hope the person who named her lost their job and…" She then gasps, and pulls out her prayer beads and prays for forgiveness for having such a wrath filled thought.
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"Joey huh? I don't mind it, could always be worse." Joseph says, shrugging his shoulders.
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"Wow… Joey, Mary, and poor Solita have had some of the most brutally sad lives I've ever heard… they really need some more love." Owen says sadly before his face brightens up as he happily exclaims, "And I'm just the man for the job!"
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"Hmmm… looks like I have some friends to fall back on when I need them…" Solita says with the realization of what that actually means then hits her and she smiles for the first time in years. "I've never felt like this before, never felt people having concern for me. It feels nice."
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As the three rookies with sad pasts basked in the massive warmth of Owen's love, another trinity of contestants was conversing with each other. Surprisingly, it was Duncan, Jo, and Anne Maria.
"Ok, I don't like you guys. In fact, I think you two are the most cutthroat, ruthless, and callous b***hes this this show has EVER seen." Duncan says to Jo and Anne Maria.
"Ya got a point punk, or ya gonna keep badmouthing us?" Anne Maria asks.
"No, I'm just saying that none of us are popular right now for various reasons…"
"Just what are you getting at now?!" Jo snaps impatiently.
"All Right, all right you crazy ho! Anyway… we SHOULD join forces to keep ourselves from being knocked off. Because now that Al and Scott gone, we're the three most hated people here. So… deal?" Duncan asks through gritted teeth.
The Jockette and Jersey Shore Reject don't even have to think about it.
"It's a deal" Jo replies.
"What' evar gets me to the winner's circle. I'm in" Anne Maria replies.
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"Why do I feel like I made a devil's deal with those two harpies?" Duncan asks, worried. He sighs and says, "But it's become clear that I have no choice. Jo and Anna Maria are the only people who I know for sure will be willing to work in an alliance with me. And I want one bad! So many people are already gunning for me. If Doris (Harold), Giant girl (Giavanna), Bookworm (Noah), Geek (Cody), Party Dork (Greg), She Male (Justin), and my less awesome hawked counterpart (Jay) have their way, I'll be taken out of this game after first challenge for sure."
Duncan then screams in frustration, "GODDAMNITT! I HATE THIS BULLSHIT!"
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"The stink of desperation is so pungent on Duncan that people can smell it for miles… and I'll twist that to my advantage." Jo says smiling viciously.
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"Hey y'all, I don't give a flyin' fuck what the punk did in his spare time! All I know is plenty of people hate me 'cause of last season… fuck Mike and his "funny characters"! Anna Maria screams in rage before saying deflated, "So I'll take whatever I can get if it means I can win."
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On the rim of the groupings of assembled teenagers were two people on the rim of sanity itself. With everyone else either scared beyond reason or engaged with other people, they were alone. They were kindred spirits, agents of kind-hearted chaos and mostly harmless insanity (maybe?).
Right now the rookie agent of chaos and insanity, a masked madman named Chris, was sharing the latest in a long series of exchanged chucklesome anecdotes with the original agent, Izzy.
"Oh ho ho! No more, haa haa ha ha ha!" Izzy struggled to say in between full-hearted laughter.
"Wait, wait, it gets even better!" Chris says while showing one of his gloved hands in an attempt to get Izzy to allow him to finish his story. "After I fired myself out of the cannon and flying through the smog and pigeon feces being dropped in my home city, I crashed into the kitchen of a Mexican restaurant and said 'I claim this land for Spain…and Montezuma's Revenge'!"
Chris bursts out into total laughter, shortly followed by Izzy possibly surpassing him in laughter. Finally calming down after several minutes of non-stop laughter between the two of them, Chris added, "Anyway…that's how my audition tape ended for the show. Heh!"
"Dude, your so awesome! You actually make Izzy feel conservative and boring. All Izzy did for her audition tape was roll her eyes in the back of her head and double joint both of her elbows." Izzy says to Chris.
"Don't sell your self short my emerald clothed whirlwind of red hair and awesome! Remember when you spoke to that camel in Egypt? I was floored by what you said to that unworthy camel. The passion, the poetry, the impassioned wisdom about the political power of the camel humps! I don't cry easily but I was like a little lady dog, something about humps gets me all weepy like." Chris says, combining absurd and wild passion with genuine tenderness.
"Yay, verily, yay! You're, like, Izzy's best friend now!" Izzy cheered, hugging Chris tightly.
"Happy thoughts! With you and the voices and imagined altered historical figures in my head, Chris has the very bestest of acquaintances!" Chris gushed, retuning Izzy's tight hug in full.
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"Izzy likes Chris! He's cool, fun, and knows how to have a good time…with massive amounts of property damage! And what is more important in a friend than seeing the value of camel humps?" Izzy says, clearly ecstatic at finding someone on a similar mental wavelength to herself.
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"I'm very pleased to say that Izzy is just as awesome as I hoped she was from watching the show! It's so very rare to find somebody who is willing to turn the horse of sanity into glue!" Chris says in an adoring and loud voice before speaking in a bit of a lower key tone (for a bit).
"And isn't sanity just a one trick pony, anyway? I mean all you get is a single trick…rational thinking. But your good and stark raving mad, hn heh hne ahhne wheeye he hoo-hoo, the sky's the limit! No wait, that was too rational! The air panda's blue bellbottoms are the limit! Oh yes, much better! It is more starved of sanity and so very stylish beneath the panda's bellbottoms!"
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"So, I saw Izzy hugging that Chris guy…but I'm not worried. After all, there's no way Izzy would have any interest in a guy who's just as wacky and wild as she is…right?" Owen asks with the doubt and concern in his voice is unquestionable despite his best efforts to hide them.
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"Alright Kiddies! I'm back!" Kevin says as he walks towards the gathered contestants.
"You never left moron!" Duncan sneers.
Ignoring Duncan, Kevin exclaims, "It's now time for you guys to be separated into teams… there's gonna be three this year!"
"Yay…" Melody exclaims sarcastically.
"First up is… Harold, sigh Duncan, Cody, Mathieu, Britney, Anne Maria, Ari, Leshawna, Francisco, Jo and Staci… you are the Pummeling Polygons!"
"Great…." Duncan says sarcastically. Harold, Leshawna, and Cody glare at him.
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"Wonderful. I'm on the same team as Geek, Doris and his ghetto girl, the Human Fireball, and the snobby pop princess… FUCK!" Duncan yells, voice shaking with rage before saying, "It could've been worse I guess. Party Dork and She Male could've been on the team… so yeah."
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"Well, I'm on the same team with the one person in this world I hate the most… DUNCAN!" Harold yells. "Gosh God, why do you have to be so harsh on me? Two seasons weren't enough?"
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"Huh, this could work… I have my two pawns lined up on the same squad… this is too perfect! Cody, Harold, and that fat piece of crap Leshawna will not last long if I have anything to say about it! And once those three are gone, I'll pretty much rule this team!" Jo says, smiling evilly.
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Ari writes on his/her note pad, and presents it to the camera: "You put me on the same team as Jo and Anne Maria…why?! Even though Jo might prove to be a worthy challenge, she is still a royal bitch! While Anna Maria is just a bitch!"
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"My feelings are pretty mixed about my teammates. True that I think I'll get along swimmingly with Cody and Harold and could maybe become friends with Leshawna, Francisco, and Ari…but then there's everyone else, whose either a first class jerk or likely to get on my nerves very fast. Thankfully I'm a magician and therefore I have a knack for making things, like jerks, disappear." Mathieu says to camera with a look of contemplation before developing a large grin on his face.
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"Okay now that that's over with… on to the next team. Noah, Giavanna, Damian, Solita, Dawn, Nise, Mary, Owen, Joseph, Izzy and Sadie… you are the Assaulting Avatars!" Kevin exclaims.
"Wha-What?! Why aren't me and Katie on the same team?" Sadie asks, horrified.
"Simple, the two of you are way too annoying together. The producers and big-wigs specifically requested that I personally made sure you two would be on separate teams." Kevin says coldly.
Katie and Sadie start to protest angrily, but then DJ and Jay step in.
"Think about it this way, the reason you both got eliminated from your team is because your teammates found you annoying and insufferable together. Maybe separated you will be able to convince everyone of your worth?" Jay says.
"He does have a point you two." DJ says in support.
"Okay, I'm willing to let this slide… for you DJ." Katie says, smiling at DJ warmly. They both blush, though DJ wasn't entirely sure why.
"Anything to win right?" Sadie asks warmly.
"Exactly." Jay replies with a grin on his face.
Sadie blushes as she looks at Jay. He looks at her, and smiles while being horrified on the inside.
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Katie and Sadie are sitting in the Confessional together, vowing to be together whenever able.
"Well, they DO have a point Sadie… maybe this is for the best?" Katie says.
"Sigh… yeah, you're lucky though. You got DJ and Jay on your team, or at least you will…" Sadie says regretfully.
"You like him don't you, Jay I mean?" Katie asks with a smirk on her face.
"Like of course I do! I think I've found the one for me…" Sadie says all lovey-dovey.
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"Oh crap… now SADIE, of all people, likes me…" Jay says in horror before crying out an earth-shattering "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"
But then he calms down and says, "Hmmm, actually, this could be a golden opportunity for me. I'm already on good terms with DJ and Katie clearly has a thing for him. Sadie is all but joined at the hip with Katie and will be on the same team as Damian and might become another Avatar alliance member. If I butter her up enough, I could get her to do anything I say…" He smiles evilly and rubs his hands together in anticipation.
"I feel a scheme coming on…" Jay then proceeds to cackle manically for a little while.
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"I'M ON THE SAME TEAM AS NOAH! EEEEEEEEEEE!" Giavanna squeals in her fangirldom before saying with a mix of hope and confidence in a normal level voice, "I hope I can win! The money would get me through school no problem. But I'd like to get Noah more! "
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"It sucks that Jay isn't gonna be on my team, but I AM on the same team as Gia." Damian says with a shit eating grin on his face, and hope in his voice. "Time to get to work on having a girl."
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"I'm a little ner-nervous about the team I'm on but I knew that would be the case no matter what. Noah doesn't seem very nice. Izzy really sc-scares me. And while I think Owen and Giavanna are good people, there size does make me even more nervous. I'm hoping that will pass in time. But I'm very happy to be on the same team as Dawn. Maybe I can survive this after all, maybe?" Nise says, her voice crackling with nervousness only occasionally.
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"I'm glad that Mary, Joseph and Owen are on my team. They will be good friends and valuable allies. And they will be able to help me eliminate so many other people." Solita says happily.
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"Oh-oh-oh, this is beyond awesome! I couldn't have asked for a better team! Not only are my three new friends with me but my little buddy Noah is too! But even that's not the best part. Izzy is on my team and both Chris and, uh, E-Bus are not! Maybe I get her back after all! Sweet!" Owen exclaims happily, the look of joy on his face is total.
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"I'm largely happy with the team members I have. There is a lot of positive energy here, and a lot more positive energy just waiting to be discovered under piles of isolation and self-doubt. While winning challenges would be preferable, helping these people out would be just as good." Dawn says to the camera with a sincere smile on her pale face.
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"And finally, that leaves Chris, Katie, DJ, Melody, Jay, Greg, Rob, Justin, Nanon, Erebus, and Carlyle…. You guys are the Crushing Cyborgs!" Kevin exclaims.
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"Kick-Ass team name! But you know what's even more kick-ass? Melody, DJ, Katie, Greg, Carlyle, and Rob on my team! If all of them enter my alliance, I could dominate this team!" Jay says in full joy and pride before his face becomes one of disgust.
"But sadly, there are some bad apples that could ruin everything for me. First there's Nanon, who disgusts me to no end but will likely be vital in the challenges to come. Then there's Erebus, who pisses me off to no end and could possibly have Melody forge an alliance with him instead. Finally, there's Chris, the Captain of Insanity! Izzy I might have been capable of dealing with… at least she's insane AND hot. Chris only fits one of those categories. Seriously, what the fuck is up with the mask?!"
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Chris is singing a disturbingly off-key song laced with gibberish and nonsense for good measure.
"We are the Crushing Cyborgs off to crush some rampaging Baltrogs in the valley of Mordor, and then bite off Hook's hand to make sure his Baltrogs Die…"
The Enigma then starts to dance badly in the Confessional to his own song of starved sanity as he says, "Come on everybody… join me in my happy little jig… HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-AH…"
As he continues to dance wildly in the Confessional, a message appears on the screen:
'Chris continued to sing off-key, while combining god-awful dancing and crazed laughter till he collapsed from exhaustion 20 minutes later. We at Total Drama will mercifully spare you the whole thing.'
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"Great, just great! I'm on the same team as Jay the Mohawked Idiot, Nut-job Chris, and Ms. Freakshow Nanon… just wonderful!" Melody exclaims in disgust.
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"Being denied by destiny the opportunity to be on the same team as Izzy does slightly sadden me. However, that is made up for by having among my comrades both Chris and Melody." Erebus states in rhyme with confidence.
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"Now to prove myself to the rest of the team… I can run faster than anyone else here I bet!" Nanon says smiling.
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"I can't believe! I'm on the same team as DJ…I'm so excited! " Katie exclaims in joy. Then she blushes and starts fanning herself. "Wow… is it hotter in here, or is it just me?"
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"It sucks that Jo and Anne Maria aren't on this team, throws a real monkey wrench into my plan. But maybe I can entrance Melody and/or Nanon into doing my bidding instead? Who knows, this might turn out to be an upgrade in terms of the ladies serving me?" Justin says, smiling evilly.
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"Now that all the teams are sorted out… time to pick the Captains for each team… by draw!" Kevin says as the interns roll out three raffle wheels with all the names of each member of each team on a different raffle ball. The balls are in one of the three different colored raffle cages: steel grey for the Cyborgs, blue for the Avatars, and red for the Polygons.
Kevin starts with the Cyborgs, and cranks the handle over and over again while saying "Who's gonna be captain and all the perks it brings? Nobody knows!" He stops cranking the wheel, opens the Cyborgs' steel grey raffle ball cage, and pulls out a name and smiles deviously. "Melody, looks like your captain of the Cyborgs!"
Katie and Nanon protest loudly, but (for the second time today) both DJ and Jay intervene.
"Come on guys, she may not be like her sister… I say we give her a fair chance as team captain." Jay says, and then winks to Melody who in response rolls her eyes.
"Of course YOU would say that Jay, it's plainly obvious you're crushing on her." Katie says cynically, showing a rare example of intelligence and lack of trust.
"Come on Katie, that's not fair. I agree with Jay, she does deserve a chance to prove herself." DJ says in agreement.
"Yeah, she could prove to be quite the asset." Justin says, joining the effort just like Erebus.
"I concur with these three fine gentlemen and the notion that they purpose. Melody just needs time to grow like a plant under the forgiven rays of the sun, like a breathtakingly lovely rose." Erebus says.
Melody tries to hide her feelings, but she can't help but blush a little. Jay notices this, and glares at him.
"Fine." Katie says, deflated like a shanked Christmas Lawn Santa. Nanon nods her head in agreement with the same level of insincerity.
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"I'm so glad that Katie and Nanon saw reason, but I'm surprised by all the support I got from the guys…" Melody says, deep in thought, filing her nails. "I expected Erebus and that moron Jay to support me; they're obviously crushing on me…"
She then flicks her hair and smiles with confidence. "And who can blame them really? I'm gorgeous from head to toe." She then laughs while adding, "DJ supporting me just shows how spineless he truly is."
"But Justin… he's scheming something. I'll have to keep an eye on him." Melody says, semi-concerned as she returns to filing her nails.
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"ARRRRRGGGHHHH! Damn that English Gentlejerk! If he thinks I'm gonna allow him to sweep Melody off her feet, he's got another thing coming! Luckily, Mom raised a gentleman… you want a war Erebus? WELL YOU GOT ONE!" Jay exclaims with grim determination before shaking his fist at the sky.
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"I see their point…" Katie says, and then scowls as she adds, "Doesn't mean I have to like it!"
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Kevin does the same thing with the Avatars, and pulls out a name out of their blue ball cage. "Huh, interesting… Joseph, you are the Avatars' Captain!" Kevin exclaims.
"Alright JOEY!" Owen screams, clapping his hands and fighting the urge to give him another spine smashing hug.
"Are we sure this is a good idea? I mean he's new and a religious zealot, how can he possibly lead us?" Noah asks with genuine concern.
"Noah, great leaders are often created from great suffering, and Joey has suffered a lot of pain. Therefore I think he'll be a great leader." Owen says in reply.
Half of the Avatars jaws collectively drop, along with mostly everyone else and everyone goes silent out of shock.
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"Um, did Owen just come up with an intelligent and thought-out argument to my concerns?" Noah says, impressed and shocked. His expression then becomes a smile. "Well played Owen, well played. I never saw that coming, good for you my friend."
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"I don't even know where that came from, it just came out…but it was so AWESOME! I GOTTA DO THAT MORE OFTEN!" Owen says, switching from curiosity to grinning exclamation.
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"So Owen's not completely brain dead after all? That's surprising." Solita says with genuine shock. She then gasps as she says before facepalming herself, "Sorry Owen, he-heh…"
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"Finally we come to the Polygons… you're Captain is…" Kevin says as he finishes spinning the red cage, pulls out a ball from said red cage and grins evilly. "Oh ho HO… this should be good. Polygons, your captain is…HAROLD!" Kevin exclaims, ready to burst into laughter.
"WHAT?! Harold is the Captain?! What the f**k kind of bullshit are you trying to pull?! Doris here couldn't lead the elderly to a nursing home!" Duncan screams in indignation.
Most of the cast glares at him, while some, like Jo, Anne Maria, and Melody look like they want to burst into uncontrollable laughter.
Leshawna stomps over to Duncan and gets in his face and yells "What did you just say about my sugar baby?!"
"I said, in case your deaf, that you're "Sugar Baby" couldn't lead the elderly to a nursing home! So what you gonna do about it? You fat, worthless ghetto piece of- AUGH!" Duncan exclaims in an angry bark right in her face before Leshawna knees him hard in the groin!
"That." Leshawna replies with a matter-of-factly tone and a smirk as Duncan crumples to the ground whimpering in agony while the rest of the cast laughs their asses off.
"Now THAT is good TV right there!" Kevin says while laughing as Duncan lies there in pain.
"Agreed." Harold says with a smile more massive than any before in his entire life.
CONFESSIONAL
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"Now that is what I call a Knee of Justice!" Harold says before adding with pride, "I salute you my Chocolate princess!"
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"That Punk needed to be put in his place… and sure felt good doing it! I've been carrying a chip on my shoulder for a while now 'cause of what he's done to Harold and my girl Gwen." Leshawna says satisfied with her work.
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"Wow, Duncan's a real idiot huh?" Jo asks rhetorically. Then she laughs so hard she falls off her chair.
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"Maybe now that idiota will smarten up as little!" Francisco says, a slight smile on his face.
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"YES! THIS WILL BE THE BEST SEASON EVER YO!" Greg yells in excitement.
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"WHYYYYYYYYY MEEEEEEEEEE!" Duncan moans in extreme pain as he clutches his royal jewels.
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"I think I'm going to like Leshawna…now if she'll just kick Jo and Anne Maria's sorry asses!" Britney says, grinning before her face becomes more serious. "But if she thinks she can boss me around, then she has another thing coming!"
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Ari writes down on their notepad, and shows it to the camera: "That had to hurt! Poor Duncan…"
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"I hope Leshawna gets the chance to do that again. I REALLY do!" Cody says grinning evilly.
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END OF CONFESSIONAL
"Now that the little display is over, its time for the captain's major perk. You all will get… a "Saviour Card!" Kevin says as he passes out to the three captains a silver card with a golden "TDWIR" logo.
As the three captains look at their cards, Kevin explains the how these cards work. "Melody, Joseph, Harold…you all will have the ability to save any person on your team from elimination. And no, you can't use it to save yourself, Melody."
"Damn it." Melody mutters under her breath as she looks at her card.
"Anyway, you will be able to save one person aside from yourselves. When you use it, the person with the second greatest amount of votes against them will be eliminated instead. But you can only use this card once, so choose wisely captains. Also, they are useless after the merge. When the merge comes and the cards are deemed useless, an Invincibility Statue will be hidden."
Kevin waited a few seconds for the words to sink in before summoning roughly fifteen interns. After he whispered in the ear of one of them, the fifteen or so interns ran off at a very quick pace.
In the space of time waiting for the interns to return, someone offered some cynical assumptions.
"So, Kevin. Now that the teams are formed and the captains have been crowned, what idiotic and lame challenges do you have in mind for us? Are we going to repeat the dull movie challenges of Action or are we taking daily field trips to the irradiated hellhole known as Camp Wakanawa?" Noah asked, his considerably small amount of interest falling faster than a red falling asteroid.
"I'm very glad you asked that question Noah. As I said before, this season will be biggest ever. Part of that will be in the challenges themselves. Sadly you can't see the full meaning of that yet. However, until that day, I promise you that the challenges will not be restrained to one theme. This season is far too big for such narrow boundaries. And…" Kevin says before the sound of many cannons being fired at once is heard.
With a smirk on his face, Kevin continues with, "And here comes the first example of that. I trust that in a matter of moments you will get the…point!"
SCHIKT!
Suddenly, over thirty swords fall from the sky and impaled the ground to form a perfect line!
The swords seemingly from the sky formed a barrier between the shocked contestants and their new host, whose smirk now dominated his face.
As the contestants stared at Kevin in absolute silence, he turned his attention to the camera.
"And with that we conclude this episode, with so many questions like… How will Harold, Melody, and Joseph fare as team captains? Will Duncan's life continue to be Hell here? Will Damian and Melody be able to step over their sister's "legacy"? Is Ari a guy, or a girl? What is it that we have planned for them with all of these swords? And who will win? The challenges begin next episode, on Total Drama, What is REAL!" Kevin exclaims as the camera cuts out.
Side Note:
Hey Guys, I must thank my partner in crime, Rufus T. Serenity again for his excellent editing, and his story "Mad Mikey" is the only MikexZoey story out there worth reading.
If you want to see more of my Stuff, read "TOTAL DRAMA ALL STARS!"
Sincerely,
The GunMaster
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