Episode 2 - Center Staged
Thanks to everyone's read the first chapter and that you're still reading!
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The camera starts by zooming on the two mansions on the main island that housed the two teams - Mindeeka and Kindeeka. The cameras go to Mindeeka's mansion, where the team is eating food they found in the kitchen and were listening to music from Smith.
"Blech!" Jerome yelled, spitting out something out of his mouth onto his plate, "What is this ratchet ass food?!" He looks to Sera, who seems disgusted as well, "You hate the food too?"
Sera nods furiously, "Yeah...and I thought Manny would be different...but I guess not..." Sera pokes at her food, then talks to Jerome, "So...you said yesterday you dance, do you ever compete in contests?"
Jerome shrugs, "Not really, I never win them though...but I'm definitely winning Total Drama.
They both laugh, "Really?! Okay!" Sera sarcastically replies, and they both continue talking.
Sera: (CONF.) Finding someone like Jerome who has almost the same interests as me is great for friendship...and alliances!
Jerome: (CONF.) Sera's sweet...and hopefully a good dancer...she better live up to the hype I have for her!
The cameras move onto Andy, who is still texting way in a worrisome way. Micah takes a seat by him and gives a bro-hug, "Dude! Andy! Get off your phone and enjoy life with us!" He leans in close, "I smuggled some beer and stuff...wanna do it?"
Andy looked surprised and got up, "No! My dad would get so mad! He's literally texting me in capital letters right now!"
"What? What do you mean?" Micah asks.
"Well...okay, I'll tell..." Andy says and takes a seat. He puts his hand in his hair, "Okay, so almost everyone in my family is in the military, and my dad is just REALLY tough on me! He wants me to be in the National Guard but I really don't want to! I argue with all the time, and he's literally not letting me interact with others on the island 'cause he's texting, telling me off on all the dumb stuff I'm doing on the island!"
Micah seemed confused, "What? Don't let your dad control your life!"
"Yeah, but..." Andy started, but was interrupted by Micah standing up.
"Sorry dude, but this rock music Smith's playing is getting on my nerves! Catch ya later! We'll talk some more!" Andy seemed disappointed by Micah leaving, but his phone started ringing again, and he rolled his eyes hard before texting his dad again.
Andy: (CONF.) *annoyed* My dad pisses me off so much!
Smith was sitting on the table, going through the music on her phone. She was then confronted by Micah, "Huh? Hey!" Smith started, "What's up?"
Micah grabbed Smith's phone and started going through the music, "So um..do you by any chance have 'new' music? The music you're playing is kinda lame...no shade but..."
Smith seemed offended and got her phone back, "Hey! My music crosses generations! It's for everyone!" She stands onto a table and brings everyone to attention, "Hey! Do you like the music I'm playing?!"
Andy was talking with his dad on the phone yet gave a thumbs up. Jerome shook his head slowly and Sera shook her head as well.
"Sorry...it's not something I'd dance to..." Sera said, "But you play the music you want!"
"Yeah, but I want to make sure we're having a good time! Micah doesn't like the music, so how do we compromise?!"
Kara walked in and yelled, "By having me around!" Everyone was surprised that she was still there, and watched in shock as Kara jumped onto the table while Smith almost fell off of it, "Kara Jensen is back bitches! Back to what you said, Smith, rock music is definitely what should be played! I used to be in a school play called 'Rock Of Days' - a play about rock music! I was the understudy of the lead, but she fell down the stairs and suffered a concussion 5 minutes before the play! And luckily, all of her lines were memorized by me as well, so I went up there and brought it!"
Jerome felt weird, "5 minutes before? I find that hard to believe..."
Kara scoffed, "Whatever...the point is, Smith has better music than you Micah, so shut up and enjoy it."
"Hey!" Micah yelled, "Don't say that at me or you're going down!"
"Stop!" Sera yelled and held Micah down, "You know what? So that Micah and Smith have different music opinions, I'll make a playlist that combines different types of music so Smith and Kara have something and something everyone else likes! Got it?" Everyone nodded, "Good." The team then sat down to finish breakfast.
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The camera went to Kindeeka, who were eating nicely at the dinner table, being served by butlers.
"Oh yes! Please! Some of that! Thanks!" Mira cheered. She started biting into a sandwich, "Love it!" She then felt a presence near her and threw her left hand in the air, feeling it hit someone's face, "Gotcha!"
"Ow!" Kamren whimpered, "Mira! My face! Ouch! I need this face!"
Mira looked surprised, "Oh...okay...um..." she said, not knowing what to say. Kamren took a seat next to her and she felt uncomfortable.
"So Mira, how was your sleep?"
She shrugs, "Okay, I guess...you?"
Kamren smiles, "Great! Took tons of photos of nature! Melanesia sure is pretty!"
"What kind of photos do you take?" Mira asks, honestly curious.
"Oh! Celebrities! Part of the paparazzi! Gotta keep my face looking good too!" Mira nods and leaves for more food, leaving Kamren happy.
Kamren: (CONF.) She actually talked to me!
Mira: (CONF.) *shivers* Ew...
AJ, Miles, and Elias were all sitting together, talking about video games and such.
"Hey, you know guys, if the show ends, we should totally hang out! Give me your phone numbers!" AJ said, and brought out a small dry-erase board, "Write them here!"
Miles and Elias seemed awkward with AJ, but went along with it.
The 3 continued to be eating and talking until Alexandra appeared out of nowhere, holding up 2 dead fish that she had shot, "Morning guys! Shot some fish this morning by the beach! Not sure what it is though.."
"Uhgg!" Miles complained, running away.
Alexandra seemed confused, "What was that?" AJ and Elias shrugged.
Miles: (CONF.) I'm not exactly...the kind of guy that can stomach nasty stuff...like shot fish!
Alexandra chuckled, "Someone's a bit weak..." she turns to Katrin, who was eating with Mira and Kamren, "You're smart right? What fish is this?"
Katrin smiled, "Tilapia! I found those in the last challenge! They're cool right? They taste good too! Want me to cook them?"
"Naw...I'll do it later...gotta focus on the challenge today, alright?!" She looked to her team, "Gotta win!" She goes to bathroom, leaving everyone to their own.
Alexandra: (CONF.) I trust no one here. Maybe I'll make an alliance, but there's no way can I trust anyone...they could be evil underneath...
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The teams were now rowing their canoes to an island as directed by Manny. The next challenge would be at the 'Amphitheater Island,' an island near the edge of the designated area of the competition.
The teams were gathered together, sitting on bleachers facing a stage. Manny opened up the curtains and ran up in a fancy tuxedo, "Time for a talent show challenge! It's all simple and like it was in the past! Backstage will be certain things the teams can use to show off their talents, and I will judge which team can strut their stuff the best!"
Alexandra scoffs, "Same old same old, huh Manny?"
Manny chuckles, "Pretty much...but don't complain about it! New challenges are coming, we're just waiting for the okay by the producers! Go! You have an hour before judging time!" The teams raced off to the backstage, and the challenge begun.
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(Fiji Kindeeka)
The team was in a circle, throwing all the things they could find into a pile so they could decide on what to do.
"Alright! Planning time! What do we do!" Alexandra started. She took out her gun, "I could shoot some things!"
Miles looked scared, "Oh...you brought your gun?" He hid behind Elias, who seemed a bit scared too.
Alexandra laughs and hides the gun, "Stop being such babies! I'm not gonna shoot you..yet!" She laughs some more, "Enough with the jokes, what can we do?"
Katrin jumps in, "Well, Alexandra could shoot at some targets I could paint up. Kamren could take some pictures of us in nice poses...Mira?"
"Wait! Let me be useful!" AJ takes out his dry-erase board and starts writing on it, "And you know what?" he says while writing, "I'll draw art on an even bigger dry-erase board!"
Mira chuckles, "You life revolves dry-erase boards..." she spoke louder, "I could model for Kamren!" She looks to Kamren, who is blushing, "Yeah...let's go!" She grabs Kamren by the neck of his shirt and drags him along.
Kamren: (CONF.) *cheering* YES!
"Then what could we do?" Elias asked.
Katrin thought, "Well, what are your talents?"
Elias thought for a second, "Um...not much really..."
Miles added, "Me and Elias could do some cool ping pong! I'm really good at it!" Elias seemed surprised by Miles's talents, but agreed to it.
"Great, and I could help by putting in the technical work! Like lights, hosting our part and other stuff!" Katrin hi-fives Elias and Miles, and they go off on their way.
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(Fiji Mindeeka)
The other team seemed to be already at work, working on individual performances to create one show. Micah was painting boards with Andy, Jerome and Sera were practicing a dance to Micah's music, Smith was painting pictures, being inspired by the music playing. Kara was practicing her singing for she was doing opera music. Eventually, she got bored and decided to go check on what the others were doing.
"Yo Smith! How's the paintings?!" Kara asked, touching the paintings.
Smith didn't seem to like that Kara was touching her art, "Fine...um, could you not...touch my stuff? They're drying up and you'll ruin it..."
Kara chuckled, "Nah! I upgrade everything I touch...it'll be good luck for the team!" Kara started singing some more, which annoyed Smith since the singing got in the way of her own music.
"Kara! Please! Go somewhere else to practice! I have my things to do too!" Smith complained, trying to keep painting.
"Oh my god, shut up!" Kara yelled, "Let me be!" She kept singing then walked away. Smith sighed in relief.
Smith: (CONF.) I don't want to have to deal with annoying drama that comes out of nowhere! Like that thing with Kara! Stupid! Grr...
Jerome and Sera were practicing some hip-hop dance to Micah's electronic music. Even though they've known each other for a day, they already work and dance in-sync as well. Both bounced off each other's energies and even got a bit too close to each other.
After a lot of dancing, the two stopped to eat sandwiches that they snuck in for the challenge.
"Nice dancing Sera! Never thought you had it in ya!" Jerome joked. He grabbed a knife and started putting it in butter, spreading it in bread, "Wanna be a big dancer someday?"
Sera shrugs, "Maybe. My dad has this little theater where stuff like slam poetry and bands play...kinda cool I guess."
"Cool! Maybe I could dance there after the show!"
"Yeah, maybe," Sera adds, "Alright...wanna go back to dancing? We got like...15 minutes."
Jerome shakes his head, "Naw...we worked pretty hard already...gotta take a break."
"Not even a run-through? We might mess up and cost our ten the challenge!" Sera asked. Jerome grabbed her hand and sat her down. Even though she was reluctant, Sera went ahead and took a rest.
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Micah was painting some boards to show off and looked to Andy, who was on his phone, "Andy!" He grabbed Andy's phone and put it in his pocket, "Stop getting distracted and help out!"
"But..." Andy started.
"Stop! You'll get it back after the challenge!" Micah yelled. He turned to painting but his eye caught Katrin, eyeing her body.
Micah: (CONF.) Not gonna lie, Katrin's pretty hot for someone smart! Should I?
"Yo Katrin! What up?!" Micah yelled, running up to Katrin who was working on a computer, "Can I see what you're doing?!" All of a sudden, a paint can that Micah was holding spilled onto Katrin's computer, making all of the work Katrin was doing disappear, "Oh shit..." he whimpered.
Katrin looked mad and stared at Micah, but she couldn't find any way to hate on him. Micah ran away just in time before Katrin's entire team got to her.
"What...happened?!" Alexandra yelled, grabbing Katrin, "Are you trying to sabotage us?! Traitor!"
"What?" Katrin replied, "NO! What makes you think that I'd do that!"
Alexandra didn't stop, "Que ce n'est pas quell je veux!" she reached into her pocket for her gun.
"Wait..." Katrin started, "Is that French? Oh! You're French...haha...hahahahaha..." she quietly said, trying to make things less tense.
Elias jumped onto Alexandra's back, saying, "Don't kill her Alexandra! It;'s not worth it! Manny will probably kick you out! And think of the trials and jail time you need to endure!" But, his speech was useless since Alexandra threw him to the ground.
She then dropped Katrin and pointed the gun at her, "Evil must be destroyed!" Katrin was crying now and Kindeeka were trying to stop her from shooting, but, Mira saved the day by kicking Alexandra in the stomach, making her fall to the ground. Mira had the gun now and pointed it at Alexandra, "No one move...Alexandra...get up..."
The backstage was tense, with even the other team watching. Alexandra, despite not wanting to get up, got up and looked Mira dead in the eyes, "So...you gonna shoot me?"
Mira cocked the gun, "I will if you continue to question everyone's motives...not everyone is out to be evil Alexandra..."
A loud buzzer was heard. Manny was on a megaphone, "Time's up! Time to start the performances! Haha...Mindeeka better pull it off for me!"
Alexandra smiled at Mira and took the gun, "Alright..." she says heading to stage, "Let's go." The team goes to start their performance, but Mira trailed in the back, glaring at Alexandra.
"Wait! Mira! You okay!" Kamren said, handing tissues to her. Mira shook him off and walked away, leaving him confused.
Mira: (CONF.) Alexandra starts so much petty shit and I hate it! She needs to keep careful before our entire team votes her off!
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The performance started, with Katrin using strings to open the curtains. Using random lights she found in a closet, she turned them on, giving off beautiful colored lights.
Then, Elias and Miles came out with a ping pong battle. Miles seemed to be doing it easy for Elias, who was struggling a bit.
Elias: (CONF.) Considering the fact that I only had an hour to learn ping pong from a master like Miles, I did pretty good.
Eventually, both finished and pushed away the pingpong table for AJ's art on his dry-erase boards. He started showing them off, only for Alexandra to come about and start shooting her gun through them, making them ignite on fire, shocking AJ. Both ran off stage for Kamren and Mira, who started reenacting a scene of a photographer taking photos of a cool model.
AJ: (CONF.) She...she destroyed my boards...what the fuck...and...she lit them on FIRE!...BLECH!
After they performed, Fiji Mindeeka got ready, and started.
First, Smith showed off her art, which Manny clapped to. Also, the rock music she played was playing so you could get the feel. Then, Micah and Andy brought out colorful boards while loud, blaring electronic music played and Sera and Jerome got to start dancing. Both had great energy, smiling and putting a lot of effort into making their moves go out there. But, Sera ended up tripping on Jerome's leg. She fell and the whole routine broke down. They got back together, but ran off the stage in upset.
"We..we messed up! Oh..." Sera sadly said, tearing up, "Fuck!"
Jerome held her hand, "Calm down girl! We'll be good! Kara's up...she's a good actress, remember? She'll save us!" Sera wasn't confident on what he said, so she took a seat backstage, leaving Jerome a bit sad.
All of a sudden, Kara runs to the stage in a dramatic way and starts singing opera - badly. After, she started to say a memorized inspirational speech about how her success should be put into the minds of others. She went back to singing. Her singing got so screechy that it destroyed the lights that Katrin turned on.
"NO! NO! NO! STOP IT KARA! STOP!" Manny got up and turned to Fiji Kindeeka, "Because of that nasty ass singing of Kara, you guys win again!"
The team cheer in happiness, but Mira doesn't really, she's just focusing on Alexandra, who just hi-fived Elias. They then went off to the canoes to row back too the main island.
Mindeeka were all looking at Kara, who was humming a tune to herself, not focusing on them.
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(Elimination Ceremony)
Mindeeka were sitting down around the fire, awaiting the marshmallows. Manny arrived and opened the bag up, "Okay, the votes for tonight weren't very surprising..but let's drag it along to make it more dramatic!" He started announcing the ones who were safe, "And the marshmallows go to...
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Smith!" He threw it to her.
"Oh thank goodness!" Smith cheers, standing up and grabbing the marshmallow, "Enjoy the canoe ride Kara!"
Kara was thrown onto the canoe and was shocked, "No! OH NO! AHHH!" she moaned, putting her hand on her forehead, "Oh dear me, is it true of what thy eyes see? I have been eliminated! My heart aches for..."
"SHUT UP!" Manny yelled, and Kara did. He looked to the camera, "So, 2 actresses have been eliminated from Fiji Mindeeka, can they pull through with a win today, or will Kindeeka's drama pull themselves down? Find out next time on Total Drama Melanesia!"
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Thanks again for reading! I don't know if the ending was a bit rushed but...
Anyways, I'm doubling up on episodes since I have a lot of time to myself now, so you can read episode 3 now!