Chris is stood on the dock with his arms open, "Last time on Total Drama Island." he announces.

"Campers had their survival skills put to the test when they spent the entire night camping in the woods."

Clips of Kali and Gabriel trying to light fire for the Gophers and Joey and Deon setting up the Bass tent.

"Conor and Ria strained their relationship when he called her out for laziness and cowardice, which she did not take well." Chris chuckles at her misery.

Clips of Conor flipping his lid at Ria are shown along with her telling her sorrows to Mayra and Farah.

"Kevin, Velma and Edward got freaked out by an angry bear without it's dinner and Mayra and Farah managed to tick off a whole herd of vengeful deer."

The Gopher trio being freaked out and chased by the bear are shown and clips of Mayra lassoing a deer that later gestures menacingly towards her.

"Things weren't much better before as it started raining when both teams tried to cook their food."

Jela rushing to the tent in fear is shown along with Griff getting soaked trying to take pictures with the camera.

"Dianne became ill and was freaked out by her teammates and the Bass spent their night inside of Rose and Tristan's trap. Basically, it was a tough night's sleep."

Dianne screaming in fear at the muddy trio of Kevin, Velma and Edward and Rose setting off the trap to protect the Bass from the deer airs.

"Ultimately, the Gophers experienced their first time on the chopping block with Edward being the first Gopher without a marshmallow."

Chris showing the Gophers their blurry photos and Edward's shocked face at being eliminated are highlighted.

"It was a rough challenge and if I have my way, things will get even rougher. Luckily, I will." Chris smirks at the camera. "What horrors have we planned for our pair of teams? Find out right here on TOTAL! DRAMA! ISLAND!" Chris yells out with his usual arm and volume raising.

Theme song and opening intro plays

Starting in the forest we see Conor and Ria doing training in a clearing. Conor is fully garbed in his gi while Ria is in her pajamas watching his kata demonstration. Conor is performing a basic kata called 'Heian Shodan' with a raw intensity that Ria is gushing over.

~Ria Confessional~

"Getting this tutor time with Conor has been amazing so far. He's such a passionate teacher." Ria blushes as she puts her hands over her cheeks.

"Alright, now I want you to perform the first sequence to the best of your ability." Conor instructed her as she snapped out of her lovestruck stupor and got in her starting stance. She performs her blocks to near perfection and punches with an unexpected vigour, putting powerful emotion into every cry she yells with her movements. Once she finishes her kata, she bows to an impressed Conor.

"So, how was that?" Ria asked anxiously.

"Very well done. Just a minor note on your sweeping block." Conor gets in the correct position to perform said move. "Be sure to bring your arm over a bit more, like this." Conor sweeps his arm across and finishes it well to the left of his body.

"You mean like this?" Ria performs it again but does it at a bit slower pace and slightly off from where Conor finished.

"Nearly, here let me show you." Conor goes over and grabs her arm from behind her while she's in her stance. "Over, like before and finish about here." Conor said nonchalantly, while moving her arm. "Do you understand?"

"Yes." Ria blurts out immediately with Conor close to her face and body, trying her hardest not to squeal in delight.

"Excellent. And again." Conor said while Ria performed the move with a determined look on her face.

~Conor Confessional~

"I must admit, I was not expecting too much out of her when we made this arrangement but she's proving to be a natural at karate and a pleasure to teach. It's been quite the nice surprise."

~Ria Confessional~

Ria is just squealing in pure happiness at the prior close contact from Conor.

At the Gopher Cabin, Jela was sleeping peacefully in her bed with some of the girls dreaming away too in their own slumbers. Soon her face started scrunching in discomfort as she groaned in annoyance and shuffled under her covers. Eventually, forcing herself to wake up, she removed her covers to find stick insects crawling on her pyjamas. Naturally, waking up to the horrific sight caused Jela to scream in a way that would put banshees to shame. The high-pitched noise jolted the rest of the campers awake.

"My ears. Ow!" Kali complained as she fiddled with her possible deaf ear hoping to hear again.

"What's wrong Jela?" Dianne asked groggily.

"There's bugs all over my bed. Get them away from me!" Jela yelled as she shook herself around hoping to get rid of the creepy-crawlies. As soon as she accomplished that goal, laughter erupted from the doorway and there was Claire, roaring with enjoyment at the sight of a frightened Jela.

"Oh my God. Ha ha ha. That was great. Thanks for the bugs Velma." Claire continued laughing away as she walked away to the mess hall. Velma, just processing what Claire said, jumped off her top bunk and ran to her drawer full of jars. Seeing one missing, she immediately set her sights on Jela.

"Where's my precious Phasmid?" Velma demanded. Causing weirded out looks between the remaining girls. "None of you wish to admit your guilt. I'll find the culprit if it's the last thing I do."

"Gross, I got bug guts on my shoe." A male voice said from outside. Velma's face dropped as she ran outside to see Zveif scraping his shoe against the stairs, with the remains of the stick insect sticking to the edge.

"You monster!" Velma shouted at him pushing him down the stairs.

"Ow, hey what gives?" Zveif looked up to a furious Velma shooting him a deadly look as he scurried away in fear. Jela went over to the scene and just looked at the camera unimpressed.

~Jela Confessional~

"A woman this voluptuous" she said showing off her curves "should not be living with freaks like Claire and Velma. They're psycho. I think I'll have one of the boys be my bodyguard from now on. Just a question of who will be easiest to work my magic on." Jela said smirking.

~Zveif Confessional~

"So, there I was about to help the beautiful Jela and be the hero after hearing her scream, then Velma shoves me down the stairs. Way to blow my shot, erm… four eyes." Zveif pulled out a bag of sweets and began comfort eating his troubles away. "I'm not good at insults OK."

~Velma Confessional~

"Horace, had so much to live for. Rest in Peace my magnificent creature." She mourned as she scraped some bug parts into a tiny box with a cross on it.

In the communal washroom, Farah was getting herself ready brushing her teeth. Suddenly, a freshly washed Nick stepped out of the shower and caught sight of her brushing her teeth. Squinting suspiciously at her, she spat out the toothpaste foam before catching sight of the squinting Nick.

"Oh, hey Nick. Didn't know you were here." She said passively, sparking off the fire burning within Nick.

"Oh, I'll bet you didn't. You just happen to, 'conveniently' be ahead of me in hygiene preparations. I see your game, girl." Nick implied with the complimentary accusing pointer finger to her head.

"What on earth are you talking about?" Farah said, sounding done with these antics.

"I'm not having you one up me again. Watch as I get ready before you." Nick said as he rapidly began his bathroom routine and completed it with quick efficiency. Farah watched the charade with complete indifference. As soon as he was done, he looked at the finished product in the mirror.

"Face of a winner." He bragged, admiring his reflection. Farah rolled her eyes at the display, prompting a growl from Nick. He walked past her knocking her bathroom stuff to the floor before exiting and accidently slamming the door into an entering Griff.

"Watch it jerk." Farah said as she closed the door on him, with Griff falling on to the floor after being released from his crushing prison.

~Farah Confessional~

"I don't know why Nick has it out for me. Frankly, I don't care either. He's acting like a total Richard and it needs to stop."

~Griff Confessional~

"Why does this crap keeping happening to me?" Griff said holding up his shirt, revealing the mark of a door handle imprinted red on his stomach.

Chris was in the forest with beams of light shining around him. It was a peaceful atmosphere with rabbits hopping behind him and birds chirping away. "Hi, Chris here. Sometimes teams just don't get along." Chris addressed the viewing audience with a faux caring tone. "So the producers and I thought the best way for them to work through the group friction would be…" Chris posed ready to unleash his wonderful idea. "To exploit it for laughs. This is gonna be awesome." Chris rubbed his hands in eager anticipation.

All the campers were now gathered at the end of the dock split into their respective teams. Chris stood in front of them ready for his hosting duties. "Last week's challenge exposed some distrust between some team members for both teams." Kevin and Velma looked around nervously as did Conor and Ria sharing apologetic glances with each other. "Not to mention there seems to be something floating outside the competition too." Jela glared at Claire who chuckled at her and Nick did the same with Farah who pushed him away from her. Regaining his footing they all turned back to Chris.

"This week's challenge is about building trust, as all good things begin with a little trust." Chris stated matter-of-factly to the teens.

~Anton Confessional~

"Trust is one of those things I've learnt to trust my gut instinct on. For example, in my team people like Kali and Kevin you can easily tell are trustworthy. Those like Jeffrey and Claire, you should get that uneasy feeling in your stomach like when your drink punch from the toilet."

"There will be 3 major challenges that will have to be completed by two members of your team." A couple campers shared look between them that ranged from joy to dread. "Normally, the campers would choose their partners but not this time. More fun for me." Chris said eagerly making all campers agree on having looks of dread.

We cut to the teams in front of a giant cliff face. "For your first challenge, one of you will be free-hand climbing up the side of this cliff on a fun adventure, while your partner supports you with the harnesses. Once you get up there, you must take the harnesses off and trust fall off the edge and hope that your partner catches you. If not, you can try again if your back still works."

"What do you mean by trust fall?" Gabriel asked warily.

"It means fall backwards without looking behind you." Chris explained with a slightly sadistic grin. Gabriel gulped at that. "Don't worry, legal says we have to give you some kind of cushioning for falling, so the non-climber gets to wear these sumo suits during this challenge." Chris shows the suits that Chef wheels in that come with complementary team belts and noticeable stink fumes emanating from the costume.

"You mean they're gonna fall on one of us?" Kali questioned in disbelief.

"Fun huh. OK, so we'll have Dianne and Kevin from the Gophers and Farah and Nick from the Bass."

"Why me?" Both Farah and Nick groaned while Kevin and Dianne nodded to each other.

"Come and collect your equipment." Chris sang to them.

"I've never been climbing before. Do you mind if I go?" Dianne asked Kevin.

"Of course not. I didn't want to climb anyway." Kevin said before looking at the gross sumo suit and realising the consequence for his choice. He sighed while Dianne squeaked with excitement.

"With my medals from 5th grade for scaling the climbing wall at Halifax Climbing Centre, I'm clearly the superior choice for scaling the cliff." Nick bragged before feeling the sumo suit be forced on him by Farah who had already got the harness and belay equipped on her.

"Yeah… no. Did you already forget I found camp in the last challenge by scaling a giant tree?" Farah reminded the boy who was struggling with the stench of the sumo suit.

Both competitors were making their way up the side of the mountain with Farah slightly ahead of Dianne. The rest of the teams both watched on with Nick and Kevin sweating away in their sumo suits.

"Go Farah. You're killing it." Joey shouted from the side-lines.

"Come on Dianne. You can beat her." Anton cheered.

"Thanks guys. I can do-". Her appreciation was interrupted by her hand suddenly flaring in pain. "Owww aaahhhhh" Dianne fell off the side of the mountain before being stopped by Kevin's management of the rope.

"Don't worry. I've got you." Kevin called to her.

"Thanks guy." She looked at her hand and saw a rusty nail sticking out of it. "Why are their rusty nails on the mountain?" Dianne asked wincing as she removed the hazard from her skin.

"Oh, did I neglect to mention there are a few surprises for you both on the side of the mountain. Can't make it too easy for you." Chris warned the girls intentionally late.

Dianne got back to climbing looking up at Farah who was way ahead of her. That lead was reduced however when a mild explosive went off near Farah who caught a fair amount of the blast. Groaning in pain she uttered "Ugh, this bites."

"Quit your complaining and get a move on lazy butt." Nick ordered her, prompting a growl from Farah who tried to regain her footing.

~Farah Confessional~

"Seriously, Nick is starting to get on my nerves. You try getting exploded and not get shook off a mountain." Farah vented with her arms crossed.

Later, both girls had made a good amount of progress up the mountain with Farah still leading. Both boys were sweating buckets in their costumes, but the end was in sight. Farah reached up to the top ledge but found herself struggling to retain a grip on the top.

"What in the world?" Farah mumbled to herself as she couldn't grasp properly as she slipped down the mountain.

"Why are going down the mountain you buffoon?" Nick yelled at her.

"There's an oil slick at the top of mountain. I can't get a good grip." She shouted to him, trying to keep her composure as she tried to figure out a solution to this issue.

Meanwhile, Dianne had made it to the top herself but was struggling as well. As she slipped down the mountain, she saw one of the explosives Chris had planted and her face brightened at the thought of a crazy idea.

~Dianne Confessional~

"I've never really done anything super dangerous before, but I've been in situations where you do what you can because you've got nothing to lose. This was more of a physically life-threatening spin, sort of, on what I'm used to with that but hey. Nothing ventured, nothing gained right." Dianne justified.

Dianne kicked the small timer on the explosive and within a couple seconds the explosive went off and sent Dianne flying up to the peak of the mountain. Though her landing was less than pleasant she had made it up to the top first.

"Nice one Di. I'll get ready to catch you." Kevin shouted as Dianne gave him a thumbs-up and began to change out of her climbing gear.

"Clearly, this part of the challenge is too easy. Let's spice things up a bit. Oh Kevin." Chris called innocently to Kevin who turned to him. From out of nowhere, Chris pulled out a large water gun and sprayed a red liquid into Kevin's face. Kevin began writhing in pain as he rolled around in his sumo suit. "Habanero pepper sauce. Muy Caliente." He then turned to Nick who looked a bit spooked by Chris' toothy smile.

"Ah. Leave me be you imbecile." Nick said as he dodged the blasts from gun. This caught the attention of Farah, who was greased more than fast food frying basket. Wiping her hands on the grass and picking up a rock she chucked said rock in the direction of where Chris was chasing after Nick. Unfortunately, or fortunately to Farah, it hit Nick, rendering him unconscious.

"That'll work." Farah cheekily remarked. She began climbing out of her gear as she watched Dianne plummet of the side of the mountain. The Gopher was on target to make it before Kevin, still suffering from the hot sauce rolled away from her unintentionally. Farah winced as she saw the poor girl make a Dianne sized crater at the foot of the mountain.

"Medic." Chris called out prompting Chef, in a visually disturbing nurses outfit to collect the damaged girl.

"Here goes nothing." Farah gulped as she leaned backwards off the mountain for her trust fall. Having her fingers crossed as she fell to her doom she kept quiet throughout her fall. During this Nick rose from his mini-coma.

"Ugh. What happened to me?" His question would be unanswered as he was back to the land of darkness with Farah landing on the irritable teen for the victory.

"Looks like the Bass take Round One." Chris announced, earning rapturous applause from the Bass while the Gophers looked on at Dianne being stretchered away from the action.

The setting shifts to the cafeteria, with spotlight shining on the next 2 pairs. On the left, the Bass team of Mayra and Tristan. To the right, the Gopher team of Velma and Zveif; Both teams had determined expressions as some intern front flipped onto the podium between the pairs. For some reason, Chris popped up from behind the podium with a conceited smile to the camera. "And now for Round Two. The Extreme. Cooking. Challenge." Chris bellowed out while both pairs watched the completely different looking stunt double crawl away off-screen. "Since the girls got the more dangerous task last time, dudes are going to be the eaters of this challenge."

"Yeehaw. That's fine with me. I can whip you up some viddles that'd make the devil an angel again." Mayra boasted which gained a relieved smile from Tristan.

"I you're right for Tristan's sake because today you'll Fugu Sashimi. The Japanese poisonous blowfish." Chris informed them as Chef wheeled in the toxic creatures for the contestants to see. Zveif's face suddenly dropped as he caught sight of Velma's excited reaction.

~Zveif Confessional~

"I know she's ticked off with me, but she wouldn't actually try to kill me over a bug. Right?" Zveif pleaded as his eyes shrunk in fear at the possibility of death.

A diagram of the fugu's body projected onto a canvas beside Chris. "The fugu blowfish contains enough lethal toxin to kill 30 people." Chris added to further scare the boys about to risk their lives. They watched Chef tap against the glass of the fishes' tank to make them expand to full size before fishing them out by their tails.

"Fishies, meet your maker." Chef screamed menacingly as he threw both fish onto the respective teams chopping boards.

"They must be sliced very carefully to cut around the poisonous organs." Zveif gulped as Velma studied the fish in admiration. "The poison paralyzes the nerves and there is no known antidote. So, no worries." Chris reassured despite the previous warnings completely contradicting that statement.

"Are you sure you can make sashimi? I really don't want to die yet." Tristan asked Mayra who looked extremely unsure at the fish.

"I've had to prep the meat from cows back at the ranch. This shouldn't be too different right." Mayra said with faux belief, but it seemed to be enough for Tristan who exhaled dramatically. Ironically, the fish lost all of its air too as Mayra poked at it with her knife, causing the fish to deflate into a puddle like state onto the chopping board. They both gulped as Mayra took a deep breath before going for it.

Time elapsed as both girls finished their respective fish dishes. Velma had sliced the meat into cubes with toothpicks in them. Mayra's dish meanwhile had a sloppy resemblance to sashimi but was prepared nearly as visually impressive as Velma's serving. Both boys stared at their respective dishes and then each other. Zveif's face clearly displayed more nervousness than Tristan's but Tristan's eye was bulging as he stuck his knife and fork into the sashimi. Cutting off a chunky piece he stared it down until he took a breath and scarfed the whole piece down after a few bites. Everyone in the room watched in anticipation as they waited for any sign of the toxin acting in his body. After a few seconds of nothing, Mayra and Tristan beamed at the results.

"Alright partner. We did it." Mayra lightly tapped the sitting Tristan in the chest, causing him to fall over? Turns out he did get paralyzed after all. Spazzing out on the fallen chair, he began to leak disgusting fluids from out of his mouth as everyone surrounded the poor guy, watching in sympathetic disgust.

"Huh. Better hope you don't end up like him Zveif. Your turn now while Chef deals with Tristan." Zveif's pupils shrank massively at the news.

"Uh, uh. No way man. I'm not ready to die yet. I haven't even tried an authentic Belgian waffle yet." Zveif protested as he tried to escape, only to be blocked by Chef's intimidating frame.

"Sorry Zveif. We can't move on until you get chowing." Chris informed him. Resigned to his fate, he sat back by Velma's fish cubes and grabbed the smallest one he could. Despite his heavily shaking hand, he forced the food into his mouth as everyone looked on waiting. Velma's face soon showed a smirk as Zveif retreated into an armadillo position, waiting for the toxins to take him out as well. However, the time never came and as soon as he realised this, he jumped out of his chair and hugged Velma in a tight grip.

"Thank you, thank you, thank you." Zveif spouted in grateful cries.

"It's fine. Simple biology. Killing you is not just vengeance. Now stop crushing my ribcage." Velma told him struggling to breathe. He released and set her down on the dining bench as she gasped for air. Mayra joined them as she guiltily watches Tristan get wheeled away by Chef and wince as he drops him from the gurney.

Soon everyone had collected back together at the beach, minus the casualties of Dianne and Tristan and stood waiting by Chris for the next challenge. "Campers, I have good news for you all. You'll all get to compete in the third challenge."

"I thought you said we'd be competing as pairs." Kali asked confused.

"You still are because the third round involves 3 more challenges. We've dubbed them, the 3 blind challenges. It begins with the explosive blind minefield maze, followed by blind trapeze and culminating with the treacherous blind toboggan race." Chris addressed everyone present who waited anxiously for what was to come.

"Oh great. Restrict these idiots even more by blinding them. What a great idea Chris?" Nick vented sarcastically earning a few displeased looks from the Bass.

"Yeah, I'm good." Chris admired himself before he threw maps to Deon and Kali. "Deon and Griff will compete for the Bass while Kali and Gabriel compete for the Gophers. Those maps show the maze you'll be going through. Except the walls on that map are mines that we've placed under the sand." Chris directed everyone's attention to said area. "The person in the maze will be blindfolded. They'll have to rely on their partner who will be reading the map from these guard towers. The first person to escape the maze at the other side wins this round. So, who's going?"

"There is no way I'm going to let my designer boots get scuffed by an explosive. You're doing it." Deon demanded Griff who didn't look best pleased.

"What? No way dude. I'm not risking my life walking through a minefield. Besides, I can read floor plans. You have to know these things when you're going to be the next Spielberg." Griff 'modestly' said.

~Griff Confessional~

"I have all these ideas for films that'll make millions in the future. Check it." Griff pulls out a notepad from his back pocket. It's a mess of scrawls and poor handwriting. "A spaceman tries to rob this alien bank and has to avoid the space cops to get back to Earth and make millions from alien artefacts. If that isn't your thing, I've got at least 20 pages for romantic-comedy plots."

"If you go through the maze, I'll stop testing makeovers on you." Deon offered, to which Griff immediately start tying the blindfold over his eyes to Deon's amusement.

"Let's do this!" Griff said motivated as Deon leads him to the starting line to join Gabriel. Once Kali and Deon got on their towers Chris stood with an airhorn at the ready.

"Alright teams. Go!" Chris shouted as the air-horn sounded loudly. Kali and Deon began reading their maps as Gabriel and Griff took their first steps into the maze.

"Alright Gabe. Two paces forward then head three paces right." Kali said. Gabriel did as told and kept walking, praying that he stayed unharmed.

"Griff, keep walking make a left and then take the first right down that path. Deon instructed.

"When's the first right dude? Did you forget I can't see anything?" Griff retorted sassily.

"Well so-rry. No need to go full diva on me." Deon 'apologised'. "Just keep walking and turn… now." Griff did so and kept making moves forward.

"OK Gabe. Keep walking and now take two paces to your left." Kali told him, and Gabe complied. "Alright now stop and make another left turn." Kali ran over the map route with her finger as Gabe did as told.

~Kali Confessional~

"Positioning is so important when it comes to the stage. You've gotta know where to be at all times in order to properly draw the audience into your performance and tell the story. If you're in the wrong place, the show bombs. The same applies here just a lot more literally."

"How much further now Kali?" Gabriel asked praying for the climax of the challenge.

"Just a couple more turns and you should be there." Kali responded to Gabriel's delight.

"Did you here that man? Pick up the pace, we're falling behind." Griff ordered Deon who looked back at him exasperated.

"Don't you think I'm trying. I've never read a map before." Deon revealed to Griff's utter frustration.

"Are you kidding me, dude?" Griff yelled at him.

~Deon Confessional~

"You couldn't pay me to walk through a minefield. One wrong step and my modelling career is over." Deon's hands highlighted his toned figure. "Plus, do you know how hard it is to get gunpowder burns and stains out of polyester? It's super hard, trust." Deon nonchalantly added looking at his manicured nails.

"It's not my fault that GPS's are more convenient than reading paper to get somewhere." Deon fired back at Griff who sighed in annoyance.

"Forget this. I'm winging it." Griff turned away from where he could he Deon's voice and took a step forward. As soon as he did, he regretted it. A landmine triggered beneath him and Griff summed up his situation perfectly. "Oh, for f-.". The explosion sent the poor guy hurdling off into the air towards one of the towers.

"Alright Gabe, now just walk forward and you'll be out." Kali told him prompting a cheer from Gabe who bucked it to the exit. A terrified scream suddenly faded into Kali's range and she turned to see Griff flying into her direction. Just as she was about to scream, the footage suddenly paused.

Chris laughed as he commentated over the footage. "This is what I like to call, the 'deer moment'. Kali's face fully captures what it's like when a human looks like a deer caught in the headlights. Note the shrunken irises and the jaw coming almost unhinged like a snake. It's not very often I get to see a moment of pure terror like this so I'm going to savour it." Chris laughed mockingly at the image before catching his breath again. "Alright, back to the show."

The scene cut to both Griff and Kali being wheeled off by interns to join the other casualties in the E.R. "Well, it may have cost the team member who didn't put themselves in danger, but the Gophers now lead 2-1. If you'll follow me to your next challenge." Chris told them as they moved on.

All the remaining campers joined Chris in the woods as they approached a wooden frame with a trapeze set up in the middle over a shallow pool of water. "Campers, your next challenge is a much simpler task. One of you will be the trapeze artist, swinging back and forth on the swing you see before you. You have to tell the jumper when to jump down from the platform so you can catch them and get them to the other side."

"I'm guessing the jumper is blindfolded." Rose finished the explanation dreading the expected response.

"Correct-a-mundo. Plus, you want to be caught to you'll feel sting when you fall in this pool of tangy jellyfish." Chris answered with delight juxtaposing the classic groans of the campers.

"You love tormenting us, don't you?" Rose asked rhetorically.

Chris answered anyway. "That I do. There's something about your complaining that gives me a warm feeling inside."

"Gross." Anton added.

"Anyway, Ria and Conor will represent the Bass. Jela and Claire, you'll play for the Gophers." The Bass pair shared a happy glance between them while Jela and Claire scowled at each other.

~Jela Confessional~

"If that edgy wannabe rebel thinks that she can get away with putting bugs in my bed, she thought wrong. Time for a little payback." Jela clenched her fist ready.

"Chris, can I p-leaseeee be on the trapeze for this challenge?" Jela said in her smoothest voice. "I'd think a smart and handsome host such as yourself would understand that I can't risk damaging my looks." She clings to his arm as Chris looks down to her weirded out.

"She's so hot." Zveif shouted from the sidelines. Jela smiled at that, as the cogs began turning in her head.

"I don't care what you think Zveif. Besides," Chris pushes Jela away from him "as long as someone gets hurt in the end, I don't care who does what." Chris smirked as Jela grinned menacingly at Claire who crossed her arms in disgust.

~Claire Confessional~

"Geez, one prank and suddenly she gets all vengeful. Not my fault she can't take a joke."

Jela swung back and forth on the trapeze as Claire stood on the platform ready to jump. "If you drop me, I'll make you existence here a living hell." Claire threatened Jela who ignored it.

"I'm not gonna sack off the win just to get back at you. There's plenty of time for that later Trust me." Jela lied with a fake reassuring tone. "Now get ready. 1. 2. 3. Jump!"

Claire dived off the platform and did touch Jela's arms but slipped down them and into the pool of jellyfish below. Claire's screams of pain from the jellyfish stings rang out and sacred the awaiting Ria who held a flinching Conor. Jela meanwhile chuckled to herself as she watched the events unfold.

"You're." Claire screamed as she got stung again. "Dead Jela." Claire screamed again as she got out of the jellyfish pool with the aid of Anton. With the jellyfish's stingers firmly attached to her she removed her blindfold and began heading to the medical office.

"This is what you get for picking on people." Anton chastised her as she walked off screeching in pain. "And what was that Jela. You had her right there."

"She slipped between my hands I couldn't get a good grip. Sorry Anton, please don't be mad at me." Jela insincerely said with a complimentary finger on the lips and 'retreating' face turn. Anton sighed as he nodded at her and she smiled back.

~Anton Confessional~

"I know she didn't mean it, but I couldn't stay mad at her. You don't see too many gorgeous honeys when you're in the slammer, you know."

Conor was next on the trapeze as he swung back and forth watching a frightened Ria cling to the wooden platform post. "Come on Ria. I need you to focus on the challenge." Conor pleaded.

"Believe me when I say I'm deadly focused on the challenge. Emphasis on deadly." Ria replied as she tightened her hold on the post.

"Remember, what I told you earlier. You've got to throw yourself into every move you make. It's the only way you'll do things properly." Conor reminded her.

"Yeah but karate doesn't involve being stung by jellyfish." Ria cried.

"This won't either as long as you trust me and listen to what I tell you. Don't you trust me?" Conor asked her as he continued to swing waiting for his partner. Ria contemplated his words and began to slowly release herself and edge to the platform. Despite, her fears she stood on the edge with a nervous vigour.

"OK. Let's get this over with please." Ria begged.

"That's it. Now jump to me in 3. 2. 1. Go!" Conor instructed. Ria eventually screamed as she jumped off the platform but breathed a sigh of relief as she felt Conor grab snatch her out of the air and lead her onto the next platform over. They both climbed down from their respective areas and met on the ground below.

"I told you you could do it. You just need to believe in yourself a bit more." Conor praised as she ran towards him and hugged him.

"Thank you, thank you, thank you." Ria said, happy to be unharmed, catching Conor off-guard who simply coughed awkwardly at the affectionate display.

~Conor Confessional~

"I'm glad Ria trusted me enough to jump. When she believes in herself, she always manages to surprise me somehow." Conor smiled, unaware at how goofy it turned for a second.

Back with Claire, she finally made it to the medical tent to join the rest of the injured campers. "Ow. Damn jellyfish." When she entered Chef was treating a concussed Dianne.

"Ugh, oh hey Claire. What'd I miss?" Dianne asked.

"Nothing save for Jela letting me fall into a pool of jellyfish." Claire angrily answered.

"What?" Dianne muttered confused.

"Doesn't matter. It doesn't concern you. How's the head?" Claire inquired.

"Should be better after a bit of rest. Could've been worse." Dianne played it off.

"Cool, cause I could you Nurse Ratchet to look at my friend here." Claire pointed to the friend resting on her head as she fell backwards onto a treatment table.

"What'd you call me girly?" Chef asked her intimidatingly.

"You know what I said. Just please help me out here." Claire said before passing out on the table.

"No good spoiled kids. Cheap-ass low rent job, making me do all the work." Chef mumbled to himself.

At the same time, Griff and Kali both stirred from their own unconscious spells. They both caught sight of each other from across the room. Kali adjusted herself as she sat up and stretched her aching body. "You OK Griff?"

"Yeah, I think so." Griff said as he cracked various parts of his own aching body.

"Good." Kali threw one of her pillows at him. "What the heck were you doing flying at me like that?" Kali said, her temper rising.

"Hey man, it wasn't on purpose, alright!" Griff defended himself. "I stepped on a landmine and it sent me flying towards you." Griff dodged another pillow that was sent towards him. "Would you stop that?"

"It's the least I can give back to you for injuring me." Kali fired back at him.

"Oh, calm down. It was an accident and you'll probably be out of here in no time." Griff played it down which received a mattress thrown at him by Kali. She walked over to him with a smile on her face as she took it off him.

"Now we're cool." Kali said as she grabbed a pillow and whacked him with it. She laughed heartily, and Griff shook his head jokingly before rubbing his sore neck.

~Kali Confessional~

"I wasn't really mad at him. I knew it was an accident but it's fun to lead people on and think otherwise for a bit. You can get some incredible reactions." Kali chuckled. "Gauging people's response is key to becoming a better actor after all." Kali raises her arm like Hamlet with Yorick's skull.

~Griff Confessional~

"Fair enough. She had me tricked for a while there. She's good." Griff tapis his chin in thought. "Do you think she could play an anthropomorphic ferret queen who battles the undead for control of the surface world?" Griff pulls out his notepad again and scrawls some points down.

On location for the last challenge, Chris faced the remaining contestants. "Wow, there's quite a few of you missing. Cool." Chris remarked. "Well those who have survived are in luck as this is your final challenge of the day. Step forward, those who have yet to compete."

Jeffrey and Anton stepped forward for the Gophers while Rose and Joey did the same for the Bass. Rose and Jeffrey appeared indifferent while Joey seemed pleased, contrasting with Anton who suspiciously eyed Jeffrey. "You 4 will compete in the blind toboggan race. This challenge will have you both sliding down this cliff with the driver in front and the navigator behind. Oh and the driver will be blindfolded." Joey gasped in fear as she looked upon the hill they'd be hurdling down. "First team to cross the finish line wins and the losers will send someone home."

"Try not to screw this up like some of these other losers have." Nick shouted at the girls from the audience, who looked away unimpressed along with the other campers.

At the top of the hill, the participants saw Chef applying oil to their toboggans. "Just lubing them up. Get a little more speed going. Hehe." Chef ominously warned them. Joey started freaking out but Rose put a hand on her shoulder.

"Hey relax Skittles." Rose calmly said.

"Does my hair really look like Skittles?" Joey said, referring to her adventurous hair colour.

"Not important. What is important is that you calm down? Nobody likes a panicky back-seat driver. Trust me." Rose explained.

"You mean you'll drive for us?" Joey asked looking more chipper.

"Hell yeah. I ain't turning down a chance to race. We to prove we're better than the guys right." Rose remarked to Joey's delight. They high-fived ready to race.

"You're stronger so you'll have less issues steering the toboggan. I'll navigate." Jeffrey explained.

"Sure. Blindfold me and then you'll do some heinous act when I can't see. I'm not falling for it." Anton fired back.

"I think you're paranoid." Jeffrey defended himself. "Even if I did, what could I possibly do when we're racing at huge speed down a mountain side." Anton tried to come up with something but found himself speechless. "That's what I thought. Now put this on." Jeffrey held up Anton's blindfold.

Both teams were ready on the cliff as Chris joined Chef. "Campers at the ready. On your marks. Get set. Go!" Chris shouted through his megaphone as he and Chef pushed both toboggans down the hill. Both began rapidly building momentum as they slid down the hill. Soon, rocks and trees began rapidly appearing in their way.

"Right." Anton dodged a tree per Jeffrey's orders. "Right again." Another tree missed. "Now left." They avoided a rock, but that rock soon was no longer there as a blast rang out.

"What the?" Jeffrey blurted out.

"Right." Rose followed Joey's instructions. "Left." Rose did so avoiding a tree, but Joey's face dropped as she saw the blast radius ahead of her. "There's explosives here too."

Chris stood at the peak with a pump switch in hand. "We had a few explosives left over from the climbing challenge and I just hate to waste." Chris said to the camera as he pushed the stich again.

"More TNT. This is nuts." Anton shouted out.

"Stay focused on steering. I'll avoid them as best as I can. Left." Jeffrey informed him as they avoided another blast.

"Can you see where the bombs are?" Rose asked.

"Just about. Keep going, we're catching up to the guys. Right." Joey told her, and Rose complied. They avoided a tree with an explosive themselves.

Jeffrey turned back to see the girls closing the gap. "They're getting closer. Left and lean forward a bit more." Anton did so, and they matched the speed of the approaching Bass team.

"They're getting faster. Lean more." Joey yelled to Rose who nodded and leaned forward. Jeffrey saw them getting faster again and grimaced before turning back to Anton and seeing an approaching explosive.

"Perfect." He whispered to himself. "Right." He shouted to Anton who did so, leading Jeffrey to grab the visible explosive and chuck it to a tree the girls were approaching. "Left." Jeffrey shouted as they avoided another bomb. That same action from Chris set off the bomb Jeffrey had thrown blowing up in the tree and sent a huge branch hurdling down in front of the girls.

"Tree." Joey shouted with no time to react as the girls collided into the tree branch and sent them spiralling off the toboggan. They landed with the toboggan as they tumbled down the hill. Jeffrey and Anton crossed the finish line as the beaten girls finally stopped in their tracks, bruised and sore.

"The winners. The Screaming Gophers." The remaining team members celebrated upon Chris's announcement through the megaphone.

"You did terrific guys." Gabriel applauded them.

"Yeah Prof. You and Anton nailed it." Kevin added.

"I'll admit. I had my doubts, but we worked well, and you played fair. Nicely done man." Anton thanked Jeffrey and fist-bumped him. Jeffrey returned it with a sneaky smirk on his face.

"What was that absolute drivel, you useless morons?" Nick shouted at the fallen Rose and Joey.

"Hey jerk. Some giant branch came out of nowhere and fell in our path. It had nothing to do with us." Rose fired back as she got up grunting in pain.

"You would have avoided it if you weren't lagging behind as usual. You two bimbos cost us another win." Nick said seething with rage. That rage was soon dwarfed by Joey who began growling at Nick.

"Did you call us bimbos?!" Joey screamed at Nick as she tried to dive for him but got held back by Deon and Conor. She began flailing for him as he looked on unfazed. "Let me at him. I'll kick his butt for that derogatory bull."

"How primitive. I can't wait to see who goes home tonight." Nick said to her ominously as he walked away. She calmed down as she glared at his leaving figure.

"Neither can I." Joey said as other Bass teammates nodded to her.

At the campfire ceremony, Chris returned with his usual marshmallows in front of the losing Bass. The injured had returned as Griff had bandages wrapped around his head, Rose's arm was bandaged, and Joey had a plaster on her face. Tristan was still the worse however as the poor engineer was wheelchair bound and delirious.

"Welcome back to the elimination ceremony Bass. I have 9 marshmallows on this plate. When I call your name, come up and claim your marshmallow. The campfire who does not receive a marshmallow tonight must immediately walk to the Dock of Shame, to catch the Boat of Losers and be sent home. That means you're out of the race. And you can't come back. Ever!" Chris recited his warning speech. He picked up the first sweet treat. "The first marshmallow goes to… Conor." The martial artist caught his safety symbol.

"Farah." She fist-pumped and caught her marshmallow.

"Mayra." The cowgirl caught the marshmallow in her hat.

"Ria." She beamed as she caught her treat and waved to a smiling Conor.

"Tristan." The treat landed in his wheelchair as he gargled out a thank you.

"Deon." The fashionista smiled as he caught it.

"Rose." The girl groaned as she moved her bandaged arm to catch the marshmallow.

"Griff." The concussed film-buff swiped to catch his treat but fell to the ground missing it.

Nick smiled confidently, baring his teeth at the glaring Joey. "Campers, this is the final marshmallow of the evening. The person who doesn't get this last tasty treat, is heading home. The last marshmallow goes to…"

The two continued to exchange looks as the everyone else looked on eager to see what happens. Nick made a swiping motion across his neck as the suspense built. Joey turned away and looked at Chris as he held the final marshmallow. She held her palm out ready as did Nick.

"Joey." The fluffy treat landed in her hand to Nick's complete shock.

"What, are you all insane?! She blew the challenge for us! I actually won like I normally do!" Nick berated them as Joey went up to join them.

"Time for you to head home Nick." Chris informed him to everyone's delight.

"This is unacceptable. I was your strongest player. I have more medals and trophies than all of you losers combined. I'll get you all back for this." Nick warned them angrily as he gets dragged away by Chef.

"Worst of luck with that you jerk." Farah shouted to him.

"Come back when you learn some respect loser." Rose mocked.

"If I ever see you insult my people again, I won't be so merciful next time." Joey shouted to him as he left. They all turned and laughed together, getting rid of an annoying nuisance on their team.

"Well that was a satisfying elimination and what a day of pain for our campers. What gruelling challenge will we put them through next? Who will be the next camper to leave the island? Could you get anyone better to do this gig? Find out the answer to the first two questions on the next episode of Total! Drama! Island!" Chris closed the show tremendously as the Bass campers cheered on their way back to camp.

Thanks for your input in the previous chapter. I will be continuing writing this story as per your request but I have to let you know something first. I will not be writing anymore of this until after my last deadline for the semester is done. For context, that means I'll be aiming for the next chapter to be out between Christmas and New Years. I got this out now so it's no longer a distraction plaguing my mind and I can entirely focus upon my film course.

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