Episode 4: The Aquastacle Course
Chris stood on top of the mountain this time. "Last time, on Total Drama, The teams went out for a little outing of paintball. Chad proved himself useful to the team, as long as he wasn't being sabotaged. (clip of Ethan shooting a snare onto him) Paul earned, like, one point with Flora. (clip of Paul picking her in the challenge) Madison revealed how much she doesn't like Jonathan. Ethan learned Jonathan has a target on him. Most importantly, Madison made a deal with Ethan to get Jonathan away from her. (clip of the deal being made) Huh? Oh, right, Chad's gone because of Ethan, who learned not all people are voting the way he wants anymore."
"Who is next to be launched? Can the Hens win a challenge? And will Jonathan get a clue? Find out today, on Total! Drama! Karon Island!"
Opening Sequence
Campsite, Bouncing Bunnies
Flora left the girls Bunny cabin, a bit early. It was normal for her to go on a morning run after a hard day. When she got back from her run, she saw one of her teammates on the bench outside. "Hi, Sheldon," she said nicely.
Sheldon quickly took the pad of paper he was scribbling on and put it away. "Good morning, teammate. I hope we exceed at today's challenges as much as the previous trials."
Sheldon: I was up all night, charting almost every possible elimination combination. With Chad gone, the number of possible eliminations decreased from 19 factorial to 18 factorial. Listing all the possibilities I made a list, consisting of the most likely placements for everyone.
Flora shrugged. "Eh, ok. We're heading to breakfast soon, you should come with us."
Sheldon nodded. "Affirmative."
As she walked away, another female bunny walked out. "Think you're so sneaky, huh?" she interrogated.
"I am unaware of the reason for this sudden hostility to the team member which won you the challenge yesterday," Sheldon replied. "I don't recall you performing well."
"Save it, Pencil," Kayla demanded. "You were out here all night doodling. What's the deal? You tell me, or you go home."
"Hey!" Paul called from across the campsite. "Leave Pencil alone or you'll be the one going home. Need I remind you he won the challenge?"
Kayla laughed. "Won us the challenge? He stole the final kill, which requires zero effort. Were you aware he was up all night scribbling?" She snatched the paper from Sheldon's hands. She observed it. "Wow, just wow. You think you're going that far? And I'm going home soon! How does that work, brainiac?"
Sheldon backed up. "It's just a bit of experimentation. I took personality and challenge proficiency into account, and made an estimate on where the merge would be."
Paul took a look at the new discovery. "Hey, fourth isn't bad! But at the same time, no thanks. I'll take one first place, though."
Kayla growled at them. "Sheldon, I will make you go home. Tonight."
"Unless we win the challenge," Paul mentioned. "If you throw, I make sure you go home, got it?"
"Fine," Kayla said.
Kayla: Throw? No thanks. The more challenges we win before the merge, the more I can take this pathetic team to it. So, I'll just take to the back for this one, and watch them squabble.
Campsite, Happy Hens
Ethan walked out of the Hen cabin. He was taking a short walk, thinking about last night. Then, he was greeted by a not-so-friendly teammate. "I know you're responsible for Chad," Jonathan said.
Ethan looked back at him. "Responsible for Chad? Listen, I'm not trying to be the villain here. Chad was a hindrance to my success because he was distracting. I made a decision that was best for the team."
Jonathan wasn't having it. "You threw the challenge to stop him. I'll make sure you leave today."
Ethan narrowed his eyes. "Well, blackmail isn't what I had in mind, but if it must be done to me, it must be done to you. Here's the deal. You keep quiet about your knowledge of my amazing strategy, and I won't tell anyone about you liking Madison."
"Who told you I did?" Jonathan asked nervously.
Ethan smiled. "No one, except you just now. Oh, and if you throw the challenge, you will not have Madison or a spot in the game. Do you agree to all my conditions?"
"Fine," Jonathan said begrudgingly.
Jonathan: How did he find out? I don't want anyone else knowing, especially her. Thing is, as soon as I tell her how I feel, my blackmail's up, and he gets exposed.
Ethan: My conditions are perfect. No one will find out, and everyone knows anyway, so he is concerned over nothing. The only thing is to keep him in suspense. Also, I still have to figure out how to deal with Madison's arrangement as well. That one actually requires work on my end. (He stops, then groans) Aaah! I've been awake for ten minutes and I'm already scheming again!
"Get your butts to breakfast before I get them there myself!" Chris shouted over the speakers.
The breakfast area was tense. No one was speaking, but Luna was looking around at everyone's faces.
Luna: The dining tent was much more tense than normal today. There's growing conflict in the Hens, and even our team is looking like they are fighting over something Sheldon did. This is too bad. I hope we can win again today.
Dining Tent
"I have an idea of the challenge," Luna said to her team.
"Please tell," Kara said. "If we keep winning our advantage will grow." Ethan watched this happen from the other side of the room.
Ethan: Here's the problem. My team needs to win a challenge, or the lack of morale will send me home. I'm the target right now, but if I can get that target off, then I'm golden. As long as we win the next few challenges, I can consider myself in the game still.
Luna leaned in to the rest of the Bunnies. "An obstacle course. I cannot figure out the twist, but there will be one." She whispered so the other team couldn't hear.
"How is that possible?" Daniel asked. "Remember that place we did the relay race? It's all flooded. I don't even remember it raining last night."
"It did," Luna said calmly. "You just weren't listening." Daniel looked at Randall. They both shrugged. Kara looked in suspicion.
Chris entered the tent. "Ahem, campers."
"Shush, host man back," Helio said to his team.
"Thanks, Helio," Chris said facetiously. "Listen, I had a few questions regarding the Sole Vote idol."
"Someone found it already?" Angie complained.
Chris laughed. "No chance. That one's hidden well. Anyway, once played, all the votes that evening are now null. Even yours."
"Now I'm confused," Hannah said to Juan, who rolled his eyes.
"Once you cast it at elimination, you may revote, and eliminate the player of your choice. This is done for dramatic effect, and it might change the outcome." Chris sighed. "I'm gonna get great ratings from that bad boy."
"Just give us the challenge," Kayla demanded.
"Fine. Sheesh." He began explaining. "It's a throwback to the handcuff race challenge from season one, and the Obstakill Course from season five. You will be handcuffed to a partner on your team, which you will pick- sort of. Afterward, we will head down to our, uh, river, and do the course. Fastest time wins for their team, but if you mess up before the course ends, your time doesn't count."
"Why are we going down to the river?" Randall asked. "Couldn't you have set it up on that beautiful mountain this place has? And what river?"
Chris looked nervous. "Our, uh, new river!" He turned to the Bunnies. "You guys are only playing with eight people tonight. Choose two to not participate, and be immune from a possible vote tonight."
"I volunteer me and Paul!" Kayla said, followed by a glare at Sheldon.
Chris looked at the Bunnies. "Awful choice, but whatever. I'm not getting launched."
Hannah: At the end of season one they all threw Chris in the water. I think we should launch him at the end of our season. That would show him.
"Awful choice?" asked Paul. "It's an obstacle course. Not that hard."
Karon River?
Everyone met up at the course site. It was the same place as the first challenge, except The Chasm was now filled with water. There were a bunch of different things in the water for the challenge. "Oh, yeah," Chris started.
"What could you possibly want?" Juan shot back.
"I will choose the four from each team. The other four will wait to be picked by of of them. I want to mix it up. Hens! Your four choosers are Ethan, Norm, Jonathan, and Hannah! Bunnies! Your choosers are Helio, Sheldon, Luna, and Alexa!"
The eight names that were read took their spots in a line, facing the last four members of each team. "Hens," Chris said. "You pick first,"
Ethan spoke up first. "I'll take Madison." Jonathan shot him a glare.
Jonathan spoke next. "I'll take Angie I guess."
Juan looked at Norm. "Por favor, amigo?"
Norm shrugged. "Speak English and I'll consider. Sarah."
Hannah jumped up. "Yay! I get Juan again!"
Juan stomped over.
Juan: She can't focus for over three seconds! Any team with her is a hindrance to our success.
"Bunnies!" Chris said. "Pick."
Helio spoke first. "Me want Daniel." Daniel walked over to Helio.
Alexa spoke next. "I'll take Randall."
Sheldon shrugged. "I guess Kara will make an adequate enough teammate." Kara stepped over nervously.
Luna looked at Flora. "I guess we will compete together."
Flora smiled. "Sure!"
Flora: Luna is really nice, but sometimes she scares people, including me. It won't affect us during the challenge, I'm sure.
"We've made two of the same courses, so each team will send one group at a time. Think of it as incentive. Go!"
Round 1- Norm/Sarah vs Daniel/Helio
Sarah looked at Norm, then at the river, then at Norm again. "How long can you hold your breath?"
"Not long enough. Don't try any-" before he could finish, he was dragged into the water.
Sarah: I'm an ace swimmer. Best on my team, best in the school, and most certainly best here. Norm was light enough, so I just imagined him as drag. Ah, water is beautiful.
Meanwhile, Daniel and Helio were swimming across at a pace much slower than the other team. "We need faster," Helio said to Daniel.
"What's that going to do?" Daniel said. They got to the first obstacle, which was a wall. Daniel heard Helio say something, but had no time to react, as he is thrown over the wall into the water. Daniel pops up, gasping for breath. "Wow, that was dangerous. But we're still losing this, let's keep going." Helio continued to drag Daniel through the river.
Sarah and Norm reached the next obstacle, sweeper arms. "You put a pool of mud in a river?" Norm asked Chris, annoyed.
"Sure did," Chris said, grinning. Sarah and Norm groaned, but made it through all of them. There was only one more obstacle, a dive under a fake iceberg.
"Easy!" Sarah exclaimed, dragging Norm down to the bottom of the river. They emerged on the other side, and Sarah sprinted to the finish line. "Finished!" She said, not even tired.
Norm emerges afterward. "I think after thirty more seconds I would have died."
"Not bad," Chris says, approaching them. "Daniel and Helio have stopped because there's no point in them finishing. For everyone else, the Hens are leading with a time of two minutes and thirty eight seconds! Next up, go!"
Round 2- Ethan/Madison vs Luna/Flora
"Please do not, uh, cheat today," Flora asked Luna.
"Agreed. It would be unwise to try it too many times," she said. They got in the water and started to swim. They got to the wall. "May I try?" Luna asked.
"No," Flora said. "We need to do this ourselves." They try to get over the wall, but Luna is unable, and Flora can't do it while attached to Luna.
Luna: I'm not very physical. I mean, I'm not bad at sports, I just choose not to play them. I have much better outlets of entertainment.
"How good are you at jumping?" Madison asked Ethan while approaching the wall.
"Actually, pretty good. Why?" he starts to ask, until Madison jumps onto his back.
"Try and grab onto the top. I'm not that heavy, so just give it a shot." Ethan nodded, and managed to grab onto the top. They both worked together to pull themselves up. On the side, Jonathan was angry.
Jonathan: Why do they work so well together? I'd love to throw and boot Ethan right now, but if we lose again, we'd be so inhibited we'd never win again. So I'll wait until I'm ready, then BAM! (he punches the wall, but hurts his own hand) Owww...
Ethan and Madison were the only ones still moving. Luna and Flora were out at the wall. Ethan jumped over all the sweepers very quickly, still carrying Madison.
Ethan: When I said I was good at jumping? I ran hurdles at my school. Wasn't an amazing runner, but I can jump, that's for sure.
After the last obstacle, Chris is impressed. "Wow! The Hens further their lead with a time of one minute and forty five seconds!" Bunnies, you might want to step up your game."
"Maybe we shouldn't have sat out the most capable players," Sheldon muttered.
Round 3- Jonathan/Angie vs Kara/Sheldon
"You seem peeved," Angie said to Jonathan. "But if you throw, I'm throwing you onto that launcher."
Jonathan shrugged. "I don't plan on losing today, under any circumstances. I have my reasons." Angie nodded, signaling understanding. Sheldon and Kara were not so ready.
"Something about this flood last night isn't right," Kara said, thinking. She didn't even hear the air horn go off. Sheldon started pulling, but to no avail.
"Go!" he shouted. This got her attention, and they started moving. They arrived at the wall after Jonathan and Angie were over it already. "I cannot climb it," he said, unenthusiastically. "You will have to do it.
Kara grimaced at it. "It's kinda, high, you know?"
Sheldon groaned. "A fear of heights? You have to be kidding me..." Just then he slipped on the platform below the wall and they both fell into the water, but not before Jonathan and Angie got hit into the water by the sweeper arms.
"Ohhh," Chris said, "It looks like both teams have losing pairs. I hope the next round is better, because that was really boring. Bunnies, why didn't you pick your most able players?"
Kayla shrugged from the sidelines. "It was strategic."
Kayla: (scoffs) Yeah, strategic for me. Getting instant immunity today lets me make "friends" with Paul. Once he's on my side, I'll have my team right where I want them. Under my control.
Round 4- Hannah/Juan vs Alexa/Randall
"Remember," Chris said. "Anyone who gets a fastest time here wins for the day. Go!"
Alexa and Randall were working really well together. "I thought you hated doing stuff," Randall said to Alexa, who was working hard at the challenge."
"Yeah, but I don't want to go home. Remember that dodgeball challenge season one?" she replied. Randall nodded, and they got over the wall. They started approaching the sweepers, where Juan and Hannah already were.
"Let's do this Juany Swany!" Hannah said. Juan let out an audible groan.
Hannah: Juan and I are best friends. He listens to everything I say, and he always has something funny to say back. One time he told me if I didn't stop talking he'd have to eliminate me! What a funny guy!
Juan: Are you kidding me? Do I look like her boyfriend? No, and I never will be. If this keeps up, I'm going to get rid of her for good. For now, let me just put her in her place.
Juan started moving through the sweepers, then let himself stop and get hit. Hannah and Juan were both launched into the mud pit floating in the water. Hannah was complaining about her hair very audibly. "Worth it," Juan said.
Alexa and Randall were making it through the sweepers very well. On the sidelines, the Hens watched desperately. "They're going to win again," Angie said. "Great."
Jonathan smirked. "Then we'll trick them into losing." He shouted as loud as he could, "What? You mean we won already? That's nuts, Chris!"
Chris looked at him, and spoke at a normal tone. "Dude, I didn't say anything about that."
But Randall and Alexa had only heard Jonathan's voice. "What?" Randall said, stopping. He got hit by a sweeper arm and fell in.
"No, keep going- and it's over..." Sheldon muttered. "This isn't going to look good for him on my chart. It needs to be updated." He made a mental note to edit it later.
"The Hens win for once!" Chris announced. "Alexa and Randall, you looked so good, what happened out there?"
"But you said-" Randall started.
"I didn't say anything," Chris said. "That really sucks for you though. Hens, you should all thank Jonathan for his work today." Jonathan beamed.
Jonathan: Did you see that? I just took out an entire team with three sentences. For just Ethan, it might take one, maybe zero! It's all just timing.
Campsite, Bouncing Bunnies
Sheldon walked back to the campsite, sad. He went into his bag to fish out the chart. "Hey, who took my, uh, chart?" He asked to his teammates.
Kayla stepped forward. "We couldn't notice it says that you're gonna win the whole thing. How is that possible? You're the last camper standing? This game requires more than intellect. We'll prove it tonight." Sheldon looked nervous.
"Tough break, Pencil," Paul said to him. "Gonna miss you."
Paul: It's not going to be a huge vote against Sheldon, I can tell. But it will still be enough, I'm afraid. But just to make Kayla upset, he's not getting my vote.
Elimination 3, Bouncing Bunnies
Chris looked at the Bunnies. "Well, you all really sucked today. Here are the marshmallows for the safe members. Kayla and Paul, you didn't do anything today, but regardless, here you go." He tossed Kayla and Paul their marshmallows.
He looked at the rest of them. "These others are safe:
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Helio,
Luna,
Alexa." He tossed them their marshmallows. He faced the final three. "Randall, you're on the chopping block for costing your team the challenge. You listened to Lover Boy, really?" Randall sighed. "Kara, your irrational fear of heights missed your team out on another chance to get a better time." Kara shrugged. "And Sheldon. An annoyance since you showed up, not to mention you pissed a lot of your team off today especially." Sheldon didn't move. "Kara! Catch!" Chris finished, throwing a marshmallow at Kara. Kara sighed in relief.
"Randall and Sheldon, it's down to you two. Trust me, it was close, but the loser tonight is:
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Sheldon." Chris threw a marshmallow at Randall, which hit him in the eye. There was an audible 'ouch' from him.
"What?" Sheldon asked. "I'm the smartest one here!" Kayla picked him up and put him on the launcher. Then she took the remote from Chris and launched Sheldon herself.
"Hey!" Chris said. "That's my job"
"Good riddance," Kayla said, relieved. Paul frowned to see his teammate go.
Kayla: Was what I did mean? Sure, exposing a truly worthless chart was not my greatest move. But it got rid of Paul's new buddy. Weaken them, then defeat them.
The confessional camera zoomed out to show Chris was watching. "Wow. Paul's really gonna hate her now. Who will be launched next? Who will win next? Will Jonathan be meaner next time? Will Norm be nicer next time?
"No," Norm said off camera.
"Stop doing that! Anyway, find out that stuff later on Total! Drama! Karon Island!
Votes:
Alexa: Sheldon
Daniel: Sheldon
Flora: Randall
Helio: Sheldon
Kara: Sheldon
Kayla: Sheldon
Luna: Randall
Paul: Randall
Randall: Sheldon
Sheldon: Randall
Votes: Sheldon (6), Randall (4)
Eliminated: Sheldon
Remaining Bunnies: Alexa, Daniel, Flora, Helio, Kara, Kayla, Luna, Paul, Randall
Remaining Hens: Angie, Ethan, Hannah, Jonathan, Juan, Madison, Norm, Sarah
Well, there's another. I don't have much to say here. Someone made some really good points about the dynamics between Paul and Kayla, as well as Jonathan with his team. His performance today, along with team relations, will be expanded on next time.
Eliminated Character Fact:
Sheldon was written to be an annoyance, as mostly evident in the first episode. He won't be focused on as much later, but he will be important to the story in one more way.
Anyway, predict the next loser. Here's your hint: They're pretty much launch fodder. Not really an important person.
Let me know you're thoughts on this chapter, and the others. Until then, see you next time!