Author's Note: So I have a cold, yay. Besides waiting for my voice to not sound like I'm still going through puberty, and constantly coughing, this was a pretty ok week. This week, we deal with a prison movie. I've never actually seen one, but I'd like to think I did well.
Disclaimer: I don't own Total Drama, the shuffled concept or the (most of) the characters.
And now, the reviews!
yeezynight14: Thanks for that, I really think I'm too hard on myself sometimes.
That British Guy: No offence taken, hopefully I'll get better at Aftermaths in the future. Or at least have more plot involved characters in them.
RebelToasters12: Thank you! Gwent as the host was obviously the main reason I left them out of this season. That and a desire to keep them far from their canon fates.
Piecesxoxo: Yeah, Gwent is a great host choice. Better than Gidgette in my opinion.
Currernt Castmates:
Screaming Gaffers: DJ, Duncan, Harold, Leshawna, Sammy, Sky
Killer Grips: Heather, Kitsune, Shawn, Sugar, Victor
Which one of these players will be put in a prison called loserdom? Find out now...
Episode 07: The Shawnshank Redemption
"Last week the desert heat baked our favorite compadres like roadkill on the blacktop," Chris said over footage of a tumbleweed combusting on an old west road. "But crispy bottoms or not," the host explaining the genre to the contestants was shown, "they still had to mount their ancient steed," the old horse was shown farting," from a hundred foot platform!" The ladder to the top of the platform was shown.
"But that wasn't all," the Grips were shown chasing after the Gaffers in the shootout, "a massive shootout painted the teams in colorful ways," Leshawna, Victor, and Kitsune's losses in the final challenge was shown.
"When Sky couldn't stop feeling guilty over beating her boyfriend in challenges," Sky was shown in the confessional, "she 'postponed' their relationship," a clip played of that conversation. "And Heather talked her team into voting her way," Heather's various conversations were shown.
"Well poor old Deputy Noah found himself hitching a ride on the 3:10 to Loserville," The bookworm's departure was shown. "The Screaming Gaffers won the west," The Gaffers were shown cheering at their second victory. "And only eleven remain."
"Stay tuned to see if Victor can focus now that Sky dumped him and ripped his heart out just before he brutally voted off his closest friend." The camera focused on Victor just outside of the trailers getting more irritated as Chris talked.
"I beg your pardon," the gentleman retorted. "Sky merely postponed our courtship. Moreover, I did not intentionally cause Noah's elimination and I humbly ask that you keep such falsehoods out of your recaps."
The camera cut back to a smug looking Chris. "Suuuuure," he said unbelievingly. "See for yourself. Next, on Total! Drama! Action!"
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[A stage light pops up in front of some fake buildings and turns on; a camera with a rat on top of it comes out of a manhole; another camera comes out of the hollow of a tree, along with some garbage and a very confused raccoon. A pair of hands claps a film slate in front of the camera, and the camera flies through the film lot; Chris drives a golf cart with Chef in the passenger side in the camera's path. The host grins and waves and the cook crosses his arms and scowls as the lyrics start]
Dear Mom and Dad I'm doing fine
[The camera passes through a tree and files down a road between the studio warehouses, dodging a farm backdrop and a sunset backdrop before flying through a costume rack]
You guys are on my mind
[The camera flies up the fake mountain and peeks over the edge to see a pool of water, then jumps in]
You asked me what I wanted to be
[As the camera lands in the pool, bubbles fill the screen and then disapate to show Sugar in her bikini with a large shark behind her. The pageant queen farts as the shark opens its mouth, then it chokes]
And I think the answer is plain to see
[The camera pans up to show Harold on a surfboard hooked up to some rigging. He tries to dodge seagulls that are shooting past him like bullets, only to take one to the face and be knocked in the water.]
I wanna be... famous
[The camera quick pans to the left, showing Duncan manning what can only be described as a seagull cannon with a sadistic grin on his face. The camera pans back to show Sky looking at the punk with contempt as he fires the rest of the gulls. The camera flies between them, then pauses in front of a large door as Sasquatchanawkwa runs across it in a pink dress and boa The door opens and the camera flies into a bright light.]
I wanna live close to the sun
[The light fades into a shot of the beach set where Leshawna sits on a pool chair. She is flanked with sharks in their own chairs The camera zooms in on Leshawna as she gives a huge smile.]
Well pack your bags 'cause I've already won
[The camera pans to the right and ending up on Noah in the confessional reading a book with a smug expression pn his face and his legs propped up on the table. He leans back and goes too far as he falls backwards.]
Everything to prove, nothing in my way
I'll get there one day
[The camera quick pans to the right again to show Heather and a bald and camo cap wearing Alejandro on rock pillars against a dark backdrop. The two have dueling sticks, Heather's is blue and Alejandro's is orange. Alejandro hits Heather a few times and she responds with a jab to his face, his cap falls off and the camera quick pans down to show the hat falling perfectly on DJ's head.]
'Cause I wanna be... famous
[The camera zooms out a bit to show DJ stirring a metal pot with a smile on his face. He pulls out a small orange bottle and sprinkles something in the pot, takes out a spoon and offers it to someone off-screen; the camera zooms out more to show he was offering it to Sammy, who giggles and kisses him on the cheek. The camera pans out to show Amy watching the scene on one of two monitors in another room with a look of disgust on her face. She angrily presses a button and is surprised when an explosion rocks the other screen.]
(Na nananana nanananana nananananana)
[The camera cuts to the explosion as it fades away revealing a slightly singed Shawn nervously looking around... only to scream and run away to the right past a zombie in familliar clothing. The zombie reveals itself to be Kitsune, who giggles to herself as he runs past. The camera follows him as he runs past the Lame-o-sine then stops at the vehicle.]
I wanna be! I wanna be! I wanna be famous (Na nananana nanananana nananananana)
I wanna be! I wanna be! I wanna be famous (Na nananana nanananana nananananana)
[The camera zooms in on the limousine's window, which rolls down to show a smiling Mike and Zoey. The window behind them rolls down to show Victor smiling at the couple. He opens the door with an formal bow. The camera flies past a series of flashes as if it were going down the red carpet and stops at Chris in a blue tux on the amphitheatre. The host grins and opens an evelope, then looks over at a scowling dress-wearing Chef as he holds a tray of Guilded Chris's. Chris purses his lips and gives a look to the camera. The camera zooms out to show the scene was being watched on a monitor, then pans down to Gwen and Trent, the latter strumming the last few notes of the theme on his guitar.
The camera zooms out to show the non competitors on the center couch of what looked to be the set of a talk show, flanked by two double tiered couches. On the top left: Noah, Sammy, DJ, and Tyler. On the bottom left: Zoey, Mike, Leshawna, Harold, Duncan, and Kitsune. On the top right: Staci, Malcolm, Victor, Sky, and Alejandro. And on the bottom right: Scarlett, Sugar, Shawn, Amy and Heather. The feed on the monitor fizzles out and changes to the Total Drama Action logo]
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The episode starts with a shot of the sun before panning down to the trailers and flashing to the inside of the guys'. It panned around to show the boys, except for DJ strangely, including Shawn, even stranger, sleeping. An air horn was heard, waking up Duncan first, then the rest gradually. "Whiz dibs," the punk called.
The camera cut to Shawn, who was frantically looking around. "How'd I get here?" He wondered.
"You can solve the mystery after we get this door unlocked," Duncan called out.
"Are you sure it's locked?" Harold asked.
"That's what they want you to think!" Shawn yelled.
"To whom are you referring to Shawn?" Victor asked.
"The secret government agency that's trying to create zombie soldiers," the survivalist replied. Harold and Duncan shared a skeptical look as he continued. "They dragged me in here and locked the door to stop me from revealing their secret. Aw man, we gotta prepare to fight!"
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"This is why I'm glad Zombie Boy isn't on my team this time," Duncan said in the confessional.
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"Calm down," Harold said.
"How can I be calm?!" Shawn yelled. "We're trapped in here and sitting ducks for the zombies!"
"Shawn, there are no such things as zombies," Harold told him. The camera cut to out side the trailer and the faint sounds of arguing could be heard as the camera panned over to the girls' trailer and flashed inside.
Kitsune was trying to get the door open with no success as the sound of someone softly crying filled the air. The camera panned to show Sammy looking nervous as Leshawna and Sugar comforted a distraught Sky on the bunks. "Oh em gee, I can't believe they locked us in!" Sammy cried.
"Well believe it," Heather said as she tried to open a window. "This trailer's tighter than the space between Sugar's ears." The pageant queen scowled at the comment. "Now someone help me get to that vent and please can someone get Sky to stop crying!"
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"I thought postponing things with Victor would make things easier," Sky admitted. "But now I feel even worse than before. What's wrong with me? Why can't I focus on the game?"
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The static cut to just Sugar and Sky sitting on the bed. "If it makes you feel any better," Sugar said, "I think you did the right thing."
Sky sniffed and asked, "You do?"
"Heck yeah!" Sugar said then leaned in and whispered, "Between me an' you, Victor is a no good womanizer. He told me my right eye was prettier than my left, then got me all confused so I agreed to vote for Noah for him."
"He did what?" Sky asked softly.
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"Yeah that was a load of hogwash," Sugar admitted. "But I figure that should derail the other team a pretty good bit."
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The static cut to the inside of the boys' trailer, and the four boys standing in the middle of it and looking up. "You guys had to vote off the only guy small enough to fit through there," Duncan accused.
"Like we knew we'd be locked in a trailer when we did it!" Shawn defended.
"More importantly, we'd still remain unable to reach the vent without DJ here with us," Victor added.
"Where is DJ anyway?" Harold asked. The other boys suddenly started looking around.
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The camera flashed to the outside of the craft tent and cut to the inside. Chef was in his drill sergeant uniform and DJ had a pot on his head like a helmet. "Okay Maggot," Chef said, "I'm gonna ride you until your self respect can coat the inside of a spoon and you confidence forms defeat!" He showed the brickhouse his reflection in a cleaver and said, "No more Mama's Boy DJ."
"But-" DJ started.
"Now stir that pot!" The cook ordered while pointing at a pot on the stove before storming out.
"This isn't what I was expecting," DJ mused to himself as he stirred. He tasted whatever was inside and gagged. "No self respecting chef can serve that!" He reached in his pocket and pulled out an orange canister with heart's on it. "Luckily I brought some Mama Spice from home." He seasoned the pot and added, "Makes anything taste good."
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The camera flashed to the inside of the guys' trailer and Victor with a worried look on his face. "Once again I must advise against this," he said. The shot zoomed out to show the other guys in a charging position.
"You advise all you want," Duncan said. "We're getting outta here!" The three teens rushed toward the door... that opened just before they reached it. The camera cut to outside and the boys flying out of the trailer with Victor stepping out seconds later. The shot zoomed out to show all the players, minus DJ, in the common area with Chris dressed as a police officer.
"Hope you all enjoyed a little taste of the gulag," Chris told them mockingly.
"What do you think?" Kitsune asked as she adjusted her headband.
"Well prepare for it to get a whole lot worse," the host continued. "Because today," the camera quick panned over to a prison yard set complete with inmate and guard dummies, "is Prison Flick Day!" The cast groaned.
"Lovely," Heather said. "And here we are without the ex-con on our team."
"It was only juvenile detention," Duncan scoffed, "not that much of an advantage."
"Ah prison," Chris soliloquized, "the confinement, the claustrophobia, the vile nasty food, and you're always lookin' over your shoulder 'cause Mr. Killer Dude wants to cut ya for takin' the last tater tot! And no matter how hard you try, diggin' out spoonfuls of dirt year after year, there's no escape! Unless you get voted off."
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"It is rather disturbing how Chris's interpretation of the penal system mirrors the competition," Victor said with a shudder.
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The static gave way to both team inside a cell block, with two cages opposite Chris and the teams next to wooden tables. The team logos slid in over the teams, the Grips on the left and the Gaffers on the right. "Lock down people!" Chris announced. "Let's get this challenge started! Teams, pick a prisoner from the competition, and Chef," Chef arrived on screen and scowled at Chris, "I mean Warden," the host corrected with a wink, "Lock'em up."
The Grips all huddled up. "Obviously," Heather said, "we need to pick one of their weaker players. I say we go for Sammy."
"No go," Kitsune replied. "Girl's tougher than she looks. I think we should lock up Sky."
"I don't think-" Victor started to say.
"I think that's a great idea!" Sugar announced. "What do you think Shawn?"
"If we lock up their captain," he answered oblivious to Heather's glare, "that could weaken them no matter what the challenge is."
"Then it's settled," Kitsune declared.
The shot cut over to the Gaffers' huddle. "This one's in the bag," Duncan told his team. "We have to pick Heather."
"We're picking Victor," Sky announced.
"But-" Sammy started.
"I said, we're picking Victor," Sky repeated. "And I'm team captain so stop questioning me and we'll win again." Leshawna sent her a scathing look.
"Choices," Chris announced. "Gaffers?"
"Victor," Sky said in a voice full of hate witch left the gentleman confused and Sugar full of glee.
"Grips?" The host asked. "Now remember this is an important choice and could very well determine the rest of the challenge, if not the entire competition."
"It's a bit of a gamble," Kitsune admitted, "but we choose Sky." The Gaffers gasped in shock and the athlete sent a harsh glare toward Victor.
"Today's first game," Chris announced as he walked over to a covered cart, "is the Prison Chow -lenge." He pulled off the cover and revealed a cart full of rotten and half-eaten food. "Each team of prison chefs must whip up the nastiest, foulest, barf-inducing, slop this side of Alcatraz." As he explained the camera showed a cringing DJ and a smirking Sugar. "Sky and Victor have to stomach as much as they can. Last one to power-hurl, wins!"
"Surely there must be some mistake," Victor said nervously as he was placed in the cage.
"That's what they all say," Chris replied.
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"Looks like Victor's finally making his move against me," Sky spat in the confessional. "I knew I shouldn't have told him about that time I accidentally swallowed a butterfly. Who knew something that pretty could taste so bitter?"
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The camera panned down the Grips' table, showing currently unidentified items. "Oh my," Victor said faintly.
"This reward better be worth it," Sky said.
"Have I ever let you down?" Chris asked before adding, "Wait! Scratch that. Anyway, the winning team gets this!" he said holding up a golden shovel.
"For the next challenge I assume?" Victor asked.
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"Looks like our next challenge is escaping a prison," Shawn mused in the confessional. "Which isn't comforting. Everyone knows that being underground puts you right next to the brain munchers."
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"Prisoners ready?" He asked the two in the cages. "Aaaaand culinate!" He then started a fast paced narration of what the teams were doing. "And Duncan goes straight for the cockroaches, while Harold tops it off with some anchovies paste and Samey even throws in a couple of horse lips!"
Sammy's eyes widened. "Did you say horse... lips?" She then passed out.
DJ walked over to the bowl and scowled at his team's creation. "No way," he said. No self respecting chef would ever serve that." He then walked over to help Sammy up.
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Heather pulled several clumps of hair from hairbrushes and dumped them in the Grips' bowl. "Great idea Heather," Kitsune complimented, right before she gagged as Sugar scratched her head and dandruff fell in the bowl.
"Looks like the Grips are locally sourcing their slop," Chris announced. "Oh and what's this?" He asked as Shawn walked over to the bowl and squeezed his toque, wringing sweat into the bowl. "On top of spaghetti all covered in sweat," he sang, "and Sky has to eat it, and that sucks I bet. Times up! And Jailbirds, I hope your appetite is primed."
"Hope you're hungry," Heather sang mockingly as she presented her team's dish to Sky.
"We have some braised horse lips with a goat brain risotto and anchovie paste sauce. Covered with snail slime and toenail clipping. Bon appetite!" Harold told Victor.
"Oh dear," Victor said to himself.
"Are you maggots ready?" Chris asked. The camera cut to an actual maggot before zooming out and showing a disgusted Sky. "One minute to down that chow! Aand dig in!"
Sky took a large spoonful and stuck it in her mouth, immediately gagging at the taste.
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"I don't care how disgusting this is," Sky declared. "I am not going to let Victor take me out. Not now. Not ever."
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"What's in this stuff?" she asked after swallowing another spoonful.
"The less you know, the better," Kitsune told her with an impish smile. Sky shuddered again and began forcing her way through the meal.
The camera cut to Victor, who was having an even rougher time. The sounds of something crunching were heard and the camera cut to Sugar, who was eating something. "What are you eating?" Heather asked her ally.
"Somethin' from that bin over there," the pageant queen said pointing to the cart the teams had used to make their concoctions. "This cake's pretty good!"
"You do know that's from last season right?" Chris asked. Sugar shrugged and kept eating and Victor, having heard the whole exchange shuddered one last time before vomiting all over the floor.
"And with that," Chris announced, "Sky wins the reward for the Screaming Gaffers!" The camera cut to the rest of the Gaffers as they cheered, the shovel already in Duncan's hand.
"I apologize for my failure," Victor told his team.
"Chin up," Kitsune said as she patted him on the back. "There's another challenge."
The camera cut to Chef on another part of the set. "So I couldn't do the challenge," DJ said as he walked over to the cook. "But we still won."
"Well you made your decision," Chef told him. "Now you gotta live with the consequences."
"What consequences?"
"Now your team knows they don't need you. Look," he said grabbing his shoulder, "I know you gotta gift for cooking. But you gotta learn to swallow your pride. Now you gotta find a way outta the mess you put yourself in, and I can't help you." Chef walked away leaving a pensive DJ.
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"Chef's right," DJ said in the confessional. "I haven't been pullin' my weight on the team. Heck I'd been voted off a while back if Amy hadn't been here. It's time for me to step up my game. Thanks Chef," he finished with a small salute.
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(Fade to commercial)
The episode resumed to a shot of the two teams standing behind two laundry carts. "Elimination challenge," Chris announced. "Here we go! No 'Get Outta Jail Free' cards here people! This is escape from Total Drama Penn. Each team must hop in their laundry cart," the camera focused on the carts, "while one member," the shot cut to wooden dummies with swinging arms dressed like prison guards, "pushes through the obstacle course," a group of sandbags swinging over narrow ledges in a pool, "to freedom!" The final shot focused on wooded dummies dressed as inmates, with shivs for fingers.
"When you reach the wall," Chris continued as the camera flashed back to everyone, "get digging. First team to get to the boxcar to freedom," the camera quick panned to two boxcars set up across a finish line, "wins immunity. Convicts, select a pusher."
"I'll do it!" DJ volunteered.
"What you're actually gonna help the team this time?" Sky asked rudely.
DJ scowled back. "Hey, I know I haven't been doing my part-"
"No you haven't."
He scowled deeper, "But I want to fix that. Besides, who else is strong enough to push everyone?"
Sky rolled her eyes and walked to the cart. "Fine," she said. She started to climb into it and warned, "but I know who I'll blame if we lose," before hopping in. The rest of the Gaffers frowned at the exchange and climbed in after her.
"Perhaps I should make amends for my earlier failure," Victor suggested as the camera cut to the Grips.
"Not gonna happen," Heather ordered. "Sugar pushes."
"Sure!" The pageant queen agreed jovially.
"If that is the consensus..." the gentleman conceded.
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"This is it," Chris said as the camera flashed to the start of the challenge. Sugar and DJ were ready to push their teams. "On your marks, get set, escape!"
The two pushers took off immediately, but Sugar got an early lead due to having a smaller team. DJ quickly caught up to her and the two made it through the inmates at the same time. They reached the pool and pushed their way through, with DJ gaining a lead. Sugar scowled and said, "I thought you nice guy types were supposed to come in last!"
DJ looked back in confusion... and missed seeing one of the sandbags until after it knocked him down and away from the cart, which stopped shortly after letting go.
"I knew DJ was gonna screw this up for us!" Sky said.
"Give it a rest Captain Crazy," Duncan told her.
"What did you just call me?" Sky shot back.
"Not again," Sammy sighed.
Just as DJ recovered from his hit, Sugar ran past cackling. DJ frowned at the Grips before pushing the cart at an even faster pace than before.
"Fast enough for you?" Duncan asked as all the Gaffers eyes were widened.
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The camera cut to the wall, and the Grips who just arrived. "No time for a plan," Victor told them. "We must dig, and quickly!"
The camera cut back to DJ who was speeding along Sammy noticed the upcoming wall first and said. "DJ, slow down!"
Duncan added, "We're coming up on that wall pretty fast big guy." The cart was pushed out of the frame and the camera shook with the sound of a collision.
The shot cut to the Grips sizable tunnel entrance as Kitsune popped her head out and grimaced. The Gaffers had crashed into the wall and the cart had turned over. Leshawna crawled from under it with the shovel and declared, "Someone's dirt's in my hole and I'm gonna get it out!"
"Maybe we can still win this," Sky worried to herself.
"Or you could, I don't know, worry about the teammates that were squashed in that crash," Duncan suggested.
"Would it be possible to not have to deal with you for five seconds?" She shot back.
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The camera flashed to Chris and Chef at the finish line. "So..." Chris asked nervously. "You ever seen that prison flick? You know, the one with the guy? Who had that face?" Chef rolled his eyes and shrugged.
"So are you doing anything after work?" The host asked. "We could always rent a-" He noticed the look on the cook's face and amended, "or not. I was... busy... anyway."
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The footage skipped ahead to the Grips digging to the finish. "Come on guys!" Kitsune cried. "We gotta keep going!"
"Tell us something we don't know," Heather replied.
"Without mucous your stomach would digest itself," the fox lover said dryly. Heather started at her blankly, then went back to digging.
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The camera cut to the Gaffers. Sky was enthusiastically digging and hitting her teammates with dirt in the process. "Awesome!" Harold cheered.
"It'd be better if Captain Crazy would stop hitting me with dirt every five seconds," Duncan muttered.
Sky let loose a deep growl of rage and yelled. "I have had it with you!" Before swinging the shovel at the punk. He quickly ducked and Sky wound up hitting Harold over the head and breaking the shovel. Her anger faded instantly and she softly said, "oh no."
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"Textbook case of prison madness," Harold told the confessional with a bandaged bump on his head. "I'm not really mad at her hitting me with a shovel. Everyone knows you gotta break something over someone else to keep people from messing with you. I am kinda scared of her though. And a little attracted to her." His eyes widened. "Don't tell Leshawna! Or Sky! Or Victor!"
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"We still got this," DJ said. "We're the Screaming Gaffers, and if the others can dig with their bare hands we can too!"
"Danger boy," Leshawna said, "Shortstuff, Toothpick, Soul Patch, Mama's Boy is right! Let's get digging!" She grabbed the remnants of the shovel and started to dig even more aggressively... only to fall into another tunnel of sorts. The rest of the team crawled inside and the camera stayed where it was.
"Where are we?" Sammy asked.
"Looks like some old prairie dog tunnels," Harold answered. "I bet we can take them to the top."
"So we can still win?" Sky asked hopefully.
"You better hope so," Leshawna threatened.
"Not to break up a chick fight," Duncan said nervously, "but I think there are still some rodents in this hole."
"What makes you say that?" DJ asked. The sound of dozens of prairie dogs snarling were heard and shortly after that, the Gaffers' screams of terror.
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"I used to think cockroaches were the scariest things ever," Sky said as she hugged her knees in the confessional. "I think I was wrong."
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"Stupid rodents," Duncan, who had a black eye, grumbled. "They caught me by surprise."
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The static gave way to a rock that was pushed out of the way by a small white hand. Sammy and DJ popped out of the hole later with smiles... that quickly turned into frowns as the expressed their disappointment.
The camera cut to the five Grips celebrating their win at the finish line as Chris and Chef watched.
"We lost?" Sky asked as she and Duncan emerged. "This is your fault!" She accused.
"Think again El Capitan," Duncan replied as he crawled out of the hole and walked away.
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"Sky's Supreme Leader act has gotten old," Duncan confessed, "It's not even fun to egg her on anymore because the girl's just plain crazy."
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"Duncan is the laziest, rudest person I've ever had to deal with. It's no wonder why the Bass kicked him off last season. Or why he's gone now."
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"So the Gaffers and I were talking after the challenge," DJ told the confessional. "And we didn't know how to vote. On the one hand, Sky's temper's been getting out of control lately. On the other hand, Duncan should've known better than to poke the bear like that. We came up with a way to vote. I just hope we made the right decision.
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[A grand theme played as the camera zoomed in on the amphitheatre. Several film strips of the host highlights from the previous season flew past the screen, then the camera panned out from a solid gold screen to show a Guilded Chris.]
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The camera focused on the Gaffers as they casted their votes; first DJ and Sammy, then Harold and Leshawna, and finally Duncan and Sky as they glared at each other.
"Times up!" Chris announced. "I'll tally the votes!" He sang. "Samey, Leshawna, DJ, and Harold get another award and... another day to compete." The four were seen smiling.
"The final Guilded Chris goes to..." the camera showed the punk and athlete glaring at each other, "whoever wins the tiebreaker!"
"What?!" The two cried in surprise. Chef pushed a table full of pies in front of them.
"Inside one of these pies is The Key to Freedom," Chris explained. "First one to bring it to me gets to stay in the game. Staaaarting... now!"
Sky frantically dug into pie after pie with no result. Duncan just sat back and waited. Suddenly Sky held up a golden skeleton key with a triumphant cry... until Duncan snatched it from her and ran to the stage. The athlete chased after him, but caught her knee on one of the table legs, and Duncan was able to present the key to Chris.
"And Duncan wins, which means Sky is out," the host announced.
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The footage skipped ahead to Sky's hands being cuffed by Chef. "Dead girl walkin'! He shouted as she walked the Walk of Shame.
"Sky," Victor said showing up to see her off. "I am sorry you were eliminated so soon." Sky glared and huffed, passing him by without much thought. "Sky?" The gentleman asked in confusion.
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"That worked even better than I thought!" Sugar cheered in the confessional. "Now one team's without they're captain and Victor won't wanna stay in the game too much longer either. And all without a single person to even know I was behind it all!"
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"And the teams are even again," Chris told the camera from the amphitheatre podium. "How will the Gaffers fare without their kinda crazy captain? Find out on the next episode of Total! Drama! Action!"
(Roll the credits)
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(Bonus Clip)
"Stupid show," The Athlete complained as she looked out the window of the limo. "Stupid Duncan. Stupid Gaffers. I wish I'd never even been on this show. Then I'd never met Victor," she said sadly. "I mean, I wasn't happy with Kieth, but at least he wasn't using me for his own gain!" She tapped her chin. "Unless Sugar was lying to me... Oh no! What if she was? And I... I ruined everything..." she trailed off as her eyes filled with tears.
Author's Note Post Script: And that's the beginning of the second quarter. This is where you'll see some (hopefully) great villainy as I've already demonstrated by having another fan favorite (I think) fall to one. The challenge was to write her in such a way that led to her elimination, kept her likable, and stuck with her development so far. I'd like to think I succeeded, but that's up to you.
Why did I get rid of Sky? I can't say exactly why other than it indirectly affects two characters and I needed that more than I wanted to keep her around. I know it sucks that she fell to a villain two seasons in a row before the merge, but sometimes skilled people are just unlucky.
We also see some development in the DJ-Chef plot line. I'll admit, I still don't know 100% what I'm doing there, but I'm kinda liking the mentor like relationship they seem to be forming. And it led to DJ stepping up for the first time this season.
Not a lot with the Grips aside from Sugar. It just wasn't the chapter to deal with those landmines.
As far as the tie breaker, I needed to fill some time and the idea had been in my head for the whole week.
From an author's perspective, I really like this episode.
With that I'm signing off
-TotalDramaFan14
RDA ELIMINATION TABLE:
15th Place: Mike/Zoey
14th Place: Zoey/Mike
13th Place: Amy
12th Place: Noah
11th Place: Sky
