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Chapter Seven: Color me a Cosplayer
Super Gargantuan Mega Store
Starting Location for TDR
Present Campers: Beth, Cody, Duncan, Eva, Geoff, Harold, LeShawna, Owen, Trent, Tyler
Departed Campers: Courtney
Chris throwing a hissy fit over the continuous screen hijack by the Coderra disrupter meant the teenagers could not start the challenge until the host was good and ready. And the simple threat of being eliminated before the show truly began was enough of a reason to not enter the store.
"And every minuteth we stayth here Courtney geths further andth further away." Beth mumbled to herself.
The farm girl let out a sigh as she turned her head to the left to see the present members Team Pink and Team Blue. Duncan and Trent of the latter team looked indifferent while Geoff and Tyler had verbally differing opinions on being on Team Pink.
Ignoring the empty mats of Team White and Team Green, she looked to her right. Owen of Team Purple was sitting on his mat and happily sorting out the pile of bags with Harold, LeShawna and Cody of Team Yellow watching in amusement.
Beth looked down at her own mat. Red. The color of those bold and brave at heart…among other things. The farm girl took it as positive sign. She and her teammate were both present and would be the first team inside the Super Gargantuan Mega Store.
Or they would be as soon as obsessive stalker girl on the screen went away and Chris returned.
Smiling she turned to her partner only to see Eva racing over to the shower looking ready to kill something.
Traveling Cam
Portable Decontamination Shower
The bright pink curtain of the decontamination shower flew open and a very angry Eva stomped inside and stood there her fists clenched tightly and breathing heavily.
Eva-One…Two…Three…Fou…Fou…Foouu…
The iron woman's attempts at counting to 10 were falling miserably and it was evident as the ponytailed teen's body shook more and more with the contained fury.
Eva-FOUR! FIVE! SI..SI…THAT'S IT! I CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE!
Just as she reached breaking point, thermoses of Gold, Silver, Purple and Blue appeared in front of her followed by their owners Harold, LeShawna, Cody and Geoff. The quartet crowded inside the small area and the camera got a close up view of Harold's exposed back before there was darkness.
*DUE TO UNEXPLAINED DARKNESS THE REST OF THIS CONVERSATION IS AUDIO ONLY*
Eva-I am REALLY starting to hate this rule.
LeShawna-Look girl…you, me and the rest of the campers…well except Ezekiel…
Geoff-Hey! The homedude is getting better! And he doesn't freak out… well all the time anymore!
Harold-Izzy's guidance has both been positive as well as extremely extremely disturbing.
Cody-No kidding! I wonder where they found that giant slingshot…or how they got it up on the-
LeShawna-Boys you're off topic. I was talking about people like the paparazzi out there…you know those.
Cody-Ugh! Tell me about it! I lost my favorite white snow jacket and most of my underwear when I was out to dinner with my family and well female stalkers gotta love them heh heh.
LeShawna-Cody!
Cody-Oh yeah right. See when it comes down to it she-
"Is my true love and I wanna have Cody Jr. with her? HA! I knew my Candy Coco loved me and not that wannabe Husband Stealer!" Sierra squealed hugging her specially padded white jacket tightly to her body, the force of the hug causing a pair of used male underwear to pop out from a loose seam.
Helena recoiled in disgust as the briefs landed on the floor of the limo and the blonde fought the urge to retch as the fanatic quickly retrieved them and placed it down her coat with a happy grin before yammering on about her "true love."
The designer girl's eyes hardened with resolve and her fists clenched. She had stayed calm when Sierra was allowed to take off her restraints and then had wasted no time in chanting her crush's name over and over again interspersed with what said crush was doing and Total Drama.
The buxom blonde ended the first mantra with one stupid move. She had nonchalantly suggested that Cody was probably dating some other girl named Gwen or Jasmine right now. The resulting chaos that the taller girl had caused had them forced to leave the restaurant.
A for effort on her part…Helena had managed to remain calm even after the purple haired nut demanded several stops at a takeout pizza place, a hardware store and a photo op with a billboard or 3 and all with Chris McClean's picture on it.
The used underwear coat however drew the line. The annoyed blonde looked over at Coderra disrupter that was effectively stopping the show in process and the Coderra Cody recorder transmitting all Cody confessionals to a laptop.
With a smirk, Helena pressed a button on her special watch signaling the driver to come to an abrupt stop. Sierra let out a surprised scream as she was propelled forward and landed on the floor with a groan.
Smiling, the bombshell blonde undid her safety belt and walked over the dazed stalker to the pile of makeshift electronics, particularly the Coderra disrupter which had the show cast on it staring at her with mixed reactions. Helena smiled.
"Lady I wear a coat stuffed with used underwear-"
"HEY! It's not just ANY used underwear! It belongs to my suggywuggycodyoplis!" Sierra protested from the ground causing Helena to roll her eyes and the TDI teens fought down the urge to retch. Particularly a small gap toothed male. Helena's smile returned.
"Hey. Helena Bradshaw here pleased to say that as of right now…Lady Gross's pizza box electronics are now OUT OF ORDER. This is Helena Bradshaw saying you owe me an autograph. And now we continue to our regularly scheduled show."
"But Heli my Coderra disrupter and my Coderra Cody recorder is still in work-NO! DON'T TOUCH THAT! NOOOOOOO-
CLICK.
Super Gargantuan Mega Store
Starting Location for TDR
Present Campers: Beth, Cody, Duncan, Eva, Geoff, Harold, LeShawna, Owen, Trent, Tyler
Departed Campers: Courtney
The wide eyed and disgusted campers cheered as the screen momentarily went blank briefly before their narcissist host had reappeared on his television screen now dressed in a striped ensemble causing Duncan to guffaw in amusement.
"What's with the Walden outfit?"
"Oh just a little something I put together for the challenge…Finding MOI! Speaking of which thanks to Stalkzilla, no more time for pleasantries! Team Red since your all here you get to go first!" Beth cheered happily and her new teammate smirked in pleasure while the other teams groaned.
"Which means the rest of you guys are stuck here waiting for the Duo S! Ha Ha Ha!" Chris chortled with glee.
"Speaking of the bus that has Izzy on it…where is the bus that has Izzy on it? Owen questioned causing the host's grin to grow wider as he clicked his remote.
The Duo S
Jasper Gus's Bus
Riders: Bridgette, DJ, Ezekiel, Gwen, Heather, Izzy, Jasmine, Justin, Lindsay, Noah, Sadie
Despite being securely strapped into his pilot seat the sarcastic bookworm felt anything but safe as the stunt bus flipped several times in the air and giving the impression of being trapped in the spin cycle of hell.
And other then Izzy, the other ten campers on the bus agreed whole heartedly. Noah waited until their bus was no longer upside to activate his Teal iPod. With a quick scroll, he selected the song just as the whirl of hurl started up again.
Traveling Cams
The Duo S Bus
Noah (monotonous singing)-I believe I will DIE *1*
Bridgette (singing)-From the bus falling from the sky
Izzy-YEAH!
DJ (singing)-I thought about you the entire day… MAMA!
Sadie (singing with closed eyes) - Close my eyes
Gwen (monotone singing with closed eyes)-And hope to God it goes away
Ezekiel (singing)-Oh wow can this bus can sooooar
Izzy (singing)-Speed pedal down to the floooooor
Everyone-NO!
Noah-(monotonous singing)-I believe I will DIE…I believe we will DIE I believe-
Jude Hayes-(bus speaker)-Attention Duo S! We are 5 minutes and counting from the official Total Drama startling line! Once the bus comes to a complete stop grab your backpacks, Smoorf toys, thermoses, iPods and anything you brought on board with you before exiting. And on behalf of Jasper Gus creator of the Duo S we thank you for participating in the first ever field run of the Duo S. This is Jude Hayes saying-
Click.
Super Gargantuan Mega Store
Starting Location for TDR
Present Campers: Beth, Cody, Duncan, Eva, Geoff, Harold, LeShawna, Owen, Trent, Tyler
Departed Campers: Courtney
"WHAT THE HECK KIND OF BUS IS THAT?"
"LINDSAY BEAR DIE? NO! I ONLY STARTED DATING HER!"
"She's not gonna die."
"Trent's right! See everybody is standing up and strapped to a …T thing…somehow so everything is and HOLY GUMDROPS ON PIZZA! BRIDGETTTTTTE!"
"A Backwards blind flip over a river? GOSH! SOOO UNFAIR!"
"GASP! THE DUO S HAS GUMDROPS ON PIZZA? AWWWWW! LUUUUCKY!"
Chris took a moment to relish in the shocked, horrified and slightly jealous looks and comments of the campers before freezing the image of the Duo S with his remote. Grinning, the narcissist pulled out his air horn.
"Enough fun…its Challenge Time! so listen up only gonna say this once. At the sound of the horn, Team Red go inside, find the boxes containing your costumes AND your special item then go find that pirate wizard thing….Whatever! Once Michael approves, get back out here and wait for further instructions. The road to the second season starts…"
BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEPPPP!
Immediately the farm girl found herself pulled forward in a hurry through the store doors by the stronger girl raven hair. The brunette barely had a moment to look around the interior before she was dragged again in a random direction.
"Eva can'th we stop for a moment?" Beth begged only to cringe as Eva glared down at her.
"Please?"
"We stop when we find the boxes not before. But since I'm stuck with you Gopher girl get on."
"Get on?"
"My back. I run, YOU hang on and look for the boxes!"
"Like that one?" Beth wondered pointing to a Red TDI box perched on top of freezer cooler.
Eva blinked.
Super Gargantuan Mega Store
Starting Location for TDR
Outside Campers: Cody, Duncan, Geoff, Harold, LeShawna, Owen, Trent, Tyler
Departed Campers: Courtney
By now the former passengers of the Double F could see in the distance what indubitably had to be the Duo S bus as the unusual bus hit something and then flipped a few times in the air before hitting the ground again.
Also the screams and the sound of an upbeat song were rapidly getting louder and louder with each passing breath. For those with friends and girlfriends on the Duo S, the waiting was unbearable.
Geoff was nervously biting on his fingernails, Trent was frozen and Owen and Tyler were huddled together and alternating between screaming and hiding their faces. And Chris McClean was grinning with delight.
Super Gargantuan Mega Store
Team Red: Beth, Eva
"One…Twoth Three!" Beth cried out before swinging her foot to join her hands and other foot on the shelf. Taking a deep breath the wannabee started to climb up the shelf towards their team box in the process knocking off different bedding products as well as colored TDI boxes in her wake.
"Watch it Gopher Girl!" Eva snapped batting a box away from her face watching as the glass wearing girl reached the top of the monster shelf. With a smile Beth pulled herself to the highest ledge and started to make her way to the red box placed in the middle of the ledge.
"Almosth there…There!" Beth cheered grabbing her prize and throwing it downwards unknowingly right on top of a oversized Red box. There was silence before an inhuman roar was heard echoing throughout the store causing the shelves to vibrate.
"What'sth happening?" The ponytailed brunette cried out as she fought to keep her balance. In a moment she had her answer as the last of their boxes burst apart releasing…
Beth screamed.
The Duo S
Jasper Gus's Bus
Riders: Bridgette, DJ, Ezekiel, Gwen, Heather, Izzy, Jasmine, Justin, Lindsay, Noah, Sadie
Super Gargantuan Mega Store
Starting Location for TDR
As the bus came to a complete stop next to the flooded Double F, wild cheers rang out from both those on the Duo S and the teenagers standing by the door. After one final narrative from Jude, the metal cuffs keeping the teens locked in tight released.
Instantly the group grabbed their belongings and promptly evacuated...immediately falling to the ground afterwards from the vertigo. Chris McClean on his screen laughed in amusement as the teens struggled to keep their balance.
Sadie and Izzy were the first to their feet with Izzy pulling her best friend out of the pile and both made a mad waving sprint for the group on the mats with the trio oblivious to the hanging pile of Chris McClean buckets.
"Woo the room is spinning...Ha ha! And I see Katie and Sadie and…oh! Two Zeke's! Hey my Zeke do you know you have a brother? Hey Zekey's brother I'm Izzy!" Izzy announced diving forward.
Instead of colliding with Zeke's so called brother, the wild red head dove right into the bucket area her hand grabbing onto a rope.
"Gotcha now Zekey's brother! Izzy announced pulling the "hand" with a jerk just as the real Zeke lunged forward. Both teens cried out in shock and glee as their world suddenly became yellow.
Staggering to their feet, the blinded pair managed to upset another bucket sending down a second wave of yellow Goo-lime coating the homeschooler and the wild girl from head to toe. And they weren't the only ones.
The constant flips, the spins and the high speeds of the Duo S had played havoc on its riders' equilibrium and despite their best attempts to avoid the Goo-lime buckets they had still careened right into them.
Traveling Cam
Portable Decontamination Shower
Duncan is slapping his knee and is overcome by laughter.
Noah dripping Goo-lime everywhere but his cast is annoyed.
Noah-Pink Goo-lime. Why am I not surprised. First the ear kiss caused by extreme sleep deprivation and now this. What's nex...on second thought I don't want to know.
The screen flips over to a tanned hand dripping with White Goo-lime before the screen turns white.
Static.
Super Gargantuan Mega Store
Starting Location for TDR
Outside Campers: Bridgette, Cody, DJ, Duncan, Ezekiel, Geoff, Gwen, Harold, Heather, Izzy, Jasmine, Justin, Lindsay, LeShawna, Noah, Owen, Sadie, Trent, Tyler
Inside Campers: Beth, Eva
Departed Campers: Courtney
After a quick Goo-lime removal bath in the Double F, the passengers of the Duo S joined there new teams gathered at the door just as there was a sudden unearthly roar coming from inside the Super Gargantuan Mega Store.
More than one of the teens cried out in fright as the vibrations from the roar knocked the teenagers back to the ground greatly entertaining the distant host.
"Ha Ha HA! Oh you kids crack me up!" Chris chortled.
"Alright McClean your coming clean! What monstrosities do you in there waiting for us?" Heather demanded unearthing herself from the pile. Her scowl deepened at the jovial expression on the host's face.
"Who that? Oh that's just Fred!"
"And just WHO is Fred?" Trent asked with his arms crossed.
"Oh you'll find out! Ha ha ha! In Five…Four…Three…Two…"
Chris's count was interrupted when Beth burst out of the store carrying an ordinary package tightly to her chest and now dressed in a futuristic outfit in varying shades of red. Behind an enlarged transparent red visor hiding her glasses, Beth's eyes were wide with terror.
"Geth away from theth door! Fred is coming throughth!" The farm girl barely got out leaping aside just as Eva appeared next with a very large, very scary and very dangerous alien in a headlock.
The Red alien with the dark red spiked shoulder protectors, the spiked tail and the claws that tipped four fingered hands and feet let out an angry hiss that abruptly turned to a whimper as the iron woman's grip tightened. *2*
"Drop the box." Eva growled only for Fred to let out more angry hisses and chomp his teeth menacingly only to let out a gargled cry as he bit his long forked tongue. Eva noting that all four eyes were closed yanked the package away and tossed it over to her fearful teammate.
"Alright McClean! We're dressed in your silly costumes, we have our so called special item Fred and the costume guy said we're good to go. What's next?"
"Riding in a hot air balloon with teammate Beth and your good buddy Fred the alien!" Chris announced cheerfully as said balloon appeared over the wall decorated with an alien head complete with deadly incisors.
"Are you crazthy! That thing almosth ate me!" Beth said keeping a wide berth around Fred as the creature drooled.
"A little danger never hurt anyone! Namely ME. And it's good for ratings!" Chris cheered as the alien balloon landed on the ground and the intern driving it hurriedly jumped out.
"That said and done…Team Red or should I say Team Alien, follow the map located in your balloon to the Cry and Conquer battlefield. What happens then is a SURPRISE! Ha Ha Ha!" Now get going."
"But-!" Beth started to say but was cut off by a glare from the host.
"No Buts. Get going. Team Red…DISMISSED!"
Traveling Cam
Portable Decontamination Shower
Beth has her face screwed in concentration as she fiddles with something just out of sight of the camera.
Bridgette-Okay so Chris not surprisingly has a dangerous creature waiting for us inside the store disguised as a so called special item. I'm just hoping Fred the alien's the worst it gets!
Heather-Let's see Purple..purple…I'm thinking either know-it-all pony that spits fire or acid or something or….Oh no. Chris! If you got that doofy I wuv you so much family togetherness is fun Dorko the Dino so help me I'll-*3*
Beth after one last tie holds up a friendship bracelet made of different shades of Red.
Beth-There done! It'sth a peace offering for Fred! Just a little something thath I made saying leths be friendsth… and please don't eat me.
Fred looks at the bracelet and then the weakly smiling girl. After a moment of thought, the alien takes the bracelet in one claw and swallows it whole before lunging at Beth. Luckily the wannabee is saved at the last moment from a punch by Eva sending Fred to the ground.
Eva-*snort* Aliens. Whose top of the food chain now Fred huh!
Static.
Super Gargantuan Mega Store
Starting Location for TDR
Outside Campers: Bridgette, Cody, DJ, Duncan, Ezekiel, Geoff, Gwen, Harold, Heather, Izzy, Jasmine, Justin, Lindsay, LeShawna, Noah, Owen, Sadie, Trent, Tyler
Departed Campers: Beth, Courtney, Eva
As the newly dubbed Team Alien rose into the air with the trembling farm girl huddled inside on one side and Eva containing Fred on the other, Chris turned his blinding smile onto the rest of the wary teens.
"As fun as it is to watch you stand here shaking with fear, torture time is both fun and fleeting. So! Since everyone is here minus MIA Katie-"
"Wait! What about Katie?" Sadie blurted out only for Chris to ignore her.
"Let's get the rest of you duds all colorfully dressed up and hopefully air bound with a lovable animal pal all your own! Now except for Team Blue who is still MISSING a member and Harold and Owen who are already costume ready…the rest of you get moving!"
"Yeah! Go Team Yellow!" Izzy cheered grabbing the worried homeschooler's hand and starting to pull him through the doors.
"But wot aboot Ka-eeeeeeee!" Ezekiel cried out just as he was dragged inside with the rest of Team Yellow, Team Pink, Team White and Team Purple behind them.
Team Green on the other hand hit a snag. Gwen walked over to one of building's support beams which Sadie had claimed as her own.
"Let me guess…you're not moving from there unless Katie is found are you." Gwen deadpanned.
The heavyset girl in response gripped the pole tighter and nodded her head. The goth girl groaned before she as well as Jasmine attempted to pry her off while a smiling Lindsay clapped her hands as she stared at a snow bunny in the parking lot.
"Come ON! I hate this show, but I'm not going down just cause you won't go in without your twin!" Gwen grunted.
"And I'm not going anywhere without officially participating in the challenge! Jasmine declared.
The Diva yanked on the Goth's waist just as Gwen pulled, but still the pigtailed girl refused to move and only increased her grip on the support.
"I'm…not…going…anywhere! You and the others made Katie leave the bus! I'm not…leaving…until I…know where she is!" Sadie yelled with tears brimming in her eyes.
"Hey we're worried about her too." Trent commented gently.
"Yeah without her we can't continue." Duncan rolled his eyes.
"DUNCAN!" The Green Team, Harold, Trent and Owen yelled out.
"Hey it's true." The punk shrugged.
"Actually I said MISSING member. And with Katie nowhere to be found we have exactly one competitor spot waiting to be claimed!" Chris announced.
"WHAT?"
"Yep! And anyone and I mean anyone! Like…take the shrimpy guy in the Red zip up behind you!" The host announced turning the group's attention on the small dark skinned boy with glasses waving goodbye to a car as it drove out of the parking lot.
The boy turned around and leapt back tripping over his laptop bag at the sight of the gathered group of adolescents and the man on the television screen. The boy's groans faded and his eyes grew wide as the man cheerfully repeated his question.
"Me? Compete on my very first reality TV show? Oh that would be so…"
Intellectual eyes traveled over each person and landed on a short heavyset girl in pink her eyes heavy with tears. Instantly glee faded replaced with resolve.
"No! Bad Cameron! It's not right and you know it!" Cameron lectured himself before smiling at the other teenagers.
"On the ethical grounds I shall have to regrettably decline, but perhaps I could use my laptop to triangulate your missing companion's location?" The teen in the yellow pants suggested before there was a blur of pink followed by a comfortable and then suffocating feeling around his waist.
"GAK! I know you're excited, but could you please not crush me in the process?" Cameron gasped out causing a sheepish Sadie to let go.
"Oops sorry!"
Traveling Cam
Portable Decontamination Shower
Jude Hayes-Well exit time for me…once I watch the rest of the live outdoor filming. Jasper Gus gave the okay! He's so thrilled the foot restraints that broke during the pre test actually held up! And through all the flips, extreme speeds and the rough terrain! Oh I am good. See you next stunt bus…er next football field…see you in the movies? Laters! *4*
Cameron-My first emotionally scarring and degrading Total Drama confessional! And it was unexpected too! Another first!
Harold-With how popular the show's gotten it's a noble opportunity to turn down the offer of competition that rightfully belongs to another. I salute you with my still awesome and non cast hand Fellow Compatriot of the Glasses!
Duncan-Weakling.
Static.
Super Gargantuan Mega Store
Team Yellow: Bridgette, Cody, Ezekiel, Izzy, LeShawna
Outside Members: Harold
Most teams after discovering the daunting size of the building inside would have panicked, especially if they had by far the largest team, a clear drawback. Team Yellow however also had had a distinct advantage…except for Bridgette; each member had been inside the store before.
And it was evident in the way the group paused at the threshold and surveyed the area planning out their next moves. Unknown to the quintet, Justin of Team White was well aware of the unexpected perk of Team Yellow and hid just as LeShawna started to outline their game plan.
"Okay you' all. Most of us have been through this store before and knowing Chris the boxes either have to up high, in plain sight or hidden somewhere stupid. So we're splitting up to cover more ground." LeShawna said.
"Great! Izzy's going to check out TvZilla!"
"And Cody I mean I am going to help out!"
"I'm gooing to check the big giant sphere cage in the back of the store eh!"
"You mean the ball cage? Oh! Great idea! Hey Ezekiel wait up!"
"And LeShawna is…" The sassy sister blinked in surprise as she found the rest of her team had vanished and she sighed.
"And LeShawna's on her own great."
Super Gargantuan Mega Store
Starting Location for TDR
Outside Campers: Duncan, Gwen, Harold, Jasmine, Lindsay, Owen, Sadie, Trent
Departed Campers: Beth, Courtney, Eva
"Let's see according to the location of Ezekiel's house and those of the Duo S and the Double F…even if Katie kept going straight regardless of road twists and turns there's only one place she could have wound up and there! There's Katie!"
The small teen announced proudly holding the laptop up only to let out a surprised cry as he was knocked to the ground by an overeager Sadie. The girl smiled happily as she watched the footage on screen.
Sure enough Katie was on it and talking to another teenager before shortly after departing with said girl on a white snowmobile and heading in the direction of the Super Gargantuan Mega Store.
"Oh yay! Katie's like sooo smart! She doesn't know where we are and she's heading here anyway!" Sadie clapped her hands happily, her enthusiasm contagiously washing over most of the gathered group.
Naturally the sadistic host on the screen would take great glee in deflating it.
"Meh…probably dumb luck. BUT! While snowmobiles are great fun especially when equipped with a paint ball launcher, bottom line it is still NOT a bus. And since the rules clearly state you have to get the first location by bus Katie is the first person elimi-"
"WAIT!" Harold barked out bolting forward and reaching for the African American's laptop with his one good hand.
"Oh right. Cast hand. Darn it! Umm…Camin right?" Harold questioned.
"It's Cameron." The shorter teen corrected.
"Oh right. Search for all type of buses near Katie's location! Maybe she switched vehicle transportation!"
"Well it's possible, but it will take some time!"
With renewed hope, Sadie ran over to Chris's monitor and opened her mouth to speak, but the host quickly cut her off.
"Ugggh…Fine! Harold you and Camercorn have 5 minutes to locate our MIA camper and if you she's NOT on a bus of some kind that's it!" Chris growled out with annoyance before his brilliant smile returned.
"Since Teams Green and Blue are at a standstill of BORING…let's check up on the teams that I don't know… actually WANTS to compete!"
"HEY!"
Super Gargantuan Mega Store
Team Pink: DJ, Geoff, Noah, Tyler
"Okay I get the all for one go team part, but what are the odds of all us GUYS ending up on the girly pink team? I mean what are the odds?" The jock questioned as they walked out of the automotive section.
"With Mr. Sadist in charge…none." Noah deadpanned before his attention was caught by a gigantic ball cage that was more than half the store high and just as wide. Bridgette was wobbly balancing on Zeke's back while the prairie boy held onto the wire cage to keep them steady.
Analyzing the situation especially the heavily brightly TDI taped base complete with lock thoroughly covering every easy access to the ball cage and the brightly colored Yellow as well as the Pink TDI Box on top, the know-it-all quickly came up with a plan just as Zeke lost his grip and Team Yellow fell screaming to the ground with a groan.
After a quick chat, Team Pink teamed up with Team Yellow to form a pillar of people with the sole girl balancing wildly on top and the injured Noah standing by directing.
"Straighten up DJ! Geoff if you can keep your balance and everyone else's while standing on your toes do so! Tyler! Don't klutz up! Zeke! If you have to arm wheel, aim towards the cage not away from it! Bridgette you're still short try to stretch!"
The bookworm ordered as his teammates as well as those belonging to Team Yellow swayed back and forth as they fought to stay balanced. Unknown to the struggling teens, a disgruntled Heather of Team Purple had appeared carrying one of her boxes.
The sour expression on the evil girl's face turned to delight as she noticed the Purple TDI box at the very top of the ball the stack of idiots was just falling short of reaching. Smirking she decided to do something about it.
"Oh my gosh! DJ! There's a giant snake behind you!" Heather gasped out glee tinted her words.
"SNAKE? AHHHHH!" DJ screamed out jumping in fright and instantly upsetting the pillar. Smiling at the chaos she caused and the teens flying everywhere, Heather held out her free hand to catch her box.
Traveling Cam
Super Gargantuan Mega Store
Store Front
Heather is smirking as she holds her boxes out for the camera.
Heather-When I discovered I was put on Team Purple with Lord Farticus, my first thought was how on earth was I going to get Slowen to do anything, but sit there and eat? Forget the costume part.
The wigged girl rolled her eyes before continuing.
Heather-Luckily he was already dressed and outside the store leaving me to find both my balloon outfit and Chris's creature. I found my first box on the floor by this trashed wall that screamed Fred the alien has been here and surfer blonde literally dropped the other right into my hands. That's the nice thing about unwary underlings. They do the work and all you have to do is stand by to reap the fruits of victory. And speaking of reaping…what disgusting creature do I have to-"
Heather's words trailed off as she opened her boxes. While one contained her team uniform, inside the other was an instrument.
Heather-A saxophone? You mean instead of some gigantic I'll eat you when you sleep alien Team Purple has a saxophone as our special item? Oh this is just too good!
Static.
Super Gargantuan Mega Store
Starting Location for TDR
Outside Campers: Duncan, Gwen, Harold, Jasmine, Lindsay, Owen, Sadie, Trent
Departed Campers: Beth, Courtney, Eva
"See that? Already we have clever tactics for box retrieval and campers flying through the air to who knows where!" Chris laughed in glee just as Harold followed by bystander Cameron let out a cheer.
"We have confirmation! The Wild Tours Air Bus Company located approximately 5.8 miles from the gas station had-" Harold started but was immediately interrupted by Chris McClean.
"Time for Commercial! AhEM…Will Harold and passerby Cameron figure out where Katie is?"
"But we-"
"Will Katie reach here in time to get dumped OR will the the last bucket aka ticket to possible Season 2 competing be dumped on a possibly NEW contestant? And will Team Green and Team Blue ever join their friend rivals in the Super Gargantuan Mega Store OR will they continue to sit out here like the LOOOSERS they are?"
"EXCUSE ME?"
"Find out next time on 23! The Road to TOTAL! DRAMA! R! Ha Ha!"
Imagi's Ramblings: I forgot how draining rapid updates can be. ^^;
Anyhow…Key for those after 1! :)
*2* Outfits of Team Alien/Team Red, balloon design and the look of Fred the alien were created by cuttieartgirl! I saw the rough sketch I commissoned her for and holy cow its nuts! I'll let you guys know when the finished pic for Team Red gets posted! :D
*3* Dorko the Dino is a parody of the purple terror…You know I prefer the Animaniacs version BALONEY rather then Barn-…Not saying it. And the know it all pony a minor jab at Twilight Sparkle both which I don't own. ;)
*4* Jude Hayes belongs to Skull and Bone! Take your bow Skull and Bone for such a fun character and thanks for letting me use him. :)
Again once again…poll on my profile please take as it decides future things. ;)
Thanks for the reviews I very much appreciate them as they inspire me to write more frequently. :) I'm trying to improve the speed rate…I think 2 chaps in a month is decent right? :D
Thanks again!
Imagi
