Chris stood gleaming on the Dock of Shame. "Last time, on Total Drama Reach for the Stars! Our fourteen remaining contestants competed in a three-stage hurl-inducing space-training challenge! Kylie and Bliss ended up swapping teams, leaving Danny without any backup on his teams. John, meanwhile, began to get suspicious and felt the heat, while Ren's surly attitude really got on the nerves of his entire team. After a demonstration from classic competitor Geoff, Team StarKid managed to pull off a win for the second time in a row. At elimination, to the shock of several, John ended up on a ride in the Shuttle of Failures – but before leaving, he warned Ren not to trust the girls and threw Jada under the bus with her entire team, leaving her to feel alienated. Dramalicious! So what will happen this time on Total! Drama! Reach for the Stars!"
*Team Extraterrestrial, Boys' Side*
Danny awoke calmly for perhaps the first time since arriving to compete. A certain British boy usually woke up the others cheerfully. Looking around, Eyrik wasn't in the cabin – no surprise – but Ren was sitting awake on his bunk. Danny leapt down from his top bunk. "Something on your mind?"
Ren stared at him before deciding it was okay to trust him. "John told me something… interesting before he was eliminated," Ren growled.
"Interesting, how?" Danny asked, intrigued.
"He said that we shouldn't trust the girls."
"What? Like – Annalisia, Jada, Kylie – those girls?"
Ren rolled his eyes. "Well aren't they the only girls on our team? And they say you're smart."
"Yeah, yeah. But… why would he say that?"
Ren looked him in the eyes. "Well, it's obvious. He knew that they're the ones who voted him out."
*Mess Hall*
"It's weird," Orion muttered to Troy. "Usually John's here to act as like a deflector for Chef's anger, but without him…" Chef glared at the two boys while sharpening a big, pointy knife. "Suddenly I'm not so hungry anymore."
"Well I have no fear!" Troy exclaimed loudly. They were the only ones in the mess hall besides Chef.
Orion smacked him upside the head. "Jackass," he muttered.
Chef glared at them. "MAGGOTS! Get food or get OUT!"
"Dude, did you really just wet your pants?" Troy mocked with a laugh. Ori punched him in the arm.
As they got their slop, Chef took notice to Orion's black eye. "Musical maggot got into a fight?"
Troy grinned and stepped in. "Well, Chef, you should really see the other guy! I mean, you won't believe how he came out!"
Jason then walked in with bravado and swagger but abruptly stopped when he noticed Orion, Troy, and Chef all staring at him. "…Hi?"
"Well, you certainly messed him up," Chef mocked, laughing at Ori with Troy.
As the musician and ninja sat down, Jason joined them. "Hey, losers."
"Oh boy, it's time for some male bonding!" Orion squealed sarcastically.
"I know that you've just been dying to get to know me better," Troy added on.
Jason glared. "Stop being idiots for just, like, two seconds. It's about our alliance."
"Yes?" Troy asked.
"I think that us three should partner up!" Jason exclaimed. "I mean, really, Bliss and Danny shouldn't be trusted, and…"
"Dude, you're like eating out of the palm of Bliss' hand. Please leave the strategizing and manipulating to the big kids, k?"
Confessions:
Jason: Hey! I know I'm not the smartest guy, or person, or anything, but I'm just as capable as any of these other guys! It's time for me to make a big move to prove myself.
*Team StarKid, Girls' Side*
Bliss and Lauren had already left for the showers, and Christy had just woken up. At first she thought she was alone until she noticed Madeleine cocooned up in her blankets. "Um, Maddie, are you, uh… okay?"
Maddie sniffled. "Johnny boy left last night," she whispered.
Confessions:
Christy: First Jeremiah? Then John? I'd hate to know what's going on over at that team.
"Oh, how're you holding up?" Christy asked, trying to be supportive to the closest thing she had to a friend here.
"The darkness is slowly creeping into my life," she replied stoically.
"Well, um… okay…"
"He's the one that makes me happy!" Maddie squeaked. "Where will I be without him?"
Christy wanted to help out her friend. "Well, you could, um, do your best to help the team! And to win! Because that's what John would want you to do!"
"John would want me with him," Maddie bemoaned.
Christy sighed. "When you were voted off last season, what'd John do?"
"He was very upset," Madeleine replied.
"But how far did he make it?"
"He hit the merge. He was a survivor," Maddie said with the faintest traces of a smile.
"So you should honor him by doing even better!" Christy smiled. "You can't let this eat you up. Okay? Now let's go get some breakfast."
After some more coaxing, Maddie finally got out of her cocoon. As she stood up, she pulled Christy into a hug. "Thanks for being a good friend," she muttered. Then, linking their arms, she yanked Christy as they both went skipping along, Maddie singing some crazy song about Irish hippos and Chrsity grinning.
*Girls' Showers*
Unable to reach an agreement, Bliss and Lauren ended up taking the two cold showers, leaving the warm one open. As they were drying off and brushing their hair, Annalisia and Jada walked in. "Look what the loser train dragged in!" Lauren called out, laughing smugly to herself. "Annaloser, I know you must be here to win enough money to make yourself look pretty, right?"
"Lay off of her," Bliss said before Annalisia could defend herself. With her fakest smile, she added, "Her beauty is priceless!"
Confessions:
Annalisia: Those backhanded comments from Bliss are going to get her backhanded…
"Oh, Jadork! Your eyes are just positively red," Lauren pointed out. "Crying because you realized how much of a loser you are?"
"No, Lauren, no! Jada, you should never cry because of how much of a loser you are!" Bliss exclaimed with another fake smile.
Mickey glared at them. "Lay off, bitches, she had a rough night!"
"Rough night, sure. Definitely not because you're a loser or anything."
Jada slowly walked forward until she was in Lauren's face. Ms. Snooty was unimpressed. "Listen, Whoren," Jada started slowly, "My night was rough, but it isn't as rough as your face is going to be after I'm through with it."
"As intimidating as that is," Lauren replied with a yawn, "I'm ready for breakfast. Have fun being losers, girls!"
As she left, Mickey punched the wall. "UGH! What's wrong with that girl!"
"She is such a bitch, I know right!" Bliss exclaimed. "How mean is it of her to point out how much you guys are losers!"
"Okay, bitch, just GTFO," Jada exclaimed angrily.
Bliss rolled her eyes but left nonetheless. "But I was being so nice, too!"
That left the two best friends alone. "Are you okay?" Annalisia asked.
"I'm fine," Jada replied. "It'll take much more than those two bitches to take me down."
Mickey was unconvinced. "Are you sure?"
"Positive. Now let's hurry, I'm starved."
Confessions:
Jada: It's going to be hard work getting back into the good graces of my team, but I can do it. I'm not going to go down without a fight!
*Cabin Area*
Kylie stepped out of her cabin and noticed Eyrik sitting on top of the guys' side again. "Hey!" she called up. He noticed her and nodded. "Why are you up there by yourself?" she called, and he didn't respond. "Ugh. Boys and they're weird habits," she mumbled.
The enigma inwardly smiled. Kylie would make a good ally if it came to that.
Kylie then walked into the mess hall. Orion and Troy were sitting together, while a bummed Jason was sitting with Bliss. Lauren sat by herself, Maddie and Christy sat together, and Danny and Ren sat together in heated discussion. Kylie meant to go sit with her new teammates, Danny and Ren, but Orion motioned her over. After thinking it over fleetingly, she sat with her former teammates.
"Seems like it was a rough elimination last night," Orion began.
"It was dramatic, to say the least," Kylie replied.
"Blah, blah, drama, drama. Our team has none of that! We're awesome!" When both Kylie and Orion stared at him, Troy added, "So, uh, I'm gonna go get some more food."
Kylie rolled her eyes before resuming the conversation. "It was a really sweet thing that you did for Maddie last night," she confessed.
"Well, I've been known to be somewhat sweet on occasions. Shush, don't let it out, I've got a reputation as a total badass."
Kylie chuckled. "You're not so bad. I mean, for a guy."
Chris then walked into the mess hall, grinning, followed by Annalisia, Jada, and Eyrik. "Now that the gang's all together," he started before interruption.
"You yanked us out of the showers!" exclaimed a still-wet Jada.
"Details, details! First thing first. According to our new rule change," he started, pointing over at Ren, "Mister Angry Ren gets the chance to make a team swap! What's it gonna be, Ren?"
Ren stood up and smiled smugly at Danny. "Oh, I'll make a swap. I'll swap Christy for myself. Can't wait to get off of this team. Too dramatic for me."
Confessions:
Ren: This team is way too dramatic for my taste. Sure, I'll be playing against my girlfriend now, but at least I'll be on a good team.
Christy: Just when Madeleine and I were starting to become really good friends, too…
Danny: It's as if the universe wants to totally cut me off from every single ally I could possibly possess in this game!
Christy and Maddie had one quick hug. "See you at the merge," Maddie whispered into Christy's ear, causing her to smile. Christy was welcomed to Annalisia and Jada's table.
Ren joined Orion, Troy, and Kylie at their table. He and Orion shook hands, as they'd been on the same team last season. "Just don't play your guitar so much, okay?" Ren joked.
"This is a game changer," Lauren muttered to herself. What would it mean now that Ren had joined her team?
Chris took charge again. "Now, discussion ends. As you know, this season we're bringing back some -"
"Total Drama Classic Competitors," Troy interrupted.
"Stop doing that!" Chris whined, stomping his foot. "Now everyone, give a very not-so-warm welcome to… Noah!"
Noah walked in with a bored expression on his face and received a moderately warm welcome from the contestants. "So these are the new kids you've been torturing?" Noah asked. "They don't look like much. Especially that one over there," he added, pointing to Jada.
"Oh, hey, look, it's my cousin, the infamous sarcastic jerk who never made the merge," Jada mocked.
Noah rolled his eyes. "Whatever."
Orion nearly squealed. Standing up to shake his hand, he said, "Dude. You're my favorite Total Drama veteran. It's such a pleasure to meet you."
Noah stared at his hand in disgust. "Okay, sure. You can stop drooling at any time now."
As Ori sat down, Troy shook his head. "Man, and I thought you had a man-crush on Geoff…"
"Today's challenge," Chris began, "Is something that I like to call 'Super-Duper-Trust-Time'!"
"Fun," Noah commented, throwing his hands in the air in mock excitement.
Chris glared at him. "We're going to have three space-themed trust exercises, and pair you each according to how much you trust each other. Fun, right? Hehe. So anyways, at the very first stage, the Astronaut Walk, one contestant will be walking in a heavy astronaut suit through an obstacle course while the other contestant gives them directions."
"In the second stage, the Astronaut Meal, one contestant will have to prepare a delectable meal made solely out of Astronaut Food, and the other contestant must eat all of it."
"And then in our third and final stage, the Astronaut Three-Legged-Race, you'll be tied together and have to race through zero gravity to the finish line! In every stage, the first team to finish will receive a point for their team! And now, let's figure out the pairs…"
"In the first stage, it'll be Orion and Lauren versus Christy and Annalisia!"
"Oh, fuck this shit," Lauren mumbled, causing Chris to light up a gigantic neon sign that appeared out of nowhere that says NO CURSING.
Christy and Annalisia exchanged smiles. "We've so got this one!" Annalisia said supportively.
"In the second stage, it'll be Ren and Madeleine against Danny and Eyrik!"
"Oh geez," Ren muttered while an excited Maddie jumped up and down.
Danny grinned over at Eyrik. "Let's win this challenge, buddy!"
Confessions:
Eyrik: *Holds up sign that says 'Danny Peterson' and rips it in half*
"And that leaves the third stage to be Troy, Jason, and Bliss against Kylie and Jada!"
Troy let out a very blood-curling scream. "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! NOT TWO OF THEM!"
"Suck it up, Ninja Nerd," Jason scoffed.
Bliss tickled his chin. "We're so going to win that one, Jase, baby."
Kylie and Jada locked eyes and Jada shrugged. "Hey, I figure we've got a better chance of winning that stage than they do," Jada commented, pointing at Troy, Jason, and Bliss.
Kylie nodded in agreement. "We can so do this."
"And what exactly does that leave me to do?" Noah asked. "I'm here to do something, aren't I?"
"Sheesh, Noah!" Chris exclaimed. "Who knew you'd be so desperate to work?"
"I just want to get this over with," Noah moaned.
"Fine! You'll be my personal assistant for the day. Hehe, brings up good memories, doesn't it?"
"Seriously? I mean… seriously?"
"Yes! Now go get me a latte and make it snappy!"
Noah grumbled as he left the mess hall. "But we're on a godforsaken island in the middle of godforsaken nowhere…"
Chris grinned. "Now, contestants, let's go have some fun!"
*Beach*
Orion and Annalisia stood blindfolded with astronaut outfits on while Lauren and Christy stood holding megaphones behind them.
Confessions:
Orion: Lauren tormented Brooke last season, so we've already got a conflict because of that. But putting us together in a trust exercise is just asking for trouble.
Annalisia: I love Christy and all, but for a challenge where she's telling me where to go and what to do… We might be in some trouble.
From the starting point, there was a narrow balance beam, several kiddie pools, a climbing wall, and then another balance beam to the finish line.
Chris looked at his watch. "Where is Noah?!"
The scrawny boy finally hurried over, out of breath, holding a latte in his hand. "Here… you go… Chris…"
"Ew!" Chris exclaimed after taking a sip. "What kind of latte is this?"
"The kind that Chef makes after you've begged him," Noah answered with a roll of his eyes.
"Whatevs," Chris said, shoving Noah away and pulling up a bullhorn. "Contestants! Are you ready to go?"
"Start this damn challenge so we can win already," Lauren commented, rolling her eyes. "Three in a row will be really fun."
"You're, uh, going down!" Christy exclaimed, trying and failing to taunt the snooty girl.
"Whatever. Try not to trip up! Haha!"
Confessions:
Christy: I was eliminated first last time because I tripped during the challenge… Lauren's so going down. She can't get away with bullying people like this!
"Ready, set, go!" Chris exclaimed, pulling the bullhorn.
"All right, dweeb," Lauren started haughtily, "Five steps forward and then there's a balance beam, so don't fall off of your ass is going home tonight!"
"Always so kind and graceful!" Orion shouted through his suit. He took five steps but ended up tripping on the sand and fell on the ground.
"Mickey, just take a few more steps and then step onto the beam," Christy ordered. "Be careful!"
Mickey attempted this and found the beam, steadying herself, and quickly crossing over. "Awesome!"
Meanwhile, Orion was struggling. "No! Go to your right! Stop falling down! GET UP! To your left! Back a few steps!" Lauren screeched at him.
"Does she come with an off button?" Noah wondered, plugging in his ears.
Finally, Orion got onto the balance beam. "YES!" Lauren squealed. But then he fell off. "Oh, cut me a fucking break!"
"Lauren! No cussing! GEEZ!" Chris shouted at her.
"Oh, fucking bite me!" Lauren shouted back at him. In response, Chris got up to her and blew the bullhorn in her face.
Annalisia was now making her way through the kiddie pools. "Which way now, Christy?" she asked, hurrying forward.
"It's uh, not that way!" she exclaimed as Annalisia fell headfirst into one of the kiddie pools. As she struggled to get out, Orion finally caught up.
"Now left, right, right again, and then run for it!" Lauren bellowed. Orion followed her instructions and avoided all of the kiddie pools but then ran headfirst into the climbing wall, knocking himself backwards into the sand. "Fucking idiot!" Lauren screeched, causing Chris to bullhorn her again and her to fall down in shock.
Meanwhile, Annalisia was struggling with the kiddie pools. "Feel free to help me anytime, Christy," she yelled angrily as she fell into a pool once more.
"Um, go forward now! Wait, step out of the pool first… now pick yourself up… now forward! Oh wait, watch out, there's another pool… okay, just pick yourself up, um… okay, good! Now go!" Christy sighed. This just wasn't her challenge.
Orion managed to pick himself up at the same time Annalisia arrived at the wall. "What a day for it, right?" Orion said sarcastically.
Following his voice, Annalisia reached over and pushed him off the wall. "Yeah, it sure is!" she laughed.
"Pick your fucking self up loser!" Lauren exclaimed shrilly. She turned around and grasped the bullhorn from Chris. "NOT NOW MCLEAN."
"You're at the top, Mickey!" Christy exclaimed. "Now just calmly climb down… or jump down, sure, that works!"
"I didn't jump, I fell!" Mickey yelled back at her. Giving up on listening to Christy she just charged forward and found the balance beam by accident. By the time Orion managed to scale the rock wall, she'd crossed the finish line. "WOOHOO!"
Chris ripped the megaphone from Lauren's hands and pushed her to the ground. "And that settles it! Team Extraterrestrial scores one point!"
"What? It's over?" Orion shouted in his astronaut suit. He then fell off of the rock wall. "Guys?"
Everyone started leaving, and he was left alone, blindfolded in the sand. "GUYS?"
*Mess Hall*
Ren and Maddie sat at one table while Danny and Eyrik sat at another one, waiting for their challenge to begin. Maddie and Ren were trying to make conversation but it was awkward. "Is something up, Maddie?" Ren asked.
Maddie shrugged. "Your team voted off John. It's just kinda hard. But woohoo! Live in the moment! Yeah!"
"Maddie," Ren said, pulling her close so only she could hear, "I didn't vote off John. Something's up on that team. John warned me not to trust the girls. I intend to do him right."
"It would mean a lot, sergeant butter finches!" Maddie replied, giving him a mock salute. "And now, I'll be preparing the food! Hehe!"
Danny and Eyrik sat in complete silence.
Confessions:
Danny: Team Extraterrestrial, what can I say. Things are spiraling out of control. No one feels safe. There's a huge power void here because none of us trust each other, frankly. This all started with Jeremiah's elimination – the catalyst. That one single move is going to have reverberating effects for the rest of the game. As for me and Eyrik, right now, we're probably the two strongest players on the team. So he's a threat, but I have no allies. For me, the best move is to try and play against Jada until I'll have numbers on my side again. And when that happens… it's bye-bye, Eyrik…hm... I spend way too much time in here, don't I?
Chris walked in, followed by Noah, who has hefting a very large crate. "Dude! You know my muscles are like… nonexistent."
"I know, hehe," Chris chuckled. Turning towards the contestants, he started to explain. "We're going to supply you with different packs of astronaut food in this here crate. What you'll then do is mix and mash them together into one little smush-ball like thing of food, and someone must fully eat it. Whoever accomplishes this first, wins. Seem simple enough? Sure! Now, who'll be doing the cooking?"
Maddie eagerly leapt out of her seat and raised her hand. "ME! ME! PICK ME! ME!"
"Well, I think Maddie wants to! How about you, Team Extraterrestrial? Who's the Master Chef? Hehe…"
Danny and Eyrik locked eyes and Danny gestured to Eyrik. "After you!" Eyrik turned to Chris and nodded.
"Good enough for me," Chris said with a shrug. "When I say go, you get up, take your packs, and cook! And… GO!"
Maddie and Eyrik both leapt up at the same time. Maddie stuffed her arms full with different packs, leaving Eyrik to take whatever she'd left behind. Maddie started ripping all of the packs open, laughing manically, and putting all the space food on the table.
Ren growled. "Shouldn't you have a strategy? I really don't want to be poisoned here, girl."
"My strategy is to be awesomeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!" she replied in a sing-song voice.
Danny just watched Eyrik cook. "So, nice weather, right?" Danny asked. Eyrik ignored him. "Well alrighty then."
Chris looked at his watch. "So, Noah, how've you been? Good?"
"No. New Izzy is scary," Noah answered, watching Maddie violently smush the food together as Ren slowly backed away.
"You and Izzy definitely had a thing."
"Or no."
"Yeah, there was a poll going on. Me, Duncan, and Alejandro placed bets on it."
"You're a sick freak, Chris McLean. A sick freak."
"Cool. Now go get me a latte."
As Noah walked out, Chris yelled, "TIME!"
Maddie stood, bouncing up and down on her tippytoes. "Well all RIGHT! Ren, BOTTOMS UP!" laughing crazily, she took her ball of smushed food and thrust it down Ren's throat at the same time Danny put Eyrik's in his mouth.
Danny and Ren both raced chewing when suddenly Danny started coughing and convulsing, falling off of his seat and onto the ground. Ren, meanwhile, was able to get all of his food down. "Not bad," he said in mild surprise.
Chris grinned. "Alright, Team StarKid! One point for you, and it's all tied up!" Looking at the convulsing Danny, he added, "Oh, and, um, somebody take care of that, okay?"
Chef Hatchet walked out grumbling and gave Danny the Heimlich maneuver. "Your welcome, normal maggot."
"You did that on purpose, didn't you," D.P. said accusingly when he could speak again.
Confessions:
Eyrik: *sits there, arms crossed. His lips twitch up in a brief, accomplished grin, but left as soon as it arrived*
*Zero Gravity Chamber*
Chris walked in and Noah, soaking from a latte that Chris had spit on him, followed into the zero gravity chamber where the very first challenge had taken place. Standing, their ankles linked together, were Troy, Bliss, and Jason from Team StarKid and Kylie and Jada from Team Extraterrestrial.
Troy and Bliss were discussing the best way to quickly complete the challenge when Jason interjected. "Hey, ninja nerd, why don't you let the strongest guy throw in a few ideas?"
"Um, why don't you let the smartest guy make the ideas?" Troy suggested.
Jason turned towards Bliss to back him up but she shook her head. "Sorry, honey, but I think Ninja Nerd – um, I mean Troy – is right. Just chill out, okay?"
Confessions:
Bliss: Jase is a pawn, nothing but an attractive pawn. He's kinda like a lost puppy when he wants to try and make the ideas.
Jason: I'm really tired of not being respected in this game. Something's gotta change to get them to respect the great Jason!
Kylie and Jada were ready to start. "We can so beat them!" Jada exclaimed.
Confessions:
Jada: And if we don't, I'm probably taking that shuttle ride home.
Kylie was ready for this. "We have to beat them. We just have to."
"You really want to whoop Jason, don't you?" Jada said with a grin.
"And Bliss if I can work that out, yeah."
"I'll do my best to help with that."
Chris stood up and pulled on a second bullhorn. "Now, contestants -"
"Blah blah zero gravity, blah blah race in a hurry, blah blah first team wins, blah blah elimination, blah blah Noah get me a latte. That about sum it up?" Troy interjected.
Chris glared at him. "Sure. Whatever. Now ready, set… ZERO GRAVITY!"
At his scream, the zero gravity went up and the teens were lifted up into the air. All the way on the opposite side of the chamber was the finish line. "Left leg," Bliss commanded. Her and Troy sent out their left legs while Jason sent out his right. Bliss shook her head. "Your other left, Jase…"
"Oh!" Jason quickly fixed himself.
"Right leg!" Bliss commanded. However, instead of smoothly moving through the zero gravity, Troy ended up falling forward and Jason falling backwards.
"Hey, sweetheart," Troy pointed out, "I don't think it's really working."
Meanwhile, Kylie and Jada were making some good progress. "This isn't so hard," Jada pointed out. "It's kinda like swimming a bit."
"Except not like that at all," Kylie disagreed. "It's really just like finding your balance."
"Oh, you're right! Except you're totally wrong." Jada rolled her eyes. "And there goes the easy…"
The StarKid trio was starting to gain some ground. The falling had actually given them an advantage – Jason had fallen forward, Bliss was stuck in the middle, and Troy in the back, but Troy's attempts to move made things somewhat like leapfrog. Troy and Bliss would flip forward and then Jason back, and they kept on like that, slowly propelling themselves forward.
Kylie peered behind them. "Um, Jada… they're catching up."
"Keep swimming!" Jada commanded.
"Balancing!"
"Does it really matter what you're doing as long as you're winning?" Jada exclaimed.
"That's the J.J. I grew up with!" Noah yelled, throwing up an arm in actual excitement.
"Get over it, dude," Chris said, rolling his eyes.
The race was now neck and neck – it was an all out struggle. Both teams were now right next to each other. Troy grinned as Kylie met eyes with him. "Sorry, sweetheart, but you're losing this one."
Jada shook her head. "Are we really?" She then extended her hand and it just barely passed the finish line.
"Team Extraterrestrial wins!" Chris exclaimed as the zero gravity shut off, and all five teens landed on their faces on the ground.
*Team StarKid, Boys' Side*
"Well, we couldn't win all of them, I guess," Troy complained.
Ren grinned smugly. "Speak for yourself. Me and Maddie did pretty alright."
"Whatever," Jason interrupted. "Let's just get through this meeting so the Fearsome-" Orion and Troy both motioned for him to stop. "Uh, I mean, so our fearsome team can win the next one!"
Ren glared over at him. "Was that really what you were going to say?"
"Uh, yeah. M-mind your damn business! You're not even from this team! Should we even trust him? Urg!" Jason threw his hands up in exasperation, running out of the cabin.
"Is he always that stupid?" Ren asked Orion and Troy suspiciously. The two boys met eyes quickly and laughed a little too hard.
"Oh, that's just Jason! All brawn, no brain, unlike the rest of us manly men," Troy replied, smoothly covering Jason. "Now let's go meet with the girls, okay?"
Confessions:
Jason: I told you that I'm not good with secrets…
Ren: Something fishy is going on here…
Over at the girl's side, Bliss stood off by herself. Maddie hung upside down from one of the top bunks and Lauren sat on the bottom bunk opposite her. Jason walked in, followed by Orion, Troy, and Ren a few seconds later.
When nobody started, Ren opened up the meeting. "Well, me and Maddie did our challenge. We should be safe tonight. As far as anything else goes, I couldn't care less."
"Way to inspire the team!" Lauren replied mockingly. "Mister Angry Ren, you may have performed today, but you're still a Class-A jerk. The rest of us are all so nice towards each other."
Awkward silence fell. "I'm thinking about casting a vote for Lauren," Orion said passively. The snooty girl stared angrily at him. "Seriously, you give the worst directions ever. And you're a bitch," he added, knuckle touching a grinning Troy.
"Or maybe Jason," Troy commented. Jason, who was now standing next to Bliss made to argue. Bliss held him back, though, and squeezed his hand to keep him silent. "He's about as bright as a light bulb that hasn't been screwed in."
"Oh, shut your smug mouth, ninja nerd," Bliss scoffed.
Confessions:
Troy: Ren was already suspicious, so I figured throwing Jase under the bus would throw him off the trail of the Fearsome Five. Who knows if I was successful?
"Yay! Voting!" Maddie exclaimed happily. Ren shook his head. Who knew what went on in that girl's head?
"Maybe we should be gunning for you, mister musician," Lauren suggested. "You haven't really been much of a performer in any of the challenges, honestly."
"Oh, give it a rest!" Orion exclaimed. "At least I'm more well-liked than you."
"Maybe in your dreams, loser," Jason scoffed.
"Whatever," Orion muttered. "I'm out. Coming, Troy?"
Troy nodded. "Yeah, let's go, man."
Bliss turned to Jason. "Jase, darling, let's go find a private little corner, okay?"
"Um," Jason started, scratching his head, "I thought we should actually go meet with- OW!" he yelled as Bliss stomped on his foot. "Oh, um, sure, let's go."
That left Ren, Maddie, and Lauren alone in the cabin. "Listen, bitch," Ren began, "I don't like you, at all. But I think something's up. Let's just all try not to get blindsided, okay?"
*Team Extraterrestrial, Boys' Side*
Danny lay on his bunk, alone. Eyrik was off again doing who knows what, and besides that he was the only dude on the team. Stealthily, Orion and Troy snuck in.
"So, what's up?" Danny asked, instantly sitting up. He was eager for some strategy talk.
"Well," Orion began, "Lauren's probably voting for me. Ren and Maddie, nobody knows what's going on with them. It was suggested that Lauren and Jason were heavy targets." He knuckle touched Troy, as they'd both worked on that.
Speaking of Jason, he entered with Bliss. "This guy," Bliss started, "Nearly gave us up!"
Danny smiled. "As long as everything remains carefully hidden, it's all fine. No worries. Now, who should we target?"
"I think we should target -" Jason started.
"Ren?" Bliss interrupted. "He's a real jerk. Nobody would miss him. And plus, if we hit the merge with him, he'll probably win solo immunity every time. How's that sound?"
"I'm game for it," Troy threw out. Orion only nodded, although he was uneasy about targeting the surly teen.
"And you, Jason?" Danny asked. "Do you think it's good?"
"Yeah, whatever," Jason mumbled. Not that anything he said really counted. He was just a pawn. An attractive pawn, but still a pawn.
"Then this Fearsome Five meeting is adjourned," Danny commenced.
*Team Extraterrestrial, Girls' Side*
"Finally!" Annalisia exclaimed in relief. "We're safe for a change! Victory!"
"VICTORY!" exclaimed Christy, Jada, and Kylie.
"I was worried I was on the block," Christy mumbled.
Jada supportively put a hand on her shoulder. "Me too. But hey, we won, so let's celebrate!"
*Team StarKid, Boys' Side*
Troy had decided to go explore in the woods, but Orion was feeling tired, so he'd returned to the cabin and was strumming his guitar. Jason walked in and they eyed each other.
"Loser," Jason scoffed.
"Whatever," Orion said, shrugging it off. After a few seconds, he added, "I don't feel good about the vote."
Jason looked over at him again. "What do you mean?"
"I mean, I don't necessarily feel right about voting for Ren. Do you comprehend my big words, Jason? Need me to talk slower?"
"Um, no, douchebag. I'm good. But uh, I kinda agree."
"What were you thinking, big guy?"
"Call me that again and I'll pummel you. So I was actually thinking about taking out one of the girls."
Orion sat up with an interested expression. "So you do have a brain in there. Who knew?"
"I need to prove myself," Jason mumbled. "It's time to make that one big move of the game."
Orion laughed. "Dude, sorry, but they beat you to it. It's called 'Jeremiah's Elimination'."
"Yeah, but still. All I know is, I'm not voting for Ren."
"And you know what? Me either."
But what they didn't know – at the entrance to the cabin was Ren. And he'd heard enough.
*Dock of Shame*
Chris stood with Noah on the Dock of Shame. "Well that wraps up another shocking episode!"
"Why am I still here?" Noah whined. "I want to go home!'
Chris lifted him up and threw him into the Shuttle of Failures as a response. Taking out a remote with a big red button on it, he pushed it, and Noah flew away, screaming something like 'Come die with us'.
"Can't wait to see what happens next!" the host grinned, rubbing his hands. "And where's my latte!"
Team Extraterrestrial: Annalisia, Christy, Danny, Eyrik, Jada, Kylie
Team StarKid: Bliss, Jason, Lauren, Madeleine, Orion, Ren, Troy
Eliminated: Jeremiah, John
And that wraps another chapter full of drama, drama… total drama! I really loved writing Noah. He's one of my all-time favorites. Which other veterans do ou want to see back? Leave it in a comment below! Also, up on my profile – TotalDramaKingdomHearts – there's a popularity poll of our competing contestants going on, so feel free to go over there and cast a vote! And here's a special treat!
Shuttle Cam:
Noah: Um, okay, what'd that button do? Is this a video camera? Okay, cool. Whatever. So these contestants aren't really that bad. Danny reminds me of Alejandro, though. A more...kind version of Alejandro. I think Jada could really win, if maybe she wasn't such a loser. That's just her cousin speaking. This thing is so unsafe… makes me wish for the Total Drama Plane… thank God I'm not competing anymore. And just to set the record straight, I did not have a thing with Izzy! Even though she was kinda pretty I guess... oh god, why did I bring that up… I'm just going to stop talking now.
