Total Drama Vengeance

Hmm… Where did I left that intro message for the 9th episode?

Persephatta: I am keeping it short about your review today, Thank you yet again for the loving review! And don't excite yourself just yet! Almost everything still has to be thought out!

Guest #1: What the characters say does not necessarily have to reflect my opinion! But on the other hand, I should have seen it coming. So anyway; sorry dude/dudette! But on a totally unrelated side note, I am Christian too. (Evangelical protestant)

NTA FANFIC: You have some things. Let's discuss them! 1. I still have to figure that one out. 2. Noah would most likely reply: Like the show I joined hadn't given me enough pain! 3. I do not think that Dawn wants to enter into a relationship anytime soon after the whole ordeal and 4. No Lightning's not retarded, just really stupid!

Mrwanton: Yeah, B talked! Guess the miracles aren't yet out of this world huh? And I think that I feel a nice spinoff story coming up into my head now that those 2 lovebirds are separated!

Mgoldberg: May I assume that you hadn't read the rest of the story yet at the time that you wrote it? But thanks for the review anyway! I hope you'll stay a loyal fan!

Redpony: 'Somewhere old and fancy'? HA! You don't know what to expect! And also: You might be interested in a small spinoff story I'm thinking about! Contact me if you want to know more!

ForteKham617: Thank you very much for your like! (But you knew that already!)

The winner of the (now closed) poll concerning your favorite locations is…Las Vegas! Other notable contenders for the 1st place were Israel and Italy! The next poll will be asking you about your feeling of which contestants will make the merge!

Despite what this chapter may look like, it is NOT an horror episode! It comes closer to an alien episode, like 'The EX-files' from Total Drama World Tour!

The clue to the next episode is absolutely not hard to find! (But leaves you with 2 locations, one will be visited the next episode, the other will be visited soon after.)

I am keeping it short today!

Total Drama contains scenes and moments that are dangerous and/or prohibited, do not try them yourself! No seriously, don't be like your bigger brother. And Total drama is property of Teletoon and Fresh inc. no profit made of this story.

Rated T for language, Innuendo's and violence.

Enjoy!


Episode (Chapter) 9: Seek Our Souls


''Last time on Total Drama Vengeance. I took the cast to India to expose them to some culture, and to sickening and dangerous challenges! They had to eat themselves in the Indian eat-off challenge, only to be forced to compete in another one while being chased by an big angry robot that looked a lot like Chef! The Troubled Travelers then were tricked by Jo to make the Troubled Travelers spearhead Scott, who she made them believe, brooded on another plan to set the Troubled Travelers up. Jo's plan worked better than planned as Dawn apparently couldn't even see in Scott that Jo was lying and Dawn subsequently dumped him. Not only lost Scott his girlfriend and his credibility, his team lost the challenge as well. However, Scott dodged the last and fatal figural bullet of the day when I decided that our cameo Noah would have to take the Plunge of Shame instead of Scott to keep the drama for a little while longer!''

''This has left us with many questions. Like: Will Scott and the other Troubled Travelers resolve their conflicts? Or: Will they find out about Jo? Or will the Problematic Pilots find out about her intentions first? But there's also the classical question; Who'll disappear from the contest today? See for yourself on another thrilling episode of Total, DRAMA, VENGEANCE!'' Chris presented from the cockpit beside Chef Hatchet in pilot costume while the camera panned out to reveal the Total Drama Jumbo Jet flying through the sky, which was almost completely obscured by dark thunderclouds, which growled a bit as it began to rain.


(Theme song. Now where did I put that message?)


The mood in 1st class was positive. Anne Maria sat at the bar, trying some drinks out and applying spray tan. Jo and Lightning sat a little further from Anne Maria at the bar, avoiding her near-toxic fumes. And Sam was telling Dakota a joke while they sat in the plane chairs.

''And then the gamer dog replied; Yes, my mother is indeed a bitch!'' Sam joked before he laughed about his joke. Dakota could not get the joke.

''Gamer humor.'' She inaudibly mumbled as she leaned back into the chair. ''But hey, I've could have been stuck with worse! Like paparazzi that take shots of you while…'' She continued before she snoozed in while Sam went on to game some more.

''Those Travelers are nothing now! If we keep this up, then we'll have their entire team ousted by the merge, and then we can begin on our own team!'' Jo triumphantly explained to the other jock.

''I've got your back brother!'' Lightning assured Jo, The second Lightning called her 'brother', she just palmed her face in disbelief


(Confessional cam. Is sure that it is not a he! It is certainly also sure that it isn't a she either!)

Jo: Ha! Lightning would wish he would make it into the merge! As soon as we lose a challenge, I will lead the angry mob against our gender-confused little over-achiever!

(End Confessional cam.)


Everyone in 1st class then heard thunder roar outside of the jet.

''Gee, I hope that the plane does not get hit by lightning!'' Sam wondered aloud.

''How should I hit it from the outside if I can't get out of this thing?'' Lightning asked in reply. After which he received a smack across the head from Jo.

''Fatso is talking about actual lightning, Light-no!'' Jo scolded the other jock.

''Is Lightning even your real name? Or is it a replacement for some dorky real name?'' Anne Maria asked Lightning off topic.

''Nuh-uh! Lightning's name is 100 percent real! Just like Lightning himself!'' Lightning assured his team before he walked off. ''Lightning's going to take a shower now! Do not forget that Lightning's name is really Lightning!''

''The showers are that way!'' Jo yelled after Lightning as she pointed to the opposite direction of where Lightning went. ''Idiot.'' She quietly mumbled as Lightning strolled past.


(Confessional cam. What would Lightning's real name be? Thunder?)

Jo: What is Lightning's real name anyway? 'Thinks' But judging by how he reacted, it must be a pretty embarrassing one! And that´s something I can exploit for my own good! 'Scratches her chin' Where did Chris said where he hid our personal files again?

(End Confessional cam)


Jo had sneaked out of 1st class to an unremarkable broom closet near Chris's quarters. There she dug through a file closet with a flashlight (to avoid suspicion) for Lightning's files.

Jo inspected the files of the contestants, Which all had either a confidential or classified stamp on the cover. Which on their turn, were ignored by Jo ''Harold, no! Izzy,'' Jo paused for a moment as she read Izzy's file. ''Bank heist with a cucumber? Impressive, but not what I am looking for!'' Jo shrugged as she put the file back on its place. ''Leshawna, absolutely not!'' Jo then spotted Lightning's file. ''Ah! There you are!'' She gleefully whispered as and opened it, ignoring the classified stamp once more. Jo eyes widened with astonishment when she read what Lightning's real name was. ''Wow! No wonder that Lightning´s taken another name! This is major embarrassing!'' Jo squeezed her eyes together and grew a devious grin. ''And that is exactly what I can use when Lightning misbehaves!''


The vibe in economy class reflected the weather outside of the plane, tensioned. Dawn and Scott each sat on the opposite site of their bench, not granting the other one a glance while Dawn petted a raccoon that had comfortably nestled itself upon Dawn's lap and Scott sharpened his new knife on a piece of wood. B just sat with his head resting on his arms, apparently still disappointed over the destruction of his device. And Brick was asleep on the same bench B sat on.

''Look, you can stay as angry at me as long you want, but you're not getting rid of me any faster!'' Scott informed his former girlfriend while he kept on doing his own thing.

Dawn and B turned their head around to the whittling redhead while Dawn kept on petting the raccoon. ''Maybe not. But I might be able to show you the error of your ways!'' Dawn replied, to which B nodded approvingly.

''How many times do I have to tell you this?'' Scott angrily asked as he stopped his whittling. ''Jo is playing you all like a juggler juggles his balls!''

''Prove that!'' Dawn almost yelled while she stood up, making the raccoon jump down to the floor. Brick somehow did not wake up from her yelling.

Scott stood up as well, stomped over to his ex and stared Dawn in her eyes for a few seconds before he let out a deep defeated sigh and sat back to where he was. Dawn sat back as well, offering the raccoon to jump back on her leg, and much to her disappointment, refused it and ran away, leaving her a bit sad and frustrated.


(Confessional cam. Jo has brawn AND brains? Impossible!)

Scott: Jo has brought me into a lot of trouble! I cannot convince my team of her true nature and once we lose, I am gone! I have to do the one thing I would never do last season, trying to make my team win! And win back their trust in the process! Especially Dawn's, she looked rather edgy lately, and I am not in the position right now to blame it on her period!

(Static)

Dawn: All this quarreling with Scott greatly disturbs my chi! I have to find a way to retain my inner peace! 'Assumes a meditation pose and meditates, Dawn does so very restless though and shivers and shakes now and then and constantly mutters irritated before she breaths out rather suddenly. She clasps her hands to her head and growls in frustration' Why did the mother god cast this curse of misfortune upon me?

(End Confessional cam.)


This went on for a few minutes before an explosion-like noise roared through the plane as it began to lose altitude and was shaking violently, waking Brick up in the progress.

''Convoy under attack! I repeat: Convoy under attack!'' Brick yelled as soon as he awoke from a dream.

''Attention passengers…'' Chris addressed the contestants through the intercom system while Chef had the greatest trouble to fly the Total Drama Jumbo Jet land safely through the thunderstorm. ''We are about to receive some turbulence most likely to be followed by an crash landing on open sea!'' Chris predicted, which made everyone gasp in horror. ''And just because I am that awesome reality show host that everybody wants to be like, I am warning you to hold onto something! Chris out!'' Chris told the contestants before he cut off the connection as everybody held onto something and prepared for yet another crash landing. But just as the jet was to crash onto the sea, Chef managed to pull the jet right and it landed rather fast but gently onto the surface of the sea thanks to the floaters of the jet.

''Everyone who can hear this; report in the common area immediately! Chris out!'' Chris said through the intercom as the contestants got up and went over to the cafeteria.


The contestants seated themselves around the tables before Chris began to explain the situation.

''Kids, I begin with the bad news, then I bring you the horrible news, and then I'll tell you the good news! Is that okay with you guys?'' Chris asked the contestants, which all nodded disapprovingly. ''Whatever, I don't have to listen to you!'' Chris shrugged it off before he rolled down a white screen depicting a map of the Caribbean and pointed at it with a stick. ''When we were on our way to Spain or Israel or whatever, a lightning strike fried one of our engines! To make a short story even shorter; We are stuck here!'' [1] Chris explained.

''Is that the big deal? I can call for help!'' Dakota enthusiastically offered, likewise to the happiness of the others. ''I got us out of here in no time!'' She assured everybody as she began to press some numbers on her cell phone, but when she held her device next to her ear, she heard that it had no signal. ''What? No signal?'' Dakota worriedly stated. ''There's no signal here!'' Dakota repeated as she frantically tried to call once more, the contestants became quite uneasy too.

''Where is here anyway? When I looked out of the windows I saw nothing more but the sea, rain and the occasional thunder strike!'' Jo asked the host.

''That is the horrible news, our navigation gave in some time ago and we assume that we…'' Chris gulped once before he continued explaining. ''…might have crash-landed in the Bermuda Triangle!'' Chris revealed as he circled his stick around a spot he thought they were. This revelation still made everyone gasp in horror.

''Hey come on! It's not that bad! Some coast guard ships might be around to rescue us right?'' Sam tried to cheer everybody up with the nerves clearly noticeable in his voice before he chuckled just as nervously.

''I wouldn't count on it! We could be in international waters. And would any coast guard ship go through this storm?'' Brick rhetorically asked the others, which didn't do the general mood any good.

''That doesn't help, a bit!'' Scott wheezed to Brick.

''But what's the good news then?'' Dakota worriedly asked as she pocketed her cell phone.

''That this makes an awesome place for an challenge!'' Chris said with his big grin. Which made the cast groan annoyingly.

''We are lost in one of the most dangerous waters of the world and all you think of is challenges? Is there even something else you care about?'' Jo furiously asked the host while she banged her fist on the metal table.

''Of course I do! I also genuinely care about the ratings and my B-E-A-Utiful hair!'' [2] Chris replied as he ran a hand through his hair. ''But for the challenge in one of the world's most dangerous waters, follow me to the cargo bay!'' Chris instructed them as he gestured the contestants to follow them.


When the contestants and Chris (Wearing a green raincoat with matching hat) came in the cargo hold, they saw that Chef and some interns were dragging a big yellow dinghy towards the closed back door.

''Your challenge for today requires teamwork, handiness, and strategy!'' Chris explained as Chef laid 2 small wooden crates (with one crate bearing the Troubled Travelers logo and the other the Problematic Pilots logo) in the dinghy. ''Because those are the required skills when you need to make a raft in the middle of the ocean during a heavy storm!'' Chris continued as Chef Hatchet pressed a button to open the back door, showing nothing more than the rough sea and the dark skies that were occasionally set alight by thunder. Chef, Chris and the Contestants stepped onto the dinghy after the interns shoved it into the ocean.

''Does that crate have everything we need to make a raft?'' Sam confusedly asked as Chef started the motor and drove them away from the Jumbo Jet. ''Because it seems kind of unlikely!''

''No, these crates only contain the instructions to make one and some flashlights!'' Chris yelled to get over the noise of the rain and the roaring sea.

''But where do we need to get the stuff to build on the middle of the ocean?'' Jo angrily yelled back.

Chris chuckled a bit. ''Well, over there, there and there for example!'' Chris said as he pointed into different directions to address his examples. And when the contestants looked around during a flash of lightning, they were outright amazed by the fact that they were in the middle of a group of abandoned and deteriorated -looking ships like a small cruise ship, an authentic pirate galleon, a very large cargo freighter and even an aircraft carrier. Most of the ships did not seem to move very much despite the heavy storm.

Brick looked at the aircraft carrier full of admiration until he saw a fairly small black human silhouette with a green hue lingering around its body hanging over the edge of the deck, apparently looking at the contestants. And when a lightning flash blinded the ship for a split-second, the silhouette had disappeared. Brick gulped in anxiety.

''Did anyone else see that up there?'' Brick asked the contestants about the silhouette as he pointed towards the spot on the aircraft carrier deck where he saw the apparition.

''See what? I hardly see anything to begin with!'' Sam told the cadet as they both looked to where Brick was pointing at. Brick then stopped pointing at the particular spot and gulped once more while he kept on looking at the aircraft carrier in the hopes of seeing the figure again.

''A few last things contestants…You are allowed to stray from the building instructions like adding your own personal ideas and once your raft is done, head into northeastern direction with the help of the compass that's in the crate!'' Chris explained as the dinghy was almost near a staircase built into the hull of the cargo freighter. [3]

''But what if there's nothing in here to build with?'' Scott asked the host with slight pessimism.

''Relax!'' Chris calmed Scott down with his hands in front of him. ''Chef and I are pretty sure that there are proper materials located inside any of these ships!'' Chris assured them as Chef stopped the boat near the small platform at the base of the staircase.

''How sure?'' Scott suspiciously replied.

''About 97.8 percent!''

Scott was silent for a moment as he stared at Chris until he raised his shoulders. ''Good enough, I expected worse!'' Scott said as the contestants stepped onto the small platform.

Chris lobbed B and Lightning the crates of their respective teams. ''And I declare this challenge started!'' Chris announced as Chef and Chris speeded away back to the Total Drama Jumbo Jet. And much to the horror of the contestants, the Total Drama Jumbo Jet then quickly took flight despite the fact that one of the outer engines was smoking and that the Jet was banking over to the side of the broken down engine as it quickly disappeared behind the dark clouds that hung above the area.


(Confessional cam. Al'ight idiots, how high was the chance of this happening?)

Brick: People at home, learn from our tours of duty! When a Jumbo Jet has to stop in the middle of the ocean, do not get out under any circumstances!

(Static)

Lightning: Because the plane might suddenly get to work again and then they'll leave you behind!

(Static)

Anne Maria: But they'll only do so when the pilot is a big angry dude with no style who has decided to waste his life being a lackey of another dude with questionable gender preferences!

(Static)

Scott: And no matter how awesome this show may be to watch…

(Static)

Sam: …Never…

(Static)

Dawn: …Ever…

(Static)

Dakota: …Sign up for this show!

(Static)

Jo: And let's be straight up, you're probably still going to do so!

(End connection Confessional cam.)


Jo examined the building instructions when she and her team had found shelter in the bridge of the cargo vessel. There was no light in the hallway they were standing in so Jo had to use a flashlight to read it.

''This instruction wants us to find a few steel barrels, some wood and something we can row with!'' Jo recalled what was instructed.

''We are on a cargo boat, we should be able to find that!'' Sam optimistically said.

''We are going to split up! Lightning and tan-can't, you are going to search the ship and stock up anything we can use. When you are done, you wait here!'' Jo instructed Lightning and Anne Maria before she turned to Sam and Dakota. ''While dolly and pudding boy follow me into the aircraft carrier over there!'' Jo instructed her teammates, who (except for a few dirty glares) complied with her orders. Lightning and Anne Maria went down some stairs into the cargo hold while Jo and her entourage went outside.

''Why'd you split up to explore that carrier over there?'' Sam confusedly asked Jo as they walked over the deck towards a spot where the deck of the aircraft carrier crashed into the deck of the cargo freighter.

''Various reasons!'' Jo briefly answered.

''I don't know if it was such a good idea to split up. My videogames always taught me to stick together, because in places like these…'' Sam tried to explain until Jo stopped walking and turned around to face Sam.

''Listen, I appreciate your advice. But please, keep gaming and reality separated!'' She advised him before she jumped onto the other vessel. To be closely followed by the others.

Jo Dakota and Sam entered the interior of the aircraft carrier. Despite what they expected, the lights were on, not very brightly, but they made it able to see clearly without the use of flashlights. This went unnoticed by the Pilots though.

''Uh, are lights supposed to be on in abandoned ships?'' Dakota asked somewhat scared. They all stopped in their tracks and then they realized that the lights were on.

''I do not trust this one bit!'' Jo said as the 3 of them cautiously walked through the lit hallways.


The Troubled Travelers still stood in the rain discussing their next action while B hung over the instructions. The Troubled Travelers were unaware of the Problematic Pilots that passed them a few moments earlier.

''Maybe we should check out that aircraft carrier! I am sure that there is something in there that we can use! You know, for our raft!'' Brick suggested with subtle anticipation as he pointed at the vessel.

''I don't know Brick, it casts such an strange aura! I've never seen one like this before!'' Dawn confusedly and mildly fearfully stated.

''And we all know what happens when we do not listen to that!'' Scott said. Dawn then casted a disappointing glare at Scott.

''You do not win my trust back by sucking up Scott!'' She assured him, which made Scott roll his eyes in reply. B then stood up and pointed at the aircraft carrier with a confident look on his face.

''B thinks that it is better that we check out the cruise ship first, we might find some useful stuff there. And besides that, B also believes that the Pilots are already searching this vessel for materials!'' Dawn translated for B, who nodded in approval of Dawn's translation and patted her on her head. The Travelers walked over to the edge of the deck that was closest to the cruise ship, that float a few yards ahead. The Troubled Travelers looked at the cruise ship rather clueless.

''So…How do we get there?'' Brick broke the silence by asking his team. B thought for a few moments and walked back a little distance, only to come back with lots of rope, an grappling hook and a blowup boat. B then gestured his team to fill the boat with air. Scott stepped forward and began to blow air into the rubber boat, but as soon as he put his mouth off the mouthpiece, the air escaped.

''Blowing this thing up by myself isn't going to work! Wasn't there some pump available or something?'' Scott whined. Brick stepped forward to help Scott but B stopped the cadet.

''What're you stopping me for commander B?''

''B needs your help by this one!'' Dawn spoke for B. Dawn then listened to B some more as he apparently wasn't finished yet. It remained silent between the Troubled Travelers as Brick and Scott looked at Dawn, whose expressions worsened until it was a mix of an angry and a delusional expression. She then walked over to Scott.

''B wants me to help you!'' Dawn grumbled as she took the mouthpiece and began to blow it.

Scott then began to blow in when Dawn was finished ''So, you had to help me out with this blowjob?'' Scott slyly said after he stopped blowing. Dawn stared with intense fury at Scott before she delivered a smack across his face, which was so powerful that it made Scott fall to the ground. B and Brick alternately stared at Scott and Dawn, the latter pretty shocked about what she just did.


(Confessional cam. Even the smallest kitten can become a fierce lioness when pushed too far!)

Scott: 'Carefully touches the red handprint on his cheek' Ow! 'Does it again' Ouch!

(Static)

Dawn: That was the lowest thing I could ever imagine from Scott! He deserved it! 'Puts her arms around her retracted legs' But still, this quarrel brings up the worst in me! Maybe I should try to make amends with Scott before I descend into complete insanity!

(End Confessional cam.)


When the rubber boat was full of air and B attached some ropes to its handlebars, he threw another rope with the grappling hook to the railing of the cruise ship. B then hung the ropes that were tied to the grips of the rubber boat on the ropes that were thrown to the cruise ship and gestured his team to get on. B then pulled at the rope and pulled at the rope to push the rubber boat to the railing of the cruise ship.

The Troubled Travelers climbed aboard the cruise ship and the rubber boat immediately slid back down the rope to the deck of the cargo ship. This made the Troubled Travelers (Minus B) panic a little.

''Now we're stuck here!'' Scott whined. ''If we can't find anything to build a raft with then we can spend our days here in the triangle looking for spoiled food! And that's not a pleasant idea I tell you!''

B then pulled one of the ropes slightly to show that the rubber boat could be pulled back up to their height. Scott sighed while he received a disapproving glare from Dawn.

''Never complain before you know what you're complaining about!'' She told Scott, who just scoffed.

''B you deserve a medal for creating a chairlift out of rope and a small dinghy!'' Brick enthusiastically complimented B as the Troubled Travelers split up and began to search the ship for usable supplies


(Confessional cam. Judging by this feat, B could make an nuclear warhead out of a chicken pen and a curling iron!)

B: 'Softly taps his head with a wrench as he smiles at the camera'

(End Confessional cam)


Meanwhile in the cargo freighter. Lightning was doing pull ups on a pipe that hung above him and Anne Maria was checking herself after they collected wooden planks and empty gas barrels in the cargo hold and now they were waiting for Jo and the others to come back.

''Why were we dumb enough to agree with Joe's dumb plan? Team Lightning will lose this way, and Lightning can't deal with another loss! Not right now!'' Lightning whined as he finished pulling himself up on the pipe.

Lightning then looked over to Anne Maria and flashed a grin.

''But at least Lightning has some nice company!'' He soothingly said to Anne Maria as he made his fingers walk on Anne Maria's shoulders. Anne Maria was not interested.

''Hey! You're not man enough to touch the hair and the hide!'' Anne Maria scolded him as she aggressively shoved Lightning's hand of her shoulder. ''Vito's the only one that is able to enter that department!'' Anne Maria swooned as she thought of him.

''But are you aware that he is not…'' Lightning tried to explain before Anne Maria grabbed him by his throat and cut him off.

''That's a LIE! Thought out by jealous people who are jealous because Vito knows who he's wooing!'' She hissed before she let go of his throat and shoved him away.

Lightning gasped for air after Anne Maria let go of his throat, thus she cut off Lightning's air supply. ''You're crazy girl! I am not going to stay here with you! I'm going to find the others!'' Lightning told Anne Maria (Who was fuming with anger at Lightning's insult) as he ran off into the dark and stormy outdoors with the only flashlight.

''Come 'ere and let me strangle you wimp!'' She yelled at Lightning while she chased him.


Sam Jo and Dakota were walking through a narrow hallway in the aircraft carrier were the lights were not active in contrast to the tiny amount of light in the hallways from where they entered the ship.

''I don't know what I find more scarier, suspicious light or no light at all!'' Dakota whimpered as she shone her flashlight around.

''Talk about ambience! The last time I saw something like this was in Enderman! Where you have to go through a dark abandoned area like this ship while you are being stalked by the Enderman!'' [4] Sam joyfully said as he added a scary effect on the end. ''And if he gets you…'' Sam frighteningly said to Dakota, who became even more scared. Jo became frustrated with the gamers pestering.

''That does not help to improve the mood, gamer boy!'' Jo gruffly said to Sam, ''Knock off the scary talk before she takes a wiz on herself!'' She continued as Dakota now stood beside Jo and shot Sam a disapproving glare before they walked off. The gamer sighed before he briefly shone his flashlight into a corridor when he thought that he heard something scurrying there. And for a split second, Sam briefly saw something slimy green flash by at the other end of the long corridor. Sam became wide eyed of horror and ran back to his 2 female companions.

''Guys! Guys!'' Sam fearfully yelled at Dakota and Jo. ''Something is in here! Brick already said that he saw something on this ship! And it is true!'' Sam told the others. Dakota seemed to be taking Sam's account while Jo just rolled her eyes, unimpressed.

''Don't buy his garbage that fast doll!'' She assured Dakota. ''He's trying to scare us with his video game talk again!''

''No I'm not! I really saw something flash by in a corridor! On the oath of honorable gamers, I am telling the truth!'' Sam assured Jo with his hand on his heart, now with mild panic.

Jo just shook her head and sighed. ''It's just an old ship. There's nothing to fear in here but the fear itself!'' She told Sam before she got in his face. ''And me! Got that?'' She threateningly added. Sam nodded positive.

''Uh guys?'' Dakota tried to capture their attention. ''Look what I found!'' She said as she shone into a doorway with her flashlight. The 3 Pilots stepped into the room that appeared to be a laboratory or a research facility with sterile white walls, a white tile floor and white counters.

''I honestly wonder what they're developing here.'' Jo mumbled as she shone in the cupboards, which were all empty.

''Something like this?'' Sam replied as he and Dakota shone their lights on a door with a broken down code lock where 'Project Aperture' was written on.


(Confessional cam. Now we only lack 4 things on this ship for the complete experience. A sophisticated device, a facility riddled with death traps, a maniacal AI, and cake.)

Sam: Project aperture? That name rings a bell, but what bell again? 'Scratches his chin'

(End Confessional cam.)


''When I say now you quickly open the door and I look in if there's something to be afraid of!'' Jo ordered Sam, after which he stood by the door and held his hand on the doorknob.

''Should we open that door? Who knows what could be behind it!'' Dakota fearfully objected.

''This could make the difference of life and death! Or even more important, winning or losing!'' Jo replied.

''But...''

''Now!'' Jo yelled as Sam swung the doorknob and Jo kicked the door open. She frantically shone her light around but ceased this action immediately when she saw that there was only a pedestal with a futuristic looking cannon in the room. They slowly got closer as they looked at the device.

''Cool!'' Sam wheezed astonished as he picked up the gun-like device and stuck his hand under its shell as Sam felt handgrip and the trigger. Sam proudly aimed at Jo and Dakota, greatly startling the latter.

''Sam, watch out please! Dakota pleaded as she folded her hands while she begged. ''Because I can't be seen in public with a boyfriend that's been mutated by a government experiment!'' Dakota added rather self-centered.

''Don't worry sweetheart! I have a feeling that I know what this thing does!'' Sam confidently replied as he aimed at one of the walls and pulled the trigger, shooting an ball of orange fluid at the wall. Jo and Dakota were confused. Sam then aimed at the opposite wall and pulled the trigger again, the gun shot out blue substance that changed into a viewpoint from the orange goo as soon as it touched the wall. In turn, the orange goo changed into the blue goo's viewpoint.

''Is this it?'' Jo confusedly asked.

Sam then stepped into the hole what used to be the orange substance, and Jo and Dakota had to rub their eyes when they saw that Sam stepped out of the other hole as soon as he stepped into the hole where the orange substance used to be.

''Ladies, I present you; The aperture gun!'' [5] Sam proudly presented as the 2 girls were speechless by the presentation of the device.

''I think that 'portal gun' sounds better!'' Jo said.

''Nah!'' Sam shrugged it off. ''Too obvious!''


(Confessional cam. Now you're thinking with portals!)

Sam: 'Holding the aperture gun' I already thought that everything looked familiar! I saw one of these babies before in Half Knife! [6] The government must have been inspired by that game! 'Nods approvingly'

(Static)

Dakota: That device is a disaster! If everybody would have one, then they could just plop in while I would be showering! 'Shrieks' That's a scary idea!

(End Confessional cam.)


The 3 Pilots walked out of the laboratory with Sam still holding onto the aperture gun. Almost directly when they were out of the lab, they saw an imposing figure coming in at them, and shining their lights on the figure revealed it to be Fang. Which made Sam and Dakota yell out of fright.

''Hey, I know you! You're that crazy shark that tried to eat Scott! Well I have bad news finsoup, he's not with us!'' Jo told the shark. Fang just gritted his teeth and slowly walked towards them in response.

''I don't think that that's any different for him!'' Dakota stuttered.

''Luckily I know how to deal with these fish!'' Jo said. She then stepped over to Fang and prepared to punch him. Fang however lifted Jo up by her head, and put her on the ground right behind Fang. Jo tried to land some punches on the shark but he held his finger on Jo's forehead, preventing her from hitting Fang. Fang then punched Jo so hard on her head that she crashed through the floor with only her upper torso sticking out. Fang then turned back to Sam and Dakota with his teeth gritted.

''Hey! Wait! I'm not yet done with you!'' Jo yelled at the shark as she struggled to get free.

Sam then aimed his aperture gun at Fang's feet and shot a ball of orange under Fang. Fang stood still and looked at the the orange goo for a second until Sam shot a second ball right above Fang. Thus, Fang was stuck in an infinite loop as he kept on falling down through the portals.

''Sammy, you're my new hero!'' Dakota chirped as she hugged Sam.

''Are you done with the gooey crap already? As you might not have noticed yet, I'm stuck here!'' Jo yelled at the 2 lovebirds, who quickly helped her out of her position. ''Alright, thanks!'' Jo begrudgingly thanked her teammates as she dusted herself off. ''I don't know about you 2, but I kind of had it here!''

''Double that!'' Dakota said as she raised her hand.

''But what do we do with that?'' Sam asked as he pointed over at Fang, who was still in an infinite freefall.

Jo shrugged. ''However tries to create a pitfall for another…'' Jo began.

''…Falls endlessly through a portal?'' Sam suggested.

''Exactly!''

''That doesn't make much sense!'' Dakota mildly complained as the trio walked away.

''Too bad, it was the only crack I could think of!'' Jo replied.


The Troubled Travelers searched the entire cruise liner for stuff they could use. And so far, they hadn't any luck. There was one room left to explore, the bridge. B carefully opened the door and everybody sighed in relief when they found out that there was nothing dangerous or scary behind the door. But on the other hand, there was seemingly again nothing they could use either.

''All this time looking for stuff.'' Scott broke the silence after they searched the bridge up and down. ''For nothing!''

''B says, and I could not agree more; Like you had an idea!'' Dawn grumpily told Scott in name of B.

Scott huffed. ''Like you would even consider doing it!''

''Not entirely for nothing! I've found this awesome cape!'' Brick proclaimed as he wore a flag of the DDR around his neck [7]. ''I'm captain Canada! Pride and backbone of the army and justice! I loved those comics as a kid!''

Scott walked over to Brick and inspected his cape. ''I don't want to break it for you, but a better name for you would be captain communism!''

''You mean that this flag is…'' Brick tried to ask. But Scott nodded to confirm what Brick was about to ask. Brick's face went pale, shrieked, and undid his 'cape' as fast as he could.


(Confessional cam. More like' Communisional' cam!)

Brick: Dad, I am really sorry for wearing communist hues! I've never intentionally sided with them and I never will! Please forgive me! 'On the verge of crying before he quickly returns to a neutral state' But what IS communism by the way?

(End Confessional cam.)


''B got an idea from you, Brick!'' Dawn said to the cadet.

''Uh, no problem?'' Brick replied mildly confused.

''We could use the flag as a sail, with the strong winds outside, we'll fly to the finish really quick!''

Brick wanted to reply but then they all heard rumbling coming from a closet. ''Hand me a flashlight!'' Brick asked in a rare moment of bravery as B handed him one before the cadet sneaked over to the closet and mentally counted to 3 before he opened it. As soon as Brick could look into the closet…

''Sha-stay away! You crazy woman!'' Lightning yelled as he speeded out of the closet, flailing his arms around, which knocked Brick of his feet.

''What on earth were you doing in that closet Lightning?'' Scott asked in astonishment. ''Other than waiting to come out of course!'' Scott sarcastically added before he chuckled.

''Hiding from Anne Maria…'' Lightning quickly yelled before he corrected himself. ''…Uh…Looking for materials! Yeah, Lightning was looking for sha-some nice raft building…stuff!''

''Your aura says otherwise!'' Dawn stated, aware of Lightning's true intentions.

Lightning frowned at the moonchild before he swiped the flag Brick used earlier from Brick's hands. ''Then Lightning's sha-doing it now!'' Lightning said as he wanted to run out of the bridge, only to be stopped by Anne Maria's solid hairdo.

''Ah, there you finally are!'' Anne Maria breezed as she stepped in towards Lightning while Lightning stepped back. ''I've searched out this entire frickin' ship with no pool, with no salon, and soon, with no jealous losers either!''

''I got us a sail! We can get out of here!'' Lightning offered to Anne Maria, who'd seem to calm down a bit.

''Okay then, you've made yourself useful. This time!''

''Here, take this!'' Lightning said to Anne Maria as he shoved the flag in her hands. ''Then I'll take these to row with!'' He added as he picked up some folding chairs.

''Hey! Those are ours! Find your own ship to plunder!'' Scott scolded Lightning as the Troubled Travelers surrounded Anne Maria and Lightning. The jock was ready to take them all on but Anne Maria stopped Lightning.

''Let me deal with them!'' She told him as she took a spray can, covered her nose and mouth and broke the spray can by smashing it on the ground, creating an intoxicating chemical smokescreen. The Troubled Travelers coughed and covered their eyes as Anne Maria and Lightning saw chance to escape.

''That filthy ludder with her filthy chemicals!'' [8] Dawn swore (Which was unusual for her being) under her breath as she was still rubbing her eyes.

''Uh, Dawn. Are you alright?'' Scott cautiously asked.

''No I am not alright!'' Dawn furiously yelled in response, startling everybody around. ''I've thought that I could trust you! But I could not! I certainly could not! And when I've found out that I could not do that, it disrupted my natural balance! And that makes me fueled with negative energy! And that makes me act so incredibly out-of-character!'' Dawn ranted, after which she pitched an annoyed groan.

Scott felt a great deal of sympathy. Because he hasn't been exactly nice to Dawn either after she and the team turned his back on him. Scott then thought that this was the right moment to make up with Dawn before he realized what was more important at the moment.

''They're getting away with our stuff! Get 'em!'' Scott said after he was done rubbing his eyes and coughing. Dawn jumped onto B's back and the four Travelers went on to chase Anne Maria and Lightning.


''What now strong guy? They'll have us by the time we're in that mammoth's chairlift!'' Anne Maria complained.

''But we don't need no chairlift to get down!'' Lightning confidently told Anne Maria before he grabbed her by her middle and jumped off the railing onto the deck of the aircraft carrier.

''Now that was some ride! Thank ya muscles!'' Anne Maria swooned as she flashed a wink at Lightning. Just then, the Troubled Travelers reached the railing that Lightning recently jumped off.

''Crud! How are we going to catch up with them now?'' Scott thought aloud.

''By the same way as them!'' Brick boldly replied before he climbed on the railing and jumped off, only to land painfully face first with the others flinching in reply. ''I think I lost some teeth!'' Brick yelled at his team with a lisp. The other Troubled Travelers jumped down and continued to chase Lightning and Anne Maria.


Jo was trying to convince Sam and Dakota to vote Lightning off the next time they had a chance to while they were walking towards the exit.

''So explain one more time why we should vote Lightning off.'' Dakota requested.

Jo sighed. ''Well alright then.'' She begrudgingly said. ''First, when Lightning's out of the way, we don't have to worry about him anymore when the merge kicks in. Second, Lightning's been more of a burden than an asset and third and absolutely not the least important, he hit on your girlfriend for the Lord's sake!'' Jo almost yelled at the last reason as she pointed at Sam due to the gamers' doubt in siding with Jo.

Just when Sam was about to reply on Jo's reasons, Lightning and Anne Maria walked into Jo, who was about to walk out onto the deck of the ship with Sam and Dakota in tow.

''Lightning?'' Jo vexedly yelled. ''What are you doing here? You were supposed to collect stuff for our raft!''

''But we did!'' Lightning defensively replied. ''Look at this awesome sail!'' He continued as he folded out the flag.

''And these are some snazzy…Uh…rowing things!'' Anne Maria said as she showed one of the folding chairs.

''You mean oar.'' Sam corrected her.

''Bless you fatty!'' Anne Maria replied.

''Alright then! Let's go back to that cargo hold and make our raft to get out of here!'' Jo said. The Problematic Pilots then ran out of the door into the open air, where it was still a heavy storm raging. ''This rain is giving me a cold, and that's bad for my feel of victory!'' Jo said before she ran into Scott, knocking them both over.

''Why haven't you 2 told that you had the wet marine and his quartet of long-time losers on your tails?'' Jo angrily asked Lightning as she rubbed her forehead.

''Well I am sorry for not getting the opportunity to sha-speak!'' Lighting retorted as the Problematic Pilots began to run from the Troubled Travelers. Lightning then accidentally dropped one of the chairs that they could use to row with as they were running over the deck.

''Sha-go ahead! I'll get it!'' Lightning said before he wanted stopped running and turned around.

''No wait! I got this!'' Sam said as he stopped running, turned around and aimed his aperture gun.

''How's that sci-fi nerd gun going to help us?'' Anne Maria cynically asked as the other Problematic Pilots continued to run away.

''You would be amazed!'' Dakota enthusiastically yet slyly responded.

Sam thought for a moment and then shot a ball of orange nearby Scott, who was running towards the folding chair to claim it. Scott curiously looked into the orange goo before it changed into the viewpoint from the hallway where Sam used his portal gun against Fang. And likewise, Fang jumped out of the hole and nearly bit Scott's head off. Scott ran around frightened as Fang continued to chase him.

Sam then deactivated the portals by pressing on a button on top of the device and shot a ball of orange underneath the folding chair. Sam then shot a ball of blue in front of his and Lightning's feet. The orange and the blue goo changed to their respective viewpoints and the folding chair fell through the hole where the orange substance laid before Brick could claim the chair as he skimmed with his chin over the deck after missing his dive to claim it on the last moment. Lightning then grabbed the chair out of mid air as it fell out of the second portal before he and Sam ran off.

''That must've been one sha-awesome sci-fi convention pudgy brother!'' Lightning complimented as they shared a high five and then jumped onto the deck of the cargo vessel.


(Confessional cam. Government sci-fi fairs are always the best! Look at area 51, that started out as a sci-fi fair! Did it?)

Sam: 'Blows nonexistent smoke of the barrel of his gun' So many killer things you can do, so little time! When I get home, I'm going to play games with this thing by my side. Imagine it! you never have to stand up when you want to get the remote or a bottle of pop! 'Sighs dreamily' A gamers' Walhalla!

(Static)

Lightning: That thing is sha-mazing! I could totally use one to clear the football field of rival defenders! 'Thinks' Where would that ball of dough have got his gun from? Fence-mart?

(End Confessional cam.)


Dawn laid her hand on her heart, breathed deeply in and out and approached Fang, who had trouble swallowing Scott as a whole, as Scott (who only had his legs stuck out of Fang's mouth) resisted.

''There's no need to stay angry!'' Dawn calmly told the mutated shark as she stroked him by his neck, catching his attention and temporarily stopped attempting to swallow Scott. ''You were bullied a lot by the other sharks while you were still a guppy, weren't you?'' Dawn soothingly said as Fang began to tear up (Which is especially amazing since sharks naturally don't have tear glands) and spat Scott out before Fang rested his head on Dawn's lap and began to cry.

''If you can make him vegetarian in the process…'' Scott sarcastically said as he wiped some saliva of his body.

''You're not free of guilt in his distress!'' Dawn snapped back before she turned back to Fang. ''Yes I am listening! Your teeth were your pride, and no teeth means no pride. I can relate to that!'' Scott huffed and walked over to B and Brick. ''I know! He took something from me too!'' Dawn said in a relating fashion as she flashed a frown at Scott. ''But there's nothing that can change that now! You've had your revenge and you should stick to that!'' Dawn told the mutated shark, who stopped crying and stared at her confused. ''Yes I am serious! It is better for us all!'' Dawn replied to Fang's stare. Fang then kissed Dawn's head, made a threatening gesture to Scott and jumped from the deck in the ocean.


(Confessional cam. Touch of nature? Dawn's whole body is in contact with that!)

Dawn: I got my contact with mother earth's creatures back! Good, certainly good! But I still do not feel myself at comfort right now! There's still one thing that has to happen!

(End confessional cam.)


''That worked.'' Brick said baffled.

''Yes, good!'' Scott begrudgingly admitted. ''But now that we're here, let's try to find something in that ship. We have nothing to lose anyhow!''

''Oh boy! I've only been on these vessels during field trips!'' Brick joyfully stated as he shone his flashlight around to check the aircraft carrier out. Brick then shone his light on a small sign that was screwed in the wall beside the door. It read 'Eisenhower 42 aircraft carrier'

''42. The answer to everything in life!'' [9] Dawn quoted.

''What's that supposed to mean?'' Brick confusedly asked.

''I don't know, I've read it in a book somewhere.'' Dawn replied.

The Troubled Travelers then walked through the same door that the Pilots used and entered the same small poorly lit hallway. Scott stopped the other Travelers by raising his arm to chest height.

''Does anybody of you sees anything abnormal here?'' Scott asked emotionless while he did not move at all. The Troubled Travelers looked around. Until Dawn got what Scott meant.

''The lights are on.'' Dawn calmly stated.

''Exactly!'' Scott replied. ''And I do not think that the Pilots did that, they would've done anything to hamper us!'' He thought aloud.

''Stick close! Anything can jump us now!'' Brick ordered his team as they continued to walk through the deserted metal hallways of the aircraft carrier.


(Confessional cam. Mysterious…)

Brick: that was probably the first time that the light scared me more than the dark!

(End Confessional cam.)


The Problematic Pilots came back to the spot where Lightning and Anne Maria were told to search for materials for their rafts.

''Alright sometimes-poor-excuse for teammates, where's our planks n' barrels?'' Jo enthusiastically asked Lightning and Anne Maria, who realized that they've forgotten where they've stashed it. Not that Anne Maria cared much for that matter.

''Anne Maria knows where!'' Lightning tried to shove the responsibilities on to her.

''I dunno where you laid your crap! I was too busy caring for number one!'' Anne Maria defended as she pointed at herself. ''Besides, lifting is where worker people are for!''

The other Pilots groaned incredibly annoyed as Jo pounded a nearby wall. ''Alright then! You hid it, you find it! right now!'' She roared at the 2 members. Lightning ran off immediately, but Anne Maria stayed were she was.

''Wow wow! You don't get it quite, don't you? I do not let a shemale tell me what to do! Especially if she's dressed in Mao Zedoing PJ's!'' [10] Anne Maria told Jo. Jo responded by grabbing Anne Maria by her shoulders and throwing her with great force into the steel wall. Leaving a big dent in it.

''And I don't have to let a scantily clad turd tell me what she thinks is the law! Which is; dominant personalities dominate! Now go help that dumb muscle get our goods or else I might throw you THROUGH that wall!'' She furiously threatened Anne Maria, who did not object now and ran off. Jo then turned to Sam and Dakota.

''So, convinced that Lightning's a pair of handcuffs in our grab for victory?''

''Yes.'' Sam said somewhat hesitant. Dakota just nodded positively.

''Are you going to help me vote him off?''

''We'll consider it!'' Dakota assured Jo.


(Confessional cam. Remember that we said that a deal with Scott was bad 6 episodes ago? Yeah, Jo's not much better in that retrospect.)

Jo: This is perfect! I've allied myself with the alliance I tried to rub out! They'll help me vote of Lightning, because he's a dunce. And Anne Maria, who's just plain annoying! And the best part? They can't do a thing about it!

(Static)

Sam: I don't know if I should trust Jo's alliance, I mean what's in it for me? 'Thinks' Maybe that some videogame time will brighten up my thoughts! 'Takes a console from behind his back and begins to play'

(End Confessional cam.)


The Troubled Travelers slowly descended some stairs into a dark hallway where there weren't any lights on due to the lights being shattered. Brick and Dawn became especially daunted.

''The auras are so incredibly strange and ominous!'' Dawn stated. ''Whatever you are going to do, please don't leave me alone!'' She begged.

''Or me!'' Brick added as he shone his flashlight behind him when he thought that he heard something.

B (Who led the team through the darkness) stopped and took something out of his jacket. ''B's going to tie us together so that we don't get lost that easily while B's flashlight is the only one that stays alight.'' Dawn told her team as B tied himself and Scott together with a little distance between the 2 for comfort.

''But why would you do that?'' Brick stuttered.

''To save batteries! Are you in the army?'' Scott disgustedly asked Brick.

''No, In cadet school! That's something completely different!'' Brick assured Scott. B then finished tying everybody together and continued walking through the hallways. At one moment, a small puddle of lime green goo crawled past everybody's feet through the darkness unnoticed (despite its slight green hue), the seemingly sentient puddle of goo then stopped for a moment between everyone to lunge upward and cut the rope between the Travelers. They still have not noticed it until it crawled up to Dawn's leg a bit before it quickly sped ahead of the Travelers.

''What was that?'' Dawn quickly yelped as she looked around her feet.

''Are you sure that it wasn't a rat, or a mouse?'' Scott calmly asked.

''If it was then I would be able to see it's aura and hear its cries!'' Dawn snapped back.

''Sorry!'' Scott begrudgingly apologized.


A few seconds later, everybody jumped back a theoretical mile when they saw a figure walking into the light of B's flashlight. It was a rather scrawny built body who appeared to wear a cream colored shirt if you would take away the lime green slime that dripped of Its body. When B shone his light in the face of the figure. They could see that it was the Cody clone that Cody created when he was in Area 51 during Total Drama World Tour. It's lime green eyes with slightly darker green irises eyed the Troubled Travelers maniacally.

''Hey! I know you! You're that clone that that Cody kid set off!'' Scott exclaimed.

''Such menacing thoughts!'' Dawn exclaimed. The clone then stepped toward the Travelers rather intimidating.

''Run away before he probes us!'' Brick yelled as they ran from Clonedy. [11] Not yet aware that they all took different ways.


(Confessional cam. Safety is out there!)

Brick: 'Annoyed groan' I hate it when we have to admit the truth to those conspiracy theorists!

(End Confessional cam.)


After a while, Scott stopped running when he was sure that he wasn't followed. Scott then saw that he stood beside a restroom door and realized that he had to go, so he walked inside.

Scott switched the lights on and stood in front of an urinal, unzipped his fly, and began to do his thing. Scott did not notice that something dripped down on the restroom floor from the air vent behind his back. When every drip of the goo laid on the ground, it morphed into a near-exact duplicate of Dawn with the only differences similar to Clonedy, thus having her eyes in the same shades of green and also with oozing slime dripping off its body. The Dawn-clone also sported a pair of small fangs as her front teeth.

Scott looked around and jumped a bit when he thought that he saw Dawn standing behind him. Scott only saw the Dawn clone briefly and as a result, was not yet aware that this Dawn, was a clone.

''You never stop with that suddenly appearing, huh goldilocks?'' Scott audibly muttered. ''But good that you are here. Because I want to apologize if I hurt you. And I know that you usually do not think this of people, but I assure you that I'm not trying to smooth talk my way out of my elimination!'' The Dawn clone now closed in on Scott with a similar menacing smile to Clonedy's while Scott rambled on. ''It's just…'' Scott was then done with peeing and turned around. He got the scare of his life when he realized that the Dawn behind him was a clone.

''I already found you to be pretty quiet!'' Scott remarked. The clone growled in reply and jumped forward, Scott stepped back just in time to prevent the clone from pouncing on Scott as she tried to bite him. It then tried to claw Scott, something Scott too barely dodged. The clone was able to touch Scott's leg but was unable to really hurt him. Scott then switched on his flashlight and shone the light into its eyes, hoping to blind it. The clone covered its eyes in pain fell on its knees. Scott then slammed the flashlight into the clone's head, leaving a big gaping hole where green slime poured out. (If it was a real human, then there would be blood pouring out instead) Scott had difficulty trying to hold back his vomit as the clone let out painful squeals while clenching to her wound as the green goo dripped onto the ground. After a few moments, the clone ran out of the bathroom while leaving a steadily growing trial of goo (and Scott) behind.

''Time to find out what DupliDawn's up to!'' Scott said to himself, but before he wanted to run off and chase it, he received the mental image of the gaping head wound again. Scott tried once again to hold his stomach contents back, but he was not successful this time and spewed it out on the ground. When Scott was done with vomiting, he wiped his mouth and went off to follow the trial slumped over with one arm on his sore stomach.


(Confessional cam. 1 clone, 1 guy, 2 traumas)

Scott: 'Clenches to his stomach and moans' Oh my nose is burning from that vomit! 'Moans once more' I wish that I could buy selective amnesia, because that image of that wound makes me hurl eve…'Feels it coming up again'

(End Confessional cam.)


After Lightning and Anne Maria (Mostly Lightning) had found the planks and the barrels after a long time of searching, the Pilots managed to construct a raft of it along with a metal pole to make the mast.

''Huh, that looks good.'' Jo casually complimented her team. ''But we would've been out of here by now if you 2 didn't take so long to find the stuff!'' Jo then scolded Lightning in particular. ''What took you 2 so long?''

''We found the planks pretty quick, but we completely forgot where we hid the barrels!'' Anne Maria replied as she filed her nails.

''And where did you hid them?'' Jo asked with her usual grumpy gusto.

''Under the planks!'' Lightning cheerfully replied. Which gave Jo spasms of pure anger while the others groaned out of annoyance.

''So you're just wasted precious time by not looking under some planks when you found them?!'' Jo annoyingly yelled at Anne Maria and Lightning. She then let out an irritated groan. ''You 2 are such dumb f(Censor)tards!'' She told them. Jo then turned to Lightning, who looked offended. ''And especially you…Luther!'' She slyly wheezed at him, revealing Lightning's real name, which made everybody gasp.

''Luther? That's your real name? Luther?!'' Anne Maria yelled astounded before she burst out into laughter. ''That's the dorkliest name for a jock I've ever heard!'' Anne Maria said between laughter.

Lightning growled and eyed Jo very angrily before he yanked out the steel pole that was supposed to be the mast of their raft, making the raft fall apart somehow. ''Lightning had enough of your behavior mister!'' Lightning wheezed furiously as he patted his hand with the pole. ''He's going to beat you to a pulp!'' He told Jo as the others stepped back. ''Batter up!'' He said before he swung the pole. Jo blocked the swing by holding her arms flat together in front of her body. Lightning then tried to hit Jo by swinging sideways. Jo dodged the swing by ducking and retaliated with a powerful counter punch on Lightning's jaw, knocking him on the ground.


(Confessional cam. Self-defense 101: hitting your opponent. If the opponent is male, hit him in the crotch. That is a sure way to hurt him without injuring him…Most of the time.)

Jo: My mom's a bouncer in a nightclub and a part-time bodyguard. So it speaks for itself how I've learned to fight without relying entirely on my power!

(Static)

Lightning: 'Spits out a few teeth' How could Joe sha-stab me in the back like that? I thought that we were tight! Unless…'Realizes something' Joe wanted to stab me sha-since the beginning! 'Scowls' I shouldn't have trusted him back then! He let me down on that island and now he did it again! Lightning, weren't you stupid! Sha-yes I was! 'Spits out another tooth.'

(End Confessional cam)


''Look what you did!'' Anne Maria complained to the jock, who stood up from the ground and rubbed his sore jaw. ''Now you guys have to start over!''

''Now we have to rebuild our raft! Happy now?'' Jo continued while Lightning received disapproving glares from his team.

''No, I'm in pain!'' Lightning responded as everybody (Minus Anne Maria) began to repair their raft.

The Problematic Pilots completed their raft some minutes later and looked at the results satisfied. Dakota looked at it rather doubtfully.

''It is nice that we repaired the raft and all…'' Dakota doubtfully said.

''We, excluding Anne Maria.'' Jo smugly corrected her.

''HEY! Quit it! I'm no working person!'' Anne Maria snapped at her.

''Are you even a person at all?'' Jo sarcastically responded. Anne Maria growled with anger, but she still felt the wall from their previous conflict, and realized that she wouldn't stand a chance.

''This time blondie…'' Anne Maria muttered.

''…But how are we going to get that raft outside?'' Dakota asked her team. Which took away their satisfaction and was replaced by disappointment and agony as almost everybody groaned.

''Guys! It's cool, I got this!'' Sam said, calming everybody down. He then walked outside, shot with his aperture gun as low as he could aim on the hull of ship. He then ran back, (As far as Sam could run that is) tied the raft to the ship with a rope and shot another ball underneath the raft. The raft fell through onto the ocean outside while the rope prevented it from floating away. This made his team positive again.

''Good thinking button-finger!'' Jo remarked as she jumped through the portal onto the raft, to be closely followed by Lightning, who had the folding chairs (Which were taped tightly to make sure that they were good oars).


(Confessional cam. How much more will that wonderful machine help the Pilots?)

Sam: 'Blows nonexistent smoke off the barrel of the aperture gun'

(End Confessional cam.)


At the same moment on the aircraft carrier. Scott followed the trial into a small cargo hold deep inside the vessel. He hid behind some crates while he observed Clonedy, who stood in front of some human-sized banana-like cocoons that clinging against the wall. The cocoons stood against a certain set of power cables and they gave of a strange glow. Possibly explaining why the lights in that corridor were alight when the Pilots and the Travelers went through.

Scott was thinking of a plan in case of his teammates being in the cocoons. Scott was so deep into his thoughts that he did not notice that Brick (Who was eating a chicken leg) came by and hid beside the same crate without Scott's knowledge.

''What's the situation?'' Brick whispered, greatly startling Scott. The alien clone still had no clue of their presence.

''Don't sneak up to me like that!'' Scott scolded the cadet in whispers. Brick couldn't help but looking proud.

''That means that I did the 'sneaking up' practice very well!'' Brick proudly replied as he took another bite of his chicken.

''Yeah. Whatever. I thought that you and the others were in… Where did you get that chicken from?'' Scott asked off topic.

''I came past the kitchen and I realized; I am hungry! And this was the only thing left that looked edible! Other than some dead mice of course!''

Scott shot a disgusted glare at Brick. ''You know that that chicken could be a few years old, right?''

Brick stopped eating and alternatively looked at the chicken leg and Scott before he shrugged. ''I had worse food back in the academy!'' He said before he took a last bite and threw the remaining bone away.

''I wonder if they are in those cocoons.'' Scott continued from where he left off.

''Who were in those cocoons?'' Dawn curiously asked. Scott and Brick became very startled by Dawn and B suddenly appearing behind them.

''No. Nothing!'' Scott answered, still panting from fright.

The Troubled Travelers then observed how Clonedy looked at something he had in his hands, satisfied. Scott then ran over from behind the crate, which caught the attention of Clonedy and Scott shone his flashlight into Clonedy's eyes. The clone covered his eyes in terror and pain, dropping what he had in his hand in the process as he ran away from the Troubled Travelers.

''How did you know that that scared him?'' Brick asked.

''I had a close encounter of the 4th kind before! They don't like bright lights!'' Scott replied. They then looked down to see what Clonedy had in its hands.

''Hairs?'' Brick confusedly asked after the Troubled Travelers stood around what the alien dropped. One hair of each member of the Troubled Travelers.

''I am very certain that don't want to know where he got mine from!'' Dawn said horrified as she picked up her hair, which was notably shorter than the hair on her head.

''He needed those hairs to create clones of us!'' Scott said, sure of his theory. ''Dawn, remember that you felt something crawling up your leg?''

''Yes I do.''

''So it must have been able to get some DNA from you, he went to these cocoon thingies, made a clone of you, and sent it after me!'' Scott explained. Judging by Brick and B's mumbling, they found it a plausible theory.

''You encountered a clone of me?'' Dawn asked slightly confused and slightly astounded.

''Yup. At first I thought that it was really you!'' Scott answered.

''I don't know if I should be offended now.'' Dawn responded confusedly.


(Confessional cam. What would happen if one of those cloning-aliens touched themselves?)

Dawn: I wish that I would've met that clone! It would have been interesting to find out what my aura looks like.

(End Confessional cam.)


Brick then ran back to the boxes they hid behind earlier and grabbed a crowbar that laid in one of them and took a fire axe that hung at the wall.

''I don't know what you think, but I find it our duty to rid the world of these dangers for once and for all!'' Brick said. He then threw the crowbar at B, who caught it midair.

''Agreed!'' Scott responded as he held his flashlight like a club. ''Let's send that alien down the way of the dodo!''

Dawn was given a claw hammer by B. She stood before one cocoon, staring at it somewhat hesitantly while the males were smashing the cocoons to pulp.

''Come on Dawn, seal their fate!'' Brick motivated her after they were all done smashing them.

Dawn lifted her hammer up, but she could not force herself to continued any further. ''Sorry, I can't smash them!'' Dawn sadly announced. ''No matter how evil that creature can be, I cannot force it into extinction!'' Dawn continued with tears burning between her eyes.

Brick rolled his eyes. ''Fine. That one cocoon can stay! And only because I am such an awesome leader!'' Dawn brightened up a bit.

''You are awesome, AND our leader?'' Scott sarcastically asked, which earned him glares from the rest of his team.

''At least Brick is safe for elimination, says B!'' Dawn said in B's name.

''Yeah, IF we manage to get back to the Jet!'' Scott objected. ''Because we might have saved the world with that piñata party, but we still don't have anything to build a raft with while the Pilots might be halfway the Atlantic by now!''

''I wouldn't be so sure of that!'' Brick said with mild enthusiasm. He pointed at B, who was dragging a big rocket turbine out of a large box.

''Yes, a motor, good. But we aren't going to get to the finish on that turbine alone!'' Scott annoyingly reminded B. Who then grabbed all aluminum suitcases he could find in a small backroom nearby.

''And how are you going to keep it together?'' Scott asked. B replied by showing the inside of his jacket, which held a long piece of sturdy looking rope. ''Fine, you win!'' Scott begrudgingly admitted. ''Let Dawn tell us what to do!'' And the Troubled Travelers quickly began to work on their raft.


The Problematic Pilots were with their raft on the middle of the stormy sea. Despite the fact that the wind blew them in the right direction, it still wasn't fast enough for them and Jo and Lightning were rowing with the folding chairs in the hopes of getting some extra speed.

Jo stopped rowing for a second to look back at the ship-graveyard, which had almost disappeared into the distance. ''Ha! I already can't see that shipyard anymore!'' Jo yelled to get above the roaring of the storm before she continued to row. ''Those Travelers are not going to beat us now!''

Sam then heard a vacuum cleaner-like noise that seemed to become louder with every second. He then looked back and his face went pale from what he saw. ''You might want to reconsider your statement Jo!'' Sam told her, horrified.

''What?'' She replied as all the other Problematic Pilots heard the sound and looked back to witness a silver flash shooting by, knocking them and their raft over. When Jo resurfaced, she spotted that the silver flash was a raft made of a rocket engine and silver suitcases, which was being commandeered by B.

Jo climbed aboard of the Pilots' raft and looked back at the Troubled Travelers. She let out an enraged roar as soon as they disappeared into the darkness of the storm. ''Unbelievable how fate sometimes shovels sh(Censor)t in your face!'' She angrily complained.

''We're wet. We're lost. Our sail is ripped and the oars have floated away. We may be lucky if Chris is sending someone to get us!'' Dakota said rather downcast as she squeezed out her hair.

The Problematic Pilots then heard a strange buzzing noise coming from somewhere in the sky. And when they looked up, they saw that 3 big white circular lights were moving around them in a triangle pattern. There could see some other things too, but due to the heavy rain, they could not make out what the other things were.

''Our luck's finally getting better!'' Lightning gladly said. ''There's Chris's helicopter already!''

Sam looked at the 3 lights wide eyed. ''I doubt that that is a helicopter Lightning. It looks more like a…'' Sam gulped. ''…UFO!'' This made everybody gasp in horror.

''So the stories are true!'' Dakota softly said.

''Before we get probed, did anyone phone home during our little rafting trip?'' [12]

''What do you mean? I have no connection here!'' Dakota replied with mild confusion.

''That's not what I meant.'' Jo sighed.

Then, a 4th light appeared in the center of the circling triangle. A strange tractor beam pulled their raft up from the sea into the light. The 4th light then went off and the UFO moved away from the site.


The Troubled Travelers were at this point already out of the storm. Only a few dark clouds kept hanging above the Sargasso sea, but the skies were for the rest blue.

Brick cheered victoriously. ''We have survived yet another challenge team! Did you saw how we knocked those Pilots away! Brilliant!''

''I see Bermuda already!'' Scott told his team as he looked through some binoculars, through which he saw Chris and Chef sitting on a beach beside the Total Drama Jumbo Jet, that was receiving a new jet to replace the fried' one.

But just then, the rocket engine began to stutter, and soon would shut off. B inspected it and raised his shoulders.

''We have no more fuel! It used more than B expected!'' Dawn said. Brick and Scott groaned in reply. But their luck returned when they were knocked off their feet from a collision with another boat, a luxury yacht that had the flag of Mexico hoist to its flagpole. The Troubled Travelers decided to go on board and to ask the captain of the yacht for some oil. But there was no sign of life aboard.

''It smells rather odd in here!'' Dawn concluded as she almost tripped over some soda cans.

''Eh, ¿Hola? ¿Hay alquien?''

(Hello? Is there somebody?) Scott yelled in his best Spanish. Scott then accidently stepped on former contestant Geoff, who laid unconscious on the floor in only his boxers.

''Who's there dude?'' He asked sleepily as Scott stepped back as soon as he felt that he stood on somebody. Geoff then slowly got up and rubbed his temples. ''That was one gruesome party last night!'' Geoff said, still ignoring the Troubled Travelers. Geoff then looked down. ''But wait, where're my duds?'' Geoff then looked around in such fashion that he did not see the Travelers. ''And where's Bridgette?''

''Would you mind?'' Scott asked impatiently as he tapped his foot.

Geoff turned around and almost stumbled back. ''Hey! I know you! You are some of that…uh new cast!'' Geoff recalled and firmly grabbed Scott's hand. ''How're you doing dudes 'n dudette?''

''We've barely managed to escape a maniacal alien in a shipwreck in one of the world's dangerous waters. But furthermore, we are fine. We are only a bit in a hurry! Do you have some gas for our raft? Then we can win this challenge!'' Scott politely but still pushily asked.

''No problem at all! Where do you have to go? I'll give you a tow!'' Geoff offered.

''To Bermuda over there!'' Dawn answered as she pointed at the island.

''Wow, Bermuda? I must've been snoozing for a while.'' Geoff mumbled as he walked over to the bridge of the yacht and began to set a course to the island with the small raft tied behind the yacht.


''This is killer.'' Sam said calmly yet astounded as they stood in a completely white room. There was absolutely nothing in there, you could not even make out any walls or floors, they just stood in white emptiness.

''I'll be damned! UFO's really exist! Then that means that there're also those freakish little aliens!'' Anne Maria gasped.

''You are only half-right in that miss!'' Someone unknown said. The Problematic Pilots turned around to see 2 muscular sunglasses-wearing men in black suits with one man holding a small black radio-like box with a satellite.

''Wow! I know you! You're the men in black!'' Lightning yelled astounded. He then fell on his knees and began to cry. ''It's over folks! They're going to lock us up forever in their base! And I never got famous!'' Lightning whined.

''Would you mind to control yourself a teeny little bit?'' Jo friendly asked Lightning with big hints of irritation.

The men in black that did not hold the device chuckled. ''Don't worry sporto we're not going to capture you! We only capture people for eternity who get to close to the truth!'' The man assured them before he grew a frown. ''You see, one of you has something that belongs to us!'' The man sternly said. Everybody looked at Sam and his aperture gun. Sam held it close to him at first like a mother who did not want to yield her baby. But Sam ultimately knew that he had to do so.

''Fine!'' Sam begrudgingly said as he undid the gun and gave them to the man. ''But we know about that gun now, why aren't we going to some secret base?'' Sam curiously asked.

The man chuckled again. ''You kids had one lucky charm at your side, you are on a reality show. If we had to make you disappear right now, then all your loyal fans would get VERY suspicious of what happened. And then they might…discover things!'' He friendly explained.

''But we still know about it, and this conversation is even being recorded!'' Jo said confusedly. ''What are you going to do about that?'' She curiously asked.

''This!'' The man replied as he switched on the device, which distributed a brainwave which made the Pilots widen their eyes and their irises shrink. The men in black had no ill effects from the brainwaves, most likely due to their sunglasses.

''You kids remember nothing of the aperture project or this government aircraft anymore.'' The man told them.

''Nothing anymore!'' The Pilots repeated in zombie-esque fashion.

''The last thing that you remember is when you were knocked over by the rival team!'' The man continued.

''Rival team!'' The Pilots repeated.

''Good! Now get on the raft and wait until we drop you off on Bermuda, from that moment on, the brainwaves will have no effect anymore and you'll return to your normal selves! Go!'' The man ordered them, to which they complied without any objection.


''Does anyone of you hear a buzzing noise?'' Dawn asked as the UFO flew by without their knowledge.

''Yeah I do! I won't go out of my ears! It's not cool!'' Geoff responded as he picked his ear. To which the others groaned.


''Did you know that Bermuda was an island, Chef?'' Chris asked as he and Chef sat in beach chairs with a drink in their hands.

''It isn't called 'The Bermuda triangle' for nothing, Chris!'' Chef answered. And just then, the UFO dropped the Problematic Pilots and their raft beside Chris and Chef on the beach as the Pilots snapped out of their hypnosis.

''Congrats Pilots! You've have survived AND won today's challenge!'' Chris happily announced. ''But I wonder where you came from…'' He mumbled as he scratched his chin.

''We won?'' Lightning confusedly asked.

''The last thing I remember was that we were knocked of our raft and that we heard a buzzing noise!'' Jo said as she held a hand on her temple and stepped onto the beach.

''I remember the buzzing, but not much after that! My memory is just like a sieve about the last 4 hours!'' Sam said as he held his head to prevent it from spinning.

''My brain hurts! Which is not good for my complexion!'' Anne Maria whined.

Geoff then managed to park the boat very badly into the beach, making everybody step back. The Troubled Travelers were greatly surprised to see the Problematic Pilots having beaten them.

''But how?'' Scott and Jo stuttered as they pointed at the other team.

''Hey Sam, where's that aperture gun thingy?'' Brick asked the gamer, who looked at Brick as if the cadet was speaking another language.

''My what?'' Was all that Sam could bring out before he walked away. Leaving Brick almost as confused as everybody else.

''Your aura's looks shaken up.'' Dawn concluded.

''That's exactly how I feel!'' Dakota assured Dawn as she held an ice pack against her head.

''But we've won! And that matters!'' Jo said relaxed and fatigued.


(Confessional cam. RELAXED?! FATIGUED?!)

Brick: Wow, I've never seen Jo so…calm before! It almost gave me the impression that she has a calm side!

(End Confessional cam.)


''And you're right in that Jo! Nobody knows how the Pilots won today's challenge, but we're not going to break our heads over it, they were here first and have won today's challenge! End of story!'' Chris announced, which made the Travelers hang their heads and the Pilots cheer calmly.

''Geoff, nice to see you dude!'' Chris greeted as they shared a fist bump. ''Nice skivs!'' Chris complimented with mild sarcasm.

''Thanks man!'' Geoff said, oblivious of the sarcasm.

''Have you, Bridge, and Mildred worked on the Aftermath show yet?''

''There's an aftermath show this season?'' Geoff asked rather confused, to which the host replied by nodding positively.

''Halfway mark, Geoff!''

Geoff began to worry. ''Oh man! We still have so much to do!'' Geoff said as he was shaking with worry. ''I would like to stay and recall Chris dude but I've gotta go! See you all later!'' Geoff yelled as he ran off.

''Yes...'' Chris said about Geoff before he went back to the point. ''Contestants, for Chef and my safety, we've let some interns fix up the toasted engine!'' Chris said as said engine suddenly went on and sucked in an intern, letting only shreds of clothing come out of the rear. ''Whoops, company accident! All covered in the contracts! All on board nothing to see here! Gogogo!'' Chris diverted the contestants as he guided them into the jumbo jet.


The Troubled Travelers were on their way to the elimination room when the plane was in flight again. Scott managed to get a private moment with Dawn.

''I hope you know that you're not going to change my mind about voting for you!'' Dawn sternly said to Scott.

''No, No! You can read it in my aura! I'm not going to try to sweet talk out of this!'' Scott assured her. ''I deserve to go. But before I go, I want to apologize if I have hurt you! I honestly wish that I'd never thought of setting you up! From the first day on that island! And you made me realize that! You have total control of me! A bit.'' Scott apologized from the deepest of his heart.

Dawn smiled satisfied as she nodded in a similar manner. She pulled Scott on his knees and Dawn kissed Scott's forehead. ''You've certainly changed Scott, you don't need a girlfriend to keep you under control.'' She soothingly said as Scott got back on his feet again

''Alright.'' Scott said, relieved. ''Let's get me eliminated!'' He added as they walked off to the elimination room.


(Voting cam. Knows who's going to episode.)

B: 'Stamps Scott's passport'

(Static)

Brick: 'Stamps Scott's passport''

(Static)

Dawn: 'Stamps Scott's passport'

(Static)

Scott: 'Stamps his own passport'

(End Voting cam.)


Chris was scrolling through the votes with a disappointed look on his face. Chef was standing next to him with a plate of nuts per usual. ''What is wrong with you guys? Scott, you voted for yourself for Pete's sake! I can't save your hide another time!'' Chris yelled disgruntled.

''Good! I don't want to be saved! I just want to quit this show!'' Scott responded.

''But there isn't any drama in that!'' Chris whined.

''Just hand those bags out before I get dramatic on you!'' Scott threatened.

''Sure, it's your funeral!'' Chris said nonchalantly. ''These go to B Brick and Dawn. Scott you're out, yahay!'' Chris quickly said and non enthusiastically cheered as he threw the bags of nuts to their owners. Scott stood up from his seat and was handed a parachute by Chef.

''Well team, I hope that you enjoyed my presence!'' Scott sarcastically told them.

''It was more pleasant than I expected and the elimination is not as satisfying.'' Brick said.

''Thanks for your honesty!'' Scott mumbled as he was now wearing the parachute.

''Despite all the misfortune and misery that you've caused…'' Dawn began, making everybody eyeing her. ''…I'm still glad that I got to know better!'' Dawn continued.

Scott grew a satisfied smile as he nodded his head in approval. Scott then wanted to say something back but then Chris pulled the lever of the Pinball Plunger.

Chris listened at Scott's scream with a satisfied feeling until Scott screaming suddenly ceased. Chris poked his head out of the elimination door and saw that Scott was nowhere to be seen. Chris then pulled his head back and looked a bit baffled at the camera before he grew his trademark grin back. ''So many mysteries! Like how did the Pilots win today's challenge? Where did they come from?'' Chris asked as his tone changed immediately to a more angrier tone ''And why wasn't this elimination ceremony as dramatic as I hoped it would be?'' Chris's tone then quickly changed back to its usual. ''But next ceremony might be filled with its usual drama again on the next episode of Total, DRAMA, VENGEANCE!''


The DawnXScott plotline ends here(?). And I suddenly lost half of my readers!

[1] Considering that they came from West India, it would have been better to go the OTHER way. But this just might be Chris and Chef's faulty planning.

[2] Reference to Bruce Nolan's punch line in Bruce Almighty.

[3] Some ships have a staircase built into their hulls.

[4] Parody on the Slenderman fad.

[5] This is a spoof of the portal gun and series created by Valve.

[6] Reference to fellow Valve title Half Life.

[7] The Deutsch Demokratic Republik (DDR). The communist Germany during the cold war.

[8] Ludder is a Norwegian word for slut. Why Dawn says it? I don't know, do you have a clue?

[9] Reference to the Hitchhikers guide to the galaxy.

[10] Anne Maria means Mao Zedong and his somewhat strange wish of dressing people in the exact same clothing during his early rule over China.

[11] Come on, you wouldn't have come up on that name yourself!

[12] Reference to E.T.

Teams:

Problematic Pilots: Anne Maria Dakota Jo Lightning and Sam.

Troubled Travelers: B Brick Dawn.

Eliminated: Anne Maria (returned in Amsterdamned). Staci. Zoey. Cameron. Mike (Bailed out). Scott.

Were there just cameos by 2 different veterans (Somewhat)? BLASPHEMY!

You've read it right. Scott's out of there. But don't be sad DXS fans! I have a nice spin off story in mind where he tries to win her back! In fact. I'm so filled with inspiration that my head just exploded and half of the ideas are now on my floor!

But enough crap already! The clue for the next destination is hidden early in the chapter! That's all I say!

Read and Review! Come on fans, let's see if we can make the 50 reviews!

Bedankt en de groeten!

Until next update.

Lowland Warrior.