In this chapter, the walk down memory lane continues with another classic challenge. Sit back and enjoy the latest edition of Total Drama Next!
The episode begins with a shrill cry of "SNAKE!"
The remaining eighteen looked over to DJ jumping into the arms of Ted, but the brickhouse soon grinned sheepishly in embarrassment and got down, with Heather glaring at the tall country boy. The snake, not enamored with the sudden attention towards it, slinked away, but it got people talking.
"What are your fears, new campers?" Bridgette asked out of curiosity. "As you all know, I fear being in the forest alone,"
"I don't like fire at all. I saw an ant get incinerated and I have had nightmares of this since then," Jared added.
"I fear guns and knives, the pen is my sword," Kate chipped in.
"I'm afraid of ugly people. It makes me want to puke," Shawn said to the unhappiness of Ginger.
"But not you, of course," Shawn whispered into the onyx haired Goth's ear, bringing a smile back to the girl's face.
"I began to fear psycho killers when I saw the horror episode back on TDI. This is why Gwen is my idol,"
"Oh, the horror of that. I hope that there will be no blood this time round, I am afraid of it," Danny said.
"Try defusing a time bomb under pressure!" Cody replied.
"You didn't even succeed the last time you tried!"
"All right guys, stop fighting, this was supposed to be a friendly discussion. I'm afraid of being alone, like Bridgette," Chastity came in, defusing the fire.
"I'm ashamed to say it, but I really don't like walking down a toy aisle," the redheaded giant Ted replied.
"I'm really, really scared of walking through landmines on high heels!"
"Um Linds, didn't you say that back on TDI?" Noah questioned. "Anyway, I'm not going anywhere near a Canadian goose. They cause a ruckus and ailments for me,"
"I'm afraid of weevils, eh," Ezekiel added. "I don't like how they always climb on me and eat my plants,"
"I'm hoping that I'll survive this challenge. I am afraid of puppets, the dark and spiders," Allison replied nervously.
"Now that's rich!" Seth announced to everyone aloud, delighted that two of his biggest rivals revealed their fears. It was a grave mistake.
"So what about you, young brat?" Jared quizzed, instantly shutting the arrogant Seth up.
"I don't fear anything for I'm straightedge. Can't say the same for the rest of you, though,"
"Could you just shut your trap?" Heather snapped at the schemer, still upset over the diary incident in the last challenge.
"Fine, I fear the paparazzi, because they always intrude on one's privacy. My father's a lawyer, so damn reporters always want to get his picture,"
Everyone looked at Danielle now, who was the only one to have yet to reveal her fear.
"I'm a daredevil, so I'm really not afraid of anything, unlike Seth who was putting up an act,"
However, DJ to the delight of Heather began to pet Bunny after the poor critter was frightened earlier. Danielle cringed uneasily.
Later on at the mess hall, all three members of the Anaconda Alliance are being shown. However, while Seth and Shawn are chatting merrily, Danielle just glares at them coldly and walks past.
"What's up with her?" Shawn asks.
"All I know that she has some explaining to do," With that, Seth leaves his seat and pursues the female rebel.
"Get off my back!" Danielle shouts at being followed, walking as fast as she could to avoid the ravenhair.
"You can run very fast, but you can't hide from the fact that you actually attempted to vote me off,"
"Do you have evidence?"
"Thinking you could fool me, you wanted to see me go home by voting for me. Of course, I'm straightedge, so I'm smarter than all of you!"
"So what if I did?" Danielle retorted. "You have proven to be a useless coward who bullies Ezekiel to make yourself feel better. When your plan in the talent contest backfired, you cost Izzy to save your (bleep)! You think that I don't have feelings, and expect me to mimic your every move!"
"Don't mess around with me, (bleep)! If you want to quit the alliance, then so be it. You won't be missed,"
"Fine," the rebel girl cried, before Seth felt his cheek sting. Rubbing the slapped area in anger, Seth glared daggers at a leaving Danielle.
Meanwhile, Shawn was alone for a moment after Seth left, but not for long. He saw Ginger grinning at him sweetly, then walking over to him. She was able to do so because Heather herself was grinning at DJ and Gwen, upset as the lovesickness reminded her of Trent, went out for some fresh air.
"How are you, m' lady?"
Ginger giggled. Shawn lived up to his nickname, a ladies' man. She loved every second she spent with him. Wanting to take this friendship further, Ginger whispered into Shawn's ear like the Heartbreak Kid had done earlier.
"Wanna go do… something behind the bush over there?"
The siren failed to rouse Ezekiel from his sorrow at losing Izzy in the previous episode. He just stared blankly at the walls of the shabby abode stoically. He even missed the door opening.
"Ezekiel, Chris said it's challenge time," a feminine voice called.
Crickets chirped.
"EZEKIEL!"
The homeschooled boy jumped at the shout and saw Bridgette.
"Sorry, eh,"
"It's all right Ezekiel, but I don't think Izzy would want to see you back out of the challenge like this. Izzy won't be your only friend here,"
"Thank you, eh," Ezekiel hugged his former crush before exiting the room, rejuvenated with determination to win this for the flame-haired psycho.
"Campers, today you'll participate in a familiar challenge: Phobia Factor!" The sadistic host announced.
"I thought for us, that was done and dusted?" Gwen questioned angrily.
"Well, since you decided to reveal your fears today, we decided to do this. Keep in mind that cameras are all round Wakanawa. For those who were successful, tougher trials await you,"
Chris added, smirking, "We can also reveal your fear by your behavior," locking his eyes on Danielle, who showed a tad of panic.
(Jays)
Since the Jays had lost the last challenge, they were "rewarded" by facing their fears before the Ospreys did. Gwen, leading by example, went first. She was buried under sand once more, but this time in a casket, instilling greater fear into the Goth, not to mention that Trent was not even present this time.
As Gwen protested, Heather betrayed a smile at her rival's misery, only to be whisked off to a wrestling ring for a sumo match.
"The following contest is a sumo match. The only way to win is by throwing your opponent out of the ring. Introducing first, from Tokyo, Japan, Abe Kono!"
Heather's eyes widened as the 400-pound sumo trudged to the ring with thundering footsteps.
"And his opponent, from Windsor, Ontario, Canada, Heather!"
The maroon-wearing girl stepped out warily, but smiled when DJ clapped for her.
The queen bee and sumo circled each other before the bell rang, signaling the match was underway. The sumo quickly lifted his much smaller opponent up high, attempting to toss her out of the ring. Heather however, had other ideas and slipped out of the hold onto Abe's shoulders, grabbing his locks and yanking back furiously. A writhing Abe eventually got to the ropes and tossed Heather out to the apron. As he charged though, the sumo got tangled in the ropes. Heather pulled back desperately on the ropes, hoping to lift the colossus up and over.
"Will Abe Kono (Record 0-17) get his first win tonight, or will Heather prevail?" Chris said elatedly at the fight.
The sumo was halfway over the ropes, but refused to give in, trying to shove Heather off. As Heather soon got weary of pulling the powerhouse over the ropes, she seemed bereft of ideas. However, with a gleam in her eye, the popular girl then fished out a rice ball from her pocket, hurling it backwards. The poor sumo, having failed to even taste Chef's infamous slop, was unbelievably famished. Charging like a bull with rabies, he raced out of the ring and picked up the rice ball gratefully, saying "Arigato".
A scoreboard displayed "1-0" following the sumo's hasty exit, awarding a point to the queen bee.
(Ospreys)
The Ospreys began with Kate facing her fear of handheld weapons. Chris delightfully wielded a taser, striking an unfortunate intern with it. As the intern writhed around in pain, the cruel host held the same taser to the near the bookworm, who began to quiver.
"Your challenge is easy: Just stay still for 1 minute and you'll get a point."
Kate, at the behest of the sadist, stopped quivering and her tendons stiffened. Slowly but surely, 40 seconds passed before Chris decided to play around with the trigger. Kate attempted to curb her quivering, but someone tackling the host to the ground interrupted her.
"Take that, Kyle!"
The dumb blonde was proud of her work, but the host certainly wasn't.
"Since this moron decided to attack me before the minute was up, Kate has been disqualified and will not get the point,"
"Hey, I saw you pulling the trigger! You went too far!"
"This is showbiz for you, ditz. By the way, you're up next,"
The screen cut to the airhead in high heels.
"How do these things work again, Kyle?" She cried, almost falling over.
"Ho-ho, this is going to be exciting. We are going to witness our resident dumb blonde Lindsay cross landmines in high heels. Will her tiny brain get blown into pieces by the mines? You can only find this action on Total…Drama…"
"Next, yes, the rest of the campers don't know the name of the show," Noah shot back sarcastically.
"At least she doesn't," Chris pointed to the dumb blonde.
"I know its Total Drama Next, Kyle. I'm going to have a whale of a time doing this,"
Noah and the sardonic host just stood mouth agape at the sarcasm used, especially when it was coming from Lindsay.
Lindsay then stumbled through the landmine clumsily, having not adapted to the cumbersome footwear, but somehow managed to survive trampling on the dangerous devices. Thus, to Chris's annoyance, the Ospreys gained their first point.
Confessional Cam
Kate- Lindsay saving myself? Thought I would never see the day.
Noah- Lindsay using sarcasm? Thought I would never see the day.
Chris- How did Lindsay outsmart me? This should never ever see the day. Cameraman, you hear me?
(As you can see, said cameraman left the footage uncut. You couldn't blame him: Chris increased his workload while refusing a raise for him.)
(Jays)
The next Jay to take on a challenge was Shawn, who was shoved into a house and locked in. The sight that confronted him there left him stunned. At the far end was a butt-ugly man. He made Chef Hatchet look like Justin, with numerous missing teeth and those that remained an unhealthy yellow. Potholes were all over his face like craters, but they were certainly far from those one would see on the moon. His skin was rough and could pass as a toad's; in short, this man was so unsightly that he could give people nightmares.
"Shawn, you have to spend 3 hours with the Florist Gunk here to win your part of the challenge," Chris said unremorsefully.
Shawn cringed as Gunk displayed a caliginous smile. It was going to be a long day.
On the other hand, Ginger was assigned to the mess hall, hoping that Chris wouldn't have something up his sleeve. Unfortunately, he did. Feeling a tap on her shoulder, she turned around to see a true blue psycho killer. Screaming at the top of her voice, she raced out of said mess hall with the psycho killer in hot pursuit.
(Ospreys)
Like Shawn before her, Chastity had been locked in a room for 3 hours, but this time all alone. With the object of their affections beginning her challenge, Cody and Danny were whisked off to perform their tasks. Cody, like in the original, had to defuse a garbage bomb under pressure, while Danny had to get a penny out of a beaker of blood.
Danny's hand quivered as he reached in, shutting his eyes in fear of the rubicund substance. After feeling around for the coin, he grabbed it… and dropped it. It was back to square one for the prankster.
Meanwhile, while all this transpired, Jared had to watch several ants being razed to death for duration of 3 minutes to complete his challenge (Chris's idea, obviously), without looking away or shutting his eyes. The hockey player cringed as one by one, the ants were razed into crisps by the flames. Agonizingly, the jock's mind told him to turn away, but he still persevered and finally heard the shrill cry of the whistle. At that moment, Jared felt happier than he ever did after winning a hockey game. Dabbing his face with water to purge himself of the gory scenes in his mind, Jared swore never to step near burning ants ever again.
(Jays)
DJ nervously tried to pet a California King Snake, much larger than the one he had to hold on his first challenge. Even though the Jamaican did his best, he eventually gave in and ran off screaming.
Ezekiel, meanwhile, had to lie in a large pool of weevils for 3 minutes to complete his challenge. Like DJ, he didn't like the weevils one bit, but the courageous prairie boy persevered and finally got the weevils off his back.
"Well done, Ezekiel, you lasted 3 minutes and 22 seconds,"
"OK… Wait! I was in the pool for 22 seconds more! Why didn't you tell me that, eh?"
"Too bad, I like to do that, it creates drama,"
"I bet this'll be great drama, then," Ted bellowed behind the cocky narcissist. The homeschooled boy and his great friend shoved an unsuspecting Chris into the weevil pool, leaving him flailing around as he finally realized why Ezekiel feared these creatures so much.
Seth also began to confront his fear under the watchful eye of several reporters, who were chasing after him with their cameras. He was tasked to lose them to emerge victorious. They went through the dense undergrowth and wet mud to pursue the straightedge kid, but finally were foiled when the antagonist came to Lake Wakanawa. Instinctively jumping in, the tide was now in the anaconda lover's favor.
"So reporters, wanna jump in? Be my guest, but risk losing your precious camera equipment,"
Disappointed, the paparazzi realized he was spot-on. They had no other alternative but to retreat while Seth stuck his tongue out at them.
On the other hand, Shawn ran out of the room he had been enclosed in for the past 3 hours, his eyes widened in fear as he slammed the door in Gunk's face. Gwen had also long conquered her challenge.
Back at the boathouse, Ginger was battling with the psycho killer. She had been backed against the wall out of trepidation. For some unknown reason, the building housed a paintbrush, which the gothic rookie found in handy. As the psycho killer collectedly advanced, Ginger suddenly began stabbing the paintbrush in the psycho killer's exposed eye, temporarily blinding him. The psycho killer tried to counter, but the paintbrush proved too much for him.
"Ow! This makes my prison look like a 5-star hotel in comparison! I give in!"
As Ginger heaved a sigh of relief the signboard now signaled that with 5 out of 6 successes, the Jays were close to victory, something they were extremely familiar with.
(Ospreys)
However, the Ospreys were not intending to give in. Danny and Chastity both finished successfully, giving the Jays a good run in the home stretch. However, the same cannot be said for Cody.
"Oh man, this sucks!" A trash-laden Cody stumbled through the forest, costing Bridgette her point again (she was to spend the time in the forest alone).
As our Codemiester continued to walk in any way but straight, he startled poor Ted, who was right in the middle of a toy aisle, proceeding slowly. Running in fear, it was needless to say that Ted failed as well.
The Ospreys' tough luck continued when Allison failed to confront one of her many fears, Chef in a spider costume similar to the one he used to frighten LeShawna.
"All right, it's down to Danielle and Noah, the remaining camper on each side to have not faced their fear. Since Noah actually revealed his fear and his team is in need of points, he would…"
"Wait a minute," Cody said, fishing out a calculator from his pocket. "According to my calculations, the Jays will still win even if Danielle fails with 6 points, while we can muster a maximum of 5,"
"Rules are meant to be broken, which is why Noah gets triple points for completing his challenge. Originally he was to spend 2 minutes in a flock of Canadian Geese, but now he will spend 6 minutes,"
"That's great," Noah shot back with his signature sarcasm.
Noah got into the pen with all the Canadian Geese. His muscles went taut in fear as the timer began to do its job. The know-it-all's teeth chattered at the mere sight of these creatures.
"C'mon, book boy, trying to chicken out like Tyler did last time?" Seth was confident that Noah wouldn't make it.
"Or are you g-a-y?" Shawn added.
"I'm perfectly straight, thank you, I like Lin- Argh!" Noah cried as one of the avian began pecking at his maroon shirt. One became more as the birds eyed the foreign being in their pen curiously.
"Get off me!" Noah said pleadingly.
"They like you, Nick! Aww, they're so cute! I wish I had one as a pet," Lindsay cooed.
"Oh great, I'm screwed," Noah thought. Closing his eyes, he attempted to ignore the gaggle of geese around him and the cacophony they created.
Soon, however, it became unbearable. As Noah heaved in to yell, "Stop", the whistle blew.
"What? 6 minutes have elapsed just like that?"
"Yes, you have completed the challenge, but I can put you in that pen for another 6 minutes if you want,"
"You wouldn't want to get pecked by the geese, would you?" Ted replied, remembering what he and Ezekiel had done earlier.
Balling his fists in anger briefly over the "weevil swim" earlier, Chris announced that the Ospreys now were ahead with 7 points.
"Danielle, if you conquer your fear, you will get double points, which automatically wins this for your team. Your challenge is… to pet a hare for 1 minute!"
"No! No! This can't be, I revealed nothing!"
"Remember that I said that we can reveal your fear by behavior?" Chris smirked.
Danielle quivered as Chef held the docile rabbit near her. Gulping, she put her hand on the soft fur of her least favorite creature… but soon retracted her hand.
"I can't do it! I'm not getting my hands on the bunny!"
"1 second," the host chuckled. "That has to be a new record. In any case, the Ospreys have won again, which means Campfire Ceremony time for the Jays!"
The Ospreys cheered, while a collective groan came from the Jays.
Confessional Cam
Danielle- I can't believe I failed! Even though I may have a dartboard on my head, I'm still voting for DJ. His friendliness towards rabbits scares me.
DJ- I wish I grew some guts so that Heather would feel better around me. Anyway, I'm voting of Danielle. Bunnies are cute!
Seth- The freak slapped me and cost us the challenge. Do I need to provide the name?
"Jays, you have pathetically lost once more after leading for the better part of the challenge. As a result, one more camper will leave tonight, walk the Dock of Shame, board the Boat of Losers and leave this island…"
"Never to come back ever!" Gwen quickly butted in.
"I have 8 marshmallows on my plate. The first 6 will of course go to those that were successful in their challenges and thus ineligible for elimination. Thus, Heather, Seth, Ezekiel, Gwen, Ginger and Shawn automatically get a marshmallow each,
Now it's down to Ted, Danielle and DJ, who all failed to conquer their fears. Given that the challenges they faced did not kill any interns (only wounding them), anyone could go home. Anyways, the next marshmallow goes to
… Ted!"
The prairie giant was relieved to learn that he hadn't lost, but the heat was now on DJ and Danielle. The daredevil looked nervous for once, as was DJ. Heather froze at her boyfriend being in the bottom 2, not uttering a word.
"DJ, Danielle, this is the final marshmallow of the evening. It goes to…
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DJ,"
A smile crept onto Heather's face as DJ's name was announced. The Jamaican smiled back, but quarreling soon interrupted the moment.
"This is ridiculous! I won't go down like this! Not before I have revenge on this pr-" Danielle fumed, pointing at Seth.
"You do realize that he completed his challenge, while you didn't, don't you?" Gwen rebutted.
"It is still unfair, I never revealed my fear!" The rebel rookie screamed as Chef hauled her onto the Boat of Losers, ending her journey on Camp Wakanawa.
"Those fools Seth and Shawn made me lose," Danielle spat, but turned around to see several rabbits, enough to complete a warren. Her screams pierced the night as Camp Wakanawa faded from view.
Screaming Jays- Gwen, Heather, Ezekiel, Seth, Shawn, Ginger, Ted, DJ
Killer Ospreys- Jared, Noah, Lindsay, Bridgette, Kate, Cody, Chastity, Danny, Allison
Eliminated- Katie, Ken, Duncan, Keely, Harold, Izzy, Danielle
That's a wrap for this episode. Sorry to angelcandy55 for eliminating Danielle.
Now…
Things are not looking good for the Jays. For the first time in this competition, they are one man down. To make matters worse, tension continues to build as Seth aims to lead the faltering team, while the fire for an old feud is re-ignited.
Can Danny and Cody keep their pro-rookie rivalry in check? Find out on the next episode of Total Drama Next!