Review Responses
Beastboycoolman15- It's good to see that you liked the chapter and that you liked Anthony's relationship with Sarah despite it being rushed. I wish I could've done more with the two of them. The Ghost Killing Squad was a lot of fun to write, and it's going to make a lot of development for Maddie soon enough.
Mistress Mysterious- Always a pleasure to provide an enjoyable chapter for readers.
Eternos137- I think this chapter may have had the most interactions other than the first one. Interactions are a lot of fun for me to write, so I'm glad they came out good. The Izzy twist was a bit of a last minute decision, but it worked out great.
Gucci Mane LaFlare- Ciara was quite the star of last chapter wasn't she. You push someone enough and they'll break. Luckily she was able to take down the spirit before the spirit could break her.
Candela Monsoon- I'm really glad that someone who didn't submit an OC is enjoying the story. The problem with a lot of SYOC stories that I've noticed is most readers are just people who sent in a character, and they often stop reading when their character is out. I'm glad you're enjoying, and I guess I must be doing a good job if someone else is interested. Hope I can continue to provide quality chapters.
TheReaper565- Really sorry about Sarah again. I wish I could've done more with her, before she was eliminated.
AZW330- I appreciate the kind words on the chapter. The interactions were a blast to come up with and write, especially for the "sane" people who stayed in the Mess Hall. They offered a lot of humor. Kai and Ciara aren't a couple yet, we'll have to see if Kai manages to actually catch Ciara's love confession next time. Looking forward to doing more with those two.
skydragonknight57- Lucy does seem to have some secrets of her own. Only time will tell what those secrets are. As for Aiden, he is a villain, but I don't know if I'd call him the next Alejandro. Don't get me wrong, he's great, but he's not Alejandro.
t20n00- Don't worry about being behind on chapters. With the rate I'm going I'm in no position to judge. Writing two chapters was hard, but it seemed to pay off. I'm glad you liked how I executed your challenge suggestion. If you've got more I'm willing to give them a try. I will admit, that you're right about me not having an even focus with characters. Some are getting a lot of time, while others barely any. I'll try to do better with this, because I don't want there to be any dead characters. Everyone should have something going on. Glad the rest of the chapter was enjoyable despite the flaws. Tom is a lot of fun for me to write, and I'm glad to see you approve of how I'm handling him. This is just the start for the writer.
Aleister Bloodrive VII- The chapter was a lot of work, but it seemed to meet and surpass people's expectations. I do have more planned for Maddie, the Ghost Killing Squad was just a taste of the craziness she's going to bring soon enough.
Last time on Total Drama Rebirth of the Island. It was a dark and spooky night for our contestants as the full moon brought about a vengeful spirit. Everyone was instructed to stay inside the Mess Hall, but it seemed some were less willing than others to stay. One by one Maddie's Ghost Killing Squad was picked off by the spirit until Ciara managed to take her down. Shocking everyone, the spirit turned out to be Izzy, brought in by your's truly for the challenge. More shocking than that, Maddie ended up finding, and destroying a real spirit. Most shocking of all, Dante sent Sarah home as he blamed her for getting his sister captured. What thrills and chills will we have in store today? How will the contestants fair having gotten barely any rest from fighting evil spirits? Find out right now on Total Drama Rebirth of the Island.
(Dear Mom and Dad I'm doin' fine,)
The opening begins with a quick pan of the Island. It passes by Chris who is relaxing while his interns tend to him. There is a quick pan towards the tallest cliff.
(You guys are on my mind)
On the top of the cliff Gonzo cannonballs off into the water.
(You asked me what I wanted to be and now I think the answer is plain to see,)
In the water below Kai is seen surfing. Gonzo's cannonball causes him to crash onto the shore where Nadine was building a sand castle.
(I wanna be famous)
Kai looks embarrassed about ruining her sand castle, but Nadine laughs it off. Nearby, Maximilian is looking around with a metal detector. Seeing Kai and Nadine rebuilding her sand castle he runs over to help them.
(I wanna live close to the sun,)
Over in the forest Ciara is trying to first with Wallace. Wallace quickly runs away from her.
(Go pack your bags, 'cause I've already won,)
Ciara sits down on a tree stump saddened that she was rejected again. Nicky hands Ciara her guitar in an attempt to cheer her up. They start to play their instruments together until they notice Maddie attempting to start a fire and rush to make sure she doesn't set the entire forest on fire.
(Everything to prove, nothing in my way I'll get there one day.)
Inside the Mess Hall Clifford and Kyoko are comparing sketches they made of each other with Clifford looking skeptical of what is supposed to be him. Next to them Johnathan and Dante are arm wrestling. While Johnathan seems to be having a good time Dante looks frustrated. Dante suddenly gets up and runs out leaving Jonathan confused for a moment until Brett takes Dante's place and they begin to arm wrestle with Brett's shirt sleeve ripping.
(Cause, I wanna be famous!)
Outside the Mess Hall Zelda and Anthony are working on an invention together while Sarah and Kyle watch them. Dante suddenly shows up, grabs Zelda, and carries her away over his shoulder. Sarah, Anthony, and Kyle are left unsure of what just happened.
(Na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na!)
Nearby at the cabins Tom and AJ are reading books while Lucy writes in her Diary. Miriam is next to them dancing to her music. Unable to concentrate Tom shuts his book and angrily walks away while pulling out a pen and notepad. Genevieve turns off Miriam's music also annoyed causing Miriam to glare at Genevieve who simply ignores her and walks away filing her nails.
(I wanna be, I wanna be, I wanna be famous)
At the dock Koh is spying on Chris' interns. She heads off trying not to be seen by them when she bumps into Aiden. Aiden extends his hand offering to help her up, but she pushes him away getting up on her own. She notices the interns are now gone and angrily storms away from Aiden while the camera pans into the sky.
(I wanna be, I wanna be, I wanna be famous)
Transition to night where all the contestant are sitting around the campfire. In the center AJ looks over at Tom briefly and blushes hiding behind her book. Tom is about to reach over to her when the campfire suddenly goes crazy. Maddie is shown having added extra fuel to the fire. The contestants all run off with the fire out of control.
(Whistling in tune)
The fire consumes the screen and it turns black until the logo shows up.
The contestants were all gathered around the campfire. It was the middle of the day, and Lucy was shown holding a giant check.
"It's my pleasure to announce Lucina Von Richter as the winner of Total Drama Rebirth of the Island!" Chris announced.
Everyone cheered for her as she teared up. "I couldn't have done this without all of you." Lucy said in tears.
"Sure you could've. All you needed to do was lie your way to victory." Kyle told her.
"Lie? What do you mean?" Lucy asked him.
"Don't play around with us. You earned this. Honestly, people say I'm a villain, but it's clear you're the best liar on this island." Genevieve told her.
Lucy dropped her check and took a step back. "I haven't lied to anyone." She said.
"Come on, your whole existence is a lie." Izzy said appearing out of nowhere.
"What are you doing here?" Lucy asked getting paranoid.
The contestants, Chris, Chef, and Izzy surrounded Lucy and formed a circle around her. "Liar! Liar! Liar! Liar!" They all chanted.
"Shut up! Shut Up! Shut Up!" Lucy yelled as she fell to the ground and covered her face. She felt something hit her, and then awoke in her cabin, Genevieve having thrown a pillow a pillow at her.
"Will you quite screaming in your sleep? We barely got any rest since the night challenge we had, and now you're keeping us all awake with your incessant screaming." She yelled at Lucy.
Lucy sheepishly looked away from Genevieve. "I'm sorry about that. I've just been having a lot of nightmares recently." Lucy told her.
"I'm sure that most murderers have nightmares." Genevieve told Lucy.
Lucy furiously grabbed the pillow and threw it back at Genevieve. "How many times do I have to tell you people that I didn't murder anyone." She yelled at Genevieve before storming out of the cabin.
"Well perhaps now we can get some sleep before the challenge starts." Genevieve said getting comfortable to go back to sleep. Koh, Miriam, and Zelda looked at each other unsure of what just happened.
"I'll go check on her." Koh said getting out of bed.
(Confessional Camera)
"That was odd. Usually she's one of the happiest people here. Unbearably happy sometimes. She's never shown any signs of being bothered by someone calling her a murderer before, so what caused her to snap?" Koh asked herself.
(Confessional End)
Outside, by the Mess Hall, Dante could be found doing what he usually does, working out. He was taking a break from his morning routine when he was approached by Tom who was holding his journal.
"Hello Dante, I was hoping I'd be able to talk to you before the challenge started." Tom said.
Date glared at Tom before answering. "What do you want?" He asked. "Make it fast." He added.
"I wanted to speak to you about the love letter addressed to your sister that you found the day Gonzo was eliminated." Tom said.
Dante quickly grabbed Tom's shirt and lifted him up holding onto it. "You'd better not have been the one who wrote that." He yelled.
"No. No. I didn't come here to confess. It wasn't me." Tom said panicking.
"Can you prove that?" Dante asked Tom.
"Yes I can." Tom said. He opened his journal and showed it to Dante. "This is my handwriting. It doesn't match the love letter." He said.
Dante examined the journal, and then put Tom down. "Alright, well if you didn't write that damn note what do you want?" He asked.
"Dante I''m going to be bluntly honest. You scare me. A lot. I want to help you find who sent this letter so that you can stop being so angry at our entire team. That, or at least you won't be so angry with me." Tom said.
(Confessional Camera)
"That wasn't an entire lie. Dante does terrify me when he's angry. And I genuinely do want Dante to not be angry with me. With him at my disposal looking for a letter sender that doesn't exist it'll be a lot easier to avoid elimination." Tom said.
(Confessional End)
Dante thought for a moment before extending his hand for Tom to shake. "You've got yourself a deal. We'll be partners until we find out who sent that letter to my sister." He said. Tom managed to hide his smile as he accepted Dante's handshake.
"I'm glad you believe me that I didn't send the letter. I was a bit worried the handwriting wouldn't be enough to convince you." Tom admitted.
"Well to be honest, you were low on my suspect list. I'm not an idiot. You're real close to stutters aren't you?" Dante asked.
Tom blushed and coughed slightly. "You mean AJ. Oh no no don't get the wrong idea. We're just um... we're just two people who both appreciate a good book." He said nervously laughing. "Oh look at the time I should be going now." He said. Dante merely rolled his eyes. Before the two men left, they were approached by Koh.
"Have either of you seen Lucy?" She asked them.
"I haven't." Tom answered.
"I saw her when I was jogging earlier." Dante said. "She was headed that way." He said pointing north.
"Thanks, hopefully I can find her. She seemed to be in a bad mood this morning." Koh said.
"I wasn't aware you cared about her." Dante said.
"I don't." Koh snapped. "I just want to make sure she's able to perform well for when we beat you in today's challenge." She said. She stormed off to where Dante had told her hoping she would be able to find Lucy before the challenge.
As for where she was, Lucy went over to cliff side where she and Kyle had been captured by the spirit last chapter. To her surprise, Kyle was sitting on the edge. It seemed as though he was waiting for her to show up.
"You couldn't sleep either?" Kyle asked Lucy as he saw her approaching.
Lucy sat down on the edge of the cliff next to Kyle."No. I've been having some pretty bad nightmares since we dealt with that spirit. I know the whole thing ended up being fake, but I can't seem to get over it. You probably think it's silly though." Lucy said.
"It's not silly at all. I've been thinking a lot about that challenge myself, about how I wish that I had done things differently." He said.
"Kyle you know it isn't your fault that the other members of the Ghost Killing Squad got captured. That was a part of Maddie's plan in the end, and besides it wasn't a real spirit we were up against." Lucy told him.
"You might be right, but still. I can't shake the feeling that it was my fault things turned out the way that they did. We lost the challenge, and lost yet another team member. We've only won once this entire time." Kyle said.
"None of that is your fault. Our team hasn't been the best at working together. There's not much that you can really do about that." Lucy said.
Kyle turned slightly and faced Lucy. "You're such an enigma you know that Lucy." He said.
"That's what you said to me before you got captured by the spirit. What do you mean by that?" Lucy asked him.
"Exactly what I said. You're an enigma, an oddity. That's not an insult, rather it's a compliment. I just don't understand how you manage to be such a positive person after so much tragedy has befallen your life." He said.
"Kyle the last time you said things like this, you walked off the cliff. Should I be concerned about you?" Lucy asked trying to change the subject from her.
Kyle laughed at her remark. "I knew the spirit was nearby when I did that. You have no need to worry yourself about me." He said.
"That's good." Lucy giggled.
The pair laughed together for a moment, when Koh arrived finally finding where Lucy had gone to.
"There you are. I've been looking for you everywhere." Koh said. "Are you alright?" She asked Lucy.
"Why wouldn't I be alright?" Lucy asked her.
"You threw a pillow at Genevieve and stormed out of the cabin angry. Nobody's ever seen you so angry before." She said.
Lucy blushed and covered her face embarrassed. "Oh I'm sorry about that. I guess I'm just a little grumpy because of the lack of sleep. I'll apologize to Genevieve later." She said.
Koh looked unsure, but shrugged. "Alright, well we had better get to the Mess Hall. I have a feeling our next challenge is starting soon." She said.
"You two go on ahead. I need to stop by the cabin and grab my diary. This morning will make a great entry for future Lucy to look back on." She said running off happily.
"She's so strange isn't she?" Koh asked Kyle.
"Yes, quite the enigma indeed." Kyle responded.
(Confessional Camera)
"The only thing that makes sense is that Lucy might be hiding something. She already has so many skeletons in her closet that I can only imagine how many more she might have. Still, as her friend I'll just have to observe until she's ready to talk about it herself." Kyle said.
(Confessional End)
Later that morning, everyone was now gathered in the Mess Hall for breakfast. The majority of the contestants however were still tired from the previous challenge. Though they were given a day to rest, it was not enough to make up for the sleep they had previously lost.
"Hope you're all ready for another eventful challenge!" Chris yelled through his megaphone as he entered the Mess Hall.
"Can't you give us another day to rest?" Kyoko asked him.
"Hmm let me think about that." Chris said. "NO!" He yelled into the megaphone.
"Let's just get this over with." Clifford said. "What tortuous challenge do you have in store for us today?" He asked.
"Relax, you guys will like this one. We're doing a classic summer camp game, Capture the Flag. Each team will elect one person to be leader and coordinate everyone form the footage room where they'll be viewing everything. After that you'll separate yourselves into even teams of defenders and attackers. The defenders stay on their side capturing enemy attackers, while the attackers try to steal the flag back to their side. If a defender captures you, then you have to stay in the enemy jail until an attacker from your team helps you escape. The challenge ends when someone successfully steals the enemy flag, or if all of the attackers on a team get captured by defenders." Chris explained.
"You do realize that they have a substantial advantage over us don't you. They'll have one more attacker and one more defender than us." Miriam said.
"Well that's you're own fault for being on a losing streak." Chris said. He threw the Killer Hydra a purple flag and the Screaming Phoenix a red flag. He also gave each team a map and enough headsets for each team member. "Pick you're attackers and defenders, then hide your flag. The maps will let you know what area you can put your flag in, as well as the boundaries between each team. Finally, the headsets are a way for the leader to communicate with the teams as to what's going on. The challenge will officially begin in 30 minutes, so use that time to strategize." He said.
The Killer Hydra and Screaming Phoenix separated to each come up with their own strategy for the challenge.
"I think the first thing we should so is determine who will be the coordinator for this challenge." Anthony said.
"Clearly I should be the leader." Genevieve said.
"What makes you qualified for the job princess?" Miriam asked.
"I'm Genevieve Anastasia Brittany Adelyn Esmeralda Harper Elliandra Esquire. Ordering people around comes naturally to me. It's a trait that practically runs in my family." Genevieve said.
"Being leader is about more than just ordering people around Genevieve." Zelda said.
"I nominate Kyle to be leader." Lucy suddenly said.
Everyone turned to look at Kyle who had turned red. "Why do you think I could be a good leader for this?" He asked.
"Well you're good at observing people. A large part of this challenge involves observing the situation and giving orders based off of those observations. You just seem to be the best suited for it." Lucy said.
"Can't argue with that logic." Aiden said.
"Congrats dude, now let's get ready to win this." Johnathan said roughly patting Kyle on the back.
"Very well, you can be leader." Genevieve said. She walked up next to Kyle and whispered to him, "just know that if we lose you are guaranteed to go home. No pressure."
Kyle gulped nervously and then looked towards his team. "Okay, well we are going to have four defenders and four attackers. I say Johnathan, Koh, Aiden, and Miriam can be attackers while Anthony, Lucy, Zelda, and Genevieve can be defenders. They agreed with that decision, and quickly got to work on how they would set up their defense. They decided to have their defense comprised of several traps set up by Anthony and Zelda. Lucy and Genevieve would act as the first line of defense to lead enemy attackers into the traps they set up.
As for the Killer Hydra, they were having a bit of an easier time organizing themselves. The fact that they had an extra attacker and defender would help them out quite a lot. All they needed now, was to find out who would be their leader.
"So who should be the leader for this challenge?" Nicky asked.
"Why don't we just put it up to a vote?" Kyoko asked.
"That might take to long. Whoever we pick should be someone that's smart and good at strategy. We can't get rid of anyone too strong though so they should also be average or below physically." Clifford said.
They looked around to see who would fit that description, and then Ciara got an idea. "Why not Tom." She suggested.
"I guess I could do it if you guys want." Tom said.
"You do seem to be the best option for leading this challenge." Maximilian said.
"Well okay then." Tom said. "I think the best idea would be to balance our attackers and defenders with both strength and strategy." He said.
"Yeah that's a smart idea. That way both offense and defense will be killer." Kai agreed.
They decided to have their attackers be Brett, Maddie, Ciara, Clifford, and Maximilian. The defenders were Kai, Kyoko, Nicky, AJ, and Dante. They set up their defense to take advantage of the smaller sized girls on their team. Dante and Kai were set to be the front line of defense. The challenge officially began, and both teams of attackers went off to try and get the flag.
"May the best team win." Tom told Kyle. The two of them were in the editing room where all the footage was. They had several monitors showing their team attackers and defenders.
"Likewise, it's going to be quite the task focusing on so many monitors, especially when a lot of them are empty." Kyle said.
"It's better than being out there." Tom said. Kyle nodded agreeing.
The Killer Hydra attackers were wandering around the boundary of their territory. They crossed into the Screaming Phoenix area prepared to encounter any defenders.
"So where do you think that they hid their flag?" Ciara asked her fellow attackers.
"Logically they would hide it near the end of their boundary. It would take us longest to reach it, and give them plenty of opportunities to capture us." Clifford said.
"We should probably keep our voice down while we're in enemy territory. You never know who could be around the corner." Maddie told them. They nodded and proceeded to continue through the path they were on quieter.
The group walked for a bit longer when suddenly they walked right into one of the traps that the Screaming Phoenix had set up. Clifford got tied up, and hung upside down by a rope snare.
"We might be getting close to the flag if they've put traps around here." Maximilian said.
"Let's try to get you down from there as fast as we can." Brett said.
"No. You keep going. I'm sure their leader will report to them that we set off a trap, and it's not a good idea to stick around for when the defenders show up. Just leave me here and keep going." Clifford told them.
They nodded and continued going forward. As Clifford predicted, Kyle informed the Phoenix defenders of their captured Hydra, and they went to go pick him up.
"Great idea placing traps early into the boundary Anthony." Zelda told him.
"Well you were the one who was able to make a really good rope snare. If it was able to get someone as big as Clifford trapped, then it had to be really sturdy." Anthony said.
"You'll have to thank Dante for that one. When we'd go camping he'd make the strongest knots you've ever seen. He wanted to make sure that everything was as safe as it could be." Zelda said.
At the mention of Zelda's brother, Anthony frowned. "Too bad the trap didn't get him." He said bitterly.
"You're still mad that Dante eliminated Sarah aren't you?" Zelda asked him.
"I know that I shouldn't hold a grudge, but she and I were just starting to get close. Now I have to wait until the game is over to see where things go between us." Anthony said.
"If you ask me, I think things will work out between the two of you. When we were making those paranormal watches I could tell that you both had really good chemistry with each other." Zelda said.
Anthony smiled at her statement, but Genevieve started making forced gagging noises. "Please stop before I get sick." She said.
"What is your problem?" Zelda asked irritated.
"She's probably just mad that she's never going to find someone like that." Anthony said.
Genevieve rolled her eyes at his comment. "Please, you know how many people would beg for a chance to go on a date with me. There's nobody alive that matches my high standards though. The day I do end up with someone, I'm going to have to settle a lot." She said.
(Confessional Camera)
"Hooking up on a reality show is one of the most pathetic things that a person can do. Honestly, they're just humiliating themselves at this point." Genevieve said laughing sarcastically.
(Confessional End)
They arrived where Clifford was tied up, and despite his best attempts, he couldn't get out of the masterful trap that Zelda had set.
"Anthony, you grab him by his legs, and I'll grab him by the arms. It'll be a tough job, but I think we can carry him back to our jail." Lucy said.
They positioned themselves to try and lift Clifford, but were having difficulties. "This is humiliating." Clifford said. "Just put me down, and I'll walk to your jail. It would be pointless to try and escape when it's currently four against one." He said.
Genevieve glanced down and noticed something odd near them. "You two go take him back to our jail." She said pointing at Anthony and Lucy. "You come with me." She told Zelda.
"What are you planning?" Zelda asked curiously.
"It looks like the mice have left a trail of cheese for the cats to follow." Genevieve said. She picked up a button and a small trail of silk.
"That's Brett's shirt. Since it's always ripping off he's leaving a trail straight to him and the other defenders." Zelda said.
"I literally just said that. Try to keep up next time." Genevieve told her.
Zelda and Genevieve followed the trail left behind from Brett's shirt while Lucy and Anthony escorted Clifford to their jail.
"I hope our attackers are doing as good as we are." Zelda said.
Unfortunately, the attackers weren't doing as well. They were currently escaping from Dante and Kai who had found them trying to sneak into the enemy base. They were spotted by Nicky and AJ who were the lookout from the trees.
"I think we lost em." Aiden said out of breath from running.
"Hey Kyle why didn't you warn us that they were nearby?" Koh yelled into her headset.
"Not so loud these things are really sensitive." Kyle complained from the headset.
"I'll show you sensitive." Koh yelled forming a fist with her hand.
"Ah! That really hurts. Look, I'm sorry. I was busy monitoring our defenders because the caught an enemy attacker." Kyle said.
Koh threw her headset in anger. "What good is having a coordinator if he can't multitask." She complained.
"Not so loud. We are still in enemy territory you know." Miriam said.
Sure enough, Koh's yells of anger gave away their location to Kai and Dante who were still in the vicinity. The two of them quickly grabbed Johnathan as he was the largest target for them to focus on.
"Nice going party boy." Koh yelled at him. "Looks like our coordinator couldn't warn us about this one either.
"You were the one who gave away our location. Besides, I don't see how Kyle would be able to coordinate us when his ears were in pain, also by your yelling." Miriam told her.
"Ladies, perhaps we can tussle when we ain't in the enemies hen house." Aiden said.
The three of them retreated back to their own area to come up with a new strategy now that there were only three attackers left on their team. Dante and Kai meanwhile escorted Johnathan to their jail.
"It was smart of the girls to hide in the trees like that. Since they're small it's hard for them to get spotted." Kai told Dante.
"Too bad that means I'm stuck with you." Dante grumbled.
"I heard that dude. Look, I don't want any problems, so why don't you just tell me what's the issue between us." Kai said.
Dante stopped walking and glared at Kai. There was tense silence between them before Dante spoke up again. "The problem is that I still don't know you sent my sister that love letter, and for all I know it could be you." He said.
Kai laughed causing Dante to glare harder. "Come on man, that's not my style. If I like a girl I'm just going to tell them. Sure some guys find it classy to send a love letter, but I'm more straight forward." He said.
"Wait someone sent Zelda a love letter?" Johnathan asked laughing.
"Shut up Phoenix, this doesn't concern you or your team." Dante yelled at Johnathan.
"Considering that she's on my team, I think it does concern my team." Johnathan said. "Honestly, I'm not surprised someone sent a love letter to your sister. She's hot, but if anyone told her that you'd probably put them in the hospital." He said.
(Confessional Camera)
"He did not just call Zelda hot in front of Dante. He is so dead." Kai said concerned but laughing.
(Confessional End)
Kai stepped away from Johnathan a bit concerned for his safety while Dante clenched his fist hard. "What did you just say about my sister?" He asked. "I dare you to repeat that." He threatened.
"Dude you seriously need to chill out. So what if I called her hot. That doesn't mean I'm trying to sleep with her or date her. It's just an observation. She's got looks, and guys are going to notice that." Johnathan said.
Dante punched Johnathan across the jaw roughly. "I'm starting to think you sent that damn letter." Dante said.
"She's on my team. If I was going to ask her out, I'd do it during a challenge when you're not around." Johnathan said. What's your end game here? Are you never going to let her get married? Is she not allowed to have a family someday?" He asked.
"I'm trying to make sure she doesn't have to deal with heartbreak." Dante yelled. "Is that so bad? Am I so terrible for wanting to protect my little sister?" He asked raging.
"You can't protect her from life dude. She needs to live, and that means heartbreak sometimes." Johnathan said.
Dante thought for a moment about what Johnathan said, but shook his head furiously. "Let's hurry up and get you to jail so we can win this challenge. Maybe I'll get lucky and you'll go home for being the first one caught." He said.
(Confessional Camera)
"Man I thought he'd see my point. Whatever I guess, some people just don't want to change. Nothing you can really do about that." Johnathan said shrugging.
(Confessional End)
"He's a stubborn one isn't he?" Johnathan asked Kai.
Kai laughed and patted Johnathan on the back. "Dude I legit thought he was going to kill you. What are you crazy? You should now better than to call his sister hot to his face." Kai said laughing.
The two laughed together for a moment, but kept walking when they saw Dante glaring at them. "How is someone as flirty as Ciara friends with him?" Johnathan asked. "It almost seems like he hates relationships or something." He said.
"I have no idea man. I guess he treats Ciara a bit better since she's a girl so he doesn't have to be on guard as much." Kai said.
"Well she's your girl. Why don't you ask her how their friendship works?" Johnathan asked.
Kai looked at Johnathan a bit puzzled. "What do you mean my girl?" He asked.
"Come on dude you don't have to hide it from me. I know I'm on the other team, but you two are always flirting with each other. Not to mention the way she went ballistic after you got taken by the spirit." Johnathan said.
"She flirts with everyone dude, I'm just the only guy that flirts back. She's not my girl, she's just a great and hilarious friend." Kai said.
"You could've fooled me." Johnathan replied. The pair continued walking noticing that Dante had left them far behind.
Inside the control center Kyle was getting very frustrated with himself. While things started off well with the capture of Clifford, things were only going downhill faster. None of the other traps seemed to be working, making it harder for them to capture the enemy attackers. To make matters worse, Koh and Miriam had split up. The two of them had gotten tired of arguing over who was at fault for Johnathan getting captured so they went on their own. This now meant he would have to monitor even more screens at the same time. Currently he was talking with Zelda and Genevieve over the headset.
"So the trail you were following didn't lead anywhere?" He asked them.
"No his dumb shirt ripped off completely, so now we have no idea where they could be." Genevieve complained.
"I figured this was a possibility. He has a pattern with his shirt. First the sleeves start to tear, then he loses some buttons, a few more tears near the shoulder, and by the end the entire shirt just rips off. It was only a matter of time before we reached the end." Zelda said.
"Okay then you two go back to the jail. I'll let you know if any of our other traps go off." Kyle said sighing.
He took his headset off and rubbed his forehead in desperation. He turned slightly and saw that Tom has having no difficulty coordinating between his different teammates.
"Can I help you with something?" Tom asked noticing that Kyle was staring at him. "No not you. Hold on a moment." He said into his headset. He took it off and briefly faced Kyle.
"Sorry, it's just... well... how can you manage all of this?" Kyle asked him.
"What do you mean?" Tom asked him.
"I mean coordinating the different teams, and managing to keep track of all these different screens. I was chosen to be leader because I'm good at observation, but this is more than I expected." Kyle said.
"I shouldn't be giving advice to the enemy, especially not in the middle of a challenge, but let me tell you it's not as easy as it looks. I've made a system for myself that is working. You need to figure out something that works for you." Tom said. He put his headset back on, and got back to monitoring his surroundings.
"Find a system that works. I wish it was that easy. Last time I tried that I ended up getting everyone captured by a fake evil spirit." Kyle said to himself. He took a look at the monitor, and saw that Koh was headed right into the middle of the enemy territory. "Where is she going?" He asked himself. He tried to reach her on his headset, but she had taken hers off.
"Where are ya going?" Aiden abruptly asked Koh startling her.
Koh jumped back a bit, taken by surprise, and glared at Aiden when she saw him. "What are you doing here? I thought we split up for a reason." Koh yelled at him.
"Just cuz we split don't mean I can't follow ya." He told her. "So where are ya going?" He asked again.
Koh groaned at his insistence. "If you must know, I'm going back to see the computer we found last time. There were files on all the contestants, and it has information I need." Koh told him.
"That computer's in the heart of enemy territory. Sides' we're in the middle of a challenge. Can't it wait?" He asked her.
"When we aren't in challenges the interns are always there. I doubt they'll let me use the computer because I ask nicely. Look, I know that it's deep in the enemy's camp, but they wouldn't expect us to go anywhere near it. I need to do this." Koh said.
"Alright, I'll help ya out. Just tell me what's so important that you need to go there now." Aiden said.
"It's personal alright. Just tell me, does the name Calista mean anything to you?" She asked him.
Aiden thought for a moment and shook his head. "Can't say it does." He said.
"Exactly. There was a file for someone named Calista despite there not being anyone named Calista in this competition." Koh said.
"So what? Why ya care so much?" Aiden asked.
"I already told you it's personal. Now stop asking so many questions and help me out." Koh said.
Aiden nodded and the two of them headed to the intern campsite they found last challenge. There the computer would hopefully give Koh a lead on what it is that she was looking for. Unfortunately for them, the Killer Hydra decided to use the intern campsite as their main base for this challenge. It not only had supplies for them, but it was also in the center of their territory and easy to protect. Kai and Dante were easily able to grab the two of them as they entered from the front.
"Hey you guys came to rescue me." Johnathan told his teammates as they were put in the same jail he was in.
"Nice try, but maybe next time you shouldn't just walk up from the front." Kai said.
"You girls lookout for Miriam. She could be nearby as well." Dante ordered the three girls in the trees.
Kyoko, Nicky, and AJ each scanned a different direction of the surrounding area, and when none of them saw any sign of Miriam nearby they gave the all clear signal to Dante.
"This is a real easy challenge isn't it?" Nicky asked the other two girls.
"I g-guess so." AJ said.
"It's kind of boring though. Capture the flag is supposed to be a fun game of chase, but the way Chris set up the rules, all we're doing is just sitting in these trees." Kyoko complained.
AJ and Nicky laughed at her complaint. "Why didn't you ask to be an attacker if you wanted to be running around and chasing the other team?" Nicky asked her.
"Well the others seemed to have a good team synergy going. I didn't want to risk messing that up just because I wanted a role over the one I was given." Kyoko answered.
"Have I ever told you guys that I love our team?" AJ asked them.
"I don't think so." Kyoko answered. "What makes you say that?" She asked AJ.
AJ paused and blushed fiercely before answering. "Well it's just everyone's great here. We all get along so well, and everyone's so nice. Even Dante, who can be really scary has shown a softer side every now and then. I feel like I've grown so much just by meeting all of you. I don't even stutter as much anymore." She said.
"Aww it seems little AJ is all grown up now." Kyoko teased.
"K-Kyoko s-stop that." AJ said flustered.
"So much for not stuttering anymore. You were making so much progress too." Nicky said joining in the teasing.
"N-Nicky, not you too." AJ getting even redder than she already was.
"I'm sorry I shouldn't tease. I hate it when my sisters do that to me so it'd be a bit hypocritical of me to tease you." Nicky said.
The three girls shared a laugh together. "Ladies, I really hate interrupt, and I hate to eavesdrop even more, but we are still in a challenge." Tom told them through his headset. The three turned off their headsets and laughed even harder.
(Confessional Camera)
"I meant what I said. I love my team so much. Voting off Gonzo was hard, and I hope we can keep winning, because these are some of the best people I've ever met. I probably would've been voted off first on the other team." AJ said tearing up.
(Confessional End)
While the Screaming Phoenix only had Miriam left as their attacker, the Killer Hydra were doing a much better job. They had managed to avoid more of the traps that had been set by Anthony and Zelda. The only problem however, was that they were nowhere close to finding the enemy flag.
"I feel like we've gone everywhere and we still haven't found their flag." Maximilian said.
"We can't have gone everywhere. We haven't found the enemy camp either." Ciara pointed out.
Suddenly, Maddie was hit with a genius idea. "Of course, it all makes sense now." She yelled out.
"Care to enlighten us?" Maximilian asked.
"We haven't found the flag because we haven't found their camp. They hid the flag the same place they set up camp." Maddie said.
"That's a risky idea. If we got the other attackers out of their jail we would be right next to their flag." Brett pointed out.
"That's exactly what we'll do. All we have to do is set off two of their traps and let two of us get captured. Then the other two will secretly follow them back to their camp. We break everyone out of jail, grab their flag, and win the challenge." Maddie said.
"That sounds even more risky than what they have planned. What if we can't break everyone out of jail in time and we all get captured. That would lead to us losing." Maximilian said.
"What do you think Tom?" Ciara asked.
There was silence over the headset for a moment while Tom considered his options. "It's a risky play, but I think Maddie's Trojan Horse idea is our best bet to win this challenge quickly. We have a major advantage on both attack and defense, but this would win us the challenge for sure." He told them.
"Alright then. Brett and Ciara, you two get captured while Max and I follow in secret." Maddie said.
Brett and Ciara went off to set off the closest trap they could find in hopes of luring the defending members of the Screaming Phoenix to their them. Kyle meanwhile was having more and more difficulties with trying to organize a way for them to win.
"Miriam are you sure you can't break into the enemy camp and free everyone else from jail?" He asked her.
"It would be one against five. I'm good, but I don't like those odds at all." She said.
"So what you just want to give up?" He said.
"Of course not, I want to wait and see how long we can drag this out. I'll stay out of sight and avoid getting caught. The best thing you can do now is tell our defense to capture the enemy as fast as they can." Miriam said.
"Alright then." Kyle agreed. He noticed that two of the traps previously set off were triggered, and he alerted the defense team. "You have two different traps set off. I guess they must have split up to cover more area. Go ahead and pick them up to take back to jail." He told them.
(Confessional Camera)
"Why is this so difficult!" Kyle yelled. "I'm so fed up and frustrated with this challenge. At least our defense is doing well so I'm not entirely failing as a leader." He told himself.
(Confessional End)
Brett and Ciara were thrown into the jail with Clifford once they were escorted back into the camp. They briefly saw Maximilian and Maddie in the distance looking for an easy way to get into the camp and free them from the jail.
"Ciara try flirting with Anthony. It'll distract him long enough to buy the others some time." Brett whispered.
"That won't work, he's with Sarah remember. Besides, flirting with him would be wrong even if he was single." She said.
"You flirt with everyone. What would be the issue here?" Clifford asked her.
"The issue is that I'm with Kai now. I can't do that to my man." She said. "You don't hurt a soulmate like that." She added.
"Your man?" Brett asked confused.
"Yes. I'm surprised you guys didn't know. Don't you always see us flirting with each other? Not to mention how much it hurt when I thought he was taken by that evil Izzy spirit. I'm his girl and he's my man. We're soulmates." Ciara told them.
"You could've fooled me." Clifford replied.
(Confessional Camera)
"Okay I know I haven't officially asked him out, but it's been hard. The last time I tried he was captured by an evil Izzy spirit. I'll ask him after the challenge today." Ciara said smiling."
(Confessional End)
"Well if you won't flirt, then I'll create the distraction myself." Brett told Ciara. "Excuse me, but can I have a blanket or something. I'm all out of shirts and it's getting cold." Brett told the Screaming Phoenix defenders.
"Why would we have one of your disgusting shirts?" Genevieve asked him.
"We do have the remains of the shirt we were following in hopes of tracking them." Zelda said.
"Can I have that please. It won't fit well, but it's better than nothing." Brett said.
"Lucy stay here and watch them." Genevieve ordered.
The other three went to go look for where they had placed the remains of Brett's ripped shirt. Maddie and Maximilian used this as their opportunity to storm the base. Maximilian sneaked to the jail while Maddie went for the flag.
"Alright this is what we found." Zelda said before noticing Maddie and Maximilian.
"Get those two." Genevieve yelled.
Genevieve and Zelda ran to stop Maddie from grabbing the flag while Anthony helped Lucy protect the jail. Maximilian slipped past the two of them however and opened the jail for his teammates to escape. As for Maddie, she grabbed the flag, but had nowhere to run with Genevieve and Zelda backing her into a corner.
"Give us the flag, go back to the jail, and lose the challenge already." Genevieve yelled at her.
"If I can't have this flag nobody can!" Maddie yelled. She pulled out her lighter and set the flag on fire before tossing it on the ground and laughing manically.
Everyone stopped what they were doing, and looked to see the flag burning. "The game is called capture the flag, not destroy the flag. You should be eliminated for this ridiculousness." Genevieve said.
"I agree with her. We should win the challenge since it's literally impossible for you to get the flag back to your camp now." Anthony said.
"Why don't we let Chris decide what is going to happen." Clifford said.
They turned to look at a nearby loudspeaker knowing that Chris was watching all that had occurred. "The winners of the challenge are the Killer Hydra!" He announced. The Killer Hydra cheered while the Screaming Phoenix looked shocked. Genevieve in particular began angrily dismantling their campsite.
(Confessional Camera)
"The game is capture the flag. When a lunatic burns the flag they should be punished, not rewarded." Genevieve yelled.
(Confessional End)
Both teams gathered by the cabins now that the challenge was over. "Congrats on winning yet another challenge Killer Hydra." Chris told them.
"How does burning a flag result in victory?" Genevieve asked him clearly still angry.
"Who said anything about burning a flag. The Killer Hydra won because all the defenders on Screaming Phoenix were captured." Chris revealed.
Kyle looked at the defenders confused. "Maddie, when did you get captured?" He asked her.
"They snuck up on me while I was distracted looking at some smoke in the distance. I was worried there would be a forest fire, but I guess it was just Maddie being Maddie." Miriam revealed.
"Well it's too bad. Get ready for another elimination ceremony Screaming Phoenix. There's quiet a lot of people responsible for today's loss so I can't wait to see who goes home." Chris said.
As the Killer Hydra walked off to relax, Ciara approached Kai. "Hey Kai, do you have a minute?" She asked him. "I needed to ask you something important." She said.
"Hang on a minute Ciara." Kai said. She waited patiently and saw that Kai was talking to Brett. What they were talking about she was unsure. "Sorry about that." Kai said as Brett headed off. "Brett wanted me to teach him how to surf, but I told him I wasn't sure if I had any surfboards that could handle all his muscle." Kai said.
"I hope you have a surfboard that's able to handle me Kai." Ciara flirted.
"That depends on how extreme our surfing would be." Kai joked back to her.
"Hey Kai, Anthony said he could reinforce one of your surfboards before he goes to vote." Brett yelled over to Kai.
"That's awesome Kai. We should probably get going." Kai yelled back. "Stay hilarious Ciara." He told Ciara before running off with Brett.
"I'm so stupid. Instead of telling some dumb joke I should've just asked him out." Ciara berated herself before going into her cabin.
(Confessional Camera)
"Something's not adding up. First Ciara says that she and Kai are together, but now he's ditching her to hang out with Brett. I've got to figure out what's going on." Maximilian said.
(Switch)
"Another challenge lost, another teammate gone. It wouldn't be too bad if I went home today. At least then the nightmares would hopefully stop." Lucy said.
(Confessional End)
At the campfire ceremony the Screaming Phoenix were looking nervous for the elimination. Chris stood with eight marshmallows on his tray. "I've got to know, do you guys suck this much naturally, or do you work hard at it?" He asked.
"Get on with the elimination already." Koh said.
"Alright then fine. You guys probably have this memorized with how often you're here. Don't get a marshmallow equals eliminated equals Pendulum of Shame. Yadda Yadda Yadda, no more million dollars for you." Chris said. He began to announce those that would be safe.
"Johnathan" He pumped his fist in the air and grabbed his marshmallow eagerly.
"Anthony" The inventor grabbed his marshmallow thinking only of winning for Sarah
"Aiden"
"Well alright then." He said as he got his.
"Genevieve" The heiress picked hers up glaring at Miriam and Koh who she blamed for losing.
"Zelda" She grabbed her marshmallow, but looked glum about her team still losing.
"And Lucy" Lucy was shocked that she had been safe, but eagerly picked up the marshmallow.
"Koh, you decided to further your own secret agenda and it caused your team greatly, Miriam, you were the last one who needed to be captured, and you couldn't survive long enough to win, Kyle, you were the team leader and coordinator, but you let your team down big time." Chris said. "One of you will be going home today. That person is.
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Kyle." Chris revealed.
"Why Kyle? Koh was the reason that we lost." Lucy complained. Koh glared at Lucy for that remark, but Lucy ignored it.
"I asked the other guys to vote for me Lucy." Kyle revealed.
"But why?" Lucy asked.
"I needed to get out of the game. Clear my head a bit. Relax without the pressure of the competition. I have no excuse for performing so badly today. Tom was great at coordinating his team, but I barely managed to do anything right." He said.
"I hope you don't blame yourself too harshly." Lucy told him.
"There you go again being so nice. I think if I have one regret about being eliminated today it's that I never got a chance to solve the enigma that is Lucina Von Richter." Kyle told her.
"How sweet, but it's time to get into the Pendulum of Shame." Chris said.
Kyle nodded and took his elimination gratefully.
(Confessional Camera)
"That was too close. If it wasn't for Kyle's guilt there's no doubt I would have gone home. I can't lose focus, not when I'm so close. I need to get back to that computer as fast as I can, because whoever Calista is, I think she's the key to finishing what I came here to do." Koh said.
(Confessional End)
"Something tells me the Screaming Phoenix aren't going to be reviving anytime soon, not with Koh so fixated on that computer." Chris said. "Will she find the information she is looking for? Just who is Calista? Will Ciara ever get a chance to tell Kai how she feels about him? Find out all this and more next time on Total Drama Rebirth of the Island." He said ending off the episode.
Elimination List
24. Wallace Corona: The Crazy-Prepared
23. Nadine Navarro:The Pure Hearted and Innocent Girl
22. Gonzo De la Cruz: The Crazy Spaniard
21. Sarah Blake: The Serious One
20. Kahlin "Kyle" Mora: The Laid-Back Observer
Remaining Contestant
Killer Hydra: Brett, Kai, Clifford, Maddie, Tom, Maximilian, Ciara, Kyoko, Nicky, AJ, and Dante
Screaming Phoenix: Johnathan, Anthony, Lucy, Aiden, Koh, Miriam, Genevieve, and Zelda
Apologies to Nikolai777 for Kyle's elimination. Seeing as how you have two characters accepted into this story, I knew from the beginning that one of them would be cut relatively early. I think Miriam has a lot more potential than Kyle. That's not to say that Kyle is a bad character, he was a lot of fun to write. His downfall was his trauma from the last challenge. Seeing as how a large part of his character is his interest in the paranormal and superstition, having an encounter with a spirit, both a real and fake one, is bound to affect him. That, along with his sense of loyalty and guilt for getting everyone captured last time spelled his doom. Looking back at it, I could've eliminated him last chapter and eliminated Sarah this chapter just so she and Anthony could have a slightly less rushed relationship, but live and learn I guess. This chapter had a relatively large focus on him since I knew he was going home, so I hope you enjoyed what I was able to do with him.
A/N: Thus ends the longest hiatus this story has ever seen. Hopefully I still have readers left after keeping you all in the dark for so long. I bet you're probably all wondering where I've been. It's never taken this long to have a new chapter before. I'd honestly recommend skimming through the past chapters just to get a refresher on the story so far.
Sorry about the 3 month wait, but let me just say that was in no way intended. I took a few weeks as a break from this after I was tired from writing the last chapters back to back. I also started on my other story that is a lot easier to write than this one. Once I got back to working on this chapter, I got hit with the worst case of writers block I've ever felt. I knew what I wanted to happen this chapter, but I couldn't for the life of me figure out how I wanted it to happen. Once I managed to get through the writer's block, I lost the opportunity to write because the holiday season was coming, and I was working insane hours. Any time I didn't spend working I was with my family relaxing and having fun. I planned on getting this chapter out on Christmas as a gift to readers, but I didn't finish the chapter in time. I then decided to release it at Midnight on January 1st to celebrate the new year. I think I might be cursed or something because the worst luck seems to hit me. My device on which I write all of this completely crashed. In retrospect it probably would've been faster to buy a new one, but I've had this for a while now, and was sentimental about it so I went to get it fixed. It took a few weeks to get it fixed, but all my files were corrupted. That meant I had to rewrite the entire chapter. Since I knew it would take too long to rewrite the whole thing, I shortened it, only keeping the parts I felt were most important. That leads us to now with the chapter finally done.
I got a lot of PMs asking me about the story in these 3 months. It brings me so much joy to see that you all care so much. While not everyone was 100% kind about it, I understand the impatience. Let me just say that I have every intent to finish this story. If for any reason I can't do that, you'll know right away. You won't be in the dark for half a year, and then get a new chapter that's just telling you the story is cancelled. I know it seems we aren't making much progress on this story, but next chapter we'll have eliminated 25% of the cast. It's been slow, but progress is being made. Let me know what you thought of the chapter. Personally, I find it a little weak, but rewriting an entire chapter would've taken too long so I had to condense it.