Just to let you know, this chapter is a shorter than most of them. Not quite as short as the Aftermath chapter but it's shorter than the average. Hope you're not too disappointed by that. Also, this challenge is going to be more cartoonish than the normal ones. Just letting you know in advance. I didn't intend it that way it just ended up like that. Anyway, enjoy the rest of this chapter.
"Last time, on Total Drama Losers. It was a rain day so we kept our competitors mostly indoors for a singing competition." Various clips of the contestants singing played. "Eva and Noah grew more weary of the opposing alliance and said other alliance grew more confident." Footage of Eva and Noah talking about the others on their team was shown. "On the Deer, they all seemed to get along great. But due to a poor combination of judge and song on Samey's part, and some stage fright on Sadie's part, they lost." A clip of Sammy singing on stage and a clip of Sadie freezing up before her song played. "That's right, the Deer's winning streak was finally broken and the dysfunctional beavers were saved. In the end, it came down to Sadie and Sammy at the camp fire. But when the marshmallows were given it out was Sadie that got a regret filled goodbye from her team." Sadie being fired from the slingshot was shown next.
The footage from the previous episode cut out and it changed to Chris sitting in a lawn chair under an umbrella on the beach.
"Which team will be crushed today and which will be here to stay?" Chris continued. "Stick around to see on Total. Drama. Losers!"
(Theme Song)
The camera faded in on a clear blue sky with birds flying around. It panned down to the Beavers camp where all the members were sitting around a campfire.
"Today is a beautiful day! And that is all I have to say!" Ella sang.
"Ugh, shut up." Eva told her. "It's too early in the morning for singing."
"Oh but Eva, you have such a beautiful singing voice." Ella replied. "Didn't you have fun in that last challenge?"
"Not one bit." Eva bluntly answered.
"Aw, you're just saying that." Ella said.
"She really isn't." Noah told her. "Sometimes, you need to except that people aren't always happy."
"Well, then I'll just cheer them up." Ella replied.
"Uh, I think you missed the point." Topher pointed out.
"What was the point?" Ella asked.
"Forget it. I don't wanna explain." Noah said.
"Hey Amy, you've been quiet. What's up with that?" Topher asked her. "You've always got something to say."
"Topher, shut the hell up." Amy told him. "It's too early in the morning for this.
"It's nine AM." Eva pointed out.
"Like I said, too early." Amy said. "Besides, I didn't get much sleep last night."
"You don't look well." Ella noticed. "Are you sure you're not sick?"
"I'm fine." Amy answered. "I wasn't out in the rain for that long. And besides, even if I was sick, they wouldn't kick me off the show or anything. This place has no standards."
"Can't argue with that." Eva remarked.
"Now, if you excuse me, I'm going to go on a walk." Amy told her team as she stood up.
She walked off into the woods.
"She's looking for the statue, isn't she?" Noah asked.
"Um... Maybe." Ella replied.
"Both of you are really bad at this whole being inconspicuous thing." Noah remarked.
"Seriously Ella, you're a horrible liar." Topher told her.
"I feel bad whenever I lie." Ella said.
"Don't feel too bad. Amy made it pretty obvious herself." Eva remarked.
(Confessional: Noah)
"We were very lucky to win that last challenge." Noah admitted. "As much as I hate to say it, it'd probably be me or Eva being fired out of that slingshot if we lost."
Meanwhile, the Deer sat around the camp fire talking with each other.
"I feel real bad about eliminating Sadie." Sammy admitted.
"Same here. The best way to deal with it is to tell yourself that now she gets to be with Katie." Brick replied.
"Well, let us just hope our defeat shall not be repeated." Dawn said.
"I hope the next challenge caters to my skill set a bit better." Tyler remarked. "I've actually been working on doing back flips. Check it."
Tyler stood up and jumped up in the air. He fell backwards and landed on his back.
"I can't feel my spine..." Tyler mumbled.
"Uh... You gonna be okay?" Dakota asked.
"Just need to walk it off..." Tyler weakly replied as he got up from the ground and brushed the dirt off his clothes.
"In the end I guess I'm a little glad that it was her instead of me." Sammy remarked. "Does that make me sound bad?"
"I don't think so, eh." Ezekiel replied.
"Yes, it was between the two of you. So if Sadie did not go home it would be you." Dawn reminded her.
"What do you think Chris has planned for the next challenge?" Dakota asked.
"I hope it's easy but not easy enough for the other team to win." Ezekiel said. "Did that make sense?"
"Can't say it did, sir." Brick replied.
"Oh... Yeah, that's what I thought, eh." Ezekiel remarked.
"Man, I'm hungry." Dakota commented. "Do we have anything for breakfast?"
"I do not believe so." Dawn answered.
"No sweat, I'll just go pick some fruit or something." Tyler offered. "Anyone wanna come with?"
"I'd love to." Dawn replied.
"Yeah sure, why not." Dakota decided.
"Cool, anyone else?" Tyler asked.
"No thanks. I'd rather stay here." Sammy declined.
"What she said, eh." Ezekiel said.
"I'd love to sir, but right now I don't feel like it." Brick told him.
"That's all right." Tyler replied.
"We'll bring back some breakfast." Dawn told the others.
The three of them walked into the forest.
(Confessional: Brick)
"Despite our loss in the previous challenge I won't let it keep me down. I'm just gonna get up again and win the next challenge." Brick proclaimed. "Probably, there's still a bit of a chance to lose. But we're gonna try to not think like that and instead try to win."
Meanwhile, Amy was walking through the forest trying to find the statue.
"Come on gotta find that stupid statue before anyone else does." Amy told herself. "I hope nobody else has found it yet."
She hit her foot on an object stuck in the ground and tripped over.
"Ow!" Amy exclaimed. "Hang on... This might be what I'm looking for."
Amy dug up the object in the ground to reveal that it was only a rock.
"Oh come on!" Amy yelled as she threw the rock at a nearby tree in anger. "Stupid fake out rock."
The rock knocked something out of the tree that made a loud thumping sound when it hit the ground.
"Hang on... This time it might be it." Amy said to herself.
She walked over to the tree and looked at what fell to see the McLean Invincibility Statue.
"Oh my gosh, I finally found it." Amy realized as she picked up the statue. "This changes everything. Now nothing can stop me!"
(Confessional: Amy)
"Guess who just became the most powerful player in this game?" Amy asked the camera as she brandished the statue. "That's right, me."
Amy began to laugh in celebration before the laughing became coughing.
"Hmm... Maybe Ella was right about me being sick." Amy remarked. "Whatever, either way, I'm still invincible."
Meanwhile, Eva and Noah were talking inside one of the tents.
"Do you think we have to worry about the other three?" Eva asked. "They're starting to worry me."
"Maybe a bit." Noah admitted. "They're probably some of the least intimidating threats ever. There's only so much you can worry about a cheerleader, a princess, and a celebrity wannabe."
"God, the only upside to this new team is that you're here." Eva told Noah. "Splitting the teams up by popularity was a huge mistake. Of course the unpopular team's gonna hate each other and the popular team will win almost everything."
"Well, let's hope that we're able to win this next one too." Noah said. "Because we're barely able to function already and I think it'll be worse with only four members."
"That reminds me, we should try and see if we can get Ella on our side if we lose." Eva remarked. "Getting Topher or Amy out of the game would be like removing a pebble out of my shoe. I really spiky pebble too."
"Yeah, that should be easy." Noah commented. "No offence to her, but she's not very smart."
"Can't argue with that." Eva said.
(Confessional: Noah)
"Every time I get annoyed with Topher, Ella, or Amy I just try and remember that there's a million dollars waiting for me at the end." Noah remarked.
(Confessional: Eva)
"I feel like I'm complaining a lot." Eva said. "But trust me, if you were on this team you'd be complaining too."
Meanwhile, Topher and Ella were in the other tent and talking with each other.
"I do hope Amy makes it back soon." Ella commented. "She did not look well this morning."
"Meh, I'm sure she'll be fine." Topher replied. "That's part of being on this show, you gotta push through whatever's going on."
"What do you think the challenge today will be?" Ella asked.
"Don't care as long as it doesn't rain again." Topher answered. "It nearly ruined my hair. Knowing Chris it'll probably be something bad though. But in a good way?"
"What does that mean?" Ella asked.
"You gotta be in the loop to understand." Topher said.
"Oh... I don't know what that means either." Ella admitted.
The tent unzipped from the outside and Amy entered holding the invincibility statue in her right hand.
"Guess what I just found." Amy said to the other two.
"Whoa, you actually found it. I'm impressed." Topher remarked.
"The three of us are unstoppable now." Amy declared. "Now if you excuse me I want to take a nap."
(Confessional: Ella)
"I think that this whole alliance thing is new and interesting." Ella remarked. "I mean, I occasionally have to vote for someone I don't want to leave, but on the bright side I get to make so many wonderful new friends."
(Confessional: Topher)
"I'm invincible right now. Not only is my alliance in the majority but we've got the statue to." Topher said. "I'm here to say."
(Confessional: Amy)
"I'm just going to say it, I kind of hate both the people in my alliance." Amy admitted. "Ella is so adorable and perky that I want to hit her and hug her at the same time. And Topher is way too egocentric for me to like... And that's coming from me. Honestly, I'd vote them out if I could."
Meanwhile, Tyler, Dakota, and Dawn were off in the forest picking berries.
"Ah, it's so beautiful in the morning, isn't it?" Dawn asked the other two.
"I'd probably enjoy it more if I wasn't so groggy right now." Dakota replied. "Wait, is groggy the right word?"
"I dunno." Tyler said
"Uh, I believe so." Dawn told Dakota.
"You guys think I make good leader material, right?" Tyler asked them.
"I think if you put enough effort into something you can be good at anything." Dawn answered.
"That's kind of a vague answer." Tyler pointed out.
"You have a good point." Dawn remarked.
"I think you can be a good leader, Tyler." Dakota told him. "You just need to get people to take you more seriously."
"Hmm... How do I do that..." Tyler wondered out loud. "Maybe I should start talking like Batman. People take him seriously."
"That actually sounds quite silly." Dawn said.
"Yeah, now that I say it out loud it's weird." Tyler admitted.
"Try and be more assertive. Put your ideas out more." Dakota advised Tyler.
"Easier said than done." Tyler remarked.
The scene changed to Brick, Ezekiel, and Sammy back at the camp site around the fire.
"I'm so cold and hungry." Sammy complained. "I bet those pastries the other team got from that coffee shop are delicious."
"Don't worry, eh. I'm sure the rest of the team will get back at any time now." Ezekiel told her.
"So Sammy, can you tell me a bit about the relationship with your sister?" Brick asked. "I've heard about it a bit but I haven't really met her or heard from you."
"Uh... She's not very nice to me most of the time." Sammy replied. "She likes to criticize every little thing I do. If I'm being honest I don't really know why she hates me. We got along great when we were little."
"Yeah, Sammy's right, eh." Ezekiel added. "When we were on the Muskrats together she kinda just hated everybody. She didn't really do much to help and she was conspiring against everyone all the time. The only reason she didn't leave earlier was 'cause Staci didn't want to vote for her this one time, eh."
"Yikes, I hope I won't have to meet her." Brick remarked.
"Actually, she's gotten slightly better recently." Sammy said. "To me at least. I think she's just afraid I'll try to poison her again."
"Wait, what?" Brick asked. "Isn't that... Not legal?"
"It was an accident." Sammy explained. "I mean... I didn't really do anything to stop it. But it still counts as an accident. Plus, she kinda deserved it... Did that make me sound like a bad person?"
"Uh... A little." Brick replied.
"Well, it wouldn't sound as bad if you were actually there." Sammy told him.
"We'll take your word for it, eh." Ezekiel said.
(Confessional: Brick)
"Sammy kinda scared me a little back there." Brick admitted. "She's the nicest person on here and she somehow managed to do that... Either I'm just easily scared or she's secretly a psychopath... I think the first one makes more sense."
The camera cut to a shot of the island loud speakers.
"Good morning everybody! It's challenge time!" Chris announced. "Come down to the clearing for some painful fun! Man, I love this job."
The scene switched to later with the two teams arriving at the clearing where Chris was waiting.
"Welcome one and all, how do you feel?" Chris asked.
"Shut the hell up right now." Amy bluntly told him.
"Jeez, what did I say?" Chris jokingly asked.
"She's not feeling very well right now." Ella explained.
"For the last time Ella, I'm fine." Amy told her.
"Wow, I feel like I missed something important." Tyler remarked.
"Hey, so what are we going to do today?" Dakota asked.
"The same thing you do every time there's a challenge. Get injured!" Chris announced. "We have designed an obstacle course that is made to smash, squish, crush, and generally hurt you... Hopefully not the point of death. 'Cause then I'd have to go back to jail. Anyway, here's a rundown of all the obstacles."
The camera cut to an open field with nothing it. A bowling ball fell down from the sky and landed in the middle of the field. The camera moved up to reveal Chef in a hot air balloon full of various objects.
"First is what I like to call the Drop Zone. Chef will be dropping heavy objects on whoever is below him so you gotta move fast." Chris explained from off camera.
The scene then moved over to a bunch of giant boxing gloves hanging from metal rods on a machine. The machine started up and the gloves began punching the ground.
"Next, you'll have to try not to let these gloves smash you in an obstacle I like to call the Knock Out."
The camera panned to a pond with two platforms on tall stilts on both sides of it. The only thing bridging the platforms was a thin tightrope and in the pond were alligators.
"After that, you must cross a dangerous tightrope over a pond full of gators. We call this one, Tightrope Over Troubled Waters."
It then moved to the inside of a dark cave.
"Next, here's what I call the Cave of Blunders. If you're too loud or don't watch where you're going, bad things will happen."
A pair of yellow glowing eyes opened from somewhere in the darkness before the camera abruptly cut to outside. On the outside several gigantic sledgehammers that were attached to some sort of machine swinging back and forth were seen.
"And lastly, you'll have to dodge these sledge hammers in what I like to call: The Peter Gabriel Experience."
The camera cut back to Chris and the teams at the start.
"Wait, why is that last one named that?" Dakota asked.
"Seriously? You never heard of Peter Gabriel?" Chris asked.
"Very sorry, I have not." Dawn replied.
"Uh, I have." Brick said.
"Me too." Noah added.
"Okay, two of you. That's a start. But nobody else knows who he is?" Chris asked only to hear a silence from the other contestants. "Peter Gabriel? Sledgehammer? Genesis? None of that rings a bell? Come on people, I'm not that old. 1986 wasn't that long ago. Right?"
"I think you should let it go." Sammy told him.
"Fine, whatever." Chris bitterly replied.
"Wait a minute, there are five obstacles but there are six of us on our team, eh." Ezekiel realized. "What do we do about that?"
"Two of you will go on one obstacle. Easy enough." Chris explained. "I'll let both teams have a few moments to decide who wants to do what."
The camera focused on the Beavers talking.
"Okay, the final obstacle sounds the hardest. I'll take that one on." Eva told the others.
"I'll take care of the cave. I've got pretty good eyesight." Noah said.
"Uh, I think I'll do the first one." Amy decided. "That one sounded easy."
"Not to brag, but I have great balance. I'll handle the tightrope." Topher declared.
"Well, I guess that leaves me with the boxing gloves." Ella said. "That's all right, I don't mind."
(Confessional: Eva)
"There's an upside, and a downside to the challenge." Eva remarked. "On one hand, it's a physical challenge and I'm good at that. On the other hand, I gotta rely on my team not to screw up the rest of the challenge."
The camera cut to the Deer talking about who should do what.
"I'll do the first one." Tyler volunteered. "My super speed will be really useful."
"You're not a superhero, eh. You can't have speed powers." Ezekiel replied.
"I meant that like, I can run really fast." Tyler explained. "Anyone else wanna do anything?"
"Thanks to my time in military school I'll be great at this challenge." Brick proclaimed. "I'll take the second obstacle."
"I'm very quiet. I'll be good at the cave." Dawn told the others.
"I guess I'll do that part too, eh." Ezekiel remarked.
"Um... I can do the balancing part of the challenge." Sammy offered.
"Okay... That leaves me with the sledgehammer bit I guess..." Dakota nervously said.
(Confessional: Dakota)
Dakota took out a makeup compact out of her pocket and looked at herself in the mirror.
"Ugh, I just got un-mutated and now I'm about to risk getting my face messed up by a giant sledgehammer." Dakota remarked. "This is gonna suck."
The scene switched to later with Tyler and Amy standing on the starting line before the first obstacle.
"Okay everybody ready?" Chris asked. "Oh, wait, I don't care. Challenge starts now! Start running!"
Amy and Tyler began to run.
"Woohoo! I'm unbreakable! Nothing's gonna stand in my way!" Tyler cheered.
Chef dropped a table lamp from his balloon and it hit directly in the head, knocking him over.
"Ha! Loser!" Amy laughed at him as she passed him. "You're such a-"
Amy was cut off when Chef dropped a stone bust of Chris on her that knocked her down.
"I'm okay..." Amy mumbled.
Tyler got back up and ran past her.
"All right, now I'm back, baby!" Tyler exclaimed. "Nothing can stop me for real now!"
A radio from above dropped down and landed next to him.
"Whoa! That was close." Tyler remarked.
After that, a bicycle fell down from above and landed near him.
"Okay, that was larger than what I was expecting." Tyler said.
A washing machine landed to Tyler's left next.
"Isn't this getting excessive?" Tyler asked Chef, sounding panicked.
"Nah! It's just fun!" Chef exclaimed.
A large refrigerator fell down and landed on its side near Tyler as he ran.
"Okay! This is starting to turn into a cartoon, man." Tyler told him.
A car fell from the sky and landed on top of Tyler, pinning him to the ground.
"How does that even fit up there..." Tyler weakly muttered.
"Heh, I love my job." Chef chuckled from up in his balloon.
Amy ran past the car Tyler was stuck under.
"Finally! I'm back in the lead where I belong!" Amy cheered before laughing in celebration.
Her laughing became coughing once more.
"Oh wow, that did not sound good." Amy remarked as she continued to run.
A flower pot dropped down and hit her in the head causing her to fall over.
"Hey! Watch it!" Amy shouted at Chef. "You got dirt in my hair."
"Is that really your biggest concern?" Chef asked.
Chef dropped a safe down at Amy and it landed on her, pinning her down.
"I am not okay..." Amy mumbled.
Tyler ran past her.
"Woohoo! A car isn't gonna stop me!" Tyler cheered.
He tripped over his own feet and fell face first to the ground.
"Man, I didn't even have to do anything." Chef remarked.
(Confessional: Tyler)
"Okay fine, maybe athleticism isn't my best quality." Tyler admitted. "But who cares, I can't get better if I don't try. I need to be taken seriously. Especially if Lindsay's watching. I don't want her to think I'm a loser... Then again, the last time I talked to her she called me Tyson. She really needs to work on that problem."
The camera cut to Ella and Brick waiting at the start of the next obstacle.
"So... Ella, remind me again why you dress like a princess." Brick said.
"It makes me look pretty." Ella explained.
"Oh... Aren't you a bit old for that though?" Brick pointed out.
"You're never too old to do the things you love." Ella replied.
Tyler crawled over to Brick looking very tired.
"Bro, I'm done... Start running..." Tyler tiredly told him.
"Yes sir." Brick replied before running off towards the second obstacle.
Amy came crawling up to Ella.
"Ella... Ella, I made it..." Amy tiredly told her. "Oh god, I think I'm about to throw up..."
"Do you want me to get help?" Ella asked.
"No, start on the next obstacle." Amy instructed.
"Oh, but you look quite ill. I will be right back." Ella replied before running off.
"Idiot." Amy said under her breath.
After a few moments Ella came back with Chris following her.
"Here she is." Ella told Chris. "Well, I'll be off now."
Ella ran away towards the second obstacle.
"Okay, so what's the problem?" Chris asked.
"I think I'm sick with something." Amy explained. "Do you have a doctor?"
"Well, we the interns' cabin doubles as an infirmary, my bathroom has a medicine cabinet, and I'm pretty sure the lady intern knows CPR." Chris replied.
"I'll take it." Amy said.
The camera cut to Brick on the second obstacle.
"Here it goes. This can't be too hard." Brick told himself.
Brick waited for the first boxing glove to move up and ran past it.
"Yes! I can do it!" Brick cheered.
Another glove promptly slammed down on Brick and pinned him to the ground.
"Spoke too soon..." Brick mumbled.
Ella ran past the first glove but stopped when she saw Brick lying on the ground.
"Oh here, let me help you." Ella told him as she pulled him up.
"You're a great help ma'am." Brick thanked. "Now I can continue-"
He was cut off when the giant fist punched them again and knocked both of them down.
"Or maybe I'll spend some more time with my good friend dirt..." Brick mumbled.
"The grass feels so nice on my skin..." Ella happily muttered.
(Confessional: Brick)
"I will admit, that was not the most graceful way I couldn't started." Brick remarked.
Brick and Ella both stood up.
"Okay, let's try this again." Brick said.
"Look out!" Ella exclaimed as the fist began to lower down.
The two of them ran out of the way before it hit the ground.
"Thank you ma'am, you were a real help." Brick told her.
"No problem, I'm always happy to help other people." Ella replied.
The glove above them slammed down at them. Ella jumped out of the way in time but Brick was crushed under it.
"Oh my goodness! Are you okay?" Ella asked.
"Nothing I can't handle ma'am..." Brick weakly replied.
"Here let me assist." Ella said as she bent over and helped Brick up.
"Thank you ma'am... I gotta keep my guard up." Brick remarked.
Brick ran off towards the next glove.
"Ella! Stop helping and make it to the other side!" Topher shouted from over at the third obstacle.
"What?! I can't hear you!" Ella shouted back.
The glove came back down and crushed Ella.
"Uh... Never mind!" Topher shouted over to her.
(Confessional: Ella)
"I had lots of fun with the obstacle course. I got to help Brick and he seemed very nice." Ella said. "I only wish I didn't get hurt so much."
Brick ran over to the second obstacle where Sammy was waiting.
"Here I am, ma'am." Brick told her.
"Thanks." Sammy replied.
"Good luck on the tightrope." Brick wished her.
"I'll try my best." Sammy said.
Sammy looked up at the tall pole with the platform and tightrope at the top.
"Oh wow... It's a lot taller when you're up close like this." Sammy remarked. "Well... Here I go."
"Don't worry ma'am, I'm sure you'll do fine." Brick reassured her.
"Thanks, that helps a bit." Sammy replied.
She took a deep breath and began climbing up the ladder on the wooden pole.
"Wow, she's right. It is taller than I thought it was." Brick remarked.
Ella weakly dragged herself across the grass towards Topher.
"I am okay." Ella told him. "I think I have some grass stains on my skirt both other than that I'm fine. Go on Topher, I have made it."
"Just a sec, I gotta fix my hair." Topher told her as he messed with his hair, trying to get it right. "It's very hard to have it to way I like it all the time."
"Oh, well, please hurry up." Ella urged him as she got up from the grass. "We don't wanna be in last."
"Hey, don't rush me." Topher replied.
"I'm not trying to. I just want you to know that we need to catch up." Ella said.
"Hold up... There, I'm done." Topher announced.
"Good luck, try not to fall." Ella told him.
"Um... Thank you." Topher replied.
The camera cut to Sammy reaching the top of the platform.
"Yes! Made it!" Sammy cheered. "Ow... I think I have some blisters on my hands now."
She looked down and saw the alligators looking up at her.
"Please don't fall, please don't fall." Sammy repeated to herself as she shut her eyes in fear.
Sammy opened her eyes and stepped out on to the tightrope and began walking.
"It'll be okay. I balance all the time at cheerleading practice." Sammy told herself.
The camera panned back to the start of the platform with Topher making it to the top.
"Aha! I'm here!" Topher cheered. "Now to start walking."
Topher looked down and saw how far up he was.
"Wow, it did not look this high on the ground." Topher realized. "Well, here goes nothing."
He stepped out on to the the tightrope and began to cross it.
"Oh god, this is how I die, isn't it?" Topher asked himself.
He continued to walking across the tightrope until he reached the point Sammy was at.
"Hey Samey, mind if I pass you here?" Topher asked.
"Okay, number one, no. And number two, my name is Sammy." Sammy told him.
"Whatever, I'm no good with names. Just let me through." Topher said.
"Why would I do that if I already have the lead?" Sammy pointed out.
"You make a good point." Topher admitted. "Whatever, I'm gonna pass anyway."
Topher tried to put one of his legs in front of Sammy.
"Uh, Topher, you're blocking me." Sammy said.
"I need to get past." Topher replied.
"Yeah, that's not happening." Sammy told him.
Topher slipped and began to fall down towards the pond.
"Ah! It can't end like this!" Topher exclaimed.
He grabbed on to Sammy's leg and accidentally pulled her down with him.
"What was that for?!" Sammy frantically asked as they fell.
"I thought you'd be able to hold me up!" Topher replied, sounding panicked.
The two of them crashed down into the pond below and created a large splash in the process. They surfaced the water and looked around.
"Woohoo! We're alive!" Topher cheered.
"Uh... Where did the alligators go?" Sammy asked.
"Oh god! They're about to go all Jaws on us!" Topher panicked. "Quick! Out of the water!"
The two of them began swimming towards the dry land. Topher felt something grab him by the leg.
"Oh that's probably not good..." Topher realized.
He was promptly dragged underwater.
"T-Topher? You're just messing with me, r-right?" Sammy nervously asked. "Topher? You there?"
Something grabbed Sammy's leg and dragged her underwater.
The camera cut to Ezekiel, Dawn, and Noah watching the other two.
"Where did they go, eh?" Ezekiel asked.
"I think they were attacked by alligators." Noah replied.
"Oh my!" Dawn exclaimed. "That is not good at all."
"Yeah, that's kinda obvious." Noah pointed out.
"Should we help them out?" Dawn asked.
"I think that's against the rules." Noah replied.
"Yeah, and even if they are in trouble Chris wouldn't let them die, right?" Ezekiel asked.
"He left you as a feral freakshow for over a year." Noah pointed out. "If Chris had any standards he abandoned them years ago."
"Wait, I think I see them." Dawn said.
Topher ran over to Noah looking soaked with water.
"I barely made it out of there alive..." Topher panted. "Those crocodiles are vicious."
"Actually, I believe that Chris said they were alligators." Dawn told him.
"Whatever they were they tried to eat me." Topher said.
"Hey, is Sammy okay?" Ezekiel asked.
"I don't know." Topher replied. "I was only thinking about getting out of there as fast as I could."
Sammy ran up to Ezekiel and Dawn looking just as tired and wet as Topher.
"That was awful." Sammy said. "Come on you two, get going. I need to sit down now."
Noah, Ezekiel, and Dawn all ran into the cave at the same time.
"Huh, looks really dark in there." Topher remarked.
(Confessional: Topher)
"Okay, fine, leaving Samey- Uh, I mean Sammy, back with those alligators was probably a jerk move." Topehr admitted. "But if you were in my situation you'd get out of there as fast you can."
The camera cut to the interior of the cave with the three contestants silently moving through it.
"What kind of things do you think are in here?" Ezekiel whispered to Dawn.
"I do not know. However, I also do not want to stay here long enough to find out." Dawn replied.
"Yeah, that makes sense, eh." Ezekiel remarked.
The camera focused on Noah walking through the cave quietly.
"Okay, keep an eye out for anything that looks dangerous..." Noah told himself. "There should be an exit here soon."
Noah bumped into something large and furry.
"What the..." Noah trailed off as he looked up to see Scuba Bear angrily glaring down at him. "Oh crap... I blew it already."
Scuba Bear growled at Noah.
"This went worse than I thought it would!" Noah screamed as he ran away.
The camera moved back over to Dawn and Ezekiel.
"Did you hear something, eh?" Ezekiel asked.
"It sounds like Noah's in trouble." Dawn said. "We should go help him."
"But we're already in the lead. Shouldn't we make it to the exit and then go back to help him?" Ezekiel suggested.
"He sounds like he needs help now." Dawn replied. "Come on, let's go."
"Oh, all right." Ezekiel said.
The camera cut back to Noah running away from Scuba Bear.
"Why does a bear even dress like this?" Noah wondered as he ran.
The bear swiped at him only to have Noah duck away just in time. Noah jumped behind a rock where Ezekiel and Dawn already were.
"Greetings. We're here to help you out." Dawn told him.
"Oh, thanks." Noah replied. "How exactly do you plan to do that?"
"Uh, we didn't plan that far ahead." Ezekiel explained.
"Not to worry, I'm sure there is an easy way out of this." Dawn told Noah.
The rock they were behind was suddenly lifted up by Scuba Bear. Once the bear saw them it growled at the trio angrily.
"You were saying?" Noah asked.
"I had not anticipated this." Dawn admitted.
"Run, eh!" Ezekiel exclaimed.
The three of them ran through the cave with Scuba Bear behind them. Scuba Bear threw the rock it picked up at the three of them. The rock hit the ceiling causing several loose rocks to fall down towards the three contestants.
"Look out!" Ezekiel exclaimed.
Ezekiel, Dawn, and Noah jumped forwards and narrowly avoided the falling stones.
The camera cut to Eva and Dakota standing outside the cave.
"So, Dakota, been a while." Eva remarked. "No hard feelings about getting that beard guy voted out right? It was all strategical."
"Uh, there are definitely hard feelings left over." Dakota replied. "You were a total jerk to everyone on our old team."
"In my defense, you were all being very hard tow work with." Eva said.
"You see, this is exactly the reason nobody likes you." Dakota told her.
"You're just jealous of my amazing muscles, aren't you?" Eva asked.
"Why would you think that?" Dakota asked.
"Ugh, whatever." Eva grumbled. "Hey, where are our teammates? We've been waiting out here for way too long."
"I dunno." Dakota shrugged.
Noah ran out of the cave and over to Eva.
"I made it..." Noah panted.
"What kept you?" Eva asked.
"Bear attack..." Noah tiredly replied. "Come on, get going, Eva..."
Eva nodded and began running towards the final obstacle.
"Wow, you do not look good." Dakota told Noah.
"Yeah, I was attacked by a bear in diving gear and nearly crushed by rocks. That does stuff to you." Noah replied.
Dawn and Ezekiel ran out of the cave and made it to Dakota.
"We're out, eh." Ezekiel told Dakota.
"The bear did not want to be friends with us." Dawn remarked.
"Okay, well, I need to catch up with Eva." Dakota said. "Bye."
Dakota ran off in the direction of the next obstacle.
The camera cut to Eva arriving at the swinging sledgehammers.
"Well, here goes nothing. This doesn't look that hard." Eva told herself.
Dakota ran up next to her.
"Oh wow... This looks dangerous." Dakota realized.
"What's the matter? You scared?" Eva asked.
"Uh, no." Dakota lied. "This is gonna be easy... Probably."
The two of the ran towards the swinging hammers. They both ducked under the first one and continued running.
"See, easy." Dakota said. "I can-"
Dakota ran face first into the next hammer and Eva ducked under it.
"Ha! See you later! I hope you have fun being eliminated." Eva taunted.
The next sledgehammer came down and hit Eva in the side of her head, knocking her over.
"Okay... Maybe this isn't as easy as I thought it'd be..." Eva weakly admitted.
Dakota ran past where Eva was lying on the ground.
"Sorry Eva, but I wanna win."Dakota told her.
"This isn't over!" Eva shouted at Dakota as she stood up. "You can't stop me! I'm gonna-"
The sledgehammer came down again and knocked Eva down.
"Let's try this again..." Eva said as she got up again. "Here it goes."
Eva began running after Dakota.
The camera cut to Chris, Chef, and all the other contestants, except Amy, waiting at the finish line for Dakota and Eva.
"Looks like it could be anyone's game now." Chris commented.
"Come on Dakota, you can do this!" Sammy motivated.
"Yeah, I got squished by a car, and that didn't stop me." Tyler added.
"My oh my, hose hammers look really painful." Ella remarked. "I hope they're not injured too bad."
"We both survived those boxing gloves just fine." Brick reminded her.
"Hey, wait a minute, where'd Amy go?" Sammy asked the members of the opposing team.
"Oh, she was not feeling well so she's taking a break." Ella replied. "Don't worry, I'm sure she'll be fine."
"Hang on, our competitors are making it to the end of the Peter Gabriel Experience." Chris informed the teams. "Which one will make it here first is the question."
The scene switched back to Eva and Dakota running the obstacle course.
"There's no way you're gonna beat me." Eva told Dakota. "I exercise every day. You're just a skinny valley girl."
"Tell that to the hammer." Dakota replied.
"Wait wh-" Eva began before the last hammer swung down and knocked Eva over.
Dakota ducked under the hammer to avoid to before running over to the finish line.
"I made it!" Dakota cheered. "Ow... My legs are burning... I need to sit down..."
Eva tiredly ran over to the finish line.
"Did I lose?" Eva asked.
"Unfortunately, yes." Noah replied.
"It's okay. At least you tried your best." Ella told her.
"Well, trying your best doesn't equal winning." Chris remarked. "So see you all at the elimination ceremony tonight."
"Did we win anything?" Tyler asked.
"Yep, you win a meal from today's sponsor." Chris replied. "Which is the Screaming Hog. Home of some of the finest pork related treats around."
"Why is the hog screaming?" Brick asked.
"Well, that's probably what it was doing before it got cooked." Chris answered. "Anyway, enjoy your pork chops."
Chef threw the Deer a bag with a cartoon pig on it that as caught by Sammy.
"Oh, thank you." Sammy accepted. "Now I can't stop thinking about screaming pigs."
"Well, that's your own problem." Chris said. "Anyway, enjoy the rest of you day. Oh, and Beavers, hope you guys like marshmallows."
(Confessional: Dawn)
"I'm beginning to be worried about the other team." Dawn remarked. "I am unsure about when the merge will be and if their streak of bad luck continues there's a chance that their entire team could be eliminated before then."
(Confessional: Noah)
"Part of me is hoping that Amy isn't healthy enough to continue playing. That way her alliance can't vote me off." Noah said. "Is that wrong? It probably is."
The camera cut to later where the Deer had arrived back at their camp.
"Man, my back really hurts." Tyler remarked.
"Well, an entire car did fall on you." Dakota reminded him.
"Yep, that'll do it." Tyler said.
"Should we build a fire?" Ezekiel asked. "I'm kinda cold, eh."
"I don't see why not." Dawn replied.
(Confessional: Dakota)
"I think that it's pretty cool that I was able to beat Eva in that challenge." Dakota remarked. "She hasn't gotten any less aggressive. The only downside is that my legs still hurt."
The scene faded ahead to when the Deer had a fire going and were sitting around it.
"Ah, this fire feels very nice." Dawn commented.
"So, does anyone want some of that pork?" Tyler asked.
"No thanks. I still can't get the image of a screaming pig out of my head." Sammy replied.
"Uh, what she said." Brick agreed.
"If you say so." Tyler said.
"It's gonna be real easy from here, eh." Ezekiel remarked.
"What makes you say that?" Dakota asked.
"Well, there are six of us, and pretty soon there's only gonna be four of them." Ezekiel explained. "They'll be easy to beat in challenges."
"Don't get too confident. That always leads to you letting your guard down." Dawn told him. "But yes, we do have an advantage over them."
"How much longer do you think we have to wait until the merge?" Dakota asked.
"Well, there are eleven of us everyone right now and I think it's usually around seven or eight that the teams are merged." Tyler replied.
"I think all of us can hold on to then, right soldiers?" Brick asked.
"Of course, we all get along great." Sammy said. "And plus, Brick's great at physical challenges."
"Uh, so am I." Tyler added.
"Oh, right. Sorry about forgetting you." Sammy apologized.
(Confessional: Tyler)
"I feel like they aren't taking me seriously enough." Tyler remarked. "Hmm... Must be because I got hit by that car. Maybe I should start talking like batman... No wait, that is still a bad idea."
(Confessional: Dakota)
"I'm starting to get a feeling that Tyler's getting real dedicated to this whole "People need to take me seriously" thing... I don't know if that's a good thing or not." Dakota said.
The scene changed to the Beavers without Amy walking through the forest following Ella.
"Where are we going?" Topher asked.
"Yeah, you kinda just said follow me and never explained." Noah added. "I am pretty sure that the camp site is the other way."
"Well, I wanted to go make sure Amy is feeling all right." Ella explained. "And Chris told me she was up this way."
"Why do we care about her exactly?" Eva asked. "She'll probably be more annoyed by you stopping by than anything."
"Oh nonsense, everybody loves knowing that somebody out there cares about them." Ella replied. "Now come on, I think we're almost there."
The Beavers arrived at a small cabin in the woods.
"What's in there?" Topher asked.
"Chris says that's where the interns stay." Ella answered.
"Man, why do they get the good place?" Chris asked.
Noah knocked on the door to the cabin.
"Hey, is anyone in there?" Noah asked.
The short chubby intern with glasses opened the door.
"Ah! How did you get here!" The intern panicked.
"No need to worry, we're just here to see our friend." Ella told him.
"Oh, okay, come on in." The intern said.
The four Deer entered the cabin and saw Amy lying in a bed with a female intern with a ponytail and braces standing next to her.
"Hello, how are you feeling now?" Ella asked her.
"Shut the hell up." Amy grumpily replied.
"I understand." Ella said. "I get in a mood when I'm sick too."
"Hey, is she going to have to be taken out of the game?" Topher asked the intern.
"I don't know. I mean, if I were in charge I'd have any sick people taken off the show. But Chris makes those decisions." The female intern replied.
"Ugh, I'm fine. I don't have to leave." Amy said. "Oh, by the way, did we win?"
"Uh well... Um... About that..." Topher trailed off.
"We blew it." Eva bluntly told her.
"Damn it guys, first I get sick and now we all lose." Amy said. "Today just keeps getting worse. Eva, Noah, please leave, I'd like to have a word with my friends."
"I don't like you either." Eva replied. "Come on Noah, let's go."
"Right." Noah said.
The two of them exited the cabin.
"Okay, so what do you wanna talk about?" Topher asked. "If it's about who we should vote out I think the obvious choice is Noah. I'll teach him what happens when he disrespects me."
"Are you kidding me? We should get rid of Eva." Amy said. "She's way more aggressive and controlling."
"Yeah, but me personally, I just don't like Noah." Topher replied.
"Aw, but I like them both. Isn't there a third option?" Ella asked.
"No, Ella, there isn't. Please stop being so dumb." Amy told her.
"Hey, lay off her." Topher said to Amy. "You need work on your attitude problem."
"My attitude problem? Please, if anyone should fix their attitude it's you." Amy told Topher.
"What's wrong with me?" Topher asked.
"I don't know, how about the fact that you have an ego bigger than the moon." Amy replied.
"Well, maybe you could stand to actually be nice for once." Topher told her.
"Guys, guys, let's all just take a few deep breaths and calm down." Ella stepped in.
"Okay, you're right. I'll just let it go." Amy said, suddenly sounding happy. "I'll vote for Noah just like you wanted, Topher."
"Glad we could come to an agreement." Topher replied.
(Confessional: Amy)
"I don't really like Topher, but if I wanna not get eliminated I have to tolerate him." Amy remarked. "Or do I... No wait, I do."
The camera cut to Eva and Noah talking outside.
"So, just to make sure we're on the same page, we're gonna try to get rid of Topher, right?" Noah asked.
"Ugh, I guess. Not really much of a point since one of us is gonna be eliminated." Eva replied. "I never got a good chance to talk to Ella by herself."
"Well, you shouldn't just give up like that." Noah told her. "Who knows, maybe things will turn around."
"Not likely." Eva grumpily mumbled. "Things were going just fine when I first joined this new team. Then those threw had to come along and screw things up.
"Things will work themselves out in the end." Noah remarked.
"Stop saying that. Acting positive isn't a good look for you." Eva told him.
"Good point." Noah replied. "I'll leave being uplifting the the professionals."
Topher and Ella exited the cabin.
"That intern lady told us to leave Amy alone and go back to our camp." Ella said.
"Whatever, I was ready to go." Noah replied.
(Confessional: Noah)
"Okay, I gotta agree with Eva. The outlook is not good for me and her." Noah admitted. "We're outnumbered and didn't have a good chance to talk to Ella. My only hope is if Amy isn't well enough to continue playing."
The scene changed to later at night with the Beavers without Amy sitting at the camp fire with Chris and Chef in front of them.
"Looks like your win last time was only a moment of luck." Chris remarked. "Such a shame. Anyway, I'm sure you're all concerned about the health of your teammate."
"Very concerned." Ella replied.
"Not really." Eva mumbled.
"Well, I have news for you." Chris told them. "Amy, is not, not okay."
"Hooray!" Ella cheered. "That's good right?"
"Yep, she may be sick but there's no way I'm dismissing her." Chris said. "She gets to stay. Besides, having a sick person on the show might lead somewhere interesting."
Amy walked into camera view and sat down with her team.
"Nobody talk to me." Amy told them.
"As you wish." Ella replied.
"You mess it up already, Ella. You just talked to me." Amy pointed out.
"Very sorry." Ella apologized.
"You're doing it again." Amy said.
"Ahem, if I may have your attention for just a moment." Chris interjected. "It's time for the five of you to get voting."
(Voting Confessional: Topher)
Topher held up a picture of Noah with an X over it.
"Duh, who else would I vote for?" Topher asked.
(Voting Confessional: Noah)
Noah drew an X over a photo of Topher and showed it to the camera.
"I should've voted you off instead of Sam." Noah said.
(Voting Confessional: Eva)
Eva held a crossed out picture of Topher up to the camera.
"Yeah, you need to leave, right now." Eva said.
(Voting Confessional: Ella)
Ella showed a photograph of Noah with a smiley face drawn on it to the camera.
"I am very sorry for this." Ella apologized. "But I'm sure they have a good reason for this. There always is."
(Voting Confessional: Amy)
"On one hand, voting for Topher would feel so satisfying." Amy remarked. "But on the other hand, if I did that I'd be out of an ally. So I should just vote for Noah... I think... Ugh, my stupid island disease is making it hard to concentrate."
The camera cut back to the Beavers post-voting.
"All right Beavers, I have looked at the votes." Chris announced. "Eva, Ella, and Amy, you all get marshmallows."
Chris tossed the threw of them marshmallows.
"Topher, Noah, I only have one of these marshmallows left." Chris informed them. "And only one of you will get it. And that lucky someone is..."
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"... Noah!"
Chris tossed the final marshmallow to Noah.
"Thank you." Noah said.
"Wait, what?!" Topher exclaimed. "I don't understand. There's gotta be a mistake."
"Nope, that's what the votes say." Chris told him.
"I'm so confused. Which one of you voted for me?" Topher asked Ella and Amy.
Ella shrugged.
"Oh wow, I'm gonna miss you so much." Amy sarcastically told him. "Well, maybe only a little... No, not at all actually."
"What the- You?! Why?" Topher asked.
"Topher, you're keeping everyone waiting." Chris said. "Please move to the slingshot."
The camera cut to Topher sitting in the Slingshot of Shame with Chef pulling him back.
"Anything you want to say before we launch you into the distance?" Chris asked.
"Why did Amy vote for me?" Topher asked. "I just don't understand it."
"You'll have to ask her yourself, Topher." Chris replied. "Anyway, see you later."
"Wait, I'm not done ye-" Topher began before Chef let go of the slingshot and fired him off into the distance.
"I'm gonna miss that guy... Not too much, but enough." Chris said before looking into the camera. "Will the Beaver be able to stand up to the Deer with only four members? I'd say probably not but you'll have to check back in to find out on Total. Drama. Losers!"
Votes:
Amy - Topher
Ella - Noah
Eva - Topher
Noah - Topher
Topher - Noah
Results:
Topher - 3 Votes
Noah - 2 Votes
Eliminated:
Katie, the Sweet Girl (18th Place)
Sam, the Nice Guy Gamer (17th Place)
Rodney, the Country Boy (16th Place)
Beardo, the Human Soundboard (15th Place)
Staci, the Compulsive Liar (14th Place)
B, the Strong Silent Genius (13th Place)
Sadie, the Sweet Girl's Friend (12th Place)
Topher, the Chris Wannabe (11th Place)
Well, that was the chapter. Again, it was shorter than usual. I debated adding a few extra scenes to lengthen it but I figured that it would come off as weird and unnatural. Also, this chapters challenge was suggested by booboojohnson1. As for Topher's elimination I never had him slated to go too far. I always had him as the villain who thinks they're in control when they're really not. Looking back, I might have exaggerated his self centered nature from canon a bit too much. I'll try and dial it back a bit when I write for him in the Aftermath chapters. Anyway, be sure to leave a review if you got something to say. Hope you liked this chapter despite the shortness.