Total Drama Recall Chapter 10: Scarlet Screams in Scary Dreams, a total drama series fanfic

KILLER BEARS: IZZY, MIKE/SCAR, ZOEY, BRIDGETTE, TRENT, DUNCAN, HEATHER, CODY, COURTNEY, KATIE & GWEN (11).

SCREAMING BADGERS: BRICK, DAWN, SADIE, LINDSAY, TYLER, ANNE MARIA, EVA, GEOFF, JO & NOAH (10).

A/N: I do not own Total Drama or the Scream Franchise, or any of their respective characters. The challenge in this chapter is slasher, taking inspiration from Scream. Heads up: Longest chapter yet, with over 12,000 words!

Warning: Darker tones in this chapter.

Scarlet Screams in Scary Dreams

"Previously on Total Drama Recall!" Chris opened the show, standing at the end of the dock, a grin etched across his face. "The final twenty-two campers partook in an army-esque challenge that saw one unlucky Badger receive a one way trip to Playa des Losers!

"Courtney and Gwen teamed up to catch Duncan in the act, but there efforts were in vain when Gwen accidentally alerted the delinquent to her presence! Meanwhile, in the Badgers' base, Alejandro went behind team leader, Admiral Lindsay, Her Hotness's back and ordered his team to jump from the cliff, resulting in a major weapon malfunction.

"Needless to say, it was the one and only Al that got the boot!" Chris began to chuckle. "This resulted in a very unhappy Heather! That's not all, though, as your host with the most had one more trick up his sleeve!

"Due to the fact that the Badgers had a male : female ratio of 3:7, I decided that a little team-swap was in order! Noah was the unlucky unfortunate to be separated from his team and placed on the Badgers, while Gwen was even unluckier, and had to switch to the Bears… a.k.a. The team that Heather, Duncan, Courtney, Cody and Trent are on! Will Gwen fit in with her new team? And how will the final twenty-one campers fair in their most horrifying VR challenge?!" Chris cackled maniacally. "Find out now, on… Total… Drama… Recall!"

It was two days after the last challenge, and the majority of the final twenty one campers had gathered at the mess hall, awaiting their next challenge.

"So how has your time been with us so far?" Dawn asked Noah in her usual gentle tone. "I know you have not yet partaken in a challenge as a Badger, but you have been with us for thirty-six hours now."

"Uh… It's going swell, I guess?" Noah replied. "I don't really fit in with the other guys, though… All they talk about are parties, exercising and sport. I'm more of a book-lover than a jock, which, I know, is not that obvious."

"I know you love to read. Your aura says so, and, I have to say, I wasn't particularly surprised." Dawn smiled, as Noah narrowed his eyes. "What seems to be the matter?"

"You… you're kind of… different." Noah uttered, as Dawn sighed.

"I get told that a lot." Dawn revealed. "So I'm used to it."

"I didn't mean to offend you or anything." Noah grew red-faced. "I've just… never met an aura reader before. To be honest, I don't really believe in that stuff, but I don't disrespect anyone for doing so."

CONFESSIONAL

NOAH: "Dawn is a nice looking girl." Noah smiled, unusual to his unimpressed face he displays the majority of the time he is on-screen. "Wait-What! I meant 'nice girl', not… not… ugh, forget it."

(IN THE FOREST)

Whilst the other eighteen campers were having breakfast in the main lodge, Bridgette, Gwen and Zoey were discussing last night's events whilst having a walk in the nearby forest, making sure they didn't stray far from the camp.

"So how does it feel to be on the same team as Duncan and Courtney?" Bridgette asked Gwen, as she had just swapped teams. "I mean, it must be difficult."

"Yeah… it is. Not so much Courtney, but Duncan." Gwen sighed.

"How so?" Zoey asked the teal-haired girl. "You and Duncan are a couple aren't you?"

"Well, yeah… but, his heart clearly isn't in it." Gwen revealed. "And to be honest… I'm thinking about ending it with him. Just last challenge, Courtney and I had arranged a set-up to try and catch Duncan cheating on me… with her."

"And did he?" Bridgette inquired.

"… No… but if I hadn't dropped my gun, I'm almost certain he would have…" Gwen sighed once more.

"Maybe calling it off is the right decision… A relationship built on lies and distrust is not a healthy relationship." Zoey gave her words of wisdom to the goth girl, a hint of sadness in her voice.

"Speaking of relationships, how are you and Mike?" Bridgette asked the redhead.

"Things are alright, I guess… but he's been acting weird lately, and I can't quite put my finger on the reason why." Zoey revealed, her face looking rather sad. "Not that I don't trust him or anything, but he's just… not been himself recently."

"I'm sure you're both fine…" Bridgette laid a sympathetic hand on the indie chick's shoulder. "I watched every episode of last season, and I was rooting for you two from day one. You're so good together."

"You think?" Zoey asked.

"Of course!" Bridgette smiled.

"Uh, guys…" Gwen uttered, as Bridgette and Zoey were discussing their respective love lives. "Did Chris mention anything of a 'Chris McLean Elimination Statue'?"

"Uh, no… why?" Bridgette inquired, turning around to face Gwen. "All he mentioned were the three cards, the green card that eliminated any Screaming Badger, the red card that eliminated any Killer Bear, which someone has already used, and the golden card, which can only be used after the merge."

"Well, here's an elimination statue…" Gwen said as she held up the wooden idol, carved into the shape of Chris's head. "It doesn't have any instructions of use, all it says is 'Chris McLean Elimination Statue'" Gwen revealed, reading the base of the idol. "Maybe it's a left-over idol from last season?"

"It could be, but this looks new..." Zoey narrowed her eyes.

"We should keep it and ask Chris later on…" Bridgette suggested, as Zoey nodded.

"Sounds like a plan." Gwen added.

(MAIN LODGE)

About ten minutes after Gwen had found the elimination statue, Bridgette and Zoey arrived at the main lodge, followed by Gwen about thirty seconds after, as she had hid the idol under one of the beds in their cabin.

"Gwen! You're just in time!" Chris grinned, entering the eating area from Chef's kitchen. "For I am now going to introduce today's challenge! Believe me when I say, this will make you all scream in excitement!"

"Scream? How predictable. It's another horror challenge. Chris, we do one of these every series, and you've already done one this time round, too - the VR challenge." Heather sighed, rolling her eyes.

"First of all, Heather, why do you always have to make snide comments whenever I introduce a challenge? Second of all, you should all know that I am spontaneous, and thus, will do whatever challenges I want to do, when I want to do them." Chris shot a dagger glare toward the Queen Bee. "Anyhow, today's challenge is another Virtual Reality challenge! I'll pause while you all cheer."

During his pause, nobody cheered, making him grow angry. "Moments like this are why I give you such harsh challenges, and today's is no exception." Chris frowned. "In today's VR, you will have to be the last person standing in order to win team immunity. However, if you are the last person standing of your team, and your team loses, you will receive individual immunity."

"Get on with it." Duncan booed from the back of the mess hall.

"The aim of this challenge is to not get caught… and subsequently killed, by the one… the only… Ghostface!" Chris revealed, grinning menacingly.

"Ghostface? As in, thee Ghostface? From the Scream movies?" Izzy's eyes widened.

"Well, not quite. We had to change the costume design to avoid copyright issues." Chris grinned.

Izzy's displayed a wide eyed expression for a few moments, before uttering the words, "THIS IS GONNA BE AWESOME!"

"Tell me something I don't know!" Chris chuckled. "Anyway, as previously said, you have to be the last person standing to win the challenge. However, the only way to be the last person alive and standing is to unmask and defeat the murderous psycho! The killer, as it happens, will be one of you, one of the eliminated campers, OR one of the six contestants that did not compete in this season whatsoever. Before you fall asleep in the VR room, we'll assign one of you as the killer, but there's one final twist! The killer won't know they're the killer, and when they start killing, they'll have no recollection of the challenge! So, without further ado, I give to you, your fellow contestants! Well, excluding Blaineley, who refused to return to the show." Chris cheered, gesturing to the door to Chef's kitchen, from which, sixteen former campers emerged. "Welcome back Owen, Justin, Leshawna, Harold, Cameron, Scott, DJ, Staci, Sierra and Alejandro!"

"Glad to be back!" Owen beamed, emerging from the kitchen. "I've missed this place."

"You were eliminated two episodes ago…" Justin uttered. "You're missing it already?"

"Of course I am! You don't quite get any food like Chef's food!" Owen revealed, much to the surprised facial expressions of everyone else.

"GLAD TO HAVE YOU BACK, BIG O!" Izzy cheered as she ran up to the blonde team and hugged him. "IT'S NOT BEEN THE SAME WITHOUT YOU, OL' BUDDY, OL' PAL."

"I've said it before, and I'll say it again. That girl is a whole different kind'a crazy." Leshawna raised a brow.

"Now, welcome to the contestants that didn't bother to show up at the start of the season!" Chris uttered, clapping. "Beth, Lightning and Sam!" Chris began introducing the six remaining contestants, as they stepped out one by one.

"Sha-Hello!" Lightning greeted the host. "Not-so-glad to be here!"

"Dakota - in all of her former beauty!" Chris continued, as Dakota, now in her original form, instead of taking the form of Dakotazoid, stepped out. "And our two contestants that were temporarily AWOL… B and non-feral Ezekiel!"

"Like, no fair, eh!" Ezekiel sighed. "It wasn't my fault I went feral!"

"Well, whose was it then?" Chris asked the homeschooled teen.

"Okay, okay, so I guess it was me." Ezekiel answered. "But I've been going to a really good rehabilitation centre for the past year, hence why you couldn't find me, eh."

"Now that we've gotten to the bottom of Ezekiel's disappearance, what's your story, B?" Chris asked the silent teenager, who simply shrugged in response. "Well, I guess that wraps that up. Now, onto the challenge, if you'd like to follow me to the VR room…"

(VR ROOM)

All thirty seven teens had followed Chris to the VR room and were now strapped into the machine, Chris standing in front of them.

"Chef, if you'd please start to turn on the Virtual Reality Simulator…" Chris ordered as Chef pulled down on the lever. "Oh, and before you all drift off, I should probably mention… You'll have no recollection of this series' events, and will assume that it is an cast gathering before the fifth season…"

"WHAT?!" Courtney exclaimed, furious. "YOU CAN'T! I'LL SUE! I DO NOT CONCEDE TO THIS, MCLEAN! I… I…"

"Finally, they're out for the count…" Chris chuckled.

(VIRTUAL REALITY)

True to his word, Chris had erased everyone's memory of the past season, and all thirty seven campers found themselves at the pool (and surrounding areas) of Playa, each thinking that it was a reunion party – well, all but one.

Due to the fact that their memories were erased, Katie and Sadie were still BFFFLs, Gwen and Duncan's relationship was still strong (to Courtney's bitterness), and Staci was still the blabbermouth she was in season four. However, Scar was still in control of Mike's body, which he did not question.

It seemed to be around 7pm, as the sky wasn't light, but it wasn't dark either.

"So, yah, if it weren't for my great, great, great, great, great aunt Bertha, we would all be-" Staci was cut off by an irritated Courtney.

"Look, what your relatives did or did not do is of no interest to me, so, you know… go bother someone else." Courtney sighed. "… Preferably Gwen or Duncan, those two faced, lying cheats!"

"Wow… some people can be like, so rude." Staci muttered to herself as she rolled her eyes, trying to find someone else to bother.

Courtney, hearing Staci's words, was left in confusion. "Me rude? Excuse me, little miss blabbermouth!"

"What's up?" Trent asked the former CIT, hearing her frustration.

"Oh, nothing, just some jumped up compulsive liar talking under her breath…" Courtney rolled her eyes. "Why are you talking to me, anyway? Aren't I one of the evil witches in your tale?"

"Ah, Staci." Trent replied. "Wait, what do you mean, my 'tale'?"

"Well, I'm Duncan's ex-girlfriend…" Courtney explained. "You know - the scummy little delinquent that stole your girlfriend?"

"First of all, she wasn't my girlfriend at the time, sure I still had feelings for her, but we broke up in season two." Trent sighed. "And secondly, if anything, would we not be the good-guys of this tale?"

"Me? A good-guy?" Courtney chuckled. "Did you not watch Total Drama Action after you got eliminated? I received so much hate mail it was unreal."

"Meh… So did I…" Trent said as he sat down beside the brunette. "Apparently I went all crazy obsessed with the number nine…"

"What? No way!" Courtney tried to keep herself from chuckling.

"I know, right? You reveal your lucky number on TV and suddenly you're praising the Nine God!" Trent chuckled, as Courtney let out a nervous chuckle. "Anyway, enough about the train-wreck that is our love lives, how about we get partying?"

"I don't know, I'm not really the party type…" Courtney revealed, and, to be honest, Trent wasn't particularly shocked.

"Aw, come on! Relax, the producers just announced that 'Revenge of the Island' was the last ever season of Total Drama! Meaning that we don't have to be tortured any more! Now get up and have some fun!" Trent coaxed the former CIT out of the seat she was sitting on, encouraging her to loosen up.

"My great aunt Dorothy actually invented parties, yah," Staci lied. "Before her, people used to just have social gatherings or soirées."

"Really? That's nice…" Dakota responded, wanting to see her boyfriend, Sam, more than she wanted to talk to Staci. "Now, if you'd-"

"Fun fact, yah, my-" Staci began, but was cut short by Dakota before she could say anything.

"OH FOR CRYING OUT LOUD!" Dakota exclaimed, extremely irritated. "CAN'T YOU EVER JUST TAKE A HINT?!"

"Wow… What is it with everybody today…" Staci uttered. "Y'all need to take a chill pill and calm yourselves down."

"Attention, Dudes and Dudettes!" Geoff exclaimed through a megaphone. "We're here today to celebrate the cancellation of Total Drama, and I feel that the best way to do so is to PARTY! WHO'S WITH ME?"

There were a lot of cheers after Geoff's announcement, which resulted in said party-dude turning up the music.

"Wooh!" Staci cheered. "This is what I'm talking about!" She said, nudging her elbow into Bridgette. "You know, my great uncle Jonathan invented loud speakers, yah. Before him, people had to stand really close to quiet speakers."

"Sure…" Bridgette said unconvincingly. Due to the loud music, Staci had not heard her.

"And Just last week, my mom told me that my great, great, great, great, great," Staci began, before turning around to find that Bridgette had left without saying a word. "Sometimes I swear I'm the only person hear with manners." She muttered to herself. "I don't know why I even bother," She continued. "I'm catching an early night. I've got all weekend to party." She sighed, as she headed off into the hotel, leaving the others behind.

Entering the elevator, Staci whistled along to the tune it played, before stepping exiting at the second floor.

Walking down the hallway, she began humming Lady Gaga's 'Applause', when she heard a creaky floor board. "Hello?" Staci turned around. "Who's there?"

There was no reply, and so she went about her business, when she heard it again. "This isn't funny. Show yourself." Staci sighed, she was starting to get a little scared.

"As you wish…" Came a deep grizzly voice, before a figure stepped out at the end of the hallway. The figure was wearing a dark hoody, with the hood up, black trousers, and a white mask.

"Ha-ha, very funny!" Staci chuckled. "Who's under there? Is it you Courtney? Dakota?"

"Try again…" The figure uttered, lifting his hand from behind his back, revealing a large knife.

Staci was paralysed in fear as the figure started to walk towards her, her only movements being shivers.

"Now's about the time when you start to run…" The figure laughed, as Staci started to run towards the nearest elevator, as the one she had exited from was in between herself and the hooded knife-barer.

It wasn't long before Staci arrived at an elevator just around the corner, and she frantically pushed on the button marked 'Open Doors', however, the figure was in hot pursuit of the slightly overweight teenager.

Whilst waiting for the elevator to arrive, she looked around the corner to see how far away the mysterious figure was, only to find he wasn't there.

"That's right! Run away!" Staci yelled down the empty hallway, before hearing the 'ding' noise of the elevator. "Finally!" She uttered.

"Who's running?" A voice came from behind her, moments prior to a sharp, stinging sensation on her lower back.

Staci screamed in pain, but this only caused the figure to plunge the knife in deeper, which, subsequently, caused her to fall to the ground in agony.

"Why… Why are you doing this?" Staci asked the masked figure that stood above her as she winced in pain. "… Why me?"

"You'll find out soon enough…" Was the answer Staci received, before the knife was plunged into her stomach one final time.

(VR ROOM)

Staci awoke screaming, to the humour of Chris and Chef who were watching the sequence of events on a TV screen.

"What?" Staci asked in between breaths. "How? Who? Why? What?"

"Even when you've been murdered you still don't shut up…" Chris chuckled. "You were in the VR simulator, remember?"

"… Yeah… Now I remember…" Staci uttered. "And you wiped our memories! Wait 'til I get my hands on you!" She exclaimed, ripping the wires from her skin.

"Chef, the injection…" Chris smirked, as Staci's eyes widened.

"As you wish." Chef grinned, squirting the needle.

"No! No! NO!" Staci exclaimed as Chef held her down and injected her, causing her to fall unconscious.

(VIRTUAL REALITY)

"Listen, babe," Bridgette uttered to Geoff in between kisses. "I've got this really bad headache… Would you mind if we blew this party off and had an early night? You know… just the two of us…?"

"But this is like the best party ever, babe!" Geoff replied. "Are you sure you wanna bail?"

"I'm certain, now can we please go?" Bridgette answered, smirking slightly.

"Ugh! Fine… But don't say I don't do stuff for you!" Geoff sighed.

"I won't…" Bridgette smirked. With that, both Bridgette and Geoff entered the Playa's lobby.

"Say… what did you say was wrong with you again?" Geoff asked the surfer girl as she stroked her fingers between the ridges in the party dude's abs.

"Geoff… Geoff, Geoff, Geoff… You can be so oblivious at times, can't you…" Bridgette smirked, before grabbing the blonde teen by the collar, pushing him up against the wall, which caused him to accidentally press the 'Open Doors' button, and started kissing him.

"Bridge…" Geoff uttered, just as the door to the elevator opened, causing Geoff to fall down. "Ah!" He groaned, rubbing his elbow, before looking up to notice that Bridgette looked rather distant. "Uh… Bridge… What's wrong?"

Bridgette simply raised her arm and pointed. "… Th-th-that…"

"What? Me?" Geoff asked, thinking that she was pointing at himself. Bridgette, of course, shook her head slightly. Now a little worried, Geoff noticed that Bridgette was pointing behind him, prompting him to turn around. "I don't see why you can't just tell-WHAT THE F-?!" He exclaimed, jumping up from the elevator floor. "Is that…?"

"…Staci. Yeah." Bridgette uttered, as Geoff ripped his pink shirt from his torso, as it was now covered in Staci's blood. "Well don't just stand there… Go get help! Do something!"

"Bridge… she's clearly beyond help." Geoff sighed. "Even if the stab wounds didn't kill her, she would have died from blood loss anyway."

"How do you know?" Bridgette questioned the blonde. "I don't see your degree in medicine!"

"I watch a lot of CSI in my spare time…" Geoff muttered under his breath.

"Can you just go and tell everyone out there! This is clearly not just an accident, now hurry up!" Bridgette exclaimed, as Geoff ran outside.

Geoff, instinctively, pulled the plug of the speakers, and alerted everyone to his presence.

"Ooh! What I would not give to get a piece of that! M-m-m!" Leshawna purred at the blonde boy's chest. "He is fine!"

"Leshawna!" Harold sighed.

"Don't worry, Harold, baby. You're my one and only!" Leshawna assured the ginger nerd.

Whilst Leshawna admired Geoff, others were angry that he had pulled the plug on the music.

"What's the deal, man?! The party was just getting started!" Duncan exclaimed.

"Yeah!" Tyler added. "We were just getting our dance on!"

"Uh…" Geoff uttered. "Uh… I don't know how to say this but…"

"Staci's been murdered." Bridgette uttered from the door of the hotel, prompting everyone to turn their head to the surfer girl in shock.

"What are you talking about? She was pestering me just fifteen minutes ago…" Dakota narrowed her eyes. "How?"

"If you really want to know… she's in here…" Bridgette sighed, as the crowd stampeded into the lobby.

"I think I'm gonna puke!" Beth coughed. "Who would do that?!"

There was silence after Beth had spoken, when Izzy spoke up.

"Well, am I the only one here that's seen a horror movie? It's obviously one of us here!" Izzy began. "The least significant person in the entire film is the first to get slashed, and look at the facts – Staci was murdered, she was only in one episode of the entire show!"

"She's got a point…" Gwen added. "Someone here's clearly gone coo-coo and decided that Staci needed to die. I mean, we're the only ones here." She continued. "So, I say we stick together, that way the killer won't be able to get any of us…"

"… I'm with goth girl." Heather raised her hand. "Her dress sense is tacky and her make up is hideous, but I'm sticking with her on this one."

"Gee, thanks." Gwen rolled her eyes.

"Look… We're not in 'Scream' or 'Friday the 13th', nimrods." Jo spoke up. "I don't know who killed Staci, but I'm pretty sure she would've had it coming. She's not at the top of anyone's friendship list."

"Don't be so disrespectful of the deceased, Jo!" Dawn scowled.

"Yeah, for all we know, you could have killed Staci." Brick added, to Jo's annoyance.

"You know what; I don't have to take this. I'm going to my room." Jo revealed. "If anybody wants me, that's where I'll be. Inform me when somebody else dies, then I'll be scared for my life."

"It's your funeral!" Gwen exclaimed as Jo walked down the hallway.

"Not listening!" Was Jo's response, annoying Gwen.

"Before we do anything else, should we not call the cops? I mean, we're standing metres away from a dead body…" Justin suggested, giving a disgusted glance to the bloody mess surrounding the elevator.

"I'll do it! I get signal everywhere I go! That way I can always inform my friends at home via text how Cody is looking today." Sierra blushed. "Woops, I mean, uh, I don't know what I mean, but not what I said before, 'cause that might be misinterpreted. Yeah, that." With that, Sierra pulled out her cell phone and started to call the police.

"Look, I'm fine with the whole, 'stay together' thing, but can we arrange ourselves into smaller groups." Courtney inquired. "I'm feeling rather claustrophobic right now."

"Um… fine, yeah…" Gwen answered. "Courtney, you go with Heather, Alejandro, Anne Maria, DJ and Lightning…"

"What about the rest of us?" Zoey asked the goth girl.

"Do I have to do everything around here? Zoey, go with Mike, Cameron, Dawn, Beth, B and Lindsay… the next group will be-"

"Can I propose an all-guys group?" Owen asked.

"Sure, knock yourself out. You can be with Justin, Trent, Tyler, Noah and Cody… I'll go with Duncan, Geoff, Bridgette, Leshawna and Harold."

"I'll go with Sadie!" Katie suggested. "We can like so totally go with Dakota, Eva, Izzy, and Sierra! Go Girl team!"

"Did I just get roped in with the pink twins?" Eva asked herself. "I am losing my edge."

"Okay, so that means that Brick, Ezekiel, Scott, Sam, you're in the last group with Jo, if you can find her." Gwen concluded.

Moments later, Sierra returned from making her phone call outside. "The police are on their way!" She announced. "And they're bringing ambulances, just in case… But… they said they won't be able to get here until tomorrow morning because it's unsafe to drive their boats in the waters here at night."

"You mean there's been a murder, and the cops are worrying about getting caught on a piece of sea-weed?! Great. Just great." Scott sighed.

"Look, there's no point staying here examining the body. If anything, it's giving me the heebie-jeebies." Dakota announced. "So why don't we go do something to distract ourselves? In our groups of course…"

(BRICK, EZEKIEL, SAM & SCOTT)

"I suppose we should go and get Jo…" Sam suggested to his assigned group. "It's not safe for her to be alone when there's a killer on the loose."

"Forget Jo! She's probably dead already…" Scott snapped. "We need to look out for number one!"

"But the reason we were assigned groups was to protect ourselves. We can't just look out for ourselves, it's too dangerous." Brick voiced his worry.

"Trust me, when you've had the upbringing I've had, you can protect yourself from anything life throws at ya." Scott affirmed the cadet. "Now, if you'll excuse me, I've got a meeting at the pool I must attend."

"Some people can be so stubborn!" Sam sighed. "I wish I was in Dakota's group."

(DAKOTA, EVA, IZZY, KATIE, SADIE & SIERRA)

"I wish I was in Sam's group." Dakota muttered under her breath, as Katie, Sadie and Sierra quarrelled, and Eva and Izzy discussed horror flicks.

"Look, all I'm saying is that if the dumb girls in horror movies chose to run outside of their house rather than upstairs to hide under their beds, they'd live much longer." Eva said, as Izzy narrowed her eyes.

"Did you ever think that they run upstairs purely for the thrill?" Izzy asked the female body builder.

"What thrill?" Eva furrowed her brow. "The thrill of being killed? Yeah, some rush!"

"No, silly!" Izzy chuckled. "The thrill of the chase! The adrenalin rush!"

"Guys, can we just focus on staying alive instead of arguing with each other!" Dakota exclaimed as she broke up the fight between Katie, Sadie and Sierra.

"They were saying that Trent, Geoff, Alejandro, Noah, Tyler and Justin were all hotter than my Codykins!" Sierra explained to Dakota. "How could I not argue with them?!"

"Well… I'd describe Cody as cute, not hot. That word is saved for the likes of Alejandro and Justin!" Dakota answered the purple haired girl.

"I can't believe you'd say something like that!" Sierra frowned. "I do not want to be on a team with Alejandro lovers! I'm leaving!"

"Wait up!" Eva yelled to the stalker-girl. "Izzy and I will come with you; it's not safe to be on your own."

"As long as you don't say anything about Justin being hot!" Sierra scowled.

"I once had a thing with Justin… never going back there again." Izzy said, nonchalantly. "Did you know that he spends a whole hour in the shower every night? I wonder what he does in there…"

"Can we please stop talking about him?" Sierra moaned.

"Sure. Izzy was just shutting up." Eva answered, shoving her hand over the crazy girl's mouth. "Weren't you, Izz-WHAT THE?! Did you just lick me?!"

"Haha, sorry. Force of habit." Izzy grinned.

(BRIDGETTE, DUNCAN, GEOFF, GWEN, HAROLD & LESHAWNA)

"Dude, you're looking a little cold!" Duncan chuckled as Geoff continued to chatter his teeth

"Not funny, Duncan." Geoff sighed.

"Can you please be serious for once, Duncan…" Gwen narrowed her eyes, turning to look at the delinquent.

"Gwen's right, Duncan, Staci was just brutally murdered and you're acting like nothing happened. How insensitive can you be?! Gosh!" Harold uttered.

"Um, I don't recall anybody asking for your opinion, so but out of it, dweeb." Duncan rolled his eyes.

"Oh, I know you did not just say that!" Leshawna snapped. "Harold may be a little nerdy and geeky, but he's twice the man you'll ever be!"

"Calm down, guys! We're just going to wait until the police arrive, and then we're out of here." Bridgette explained, as Gwen held Duncan back, whilst Harold did the same with Leshawna. "And by the sounds of it, they're going to take a while, so, let's just not talk about Staci, okay?"

"I think they're past that…" Geoff chuckled slightly. "Why don't we just go off and do our own thing? We could go to the pool?"

"I don't know, Geoff, it's not safe..." Bridgette sighed. "Besides, how do I know you're not the killer, huh?"

"Bridge, I was with you all evening!" Geoff smiled. "Plus, it's probably just some lame prank Chris is pulling on us. The body's probably a fake, just like that challenge that the others did in 'Action'."

"It looked real to me…" Bridgette sighed. "… But I guess you're right. As long as I've got you by my side, no one can harm me."

"Guys, we're going down to the pool, so that's where we'll be if you need us." Geoff told the others, who were still arguing.

(LINDSAY & BETH)

By this point in time, Zoey and Mike (Scar), had decided to have an early night in Zoey's room watching an old rom-com movie, whilst Dawn was teaching B and Cameron methods of meditation to soothe their mind. Lindsay and Beth, however, decided that they did not like the sound of any of these two options, and made the decision to have a night in themselves at Lindsay's room, where they were giving each other manicures.

"I love this colour on you!" Lindsay smiled to Beth, to whom she was applying bright purple nail polish. "It so goes with your pink and green clothes that you wear every day!"

"I was sceptical at first, but I really like it, too!" Beth beamed. "What colour do you want?"

"I'm thinking red, keeping it classy, but I'm not sure." Lindsay started to ponder. "Maybe dark blue, but I think I'll go with red…"

"Great!" Beth smiled. "I'll go fetch it."

"You don't have to right now; I was actually just going to check Tyler's room to see if he was there." Lindsay explained. "I just want to know he's safe."

"Okay, I'll come with you!" Beth beamed. "It's not safe for any of us to be alone."

"It's fine – I'll go on my own! I'll scream if I'm in danger!" Lindsay smiled. "Lock the door when I've gone!"

"Um… okay…" Beth uttered. "I still don't like this idea, though…"

"Relax, Beth! I'll be fine!" Lindsay assured the wannabe.

With that, Lindsay stood up from the bed, slipped on her shoes, and exited her room, gleefully singing Tyler's name as she skipped down the hallway.

(COURTNEY, ALEJANDRO, LIGHTNING, ANNE MARIA, DJ & HEATHER)

"Can we go some place else?!" Anne Maria asked her group. "I hate libraries! They're for geeks!"

"Yeah, well I'm sure the library doesn't like you either." Courtney snapped. "They should have a sign on the door banning people with an IQ equivalent to that of a hairspray can."

"Did you just dis the hair?!" Anne Maria questioned the feisty CIT. "I know you did not just dis the hair!"

"Really? From that sentence, yougathered that I was insulting your hair. Typical." Courtney rolled her eyes.

"Oh, hold me back!" Anne Maria growled. "HOLD. ME. BACK."

"Ladies, ladies, settle down." Alejandro stepped in. "Let us not forget the matter at hand. We are not in this location for pleasure, but to pass the time."

"Sorry, Anne Maria, I apologise for my behaviour. I was out of order." Courtney said to the Jersey-Shore Reject. "The fumes must be getting to my head."

Anne Maria turned to face the CIT. "I guess I accept your-" She stopped to think. "Wait… what fumes?"

"Oh, you know," Courtney began. "The fumes that follow you around like an animal. I guess you didn't notice due to applying that cheap hairspray over an extensively long period of time."

"Right!" Anne Maria growled. "That is IT! You are getting it Little Miss Prep-School!"

Alejandro held back Courtney and DJ held back Anne Maria; all the while Heather sat and laughed at them. In the midst of this was Lightning, who was examining a book like it was alien technology.

"Ugh!" Anne Maria exclaimed. "I give in! I have had it up to here with your dumb-Prep-i-ness!" She concluded, storming out of the room.

"Um, here's a tip: you should probably not use an oxymoron when you're insulting someone." Courtney uttered, prompting Anne Maria to stop, turn around and give her an aggravated glare, before exiting the room.

(ANNE MARIA in the HALLWAY)

"Ugh! That stupid, uptight, bossy control freak!" Anne Maria grumbled to herself. "'here's a tip. You should probably not use an oxymoron when you're insulting someone.' Well, Courtney, here's a tip for you. Why don't you go and shove your oxymoron up your-" She stopped and turned around, hearing echoes of footsteps in the empty hallway. "Who's there?" She asked to no reply. "I tell you, if that's you, Courtney, I will not hesitate to give you a black eye right here, right now."

Hearing another footstep, she quickly turned her head back around, where she caught a glimpse of someone.

"Now I've got ya!" Anne Maria narrowed her eyes, walking over to the ajar cupboard door that she had seen 'Courtney' slip into. "Why don't you come out where I can see you, you whiny little-" She stopped as she opened the door, feeling a sharp pain in her abdomen. She clenched her stomach with her hand in pain, before looking down to see her hand was covered in blood. "What…?" She managed to utter as the screen cut to black and a scream echoed down the hallway.

(COURTNEY, HEATHER, DJ, ALEJANDRO & LIGHTNING)

"What was that?!" DJ gasped. "It sounded like Anne Maria!"

"She probably realised she was out of hairspray. Don't fret." Courtney rolled her eyes.

"I don't know… That sounded pretty serious," DJ sighed. "Maybe we should go and check on her."

"I agree, DJ," Alejandro added. "We should not have let her leave on her own." Both Alejandro and DJ then turned to look at Courtney.

"Ugh, fine! But I won't hesitate to tell you 'I told you so' when we find out she screamed at the sight of her dodgy tan-job." Courtney sighed.

"Heather, Lightning, are you coming?" Alejandro asked.

"Well, do I look like I want to be left on my own with this Neanderthal?" Heather answered.

"Hey!" Lightning furrowed his brow. "Sha-Lightning is offended by that!"

"Suck it up and, uh, how do you say it… Sha-deal with it." Heather snapped.

Alejandro and Lightning were the first to exit the library, followed by Heather and Courtney, who were then followed by DJ. "I don't get it." Heather uttered. "The scream sounded like it came from just out here."

"Uh, guys…" DJ trembled from the back.

"So did I, chica," Alejandro added. "Where is she?"

"Guys…" DJ repeated.

"Can we just head back to the library; it's freezing in this hallway." Courtney shivered.

"GUYS!" DJ yelled.

"WHAT?!" Lightning, Heather, Alejandro and Courtney yelled back at him in unison, which prompted DJ to merely point at said teenagers' feet.

"What?" Heather narrowed her eyes, before looking down. "EW, EW, EW! PLEASE SAY THIS IS NOT WHAT I THINK IT IS."

"… I think it is exactly what you think it is." Alejandro uttered, lifting his feet and stepping outside of the puddle of blood.

"Gross!" Courtney yelled, jumping from the red puddle.

"I guess we solved the mystery of what happened to Anne Maria…" Alejandro uttered. "But where is the body?"

"Sha-found it…" Lightning trembled, creaking open the cupboard door to find Anne Maria.

"… I think I'm gonna puke." Courtney said, holding her hands to her mouth.

"We've got to tell the others!" DJ cried.

(GEOFF & BRIDGETTE in the SWIMMING POOL)

"Oh, Bridge!" Geoff uttered in between kisses. "You're the best girlfriend ever!"

"Tell me something I don't know." Bridgette responded. "But for now, don't talk, just kiss me…"

"It would be my pleasure." Geoff added.

Just then, a figure emerged from the lobby, casting a shadow over the couple who were perched on the edge of the swimming pool. Bridgette looked up mid kiss, her eyes widening as the person stepped forward, revealing the knife they were holding in their hand.

(TYLER, NOAH, OWEN, CODY, JUSTIN & TRENT)

"So… uh… not that being crammed into a small, single bedded room with five other guys isn't fun or anything…" Noah broke the silence that had the six teens sitting awkwardly in Tyler's bedroom. "… But what are we going to do?"

"How 'bout we watch a scary movie?" Owen suggested.

"You're kidding, right?" Noah glared at the large teen. "Someone's just been murdered and you want to watch a horror movie?"

"Yuh-huh." Owen smiled.

"I'm cool with that idea," Trent added.

"Me, too," Tyler nodded his head. "Justin, Cody?"

"Count me in!" Cody beamed, as Justin contemplated the idea.

"I don't see why not…" Justin uttered. "Noah?"

"Well, I'm not wandering outside any time soon, so I guess it's the horror movie." Noah sighed. "What've you got?"

"Uh, I've got Screech one through four." Tyler answered. "They're slasher movies!"

"I know what they are…" Noah added. "We may as well watch the first one…"

"This is gonna be awesome, guys!" Owen giggled. "Justin, you can sit beside me if you want?" He blushed.

"Uh… no thanks… you're okay." Justin replied awkwardly.

(HALLWAY)

"Izzy?!" Eva exclaimed. "Sierra?! Where are you?!"

"What's wrong, Ava?" Lindsay asked the female bodybuilder, emerging from a corner.

"Jeez!" Eva panted. "Don't do that, blondie!"

"Woops, sorry." Lindsay chuckled. "What's wrong?"

"I went to the toilet five minutes ago, and Izzy and Sierra just disappeared." Eva revealed. "I hope they're safe somewhere."

"They're probably at the spa. That's where I'd go." Lindsay uttered.

"Yeah… Maybe not." Eva said awkwardly. "Anyway, where are you going? There's a killer on the loose."

"I'm going to Tyler's room." Lindsay revealed. "Do you want to come with me? It's safer in two's than it is on your own."

"Uh… Sure… why not?" Eva answered. "It's not like I want to be killed any time soon."

(BRICK, SAM & EZEKIEL)

"Jo?" Brick asked, entering the jockette's room. "I know you said you didn't need a group, but we've come to see if you're safe."

There was no answer, and the lights were off.

"Hello?" Brick uttered again, as Sam turned the light on. Sam, Brick and Ezekiel stepped further into the room, where they found something they'd hoped they hadn't. "J-Jo?" Brick stammered out, gazing upon Jo, who was lying face up on her bed, her eyes open.

"She's not… uh… dead is she?" Ezekiel asked.

"No… she can't be…" Brick narrowed his eyes. "Quit the act, Jo. Get up." He said, shaking the jockette's leg.

"Brick, Brick, calm down!" Sam tried to calm the cadet down, but to no avail. "She's… gone." He uttered, as the room's light turned out and the door slammed shut.

"Who's there?" Ezekiel asked. "There are three of us and only one of you, so… so… stay back."

"Oh contraire, my homeschooled friend." Came a voice from the darkness. It was a deep voice, clearly edited. "For there are two of us in this room."

"You're lying!" Brick exclaimed. "Come on! Show yourself!"

"Gladly." Came a second voice from right behind Brick. The figure turned on a flash light and showed their face; well, their face was protected by a mask.

Shocked, Brick let out a high pitched scream as the screen cut to black.

(IZZY)

Hearing Brick, Ezekiel and Sam's screams, Izzy perked up, holding a hand to her ear.

"Aaaaand another one falls." Izzy uttered to herself, narrowing her eyes. "This sounds like a job for Detective Kaleidoscope." She added, continuing to pace down the hallway leaning up against the wall, her arms stretched out.

"Here, killer, killer, killer!" Izzy cackled. "Come out; come out, wherever you are!"

Just then, she heard talking from around the corner. Taking this as her chance, she got ready to pounce.

"That is such a nice story of your time in Anger Management University, Ava!" Lindsay smiled to Eva, who rolled her eyes in amusement at Lindsay's words.

"Thanks, but it's not a Uni-" Eva was interrupted as Izzy burst out in front of her.

"GOT'CHA!" Izzy exclaimed, her eyes as wild as her hair. "Oh…"

"Yeah. Oh!" Eva scowled. "What the heck was that all about?!"

"Heh… sorry, E-Scope took over and before I knew it, I was on the hunt for a murderer!" Izzy chuckled, flaring her eyes at the word 'murderer.'

"What does E-Scope have to do with Murder Mysteries?" Eva inquired.

"She doubles as a Detective." Izzy revealed. "She was the lead star in CSI: Ontario."

"Oh… well… uh… Fair enough?" Eva uttered, unaware of where to take the conversation. "Anyway, now that I've found you again, do you want to come with me and Blondie over here to Tyler's room?"

"Sure thing!" Izzy beamed. "We could have a Murder Mystery Par-tay!"

With that, the threesome continued to walk down the hallway towards Tyler's room.

"Uh… guys?" Lindsay broke the silence. "… I think I need a change of underwear."

(DAWN, B & CAMERON)

"And that, my friends, is how you truly become one with Mother Earth." Dawn concluded, after teaching B and Cameron the best methods of meditation. "Does anyone have any questions they would like to ask?"

B raised his hand, as Cameron tried to untangle himself.

"Yes, Beverly?" Dawn smiled.

B opened his mouth, about to ask Dawn a question, when the door flew open. Unable to see what was outside due to the fact that the lights in the hallway were off, the trio grew frightened.

"Who's… Who's there?" Cameron trembled. There was no response, leaving Dawn, B and Cameron to stew in their fear, when all of a sudden, someone emerged from the darkness.

"Boo!"

"Scott!" Dawn frowned. "Don't do that! There is a murderer on the loose!"

"Tell me something I don't know." Scott uttered. "Thought you were supposed to be a moonchild?"

B simply rolled his eyes at the redneck.

"So are you coming in or what?" Cameron asked the ginger haired teen, to no answer. "… Hello?"

Scott's face had gone pale, his eyes staring off into space. Soon enough, he fell to the ground, a knife in his back.

"… Boo." Came a voice from the doorway, leaving B, Dawn and Cameron frightened for their lives.

(VR ROOM)

Cameron, B and Dawn all awakened, screaming. Once they had managed to sit up, they looked around the room to find Staci braiding her hair, Anne Maria filing her nails, Bridgette and Geoff kissing, Brick and Jo arguing, Sam and Ezekiel playing video games, Scott, and Chris and Chef, who were in hysterics.

"That. Was. Priceless." Chris uttered, wiping a tear of laughter from his eye. "That was ratings gold right there!"

"This is how you draw in viewers?" Dawn questioned. "That challenge was too gory for your target audience, Christian."

"Okay, first of all, this episode was budged up to a PG-13, therefore altering our target market." Chris explained, scowling at the moonchild. "Second of all, you only get to call me Chris, Sir, or Mr McLean."

Cameron then began to count the amount of players that had been eliminated from the challenge. "Let's see, we've got Scott, Sam, Brick, Ezekiel and Jo, so that's five. Anne Maria, Staci, Bridgette and Geoff take that up to nine, and Dawn, B and I increase the total to twelve. How did twelve of us get eliminated in such a short space of time? And who is the killer?"

"In regards to your first question: you were clumsy." Chris began. "Have you ever watched a horror movie? As for your second; all will be revealed in due time!"

(VR PLAYA: LESHAWNA, GWEN, DUNCAN & HAROLD)

"Gwen, you had better take this green haired, piercing wearing ex-convict boyfriend of yours out my face or so help me!" LeShawna exclaimed, as Duncan laughed. "Oh, you think this is funny, do you? I'll show you funny!"

"Uh… guys?" Harold uttered, but LeShawna and Duncan continued to bicker. "Guys?" There was still no reply.

"GUYS!" Gwen exclaimed, prompting Duncan and LeShawna to turn their heads in confusion.

"What?!" Duncan asked the goth girl, who simply turned to face Harold. "… Well?"

"While you two were arguing, it seems… it seems Bridgette and Geoff went AWOL." Harold explained.

"Oh yeah? And why would they do that?" Duncan furrowed his brow. "They're not stupid. They know there's a killer on the loose."

"Maybe they just got sick of your arguing!" Gwen chimed in, frowning at Duncan, who responded with a simple shrug.

"Look, I don't know how, when, what, where or why Geoff and Bridgette left; but they did, so I suggest we go look for them." Leshawna suggested, as Duncan, Gwen and Harold nodded.

(EVA, IZZY & LINDSAY)

After walking down the endless corridors of the Playa for what seemed like hours, Lindsay, Izzy and Eva finally arrived outside of Tyler's room, where Cody, Trent, Justin, Owen, Noah and Tyler were currently having a slasher movie marathon.

Eva reached her hand out to the door handle, before Lindsay dragged her away.

"No! Not yet!" Lindsay whispered. "I have to touch up my make-up!"

Eva stared at Lindsay as if to say 'Are you kidding me?', before responding to the blonde girl. "I'm so glad I'm not like any of you girly-girls."

"Hey!" Izzy narrowed her eyes. "Who you calling a girly-girl?!"

Eva sighed, before turning around to face Izzy. "I didn't mean it like th-IZZY! LOOK OUT!" She exclaimed, noticing that a hooded figure was standing mere inches behind the crazy redhead.

"Hahaha! Why would you want me to 'look out'. Look out for what?" Izzy chuckled. "There are so many unanswered quest-" The figure then grabbed Izzy, covering her mouth.

"Izzy!" Eva exclaimed, as Izzy furiously started to lick and gnaw at the hand that was covering her mouth, but to no avail.

"Your… your glove… smells… smells like…" Izzy muttered, her eyes flickering, before the hooded assailant let go of the redhead's mouth, causing her to fall to the ground.

"TYLER!" Lindsay screamed, furiously banging on Tyler's door as Eva fought off her attacker. "TYLER!" Noticing that her surroundings had gone quiet, she turned around to find… nothing. "A-A-Ava?" She murmured. "Where are you?"

Just when Lindsay thought she was alone, she hung her head. Lifting it back up again, she saw the hooded figure a few doors away.

"TYLER!" Lindsay exclaimed, once again battering on the door.

(TYLER'S ROOM)

"Dude, I think someone's at your door." Trent said, pausing the video. "You might want to go get it."

"Alright, alright, but keep the video paused!" Tyler replied, hoisting himself up from his seat.

Walking up to the door, Tyler began to undo the latch, before opening the door.

"Oh, hey!" Tyler greeted. "Why are you here?"

The camera then turned around to show Leshawna, Gwen, Harold and Duncan all standing at the door with worried facial expressions.

"Bridgette and Geoff have gone missing. Have you seen them?" Gwen frantically asked the hopeless jock.

"No, sorry, dudes." Tyler sighed. "They probably went to the pool or something to make out."

"Why didn't I think of that?" Leshawna asked herself. "Those two are lip-locking so much they only come out for air every few minutes!"

"And they're always making out in the pool." Harold added.

"Thanks, Tyler!" Gwen said, as the foursome began to run in the direction of the pool.

(LINDSAY)

"TYLER!" Lindsay screamed, frantically bashing the door that she thought was Tyler's. "OPEN UP! QUICK! THE KILLER'S HERE!" Lindsay exclaimed, before turning to her right; no killer. Then, she turned to her left, where she was greeted – face to face – with the hooded figure. Lindsay had just enough time to let out an ear piercing shriek before the screen cut to black.

(TYLER'S ROOM)

Just as Tyler was about to put the latch on his door, he heard Lindsay's high-pitched scream. "Lindsay?" He uttered to himself. "LINDSAY!" He exclaimed, running out of his room, leaving the door unlocked and slightly ajar. Moments later, a hand was seen dropping a can that was slowly releasing a green gas with a skull and cross bones label on the side of it's contain.

(LESHAWNA, HAROLD, DUNCAN & GWEN)

"I don't get it… why weren't they at the pool? There's nowhere else they would be. We've searched everywhere." Gwen sighed.

"We'll find 'em." Duncan put a reassuring hand on Gwen's shoulder. "You'll see."

"SH!" Leshawna hushed the pair. "I hear someone!"

"I can't get that image out of my head!" Courtney sighed, as she, DJ, Lightning, Heather and Alejandro walked down the hallway together. "It was so… gross."

"Aha!" Leshawna exclaimed, as she, Gwen, Duncan and Harold jumped out from an adjacent hallway, thinking that they'd caught the killers.

"What the heck!" Heather exclaimed. "Do you want to give me a heart attack?!"

"… Uh, well…" Leshawna pondered, as Heather scowled.

"What do you think you're doing?" Courtney furrowed a brow at Gwen and Duncan. "You scared us half to death!"

"Y-You scared me three quarters there." DJ added.

"Sorry about that." Gwen apologised. "We thought you were the killer."

"… About that." Alejandro chuckled nervously. "Note that there are only five of us here; there were previously six."

"What? Who?" Duncan inquired.

"Sha-Anne Maria." Lightning revealed. "She wandered off on her sha-own, and before you know it, she's sha-dead!"

"How do you know?" Harold asked.

"Uh, we saw the body, nimrod!" Courtney snapped, as Duncan chuckled. "What are you laughing at?! You lost the right to laugh at me when you kissed her!"

"Ah," Duncan sighed. "I do love me a feisty girl."

"Uh, I'm right here?!" Gwen frowned.

"I didn't mean it like that." Duncan rolled his eyes as the electricity cut out.

"Great." Heather sighed. "Just great."

"There is nothing to fear, mi amor." Alejandro said soothingly. "For I am he-AH!"

"Alejandro?" Heather uttered, worried. "Alejandro!"

Moments later, more muffled screams were heard, and soon enough, the electricity returned.

"Right." Duncan said. "What the heck just happened?"

"The sha-power went out, duh." Lightning answered, rolling his eyes.

"Leshawna?" Harold uttered, searching frantically. "Someone has taken my luscious Leshawna!"

"DJ's not here either!" Gwen added. "Where did they go?!"

"Alejandro, you better not be trying to scare me or so help me!" Heather exclaimed, clenching her fist.

"Hey everyone, over here." Courtney gestured to the others to gather round her, without looking away from what she had found. "There's a note."

"Well? Open it!" Heather snapped. "What does it say?"

Courtney then proceeded to open up the enveloped addressed 'To whomever is still alive', and read the sole sentence written inside. "It just has one sentence in it. And then there were fourteen."

"Fourteen sha-whats?" Lightning inquired.

"Um, let's see," Duncan began. "THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE ALIVE HERE?!"

"Sha-sheesh!" Lightning flared his eyes. "No need to shout!"

"Whatever you sha-say." Duncan muttered, making fun of the jock.

Moments later, the power shut off again. During the power cut, Gwen held Duncan tightly and Heather simply stood by herself, shoving off Lightning who was frightened. The power cut didn't last for long, as the lights soon turned on again, illuminating the room.

"One," Courtney said, pointing at herself. "Two, three, four," She continued, pointing at Gwen, Duncan and Heather. "Five." She finished, turning to face Lightning.

"Sha-where's the geek?" Lightning asked.

"I don't know Harold's whereabouts, but there's another note here." Courtney revealed. "It says: Harold, Katie, Sadie and Dakota make room for the final ten."

"Crap." Duncan uttered. "They're picking us off one-by-one."

"Well let's fight back?" Courtney suggested. "Heather, use the speakers to draw the attention of the other five that are still alive, we're officially dealing with a mass murderer. We'll gather in the dining hall."

"Sure, I'll round up the farm animals." Heather said with a slight snicker.

"So who do you think is still alive?" Duncan inquired. "My bets are on Scott, Eva, Jo and Izzy."

"Duncan!" Gwen snapped. "Don't be so insensitive!"

(FIFTEEN MINUTES LATER: THE DINING ROOM)

Heather, Courtney, Lightning, Duncan and Gwen had managed to get the other five remaining people to gather at the dining room; those people being Mike, Zoey, Beth, Tyler and Sierra.

"Have any of you seen Lindsay?" Tyler inquired. "I can't find her anywhere!"

"No, sorry, dude." Duncan answered. "We were told by the killer through this note that there were only ten of us left, and there are ten people here now, so the odds aren't looking too good."

"Again with the insensitivity issues? Seriously?" Gwen shook her head as Tyler sobbed.

"What?" Duncan said defensively. "I was just telling the dude how it was."

"People!" Heather exclaimed, standing upon the dining table. "As you can see, there are only ten of us here, yada yada yada, we're the only ones 'alive', yada yada yada one of us is the 'killer'." She revealed, as everyone gasped. "Shocking, right? I know. Now can the supposed killer just confess right now… because this is getting tiring."

"I don't know, Heather…" Beth uttered. "Maybe there actually is a killer?"

"Oh please, Beth," Heather sighed. "Do you really think a killer would be able to murder over twenty five people in a matter hours? Chris is obviously behind this stupid, plot-hole ridden charade."

Moments later, in true horror movie style, the lights cut out and an ear piercing scream rang out through the playa, before they returned to normal.

"Is everybody here?!" Gwen asked frantically, darting her eyes around the room.

"Sha-I am!" Lightning proclaimed.

"I'm here." Beth added.

"We are, too." Zoey uttered, holding onto Mike tightly.

"I am!" Sierra grinned. "This is so exciting!"

"What kind of drug are you on, again?" Courtney inquired, frowning.

"'Sup." Duncan uttered as Gwen turned to face the delinquent.

"Where are Tyler and Heather?!" Gwen exclaimed, worried.

"Hey!" Tyler frowned. "I'm right here!"

"Fine…" Gwen added. "Where is Heather?"

"Uh…" Zoey uttered. "Look…" She added, pointing to the wall, which now had the names Mike, Zoey, Beth, Tyler, Sierra, Gwen, Duncan, Courtney, Lightning and Heather on it, with a rather eerie looking 'x' scoring through the last name. "Does that answer your question?"

"What is wrong with this person?!" Beth exclaimed whilst chewing her nails.

"I don't know, and I sure don't want to find out." Gwen answered. "… But it looks like it's one of us."

Everyone then turned to face the person nearest to them with faces of distrust.

"It's sha-Tyler!" Lightning exclaimed. "He wasn't there when the lights went out!"

"What, it's not me!" Tyler proclaimed his innocence. With that, the lights went out, and when they came back on, Tyler had vanished.

"Okay… uh… Duncan's sha-mean." Lightning added.

"What? Dude, no!" Duncan exclaimed, and once again, the lights went out, and turned back on to reveal that there were only seven people left.

"Stop!" Zoey exclaimed, as Lightning turned to face her.

"I bet it's you!" Lightning narrowed his eyes. "It's sha-always the nice ones!"

"What? No it isn't!" Zoey proclaimed. "Mike! Tell them!" Zoey then turned to face Mike, who was grinning at her rather deviously. "…M-Mike?"

The lights went out as Zoey screamed, and turned back on moments later, both Mike and Zoey now gone.

"Lightning!" Courtney exclaimed. "Stop accusing everyone! This isn't getting us anywhere!"

"… Or is it?" Beth inquired.

"What are you getting at?" Gwen inquired.

"Well, think about it…" Beth began. "There are five of us left. One of us has to be the killer…"

"… And?" Courtney narrowed her eyes. "You better not be insinuating that I'm the culprit!"

"No, I'm not…" Beth clarified. "Isn't that right… Sierra?"

"What?!" Sierra gasped. "Why me?!"

"You were the one to make the phone call to the police, and then had to break the news to us that they wouldn't be able to get here until morning, am I correct?" Beth narrowed her eyes. "Well, I happened to phone the authorities no less than a half hour ago, and they said they'd be on their way as soon as possible, and hadn't received any previous phone calls from this location. Care to explain?"

"They're lying!" Sierra exclaimed. "I'm not the killer! I love you guys! I'm the administrator of the appreciation societies of all twenty two original campers!"

"Hey!" Lightning frowned.

"So why would I want to kill any of you?!" Sierra added.

"Well you did get knocked back by Cody last season for the fifteenth time, maybe that pushed you over the edge…?" Courtney uttered, putting together the pieces of the puzzle.

"Yeah," Gwen added, turning to the purple-haired girl. "And where were the rest of your group when you showed up? Dead – you killed them, and you're planning on killing us, too!"

"No, no!" Sierra exclaimed. "You've got this all wrong!" She added, as Lightning, Gwen, Beth and Courtney trapped her in a corner. "The… the others aren't even dead! Please don't kill me!"

"I knew it!" Gwen exclaimed. "… Wait, what?"

"They're not dead…" Sierra sighed, ashamed. "… I… I drugged them with chloroform and general anesthetics and then replaced some of their 'bodies' with dummies like in Total Drama Action… they're all in that cupboard over there…"

"That is just sha-creepy." Lightning flared his eyes at the now-even-crazier fan-girl. "You are insane somewhere in that membrane."

"I, for one, am actually taken aback by this turn of events." Courtney admitted.

"Yeah…" Beth added. "I did not see that plot twist coming."

"Ugh! I'm so ashamed!" Sierra sighed, curling up into a ball and sobbing.

"Well done, contestants!" An all too familiar voice resounded through the room. "You've solved the murder mystery!"

"The what now?" Lightning narrowed his eyes.

"The murder mystery." Chris repeated. "The latest VR challenge, you know, episode ten of 'Total Drama Recall'? Ah, forget it, I'm taking you all out now." He finished, as Courtney, Beth, Lightning, Gwen and Sierra fell 'asleep', Courtney not doing so without a fight.

(VR ROOM)

"Well well well, looks like Gwen, Courtney, Lightning and Beth won the challenge!" Chris grinned. "And since Gwen and Courtney are the only active competitors, and they are on the same team, I make the Killer Bears the winners!"

"Woohoo!" Gwen and Courtney cheered in unison, high-fiving each other.

"What about us?" Beth inquired. "You promised us a place on the show if we won the challenge, and we did!"

"So I did…" Chris rolled his eyes. "But I can only afford to bring one of you into the competition, so… uh, I guess we'll have a vote on it. Screaming Badgers, who do you want on your team: Lightning or Beth?"

Tyler, Anne Maria, Jo, Brick, Geoff and Eva all put their hands up for Lightning, whereas Noah, Lindsay, Dawn and Sadie raised their hands for Beth.

"Well, Lightning, looks like you're in, dude." Chris revealed, as Beth sighed.

"Yes!" Lightning exclaimed in excitement. "Million dollars, here I come!"

"And since this means that technically both teams win, both teams will be sending someone home!" Chris sniggered. "Hey, if we're gonna bring a player in, we need a double elimination."

"We've had four double eliminations already!" Duncan exclaimed in protest.

"True…" said Chris. "So I'll be fair and make this the last ever double of the season. Now, get prepared for the elimination ceremonies tonight."

(LATER ON: IN THE BATHROOMS)

Gwen and Courtney had just had their evening shower, and were talking about Duncan.

"So how's the whole Duncan predicament?" Courtney asked the gothic teen. "Still thinking of ending things with him?"

"I think so…" Gwen sighed. "He's just, not been the same Duncan I feel in love with recently…"

"You mean he's not currently in a relationship with someone else?" Courtney scowled.

"No!" Gwen answered. "… And I am sorry about that, I hate the fact I sacrificed our friendship for a delinquent that doesn't even care for me."

"I'll make a deal with you." Courtney revealed. "If you break things off with Duncan, I'll think about befriending you again."

(ELIMINATION CEREMONY: KILLER BEARS)

"Bears, welcome back to the elimination ceremony!" Chris greeted the campers. "Last time you lost the lovable lug that was Owen, and here we are again, about to make your team of eleven, become a team of ten."

"Just get on with it, McLean!" Duncan pressured the host, before giving a glare at Gwen. "I wanna see this."

CONFESSIONAL

GWEN: "I wanna see this? What's that supposed to mean?"

"Alright, alright, settle down!" said Chris. "The first marshmallow of the evening goes to…

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Cody!" He revealed, as the tech geek caught his marshmallow. "The next marshmallows go to…

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Katie!

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Heather…

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Bridgette!

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Trent…

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Izzy!

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Zoey!

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Mike!

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… and Courtney!" He concluded, as he tossed the former CIT the second last marshmallow. "That means that Duncan, Gwen, you're in the final two with a five-to-four vote! Oh how lovers fall! Without further ado, the final marshmallow goes to…

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Duncan! Gwen, you're out!" Chris revealed, as Gwen gasped.

"What?!" Gwen widened her eyes, standing from her seat. "How?!"

"Because you're a two-faced lying b****, that's how!" Duncan uttered.

"What are you talking about?!" Gwen asked the delinquent.

"Don't pretend like you don't know!" Duncan exclaimed. "I overheard your discussion with Courtney, planning to dump me and then get me eliminated! Well nice try, princess!"

"Princess?" Courtney muttered to herself. "That's what he calls, I mean called, me!"

"Well, Duncan," Gwen began, narrowing her eyes. "If you'd listened to the whole conversation, you'd have heard that I decided to give us another chance, and told Courtney I wouldn't vote you off."

"… Oh…" Duncan uttered.

"Yeah, oh!" Gwen snapped. "Now, Chris, this backstabbing b**** would like to change her vote!"

"It's not in the rules anywhere, so… I guess I'll allow it?" Chris contemplated.

"I change my vote to Duncan, which, if I'm not mistaken, evens the votes out to five a piece." Gwen revealed.

"Well, who's the one that didn't vote for Duncan or Gwen?" Chris asked the group.

CONFESSIONAL

TRENT: "The one time I didn't vote for Duncan! Damn it!"

"Me," Trent raised his hand. "But I'd like to change my vote to Duncan, too."

"Well, if the math is correct, I guess Duncan is our eliminated camper for this evening!" Chris chuckled. "That one backfired on you, huh?"

"Shut up, Chris!" Duncan snarled, as Chris flared his eyes. "… Gwen… I'm sorry…"

"No, believe me, I'm the one that's sorry." Gwen responded. "… We're over."

"See!" Chris grinned. "This is why I love this show! Now, Duncan, the boat of losers waits…"

(ELIMINATION CEREMONY: SCREAMING BADGERS)

"After the Bears' shocker of an elimination ceremony, it's time to welcome the Screaming Badgers to the bonfire pit!" said Chris, now standing in front of the Screaming Badgers. "Due to the fact that he only just entered the competition, Lightning was immune from today's vote. So… let's see which one of you racked up the most votes and will be taking a trip to the Playa!" He added. "With no votes, the following people are safe…

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Dawn!

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Tyler!

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Geoff!

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Eva!

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Brick!

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… Noah!" Chris revealed, as the six campers caught their marshmallows. "Now, two of the remaining four people received one vote each, one of you received two votes, and the other, well, you got seven." He announced, looking at Anne Maria, Jo, Lindsay and Sadie. "So, who's our unlucky lady? Well… I can reveal that the two of you that received one vote each are…

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Sadie & Lindsay!" Chris announced, as the pair gleefully caught their sugary treats. "Now, for the final marshmallow of the night… Anne Maria, you revealed yourself to be a traitor working with Alejandro, and Jo… well… you're Jo… So let's see who racked up the most votes, as the person going home tonight is…

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Anne Maria! Jo, you're still in the game."

"WHAT?" Anne Maria exclaimed. "I turned Al in, and this is what I get in return?! Thanks!"

"Sorry, Anna Marie, I didn't know who else to vote for." Lindsay uttered.

"Me neither." Sadie added.

"Enough chit-chat, Anne Maria, the boat of losers is waiting!" said Chris, pointing to the boat at the end of the dock, that had Duncan tied up in it.

"Great! So I've gotta share with the delinquent." Anne Maria sighed. "I'll be back Chris! I want a shot next season!"

"And that wraps up another episode of Total Drama Recall!" Chris announced after Anne Maria had boarded the boat of losers with Duncan. "But don't fret, for after this season concludes, I'll be hosting a brand new season!* Anyway, for now, who shall reign victorious? What will the contestants think of the surprise I have in store for them next time? Tune in to Total Drama Recall to find out!"

~ fin ~

(VOTING CONFESSIONALS: KILLER BEARS):

(BRIDGETTE): Duncan has been becoming too untrustworthy lately; just this evening I saw him listening in on Gwen's conversations!

(CODY): I want Duncan gone so I can have Gwen all to myself… Wait… Did I just say that?

(COURTNEY): I'm voting for Duncan tonight, I don't care if Gwen's with me or not.

(DUNCAN): The sooner Gwen goes the better!

(GWEN): I vote for Heather.

(HEATHER): Why is Gwen still here?!

(IZZY): Duncan told me Gwen was a lying cheat! Methinks she shall be leaving!

(KATIE): I'm going to stand by Heather and vote out Gwen.

(SCAR): Gwen is showing to be too much of a challenge to beat. She needs to go as soon as possible.

(TRENT): I'm sure Heather's up to something. I'll vote for her.

(ZOEY): I don't know what I saw in Mike this challenge, but I didn't like it. For now though, I vote for Duncan.

TOTAL:

GWEN 5

DUNCAN 4

HEATHER 2

(VOTING CONFESSIONALS: SCREAMING BADGERS):

(ANNE MARIA): After Alejandro's elimination last night, I need to find a new ally, so I'm voting out the expendables. My vote tonight goes to Sadie.

(BRICK): I don't think our team has yet recovered from Anne Maria's betrayal, so my vote tonight goes to her.

(DAWN): Though I feel Anne Maria somewhat redeemed herself when we voted out Alejandro, I have to assign my vote to her.

(EVA): My vote tonight goes to Jo.

(GEOFF): I'm voting for Anne Maria… Sorry, dudette!

(JO): I think I'll keep Anne Maria in; that way I won't be regarded as number one villain of the team. I'm voting for Lindsay.

(LIGHTNING): Lightning sha-votes for Jo!

(LINDSAY): My vote goes to Anna Marie!

(NOAH): Anyone that wears that much make-up and hairspray cannot be serious. I'm voting for Anne Maria.

(SADIE): I think I'm going to vote for Anne Maria tonight…

(TYLER): Lightning sounds cool; tonight I'm voting for Anne Maria.

TOTAL:

ANNE MARIA 7

JO 2

LINDSAY 1

SADIE 1

21st: Anne Maria

22nd: Duncan

23rd: Alejandro

24th: Owen

25th: Staci

26th: Sierra

27th: Leshawna

28th: Harold

29th: Scott

30th: DJ

31st: Cameron

32nd: Blaineley

33rd: Justin

Replies to Reviews!:

Slendie258: Haha, thank you:)! Alejandro is gone, and so is Duncan! There won't be any villains left at this rate.

Crazyguy1313: Thank you! Sorry for the long update time, I've had a lot on, and this was actually started before November 1st, I just kept putting off writing it.

Munchlax Jr: Thank you, and about the team switch, I can say now that they won't be staying that way for long… Well, I won't say any more – that's for next chapter!

JustStars: Thank you:)! Yeah, I wanted to include Katie & Sadie, but having them together would just be too boring, so I decided to include conflict, and Katie is now a villain – or, er, an Anti-Hero? I don't know, but yeah:)

A/N: Sorry for the incredibly long time I took to update! In that time I've come up with challenges and episode titles for every single chapter, so that's a plus! And, the winner, runner up, and complete list of eliminations has been set up! By the way, sorry to any Duncan fans, I went full on with the whole elimination thing and their break up... Did anyone see it coming this episode? Sorry if it was too quick! 'Til next time:)!