Reply time!
Guest- Haven't seen you around. Welcome! I have other plans for Mag. Any friendship was unintentional, but it was good while it lasted, I guess.
Space Zodiac- She might have been my main villain, but her arc would be way too close to Ethan's last season (hence the talking to in the beginning of the season)
Guest 1138- The villain list might be down to one after today. That is all.
Gwilledcheese- Adrian knows his role in the game, I just don't have him acting on it just yet. Pun intended.
Story time.
Episode 11: Ski You Soon
Chris began talking as the recap clips began. "Last time, on Total Drama Submerged," he said, "We went to the middle of nowhere!" Clips showed Angie and Kayla complaining about the location. "Quaoar tried to take control of his team, which actually failed miserably, leaving him with one ally." The next clip was Therion sighing as Quaoar dropped the ball with the challenge. "Ethan, Quaoar's counterpart on another team, loosened up and let other people do things, and they took second. In the end, Brook was given the boot after joining the largest alliance in Total Drama history. Even after her departure, it's still the biggest." The next clips were of Brook's elimination and the mega alliance formation.
"Who will lose today? Who's ready for our big surprise? Find out today on Total! Drama! Suuubmeeeeerged!"
Opening Sequence
{The intro music plays as multiple camera pop out from random places. The first emerges from the ceiling in the control room, a second from a bowl of fruit, and a third one from a escape hatch.}
Dear Mom and Dad, I'm doing fine
{The camera quickly goes through the Super Sub until it hits the sleeping chambers. It moves out the window until it reaches Gretchen, barely swimming underwater. Meanwhile, Juan is pressed up against the wall, trying to avoid Hannah. Juan is unable to escape. Sybil stands on the side and smiles evilly.}
You guys are on my mind
{Ethan and Quaoar both have dueling sticks, but they appear to be evenly matched. Brook shoves Quaoar into water below him, while Ethan passes his dueling stick to Mag, who throws it at Jonathan. Jonathan also falls into water.}
You asked me what I wanted to be
{The camera zooms to the mess hall, where Chef throws food at Damien and Ezekiel. Iris walks over to them, holding one of Quaoar's swords. She makes a threat to the two boys and walks off.}
And I think the answer is plain to see
{Norm sits in his bed as Sheldon begins blabbing off to him. Norm has zoned him out and begins thinking about other things. Luna growls at him in the back, while Adrian overlooks this, laughing.
I wanna be famous
{Flora, Lavender, and Mackenzie are looking at fish out the window. Paul walks over and taps Flora on the shoulder. She gets up and hugs Paul.}
I wanna live close to the sun
{Eden pokes her head out as she watches Juan and Sebastian form some sort of deal. She scowls}
Go pack your bags, cause I've already won
{Kara pokes at an escape pod near some benches. One of them shoots off, startling the girl.}
Everything to prove, nothing in my way
{Aaron and Sebastian are seen arguing in front of their team. Meanwhile, Eden in looking for something.}
I'll get there one day
{Ezekiel is now seen with Ethan, who is teaching him something.}
Cause I wanna be, famous
{Kayla writes on a white board while Sheldon observes. Basic social manners can be seen on the board.}
Na na na na na na, na na na na, na na na na na na
{Madison walks away from Sybil, who was being weird. She grabs a dueling stick to face off with Hannah.}
I wanna be, I wanna be, I wanna be famous!
{Sets of two face off similar to the season five intro. Ethan and Jonathan, Eden and Marty, Madison and Hannah, Quaoar and Iris, Angie and Paul, Therion and Adrian are all facing off.}
I wanna be, I wanna be, I wanna be famous!
{In the center of them all, Chander is seen spinning fire. He sends one though the middle.}
Whistling- I wanna be famous
{The mess hall zooms out to see all thirty contestants. In the middle, Jonathan has flowers for Kayla, who walks away from it.}
The episode opened in a dark room. Norm stepped inside. "I think we both know what we are doing here," a girl said to him. Even in the dark, Norm could easily identify her white hair.
Norm sighed. "You aren't getting the memories," he told Luna. He chuckled. "Even after your outburst, I still have the power. You've evaded elimination because your team is good at what they do. A change in teams would be unlucky, wouldn't it?"
Luna stepped back, and hissed at him. "How did you find out?" She moved toward him and cornered him.
Norm sighed. "Back off mind girl. You aren't getting the memories, and you aren't getting that info either."
Luna sighed, and stepped away. "I'll let you off the hook for now. But, you're in danger yourself." Norm simply rolled his eyes and walked off.
Luna: "I need to know what I did, and what was said!" Luna demanded to the camera. "I need to regain the power! He hasn't paid yet."
Norm: "Luna?" he asked. "She doesn't scare me. She knows if she hurts me in any way, she loses her shot. Oh, and the team thing? Completely made that up, but now that she's acknowledged it too, I look forward to a twist today."
Mag slowly woke up. "Morning, Eden," she said sleepily. She looked around. Her chamber wasn't yellow, but her original purple. "Um, where am I?" she asked.
Aaron looked around as well. "Hello?"
Mag found him. "So...you're here...where are the others?"
Sheldon was balancing something on a table. "Team, wake up," he said. Everyone got up and went over to him. "Look," he told them. "We're off-balance. This means something large exited the submarine last night."
"Got any insight on that, Pencil?" Kayla asked.
Sheldon nodded, and gestured to Eden, sleepily getting up. "A team has been dissolved."
Eden stared at all of them. "Oh, hi," she said awkwardly. "I...better get back to my area. I have no idea how I got here..."
"Don't bother," Kayla said. "If Pencil's right, you're here with us. To stay."
Norm stepped back into the room. "Oh," he said, looking down. "How did I miss that on my way out?" He looked down and saw Mackenzie and Eden in their room.
Lavender's eye popped open. "What the- what are you doing in our room?"
Norm shrugged. "Ditto."
Lavender looked around. "Oh. Did we get moved?"
Flora had now woken up. "It...appears so. In that case, welcome!" she cheered with a warm smile.
They were stopped by a loud announcement. "Attention, everyone! Report to the dining area now, and stay in the groups you are in!"
"So, I guess we really are here," Mackenzie mentioned.
Chris stood in front of them. "What unrealistic location will we arise at today?" Sheldon demanded.
Chris rolled his eyes. "You'll know in a sec. I bet you're wondering why some members of Team I Don't Know are scattered."
"Actually," Hannah said, "we kinda figured it out already."
Chris growled. "Ugh, fine! Yes, I have broken up Team I Don't Know. These are your teams until another starts going down."
"Why no just break us up? We had four people," Therion argued.
Chris laughed. "And break that gang of drama up? No chance. I hope you like these teams."
Marty: "Mag will be useful to have back," he said. "There's no way her lame team swayed her in her absence."
Hannah: She sniffled. "No team is good if Juan's not on it..."
A large crash sounded. Everyone flew around. "What was that?" Eden cried out.
Quaoar looked outside, and saw chunks of ice flying around. "...ice? Where are we?"
Chris smiled at the shocked looks. "Welcome to Vancouver!"
Kayla: "Thank goodness," she said. "Being back in Canada has refreshed me so much. Maybe I'll stop by and find Kara or something."
Chris took the commotion and threw it aside, as he began to speak about the challenge. "Canada, as you all are quite familiar with, is home to hockey, skiing, beavers, and apologizing. Today, you deal with two of those. Not sorry."
"Awesome!" Aaron said. "One time I threw a giant winter party, and we played hockey with skis! A bunch of people wiped out, but not me!"
"Did I say which two?" Chris asked. "No. You will each send one member of your team down the slope. Whoever gets down first wins an advantage for your team in the next round."
Ethan gathered his team. "Eden, can you ski?"
Eden nodded. "I can do about whatever you need."
"Great," Ethan said. "We're in a winning drought, so we need all the help we can get."
Hannah scoffed. "Drought? We got second place one time! If that's a drought, I want to switch teams."
"Switching can be arranged, camera-face," Kayla countered. "Just be happy you're on a team that is winning for once. You wouldn't be so lucky if you were the Hens again."
Team Friendship was arguing. "I'm telling you I've got this!" Therion argued.
Marty shook his head. "As much as I'd like to see you blow this challenge, we have this guy here who needs to prove his worth," he said, pointing at Aaron. "You're up."
Aaron nodded. "Awesome! I'm ready to rock this challenge!"
Aaron: "Ski? Yeah. Ski against Mackenzie? They better not pick her."
Team Fire was deciding their member. "I say one of the newbies do it," Angie said.
"I...can't ski," Lavender said. "Sorry."
The team turned to Mackenzie, who smiled awkwardly. "Me?" she asked them. "I- I don't think that's a great idea."
Norm shook his head. "Look, like it or not, we are on an nonathletic team. You probably are the best one to do this."
She sighed. "Fine, I'll go."
The three skiers gathered on top of the mountain. "Funny seeing you two here," Eden said. "We were all on the same team just a day ago." She then looked and saw the other two, who were sadly staring at each other. "Oh."
Eden: "Don't get me wrong," she said, "I don't want to capitalize on this because they're upset, but my team probably wants me to."
Chris rang a horn, and they were off. Eden took off to an early lead, while the other two skied in line with each other, about ten feet back. "You might want to speed up!" Eden called back to them.
Hannah heard this and was angered. "You might not want to help them!" Eden simply rolled her eyes and kept skiing. Eventually, Eden encountered a field of trees. "Child's play," she said to herself, easily dodging every single tree, and even playfully getting dangerously close to a few. Her team was in shock.
Luna: "So...why am I the team target? If she gets to the merge, she's unstoppable!"
Eden crossed the finish line as Mackenzie and Aaron were still together. "Team Alpha wins an advantage!" Chris announced. They cheered, while the other two teams groaned.
"I do hope he plans on speeding up," Marty said darkly.
"Move it or lose!" Angie demanded.
"Isn't it 'move it or lose it?'" Gretchen asked her.
Angie shook her head. "If she doesn't move it, she's losing the game today."
After getting past all the trees, the finish line was dead ahead. As they got there, Mackenzie slid and fell. "Mackenzie!" Aaron called out. He skidded to a halt just before the line.
"What do you think you're doing?" Mag asked. "Stop throwing!"
Aaron looked at Team Friendship, then at Mackenzie. He turned and went over to his crush. "Are you okay?" he asked.
Mackenzie grabbed onto him. "I am now." She laughed. "That was a killer wipe-out, huh?"
Aaron laughed. "You bet." He looked at her helmet. "You recorded it?"
She nodded. "That'll get me some views." They both laughed. Mackenzie looked over his shoulder and saw their angry teams. "Cross the line," she whispered. "I'll make sure we don't lose."
Aaron nodded and skied over to the line. "Team Friendship, for coming in second, you get nothing! Not that it matters, Team Fire came in last."
"You better have a real great reason for sabotaging us," Marty told Aaron. "I know you could have beaten either of those two."
Aaron shrugged and walked off. "You're 'Team Friendship', figure it out."
Chris stood in front of the three teams at a different location. "Here's your next challenge: a callback to Season 3's Jamaica challenge. Your team will each get into our high-budget bobsleds," he said, pointing to two bobsleds that were almost going to fall apart, and one decent one. "Team Alpha, you know which one is yours. To win, simply beat everyone else to the end. Select two team members who weren't in the last challenge."
Angie grabbed Lavender. "Let's go newbie, this is your initiation."
She was almost at the line when Flora stopped her. "Angie! How about I go instead of you. We don't want to poorly promote our team."
Angie growled. "Fine."
Lavender looked over to Flora. "Thanks."
Flora: "Angie's being a little rough on the new players, I think," she confessed. "Besides, maybe I can make an alliance with her." She sighed. "I miss Paul..."
Quaoar got in front of his team. "I'll take this one. Least I can do for blowing last challenge."
Mag looked over and shot her hand up. "Me too. Prove my worth, am I right?"
Marty and Adrian looked at each other. "Uh, you've been on our side of the stage before," Adrian told her. "We know your character, and you proved your worth."
Mag laughed. "Ha, relax! I've got this!"
"Has anyone actually bobsledded before?" Hannah asked her team.
Luna raised her hand slowly. "I haven't...but maybe I can figure it out."
"It's our best option," Ethan noted. "Luna, who would you rather work with?"
"Operating this contraption should be a piece of cake!" Sheldon shouted.
Ethan looked at him. "Guess that's settled."
Ethan: "Don't get me wrong," Ethan said, "he'd easily operate it. Problem is, if he messes up, can his body take the crash?"
The six participants lined up. Flora was in the sled, with Lavender on the back, for Team Fire. For Team Alpha, Luna took the back, and Mag was in the back for Team Friendship. "First one there wins," Chris reminded them. "Oh, and I'd watch out for the animals we put on the track."
"Animals?" Lavender asked. She looked down at Flora. "Be ready to swerve."
"Already on it," Flora said. "No way I'd let any of those animals get hurt."
The air horn went off, and they began to fly down the track. Chris turned to the others. "While we wait..."
Ding-ding
Everyone groaned. "You thought we forgot, didn't you?" Chris said meanly.
"No," Angie said. "None of us did."
Musical Time!
Song: Drifting Skis (To the tune of Drifting Souls from Xenoblade Chronicles 2. You knew this was coming)
{The song opens up with a chord and a sequence of ascending notes. Eventually, a whole instrumental introduction occurs. The music clears to almost nothing.}
Mackenzie opens her eyes and stares at Aaron. Who would've thought the game'd split us apart? We have gotten so close, but I'm scared you might leave.
Aaron opens up in the next lines, as drums and electric guitar return. I will keep winning, proving that I belong here. This game's not big enough to part us yet.
Mackenzie jumps in again. What's stopping us? Is it these bogus teams? I swear that when we merge I'll be there until then- Aaron jumps in as they both sing. Don't go away...
The drum does a short fill as they sing together. That stupid ski race was just, harmful to us, but we can get through!
Mackenzie looks at Aaron. I'm gonna go on for you!
Aaron answers. I wish that you would stay!
They join in together again. No matter what our teams say and who's against us, we will move on to win!
Aaron sings. To win this crazy show!
Mackenzie answers. 'Cause one thing is real true... they sing the last line at the same time. I think I'm in love with you.
Adrian was sniffling on the side. "The...artistry...the talent. I've seen this in plays, but never live. That was incredible!"
As that nice song was going, so was a death race. "Left!" Luna called, as Sheldon leaned over. They were significantly ahead of everyone else.
"Would teleportation result in disqualification?" Sheldon asked. "It's an option."
"No!" Luna yelled. "I'm not using any of my powers!" She looked ahead. "Right!" Sheldon leaned right. Eventually they pulled in past a finish line. "Yes! We won!"
"Awesome," Kayla said, groaning.
Kayla: "As promised, I am not throwing," she admitted. "However, the more we win, the further Luna gets. There has to be another way to stop this."
The other two teams were neck and neck. "Dodge that seal!" Lavender called out. Team Fire's sled slid out of the way, crashing into Team Friendship's sled.
"You'll pay for that!" Mag yelled at them. She leaned down. "Quaoar, you okay playing dirty?"
Quaoar sighed. "We need the win. I'm all ears." Mag whispered something to him. "Really? I mean, sure, I guess that works." Quaoar leaned out, and passed a sword up to Mag. Smirking, Mag threw it over at Team Fire's sled. Hitting it, their sled broke into pieces.
Team Friendship's sled easily passed them and crossed the line. "In an underhanded play," Chris announced, "Team Fire loses tonight! Team Friendship, we need you there, and Team Alpha, well, you know the drill." Respective teams cheered and groaned.
Marty walked over to Mackenzie back in the submarine. "They're voting for you, you know that, right?"
Mackenzie sighed. "I know. I wish I could do something about it."
Marty leaned back. "There is. I need you to vote for Gretchen."
"She's not a strong player, though," Mackenzie argued. "Besides, no one else will do that with me."
Marty smirked. "You won't need anyone else. Just let me handle the rest." Mackenzie nodded. "Excellent."
Marty: "It's a two-part plan," he explained. "Part one, get party boy and his new girlfriend on my side, after saving her. Part two, use my team's numbers to knock out Therion. After that, I'm in the clear. No one else has a clue..."
The mega alliance was meeting. "Fire, I could care less about how you vote," Mag said. "We know what we're doing, and we have the numbers with Aaron. He's gone today."
"Perfect," Kayla said. "I hardly know this Marty and I'm tired of him already."
Angie was walking back when she ran into Marty. "You..." she said.
Marty's eyes widened. "Oh!" he exclaimed. "I'm so glad I found you! I heard your team say they are voting Gretchen off!"
Angie laughed. "I'm not stupid. We made a deal."
Marty simply shrugged. "Fine, don't believe me. But if she goes, it's your fault."
"Hey," Mag said to Quaoar on the way back from the meeting. "We made a pretty nice team back there."
Quaoar shrugged. "I guess. Can I have my sword back?"
Mag laughed as she handed it back. "You let paranoia girl have it but not me? What's up with you and her anyway?"
Quaoar sighed. "I- I don't know. I wish I could see her again to talk it out. I miss her."
Mag put a hand on his shoulder. "Don't worry about it," she said. "All I'm saying is that we're still here, and together, we could overrun all these losers." She walked off.
Elimination 9
Team Fire sat at the bleachers. Norm, Madison, Flora, and Lavender were up in the back, while Angie and Gretchen sat together. Mackenzie sat on her own. Chris laughed as he saw them. "This is...sad," he said. "I don't think I've seen a team this bad in ages."
Norm laughed back. "Your hosting skills are nothing to brag about either."
"Hey!" Chris called out. "I do a fine job! I feed you, don't I?"
"No," Norm countered. "Chef does."
Chris turned to Chef. "That is my job here. You kinda sit there and look nice for the camera."
Chris frowned. "Let's just...get this done. Snarky, you're safe." He tossed Norm a preserver. "Also safe, Madison, Lavender, and Angie." Angie caught hers, and looked over at the remaining three. "Flora." She looked at Gretchen, and then at Flora, who caught hers.
"We're down to two," Chris said. "Mackenzie, you bailed today for obvious reasons that your team didn't appreciate. Gretchen, you're a constant liability. But tonight, I only launch one of you out of a submarine. That person is...
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"Wait!"
Everyone turned around to see Angie standing up. "No," she said. "No, I can't believe this. We had a deal, people!"
Madison looked at Angie. "What are you-"
Angie was mad. "Bottom two, really? I'm not allowing this to happen." She turned to Chris. "Under the conditions no one else goes, I quit."
Chris shrugged. "Sure, go for it."
Gretchen looked at Angie. "But...why?"
"You were screwed over last time," Angie said. "You didn't deserve to go first. This time, I'm going to stop you. Win for me, okay?"
Gretchen nodded. "I'll do what I can!"
Angie got in the pod. "Chris, I hope you get fired." She launched herself out of the pod.
Therion looked around. "Wait a minute, did she say-"
"You heard her," Chris said. "Team Friendship, you all are safe. Shame, I was going to eliminate someone, but she's already gone." Audible groans could be heard. Marty sighed in relief.
Aaron leaned over to him. "Hey, I heard you pulled some strings to get her to stay. Thanks."
Marty smirked. "Anything."
"That's all I got," he said. Everyone was sitting in shock. "Go. Like, leave, I don't want to see you." Everyone walked off. Mag stood there for a second, and looked off at Quaoar.
Mag: "That's real tragic, about Iris," Mag said. "I guess...I kinda like him too."
"Ooooh," Chris said. "That's gonna stir up drama! Will Mag keep making moves? Is Quaoar as oblivious as his counterpart? Find out next time on Total! Drama! Submerged!"
(END OF CHAPTER)
Bonus Clip: Angie
"Do you think Marty was lying?" she pondered. "I mean, would they really take out someone who wasn't a threat?" She slammed on the steering wheel. "I bet that idiot tricked me! Oh, he is going to pay, mark my words."
Votes: Team Fire
Votes against Mackenzie: Norm, Flora, Gretchen, Angie, Lavender, Madison
Votes against Gretchen: Mackenzie
Eliminated: Angie (Quit)
Votes: Team Friendship
Votes Against Marty: Aaron, Therion, Quaoar, Mag
Votes Against Aaron: Adrian, Marty
Eliminated: No one (Quit Conditions)
Team Statuses:
Team Alpha: Eden, Ethan, Hannah, Kayla, Luna, Sheldon
Team Fire: Flora, Gretchen, Lavender, Mackenzie, Madison, Norm
Team Friendship: Aaron, Adrian, Mag, Marty, Quaoar, Therion
Big chapter, lots of events.
Angie is another character who would make it way too far without a niche elimination, so like Brook, I made a convoluted route. If you noticed, Gretchen was not going to be eliminated. The mega alliance will find this out.
We took away a team. Why did I Don't Know go away? Because their name was too long. Chris had a different reason, but that's mine. I moved Eden to Alpha, because she was the most capable player, and that adds insult to injury for the other teams. Lavender went to Fire for the Flora friendship, and Mag went to Friendship for Quaoar plot. I split up the newbie couple for reasons.
I think after my XB2 reference and gushing last chapter, we saw this song coming. I picked one of the like, 2 songs with lyrics, and only did one verse and a chorus. It'd be way too long otherwise, being a five minute song.
Until next time, review, let me know how your character is portrayed, and I'll see you next time! Aftermath II next time!
ELIMINATION TABLE:
ELIMINATED: Norm
30- Chander
29- Kara
28- Damien
27- Jonathan
26- Ezekiel
25- Sybil
24- Juan
23- Paul
22- Sebastian
21- Iris
20- Brook
19- Angie
