Total Drama Hollywood – How Hard Can It Be? – Part One
Blaineley opens up the tanning machine bed, removing the glasses from her eyes. "Previously on Total Drama Hollywood, the gang had to sing while avoiding being taken out of the game of the day. Some had it easier, some did not." (Clip scene shows Rocco singing and then being told by Chris he just gave away his team's location). "Heather, Ezekiel, and Jo, took the meatball elimination and were present on the Aftermath. At the Aftermath, some things were mentioned about our current cast, then everyone discovered Duncan took off from the show and now Chef is hunting him down. Not only that, Duke is being haunted by his dear Grandmother. Now, on this episode of Total Drama Hollywood, roommates are going to be switched up and the contestants will end up having to fight for survival in more ways than one! This is Total Drama Hollywood!"
Glancing around, she didn't hear the background music play, until a few seconds after she tapped her foot. "Oh, come on!" She complained, pulling out her phone and dialed up Chris.
Dear Mom and Dad I'm doing fine [scene opens up with the lame-o-sine pulling up with Lindsay sitting on the sunroof waving and Josh opening up the door and stepping out. It soon zooms to the pool of the hotel where Chris, Blaineley and Chef are lounging with Jason and Star Demon talking nearby].
You guys are on my mind [Izzy popping out from the hotel pool in a spider suit freaking out Jason and jumping onto Star Demon terrified. Star Demon shoves him off embarrassed and runs after a laughing Izzy].
You asked me what I wanted to be [Duncan was laughing hysterically seeing Izzy easily escaping Star Demon. He soon gets jumped byEzekiel with Gwen and Courtney laughing at him].
And now I think the answer is plain to see [inside the sunroom Duke is giving Rocco a piercing with Gemini and Wynda watching, till Wynda sees Diana and happily runs over and hugs her, the two soon break out laughing].
I wanna be famous [Duke turns his attention toSeath, shooting him a glare and he backs away].
I wanna live close to the sun [Seath is soon grabbed by Heather and pulls him into a room, locking him in and walking away laughing].
Go pack your bags, cause I've already won [outside the studio grounds Grant is riding a motorcycle while avoiding the pyro traps that Fritz set up].
Everything to prove, nothing in my way, I'll get there one day. [scene shows someone peeking out of the shadows and takes a photo causing Fritz to get distracted].
Cause, I wanna be famous! [Scene shows Shawn approaching Felix who is sitting on a bunch of crates and is sharpening his dagger. He listens to what Shawn is talking about and lets him hold his dagger].
Na na na, na na na, na na na, na na na na na na![On a talk show set, Miko and Samey are talking to each other with Owen listening and eating a bag of marshmallows].
I wanna be, I wanna be, I wanna be famous [Tag, Jo, Sariel and Mike are all racing down the row of sets with Sariel finishing before the others. In front of them a bunch of shadow figures appeared, making the four get defensive].
I wanna be, I wanna be, I wanna be famous [Duke is lounged out a leather recliner in the main gathering room and sees Flora approaching. Getting up, he gives her the recliner and she blushes as she sits down. The other soon gather around them looking at the camera on a tri-pod that Diana had brought and put up].
[Whistling in tune as Chris, Blaineley and Chef appear behind Flora and Duke. Diana's camera takes the photo].
Everyone came downstairs at one in the morning, all yawning and still in their pajama's after being awoken from their sleep. Blaineley was sitting on an armchair, applying makeup under her eyes to hide the bags that were slowly forming. Glancing up, she saws the contestants had all gathered, each unhappy about being woken up. Shrugging, she continued to apply the makeup under her eyes; ignoring the fact that they were there.
Star Demon began tapping his foot, his left eye slowly twitching as how she was keeping them waiting. "You do realize that we all went to bed no more than an hour ago," He said to her, the anger apparent in his voice.
"And you're just cutting in on my beauty sleep," Gemini said, crossing her arms.
"Oh, quit your crying beauty queen. Your sleep getting ruined is the least of your worries." Duke told her; his face completely blank as he stared over at Blaineley, losing interest as to what was happening. Putting up her makeup, Blaineley stood up and approached the teens.
"Well, I figured right now would be a good time to move around roommates." She said, clapping her hands together happily. Everyone else stared at her, a couple with their mouths hanging open.
"Oh, that's right. Some of you guys are switching up rooms." Blaineley said, the smile on her face growing bigger.
"Uh, will this be common?" Mike asked, barely raising his hand.
"Depends on how many people are left in the competition. I decided to do the first switch up, to break the ice." Blaineley stated, looking at her fingernails for a second. "And to break the ice, some of you contestants will be rooming with the opposite gender; but some will still be partnered with the same gender. In your rooms, there will be a note on your pillow with your new room numbered; pack all your things and move to that room, then come back down here. You have an hour."
Everyone stared at each other, then headed off to their rooms. Everyone packed their stuff, some complaining about the new arrangements that were made.
Seath's Confessional Scene:
Seath – "Well, things could be worse. Hopefully I won't be stuck with Gemini… second though, I think that might be a good thing."
There was a knock on the confessional door and he opened it up, seeing Owen stick his head in.
Owen – "Sorry to interrupt, but we're having a secret meeting right now."
Seath – "Okay, let's get going."
The whole alliance crew, minus Duncan, all met up in the room with complete silence surrounding them. Flora, was rubbing her arm while looking down at the ground; Owen munching on a bag of marshmallows and he offered one to Sariel who gladly took it. Jason was busy flipping his phone around in his hands, sitting on a shelf and a raccoon jumped up next to him.
"Okay, so we all got new roommates. Jason, you hacked the system, who got paired with Gemini?" Star Demon asked.
"Whoa, dude it was just name calling. Are you really going to go get back at my sister for it?" Rocco asked, crossing his arms over his chest and standing in front of Star Demon.
"No one gets away with making fun of my name." He spoke back to Rocco, the anger flaring up in his eyes.
"You two are on the same team, throw the challenge and she's gone. And if this is all that I'm brought for I'm leaving," Seath said, heading for the door. Duke was quick to grab him and yank him back without the slightest care if he was too rough on handling him. "Shut up and listen, Seath. Jason, give him the info and tell us what's with today's challenge."
Everyone stared at Duke and Jason, the two sitting next to each other and Jason pulled up a screen that was the same one where Chris views all the info of the challenges. All of their attention was on the small device now; knowing that they all had full access to the challenge that was about to happen. And the ones that will come later on.
"Okay, so roommates just got checked off… there's no list posted as to who is with who," Jason stated and he scrolled a small bit, "next we will be introduced to some late-night movies. Cool."
"What type of movies are we going to view?" Flora asked, slowly shying away. Looking at Jason, he scrolled a bit more and his mouth twitched into a frown.
"No idea, but it all relates to the challenge… guess they want to keep it a surprise. Hopefully with what we see tonight… we won't die or something like that," Jason said, leaning back and rubbing the back of his head. Everyone slowly voiced their opinions about what the movies could be, till Duke raised his hand and silenced everyone. He motioned towards Courtney and she let out a deep breath.
"Okay everyone, let's continue our packing and move to our new rooms. The sooner we get it done, the sooner we can get to these movies and figure out what the challenge will be about. At most, they're going to keep us up all night with these." She said, everyone else nodded their heads in agreement and left the room. Flora, lingering behind, a strange feeling building up inside her causing her to question that something wasn't quite right with the alliance members.
Sariel's Confessional Scene:
Sariel – "Second meet up, and we got some info on today's challenge. It's like the repeat of season one episode nineteen; where they all watched the slasher film and Chef went after him dressed as the slasher. Only for Gwen to face the real one and win the game." She grinned at the thought of the upcoming challenge, and popped her knuckles. "This is going to be fun."
Everyone walked past each other in the hallways on a single floor; a couple of times bumping into one another… some with apologies, glares, maybe the occasional comment that comes with curse word reply. Now the hopes of surviving with their new roommate was filling their minds; all hoping that they don't get someone that they really want to kill.
Sariel and Felix met at each other, Felix rubbing the back of his head out of embarrassment while Sariel rolled her eyes. Mike and Samey both walked into the same room, each greeting each other with smiles on their faces; Wynda and Diana high fived each other as they entered their room, with Flora stopping by to have a chat with them. Gemini and Gwen met at the doorway, Gwen groaning that she was stuck with a "second-Heather" now.
Gwen's Confessional Scene:
Gwen – "Can my time on this show get any worse?" She said slamming her face on her hands. "If anyone outside is listening, please oh please, eliminate me next!"
Beyond the confessional door, she heard the laugher of Blaineley and just groaned some more.
Shawn came into his new bedroom, seeing Tag already set up on one bed and he let out a cheer of excitement. The camera soon changed scene to where Jason was walking into his room and saw Courtney putting her clothes in one of the dressers already; he quickly took a step back and slammed the door shut. Fritz landed down on his bed as Star Demon stretched across his and pulled out a lighter, Star Demon glanced over as he slowly started to burn a picture of Chris.
"What?" Fritz asked, "Destroying something that has to deal with Chris is therapeutic like Skye said."
"Guess you're right," Star Demon replied, "a bunch of us really want to take down Chris."
"Guess we need to plan something for him when the season ends." Fritz said, and Star Demon nodded his head in agreement.
Seath entered his room, seeing Owen taking over a bed and shoving bags of marshmallows in one of the bed storage drawers. He cringed a small bit, but regained his composure just as Owen ran over to him and pulled him into a tight hug. Finally, with the last room Flora arrived after finishing up her chat with Wynda and Diana, and entered her room. Closing the door behind her, Flora saw Duke (his goatee freshly shaven off) sitting at desk merely writing on some paper and he looked up to see her standing at the door. Giving him a small wave, he merely turned his head away and went back to his writing.
"Alright all of you losers!" Blaineley's voice called out, "Head down to the lobby in ten minutes to learn the first part of your challenge tonight!"
All around her, everyone groaned and Blaineley simply ignored it. Walking away, she stepped into the elevator and yawned a small bit. Knowing the next part of the challenge, she could easily get a few hours of sleep before the finished watching the films.
After a bit, the contestants met Blaineley down in the lobby and she guided them to a large lounge room. Rows of black leather seats sat in front of a huge TV screen and a couple of mouths hanged opened at the sight of it. There was room with double doors that connected to it, and an intern opened it up for everyone to see the snack stands inside.
Owen's Confessional Scene:
Owen – "Sweet lord, I am in heaven!" His let out a squeal of cheer, his eyes growing wide with joy and he froze there as a bit of drool dripped out from the side of his mouth.
"Alright everyone, tonight you are going to be watching some films. The 1978 movie Halloween, 2015 movie San Andreas, 1980's Nightmare on Elm Street and finally 2016 Deepwater Horizon. I have no idea what order these four movies will be played in, but you will be watching all four of these. Fall asleep or leave during any time and not return, you will be at a major disadvantage for the challenge once you're done watching these."
Blaineley headed for the doors, and just as she reached them, she turned towards the contestants. "Oh, there might be an instant elimination for one of you new contestants. So, be careful. Bye." Opening the doors, she slammed them shut and walked away leaving the contestants all alone to themselves as the theater dimmed by the slightest bit.
Everyone soon sat down in their desired seats, not caring about who they sat next to exactly after getting their snacks. Around them, the lights dimmed completely and they heard the first few seconds of the voice over about phone but only for it to be cut-off by Owen as his burp rippled throughout the theater. There was a bit of applause and laughs for Owen's burp, knowing that some were pleased to have that annoyed voice over interrupted.
Once the quiet had settled down over them, Flora turned around in her seat to see that a few of the boys behind her (Duke, Rocco, Shawn, and Star Demon) were slowly starting to grin at the movie that was just about to play. Taking in a deep breath, she re-adjusted herself in her seat and saw the opening to Nightmare on Elm Street appear.
Flora's Confessional Scene:
Flora – "Good thing it's not San Andreas first, I would be out in a heartbeat… now that I'm thinking of it, are they trying to install new fears into us?"
Chef yawned a small bit as he watched the screens from the control room and looked over at Chris. "She's pretty smart you know."
"True," Chris stated, "a good reason as to why she's a contestant. One of the reasons. Maybe, with this whole challenge will bring a different side of her out. Maybe not. I still want to see it though. Said she's a "leader", I don't think she is."
The two of them chuckled for a second, and they both flipped through the contestant's applications. Chris laid a few out on the control panel before them, and looked over at Chef. "So, which one of the newbies do we instantly eliminated? Blondie? Baby Blue Eyes? Or a Red Head?"
Staring down at the four applications, Chef rubbed the bottom of his chin for a second and then looked over at Chris. The two of them shrugged for at each other, then turned their eyes back to the screens.
Time passed by as they watched the films played out… some freaking a few others out and making the blood drain from their faces. For some, they became filled with anticipation and excitement as the scenes unfold. Chris and Chef laughed at the contestants, seeing all of the reactions on their faces and Chris merely wiping away a tear of laughter from his eyes.
"Ok, so, should we send in the first scare?" Chris questioned Chef.
"Chris, first scare is already there," Chef pointed out. Chris looked at the screen that Chef was pointing at and a smirk was growing on his face now. Laughing, he gave Chef a high five.
"Oh, perfect timing too! A really gruesome scene, and sitting next to a scaredy-cat!" Chris stated, rubbing his hands together, "This is going to be fun."
Samey covered her eyes at the scene where Michael begins to strangle Annie in her car and then slit her across the throat. Her whole body shook with fear, and just as she pulled her hands away from her eyes to see if the scene passed, a bright flash of a white light in front of her caused her to scream at the top of her lungs practically causing almost everyone around her to freak out. Jumping over a few rows of leather seats, Samey put distance between herself and to whoever caused the bright white flash.
"Samey, what happened?" Mike questioned, helping her get up with the assistance of Courtney.
"Please, please tell me someone else saw that bright white flash." Samey said, sitting down on an armrest and Gwen brought out her phone, dimming her flashlight as to not freak her out. All eyes were on Samey and they all could see that her face was a deathly pale color.
Tag bringing out his own phone, walked over to where she had been sitting and looked down at the seat that was in front of hers. Far as everyone knew, no one had been sitting in front of her and it looked like someone had been there. Grant soon joined his side, the two inspecting the area until Grant stepped in something that stretched in the direction that his foot had moved in.
"What the heck?" Lifting up his foot, he saw the piece of gum snap and he frowned at it. Tag, looking over at him raised an eyebrow. Grant looked over at everyone, removed his show and held it up.
"So, who do we know uses a camera flash and chews gum?"
Everyone looked at each other for a moment, till Courtney stepped forward. "Well, best guess is Sierra. She's always doing stuff like this… half the time it makes us wonder if she's really sane."
Sierra's Confessional Scene:
Sierra – "O M G! I got a picture of Samey being scared! Ah! This is so going on my blog!" Tapping her chin for a second, she looked around and quickly took a picture of herself in the confessional before posting it. "Ok, maybe the flash was a bit too much, but hey, I was supposed to scare someone. I wonder who else I will be able to scare."
She laughed a small bit, clutching her phone to her chest and let out a content sigh.
"I say we get out of here, they've already begun the challenge," Gemini said, folding her arms across her chest and started to walk out, "No point in staying here any further."
"Oh, no ye don't." Wynda quickly grabbed her by the arm and yanked her back, "You're staying here and we're winning this round. And if it means I get the chance to rip ye hair out, so be it."
"Look here "Izzy"," Gemini said, pulling her arm free from Wynda, "last I know, you aren't the boss of me. Nor are we on the same team. So, go back to your team and boss them around!"
Flipping her raven hair in Wynda's face, she walked away and pushed open the doors of the theater going back into the main lobby. Wynda's nose scrunched up a bit and she just walked back towards the others.
"So, ye sister is a goner now. She's definitely going to lose the challenge." Wynda told Rocco, folding her arms across her chest.
Rocco's Confessional Scene:
Rocco – "I guess I can see how she would lose, instant elimination… but Blaineley never stated how. So, she might still be in game. Unless the team votes her off… either way, she might still be in the game."
Rocco looked around a bit, counting the number of contestants that was still there and he realized that they were missing a few. "Guys, we're missing at least three people already." He pointed out, and everyone just looked at each other for a second.
Tag stood up on a leather chair and let out a loud whistle. "Alright everyone, get to your proper teams. Easier that way than just standing around scattered. Then, we can determine who is gone. No, we don't have to count Gemini."
About a minute later, everyone was in their teams and noticed that two people from each team was gone. Duke, Fritz, Star Demon and Shawn.
"So, we lost Zombie Boy, Fire Starter, Mister Attitude and Mister Unemotional." Tag said, putting a hand over his eyes. Owen approached Tag, pulling on his shirt sleeve.
"Do you think their okay?" Owen questioned, and Tag merely shrugged his shoulders unsure.
For Gemini, she stood in the elevator tapping her foot on the plush carpet and yawned a small bit. The doors opened up before her and as she stepped out, the lights in the elevator flicked out behind her and she mumbled to herself that they should have fixed them before the competition began. Shrugging, she continued walking down the hallway until the light above her flicked off. Looking down the hallway, almost every single light flicked out leaving only a couple (differently spaced from the other) on. A cold chill ran down her spine, and her hands clung to her arms as she walked slowly down the hall to her room.
As she came under the third light, all the remaining lights in the hallway burnt out leaving her completely alone in the dark. Taking a deep breath, she carefully stepped forward and tripped either on her own feet or something else entirely. Slowly rising up, her hands touched something slimy and another chill ran down her spine once more.
"Okay, that is so gross." She quickly shook off her hands, and walked of a bit further more. Behind her was some deep breathing, and she let out an annoyed sighing.
"Okay, Rocco, you can stop following me around like a puppy dog. I don't need your little concern story told to me. So," she said turning around, "you can fuck the back off and go back to watching your movies. I'm going to bed."
A light flicked over her and she saw Robo-Bear in front of her, eyes blazing red and a chainsaw in its hands. Oil was slowly oozing out from it, and when it sparked the robot immediately caught fire; twitching a small bit, it raised the chainsaw above its head while revving it to life.
Gemini's Confessional Scene:
Gemini – "I thought they put that thing back in its box after Pahkitew Island went down?"
In another room, underneath the hotel, Star Demon was slowly waking up and he heard deep breathing inside the room. Sitting up, his eyes adjusted to the red light and he saw that Shawn, Fritz and Duke was with him.
"What the heck happened?" He asked, getting up onto his feet. Fritz shook his head to get the last bit of sleep off of him, and stared at Star Demon. "I think we got drugged… don't know really."
"Last I recall," Shawn said, "we were watching Deepwater Horizon. I think that's when I crashed. Don't know when you guys fell asleep."
"I think that was the same movie I fell asleep during too," Fritz stated, "I talked with Duke and he recalls the first few minutes of 1978 movie Halloween. Guess they drugged us during the second and third movies."
"But at least wanted us to see the first." Star Demon told them, and the just nodded their heads. Looking over at Duke, he saw the he was shoved in a corner with his eyes closed and trying to focus on his breathing. Approaching Duke, he put a hand on his shoulder, "Dude, you okay?"
"Yeah, just need to focus on my breathing" Duke quickly told him, and shrugged off his hand from his shoulder.
"So, we're in a metal box. We got air," Fritz said, pointing to the small vents in the walls, "but main question is what's going to happen next. With each scary movie, the good guys always escape… except Halloween, the bad guy got away. And with Nightmare on Elm Street, Freddy showed to still be alive."
Shawn looked around a bit, quickly pulled Duke to the center of the small room that they were in. Quickly, he got on top of his shoulders, nearly freaking Duke out at the same time.
"Dude, hold still! If there's no doors on the walls, then maybe the light has to be our exit. And for a guy who stands four inches shorter than seven feet, I still can't reach the light."
"T-Then let someone taller than you get up there! Your height and mine don't add up to the necessary height!" Duke stated at him, trying to keep his cool. Shawn quickly climbed down, and rolled his shoulders a small bit. Shawn leaned up against the wall, and he quickly sniffed one of the vents on the walls. "Guys, I don't these are normal vents," he said, slowly backing up until he backed up into Fritz.
"What do you mean by that, Shawn?" Star Demon asked him.
"Sea salt, that's what I smelled from it. Some of these pipes are connected with water." Shawn stated, pointing to the one he just sniffed. Fritz approached it, gave it a small sniff himself and just nodded his head in confirmation. "If anything," Shawn stated, "they're going to flood this room soon with water. Duke, back in the center. Star Demon, on his shoulders. Your combined heights, we can reach the light and get out. Fritz, hold Duke steady."
Nodding his head, Fritz moved Duke to the center of the room and held him in the spot. Star Demon, quickly got up on his shoulders and there was no more than half a foot distance between his head and the light. Pressing up on it, it shifted out of its position but it wouldn't move any further. Out of the dead silence, gushing water overcame all other sounds but their own voices.
"Aw crap." Shawn said, and the others agreed with his words.
Star Demon slammed the light back down, but the water didn't stop.
Back in the theater, almost everyone had left already not wanting to finish up the movies. The ones to remain behind: Flora, Sariel, Mike, Courtney and Grant. The doors to the theater opened up and Courtney turned around to see that Gwen had walked back in.
"Gwen, I thought you were going to stick it out with the rest of your team?" Courtney asked her. "No, not really Courtney," Gwen replied, "But some crazy stuff is happening, thought I be the first to tell you guys."
"Like what?" Mike asked.
"Well for starters, Rocco took off running when her heard Gemini screaming her head off. So, he's gone. No one can figure out where Shawn, Fritz, Star Demon and Duke are still. And the hallways for our rooms, all of the lights are off except for one." Gwen told him, sitting down between him and Courtney. "So, you guys are sticking it out through the last movie?"
"Yeah, Flora is forcing herself to stay too. San Andreas. Whole earthquake-tsunami disaster film." Mike said, and Gwen leaned herself back against the leather seat.
"So, the teams? Should we split them up?" Chris asked Chef, watching the video feed of Rocco running down the hallway where he heard his sister screaming.
"I'd say we do it the next episode. Maybe we can do a whole therapy session on them after all of this." Chef told Chris, while sipping a mug of coffee.
"True, very true…," Chris agreed, "might also get the lawyers off of our backs once this episode is finished. I mean, we might be served some very strong lawsuits."
Nodding his head at Chris, the two went back to watching the TV screens. After a couple of minutes of being bored, Chris pressed a button and put the whole hotel on lockdown mode like it was back in Episode Four – Surviving with Music.
There was a rattle of the doorknob behind them, making Chef and Chris look back behind them. It stopped, and a for a few moments everything was quiet until the door was kicked open and the two flinched backwards. "Finally, I found you!" Blaineley shouted, and the two cringed at the appearance of her – hair wrapped in a towel, with different shades of hair masks in it and pieces of foil; her mud mask with mashed up bananas on it, a floor length robe tied on her and she tapped her foot on the cold metal floor.
"You think the two of you can hide in here? Oh, think again." She stated, slowly popping the knuckles on her hands.
"Oh uh, Blaineley… guess what you get to do!" Chris said, pointing a finger at her, "You – you get to choose who to instantly eliminate! We got four contestants lined up right here, and you get to pick." Chris said nervously, as she approached the two of them.
Looking at the camera's, Chris took in a deep breath. "Will Chef and I survive Blaineley? Will the guys locked up be saved? Will Rocco find his sister before she meets her demise? Who else will be scared in this episode to come? And will we ever get to know who will face instant elimination? Tune in soon for Total Drama Hollywood – HELP!"
Author Note - I'm going to cut this chapter into two parts. It was getting pretty long, and over ten pages too... I was getting a bit addictive in writing this chapter. But there's been a good improvement. Please leave comments as to what will happen and answer Chris's questions, too! Thank you and stay tuned!