Total Drama: The Big One!
Episode 3: The Island Run!
Part 5a: The Running Arrivals!
As there are more and more runners getting closer to the finish line, wherever it was moving or not and these guys were definitely safe picks.
The unsafe picks are going to show each other down, as they were just bringing their team effort to the people that really cared.
Which contestants' status is going to change for the better and which ones are going to get worst?
Which team will win the best prize for something pretty small and which team will be the most supportive with no prize to boot!
There might be some stupid sabotage going in this thing, but will it cause the team to get sabotaged in the process or succeed and slow another team down?
Is the sabotage even possible? Yes, but it's probably not going to be that effective.
Find out in Episode 5-3a: The Running Arrivals!
Chris and Blaineley were just genuinely back on track for this episode, as they still had their commentator headset, as Chef was just really busy making sure that everything worked in the best way possible and the 78 remaining contestants were all up in this race, trying to finish it off.
''Welcome back to some more Total Drama: The Big One and well, there's a big challenge going on with some of the star players already proving to finish it more quickly than ever!'' Blaineley shouted, keeping up the host job for a good while.
''And we've got some more drama from these all-stars, so...'' Chris continued, as he really wanted to just let the drama play for itself.
The two hosts were just ready to make a quick sweep transition to some more action for the fans of Courtney and Duncan, as she finished at the finish line out of nowhere.
''...Courtney finishes it off in 20th and Duncan is still conflicted.''
Duncan was just looking very sure in contrast to Chris' description and Courtney was just trying to make sure that her team survived this one, as Duncan was just trying to talk to Gwen.
''Come on, Duncan, you've got to at least move on.'' Courtney was just trying to stop the bully from making a move on Gwen.
''Chill out, princess. I was just talking to a old friend.'' Duncan was just willing to keep it casual.
''...I don't think you can talk to Gwen.''
''Who says I can't?''
''Since I'm leader of this team, I think I have the authority say that.''
Gwen was just sure that there was no love lost, despite Courtney almost losing her mind in the third season over that kind of relationship and this girl was just ready to keep it obvious.
''Duncan, are you actually over her?'' Gwen was just wanting a decent answer.
''Obviously.'' Duncan wasn't even much of a pretender.
Courtney was just plain shocked at the reaction, as she was just genuinely sure that Duncan had moved on from her business, as she walked in smugly into Sierra, who was just a happy woman.
The leader-in-training was just somehow conflicted at the news, as Gwen was just happy to see that things moved.
DJ was just very loud, but he did definitely make it in the next position, as he was just running away from a dirtied up Amy and Sammy was just in between the two of them like she was just ready to move things foward.
''DJ runs it up in 21st!'' Chris shouted, as the dude was still screaming ''And Sammy just waltzs up in 22nd and Amy also arrives in 23rd, as the two just come in for something that's pretty good.''
DJ was just done screaming, as his foot wasn't exactly in the right place and he needed a rest.
''Geez, what a scream...'' Cody was just trying to awkwardly make DJ happier.
''I don't even know how I got it, but man my foot isn't feeling too good.'' DJ was just trying to talk through the pain, but his foot was just slightly off. ''Oh-''
''At least, you're kinda okay.'' Cody was just happy to see that the dude was just normal.
DJ was just happy to see that he at least got some moral support, as Eva wasn't exactly full of the moral support and Sammy and Amy were just caught with Leshawna and Leshaniqua in a way that made no sense.
Speaking of people that were just getting their butts to the finish line that was actually reversing towards them, Jen and Scott were doing exactly that, as were a slightly tired Lindsay and Beth.
Scott was just ready to get things moving, as he was just ending in 24th and Jen managed to give him some good words in 26th.
Lorenzo somehow managed to drop to 25th thanks to some kind of foot pain, but he still did relatively well all things considered.
''Wow, I can't believe my foot-''
''-blew your chances.'' Chet was just a little bit sadder than before. ''Still glad you kicked some major butt.''
''No problem.'' Lorenzo was just getting back with an smile.
In contrast to that, Lindsay and Beth both hugged each other to the ground, as they got 26th and 27th, respectively.
''Did we have do that?'' Lindsay was just lying on the soft ground.
''Also, Scott got 24th, proving that he's still strong and Lorenzo limps his way into 25th. Jen gets 26th, Lindsay gets 27th and Beth gets 28th, a kinda suprising turn of events for the girls.'' Chris announced, as these four managed to have a good finish. ''The boys must be having a bit of a rough day, because this is one heck of a challenge!''
*Jen's confessional*
Jen was just in a really good mood.
''So, have you ever seen something like this? A finish line moving?'' Jen was just genuinely unsure.
*Lindsay's confessional*
Lindsay was just a lot happier to be doing good.
''I can't believe, like, that I'm doing alright! Sure, Matthew's gone, but that doesn't mean that Damie's doing badly!'' Lindsay was just genuinely ready to do the thing. ''And things are cool.''
*DJ's confessional*
DJ was just still in pain.
''Man...what I did I even go through?'' DJ was just genuinely dizzy. ''I don't know, but I hope that everybody makes it...ow.''
*Confessional cut*
The situation with some of the players that were in the direct middle, was the combination of the last two obstacles were just stumping them in such a way that there was going to be a bit of a problem.
Or rather, some sort of balancing problem, as Taylor was just genuinely in the zone, no matter how off course she was in the penultimate obstacle with her carriage and how bad that Sugar was just trying to push her off from behind.
Taylor was in actually in 40th and Sugar was actually in 39th place in the second-to-last obstacle.
''Gosh, not everything's about you!'' Taylor shouted.
''...I woulda said that, but you stole my words!'' Sugar bit back with pretty much nothing.
''Okay.'' Taylor didn't even look like she cared.
''What?'' Sugar really look like she cared.
Sugar was just about to fall down, in case the people that were watching couldn't tell and Rock wasn't really one of them and so was Rodney, as they were just preparing their carriages.
''Wow, that was metal.'' Rock was just really excited for the challenge that was just ahead of him, quite litterally.
''Er, Sugar's cute.'' Rodney just talked to Rock without realizing it.
''You wanna go talk to her?'' Rock was just ready to get going.
''...She's all...on a different team.'' Rodney badly explained it.
''Man, I can't help.'' Rock just told him, before just walking off with the carrier in balance.
Rodney also realized something, as he was just thinking it over in his mind and Tom just tapped him in the face with his finger as quickly as he could, as the fashion guy wasn't exactly looking too good.
''Whoa, who cut you up?'' Rodney just asked, as he was just looking right down on the ground.
''Did you see this challenge?'' Tom was just definitely not in that kind of mood to just stop.
''Oh...let's go!''
These two were definitely in 42nd and 41st, respectively, as they were just plain willing to just keep it going, even if they were looking a little bit worse for wear.
It was quickly followed by some smooth moves by a fustrated Justiin, as this guy did not want to just lose to an ugly person.
''Finally, I'm back in this race!'' Justin shouted, as he was just trying to heal using the mud.
*Rock's confessional*
''Wow, this is going to be a bit of a bum-note like...''
Rock just played a note that was just pretty much dissonant with everything.
''...there's a ton of villains, but if we can push through them it's going to be like..''
Rock played the opposite note.
''...though, we need a killer strategy.''
*Beardo's confessional*
''Er...'' Beardo tried to mimic a trumpet, but Justin quite litterally punched the door.
*Justin's confessional*
Justin was just understandably very angry.
''I can't believe the ground was actually that hard WITH all of the mud! Imagine if the ground was just hard...my career would be like Josee's except worse!'' Justin's dramatics were definitely noticable. ''My strategies would have to be fair, focused and ferocious!''
*Confessional cut*
There was still some more serious competition going in the ball corridor as things were just straight up moving quite a bit quicker than most of the contestants in the last challenge.
But for real, some of them were about to find where their breaking point was definitely in this challenge, but for others, they were already done.
Those others were actually on the finish line, but the announcement could be heard from the final obstacles.
''Man, this is gonna be brutal! Kevin takes a good 29th, while Shawn arrives right after in 30th...those balls really did some knocking!'' Chris announced, as the two arrived with some scars.
There was definitely a few people that were just not in that good of a mood to just try and dodge the balls, the surfers, Erin and Troy included, as they were all just plain scared of the immense speed and things didn't look to slow down.
''We've got to set an example of some sort and it's not that hard to just make a decent example.'' Troy was just slightly scared of the balls that were just swinging around.
''It's just a bunch of a balls going thirty miles an hour-'' Erin wasn't really scared.
''Dude, that's fast.'' Brody was just more encouraged.
''-How hard can it be?'' Erin was just ready to keep her dirty blonde hair tied.
Erin and Brody were just plain prepared to just keep on racing and since Dwayne joined the party, knowing what kind of thing this was, the movement become more serious.
''Er...wow-'' Dwayne just got caught out by his rivals. ''Hey, wait for me!''
The three runners could definitely be in some positions between 29th and 31st, but this obstacle was just making really hard to just judge how close they were to the finish.
Geoff, Brody, Bridgette, Troy and Erin were all making a dash for those positions, as their teams really needed for the surprise prize.
''Brody really runs into 31st, as Geoff trails slightly in 32nd, Bridgette is slightly behind in 33rd and Troy and Erin lagged a little bit more, but they both landed in 34th and 35th!'' Blaineley announced, as she had to do it all alone, especially with some cool moves.
While the finish line already contain a few amount of drama, team support and just plain bitterness, there was bound to be more of all of these coming with some of the new arrivals that were a little bit too arrogant for their own boots.
''I finally made it in, like 36th and I know that I did better than this mud-lover!'' Taylor was just genuinely ready to bring all of the digs.
''Who said mud's bad for ya?'' Sugar just fired right back with something stupid.
''The rich young girl's 36th and the talented farm girl's 37th and Rock's 38th!'' Blaineley was just ready to keep it going. ''And the drama is already three times hotter!''
''I hope Spud isn't that far back.'' Rock was just genuinely worried about his partner.
''I can sense that Spud is at least trying to survive.'' Ennui was just accidently providing bad news, as Rock was just really shocked.
''That's gotta be a-'' Rock then played a good note with his own mouth. ''-at the least!''
''Don't get too cocky.'' Ennui onimously stated to Rock, who was just keeping it calm.
Sugar and Taylor were already going head-to-head, as there was a good reason that the next person was just already here.
''How does this even get past the planning stage!'' Emma was just not ready to bring it.
''I think Chris is just getting lazy.'' Zoey just was just running alongside.
''That's kinda true.'' Emma was just seeing the drama. ''For real, this is still going?''
''While Zoey and Emma get accquainted with 39th and 40th, the drama still heats up even more and Damien arrives in 41st, ready to see some one-to-one battles go down between new enemies and teammates alike!'' Blaineley was just genuinely excited to see the spats between people that had some serious animosity each other.
Most notably, Sugar, Taylor, Erin and Sammy, who were just having some little of the Total Drama experience, even if the latter two didn't want to just fight for no reason.
''Wow, I can't believe you're actually ugly inside and out.'' Sugar was just really insulted by Taylor's words.
''At least I'm-a talent lady and you ain't nothing but a no-good rich girl that doesn't like her mom!''
''Yeah, my mom lied to me about my skills!''
''So, what? You ain't gonna prove that you have those skills.''
Even with the girls having hot head, the supporters were just keeping it cool and no thanks to Amy, who was just ready to keep it really annoying for most people.
''Er, help?'' Sammy was just mouthing to her teammate, as Erin was just going in on the insults.
''Come on, if you've got something to say, just say it because your sister ain't better.''
Jacques was just giving her a look that showed he didn't want to get in this girls' battle of the words and Sammy was just trying to communicate pretty badly silently.
''Dwayne gets an above average 42nd and Topher also gets an above average 43rd!'' Chris was just ready to announce who was done with the running battle. ''Cade may have dropped positions, but at least he's in 44th!''
''That's actually cool.'' Cade was just finally relieved to be done with his crazy course. ''This load of random crap is finally over.''
''Have you forgotten who's making most of the challenges?'' Tom asked in such a worried way.
''No. Blaineley's prolly gonna roll it back a little bit.''
''...Oh, yeah!''
These three were either happy to see their teammates do so well or saddened at the fact that their teammates were just really annoying the heck out of each other.
Damien and Dwayne were just lucky to be in teams that wouldn't judge them for having an ounce of sportsmanship, even if Lightning was just giving him a suspicious look.
''Great race! How did you do so well?'' Dwayne was just genuinely excited to talk to Damien.
''Er, my brother was definitely someone that may have kinda been like Duncan.''
''So, a criminal that gets all of the girls?''
''No way! I think he might just got implicated in the crime!''
''Uh-huh.'' Dwayne looked a little bit unsure of that claim.
''Trust me!''
Toshihisa and Yoshihisa both arrived, the former being a lot calmer than the latter, as the leader felt he had let the team that was here down, as Chris announced their places.
''Toshi arrives in 45th and Yoshi arrives in 46th, doing pretty decently for their team. I still can't properly say their names.'' Chris just said the last sentence away from the mic, as the two finished.
''Well, this challenge was actually hard for this team, as there are still members that haven't been finished yet.'' Yoshihisa was just being a little being respective on the challenge. ''Still, we did good.''
''Really good.'' Amy just butted in for no reason.
''And I think we're still ready to break our limits!''
''And our enemies.''
Brick was just a little bit shocked that she was just so willing to do real damage, but the lieutenant didn't let it get to him, as Zoey was just ready for it.
''So, what do you wanna do? Wait for Justin?'' Zoey was just very sure.
Amy's cheek became a little bit redder, but she still hid it pretty well, as Toshihisa was just hanging out to recall the obvious.
''Teammates, I think we're forced to do it, especially since we're a supportive team.'' Toshihisa was just giving the simple answer.
''Okay! I'm way better at waiting!'' Amy just simply answered enthuastically, still dissing Sammy in the process.
The Gopher Squad that was just done were waiting, as were the rest of the members.
Damien was just a little bit nervous, as Dwayne was just happy to keep it short for the dude, especially with the next person about to run in blindly and this next person just happen to be a Dave that was just covering his eyes with mud.
''Sky actually gets 47th, but Dave does arrive just after in 48th!'' Blaineley announced. ''I wonder how that's going to go over?''
*Damien's confessional*
Damien was just trying to get his thoughts together, but he finally had one.
''I swear it's like Dave is stuck hating Sky and Sky doesn't even want that for the sake of his sanity...I think that's kinda right.''
*Confessional cut*
The two of them were just glaring at each other like they had been married for a long while, as there was even more contestants finishing it up.
''I can't believe I lost to you.'' Dave was just looking down on the ground.
''Hey, at least, be happy you're doing so-'' Sky was just trying at the very least, not make Dave be a bad person.
''I bet you're enjoying my suffering.''
''Why would think I would do that.''
''Because you cheated on me with your boyfriend that broke up with you.'' Dave wasn't even sure that his hate was just justified...
...but he didn't care.
''And you didn't tell me!''
Sky was just not believe what her former boyfriend was just saying, as Rodney just bumped into her with a hint of sanity in his mind, even if the guy just fell in love with her.
''Rodney takes 49th with a little bit of a bump!'' Chris was just ready to watch it all go down.
*Sky's confessional*
Sky was just very dissapointed in her former boyfriend.
''I know that I haven't exactly been clear with Dave, especially with the bits that Chris couldn't interrupt me, but I swear it's like he becoming what he says I am.''
Sky was just shaking her very head, as she sighed as hard as he could.
''I just hope I can at least make him not a villain.''
*Confessional cut*
There was some more contestants that were just arriving at the location, as Mike, Ezekiel, Iehisa and Craig were all running to finish this one off with their teams just cheering her on.
''Iehisa, let's just run it!'' Mike exclaimed, confusing the young Japanese genius. ''I mean-''
''I know what you mean, it's just such a weird reference.'' Iehisa was just smiling his way through the finish line.
They did manage to do a quick one-two that just impressed the hosts.
''And with that, Mike finishes slightly ahead of Iehisa, his teammate, but they're in 50th and 51st, respectively, giving the team an edge points-wise!'' Chris announced. ''The ugly Ezekiel is in 52nd and finally, Craig arrives in 53rd with some macho-ness!''
The race was just still heating up to its cool conclusion.
*Craig's confessional*
Craig was just checking what he had stored up in his own awesome muscles, as he didn't look too excited for this conclusion.
''Wow, talk about being sucked. I lost to a formerly feral dude, fashionsta guy and the genius with bad legs...man, this ain't my day.''
*Confessional cut*
Speaking of Spud and Lucy, the latter was just trying to motivate the former to go a lot of further, as they were definitely at the third-to-last challenge, but they weren't moving too quickly, due to the former's high amount of tiredness.
Sylvan was definitely quite a bit ahead of those two, as he was just seeing them struggle with the somewhat simple swing action, as there was definitely several swings that had to be timed perfectly to be fast.
Spud was just definitely swinging, but he wasn't really able to just make the jumps as close he should.
''Whoa, those hands are red?!'' Lucy could definitely see that Spud had a great grab.
''What?'' Spud was just a little bit jazzed.
Being in 63rd, the rocker was just ready to try his hardest to improve and not be a major bummer, using his own words.
Lucy was actually doing okay in 61st, as there was a swinger between the two of them and it wasn't really that much of a surprise that this swinger was just Noah.
''Seriously, this is just a little bit too fast.'' Noah looked a little bit intimidated. ''But-''
Noah just jumped pretty high to make Lucy drop a bunch of places.
''Hey, Noah!'' Lucy was just ready still do some greeting.
''Hey.'' Noah wasn't even really that bumped for it.
Lucy was just a little bit more sweaty than before, as Spud was just trying as good as he could to just jump a little further.
''Okay, so maybe it's the fifth time I've done this, but it could be worse.'' Spud was just looking on the positive side of the challenge.
Spud was just trying to hold onto hope, as he just jumped as high as he could.
Sylvan was just looking back to where he was supposed to be going very quickly, as he was just moving onto the next challenge in what seemed like 63rd place and this guy was definitely joined by some cool people.
One of them was just ready to talk about how she was just able to keep it walking pretty quickly and balancing in a pretty skilled way.
''I don't think you're gonna get far.'' Sylvan ''warned'' Anna Maria, who was just taking a quick look at the goth lookalike.
''I ain't got a boyfriend, so you ain't gonna be playing games on me!'' Anna Maria was actually in 59th, as she was somehow getting past Eddie and Troy, who were previously doing decently.
''You should at least chill a little bit, so that you don't get sent home early.''
''Kay, but what the heck are you doing?''
''Yeah, what are you really doing?'' Eddie just jumped on this chance to be a little bit snarky.
Izzy was just climbing back up into the challenge Scarlett and Staci were both just not impressed with the annoyance factor of Eddie, who was just about to be shocked in a special way.
''Alright, you wanna go again?!'' Izzy was just ready to keep it real tough. ''Because I know a special way to do-''
''Sylvan, I think I know what's up.'' Izzy just got interrupted mid-sentence.
Staci was just not even sure what Eddie was on about, as she was just about to attempt this challenge with some pretty strong gusto.
''Staci, gotta move!'' Anna Maria was just genuinely kicking it into overdrive.
Staci was just putting her hands together, as Noah was just nearly pushing her off with his great balance and decent speed, but the former liar was just ready to get some change in there.
This race was just genuinely close for most people, as while Owen was just powering on through in the final challenge, especially with his great place.
Warren, being in 60th, was just genuinely sure that slapping Elliody down was just worth something, even if he had to try and grip the thing, as the genius was just on her third go.
''Warren, what are you doing?'' Warren's problem was that she was just a genius.
''Nothing too crazy.'' Elliody's problem was that she couldn't really turn quick enough.
Elliody was slapped back down to the mud, as she dropped several places to 66th with some hint of anger just seeping in towards Dan, who was just trying to be in 68th.
''Mate, that's a dick move that's not even needed.'' Dan was just ready to give some cool advice.
''Hey, uh, it's definitely a thing that works.'' Warren was just a little bit defensive.
''Dude's right, it's not that major of a sabotage, so I'll allow it, especially since Elliody's okay.'' Chris announced, as the skater was just moving on with a bit of guilt.
*Warren's confessional*
Warren's guilt was definitely showing.
''I'm glad that Chris is accepting of my bullcrap, but it's total bullcrap.''
*Staci's confessional*
Staci was just genuinely shocked at the situation.
''Hold on, why would he do that? I remember my uncle doing that once and he got bitten by a falcon...but I think he did it to the bird.''
*Eddie's confessional*
Eddie was just mad.
''Come on, Sylvan and the rest of them are annoying enough, but I have to add some annoying skate user guy for no reason. No point, no grace and no style.''
*Elliody's confessional*
Elliody actually didn't look too angry.
''I'm sure that was a dare, judging by how I can see his guilt. Either way, this competition is probably going to bring some unexpected saboteurs and I hope that he doesn't do it again in this challenge. Also, I probably have had three people say that was actually pointless, so...''
*Confessional cut*
''To be honest, we've got a lot more runners finishing this and these including some previous top-tier characters, but Trent is the first character to just drop the ball for real in the last obstacle, but he still is 54th! Who's the next character to finish-'' Blaineley was just not in the mood to deal with Chris, so she just stopped. ''-this race?''
''Anyone can guess obviously, but the answers are going to be revealed in some more...'' Chris was just extremely confindent, as he was just ready to team up with his rival host for four more words. ''...Total Drama: The Big One!''
To be continued in Part 5b, where there's no ceremony, no marshmellows, no fire and no torches, as the last two runners are goners and the contestants frantically run to not be last!
Team member (Current team), because that's the format of the leaderboard in this story...for the team-phase, which is going to be lasting for a long while!
1st: Josee (Victorious Swans)
2nd: Eva (Comeback Rabbits)
3rd: Brick (Gopher Squad)
4th: Chet (Dangerous Lions)
5th: Jo (Dangerous Lions)
6th: Kazuhisa (Gopher Squad)
7th: Lightning (Dangerous Lions)
8th: Jacques (Victorious Swans)
9th: Leshawna (Comeback Rabbits)
10th: Alejandro (Fiery Dragons)
11th: Jose (Rough Donkeys)
12th: Jasmine (Confused Camels)
13th: Leshaniqua (Comeback Rabbits)
14th: MacArthur (The Waves)
15th: Cody (Sour Limes)
16th: Crimson (Comeback Rabbits)
17th: Ennui (Comeback Rabbits)
18th: Duncan (Confused Camels)
19th: Gwen (Sour Limes)
20th: Courtney (Sour Limes)
21st: DJ (Comeback Rabbits)
22nd: Sammy (Victorious Swans)
23rd: Amy (Gopher Squad)
24th: Scott (Rough Donkeys)
25th: Lorenzo (Dangerous Lions)
26th: Jen (Rough Donkeys)
27th: Lindsay (Sunshine Horses)
28th: Beth (Sunshine Horses)
29th: Kevin (Fiery Dragons)
30th: Shawn (Confused Camels)
31st: Brody (The Waves)
32nd: Geoff (The Waves)
33rd: Bridgette (The Waves)
34th: Troy (Fiery Dragons)
35th: Erin (Fiery Dragons)
36th: Taylor (Fiery Dragons)
37th: Sugar (Victorious Swans)
38th: Rock (Dangerous Lions)
39th: Zoey (Gopher Squad)
40th: Emma (Confused Camels)
41st: Damien (Sunshine Horses)
42nd: Dwayne (Dangerous Lions)
43rd: Topher (Comeback Rabbits)
44th: Cade (Rough Donkeys)
45th: Toshihisa (Gopher Squad)
46th: Yoshihisa (Gopher Squad)
47th: Sky (Confused Camels)
48th: Dave (Confused Camels)
49th: Rodney (Rough Donkeys)
50th: Mike (Gopher Squad)
51st: Iehisa (Gopher Squad)
52nd: Ezekiel (Sour Limes)
53rd: Craig (Dangerous Lions)
54th: Trent (Sour Limes)
With 44 more contestants, that being nearly half of the contestants, who's kicked off the isles this episode will be a little hard to judge with some good performances coming from practically everybody that remained!