Total Drama Alphabet
Chapter 25: Day 12: Part 2: Karma Katrina
"Yeah!" Katrina screamed, as she went upside down in a roller coaster.
Rachel, sitting behind her, looked sick. "I don't know how you talked me into going on this horrid thing."
"What?" Katrina yelled. "I can't hear you!"
"I hate this," Rachel said, as the ride came to a stop on an incline. Rachel looked around scatteredly. "Why are we stopped? I don't see a place to get off here!"
"We're about to go backwards, so brace yourself!" Katrina shouted.
"Backwards?" Rachel shouted. "We're going backwards? Why didn't you warn me we'd be going backwards on this ride?"
"I didn't really think about it," Katrina said.
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Katrina: (standing, with her eye twitching, dripping in what looks like vomit) OK, maybe I shouldn't try to force Rachel on more rides like that.
Rachel: (circling her finger on the arm of the chair) I'm sorry, Katrina. I really thought you'd be safe as long as I sat behind you. I didn't really count on the whole going backwards thing.
"Are you OK?" Rachel asked, concerned, following Katrina, who was seemed to be covered in vomit.
"I just need to clean myself off," Katrina said. "I'll be fine."
"Smile!" Danielle exclaimed, rushing in front of Katrina with an old fashioned Polaroid, and snapped a picture, then showed it to Katrina as it came out the camera. "Aww, it so fitting on you." Katrina's eye twitched, then she snatched the photo away, and angrily tore it to pieces. Danielle hmph'd. "A simple no thank you would've sufficed."
"Cut it out!" Rachel yelled, then shoved Danielle to the ground. "I feel bad enough without you trying to make me feel worse about that."
"I wasn't trying to make you feel worse," Danielle said.
"Well, you've got an awful way of making people feel bad without trying. If I were to buy that," Rachel said.
Confession Vending Machine Room
Rachel: Danielle has issues. Everyone knows it. The most irritating one is how she seems to despise Katrina for no reason, though. I neither want nor need her so-called "help." (Rachel uses finger quotes.) Everyone would be better off if she'd just get hit by a truck.
Danielle: (crying, wiping her eye with her hand) I'm only trying to help Rachel. Why can't she see that?
"Please tell me you weren't tormenting Katrina," George said, as Danielle approached, then hugged and kissed George while popping her foot.
"I didn't do anything to anyone who didn't deserve it," Danielle said, then smiled coyly. "You know, I really wish you could see my smile."
"Was it devilish?" George asked.
Danielle let go of George and pouted. "I was very cute, I'll have you know."
"Well, of course," George said. "Still, you really ought to leave Katrina alone."
"Ooh, look, tunnel of love!" Danielle exclaimed, dragging George behind as she rushed off.
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Danielle: (seductively looking to the camera, with her pinky to her lips) My, my, what a lovely kisser George is. (Danielle giggles.) Not exactly great, but lovely.
"Ooh, look Hank, roller coaster!" Xuxa exclaimed. "That looks like fun!"
"Can't wait," Hank said. "Roller coasters are awesome!"
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Hank: (cringing) I hate roller coasters, but I don't want to scare Xuxa away, exactly. If she likes roller coasters, I like roller coasters now.
"That was awesome!" Xuxa exclaimed, as she was getting out of her car, after the roller coaster came to a stop. Hank stepped out, collapsing to the ground. "Are you OK? You don't look good."
"Oh, no no, that was a blast," Hank said. "Couldn't have more fun if I tried. I wish I could do it again."
Xuxa gasped. "You're right! There's no line! We can do it again!" Xuxa clapped to herself, then excitedly plunked Hank back into the car, then Xuxa sat herself back down again. "Buckle up, 'cause here we go again!"
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Xuxa: It's kind of funny. Hank doesn't really look like he was enjoying the roller coaster, but he said he was having fun. I think he's just the kind of guy who's really excited, but just holds it all in. Men are like that, sometimes. It's too bad he didn't want to let out all of his emotion like me and scream for joy! Eeeiii!
Hank: (covering his ears in pain, looking woozy) I don't know how much more of Xuxa's screaming I can take. So horrible! And so close to death! She made me go on five more times! But, she didn't dump me, so I must be doing something right. (Hank smiles nervously.)
"Are you sure you don't want to kiss?" George asked, slowly riding down the tunnel of love. Sitting next to him was a Danielle dummy. George took its hand. "It's OK, we don't have to overdo it. Just want to enjoy how nice it all looks, huh?" The Danielle dummy just sat there, doing nothing. "I understand, don't want to talk now, just free your mind." George chuckled to himself. "I guess you probably want me to shut up now too, huh?" The Danielle dummy flopped its head on George's shoulder. "Just want to cuddle, huh? I can do that."
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Danielle: I kind of had to put a dummy in my place in the tunnel of love. I had some stuff I needed to do. George seemed to fall for it, which actually kind of surprised me, but I'm not complaining.
"Are you sure you want to ride?" Katrina asked, sitting in the car of the roller coaster, with Rachel standing behind the gate.
"Positive," Rachel said. "I'll have far, far more fun watching, really."
Katrina shrugged. "Your loss." Katrina smiled wickedly and held on tight as the car started to move.
Rachel watched as Katrina slowly climbed the first hill, then violently dropped from the top, having to grab her hair band which almost got away from her. Rachel shortly after narrowed her eyes as she noticed someone on the track. "Danielle? What is she doing?" Danielle placed some dynamite on the track, then climbed down, holding a detonator box. Rachel's eyes widened, and she hurried over to Danielle. "Stop!" Rachel yelled, looking irate.
"Eep," Danielle eep'd, and quickly hit the plunger, blowing up part of the track. Which quickly fell on Danielle, knocking her to the ground. Danielle moaned in pain.
Rachel looked down at Danielle, then up at Katrina, looking scared. "Katrina, watch out!" Rachel then slapped her own face in frustration. "Lot of good that'll do."
"What?" Katrina yelled, but quickly saw the broken track shortly ahead. "WHAT?" Katrina panicked, as she started to try to get out of her restraints, then blinked. "Wait, that'll just make it worse." Katrina put on a football helmet and braced for impact, and the car flew off the track, through the sky, and crashed in the carousel, which Todd was riding at the time.
"I love you, Rarity," Todd said, patting the white horse he was riding on the head, but almost immediately after looked up, and saw the wrecked roller coaster car with Katrina in it right in front of him, with stars circling her head. "I mean, yes, I love the rarity of such a calamitous event such as this! Mwahahaha!" Todd then looked puzzled. "Just as I planned, sabotaging the roller coaster. Just kind of wish I'd gotten to it first." Todd shrugged. "Giddy up, Rarity!"
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Todd: Don't judge me.
Katrina: (dizzily swaying back and forth, with stars circling her head) Ooh, stars! I wonder which one's the big dipper?
George was exiting the tunnel of love. Danielle quickly and quietly replaced the dummy with herself, then slid into George's arm. "That was nice," George said. "You were a little quiet, though."
"Yeah, just wanted to relax," Danielle said cheerfully.
"Or you weren't here at all," George said. "It almost felt like I was sitting next to a large stuffed doll this whole time."
Danielle nervously looked at George. "What-whatever are you talking about?"
"I'm talking about that you thought I wouldn't notice that suddenly, instead of skin, you were made of felt."
"Oh, that," Danielle said, nervously putting her hand behind her head. "Um… we can go through the tunnel again."
"Please don't tell me you did anything to Katrina."
"OK, I won't tell you that," Danielle said. "Though it would help if you don't question what I was doing."
George sighed. "Danielle-"
"She's evil!" Danielle complained, then crossed her arms over her chest. "I'm trying to help Rachel! If she weren't so stupid, she'd realize that!"
"And I suppose I'm also stupid for not realizing that," George said.
"Yes," Danielle said. "Yes you are, but I forgive you," Danielle said, cuddling with George. "We can't all be as perfect as I, though."
"You aren't perfect," George said.
"I know," Danielle said. "But I'm still closer to perfect than anyone else here."
"I don't even know about that," George said. Danielle stuck out her tongue. "Just please leave Katrina alone, OK?"
"Nope," Danielle said, smiling mischievously.
George sighed. "Can we at least enjoy the amusement park?"
Danielle smiled bright and nodded. "OK." Danielle leaned her head on George's shoulder. "Can we try the tunnel of love again?"
George pat Danielle's shoulder. "Sure."
Confession Vending Machine Room
George: I don't know why Danielle won't get over it. Yes, Katrina stole her box on the first day here. Yes, it wasn't that nice, but really, it's not that big a deal, and I don't understand why Danielle can't just let that go.
"I haven't been to one of these places in years," Stephanie said, walking through the amusement park with Nicole and Veronica. "Just always seemed like a waste of time."
"Having fun isn't a waste of time," Nicole said. "It's, well, fun!"
"But then it's over, and you're back to your original miserable existence," Veronica said, then sighed. "So in the end, it doesn't really solve anything."
"Oh, just have fun," Nicole said, as she and the other two girls walked over to the bumper cars, and each got into one. "And now, we just try to ram into each other!"
"How does this even work?" Stephanie asked, with her bumper car jerking forth haphazardly.
"You're getting there. Kinda'," Nicole said, uneasy. Nicole looked over to Veronica. "Veronica, you're going to ram me, right?"
Veronica sighed. "What's the point?"
"To get revenge on me!" Nicole exclaimed, as she crashed her car into Veronica's.
Veronica sighed. "I probably deserved that."
Nicole blinked. "It's not about deserving or not deserving it. It's just having fun!"
"That's fine," Veronica said. "I know I deserve to be crashed into, so might as well do it again."
"Yeah, this really isn't that much fun," Nicole said, then stepped out of her car. "Let's do something else. Maybe we can-"
Nicole was knocked down by Stephanie's car. "I think I've got a handle on how to work this thing!" Stephanie exclaimed, but then looked nervously down at Nicole, lying on the ground. "Did I really hit your car that hard?"
Confession Vending Machine Room
Nicole: (massaging her neck) Oh, yeah… probably should've remembered that Stephanie was still trying to drive that thing before I got out. Ow….
Xuxa gasped. "Oh my God, oh my God, oh my God!" Xuxa grabbed Hank and pointed him toward a large stuffed Teddy Roosevelt. "I've always wanted my own Teddy! Win it for me!"
"And I'd like to see you in the teddy," Hank said.
Xuxa slapped Hank. "Not that teddy. Teddy Roosevelt! The most kickass President ever!"
"Who?" Hank asked. "I don't remember him in history class."
"American history," Xuxa said. "Our Canadian history teacher taught us American history instead because he said no one cared about Canada."
"What's so great about America, anyway?"
"It's just cool," Xuxa said. "I've always wanted to try an American hamburger with American French fries."
"That doesn't even make sense," Hank said. "And we have those foods here!"
"Yeah, but it's not authentic here," Xuxa said. "I want to enjoy those foods the way they were intended to be eaten." Hank rolled his eyes. "Anyway, I need you to win Teddy for me!"
"All you have to do is knock down the bottles," Margo exclaimed, popping up from behind the counter. "Three balls for a dollar!" Margo giggled. "Just kidding, it's free, but it doesn't sound as carnie-like to say that!" Margo hands the three balls to Hank. Hank tossed one of the balls, but hit Margo instead. "Ow ow ow ow!" Margo complained, covering her eye with her hand. "You do not win anything for that, big meanie!" Margo backed much farther from the bottles, then Hank tossed his second ball. Which hit Margo again.
"You're bad at this," Xuxa said, looking unimpressed.
Margo stepped forward, rubbing a bruise on her head. "OK, wait to throw your third ball for me to step out for a moment." Margo walked off.
After a few seconds, a nearby telephone rang. Hank went over to answer it.
Margo was standing next to a white and red-striped pole, while some penguins were waddling by, talking into a telephone which was connected to the pole. "All right, ready, aim, fire!" Margo hang up the phone, then wiped her forehead. She then looked in fear as a shadow appeared looming overhead. "Eep!" Margo cried out, but the ball landed just right beside her. Margo sighed in relief. "OK, that was just weird."
"That was just pitiful," Xuxa said. "Where did that last ball even go?"
"I don't know," Hank said.
Margo walked back to behind the game counter. "Hank, you have terrible aim. Xuxa, do you want to try to win it yourself?"
Hank spoke up. "I can-"
"Yes," Xuxa said. Margo handed Xuxa the three balls, and she immediately knocked down the bottles with her first toss.
"Congratulations!" Margo exclaimed, as she got down Teddy Roosevelt for Xuxa. "Enjoy your prize that your boyfriend didn't win for you!"
"Thanks!" Xuxa exclaimed.
"I could've done that," Hank whined.
"Sure, whatever," Xuxa said.
Confession Vending Machine Room
Hank: She knows how awesome I am. She wants me bad.
Xuxa: (in a wedding dress, holding a picture frame with Hank in it) Do you, Hank, take this beautiful bride to be your lawfully wedded wife? (Xuxa imitates Hank's voice. Badly.) I do. (Xuxa giggles.)
"Hi," Mallory said, walking up to Zack, who was sitting by himself on a bench. Mallory took a seat next to him. "You don't look like you're having much fun."
"Not really," Zack said. "I'm just kind of bored. Katrina's with Rachel, and I don't really feel comfortable about Rachel. She just kind of rubs me the wrong way." A spitball lands on Zack. "And there's that."
Zack points over to Alistair, who is wearing a cardboard Rachel mask over his head. Alistair begins speaking in a falsetto. "Hi, I'm Rachel, and you're a stupid head!"
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Zack: Yeah. It's hard to like Rachel.
Alistair: Personally, I'd have rather gone for the Katrina mask, but as moronic as Zack is, I think even he would've known something was up if someone so saccharinely sweet did that. I figured with the Rachel mask, he wouldn't question it. (Alistair puts a cardboard Katrina mask over his face, and starts speaking with a falsetto.) Hi, I'm Katrina, and I did the Darth Vader thing, killing millions of innocent lives, but now I'm super nice and everyone loves me, tee hee! (Alistair takes off the mask, then fake gags.)
"What about you?" Mallory asked, holding her hands together, eagerly looking at Zack. "You're usually pretty quiet."
"Talking doesn't do me a lot of good," Zack said. "I just tend to get ignored a lot. I'm not really sure why."
"Getting noticed isn't always a good thing," Mallory pointed out.
"I know," Zack said. "It's hard sometimes, though. Even Katrina. I know she means well-"
"I'm less sure," Mallory said. "I honestly do not know what to make of her."
"She's a bit flighty," Zack said. "She likes me, but I come second to Rachel. And I don't really want to bother her about that, but it does bother me a little bit."
"You'll have to tell her," Mallory said. "That's not really something I should get involved with."
"I know, you're right," Zack said. "She's probably not even aware of it."
"I wouldn't be so sure about that," Mallory said. "But still, she seems to like you." Mallory covered her face and giggled. "I kind of like you too, though."
"I do, too," Zack said, putting his hand on Mallory's, which was lying on the bench between them.
"You like you too, huh?" Mallory asked, raising an eyebrow.
Zack looked nervous. "That's not what I-"
Mallory put her hand over Zack's mouth. "I know what you meant, silly." Mallory picked up Zack's hand with both of hers. "I like you. You're cute, and nice."
"Thank you," Zack said, smiling.
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Mallory:: Zack reminds me slightly of Hank, in that he tends to get overlooked. Except Hank seems to have it in his head that the world owes him for being supposedly "nice." (Mallory rolls her eyes.) Zack actually is nice, though.
Zack: Should I have tried to kiss Mallory? Or would she have thought I was going too fast? I hope I wasn't supposed to kiss her.
"Oh, George," Danielle said, sitting on a bench next to George, blushing and holding his hand.
"Oh, Danielle," George said, smiling himself.
Danielle waved her finger. "Oh Martha was the proper reply to that."
"But you're not Martha," George said.
"Aww, I love that you don't think of me as a talking dog," Danielle said, smiling bright.
"…I have no idea what you're talking about," George said.
Danielle pat George's hand. "That's why I love ya'!"
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Danielle: George doesn't get a lot of references, does he?
Opheliabot: No he does not. But most people do not. Just because you understand what you are talking about, does not mean anyone else will understand.
Danielle: Um, you were supposed to answer with something silly like "bananas are spies for the government," or dancing on the ceiling, or something.
Opheliabot: I was not programmed for those things.
Danielle: Well, do something crazy that you were programmed to do.
Opheliabot: As you wish. (Opheliabot snatches Danielle's shoes and eats them.) Yummy.
Danielle: Hey!
Izzy: (shrugging) Yeah, I'm just as surprised as you are that the robot wasn't just a one episode joke.
"Mwahahahaha!" Todd cackled, as he walked up to a ring toss game. "I shall win myself the rifle."
"Sure thing!" Margo exclaimed, popping up from behind the counter. "All you have to do is get a ring around one of those bottles." Margo handed Todd three differently-colored plastic rings.
"Ah, the red ring of death!" Todd exclaimed. "Oh, how evil you truly are, and as such, you are obviously the ring that will ensure my victory!" Todd tosses the ring, which bounces off one of the bottles' necks and onto the ground. "Curses!"
"You still have two more rings to slay those evil bottles!" Margo exclaimed cheerfully.
"And indeed I shall," Todd said, as he threw his blue ring toward the bottles, which missed completely. "Curses!"
"You still have one ring left!" Margo exclaimed. "You can do it!"
"A good way to butter up your soon-to-be ruler," Todd said. "I will make a note to allow you to live when I rule." Todd dropped the yellow plastic ring and took out a metallic, beeping ring, with a small antenna. "This radio-controlled ring will ensure my victory! Mwahahaha!"
"You know I can hear you," Margo said, raising an eyebrow.
Todd looked worried for a moment, but quickly put a grin on his face. "No no no, miss, you misunderstood. I was, uh, just saying how only someone evil would cheat with a radio-controlled ring. Yes, that works, yes."
Margo narrowed her eyes Todd, then smiled bright. "Okie! Good luckie!"
"I shall not require luck," Todd said, giving a devious wink to the camera, then tossed the ring, which missed.
"Aww, too bad," Margo said, then sniffled and wiped her eye. Todd then took out a remote, and pressed some buttons on it, which made the ring fly back up, and around the neck of the bottle. "Wow, that was really good! I've never seen anyone who could do that before!"
"What can I say?" Todd asked, looking confident. "It's a natural gift."
"And this is a natural gift for you!" Margo exclaimed, taking down the rifle, and handing it over to Todd.
"Mwahahahaha!" Todd laughed, then cocked the gun. "So what kind of bullets does this baby take?"
"Water!" Margo exclaimed. "It's a water gun, silly!"
"Oh," Todd said, disappointed. "Ah well. I can upset someone with this."
"Or bring joy to them!" Margo exclaimed.
Todd stared blankly at Margo. "Sure…."
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Todd: (with a black eye) Of course, it helps to use something other than water. Mwahahahaha! (Todd holds up a bottle of maple syrup to the camera.)
Katrina: (Katrina is dripping in maple syrup, and screaming to the sky.)
"Todd is going to pay!" Rachel muttered, as she stormed past Zack and Mallory, still sitting on their bench, and staring nervously at Rachel.
Zack turned to Mallory and spoke up. "What was-"
"I don't think we want to know," Mallory said, then started playing with her hair. "So, favorite video game?"
"I don't know," Zack said. "I don't play a whole lot. Does Minesweeper count?"
"I… guess," Mallory said, then shrugged. "I love Resident Evil. Big fan of the classics."
"I thought classics were like Super Mario Brothers."
Mallory shrugged. "I despise that game, but yeah, I guess that is what most people who aren't familiar with video games think of first. And I suppose it is a classic, technically, but yeah, don't like it. Katrina used to be obsessed with it. Brings back bad memories."
"Eep! I'm sorry for bringing that up," Zack said.
"I don't hate it, or anything," Mallory said. "I just don't like it."
"Good enough," Zack said, smiling at Mallory.
"Why don't you kiss her already!" Danielle exclaimed, as she and George were walking past. Zack and Mallory both blushed.
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Zack: (nervously rubbing his arm) I'm just not really ready yet. I don't think Mallory is either. Or maybe I'm reading her wrong?
Mallory: Yeah, I don't really mind waiting. I'm not in any rush with Zack. I prefer patience, even!
Danielle: I am now forever going to wonder how she plays video games with only one arm. Seems like that'd be really hard.
"You all right?" Rachel asked, as Katrina came out of the bathroom, shivering.
"I hope I got it all out," Katrina said. "Glad I brought a back-up outfit."
"I think it looks nice," Rachel said. "You look hot in those jeans!"
"Thanks," Katrina said. "They're a little tight, really. Not really that comfortable. I can't wait for my normal outfit to finish washing." Katrina sighed. "Do you want to try the ferris wheel?
"That looked horrible," Rachel said. "You were tumbling all around in that thing!"
Katrina giggled. "That was the Rock-o-Plane." Katrina pinched her pointer finger and thumb together. "Teensy bit different from a regular ferris wheel. Ferris wheels aren't so bad. Kind of relaxing, you get to see the skyline, and all the little ants below who are actually people… I think you'll like it!"
"Oh… so just a normal ferris wheel, then," Rachel said. "I think I can handle that."
"Yay!" Katrina exclaimed, then glomped Rachel. Rachel sighed. Soon after, the two girls walked over to the ferris wheel, and took their seat.
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Rachel: (wide-eyed, shaking) I don't think I want to go on another ferris wheel again. Ever.
"Ooh, look George! The ferris wheel!" Danielle exclaimed, then looked seductively at George, and rubbed under his chin with her finger. "That can be a pretty romantic ride."
George blushed. "Well, I can't look at it exactly, but I'm game. As long as it's not the scary fast ferris wheel that goes upside-down. Someone tricked me onto one of those before."
Danielle shook her head. "Nope. Just the normal, slow, not scary kind." Danielle led George to the next seat, and then sat down beside him.
Confession Vending Machine Room
Danielle: George, I'm sorry, but I couldn't pass up the opportunity! Just please, believe me, it was for the greater good!
"Hey, look, it's the ferris wheel!" Xuxa exclaimed, then squeezed Hank. "Let's go, let's go, let's go!" Xuxa looked seductively to Hank. "It'll be so romantic!" Xuxa giggled.
"Sure," Hank said, unsure.
"Eeeiii!" Xuxa squeed.
Confession Vending Machine Room
Hank: I'm starting to wonder if having a girlfriend is worth it.
"Hey, how about we get on the ferris wheel?" Nicole asked to Veronica and Stephanie, as they approached it.
"Looks awful, but we need the win," Stephanie said. "I'll do it."
"Looks terrifying," Veronica said. "Count me out."
"Do not be such a baby," Stephanie said. "It is perfectly boring, but also perfectly safe."
"I'll stay on the ground," Veronica said.
"Suit yourself!" Nicole exclaimed, as she and Stephanie got on the next seat.
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Nicole: (nervously circling her finger on the arm of the chair) Yeah, I'm not a big fan of ferris wheels anymore, either.
"Ooh, the ferris wheel!" Mallory exclaimed, walking alongside Zack. "It would be nice to go on at least one ride with you, and the ferris wheel is nice and relaxing and way up high in the sky!"
"OK," Zack said. "I've always found them a little scary, but sure! How bad can they be?"
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Zack: Err… pretty bad, I'd say.
"You're right," Rachel said, smiling at Katrina. "This is pretty nice."
"Told ya'!" Katrina exclaimed, smiling at Rachel. Rachel put her arm around Katrina, though Katrina almost immediately eep'd.
"Whoops… heh heh… sorry," Rachel said nervously.
"It's OK," Katrina said. "You just kind of caught me off guard."
Slightly below Katrina, Danielle was scaling the ferris wheel, carrying a jar of metal pellets.
Confession Vending Machine Room
Danielle: (with a black eye) Rachel, you should be thanking me! I'm help you whether you realize it or not!
Danielle was now slightly above Rachel and Katrina, and opened the jar of metal pellets, and dumped the contents down Katrina's shirt.
"Ow!" Katrina yiped, then scratched her back. "I think something's biting me."
Danielle then grinned maliciously as she pulled out a large magnet, aiming it directly over Katrina. Katrina slowly started being pulled up out of her seat. "What's happening?"
"I don't know!" Rachel shouted, worried, and tried to pull Katrina back into the seat, but without success, as Katrina was drawn to Danielle.
"Hello, Little Miss Sociopath," Danielle said, grinning triumphantly.
"Why can't you leave me alone?" Katrina shouted, being held up by the magnet, being held up by Danielle. "And how are you even strong enough to lift me?"
"Adrenaline rush," Danielle said. "And now, goodbye, Katrina."
"Please don't, please don't, please don't!" Katrina pleaded, but Danielle dropped the magnet anyway, along with Katrina, and Katrina fell to the ground, hitting all the metal bars along the way.
"Please tell me that wasn't what I think it was," George asked, hearing what was going on.
"Don't worry, she's not really human," Danielle said.
"I thought you were going to leave her alone," George said.
"I was, but then she was right in front of me, and I couldn't just pass up the opportunity!" Danielle said, beaming. "Besides, she totally deserved it."
"I really don't get that."
Danielle hmph'd. "I am an excellent judge of character I'll have you know."
"Rachel is going to kill you when we get off this ride, you know."
"Oh, yes, I'm expecting that," Danielle said. "I wish she'd understand that I'm trying to protect her, but she's just too stupid to grasp that."
"I don't think anyone but you grasps that," George said.
"Well I am the smartest contestant here," Danielle proclaimed.
Confession Vending Machine Room
Stephanie: Wow… Nicole can really kick butt when she's angry enough! I really like watching this side of her, especially doing it to Danielle, who needed to be taken down a peg.
Rachel: Well, Nicole kind of helped me pummel Danielle back there for what she did to Katrina. Seriously don't understand that girl's problem. But still, I hope Nicole doesn't think I like her just because she helped with that, 'cause I so do not like her! I don't swing that way. (Rachel smiles nervously for the camera.)
Nicole: Felt kind of weird, helping Rachel in getting back at Danielle like that. And I don't really enjoy hurting someone with physical violence like that, but just… urgh! (Nicole punches the wall.) How dare she do that to Katrina! I swear she will pay! Even if I have to get voted out for it, she will pay! I swear, that girl is absolutely vile!
The three teams were gathered before Izzy, dressed as a carnie, complete with cane, standing on a small stage, behind a podium. "I hope you all enjoyed your stay at Izzy Land, but I'm afraid it's closing time."
"But it's barely sunset!" Xuxa complained, then crossed her arms over her chest. "What a gyp! I hope you're offering refunds!"
"Sorry, but it's against policy," Izzy said.
"What are you even talking about?" Rachel asked to Xuxa.
"I dunno'," Xuxa said, playing with her fingers. "Just kind of got caught up in the moment."
"What moment?" Rachel asked, raising an eyebrow.
"Anyway, it's time to announce the winners!" Izzy exclaimed. "In second place, for having a moderate amount of fun, is Team Moon!"
"We had tons of fun!" Stephanie shouted. "We deserve first place!"
Izzy raised an eyebrow. "You looked like you had no idea what you were doing out there. Which is odd, since it seems like this challenge should've been easy." But that leaves Team Amazon and Team Himalayas. And the winner of the ten thousand dollars and tonight's funniest home video is-" Izzy pauses, while Trent plays a drum roll nearby.
"What are you even babbling about?" Rachel asked, with her hands on her hips.
"Oh, lighten up, you won," Izzy said. "Team Amazon has taken first. Katrina had a surprising amount of fun, despite her injuries-you're a trooper."
"Thank you," Katrina said softly, wearing several bandages and on crutches.
"Xuxa seemed to be hogging all the fun between herself and Hank, and Mallory and Zack seemed to get along nicely."
"You two?" Katrina asked, turning to Zack.
"Yeah," Zack said. "I'm sorry, but I just kind of relate to her a lot. You really are a good friend, though."
Katrina smiled. "It's OK. I'm glad you're happy."
Xuxa scratched her head.. "I don't even know who he is."
"I wish I didn't know who he was," Rachel said, rolling her eyes.
"Wait," Danielle said, looking distraught, as well as being slightly bandaged and bruised herself. "Why did George and I lose?"
"You're serious," Izzy asked, then shook her head. "All you did the whole time was make out with George and try to permanently disfigure Katrina. The constant making out is boring, and the attempts at Katrina's life are, well, attempts at Katrina's life, so no. You lose."
"Uh, how many times did you try to get rid of Katrina, anyway?" George asked.
"Three, and Izzy wasn't exactly happy with you today, either," Danielle said. "I told you we should've gone on the roller coaster!"
"Didn't you blow part of it up?" George asked.
"Only the wooden one," Danielle said. "We still could've gone on the loopy one."
Confession Vending Machine Room
Bridgette: (irritated) Personally, I thought Team Himalayas should have won. I thought it was really sweet, watching George and Danielle making out. I don't understand why anyone wouldn't have enjoyed watching that.
Rachel: Yeah, I'm pretty sure Danielle had something to do with kidnapping Katrina. It just makes too much sense. She hates Katrina, so of course she'd do that! Though I'm not sure why she wanted to get rid of Mallory, but I don't care, either.
"We've got a special presentation for you tonight!" Leshawna announced, standing in front of the large screen, with Gwen standing next to her. "You're all gonna' wanna' see this!"
"This is going to be lame, isn't it?" Rachel complained, crossing her arms over her chest.
"You may find this interesting, actually," Gwen said, smirking. "We found out who's in cahoots with Todd, with having Katrina and Mallory kidnapped."
"Really?" Rachel asked. "OK, I'm interested. I do need to know who to extract revenge upon."
"You want it, you got it!" Leshawna exclaimed. She and Gwen moved out of the way, and the screen started playing.
"This is your assignment. You are to act on this during the middle of the night after the next elimination ceremony."
"Why not do it tonight?" Todd asked. "It'd be fun!"
"I want time to prepare," the mystery person said. "You might also wish for some time to prepare, correct? After all, we do want to make this good!"
Todd shrugged. "Hey, for a thousand dollars, I can wait twenty-four hours. I'm flexible."
The mystery figure nodded. "Good."
"You know, you should do an evil laugh now," Todd said, grinning. "It's the perfect time! Let's do it together! Mwahaha-"
The mystery figure slapped a hand, still under the cloak, over Todd's mouth. "No." Todd looked a bit worried, and just nodded. The mystery figure then walked away, and the screen showed two video shots, side by side, looking like they could almost connect, with a small area missing between the two. The mystery figure walked through the area on the left side of the screen, and then nothing happened for about a minute. After that minute, though, someone recognizable was walking through the right side of the screen.
Rachel was walking past, wearing her green pajamas, smirking to herself. The video switched a few times to show her whole journey back to her bed, where she fell asleep quickly.
Rachel's jaw was wide open, as she seemed to be staring at the screen in disbelief. "That's not possible!"
"That you got caught?" Leshawna shouted, smirking. "You covered your tracks, but not enough!"
Rachel was turning red with rage as she dragged her hand down her own face. "No, you imbecile, I didn't do it!"
"That looked like you," Xuxa asked, confused. "Why did you do it?"
"Well, she doesn't like me," Mallory said. "Maybe she didn't like Katrina either. She was bottling up her anger, and she snapped."
"I didn't do that!" Rachel screamed. Katrina was curled up on the ground, with her head buried in her legs, crying softly. Rachel walked over to Katrina nervously. "Katrina?"
"Go away," Katrina said, sounding distraught.
"I really didn't do that," Rachel said. "I wouldn't do that to you."
Katrina looked up, with her makeup running. "Do I even know you? I mean, I know I've done things, but… but why?"
Rachel nervously bit her lip. "I know this looks bad, but I really did not do that. Someone is framing me. I would never do that to you." Rachel started crying, and wiped her eyes. "I love you."
"Looks like you've got competition, Nicole," Hank said, grinning. Nicole rolled her eyes.
"As a friend! I love you as a friend!" Rachel said, then laughed nervously. "I don't know who did this, but I swear, I will find out, and I will take that person down!"
"Just admit you did it," Mallory said. "You got caught."
Confession Vending Machine Room
Katrina: (crying softly) I just... I just can't believe it. I thought we were friends.
Rachel: (sobbing) I swear, I'd never do that to you, Katrina! I swear I'm innocent!
George: Well, the video didn't really tell me anything, but from the reaction afterwards, I assume it was Rachel who had her own friend kidnapped?
Danielle: (rubbing George's shoulder) No, it wasn't Rachel.
Danielle and George were sitting on the floor together inside the third place cabin. "I guess one of us is leaving."
"It'll be OK," George said, smiling. "I don't mind leaving."
Danielle raised an eyebrow. "No."
"No?" George asked, confused.
"I know what you're thinking, and no," Danielle said. "You're going to vote for yourself, aren't you?"
"Well, yes," George said. "I want you to stay in and beat everyone! And you need the money!"
"Not like that," Danielle said. "Ideally, if we could both stay in the game, you would, right?"
"Yes," George answered.
"And you would like to possibly win, right?"
"Yes," George said. "I'm getting a bit worried here."
"Then don't be stupid," Danielle said. "Voting yourself off if you want to stay is just plain dumb. So don't do it. I wouldn't do that, and I don't want you to, either! I want to stay in this game, so I'm voting for you!"
"You didn't make a real vote yourself last time," George said. "Katrina, really? You knew it wouldn't count."
"I also knew I was completely safe," Danielle said. "There was no benefit for me to have to choose between my boyfriend and my best friend. This time, there's an obvious benefit for me to vote for you."
George sighed. "Are you sure you don't want me to vote myself off?"
Danielle nodded.. "Positive." Danielle looked around the room for a few seconds. "So, want to make out a bit?"
"Sure," George said. Danielle then pounced on George, kissing him.
Confession Vending Machine Room
Danielle: I'm voting for George, since, well, I don't really have any other options. Well, unless I voted for myself, but I'm here to win! I need the money! Now I just really hope he votes for me, and doesn't do something stupid like voting for himself.
George: This is hard. I know Danielle really wants me to vote for her, and doesn't think it would be fair otherwise, and I know she's voting for me. So I can either give her a free ride this round, or do what she wants me to do, and feel bad about voting her out. (George sighs.)
Danielle and George were sitting in their recliners at the bonfire site that night, while Izzy was standing behind her podium, and Bridgette was pouting while holding up a plate with a single alphabet block on it. "I still think they should've won," Bridgette said.
"Making out isn't properly enjoying the amusement park experience," Izzy said. "You're just biased because you wanted to do that with Geoff." Bridgette blushed. "Anyway, you two have been here before, so I'm sure you know how it works. One of you will soon be leaving the game, never to return, unless you do." Izzy shrugged. "Anyway, the one of you who gets the alphabet block will be safe tonight, and probably be leaving in the next episode. The other of you will be leaving tonight."
"You don't think the other person can make a comeback?" Bridgette asked.
"Nope, not a chance," Izzy said, shrugging.
"You know we can hear you," Danielle said, frustrated tapping her fingers on the arm of the chair.
Izzy waved dismissively to Danielle. "Don't really care about you."
"Danielle's not so bad," Bridgette said nervously.
"Thank you," Danielle said sweetly.
"Not that nice either," Bridgette said.
"Thank you," Danielle said sarcastically.
"She just needs to be herself," Bridgette said.
"Being bossy and egotistical is her being herself," George said.
"Hey!" Danielle shouted, then playfully slapped George.
"Are you denying it?" George asked.
"That doesn't make it nice," Danielle said, pouting.
"Danielle and George, you are in the bottom two," Izzy solemnly stated.
"Um, duh," Danielle said, rolling her eyes. "That kind of went without saying."
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"It's a tie, actually," Izzy said.
Danielle let out a deep breath. "Thank you for not voting for yourself."
"I would've feared for my life if I'd done that," George said. "I don't think you can win the tiebreaker, though."
Danielle shrugged. "Probably not. I'll be OK, though." Danielle got out of her seat to give George a tight hug, then shared a kiss with him. "I'll miss you, but don't be in a hurry to get voted off just to see me!"
"I'll try not to," George said. "If I'm lucky, Team Amazon might possibly lose another round." Danielle stuck out her tongue at George as she sat back down in her seat.
"You know, it could be George leaving," Izzy said.
"Who's the tiebreaker, anyway?" Danielle asked.
"Katrina," Izzy said.
"Well, I definitely know I'm leaving now," Danielle said, nervously looking straight at Izzy. "I'm ready."
"Danielle, you're safe."
"What?" Danielle shouted, in shock.
"Buh-bye, George!" Izzy exclaimed, then pushed the button, which sent George hurtling through the sky, screaming.
Bridgette watched George being flung, looking concerned. "I thought we agreed not to do that to George."
Izzy shrugged. "I'm pretty sure Eva's there to drag him out of the lake."
"You don't know?" Danielle shouted. "He's going to have trouble out there!"
"Fine, I'll go check and make sure he's OK," Izzy said, then leapt out of the area.
Confession Vending Machine Room
Katrina: (filing her nails) I'm sorry George. You're a lot nicer than Danielle, don't get me wrong, but that's just it. It's a lot easier to get revenge on Danielle if she is still here, and she has crossed this kitten one time too many. (Katrina scratches her nails on the arm of the chair.) And it's time for her to learn I have still have my claws.
Danielle was sitting in her chair, crying softly, looking lost. Bridgette nervously walked up to her, and put her hand on Danielle's shoulder. "He's going to be OK."
Danielle sniffled, then looked up to Bridgette. "I guess my staying is probably what he wanted." Danielle started stroking her chin. "And what I wanted too, for that matter."
"You can still pull off a victory," Bridgette said. "I'd actually like to see you get further."
"Does this mean that you've realized how wonderful I am?" Danielle asked, batting her eyelids.
"Uh, no," Bridgette said, raising an eyebrow. "You're not so bad, though. Sometimes. You just need to show everyone the real you."
"I hardly even know who the real me is anymore," Danielle said, looking down, holding her hands together. "Heck, I didn't even know myself well enough to realize I was afraid of anything." Danielle laughed slightly. "Oh God, I'm such a mess."
"Well, you're trying to better yourself," Bridgette said, smiling. "Maybe you could forgive Katrina. I mean, she did keep you here over George. I bet she'd appreciate that."
Confession Vending Machine Room
Danielle: Yeah, I'm never going to forgive Katrina. It's absolutely astounding how she has everyone wrapped around her little finger-even Mallory now! Well, except Alistair, but I think he just hates her because she has more money than he does. And people think I'm shallow. (Danielle rolls her eyes.) Rachel isn't even aware that she's just Katrina's little pawn. I feel sorry for her, really.
"Never going to happen," Danielle said. "I despise her for, what I'm pretty sure at least, are completely unselfish reasons. As opposed to Isis, who I hate because she's just mean to me for no reason. It's personal there."
Bridgette shook her head. "I don't get why you hate either of them."
"Isis thinks I had an easy life just because I'm white!" Danielle shouted. "Why would I like someone so racist?"
"Well, you did kind of pretend that you had a perfect life the whole time she was still here," Bridgette said nervously.
"She shouldn't have assumed," Danielle said. "I don't exactly enjoy advertising my life story to everyone."
"You do know that everyone's going to find out pretty much everything about anyone on this show," Bridgette said.
"I was hoping once I was a hundred-thousandaire-after taxes, naturally-that I wouldn't have to worry about that," Danielle said. "I really could use that money."
"Well, just don't lose for a while," Bridgette said. "Just try as hard as you can not to lose." Bridgette sighed. "I wish I could think of less cheesy advice to give you."
Danielle stood up and gently hugged Bridgette. "Thank you. You're really plain-looking, but you're also really nice."
"Thanks," Bridgette said, then blinked. "Plain-looking?"
Votes
Danielle: George
George: Danielle
Tiebreaker (Katrina): George
George: 2
Danielle: 1
Team Amazon: Alistair, Katrina, Mallory, Rachel, Xuxa, Zack
Team Himalayas: Danielle
Team Moon: Elizabeth, Hank, Jennie, Nicole, Quincy, Stephanie, Todd, Veronica
Losers: Leanne, Walter, Candice, Frederique, Isis, Ulysses, Yancy, Percy, Bob, Ophelia, George
I liked George. He was a good presence, and had a good effect on Danielle. And they had a nice time together. Short, but nice. So time for him to leave, and leave Danielle on her own….
And it's been twelve episodes, so you know that that means is coming up next….