"Last time on Total Drama Fazbear Cruise, our remaining five competitors split off into two teams of two to battle out in a game of water volleyball!" Marionette exclaimed. "After a lot of thinking, and Adrian costing her the previous challenge, Cheek finally decided to take Roxy up on her offer to form a late season alliance in hopes to wipe out Adrian. However, their sneaky meeting wouldn't have even happened if Mike wouldn't have sent Baby on a mission to keep Adrian distracted from bothering them long enough for it to happen. And after Mike's plan, he would confront the two females, and reluctantly agree to join the alliance, himself." He continued. "But in the end, after a failed sabotage plan stirred up by Roxy backfired when Cheek and Mike somehow managed to lose a two on one game of volleyball, it would be the losing teammates placed in the bottom two and Mike getting the boot, that would ultimately lead to Baby hijacking and sinking my ship with all of my belongings and-!" He exclaimed, before stopping and taking a deep breath.
"Now, without a ship, thanks to Baby... what are we going to do this time?" Marionette asked, still very annoyed about the ship incident. "Find out right now on another episode of..."
"Total..."
"Drama...
"Fazbear..."
"Cruise..."
(Cues Theme Music)
Roxy was currently lying back in the sand on the beach as far away from the others as she could go.
They had now been trapped on that island for two days, and neither Marionette nor Nightmare knew where they even were. It was ridiculous.
Roxy was more mad about losing all of her belongings that she had with her than she was about being trapped on an island with Adrian, even though that was awful in itself.
It had only been two days, and things were already getting rough. Since they lost all of their clothes they were left with what they were wearing when the ship sank, which after two days of wearing them none stop, not having a place to shower, and exploring the wooded part of the island for something to eat, they were raggedy and dirty.
Roxy didn't like that in slightest.
This whole situation in itself just made her wish she would have stayed as far away from this show as she possibly could. It never seemed like anything good came out of it.
She was just trying as hard as she possibly could to relax. It was rough, but she was somehow managing.
(Confessional -Roxy)
The new confessional was sitting onto of a very uncomfortable rock, with a large tree as the backdrop. Roxy hated it.
"I always knew crazy fan girl was going to do something stupid, and here it is. She sank the ship, destroyed everything I brought with me, and left us stranded with no food, water, or shelter on an island." Roxy started, before shaking her head. "Great. Just great." She continued.
(Confessional End)
(With Cheek)
Cheek had been walking along the shore for hours now. She must have circled around from end to end four times already.
The island itself wasn't too big, but it was big enough.
She was trying to keep her mind off of the situation they were currently in, but it was way too hard to do.
As Cheek walked around the island, she got vibes of the being on the island from the first season. It was strange, but it also brought back memories.
The one that immediately came to mind was meeting Brent. If it wasn't for this show, she would have never met him.
She wished he was here with her, but at the same time, she didn't. Having him trapped on an island without any means of survival just so she wouldn't have to suffer without him wasn't something she wanted.
She sighed as she continued walking along the edge of the water.
The only good thing about the island was the fact that it was pretty quiet. There were only six people on it, but still.
As Cheek continued here walk, she saw she was once again approaching the area where Marionette had set up camp for himself and Ballora.
The same night the ship sank, he made Nightmare travel around the island alone and find enough supplies to build he and Ballora a small hut. Nightmare was annoyed by this, but after a lot of convincing, Marionette finally made him do it.
The hut he built wasn't the most magnificent thing in the world, but it was probably better sleeping in there than out in the cold like everyone else was having to do, including Nightmare.
Cheek shook her head as she walked past the campsite. Ballora and Marionette were sitting in the sand talking about something, while Nightmare sat on a log eating a piece of bark that he ripped off of a tree.
Cheek didn't know how he was doing that, but she wasn't going to question it considering if something didn't happen soon and they weren't able to find any food, tree bark would be her next meal.
Once Cheek left Marionette's small camp behind her, she continued her walk along the shore.
No one stayed together like they probably should have. Her, Roxy, and Adrian had all slept in different places, away from Marionette's camp site, even though Ballora tried to convince everyone to stay together.
After what had happened, everyone just needed a break from each other so they could take some time to take it all in.
As Cheek continued her walk along the shore, enjoying the cool breeze messing up her already messy feathers even more, she eventually saw Roxy in the distance.
Roxy hadn't really said anything to anyone since everything went down, she had pretty much kept to herself on the small part of the island she chose to stay on.
Cheek was bored. She didn't think it would be a big deal to approach her and talk to her, after all, they needed to talk about what had happened in the last challenge. Their plan had backfired, and Mike suffered for it.
Cheek made her way over to Roxy, who was still lying on her back, arms folded behind her head, and her eyes closed.
This is going to be the first time Cheek had talked to Roxy since everything happened. But she figured it needed to happen while Adrian wasn't around bothering them.
"Hey." Cheek said, once she got over to the vixen. Roxy opened one eye and looked at her.
"What?" Roxy said curiously.
"We need to talk." Cheek said.
"About what?" Roxy asked.
"You know what about." Cheek replied. Roxy sighed, before sitting up.
"Go ahead, make yourself at home." She said, as she motioned to the sand in front of her.
Cheek sat down across from Roxy and stared at her for several seconds, before finally speaking.
"The last challenge-" Cheek started, before quickly getting cut off.
"-Yeah, you and Mike blew it. I know. But we're still here and we can still take out Adrian." Roxy said.
"How? What's your next plan?" Cheek asked. "It was three on one in the last challenge and he still won." She continued.
"Yeah, I don't know how you two managed to lose to him after I pretty much handed you the win on a golden platter." Roxy said.
"I don't know either, but he somehow managed to beat us." Cheek said.
"Like before, I'll have to find out what the next challenge is before I can come up with something, but this time, when I do, you can't blow it again." Roxy said.
"Stop acting like this is all my fault." Cheek said, clearly starting to get annoyed.
"I played my part, now it's time for you to play yours." Roxy said.
"Mike and I blew it. I get it. There's nothing we can do about it now. But just because we weren't able to pull it off last time, doesn't mean we'll fail again. I want Adrian gone just as bad as you do, he's just too... conniving." Cheek started, before sighing. "Guess I can't point fingers though... because with what we're doing, we are too." She continued. Roxy shook her head.
"Look, I don't care what you want to call him, because I'm sure whatever negative things you say about him are true, but if we're going to get rid of him tonight, we can't mess up this time." Roxy started. "This may seem wrong to you, but just remember everything that he's done this season, you're no worse than he is." She continued.
Roxy wasn't too good at trying to make someone feel better, but Cheek did agree to help her, so she figured she'd try.
Cheek was what Roxy liked to refer to as a "Good Girl." She didn't like doing things that involved cheating or lying, especially when it came to a competition like this, and over all three seasons, she hasn't. Even after everything herself, Baxter, Goldie, and now Adrian had done to her.
Roxy would have lost her cool a long time ago if she had to put up with everything Cheek had, so she had to give her props for maintaining her morals as long as she did.
"I've known you long enough to know you're a good person, and its obvious that nothing is going to change that. But, sometimes even the nicest people have to do some pretty terrible things if it comes to doing what's necessary. You're looking into this way more than you should be. It's not that big of a deal, so you should stop acting like it is." Roxy said. "So, Adrian is the bad guy here, not us. Remember that." She continued.
Cheek was shocked to be hearing anything like this coming out of Roxy's mouth. It's like, she went from evil mastermind to motivational speaker in one night. It was pretty hard to take in.
"You've still got my help, don't worry. Adrian is the bad guy here, I know that, and we can't let the bad guy win." Cheek said. "He's been so okay with cheating, and somehow you, Baxter, and Goldie have all managed to not lose sleep over it, and since I'm only doing it to make sure someone who doesn't deserve to win loses, maybe I won't lose any sleep either." She continued.
"Good way to look on the positive side." Roxy said.
"Yeah, it is." Cheek said.
(Confessional -Cheek)
"I honestly never thought this would bother me so much. Adrian is a liar, he is a cheater, and he doesn't deserve to win. So why does doing the same thing to him that he's been doing to everyone else make me feel so... so wrong?" Cheek asked. "The only thing I'm curious about is what Brent would say. I mean, sure he did the same thing last season when they were trying to get rid of Goldie. But even then, would he look at me differently if he knew I was trying to cheat just to get my way? I don't know, and it seriously makes me worry." She continued. "I agreed to help Roxy because she actually wants to do something right for a change. With what she's done so far this season, she seems like she's changing. But Adrian, he's managed to avoid elimination longer than Goldie did. It horrible. And that NEEDS to come to an end. So regardless whether or not a feel right doing this, I'm going to do it." She finished.
(Confessional End)
(With Adrian)
Adrian had been wondering around in the woods trying to find something to eat. He was hungry.
He managed to catch himself a fish the first night they were there, but he hadn't been lucky enough to catch another.
As he was walking around, he heard Cheek and Roxy in the distance. A small smirk crept onto his face, as he slowly and quietly approached the voices.
"Just listen to me and he won't make it past tonight's challenge. We'll take care of him and go into the finale together and see which one of us deserves that money more." Roxy said.
"I'll listen, but lets just hope whatever you come up with works. We can't let him beat us again." Cheek said.
"We aren't going to, don't worry." Roxy said.
Adrian let out an almost inaudible chuckle as he listened.
He wasn't dumb, he knew Roxy and Cheek were working together to try and take him out. But that wasn't going to happen. They could come up with as many plans as they wanted and they still couldn't beat him.
Adrian had said it plenty already, this season is HIS. He made it this far, and he wasn't going to let those two take him out now.
They may have been smart, but even between the two of them, Adrian knew they didn't have enough brain power to outsmart him.
"Like I said, follow my lead, we'll take care of him tonight, and then I'll beat you in the finale and win that money." Roxy said. Cheek let out a little laugh.
"I'm all for the taking care of him thing, but if we-" Cheek started, before being interrupted.
"-Correction, WHEN we make it to the finale." Roxy said.
"Okay, WHEN we make it to the finale, you aren't beating me." Cheek said.
Adrian was interested in the sudden disagreement. He knew they weren't friends. He had done his research before the season started and knew everything that Roxy had done.
He knew that their so called "Alliance" wasn't going to last. There is no way it would. He knew deep down they couldn't stand each other. This whole thing they had going on was an act because they wanted him gone, because apparently, they hadn't yet realized that he wasn't going anywhere.
"Like I've already told you, I'm not making all the way to the finale only to lose another season. That's not happening." Roxy said.
"You're not making it this far to lose again? You only made it one challenge farther than I did in the first season, and you didn't last half as long as me last season. I'm not making it this far to lose either." Cheek said. Roxy huffed.
"Yeah, well you lost both seasons, too!" She said, defensively.
"I know, that's exactly my point. I'm not losing again." Cheek said.
"Well, neither am I." Roxy said. Her and Cheek sat there staring at each other with narrowed eyes for several seconds, before Cheek finally spoke.
"Then after tonight, after Adrian's gone, and it's just you and me, we'll find out who deserves it more." Cheek said. Roxy nodded.
"Yeah, we will." She said, not taking her eyes off of the chicken.
Adrian couldn't help but let out a little chuckle as he listened. Neither of them had even made it to the finale yet and they were already arguing. This was perfect.
Adrian honestly didn't care who made it to finale with him, he was going to beat whoever did regardless of whether they wanted him to or not.
He figured he had eavesdropped enough, so he backtracked back the way he came and headed out an opening further away, so he could walk through the sand over to the two females. He was going to have some fun.
It didn't take him long to locate the two, as they continued to sit there talking to one another, more than likely about their dislike towards Adrian.
"Good morning, ladies." Adrian said with a smile, as he approached them. Both Cheek and Roxy groaned when they heard him, Adrian chuckled. "Aww, c'mon, don't do me like that." He continued.
"Go away." Cheek said, not turning to look at him as he approached them.
"Why? There's not really anywhere for me to go, we're trapped on an island." Adrian replied, as he looked around at the surroundings.
"Well, then why don't you leave and go find a different island far far away from me and stay there." Roxy said. Adrian chuckled again.
"Ahh, Roxy, you're jokes never get old." He said.
"That wasn't a joke." Roxy said.
"Sure it wasn't. You and I both know that you like me exactly where I am. Heck, I think you would be even happier if Marionette, Ballora, Nightmare, and Cheek here were gone, too." Adrian said. Roxy shook her head.
"I'd rather leave with them and leave you here alone." She said.
"Aww, that hurts, Roxy." Adrian said.
"I don't care in slightest. Now cut the act, it's just the three of us. We both already know what you're up to." Roxy said.
"Oh? And what is that?" Adrian asked.
"You're trying to cheat us out of that money, that's what it is." Cheek replied, still not turning to look at him. She was just so annoyed with him that she didn't even want to look at him.
"That's funny, because aren't you two trying to do the same thing to me?" Adrian asked. Roxy and Cheek looked at each other again, trying to silently come up with a response to that.
"Even if we are, what does it matter? You've done it everyone else this season." Cheek replied.
"You mean, just like Roxy did in the first season?" Adrian asked. "Say, Cheek, weren't you one of Roxy's victims that season? Brent, too? Remember him?" He continued, a mocking smirk on his face. Cheek finally turned to him, before hopping to her feet, a glare taking over her face.
"Talk about him again and I will make SURE you don't make it to the finale, whether you get eliminated tonight or not!" Cheek exclaimed in the most threatening tone she could muster.
"Whoa, seems like I struck a nerve." Adrian said. Cheek continued to stand there a glare at him. Roxy just watched on, hoping that Cheek would hit him. "The one thing I will say is that you ladies are both very easily offended." He continued.
"No, you're just a *Bleep*hole." Roxy said. Adrian looked past Cheek and back towards the vixen sitting in the sand.
"Roxy, again with the insults and the very obscene language. What would your mother say?" He asked.
"The same thing that I did, that you're an *Bleep*hole." Roxy replied.
"Well, I guess the apple doesn't fall far from the tree now does it?" Adrian said curiously. Roxy was getting ready to say something back, but was interrupted before she could.
(Loud Whistle)
"YO! All competitors meet at Marionette's campsite now!" They heard Nightmare yell from across the island.
"Ahh, looks like that's out cue." Adrian said.
"Yeah, our cue to get the *Bleep* away from you for five minutes." Cheek said in an annoyed tone, before walking off.
Adrian watched her, before looking back down at Roxy, who was giving him an annoyed look.
"See, I knew you wanted some alone time with me." He said, a small smirk growing on his face. Roxy huffed, before standing up and following Cheek.
Adrian stood there watching her walk away, with a smirk on his face.
(Confessional -Adrian)
Adrian sat in front of the camera with his arms crossed, before letting out a light chuckle.
"Maybe Cheek and Roxy should work on being more quiet and discreet when they're going to have a ''secret plan meeting'' for their so called ''alliance''. Because honestly, they aren't that good at it." Adrian started. "Regardless, what the two of them don't know, is I actually have a little ''secret plan'' of my own. There is no way they're beating me." He continued, a sinister smirk on his face as he did.
(Confessional End)
Adrian finally reached Marionette's small campsite, where the others were already waiting.
As he did, he flashed a smile at Cheek and Roxy, who did their best to ignore him.
"Good morning, final three." Marionette spoke up. He was still in a sour mood after what had happened.
"You sound excited." Roxy said sarcastically. Marionette was not impressed.
"I'm as excited as you are." He replied. "Now, considering that Baby sank my ship and... and destroyed my music box *Sniffle*, the plans for today's challenge have changed." Marionette started. "Since all of our props and equipment sank with the ship, I've had to improvise." He continued. "So, today's challenge is going to put the three of you in a race." He said.
"What kind of race?" Cheek asked.
"A race across the island to see who can find the most seashells before they reach the finish line on the other side of the island." Marionette replied.
"And just how many seashells do you expect the three of us to find?" Roxy asked. Marionette shrugged.
"Don't know, and frankly, I don't care. That's up to the three of you. I've seen plenty of them since we've been here." He replied.
"So... this challenge is pretty much just something a kid would do for fun when they go to the beach with their family?" Adrian asked.
"Yep." Marionette replied. "Again, you can all thank Baby for the very lackluster challenge. I had something really fun planned for today, but she had to go and ruin it." He continued.
"What did you have planned?" Cheek asked.
"I was going to make the three of you race around on flaming sharks and try to take each other out with spears made out of freshly cut steel." Marionette replied. The three competitors looked around at each other with wide eyes.
"You're joking... right?" Cheek said curiously. Marionette shrugged.
"I guess you'll never know if I am or not." He replied. "Anyways, with all you've managed to survive on this show, hunting for seashells shouldn't be too much of a daunting task for the three of you." He continued.
"You'd think, but with how hard it's been for you to be a good host, anything is possible." Roxy said. Marionette somehow gave her a more unamused look than he already had.
"With how little challenges you've actually won this season, I wouldn't be surprised if you somehow managed to lose." Marionette said. This annoyed the vixen. She growled and balled her fists. "Now, if you're done trying to be Randy, we can get the challenge started." He continued. Roxy angrily stood there, muttering very rude things about Marionette to herself.
(Confessional -Adrian)
"This challenge is child's play. I don't know what Roxy and Cheek have planned, but whatever it is, they aren't going to beat me." Adrian said.
(Switch to -Cheek)
"I trust Roxy just enough to follow her lead. She's a master manipulator, and that can be both a curse and a blessing. I'm sure whatever she comes up with for this challenge will work. At least, I'm hoping it'll work." Cheek said.
(Switch to -Roxy)
"With a simple and stupid challenge like this, it shouldn't take a brain surgeon to know that everyone has the same exact fair chance at winning. But I'm going to make sure Adrian doesn't." Roxy said.
(Confessional End)
As Marionette was getting ready to start the challenge, Ballora walked up carrying three baskets that she somehow managed to make out of twigs.
"Alright, before we start, my lovely fiancée has decided to make things easier for you all by making you these baskets to carry your findings in." Marionette started. "I would have much rather watched you all struggle to carry everything to the finish line, but she didn't think that would be funny." He continued.
Ballora walked over to the three competitors and handed them all a basket. Once she got to Adrian, he flashed her his signature smile.
"I appreciate the kind gesture. Thank you, ma'am." Adrian said in his fake friendly voice.
"You're welcome." Ballora replied in her usual kind tone. She knew he was full of it, but she was way too nice of a person to call him out on it. Besides, he hadn't done anything to directly hurt her, so why would she make the first move?
"Alright, now that the three of you have been given an undeserving advantage, lets get the challenge started." Marionette said.
"Good luck, ladies." Adrian said, somewhat sarcastically, as he looked over at the two females. Neither Cheek nor Roxy even glanced in his direction.
"And... go." Marionette said, completely lacking any sort of enthusiasm. As soon as he did, the three competitors took off running down the beach looking for seashells.
Even though the were all hunting to find them, they all had to keep in mind that it was still a race.
The three competitors stormed the beach searching for seashells. Roxy slowly managed to creep her way over to Cheek when she thought Adrian wasn't looking. Turns out he was.
Once Roxy got over to Cheek, she leaned down next to her and started digging through the sand.
"So what's your plan?" Cheek asked quietly.
"I'm going to keep him distracted, you look for shells. Even if I don't find any, if Adrian loses regardless, he'll be but in the bottom two and voted out for sure." Roxy replied.
"How do you know that?" Cheek asked.
"Because the fans actually like us. There is no way they would vote one of us out over Adrian." Roxy replied. Cheek nodded, she knew Roxy was right about that.
"Okay. Lets hope this works." Cheek said.
"Don't worry, it's going to." Roxy replied, before looking backwards at Adrian. He was on his knees over across the beach from them, digging through the sand. "Do what you're supposed to and I'll do what I'm supposed to." She continued, before standing back up. Cheek nodded again, before going back to digging.
Roxy started walking away, but didn't get too far before Cheek stopped her.
"Found one already." She said, a small smile on her face. Roxy turned back around and faced her, she saw the shell and nodded.
"Good. If you keep finding them at this rate, there's no way Adrian will win." She said. After she said that, Cheek went back to digging in the sand.
Roxy started slowly walking towards Adrian, looking down and kicking sand out of her way as she did. She may have been on a mission to keep him distracted, but she was still going to look for shells.
Adrian had been digging in the sand, occasionally looking back at the two females as he did. They thought they were slick, but they weren't. He may not have been able to hear them, but he knew they were conspiring some kind of plan to take him out.
But, regardless of what they had planned, his plan hadn't even gone into effect yet, so he wasn't worried. There was nothing that they could come up with that would throw him off of his game. Nothing.
Adrian continued digging in the same spot for several seconds, before finally stumbling upon not one, but TWO seashells. He smiled as he did.
"My luck just never runs out." He said, as he grabbed the shells and placed them into his basket. After which, he stood up and started walking further down the beach, keeping his eyes peeled as he did.
Once he spotted another spot to start digging, he got down onto his knees and did just that.
As he started, Roxy, who had luckily enough found a shell that he had missed, approached him.
"Hey." Roxy said, trying not to throw up as she did. When Adrian heard her, he stopped digging and looked at her, a grin growing on his face.
"Couldn't resist me, could you?" Adrian said, curiously.
"That's not it at all, I just wanted to come over here and talk to you about earlier." Roxy said.
"Oh?" Adrian said.
"I'm not working with Cheek to take you out, I'm setting her up." Roxy said, Adrian grew intrigued, yet suspicious.
"Really now?" He said, curiously. Roxy nodded.
"Look, as much as I don't like you, and I really don't like you, Cheek is more of a threat. She was close to beating me in the first season, and last season she made it way farther than I did. I can't have that. I've been setting her up for awhile now because she was gullible enough to believe what I had to say." Roxy started. "She thinks she's better than me, she thinks she's better than you, but she's not. She's just... in the way, and I want to take her out." She continued.
"Is that so?" Adrian said, curiously. Roxy nodded.
"I don't know how she keeps making it so far, but it needs to stop." Roxy started. "I was thinking, and I'm not saying this because I like you or anything, because I can barely tolerate being around you long enough to talk to you, but what if we work together to take Cheek out, both go to the finale, and split the money fifty-fifty no matter who wins?" She continued. Adrian put his paw up to his chin, pondering what Roxy had just said.
"Hmm... as generous as that offer sounds, I think I'm going to have to pass you up on your offer. I work alone, and honestly, you would probably just hold me back." Adrian finally replied, before going back to digging.
"I'll hold you back? We both seem to know what we're doing here, wouldn't you say?" Roxy asked.
"I suppose." Adrian replied.
"Okay then. Again, I can't stand you, but if we work together, there is no way she'll beat us." Roxy said. Adrian stayed silent, as he continued digging. "Unless, you're scared that little old me is going to stab you right in the back." She continued, finally getting Adrian to look at her again.
"Aww, that's cute, someone thinks she's intimidating." Adrian said, mockingly. "Like I said, you'll hold me back. That's why I don't want to work with you." He continued. "But, if you want to be of assistance, you can start looking for some shells, because the only person that's going anywhere tonight is you from the looks of that basket." He finished, noticing Roxy's almost completely empty basket. She had still only found one seashell, while Adrian was up to three already.
Even though wasn't too concerned with finding shells, because she was expecting her plan to work, she figured it wouldn't hurt. So she started digging in the sand next to Adrian, as she went back to talking to him.
(Confessional -Roxy)
Roxy sat in front of the camera with a small successful smirk on her face.
"Was that convincing enough? I think I did pretty well. Too bad Adrian didn't fall for it though." Roxy said.
(Switch to -Adrian)
"Ahh, Roxy must think I'm as gullible as she claims Cheek is. I knew they were up to something, and this must be it. I've already repeated myself enough times for everyone to know that I'm NOT getting taken out by Roxy OR Cheek. I don't care what they have planned." Adrian started. "But, hey, I'll give her this, she should really think about picking up that acres career full time after she loses this season, because one: she's a pretty good liar, and two: she's going to need the money." He continued, a smirk growing on his face.
(Confessional End)
(With Cheek)
Cheek had finished digging in the spot she started in, and moved on to another one, where she quickly found another shell. As she did, she looked over her shoulder and saw Roxy talking to Adrian. She figured she must have started her ''distraction'', whatever that may have been. But it seemed like it was working, so far at least.
Cheek continued further down the beach finding shell after shell after shell, which she was very pleased about. Everything was actually going according to plan for once.
It didn't take too long before Cheek saw the finish line at the end of the beach. As she drew closer to it, she saw she now had nine seashells, and with how long Roxy had been distracting Adrian, there was no way he had managed to find more than that.
Cheek continued her way down the beach, stopping and digging a few times as she did. She kept feeling better and better the more shells she found.
As she neared the finish line, she looked in her basket and counted fifteen shells already. She was kinda surprised she had managed to find that many.
That may have seemed like a lot, but just in case, she decided to dig a little more before she crossed the finish line.
Once she found another good spot, she got down and started digging again. She felt like she had the challenge won already, but she wanted to be on the safe side.
(Confessional -Cheek)
"You know, I'm actually kinda feeling really good about this. It seems like it may actually work. Adrian might finally get eliminated tonight." Cheek said, a smile on her face.
(Confessional End)
(With Roxy and Adrian)
Roxy and Adrian had moved further down the beach, closer to where Cheek was at this point.
Roxy had managed to find another three shells to go with the one she previously had, but for some reason, Adrian had been on a roll. He had found seven already. Roxy just hoped that Cheek had managed to find a good stash of them so far.
What really started worrying the vixen, though, was just how close the finish line was. She looked further down the beach and saw Cheek close to it, once again digging through the sand for shells.
She figured she should probably distract Adrian just a little bit longer so she could give Cheek some more time to look.
Roxy once again went to approach him, when she stopped. She watched as he walked just off of the beach and into the woods. She figured he must have thought she was distracted.
She tiptoed closer and closer to where he was, trying to get a better look at what he was doing, when she stepped on something. She looked down and saw a shell sticking out of the sand. She didn't know how Adrian had managed to miss it.
Adrian looked behind him and saw Roxy lean down to pick up the shell, once she was distracted, Adrian quickly moved the large rock he had set up over a hole full of seashells he had been collecting ever since he found out what the challenge was going to be, hours before Marionette announced it.
Yes, he knew about the challenge ahead of time thanks to eavesdropping. Playing dumb when Marionette announced the challenged was to throw the others off.
He quickly gathered the fifteen-plus shells he had collected before the challenge started and threw them in his basket. Afterwards, he moved the rock back into place and quickly made his way back out onto the sand.
Roxy looked up just as he started making his way towards the finish line. She quickly followed after him, determined to distract him just a little bit longer.
Adrian walked down the beach with a smirk on his face. He knew he had this challenge won, but just to make sure Roxy was none the wiser, he dropped back down into the sand and started digging, pretending he was finding his looted shells.
"Adrian, I wanted to-" Roxy started, before stopping when she saw him pull three shells out of the sand.
"-This area around here is a gold mine! I'd get looking if I were you." Adrian said. Roxy looked at his basket and saw how much more full it was than a few minutes prior.
"Where did you get all of those?!" Roxy asked.
"While you were running your mouth, I was actually looking. I found them. Seashells aren't hard to find on the beach." Adrian replied. Roxy shook her head. There was no way he had managed to find that many in so little time. That's when she came up with a backup plan.
"Wow, you must have some really good luck then." Roxy said. Adrian nodded.
"I guess I do." He replied, before going back to his fake digging. As he did, Roxy slowly and quietly stuck her law in his basket and pulled out a handful of his shells. She must have grabbed five or six of them. She grinned before dropping them in her own basket. "Oh, look, and another one." He continued, as he pulled another shell out of the sand.
"Yeah, that's great. I'm going to look over there." Roxy said, before quickly heading towards Cheek. Adrian looked up with a smirk on his face. He looked at his basket, well away that Roxy had snatched some out of it. He had a plan for that, too.
He looked around making sure no one was watching him, before sticking his paws into his pockets and pulling out another six or seven shells. He was well prepared for all of this.
"Vixen doesn't stand a chance." Adrian said to himself, before dropping his shells into his basket and standing back up to continue his way towards the finish line.
Cheek had finally stood up back up. She had only managed to find one more shell in the last spot she looked, she she figured there probably weren't anymore to find.
She was heading towards the finish line, when Roxy ran up.
"Here! Here!" She quietly exclaimed as she pulled some of the shells out of her basket and dropped them into Cheek's.
"Roxy, you don't have to give me your shells." Cheek said.
"These aren't mine, I stole them from Adrian." Roxy replied, surprising Cheek.
"What?" Cheek said, curiously.
"Look, it's not a big deal. Just go and cross the finish line. His basket was overflowing that's why I did it. I needed to make sure you had enough to beat him." Roxy explained.
Cheek didn't like the idea of stealing things from others just make sure things went the way her and Roxy wanted them to go, but after Adrian's comments earlier, she really didn't care.
Cheek nodded before heading towards the finish line with her now overflowing basket of seashells.
Roxy turned around just as Adrian was approaching her. What confused her was the relaxed smile on his face.
"Luck is always on my side." Adrian said as he walked past. Roxy didn't know what he meant, until she looked at his basket and saw it was overflowing again.
"What the *Bleep*?!" She exclaimed.
Roxy ran after Adrian to try and get some of the shells out of his basket. Cheek had already crossed the finish line at this point because she had told her to. She was mentally cursing herself for that one.
Roxy managed to snatch three shells out of Adrian's basket and toss them into hers, before he crossed the finish line, with her crossing immediately after him.
Roxy walked over to Cheek, hoping that what she had managed to do worked.
Marionette went around and counted the shells in everyone's baskets, before standing in the middle of the three, ready to announce the winner.
"And it looks like your winner of today's challenge is... Adrian." Marionette said.
"Wait, what?!" Both Cheek and Roxy exclaimed in shock.
"That's bull! I made it back here first!" Cheek exclaimed. Marionette nodded.
"Yes, you did. But it was a race to get back her first with the most seashells. You may have gotten here first, but Adrian had more shells than you." Marionette explained. Cheek shook her head in disbelief. What had just happened. Roxy couldn't believe it either.
"Gee, well that sucks... for you at least." Adrian said, as he stood there with a smirk on his face.
Roxy stood there glaring holes through him, Cheek was just in full blown shock at this point.
(Confessional -Cheek)
Cheek was in shock. She had the challenge won. She didn't know how what happened happened.
"I...I..." Cheek started, before shaking her head, as she looked down towards the sand in disbelief. "I had that challenge won. I crossed the finish line first. I just don't know how Adrian managed to find more seashells than both me and Roxy. I just don't get it." She continued. "I honestly just don't know what to say at this point. I've given so much this season, and it may all about to be for nothing. All because Adrian managed to cheat and outsmart his way to the top. This is just..." She was saying, before stopping as she shook her head. "I don't whether I should be mad, or sad, or disappointed about this whole thing." She continued, before a determined look started growing on her face. "No, do you know what? I'm not out yet, this season isn't over yet, and Adrian... Adrian is going to get what's coming to him. I PROMISE that." She finished.
(Switch to -Roxy)
Roxy angrily sat in front of the camera shaking her head. She was more mad this time than she was in the last challenge.
"That was one of the biggest loads of bull*bleep* yet!" Roxy exclaimed angrily. "Marionette and Adrian are working together! They have to be! Because there is no way Adrian managed to win this challenge! No way!" She continued. "This whole season has been rigged! It has to have been! Adrian winning all of these challenges and avoiding elimination as long as he has... it's... it's impossible! He was supposed to lose this challenge! Cheek and I had everything worked out to make sure he did! This is bull*bleep!" She finished, before knocking the camera out of her face and storming off in anger.
(Switch to -Adrian)
Adrian sat in front of the camera with a smirk on his face and his arms crossed. Things went just the way he had wanted them to.
"Roxy and Cheek really thought they could outsmart me, but they couldn't, not even working together." Adrian started, before letting out a light chuckle. "Working together they STILL couldn't beat me. They failed the last time they did it and they just failed again. It's actually quite amusing to see just how far the two of them have fallen. Once upon a time, Roxy managed to take out half of the roster of competitors by using her brain, and Cheek managed to fight through it all the way to very end. Guess that story didn't get a successful sequel." He continued. "I've secured my place in the finale, and regardless of whether its Roxy or Cheek that makes it there with me, this season and that prize money is MINE. So be warned, Roxy, Cheek, you're wasting your time, because you AREN'T going to beat me." He finished.
(Confessional End)
(At Elimination Ceremony)
Since they were without a ship, the elimination ceremony was being held on a large opening on the beach around a small fire that Marionette made Nightmare go out and collect wood to start.
The three competitors were sitting on three large rocks around the fire, while Marionette stood on the opposite side of it.
"Welcome to the final elimination ceremony EVER!" Marionette exclaimed. "The three of you have made it far, but for one of you, your dreams are about to come to an end. Because in mere moments, we will be finding out which two of you will be facing off in our finale." He continued. "Now, uh... since we no longer have a Plank of Losers and the rest of the Marionette Co-Captain badges went under with the ship... and my music box *Sniffles*, we will be doing things little differently tonight. Instead of me handing out my badges, the two competitors who are making it to the finale will receive a seashell that almost kinda resembles me. Now, if you don't receive a Marionette Seashell, you must take the walk of shame all the way off the island. So... if you don't get a shell you'll have to leave the island." He explained.
"You're really going to throw one of us off of the island with no life preserver and no sign of land anywhere close by?" Roxy asked. Marionette stood there a few seconds, before finally nodding.
"Yep." He replied so nonchalantly. Roxy was annoyed by this. "So, lets get this thing started." He continued. "The first Marionette Seashell goes to the winner of today's challenge... Adrian." He said, before tossing Adrian the first seashell.
Adrian smiled as he caught it, before looking over at Roxy and Cheek with a grin on his face.
"Maybe next time you try to come up with a plan to cheat me, you should make sure it's actually going to work." Adrian said, mockingly. Roxy and Cheek glared at him, before looking back at each other.
"Roxy, Cheek, one of you is about to realize just how much of your time you wasted competing for nothing this season." Marionette said.
(Dramatic Music Starts Playing)
Roxy and Cheek continued to stare at each other for several seconds, before finally looking back at Marionette.
Neither one of them were excited to find out how this was going to end. Not in the slightest.
(Music Gets More Dramatic)
This was it, Cheek was about to find out if all of her work this season, everything she went through was going to be for something. She was nervous, scared even. She couldn't lose again, not this close to winning. Not again.
Roxy was nervous, too. She couldn't believe that her and Cheek were in this situation. Her plan, it was working, she knew Adrian didn't find all those shells in the small spot of sand he had been digging in. He cheated. He had to of, and now her and Cheek were paying for it.
Roxy looked over at Cheek, and saw just how nervous she was about this. She had every right to be nervous, there was a possibility that she could lose out on a million dollars. Roxy shook her head, before looking back at Marionette.
"And the final Marionette Seashell goes to..." Marionette started, before stopping, as he slowly moved the final seashell back and fourth between the two nervous females.
Cheek closed her eyes, trying to relax herself. There was a lot on the line here. She wanted to go into the finale with Roxy so they could finally find out who deserved the money more, but Adrian made sure that didn't happen. The only thing Cheek wanted to hear come out of Marionette's mouth next was her name.
Roxy actually felt the same way. She was hoping it would have been her and Cheek making it, but Adrian ruined it for them just like he ruins everything else. It annoyed Roxy beyond belief.
(Music Gets Even More Dramatic)
Marionette continued to move the final seashell back and fourth, slowing its pace as he did. This was a big moment, and tension building always made him feel better. Well, most of the time anyways.
Cheek and Roxy just continued to get more and more nervous the longer Marionette dragged this out. It was actually starting to annoy them the way he was doing.
Adrian on the other hand was enjoying it. Seeing Roxy and Cheek as nervous as they were right now, and because of him, it was great. He loved it.
"Hmmm..." Marionette hummed, as he finally stopped the shell in the middle of the two competitors.
This was it, the moment of truth. Both Roxy and Cheek were at the edge of their seats at this point. They couldn't take it anymore. They needed to know who was going to the finale.
"...Cheek." Marionette finally called, before tossing Cheek the last seashell. Her heart almost jumped out of her chest as she caught it. "Roxy, you're out." He continued, turning his attention towards the vixen.
(Elimination Music Starts Playing)
Roxy annoyingly shook her head, as she stared at Marionette. Her plan backfired and she ended up getting eliminated because of it.
"Ahh, it's a shame to see you go, Roxy. It really is." Adrian said, in a fake-sympathetic tone. Roxy looked up at him with her eyes narrowed.
"You got lucky. I don't know what you did to win the challenge, but you got lucky." Roxy said angrily, before standing up. "You better get your gameplan ready, because you aren't beating her." She continued, as she pointed to Cheek. Adrian smirked.
"Goodbye, Roxy." He said. Roxy shook her head, before looking back at Cheek, but before she could get anything out, Marionette interrupted her.
"Yeah, it's time for you to get going." He said. Roxy turned her annoyed look to him.
"And you! You need to stop interrupting me right before I'm about to start talking! You have done that crap all season and its *Bleep* annoying the *Bleep* out of me!" Roxy yelled. Marionette went wide eyed as she did.
"Yeah, do you know what... Nightma-" Marionette started, before being interrupted.
"-Save your breath, I'm going." Roxy said in an annoyed tone, as she stuck her paw up to silence him. Roxy turned back to Cheek and nodded, before heading towards the water.
Cheek got up and quickly ran after her, just barely stopping her before she made it to the water.
"Roxy, wait." Cheek said, getting the vixen to stop.
"What?" Roxy said, curiously, as she turned to face her.
"Look, thank you for your help these last few weeks. We may not have made it to the finale together liked we hoped, but-" Cheek started, before being interrupted.
"-Yeah, don't mention it. Just make sure you don't screw this up. Adrian doesn't need to win." Roxy said. Cheek nodded.
"I know. I wont." She said.
"You better not." Roxy said.
"*Loudly Clears Throat* lets get the show on the road!" Marionette exclaimed from where he was standing. Roxy growled in annoyance.
"He almost annoys me as much as Adrian does." She said. "Look, go beat Adrian, because I know you can." She continued.
"I'm going to. I promise." Cheek said. Roxy nodded again, before turning and heading into the water. She only got about knee deep, before she stopped.
"Good luck." She said, not turning around to face her.
"Thank you." Cheek said. Roxy stayed silent as she continued her way into the now cold water.
Cheek watched her as she started to swim away. Several seconds passed before she turned around and walked back over to the group, as Adrian stood up. The two stood face to face, a glare on Cheek's, and a smirk on Adrian's.
Marionette looked at them, before walking a few feet away from them.
"And with our final two confirmed, what's going to happen next?" Marionette asked. "Who's going to realize a dream and walk away a million dollars richer?" He asked. "Find out next time on the season finale of Total... Drama... Fazbear... Cruise!" He finished.
And with that, we now have our two finalists this season! Adrian and Cheek!
Firstly, I wanted to briefly mention the music box because some of you were confused about it. The music box has been mentioned before, in the actual season finale of Total Drama Showdown (Chapter 27, NOT Chasing Celebrities.) So there's where that comes from.
And those of you wondering how they're still filming if they lost all of their equipment, I did that on purpose, it doesn't make sense and its not supposed to. Haha.
But if you want it to kind of make sense think of it like this, they lost all of the equipment and props for the challenges, the camera crew escaped the ship with the others.
And, again, just like last week with Mike, the voting was close. Roxy lost out by one vote. I knew her and Cheek were both popular characters and figured that the vote was going to be a close one.
But for those of you who aren't happy about Roxy's elimination, I am sorry, and I hope you enjoy the finale anyways.
This honestly had to have been the toughest elimination in the entire series, because both Roxy and Cheek are deserving of making it to the finale at this point. Dang you Adrian.
I may write an alternate ending where Roxy makes it to the finale instead just because the voting was so incredibly close, but I haven't decided yet.
Also, yes, next week is the finale chapter. So I hope you are all looking forward to that.
One more thing, I don't know if anyone is actually doing it, but please, do not post multiple votes under multiple names with guest reviews. Two or three votes for the same character coming up minutes apart from each other will be deleted. I want the voting to be as fair as possible. So, if you're not doing that, and actually being fair when it comes to voting, thank you.
But, anyways, I hope you enjoyed the chapter and I will see you all next week for the finale!