See, much faster this time. So, I'm going on Vacation on the Fourth for a week, so if I don't have a chapter up by then, it will be up by 14th, before the Harry Potter premiere. Also, Total Drama Winter should be up, a real chapter, by that day as well.
Playa De Los Losers
"Welcome to Total Drama Island: Caribbean Summer!" Chris greeted the camera while standing on the Dock of Shame. "It has been one exciting summer so far, but you all must be wondering, especially after the last challenge, how everyone that lost is doing. Luckily for you, that's exactly what we're going to check out today while we leave our five remaining campers to sort out some issues!"
The focus turns to the tents, where Rufus and Walter are yelling at Nessa.
"That's our tent!" Walter yelled. "You share one with Brooke."
"Not anymore!" she yelled. "So, now, you guys can sleep on the beach."
"It's going to rain today," Rufus yelled.
"Then hide under a tree," Nessa said. "Or in your little cave you shared with Madison."
"Looks like they're all getting along just fine," Chris said. "So, today, we're turning to the losers so that they can tell you exactly what they feel! So, stay tuned."
"As you can see," Chris said as the boat he was on pulled up to an even more luxurious beach resort than that of the first season, "we went all out for this Playa De Losers. Our losers have been enjoying their time here, with pools, beaches, hot tub, massages, spa treatments, and not to mention the beautiful staff." A beautiful leggy girl walks past carrying a tray of drinks. "Now, lets see what our losers have to say."
"Being on that island sucked," Gail, lying in a beach chair, said. "This is the dream life. I mean, I knew that this place would be better than the island, but I seriously think that it would cost more than the prize money to stay here for a few weeks, so losing is a better prize after all."
"Not to mention that we made up after she arrived," Alex said sitting in the chair next to her with two smoothies.
"I'm still mad at you," Gail said, grabbing the pink smoothie from him. She took a sip. "Uh, Alex, I believe I said extra bananas!"
"Sorry," Alex said taking the smoothie back and walking back to the smoothie bar. He lowered his voice. "Okay, I've been serving her hand and foot since she got here, and she still hasn't even let me kiss her. But I can't help it, she's so beautiful."
"This game was never about winning and losing for me," Russell said. He was on the other side of the pool, a woman massaging his back while another woman was grooming Mr. Muggles, adorning the small dog with a large black ribbon. "It was about me showing the world the perfection of me."
Mr. Muggles apparently agreed as he barked a few times.
"Seriously, people do you know how much water you are wasting every minute?" Paige yelled. While everyone else was more or less decked out in bathing suits, Paige was in her usual clothes, pestering the workers, the guests, and, occasionally, the managers. "I hate it here. I mean, sure, it is totally luxurious and has tons of beautiful staffers and hot tubs and pools and outdoor showers and gourmet food, but it is also totally wasteful. The amount of food that isn't eaten and then wasted is atrocious. It could feed entire countries for a week each day!"
"And as you can see, some of our losers haven't been changed at all by their experience," Chris said.
"What experience on the island?" Paige yelled. "It wasn't even there for a full day before those loser Toucans voted me off!"
"On the other hand, some have become whole new people."
The camera turned to a girl that, at first look, couldn't be recognized. She had side-swept bangs, and black hair to her mid back. She was wearing a red tank top that was a little cropped and fitted, a short jean skirt that looked like the one Madison had had for a while after the rest of her clothes had burnt, and red platform sandals. A moment later, Ashlynn sat down next to her and handed her a tube of mascara. "The mascara will really bring out your eyes, Christie," Ashlynn said holding up the mirror.
"Yep, that's Christie," Chris said.
Ashlynn looked at the camera and smiled. "It may have taken a while, but I finally convinced her to let me give her a make-over. And I must say, considering what I started with, I am damn proud of what I turned out. Makes me almost feel like singing that song from Mulan."
"Are you making fun of me?" Christie asked, reaching for her waist, only to find that her her knife was not there.
"Look, Christie, knives, totally not cute."
"If I could tell any of them something, what would it be?" Manny asked stopping at the edge of the pool as he swam laps. "Well, I'd like to give Nessa my full support... and apologize for killing her, figuratively last challenge." He smiled and took off on his laps again.
"That's sweet," Eddie said a bit breathless, as he too was swimming laps, but not nearly as successfully as Manny. "I'd tell Todd to keep up the good work. Rufus has been trying to get him for about half the competition now, and he keeps evading him. Also, glad that he and Brooke are finally growing close. I've been rooting for you."
"What Ah can't believe is that this place has a stable," Madison said riding into view on Misty. "It's a little too tame for mah tastes, but Ah guess that the others are enjoying themselves."
"Get me off the thing!" Vinson is heard somewhere in the background, and he is seen clutching to a galloping gray horse.
"Sorry, gotta help Vinson," Madison said turning Misty around. "Ah'm teaching him how ta ride."
"I don't think that's what Vinson had in mind when Madison asked if anyone wanted to 'ride with her,'" Erik said as he walked by with what looked like a pina colada. "And we're all under the impression that Vinson would rather ride Madison than a horse."
"That's not a nice thing to say, Erik," Ashlynn said. "True, but still not very nice."
"Well, it's from the second challenge," Christie said. "When Madison told him that he should talk more. I mean, we all know he hates Rufus more than some others... in fact, the only two how hate Rufus more are probably Todd and Bex. Rufus not only ended up with the girl that Vinson liked, but is also indirectly the reason Vinson was voted off, which, in hindsight, was a bad decision for the Iguanas."
"Wait, how is it Rufus's fault that Vinson got voted off?" Ashlynn asked. "I mean, we all know he's behind a lot of those voted off, but how does this tie into Vinson?"
"Well, Brooke had the high score in the Karaoke Contest until Rufus went," Erik said. "If Brooke had high score, then we would have won."
"Oh, you Iggys didn't vote with your heads very often," Ashlynn said.
The camera switches to Genevieve who is getting a facial. "Being on the island was a lot of fun, but I'm glad to be here too. The money would have been nice, but I never thought I would win as it was. I'm surprised I made as far as I did."
"Did my experience on the island help me in any way?" Zak questioned. "Well, it sure showed me a little about girls..." he looks over at Phoebe who is lying in the shade of an umbrella next to Autumn. Zak sighs. He's standing by the food buffet. "Ever since I got here, I've been trying to apologize about the island, but I can't even get near her."
"She's not even that cute," Gail said as Zak walked over and took an empty lounge chair. "Plus, the purple hair?"
"It's her own look," Zak said. "Makes her unique."
"No one is unique in today's world, Zak," Gail said. She reaches over and snatches a slice of pineapple off his plate. "Anyway, how did I benefit from the island? Well, I'm more toned than I was. Plus, you can't get a tan like this up in Canada."
An egg timer goes off and Gail lowers the back of the chair and turns onto her stomach to tan her back, which is considerably more tan than her front. She then resets the timer for half an hour and closes her eyes. She doesn't notice as Bex sneaks over and extends the timer to almost an hour, then walks back to the man-made waterfall, where Jamie is sitting with his feet in the running water.
"I've been doing that to her all week," Bex said. "Whenever she's on her back, tanning her front, I change the timer so that it only has ten minutes, rather than the half hour she sets it too. Then, when she's on her back, I leave her there for almost an hour. The others don't tell her because they're afraid about how I'll get back at them. Anyway, I'm still pretty peeved about how I got kicked off the island, but I guess I'll get over it. Plus, now I'm back with Jamie."
"I've forgiven her for biting me," Jamie said. "Sure, it is her fault that I got the boot, but I can't possibly stay mad at her."
"The thing about it is that now, when we want some privacy from prying eyes, we can actually go to a room and lock a door," Bex said, wrapping her arms around Jamie's waist and kissing his chin.
"The plusses of being here?" Phoebe asked when the camera approached her and Autumn.
"Real food," Autumn said.
"Running water," Phoebe said.
"Sunscreen lotion," Autumn said.
"Hair care products," Phoebe added.
"Easy privacy," Autumn added, "Which all the couples have taken advantage of."
"A mattress and a real bedroom," Phoebe said. "Plus, it's a lot easier to avoid people here than on the island." She glances at Zak.
Suddenly, the gray horse Vinson is riding on galloped between the girls, Vinson holding on for dear life. "Help me!"
A moment later, Misty galloped through, Madison ready to reach out to grab the reins of the gray horse. "Sorry!" she called to them.
"Not that this place is always nicer than on the island," Autumn said. "At least there was only one horse at the camp."
A large splash in the pool suddenly soaked Gail, Zak, Alex, Erik, Ashlynn, and Christie while literally washing Eddie onto the side of the pool. Everyone turned to see Vinson surface and tread the water for a moment. Not far from the pool, Madison, still on Misty, held the reins of the gray horse.
"Sorry, Vinson," She called while sliding off Misty.
Vinson, dark as he is, turned a little darker as he blushed. "It's alright..." he replied.
"Ah'll jest take these guys back to the stable now," Madison said and walked away.
Vinson swam to shore and climbed out of the water, a few people annoyed, but now one mad enough to do anything about it. "The first few weeks here were not that fun," he said. "I mean, when I arrived here, it was just Paige, Russell, and Eddie. It wasn't until Manny arrived that I actually had a conversation with any of the other cast members. Not too long after him, a few other people, like Ashlynn and Alex came, and they were pretty chill too. And then Madison got voted off. I won't lie, watching her and Rufus on the island was annoying. Since she's been here, I can't tell what her feelings on him are, but I suspect that she still considers him if anyone when it comes to romance."
"See what I mean," Erik said to the camera.
Vinson frowns and just pushes him back so he falls into the water.
The camera returns to Russell. "What do I think of the campers left? Well, none of them could beat me in one-on-one competition and it was only by them joining together that they were able to vote me off. But, if I had to choose one of them to win, I'd say that my vote is for Rufus. Besides me, he's the best looking guy on this show."
"Hey," Chris's yell sounded from somewhere not too far. "I'm top ranked when it comes to the best looking men in the world, thank you very much."
"I'd have to say that Todd gets my vote," Alex said. "The others, well, Rufus is evil, Nessa is a bit devious herself, Walter used to be cool, but has been tainted. And Brooke, she's a nice girl, but in a real competition, she's not really a threat."
"I think that a lot of us are rooting for Todd," Phoebe said. "He's nice, he's athletic, and he's cute. He treats Brooke with the utmost respect, and he's the biggest threat to Rufus, or at least so Rufus seems to think."
"Right now, I think any of them could actually pull it off," Zak said. "But, for who I would want to win, I'd say Walter. I mean, yeah, there was a moment after Manny got voted off that things on the Iguanas were a little well, there was a lot of bad tension. But, overall, I'd say that he was the best friend I made there. He managed not to destroy any of my things, plus, he had a lot of interesting contraptions..."
"That didn't work," Gail said. "Come on, at least Nessa is good-looking. And so are Todd and Rufus for that matter. Brooke, well, I think she could be cute if she would try a little harder."
"Shut up and drink your smoothie," Bex yelled.
When the sun had set, all seventeen campers sat around the pool. Gail frowning a bit and having no idea how her back had tanned so much more than her front. "My skin must be more sensitive to light on my back."
"Right," Phoebe said. "You should really see a doctor about that."
"So, who do you think has the best chance at winning this?" Manny asked.
"Well, Rufus does with his little alliance," Paige said. "It's so unfair."
"What do you care," Christie asked. "You didn't have a chance even if he didn't team up with Nessa and Walter."
"I really want Todd to take the gold," Ashlynn said. "He's got a good record, when it comes down to it. I mean, he was in the final four of the Walk-a-Thon, Chef's boot camp, and won immunity in the Battle challenge."
"Plus, he set the higher standard in the Karaoke," Alex agreed. "Not to mention he scaled a cliff for his treasure chest."
"And the great pranks that he planned and pulled on Chef, Chris, and Rufus," Bex added.
"But he did cost us the challenge where we had to do something that the original campers couldn't do," Gail said.
"No, I believe that was you, for giving him a concussion with the apple," Eddie said. "Overall, Todd was a good guy, only a few challenges where he didn't do so well."
"You can't count out Nessa," Manny said. "I mean, she faced her fear of deep water, took down half of the Toucan team in the POW challenge, caught Sadie against Todd, and was also in the final four of the Boot Camp challenge, the only one to make it through the obstacle course."
"And then she helped the girls win by doing the course blind-folded," Christie said. "And, she does have guts, beating me at Rock-Paper-Scissors."
"Well she sucked in the Karaoke," Bex said.
"She had the song "Low" by Flo Rida," Manny said. "I would have liked to see you do something good with that song."
"Point," Ashlynn said.
"But she attacked my poor Mr. Muggles with paint balls," Russell said.
"Even better," Gail said.
"But you can't out Walter," Zak said. "In Karaoke, he pulled it off on roller blades. And he did win the Boot Camp challenge."
"Plus, his treasure chest was hidden under my stuff," Christie said.
"Real guts to bribe her with food so he could look through her stuff," Eddie agreed.
"And he was the one that figured out the zombies and then played along, allowing Rufus to finally be caught," Phoebe said.
"All that aside, Rufus still has the best record of them all," Russell said. "Right from the first challenge, he was taking a leadership position on his team and pushed them."
"Um, he didn't even want to go in the water," Bex said. "We had to push him in."
"Plus, he played dirty by stealing Iguana keys," Vinson said.
"Ah gotta put a word in for Rufus," Madison said, causing Vinson's eyes to widen in shock. "Ah mean, he did save mah life. Plus, he won the Karaoke, faced his fear of clowns, caught Bridgette, and was the only one not shot in the POW challenge."
"Yeah, but he's played dirty the whole game," Bex said.
"But look where it's gotten him," Jamie said. "Finalist in Boot Camp, finalist in Wheel of Torture, immunity in the Battle challenge, and the only reason he didn't get farther in the Walk-a-Thon was because Christie cut his cord, and he did all of those on his own."
"You guys are forgetting Brooke," Genevieve said. "She's been doing really well as well."
"She did hypnotize almost all of the guys in the Karaoke," Erik said, and got elbowed by Ashlynn.
"Plus, she faced her fear of ghosts," Autumn said.
"Even more impressive, she was partnered with Duncan," Alex said.
"She figured out that we weren't Zombies," Paige said, "and she stood strong as Russell came at her even though she wasn't quite sure."
"Took out more than the rest of us in Laser tag," Bex said. "Was attacked by Toucans to get her treasure chest, and she kicked butt in Jeopardy."
"And she did all of it legitimately," Autumn said.
"Campers," Chris said approaching them, ignoring Mr. Muggles as the small dog began to growl. "I assume you know what I'm going to ask you."
"You want us to vote off the next camper," Zak said.
"Excellent deduction," Chris said. "So, I'll start with Genevieve."
"I'm saying that Walter should be the next off," Genevieve said.
Walter: 1
Brooke: 0
Nessa: 0
Todd: 0
Rufus: 0
"Why Walter?" Bex asked, staring at her
Walter: 2
Brooke: 0
Nessa: 0
Todd: 0
Rufus: 0
"Why not Rufus?"
"Sorry, Bex," Chris said. "After lawsuits from LeShawna fans, you may only have one vote."
"Well, I'd like Brooke or Todd to win," Genevieve said. "And, if not them, then Nessa. But I don't want Rufus here."
"She's got a point," Erik said.
"So, who are you voting for, Erik?" Christie asked.
"I'm going agree with Genevieve and say Walter."
Walter: 3
Brooke: 0
Nessa: 0
Todd: 0
Rufus: 0
"Well, I'm saying Nessa," Christie said.
Walter: 3
Brooke: 0
Nessa: 1
Todd: 0
Rufus: 0
"Gail, what do you have to say?" Chris asked.
"Well, Alex and I are both voting for Walter," Gail said.
Walter: 4
Brooke: 0
Nessa: 1
Todd: 0
Rufus: 0
"What?" Alex asked. "Why am I voting for Walter?"
Walter: 5
Brooke: 0
Nessa: 1
Todd: 0
Rufus: 0
"Shoot, didn't mean that..." Alex said.
"Eddie?" Chris asked
"Well, at least Walter wasn't as mean to me..."
Walter: 6
Brooke: 0
Nessa: 1
Todd: 0
Rufus: 0
"What do you have to say, Russell," Chris asked.
"Walter was rather annoying..."
Walter: 7
Brooke: 0
Nessa: 1
Todd: 0
Rufus: 0
"Guys, vote for Rufus," Bex begged.
"Yeah, guys, we'd rather Walter win than Rufus," Zak said.
Walter: 8
Brooke: 0
Nessa: 1
Todd: 0
Rufus: 0
"Oh, damn!" Zak growled.
"Madison?"
"Well, Ah kinda want mah man to win," Madison said. Many people groaned at this news. "So, Walter."
"And so, it's and abrupt end for Walter," Chris said
"Okay, boy," Chef said grabbing Walter by the ear on the island. "Your time here is over."
"What?" Walter yelled. "Why?"
"Bye, Walter," Nessa called.
"They voted him and not Rufus?" Todd asked, wide-eyed.
"Well, it kind of helps us," Brooke tried to reason.
I had to give Todd and Brooke a chance... right?