Disclaimer: I do not own Total Drama. Read Total Drama Redemption before reading this. This is made with permission.
Some explanations of a few details in the last chapter-
More Characters: I decided to add Tyler and Katie because a) I knew I wanted to add new characters to shake things up, and b) they were the only good options, really. I was thinking of adding Cody and Eva, and have Eva be the main villain, but that wouldn't really work. As for Cody... well, you'll eventually learn why it's best for him not to be here. Either way, Tyler and Katie have been brought back, with roles to play and challenges to win!
With that in mind, time for a new chapter! We all have stuff to do, so now it's time for chapter two!
Chapter II
Episode: Monster Cash
Theme of Challenge: Monster Theme
Location: City and Beach Set
Life was like a highway. Some turns brought you to amazing places. Others left you in a ditch somewhere.
Unfortunately for me, my life consisted of many bad turns.
"RUN! RUN YOU FOOLS!" Harold squealed as a giant animatronic monster stomped after us. We ran our hardest to no avail. For every ten steps we ran, it only moved one leg. We couldn't outrun it. It was impossible. Yet here we were, screaming and running for our lives as the giant thing stomped after us.
"Whoa, baby!" Owen chuckled. He was the only one of us not afraid. "Did you see that? That thing is SO cool!" He stopped to admire it.
"Owen, we need to run! It's going to kill us!" I shouted. This was no time to admire something that was trying to kill us! This was the time to run from something trying to kill us!
"Oh, right." The fifteen of us kept running. Only DJ wasn't here, due to him fainting at the sight of the monster.
It was only a couple meters behind us.
I was running out of breath. My legs were sore, my feet hurt and my lungs were ready to burst. My brain and body were both having a hard time processing the situation. I hate when that happens.
My brain was telling me to listen to my legs, and my legs were telling me to listen to my brain and all it was doing is leaving me with an upset stomach... somehow.
Either way, I couldn't process everything that had happened so far. Unlike the Island, where I had time to figure things out, I had been randomly dropped into a new hell with no time to think.
"Guys, it's gone." Trent's voice brought me back to reality. I looked back and sure enough, the beast was gone.
"What?! How did we LOSE a giant fifty-foot animatronic monster?!" LeShawna cried as we stopped. Big mistake for me. My legs turned to jelly and I fell to my knees. Great. Just great.
"Maybe it saw Gwen and was scared off!" Heather snarked. Gwen scowled at her.
"Funny, I think it would've wanted to avoid YOU and your rat wig to avoid getting scarred for life. I know I am." I shot back without skipping a beat. She glared at me with pure hatred as Gwen and Trent snickered.
"Ha, nice one!" Duncan said.
"Shut up, you little fu-" She was cut off by Geoff and Bridgette, who had just decided to plop down on a beach blanket and started kissing.
"Seriously?" I said. "I mean, seriously?"
"Save it!" LeShawna said. "We need to find the trailers!"
"Hey, where's DJ?" Tyler asked. I had nearly forgotten the big teen was crying back at the truck, though I couldn't recall if he was eliminated first in this challenge. I hadn't really watched Season 2 all that often. All I knew about it was what had been brought up on the Aftermath show the first time around. Yet another disadvantage for me in my new environment. I felt like a gazelle in a lion enclosure.
"Last I checked, crying for Momma. Poor sap's gonna be out first." Duncan replied.
"Yep!" Izzy cackled. "It's just like every horror movie ever: the black guy dies first!" None of us were too sure on how to respond to that. It was only then that I realized where we were. We had stopped by a cliff next to a beach.
That's when the green claw rose out from behind her. The rest of us backed away in fear, but Izzy was still unaware.
"Izzy, duck!" Owen shouted. "DUCK!"
"Goose!" WHUMP! The green claw crushed her into the sand. It then scooped her up and launched her into a conveniently placed crane. "Do it again!"
Owen and I just shared a weird look as the monster picked her back up and carried her off. Who on earth with a sane mind would want to be tossed around by a giant green lizard like a rag doll?!
Then again, isn't that what I loved about her?
"Izzy! Come back!" Owen called. He was about to chase after her the loudspeakers on the beach rang loudly, causing us to hold our ears in pain.
"And with our first elimination, only fifteen of our contestants remain!" Chris said. "Y'all might wanna split up!"
Almost immediately everyone was running around in panic. Owen ran off screaming something about the confessional and Tyler followed him, Harold and LeShawna ran off further down the beach, Lindsay, Beth and Katie all squealed and ran off, Heather following them. Soon, there were only six of us left.
I had no idea where I was going to go. To the city? Down the beach? I knew I had to choose soon, but I couldn't decide.
"Noah! Let's go!" Trent called over to me. He and Gwen were running to the city.
Ah. So third-wheeling it was. I caught up to them.
"How're we supposed to find the actor's trailers anyways?!" Gwen asked.
"I guess we just look around." I said. "Stay close to the buildings and hide when we need to."
"Great idea! Let's move!" Trent said.
"Wait up!" Duncan said, running up to us. Oh, great. Just what we needed. I could tell neither Trent or Gwen were happy either.
"Duncan, our group's big enough! Find someone else to pair up with!" Trent said. Just then, a loud roar shook the sky.
"Well it's either you guys or the Kissersons, and I don't feel like making it a threesome over there!" We all just looked at him as he realized what he said. "That's not what I meant."
That's when the earth started to shake violently. The monster was getting closer. We were running out of time.
"Fine, whatever!" Gwen said. "Let's go!" She ran into the city and we followed her.
"Okay, any idea where we should head?" Trent asked me.
"I don't know, it's not like we were given a full tour of the place!" I didn't mean to sound so snappy, but I was pretty overwhelmed. Okay, Noah. Calm down.
I took a deep breath. "The trailers must be in some big area for the contestants to live in. I doubt it'd be anywhere in the movie sets, so that leaves the beach and the fields.
"I don't think Chris would put it on the beach either. He wouldn't have dropped us off near the beach if it were. He wants to see us struggle a bit."
"Jerk." Gwen scowled.
"So that leaves the fields." Trent summed up. "Nice thinking, Noah! Okay, now which way is the fastest to the fields do you think?"
"This way!" Gwen said, turning down a street. We kept following her. "Hey, this challenge isn't so bad! What, no explosions, no burning buildings, no bears?"
"Maybe it's not in the budget!" Trent chimed in. No, guys! You never say something's not going to happen, because then it DOES happen! It's called situational irony!
Just then, a building in the distance blew up. Another one went up in flames. Inside was a bear, the top of it's head burnt. It roared in our direction and began to chase us.
"You just HAD to say it!" Duncan yelled. We turned around and ran in the other direction, screaming.
Oh how I loved today.
About two seconds ago, I was ready to drop to the ground and take a nap. Now, fear became an adrenaline as I ran from certain death. I ran as hard as my legs would let me.
I looked back. The bear had almost caught up to me.
'I'm going to die now,' I thought to myself. 'I'm going to frickin' die now." That's when the entire world shook as a loud roar penetrated the sound barrier. The bear stopped and looked around, confused.
"C'mon!" Duncan whispered as he dragged me behind a fake bush. Trent and Gwen hid behind a fake car. When the bear looked back at where we used to be, it roared angrily and ran off. When the coast was clear, we came out of our hiding spot.
"Whew, that was close." Gwen said. That's when the loudspeaker rang again.
"And the Kissersons are next to di- errr, get captured! Geoff and Bridgette are out!" Chris said.
"That's it, I'm bailing!" Duncan said. "It's every man for himself!" He ran off.
"Duncan, wait!" Trent called after him, but the punk was out of earshot.
'Leave him." Gwen said. "He was probably gonna backstab us anyways."
"Honestly wouldn't be surprised." I said. That's when a loud crash was heard. We turned our heads in time to see a giant building crash down a few blocks away, followed by a loud roar.
"Get to the beach!" Trent shouted. We all ran through the fake set as fast as our legs would carry us. In hindsight, moving to the beach was probably a worse idea. Our feet would sink into the sand as we ran, we wouldn't have much room to run around in, and we'd be right in the open. But right now, I was too afraid, too distracted to care. All I knew was that I wanted to get away from this monster and do my damndest to figure out what was going on and what I should be doing.
So of course, me being me, I ran with Trent and Gwen to the beach. Along the way, Chris announced that Harold and LeShawna had been captured.
We ran along the beach for a while before it cut us off. How it moved to our position that fast, I had no idea. It slammed its tail at us, and we narrowly avoided in time. We turned around and headed back to the city, passing Katie along the way. She was captured shortly after.
We made our way back to the city and stopped in between two fake buildings.
"I gotta… catch my… breath." Trent wheezed. I wasn't much better off. I could hardly feel my legs. My lungs had nearly caught fire. I knew that if I tried to speak, my larynx would set ablaze. Gwen also looked winded, but she was still in a far better shape than me.
"And down goes Heather and Lindsay!" Chris announced. "Only nine of you suckers left!"
"Well shit." I muttered. How were we supposed to win this stupid challenge again?
That's when the bush spoke.
"Lindsay's been captured?!" It cried. The three of us could only stare in bewilderment.
"Did that bush just talk?" Trent asked.
"I believe so." I replied.
That's when Beth stepped out of the bush, revealing herself as the speaker.
"Oh, did I scare you guys? Sorry! Lindsay and I got separated and I didn't know where to go, so I just decided to hide." She said. Weird. Hadn't she been with her the first time around?
"It's okay, Beth." Trent said."If you wanna join us, we can help you find Lindsay and the campsite." This made the farm girl smile. Of course, it didn't last forever. Suddenly, one of the trees began to shake, and DJ fell out from above us.
"DJ? Okay, what is it with people and hiding in the plant-life?" Gwen shouted.
"I wasn't trying to hide, I was just trying to climb up to the top to see if I could scope out the campsite!" DJ protested. Huh. Not a bad idea. Why hadn't I thought of that?
Just then, the world started shaking. We all looked up collectively towards the building on our right. Behind it was the monster.
"Holy cow!" Beth cried. "How'd it sneak up on us?!"
"Who cares!? RUN!" We screamed and ran down the street, trying our best to not get captured.
I hated this challenge. The monster had the advantage of height and knowledge of the film lot, whereas we had no idea where we were going. Every time we thought we outsmarted it, it managed to find us.
We couldn't run. We couldn't hide. All we could do was get as far away from it as possible.
My legs burned, but I forced them to keep me going. My lungs were collapsing, but I told them to hold it together. I was NOT going to give in to one of Chris' stupid jokes. I felt adrenaline rush to my legs again. I squeezed my eyes shut and run harder than I had ever ran in my life. I could tell I was passing the others. I was almost out of range of the monster.
WHAM! I fell back on my butt after my collision with a fake wall. My nose filled with pain, and blood, and my eyes filled with tears. I regretted shutting them in the first place. Stupid walls! You make me look bad!
I looked up to see a massive wall in front of me. Behind me were the other four. Behind them was the monster, looking at its prey with glee.
It had cornered us.
"Everyone, follow me!" Trent said. He ran to a building, Gwen and Beth following him. I ran after him next, picking myself off the ground. Only DJ remained, traumatized, but Trent quickly grabbed his arm and kicked down the door to the building. I followed him in as Gwen and Beth followed behind me… but we had a new problem.
The building had no inside. We were standing in the lot for another fake set. The others couldn't believe their own eyes, but I had seen it coming, and I forgot to do anything about it.
"You mean everything around here is FAKE?!" Trent said.
Well go figure, it's a movie set.
I wanted to snark at him so badly, but I couldn't for three reasons: a) he was my friend, b) I had gone along with his stupid plan, and c) the monster had snatched the five of us up.
Gwen shouted and kicked the monster as hard as she could, but it was no use; the monster was already carrying us over to… was that a bouncy house? I couldn't tell. The monster was choking the little amount of air out of my lungs. Perhaps I was hallucinating.
"I'm coming for you, Lindsay!" Beth shouted.
'That's what he said!' Wait a minute… was that the perverted Cody voice again?!
The monster dropped us suddenly, and we started falling closer and closer to the bouncy house. Trent shouted something to Gwen, but I couldn't hear over the loud ripping of the wind. My vision started to tunnel.
Between my extensive running periods, being crushed by the monster and falling over fifty feet from the air, I was beginning to black out. I couldn't breathe or even flail my arms as I fell. My body felt like a sack of potatoes. I saw the castle getting closer and closer until my face squished against it.
Then I blacked out.
And with that, we end this chapter. I'm sorry if it seems like there's no dialogue for Noah anywhere, but the pace will pick up soon enough. In the meantime, let's check the list!
Not Captured- Duncan, Tyler, Owen
Captured- Noah, Gwen, Trent, Beth, DJ, Heather, Lindsay, Katie, LeShawna, Harold, Geoff, Bridgette, Izzy
Not Even Competing- Eva, Cody, Courtney, Sadie, Justin, Ezekiel