Author's note:
I bet you guys weren't expecting me back so soon with the special episode. But I was so excited for next season that I worked my butt off and got this episode out and ready. Sometimes things just work in your favor.
A few things to go over first before we wrap TDDZ up. First, the application for the next season is still up, though not for much longer. I thought of putting it up for longer, but given the amount of characters I already have lined up for next season, it's best that I close it soon. Therefore, you have until 8 PM EST on Sunday, June 28 to send your SYOCs in to have a shot at next season. From what I've seen so far, it's all been really good characters.
And now, for the final time this season, review reply time!
Tempokeep: Lana was probably the obvious winner because she had the most plot and character growth throughout the season. But still glad you liked the finale.
Lauta Romero: I definitely tried to have an Owen vs Gwen vibe for this finale. Having Lana win made me feel better about Gwen losing her finale when she should've won (nothing against Owen, but Gwen had more plot than him, and that's all I'll say on the matter)
Candela Monsoon: Karma always wins against the villains in the end. It just took a little longer to hit Kaia.
And now that that's done, time for the episode!
...oh wait, one more thing! Credits!
Chris McLean owned by the guys that have the rights to Total Drama
Lana, William, Alex, Charlie, Kaia, Moira, Desmond, Logan, Kyle, Nicole, Theresa, Deedee, Hannah, Todd, Marvin, Dana, Amber, Colt, Wendell, Phyllis, Rob, and Quincy owned by me.
Sonya Swaray owned by Lauta Romero
ON TO THE EPISODE!
EPISODE TWENTY-TWO: PARTY OF PERIL
This episode of Total Drama contains scenes of extreme stunts performed by animated teens. Do not try anything you see here at home. Seriously, you could get really messed up.
Chris sat in what appeared to be his security bunker. "This season on Total Drama," he began, "22 new campers came to our latest island to battle it out for one million dollars (clip of the campers' arrival). And this season was full of surprises. Dana might have actually been a witch (clip of Dana using her magic staff). Theresa put her fellow campers into her story without their permission (clip of Theresa writing). Lana was already stinking rich before even setting for on the island (clip of Lana talking to her father). Deedee was insane (various clips of Deedee setting things on fire were shown). All right, so that last one was obvious from the start. But, in the end, the last camper standing was Lana, who received the million dollars and proved that even people like her that start out incredibly weak can still win it all in the end (clip of Lana winning).
The scene returned to Chris. "And now, with that all done, the campers are celebrating right here on the island because their contracts demanded that they do." He laughed. "I love lawyers." His face returned serious again. "But what they don't realize is that there's still one last game to be played…for some of them. Who will rise to the challenge, and who will be forced down with agonizing defeat once again? Find out right here, on a very special episode of Total! Drama! Danger Zones!"
*Intro*
(As the intro music begins to play, cameras are seen appearing from above on a tree branch, from a sand pit, out of a small hole in a cliff, and from a pool of what appeared to be lava. The clapper clicks)
Dear Mom and Dad, I'm doing fine
(Chris is seen flying by on his jetpack)
You guys are on my mind
(The camera pans up over a cliff and into a body of water that appeared to have steam rising from it)
You asked me what I wanted to be, now I think the answer's plain to see
(In the water, we see Quincy taking a picture of Fang before getting yanked up by a fishing hook before the mutant shark can eat him. In the next shot, the fishing hook is revealed to have been cast by Wendel. As he glares at Quincy, an explosion next to Wendel goes off, sending both boys flying past Theresa, who is too busy writing things in her notebook to notice Kyle watching her from a distance)
I wanna be famous
(An obviously cybernetic bear rises behind Kyle, who turns around in shock before an arrow shot by William destroys the robot. William gives Kyle a salute while Nicole lands next to him with a loving smile, making him a bit nervous)
I wanna live close to the sun
(Kaia and Desmond are seen arguing, unaware that they are half sunk in mud.)
Well pack your bags cause I've already won
(At the side of the mud pit, Todd is seen being forced by Colt to press a red button, which causes Todd to be flung into the air by a spring)
Everything to prove nothing in my way
(Alex is seen skating past on her skateboard away from a cackling Deedee, who has two torches in hand. Alex is then saved by Moira, who swings in on a vine and grabs her before Deedee can burn them.)
I'll get there one day
(The scene pans into the mess hall, where Dana is reciting an incantation over a cauldron before Chef pushes her aside and adds several rotting vegetables to the mix.)
Cause I wanna be famous
(Logan is running from Dana and Chef in fear before he is stopped Hannah. Behind them, a plane crashes through the wall where Logan would've been, and Amber falls out of the pilot's seat)
Nah nah nah nah nah nah nah nah nah nah nah nah nah nah nah nah nah
(Rob is seen attempting to do comedy to a clearly unamused Phyllis)
I wanna be. I wanna be. I wanna be famous. I wanna be. I wanna be. I wanna be famous)
(Marvin is seen quickly carving something out of wood, then painting it. As he turns to the side, Chris confronts him. Marvin shows him that he had made a lifelike mini replica of Chris. Chris smiles, but a jet of fire shoots out from under where Marvin is holding the replica. He throws it, now on fire into the air. As the fire rises then falls, the scene turns to night)
*Whistling the main theme*
(Lana is seen nervously looking away from Charlie as he meditates. The camera pulls back to reveal the entire cast around a campfire, with Chris off to the side. The title is seen above)
Over in the middle of the campground, the campers were busy celebrating the end of another season. Many of them were off in their own little friend groups, eating the massive amounts of food cooked not by Chef, but by Lana.
"Dang, Lana, Chris should really fire Chef and hire you," Theresa commented as she bit into a burger.
"I don't think I could stand being his assistant for an entire season," Lana replied, blushing at the comment. "Plus, I don't want to get Chef mad. That's a good way to get a knife in the back."
"Aye, I know Chef's rage firsthand," Moira agreed, tossing a potato chip into her mouth.
"He can try to kill her," Charlie said, "He'd have to go through me first."
Lana playfully slapped his arm. "I thought we agreed that I can take care of myself now," she said. "Me winning the million and all."
"I'm just teasing," Charlie said with a laugh.
Kaia sat alone to the side, brooding while she watched all the others have fun.
"Still mad about losing, I see," Desmond noted, joining her.
"What do you want?" Kaia grumbled.
"Just to chat. I'm not too satisfied either."
"Well, obviously. You don't like that little rich girl."
"Admittedly, no. But Moira's worse." Desmond leaned back. "But you're just making things worse for yourself by being a sore loser. Cheer up and have some fun for once in your life. You still have your health."
He took his leave, leaving Kaia to her thoughts.
"Pull!" William yelled.
"Aye aye, captain!" Deedee called back, throwing a firecracker into the air. William, with a flaming arrow nocked on his bow, fired the arrow, lighting the firecracker, which exploded in a shower of sparks in midair.
"Is it really a good idea to indulge psycho girl like that?" Nicole asked him. "I mean, she could burn down the entire island."
"Ah, relax, darling," William said. "It's all in good fun." He lit another arrow on fire and nocked it. "Pull!"
Deedee threw a firework into the air, which William lit with another arrow. The firework went off and flew towards the ground, heading right towards Hannah. But the blind girl simply swung her cane out and batted the firework away, letting it explode harmlessly away from her.
"Boys and their explosions," she muttered.
Meanwhile, Logan was looking around the area, concerned.
"Something's not right here," he muttered to himself. "Something we're not seeing…"
"Whacha doing?"
Logan screamed and jumped, whirling around to see Alex behind him. "Don't do that!" he complained.
Alex shrugged. "Whatever. What are you thinking about?"
Logan hesitated. "Something's wrong here," he said. "I feel like something's about to happen."
"What do you mean?" Alex asked.
"For starters, where's Chris? Where's Chef? Where are the interns?"
"Probably deconstructing things around the island," Alex said.
"But why are we here for this party?" Logan continued. "Why not have it…literally anywhere else?"
"Because it was apparently in our contracts to have it here," Alex replied. "Dumb lawyers."
"But why it that specific clause in there?" Logan crossed his arms. "Chris is up to something. I know it."
"Relax, Boy Detective, I'm sure that there's nothing sinister going on here. Try to relax. Enjoy the party. And don't be trying to look for any surprises."
There was suddenly a loud clopping sound as a helicopter appeared in midair, heading in to land near the party.
"Who's that?" William asked.
"Can I set them on fire?!" Deedee added.
Charlie looked at the landing helicopter. "That's not your dad, is it?" he asked Lana.
"Flying in something as cheap as that kind of helicopter?" Lana shook her head. "Not a chance."
"Maybe it's Chris," Nicole guessed as the campers all gathered near the helicopter.
"Whoever it is, they better have a good reason for interrupting this dumb party," Colt growled, slamming a fist into his palm.
The doors to the helicopter opened, and a girl stepped out, carrying an electric guitar. She was tall, with light gray make up skin. Her dark pink hair was styled into a mohawk, and her lips were painted dark purple. She wore a black tank top with a skull logo along with a purple vest, black leggings with pink edges, black platform shoes, and a lilac visor over her eyes.
She slipped her gray headphones off her ears and draped them around her neck. "Is this the Total Drama Danger Zones Farewell Party?" she asked.
"Who's asking?" Desmond responded.
"Don't you recognize her?!" Alex said, trying to conceal her excitement. "That's Sonya Swaray!"
"Who?"
Alex facepalmed. "The famous teen star? Singer, dancer, actor? Even more famous than the Drama Brothers?"
"Never heard of her," Desmond replied.
"That's because you have no taste in good music," Alex told him, walking up to Sonya and offering a fist bump.
"Always nice to meet a fan," Sonya said, fist bumping her.
Alex giggled girlishly, something unseen before from her. "Well, I'm probably more of a super fan."
"Why exactly is a famous teen rock star way out here on this insane tv show?" Nicole questioned.
"Chris McLean hired me to play at this gig," Sonya explained. "Figured since I couldn't get into this season I might as well entertain the people that did.
"You tried to audition for the show?" Alex asked in astonishment. "But why? You're already famous."
Sonya shrugged. "I just wanted to spend some time off stage. Life as a celebrity can get rough sometimes. Now…" She hefted her electric guitar and strummed a quick rift. "Who's ready for some tunes?!"
"Don't you need a backup band?" Wendell asked as Quincy snapped a picture with his camera.
Sonya laughed. "Are you kidding? Everything's digital these days. I got their roles prerecorded on my helicopter. So let's rock!" She strummed her guitar again, and more music began playing from the helicopter.
As Sonya began singing a hard rock song and the other campers enjoyed themselves, Logan couldn't bring himself to pay attention. There was something still bothering him about the entire situation.
"You're sensing it too."
Logan yelped again and turned to face Kaia. "What the heck do you want?" he asked.
"Something's about to happen," Kaia went on. "There's going to be one final twist in the game."
"Why should I trust you?" Logan replied. "You're the one that got so many people eliminated, framing people and throwing allies under the bus."
"We don't have to like each other to recognize that everyone is in danger," Kaia told him. "Not that I care about anyone else, of course. But I'm thinking that whatever's about to happen will happen very soon."
"What makes you say that?"
Kaia pointed. "Mount Chris is spewing smoke."
Logan looked and saw, in the distance, Mount Chris. And indeed, as Kaia had pointed out, it was belching out black smoke.
Suddenly, the ground rumbled, shaking everyone and stopping the music.
"Does that usually happen?" Sonya asked after the shaking had stopped.
"I don't know; we don't usually have rock stars play here," Rob said. "Maybe tone the volume down a bit."
Sonya glared at him. "Don't you ever tell me to turn down the music," she warned.
"Geez, everyone's a critic," he muttered.
The ground rumbled a second time, even more violently. There was a puff of smoke, and Chris suddenly appeared.
"Hello, campers!" he said with a grin.
"Just when you thought it was safe to go back to the island," Rob narrated, "A wild tv host appears!"
"Save the narrations to the professionals," Chris said, annoyed.
"Dare I ask what's going on, McLean?" Alex questioned.
"Oh, it's very simple. Allow me to explain," Chris said with a grin. "As you know, Total Drama has been renewed for yet another season. Therefore, all resources have been moved into getting ready for that new season. The good news is that the new season will be bigger and better than ever. The better news is that that means there's going to be an even bigger location for the campers to fight it out for another million dollars."
"What does that have to do with us?" Charlie asked worryingly.
"Yeah," Desmond agreed. "We've done our time."
Chris smiled. "With the new location, I have no need for this island. So I've decided to blow it up."
"WHAT?!" Everyone shouted.
"You can't be seriously!" Kyle exclaimed.
"You made us party here just to blow us up?" Wendell asked in anger.
"Of course he did," Todd grumbled. "It's just like him to do that."
"What are we going to do?" Marvin asked aloud.
Chris blew his air horn. "Zip it!" he ordered.
"We have to get out of here," Moira decided.
"Quick," Sonya said. "Into my helicopter."
But when they turned around, the helicopter was already taking off, leaving the island.
"Hey!" Sonya yelled, shaking her guitar at the fleeing chopper. "Get back here!"
"Now how do we get off the island?" Quincy asked.
"Oh, that's the easy part," Chris said as a chalkboard with a map of the island popped up. "There are three different planes somewhere on this island. Two of them are big enough for all of you. One of them is only big enough for two of you. Just get to the planes and the autopilots will get you off the island. They're programed to take off right before the island explodes."
"What's the catch?" Charlie questioned. "There's always a catch."
"The catch is two things. First, when the self-destruct system is activated, the traps on the island tend to malfunction in even deadlier ways than normal," Chris replied. "Second, to find these planes, you're going to have to go through a whole bunch of the Danger Zones again. And those planes are the only ways off the island since the Boot of Shame got taken down earlier today."
"But how are you supposed to get off then?" Alex accused.
"He's not actually here," Hannah said. "I don't feel him where his voice is coming from. He's a hologram."
"Correct," Chris said with a laugh. "I'm actually at the new filming location. Good luck, and if you get blown up, make it look good for the cameras."
"Hold it," Sonya said. "If you were just going to blow this place up, why the heck did you hire me to play here."
"For laughs," Chris said.
"There'd better be some extra money for this," Sonya warned.
Chris frowned. "Fine. If you survive, you can take part in next season since you wanted it so badly."
Sonya nodded. "Fair."
"Now then," Chris finished. "You might want to start running, because…" A loud beep was heard through the loudspeakers, and a pleasant voice announced, "The island will self-destruct in one hour."
"Couldn't have said it better myself," Chris said with a laugh. "Later!" With that, the hologram of him vanished as the ground shook yet again, with several trees falling nearby.
"What's the plan?" Theresa asked. "Anyone have a plan."
"I do: run for your life!" Rob yelled, taking off for the woods. Quincy, Wendell, Kyle, and Phyllis followed him.
Marvin grabbed Amber's hand. "Come on, this way!" The two ran off in a different direction.
"Guys, hold on—" Charlie tried to say, but no one was paying attention to him.
"Pathetic," Dana muttered. She walked off on her own, as did Colt in one direction and Kaia in another.
"Guys," Charlie tried to speak up again, but no one heard him.
"I'll get us to one of those planes," William said to Nicole.
"Then let's go," Nicole said.
"Wait for me, lass! I'm coming too!" Moira called, following the two.
More of the campers were getting ready to split off too, despite Charlie's protests. "Guys, wait!" he called, trying to calm their panic. "We need to stick together."
No one seemed to hear him. Charlie exchanged a look with Lana. "They're not listening," he said.
"Allow me," Sonya told him, bringing out her guitar and strumming a loud chord that echoed over the entire clearing. The remaining campers there stopped and turned back to them.
"Thanks," Charlie told Sonya. To the others, he said, "Listen up! If we're going to get out of this, we're going to have to use all our skills to get through the Danger Zones and find the plane out of here."
"He's right," Lana said. "We need to combine our skills if we're going to survive."
"You should listen to these two," Sonya agreed. "I've been here for less than ten minutes, but I can tell that they've got the right idea. So let's go!"
"Fine," Desmond said. "Let's do this."
The remaining people in the clearing—Charlie, Lana, Sonya, Desmond, Logan, Theresa, Alex, Deedee, Hannah, and Todd—all began to follow Charlie out of the clearing and into the woods.
"Where exactly are we going?" Wendell asked Rob.
"I don't know! I'm just running here!" Rob replied.
"You mean you don't even have a plan?"
"I think the plan is obvious," Kyle interrupted. "Find the plane so we can get off this doomed island. Now, it's probably at one of the edges of the island, so we should try to make our way there."
"At least we have some good photo opportunities," Quincy offered, snapping a picture of the still smoking Mount Chris.
"Perhaps it would be more advantageous to focus on the perilous situation of which we are facing at the current moment," Phyllis suggested.
"I didn't understand half of what she just said, but she's right," Wendell agreed. "Focus on getting out of here."
The ground rumbled again, and several trees near them began to explode.
"Ahh! Exploding trees! Run for your life!" Rob screamed as they all went back to running.
Nicole swung down from the tree. "No sign of the plane," she reported. "But if I had to guess where one of them is, I'd probably guess the dock."
"Then let's get going," William said. "We don't have a lot of time."
"The island will self-destruct in 50 minutes," the pleasant voice reported.
"Thanks for making my point, warning system!" William called.
As they walked, Moira walked beside Nicole. "You and William seem pretty tight," she noted.
Nicole blushed. "Thanks."
"Just be sure to spend some time with your other friends too," Moira suggested. "I've noticed you've been kind of steering clear of Lana lately."
"It's her big day. I don't want to get in the way of that."
"I think she'd really appreciate you hanging out with her more. You were her first friend here, after all. Just think about out, lass."
There was a loud roar and from the trees exploded the Minotaur from the finale.
"Oh no, not him again," William groaned, nocking an arrow.
"Any ideas?" Moira asked.
"Yeah…run!" William fired the arrow at the Minotaur's head and fled, with the two girls behind him.
"Despite the imminent destruction of everything, the place is still beautiful," Marvin commented as he and Amber struggled through the thick undergrowth.
"You find the beauty in everything, don't you?" Amber noted.
"A true artist always finds beauty in everything," he responded.
They came upon a clearing where they saw something that made them both feel a lot better.
"Is that…the two-seater plane?" Marvin asked.
"It has to be!" Amber said, running towards it. "Come on! It's time to get off this doomed island."
"But the plane won't take off until the island's about to explode," Marvin pointed out.
"We don't need autopilot," Amber said. "You've got a real pilot here, remember?"
"Oh yeah. Then let's get the heck out of here."
The group of ten campers had come across an area that looked like an old west town.
"It's the dodgeball challenge zone," Charlie said.
"What does that mean?" Sonya asked.
To answer her question, several sparking cannons popped out of the ground and began shooting dodgeballs at them. Several of these dodgeballs were on fire.
"I got this one!" Theresa said, cracking her knuckles. She ran up towards the flying dodgeballs and caught two of them easily, throwing them back at the cannons, smashing them easily.
"Don't stop running!" Charlie ordered as more cannons popped up and fired more dodgeballs at them. The group ran through, with Desmond also throwing dodgeballs back, Hannah twirling her cane and deflecting every dodgeball that came at her, and Sonya using her guitar as a bat to smash them aside.
"Are you sure tearing out that autopilot is a good idea?" Marvin asked as Amber tore it out of the plane's dashboard.
"Better than waiting for the island to blow," Amber replied, starting the engine. "Hang on! Here we go!"
William, Moira, and Nicole were still running from the pursuing Minotaur, who was taking down trees left and right.
"I hate this thing so much!" William complained, nocking another arrow and firing it uselessly at the giant mechanical monster.
"That thing's going to destroy the plane if we lead him to it!" Nicole added.
"I've got an idea!" Moira said, taking to the trees and heading towards a large tree branch that was hanging there. As William and Nicole ran under it, she bent it back and let it go right as the Minotaur was running towards it. The branch hit the Minotaur right in the head. The force of the blow was enough to knock the head off the beast. The now headless body sparked, and then collapsed.
"Nice job," Nicole said. "But we have to keep moving for the dock."
"The island will self-destruct in 30 minutes," the voice said.
"Thanks for that—" William started to say, but then he slammed right into someone else that had just burst from the woods. Both fell to the ground.
"You?!" William exclaimed once he saw that the person he slammed into was Kaia.
"Are you seriously trying to sabotage us trying to get off an exploding island?" Nicole asked angrily.
"Do you really think I'd do something like that when it's more important to get off rather than risk getting blown up myself?" Kaia spat. "I'm just trying to get to a plane, same as you. And I suggest we get a move on, because I saw the two-seater plane take off a few minutes ago."
"We?" Moira scoffed. "As if we'd team up with you."
"You can't stop me from following you," Kaia pointed out. "So it looks like you're stuck with me. And we should continue to get moving instead of wasting time talking."
Charlie's group had now come upon the large mansion that they had been trapped in.
"Let's just go around," Todd suggested. "We don't have time to go through all those traps in there again."
The mansion suddenly creaked and turned, beginning to stand up. In moments, it was now a giant, blocky robot.
"And it can do that," Todd muttered. "Terrific."
Before anyone could do anything, Deedee ran out, lighting two large torches she had somehow gotten on fire. Cackling maniacally, she charged the monster house and threw the torches right at the house.
"What are you doing?!" Lana called. "That's not going to do any—"
The mansion ignited completely on fire, crumbling into fiery remains instantly. Deedee jumped amongst the still flaming debris, still cackling.
"She's…literally insane," Sonya commented.
"Don't worry, you never get used to it," Alex told her.
"The island will self-destruct in 20 minutes," the voice announced.
"That's not helping!" Alex yelled in annoyance.
"Well excuse me," the voice complained.
Trees were still exploding around Kyle's group as they ran through the woods.
"I hate this show!" Wendell complained. "I hate it, I hate it, I hate it!"
"Just keep running!" Kyle replied. "I can see the plane!"
"What! You're only telling us this now?!" Quincy yelled.
"Do you want to complain, or do you want to live?"
The five of them burst from the trees, with one last exploding tree blasting them into the ground. A large plane was waiting for them at the end of a beach.
"Go, go, go!" Kyle led his group to the plane, where they all collapsed, panting.
"Phew. First ones on the…" Kyle trailed off when he saw that Dana was already there.
"How the heck did you beat us here?" Kyle demanded to know.
"Magic," Dana replied simply.
There came a bellow of rage from nearby as Colt exploded from the woods, with several mechanical birds pecking at his head. "Get off me, stupid pigeons!" he roared, grabbing two of them off his head and crushing them with his bear hands. He reached the plane and threw the last bird off.
"Stupid birds," he growled.
"The dock should be just around this corner," Charlie said as the group hurried through. Unfortunately, when they turned the corner, they found that their way was blocked by a large wall of rock covered in spikes.
"Oh, come on!" Desmond complained.
"We can go over it though, right?" Logan asked.
"The island will self-destruct in 10 minutes," the voice reminded them.
"No time to get everyone over," Charlie said. "We'll have to go through. Deedee, got anything with a big enough fiery explosion to bring down that wall?"
"Sorry, ninja boy, but I'm fresh out," Deedee admitted.
"Great. Now what?" Desmond asked.
Charlie thought about it for a moment, eying Sonya's electric guitar. "How loud can you play that thing?" he asked her.
She understood instantly. "I like your style," he said, turning some dials on the guitar. "Let's turn up the volume on this thing!"
"I think a better question would be how she can play that thing without any sort of amps or speakers—" Todd tried to say, but was interrupted by Sonya playing an extremely loud power chord that shook the entire area.
The rock wall cracked, then crumbled to the ground.
"It's all in the power of rock and roll," Sonya told him.
"What was that?" William asked.
"Sounds like that rock star girl is nearby," Moira guessed.
"The island will self-destruct in five minutes," the voice said. "Commencing Mount Chris eruption."
"It's doing what now?" Nicole asked.
There was a loud explosion from the distance. The four of them turned to see Mount Chris beginning to spew lava and fireballs.
"Run?" Nicole guessed.
"Run," William agreed as the four of them took off running, with fireballs pelting the ground around them.
Back with Charlie's group, they were also running to avoid getting hit by the fireballs.
"There's the plane!" Lana shouted, pointing to the large plane at the start of the dock that was hanging in midair.
"Go, go, go!" Alex yelled as more fireballs crashed into the sand around them, spraying them with dirt and sand.
Todd nearly tripped and fell, but was helped up by Lana. Hannah ducked under a fireball while helping Logan and Theresa up. Before too long, the ten of them had made it.
"We made it," Logan panted, leaning against a seat on the plane.
"I hope the others are on the other planes," Lana said, a worried look on her face.
"They'll make it," Charlie insisted, putting a comforting hand on Lana's shoulder. "I know they will."
"There!" Alex suddenly called, pointing. Running down the beach was William's group, heading towards their plane.
The ten on the plane began calling and screaming, yelling at them to hurry up as more fireballs pelted the area.
"Come on! Come on!" Theresa yelled.
"You got this!" Logan called.
"The island will self destruct in one minute," the voice announced. "Beginning plane launching sequence."
The plane began to roll slowly towards the edge of the dock.
"Run!" Charlie yelled. "Run!"
But William was already coming up with a plan B. He nocked one last arrow to his bow, one with a rope tied to it. "Hold on to me!" he told his companions, firing the arrow at the plane. It soared over Charlie's head and hit the top of the inside of the plane.
William grabbed onto his end of the rope, throwing his bow aside. Nicole grabbed onto him, Moira her, and Kaia her. The force of the plane speeding up began to drag them along.
"Pull them in!" Charlie ordered, grabbing his end of the rope and beginning to pull, straining with effort. Alex, Desmond, and Logan all helped him, and soon enough, they had pulled the four of them up to a point where Charlie could grab William's hand and pull the four of them in.
"Thanks," William thanked him.
"The island will self-destruct in thirty seconds," the voice said. "Twenty-nine…twenty-eight…twenty-seven…"
"We know how to count, you stupid machine!" an annoyed Alex yelled back out the still open plane door.
"I don't think I like that tone of voice," the voice said. "So just for that, six five four three two—self-destruct sequence aborted."
"It…it stopped?" Lana asked.
"That's a relief," Logan said.
"Just kidding," the voice said cheerfully. "Two one kaboom."
The entire island exploded in a massive fireball and shockwave. Debris began showering everything in the area.
"Close the door!" Desmond yelled as the plane rocked from the shockwave. Theresa did what she was told, reaching out and grabbing the lever to close the plane door.
The plane rocked a bit more, but then stilled. The fourteen of them on the plane breathed a collective sigh of relief.
"We made it," Lana said.
"But what about the other plane?" Theresa wondered.
"We just have to hope that everyone else is on it," Charlie said.
"So…anyone know where this piece of junk is going?" Sonya spoke up.
Meanwhile, with the other plane, they had been caught closer to the explosion. A large flaming piece of metal struck the plane on the wing.
"We're hit!" Kyle yelled.
"Houston, we're going down!" We're going down!" Rob called as the plane spiraled down into the ocean.
There was a loud splash. Pieces of the island and the plane floated by as the campers that were on the plane surfaced.
"Ugh. That hurt," Quincy groaned.
There was a flash of smoke, and the hologram of Chris appeared on a larger piece of debris.
"Well, well, well," Chris said. "Looks like you had some technical difficulties."
"McLean, you'd better send a boat to pick us up, or so help me I'll track you down and destroy you!" Colt ordered.
"Sorry. No can do," Chris said. "But if you swim in that direction, you'll reach the location of next season. Sadly for you, the only way you'll be taking part in it is from the sidelines."
"What do you mean?" Kyle asked.
"Anyone that had made it onto a big plane and gotten that plane to next season's location would've been able to take part in the next season," Chris explained. "But since your plane went down, you'll be forced to watch from the Aftermath studio. Yes, we're bringing the Total Drama Aftermath show back."
Chris turned back to the campers in the water. "If I were you, I'd start swimming before the sharks come," he suggested. "Good luck."
As Chris ended the hologram transmission from his secret control room, there was a loud crash from near where he was.
"For crying out loud!" he complained, running over into the next room, where he saw the two-seater planed crashed right in the middle of a large studio. Amber and Marvin were slowly making their way out of the plane's cockpit.
"Did we make it?" Marvin asked.
"To the next season? No," Chris told them. "But, since you did take the two-seater plane and crashed it into the Aftermath studio, looks like it'll be you two hosting Aftermath."
"Wait, what?" both Marvin and Amber asked at once.
"Shush," Chris said, looking at his watch. "The other campers on the big plane that didn't crash will be here soon, and I have to be there to introduce them to the next season. Later." Before Marvin and Amber could raise any more questions, the host was gone.
"We're landing," Hannah announced, feeling the bump as the plane touched down.
"But where did we land?" Theresa wondered.
The plane rolled to a stop, and the door began to open. Blinding light began to shine through the door, causing everyone (except for the blind Hannah) to squint. When they could finally see, they saw Chris standing there.
"Welcome, campers," he said. "Who's ready to take part in the next season?"
"Next season?"
"Uh uh. No way." Alex said.
"You can't make us compete in your sick gameshow again, McLean," Desmond told him.
"Actually, I can," Chris replied, flashing out a set of contracts. "New contracts just came in. And good news for you, Sonya. The producers decided to let you compete this season too."
"Solid," Sonya said, looking satisfied.
"Now, who wants to see where you'll be competing at?" Chris asked, beckoning for them to step off the plane. The teens exchanged looks, but followed.
"Raspberries," Moira breathed.
"Oh…man…" Alex agreed.
"This…is big," Charlie said. Even he was stunned at what he was seeing. For behind Chris was an entire city, with skyscrapers and buildings everywhere.
"Yes, that's right!" Chris told them. "We've got an entire city to play in next season. And oh look," he added, looking up as another plane began to approach. "Here comes your competition."
"The rest of the guys from last season?" William asked.
"No. It's a plane filled with all new competitors," Chris corrected. "A fresh batch of unsuspecting teens ready to battle it out for one million dollars." He turned to the camera. "What kind of crazy hopefuls will be on that plane? And how much pain can we put everyone through this time around? To find out, tune in next season. Until then, I'm Chris McLean, and I'll see you all next time on Total! Drama! City!" As he announced the title, the camera zoomed out until the entire scope of the city could be seen.
TEAM STANDINGS
MOVING ON TO TOTAL DRAMA CITY
Lana, William, Alex, Charlie, Desmond, Moira, Logan, Nicole, Theresa, Deedee, Hannah, Todd, Kaia
AFTERMATH STUDIO
Dana, Kyle, Colt, Wendell, Phyllis, Rob, Quincy
AFTERMATH HOSTS
Marvin, Amber
NEW CONTESTANTS FOR TOTAL DRAMA CITY
Sonya
Various other new characters
Boom! There it is! Total Drama City will be your sequel to Total Drama Danger Zones. A bigger playing field! More challenges! Same old Chris.
With a bigger field to play in, things will be bigger, badder, and more dangerous than ever before. Coming up with challenges for the next season will be a challenge for me, but we'll see how it goes!
And yes, my little farewell at the end of the last episode was hinting at what was going to happen in this episode. Foreshadowing! Gotta love it!
About certain campers and their status for next season. Basically, the campers that didn't go through didn't simply because I have no plot for them. Marvin and Amber are going to be the hosts for Aftermath because they're the only duo that's not competing. Plus if Rob was the host, everyone would get annoyed very easily.
As for the ones moving on to TDC, the only character I was on the fence about letting through was Kaia. With her scheming ways exposed, she would have a tough time doing anything. But after reading certain SYOC apps, I figured out something for her, and she made it through. Barely.
And now, here's probably the question you're wondering: what's with this Sonya OC?
Simply put, I had an idea to introduce her here early. And after getting permission from Lauta Romero, I moved on with my plan.
Who is she, exactly? She's a famous singer, actor, etc. Based on the description I got from Lauta, I saw her in a more rock star role than any other. But she has done more than just do rock star stuff. And she has a lot more skills to bring to the table. I'm excited to continue to flesh her out next season.
And that's just one new character. I got a lot of really good ones. But like I said earlier, y'all have until 8 tomorrow to send SYOCs in. And how I did the credits at the start will be how I do them for TDC, where I give credit to the characters that are in the episode.
I think that's about it. I would say favorite/follow this story so you can stay informed on updates, but...the story's finished. So favorite/follow me I guess so that you know exactly when I begin Total Drama City. Mostly reaching out to those with accepted SYOcs, as there are certain things in your contract that you'll have to keep with for your character to have a better chance at getting through. So until then, this is Guest 1138, reminding you that things can always get worse on Total Drama...for the people that have to play it that is. Ciao!