Yeah...I'm over a week late. I just totally forgot about posting the next chapter. Okay, that's a lie. I was just lazy.
But it's here. Part 2 of episode 4. Someone will get a get gold star and someone may or may not go home. Read on :)
Drama Nation - Episode 4, Part 2 - I am the Turtle King
"We just need the bottom part of Africa!" Sky announced to the rest of the team. "It's called South…something."
"South Africa," Eva chuckled.
"I've got it here!" Geoff shouted. "Where does New Zealand go?"
"Over here! Next to Australia!" Jasmine exclaimed, waving her hand. "And if you see a little orange island, it's Tasmania. Give it to me."
"I have it here," DJ told her, tossing it over.
"Almost done, guys! We just need the rest of Greenland!" Scott exclaimed.
"Who has the pieces?" Courtney called out.
She looked from person to person, and they all shrugged.
"Oh, this is not happening!" she screamed. "Look all around you. Search your pockets."
Immediately she and the other eight members of the district scrambled to find the final pieces, when Rodney absent-mindedly reached into his dungarees pocket.
His eyes went wide.
"I've got them," he said, blushing.
"Gimme!" Scott snapped at him, snatching them out of his hands. "Greenland is done!"
"Yellow district – you are the cooks!" Chris announced.
Bridgette sighed and fainted into Leshawna's arms.
"Which means green are the labourers…again. Two minutes to complete!"
DJ and Eva sat side by side trying to solve the rest of the ocean pieces.
"Not this one…not that one," DJ groaned.
"I give up," Eva groaned, dropping her pieces. "I might destroy the puzzle if I do this any longer."
Brick quickly leapt into Eva's place to try and sort things out.
"One minute!" Chris announced.
"Those two. They fit together," he said. "So that one must go there."
"We did it! We've got it!" they both shouted in unison. They leapt up and down sharing a bro-hug.
"And the puzzle is complete with 47 seconds to spare," Chris said.
The pioneers gathered in a clump once again as Chris stood between two large wooden boxes.
"And that wraps up another showdown!" he announced. "First things first - Bridgette, are you okay? You had quite the fall when it was announced yellow would be cooks."
"Yeah, I'm fine," Bridgette replied as she linked arms with Leshawna. "I just don't want any more chickens to be killed."
Courtney had a guilty look on her face, but she didn't say anything in response.
"Red district, how does it feel to be out of upper class?" Chris asked.
"It's great," Gwen replied before Noah could open his mouth. "It's about time some of them started pulling their weight around here."
The rest of the district protested in unison, but Gwen just laughed and shook her head.
"And Harold, how does it feel to be in their place?" Chris continued.
"Awesome," Harold replied. "We've had every job now, so I think we're getting the full experience."
"But we're still going to help out," Leshawna added. "Where we're needed."
"I'm not," Shawn interjected with his arms crossed. "I'm taking a nice, long nap while there's nobody else in the cabins."
"Alrighty then," Chris nodded. "Time to reveal the first choice for the rewards."
Chris pulled the rope off the first box, revealing a bunch of coloured clubs, balls and bunch of other ornaments. At the front was a flag with a '9' printed on it.
"This is just one hole of a giant miniature golf course that we will put in the centre of town. We'll set it up and you guys can have it whenever you want."
The kids all cheered.
Lindsay, 14, Alberta: I love miniature golf! It's like golf, but smaller.
Eva, 13, British Columbia: Not my favourite sport, but I'll take it.
"Here is choice number two!" Chris continued, pulling the rope off of the other box. "Art supplies - poster paints, colouring pencils, markers, paper, scissors, glue sticks, and tons of other things."
The pioneers stared in awe.
"Council, why don't you guys take a walk and figure it out?"
The council parted from the rest of the group, when Courtney raised her hand.
"Yeah?" Chris said, putting his hands behind his back.
"I was just wondering…can we keep this map?" Courtney asked.
Chris thought about it for a moment. "Yeah, what the heck? We were gonna throw it out anyway. You guys have to carry it back, though."
"Excellent," Courtney grinned.
The four council members faced each other to make their decision.
"The choice is obvious for me," Courtney said.
"Me too," Sky agreed. She put her hand in the centre and Courtney put hers on top.
"Me three," Harold added, putting his hand on top of Courtney's. They all looked at Noah.
He sighed, "Normally I wouldn't care but I hate golf with a burning passion."
He put his hand on top of Harold's.
The council members returned to the rest of the group.
"Have you made up your mind?" Chris asked.
"Yes we have," Sky replied.
"We will choose…" Harold said. "The art supplies."
The pioneers went into hysterics.
Gwen, 14, British Columbia: This…I could get on board with
Izzy, 12, Nova Scotia: Hell yeah! I'm gonna make a giant **** out of popsicle sticks!
The older kids huffed and puffed as they helped Courtney carry the giant world map out of the field.
"What is the point of this again?" Geoff asked between breaths.
"It's a secret for now," Courtney replied. "But maybe you'd have an idea if you hadn't gone to play catch earlier."
"Don't take it out on him. It was my idea," Duncan said. He looked to be struggling the most with the weight of the board.
"I think this is a great idea, Courtney," Gwen told her.
"Thank you," Courtney beamed.
"The black paint is mine, by the way," Gwen added.
Trent, 14, Manitoba: [laughs] Duncan was wheezing all the way back. For a juvie kid, he's really not that strong.
Ezekiel and Shawn watched in horror as Sam sat in the corner of the blue cabin. He stared crazily at his thumbs, which moved about as the rest of his fingers held something that wasn't there.
"Sam? Sam?" Ezekiel said, tapping the curly-haired boy on the arm.
"Haha, take that, Turtle King!" Sam exclaimed. "Yes! Made it to World 3!"
"I told you," Shawn said. "He can't hear us."
"This isn't good," Ezekiel said, scratching his head. "How long has he been like that?"
"I don't know. He was here when I woke up," Shawn replied. "I thought he might be a zombie, but zombies don't stay in one place for very long."
"I can't put my finger on this," Ezekiel said, pinching his chin. "I've never come across anything like this in my studies."
"Jump! Jump!" Sam shouted, shaking suddenly. "Aw crap, one life left."
"Excuse me?" Leonard said as he stood at the counter of the grocery. Amy was on the other side reading a magazine. "Excuse me?"
"Just a second. I'm almost done this page," Amy said angrily.
"Put the magazine away, Amy," Gwen ordered as she polished one of the glass jars.
"You're not the boss of me," Amy snapped.
"No, but you're meant to be doing your job. Or else Noah won't pay you," Gwen frowned.
"Whatever. Noah doesn't do any work either," Amy scoffed, turning the page. "Samey, that nerd wants to buy something."
"Sammy, don't…" Gwen protested, but Sammy rushed over to the checkout.
"Hi Leonard. What do you want to buy?" Sammy asked with a smile.
"Izzy asked me to buy some mint candies," Leonard answered.
"Okay. How many?" Sammy asked.
"Oh, I don't know. She just gave me 4 nickels," Leonard shrugged, placing them on the counter.
Sammy lifted the mint jar onto the counter and put two scoops into a paper bag.
"20 cents," Sammy said, taking the coins. "Have a good day."
Leonard took the bag and skipped off, when Gwen turned her head.
"Where is Izzy working?" Gwen asked.
"The bar," Amy and Sammy said at the same time.
"Oh no," Gwen replied with an amused grin.
Izzy, Sugar, Ezekiel, Shawn and Duncan all stood around the bar with a dozen glass bottles of cola lined across it.
"I've got them! The magic mints!" Leonard squealed as he leapt through the door.
"Excellent. Come this way, my apprentice," Izzy grinned as he handed her the bag. She had a peek inside. "Just excellent. Everyone take two each. Don't do anything til I say!"
"Can we breathe?" Shawn asked, as he took his two mints.
"I don't remember asking for smart talk," Izzy hissed at him. "When I say 'go', you will all drop a mint into two different bottles at the same time."
"What will it do?" Ezekiel whispered to Shawn.
"You'll see," Shawn replied, giving him a nudge.
"Ready, steady…go!" Izzy screamed, and everyone dropped their mints at the same time. The bottles fizzed up and a jet of soda came out each one. All six of them got splattered.
"My hair!" Sugar screamed, ducking under the counter.
Izzy cackled maniacally as she got drenched in soda.
Ezekiel cowered in a corner with Leonard on his lap, while Shawn and Duncan were the only other people who looked amused.
"Cool," Shawn said.
"We probably could have thought this through better," Duncan chuckled.
"What's all the screaming about!?" Courtney shouted as she marched through the door. She was screaming herself when she saw the state of the place.
"Ah, the floor is sticky!" she squeaked. "And you guys are all a mess!"
Shawn and Leonard looked at each other and sighed.
Courtney gritted her teeth and turned her head right. "Duncan!"
"It wasn't my idea," Duncan shrugged.
"Not the point!" Courtney snapped. "You're a cop! You're meant to keep the town in order."
"They just wanted to have bit of fun. Is that a crime!?" Duncan yelled back, putting his hands in the air.
"Don't raise your voice with me," Courtney hissed. "Just get this place cleaned up. And I want all of the blues to report to the mess hall."
"But we're the upper class!" Shawn protested.
"DO AS I SAY!" Courtney screeched.
"Yes ma'am," Shawn said quickly, dashing out of the bar. Ezekiel and Leonard got to their feet and followed suit.
Shawn, 9, Alberta: Courtney is scary. I'm glad I'm not on her district.
Gwen dashed into the mess hall, with Sammy right behind her.
"How are we doing?" she asked, going up to Courtney. "The map is over there."
Gwen took one look at the map, which was kept hidden by the camera, and shook her head.
"No," she said. "We need more. More colour, more detail, just more everything."
"You're really passionate about this," Bridgette said as she and Leshawna came over to her.
"You kidding? Finally this town does something I like. I'm not gonna waste this!" Gwen exclaimed. "I need a big brush."
"Brushes are over here with the paints," Leshawna told her, pointing her to one of the tables.
"Awesome," Gwen grinned as the three of them grabbed all the supplies they could. "How's life on the blue district?"
"Well Sam's been acting up," Leshawna said.
"Oh yeah," Bridgette added. "We found him in the corner of the boys' cabin. He was fiddling with his thumbs. It was like he was playing an imaginary video game."
"The other boys said he'd been like that for hours, and they couldn't do anything about it," Leshawna said. "But I got him to snap out of it."
"For five minutes," Bridgette frowned. She pointed at Sam who was in the corner of the mess hall, once again going at it with his thumbs.
"High score!" he cheered.
Gwen rolled her eyes. "My brother is addicted to video-games. He plays them non-stop – even at dinner."
Leshawna shook her head. "If someone did that in my house they'd get a big smack."
Bridgette laughed at this, but noticed Leshawna didn't join her.
"You're serious?" Bridgette gasped. "That's horrible!"
"Sometimes it's needed," Leshawna shrugged.
"No!" Bridgette frowned. "Hitting kids is never okay."
"It's not a big deal," Leshawna said.
"So would you do it?" Bridgette asked angrily. "Would you hit Leonard? Or Shawn?"
"Hmm," Leshawna said thoughtfully.
"I can't believe you have to think about it!" Bridgette snapped.
"Can you guys stop arguing? I need to concentrate," Gwen said angrily as she mixed together paint in a bucket.
"Sorry," they said at the same time.
Bridgette, 13, British Columbia: I can't believe it's 2007 and people still smack their kids. If it's the only way you can get them to behave, then you shouldn't even be a parent.
"Hey. How are things going?" Courtney asked as she entered the kitchen. She took a sniff. "What is that amazing smell?"
"DJ's showing us how to make French fries," Heather told her.
"Cool," Courtney said, walking over.
"I'd stay back," DJ told her. "The grease could fly anywhere."
"Yeah, it already burned Katie's face," Lindsay added with a bit too much enthusiasm.
"What else is for dinner?" Courtney asked, looking around.
"Check this out!" Tyler called from the other side of the kitchen. "I'm making mashed tomatoes. They're like mashed potatoes, but tomatoes."
Courtney, 15, Town Council: [facepalms]
Some of the younger kids were at one of the tables drawing pictures of monuments around the world.
"I'm drawing the Eiffel Tower," Zoey said as she sat on one side with Dawn and Beth.
"You're really good at drawing," Jasmine complimented from across from her.
"Oh I'm not really," Zoey blushed. She looked at Jasmine's crudely drawn rock. "What's that?"
"This? It's Uluru," Jasmine replied, sliding her drawing closer. "It's a big rock in the middle of Australia. It's sacred to the natives."
"Cool," Zoey said in awe. "Have you ever been there?"
"Yes. A few times. But there's always tourists climbing on it. Totally disrespectful," Jasmine scoffed.
"Finished!" Beth squealed, holding up her drawing of the Statue of Liberty.
"That's unreal," Ella said in awe.
Tyler walked up to Courtney in the mess hall.
"You should wrap things up. Dinner's almost ready," he told her.
"Yeah, alright," Courtney nodded, and he walked off. She clapped her hands to get everyone's attention. "Attention! Food will be ready soon, so finish up what you're doing!"
"But we're not even close to finished," Gwen protested as she slathered paint on the map jigsaw.
"So? We need to eat," Courtney shot back, getting in her face.
"We are not getting food on the art."
"This is the mess hall, Gwen! We're supposed to have food here!"
"Maybe we should have done this in the town hall," Harold suggested, coming up behind Courtney.
"Not helping, Harold!" Courtney snapped.
"It will be fine once it's finished. Just not now," Gwen said.
"Hey, Gwen, calm down," Leshawna said, coming up to her and putting a hand on her shoulder. "We'll tidy everything away in a corner. The food won't get near it."
Gwen sighed, "Yeah, you're right. Sorry, Courtney, I just get really passionate about this stuff."
"It's alright. I know what that's like," Courtney smiled.
Courtney, 15, Town Council: I didn't really like Gwen at first, but I appreciate how driven she is. She might even be worthy of a gold star.
Courtney and Gwen continued to chat, while Leshawna looked over her shoulder, and spotted an empty corner in the room.
"We can put the stuff over…" Leshawna paused and looked around. "Where's Sam?"
She rushed over to Shawn and Leonard, who were chucking paper aeroplanes at each other.
"Have you two seen Sam?" she asked them.
"Wasn't he…" Shawn asked, turning his eyes to the corner. "Uh oh."
The sun set on Gemini as the three of them ran outside, calling out 'Sam?' left and right.
"What's going on over there?" Leonard asked, pointing over at the lake. There was a figure dressed in red down on their knees.
They rushed over, and Leshawna put her hands over her mouth when she realised Sam was lying on the grass, soaking wet.
"What happened?" Leshawna asked.
"The camera crew said he was running and jumping about, and then he fell in the water," the lifeguard replied. He was a big black man, who also happened to be the nurse that took Sadie away.
"Oh dear. How long has he been out?" Leshawna asked.
"Hm? He's not unconscious," the man said. "He was making noises a moment ago."
"Sam!" Shawn exclaimed, giving him a shake. "Sam! Speak to me, buddy."
Sam's eyes opened, and he sat up.
"Sam," Leshawna sighed in relief.
Sam looked up at her, and then he burst into tears.
"Woah, what's wrong?" Leshawna asked, putting her arm around him.
"I…I can't do this anymore!" he wailed, his head falling into his hands. "I don't belong out here."
"Yes you do," Shawn insisted.
"I miss my house, my TV, my controller…I want to go home!" he sobbed.
"Come on, dude, you have to stay," Shawn pled.
"I know a spell that will make you feel better!" Leonard exclaimed. "Abraca…"
He was interrupted when Sam got up and lightly shoved him away.
"Just leave me alone," he said, walking off with his hands in his pockets.
Leshawna, 14, Manitoba: [sighs] Poor Sam. There's gotta be something we can do for him.
The pioneers were served fish and chips for dinner, along with tinned peas.
"Awesome as always, DJ," Geoff said, and he gave his friend a high-five. "You should get a second gold star."
"Haha, thanks," DJ replied. "But I think one is more than enough."
"Hey, where are the tomatoes!?" Tyler protested from the other side of the room.
DJ, 14, British Columbia: We had to throw out Tyler's squashed tomatoes. He made them with his bare hands.
After dinner, the yellows went to wash up, and the rest of the town got back to their art project.
"Ugh, all this colour is hurting my eyes," Amy moaned as she and Sugar watched Izzy and Sammy paint. "Are we nearly done?"
"Just a few finishing touches," Gwen told her as she walked by with a bucket. "Make yourself useful and get some glue for this glitter."
"Glitter!?" Sugar's face lit up and she suddenly leapt onto the table (splattering Sammy with orange paint in the process). "Mine! Mine!"
She grabbed the bucket out of Gwen's hand, swiped a bottle of PVA glue, and chucked the stuff all over Brazil.
Gwen shrugged. "I was gonna put it on California but that works too."
The yellows re-entered the mess hall as the others stepped back and admired their work.
"Woah," Courtney said in awe.
What was once the jigsaw puzzle from the showdown had now become a great collage with drawings of monuments stuck all over. Some of the larger countries had their flags painted on them, and kids had written their names either on their country of origin, or on the Canadian province they lived in.
Noah, 12, Town Council: Okay, I'll admit that I thought that journal entry would go nowhere, but we actually created something pretty special.
Courtney, 15, Town Council: Just goes to show that this town can do anything they set their mind to.
As the kids filed out of the mess hall, Leshawna went up to Quiet Kid.
"Hey, you're really good at building stuff, right?" she said.
Quiet Kid beamed and nodded.
"Well, I was wondering if you could do something. Do you know Sam?"
He nodded.
"He's kind of been in a bad state, and I've been thinking of ways to cheer him up. He's been missing his video games…"
Quiet Kid put out his palm as if to say 'stop'. He adjusted his cap and gave her the thumbs' up.
"Thanks," Leshawna smiled, giving him a nod back.
The sun rose on Gemini. Harold, Ezekiel, Sam and Leonard were fast asleep in the boys' side of the blue cabin, but not for long.
"Guys! Guys!" Shawn exclaimed, kicking open the door and swinging down from the frame.
"Shawn, what is it?" Harold said irritably as he wiped his eyes.
"You've got to come outside. You won't believe this!" Shawn continued, jumping up and down with his hands in the air.
Harold groaned and lay back down, while Ezekiel, Sam and Leonard ran out in their pyjamas (which in Leonard's case was his regular cloak).
"Woah," Sam said in awe.
Set up outside the cabin was a bunch of crates and pipes arranged in a line. The camera panned along until it came to Quiet Kid and Leshawna setting up a makeshift wooden flagpole.
"You made all this?" Ezekiel asked as the four of them ran over.
"It was mostly Quiet Kid, but I helped out," Leshawna replied. "Sam, remember how you said you missed your video games? Well, we've made one for you in real life."
"Awesome," Sam said. "You're the best."
"Don't you need enemies, though?" Shawn asked. "Turtle-looking things and the walking mushrooms?"
"They have names," Sam frowned at him.
"You're right, Shawn," Leshawna said with a finger to her chin. "Maybe you guys can be them?"
"Ye-e-e-esss!" Shawn shook excitedly. "We can use costumes from the store!"
"Walking mushrooms?" Ezekiel repeated as Shawn dragged him off.
Sam, 11, Saskatchewan: This is so cool! [shakes his fists]
Sam readied himself behind a black line, while Cameron stood behind him with a flag.
"Sam, your level begins in 3…2…1…GO!"
Sam took off, jumping over crates and pipes. He jumped on one of them and crushed it, revealing a water gun inside.
"What's this?" he asked, holding it up.
"A flame-thrower!" Leshawna shouted back. "You can shoot baddies."
Sam encountered Ezekiel, who was walking towards him wearing a red turtle shell made out of cardboard.
"Take that!" Sam shouted, pointing the gun at him. Ezekiel fell to the ground.
He leapt on top of him, and over another crate, and Ezekiel went spinning away.
Sam ran up to a pipe, but stopped in his tracks when Shawn popped up.
"Rah!" he growled. "I am an evil zombie plant!"
He was covered in green paint, and had leaves glued all over his face and body.
"Not for long!" Sam exclaimed, shooting with the gun again.
"Mommy!" Shawn cried, falling back into the pipe.
"See ya," Sam grinned, leaping over the pipe and coming face to face with Leonard. He wore a purple cape over his robes and had a plastic crown on his head.
"I am the turtle king!" Leonard exclaimed. "You cannot defeat my magic spells! Abraca-die!"
He pointed his wand at Sam, who quickly ducked.
"You're no match for me!" Sam shouted back, pulling the trigger on the gun. He clicked it several times but Leonard was still standing. "It's not working!"
"You can only defeat me if you answer an extremely hard riddle," Leonard cackled. "What is one million plus one million."
"Two million?" Sam replied with a raised eyebrow.
"Oh! Darn it!" Leonard cried, falling to the ground.
"Alright!" Sam cheered. He ran up some steps made of crates and grabbed the wooden flag-pole. He slid down and leaped off, then jumped in the air and cheered. "Wa-hoo!"
Half the town had gathered around by that point, and they all burst into applause.
Harold, 13, Town Council: That was awesome! There's no way Sam will go home now!
Gwen, 14, British Columbia: [laughs and shakes her head] Just when you think you've seen everything in this town.
Sam, 11, Saskatchewan: That made me feel a lot better, haha. But I'm still not sure if I want to stay.
The town council gathered alone in the bar to discuss the gold star.
"My choice is definitely Gwen," Courtney said. "She works non-stop, even when she's in the upper class, and she did an amazing job at leading that art project."
"Yeah, it was impressive, but I can't say it was the best use of time," Noah said. "We forced everyone to close the shops early and help out."
"Most people were happy to help," Sky countered.
"And it's not like the reds were doing their job. Did you see the mess Izzy made?" Courtney frowned, but Noah ignored her.
"I nominate either Leshawna or Quiet Kid," Harold stated. "It was Leshawna's idea to make that real-life video game, and Quiet Kid built most of it. Sam would be going home if it wasn't for them."
"Yeah let's give it to Quiet Kid," Noah agreed. "He pretty much built half the town by himself."
"What do you think, Sky?" Courtney asked with a smile.
The 38 kids once again gathered in the town hall for the next meeting.
"Pioneers!" Chris announced. "Before we get to our usual agenda, I am happy to announce that a recent casualty has returned to us."
Katie gasped in delight at the mention of this.
"Welcome back, Sadie!"
The doors opened and the bleach-drinker herself walked in. Everyone immediately started clapping and Katie jumped out of her seat and ran to hug her.
"Eeeeiiii!" Katie squealed.
"Eeeeiii!" Sadie squealed, and it wasn't long before they were squealing at the same time, making many of the others block their ears.
"Okay, settle down girls!" Chris exclaimed. "It's time to get down to business."
The two girls smiled and took their seats.
"By a show of hands, how many of you approve of the job your council is doing?"
The majority raised their hands. The camera zoomed in on Katie and Sadie smiling as they did so.
"Who doesn't approve of the job the council is doing?"
Some other kids raised their hands. The camera focused on Courtney doing so.
"Courtney!" Chris exclaimed in amusement. "Now this is a first – a council member disapproving of the council. What's the matter?"
"Noah is doing nothing to motivate the red district," Courtney said angrily. "I went into the dry goods store – the three boys were playing cards at the checkout."
Cody, Cameron and Quiet Kid all blushed at this.
"And the girls in the bar were putting mints into Coke. Do you know dangerous that is? The glasses could have smashed on the ground, and hurt someone's eyes."
"Boom-boom," Izzy giggled from her seat.
"But they didn't, did they?" Noah smirked.
"They didn't even clean up," Sky was starting to get angry too. "Me and Ella did it for them this morning."
"Look, we had upper-class three times. They're just having a bit of culture shock. It'll be fine after a while," Noah shrugged.
"That's not all," Courtney continued. "Duncan is supposed to be part of the police force, but he actively encouraged the Coke and Mentos experiment."
"I did not!" Duncan objected. "I was just supervising. I made sure none of them got hurt."
"Ugh!" Courtney let out a growl in frustration.
"I think that's enough for now," Chris grinned. "Does anyone else have something they'd like to say?"
"What happened to my mashed tomatoes!?" Tyler yelled. "They were on the cutting board, and then they were gone! I want answers!"
Nobody responded. They all just laughed.
Tyler crossed his arms and sulked.
"Forget I asked," Chris said with rolled eyes. "Next topic – the lifestyle of roughing it out and staying up as late as you want just isn't for everyone. Would anyone here like to go home?"
Everyone looked around to see if any hands were raised.
And there was just one.
Sam.
"No," Leonard said in shock.
"Please don't…" Shawn added.
"You want to go home, Sam?" Chris asked.
"Yes," Sam mumbled, tears in his eyes. "I can't do this anymore. I'm sorry."
"But we made you a video game! Does that mean nothing!?" Shawn exclaimed.
"Stop it, Shawn," Leshawna hissed at him.
"I didn't think I'd last this long…" Sam continued to sob. "…but I just can't go any longer."
"Very well," Chris shrugged. "We'll call your parents, and get your loser butt out of here."
Sam shared hugs with Shawn, Leonard and Leshawna. Then he got up and shook hands with Ezekiel and Harold, and then the girls from the blue district gave him high-fives.
"We'll miss you Sam!" Geoff called as Sam went out through the door.
"So, one kid comes back, another kid leaves," Chris said. "Now it's time for the best part of the town hall meeting. The council will once again select another pioneer to win a gold star worth 50,000 dollars. Over to you, council."
Sky stood up and cleared her throat.
"This person is extremely clever, a hard worker, and, even though it didn't work, put a lot of effort into trying to get Sam to stay," she said. "The gold star goes to Quiet Kid."
Quiet Kid was open mouthed as he got up and walked over to Chris.
"Congratulations," Chris said, handing him the star. "How does this make you feel, B?"
Quiet Kid smiled and gave Chris the thumbs' up.
"His name his B?" Eva asked aloud.
"Hey, you were right," Beth said, giving Dawn a nudge. They were both wearing knitted scarves.
"You didn't already know that?" Chris chuckled. "B, why don't you give your parents a call and tell them about your prize."
B had an uncertain look, but shrugged and nodded his head.
He went up to Sky and offered her a fist-bump. Sky returned it, and then he did the same with Noah, Harold and Courtney.
"Well done," Courtney said, patting him on the side.
B nodded in response, and then he turned to leave the town hall.
Once he was gone, Noah said aloud, "I have so many questions."
B entered the phone building and picked up the receiver.
"Hello?" a female voice said. "Hello? Is someone there? Hello?"
B opened his mouth, but was interrupted when by his mother sighing, and the phone hanging up.
He put down the receiver, then he smiled and shrugged.
"That was weird," Chris said awkwardly. "And so ends another episode. How will the blues deal with Sam's departure? Will the council last much longer? And was that last question intentional foreshadowing? Find out next time on Drama…Nation!"
So B's name is finally revealed (sort of) and he gets the gold star, making him the first non-TDI contestant to get one. And Sam goes home - I always intended for him to leave early, and he was mainly just a background character until this episode.
As always review whatever your opinion and I will see you next time - and you do not want to miss the first district election!
Yellow district -
Courtney (14), Duncan (14), Heather (15), Katie (13), Lindsay (14), Rodney (10), Sadie (14), Scott (11), Trent (14), Tyler (13)
Blue district -
Harold (13), Beth (12), Bridgette (13), Dawn (11), Ezekiel (13), Leonard (10), Leshawna (14), Shawn (9), Zoey (10), Sam (11)
Red district -
Noah (12), Amy (9), Cameron (11), Cody (15), Gwen (14), Izzy (12), Owen (13), Quiet Kid (12), Sammy (9), Sugar (10)
Green district -
Sky (9), Brick (12), DJ (14), Ella (8), Eva (13), Geoff (13), Jasmine (10), Jo (10), Lightning (11), Dave (8)