Our setting was no longer in the space station, or even in space, for that matter. No, we were now back at the resort where failed contestants come to kick back and enjoy themselves: Playa Des Losers. On the dock, there stood Dana, along with Brittany, Mimi, Milly, Jackson, and Belladonna, each one looking as if they've had...mixed feelings about having to stay with the losers. It was about fifty-fifty on if they actually enjoyed their time or not. Rather than having Chris lead the episode, Dana was in charge of things once again.
"Last time on Total Drama Space Station: only five contestants remained, and while they awaited a challenge, the four of them tried to come up with a plan to get rid of Tony, but found themselves having a hard time. All while this was happening, Chris and Chef were suddenly attacked and captured by some slimy, green imitators. The gooey group took over the station, even announcing a challenge for the group to partake in, but not actually telling them what to do. While Tony went to his room to enjoy some silence, the other four found themselves face to face with one of the aliens, which disguised itself as the conman but...not very well. It asked about Benjamin, or as they said, 'Big Blue,' and insisted that it needed to find him. Meanwhile, Tony was under attack by one of them until he discovered they had a weakness to pennies. Who would've thought? He told the others what to do, and they split into groups to go after the remaining four aliens. They managed to take down three of them, but the head honcho turned things around and captured all of Flint, Tony, Archie, and Gretchen! March was left in charge of a rescue mission, one which she led skillfully, slapping the boss in the face with a bag of pennies and saving everyone from certain doom. No one was eliminated then, but someone will be tonight! We're heading back to the Playa for a challenge for our losers to partake in! One which will decide the final four! Who's gonna join these dropouts tonight? You can find out now on Total Drama Space Station!"
As the opening starts, the Chris space station is revealed and quickly zoomed into, showing cameras all over the corridors and traveling through them and reaching the captain's chambers, where Chris is shown. He shines an evil smirk before the camera zooms past, showing outside of glass in his room.
"Dear mom and dad, I'm doing fine," the lyrics start while Alex is shown in his orange spacesuit, trying to befriend a space monkey, which, in its scaly, grotesque, but somehow still fluffy appearance, swims through the empty space away from him. Slightly to the left of him is Natt, in his black spacesuit, clapping unenthusiastically.
"You guys are on my mind," the camera pulls back inside, showing the cafeteria where Gretchen playing her guitar on top of one of the tables, while Jianne covers her ears, disapproving of the noise.
"You asked me what I wanted to be, now I think the answer's plain to see," Thomas is seen peering into the captain's chambers, before turning to smile and wave at the camera. The camera slides over quickly, showing Luna and Liz shaking hands while crossing their fingers behind their backs, each with a sneaky smile across their faces.
"I wanna be famous," Damien is seen on a stage, performing in his own little play, before the door to the room is opened by Benjamin, causing the former to stop what he was doing.
"I wanna live close to the sun," Dusty is by the pool, showing March, who is clearly mortified, pictures of some horses from back home.
"So, pack your bags, cause I've already won," Taylor is lounging by the pool as Nicolás jumps in, splashing water on her and causing her to start yelling at him.
"Everything to do, nothing in my way. I'll get there one day," Haley and Sebastian are seen together in the gym, both looking away from each other while whistling awkwardly.
"I wanna be famous," Vicente is seen on the other side of the gym being chased by several interns with cameras.
"Na na na na na na na na na," Chef is seen in the kitchen, inspecting the astronaut meals in their small packages, and opening one labeled, 'popcorn,' causing the room to fill up with popcorn and Anne, just outside the kitchen door, to laugh hysterically. Chef then bursts out of the room and starts to yell at an unsuspecting Flint, who then realizes that he has similar, 'popcorn,' bags in his hands.
"I wanna be, I wanna be, I wanna be famous," Alexis is seen tinkering with a control panel, in the dark. The lights then flicker on and she gives a thumbs up before the camera pans over to Archie in the observation room, where the lights flicker off and he lets out an annoyed sigh.
"I wanna be, I wanna be, I wanna be famous," Crustacean is seen in the same room, clipping a wire on a control panel and bringing the lights back on, before the camera pans up to show the galaxy, panning back down after to reveal Tony among the other contestants, showing them some fake watches with a huge smile on his face as they are all seen whistling in chairs with Chris in a room full of escape pods.
There was a sound system playing soothing island tuned at the Playa, located right in front of the massive lodge that they all slept in. Various losers could be seen, scattered in different parts of the resort. At the bar in the center of the pool, there was Haley and Sebastian, the boy still sobbing over the loss of the color in his hair. Haley tried to comfort him, but it was to no avail. He continued to whine about it, cursing Belladonna for what she had done to him.
"Screw that plant lady!" he shouted, slamming his fists on the bar, "If it wasn't for that stupid flower of hers, I wouldn't be in this mess!"
"Oh, Seabass," Haley patted him on the back as she spoke in her soothing voice, "You can't be too mad at her. After all, you did kind of knock the plant out of her hands..."
"You're siding with her on this? Why would you do that?"
"What? I never said I was siding with anybody, I was just saying that it isn't all her fault...sorry if that offended you."
"Of course it's all her fault! She sprayed me with that spritzy stuff!"
"But you bumped into her and yelled at her...you didn't even say excuse me or anything..."
"I shouldn't have had to! She could've watched where she was going."
"Seabass...it's not all that bad anyways, I think you look cute as a blonde."
"I don't wanna look cute! I wanna look cool!"
"You can still look cool with blonde hair..."
"What do you know? You've been stuck inside your house your entire life, you don't know the first thing about being cool."
"Hey...that's not...very nice..."
"Yeah? Well, neither is destroying my style! And I thought you would support me through this."
"I thought I was supporting you...I'm sorry..."
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In lieu of a confessional booth, Haley found herself sitting in the restroom, inside the lodge. It was a lot nicer than the stuffy, metal room that was in the space station, complete with a cushioned toilet seat, and even an air freshener.
"Seabass has been acting really nasty to everyone lately," Haley said, a hint of bewilderment to her voice, "It doesn't feel right...but I don't know what to do. I mean, he brought me out of my shell up there on the space station...but he's been rude to Taylor, he's downright perverted at some points, and he just seems to care about himself more than anything else. I can't say I'm too fond of what he's become...or is this what he's always been?"
"Haley is such a crybaby," Sebastian crossed his arms as he spoke, "She's so willing to apologize for anything, and she quite literally has no backbone, whatsoever! It's a damn shame that she's like that, I honestly expected a martial artist, such as herself, to be a little more...badass."
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In the hot tub, there was Natt and Anne, along with Luna, who only had her feet in the tub as she sat on the ledge. The couple was cuddling against the wall, trying not to display too much pda, but finding it difficult, considering they hadn't gotten to be with each other for a couple of weeks. The model didn't seem to mind it, though, as all she could think about was how March was doing up in space.
"So, you think she can win this thing?" Natt asked, running his hand through Anne's hair gently, "March, I mean."
"Well," Luna thought about it, tapping her chin, "I suppose it's possible, yeah. I'm a little worried about how she's gonna deal with Tony, though."
"What do you mean?" Anne questioned, "She could totally kick his butt! She's a lot stronger than one may think, just ask Benjamin! She totally slapped him once, and he said he felt it through his helmet!"
"I'm not worried about that, I know she's a tough cookie. The problem is that Tony...is very smart. I don't want to say anything nice about him, but he's definitely a genius when it comes to manipulation and backstabbing. March is sweet and tough...but, and I'm not saying this to be rude, she's kind of an airhead. I love her to bits, but she just takes some time to put two and two together."
"Well, let's not forget that she has friends up there," Natt pointed out, "I'm absolutely positive that Archie and Gretchen won't let anything bad happen to her. Hell, I feel like Gretchen is actually gonna beat the absolute crap out of that sleezeball at some point."
"Yeah, she totally is," Anne nodded in agreement, "March'll be fine, Luna! And when you finally reunite, I can write you a killer joke that'll have her on the floor, crying in laughter!"
"That's...sweet," Luna said hesitantly, "I think."
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"I really think March deserves to win this competition," Luna started, blushing as she thought about the girl, "I mean, she was willing to forgive me for all the nasty things I've said to others...and she's drawn some lovely pictures of us together. ...Nothing like that! Gosh, why are there so many perverts in this world?"
"Luna really has changed a lot since she first got here," Anne noted, "I haven't called her mousey girl a single time since I got here because of how good she's been! That, and Natt told me that she doesn't even try to start fights with Liz anymore. Though...Miss Science still has a bone or two to pick with her, apparently."
"Luna, like Alexis, said that I was creepy really early in the game," Natt mumbled, "I mean, it didn't feel good, but honestly...I don't care what everyone thinks of me, now. I've got Anne, and she loves me for who I am. Isn't that enough?"
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Not too far away from the hot tub, Damien relaxed in one of the chairs off to the side, wearing a pair of sunglasses and looking up into the sky. Benjamin stood nearby, sifting through a handful of letters that the two had received from fans and family. As he did so, he happened upon one that had horrible handwriting, one that was addressed to someone named "Big Blue."
"Hey, boss," Benjamin called Damien's attention.
"Hm?" Damien peeked up at Benjamin, noticing the letter that he was showing off, "Who's that for?"
"I'm not sure. Do I open it?"
"I don't know, it might not be yours or mine."
"Then who is this 'Big Blue?' Somebody here?"
"Maybe," Damien scratched his chin in thought, "I mean...none of us are blue...or have blue hair...Well, I guess Jianne has some blue in her hair."
"So it's for Jianne?"
"I don't know, but considering that only she has blue like that, it would make sense. I'm not sure where the 'big' comes from, though."
"Well, let's go find her so she can open it!"
"Huh? Now? But we were just enjoying the sun, and I don't wanna-"
Benjamin was quick to grab the boy by the arm, pulling him up from the seat that he was relaxing in and dragging him behind him as he ran into the lodge. Damien let out a sigh as they went. He knew that these things happened often with Benjamin, but the lack of an attention span was still pretty annoying every now and then. The strong buffoon dragged the actor all the way to the laundry room, where Jianne was, sitting in a chair as her clothes were in the dryer. The two stood right next to her, Benjamin anxiously holding out the letter as Damien shook his head in disappointment.
"What's this?" Jianne asked, grabbing the letter from him, "For...'Big Blue?' Who the hell is Big Blue?"
"You're Big Blue!" Benjamin announced, sounding completely sure of himself.
"I said it's a possibility," Damien added, a little embarrassed that they came all this way for something uncertain. "I never said it was one hundred percent for her."
"Well, we're already here, so she may as well open it!"
"Uh, okay?" Jianne replied, nervous as to what might be waiting for her once she opened the envelope.
She tore it open slowly, pulling out a wrinkly piece of paper from it and opening it up to read it. As she read, she gained a look of utter confusion, not sure what to make of the words that were on the letter. Benjamin waited patiently for her to say something, but it seemed that she was just too lost in confusion to do so.
"Well?" the tall boy prodded, "What's it say?"
"Um...I'm not sure," Jianne mumbled in response, "It says something about praise for stopping the mighty horned beast or something, but I have no idea what that means."
"I told you, Ben," Damien muttered, still embarrassed, "It was only a possibility, and it isn't for her."
"It also asks for this Big Blue to come to Europa and live there as 'our' savior. Saying our like that, you'd think this was a race of alien people or something. This is really weird, I'd just toss it if I were you."
"Aw, okay," Benjamin sighed, taking the letter back from her and crumpling it up in his hand, "I really thought I was being a good delivery boy, boss."
"It's fine?" Damien replied, not sure why he was acting like that, "I mean, I never told you to be a delivery boy."
"But I wanna be useful to you!"
"You're my friend, dude. You don't need to be 'useful' to me, I already like you."
"...Wow, you're so much different than Tony."
"This is such a sweet little bromance you two've got going on," Jianne joked.
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"Tony really was a grade a bastard to Benjamin," Damien started, appearing a little bit angry, "I can't imagine what it was like to deal with that for as long as he did. Whatever, though. I'm just glad that Benjamin has found a friend in me, and that he won't have to worry about being manipulated by that jerk anymore."
"We've been having a really fun time at the resort, Damien and me!" Benjamin chimed, "I can't wait until we both go to Las Vegas and go crazy with the gambling there! ...Wait, I think you have to be twenty-one to gamble in Las Vegas. Hm...oh, we can have someone make us fake IDs! ...Oh, nevermind. Damien wouldn't really care for the lying and cheating way of doing things, its too much like Tony."
"Benjamin really is something else," Jianne laughed as she thought about all of the absentmindedness of his that got him into so much trouble before, "I mean, he's definitely one of a kind, when you compare him to everyone else here. He's like a pure little cinnamon roll, and Damien doesn't want anybody to take advantage of that ever again, so he really makes sure to keep him wary of the jerks around here."
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The next little group of losers to make an appearance was down on the beach, with Taylor, Nicolás, and Dusty. The party-going girl rode around on a jet ski, enjoying the thrill of the engine humming and the water splashing all over her face. Nicolás sat in the sand, reading a book to himself under the shade of a beach umbrella. As he flipped through the pages, Dusty ran past him, accidentally kicking sand into his face as she did so. He set his book down, wiping his glasses off and spitting out a surprisingly large amount of sand.
"Oh, shoot!" the cowgirl ran back to him to apologize, "Sorry, fella! I didn't mean ta knock all that at ya, I was just tryna get some good cardio in!"
"It's fine," Nicolás mumbled in response, "As long as Taylor didn't see it..."
"Whaddya mean by tha-"
"Hey!" Taylor shouted from the water, driving the jet ski straight into the beach and leaping off of it. "Did you just kick sand in my homie's face!? Are you trying to start a fight, cause that's how you start a fight!"
"Taylor, she wasn't trying to start a-" the boy was quickly cut off by her aggressiveness.
"Shush, Nick! I'll totally kick her butt for this, you just sit back and watch!"
"I promise, I wasn't doing anything ta the poor kid on purpose," Dusty laughed awkwardly, trying to defuse the situation, "It was just a lil' accident is all. Accidents happen, ya know?"
"Oh, now you lie to try and get yourself out of trouble? Typical behavior from you cowgirls, thinking you can do no wrong and never accepting the blame for anything."
"'Scuse me? I even told him I was sorry and I didn't mean it, so why don'tcha just hop back on yer silly little boat and buzz off?"
"Come on, not this again," Nicolás groaned, rising from his place on the beach and storming off with his book in hand.
Taylor and Dusty watched as he walked away, each believing the other to be the cause of the problem. The growled at each other, mashing their foreheads together in anger.
"Great, my buddy left the beach because of you!" Taylor hissed, "I oughtta beat you into a pulp for that!"
"Oh, it'd be a pleasure ta teach ya some manners," Dusty replied whilst cracking her knuckles, "Right here, right now."
"You're so on!"
The two girls immediately began to fight each other, quickly turning into a cartoon ball of aggression and rolling all over the beach. As he continued to walk back to the resort, he sighed, but it was followed by a short bit of laughter.
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"Taylor is a great friend," Nicolás started, still cleaning off his glasses, "I mean, she's a tad aggressive sometimes, sure, but she's always looking out for me...and with Thomas still lurking around here, it's probably a good thing that I've got somewhat of a bodyguard. Weird thing is that she's always trying to get me back in the relationship game, but I don't know if that's the best idea."
"Geeky boy like Nick would do well with a girlfriend," Taylor smirked with a sense of all-knowingness, and a blackened right eye from her fight, "I mean, he is cute for a nerd, so maybe one of the nerdy girls would like him, yeah? Maybe...hm...not a lot of nerdy girls are here, now that I think about it."
"That jerk, Taylor, is always picking fights," Dusty griped, having a swollen left cheek, "Can't trust her to keep her hands to herself for more than five minutes, she just goes straight ta punching every which way when something bothers her. What a nutcase."
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Deep inside the rooming area, behind a secret entrance that very few people knew about, there was Maggie and Thomas, the former of the two sitting at a desk and typing away on a laptop while the boy sat on the bed, fiddling with a new pair of glasses that she had gotten him. As she typed away, she giggled, clearly excited about whatever she was doing. Thomas couldn't help but feel a strange curiosity fill him as he stood from the bed, walking over to watch what she was doing.
"What's so funny?" he asked, placing his hands on her shoulders and peeking at the screen.
He immediately noticed that she was looking at applications of sorts, ones labeled at the top as "TD: SI Applicant Form." His brow rose in interest, knowing that it was a similar form to the one that he had filled out to join Space Station. The one that she was on now was for a girl, someone named Mitzy Wakeman.
"Who's that clown?" he continued his line of questioning, looking at the application further, "Comic artist? That's different, I guess."
"Dana is putting me in charge of accepting the new applications for our next season, since I won't be co-hosting," Maggie replied, "This girl looks like she'll be fun. She doesn't like 'villains.' Isn't that just so funny?"
"I mean, I don't really see how that's funny. I guess it's kinda funny that she'll probably be surrounded by so-called 'villains' in a show like this. Why would you accept someone like that, though? She just seems...boring."
"No, no! I like her! She cares about the same thing I care about."
"Which is...?"
"Pure justice, of course! No bias, whatsoever, just taking care of the bad people in the world and helping those who need it!"
"I don't think you're very similar to that..."
"Mur, how rude! I'm a little more intense in my methods, sure...but she's quite like me in at least one respect."
"I think she would think the opposite, not gonna lie to you. She's going to hate you."
"Exactly! Bingo, bingo! I want her to hate me!"
"Why would you want her to hate you?"
"Because, silly Thomas...I want some excitement! I want a rival! This girl is perfect for that!"
"Whatever you say, crazy girl."
"Oh, I do love it when you call me crazy!"
Thomas rolled his eyes as Maggie continued to giggle, the giggle eventually turning into a maniacal laugh, which eventually turned into her hacking up a lung.
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"Still not sure how I feel about Maggie," Thomas started, his eyes wandering throughout the confessional, "I mean, she kind of helped me, this is true. But she's insane. And coming from me...boy does that mean something. I'm keeping an open mind for now."
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In the pool itself, Vicente, Alex, Alexis, and Crustacean all found themselves swimming about. Crustacean made sure to distance herself from the others, still not very pleased with the betrayal from Chris that she was faced with. It had her feeling a certain spite towards everybody. Alex and Vicente were playing Marco Polo, with Vicente currently being the "Marco" in this situation. Alexis simply drifted around on a floating pool chair, giggling as she watched Alex stay underwater for a long time, pooping up every now and then to confuse Vicente.
"Marco!?" Vicente shouted, keeping his eyes shut tight as he waited for a response.
"Polo!" Alex replied, popping up right behind the boy before diving back under the water as he tried to grab at him.
"Gah! I swear, you must be doing some fish out of water crap right now! There's no way you can be all these places without making any splashy noises!"
"Maybe he's just really good at this," Alexis suggested, "You know, he is kind of good with nature, maybe he's a quiet swimmer."
"Quiet? Maybe. But that quiet? Impossible! He's playing a trick on me, and you're totally watching him do it."
"He's not playing a trick on you, stupid," Crustacean growled, "You're just not paying attention close enough."
"Hey!" Alexis glared at the girl, "You don't have to call him stupid just because you lost fair and square."
"You call what Chris did to me fair? It was anything but fair! I did what I promised, and he went back on his end of the deal."
"And how exactly is that our fault? All you've been doing is insulting us and treating us like we're the reason you're here."
"Yeah, it's not exactly very cool," Vicente mumbled.
"Who said that?" Crustacean looked around as if she was pretending he didn't exist.
Alex suddenly popped back up from the water, gasping for breath and holding himself up on the ledge of the pool.
"Are you gonna say 'Marco' or what, mate!?" the adventurous boy was gasping for air, "Ah'm trying to stay under there until you do, but you're taking a long time!"
"Aha!" Vicente pointed in Alex's direction, barreling towards him quickly and just barely missing him as he swam back under, crashing into the pool wall. "Ooooo, I swear that I'll get him one of these times!"
"So annoying," Crustacean muttered, still uninterested with being friendly with the others.
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"Crustacean has got such an attitude, ugh!" Alexis complained, stomping her feet on the ground. "I swear, she only cares about herself!"
"Alexis is annoying, wouldn't you agree?" Crustacean sighed, leaning against the wall of the confessional. "I mean, all she does is complain about me being rude or whatever. This was a contest for five million dollars. Are you trying to say that you're not upset about losing your chance at it? I say that's a load of bull-"
"Alex is good at Marco Polo," Vicente said in between deep breaths, "A little too good..."
"That bugger couldn't catch a boomerang if it was flying at him at a kilometer and hour," Alex chuckled, "Ah kinda feel bad for him."
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With a lot going on around them, Dana and her lackeys approached the center of the Playa together. They noticed Liz sitting all the way at the top of the lodge, looking down at everyone with some sort of strange potion in one of her hands. She had a maniacal grin on her face as she picked Luna out of the crowd, taking aim at her, but slipping and falling all the way to the ground in front of the visitors. They each looked at her in a mix of disappointment and second-hand embarrassment. The potion that she was holding fell down after her, landing on her head and cracking open, spilling all of the liquid inside on her hair and causing it to immediately fall off. Her eyes twitched in anger as others looked at her, some giggling at her failed attempt to attack the model.
"You really need to get better at your sabotaging," Jackson scoffed at her, "I could do better than that in my sleep."
"Oh, yeah?" Liz rose from the ground, pulling out a smaller vial of liquid and pouring it on her now bald head. "I'd like to see you try."
"I would love to-"
"Jackson!" Dana grabbed his attention, slapping his hand, "You promised you wouldn't start anything if we brought you along."
"Yeah, yeah, whatever."
Suddenly, Liz sprouted some of her hair again, though it was only about three inches long, and she looked strange. Both of her eyes were exposed, the blue and the silver one, revealing to some of the others that she had different colored eyes. It came as a little surprise, but they had seen stranger things in their space station days. Dana continued to walk along with her group, turning to face everyone and blowing a loud air horn, grabbing each and every person's attention.
"Ahem, hello everyone!" she started as more of the fallen contestants approached her, "I bet you're wondering why I just did that and disturbed your peace."
"Kinda," Sebastian growled, "I'm kinda in mourning right now!"
"Oh, grow up," Belladonna rolled her eyes at him. "Worse things could've happened and you know it."
"Shut up, plant bitch!"
"Hey, Seabass!" Haley felt a small glare grow on her face, "Don't call her a...b-i-t-c-h."
"Whatever, Haley."
"Someone really needs to punch that dude," Anne mumbled.
"Ignoring his sudden outburst and moving on," Dana continued, "I've brought you here because I want to know something. I want to know...who do you want to win the competition? Who are you rooting for in all of this?"
"That's easy!" Luna chimed in, "March, of course! She's so caring and sweet, if anyone up there deserves this win, it's her!"
"Ha, you're crazy!" Taylor interrupted, "Gretchen's a total babe, and she's gonna win no matter what!"
"Pfft," Liz crossed her arms with a sense of superiority, "Fat chance that either of them will win while Tony's still up there. He's gonna crush the competition and get the cash!"
"I dunno about that," Natt mumbled, "I mean, Tony's got a big target on his head, which he deserves. I think Archie could win it, no doubt."
"Sorry, but none of them are going to win," Alexis butted into the conversation with a smirk on her face, "Flint is the most well equipped for anything athletic, and we know that Total Drama loves their athletic finales! Plus, he's powering through his injuries right now, nothing can keep him down!"
"Seems that there is a mix across the board," Milly said to Dana, writing something down in her notebook, "I expected things to be more one-sided, but I suppose anything can happen."
"I kind of expected it," Dana replied, "It doesn't matter, anyway...they won't be able to choose what they're a part of."
"What do you mean by that?" Vicente asked, a little concerned as to the mumbling the two were doing.
"Oh, I'm actually glad you asked. Tonight, we're doing a really special type of challenge!"
"A challenge?" Damien questioned, completely confused as to what might come next. "We've already lost, why would we compete in a challenge?"
"Well, it's not really for your sake! It's to decide which contestant will be joining you here tonight in Playa Des Losers!"
"Oh no!" Dusty piped up, "This ain't gonna be one of those tricky situations, like in the episode here from season one, right?"
"I'd say yes and no. You see, what we'll be doing is making five teams of three for this challenge. Each team will take part of a simple challenge of...trivia!"
"Trivia?" Jianne asked, "About what?"
"Special questions about the show and the final five!" Mimi chirped, excitedly. "We all worked together to make the questions, and we wanna see how well all of you do!"
"Yes, thank you Mimi," Dana went on, "The challenge is quite simple and straight forward, but the teams are not. We've picked the teams at random, and we're not gonna tell you which contestant you're playing for! That's right, you won't know who you're representing in this challenge!"
"What!?" Nicolás suddenly shouted, startling those around him, "You're saying that any one of us could be representing Tony and we wouldn't know it!?"
"Hey, watch it with the complaining," Liz hissed, pulling out another vial from her pocket and aiming it at the boy, causing him to shrivel up in fear.
"Yes, you won't know who it is," Dana kept going, "And you won't find out until the challenge is over! There's fifteen questions in total, all you guys have to do is work in your groups to come up with the best answer possible. If you get it right, you score a point for your mystery contestant. If you get it wrong, you get nothing. At the end, we'll tally up the points to figure out who's safe, and who's gonna come join us!"
"What if we end up with a tie?" asked Alex, "Would you be bringing two of those fellers down here?"
"No, in the event of a tie, we have one final question. It's a real doozy, but the first team to answer it correctly will score the point and save their contestant. Is everyone clear on the rules?"
"Yeah, makes enough sense to me," Benjamin boasted, "And if I understand it, everyone understands it!"
"Good. Now, your teams of three will be...Alex, Sebastian, and Taylor. Nicolás, Jianne, and Natt. Anne, Liz, and Dusty. Alexis, Luna, and Damien. And finally, Haley, Vicente, and Benjamin! We've excluded Crustacean, knowing that she will purposefully throw a wrench in anyone's way for this challenge. And Thomas...well...I'm sure you already understand why he's not going to be a part of this. Now...Milly, Jackson, Bella, Mimi, set up the tables for them and we'll get this show on the road!"
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"On a team with Sebastian?" Alex sighed, "That's...just great."
"Ugh, I really gotta team up with Alex and Taylor?" Sebastian hit his head against the wall, "Great, how exciting."
"Boo!" Taylor glared at the camera, "I don't wanna be on his team, I hate him!"
"Jianne and Natt, eh?" Nicolás thought about it, "I wonder why our team is so stacked in comparison to the others..."
"So, I'm with Natt and Nick," Jianne smirked, "Not bad at all. I just hope we're not Tony's team..."
"That can't be right," Natt thought, "Every team has something to throw them off. Sebastian annoys everyone, that's obvious. Luna and Damien together...that's a recipe for awkwardness. Benjamin is...Benjamin. And Liz and Dusty? Yeesh, Anne's gonna have a hard time keeping things together. I don't understand why I'm in a team that couldn't possibly have a single argument."
"They had to stick me with those two," Anne sighed, "How is anything gonna get agreed on?"
"That bitch Dusty is on my team," Liz hissed, checking out her now short hair in the mirror, "This is gonna be horrible!"
"Oho, I hope we're Tony's team," Dusty started with a nasty look on her face, "Ain't nothing getting done right with Liz on my team."
"Oh...joy," Alexis looked down at the floor, bummed out by the awkwardness she was about to be a part of.
"I personally have nothing against Damien," Luna mumbled, "It's just...he tends to make some...comments about March. I don't like that."
"Luna's on my team," Damien stated, unaffected by the situation. "I suppose it's better than being stuck with her girlfriend. Ah...sorry, I don't know why I said something like that...that was rude of me."
The theater boy looked down at the floor, a frown on his face. Looking over at the mirror, he saw the frown as a twisted smile, and immediately turned away again.
"It's actually...roaringly funny."
"I'm on a team with two nice people," Haley mumbled, "Ben isn't the brightest...but he's a good guy, I think."
"I'm with Benjamin and Haley, eh?" Vicente pondered it, "Well, as long as we don't let the big guy answer anything, we should be fine."
"I love blueberries!" Benjamin chirped happily. "But cherries...those scare me."
"Not letting me compete?" Crustacean grumbled, "Whatever, I don't care about those jerks anyways."
"I'm too busy planning something big right now," Thomas scoffed, "I don't care about this pitiful 'loser's bracket.'"
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When everyone had finished making their confessional comments, the Playa was seen in the dark, bright spotlights flashing all over the place. Dana stood at a podium, with her four followers nearby, Milly being the closest with a neat pile of index cards in her hands. She passed them to Dana, who placed them on the podium as she looked around at the five temporary teams. Taylor and Sebastian glared at each other, while Alex sighed awkwardly, wishing that he was on a different team. Natt and Jianne played tic tac toe in their free time, while Nicolás watched closely, too shy to ask to play. Anne had her face planted firmly on the table she sat at, with Liz and Dusty growling at each other the whole time. Damien stayed completely silent, with Luna trying to appear confident and Alexis twiddling her thumbs. Lastly, Vicente and Haley watched Benjamin in amazement as he grabbed a napkin near a bowl of blueberries without looking, and stuffed it into his mouth, eating it with no hesitation.
"Welcome, to the Contest Des Losers!" Dana announced her presence from the podium, grabbing the attention of every contestant at the tables. "You know the game, and you know the name: Dana Starshine is here to ask you all some trivia! Jackson, toss the boards to them, please!"
Jackson sighed, grabbing five dry erase boards from his side and flinging them at the tables, tossing a black marker to each team soon after. Benjamin caught his board and marker, much to the dismay of Vicente and Haley. Sebastian caught his team's, snickering at Taylor as she glared at him even more. Alexis luckily caught hers, letting out a sigh of relief as she did so. Nicolás caught his, surprisingly, causing his two pleasant teammates to clap for him. Dusty caught hers, leaving Liz angry, and Anne anne-oyed.
"Here's what's about to go down!" Dana continued, "I'll ask you a question, which has only one correct answer! You'll get a minute to elaborate what the answer might be with your team, and to write down your answer on the boards you've been given! When the time is up, you'll hold up your board, and we'll tell you the correct answer! Get it right? Get a point! Are you all ready?"
The crowd mumbled, most of them uninterested in the game that they were participating.
"Alright, let's get into it! Question one: in the final five, is there any contestant that has won more than one reward after the merge? If yes, who? You have one minute to elaborate with your team...starting now!"
Dana stopped talking, allowing the small groups to get to work quickly. With Natt, Jianne, and Nicolás, things went by quite quickly.
"Well, Gretchen won the first reward," Natt started, "But none after that."
"Yeah, and Archie won the reward in the," Nicolás gulped in fear before finishing his sentence, "Challenge where Thomas...attacked."
"Flint won a reward when Anne lost," Jianne added, "But that episode was a bummer. She was cheated."
"You got that right," Natt mumbled. "Tony won that gladiator challenge, but he definitely didn't get another reward."
"And March won the acting challenge," Nicolás said shyly.
"So...it looks like each of them got one reward, but none of them got more than one, right?" Jianne asked.
"It would seem that way...I'll write down 'no,' then."
"Woohoo," Natt cheered, though he still sounded unenthusiastic, per usual, "We make a great team.
"Hell yeah we do!" Jianne said triumphantly.
"Time's up!" Dana interrupted, "Everyone, raise your boards and show us your answers!"
The groups board holders each held them up, showing their answers to the girl. Of course, Nicolás was holding up a board that said 'no,' with the only other person holding up a board with that word being Benjamin. Dusty held up a board with 'Flint' written on it, while Liz clenched her fists in anger. Sebastian held up a board that said 'Archie' on it, despite the other's in his group insisting that he was wrong. Lastly, Alexis held up a board with 'March' written on it, though she knew the answer was wrong. She had simply went along with Luna's suggestion.
"Well...it looks like two of you got it right! Nicolás, Benjamin! Your teams each get one point! Everyone else, get your game on! These questions will only get harder from here on out! Question two: in the virtual reality challenge, whose game did Archie end up in? Minute's on the clock, everyone! Don't waste it!"
Dana went back to observing everyone, with her interest now residing with the awkward team of Damien, Luna, and Alexis. Alexis knew the answer right away, but she waited for one of the other's to say something, as saying the right name would surely start something, and that was the one thing she didn't want to do.
"That was the challenge I lost in," Luna mumbled, sighing as she thought about it.
"Yeah...and the episode you kissed her in," Damien added, a hint of aggression in his voice.
"I already tried to apologize to you, why are you still on this?"
"I'm not made at you. I told you I forgave you already."
"It's not her fault, though! I provoked the whole damn thing."
"Guys, come on," Alexis interrupted the gripefest, "We really need to focus on getting at least one answer right."
"Alexis is right," Damien continued, "Archie ended up in...her game."
"Why do you have to say it like that?" Luna asked, growing more and more annoyed with him, "Just say her name! She was your friend before any of this, right?"
"Okay!" Alexis butted in again, "Do we all agree that it was March's game? Can I please just get a yes from you two so we can get a point?"
"Fine," the two of her teammates grumbled at the same time, allowing her to write down the name on the board.
"Okay, let's see those boards!" Dana came calling once more, watching as each board holder held their board up.
Three of them were agreeing this time, with Nicolás, Alexis, and Benjamin all holding up boards with 'March' written on them. Sebastian's board had 'Archie' on it, causing Taylor to look at him as if he was an idiot, and Alex to hold his head in shame. Then, there was Dusty, who's board had Tony's name on it, causing Liz to punch her in the arm, irritated as she could possibly. Anne pulled on her hair, even more irritated than the other two were with each other.
"Wow, this time, three of you got it right! Congrats to Nicolás and Benjamin for earning their team a second point, and Alexis getting the first point for her own team! Very nice, very nice indeed! Question three: four out of the five remaining contestants have love interests, as you can see by watching the show. Who doesn't have an interest in anyone? Your minute is on the clock, let's try to get this one right from each team, yeah?"
Dana silenced herself again, watching a different team with her excited gaze. This time, it was the aggressive team of Liz, Dusty, and Anne, with the cowgirl already scribbling down the first answer that she could think of, not giving either of her teammates a chance to say anything.
"Oh, would you stop being so petty?" Anne asked, "You know Liz is smarter than both of us, I'm sure she knows who it is already."
"I don't care if she's smart or not!" Dusty glared at the scientist, "I don't want her to get any bragging rights by getting one of these questions right!"
"You are such a little baby," Liz scoffed, "And the answer is super simple anyways! Three of them are in relationships already, and one of them has a huge crush on someone that they told everybody all the time! There's only one who didn't show interest in anyone, and it's Gre-"
"I don't wanna hear none of yer wise words. Ya should just keep yer mouth shut and let me and Anne do all the thinking!"
"Trust me, I would love to help you think about the answers," Anne interrupted, "But you're not giving me the chance to. You just write down whatever is the opposite of what Liz thinks to spite her. How is that helping any of us?"
"I dunno, but can ya blame me? She cheated me out of the game because I don't like her stupid little jerk of a boyfriend."
"Yeah?" Liz rolled her eyes, "Why wouldn't I do that? You were being an ass."
"You're both being asses right now," Anne complained. "It really isn't that hard to agree on a stupid trivia questio-"
"Time's up, let's see those answers!" Dana interrupted Anne, causing Dusty to raise their board up without hesitation.
The results were similar to the last question, with Nicolás, Benjamin, and Alexis each holding up a board with the same answer on it, that answer being 'Gretchen.' On the other hand, Sebastian and Dusty each had a board held up with Flint's name on it, causing a shockwave of disappointment from their teammates, knowing that that clearly wasn't the right answer.
"Why are the two of ya looking at me like that?" Dusty asked her team, "He don't care about no relationship."
"Flint is obsessed with Alexis, you buffoon!" Liz growled.
"No he's not, smartass."
"He is!"
"He's not!"
The two continued to bicker, leaving Anne growing more and more annoyed with every passing second.
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"Why?" Anne asked the ceiling her question, "What have I done to deserve this punishment?"
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"The results are the same as last time, whaddya know?" Dana clapped her hands for the three who got it right, "The score is now three to three to two to zero to zero! Nicolás and Benjamin's teams are in the lead, with Alexis' team close behind! Sebastian, Dusty, you and your teams better get your act together before you cause some unfortunate contestant to lose a shot at the five million! Question four: what is Flint's catchphrase? This one is honestly pretty easy, but you get a minute nonetheless! Get cracking down on it!"
With her little question introduction out of the way, Dana focused on another different team. This one had the mischievous Sebastian scribbling something down on the board already, while Taylor punched him in the head repeatedly, though it clearly wasn't bothering him that much. Alex had pretty much tuned out of the contest, looking off two the side while the two fought over the board.
"You can't keep writing down whatever you want!" Taylor complained, "You've had three questions with that board, and you've given the wrong answer to everything! Let someone else have a turn with it!"
"What are you, a baby?" Sebastian chuckled, "You wanna take turns with the markers and scribble for a little bit? Come on, Taylor. And I know you've got a crush on me and all, but you don't need to give me these love punches. I get it, okay?"
"You are so arrogant! I'm gonna kick your ass!"
"Are you aggressive like this because of family problems or something stupid like that? Is that why you like to hit so much?"
"Oh, don't you dare go there. This ass whooping is gonna turn out a lot worse for you if you don't shut up."
"Hang on, let me guess...you're parents fight a lot...they ignore your problems...and your family caught ya fiddling with your naughty bits during a surprise party or something, so now everyone looks at you weird at every family gathering?"
"H-how on earth did you know about that...?"
"Good guess, I suppose."
"That's just rude," Alex hissed, "Why would you say something like that?"
"Just pointing out the obvious issue with her attitude, of course."
"What about the issues with your attitude? Ah don't wanna join in this stupid fight, but if all you're gonna do is be a dick for no reason, then Ah'll be glad to join in on the ass kicking that Taylor mentioned."
"Aren't you best friends with the murderer? Shouldn't you be in jail for helping a criminal get closer to his goal?"
"Ah'm not- hey, that's not what this is about!"
"Time's up!" Dana interrupted the intensity at the table, "Come on, come on, show us the winning answers!"
Confessional
"That whole Taylor thing about her touching herself in front of everyone?" Sebastian smirked, "Haley and her had a slumber party and Miss Adrenaline got tipsy or something, told her the whole thing. Naturally, Haley asked me what she should do about it. That's how I know."
Confessional End
The boards were each up in the sky, this time with more of a mix to the answers, but still having two of them reading the same thing. Alexis and Benjamin's boards each had 'Flint Goldenrod, signing off' written on them, both of the board holders seeming satisfied with their responses. Nicolás held up his board with the words 'Flint Goldenrod, signing out' written on it, his team looking a little unsure about it. Sebastian's board had the words 'I am speed' on it, causing Alex to facepalm, getting as annoyed as Anne was. Dusty's had the words 'I'm the fastest guy around' on it, which cause a look of confusion from her teammates.
"You're one of his friends," Anne started, "Shouldn't you know what his catchphrase is?"
"Yeah, this is his catchphrase," Dusty announced, triumphantly.
"No...it's not even close," Liz mumbled, "That's pitiful."
"Well, it looks like we're tossing out another point to Alexis and Benjamin's teams!" Dana cheered, "Benjamin's team is in the lead, with four out of four questions answered right so far! How amazing is that? We've got Alexis' and Nicolás' teams tied for second right now, with the other two teams staying at zero points for, yet another, round! Onto question five: out of the five remaining contestants, which of them haven't kissed another contestant? Time starts now, fellas!"
Dana stopped speaking again, now focusing on the one group that she hadn't paid any attention to yet. In it, Benjamin was already scribbling words down with a smile on his face. Vicente and Haley had their jaws dropped wide, each of them confused as to how he was doing what he was doing.
"How?" Vicente asked Haley, staring at the other boy in complete and utter astonishment, "How has he gotten every single answer right so far?"
"I don't know," Haley was honestly a little fearful of the boy, "We haven't even offered him any help...he's just answering everything right, every time."
"I'll ask him...hey, Ben?"
"Huh?" Benjamin looked over at Vicente, greeting him with his happy smile, "Oh, what's up Vicho?"
"How have you- wait a minute, when did you learn my nickname? I never told it to you."
"Oh, I just thought that it would be a cool nickname to give you. I didn't know you had it already!"
"Yeah...people have been calling me that since my very first appearance in reality tv..."
"Um, Ben?" Haley piped up, taking the place of the bewildered Vicente. "We were just wondering...how do you know all of these answers? You've gotten every answer right without our help..."
"Oh, I don't know the answers!" Benjamin let out a friendly laugh, "Back when I was working with Tony, he told me something helpful! He said, if I have to answer a question, I should always put the opposite of what I think the answer is! He said I usually answer things inco...inro...introcently? I dunno what the word was, but it means wrong! So, I've been doing that!"
"That's...I mean, that's rude of him to say...but it's working like a charm. You're literally winning this challenge by yourself."
"No, you're my team! We're winning this challenge together!"
"You know, Ben, I like you!" Vicente patted the boy on the back, "We should definitely hang out some time, you're a cool guy!"
"You mean it?" Benjamin's eyes lit up like skylights, "Wow, I love making new friends! Yay, this is awesome!"
Confessional
"He really is a nice guy," Vicente said with a smile on his face, "He cares about everybody more than himself. That must be why he let Tony step all over him for so long, because he wanted to be able to be helpful to someone. It's just a shame that things went the way that they did..."
Confessional End
"Well, time is up once again, let's see those answers!" Dana shouted to the group, causing each of the boards to be raised up.
This time, three of the boards had the same answer again, those being Alexis, Nicolás, and Benjamin's with the names of Flint and Gretchen on them. Their teams looked proud of the answers, each one of them giving them a thumbs up of approval. Meanwhile, Sebastian's board was pretty close to that answer, but it only had 'Gretchen' on it, instead of the two names. This time, Alex and Taylor weren't upset with him over the answer, but were still pissed about his rude comments to them. Then, there was Dusty's board, which had Archie's name on it. Anne and Liz glared at her, knowing that it was clearly wrong.
"Well, there's another round with three points going out!" Dana applauded the group again, "Benjamin, Alexis, and Nicolás, each of you gets another point! This keeps Benjamin's team in the lead, still with a perfect score, while Sebastian's and Dusty's are still in dead last. Come on, guys! You can get at least one of these questions right!"
Confessional
"From then on out, it was a lot of the same thing," Thomas mumbled, filling in what was going on out there, "Benjamin kept getting every question right, shockingly. Dusty and Sebastian kept doing whatever they wanted, making their dumb groups stay in last place the whole damn time. And Nicolás and Alexis kept alternating between getting the questions right and wrong. What? Did you guys really wanna watch all that? Pfft, no way in hell would you want to see it. I'm just saving you from that boring nonsense. Anywho, at the end of things, Sebastian's team and Dusty's team were still at zero points, which brought them to Dana's rapid-fire round with one final question."
Confessional End
With the three teams that had safely made it through the challenge standing near Dana and her associates, Sebastian, Taylor and Alex stood at their table, the two glaring at their board holder with disdain, while at the other table, Liz and Anne, despite not being the greatest of friends in any respect, shared an annoyance with Dusty. After all, the only reason that they were stuck doing this last round was because of her. Dana grinned as she looked at the two of the teams, adjusting her glasses and causing them to shine from the glare of the spotlights.
"Well, it really has come to this," she started, an intense look coming from her eyes, "You two teams have failed to cooperate properly, which is probably why most of you are here in the first place. I have one final question for each of you to answer, but you get as much time as you need, this time. My last question is: out of everyone still up on that space station, who is the reason that you're all down here? Go ahead and figure it out."
Dusty thought about it for a second, smirking as she thought of an obvious answer to the question. Liz glared at her, knowing immediately what she was about to say.
"Tony!" Dusty blurted out, only to hear the buzzer of defeat respond to her. "What!? But he's the only bad guy still in the game!"
"Are you sure about that?" Dana asked, smiling a suspicious smile.
"Okay, it's not Tony," Anne rolled her eyes, "I thought that was the answer, too, but I guess not. Liz, any bright ideas?"
"I must say, I'm coming up blank on this," the scientist replied, "I mean, Flint tried to be the bad guy for a little bit, but it ended up failing for him when he decided to be a simp instead."
"So...it's one of the other three? That makes no sense!"
"I'd like to guess Tony again!" Dusty shouted, hearing the very same buzzer, once again.
"Come on, try a little harder than that," Dana said, annoyed with the lack of intelligence from the cowgirl.
Meanwhile, the other team was also at a loss, with Taylor and Alex discussing it among themselves while Sebastian lounged in his chair.
"Let's see...the answer isn't Tony, which leaves Flint, Gretchen, Archie, and March," Taylor thought out, "Where's the evil in those guys?"
"Well, Flint was always a little extreme," Alex mentioned, "But Ah never thought he was the type of psycho that could get everyone else out like that. Then again, I never thought Thomas was like that either."
"It's gotta be one of them, but who?"
"Ah don't know...this question seems a lot more tricky than one would think."
"Bah," Sebastian yawned, standing from his seat.
"Oh no, here he goes again," Taylor held her head down low, trying to avoid any glances from the others.
"Well, this question is just dumb," the jerk went on, "It's too easy!"
"What do you mean it's easy?" Dana asked, intrigued by his confidence.
"You asked us who, that's still up there, is the reason we're all down here, right?"
"Uh huh. And?"
"You never specified if they were a contestant or not...meaning that there's only one possible answer to this question. Our 'beloved' host: Chris McLean!"
His answer shocked the crowd, his own team even looking up at him, completely astonished. Dana looked back at him, clapping her hands very slowly.
"Well done," she said, "You got it right! That means that your team has kept its contestant safe! But as for Dusty's team...why don't we show you the contestant that is out of the count, thanks to them? Jackson, if you wouldn't mind."
Mimi turned on one of the teleporters that were seen frequently throughout the show. Jackson walked through the portal, letting out an annoyed sigh as he passed through and disappeared from everyone's sight. There was complete silence for a moment, with everyone waiting anxiously to find out who was going to join them. After about a minute of the awkwardness, Jackson returned, dragging someone behind him. It was none other than...
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"Hey, what gives!?" Flint shouted, trying to break free of Jackson's clutches, only to fail time and time again. "Let me go, I wasn't done doing everything I had to do up there!"
"Dusty, Liz, and Anne!" Dana continued, "Because of you three ladies, Flint has been eliminated from the game, leaving us with the final four of Tony, Gretchen, Archie, and March! I hope you're proud of what your bickering has got you."
"This isn't fair! I would've totally won! I would've-"
Flint's complaining was interrupted by Jackson dropping him on the ground. The boy was quick to rise from the ground, but when he attempted to dart through the teleporter again, Mimi turned it off, causing him to fall flat on his face. He looked up from his new spot on the ground, noticing the ominous face of Thomas staring down at him.
"Why...hello, little Flint," the assassin grinned a terrifying grin at him.
"O-oh! Hey, Thomas! Look, man...about all that stuff that happened up there...I just...AH!"
The boy leapt up from the ground, immediately dashing away from Thomas, who came running after him.
Author Notes:
*And Flint is out of the game, baby! He has officially signed off...for real this time. It's a shame to eliminate him like this, but his important part of the story was finished when he beat Thomas up in space. He was a lot of fun to have around, and he will be missed.
*Some of you may have seen already, but recently, I started re-doing my remakes of Island and the other original seasons from the show. If you wanna check out what I've got so far, be my guest! Let me know what you think!
*Placements: 22nd - Taylor; 21st - Nicolás; 20th - Vicente; 19th - Haley; 18th - Crustacean; 17th - Sebastian; 16th - Damien; 15th - Benjamin; 14th - Jianne; 13th - Dusty; 12th/11th - Luna and Liz; 10th - Natt; 9th - Alex; 8th/7th - Alexis and Thomas; 6th - Anne; 5th - Flint
Review Responses:
BadLuckAE - Thanks for your kind words here, and for being the first person to join our server and get the ball rolling. The art that you've done for all the seasons is awesome, and with each new thing you do, it gets more and more exciting to imagine the characters you've brought to life doing these things.
MatiasND - Too bad that he thinks it was all Jianne and not him, eh? Those poor aliens...well, they were kind of a bunch of jerks, but still.
Musical Essence of Runa - No danger for Benjamin...at least not yet. And it looks like March is still in while Flint has left. I wonder if we will end up with that finale, though?