Disclaimer- I do not own any of the Total Drama characters that I choose to torture—I mean put in the story! They are merely here for mine, and your amusement. No profit is being made off of this (No one would would stoop as low as to pay me for this anyway) I give all credit to the creators of Total Drama, as well as Johnny Depp, because...well, he's Johnny Depp!
Notes From The Depths of Sarcasm- Yay, Episode 10 is here! Honestly, I never thought I'd make it this far, like I said last chapter, you guys are awesome! I really wouldn't be here without you! This is just one of many small milestones ;)
In other news, I mentioned a short, 3-chapter Christmas story coming in December called A Chris-Mas Carol last chapter. Essentially, it's a telling of the classic story with the three ghosts of Christmas, which of course will be played by TD characters. It takes place during Revenge of the Island in a place that I think fits, so be sure to keep an eye out for it during the Holidays!
Another thing to add is that this episode is definitely for Survivor fans! If you haven't guessed already, it's a survival challenge, so there's that, and towards the end, there's a special little surprise, so if you like Survivor, be sure to keep on reading! ;)
Finally, be sure to hit that Fav/Follow button if you haven't already and reviews are always appreciated! Also, don't forget to check out my other story, The Ridonculous Reboot, if you liked the recent Spin-Off, you'll love it! ;)
Review Replies:
Smokescreen2814: The only reason Noah dated Izzy is because he knew there would be no changing Izzy's mind. Either that, or she'd hurt him very severely...
DSX62415: Yeah, if you haven't figured it out by now, Amy is the main antagonist of this season. There are other villains, but she's the big bad I suppose, at least for now... Also, your current project sounds cool! Maybe I'll check it out some time. ;)
Acosta Perez Jose Ramiro: Thanks! References seem to be a big part of this story, so I'll be sure to include many more! And yes, 'Wacky Races' was a main plot reference, as well as Mad Max and the Fast and the Furious franchises.
Guest #1: Yeah, asking someone out for your friend never seems to work out very well, I hope it wasn't too obvious about what would happen. Also, we will never know what goes on in Izzy's head and why she decided to go on a date with Noah even though she still likes Owen. I guess she just wanted to prank him! As for the teams, it was explained a long time ago in the first chapter I believe, that teams would be shuffled ever challenge to make sure everyone mingled with each other. Official teams will be set in the future, and then it'll be the merge. I did this since it is such a large season.
Creaturemaster: Yeah, sorry for the chapter being late last time, writer's block hits hard. Awesome that you figured out all the references too, nice work! Owen's deed will be reveal this episode, quite soon actually, so just read on! :)
NerdyNightStocker: Yeah, B's a tough character to write since he doesn't talk, but I won't let that stop him. Figured the racing challenge was good enough as any for him to show his skills, and he does it again this chapter! ;) Also, nice guess to the challenge and you were...mostly right at least. Also, I am kind of going with the whole fan thing with Katie staying longer. I almost feel like Sadie is smarter (But only by a little), which is why she caught on to Amy, thus letting Katie have more time to shine since she barely got any in TDI.
Booboojohnson1: No I have not, but it sounds interesting! Maybe I'll check it out some time. ;)
Icetundra: Thanks, I'm glad you liked the references in last chapter, those were some fun ones to write, especially since there were so many! Dawn and B never got much time to shine, so I'm glad you liked their bits in this! Also, Duncan's car Vanessa will become a recurring gag since a lot of people seemed to like, it also might have to do with something more...As for your challenge idea, it sounds interesting to have them go into different video games, I might have to think about that one! ;)
Joel Connell: Sorry, but that is classified information! Well, sort of. I know you're really interested to see who her crush is, but I can't have it revealed yet, it creates suspense. I will however dwell onto that topic sooner or later again so people don't forget about it. ;)
Before I let you read the chapter, I just want to notify you that I will not be putting out a date for the next chapters. I just find it hard to get them out when I want to, so I'll have my own personal 'due date' but just expect a new chapter within a span of 2 weeks, or 3 at the most. This is because I haven't been getting chapters in on time lately, so I don't want to keep you guys waiting. Also, new Gravity Falls episode tonight! (If you're reading this the day it's posted) so I'm super excited for that! :D But onward anyway!
Chapter 13 (Day 10)- You've Been Funzone-d!
"Last time on Total Drama Unfinished Business!" Chris declared as the recap began. "A racing challenge sent our contestants into the junk piles to build the best cars they could! B and Duncan were the real MVP's of the episode after they both built some smokin' rides!" Chris reviewed.
"Amy turned Katie and Sadie against each other, while Dawn turned a swarm of monkeys against another team!" Chris laughed. "The desert proved to be too much for Max, and a single potato chip sent him over the edge! Penguin crossing drove Eva insane, Chef failed to catch anyone on his road hog, and Izzy managed to elude the cook/cop with a bear-driving gimmick!"
"Cody showed his team he could do it when he saved them all from Larry's grasp, even gaining a peck on the cheek from the love of his life, Gwen!" The kiss was shown on the screen as Chris said this. "Scarlett learned that the power of Owen can't always be triffled with, Harold learned that he sucks at building cars, and Duncan learned that his Vanessa can not take a hit!" Scarlett launching Owen onto the finish line was shown, followed by Harold's car disintegrating and Duncan's car wrecked against the tree.
"In the end, Amy's plan worked and Sadie was sent home, much to Katie's sadness. I guess Sadie was getting too close to finding out the real Amy, even though she was always right under her nose in plain sight!" Chris snickered. "How will Katie survive without her BFFFL? who will survive today's challenge? And what surprises do I have in store at the end of the episode? Find out all these questions on this week's episode of Total...Drama...Unfinished Business!"
~Theme Song (I Wanna Be Famous)~
"Alright Owen, it's time for your end of the bargain." Noah told his friend. "You know what you have to do." He grinned smugly as he sipped from a glass of orange juice.
The two were sitting in the middle of the Mess Hall at one of the wooden tables. Izzy was sitting on the opposite side of Owen. Owen sighed as he finished a plate of burnt eggs without any problem. "You're just lucky we're friends again or I wouldn't have held up my end of the bargain." Owen said.
"For the last time, Duncan's car engine roared when I was trying to ask her out for you, so she heard it wrong. Besides, she likes you and you're dating again, aren't you happy?" Noah asked him.
"Of course I am! Good thing it all worked out too, or our friendship would be broken." Owen chuckled, grabbing Noah into a rib-shattering hug. The loveable oaf put down his friend and sighed again. "I just don't want Izzy to see me acting all stupid right after we got back together! What if she dumps me?!"
"Oh please, Owen. I'm right here." Izzy said. "I would never dump you for something stupid. Besides, Noah already told me what you have to do." She giggled. "C'mon, do it!"
Owen frowned and climbed on top of the table, showing great difficulty in trying to do so. He finally got on top of the wooden table, and it was miraculous that it didn't break right underneath him! "Alright, I'm ready." He said, gaining the attention from everyone in the Mess Hall.
Noah grinned. "Three, two, one, and...Revenge." He said in similar fashion to Alejandro. Owen's pupils suddenly froze and he grabbed for his underwear, yanking it high up over his head and eyes, letting it stretch. He then began to move back and forth in a rolling-pin motion.
"Take me out to the baaaaall game! Take me out with the croooowd!" He sang in a high-pitched voice. "Buy me some cookies and cra-cker-jacks, I don't care if I never come baaaaack!"
Everyone in the Mess Hall couldn't help but laugh at Owen's ridiculousness, even Scarlett had a grin on her face. Izzy fell out of her seat laughing and Noah grinned proudly at his hard work.
Owen then began another verse. "Take me down to the baaasement, fill the buckets with cheeese! Tickle your mother with puffer fish, kiss a rhinoceros then make a wish! Cause it's noo-dle soup for the saaaailors, if their boat sinks in the raaaain! And we won't, won't, pay for this song 'cause it's public domaaaaain!" Owen continued to sing. [1]
"That's...not how the song goes." Noah said at a loss for words. "Maybe the hypnosis is messing with his brain..."
"Now relax your shoulders and continue inhaling and exhaling." Dawn instructed as she, Bridgette, and Samey sat in the forest. Samey had requested to come along on the morning meditation exercise, and being the kind soul she was, Dawn of course said yes. "Close your eyes and think about you're favorite animal."
Bridgette sat in lotus position and smiled as she envisioned a dolphin leaping out of the blue ocean waves as she surfed alongside the majestic creature.
Samey was also in lotus position. She thought about bunnies and cute rabbits, smiling to herself with her eyes closed like Bridgette was. She imagined snuggling up next to the rabbits without Amy being there to ruin it for her.
"Now slowly stand up and get into mountain position." Dawn said quietly, standing up and putting both of her palms together. Samey and Bridgette did the same soon after. "It's time for a sun salutation as we transfer into some yoga. First, touch your toes."
Dawn reached down, and due to her petite size, she managed to touch her toes. Bridgette and Samey had a little more difficulty, but managed to as well. "I don't normally do yoga as part of my morning meditation, but I feel it will help you forget the things that make your aura hurt." Dawn told them.
The moon child then got into the cobra position, stretching out her legs and facing up into the sky. Samey and Bridgette did the same.
Cody peered through the bushes a few feet away. He had followed the three girls to their meditating spot in the woods and was currently spying on them. Cody's eyes were staring directly at Samey and Bridgette's chests. To his delight, the girls then went into downward dog position, allowing him to look at their rear ends. He grinned and moved to the side to get a better view, but ended up tripping over a root and landing on his face with a thud and crinkle of leaves. "Did you hear something?" Samey asked.
"Yes, it sounded like a creature or perhaps another human?" Dawn suggested. "Although I don't know what one of the other competitors would be doing here...Let me go have a look."
Dawn stood up and walked over to Cody's hiding spot. She pulled away the bushes and peered around, only to find nothing. "It must have been one of nature's playful squirrels." She shrugged. "Now, let's continue our salutations with pigeon pose." She said.
As the girls continued their yoga, the camera zoomed in on Cody, who was laying flat under another pair of bushes just feet away from where Dawn had looked. He breathed a quiet sigh of relief and got up.
Suddenly, he noticed something on his arm. He looked down to see several fire ants crawling along his skin. He almost screamed, but remembered he was hiding. He let out a silent shriek and ran off into the woods, waving his arms. Once he was a ways off, he began screaming out loud.
(Outhouse Confessional- Are they Max's Minions?)
Cody- "Gah! Those fire ants sure can sting!" He cried, scratching the many red bites that plagued his skin. "But it was totally worth it! Bridgette's hot and all, but she's a taken girl, not gonna mess with that. Dawn's kinda creepy, but hey, that's hot!" He grinned. "And Samey...she's pretty cute!" He chuckled.
Dawn- "Of course I knew it was Cody." She giggled. "But I also knew he'd leave right afterward, of course Mother Earth sent him with a farewell present!" She snickered. "I'm sure a lesson has been taught."
Out behind the Communal Washrooms sat Duncan's torn up car, or 'Vanessa' as he called it. The sleek black vehicle was almost unrecognizable, what with the scraps of metal, broken glass, flattened tires, and other mangled bits. Duncan planned to change all of that.
"Alright, where to start?" Duncan sighed, taking a look at his broken beauty. "I wanna make you indestructible, but how?" He wondered.
The punk pulled out a tool kit, complete with hammers, screwdrivers, nails, screws, and other tools that you might find in a tool kit. There was also a small assortment of Swiss-army knives, which might have been concerning had they not been branded with Smiley-face stickers. "What the..." Duncan picked up one of the knives and examined the sticker. "Izzy!" He growled, knowing very well who had done it. He muttered something under his breath and grabbed a screwdriver.
"I'm probably gonna need to find some more metal, this hunk of junk won't work for you, will it princess?" Duncan said to himself and the car. He began to tear off some of the metal, leaving the structure of the car.
"So now the car is princess?" Courtney asked, walking on to the scene. "I thought that was your nickname for me! Are you calling me a car?" She accused.
"Of course not! Anyone can be princess, besides, I thought you hated that nickname." Duncan grinned, turning around to face the CIT.
"Well yeah, I do." She rolled her eyes. "It's just weird. Why are you talking to a car anyway?"
"Why are you talking to me?" Duncan asked with a grin. "Here to patch things up?"
"In your dreams!" She scoffed. "Chris says it's challenge time, and seeing as you're one of the only ones not at the bonfire pit, I suggest you get your butt over there. He won't tell us what it is until you're there." She explained.
"Guess I'm just that special." Duncan cracked.
"You're special alright." Courtney muttered, rolling her eyes.
"Wanna walk with me?" Duncan asked, putting away his screwdriver. "You know you want to, and I won't stop you." he smirked.
Courtney grabbed one of the mutilated pipes and swung it into Duncan's nether regions. "Have fun walking now." She said smugly, walking off. Duncan held his coconuts in pain and slowly made his way after the CIT.
Once they both reached the bonfire pit, they saw the other competitors. Cody was covered in bug bites, Owen was rubbing his sore bum, Noah was still chuckling to himself, Izzy was playing with a fork from breakfast, and Bridgette was chatting with Dawn and Samey.
"The man of the hour has arrived." Duncan beamed, recovering from Courtney's nut-shot. "So, what's today's challenge anyway?"
"This!" Chris exclaimed. Instead of explaining the challenge, a smoke bomb of sorts dropped from the sky, landing in the crowd of teens.
"What the..." Was the collected response, but before anyone could say anymore, several of them dropped to the ground, asleep. More followed until everyone was snoozing on the ground, well, all except for one. The smoke cleared and there stood Izzy, just outside of the radius, on the ground. The red-head had dived out of the way just before impact. Scarlett and Noah had almost made it, but neither was fast enough, resulting both of them landing at Izzy's feet.
"Chef! We missed one!" Chris called out. Suddenly, a nearby bush came to life as Chef popped out, dressed in camouflage and a hat of sticks and leaves. He held a blow-dart gun and positioned it to his mouth, blowing into it several times, firing out tranquilizer darts.
"Ooh! Fun!" Izzy grinned wildly as she effortlessly dodged the several darts thrown at her. "Hit me if you can!"
"Oh, it's on, girly!" Chef barked before firing off another round of blow darts aimed at Izzy's head and then a second round at her legs, knowing full well that it would be next to impossible for anyone, even Izzy, to avoid getting hit. Unfortunately, the Psycho-hose Beast proved to be not only crazy but also very flexible, easily jumping into the air with her legs spread wide and her head and back pressed downwards to easily dodge both rounds of darts aimed at her; consequently, Chef instead hit a nearby raccoon.
"Ha, HA! Missed me, missed me, now ya gotta kiss me!" Izzy taunted.
"Just hit her already, Chef" Chris yelled angrily before yelping as Izzy dove at him and jumped onto his shoulders with a cheeky smile on her face.
"Ride 'em, cowboy!" Izzy whooped as Chris screamed and started slapping at her in an attempts to get her off of him while Chef tried to snipe at her and pretty much hitting everything that wasn't Izzy or Chris, including several birds, squirrels, a goose, an unlucky deer, and even nearly hitting himself when a dart went wild and bounced off several trees before embedding itself deep into his hat and knocking it off of his head.
"Catch me if you can!" Izzy teased as she finally got off of Chris' shoulders, shoving his head into the dirt and bounding wildly towards the woods. Chef gave a war cry and chased after her, shooting as fast as he could as Izzy froze with her back to a tree, as if she were trying to get hit; with blind rage, the burly cook fired off dart after dart until he was all but empty and had managed to create a clear cut outline of Izzy's figure into the tree out of all the darts he had used and missed.
"You're losin' your touch, Chefy!" Izzy cackled as she sped off through the woods again. "You'll never take me ali- WAAAAAAAAAGGH!" she paused in mid-taunt to scream as a net swept out from under her feet and suspended her high into the air.
"You were sayin'?" Chef grinned maliciously as he pulled out a small remote from his pocket. "Had a feelin' somethin' like this might happen, so I set up traps everywhere."
"Izzy will not admit defeat!" Izzy cackled as she began to furiously bite away at the ropes with frightening speed; Chef quickly pressed an ever ominous red button on the remote control and watched as a tranquilizer dart from an undisclosed location whistled through the air and embedded itself in Izzy's neck.
"Hah! You think one dart'll stop me? You got nothin' on the RCMP!" Izzy smirked before Chef pressed the button several dozen more times and grinned as numerous other darts fired off through the air and buried themselves into Izzy's flesh, striking her arms, legs, shoulders, neck, and even managing to pierce right through her clothes occasionally.
"Chefy, do you think I'm big enough?" Izzy giggled deliriously as she cupped her breasts together for emphasis and then promptly passed out in the net as it dropped her to the ground.
"I don't get paid enough for this." Chef grumbled as he picked Izzy up only to have her cuddle up to him like a newborn infant and start sucking her thumb while mumbling things in her sleep; grumbling obscenities under his breath about how he needed to find out what size straight-jacket she wore, Chef then carried her back to camp where a very disgruntled Chris was waiting impatiently.
The contestants awoke groggily. One by one, they began to stretch and yawn. "Where the heck are we?!" Eva demanded, standing up and stretching her arms.
"Welcome to The Funzone, where anything but fun can happen!" Chris said over an intercom, of which the speakers were hidden throughout the mutated forest. As he said this, a large Venus fly-trap reached up from the ground and swallowed a massive dragonfly out of midair.
"You got that right." Heather muttered. "I can't believe I'm back here! The same episode I was eliminated unfairly too!" She crossed her arms and pouted.
"Uh...this place doesn't look very fun..." Tyler said. "Did you maybe get the name or location mixed up?" He asked, scratching his head.
"You didn't watch any of the All-Star season, did you?" Chris asked.
"Who would, that season was a piece of trash! Just look at the fan-base!" Gwen exclaimed.
"Total Drama All-Stars was a perfectly fine season! It had plenty of laughs, drama, and other awesome moments! People were just...busy, so the only ones who watched it were the haters." Chris decided.
"You keep telling yourself that." Gwen rolled her eyes.
"Anyway, the interns managed to round up every mutant creature, along with the trees and walls surrounding the place and have reconstructed the Funzone here, just off the coast of Pahkitew Island!It's a shame how many interns were sent to the emergency room. Now,as you may have noticed already, you've been split into two teams!" Chris said. "For today's challenge, you have five goals to complete! You need to find Food, Water, Shelter, Fire, and you and your team must survive the night! The first team back to the Funzone door in the Northern section wins it all! I will judge you on your fire and shelter, the food and water is optional, but definitely needed, so try to find any if you can!" Chris instructed.
"What was with the smoke bomb thing?" Geoff asked. "Why didn't you just bring us in here like you did last time they came here?"
"Because, if our main goal is to make it to the door, it wouldn't be much of a challenge if we already knew where it was, and retraced our steps." Scarlett told him. "It's simple logic, something you seem to be lacking."
"Scarlett's correct!" Chris acknowledged. "Now, just to be clear, I'm going to read off the teams that you have already been split up in to, starting with Team 1. You will consist of Duncan, Geoff, Sky, Trent, Katie, Izzy, Bridgette, Gwen,Scarlett, Dave, Owen, Max, Rodney, and Jasmine
The screen showed footage of the members of Team 1, still waking up with yawns. Some of the contestants looked around, trying to spot friends, enemies, or just who was on their tea in general.
"And Team 2 is Harold, Tyler, Eva, Noah, Heather, Cody, Courtney, Brick, B, Scott, Dawn, LeShawna, Samey, and Amy!" Chris listed.
Team 2 was shown in a different area of the Funzone. Samey gasped, realizing she was on a team with her sister again, only this time, she didn't have Jasmine to try and protect her. Brick and Tyler instantly gazed at each other and smiled. The others were still gradually getting up, many of them tired while others looked at the odd, mutated scenery.
"Now, before I forget, the winning team will win a special reward before the losing team heads to the elimination ceremony." Chris told them. "Also, you might wanna be the first contestant to make it to the door on the winning team, because, you'll get to chose one other contestant from the opposite team to join your team for the reward!"
Some cheers went up through the crowds of both teams. "Alright, I wish you luck on your treacherous night, and try not to die! Trust me, things get pretty nasty out there!" Chris said with a chuckle, and with that, the intercom was off.
(Team 1)
The teens looked around at the odd flora and fauna of the Funzone. Trees plagued with toxic mushrooms littered the area, as well as some truly odd looking plants with tentacles and small grabbers. There were a few regular pine trees, but that was about all that was normal. Despite the location of the Canadian island, there were many tropical trees and vines that grew with the mutation.
"Alright vermi– I mean team," Scarlett corrected herself, "Our first point of interest is fire. There's no way we can survive the onslaught of these mutants without fire. It's a known fact that the heat and flame itself scares off creatures of any size."
"Excellent point, Scarlett." Jasmine nodded. "Round up some people to work on the fire, I'll round up a few to work on the shelter, that's the second most important thing."
"Izzy, Owen, Max, you're helping me make the fire, everyone else go get firewood." Scarlett demanded. "And try not to get eaten by anything. Izzy...IZZY!" The brainiac shouted.
Izzy suddenly jolted from her slumber. "Private Izzy reporting for duty!" She exclaimed, giving a salute. The many tranquilizer darts were still in her head, but she didn't seem to notice.
"Sky, Katie, and Bridgette, you girls can help me with the shelter." Jasmine instructed. All three girls nodded and followed Jasmine in search of materials. The others went off into the forest to find firewood.
"Alright girls, does anyone know what we need for a suitable shelter?" Jasmine asked her three teammates in front of her. "I suggest we make a tent-like structure so any possible rain slides right off."
"Good idea, Jasmine!" Sky smiled. "We need something like a rope first for the support line. That way, the tarp or whatever can go right over it!"
"Nice thinking Sky! We'll need the rope to be tied to two trees, and it should be big enough for all fourteen of us, so preferably a large span." Jasmine said. "Katie, Bridgette, you two can go scower around for a good place to set up camp, Sky and I will look for a good, strong vine for our shelter."
"Sounds good!" Bridgette smiled. "Alright Katie, we've got this!" She said, facing the thin BFFFL. "Katie?" The sweet girl was crying quietly, sniffling slightly.
"Aw, still sad about Sadie leaving?" Bridgette asked. "Hey, look on the bright side, now it's your turn to leave her behind and compete, just like back in season one!" She smiled. This only made Katie cry more. "Okay, maybe not the best thing to say." Bridgette sighed.
"I guess you're kind of right. It was bound to happen again, we couldn't both make it to the finale." She sniveled. "Besides, I can win this for both of us!"
"Yeah! Sadie would want you to keep going and work hard! Now, if you want, you could join Dawn, Samey, and I for our morning meditation practices." Bridgette suggested.
Katie sniffed. "No thanks, I don't like getting up early, I'm a mess." She chuckled slightly. "But thanks for asking." The sweet girl took a nearby leaf from a tree and wiped away her tears.
"We can still be friends though, don't worry, you won't be alone." Bridgette smiled again. "Now come on, let's go find a good place to set up camp!"
Katie nodded and the two girls set off. After a few minutes, Katie began to scratch at her face, particularly her cheeks and a little under her eye. Soon, she was scratching harder and more seriously. Bridgette looked concerned. "Are you okay? Did you get bit by a mosquito?"
"No, but for some reason my face is really itchy! You're not itchy too, are you?" Katie asked, scratching more of her face to the point where it was getting red and slightly swollen.
"Be careful! You're scratching your skin raw!" Bridgette warned. "Wait a second, was that leaf you used to dry your tears a Poison Ivy leaf?" She asked.
"No, I checked. I'm not about to make that mistake again!" She chuckled, still itching her cheeks.
"Maybe it's some weird side-affect of the mutation?" Bridgette wondered. "There must be something in the mutated plants that make your skin itchy if you touch it." She said. "Oh, Chris is gonna pay for harming all of these beautiful plants, and especially the animals! I mean, look!" The surfer pointed to a large hermit crab stomping through the woods a few yards away. "Poor creature!" She frowned.
"Oh, I know!" Katie agreed between scratches. "Earlier, I saw a giant chicken with eyes all over its body and a mouth where the stomach should be! It's horrible!" She shook her head.
"It's nice to see a fellow animal lover." Bridgette smiled. "Now, about that itching...I wonder if there's anything here we could use to soothe the feeling."
"We shouldn't worry about that right now, I don't wanna lose because I was dumb and got myself all itchy." Katie said, continuing to scratch her skin raw. "Let's just find a good spot for our campsite and then we can worry about that."
"I guess if you say so." Bridgette shrugged, not seeming to sure. "Just try not to scratch it too much."
Jasmine and Sky walked through the mutated forest in search of a long, strong vine. "Every vine we come across is too wimpy! They'll never stay tied to the two trees, they'll snap!" Sky sighed.
"Hm...maybe the swamp would have some good resources." Jasmine suggested. "There might be some vines there."
The two trekked for a little bit, ducking behind large rocks or bushes anytime a particularly large and scary mutant came across their path. These included a beefy, two-headed bunny, a giant, spiky turtle, and a large, red snake-like creature with legs and sharp teeth.
"How much further is the swamp? These mutants are getting creepier by the minute!" Sky shivered. "Say, how do you know your way to the swamp anyway?"
"Simple, being tall had it's advantages." Jasmine grinned. "All I had to do was climb a tree a few feet up and I could spot the swamp a short ways away."
"Hey! It's not my fault I'm small!" Sky pouted. "Besides, I'm a force to be reckoned with!" She grinned. The gymnast quickly ran forward and did a hand-spring, launching herself into the air. She flew towards a tree and swung around a branch until she was on top. It was from there that she began surfing her way along the mossy branches until she came to a vine where she swung along it and swung back towards Jasmine, landing in front of her Aussie friend.
"Say, that vine could be of good use!" Jasmine said, grabbing the vine Sky had just swung from. Suddenly, the vine snapped in half, falling limp and useless in Jasmine's hands. "Or maybe not." She sighed. "Well, no harm done, I see plenty more vines up ahead." She smiled.
"So what exactly are we gonna make the tent out of?" Sky asked. "Chris gave us nothing. No fire starting kit, no food, no water, no tent, no tarp, no nothing."
"That's where you gotta think like a survivalist." Jasmine grinned. "Once we have our campsite and tent structure, we can round up some teammates to help weave a tarp out of ferns and other plants."
"Whoa! That's cool! I think I've seen something like that on TV.' Sky recalled. "Should we make any sort of flooring so it'll actually be comfortable to sleep on?"
Jasmine thought for a moment. "That's not a necessity, so let's wait to do that. Our main goal is an acceptable shelter, if there's left over time, we'll make a bamboo and grass flooring to it."
"Good idea." Sky nodded. "Hey! There's the swamp!" She pointed. The water was a sickly green, practically the color of mutation and waste. Mangrove trees hung over the water and in the water, while vines draped over the branches.
Sky stepped forward, about to walk into a tall patch of grass leading into the swamp. "Sky, wait!" Jasmine said, pulling her back. "Be careful! You've got to inspect your surroundings first to make sure it's safe!"
"What do you mean?" Sky asked, stopping in her tracks.
"Take a look at that grass you were about to walk into." Both girls lowered their heads and looked closely at the saw-grass. It wasn't just regular saw-grass that you'd find in a normal swamp or marsh, this saw-grass had razor-sharp edges, enough to make a deep cut.
"Whoa! The grass must've gotten an overhaul with the toxic waste!" Sky exclaimed. "That grass could slice your arm right open!"
"Exactly. We might want to find another way in, or we might wanna flatten a path." Jasmine suggested.
"I've got a plan!" Sky grinned. She jumped up, grabbing one of the mangrove branches and swung herself around a couple times. A few moments later she launched herself from the swing and slid off of another tree on the other side of the grass patch, landing both feet on the ground with grace.
"Wow, nice go!" Jasmine chuckled. The Aussie looked up at the branch, just about a foot above her head. She simply reached her arms up and grabbed hold of the branch, swinging across the grass patch with ease, not even bothering to slide off of the tree. "Well, that wasn't too hard." She shrugged.
"Yeah, well your tall." Sky said with a smile. "But now it's time to find a vine! I'd avoid the water, it doesn't look very healthy." She warned.
"What? The sickly greenish brown color, or the ferocious, albino alligators with tentacles for arms coming towards us?" Jasmine said with slight panic.
Sky looked to where Jasmine was staring and spotted two crocodilians swimming towards them at a rapid pace. "Just...punch 'em in the nose?"
Jasmine shrugged. "It works for sharks." She said. With that, the survivalist leaped into the water against Sky's warning and began wrestling the mutated alligators. "Come here you wimpy dinosaurs!" She barked.
Sky winced and looked away as the fight raged on. Lots of screaming and angry roars could be heard, as well as splashing water and snapping teeth. Jasmine let out another scream that was either a scream of distress, or a war cry.
Sky looked back at the fight. "Oh wow." She winced. "Those poor alligators." The camera panned over to show that Jasmine had tied the tails of goth gators together and slung them over a tree.
"Ahp, ahp, ahp, not so fast." Jasmine scolded one of the alligators. She conked a fist on its head and it spat out her slouch hat, which she put on without any disgust. With that, the Aussie left the two injured gators with their tongues hanging limp out of their toothy mouths.
"That takes care of that." Jasmine said, brushing her hands off. While she had won, the survivalist still received a bite mark on her arm, several scratches, and a dirtied outfit.
"Are you okay?" Sky asked.
"Nothing I can't handle." She waved it off. "I'll live with it for the rest of the challenge then I'll go take a shower and bandage myself up afterward."
"If you say so." Sky shrugged. "Look what I found while you were wrestling those gators!" She grinned, holding up a lengthy vine. She pulled on both ends, yet it didn't snap.
"Excellent work, mate!" Jasmine chuckled, playfully slugging Sky's shoulder. Despite it being playful, Sky still rubbed her shoulder slightly. "We'd better head back to the campsite area."
The two girls searched the swamp and found a better exit rather than the saw-grass. They climbed over a series of rocks and then hopped over a small patch of the grass and landed on the other side. Sky wrapped the vine up and slung it around her shoulder and the two walked off.
(Team 2)
"Okay guys, we need to kick it into high-gear, they've got Jasmine and Scarlett on their team, a survivalist and a brainiac," Courtney said, "They'll no doubt have a fire going, a good shelter and food and water."
"So what exactly are we supposed to do?" Noah questioned. "I don't see any building materials."
"We're supposed to use what's around us, I thought you'd be able to figure that out, egghead." Courtney rolled her eyes as Noah glared at her. "Let's see, we have fourteen people on our team, so if five of us work on the fire, and five of us work on the shelter, that leaves two of us to find food, and two of us to find water."
"Um, Courtney," Dawn spoke up, "I believe B already has a plan for the shelter." She motioned to a large barricade of palm leaves weaved together to make a wall so that no one could get in.
"Wow, he's so quiet I hardly noticed him!" Samey said with a chuckled.
"That's because you're dumb." Amy taunted. "Unlike me, who knew he was working on a shelter." She rolled her eyes.
Samey sighed and walked over to where Dawn stood, trying to get away from Amy. The older twin just grinned wickedly, yet she didn't advance towards Samey.
Courtney face-palmed. "Are you kidding me? He can't just go and do that! There's no order!" She complained. "I had a perfectly set up plan, but now he just has to go and ruin it!"
"Relax, B's an awesome builder." Scott said. "He's probably making a better shelter than the other team could ever hope to make!"
"How would you know? You just sabotaged him all the time." Dawn glared at the ginger.
"Look, how many times do I have to say it, I'm done with sabotaging! That was my past strategy, and big shocker, it didn't work!" Scott glared at the moonchild.
"Done with sabotaging? I recall you doing quite a bit of sabotaging last challenge." Dawn said.
Scott rolled his eyes. "That was strategy, besides, I wasn't doing it to my own team!" He said. "And we lost anyway, so it's no big whoop."
"How about we stop arguing and get working on a fire. If B's shelter is gonna be so fantastic, maybe the fire should be just as good." Eva suggested.
"I thought you liked arguing, what with you screaming angrily at everybody." Noah grinned smugly. Eva returned this remark with a slug to the shoulder, causing Noah to whimper and nurse his probably-near-broken arm.
"Let's divide into firewood groups." Courtney said with a sigh. "Harold, you're with LeShawna. Tyler with Brick, Eva and Noah, Dawn and Samey, Heather and Cody, Scott and I, and Amy...you can go with your sister." She said.
Most everyone seemed happy or at least tolerant with their groups, especially Amy who grinned wickedly again upon arriving next to her sister and Dawn. Samey sighed with sadness as Dawn glared at Amy, who didn't notice.
"Why exactly did you partner yourself with the guy you hate?" Noah asked.
"It's all for strategical purposes." Courtney said with a wave of the hand. "Now go fetch some firewood while B works on his shelter. And stop looking at me!" She snapped at Scott who was grinning at her.
"If I may request, when we collect re firewood, could we refrain from breaking any branches off of the trees?" Dawn asked. "I never like to harm nature, and mutated nature is no different."
"You mean like this?" Amy asked, grinning wickedly as she snapped a branch off of one of the trees, waving it in front of the moonchild's face.
Dawn gasped. "How could you?!" She cried. "I knew your aura was dark, but there was a hint of pink left in it! Now, that pink is gone." She shook her head.
"What are you talking about? Dark is so gross!" Amy snarled. "Pink is super cute, my soul or whatever is all pink!"
"Aura." Dawn corrected her. "And it's dark, almost black, it looks like it's invading your sister's aura as well!" She feared.
"What do you mean?" Samey said nervously. "I haven't done anything bad, have I?" She asked.
"No, but you are not well." Dawn shook her head sadly. "And your sister is not helping it."
"Um...oh, look! A pile of sticks! We can use these for firewood!" Samey said scampering over to a good-sized pile of sticks and broken branches that had fallen when some sort of large mutant trampled through.
"Oh! These will do quite nicely, and we have not harmed nature in any way!" Dawn said, smiling, running over to grab some sticks. "Well, mostly." She glared at Amy out of the corner of her eye. The mean twin rolled her eyes.
"Let's just get going, I just want to lay down and get this stupid night over with." She muttered. "And I'm not carrying anything, sticks and branches are bad for the skin and ruin nails." The brat walked off, leaving Dawn and Samey together.
"She's always been like that." Samey explained with a sigh, picking up five to ten sticks in her hands.
"What happened to confident Sammy?" Dawn asked. "Last season you were finally standing up to her at your elimination. What happened?"
"I don't know. Amy just got really mean when we got to the Playa." Samey sniffed. "I mean, meaner than usual. I guess I just kind of lost my self confidence, and it's hard to get it back, even with you, Bridgette, and Jasmine helping me along."
"Even if you're not confident right now, remember, you have friends here! We wouldn't want anything to happen to you. Just think about that." Dawn advised, and began walking ahead with a handful of firewood.
Samey stood back, thinking. She sighed and began walking after Dawn, many thoughts drifting in and out of her brain, her mind a whirl of contemplation.
Heather and Cody walked through the mutated forest, the former looking disgusted at the vegetation and sometimes wildlife around them. "This place is even more disgusting than I remember, if that's even possible. Did Chris's interns drop a helicopter of barf onto this place?"
Cody chuckled. "I'm not sure if that's really possible." He pointed out. "But yeah, it is kinda gross here, smells bad too." He cringed, pinching his nose and waving his other hand to clear the air.
Heather looked around to make sure the two of them were alone. "Alright Cody, you remember the friendship we made back in World Tour?" She asked him.
"Um, I'm not sure if I'd call it a friendship...but yeah." Cody nodded. Heather gave him a deadpan stare and sighed.
"Whatever, the point is, we should ally together to take out the other threats, that way, it could be you and me in the finale again!" Heather pitched.
"Uh, if I recall, it was you and Alejandro in the finale. I only rooted for you because Alejandro was a dirty snake. Besides, I know you're just gonna back-stab me."
"Not until the finale, and I wouldn't expect less of you either! It's the finale, that would be when the alliance drops, but from here up to that point, allying together would be a good option." Heather told him, leaning over to pick up a few sticks for firewood.
Cody thought for a moment. "I guess...but don't take my word for it, I'm not totally sure yet." Cody said. "Let me think about it some more."
"Totally! Whatever works for you." Heather smiled, although inside she was furious that he wouldn't take the perfect alliance opportunity.
(Outhouse Confessional- Will he? Won't he? Wow, this sounds like a Celebrity Marriage!)
Cody- "I'd say I'm in a pretty good position right now." he beamed. "Heather's stooping low enough to ask me for help, and I have time to think about it! I could have her eliminated, or I could have a chance at the finale..."
Heather- "If Cody knows what's good for him, he'll join my alliance. I'm already getting to Brick, I just need to talk to him, and where Brick goes, Tyler follows." She grins.
(Team 1)
"Now, building a fire is simple." Scarlett said. She, Owen, Max, and Izzy stood around a small cleared area, big enough for a fire. A few feet away, Jasmine and Sky were fastening the vine they had found to two trees that Bridgette and Katie had decided on. Speaking of the girls, both were already at work weaving palm-fronds together for the tent.
"it's a good thing Sadie and I always used to sew and weave things together, it was our favorite pastime." Katie giggled. There was a pause as memories flooded her mind, and in no time, she was crying again.
Scarlett pinched the bridge of her nose. "Could you quit your blubbering? We're trying to build a fire here and your incessant sniveling is drowning out my instructions!" Scarlett snapped. "Besides, Sadie's not dead, she just got eliminated! Although you might be if I get too tempted." She muttered.
While Bridgette calmed Katie down, Scarlett continued on with her fire building instructions. "Alright, as I was saying, fire building is quite simple. First and foremost, we need to dig a small-" Scarlett was cut off when Izzy suddenly dove to the ground and began digging a hole, dog style. "-pit." Scarlett finished, now covered in dirt, as were Max and Owen.
"I demand an explanation! Why am I covered in dirt?" Max demanded. "I command you lick it off of me at once!" He bellowed at Izzy.
"Sure thing!" Izzy grinned, licking her lips.
"You know what, on second thought, dirt looks good with my evil outfit." Max winced.
Owen chuckled. "C'mon Izzy, you can lick the dirt off of me." Owen grinned. Izzy then jumped on him and began licking him like a dog, much to Scarlett and Max's disgust.
"I hate to interrupt your...'canoodling', but we're in the middle of a challenge, and fire is a necessity, now quit licking each other and let's get started!" Scarlett hissed. The brainiac swept the dirt off of herself, and shook off Max, filling the hole just enough that it was a two inch-deep pit. "Alright, now, the firewood should be arriving any minute." Scarlett said, and she was right.
A few moments later, Duncan, Geoff, Gwen, and Rodney arrived with some firewood in hand. "Here's your firewood Ms. Murder." Duncan grinned, dumping the sticks and branched next to the pit. Gwen, Rodney, and Geoff did the same and walked off towards where the shelter was being built.
Scarlett's eye twitched, but she remained calm. "Bridgette, Katie, teach Gwen and Geoff how to weave. Rodney, you and Duncan just wait around until heavy lifting is needed. Jasmine and Sky, you two can also help with the tent."
"I'm game." Duncan shrugged, sitting down and relaxing against a tree.
"Alright, now we must form the wood into a Jenga pattern of sorts." Scarlett instructed, bending down to place the sticks just so. After three layers she stopped. "Okay, next is tinder, we need pine needles and dead leaves for fuel, that shouldn't be too hard to find, now should it?" she told them. "Wait, where's Izzy?"
"Already ahead of you!" Izzy declared, bounding over with a handful of pine needles and dead leaves.
"That's not another sticky-bomb, is it?" Owen cowered.
"No, Chris said I wasn't allowed to do that anymore." Izzy sighed. "But when do I ever listen to him?" she grinned. "But don't worry, it's still not a sticky-bomb. Believe it or not, I couldn't find any honey!" She sighed.
With that, the redhead tossed the pine needles and leaves onto the pile. "Next comes the fire starting. That's where you come in, Owen." Scarlett grinned wickedly.
Owen gulped nervously. "Um...what do you mean by that?" He asked with a whimper.
"Simple. You're the show's resident fart machine. 'Farts' as you call them contain methane, which is a highly flammable gas. Your passing gas combined with the flame from a fire-flower will ensure a campfire. But please, don't pass too much gas, or your might burn down the entire forest." She said.
"I'll try not to, but no promises." Owen chuckled. He sat down by the fire, his butt pointed towards the pile of sticks, leaves, and pine needles. Scarlett grabbed a leftover stick not being used for the fire and waved it in front of a nearby fire-flower.
The red-headed genius jumped out of the way right as the orange flower squirted a spout of flame from its nozzle-like mouth. "Now, Owen!" Scarlett shouted.
Shockingly, Owen let out a fart on command, and the methane gas combined with the fire instantly ignited into a burst of flame, blinding the entire camera.
A zoomed-out shot from the small island showed a small mushroom cloud exploding somewhere within the walls of the Funzone. A cut back into the campsite showed that the fire had cleared, as well as the smoke, revealing Scarlett, Izzy, Max, Duncan, and Owen's backside were all covered in soot and ash. "I said not to pass a lot of gas." Scarlett hissed, still frozen in place, soot covering her face.
"Sorry." Owen chuckled. "Ouch, my butt burns." He pulled up his pants and stood up with a yelp.
Duncan coughed some ash out of his mouth. "Agh! It tastes just like how prison smells!" He exclaimed with disgust. "Dark and smoky." He coughed again, wiping the soot from his face.
"Well at least the fire's going strong!" Izzy said, pointing to the campfire which had now grown to a bonfire size. Smoke curled off the flames and sparks were thrown into the air with crackles. "Just in time too, it's starting to get dark!" Izzy said, looking up at the sunset.
(Team 2)
Courtney and Scott were walking through the forest, the former glaring at nothing in particular, and the latter still grinning at her. Courtney turned to see the smiling dirt farmer. "What are you so happy about? It's really annoying!" Courtney snarled.
"You chose me to partner with you!" Scott continued to grin. "And you said you hated me."
"I do! But like I said, it's all for strategical purposes." Courtney said. "Now, I still may hate you, but I have a proposal for something no one will be expecting. And no, it's not marriage." She rolled eyes, much to Scott's disappointment. "No one would expect a team up between you and me, considering how much I hate you."
"True, I guess." Scott shrugged. "So is this an alliance you're proposing?"
"Yes, so are you-"
"Of course I am!" Scott grinned. "I suggest we take out Duncan first, he's bad news." he shook his head.
"No! I mean... I, uh, need to keep him around for a little bit, then we can dump him." Courtney said. Scott raised an eyebrow but shrugged it off.
"Wow, it's getting dark. How come we haven't found any firewood? Are we not searching hard enough or do we just suck?" Scott wondered.
"Well, there's some right there, but it's kinda being guarded." Courtney pointed to a pile of sticks and branches, of which the camera was zoomed in on. The camera zoomed out to show none other than Fang happily guarding.
"Does Chris know where I'm going to be just so he can put Fang there?" Scott complained. "I mean, seriously! It's been three seasons and that shark won't give up! He already mauled me half to death, what more does he want? I gave him his tooth back!"
"Well, it's time to prove yourself to the alliance, go distract Fang while I get the sticks." Courtney said, shoving Scott from their hiding spot behind some bushes, and into the opening where Fang easily spotted him.
Scott whimpered and shook in his shoes as Fang gave him a toothy grin, punching a fist into his palm. The camera cut back to Courtney wincing as the sounds of Scott screaming and getting beaten up by Fang could be heard.
(Outhouse Confessional- That shark is a load of barnacles)
Courtney- "Okay, I kind of feel bad about shoving Scott into Fang, but there's no way he'd have done it if I hadn't done that. I suppose it's counteracting the good image I'm trying to retain, but I've still got a long season to fix it."
Scott was being shown whipped around by a grinning Fang. Behind the two, Courtney was tip-toeing towards the pile of sticks that the mutated shark was guarding.
She slowly grabbed the sticks and branches one by one until she had enough of them to bring back. She then tip-toed away. There was a silent pause as Courtney accidentally stepped on a stick, snapping it in half, the noise seemingly echoing throughout the wood. Fang, who was holding Scott mid-punch, turned towards the sound and growled angrily at the intruder. He dropped Scott and let out an odd, yet vicious roar.
Courtney yelped and ducked past the shark, grabbing a dazed Scott by the foot and dragging him through the trees, frantic to get away from Fang.
However, the land-shark continued to pursue them. Courtney quickly came up with a plan and ran behind a fairly thick tree. She held Scott in front of it, and waited for Fang to get closer. The shark ran closer, and closer, and closer until his shark jaws were inches away from Scott's still-dazed face.
Courtney quickly jerked Scott's rag-doll-of-a-body out of the way, causing Fang to slam right into the tree, knocking a branch loose that hit him on the head. The shark fell backwards, unconscious. Courtney breathed a sigh of relief, and with that, the CIT marched back towards camp with branches and sticks under one arm, and dragging Scott with the other.
Courtney arrived at camp and tossed Scott onto the ground near a tree. "Wait a second, who started the fire already?" Courtney asked. "Do you know how hard it was to get these? Scott just got beat up by a land-shark for these!" She threw the sticks next to the already-burning fire and sat down next to it, extremely tired.
"Hey, it's not my fault you and Scott were out there for most of the day. It's already nightfall and you just got back." Noah said, and indeed it had grown dark, the sun was just barely behind the trees, a couple early stars already starting to appear in the dark sky. "Besides, I thought we were supposed to use our brains to get things done." He remarked.
Courtney rolled her eyes and rubbed her arms for warmth. "Geez, it just cold really quickly!" She said. "I guess you actually did do something good for once."
"LeShawna and Eva helped." Noah shrugged.
"Aw, it was nothing." LeShawna waved it off. "I just hope B finishes up that shelter of his soon, it's gettin' dark out and I wanna go to bed so I'm well rested for the crazy trek through the forest tomorra' morning."
"We should have night watches in case the mutants aren't afraid of fire." Eva suggested.
"Good idea, but I'm not taking a shift." Said Noah and Courtney at the same time. They eyed each other and narrowed their eyes.
"B is done!" Dawn declared, hurrying towards the campfire where most of the team sat.
"Hey, I helped too!" Harold said. "What am I chopped liver?"
"No, but your aura has a particularly chopped liver-colored tinge to it." Dawn giggled.
Courtney, Eva, Noah, Samey, Harold, Cody, Brick, and Tyler all got up from around the fire and headed over to where the large construction wall sat. "Behold!" Dawn exclaimed as B appeared, yanking away the leaf-made wall.
The contestants stared, mouths agape at the beauty before them. "I guess when building a shelter, you might as well go all out." Noah grinned upon seeing the tree-mansion B had built.
It was a series of four tree-houses tucked into the branches of three large mutated trees. The tree-house looked to be of modern style. B made several rapid hand gestures and Dawn studied them all. "B says there are four rooms in three of the houses, and two rooms in the other one, plus a kitchen." She said.
"Wait, we all get our own room? Awesome! I don't have to sleep near any of you people!" Heather grinned, eagerly climbing the ladder up into the tree-house to claim her room.
"B also says that he managed to find some toxic mushrooms and some other stuff to make keesh!" Dawn chirped. "We can eat some for breakfast, or right now for a late dinner."
The entire team cheered and began climbing up the ladder, one after the other. "B, you have out done yourself." LeShawna grinned.
B grinned and breathed on his knuckles, rubbing them on his jacket as if to polish them. This gesture said, "I know".
(Team 1)
Night had officially fallen and the members of Team 1 were gathered under the tent. "Wow, I've got to hand it to you. This shelter isn't half bad, not to mention Jasmine managed to find some fish that actually wasn't mutated." Scarlett acknowledged. "I guess it pays to have a survivalist on your team."
"Oh, it was nothing." Jasmine chuckled, taking a bite of her fish. "Food's not too hard to find as long as you know what you're looking for. The right berries, leaves, fish."
"Do you think Chris is gonna take off points for not having water?" Geoff asked.
"Probably, but as long as we make it to the door first, I don't think it'll matter. Chris hasn't been known for making up excellent rules." Scarlett said.
"Yeah, remember the bike race challenge from season 1?" Gwen recalled. "Those rules made no sense!"
"True that, bro." Geoff chuckled.
"Hey, who wants to hear a scary story?" Duncan grinned. "I've got an even better one than last time, but it's pretty hardcore, I'm not sure you guys can handle it." He said.
"Oh, I can't wait to hear this one." Gwen grinned, crossing her arms.
"Let's not and say we didn't." Dave gulped. "We should get some sleep."
"I agree with the whiny child. Evil needs his evil sleep, and while I could no doubt handle a story of that magnitude, let's save it for another day...after I win...when I don't have to be here." Max whimpered.
"Spooky stories are childish at best and often times lacking proper qualities that deem them 'scary'. However, since it's a long night and I do not appear to be drifting off to sleep any time soon, humor me." Scarlett shrugged.
The rest of the members of Team 1 sat around the campfire, ready for Duncan to tell his story. By now, the night had grown dark and thousands of stars littered the night sky, along with sparks flying off the crackling fire.
"Alright," Duncan began, "It started with a photographer. He was out in the woods, snapping photos when he saw a pale figure in a suit and tie deep in the misty woods..."
"And then, his wife looked out the window, and there he was, standing there, seeming to stare at her, but with no eyes." Duncan continued, even further into the story. Most of his teammates sat around the fire, shivering in fear, eyes wide in terror. The only ones who didn't look afraid were a skeptical Scarlett, Gwen with a raised eyebrow, and Izzy, who was eagerly awaiting for the story to unfold.
"The wife heard a scraping sound coming from the door behind her, and she turned around to look. The scraping stopped and she turned around to see the figure was closer than before, but only by a few feet." Duncan went on.
"Then what happened?" Geoff asked nervously, Bridgette snuggled up to his chest in fear.
"The girl was now breathing hard, starting to get scared. More scraping came from the door and she turned around again. When she turned back to the window, the figure was gone." Many of those around the fire gasped.
"After a while, she went up to her bed, trying to forget the thing outside the window. She got out a book and began to read for a little bit." Duncan said. "Then she heard a voice whispering to the baby over the baby monitor. She assumed her husband had come home and was saying goodnight to the baby."
Everyone seemed to be on edge about what would happen next. "And then...a car pulled up in the driveway. It was her husband's car." Duncan finished.
"Whoa, dude...that was creepy!" Trent exclaimed, eyes wide. "What happens after that?"
"You really want me to continue the story?" Duncan asked. "Because it gets pretty hardcore from here..."
"Please don't." Dave whimpered.
"Please do!" Izzy cheered at the same time. The redhead jumped into Owen's lap and snuggled up to the loveable lug, much to his enjoyment.
"If you insist." Duncan grinned, ignoring Dave and Max's pleads. "Now the girl was truly frightened, someone was with her baby, and it wasn't her husband. She put down her book and slowly opened the door with a creak."
"She went down the hall and opened the door to the baby's room, her heart beating out of her chest. She called out to see if anyone was there. Thankfully, the baby was still there, sleeping soundly. The girl breathed a sigh of relief and looked up to see a grinning clown statue with beady red eyes and sharp teeth, staring at her."
"The girl let out a yelp and continued to breath heavily. Suddenly, the door behind her creaked open, it was her husband." Duncan said. "She didn't turn around, the girl was still entranced by the creepy clown statue. Was that statue there before? She asked. I don't remember buying it. She turned around to face her husband..."
"..."
"..."
"..."
"AND THEN THE BLACK TENTACLES GRABBED HER!" Duncan shouted, pouncing forward, his arms outstretched like the tentacles in his story. Almost everyone at the campfire screamed like a little girl, including the guys. "And with a final scream, she was never heard from again..." Duncan finished.
"Duncan! That was totally scary!" Bridgette cried. "There's no way I'm gonna get any sleep tonight." She shivered. Geoff rubbed her back and smiled, trying to calm her down.
"I warned you." Duncan shrugged. "So, was it quality material?" He asked Gwen and Scarlett.
"Okay, I'll admit, that was pretty good." Gwen grinned. "I've got chills on my neck, but I've heard scarier stories." She chuckled.
"Affirmative." Scarlett nodded. "While it was better than most stories told by my camp counselor, it was still rather childish compared to others, I mean, there was hardly any gore." She shook her head.
"Psh, you would know." Duncan rolled his eyes, causing Scarlett's eye to twitch again.
(Outhouse Confessional- She's gonna blow! Mount St. Scarlett!)
Scarlett- "I realize it would be bad if I lunged at him and scooped out his corneas with a spoon, but he's really tempting me." She hissed. "Just a few more episodes..."
Duncan- "Scarlett might be hot if she didn't look like an old librarian and if she didn't wear those ugly glasses." He chuckled, leaning up against the side of the outhouse.
(Team 2
"Okay, that was some good keesh." Samey gushed, finishing her last forkful. "B, not only are you an awesome inventor, but you're a great cook too!"
B waved it off casually. "Oh, don't be modest." Dawn smiled. "You built us this fabulous tree-shelter. Too bad Chris will probably turn it into a hotel after this challenge." She sighed. B frowned at this.
"Well I'm going to bed." Heather said, stretching her arms. She got up from the kitchen table and left for the halls to her own personal bedroom.
"I'm gonna hit the hay too, 'need to be well rested for tomorrow!" Brick said. "See you in the morning recruits!" He gave a salute and followed Heather down the hall.
"I'm gonna go and put out the fire, you can't leave a fire unprotected at night." Harold said matter-of-factly. "You guys should be thanking me, otherwise, this glorious tree-house might be engulfed in flames in the morning." Amy, Scott, and Courtney rolled their eyes and left the table for their bedrooms.
Harold opened up a small hatch in the floor and began to climb down the ladder. At the bottom, he spotted the fire easily, for it was glowing in the dark. Harold grabbed a bucket and went to fetch some water from the pond nearby. "Gosh! Stupid piranhas!" He complained upon finding piranhas in the bucket. He dumped them out and took another scoop of water. "Oh come on! Another piranha?" Harold reached his finger in to pluck the fish out, but was promptly bitten on the finger. "Ow! Why you!" He snatched it up and hurled it into a tree knothole.
With the bucket of water, Harold headed to the campfire and dumped the water on it. Except the water didn't hit the fire. He looked up to see he had actually splashed the groin area of a monstrous raccoon. "Mother..." He whimpered as the raccoon growled at him.
The beast let out a roar, sending spittle flying into the lanky nerd's face. Harold screamed and bolted for the tree-house, quickly climbing the ladder just in time before the raccoon could swipe at him.
"So, is the fire put out?" Dawn asked.
"Uh...no." Harold squeaked.
"Why not?" Samey wondered. The cheerleader headed for the small hatch and was about to open it when Harold stopped her.
"You don't want to do that!" He exclaimed. "I was throwing water on to the fire, and it was so dark out that I didn't see the giant raccoon in front of me and I kind of splashed him...in his nuggets."
"Can he climb?" Samey cried.
Harold opened the hatch and looked out to see the giant raccoon straining to climb the tree, but slipped off due to his weight. "It looks like he can't, but we might be stuck here. He seemed pretty peeved." Harold observed.
"Well, there's no use in waitin' for him. 'Might as well get some sleep and see if he's still there in the morning." LeShawna shrugged, heading to her own room.
A wide shot of the Funzone showed a time-lapse of the the sun slowly rising over the trees, accompanied by an angelic tune.
Duncan was shown yawning, stretching and getting up from the tent his team had built. He was soon followed by Gwen, Scarlett, and an extremely tired Owen. "Man, I got no sleep last night." He mumbled. "How do animals do it?"
"Well first of all, they aren't rudely woken in the middle of the night due to bodily functions." Scarlett snapped. Owen looked confused and Scarlett sighed, pinching the bridge of her nose. "Farts, Owen."
"Ooooh. Sorry about that." He chuckled sheepishly. "I can't help it!"
"You make a good pillow." Izzy chuckled, also getting up from her slumber.
"Rise and Shine, mates! What took 'ya so long?" Jasmine chuckled, swinging down from a vine and landing in front of her team.
"Well, humans tend to sleep." Scarlett said. "So I presume you're some sort of alien?" She mused.
"Nah, I'm just used to gettin' up early." Jasmine chuckled. "So's Rodney, he's been up for a while too. He managed to find some water to put out the fire with."
Bridgette and Geoff were next, the former blushing. "Well that was a nice night sleep." She giggled. "Yeah, at least after an awesome make-out session!"
"Geoff!" Bridgette exclaimed. "No going into detail!" She whispered. Gwen and Duncan both grinned at her. "What did you two do?"
"Um...Chris probably wouldn't like." Bridgette whispered into Gwen's ear. "Don't tell anyone." Gwen rolled her eyes and nodded.
"Who's left?" Jasmine asked.
"We're coming, we're coming." Sky said with a yawn, trudging out of the tent. "That could have been a better sleep. I can't believe I'm saying this, but I actually miss those waterlogged cabins." She muttered. Trent and Katie came out yawning behind her.
"Oh, I know right? My back is so stiff! Right, Sadie?" Katie asked. Of course, there was no response. "Oh yeah." She frowned.
"Don't worry, you'll see her again soon. Besides, I'm pretty sure we can win this, we're up pretty early, the sun's just barely out!" Bridgette smiled. "Oh, maybe the reward is we get to see someone from the Playa! Maybe you'll get to see Sadie!"
Katie smiled. "Oh, that would be so awesome!" She giggled. "Let's go! I really wanna win now!"
"We're just missing Max and Dave." Jasmine said. She peeked into the tent so see that they were still sleeping. "WAKE UP!" She hollered.
Dave screamed jolting up, banging his head on one of the bamboo supports used for the makeshift tent. "Ow! What was that for?" He complained.
"You wanna win, don't you? Well, the rest of us are awake, so let's go!" Jasmine snapped. "Up and at 'em!"
"Ugh, why did I ever sign up for this show." Dave muttered. "Nothing good has come out of it."
Max slowly awoke with a yawn next to the Germophobe. "Aw, I was having the best dream! My Egyptian slaves were carrying me to the Porpoise kingdom where we danced all day and...uh, I mean my Egyptian slaves were brutally punished for making me late to my Taking Over the World ceremony."
"Whatever, just get up." Jasmine said, grabbing both Dave and Max by the shirt collar and yanking them out of the tent, tossing them onto the dirt in front of their team.
"That's everyone, I already took a headcount." Sky said. "Now, how do we find the Funzone door? I want to get out of here as soon as possible."
"Well, Chris said the door was in the Northern Section of the Funzone." Jasmine said. "If the sun rose over there and set over there, that makes north...that way!" She said, pointing behind the crowd of contestants.
"Let's not waste any time then," Katie said. "I'M COMING FOR YOU SADIE!" She cried, marching off in the direction Jasmine had pointed.
"Maybe we should use her to fend off any mutants we come across. She's scary enough." Jasmine whispered into Bridgette's ear, causing the surfer to chuckled.
(Team 2)
"Great going Harold, now we're gonna lose because that stupid raccoon's been waiting there all night!" Heather snarled.
"Hey! It's not my fault! I couldn't see him in the dark!" Harold protested. "Besides, there's gotta be another way out of here!" He looked around.
"I would try to persuade the creature to let us go, but I see in his aura that no matter what, he wants to hurt Harold." Dawn said. "I wish I could be more of help." She said sadly.
"Don't worry about it, you did enough last challenge." Samey smiled. "You saved us from a lot of mean animals, like those monkeys!" Dawn smiled back.
"I hate to break up your happy moment, but we need to find a way out of here or we're going to lose." Noah said. "I suggest we sacrifice Harold to the raccoon and make our escape."
"Hey!"
"Sorry dude, but that raccoon won't leave until it gets you." Noah said. "Of course you could be used as bait..."
"Oh for the love of all things stupid!" Eva grumbled. "Let me go take care of that overgrown rodent. I tangled with Sasquatchanakwa, I can tangle with this thing."
The muscle-bound woman opened the hatch and climbed down the ladder. "You want a piece of me? WAH!" Eva roared, letting out a war-cry and jumping on to the beast. The camera did not show the fight, but instead the worried faces of those in the tree-house.
"Do you think she's winning?" Samey asked. "I hear a lot of screaming and roaring, I can't tell."
"Oh, I hope she doesn't hurt the poor creature!" Dawn worried.
"I don't know guys, I think she's winning." Noah said, looking through the hatch. He got up and turned towards them, revealing a bushy mustache of raccoon hair on his upper lip. The bookworm brushed it off, as well as the rest of the hair from his sweater-vest.
"Where'd she get the razor?" Tyler asked.
"Who cares, she's winning!" LeShawna grinned.
"Done!" Eva hollered back up. Her team peered through hatch to see the raccoon laying on the ground at the base of the tree in a daze.
"Let's get going while the going's good!" Cody exclaimed, about to climb down the ladder.
"Me first!" Heather shouted, butting in front of him and climbing down first, landing on top of the raccoon as she went. "Ew, its fur is wet, what'd you do, lick it?" She asked Eva.
"No, Harold threw water on it's crotch! That's the whole reason he's down here in the first place." Eva barked. "Now hurry up before the stupid thing wakes up!"
"While I do not approve of your methods, thank you for at least...subduing the creature so we can escape." Dawn thanked.
Once they were all down on the ground, they gathered in a small crowd. "So Chris said that the door is on the northern part of the Funzone, anyone know where that is?" Brick asked. "I didn't catch where the sun set and rose from."
"B says he saw the door from the top of the tree-house." Dawn said. "We must go this way!" She pointed in the direction of the now burnt-out campfire and the team hurried into the forest, not wanting to be late because of their delay.
(Team 1)
"Ugh, how much longer 'till we get to the door?" Max complained. "My feet are killing me! I demand one of you pick me up and carry me like an Egyptian King, just like in my dream! But we are not going to the Porpoise Kingdom!"
"Shouldn't be too much longer,and I suggested you keep up or those centipede-like creatures might find you rather tasty." Jasmine chuckled.
"What are you talking about? That's no way to treat Izzy and Dave! I mean, sure, they're kind of slimy...but they're not long and slithery." Max said. "Besides, only evil is allowed to call them names."
"What do you mean slimy?" Dave panicked. "I don't have anything on me, do I?" Dave quickly began rubbing his skin, frantically trying to get anything classified as 'slimy' off.
"No, I'm talking about those centipede mutants behind you, they seem to be following us." Jasmine pointed behind them. Max, Izzy, and Dave all looked back, as well as the rest of the team. Behind them, five red-scaled wheels were slowly rolling towards them.
One of them began to unroll, revealing its antennae and thousands upon thousands of legs. "Ew! Look at all those gross, squiggly legs!" Katie said with disgust.
"Just be quiet and don't move, maybe they'll ignore us." Jasmine said, getting in between her teammates and the centipedes.
Suddenly there was an extremely loud and high-pitched girly scream. The camera looked over, as well as the rest of the team to see Dave, the one screaming, cowering in fear.
Jasmine looked back to see that the other four centipedes were beginning to unroll and were skittering towards them, their legs making several clattering noises that almost sounded like a rain-stick being tilted. "This is bad." Jasmine said worriedly.
"Way to go, Dave!" Sky hissed, not taking her eyes off of the bugs, as well as not moving.
(Outhouse Confessional- Centipede free!)
Dave- "And things with Sky have gone from bad to worse." He sighed. "I don't think things are ever gonna be the same. And it's all her fault! Well, kind of..." Suddenly, there was another skittering noise and Dave panicked. "Be gone demonic bugs!" he panicked, running screaming from the outhouse.
"What do we do?" Owen cried.
"I think we'd better run!" Sky cried, bolting towards the direction of the door. The rest of her team followed. The centipedes saw that they were trying to escape and they quickly rolled up into balls against and shot forward after them.
"They're gaining on us!" Jasmine exclaimed. "We're gonna have to lose them somehow! I've got an idea to get rid of at least one."
The survivalist jumped up and grabbed a vine, swinging up into the trees. The rest of her team continued to run along. One of the centipedes was getting closer, so Jasmine jumped down from the tree, still hanging from the vine.
The centipede got close, and ran right into the girl, except that Jasmine climbed up just in time so the centipede smashed right into the tree, knocking itself unconscious. "That's one down, four to go!" Jasmine said.
She leaped to another tree and proceeded to do the same trick, taking out another centipede, leaving three. The only problem was that these three were smarter. That, and they could apparently climb. "Oh crap!" Jasmine muttered.
Then, she had an idea. She spotted a group of fire-flowers and jumped from the tree, running towards them. The centipedes saw this and crawled after her at an alarming pace. Right as she entered the gauntlet of fire-flowers, she ducked down and slid right under the fire they shot out from their mouths. Unfortunately for the centipedes, they were not quick enough and were promptly roasted alive. Jasmine got to the end of the lines of fire-flowers and saw her work. "Whew, that was a close one!" She felt her head and noticed her hat was on the ground. "Don't wanna forget you!" She chuckled, snatching her hat and running off to join her team.
(Team 2)
"Team 1 is no doubt ahead of us!" Heather said to Brick up in the front of the line. "So since we're probably gonna lose, I have an alliance proposal for you."
Brick looked at her. "Uh, why do you want me in your alliance? Don't you have other people, other evil people like yourself?" He asked.
Heather glared at him for a short second. "True, but I can't trust them. You on the other hand are loyal, smart, and athletic too! I know I can trust you, besides, you helped us not lose in the last challenge, that's pretty awesome." Heather said with fake kindness. "Your buddy Tyler is pretty cool, I wouldn't wanna leave him out of the alliance either." She grinned.
Brick thought for a moment. "Who else is in it?" He asked.
"Just you, Tyler, and Cody. I figured I'd team up with Cody since we were kind of friends in World Tour." Heather said.
"But how do I know I can trust you? I've seen what you've done in past seasons, backstabbing your alliance members." Brick questioned.
"What would I have to gain from ditching you? I want to go to the finale as much as you do, and I can't do that without your help. Same goes for you, while you're strong, smart, and fit, you'll never get to the finale without an alliance, even a temporary one." Heather said. "Just to the merge if you want."
Brick thought for a moment. "You know what, you make a good point. I guess I'll join your alliance, and you can count on me, a soldier never lies." He said, giving a salute, his other hand behind his back.
"Excellent." Heather grinned. "I'm gonna go talk to Tyler and Cody and run them through the alliance." She said, running back to talk to Tyler and Cody.
"Alright recruits! We need to kick it into full gear if we want to win this challenge!" Brick said. "No more walking! Only running or jogging is acceptable!" He shouted, beginning a jogging pace.
Some people like Noah and Amy groaned at this, but began jogging anyway; neither of them wanted to lose and go home. "Who made him in charge?" Courtney whispered to Amy.
"I don't know, but he's kind of annoying. Maybe we should lose him?" Amy suggested. "I don't know, we can talk about this after the challenge, there's too many people here." Courtney nodded and continued jogging.
"B says we've only got a little more ways to go until we're at the door." said Dawn. "Although I foresee something dark coming our way and...oh no! It's here!" She cried, ducking down.
Everyone else looked confused except for B and Samey. The two did like Dawn and ducked down. Everyone else shrugged and did the same, allowing a bolt of electricity to shoot over their heads. "Run!" Dawn shouted and no one argued.
"What exactly are we running from?" Noah asked as they starting running rather than jogging.
"Laser Squirrels!" Scott, Brick, and Dawn all shouted at the same time, running ahead.
The camera looked back to see the aforementioned laser squirrels bounding towards them, occasionally shooting bolts of electricity from their red eyes. The camera left them with the sound of them screaming and the laser squirrels chasing after them.
"And both teams are getting close to the door!" Chris declared from a flat-screen TV that sat above the large Funzone door. "Who's it gonna be?"
Suddenly, one of the teams burst through the mutated vegetation. "It's Team 1" Chris shouted. "And the first to reach the door is..." All fourteen contestants ran hurriedly out of the jungle, eager to get away from the horrors inside, none of them really paying attention to Chris or the prize at stake. "Bridgette! You're the first to make it to the door!" the host declared.
"Really? Wow!" Bridgette grinned. "Cool!"
"Awesome babe! Who you gonna pick?" He asked.
"Just wait a second." Bridgette said, holding up a finger.
"And here comes Team 2!" said Chris as the team came screaming onto the scene. "And it would appear they've got a trail of laser squirrels after them! Quick, everyone out of the Funzone!" Chris shouted in an oddly panicked tone.
The door slowly rose open, and the members of Team 1 wasted no time getting the heck out of there. Team 2 gradually got to the door and one by one managed to get out. "Hurry up Harold!" Eva shouted from the other side.
The lanky nerd ran as fast as he could, the laser squirrels right on his tail. As soon as he passed under the door, it slammed shut, barely missing a laser squirrel that was about to pass under. "Nothing mutated got out, did it?" Chris asked them, walking up to the crowd of teens. Turns out he was on the other side of the Funzone wall.
"No, but who won?" Courtney panted.
"Team 1!" Chris announced, much to the CIT's disappointment. "And Bridgette was the first one to reach the door, so, who 'ya gonna pick?" He asked.
"I pick...Dawn!" Bridgette said happily. "Sorry Samey."
"Oh, no worries." She smiled with a slight sigh.
"Alright, Team 2, I will be seeing you at the elimination ceremony tonight, but not until after Team 1 (and Dawn) enjoys their reward: The first ever Total Drama Auction!" He exclaimed. "What is a Total Drama Auction? Stay tuned to find out!" He said and the camera cut to commercial.
(~Commercial Break~)
"Welcome back to Total Drama, folks!" Chris declared, now standing in front of the oil drum at the bonfire pit, however, it was not elimination time, for there were no marshmallows and it wasn't night. "It's time for the first ever Total Drama Auction!"
The fifteen contestants sitting on the stumps cheered loudly. "Alright, here are the rules. Each one of you gets 500 Chris-bucks to spend at the auction. I will have 7 items up for grabs, and whoever bids the most Chris-bucks on the item, wins it for themselves!"
Scarlett raised her hand. "What if there's a tie between two or more people for a single item?" She asked.
"Then, you draw rocks. The black one is a winner." Chris said. "Now, you'll want to bid the money, because this is your only chance to win a reward for yourself, and trust me, these are good. You could keep the rest of the money, but it's only good for buying water from the tap." He chuckled. "Oh, and before I forget, there will be a strategical prize up for grabs as well, so don't bid all of your money on the first prize..."
Now, Scarlett, Duncan, and a few others were interested. "It's time for the first prize, of which will remain under this serving platter. It could be good, it could be bad. You don't know." Chris grinned, holding up a shinny, silver platter.
Owen sniffed the air. "I smell...PANCAKES!" He exclaimed. "Five hundred bucks! I bid five hundred!" He shouted, holding up all his money in one fist.
"Going once, going twice, and...SOLD!" Chris declared. Owen happily ran up to the oil drum and slapped down all of his money in front of Chris, taking the platter and taking off the serving bowl to reveal that there were indeed pancakes underneath.
"Nice score, Owen!" Izzy grinned.
Owen gobbled up about half of the pancakes by the time he reached his seat. "Now, since Owen bid all of his money on the pancakes, he can no longer bid for anything else." Chris said. "Including this!"
The host pulled up a six-pack of glass bottles filled with purple grape sugar-water. Several contestants were interested. "So, who's gonna bid?" Chris asked.
There was a pause as the contestants eyed the prize, wondering if it was worth it. Sky, Izzy, Katie, and Duncan all raised their hands, a handful of their money in their hands.
"Thirty!" Sky called out.
"Forty!" Came Katie.
"Izzy's bettin' Sixty!" Izzy cackled. "Who's gonna beat that?"
"Seventy." Duncan grinned.
"Eighty!" Izzy continued. Katie and Sky wanted the drinks, but not at a price higher than that. They were both out of the bid.
"Ninety." Duncan eyed Izzy. Izzy thought for a moment and sighed. The redhead put her money down with a bored and slightly annoyed expression on her face.
"Going once, going twice, and...SOLD!" Chris said. "Duncan, come grab your grape soda!" Duncan grinned and walked up to the oil drunk grabbing the six-pack by one of the plastic rings.
"Next up, we've got something nifty." Chris said. "Comfort supplies! An Egyptian cotton pillow, and much better blankets and sheets than the ones you'll find in your cabins." Instantly, just about everyone was ready to bid.
"250!" Izzy shouted.
"270!" Sky offered.
"300!" Went Dave.
"400!" Came Jasmine.
"500!" Jasmine, Dave, and Izzy all shouted at the same time. Each one eyed the other.
"Alright, it would seem we have a tie." Chris announced. "Jasmine, Dave, Izzy, come up here and grab a rock out of this pouch without looking. Keep it hidden until I tell you to show it." He instructed.
All three contestants came up to Chris. Jasmine went first with picking a rock, then Dave, and then Izzy after a while of rooting around in the bag. "Show them on three. One...two...three!" Chris said.
Izzy held her's open, revealing it to be white. She snapped her fingers in anger and chucked the rock into camp, subsequently hitting Chef on the head as he was taking out some trash from the Mess Hall. The redhead went and sat down. Dave and Jasmine both showed theirs, Dave's was white, and Jasmine's was black.
"And Jasmine wins the comfort! Enjoy sleeping at night!" Chris said, handing her a bundle of sheets and blankets, as well as the pillow. Jasmine silently cheered as Dave, Izzy, and some other auctioneers glared at her slightly in jealousy.
"On to our fourth prize!" Chris said. "A card from your Best Friend!" He opened another tin platter to reveal pictures of the contestant's friends, a card sitting by their portraits.
"500!" Katie screamed almost instantly. No one dared to get in her way.
"Going once, going twice, and...SOLD!" Chris said. Katie squealed almost louder than she usually did and bounded over to the oil drum where she quickly snatched up the letter and tore it open to read to herself. Bridgette smiled and patted her back as the sweet girl read the letter from Sadie.
"Okay, prize numero cinco!" Chris declared. "An entire roast chicken!" He held up yet another platter and revealed there to be a perfectly cooked and seasoned roast chicken.
"70!" Izzy shouted.
"Um... 80?" Trent shrugged.
"90." Gwen grinned.
"240!" Rodney tried, much to some people's surprise.
"360!" Izzy roared.
"Going once?" Chris asked. No one put anymore bids. "Going twice, and...SOLD!" Izzy screamed wildly and jumped over to the oil drum where she snatched the chicken and began chomping at it, much to Owen's sadness.
"Wanna share some?" Owen asked.
"Nope! You didn't give me any of your pancakes, so you get no chicken!" Izzy shook her head. "Say, what's this small piece of paper I bit into?" Izzy asked, plucking said paper from her teeth.
"That there is a tip to a secret hidden Chris idol!" Chris said. "If you find it, you'll get immunity!" Scarlett's eye twitched upon hearing this.
"No fair! You didn't say there would be tips hidden in the other prizes!" Scarlett snapped.
"No, I didn't. They're sort of bonuses. You never know what you'll find at the auction." Chris grinned. "Now, keep that baby to yourself if you want a step ahead in the game!" Chris advised.
Izzy tucked the rolled up piece of paper into her bra and continued to chow down on the chicken. "Now, for our sixth prize!" He held up a thin wooden box. "This is the strategical prize, it gives a more detailed tip as to where the Chris idol is hidden. So, who's biddin'?" He asked.
"500!" Scarlett shot up, all of her money in her hands.
"No so fast!" Came Dave. "I bid all my money too!"
"Same!" Sky said, also standing up.
"It seems we have another tie for the strategical prize." Chris said. "Come on down." He held out the bag of rocks once more and Sky, Dave, and Scarlett came down to grab a rock.
Sky was first, followed by Scarlett, and then Dave. "One...two...three! Show your rocks!" Chris said. Dave opened his hand to see that it was another white rock. He let out a frustrated scream and threw it at the camp, once again hitting Chef, who was returning from taking out the trash.
Sky and Scarlett opened up their palms to show their rocks. Sky's was white and Scarlett's was black. "And much to her enjoyment, Scarlett has won the strategical prize! Tough luck, Sky." He chuckled.
Sky sighed and sat back down. Scarlett grinned and snatched the wooden box from Chris's hands and brought it back to her seat.
(Outhouse Confessional- Auctioning this antique outhouse!)
Scarlett- "At this point, I wouldn't be surprised if some of those ingrates were on to my rouse, but I don't care. I've got a tip to an immunity statue! Besides, they can't kick me off when I reveal I haven't changed, they could try to vote me off, but they can't disqualify me." She grinned.
"And the tip reads: Cold, Food, Box, it's rare, but if you want this idol, you'd better beware." Scarlett read. "Oh please, this is child's play!" She chuckled.
"And now for our final prize!" Chris said, dragging in a relatively large wooden crate. It was just about a foot shorter than he was. "This prize will remain hidden, who wants it?" He asked. The boxes suddenly shook slightly as if something alive was inside.
Dawn stared at the box. "Wait, I recognize that aura..." She said. Her eyes went wide and her mouth dropped open. "I bid all my money! 500!" She shouted, waving her money in the air.
"Anyone else want it?" Chris asked. Everyone else shook their head, not really caring for anything that was alive. "Going once, going twice, and...SOLD!" He said.
Dawn seemed to fly over to the oil drum. "I'd recognize that beautifully purple aura with a tinge of red!" She said. The box suddenly burst open, and standing there was none other than Dakota!
The entire crowd of contestants seated down gasped. "What the?!" Scarlett cried.
"I did not see that coming!" Owen exclaimed.
"Dakota! I missed you so much!" Dawn said, hugging the girl around the waist.
"Would it have killed you to put air holes in that thing? I could hardly breathe in there! Not to mention it was really cramped!" The heiress bent her back out with a crack.
"That's right, I bet none of you saw that coming!" Chris said to the audience and the crowd of seated contestants. "Thanks to her daddy, Dakota's back in the game!" He declared with a tinge of annoyance in his voice.
"Again? How is that fair? That's the second time her daddy's gotten her back in the game by bribing you with money! How come she can do that, but we can't? Not all of us are rich, you know." Scarlett hissed.
"Actually her daddy didn't pay me this time." Chris said. "You see, her dad decided to sue me for turning her into a mutant unless I let her back on the show. Yeah, somehow he found a way around our contracts, my lawyer is so fired." He grumbled. "Nonetheless, I'd rather not get sued, so Dakota is officially back in the game, and there's nothing you can do about it! She will also be safe from tonight's vote."
"Aw, thanks!" Dakota giggled.
"Now then, all you winners can go enjoy your prizes! The losers have to come here and vote someone off tonight." Chris grinned. "And with that surprise, I wonder if the elimination can top it!" he grinned.
The sky had grown dark compared to the daylight at the auction. Instead of the winners at the bonfire pit, it was now the losers, and Chris had marshmallows this time. "Here I have a tray of unlucky number thirteen marshmallows. If you do not receive a marshmallow, you must immediately head to the Boot of Shame!" Chris told them.
The contestants eyed each other, no one really knew who was voting for who on this one. "The first round of marshmallows go to Samey, Dawn, B, and Cody!" Chris listed, tossing marshmallows to themselves
Samey gasped happily and caught her's. Dawn smiled and caught her's, sharing the joy with Samey. B grinned and received his, while Cody beamed and stuffed his into his mouth.
"Also with no votes against them, LeShawna, Tyler, Eva, Noah, and Scott!" Chris said. LeShawna happily received her, as did Noah. Tyler pumped a fist, but wasn't ready to catch his, thus it hit him in the face. Eva gave a smug smile and Scott's face was devoid of expression as he caught his own fluffy treat.
"Next is Brick, Courtney, and Amy, leaving us with our final two of the night." Chris said, tossing the last marshmallows, aside from the last one. Courtney and Amy both grinned and caught theirs, while Brick looked slightly nervous that he had gotten his so late. "Harold, Heather, one of you is going home tonight." Chris said ominously.
"Oh come on! On the chopping block again?" Harold cried. "What the heck, not cool!"
"Harold, you're on the chopping block for splashing water on a raccoon and delaying your team's arrival to the Funzone door, that and being annoying overall." Chris said with a chuckle, much to Harold's chagrin. "And Heather, for once, you're on the chopping block without much of a good reason other than the fact that people hate you." The host shrugged, also to Heather's anger.
Chris held up the final marshmallow. "But this marshmallow can only go to one person, and tonight, it goes to..."
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"Harold." Chris finished. Harold breathed a sigh of relief and caught his marshmallow with great joy.
"Man, that was a close one!" Harold exclaimed.
"Ding dong, the witch is dead, the wicked witch, the wicked witch! Ding dong, the wicked witch is dead!" Noah sang.
"What?! You chose Harold over me?" Heather shouted. "Why? I didn't even do anything bad this challenge, Harold's the one who got us delayed" The queen bee then turned to Tyler, Cody, and Brick. "And you! I thought we had an alliance!"
"I guess you were right," Brick said, "I am smart." He grinned, a twinkle in his eye. "Like I was gonna fall for your backstabbing, and neither were these guys!" He jabbed a thumb at Cody and Tyler.
"But what about that code! Soldiers never lie!" Heather snapped. "You broke it!"
"Actually the code is Soldiers always try, there's nothing in the books about lying." Brick chuckled.
Heather let out a frustrated cry. "Who cares then! Dakota got back on this show because her daddy sued Chris, I might as well try the same! I'm gonna get a good lawyer, and you're gonna hear from him!" She shouted at Chris.
"Yeah, yeah, yeah, blah, blah, blah, lawsuit." Chris mocked. "I guess you'll just have to spend that million you won on a lawyer, oh wait, you didn't get the money!" The host laughed.
"Yeah, and about that! You still oh me my one million!" Heather screamed, getting up in Chris's face.
Chef grabbed her and slung her over his shoulder. "C'mon girly, it's time for you to go." Chef said, heading down to the Boot of Shame.
"Any last words? Not that we care." Chris shrugged. Heather stood on the large red X, the Boot of Shame just mere seconds away from getting ready to hit her.
"Wait!" Gwen shouted, running onto the scene just before Chris could press the button.
"What do you want? Are you gonna do some lame apology thing where you two make up?" Chris asked with disgust. "Because if so, can I send her packing before you do so."
"Of course not!" Gwen rolled her eyes. "I was just wondering if I could do the honors." She grinned.
"Sure thing! It'll make for great TV!" Chris said, handing her the small remote control.
"NO!" Heather shouted, turning around to face her mortal enemy and Chris (Not that Chris wasn't her second mortal enemy, of course).
Gwen pressed a finger to the button and the boot swung down, colliding with the front of Heather's body, sending her soaring into the air with a pained scream. "Ah, her screams are bliss." Gwen grinned. "YES! I'm finally free! Too bad I can't get rid of you." She mumbled to Chris, walking away from the scene.
"Well that certainly was eventful!" Chris chuckled. "How will the other contestants fair now that Alejandro and Heather are both out of the game! What will Scarlett do with her tip? And can Gwen really get rid of me?" He grinned.
"I can at least dream about it!" Gwen shouted from a ways off.
"Find out next time, on Total...Drama...Unfinished Business!" Chris finished, the camera zooming out on the island for each pause.
(Voting Confessionals)
Brick- "I'm taking Gwen's advice, I don't trust Heather. I talked to Cody and Tyler and they're voting the same." He said, writing down Heather's name on the piece of paper.
Heather- "With my alliance of Cody, Tyler, Brick, and myself, we'll be sure to take over, at least until I don't need them anymore, they're so gullible! Harold's out of her." She grinned.
Courtney- "Amy says she wants Heather out." She shrugged. "I won't miss her, that witch has been a pain in my butt for five seasons now! It's finally time to say goodbye."
Amy- "I said I would take out the other villains in this game, and so Heather's next. While Courtney could be labeled as a villain, I'm keeping her around a bit longer..."
Tyler- "At first Heather told me to vote with her and Cody and Brick, but then Brick talked to me and said we should vote for Heather instead. I'm kind of confused, but I'll vote for Heather since I like Brick better." he nodded.
Cody- "Heather." He said. "Brick didn't need to tell me twice, I wasn't gonna trust her. She may have been relatively nicer to me back in World Tour, but that was because there was a bigger threat, Alejandro. But not anymore." He shook his head.
Dawn- "Heather cannot remain on this island too much longer, thus, she is my vote." She said. "Eva was also an idea to vote for, but I've decided to give her a pass, but just this once!"
Samey- "Dawn tells me I should vote for Heather, but I don't think she'll need my help with that. Besides, it just feels right to vote for Amy." She said, writing down her sister's name.
LeShawna- "Heather's been a thorn in my side four seasons now! It's about time we dropped her, and tonight's the perfect opportunity!" She grinned.
Noah- "I'd be stupid not to vote for anyone that's not Heather. If she really is out tonight, I'm singing Ding Dong, The Wicked Witch is Dead." he said.
Eva- "Heather's a conniving witch, and I'll enjoy seeing her go down for real this time! It's gonna feel so good lasting longer than her!" She cackled.
Scott- "Courtney told me I should vote for Heather. Since Duncan's not here, why not? We do have an alliance after all, plus, I never really liked Heather that much anyway." He shrugged.
Harold- "I'll admit it, I kind of screwed up today, but it's not my fault! Anyway, I've got to vote for Heather to save my butt." He said.
B- Not shockingly, he doesn't say a word, he just writes a name down on his piece of paper and shows it to the camera. It reads: Heather. He places it in the box and puts a finger to his lips.
Votes:
Brick- Heather
Heather- Harold
Courtney- Heather
Amy- Heather
Tyler- Heather
Cody- Heather
Dawn- Heather
Samey- Amy
LeShawna- Heather
Noah- Heather
Eva- Heather
Scott- Heather
Harold- Heather
B- Heather
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Heather- 12
Harold- 1
Amy- 1
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Voted Off- Topher, DJ, Ella, Alejandro, Anne Maria, Ezekiel, Dakota (RETURNED), Jo, Sadie, Heather
Reason: Okay, this might have been a shocker. You see, this season is a lot about giving those who haven't had a lot of screen time more of it, and fixing the derailed characters from All-Stars. I found Heather to be an obvious returnee, but found that she had been used and worn out so much, thus she's eliminated. Sorry to Heather fans, but you'll see a lot more of her in the bonus episodes, which reminds me! Next week's episode will be yet another challenge, but after that will be the first bonus episode I promised you guys, so, I hope you're looking forward to that! I'll do one every 10 contestants.
[1]- Do not ask me who came up with this, all I know is that it's from the creators of the nickelodeon show Sam & Cat. Now, I haven't watched that much of it, but I flipped through channels and this was playing...yeah.
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