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"Last time on Total Drama Mayhem…
Our campers went through five rugged rounds of awesome challenges. We had some triumphant challengers, we had cheaters and we had some injured campers. Awesome drama and bizarre ratings. I even got a bonus haha! Alejandro constructed a well laid out plan targeting Duncan and Lindsay with the help of Justin and Dakota to sink the Tigers yet again. The Tigers then voted off Lindsay thus making them down to 14 campers. New day, new challenge. Will the Tigers lose for a third time in a row? Will Alejandro's alliance strike again? And will Mal be exposed? Find out in today's episode of TOTAL… DRAMA… MAYHEM!"
It was 9'o clock in the morning, Lightning, Eva and Jo were doing their daily exercises and jogging. Tyler and Duncan woke up just then.
Trent, Justin and DJ were going to the bathroom to brush their teeth. Dakota, who was talking to Katie, waved at Justin as he went.
"Anything up between you and Dakota dude?" Trent asked.
"Nah we're just friends. Ever since we walked the ramp together in one of the fashion shows, we've been good friends" Justin replied.
"You two do have pretty much in common" DJ said.
"Yeah just like you and Dawn" Trent said followed by a smirk.
DJ blushed slightly hearing the comment.
"Wait, What?" Justin asked, "Really DJ?"
"Well I haven't told her about it yet. And I don't know how to tell her too" DJ said.
"You helped Geoff hook up with Bridgette right. Do it the same way" Trent said.
"We'll see" DJ replied.
Confessional: Justin
"Well that's a lead our alliance can build on. Hmm… DJ and Dawn. Better ask Alejandro what to do"
End Confessional: Justin
Harold, Cody, Tyler and Ezekiel as usual were playing on their consoles.
"Tyler dude you should've seen your face when Chef tricked you about the game" Cody said laughing much to Tyler's annoyance.
"C'mon man even you would've done the same at that time" Tyler replied.
"But I would think first" Harold said.
"Shut up nerd" Tyler said.
"What's up guys?" Noah asked.
"There's another nerd. What's your comment on my performance yesterday?" Tyler said.
Noah rolled his eyes hearing the jock's comment.
"You really want me to analyse your splendid performance?" Noah asked.
"No need. What did you come here for?" Tyler asked.
"I just came to ask what's up" Noah said.
"Ok fine" Tyler said.
Scott was walking around the camp when he bumped into Owen.
"Sup man" Owen said.
"Get outta my way Owen" Scott said.
"You want some?" Owen asked handing out a bag of BBQ chips.
"Yeah sure thanks" Scott said.
"Who did this to you man?" Owen asked pointing at his bald head.
"I don't know. But whoever it is, it's not gonna be good for them" Scott said, "Hey, could you help me fin…"
Cameron went up to the two, "Hey guys what's up?"
"Hey dude" Owen said and then he turned to Scott, "and you were saying Scott."
Confessional: Scott
"You know, Owen and Cameron can make good alliance mates. They're pretty easy to play around with. Using Owen's good influence among the other campers I can convince the others to not vote against me if I get into trouble."
End Confessional: Scott
Scott was in deep thought. Suddenly Owen asked,
"What's bothering you man?"
"Can you guys help me find out who shaved off my hair?" Scott asked.
"And why should we help you? You never did anything useful or good for us anytime" Cameron said.
"Hey c'mon I've been good this time" Scott said.
"Yeah I saw that last challenge with Zoey" Cameron asked
"Ok fine I may have been a bit too rough at times. But please, I promise I'll be better from now on" Scott said.
"Fine. I'll help you" Cameron said.
"How about you Owen?" Scott asked.
Owen had fallen asleep in the time Cameron and Scott were talking. Scott shook him up.
"Owen!" Scott called.
"Huh? Uh yeah… I so wasn't sleeping" he replied.
"Yeah we see that" Cameron said.
"You'll help me right?" Scott asked.
"Sure buddy" Owen replied.
"Thanks guys" Scott replied.
Mike was eavesdropping their conversation hiding behind one of the bushes. He then gave out a smirk.
Confessional: Mike/Mal
"Poor Scott. He's trying to find out who shaved his head with the fat boy's and short boy's help. But there's only one problem, he's never gonna find out. Why? Because I did it and there's no proof of it. Looks like I just found my victim for today."
End Confessional: Mike/Mal
Zoey was still in the medic tent. She was reading a book that she borrowed from Gwen who came to visit last night. Suddenly she saw a shadow of someone entering the tent cast by the sunlight.
"Who's over there?" she asked.
"It's me. Duncan. Can I come in?" he asked.
"Duncan? C'mon in. What's up?" she asked.
"Nothing. Just came to ask how you're feeling" Duncan replied sitting on a chair beside her bed.
"Ok that's not a 'normal Duncan' thing to do. Checking if someone else is ok" Zoey said air quoting.
"C'mon, when you fell unconscious, I was worried Red. My heart was pounding when you fell onto my shoulder. I would've killed Scott if something bad happened to you" Duncan said.
"Wait. Did you just call me Red?" Zoey asked keeping a smile on her face.
Duncan got startled thinking about what he said. A slight redness came onto his cheeks.
"What? Uh… Umm… Sorry I didn't mean to… uh…" Duncan stuttered as he tried to explain.
"Don't worry. It's nice. I like it" Zoey said, her smile still stuck on her face. Duncan smiled hearing her reply.
"Hey who got voted off yesterday?" Zoey asked.
"Lindsay got booted. Didn't Mike tell you when he came to visit?" Duncan asked.
"Mike? No. Actually no one came to meet me except you and Gwen. She's the one who gave me this book" Zoey replied.
"You're telling me that Mike never came?" Duncan asked.
"Yeah, he didn't come" she said.
"That's strange" Duncan said to himself. He then dismissed the thought and asked, "How are you now? Will you be coming for today's challenge?"
"Yeah. I'm feeling better today but I'm still pretty tired. I don't know how long it'll take for me to become stable. Anyway 'Doctor Hatchet' said he'll come in 5 minutes to give me a last dose and then I'll be out" she replied air quoting.
Duncan laughed. "Doctor Hatchet? Really Zoey?"
"Hey, I felt it cute" Zoey said and laughed.
"Ok Campers! Meet me near Lake Wawanakwa in 10 minutes" The loudspeakers blurted out, "Your challenge for today awaits."
"I'll meet you there Red… uh I mean Zoey" Duncan said rising up from his chair.
"Duncan" Zoey called.
"Yeah?"
"Thanks for coming to meet me" she said. Duncan gave out a smile and left the tent.
Confessional: Duncan
"Mike not going to meet Zoey is something impossible. He even said he was going to meet her. Hmm… something's not right somewhere. I gotta find out, at least for Zoey's sake. I won't let anyone hurt her."
End Confessional: Duncan
Lake Wawanakwa:
"Good Morning campers. Welcome to challenge number 4 of this season" Chris said.
"YEEESSSS!" Owen shouted throwing his clenched fists up. Everyone looked at him *cricket sounds*.
"What?" he asked.
"That's the energy I wanted from you guys. At least he gave me that" Chris said.
"Just get on with the challenge dawg" Leshawna said.
"Alright fine. Today's challenge is comparatively easier. You all have to go into the forest and find a flag of your team. There are 14 flags for each team in the forest. 14 tiger flags and 14 bull flags. These flags are wrapped on the top of the trees" Chris said.
"Wait that's it?" Tyler asked.
"Oh don't get too excited tiger. Haha. See what I did there. Tyler, he's on the tiger's and I called him tiger" Chris said.
"Wow you set the bar so low I can't believe you went under it" Courtney said.
Chris rolled his eyes and continued, "Anyways, I was coming to say that each flag has a camper's name written on it. So the flag you take and submit here in this basket must have your name on it. Oh and if you're trying to find your flags with the color of the team logo, forget it. All the flags are white in color. You have to unfurl your flags, check the team logo and your name."
"Wait so all the trees here have a flag wrapped on top of it?" Katie asked.
"Not all the trees. I guess I left out 3 or 4 of them" the host replied.
"Wow thanks for the discount" Noah said sarcastically.
"How long did you take to wrap all these trees in one night?" Gwen asked.
"Oh you don't know the amount of hard work I put in for that" Chris said.
"Really Chris? Really?" Chef asked.
"They don't need to know anything more Chef" Chris said.
REWIND: (At 1 am)
Chris, Chef, Kyle, Zack and 3 other interns were wrapping the flags around the trees. Well except Chris and Chef who were walking around supervising the work.
"C'mon y'all we don't have all day. We gotta wrap all these trees by 9 am!" Chris shouted.
"There are like a thousand trees over here" Zack said.
"Yeah deal with it" Chris said, "You're called interns for a reason you know."
"Unpaid interns you mean" Kyle said.
"Yeah unpaid interns. Be happy you're getting proper food and a cabin to stay" Chris said, "The interns of the previous seasons used to eat gross leftovers and used to sleep in the woods."
The interns grunted at the host's comment and continued wrapping.
"You know what, if we go on like this, we're never gonna finish before 9 am" Chris said, "Cheffo! Go on and show those amateurs how it's done."
"What? Why me? Why can't you go?" Chef asked.
"Because I'm the host of the show, DUH!" Chris said, "And I'm not the one who's not getting his paychecks on time."
"UH! Again I say, I don't get paid enough for this" Chef said and started climbing the tree.
"Yeah c'mon everyone! Fire up. I'm doing all the hard parts. You just have to do these" Chris said.
Back to present:
"Anyway, any other questions?" the host asked.
"We have 15 people in our team. You said there are 14 flags" Dakota said.
"Oh don't worry. One of you guys doesn't have to compete today" Chris said, "Let's pick who it is now. Chef pick it."
Chef picked up a card from a box containing all the names of the bulls. He gave the card to Chris.
"And the camper who doesn't have to compete in this round is Alejandro" the host announced. The Spaniard smiled and walked towards Chris.
"And to make things a bit more challenging, Chef, Kyle, Zack and Alejandro will have paintball guns. Zack and Alejandro will hunt down the Tigers with orange paint. Chef and Kyle will target the bulls with blue paint. So if you're flag should be counted in the final count of flags, it should not have even a dot of paint on it" Chris said, "You have a time limit of 12 hours. I'll sound a horn when time is up. And the remaining should return back here. I hope I'm clear. And I know there are no doubts. You're time starts now! The hunters will come after you after 5 minutes."
All the campers scampered in different directions into the forest except Dawn. She folded her legs and sat down.
"Aren't you going to find your flag?" Chris asked Dawn.
"Well my flag is being found out. And it's on its way" Dawn replied.
"On its way? What do you mean?" Chris asked.
"You'll see" Dawn replied.
A minute later a bluebird came flying carrying a rolled up flag in its feet. Dawn held both her hands towards the bird and it placed the flag in her hands and perched on her shoulder.
Dawn then unrolled the flag, showing it to Chris. The flag had the Tiger's logo and surprisingly had her name on it too.
Chris, Chef, the interns and Alejandro had their mouths wide open watching the scene.
"How the hell is this even possible?" Chris asked fully surprised.
"I don't believe my eyes anymore" Chef said.
"Wait but the point doesn't count right?" Alejandro asked.
"It counts. The Tigers lead" Chris said.
"She never went into the forest or climb a tree" Alejandro said.
"Yeah, but I never said that you have to climb a tree or anything" Chris said, "So point stays. Well done Dawn and bluebird."
"Thank you Chris. And thank you little fella" Dawn said to the bird who chirped.
"Ok hunters. 5 minute mark's crossed. Go and shoot those paint" Chris said.
Noah, Tyler and Harold teamed up to find their respective flags.
"What are the chances we're gonna find our flag from all these trees?" Tyler asked.
"If you ask like that… there are 3 of us and approx. maybe 1000 trees. So if we check the probability…" Harold started explaining but Tyler interrupted.
"Yo nerd dude. English please" Tyler said.
"See it's not my fault that basic mathematical probability goes over your head" Harold said.
"We're not fighting for a million bucks by testing math skills. Got it" Tyler said.
"Listen Tyler. What he basically means is it's almost impossible, its hard math ok" Noah said.
"It's basic math Noah" Harold said.
"Yeah I know that. This is Tyler we're talking about" Noah said.
"Hey I know basic math ok" Tyler said.
"Ok what's 8 times 9?" Harold asked.
"Uh… 63" Tyler said.
"Yup you do know your math" Noah said rolling his eyes, "Anyway lemme check this tree."
Noah started climbing the tree. "Pfft as if he's gonna get a flag. Noah I'm telling you before you climb all the way up. Your flag isn't there" Tyler said.
Noah climbed onto a branch, sat on it and grabbed the flag. He unrolled it and looked. He gave out a smile and showed it to Tyler and Harold.
"You were saying Tyler" Noah said. Tyler crossed his arms and looked away.
"Noah go back to the lake and give your flag" Harold said. Noah nodded and ran.
"Looks it's our turn now. C'mon let's go" Harold said.
Couple of minutes later. Chris announced,
"Alright. So Tigers have made it two nil. Noah and Dawn have submitted their flags. The Bulls will have to change gears now"
Courtney, Gwen, Bridgette and Leshawna were trying to find their flags towards the middle of the forest. Gwen was climbing a tree while Leshawna, Bridgette and Courtney looked.
"How long has it been? I'm exhausted with all this walking girl" Leshawna said.
"Just an hour" Bridgette replied.
"WHA? Girl I am exhausted" Leshawna said.
"Come on. You're stronger than that Leshawna" Courtney said.
"Thanks for the motivation girl" Leshawna said.
By this time Gwen climbed up the tree and sat on the branch. She pulled the flag to check it.
"Is it any of our flags?" Bridgette asked.
"NO! This is 15th tree I'm climbing" Gwen said, "You know Chris is pretty smart. Look what he did to this flag." Gwen showed it to the two girls below.
"Oh I agree. So that dimwit has brains" Leshawna said.
"That stinks" Courtney said.
The flag had a picture of the Bull's logo. But the mane in the flag was that of Mike who was a tiger.
"I swear this makes me so angry. The flag I took last time had Geoff's name but the logo it had was a leopard. When I saw it first I thought Chris had bad drawing skills. Now I see what he did" Gwen said.
Izzy, Sierra, Cody and Owen were walking in the middle portion of the forest.
Izzy was jumping from tree to tree pulling each and every one of the flags. Sierra was talking to Cody who was just nodding to everything she was saying.
"Codykins you know, I made a life sized Cody doll to cuddle with whenever I feel alone at home and my room's wallpaper is a collage of your pictures and…"
Owen was also hearing and was feeling kind of uneasy. He nudged Cody and whispered,
"Psst. Dude she sounds pretty creepy."
"I know but I don't wanna say anything. I might hurt her feelings if I tell her to stop" Cody said.
"Oooh! Looks like someone's developing feelings" Owen said.
"Nah. She's just kind hearted girl dude" Cody said.
"HAHA! E-scope has never failed to deliver. Got two of our flags" Izzy said standing on one of the tree branches.
Cody, Owen and Sierra looked at the way in front of them. Izzy jumped onto every single tree and checked the flags too.
"Wait. You checked all the flags here?" Sierra asked.
"Well I checked all the flags on the trees which are on either side of this path" Izzy replied.
The three campers had their eyes and mouths wide open at this statement.
"Cody catch and go run" Izzy said and threw the flag to Cody.
Cody caught his flag and said "Toss the other flag."
"It's not any of our flags. It's Leshawna's" Izzy said, "Oh there she is."
Izzy jumped and ran towards Leshawna and called her from behind tapping her shoulder. Leshawna jumped and screamed.
"AAAHHHHH! Oh! Izzy! Girl you could've just called me by name" Leshawna said breathing heavily.
"Sorry if I scared you. I came to give you this" Izzy said holding out the flag.
"Huh? Whose flag is this?" she asked.
"Your flag" Izzy replied.
"Oh thank you girl. I love you" Leshawna said hugging her.
"Sure. Ok guys! Good luck. E-scope out!" Izzy said and ran.
"Ok girls I'm going" Leshawna said as she folded her flag.
But she didn't notice that Chef, who was hiding behind one of the bushes had shot her flag with blue paint while she was folding her flag.
"YO Kyle, don't go behind Leshawna. She's done. Over" Chef said to Kyle in his walkie- talkie.
"Alright. Over" Kyle replied back.
Trent, Duncan and DJ were together.
"Hey why didn't Geoff come with us?" Duncan asked.
"He said he wanted to give company to Ezekiel and Mike" DJ replied.
"Oh okay" Duncan said.
"C'mon guys, let's get climbing" Trent said.
"I'll take this tree" DJ said.
"Aight. Let's go. Last one to reach the top, does our laundry for a week" Trent said.
"Game ON" Duncan said.
All three of the guys climbed their respective trees. DJ reached on top first. Trent too reached the top shortly after DJ. Duncan reached last.
"So Duncan. You're gonna wash my undies for a week" Trent said laughing.
"Uh… FINE!" Duncan said.
"Yo Duncan. Shouldn't you be an expert at climbing? You know cuz you've escaped prison a lot" DJ asked.
"DJ boy, when you escape prison, you don't climb up. You go down. Anyways check the flags" Duncan said.
They took off the flags and checked.
"No luck for me" Duncan said.
"Me neither" Trent said.
"Well I found one. But it's not one of our flags. It's Zeke's" DJ said.
"At least it's our team's flag. Keep it safe. We'll give it to him when we see him" Trent said.
"Alright I'll keep it" DJ said and the three guys came down from the trees.
Duncan took a bottle of water from his pocket and started drinking. Seeing him Trent asked,
"Where did you get bottled water from?"
"Oh this, I had this bottle in my bag. I filled it after breakfast" Duncan said.
"Wait. You don't have a bottle?" DJ asked.
"I don't have it now. It's in the cabin" Trent said.
"We always carry a small bottle. It helps you when you get tired during challenges" DJ said.
"Hey dudes, with whom did Zoey go?" Duncan asked.
"Probably with Mike" Trent said.
"No. Mike's with Geoff. I told you right" DJ said.
"Oh right. She'll never be with Tyler. Well then she'll be with Eva and the other girls" Trent said.
"Nah. Eva, Jo and Katie went together" DJ said.
"Wait. If she's with none of our groups, where is she?" Duncan asked with a strong expression of concern, "She's not well. If she's alone and something happened to her then…"
"Don't worry dude. She'll be somewhere safe" DJ said.
Suddenly they heard a rustling sound. They looked around checking for anything.
"What was that? Did you guys hear that?" DJ asked.
"Sure did DJ boy" Duncan said.
"There won't be anything scary here right?" DJ asked shivering.
"It is a forest. So we might see some wild animals" Duncan replied.
Trent then came forward and faced DJ and Duncan. He clenched his right fist and said,
"C'mon guys. No animal out there is gonna frighten us. We're strong and brave."
As Trent was saying this, DJ and Duncan were looking above Trent with their eyes and mouths wide open. Trent saw the look on their faces, crossed his arms and said,
"Lemme guess. Something's behind me right" Trent asked.
"Yup" Duncan said.
"Something really big" Trent said.
"Pretty much" DJ said.
"What is it?" Trent asked.
"Sasquatchanakwa" Duncan said.
"Oh great. So… uh… RUUUUUUNNNNNNN!" Trent screamed and the three guys ran at full pace with the beast behind them.
"The bulls have come with two flags. Its all square people. 2-2. Leshawna and Cody have submitted for the bulls, Noah and Dawn for the tigers" Chris announced.
The alliance members Dakota, Justin and Heather were having no luck with their flag search. They climbed a lot of trees but none of them had their flags on it.
"This is taking forever" Justin said.
"Will we even get a flag" Dakota said.
"We haven't even finished with this portion of the forest" Heather said.
"Is there any easy way?" Justin asked.
"Obviously no pretty boy" Heather said.
Dakota was looking around forest until something caught her eye. She saw a tiny bush of black amidst the green bushes. She went closer to it. When she was right behind she figured out it was Zack with his black hair hiding in the bushes.
"Uh… Zack" Dakota called.
The intern turned back, "Huh?! Wait you're one of the bulls right" he asked.
"Yup" Dakota said.
"Oh ok. I'm behind the tigers. So you go on" Zack said.
Suddenly Dakota thought of something and smiled.
Confessional: Dakota
"Lemme try something with Zack. He might be of help for this challenge and also maybe the rest of the challenges"
End Confessional: Dakota
"So Zack. Since you're one the staff here, you probably might know where the flags are right?" the blonde asked.
"Yeah I know where they are. But not right now. In the tent next to the lake we have all the data of where the flags are and all that" Zack replied.
"I've been trying so long to find my flag. It's become so tiring. So could you tell us where our flags are? Only mine, Heather's and Justin's?" Dakota asked.
"And why should I tell you?" he asked.
"Aren't you tired of being an intern? You're not even getting paid for it. If you help me here and in the other challenges in which I need help, I'll make sure you get a chance at the next fashion week. With your gorgeous locks of hair, you'll have no trouble getting in. And you'll get a handsome pay. So what do you say?" Dakota asked.
"Sounds good but how can I trust you?" he asked.
"Take this" Dakota said handing out a card with a number on it, "It's my agent's number. And if you still don't believe me here's my number."
"Ok I'll help you. I'll go to the tent and check where your flags are" Zack said and he walked to the tent.
"Perfect" Dakota said to herself with a smirk.
Confessional: Dakota
"Poor Zack. My agent's number and my number are in two of my own phones. And none of them are here. And if he wants to check the numbers that I gave him by calling- Well he can't cuz there's no range here. So time to play."
End Confessional: Dakota
"Hey Jo! Got anything?" Eva shouted.
"20 trees. Zero flags" Jo said.
"This is ridiculous. How haven't we found a single flag? How pathetic are you?" Eva said.
"Well if you two tried climbing, we might have got 2 flags by now" Jo said annoyed.
"Girls, it's not the time to fight. Let's just move on" Katie said trying to cool them down.
"Fine. Katie climb the next two trees" Eva said.
"What? Why me?" she asked.
"Well we have to move on right, so c'mon girl" Jo said.
"Wow my own words against me. Ok I'll do it" Katie said.
Katie started climbing. But when she was halfway up, she looked down and she started shuddering with fright.
"I can't do this" she screamed, "I'm afraid of heights!"
"You weren't afraid when jumping down that 1000 foot high cliff in season one. Why are you afraid now?" Jo said.
"But Sadie was with me that time. That's why I jumped" Katie said.
"Listen Katie. Climb the tree thinking that Sadie's up there" Eva said.
"Okay. I can do this. Sadie's waiting for me up there" she said to herself. She then climbed as fast as she could to the top and sat on the branch.
"I did it!" Katie said throwing her hands up in the air excitedly.
"Wow. I never knew you could motivate others" Jo told Eva.
"Well you don't know every aspect of me" Eva said, "Katie take the flag."
"Eva it's your flag. Catch" Katie said and threw the flag to Eva.
"Alright! Ok I'll run then. I gotta find my way back" Eva said.
"Wait. How do I get down?" Katie asked.
"Jump. We'll catch you" Jo said.
"Sure?"
"Just jump" Jo said.
Katie jumped and as promised the athletes caught her.
"Thanks girls" Katie said.
"You get going Eva" Jo said.
"Dudes. How much longer is this gonna take?" Geoff asked Ezekiel and Mike.
"No flags at all. We're really suck right now eh" Ezekiel said.
"Hey isn't that Lightning, Scott and Cameron?" Mike asked pointing to their right.
"Yeah looks so" Geoff replied.
"Anyway who's climbing the next tree?" Ezekiel asked.
"Whose turn is it now?" Geoff asked.
"I guess it's mine" Mike said.
"Climb away dude."
Mike climbed swiftly without even stopping for a millisecond. He reached the top and took the flag. He looked at the flag. It had Cameron's name on it but with a buffalo instead of a bull.
"Any luck dude?" Zeke asked.
"Got trash dude" Mike replied.
"Alright let's move on then" Geoff said.
Mike folded the flag and tucked it inside his shirt without the other guys seeing him. And by the time he came down, Geoff climbed the next and took a flag.
"DUDE! I got my flag! Woohoo!" he exclaimed.
"Go run man" Zeke said.
"Guys I'm gonna take a leak ok" Mike said.
"Ok" Ezekiel said and Geoff ran.
"Guys this is the third flag we're throwing after Lightning climbed. He doesn't know any animal" Cameron said.
"SHA-NO. Sha-Lightning also makes mistakes ok."
"Yeah, you mistook a cow for a bull and even worse, a lion" Cameron said.
"You see this lucky charm" Lightning said showing them a football charm, "If this is with me. No way will we lose."
"Uh… ok that's enough you two" Scott said as they walked forward.
Lightning shoved the charm into his pocket, not knowing it had fallen off.
The Sasquatchanakwa was still chasing the three guys.
"Guys listen. Let's split. I'm going left" Duncan said panting in between.
"Agreed. I'm taking right" DJ said.
"Looks like I've gotta take straight" Trent said.
"On my count. 3… 2… 1… SPLIT!" Duncan shouted as he jumped to his left and DJ jumped to the right. Trent continued straight and to his luck, the beast followed behind him.
"Oh C'mon! You had three people to chase! Why ME!" Trent shouted. He ran forward as fast as he could without looking back. He ran until he reached Lake Wawanakwa. He collided with Chris when trying to stop and both of them fell in the lake. He then turned back to look for the beast.
"Whew! It's gone" Trent gave out a sigh of relief.
"DUDE! WHAT THE HECK! My clothes and my precious hair are ruined! Can't you look where you're running" Chris shouted.
"Sorry dude. I gotta get back" Trent said.
"Sorry bro. You ain't going back. See, if you come back here at Lake Wawanakwa before the actual challenge is over, then your challenge for today's over" the host said.
"Great. Just great. You know, you could've said that way earlier" Trent said.
"Eh. I might have forgot" Chris said with a smirk. Just then Geoff arrived with his flag.
"So that's 3 flags for the tigers" the host said.
Suddenly he saw Eva rushing towards the lake. Alejandro was chasing her trying to shoot the paint on her flag. When Eva reached beside the host, Alejandro splattered her flag with paint.
"That's flag four for the tigers" the host said.
"Her flag has paint on it. How does it count?" Alejandro asked.
"I'm counting total flags dude" Chris replied.
Meanwhile DJ who jumped right during the chase bumped into Ezekiel.
"Woah!" Ezekiel exclaimed as he fell with the impact.
"Sorry man" DJ said as he helped the home schooler up.
"What happened eh? You look exhausted" Zeke asked.
"Sasquatachanakwa chase" DJ replied, "Oh and I have your flag."
"Huh?"
"Here you go" DJ said, "Now go run back."
"Thanks a lot eh. I got a flag without even climbing a tree" Ezekiel said. Both the guys laughed.
"Hey where's Geoff and Mike?" DJ asked.
"Geoff found his flag and ran. Mike went to take a leak" he replied.
"Alright then. You run off" DJ said as Ezekiel ran.
Dakota, Heather and Justin also submitted their flags to Chris.
"The bulls get a high jump. They now lead 5-4." Chris announced.
Confessional: Heather
"And I thought Alejandro was super manipulative. Dakota's on another level. Making the intern work for you. Just genius."
End Confessional: Heather
"Guys I'll be back. I've go to the bathroom" Cameron told Scott and Lightning.
"Fine. Be quick" Scott said.
Cameron went walking back. On the way he checked some of the flags that the others had dropped on the ground. To his surprise, he found his flag.
"YES! Now I can just leave this forest. Whew."
As he was walking forward, he saw Mike. He had a flag in one his hands and something else in the other. Cameron looked closer and he saw that Mike had Lightning's lucky charm. He looked at it for a few seconds and broke it into two. Cameron ran towards him.
"MIKE! What are you doing?" Cameron asked surprised after the scene.
"Oh hey Cam. This was Lightning's right" Mike said.
"Yeah, it is Mik…" he paused when he noticed Mike's hair covering one of his eyes, "Wait a second. You're not Mike."
"Bingo. We have a winner. Didn't expect Mal did you?"
"But that's impossible…"
"Look Cam, thanks to the doc you and that redhead took me to, I got my original personality back. Not Mike but Mal. And you know I already started my show here" he said with a grin.
"So you were behind Scott's…"
"Yup."
Cameron suddenly turned and started to run back. But Mal swiftly caught his hoodie, pulled him and caught his collar. He threw Cameron's flag behind a bush. Then he looked into his eyes evilly.
"If I let you go now, you're gonna bust my true identity. So why don't we go back together to the lake. I got my flag and you have yours" he said, "And let's keep a promise. You're not gonna tell anyone about me. If you do…" he smirked.
"Ok I won't tell anyone" Cameron said.
"Good. I'll get your flag then" Mal said as he went behind the bush. He took the flag tucked in his shirt and kept Cameron's actual flag behind the bush. Then he went back to Cameron.
"Alright let's go" Mal said.
Duncan, who jumped left when Sasquatchanakwa was chasing him, climbed two more trees. But still no luck.
"Just great. What a waste of energy" he said throwing one of the flags. He looked at his watch.
"2 hours to go?" he said to himself, "Ah. Screw this I'm leaving. I'm not gonna get any flag anyway."
He started walking back to the lake. After a few minutes he noticed something unusual. It was a round red thing and it had a flower on top.
"The heck is that" he said as he moved towards it. He picked up a stick on the way, just in case something attacked. As he came closer to it, he was shocked at what he saw.
"ZOEY!" he screamed as he ran towards her fallen body. She had fallen unconscious again. Duncan immediately kneeled down, and placed her head onto his lap. He called her name a couple more times but she didn't respond. He then took the water bottle in his pocket and sprayed water onto her face.
"Zoey… Zoey? C'mon wake up Red" Duncan called as he tapped her cheeks "Zo…"
Her eyes opened a bit and she tried to say something, "D… Du… Duncan?"
"Oh thank goodness you're alright" Duncan said as gave a sigh of relief, "c'mon drink some water" he said as he offered his bottle.
Zoey drank and emptied the bottle, "Thanks Dunky."
"Whose group were you in?" he asked.
"I went in alone. I came to the challenge a bit late. Y'know from the medic" she replied.
"I don't know how long you been like this, but you're dead tired" Duncan said, "C'mon then let's go back to the lake."
"There's still time for the challenge to end. You could find your flag" the indie chick said.
"I had enough of the challenge. And besides I can't leave you like this" Duncan said.
Zoey smiled hearing his words. He helped her get up on her feet. She still wasn't fully stable. Duncan put her hand behind his neck and placed his other hand on her shoulder to help her walk.
"Thank you again Dunky" she said.
"Please don't tell anyone that I helped you okay" he said.
"I don't know why you don't want anyone else to know, but ok fine. I won't tell anyone" Zoey replied, "Oh and you might wanna not hold me like this when we're about to reach the lake. Y'know, unless you want everyone to know you're true self" she said smiling.
"Oh you're right. Thanks Re… Zoey" Duncan said. She smiled.
By this time Cameron and Mike reached back to the lake.
"Alright then score is now 6-5. Bulls still lead" the host announced. Suddenly Ezekiel came running to the lake. He was covered with orange paint by Zack who was chasing him.
"Looking at him I can conclude that his flag's a goner" Heather said.
"Nope" Ezekiel said. He pulled out his flag, which was folded and tucked in his pants. And it didn't have a spec of paint on it.
"Ok I am not gonna touch that. Just put it in this basket dude" Chris said.
"Ok" Ezekiel replied.
"With that it's all square again. Let's see if anyone will break the deadlock" Chris said.
"Tree number 47" Courtney said, "So who's climbing?"
"Not me. I climbed the most trees amongst us" Gwen said.
"I'll do it" Bridgette said.
The blonde started climbing the tree rather swiftly compared to the other girls. She reached the top and sat on the branch in less than 10 seconds. She pulled the flag. She looked at it and smiled.
"Looks like 47th tree's a charm" Bridgette said smiling, "Courtney catch and run."
"You got mine? OH HELL YES!" she celebrated.
"Whoa. Courtney it's just a flag. You don't have to get too excited" Gwen said.
Courtney was about to respond to Gwen but was interrupted by a blue paint shot which missed her flag by millimetres.
"What the-" she looked at the source of the shot and saw Kyle.
"Shit! I missed. But don't worry I'll get ya" Kyle said as he ran to shoot Courtney. Seeing this the ex-CIT made a run for the lake with Kyle chasing.
"You think she'll reach?" Bridgette asked.
"Sure hope so" Gwen replied.
Courtney jumped over fallen branches, ran zig-zag to make Kyle lose his aim and when a bear came in front of her she slid between its legs to get past. Kyle was shooting continuously. They ran for 5 more minutes when they saw the lake. As Courtney placed her foot in the lake area, her flag got shot.
"NO!" she screamed.
"Don't worry Courtney! If you reach the lake area and get shot, your flag still counts" Justin said. Courtney then submitted the flag and stood with the bulls.
"That's 7-6. And time's up. All remaining campers, return to the lake immediately. The challenge is over" Chris announced, "Oh and Justin's right. If you reach the lake area and get shot, your flag counts. But were you in the lake area?" DUM DUM DAAAAAA!
"What's with the sound effects?" Noah asked.
"We gotta make this interesting people. You guys just don't know showbiz" Chris said, "So to find out if you were really in the lake area, we gonna use the C.R.S!" *Trumpets play*
"Seriously enough with the sound effects" Noah said.
"SHUSH!" the host said.
"What's the C.R.S?" Courtney asked.
"I bet 'C' is for Chris" Heather said.
"Bingo" Chris said.
"So "Chris' Ridiculous Show"?" Cody asked.
"No. Its Chris Review System. And now everyone… SHUT UP!" Chris shouted, "Let me check the footage."
Chris looked at the footage, "forward… a bit more… now a little backward… just turn a tiny bit to the right… and pause. Ooooh. Courtney…. Your flag does not count."
"WHAT?!" Courtney shouted.
"She was clearly in the area" Cody said.
"You can't deny the C.R.S. See when her flag got shot, her right foot was still in the forest area. So shot fired perfectly. Well done Kyle" Chris said. Kyle nodded with satisfaction.
"This is ridiculous!" Courtney said punching Justin.
"OWW! Watch it!" he said in pain.
"Sorry Justin."
"It's ok. Anger cooled?" the model asked. Courtney nodded.
All the other campers returned back.
"Ok since everyone's back, I'm gonna check your submitted flags. We'll start with the tigers" Chris said as he emptied the basket.
"Ezekiel's flag is good. Eva's flag was shot after she reached the lake area, so even that's good. Mike's is perfect. Noah also wins a point. Dawn, I have no words. And the last flag, Geoff… what the hell?" the host said.
"What?" the party boy asked.
"You took a flag with your name but with the wrong animal" Chris said.
"No. I took a tiger. I checked the animal" Geoff said.
"Since when does a tiger have a mane?" Chris said, "It's a lion dude."
"No. That's a tiger" Geoff said. Everyone facepalmed.
"Ok there's no use in talking here" Chris said, "Tigers get 5 points. Now onto the bulls."
Chris emptied the basket and checked the first flag, "Cody, good work dude. Heather, perfect. Dakota well done. Justin too, good work my man. Courtney's already gone. Leshawna, you got a shot of paint girl, courtesy of Chef. It's only a little spec but that still counts. Last one, Cameron. Dude I thought you were smart. You have your name but that's not a bull dude. It's a buffalo" Chris said.
Mike smiled, while Cameron was surprised.
"See, even he doesn't know animals" Geoff said.
"Shut up Geoff" Chris said.
"But I checked mine. It was a bull" Cameron said.
"And you were telling Sha-Lightning that I don't animals huh."
"Anyways the tigers win after a 2 challenge losing streak. Bulls your joining me around the bonfire in 5 minutes. Oh and as a reward the shooters except Alejandro get the hot tub for a week" Chris said.
"Hey that's not fair" Alejandro said.
"What about us? We won the challenge" Jo said.
"Yeah… I don't care" Chris said.
Mike was talking to Zoey. He saw Lightning walking by and went into deep thought.
"Anything bothering you?" Zoey asked.
"Zoey, I'll talk to you later ok" Mike said.
"Uh ok. But what's the matter?" she asked but Mike ignored her and went up to Lightning.
"Yo Lightning. How did you win that football game last month? You were man of the match right?" Mike asked.
Lightning suddenly caught interest and explained, "Oh yeah. You see no one can get past Sha-Lightning. He's the strongest. We would've lost if I hadn't played."
"Oh agreed. But still there has to be some kind of luck to push yourself right?" he asked.
"True. That's why I have my football lucky charm. It works all the time" Lightning said.
"Really? Um can I see it? I just wanna look at it" Mike asked.
"Oh ok" Lightning put his hands in his pocket to take the lucky charm. But to his shock, it was empty, "Huh? Where is it? I can't find it!"
"Wait, it's lost?" Mike asked.
"Yeah. Where could it go?"
"You suspect anybody?" Mike asked. Lightning looked around him and stopped when he saw Cameron.
"I guess I know who" Lightning said.
He walked towards Cameron, caught his collar and lifted him.
"You little brat. Where's my lucky charm?" Lightning said pointing at Cameron. Most of the camper's focus turned to him.
Cameron saw that Mike was also watching. He kept his finger on his lips signalling Cameron to not tell.
"I-I- don't know" Cameron said.
"You better be telling the truth" Lightning said. Mike then came in and broke the fight.
"Chill out guys" Mike said, "Cameron can't take your lucky charm can he?"
"I'm pretty sure he did. He was the one who left me and Scott to take a piss. And he never came back" Lightning said.
"Listen. If Cameron took it, then it has to be with him right. Why don't you check him" Mike said.
"Yeah. That'll prove that I'm innocent" Cameron said.
"Alright then. Sha-Lightning will check him."
He checked inside his hoodie's pockets and Cameron showed out his pants' pockets. Nothing there. Lightning was confused.
"I can't find it" Lightning said scratching his head.
"Check my hood also if you want" Cameron said.
"Nah. I don't think it's with you now" Lightning said.
"If he's telling you to search, then just search. Anyways it's quite obvious he doesn't have it" Mike said
"Yeah" Cameron said.
"Ok" Lightning said and looked inside his hood.
"MY LUCKY CHARM!" Lightning said as he took its pieces.
"What? How did that reach there?" Cameron asked.
Everyone looked shocked.
"Not only did you take it but you also broke it. You monster" Lightning said, "You wait…"
"Not cool dude" Tyler said. Cameron looked around and saw some of the other campers looking at him with disappointment.
"But I didn't do it" Cameron said. Everyone dispersed as the bulls went to the campfire pit and the tigers went back to the cabin.
"Cameron, I never expected you to do it" Mike said smiling, "Go on, campfire's awaiting."
Confessional: Mike/Mal
"Aww. Poor kid didn't know I slipped Lightning's lucky crap into his hood. And he fell right into my trap. Two on two for me now"
End Confessional: Mike/Mal
Campfire pit:
"Well. We had late drama today. But lemme be frank, I LOVED IT. Y'know the tension creeping in between teammates, trust and expectations broken…." Chris said as he was interrupted by Gwen.
"Yeah ok we get it. Just get on with the elimination already."
Chris was annoyed, "Lemme remind you of rule number 1. You do not interrupt me. UNDERSTAND?"
"Yeah whatever" Gwen replied.
"Good. Anyway, 15 of you are here. Some of you could've avoided this ceremony for your team but couldn't. Now before you cast your votes, I'm gonna tell whoever won immunity today. Whoever got the correct flag and Alejandro get immunity. So you cannot vote against these campers. Ok you may now cast your votes" the host said.
After the campers cast their votes and sat around the bonfire, Chris continued, "I have the results with me now. So let's start. As I said immunity first. First badge goes to Alejandro. Next four immunity badges go to Cody, Dakota, Heather and Justin. Now for the rest of you. Next badge goes to Gwen. Followed by…
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Leshawna. Bye-bye Cameron boy. As I said I don't know what got to your head today. But it's over for you. So time to go" Chris said.
"I know it's of no use trying to explain but one day you guys will know my innocence and the reason behind some of the occurrences here. Anyways everyone good luck for the remaining challenges" Cameron said as he waved goodbye.
"BYE CODY NUMBER 2. I'LL MISS YOU" Sierra said.
"Yeah… bye" Cameron said as he hopped onto the boat of losers and it rode away. It was half past ten as the stars shone onto the ground.
"Ok so the rest of you are safe for another day. You may head back to your cabin" Chris said.
Tiger's male cabin:
Geoff, Ezekiel, Duncan, Harold and Trent were asleep. Noah and Tyler were talking. DJ held his bunny to his lap and fed him.
"I'm pretty sure the last time you touched a book was in kindergarten" Noah said.
"Oh yeah, well the last time you played a video game was in uh… in uh… well you never played" Tyler said.
"Guys keep it down. The others are asleep" DJ said as he placed bunny inside its cage.
"Goodnight bunny" DJ said to his furry friend which smiled.
Just then Mike entered the cabin.
"Dude where were you?" Tyler asked.
"I was outside. I like to stargaze. Look at the beautiful stars" Mike said.
"Uh huh. Anyway good night guys" Tyler said as he switched off the lights.
Bulls Male Cabin:
Cody and Owen were already asleep. Justin was listening to music on his A-pod. Alejandro, Scott and Lightning were lying down on their beds.
"I really don't get how you got immunity" Scott said to Alejandro.
"Amigo I was a shooter and I did an amazing job that's why" the Spaniard replied.
"My foot you did an amazing job. You shot Eva after she reached the lake. And don't think that I didn't see that you missed Noah. How can you miss Noah?" Scott said.
Alejandro rolled his eyes and then asked, "Leave that. You guys really think Cameron broke his football charm?"
"He did have it inside his hood. So why not" Justin said.
"I understand that but…" Alejandro was interrupted by Lightning.
"You trynna to rub it in or something" Lightning said.
"Not at all" he replied.
"Anyway leave it. Good night everyone" Justin said as he removed his earphones and switched off the lights.
All the other campers were asleep so there was nothing interesting to film. So the camera panned to Chris on the dock of shame.
"Another day filled with drama has come to an end. Drama equals profit. Ah. I love my job. I just have to explain challenges and money flows into my pocket. Will Mal ever stop being evil? Hope not. Will the tigers go on a winning streak now? Find out next time in yet another awesome episode of TOTAL… DRAMA… MAYHEM!"
Voting Confessionals:
Alejandro: My alliance members are all safe. So i don't mind who goes. I'll vote for Cameron.
Bridgette: Cameron I guess. Sorry.
Cody: I don't know. Um... Cameron.
Courtney: Cameron.
Gwen: I know Cameron won't do anything like that. So i guess i'll go random. I'll vote Sierra.
Heather: Leshawna. If she wasn't careless we might have won.
Izzy: Izzy votes for Leshawna. I gave her the flag and she didn't take it to safety.
Justin: I feel, uh... Cameron.
Leshawna: I believe Cameron. That short stuff can't have any evil inside him. So I'll vote for Sierra.
Owen: I'm in an alliance with Cameron. So i can't betray him. I'll vote Leshawna.
Sierra: Cody No: 2 will never do that. I vote Leshawna.
Cameron: I really don't know whom to vote. I'm kinda one of the targets. Lightning. It's just random.
Dakota: Cameron. I don't think he's of any use.
Scott: Though I don't like Cameron that much, he trusted me and joined my alliance. I'll go with Leshawna.
Lightning: Cameron wasn't it obvious. My football chaaarm!
Votes Summary:
Cameron: 7 votes
Leshawna: 5 votes
Sierra: 2 votes
Lightning: 1 vote
A LATE UPDATE. I KNOW. AND THE CHALLENGE WAS NOT ONE OF MY BEST WORKS. ANYWAY ALL CAMERON SUPPORTERS, MY APOLOGIES. I COULDN'T THINK OF A GOOD STORYLINE FOR HIM.
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-SBK