The episode returned to hanging rock where, all of the remaining contestants stand before Chris as he begins to explain the challenge. "Okay Teams. Get ready to look death in the face and live to tell the tale." Patricia and Jeremiah give each other nervous glances. "Or not. I'm easy. The challenge: Part two. Teams must take turns bungee jumping off hanging rock, and plummeting to the bottom. Far, far, far below. To try and grab one of Australia's finest sheep." As the host explained, the contestants looked down to see a large fenced in area filled with sheep. How Chris had managed to get them here was anyone's guess.
"Three of those sheep have team Victory logos tattooed on their side. Another three have team Misfit logos under their wool, not too far from their lethal jaws." The host continued.
"Lethal?" Patricia swallowed. Chris ignored her.
"First team to catch and shear their own sheep wins first class tickets to nextville and the losers head to eliminationtown. As the last to arrive, team Victory gets a pair of gardening shears." Chef handed Alejandro a set of rusty broken shears.
"And as the first team to arrive, Team Misfit gets this advantage : battery operated sheep shears." Team Misfit cheered as Chef handed the shears to Jeremiah.
(Confessional)
Jeremiah: We've got an advantage already! (He frowns) As long as Nathan doesn't give Rhys our shears to help him out.
Static
Veronica frowns at the shears in Alejandro's hands. "How are we supposed to win with those?"
"We will manage, I'm sure amiga." The Spaniard glanced around to see Kennedy and Ed busy discussing something. He smirked. "But should we fail, is there anyone you'd like to have voted off?"
The socialite rolled her eyes. "I'd rather focus on winning in the first place. We can talk about the vote if we need to later."
"Indeed. Just know I am more than willing to vote out whomever you should choose." Alejandro assured her.
Over at hanging rock, Corbyn has clipped himself to his bungee cord. He jumps off the cliff, laughing on the way down, we see him attempt to grab a sheep, but it slips from his fingers. He flies back up to the top of the cliff. "Whoo! I've gotta do that again!"
"Okay…" Chris said, giving him an odd look. "Team Victory?"
Ed clipped himself to the bungee cord and jumped off. Much less enthused than Corbyn had been. He goes into the sheep and when he comes back up its with a cactus in his arms rather than a sheep. He screamed and let it go as several contestants winced. "You've gotta be kidding me." He complained, beginning to pull needles from his arms.
Leilani clipped herself to the bungee cord and jumped off the cliff with her normal expression on her face. She went down to the sheep and managed to grab one, then landed atop the cliff with no fanfare. "Okay, I got one." She deadpanned.
"Alright! Let's get shearing!" Jeremiah proclaimed, running the battery operated sheep shears. Just as he is about to begin shearing a familiar ding goes off accompanied by the usual note. All the Misfits but Jeremiah groaned.
"How about a song to make things go faster?" Chris suggested. "Hit it!"
(Song eighteen: Shear the sheep)
A rock tune begins as sights from around Australia are shown. First the outback, then the ocean floor where a sea turtle swims past, and finally the Sydney opera house. Jeremiah hits the button on his electric shears and begins to sing into it like a microphone.
"Shearing sheep, it's not that deep," The scene moves out to show all the members of team Misfit standing on a stage with speakers and several lines of light. Everyone is wearing stereotypical Australian hats. Leilani is on the drums, Corbyn and Nathan are on bass, and Patricia is playing a three necked guitar. "Here's hoping in first class we'll sleep."
Jeremiah turns to Patricia clearly singing for her benefit. "You shouldn't leave it up to fate, find out if she reciprocates."
Patricia is shown playing on the guitar. "Shear the sheep then with a glance, remove it's wool while you have the chance."
The scene fades back to reality and we see Patricia pointing over her shoulder to Leilani. "I don't wanna do something I'll regret," she grips her arm sheepishly. "So I'm not sure If I'm ready yet."
The stage is shown again with everyone playing their instruments as they all sang.
Jeremiah, Patricia, Leilani, Corbyn, Nathan: We are shearing sheep! We are shearing sheep! We are shearing sheep! We are shearing sheeeeep!
Jeremiah turns back to Patricia and places a hand on her shoulder. "Shearing sheep is an ordeal, Believe me I get how you feel!"
The scene shifted back to reality again Jeremiah is shown shearing the sheep Leilani had caught even as he sings.. "No matter what, I'm still your friend, and I'll stick with you, until the end!"
The stage is shown again as the Misfits all sing the chorus. "We are shearing sheep! We are shearing sheep! We are shearing…" The scene moves out to show the entire stage again, along with a crowd of sheep watching. "Yeaaahhhhh!"
As the song wraps up the sheep are shown headbanging, some of them even hold lighters. Everyone is shown on stage again, though there are now two large light blue canons with yellow stars and a red rim on either side. The song ends with wool shooting out of those canons.
/
Meanwhile Ed and Kennedy are frowning. "Okay, how do we convince Veronica your assumption about Rhys wanting her gone next is true?" Kennedy asked.
"Knowing Rhys, he's not happy about workin' with her. If she found that out, we might stand a chance." Ed smirked. Kennedy nodded and walked over to Rhys.
"Hey, so I saw Alejandro with Veronica earlier." Kennedy said.
Rhys sighed. "Unfortunately. I don't like it myself. She's underhanded."
Kennedy could see Veronica listening in her peripheral vision. "Hey, if you ever need any help voting her out, let me know."
Rhys gave her a small smile. "Thanks, you're not as bad as Ed, even if you are working with him."
Kennedy walked away, a smirk on her face.
Jeremiah finished shaving the sheep and sighed "No logo."
Meanwhile Ed had connected himself to the bungee cord and jumped, coming back up with a sheep easily. "Start shearing Al!"
"Of course Edward." The charmer responded back. Ed scowled at the use of his full name.
Nathan jumped off next, went into the pack of sheep and grabbed something. When we got back up to the top of the cliff we see it is not a sheep, but rather a tan canine. "Huh? What kind of sheep is this?" The floater wondered.
"It's not. It's a dingo." Leilani said flatly.
"He's going to find that out soon." Jeremiah said. The dingo dove at Nathan.
(confessional)
Leilani: It's his own fault for continuing to hold it.
Static
When we return from the confessional it's to see Alejandro groan as he finally finishes shearing Victory's first sheep. "No logo."
"I've got another!" Kennedy said, dropping a new sheep near him. Alejandro started on the second sheep.
Kennedy takes a step back as Leilani jumps off the cliff again. Corbyn walked over to her and smiled. "So how are things going?"
"Right now we're trying to convince Ronnie to vote with us, otherwise Ed is a goner." Kennedy admitted.
"Yeah, my team has some friction too. Jeremy seems to be under the impression no one on your team is trustworthy." the broader said.
"Aside from Rhys, he's right. I'm just playing the game though. I'd never go out of my way to hurt someone. Unless they hurt me first of course." the prankster told him.
Corbyn nodded. "Yeah, then they have it coming." He glanced back at his team. "Well Leilani's brought up a sheep. So I should get back to the challenge."
"Yeah, don't make it too easy for my team to win!" Kennedy teased.
"Right back at you." Corbyn smirked.
Kennedy returned to see Rhys had jumped off the cliff. He was struggling to catch a sheep. Kennedy frowned at their clippers. Alejandro was only halfway through shearing their second one. "Hey Alejandro? Can I have those clippers?" She asked.
"Why do you want them?" The Spaniard asked.
"I was hoping to find a way to make them shear faster. You know so we can beat the Misfits," The prankster explained.
"Sorry, mi amiga, but in the time you've spent doing that I could have the rest of the sheep sheared. You understand right?" He said, flashing her a smile.
Kennedy crossed her arms and huffed.
(Confessional)
Kennedy: It's not like it would take me that long, but as usual I'm underestimated. I bet Ed would give me the clippers if he was using them.
Static
Jeremiah and Patricia are shearing the sheep Leilani brought up. Jeremiah seems frustrated, :"First Nathan and now Corbyn. At least Kennedy knows not to tell Alejandro anything I guess."
"I worry too. But why you hate. Alejandro?" Patricia asked.
"Well, I know his type. They use anything and everything to get ahead in life. They act like they're innocent, but really they're planning to destroy you. They don't care who they hurt. I know because…" Jeremiah took a deep breath. "I grew up with someone like him. If she actually cared enough to mess with me I'd probably be a much more bitter person."
"Older sibling?" Patricia asked, remembering their conversation from earlier.
"Yeah."
(Confessional)
Veronica: Okay this is too close. Time for a little sabotage.
Static
Jeremiah had finished the sheep. "No logo." He called his teammate. " Corbyn go get another one!"
"I got it man!" the boarder said. "Hey, pass me the cable."
Veronica had gotten hold of the cable and was trying to place the dingo from earlier in it. "What are you doing?!" Rhys exclaimed.
"Helping us win. We're at a serious disadvantage right now." The socialite said, as though it was obvious.
"I'd rather lose than play dirty. Let that dingo out of there!" The goody two shoes said.
Veronica smirked. "Are you sure?"
"Yes!"
"Your funeral." The socialite said, letting go of the dingo, which began to maul Rhys. Nathan saw this and ran over, struggling to get the canine off of him.
Meanwhile Corbyn had grabbed on to the cord and bungee jumped off the cliff. He grabbed a sheep and returned to the top. He quickly gave it to Jeremiah and ran to help Rhys. Jeremiah sheared the sheep to reveal the reindeer that was team Misfit's logo.
"Yes! We did it!" Jeremiah exclaimed.
"Team Misfit wins!" Chris declared.
Nathan and Corbyn finally got the dingo off Rhys. "Chris! We could use some medical attention over here!"
Noah sighed. "I'll get on it."
/
On the plane three members of team Victory are in the common area. Veronica faces Ed and Kennedy. "Okay considering Rhys tried to stop me from sabotaging the other team, you have a point. So I'll help you vote him out on one condition."
Kennedy frowned. "What condition?"
"You two can't vote for me the next time we lose." Veronica said.
Ed and Kennedy looked at each other. "That's fair." Kennedy sighed.
"Good." Veronica smiled. Then in the same cheerful tone of voice she threatened. "If you betray me, I will personally see to it that every dark secret you've ever had becomes public on the internet."
/
Team Victory is at elimination. Rhys has been bandaged up in several places. Chris stands behind the makeshift podium and begins his spiel. "Team Victory, most of you have had a rough day, but one you will have the roughest day of all. Ed was the last to arrive causing you to get the clippers. Kennedy, flirting in the middle of a challenge? Rhys got mauled by a dingo, while Veronica unleashed said dingo on him. And Alejandro, conspiring with Veronica? Really?" Chris rattled off. "Let the voting begin!"
(confessional)
Kennedy: I don't want to vote for you but if it means Ed stays I'll do it.
Static
Alejandro: Veronica agreed to vote for Ed.
Static
Ed: Sorry man, but you leave me no choice.
Static
Rhys: I swear as soon as Ed is gone Veronica is next! Of all the loathsome things she's done this has to be at the top of the list!
Static
Veronica: So who'd I lie too? You'll have to see now won't you?
Static
Chris began to count out the votes. "Okay, one vote for Rhys, One vote for Ed." the scene focused on the two teammates as they waited in anticipation. "A second vote for Rhys, a second vote for Ed. and the last vote is for…" Chris trailed.
…
…
…
"...Rhys."
"No!" A voice cried out. The tiki statue in the room fell over to show Nathan.
"Nate? Have you been watching this whole time?" Rhys asked.
"Of course! I needed to know if you got voted out." The floater said. He turned to Ed angrily. "How could you?!"
"Hey, he started it! This is on him!" Ed snapped.
"Hey," Rhys said, cupping Nathan's face. "Maybe this is for the best. I'm not sure I'm cut out for this kind of game. All this sabotage has really drained me."
"But-" Nathan frowned.
"Look I don't care how much further you make it. Just, keep your valor intact. Please?" Rhys asked.
Nathan had tears in his eyes. "Okay. I promise."
Rhys turned to Ed. "I know you could be a better person if you tried. You just don't want to. I think that's sad."
"Hey we're on a schedule!" Chris interrupted.
"Okay. I just need to do one last thing." Rhys told him. He kissed Nathan passionately, Nathan kissed back. When they parted Nathan looked crushed. Rhys turned. "Alright, I'm ready." With that he grabbed the parachute and jumped off the plane.
Chris turned to address the camera. "With Rhys gone can team Victory hold together? How will Nathan cope? Find out next time on Total! Drama! Woooorrrrlllddd~ Tooouuurrrr~!"
A/N And so Rhys leaves. I knew someone on Team Victory had to go and Rhys had the least going for him. Hopefully I made his elimination make sense. Just to clarify Jeremiah is both Aromantic and Asexual. I hope that clears things up.
Questions:
Is your OC In character?
Could they figure out they needed to build a boat? If so how long would it take them?
Optional:
Did Rhys' elimination make sense?
Did you like the song? it's one of my favorites.
How am I doing couple wise?