The teams were sitting at their respective tables in the dining hall waiting for breakfast. The Gophers now one member shorter, they awkwardly looked at each other as they ate.

CONFESSION

Junior: I'm having a hard time trusting my teammates. I can't believe Landon would cheat his brother out like that. I'm an only child so I'd be thankful just to have a brother let alone have him with me here. So no, I didn't vote off Aiden, but I don't think Rosie is going anywhere soon either. There's also Ivonne… She seems nice and all but she keeps staring at me and I'm not falling down that rabbit hole.

END

"Poor Aiden." Addison sighed while looking at his food.

"Oh, get over it," Rosie argued, "We don't need both of them, we only get to use one of the advantages anyway."

"Addison, when are switching teams?" Petunia laughed.

"Well I-"

"That's not a bad idea," Rosie interrupted and then looked back at the other table, "Hey Bass! We'll trade you one-eye for laughs-a-lot."

"How about this, we'll give you Sara," Mordecai negotiated sarcastically, "But we want either Liam or Junior instead." Rosie frowned at his response.

CONFESSION

Mordecai- Rosie already knows how to work the advantages. I've seen the show, Gophers are scheduled to get an advantage for three weeks right before us. And those challenges aren't walks in the park either. I'd kill to get the paintball or cooking advantages. I need to make sure they don't get those advantages by making them send either Liam or Junior home.

END

"You're just jealous that we have the two tallest players on our team!" Addison mocked, shouting across the room.

"Please," Ike butted in, "those two can only lift about 50 lbs. collectively."

Meanwhile on the other side of the Bass table, Sara and Cameron were sitting away from the others.

"Did you bring your medication with you?" Cameron asked his sister.

She scoffed at him, "I don't remember. Just because you're so uptight about your injections doesn't mean I have to worry about my medicine."

Cameron put his hand over her mouth and mouthed at her to shut up.

CONFESSION

Cameron- All of the odds are really stacked against me. I might as well out myself before Sara does. I've been medically transitioning for two years but it isn't that big of a deal. If the other contestants can't tell that I'm trans then it's not in their business to know. My sister is just so ignorant about it.

Mordecai- I'm playing this game based on our advantages. I could dump Cameron and Sara since they already used their advantage but the biggest threats are the ones who will get their advantage after the teams merge. So Callum, Nora, and Zarra need to go first. Then there's Jacey… she gets an opportunity to hold her advantage until the teams merge. The only others who have this are Addison and Petunia but they are both on the other team. Whether the gophers figure that out is up to them.

END

Bobby walked into the dining hall to greet the campers. "Morning everyone. I hope you're ready for today's amazing challenge!"

"Challenge better start with breakfast!" Callum groaned and motioned to his empty bowl.

"Food will be served after we all take a pleasant jog around the edge of the island." Bobby confirmed.

"You're not gonna jog on the limp ankle are you Aubrey?" Junior laughed.

"And snarky campers otherwise known as Junior can go around the island twice."

CONFESSION

Rosie: Mr. Omniscient is doing this on purpose. I'd vote him off if I didn't need his advantage.

Junior: Maybe I'm being harsh on Bobby but I've seen this show more than enough times to know that staying silent and being friendly doesn't get you very far. Also, Aubrey isn't that bad of a name, he should be glad my mom didn't name him.

END

The campers took off from the tent and proceeded to make their way around the island.

Rosie ran by a slow and careful Addison.

"What are you doing?" She shouted as she passed him, "you need to keep up!"

"You try running in a forest without depth perception!" As Addison responded Liam approached.

"Need a hand?" Liam grabbed Addison and flung him over his shoulders.

"This is the kingly treatment I always deserved!" Addison laughed. Rosie rolled her eyes and pouted as they sped on past her.

Meanwhile Malik ran up to Mavis. "Mind if I run here?" He coaxed.

"Uh yeah I kind of do." She grunted.

"Why don't you like me that much?"

She responded without looking at him, "It's not going to happen so just focus on the challenge."

Mavis ran fast and left a slum Malik in the dust.

Back at the tent, Mordecai ran inside excitedly.

"I made it back first?!" He panted to the seemingly empty tent.

He heard clapping coming from the bass table "great job!" Sara congratulated.

"How'd you get around before me. And you're not even tired?"

"There was a shortcut." She chuckled.

Junior wandered into the tent slowly.

"Dude I think you have another lap to go." Mordecai gibed at him.

"I'm like 198, I can make it around the island in three steps." He snickered.

Mordecai sat next to Sara who looked at him angrily.

"I'm getting… revenge." She revealed to still have the crowbar and proceeded to swing it in Mordecai's direction. The two tussled with it for a while.

CONFESSION

Mordecai, bruised: Sara is going home, I don't care how it's done.

Junior: Did I do two laps around the island? No. I barely did one, this part of the challenge doesn't matter anyway.

END

The campers piled in one after another until all 19 of them met with Bobby.

Slowly enough, Juliette walked into the tent and sat at her table. She was holding onto her glasses and her clothes and face were splattered in mud.

"What happened?" Petunia asked her as she sat down.

"Running isn't really for me is it." She responded and rolled her eyes.

Cameron looked over at his team, "Does this mean we won the challenge?"

Bobby walked past him and explained "That wasn't the challenge, as most of you already know. Breakfast is served. Next, you'll meet me outside by the campfire where we will be honoring an advantage.

As the campers made their way outside and to the campfire. Mordecai walked over to Bobby, "Well, where's our advantage?"

"Well, this isn't your advantage," Bobby reminded him, "Jacey, you get an option, you can either use your advantage now and help out your team, or you can hold it for the Say Uncle challenge farther down the road. So, what will you choose?"

Jacey looked around and smiled. Without much hesitation she exclaimed, "I'm gonna hold it."

"What?!" Mordecai shouted and grabbed Jacey's shirt as she started laughing, "Why are you holding it?"

"Too bad Jacey, I was going to add 12 hours to your time spent awake." Bobby announced, further irritating Mordecai.

"Let's just start shall we." Bobby continued, "Awake-a-thon starts… now"

The campers sat around the empty fire pit tired.

Zarra looked over a Cameron who was laying in the grass, "Where's Sara?" she asked.

He pointed up to a tree where she was hanging upside-down. Ike noticed this and quickly ran over to her.

"What if you fall?" He yelled concerningly.

"Lay there and you can cushion my fall!" She laughed, swinging back and forth, "I'm trying to be a bat since they are the creatures of the night."

Mordecai sighed loudly at this altercation and Ike sat next to him.

"Tired?" Ike asked him.

"Ike," he grinned, "See those tall freaks on the gopher team? One of them needs to go home… tonight. What can we do to make sure that happens?"

"Well Bobby already hates Junior so maybe if we make him annoy Bobby more, he'll just get kicked off."

Mordecai thought about it and walked over to the half-asleep teen.

"Aren't you on the other team?" Junior squinted as he sat down.

"That's beside the point," Mordecai deflected, "I was curious of how you knew what'd set off Bobby?"

"I don't think I set him off." Junior admitted, "If you're trying to get information out of me it won't work"

From the distance Juliette and Ivonne we're watching Mordecai and Junior's conversation.

"Isn't he dreamy? Ivonne cooed gesturing at Junior.

"Why don't you go for it?" Juliette suggested while chewing on gum.

Ivonne stammered, "well I don't know he's just…"

Before she could finish, she looked around and saw that her teammates Addison and Sophie had already fallen asleep.

7-10

"Guys it's been 12 hours." Bobby complained, "I figured more of you would fall asleep by now."

Ike felt like he was about to fall asleep but looked over and saw Mordecai wandering back over to him.

Ike yawned, "Mordecai I'm fading quickly."

Mordecai shook him, "no we have to win this challenge!" But it was a little late and Ike wandered off to sleep.

7-9

Rosie walked over to Liam who was slouching over.

"You're not falling asleep, are you?" Rosie accused him.

"Why don't you go target someone who is more ignorant?" Liam deadpanned.

"I haven't been targeting you? I don't want to lose this challenge."

"Then go and yell at the others," Liam suggested, "maybe focus on him" he gestured over to Junior who had just fallen asleep.

Minutes, hours, maybe days pass but 6 campers remain awake for the long haul: Liam, Rosie, Petunia, Sara, Malik, and Callum.

"Alright, whoever is out can head to the showers or wherever just don't stick around here anymore." Bobby announced as the losing campers started to leave. Addison failed to hear this announcement and remained cozied up in the grass. Callum noticed this and nudged Sara.

"Check this out," Callum snickered as he snuck over by Addison slowly. Callum beamed over him and squatted down to his level. He reached up to his waist and jabbed him in the sides suddenly. Addison jerked awake and reacted to this surprise. He kicked outward onto Callum's face and knocked him unconscious.

"Holy hell did I kill him?" Addison got up and looked at Callum while Sara and Malik laughed hysterically. Mordecai noticed the event and ran over.

"Callum you're absolutely useless!" He yelled at Callum who was still knocked out. Bobby came over to settle this.

"Well I guess that's one way to eliminate the other team." Bobby joked as interns helped Callum out.

"But he didn't even fall asleep he got kicked!" Mordecai argued.

"Yeah but there's no rules against it."

As this discussion was being held both Rosie and Malik fell asleep.

2-1

Liam looked over at Petunia who was laying on the ground with a notepad.

"Are you drawing?" he asked squatted over by her.

"Yeah writing or drawing usually helps me stay awake." She yawned while looking at her notepad, "you can look at my notebook if you want."

Liam took the book and was pleasantly surprised. She was drawing everything that had happened that day from Sara hanging in the tree to Addison decking Callum in the face. Her art was well done and cartoonish. Liam looked over at Petunia to compliment her but she had already fallen asleep.

"Damn that didn't take long." Liam set the book by her and looked over at Sara who was still in the tree.

"I can stay up here all day!" Sara yelled from the top of the tree "I've achieved enlightenment long ago sleep just holds me back!" She swung over hanging upside down and her brother ran over to her.

"Please be careful! I do not want to have to take you to the ER again!" Cameron shouted from underneath her. She laughed until her eyes rolled back and she collapsed to the ground and landed on her older brother. Cameron lifted her up and she fell a second time.

"Liam wins the Awake-a-thon! Bass, get ready for elimination tonight."

After the challenge Cameron sat outside the washroom while the other boys were getting ready to clean up. Callum walked up to him wearing nothing but a towel.

"Are you waiting for a shower buddy," Callum teased, "I'll wash your back if you wash mine."

Cameron recoiled at the comment, "no I think I'll be fine."

Mordecai glared over at them having this conversation, then turned to Mavis and Nora having their own discussion.

"Ladies, we need to talk." Mordecai butted in, "Callum needs to go home tonight."

"Um... no? He goes first." Mavis pointed over at Malik who was pulling up flowers in the distance.

CONFESSION

Mordecai: As much as I'd love to send home Cam's insane sister. Callum kinda messed today…. and when you mess up, you go down.

Mavis: Malik needs to go home. I can handle him most of the time but lately he's been freaking me out! The whole time during the challenge he kept writing my name in the dirt. I'm just over it.

Addison: I almost killed someone today. I think it's fair to think that I am now a lethal weapon. Hopefully they learn not to double cross me.

END

At the campfire. Bobby held up a plate for 9 marshmallows.

"Most of you know how this goes, if you receive a marshmallow you are safe from elimination but the one camper who does not receive a marshmallow must walk the dock and head over to the lower boat. The first marshmallow goes to… Mavis."

She ran over to grab her treat then looked over at Malik.

"Cameron, Zarra, Jacey."

The three of them stood up to claim their security.

"Next marshmallow goes to Nora, Ike, Mordecai."

"Three campers left but only two marshmallows remain…. Sara you're safe."

She ran over excitedly to get her treat.

Malik and Callum look at each other silently as they know that one of them is getting the boot tonight. Mavis waved over to Malik to intimidate him.

"This is the last marshmallow being served tonight, and it goes to…

Malik"

Malik sighed and went up to grab his treat. Mavis looked over in shock.

"Sorry Callum, the loser boat is calling your name tonight."

"About time." Mordecai whispered to Ike jokingly as Callum situated himself for departure.

Callum looked over sadly at his team then shrugged it off, "we'll it's been fun." He slumped down into the boat and was driven off the island into the open waters.

"So long to scares-a-lot Callum. That settles it for this week. Will Rosie and Liam ever get along? Will Junior eventually get my name right? And will Mordecai ever get revenge on Sara? Find out next time on Total drama island!"