If you're reading this, get ready and thanks. Also, I would recommend you look up Tianmen Mountain and its skywalks just to get a visual for the challenge.

At Heavens Gate

"Last time on Total Drama Seasons," Chris stood in front of some trees. "We arrived in China for our next mini season and the teams were split up into small groups for the challenge. Here, the twins learned of each others presence in the game, Nolan found the idol and his die decided for him not to keep it, and even more romance blossomed for Lesley.. right under his nose. Unfortunately for Lesley, Janae and Vincent were involved in a plan that sent him packing after the Autumn Leaves lost, again. What will happen this time in China, and who will go home? Get ready to find out right here on Total. Drama. Seasons!"

It's dark. Right after the last elimination.

Colleen sat on a log with Maddie. Colleen was crying and Maddie was trying to comfort her.

"This is horrible." Colleen said. "I feel like he was the one person on this team that I could trust."

"It's okay." Maddie said sadly. "You can trust me..."

"No I can't." Colleen said. "You voted him out. Literally everyone did."

"All I can say is I'm sorry." Maddie said.

"Why did you do it?" Colleen asked.

"It's nothing personal." Maddie said. "It's just a game."

"It's just a game but Lesley wasn't the biggest threat here." Colleen said.

Maddie nodded and sighed.

"You wouldn't like it if I voted Vincent out, would you?" Colleen asked.

Maddie continued to rub Colleen's back and didn't respond.

Confession Cam:

(Colleen) She wipes away some tears and tries not to sob. "I just don't get it. My time is probably up too."

(Maddie) "I feel so bad for voting out Lesley... But I had no choice. I wonder why Vincent was so set on eliminating him."

The next morning. Eli, Gloria and TJ sit at a wooden table, eating.

"It's like we're in Camp Wawanakwa." Eli said.

"That would be so cool, bein' where all the past contestants have been." TJ said.

"Yeah." Eli said. "Maybe they left some souvenirs behind."

"Or maybe some money!" Gloria shot up.

"You're always thinking about money." Eli said.

Gloria crossed her arms. "Well, we should go there for the next challenge."

"I think we're going to be here for another five challenges." Colin said sitting next to them with his own bowl of food. "Like how we stayed in the Yukon."

"Well at least we aren't in that place no more." TJ said. "The snow was gettin' depressin' for me. Ah'm all about the outdoors."

"I'm better in warmer weather too." Gloria said.

Confession Cam:

(TJ) "Ah'm so ready to have some fun outdoors! Havin' fun should be just as important as strategy in this game. Ah'll prove that havin' fun and enjoin' mah time here can take me just as far as just usin' a borin' strategy can.

Nick was sulking.

"What's up with you?" Delanie asked.

"They voted out Lesley." Nick said. "I thought I actually had a chance."

"Oh please." Delanie said. "Boys are just distractions."

"Are not!" Nick said. "He could have helped us in the merge."

"Well obviously not now." Delanie said.

"Yeah, obviously." Nick frowned.

"He's gone now." Delanie said. "But it's okay because he isn't on our team."

"I was still interested in him." Nick said. "And he seemed interested in me too."

"Well, now you'll never know." Delanie said.

Confession Cam:

(Nick) "Delanie is so mean! She probably got her heart broken!" He gasps. "Oh my God, PLEASE don't air this."

(Delanie) "Like I said, boys are just distractions. This is why Colin should get going and this season's final two should be two girls. AKA me and Kat. It's about time a girl wins this thing again."

"Campers!" Chris smiled as he let the two teams sit on stumps. "Ooh, I was waiting to say that again."

"We're camping?" Arin asked.

Chris rolled his eyes. "Are you ready for your first official challenge here in China!?"

"Yeah!" Some people said.

"Let's get it going!" Chris smiled as he led them off on some path.

Confession Cam:

(Janae) "I am so happy that we're competing in my home country." She smirks. "This should be amazing for me."

Eventually, they all reached two cable cars at the bottom of a mountain.

"Welcome to one of the most beautiful mountains in the world!" Chris said. "Tianmen Mountain! Also known as Heaven's Gate Mountain!"

"It's beautiful." TJ said, looking up amazed.

"I just said that." Chris said.

"Are we going to go up there?" Maddie asked, also looking up.

"Tourists." Chris muttered. "Anyway, the first part of your challenge will be to take these cable cars up toward the top of the mountain."

"We're going all the way up there?" Nolan asked.

Chris nodded and smirked while Nolan gulped.

"This is the world's longest cable car ride up to the mountain top!" Chris exclaimed.

Confession Cam:

(Nolan) He is trying to not look nervous. "Me and heights, we don't go good together." He shakes his head.

"Also, remember that there could be a hidden invincibility idol during your challenge." Chris smirked. "That is, if it hasn't already been found."

"I doubt it." Nolan said.

The two teams headed toward a cable car but Chris stopped them. "Not so fast. These cable cars can only hold three at a time."

"Chris." Colin interrupted, reading a label on the cable car. "It actually says it can hold up to eight."

Chris smiled and ripped the label off of the cable car. "My rules. Only three at a time can go. And it'll be an hour before the next three can go on because the ride lasts thirty minutes."

"That's so not fair." Gloria said. "We have more people than they do!"

"That's true." Delanie said. "Why should we suffer while they breeze ahead?"

"You shouldn't have won so many challenges then." Chris shrugged. "Anyway, pick your first three to go up."

Eli turned to Nolan and Colin. "Wanna go up together?"

"No way." Delanie intervened. "It's going to be me and Kat and Nick."

"...Hey..." Eli stopped himself from saying anything.

"It's okay." Nolan said. "I can wait the hour."

"Perfect." Delanie smiled.

"Well, we only have to make two trips." Colleen said. "That's better for us."

"You're right." Maddie smiled.

"Great." Vincent said. "I'll go with Janae and Arin."

"That's fine." Colleen said.

Confession Cam:

(Maddie) "Okay..."

Maddie, Vincent, and Arin were on their cable car and were already on the way up.

"I'm surprised you just left Maddie back there." Janae smirked at Vincent.

"Gotta do what I gotta do." Vincent said.

"I like it." Janae said. "You do have a heartless bone in you."

"Hey, the only reason I left Maddie back there was so that we could talk strategy." Vincent said. "It wasn't a heartless move."

"You want to talk strategy?" Janae raised an eyebrow. "Talk."

"I think we should get out Colleen next." Vincent said.

Janae laughed.

"What?" Vincent frowned. "Was that too straight up?"

"No." Janae said. "I just found it funny."

Vincent looked at her. "Why did you find that funny?"

"I mean, I could have guessed that you wanted to get Colleen out next to save Maddie." Janae said.

"What if I would have said Arin?" Vincent asked.

"You and I both know that we need Arin for the numbers advantage." Janae said, looking over at Arin who smiled. "It's illogical to vote her out now. She's a non-threat."

"So is Maddie." Vincent reminded her.

"I can agree with that." Janae shrugged. "She's kind of clueless as well. She doesn't even seem to be onto us."

"I don't think she is." Vincent said.

Confession Cam:

(Vincent) "It sucks keeping so many secrets from Maddie because she trusts me and I kind of like her." He sighs. "I just don't want to put my problems on her, get me?"

Delanie was pacing back and forth in the cable car while Nick and Katherine looked out from opposite sides of the car.

"This is not good." Delanie said. "We have to wait an entire hour before we can continue after them. We'll be an hour behind! A whole hour. Can you believe this? ...Can you guys pay attention?!"

Nick turned around and faced Delanie. "Delanie, relax. We're just trying to enjoy the view. This is my first time in China..."

"Mine too." Katherine said, turning around as well. "And it's nice enjoying the scenery without paparazzi being down your throat every two minutes, don't you think?"

Delanie's annoyed face turned into nervousness. "Have you two been plotting against me?"

Nick and Katherine both looked at each other. "No." They said simultaneously.

Confession Cam:

(Nick) "Well, we're not..."

(Delanie) "I can't allow my alliance to have any second thoughts about me. I mean, with Eli, we certainly have numbers. I just don't want to be disliked..."

TJ looked around. She noticed a few buildings a couple miles away from where they were. "What's that?" She pointed.

"Beats me." Eli said. "Maybe it's Chinese cuisine!" He smiled.

"Those are shops for the tourists." Chris said. "No Chinese cuisine there, though."

"Ooh, can ah go see it!" TJ exclaimed. "Can I, can I?!"

Chris shrugged. "If you want."

"Oh please." TJ asked the rest of her team. "Can Ah?"

"Go ahead." Colin said. "As long as your here before the third cable car ride."

"Ah will be!" TJ happily exclaimed. She then pulled Gloria with her. "Come with me!"

"Me? Why me?" Gloria asked.

"Let's have some fun!" TJ said enthusiastically.

Gloria hesitated.

"Maybe you could sell some-a those wares you got there." TJ said.

Gloria's eyes lit up with cash signs. "Let's go!" She exclaimed.

"Remember to be back!" Colin said.

"We will." Gloria said. "With money!"

Confession Cam:

(Gloria) "Finally!" She gasps for air. "I can fool these Chinese people, no problem!"

(TJ) "Gloria sure is all about her money, but Ah'm sure Ah can change her mind quick!"

"Wait..." Nolan said as they started walking. "I'll go with you."

"Really?" Gloria rose an eyebrow.

"Yeah!" TJ smiled. "The more the merrier!"

Confession Cam:

(Nolan) "I looked up and rolled my die, hoping for the best. Luckily my die's letting me go to town and buy what I need."

Delanie sat with Katherine and Nick.

"I just want to make sure that we're set on voting out Colin when we lose." Delanie said. Silence. "Are we set?"

"Delanie... You know how I feel about voting him out." Kat said slowly. "He's my friend."

"He's a distraction." Delanie said. "He's no good for you."

Katherine sighed.

"You know I'm right." Delanie said.

"Don't be so mean to her." Nick said. "It's not right."

Delanie gasped. "I'm not being mean to her."

"You're kind of forcing us to vote someone that we don't want to vote out." Nick said.

Delanie gasped once more. "But we agreed to this! I thought we were working together!"

"We are..." Nick said. "But you're just acting like a ruler and not an alliance member."

Delanie got up and sat as far away from them as possible. "I need to think."

Confession Cam:

(Katherine) "I didn't fight back because I already have had this conversation with Delanie multiple times."

(Nick) "I stood up for Kat because it's what my heart told me to do!"

(Delanie) "They are going against me! I have to find the idol!"

Janae, Arin, and Vincent stepped out of the cable car.

"So are we set on Colleen?" Vincent asked.

"Sure." Janae shook his hand. "I admire your stepping up to the plate."

"Thanks." Vincent smiled.

Confession Cam:

(Janae) "He may actually be smarter than I thought."

"Alright. Okay." Chris said into a walkie-talkie. He then addressed the two teams. "So it looks like both groups reached the end of the cable car ride. The cars are currently on their way back."

Then there was thunder.

"Uh, Chris?" Maddie looked up at the dark clouds.

"What?" Chris asked.

"It looks a bit windy up there." Colleen said, squinting her eyes. "Shouldn't we not be going on these things?"

"You're still going on them." Chris said.

"Isn't that a safety hazard?" Eli gulped.

Chris laughed loudly. "Have you seen the past few seasons?! This is nothing!"

Confession Cam:

(Colleen) "I'm pretty sure all cable cars get closed during wind and thunderstorms..."

(Maddie) She sighs. "I should have went in the first one."

Gloria and TJ were in a shop looking around.

"A little thunderstorm ain't hurt nobody, right?" TJ giggled and looked over, but she wasn't talking to anyone.

Gloria was at the counter. "You seem to not have American gum. Would you like to buy some for the tourists? Everyone likes American gum. You'll make so much money off of these."

The Chinese lady at the counter shrugged and handed over some money.

Confession Cam:

(Gloria) She smirks and laughs. "Cha-ching."

(TJ) "That Gloria..." She sighs.

Nolan was in another shop.

"You wouldn't happen to sell sleeping pills, would you?" He asked.

The man at the counter raised his eyebrow.

"Sleeping pills." Nolan repeated.

"Oh, yes." The man at the counter said.

"I'll have some of those." Nolan said.

Confession Cam:

(Nolan) He rolls his die. "Okay, I'll tell you. The reason I'm buying sleeping pills is so that I can fall asleep while on this ride up the side of the mountain. I'm not too fond on heights, as you can tell."

"So do we just wait up here?" Vincent asked.

"Yeah." Janae said. "Then when the rest of our team comes I guess Chris will let us move on to the next part. We'll be in the lead."

"We will?" Vincent asked.

"You have less teammates than we do." Nick smiled at him. "Less trips for you."

"We're going to have to wait and watch you guys go in the lead." Delanie groaned.

Confession Cam:

(Vincent) "So having less team members is actually a good thing for once!"

"Our cable car's here!" Colleen exclaimed.

"This is so dangerous." Maddie sighed as she stepped into the cable car.

There was another rumble in the sky as Nolan arrived.

"Nolan!" Eli exclaimed. "What's wrong?"

"Yeah, you look pretty tired." Colin said, concerned.

"I, uh, took some, sleep... pills..." Nolan's eyes shut and he fell into Colin's arms.

"Okay..." Colin rose an eyebrow.

"We have no time! They're ahead of us!" Eli pointed.

Colin shrugged and picked Nolan up and stepped into the cable car as it arrived.

"How long do you think he'll be out?" Eli asked.

Colin shrugged. "I have no idea."

Eli smirked. "Well, since we'll be here for a half hour, we might as well get to know each other better. We haven't really talked much on a personal level, Colin."

"That's true." Colin said. "And it would be cool to have another person to talk to around here since..."

"Since what?" Eli asked.

"Nevermind." Colin said.

"Does this have to do with your drama with Delanie?" Eli asked.

"How do you know about that?" Colin asked.

"I'm a good observer." Eli smiled.

"That's a good thing to be in a game like this." Colin said.

"It's also a good thing to have on your side in this game." Eli winked.

Just then, the cable car started to shake due to the wind speeds.

"Just something to think about!" Eli yelled as he crouched down to a corner.

Colin nodded and crouched down in the other.

Confession Cam:

(Colin) "Eli does have a point. I'm going to have to work with more people if I want to actually win this thing. And Nolan being my only ally is unpredictable."

The other cable car shook as well, but no one appeared to be in it. Colleen and Maddie were crouched on the floor, facing each other.

"Well this sucks." Colleen said loudly.

"Yeah, it does!" Maddie agreed. She spoke loud as well over the wind.

"This game is just not going well for me at all!" Colleen said. "My brother's probably in a better spot than I am!"

"I'm sorry!" Maddie said. "Is there anything I can do for you?!"

"Please, promise me you'll keep me if we lose tonight!" Colleen pleaded.

"I promise!" Maddie said. "I wouldn't do that to you!"

"Thanks!" Colleen said. "I appreciate it! I won't vote you out as well and that's a promise!"

"Thank you!" Maddie smiled.

Confession Cam:

(Colleen) "I do admit that I did make Maddie feel bad for me on purpose, but what else was I supposed to do?" She sighs. "Lesley's gone and I know for sure I'm alone. But after this conversation, maybe not!" She smiles.

(Maddie) "So now I'm sure that Colleen would vote with me and Vincent and we can get rid of the strategic threat in Janae! Awesome!"

"Great, here they come." Delanie said, pointing to the cable car that contained the rest of the Autumn Leaves.

"Awesome!" Vincent cheered.

"Not for us." Nick frowned.

"Our car's not far behind." Katherine pointed out.

"Yeah, but we still need to wait for two more people." Delanie said.

"Not us!" Janae smirked at them and chuckled as Maddie and Colleen got off their cable car.

"Let's go!" Colleen said.

They rushed up to Chris, who was waiting for them by a narrow path.

"Hey Autumn Leaves." Chris said. "Welcome to the second part of the challenge!"

"What are we going to do?" Maddie asked.

"Well, you are now going to take a walk down the cliff-hanging walkway." Chris smirked.

"The what now?" Vincent rose an eyebrow.

"You heard correct campers." Chris chuckled. "Along the way you'll encounter the Walk of Faith, AKA the-"

"Glass skywalk." Janae said. "I've heard about what has happened there."

"Is it bad?" Colleen asked.

"The glass skywalk. Sounds bad." Maddie gulped.

"Once you reach the end of the skywalk, head up the 'Stairway to Heaven', as the locals call it, and meet me at 'Heavens Door' AKA Tianmen Cave. Questions?" Chris asked.

"Why do they call it the stairway to heaven?" Maddie asked.

"That's a pointless question." Janae said.

"Because there are 999 steps up to the cave." Chris chuckled.

"Are you serious?" Colleen asked.

"Serious as ever." Chris said. "And you might want to get started because the Summer Suns' last cable car is on it's way down to pick up TJ and Gloria."

The Autumn Leaves rushed down the path.

Confession Cam:

(Janae) "I've never been to the skywalk, but I heard it's pretty dangerous if you step too close to the rail. Especially on a day as windy as this."

"Come on!" TJ exclaimed to Gloria, who was at the counter in another store. "Ah reckon it's been over two hours!"

"Shhh." Gloria waved her hand in TJ's direction. "I'm getting another sell."

TJ sighed. "Come on, Gloria."

Gloria took the money from the person at the counter and scowled at TJ. "What happened to having fun?"

"Ah want'ta have fun but Ah also don't wanna get disqualified!" TJ said as she ran back to the cable cars.

Gloria rushed behind her while trying to count her money. "Slow down!"

"Catch up!" TJ laughed.

Sure enough, the cable car was already back.

"Golly, we must be so behind!" TJ gasped as she and Gloria hopped on.

"We may not win tonight but I have already won for today." Gloria said dreamily while cuddling her money close to her.

Confession Cam:

(Gloria) "I made over one thousand American dollars." She smirks. "My best sale yet! I'm so glad we're in China."

The thunder sounded again, followed by rain. The Autumn leaves instantly reacted, as they were on the walkway.

"Oh great." Maddie said nervously.

"Rain and this is not a good combination." Colleen gulped.

"Not at all." Janae said.

Arin was pressed up against the side of the cliff, farthest away from the ledge as possible. "My hair." She groaned.

Janae rolled her eyes. "Come on, Arin."

"Uh, guys." Vincent said nervously.

"We're ladies, Vincent." Janae said.

"The water level's rising." Vincent pointed.

"It's because the barriers are closed off to the top of the railing." Maddie groaned.

"So we're going to be chest deep in water?!" Colleen gasped.

"Some of us." Janae scoffed. "I can't believe Chris is making us do this."

Confession Cam:

(Janae) "I hate this challenge."

(Maddie) "At least I can swim." She laughs.

TJ and Gloria finally arrived to their team and Chris explained the next two parts of the challenge for the the Summer Suns.

"Let's go!" Nick said.

"We are way behind!" Delanie said. "Let's kick it up! Move faster Colin!"

Colin was a little behind because he was carrying Nolan. "Hey, I'm trying to help our teammate here."

"You're dragging us down!" Delanie said.

"I'm sorry..." Colin said.

"Hurry!" Delanie pleaded.

"We're hurrying!" Eli said.

"Do we really have to go through that?" Katherine stopped, looking at the half-flooded walkway.

Delanie frowned. "I don't like this challenge."

"Let's get through it!" TJ exclaimed. "It's gonna be so crazy cool! Mah brothers are gonna be so jealous!"

"Why is Nolan sleeping anyways?" Katherine asked Colin.

"Oh, he's, uh, I think he took sleeping pills." Colin said.

"Why? Is he afraid of heights or something?" Katherine asked.

"Why are you two talking?" Delanie interrupted. "Let's go!"

"Okay, okay." Katherine sighed.

"Get your useless butt to do something." Delanie said to Colin.

Colin sighed too and lifted up Nolan higher as he pushed through the water in the narrow walkway.

Confession Cam:

(Colin) "I've heard about the game changing people but whoa. Delanie has been transformed into a completely different person."

(Eli) "Wow, I feel bad for Colin. I was going to go ahead and vote him out, but I've been bullied before. I know how it feels." He frowns. "It's not right."

(Delanie) "As long as I convince to rest of my team Colin is useless, he'll leave!"

"This isn't really helping us." Janae said, trying to breathe and swim up little by little.

Maddie giggled a little. "Watching you have to swim is really kind of funny."

"Are you sure you don't need help?" Vincent said. "We're almost at the end."

"No." Janae snapped, spitting out water.

"Is this the reason they call it heaven's gate!?" Colleen asked.

Maddie's heart nearly dropped when she looked down. "Are we floating on air?!"

"No!" Jane spat. "We're on the glass skywalk!"

Arin shut her eyes. "No good."

"Come on." Maddie pulled her. "Just don't look down."

"We're almost at the end." Vincent said. "We can do it!"

"Yeah we can!" Maddie smiled.

"Let's do it then!" Colleen said. "And maybe instead of walking up the steps we could use that escalator!" She pointed toward the escalator beside the steps.

"If they aren't off!" Maddie said.

Janae started coughing. "Are you" cough "serious!" cough. She wrapped her arms around her neck in desperation.

"Oh no!" Vincent gasped. "She's choking!"

Maddie and Colleen gasped.

"Oh no!" Maddie cried out. "Hurry!"

The Autumn Leaves finally emerged the flooded path and Vincent lied Janae down under a tree.

"I'll give her CPR!" Vincent shouted.

"Do you even know-" Maddie stopped speaking once Vincent pressed his lips against Janae's.

"They made us learn CPR last year." Vincent said in between breaths. He continued giving her CPR until she started to cough out the water and regain consciousness.

Janae opened her eyes and took a moment to realize what had just happened.

"Oh thank goodness." Vincent said, relieved.

"You saved my life." Janae said.

Vincent smiled and nodded as he wiped some sweat off of his forehead.

"You saved my life." Janae repeated. She then sat up and slapped him in the face.

"What was that for?!" Vincent gasped. "I saved your life! We're on the same team!"

"You put your lips on mine." Janae simply said. She then got up, wiped herself off, and started rushing to the steps. "Let's finally win another challenge!"

Vincent, Maddie, Colleen and Arin were all confused, but they followed up the steps anyway.

Confession Cam:

(Arin) "Uh, are they together? I don't get it..."

(Vincent) He's rubbing his cheek. "I don't get why she slapped me."

(Janae) "That was my first kiss..." She groans. "Oh gosh."

(Maddie) "That made me feel... Jealousy?" Her eyes widen.

"Lets go!" Delanie pointed. "We're near the end!"

At this point, the rain had stopped and all was clear. A nice mist set up an illusion of them being 'above the clouds'.

"This is actually really beautiful." Nick said.

"What's not beautiful is that my outfit got wet." Delanie said. "My shirt looks black and it's supposed to be green."

"How dramatic." Colin muttered under his breath.

"Don't do it Colin." Delanie said to him. "Because as soon as we lose we have every reason to vote you out, right Nick and Kat?!"

Nick and Kat looked at each other, then nodded.

"Cause I have the idol!" Delanie said. This caused her entire team to look her way. "That's right." She smirked. "So you might as well not even waste your vote tonight and just go with what I want."

Confession Cam:

(Colin) "I'm done. Total Drama, it was real."

(Eli) "Somehow... I don't believe her."

"There's no point." Nick said to Katherine. "We can't do anything about her until we merge. She gives us protection plus her status is so high!"

Katherine sighed. "I know. I know it's better to be with her than against her."

"Just between you and me, your style is totally a thousand times better than hers!" Nick winked.

"Thanks." Katherine slightly smiled.

Delanie payed no mind to their conversation. She ran her hands along the cliff side. "The idol's gotta be around here somewhere..."

"We're at the end!" Eli pointed and they emerged from the water.

"Oh no!" Colin said. "They're already halfway up!"

"Why didn't they take the escalator?" Gloria pointed.

"It must have been turned off while it was raining!" Colin pointed out.

"Let's go!" Delanie said, rushing her team onto the escalator at the side of the steps. "Hurry, hurry!" She snapped at Colin.

"Hey, let's all just get along." TJ said. "Let's not let the game go to ya'll heads."

Delanie whipped her head at TJ. "And who are you again?"

TJ frowned and didn't say anything.

"You're irrelevant to our team. You're on the D-list!" Delanie said.

"Hey!" Gloria raised her finger. "Don't talk to my friend like that!"

"Friend?" TJ smiled.

"Friend." Gloria smirked.

"You are both literally a waste of space. Probably just casted to be filler characters and early eliminations." Delanie shrugged.

Most of the Summer Suns gasped.

Confession Cam:

(Delanie) She shrugs. "I said what most of you are probably thinking."

(Eli) "That was really harsh..."

(TJ) "The only reason I didn't snap that Delanie's neck was because she's famous!" She sighs. "And probably right. But I'll prove everyone wrong!"

The Autumn Leaves were nearly at the top but they were gasping for air.

"This is so tiring!" Colleen said.

Arin scratched her head. "I haven't worked so hard in, uh, uh, uh..."

"We're almost there!" Janae breathed. "I can almost taste the victory."

"I can almost taste it too!" Vincent agreed and tried to high five her, but she didn't comply and carried forward.

Maddie gave Vincent a look. "I get it."

"What?" Vincent asked.

"You're working with her." Maddie said. "The enemy."

"I'm working with the enemy." Vincent said. "I know."

"I can't believe you hid it from me. Is this why you have been distancing yourself from me?" Maddie asked.

"I wasn't doing that. I wasn't trying to." Vincent said. "I'm sorry if that's what it seemed like. But with Janae and Arin behind her, we have the numbers in the merge. I want to go as far with you as possible, Maddie. And Janae's brain can take us very far."

Maddie didn't even try to argue back. "I just don't want to get rid of Colleen if we-"

"You're going to looooose!" Gloria smirked as the Summer Suns started to pass them on the escalator.

"Hey!" Maddie said. "I thought those were off!"

"It stopped raining." Nick stuck out his tongue. "Hehe!"

"Oh nooo." Maddie frowned. "This isn't good."

"Yes it is!" Delanie smirked as her team rushed out to Chris and reached him a couple seconds before the Autumn Leaves did.

"And the Autumn Leaves win!" Chris exclaimed.

"What?!" Nick gasped.

"But we got here first." Katherine said.

"I believe I said that you have to climb the STAIRWAY to heaven." Chris said. "You guys have to vote someone out tonight. Finally, sheesh."

Delanie pouted. "Hmph."

"What's going on?" Nolan asked, waking up. He then took a look where they were and his eyes grew wide before he passed out once more.

Confession Cam:

(Colin) "Yeah, I think it's the heights."

Both teams were back at camp and while the Autumn Leaves celebrated their win, the Summer Suns dealt with their first loss and upcoming elimination ceremony.

"Okay." Eli breathed, pacing back and forth.

Confession Cam:

(Eli) "So my plan is to get both of my alliances to vote out Nolan so that I can make the biggest move of this game. Maybe even in Total Drama history."

"Hey guys." Eli said. "Who are you voting for?"

"We don't know yet." Colin said.

"Nope." Nolan said.

"Well, I just wanted to let you know that it's alright with me if you vote for whoever, and that I'll gladly vote your way if you want me to, as long as it's not me." Eli said.

"We'll keep that in mind." Nolan said to Eli as he exited the scene. "Don't trust him." He said to Colin.

"Really?" Colin said. "He seems to have been wanting to work with us ever since the start of this game."

"He's a suck up." Nolan said. "That's his strategy to win."

"How do you know these things?" Colin asked.

Nolan simply held his die up.

Katherine then entered the scene. "Can I talk to Colin privately, please?"

"Certainly." Nolan nodded and carried on.

"Colin, I'm really sorry." Katherine frowned. "I can't convince Delanie to not use her idol on you."

"Yeah, I figured that I was probably going to leave." Colin sighed. "That idol is probably the most powerful thing in this game. There's no hope for me."

"She told me that if I don't make sure you're the one leaving tonight, that I'll be the next one to go." Katherine said sadly. "I didn't want to just blindside you."

"Trust me, it wouldn't have been a blindside." Colin said. "I'm just sad we couldn't get to hand out more."

Katherine leaned in and kissed Colin on the cheek. "Me too." She then hurried away, leaving a confused Colin behind.

Confession Cam:

(Colin) "I'm confused... And kind of angry."

"You really can't consider eliminating Nolan?" Eli asked Delanie and Nick. "He didn't do ANYTHING today."

"I know." Delanie said. "But Colin is a threat. Just vote for him to prove your loyalty. Then I can use the idol to save one of our alliance members whenever we need it. Either way, Colin's leaving tonight."

Eli sighed. "Alright." He then rushed out and rushed to Gloria and TJ. "Are we set on Nolan?"

"Yeah." TJ said. "It just hurts my heart that we have to eliminate friends!"

"It's for the best." Eli reminded her.

"He didn't have much money to offer anyway." Gloria said.

Confession Cam:

(Eli) "Okay, so maybe I'll make it a tie and make the move EVEN bigger!" He smirks.

"Welcome to the next elimination ceremony!" Chris said. "Your first one actually! Are you excited!"

"Totally." Delanie smirked while looking at Colin.

"Tonight, only three people out of the eight got votes." Chris said.

"Wait, we don't get marshmallows or cookies or money or nothing?" Gloria asked.

Chris rolled his eyes then bent down and snatched a handful of leaves. "Leaves of safety go to TJ, Gloria, Katherine, Delanie, and Nick."

"Wait." Eli frowned. "I got votes against me?"

"Yes." Chris said. "But you only got two. The rest of the votes were split. Three for Colin and three for Nolan. I guess we're going to have to go to a tiebreak-"

"I don't think so." Eli said, pulling out the Chris McClean invincibility statue. "I have the idol. I hold the power for once."

"No way." Chris snatched it to examine it. "It's real."

"How did you find it?!" Delanie snapped.

"Nolan over here left it behind when we were racing through the forest the other day." Eli smirked. "And for that reason, I'll spare you." He smiled at Nolan.

"Great, that way, Colin can leave." Delanie smiled evilly.

"No, Delanie, I'm using this idol to eliminate... You." Eli said.

"Liar." Delanie said.

"You're a bully!" Eli pointed. "You don't deserve to be here. You have bullied everyone today. That's sickening! I'm sorry, but I'm using the idol to save both Colin and Nolan and eliminate Delanie."

"This is an outrage!" Delanie gasped. "I was just acting! I'm a method actress remember! My next role involves me being a horrible person!" Interns then came in and started to drag her off. "Please believe me! I'll be true to myself! I'm Delanie freaking Rios! You can't eliminate meeee! You. Caaaaan't!" Her voice was soon silenced by the distance.

The entire team just stood there in shock.

"I'm sorry I kept the idol hidden from you guys." Eli said. "I didn't want the word going to back to Delanie."

"Thank you for that." Colin said thankfully.

"I would also like to thank you." Nolan nodded in appreciation.

"That was so crazy!" Nick gasped. "OMG."

Confession Cam:

(Eli) "Biggest move: Using the idol to eliminate the biggest threat on my team AND gain the trust of the two I'm not working with." He smiles and gives himself a pat on the back.

"Can you say BLINDSIDE?!" Chris said to the camera. "What will happen next time and how will the game change for the Summer Suns without Delanie? Find out next time on Total. Drama. Seasons!"

Blindside! I loved writing it and it turned out awesome. Too bad the idol was used so soon... Maybe Chris will make up another twist to shake things up, wink wink.

NEXT TIME: The aftermath of the blindside shakes up Nick and Kat's game play, but they react in different ways. Colleen might just receive a saving grace in the game. And Maddie finally reacts to Vincent and Janae's partnership. Also, the contestants participate in a not so appetizing eating challenge!