A/N: sithlorde1988 here with chapter 5 of Total Drama Doom Camp, and for today's disclaimer I've arranged for a special someone to do the disclaimer. Topher, if you'd please?
Topher: sithlorde1988 does not own Total Drama/Ridonculous Race or the related characters, save for his OC Daniel. He also does not own any other OCs in the story not named Daniel. Credit for them goes to their creators who are too numerous to list here but they know who they are. *turns to SL88* we good?
sithlorde: Yeah, we're good. Thanks. *pays Topher*
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Chapter 5: The Doomball Hunt
(recap narrated by Chef Hatchet)
"Previously on Total Drama Doom Camp, our three teams faced their fourth challenge as a team, where-in one member from each team was taken hostage, and the rest of the teams had to find the missing hostages. After a frenetic and mad-cap hunt, where some players got closer to one another, and some just plain acted shady *clips play of Rock and Kitty bonding, as well as of Scott finding Lemmy in his team's cage and getting more of a eyeful than he expected*, but in the end the Warriors lost the day, and after a close bonfire, it was Courtney who was given the heave-ho for being a threat, after a re-vote from the Newbies who won the challenge broke a tie between her and Scott. Now with 20 players left, and some players getting redemption where they least expect it (sort of) *clip plays of Dawn and Scott reconciling*, how will the next round affect the flow of the game? Will all 3 teams survive this round? And who will go home this time? Find out all this and more right now on Total! Drama! DOOOOMMMM CAMMMMPPPPPPPPPPPPPP!" Chef said ignoring the usual thunderclap that followed the words 'doom camp'.
(End recap, and theme song plays)
(With the Warriors)
"So, how did it feel to be a hostage last round Samey?" Dawn asked Samey to ease the silence in the room.
"It wasn't too bad, for the most part." Samey replied with a shrug then turned to the other girl who seemed to be sulking.
"What's eating Zoey?" Samey asked with curiousity.
"She was hoping Scott would leave last round, but he didn't." Dawn replied.
"Still there's always this round if we lose." Zoey put in hopefully, speaking up for the first time in the episode.
"Or is there?" Samey said.
"What do you mean?" Dawn asked.
"Oh yeah, didn't Chef say we didn't want to be the team that came in last in that last round?" Zoey said remembering something Chef said.
"Yes, he did." Dawn slowly said as her eyes went wide.
"You don't think...?" she added as a thought occurred to her.
"He could do that, anything is possible in this game." Zoey said.
"Including you getting Scott med-evaced while making it look like an accident?" Samey joked lightly.
"Perhaps." Zoey said. Dawn frowned at the look that Zoey got at Samey's joking suggestion.
"You're not seriously considering it are you?" Dawn asked Zoey with concern.
"Of course she's not. I don't think she'd consider Scott worth throwing away her chance to win over." Samey pointed out.
"Since when was this about winning?" Zoey snapped.
"It's not, i was just making a point." Samey said. Before any more could be said, the intercom flared to life.
"Attention cadets, all cadets to the Mess Hall for an announcement and a twist ASAP! That is all." Chef's voice said over the intercom, causing Dawn, Zoey and Samey to head for the Mess Hall where their male teammates joined them.
(At the Mess Hall)
"Greetings Cadets! As you can see you are in three teams. But right now I see no reason for you to remain in these teams any longer. All of your current teams are dissolved. After this round, all of you will either be a Army Ace or a Naval Navigator. As the hostage of the winning team in last round, Lemmy gets to be a captain, and she has a choice. She can either have Jacques or Samey be the other team captain. But she has to choose carefully. What's it gonna be?" Chef said. Everyone showed surprise at this development, especially Lemmy who inadvertently gasped, 'wha?" in surprise. After she thought about it she turned to Chef.
"I choose Samey to be the other captain." Lemmy decided. Samey smiled and thanked Lemmy as Chef spoke up again.
"OK. Samey is the leader of the Naval Navigators, while Lemmy leads the Army Aces. Jacques joins the Aces since he wasn't picked to be a captain, as the leftover hostage from last challenge." Chef said. Jacques frowned but joined Lemmy's team without complaint.
"That said, Samey gets first pick for her team since Lemmy chose Jacques as her first pick when she elected Sammy a captain." Chef said. Samey thought about it.
"I think I will choose Trent, since he seems like a good pick of teammate." Samey eventually said after some thought. Trent raised an eyebrow but shrugged and stood by Samey.
After a few rounds, the teams were rounded out accordingly:
Aces-Lemmy, Jacques, Ellody, Scott, Zoey, Daniel, Junior, Simon, Ace and Isaiah
Navigators- Samey, Trent, Rock, Kitty, Noah, Dawn, Olivia, Mackenzie, Carrie and Cody
"Now that your new teams have been settled, it's time for your next challenge." Chef said.
"And pray tell what means of torture have you chosen for us today, oh cheftastic one?" Noah deadpanned, to Junior and Kitty's amusement as well as Rock and Daniel's disapproval.
"Glad you asked, Noah. Today you guys are playing a game I call paintball." Chef said, causing several people, most notably Simon, Daniel and Scott, to grin in anticipation.
(Confessional)
"Paintball? Oh hell yeah, now we're talking!" Scott said smirking as he crossed his arms.
"If we'd had a chance to show our skills off back in Revenge Of The Island, I'd have shown I have some mean paintball prowess." Scott boasted as he saluted the camera and exited the confessional.
*static*
"Dude, this is so MY challenge to dominate! I mean, not to brag, but I am a major beast at paintball! Combo that with my keen strategic instinct, and I feel good about my team's chances." Daniel said smiling. That smile quickly turned into a feral grin as he continued.
"As for the others, as much as I hate to borrow a past quote, here I feel it applies. That said, one by one, they'll ALL go down." Daniel added as he left the confessional.
*static*
"I had to open my mouth, didn't I?" Noah deadpanned as he facepalmed lightly.
"Still I do have some strategy so it shouldn't be a COMPLETE disaster, hopefully." Noah said as he left the confessional.
*static*
"Oh my, I hope we aren't shooting animals with these paintballs. That would be horrible." Dawn said wide-eyed.
"Still, I got a glimpse of Chef's aura, and for a military veteran, his aura is surprisingly pink." Dawn said and then giggled before leaving the confessional.
(end)
"The rules of the challenge, for those of you who are unfamiliar with paintball, are simple: Some of you will be the hunters, and pack these paintball guns, with these fetching caps in different shades of camoflauge. The others will be the prey, and have to be sure they don't get shot by a hunter. The first team to have all their deer shot will have to send a player home. And the hunter on the losing team who shoots the most deer will get individual immunity. The hunter on the winning team with the most deer will win a special reward that I will reveal later on.
For now you have 30 minutes to gather in your teams and strategize while making your game plans and decide how to proceed. Before I forget, the following are hunters: on the Aces, we have Daniel, Junior, Simon, Ace and Scott. On the Navigators, hunters are Rock, Noah, Trent, Cody and Olivia. Everyone else is prey. So hunters, feel free to strategize within your teams while the prey should use this 30 minute period of planning and preparation to find good places to hide. Once the 30 minutes are up, the challenge will commence. Good luck teams! Your 30 minute planning period starts, NOW!" Chef said to the teams who split into their teams and then split into hunters and prey.
As the teams left to plan/hide, Chef turned on the intercom.
"One more thing! I forgot to mention that the Aces will have olive hats and paint, while the Navigators will have khaki hats and paint. That is all." Chef said.
(With the Navigators)
"So what's our strategy?" Olivia asked her fellow hunters.
"I suggest we employ the traditional divide and conquer approach, wherein each of us takes on a selected prey to maximize efficiency. To be precise, Rock will hunt Ellody, Trent will hunt Jacques, Olivia will hunt Lemmy, Cody can hunt Isaiah, whilst I will hunt Dawn. If any of us bags our prey quickly we should plan to find the others and help them if needed. If we can pull this strategy off, we should be in with a good chance of winning." Noah said as the other hunters nodded their agreement. The hunters then dispersed to gather their gear and head after their designated targets.
(With the Aces)
"So we should assume the Navigators will likely go for the divide and conquer routine given who some of their hunters are. That said, we should have at least one of us guarding our team's prey at all times so they can't score." Daniel said.
"But isn't there a rule against that?" Ace asked uncertianly.
"Not that I'm aware of. And I'm sure if anyone would've noticed that it'd have been Scott who seems to excel at finding loopholes. That said, Scott will be working with me and Simon to hunt the other team's prey, whilst Junior and Ace will protect our team's prey." Daniel decided. The others quickly agreed.
(Confessional)
"Is it me, or should I be worried he picked up on my ability to find loopholes so quickly?" Scott asked the camera with wide eyes. He then shrugged.
"Worst case, I'll have to make him disappear if he gets to be TOO big of a threat. So there's always that." Scott said as he exited the confessional, unaware that the mob heir in question had just happened to be walking past the confessionals and was waiting nearby to make his own confessional, and as such heard everything.
*static*
"Or WILL you, my slippery friend?" Daniel asked with crossed arms after he walked into the confessional.
"Little do you realize, I'm not one to go down without a fight. The last guy who tried left after being epically humiliated on a grand scale. But if you feel you can do it, I welcome your attempt, Scott." Daniel said as he crossed his arms and exited the confessional.
(end)
(With the Navigator prey)
Kitty and Samey quickly looked around then ducked behind a bush and tree respectively to hide, while Carrie eventually hid in the mess hall behind where Chef served the food. As for Elizabeth and Zoey, they had to settle for more obvious hiding spots but eventually hid under the dock and in a cave respectively.
After the prey all hid, Chef's horn blew to signify the start of the hunt. At that point the hunters were hunting in earnest to find their prey. Eventually, both Rock and Trent found their prey hiding together and quickly tagged them.
(Ace prey-3 Navigator prey-5)
Not long after that, Daniel managed to bag half the Navigator prey in cooperation with Scott and Simon. At that same moment, Rock and Trent caught up to Olivia and between the three of them they tagged Lemmy fairly effortlessly.
(Ace prey-2 Navigator prey-2)
Daniel heard something and managed to tag Elizabeth whose shoe was sticking out from under the dock, whilst elsewhere Scott found and tagged Isaiah whilst walking past the cave where unknownst to him Dawn AND Zoey were hiding.
(Ace prey-1 Navigator prey-1)
Though Daniel and Simon looked around they couldn't find Dawn anywhere, as the Navigators had similar problems finding Zoey. Or at least that WAS the case until Simon did a second sweep of the spot where Scott tagged Isaiah and spotted a cave and went in. Meanwhile Rock saw Simon go in the cave and followed him.
(In the cave)
Dawn meditated while she hid, but stopped when she realized she wasn't alone in the cave. She looked around warily before calling out,
"Who's there? I know how to fight and I will use those skills if I have to," and looking around. Zoey blinked as she recognized Dawn's voice nearby.
"Dawn? Is that you?" Zoey asked with a wide-eyed look.
"Zoey? Yeah. But why are you hiding here? Won't this cause a tie for the challenge?" Dawn asked.
"Not necessarily. But you're probably right." Zoey replied.
"One of us should leave the cave to make the results more fair." Dawn said.
"Fine. Ro-sham-bo for it?" Zoey asked and Dawn nodded. Zoey lost and left the cave only to walk straight into a surprised Rock who tagged the redhead out, ending the challenge.
"Time! Everyone back to camp! We have a winner!" Chef said over the intercom, sending everyone back to camp.
After everyone arrived back to camp, Chef looked the teams over before shaking his head.
"Such a disappointment. Not one of you would last five minutes in a real war or hunt. Well except for these two and this crafty girl." Chef said as he pointed to Daniel, Rock and Dawn in turn as he said the last.
"It came down to Dawn and Zoey for their teams, but thanks to a power struggle and a sneak attack, the winners of the challenge are Dawn and the Navigators!" Chef announced as the Aces collectively facepalmed.
"Aces, sorry but you've got a date with the bonfire tonight where one of you will be exiled from this game. So get to voting!" Chef barked as he dismissed the group.
(Confessional)
"Perfect. I ignored Dawn's hiding spot on purpose because I knew it could likely make that mob fool look like a moron. And it worked like a charm. Time to go bye-bye." Scott said as he voted.
*Static*
"You realize this means war right?" Daniel said crossing his arms as he voted.
*Static*
"You've not changed a bit, DESPITE what Dawn says! Get out!" Zoey said as she voted.
*static*
"I had no idea those hunters were waiting, I swear! Granted I'd have known had I thought to do an aura check but I didn't. Oh no, Zoey might go home and it'd be all my fault. This is horrible." Dawn said frowning.
*static*
"I knew we shouldn't have trusted that weasel." Simon said as he voted.
(end)
(With the Navigators)
"Dawn, that was amazing! How'd you know where those hunters were?" Kitty asked in amazement. Dawn shrugged.
"I honestly had no clue they were there. I just figured Zoey and I should have seperate hiding spots. The fact it got Zoey tagged was just an unfortunate consequence." Dawn said. Kitty accepted that and walked over to hang out with Rock.
(With the Aces)
"Dude, did that really just happen?" Daniel asked Simon and Ace.
"It totally did. How did we not see that coming with Dawn and Zoey?" Ace asked.
"i dunno, but we didn't see it coming at all." Simon said.
"Am I the only one who thinks one of our hunters didn't do their job?" Daniel asked with narrowed eyes.
"You don't mean...?" Ace asked.
"I think I do, Ace. I think a certain evil ginger is up to his old tricks again. In that case, I think we know who has to go."Daniel said to nods of agreement from the others.
Meanwhile outside at that moment, Scott smiled evilly as he pulled a small object out from under the cabin and smirked at it.
"Hello, my ticket to safety from this vote. Time to make a big move." Scott said smirking.
(At the bonfire)
"Welcome to the bonfire, Aces. There are 10 of you here, but only 9 marshmallows on this plate. When I call your name, come and get your marshmallow. The one of you who does not receive a marshmallow must leave the game, and can't come back. EVER. That said, first marshmallows go to Simon, Ace and Isaiah!" Chef said as he tossed the named three marshmallows.
"Also safe are Ellody, Jacques and Junior!" Chef said as he handed out three more marshmallows, leaving Daniel, Scott, Zoey and Lemmy without a marshmallow.
"Lemmy is also safe as is Daniel!" Chef said as he tossed the two their marshmallows, leaving one marshmallow on the plate and both Scott and Zoey looking right at it.
"Scott, Zoey, this is the final marshmallow of the evening. Scott, you're here because apparently your team STILL doesn't trust you despite your insistence you weren't reverting to your old ways. Zoey, I guess the team took it pretty hard that you cost them the challenge. But only one of you can be safe. The last marshmallow goes to...
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...Zoey! Scott, you're out! The Helicopter awaits!" Chef announced, only then noticing the smirk on Scott's face as he stood up.
"OR IS IT?" Scott countered, as he pulled out a golden Chef head, to mass gasps.
"I'll be. That's the Chef statue. This means you're NOT out AND that yours is the only vote that counts. And after looking back at the votes, that means the new eliminated player is...
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...Simon! Sorry but Scott voted you out of the game with his single vote! This means that you have to take the Helicopter of Humiliation! So give Scott your marshmallow and be on your way!" Chef said, as Daniel and Ace both gasped and glared at the redhead.
"Sorry guys, but I heard Simon trying to get votes against me because he was paranoid of me. But the truth is he's the one who told Zoey to hide in that cave in the first place, making it HIS fault we lost the challenge." Scott said smirking.
"No I didn't. You liar! You'll get yours! So go f*ck yourself!" Simon said before turning to his now former teammates.
"Good game everyone and do your best in challenges. If my luck permits, I might return." Simon said before leaving.
"The rest of you are now safe, so head back to your cabin." Chef said as he dismissed the bonfire. The shocked Aces then left.
(Back with the Navigators)
"So why are we meeting so late at night like this?" A figure asked two other figures who were all shadowed.
"Because, we all face a common red-headed menace to this game. And that menace shall remain nameless as a precaution. Besides, I know that Rock here tagging Zoey was no accident last round. It had to be a setup. Am I right, Rock?" the second figure replied to the first figure and the other one who was now revealed to be Rock.
"Correct Kitty, but at the same time, we know Dawn is convinced he's on the up and up, but I'm betting he's got her thinking that so he can butter her up. Or am I wrong on that assumption, Olivia?" Rock replied to the second figure and first figure, now revealed to be Olivia and Kitty respectively.
"No you're right, but I think at the same time Noah here had a good plan with his 'divide and conquer' strategy so he could be an asset to us with it. Am I right Noah?" Kitty said revealing a fourth figure standing by Rock who turned out to be Noah.
"That's right. But at the same time wouldn't it make it a bit obvious that we're working together if we have a bunch of us meeting together?" Noah pointed out.
"Yes, but at the same time there won't be that many big meetings like these." Rock replied, seeing Noah's point. Noah nodded approvingly at Rock's comment.
"I agree with Rock. Still, let's hope for the best." Noah said in a rare non-cynical moment. The foursome left on that note.
(Over with Chef)
"Well, didn't see THAT coming! With Simon gone after Scott made a big power play, can the Aces recover? Or will they be doomed to fall apart? Find out next time on TOTAL! DRAMA! DOOM CAMMMMPPPP!" Chef said as he signed off the episode with the usual thunderclap following the words 'doom camp'.
end chapter
A/N: And so ends another chapter! I apologize for the delay in posting this, but I had to do most of it on my brother's laptop on the rare occasions I got access to it, but now that I have another tablet I should be more active in updating (SHOULD being the operative word there, providing I don't get writer's block). Also, apologies to Simon's creator, but his elimination seemed to best fit the flow of this chapter. But you never know if he could be back or not. That said, feel free to review and let me know how you felt I did with this chapter! I make no guarantees on when the next chapter will be out since I have to figure out what to do for it. But know I am working on it even as I type this (at the time of writing this, it's about 11:15 at night on a Thursday so I doubt I'll get another one out tonight at least.) so I haven't abandoned this! I plan to finish this eventually! So thanks for understanding! Until next time, sithlorde out!
-sithlorde1988
Votes
Scott- Simon (only vote that counted)
Simon- Scott (voided by Scott's idol play)
Zoey-Scott (voided by Scott's idol)
Isaiah-Scott (voided by idol)
Junior- Zoey (voided by idol)
Lemmy-Zoey (voided by idol)
Jacques- Zoey (voided by idol)
Daniel-Scott (voided by idol)
Ace- Scott- (voided by idol)
Ellody- Zoey (voided by idol)
Scott-5
Zoey-4
Simon-1
Aces-Lemmy, Jacques, Ellody, Scott, Zoey, Daniel, Junior, Ace and Isaiah
Navigators- Samey, Trent, Rock, Kitty, Noah, Dawn, Olivia, Mackenzie, Carrie and Cody
Voted off- Shawn, Kaelyn, Taylor, Courtney, Simon (19 left)