Episode 1: "Same Ol' Cliff: Part One"

1 year. 12 months. 52 weeks. 365 days. These are the number of days that famous reality TV host Chris Mclean had spent locked in solitary confinement. Shouldn't come as a surprise to anybody. After all, the veteran host had become notoriously cruel between Total Drama World Tour and Revenge of the Island, committing numerous crimes such as burning a contestant alive via lava, exposing various wild life to toxic waste, and literally allowing a mutated shark to maul an already injured contestant during their elimination.

However, after some much-needed therapy, visits from his trusty friend Chef Hatchet as well as family, and time to think about his actions, the man became rehabilitated and his lust for fatally injuring contestants was a thing of the past. Because of that, and how big the Total Drama fanbase had become, he had managed to convince the producers to green-lit another season on the now cleaned Camp Wawanakwa. On one condition, however. He had to get a full, completely new cast, as the previous ones had physical and emotional trauma after nearly dying from a volcanic island and the other being nearly killed on many other occasions. That's why a collection of boats were making their way towards the cleansed camp with a whopping number of 24 contestants.

Chris yawned as the first boat arrived at the dock, followed shortly by the first contestant, Gavin, hopping off. His face was noticeably wide with a smile as he pulled up to the island, and it only got bigger as he actually set foot on the property.

Chris: "Gav, my man! What's up?"

Gavin: "Oye, Chris, this is top! The island looks even better in person than it does on the tele."

Chris: "Glad you like it, Gavin."

The next contestants, Sally and April, were the next to arrive, each with a look of awe and wonder.

Sally: "Hello, Mr. Mclean. It's very nice to meet you", she said as she and her sister both momentarily set down their bags. April then tapped on her shoulder, prompting her to turn around and see her using sign language to communicate. "Oh! April says it's an honor, and that she's a very big fan of your show."

Chris: "Feelings neutral, you guys", he said with a smile. "Listen, Sal. I understand that your sister may be at a disadvantage due to her condition. So, the producers and I have made sure to grant her certain accommodations to ensure it won't be a hindrance."

Sally: "I appreciate it. C'mon, April."

The twins moved towards the opposite end of the deck as the next contestant, Donnie, appeared, with a PSP in hand.

Chris: "Donnie! Don! Donatello! What is up?"

Donnie: "How's it goin', Chris?", he asked, putting his PSP in his pocket. "Man, you look a lot taller in real life". In all fairness, just about everyone looked taller in real life due to how short Donnie was compared to most people.

Next up was PJ, who arrived on the dock with a look of complete indifference written all over her face, as if she couldn't care less about being there or not.

Chris: "What's goin' on, PJ."

PJ: "Sea sickness…that's what's going on", she said bluntly as she walked straight past the host.

Chris: "Uhhh… Okay?"

She then made her way over to the other contestants, making a point to not make eye contact and to stand by behind everyone else as to not bring attention to herself. Against her plans however, Gavin turned around, still with that optimistic smile on his face, and stuck his arm out.

Gavin: "How's it goin', mate. I'm Gavin", he said, followed by an awkward pause.

PJ: "PJ", she said, refusing to uncross her arms to shake his hand.

The next boat arrived and, to everyone's (especially Chris') surprise, no one stepped off. Eventually, the boat had turned around and went back through the way it had came, presumably because the driver thought the next contestant had already hopped off.

Chris: "Huh, that's weird", he said as he scratched his chin. "Ajit was supposed to be the next person to show up. Weird."

The next boat showed up, this time with someone actually stepping off, that being Steven.

Chris: "How's it goin', Steven."

Steven: "Eh, camp looks like crap, but it still looks better than my shit hole of a house", he said with a self-deprecating tone of voice, as if he truly meant what he said but still said so in a joking manner.

Next up was Aaron, who arrived on the deck with six large, red duffel bags. Yes, six, which he somehow managed to carry with minimum difficulty.

Steven: "Jesus Christ, dude. You sure that's enough luggage?"

Aaron: "Hey, you never know when you'll need 300 pounds of food."

Donnie: "300 pounds of what now?", he asked, momentarily looking up from his game.

Aaron: "Nothing!"

Next up was AJ, who approached the dock with a light smile on his face.

Chris: "What's up, AJ?", he asked before AJ glanced up at the sky, squinting and observing as he did so.

AJ: "Hmm… nothing much, just a couple of clouds, dawg", he said with confidence. Unbeknownst to him, Steven lightly snorted in the background. Chris on the other hand was not amused

Chris: "Alright, look AJ", he said before putting a hand on his shoulder. "Your Mom told me—"

AJ: "I already know what you're gonna say, boss man, and I got it. You don't gotta worry about me, because I'm in it to win it, for real!"

Chris: "Uhhh, right… Just try your best and don't get into any trouble."

AJ: "You got it."

Steven: "Wish I could bottle that guy's optimism", he muttered to Gavin.

Next up was Mary Anne, who was wearing just as much makeup as she was during her audition and an even bigger smile. However, as soon as she set foot on the dock and saw her surroundings, her light hearted expression quickly turned into a confused and irritated one.

Mary Anne: "Hey Chris, what's the deal? I thought you said the island was gonna get cleaned up."

Chris: "It was. Not a drop of toxic waste present."

Mary Anne: "So we're staying here?"

Chris: "Well, you're staying here. My crib is a couple miles in that direction with AC and a hot tub."

Mary Anne: "Oh forget this, I'm outta here."

Chris: "That's fine. I hope you've got strong arms and legs though, because your ticket home just left", he said with a smile.

Mary Anne: "Oh, fine", she groaned before walking to the others.

Next up was Natalia, who had been sitting over the edge of the boat with a copy of Stephen King's 'IT' in her hand. As she arrived, she greeted the rest of the contestants with a warm, inviting smile.

Natalia: "Greetings, everyone."

Chris: "Natalia! Glad you could make it."

Gavin: "How's it goin? I'm Gavin!", he said, holding out a hand for her to shake.

Natalia: "Pleased to meet you Gav—oh my…"

Her response was cut off as she noticed the next contestant, Ajit, climb onto the dock from the water, breathing rather heavily as he did so, as he had fallen off his boat and had been forced to swim the rest of the way to camp.

Ajit: "I…", he said in-between breaths. "Have been swimming… for 30 minutes!"

Donnie: "Jeez, dude, what is your stamina."

Ajit: "It's… fine… Where I'm from… This is morning exercise", he said with a smile, prompting PJ to roll her eyes.

Next up was Michael, who had a hard expression on his face as he hopped on the dock. As he walked towards the other members, he squinted his eyes as if he were analyzing his competition, much to Mary Anne's displeasure.

Mary Anne: "Hey buddy, take a picture, it lasts longer."

Natalia: "Actually, though that's technically true, some forms of pictures are highly chemical based and release pollutants into the atmosphere upon creation, which means they're not eco-friendly."

Mary Anne: "It's an expression, brainiac…"

AJ: "What's eco-friendly mean?"

Michael: "Man, Chris. Can I just say you've done an excellent job of casting this season?", he said with sarcasm clear as day in his voice.

Chris: "Thank you, Michael. I appreciate it."

The next player to show up was Jane, who walked onto the dock with her head held high and pride oozing from her soul.

Jane: "What's up, y'all", she asked, as Steven went to go cover AJ's mouth.

Steven: "Don't answer that."

As Jane made her way over the other contestants, April tugged on Sally's sleeve to translate a message.

Sally: "My sister says she loves your ear rings, they're so pretty!"

Jane: "Thanks. Got em for my birthday last year."

AJ: "Lucky. My mom had to get her ear rings off the back of a truck", he said, prompting Donnie and Gavin to glance at each other with an 'is he serious' expression written on their faces.

Next up was Liz, who made her grand appearance by doing a dismount off the tip of the boat before doing five flips in the air, followed by a perfect landing similar to her audition. Fortunately for her, the guy on the boat was nice enough to toss her luggage towards her afterwards.

Chris: "Sweet front flips, Liz. Hopefully we get to see more of that when the game actually starts", he said as several of the other contestants began to clap.

Liz: "Thank you so much!"

Michael: "Pfft, try-hard", he said as he rolled his eyes. This comment, as one would expect, prompted a negative response from Liz in the form of half-glare, as if she were making sure he had really said what she thought he said.

Liz: "Uh, excuse me?"

Michael: "This is a summer camp, sweet heart. Not the German Olympics."

Liz: "I'll have you know that my 'Olympic' skills would be excellent to have during a competition like this. What do you think we'll be doing? Tea parties?"

Michael: "That's very thrilling", he said with a yawn.

Liz: "You'd better hope we don't end up against each other this game, or I'll—", she began, prompting Sally and April to each put a hand on her shoulders incase she tried to get physical.

Chris: "Alright, campers, settle down."

Liz piped down upon request, but not before shooting one last side glare at Michael, who responded with a wink and a smile.

Next up was Jeff, who approached the dock with a casual smile on his face.

Chris: "How's it goin', Jeff."

Jeff: "Yo, Chris Mclean, how's it hangin' man", he said before he looked around, his previous laid-back tone now gone. He then leaned in towards Chris and placed a hand on his shoulder. "Alright, level with me man. Are all those mutants n' shit gone? Like… GONE gone?"

Chris: "Jeff, my man, I can say with 100% certainty that there are no mutants on this island."

Jeff: "You promise?"

Chris: "Host's honor."

Jeff: "Whew. That's a relief", he sighed, now with his smile back as he approached the other players.

Next up was Gordon, who showed up doing the one thing he knew how to do best: vlogging. He hopped on the dock, switching from recording his environment to turning the camera around on his own face.

Gordon: "Well, Gordonittes, we've finally made it", he said with a smile. "Island looks a lot crappier in person than it does on TV, but hey, at least we'll have each other."

Michael: "Gordonittes?", he snorted.

Gordon: "Uh, yeah. You got a problem with that, freckles?"

Michael: "Actually, yeah", he responded, swiping Gordon's camera much faster than he could react. "What the hell is this anyway?"

Gordon: "Uh, it's one of the camera's I use to record footage for my vlogs back home, and unless you wanna pay 3 thousand dollars for it, I suggest giving it back."

Michael, with a raised eye-brow, complied and passive aggressively threw the camera back into the vlogger's chest and arms, thankfully not damaging it as he did so.

Gordon: "Thanks…"

The next contestant to arrive was Kevon, who also arrived with a rather laid-back expression written on his face.

Chris: "What's up, Kevon."

Kevon: "Yo, Chris Mclean, how's it goin'", he said before checking his environment. "Man. So this is it, huh?", he asked, in a rhetorical way.

Chris: "Yep. Classic Wawanakwa."

Kevon: "Nice, nice", he said before making his way to the rest of the players.

Next up was Quipnay, who approached camp with her adorable braced smile shining for everyone to see, with pink luggage on wheels.

Quipnay: "Hi everybody! You can call me Quips, you can call me Nay, just don't call me late for dinner", she joked before gasping. "No… way…"

She then dropped everything and sprinted in Chris' direction, causing him to think she was excited to see him in the flesh.

Chris: "Welcome to the island Quip…nay…?", he said as she ran straight past him. In reality she had laid her eyes upon Gordon and wasted no time in introducing herself.

Quipnay: "Oh my god, you're Gordon Sanchez! The guy who does the vlogs and stuff."

Gordon: "Sweet. Nice to know I've got fans as competition."

Quipnay: "I know, right!? Oh my god, I literally watch your vlogs all the time. The one where you where you threw up on yourself at that amusement park is my favorite!", she said, causing others to start snickering.

Gordon: "Okay, that's—"

Quipnay: "And the one where you told childhood stories under the stars too!", she said, close enough to Gordon to the point where she accidentally started spitting on him.

Gordon: "Dude! Say it don't spray it!"

Quipnay: "Oops, sorry… It's a medical condition…"

Next was Ronda, who arrived with a stern look on her lips, as her eyes were shielded with sun glasses.

Chris: "Ronda, nice. Glad to have you here", he said, as Ronda completely ignored him. Silenced, she made her way over to the other contestants, making no attempts at introducing herself. Inevitably though, she made a split-second's worth of eye contact with Jane, prompting an attempt at conversation.

Jane: "What's up girl?", she said with a kind smile, which was met with a cold, silent stare from Ronda, whose eyes were just barely visible from where Jane was standing. "Oh, I see how it is."

Next was Cecil, who, similarly to Ronda, arrived with sunglasses on. Upon setting foot on the dock, he put said glasses into one of the pockets of his jacket and proceeded to eye up the other cast members, specifically the girls.

Cecil: "Hellooooooo, Chris Mclean. Good to meet you, man. How's it hangin'?"

Chris: "Awesome, Cecil", he responded with a fist bump.

As the two dudes interacted, Gretchen's boat had snuck its way up to the dock, much to Cecil's surprise. She walked onto the dock with two very large, grey duffel bags, which she carried with ease. Despite this, however, Cecil took the opportunity to try and lend a hand.

Cecil: "What's goin' on, hot stuff? Need help carrying your bags?"

Gretchen: "Sure", she shrugged, dropping one of her bags into his open arms from above, only to quickly force them to the ground as the bag was filled to the brim with weights and exercise equipment.

Cecil: "Youch! Ah haha, y'know what", he chuckled awkwardly, in attempt to make it seem like he wasn't in pain. "I think you got this…!"

The big, tall Russian girl relieved Cecil from the crushing pain by casually lifting up the bag and walking towards the rest of the other contestants.

Cecil: "God… Mother f—"

The next to arrive was Elliott. Prior to stepping off the boat, he took a second to take in his environment as well as a big, deep, confident breath. Unbeknownst to him though, his shoes were untied, causing him to trip and stumble onto the dock, which in return caused a couple of the other cast members to snicker.

Elliott: "Ow… Darn it…"

Chris: "Uh… Welcome to the island, Elliott."

Elliott: "God… Oh, hey, Chris. What's u—"

A loud horn interrupted the scrawny geek mid-sentence, as Sabrina was the next contestant to arrive, with God knows how much luggage on her. Upon her revealing herself, Elliott's mouth dropped open as he stared at her in awe. Though the school he went to definitely wasn't shy of attractive girls, many of which had been cheer leaders as a matter of fact, seeing the rich red head did nothing short but blow his mind. Because of that, he wasted no time in walking up to her and helping her off the boat. She took his hand but was immediately taken aback by his gappy smile and generally 'geeky' vibe. She cringed and took her hand back and prepared to say "Ew" before the final contestant, Nikki, began to run to the dock, on the same ship as Sabrina no less.

Nikki: "Hi Chris! Hi, every—WOAH!", she shouted as she tripped and fell into the water, splashing both Elliott and Sabrina simultaneously.

Sabrina: "Agh! My shoes!"

Nikki: "Sorry about that. My boat driver took off because I tried to bring my pet scorpions on it, so I secretly hitched a ride on hers and hid in her luggage. I'm Nikki, by the way It's nice to meet you all!". Michael and Jeff glanced at each other.

Michael: "She's all yours, chief."

Chris: "Alright, everyone. Now that all 24 of you are here, what's one word that would describe how you're feeling right now?"

Gavin: "Top!"

PJ: "Hot…"

Quipnay: "Nostalgic!"

Aaron: "Kinda hungry."

Elliott: "Wet…"

Chris: "Great! Now, to celebrate all of us coming together for more Total Drama action, I thought it'd be appropriate to capture this moment on camera."

Sabrina: "Ooo, are we taking a picture? I love taking pictures! Um… can I have a second to change clothes first?"

Chris: "There will be plenty of time to do that in a sec, Sabrina. Now… everyone to the edge of the dock! Heh heh…", he giggled."

Jeff: "Oh, I don't like the sound of that…"

Gavin: "Relax, mate. You heard the man, he's rehabilitated now. What's the worst that could happen?"

As all the contestants got in line, Chris whipped out his original camera that he used in the original first season and lined up his shot.

Chris: "Alright, everybody, say… Wawanakwa!"

Everybody: "Wawanakwa", they all shouted, followed by violent rumbling of the dock. Some contestants were able to find the source of said rumbling by turning their heads and finding that Chef had, somehow, someway, managed to sneak a track loader onto the dock and began to drive towards them with.

Kevon: "Hit the deck!", he shouted, prompting everyone to panic in the other direction.

Despite the fact that it shouldn't have worked, it did, and Chef had successfully managed to drive all 24 contestants into the water, allowing both himself as well as Chris a hearty laugh at their expense.

Chris: "Ah… It's good to be back."

Later…

PJ: "Okay… NOW can we go change…?"

Chris: "In a sec—"

Jane: "C'mon, man, it's freezing out here…"

Chris: "Okay campers", he started, completely ignoring Jane's plea and the shivering contestants. "Take a second to look at the people around you… Like any other season, these will be the people you will be interacting with during the entire duration of the game. Some of them may becomes enemies, some friends. Heck, some may become even more than friends", he grinned.

Upon him finishing that last sentence, Elliott diverted his attention towards Sabrina with a nervous smile, which prompted her to cringe even harder than originally.

Chris: "Now… what's Total Drama without teams?"

AJ: "Uhhhhh…"

Chris: "It was a rhetorical question, AJ…"

AJ: "My bad!"

Chris: "Alright, if I call your name, go stand over there on the left…"

Kevon

Aaron

PJ

Mary Anne

Cecil

Gordon

Ronda

Jane

Donnie

Nikki

Natalia

And Gavin

Chris: "From this point on, you guys are… The SPECTACULAR Spiders!", he shouted as he threw a red banner towards them, which had a black symbol representing Spider-Man's front chest logo on it.

Donnie: "Nice…"

Chris: "And over on the right side, we have…"

Jeff

Sally

April

Gretchen

Michael

Elliott

Liz

Ajit

Quipnay

AJ

Steven

And Sabrina

Chris: "The 12 of you will now be known as… the Green GOBLINS!", he shouted once more, this time tossing a green banner that had the head of what looked to be Marvel Comic's Green Goblin on it.

Chris: "Okay, now that teams have been selected, you all may now change clothes in either the bathrooms, guys on the left, gals on right. Or you can change in your cabins, each of which is marked by a number. Male Spiders and Goblins, you'll be in cabins 1 and 2 respectively, while the lady Spiders and Goblins take 3 and 4."

Chris: "On top of that, much like previous seasons you will be able to drop by this very confession booth and say whatever's on your mind. Give your current thoughts on the game, trash one of your fellow competitors, or just get something that's been buggin' you off your chest."

Sally: "Oh my god, my first confessional! Me and my sister have been watching this show forever! Gee, I can't help but feel bad for Owen and Heather though. They won Island and World Tour but never got the money. I sure hope that doesn't happen to anyone this season"

Aaron: "I just hope I don't get eliminated first to be honest. Anything but first. But, if I can stick around long enough to place eighth or even ninth then hey, I'm good!"

PJ: "Okay, sooooo… So far this place kinda sucks ass. It's hot, smelly, there's mosquitos everywhere, and I'm pretty sure I caught one of the players smoking weed in one of the bathrooms"

While the other Goblin girls had already made their way to the wash rooms to clean up and change their clothes, Sabrina was still in the cabin, debating on what to change into, and soaking like a wet puppy while she did it. She was so focused on weighing her options that she didn't even notice Elliott, who had knocked beforehand, enter the room with her.

Elliott: "H-hey", he said with a sky smile. "Those are some nice outfits you got there."

Sabrina: "Um, thanks… Shouldn't you be in the boy's cabin", she said, trying her best to hide her discomfort at being alone with the geek.

Elliott: "Yeah, well… I thought I'd just come by and introduce myself. After all, we are gonna be working together going forward."

Sabrina: "Yeah… Well, if you don't mind, I kinda need to undress…"

Elliott: "Oh, of course—"

Elliott: "One of the main reasons I auditioned for Total Drama, aside from the money of course, was so that I could meet a girl. I've, uh… had quite a lot of trouble with girls over the years, b-but that shouldn't be much of a problem here. Afterall, new place, new people. It's like what my older brother, Johnny, told me; all I need is a little confidence!"

Elliott: "Well, before I go, I just wanted to say that I've never seen a girl like you before."

Sabrina had gone back to switching between outfits while Elliott was talking. However, upon him making that statement she stopped before slowly turning to face him with a confused sneer on her face.

Sabrina: "I beg your pardon…?"

Elliott: "I-I-I mean your looks and general demeanor, I've never seen anything like it!", he panicked, trying to recover what he thought would've been seen as an endearing compliment. But no. Instead, he was met with a surprising amount of brute force coming from a girl as small as her, which was used to punt him out of the cabin face first into the dirt and directly in front of Kevon, who was making his way to the Spider cabin.

Kevon: "Watch out, bro", he said, stepping over the geek.

As he entered the cabin, he came across the other members of his team. Gavin was unpacking his belongings, Donnie was playing a game on his 3DS, Cecil was tending to his now washed and unkempt hair, Aaron was stashing away his collection of junk food, and Gordon was chuckling to himself due to getting Elliott and Sabrina's little scuffle on camera.

Kevon: "Hey, how's it goin', guys?"

Gavin: "How's it goin', mate?", he asked, rushing up to Kevon and shaking his hand. "Name's Gavin! Kevon, isn't it?"

Kevon: "Yes sir. Man, I'd be lying if I said the nostalgia isn't getting to me right now. I used to watch this show with my mom when I was younger."

Gavin: "I know, right? I'm just glad the island is back to normal and there aren't any more of those bloody mutants around."

Just then, a blood curdling scream reached the cabin, causing everyone to shoot their heads up. As I sounded like it came from the male Goblin cabin, that's where everybody ran to. Upon making it there, all of the male Goblins except Jeff and Elliott (who was already outside) had quickly sprinted outside, AJ almost tripping over himself as they did so. What followed afterwards was what looked to be a giant, green cockroach, about the size of a pillow.

Naturally, the other contestants began freaking out. Some ran back into their cabins, others didn't know where to run due to the unpredictability of the creature. Eventually though, to everyone's relief, Gretchen came by and used a large rock to bash in the creature's hand with just a couple of swings.

Jeff: "I-Is it gone now…?", he asked, cautiously peeking his head out of the cabin.

Gretchen: "Yes. I take care of it."

Chris: "What seems to be the problem, campers?", he asked, arriving in his signature red buggy.

Sally: "Chris… I thought you said all the mutants were GONE…"

Chris: "All of the mutants are gone."

Jeff: "Gone my ass! You see how fuckin' big that roach was!?"

This comment caused a verbal uproar between the contestants. Some were pissed, some scared, some were silent as they preferred not to enter heated discussion.

Chris: "Children, children, relax. I can promise you with 100% certainty that all of the mutants that were on this island last season were taken care of properly. Right Chef…?", he asked, raising an eyebrow at the cook, who gave a look of nonchalance before nodding.

Natalia: "Excuse me, Chris", she said softly. "If I may ask… how exactly were the mutants 'taken care of'?"

Chris: "Interesting question, Natalia. It's simple. They were all taken to a secret facility and locked within extremely durable locks. Which is all the more reason why you guys should not panic. HOWEVER, if you do somehow manage to find another one of those things, which you won't, you report it to me or Chef immediately. Those things pose a huge danger to your safety, even more than the challenges, so harboring one can land you in a lot of trouble, possibly removing you from the game."

Many of the contestants went wide eyed upon hearing that statement. Though none of them would ever entertain the idea of hiding a dangerous mutant for any reason, the idea of being immediately striped of a chance at the million dollars just like that sent chills up their spines.

Chris: "Thankfully you won't have to worry about that though", he said with his signature smile. "Now if you excuse me, I have to go make sure the first challenge is properly set up. In the meanwhile, you may all head on to the mess hall for lunch."

Jeff: "I wonder if it's too late to back out of the game…"

Later…

All the contestants, still shaken by their run-in with the mutant roach, had made their way to the mess hall for lunch. Many had made the assumption that if the entirety of the island saw an overhaul and was cleaned, that the same would've transitioned over to the food.

Kevon: "God, I'm starving. I haven't eaten anything since breakfast before I got on the boat ride over here."

PJ: "Yeah, well, let's just hope making the food edible was a part of their redemption plan."

Spoiler alert, it was not. As Kevon and PJ, the first two in line, prepared their plates for drop off, they were somehow both surprised and unsurprised that the one thing that stayed consistent other than the creaky cabins was the crappy food. Kevon cringed as Chef proceeded to drop what looked like burger meat, but was incredibly mushy and, unless he was mistaken, moved a bit even after it landed on his plate.

PJ: "Wow… The food looks even more disgusting in person."

Chef: "WHAT'D YOU SAY, BEANIE GIRL!?"

PJ: "Nothing! I love—whatever this is…", she said with a smile before quickly walking away.

Natalia: "Excuse me", she began, as she was the next person in line. "Is there any meat in this meal, and if so, are there any alternative options? Because I'm on a strictly vegetarian diet, meaning I don't eat meat."

Chef: "You think I don't know what vegetarian means, girl…?", he said, aggressively slamming the food onto her plate.

Natalia: "Never mind…"

While the other contestants waited for their "food", Cecil was preparing to make a move on Jane, who was next in line after him.

Cecil: "Can I just say that it should be illegal for someone to be as good looking as you?"

Jane: "Woah, woah, woah, slow it down there, hon. Appreciate the compliment, but save em' for now, 'kay?", she said with a smile.

Cecil: "Slow burner… I like that."

Chef: "Aye, blondie… gimme ya plate", he said, before dropping the same slop on his plate, resulting in him cringing in pure disgust.

Meanwhile, the remaining contestants were sitting down at their respective teams' tables, most understandably reluctant to eat whatever the hell Chef had concocted for them.

Nikki: "Okay, so then I got a really bad stomach virus and ended up being in the bathroom for hooours, so long that I eventually got stuck, and then my dad had to call 911 to get me unstuck", she explained with a smile, making pretty much everyone who heard her at the table uncomfortable.

Gordon: "I'm not even eating and you're making me wanna throw up."

On the opposite side of the room, Ajit was the sole member of the Goblin team who was actually eating his food. Upon finishing his plate of crud, he turned to Sally, who had not only not touched her food, but also stared at him in both shock and disgust.

Ajit: "You gonna finish that?", he asked, before the blonde twin pushed her plate towards him with an awkward smile.

Ajit: "My momma used to make the best food before she disowned me…", he said with a nostalgic look on his face.

Steven: "Yeah, you can have my food too, fuck that."

Ajit: "Sweet! More for me!"

As the foreigner continued to demolish the mystery meat, Chris busted through the doors of the Mess Hall with a rather light hearted smile on his face.

Chris: "Good afternoon, campers. How ya likin' the new digs?"

Gavin: "They're—"

Chris: "Great! Now, there are a couple of important things I forgot to mention earlier. The people who are sitting at your tables are your team mates, who you'll be working with for a large chunk of the season. Your friends. Your amigos. Your compadres. Your—"

PJ: "Could you get on with it already?"

Chris: "Anyway, each episode will involve everyone competing in different challenges. The main goal is obviously to win and avoid risk of being eliminated. However, the producers and I thought it would be a good idea to add another element of incentive to winning. Oh, Chef Haaaatcheeeet", he called, which was followed by Chef pushing out a large flat screen on wheels next to Chris. "So, here's the deal, kiddies. The winners of every episode will be staying not inside their old, smelly, hot summer cabins—"

In the middle of his sentence, the host pulled out a TV remote before turning it on.

Chris: "But instead this spa hotel!", he exclaimed, causing all of the contestants' eyes to light up. "Which has perks that include, but are not limited to, air-conditioning, multiple bedrooms, a five-star chef, video games, a view of the island, and other stuff."

Prior to Chris mentioning the hotel, Sabrina had been in her own little world, texting away at her phone about how much the camp sucked. However, upon hearing just the word "spa" her ears shot up and she suddenly became interested in the conversation.

Sabrina: "Ooo, ooo, ooo! Chris! Could I stay in the hotel even if my team doesn't win, since I'm the most deserving?"

Chris: "Yeah uh… That's not how that works, Sabrina. Like I said before, you win the challenges, you get into the hotel."

Sabrina: "Hmph", she pouted, before going back to her phone.

Chris: "That's another thing. Since you're supposed to only use your bare hands and what we give you during challenges, outside technology will not be allowed", he said as he began plucking several of the contestants' tech from their hands. "That includes camera's—"

Gordon: "Hey, chill out man."

Chris: "Games—"

Donnie: "Ah, come on…"

Chris: "And phones."

Sabrina: "NO! You can't take Paulina away from me!"

Michael: "Paulina?", he chuckled.

Sabrina: "Chris, you can't do that! I'll die without my phone!"

Chris: "I think you can manage. One last thing. Sometime today this little, wooden Chris Mclean head will be hidden somewhere on the island. Much like last season, if you find it, it can be used to get rid of any and all votes used against you during elimination. So, find it, and you're golden."

Ronda: "Interesting…"

Chris: "Alright, that's everything. Ge your swim suits ready, people, because your challenge begins in 30 minutes!", he said before exiting.

Elliott: "Soooo… What do you guys think they're gonna make us do for the first challenge?"

Quipnay: "Hopefully nothing too dangerous. I bruise pretty easily…"

Michael: "You guys know what reality show you signed on for, right? Last season people got mutated and torn to shreds by sharks. It's not gonna be some namby-pamby shit".

With this statement, Michael had managed to defuse essentially the entire team, Jeff especially, with the exceptions of Ajit, Gretchen, and Liz,). Liz sensed this and, with a look of annoyance beforehand, put on a smile.

Liz: "On the bright side, the island is clean now and there aren't any more monsters or radioactive waste products here to do that. Besides, Chris is rehabilitated now, which means he's not going to go overboard and try to kill us."

Jeff: "Mmm… I guess she's got a point", he, along with others, began to mutter. Michael on the other hand couldn't help but roll his eyes at the Latinas overbearing optimism.

Liz: "Morale is very important in team competitions. That Michael boy seems intent on making the team feel bad about themselves and negatively affecting their performance, but I'm not gonna let that happen. All the team needs is a confidence boost and they'll be just fine."

Liz: "So just relax, everybody. I'm sure the challenge won't be anything too dangerous, and we'll be fine as long as we push ourselves and work as a team", she said with a motivating smile.

As Liz finished those words of motivation, the camera then cut to everyone, now in their swim suits, on top of everyone's favorite 1000-foot-high cliff, the cold breeze causing many to lightly shiver on top of the anxiety that was coursing through their veins.

Michael: "You were saying?"