Total Drama Reboot (Version 2)

by thenewdrama101

After the events of "Total Drama: Revenge of the Island", Chris McClain has been rehabilitated and convinced the producers to green light another season... on one condition. A completely new and full cast! With a large, diverse cast of likable (for the most part) and willing teenagers, the million dollar prize is back on the line. Who will fall? Who will take it all? Find out now!

4. What You're Made Of

Episode 3: "What You're Made Of"

Chris: "Last time on Total Drama Reboot… 24 fresh, new competitors arrived on the island! Some ready to mingle with their competition, and others… not so much. Teams were quickly divided up, many heated arguments were thrown, as well as a couple of people, heh heh. In the end, it was the Green Goblins who suffered the first loss of the season, and our friendly neighborhood redhead, Sabrina, who fell victim to the first elimination. Will these kids learn to get along, or will they continue to rip each other apart? Find out right here, right now, on Total… Drama… REBOOT!"

Intro…

The male Goblins were resting within the "comfort" of their cabin, getting some much needed shut eye to compensate for the draining challenge the episode before. Resting better than the other members of his team was no other than Michael, who surprisingly looked like an angel as his curly hair covered his eyes, yet left his warm smile completely exposed. However, this smile would quickly turn into a distorted frown, as the snoring that came from Elliott's mouth began to disrupt his dream. Annoyed, the curly headed Goblin then proceeded to get up and put a clothes pin on his nose, causing the geek to abruptly wake up and fall on the hard wooden floor.

Elliott: "Ow!", he cried. "Not cool, man! That was not cool!"

Michael: "Neither are you. Nice tighty whities", he mocked, as Elliott looked down at his extremely snug pair of underwear.

Elliott: "Hey, these are really comfortable!"

Michael: "Whatever floats your boat."

Elliott: "First couple days on the island weren't so bad. Wish there were some side activities though. Asides from challenges and talking with other team mates, there isn't much to do here to pass the time. Hmm. Now if only I had my science kit from home. That would've been an infinite source of entertainment!"

Elliott: "I hope today's challenge is easier than the last one. I think jumping off that cliff knocked a few years off my life span…:

Michael: "Yeah, everything's easier if everyone actually tries". Elliott glared, knowing that Michael was referring to Sabrina. Though they barely interacted on the first episode, and she threw him outside into the dirt, Elliott still had feelings for her that he couldn't explain. Something in his gut churned, and the comment made somehow felt personal to him.

Elliott: "Buzz off, Michael. You don't get it…"

Michael: "Oh, I get it alright. It's that 'love at first sight' bullshit"

Elliott: "No, it's just—"

Ajit: "Awwww, did I hear someone's in love?", he said, a big grin spread across his face. "Y'know, I had a girlfriend once before I was kicked out of my tribe back in India. She was beautiful, man. As beautiful as a sunset on the horizon," he said as he wrapped an arm around Elliott's shoulder.

Elliott: "Dude…"

Ajit: "Relax, Elliott. Sabrina may be gone and you may never see her again, but—"

Michael: "Hang on guys, shut the fuck up", he said before rushing up to the window.

He thought his eyes were deceiving him at first, and that he was just seeing things due to Elliott's snoring prematurely waking him up. But no, he was wrong. Upon looking out the window Michael saw exactly what he thought he saw, Liz doing jumping jacks in the middle of camp.

Michael: "She's doing jumping jacks at 7 in the morning. Yeah, can't wait to see all that go down the shitter at the next elimination."

Elliott: "What's wrong with her doing an early morning workout? It's probably how she manages to stay so in shape."

Ajit: "Good for building endurance too. Back in India, we had to do daily exercises to be able to get used to intense interactions while hunting."

Steven: "Could you guys shut the fuck up? I was havin' a dream where I get to box Donald Trump and you're interrupting it."

Ajit: "Sorry", he whispered. "Where was I… Oh yeah. Sabrina may be gone and you may never see her again, but you got us! All six of us!"

Elliott: "Thanks, Ajit. Makes me feel so much better…", he said sarcastically, before looking around and realizing there were only five Goblins in the cabin. "Hey…Where's AJ?"

Meanwhile…

The Spiders were enjoying a nice breakfast together in the spa hotel. Despite the fact that they'd already been there for three days, many of them were still blown away by the quality of comfort they were experiencing.

Gavin: "Oh, and you guys wanna know what I slept on last night?", he said, in the middle of explaining his positive experience to the others.

Kevon: "Gonna take a stab in the dark and say a bed", he said sarcastically.

Gavin: "Not just any bed. A water bed! Felt like I was being sucked into water."

PJ: "Hey Gav, as much as I'd love to keep hearing you talk about how great this hotel is, it's really early in the morning, so…"

Gavin: "Oh, I'm sorry!", he said, stuffing his face with sausage.

As the Spiders continued to devour their breakfast, Ronda eventually made her presence known by walking into the room, albeit doing so in a silent manner. However, rather than looking clean and professional like she did the episode before, she now looked like a complete mess, most noted by her hair.

Cecil: "Well good morning beautiful", he said with a smile, which was greeted by a glare from Ronda as she didn't know whether he was being sarcastic or not.

Jane: "Dang, girl. Did you get ANY sleep last night?", she asked as Ronda sat down.

Ronda: "I did. I just need a lot of sleep to be fully operational in the morning, which is why I always go to bed early."

Ronda: "I was actually up early looking for that Chris Mclean invincibility head, not that my team mates need to know that. The messy morning appearance just serves as a way of warding off any suspicion. That Mclean head could have a crucial effect on the game, so I need to find it as soon as possible."

Ronda: "Actually, since most of us are here, I think we should take a second to discuss something…"

PJ: "That being?"

Ronda: "The team. The first challenge was a complete and utter success. So, in order to keep it that way, I think it would be in everyone's best interest to appoint me as the team leader."

Jane: "Girl, please", she snorted. "That first challenge was a team effort. We don't need a leader"

Ronda: "Oh, I beg to differ. In spite of our success last episode, our team isn't perfect. Someone needs to be able to keep these imperfections in check so it doesn't get in the way of us winning. Kevon? What do you think?"

Kevon: "I don't really care to be honest with you. As long as we keep pulling wins, that's all I—what the… HEY!", Kevon said as AJ snatched Kevon's plate of food from under the table before jumping out a window.

As the male, thoroughly annoyed Spider was about to go after him, a loud, painful shriek came from another room, as if someone were being murdered. Everyone at the table, as well as those still in their bedrooms, ran to the source of the scream, only to be both shocked and annoyed at it just being Mary Anne, with no visible signs of pain or trauma.

Mary Anne: "Who did this…", she asked in a low, menacing voice.

Donnie: "Did what…?"

Mary Anne: "THIS!". Anne, in a clear fit of rage, thrusted out her ruined collection of make-up and beauty products. Various tubes of lip gloss were melted, mirrors were shattered, and eye liners were split in half.

Gordon: "Wow… Out of all the things to scream bloody murder over, that's definitely one of them", he said before Anne threw her bag at his face.

Mary Anne: "I packed an entire season's worth of make-up in that bag, AN ENTIRE SEASON! I don't know what I did to have someone break into my room and mess with MY shit, but I promise you whoever it was will wish they never met me…"

Mary Anne: "When I find the bastard who did this, I swear…", she said, wielding a piece of broken glass from her supplies dangerous close to the other contestants.

Kevon: "Woah, woah, woah, easy now!", he said, putting his hands on her shoulders. "Now look, I don't know most of these people all that well, but I don't think any of them would go through your stuff, much less destroy it. It was probably just an animal or something…"

Natalia: "Y-yeah, an animal…", she awkwardly giggled before rubbing the back of her head.

Mary Anne: "For all your sake's, you'd better hope it was an animal…"

Chris: "Alright, campers!", he said on the intercom. "Get dressed, stuff your faces, and meet me by the dump in 1 hour. It's time for your next challenge!"

Aaron: "There's a dump on this island?"

Later…

As instructed, the Spiders and Goblins all walked out towards the never before heard of dump that was present way on the back end of the island.

Quipnay: "Ewww, it stinks out here."

Steven: "No shit, it's a dump."

Gordon: "How much you wanna bet Chris sleeps out here at night", he joked, prompting Gavin to chuckle.

As the two teams lined up with each other and further waited for instruction, Kevon glared at AJ, who was smiling and rubbing his stomach due to actually having a decent breakfast.

Kevon: "Thanks for stealing my food, jerk", he said while walking up to him.

AJ: "Food? What food? I ain't steal no food."

Kevon: "Y'know what, never mind."

AJ: "Came real close to gettin' axed last episode. But now I'm kickin' it into high gear to make sure that don't happen again!"

AJ: "Get ready to kick it into maximum overdrive, boys, 'cuz I'm makin' sure we don't head to another—", he gloated before he was interrupted by Chris, who was wearing a mask to block out the smell, blowing an air horn.

Chris: "Alright, campers. Who's ready for today's building challenge?"

Quipnay: "Ooh! Ooh, I love building! It was actually my second favorite thing to do as a kid, asides from making jokes of course. I even managed to get an award for—", she said, before being interrupted by Chris' horn. "Owww…."

Chris: "Anyway, I'm sure most of you are wondering where exactly this place came from."

Donnie: "Uh, yeah. As far as I'm aware this place has never shown up in a previous Total Drama episode."

Chris: "Well, to put it lightly Don, this is the place where all of our crap goes at the end of every month, which is then picked up and disposed somewhere else. Unfortunately, our clean-up crew kinda forgot about this part of this island while they were taking care of all the toxic waste."

Ronda: "And what does this have to do with today's challenge?"

Chris: "I was getting to that part! Sheesh… over on your right you'll see two colored pads representing your team's colors. Your goal this episode will be to scrounge together whatever parts you find in this dump and create a 10-foot-tall sculpture of a man."

Gordon: "Why 10-foot, exactly?"

Chris: "Because the producers, as well as myself, thought a normal size would've been too easy. To make it a little more interesting though, Chef will be patrolling the dump with an entire arsenal of tennis balls, which he will fire if he sees you."

AJ: "Pfft, that doesn't sound scary."

Chris: "Oh Chef Hatchet!", he shouted.

The remaining contestants raised their eyebrows as, seemingly out of nowhere, Chef did exactly what Chris had described and nailed AJ right in his leg, sending him to the ground in pain.

AJ: "Ow!", he shouted, as Chef drove away laughing.

Chris: "See? Not enough to kill ya, but enough to make sure you don't wanna get hit by them."

Jane: "Yo, are we gonna get gloves or something for this challenge?"

Chris: "No. First team to successfully build their sculpture, which will be judged by yours truly, will win immunity for tonight, while the opposite team goes to elimination. Oh, and don't even think about messing with the opposite team's sculpture. You can screw up your own all you want, but messing with the other team's will result in an automatic loss."

Michael: "Dammit…", he muttered, grunting.

Chris: "Well, what are you waiting for? GO, GO, GO!"

Later…

Ronda: "Alright, people. What I think we should do is have half of us stay here and start the sculpture out of close materials, while the rest of us go out and look for any other useful materials. Thoughts?"

Kevon: "Sounds like a plan."

Ronda: "Alright then. Any volunteers?"

The other Spiders all looked and whispered amongst themselves, before Kevon, Donnie, Natalia, Cecil, and PJ stepped up.

Ronda: "Actually… Nikki, why don't you and PJ swap sides."

PJ: "Okay?"

Nikki: "Heck yeah! Let's do some dumpster diving, people!", she said, sprinting into the distance.

Kevon: "You really want Nikki to grab materials with us?"

Ronda: "No, but I don't trust her within 10 feet of our sculpture."

Kevon: "Good point."

While the Spiders were both making and acting on their game plan, Liz was eavesdropping on their conversation. Which may come off as desperate to some, but it didn't hurt to know the enemies game plan, or at least that's the logic she was operating under.

Liz: "The Spiders have the right idea, guys. I say 6 of us should go out looking for parts, while the rest stay here. I think it should be me, Gretchen, Steven, Sally, Michael, and…", she paused.

Ajit: "Let me help! You know how many houses I built back in India?"

Steven: "Is this gonna become a regular thing with you? Bringing up India in every conversation?"

Liz: "Okay. So, it's Gretchen, Steven, Sally. Michael, Ajit, and I—"

AJ: "Can I come too?"

Liz: "Maybe it'd be best if you stayed here, AJ…"

AJ: "Awww, why?"

Liz: "Well… You're… You're just—"

Steven: "You're retarded is what she's gettin' at", he said bluntly, before Sally hit him on the shoulder. "Ow! What? We're all thinking it."

AJ: "Oh, come on, guys. I know I made a mistake on the last challenge, but I can do this! I'm faster, stronger, smarter, I had a good breakfast this morning, and—"

Michael: "I'll let you take my spot if you stop talking."

AJ: "Deal!", he celebrated before Michael walked over to their pad.

Liz: "Okay, let's move people! Let's show those Spiders that we're not to be underestimated!"

Later…

The Spiders who had volunteered to find materials were searching through every nook and cranny they could. However, most of them weren't having any luck finding anything, or at least anything they thought they could use to their advantage.

Donnie: "How are we supposed to make a sculpture out of this junk?", he asked, annoyed.

Natalia: "I guess we'll just have to get creative."

Meanwhile, Ronda was shortly off from the group, preferring to do her own work off of her own judgements. Though nothing impressive, she did find a few scraps that could be used on the sculpture. Unbeknownst to her, she was being observed by Cecil in the distance.

Cecil: "Ronda wants to take a leadership position on my team. If she does then it would help for me to get on her good sign so I don't get on the chopping block. Alright, C, time to work your magic."

After putting on his best smile, the blonde Spider made his way over to Ronda. He wasn't sure about how to approach her, given the naturally cold nature she's displayed to all the other contestants up to that point. She'd definitely be the biggest hard-ass he'd interact with in his career of being a "player", but ultimately decided that's what would make it interesting.

Cecil: "Need a hand, gorgeous", he said, with no response. "Silent one, huh? Alright, I can rock with that."

Ronda: "We are in the middle of a challenge…"

Cecil: "And? It's called multi-tasking, baby girl. We can work and talk at the same time."

Ronda: "I would rather not become another check-mark off of your list, especially at the risk of going to elimination."

Cecil: "Check-mark?"

Ronda: "Don't play coy. I'm, what, the third girl you've complimented since you got here? Possibly even more? You don't have genuine interest in any of the girls here, you just want to keep up your mantra as a 'player'.", she said, causing Cecil to become wide eyed. "Am I wrong?"

Cecil: "Read me like an open book, huh", he responded with a smile, refusing to let her know just how badly she caught him off guard with her statement.

Ronda: "Ugh. Here, you wanna help? Take this back to the others, it'll make a good leg…", she grunted.

Cecil: "You got it, boss."

Cecil: "Yikes… That could've gone better…"

Ronda: "Cecil? Yeah, no. I know his type. To him I'm just another girl he can get to swoon over him to fuel his already inflated ego. Could serve as a potential ally though. Hmm…"

Nikki: "Guys, look what I found! Who knew you could find loose change in the dump, huh?"

Kevon: "…"

Donnie: "…"

Kevon: "Uh… no offense, but a coin's not gonna help us build our sculpture, Nikki."

Donnie: "Kinda useless anyway since there isn't a place to spend it."

Nikki: "Oh… Ah well, I'll just keep it for good—"

Donnie: "Shhh!", he said, covering Nikki's mouth. Quickly enough too, as shortly after Chef had parked his vehicle just around the corner of a short hill of trash, one tall enough to hide the spiders. However, he did take a second to pause and see if he actually heard someone, and drove away when he didn't hear another sound.

Kevon: "Whew. Nice work, Donnie."

Donnie: "Thank yo—UGH! Did you just lick my hand!?"

Meanwhile…

Jeff, Quipnay, April, Michael, and Elliott had stayed back to get started on the sculpture. Though the former four had been scraping together parts and beginning on the foundation of their soon-to-be creation, Elliott was prioritizing plans by drawing in the sand with a stick he found in the dump. While most of the others didn't give it much thought, Michael became quickly annoyed.

Michael: "Hey four-eyes, you gonna sit there drawing all day, or are you gonna help build this thing", he mocked, which resulted in a side-glare from Elliott.

Elliott: "For your information, I'm trying to calculate the weight, size, and distance of each object so the structure can stay solid, which is very important by the way."

Michael: "Other team seems to be working fine without it", he said, preparing to place another piece onto the sculpture.

Elliott: "Wait, hang on!", he said, grabbing Michael's arm and (with as much force as he could muster) pulling him away from the sculpture. "You can't just randomly place whatever on the sculpture, dude. One wrong move and the whole thing falls apart!"

Michael: "Elliott, the other team is literally ahead of us. Alright, I'm not gonna spend five fuckin' hours drawing schematics for the challenge. We're not gonna get anywhere if all we do is sit here and make drawings about what we're gonna do. Let's just get this shit over with."

Elliott: "Why are you being so closed-minded about this? You can't just brute force your way through every problem, y'know. Some tasks require precise, well-thought-out approaches."

Michael: "That sounds like a lot of bullshit comin' from someone like you. From the looks of it, 'precise, well-thought-out approaches' are the only thing you're good for."

At that point, the already hostile argument turned into a pretty heated one, as the two further argued about the flaws of each other's physiques and ways of handling problems.

Quipnay: "Should we say something?"

Jeff: "Yeah, I ain't gettin' involved with that. You?", he asked April, who awkwardly shrugged.

Elliott: "Okay… That Michael guy is really starting to get on my nerves. Seriously man, all he's done since I've got here is bust my chops. Heck, all he does is bust everyone's chops! The guy didn't even try in last episodes challenge, yet here he is getting on me while I'm actually trying to do stuff. He's just like every bone-headed jerk at school, who thinks muscle is the only way to get by in life!", he ranted before pausing, realizing that said bone-headed jerks would see this upon the episode releasing. "This can get edited, right?"

Elliott: "You know what, fine, fine— ", he said, promptly ripping the object out of Michael's hand. "Let's do what Michael say's, everybody. Since I'm obviously not helping, let's just shove random objects into the sculpture and hope it doesn't tip over!"

The geek then proceeded to, in a fit of spite, ram the object near the base of the sculpture. However, it then began to do exactly what the geek feared it would do. The poor geek didn't even have any time to react, as the mountain of random garbage and mystery juice proceeded to fall on top of him, burying him in a thick stench. Though April and Quipnay stood wide-eyed with their jaws wide-opened, they quickly began to dig Elliott up from his mess. Jeff and Michael, however, entered a fit of laughter.

Jeff: "Alright, that was worth the laugh."

Michael: "Guys, I think Elliott's right. Maybe we should take our time", he said sarcastically, followed by a muffled groan from the geek.

Meanwhile…

The remaining Goblins were currently in pursuit of parts to add to their sculpture. Unlike the Spiders though, they were having much more luck in finding fitting materials, mostly due to Ajit's scavenging skills, Gretchen's strong arms being able to move lots of trash, and general team work amongst them.

Liz: "Lots of great stuff, guys. Keep it up and we'll be able to build that sculpture no problem."

Sally: "Should probably get back to the others soon, right? Wouldn't wanna fall behind on building."

Liz: "I guess. Everyone does seem to have usable items to build with. What about you, Steven, what do you have?"

Steven: "I got these sweet golfclubs, dude. Would make a solid pair of arms for our trashy friend."

Liz: "Excellent. Alright, I think it's safe to—", she began before AJ tapped on her shoulder. "Yes, AJ?"

AJ: "I think that basketball would make a good head", he said, pointing towards a ball that was ever-so-gently stacked on top of a mountain of trash.

Liz: "That's a great idea, AJ! Quick, give me a boost."

AJ: "I'm on it!"

The two Goblins then rushed over to the hill, with Liz boosting herself off of AJ's hands and landing before her prize, albeit an unsteady landing due to loose contents of the material underneath her feet. Still, wasn't gonna stop her from doing what she set out to do. Though something seemed a bit off. Something in the atmosphere gave the impression that something very bad was going to happen, as it had been a while since something had come along to mess with them. Surely enough this thought was proven right, as not too long after landing on the mountain, Liz was knocked right back down with a tennis ball straight to her eye.

Liz: "OW!", she cried, thankfully being able to get behind cover before Chef could connect another hit. "Gah, my eye!"

Sally: "Are you okay!?"

Liz: "Do I look okay!?", she snapped, showing her already swelling eye.

Sally: "Point taken…", she said with an awkward smile.

Steven: "Alright, well there goes our chances of winning."

Liz: "N-No! We can't give up now! We just have to find some way to get around Chef, is all."

Steven: "How?"

Ajit: "I'll go."

Steven: "Huh?"

Ajit: "I'll distract Chef while you guys get back to the others."

Gretchen: "I go with Indian boy too."

Sally: "But guys… Those tennis balls will tear you apart."

Ajit: "True… I may die out there—"

Gretchen: "But that is sacrifice I'm willing to make."

Shortly after Chef had stopped shooting, as he was listening out for other targets to shoot, Ajit had begun to set himself into position. He hopped onto a stack of garbage, surprised that he wasn't seen due to being at an angle where Chef could easily spot him if he used his peripheral vision. Still, the Indian Goblin set his plan in motion.

Ajit: "Hey guys, you think we could use this lamp on our sculpture?"

Chef: "AHA!", he shouted, before unleashing a torrent of balls on various parts of Ajit's body.

Ajit: "Ow! Ah! Gah! Ow! Tell my story!", he pleaded before both he and Gretchen ran in the opposite direction of their team mates.

AJ: "Those are some brave dudes…"

Liz: "No time to think about that, AJ", she said, wincing from her now throbbing eye. "We need to get back to the others before Chef realizes what we're up to. Come on!"

However, in spite of their efforts to be sneaky and get around Chef, the underpaid cook still managed to see them running away in his rear-view mirror, causing him to stomp on the breaks and come to a screeching halt.

Chef: "I've been duped!", he shouted before quickly turning around. "Nobody pulls a fast one on me and gets away with it!"

Meanwhile…

Ronda and the other Spiders were just about done with finding material for their sculpture, which they managed to do without being detected by Chef.

Kevon: "Alright, guys, we're looking pretty good on parts. Think we should head back?"

Ronda: "I suppose. I wanna make sure we have everything first though", she said, quickly scanning between the other's loads and what they could still use. "Donnie, you're not holding anything. Mind grabbing that ladder?"

Donnie: "Sure thing!", he said before rushing over to grab the ladder, which was stuck within a pile of garbage and being rather stubborn to pull out. "Come on… Come on…"

The male Spider tugged on the ladder with much difficulty, making the hill of trash more and more loose with each attempt to free it. Ronda was just about to help when the ladder finally came free, much to Donnie's liking, and caused the trash hill to topple over in the opposite direction.

Donnie: "Yes! Got it!", he shouted. However, the boy's glee quickly turned into terror upon hearing a muffled growl come from under the garbage, before a bear quickly erupted in pure rage. The natural response in that situation would've been to run, but the other players were too frozen in fear to move.

Nikki: "It's okay, guys. Just don't move and it won't eat us", she whispered.

Cecil: "It's a bear… Not a T-Rex, Nikki…"

Natalia: "Don't fret, friends. There, there, Mr. Bear", she said, with a light smile.

As she slowly moved towards the thoroughly angered bear, she raised her arm as she planned on gently rubbing its snout in an attempt to comfort it. Meanwhile, all her team mates could do is stand in place and watch, still too frightened to do anything else and risk setting the bear off even more. As Nat got closer, the bear growled, showing her its teeth aggressively. However, this didn't deter her from finally placing her hand on its snout as she originally intended.

Natalia: "That's it. Everything's going to be okay", she said, before being met with a smile from the bear to match her own.

Nikki: "Woo-wee. That bear sure does smell, huh", she joked, resulting in what was momentarily a calm bear entering a berserker mode. Fortunately, Natalia was able to dodge out of the way of the bear upon it trying to swat at her with its large claws.

Ronda: "RUN!"

She certainly didn't have to tell them twice, as everyone began to book it out of the area, with their supplies still in hand. Though it seemed like they'd been running for ages, eventually the bear did lose both its energy and interest before stopping and going somewhere else.

Kevon: "I think we lost it!"

Nikki: "Ooo, look, there goes the other team!", she shouted, as Liz and the other Goblins merged paths with one another, doubling the amount of targets Chef had. Upon getting close enough to the point where they could visibly see the sculptures, both teams realized that the Spiders were nearly done building, while it looked like the Goblins had barely even started. At that point it became a massacre, as everyone was trying to make it to their designated sculpture and not get their heads blown off by Chef, while the ones who stayed behind ducked behind cover so they too wouldn't get hit.

Sally: "How are we supposed to finish our sculpture with Chef around!?"

AJ: "I got an idea, but it's pretty bold!", he shouted.

AJ: "This is it. This is gonna be my big moment on this show. This'll show my team mates and everyone back home that I've got what it takes to do well this game!"

And so he did it. AJ had been carrying a trash can lid with him, as he figured it would make for a decent hat for his teams' sculpture, though here he had found a different purpose. Waiting for the right moment, AJ stuck out the lid as if it were a shield and deflected one of Chef's tennis balls, sending it right into the nearly completed Spider, sculpture. Upon falling over, everyone, including Chef, could do nothing but stand there, jaws dropped in awe as they stared at the dread-locked Goblin.

AJ: "Yes! I did it, I fuckin' did it!"

Quipnay: "Uh… AJ…?"

AJ: "Alright, guys, lets hurry up and finish our sculpture!"

Sally: "AJ…"

AJ: "Come on, lets go, before the Spiders fix theirs!"

Goblins: "AJ!"

AJ: "Huh!? What?"

Liz: "You broke the Spiders' sculpture…"

AJ: "What about it?"

Jeff: "YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO DO THAT!"

AJ: "Really?"

Goblins: "YES!"

AJ: "Oh… My bad…"

Liz: "Your bad? Your bad!? Is that all you have to say!?"

Chris: "Well then. What an interesting turn of events. Been a while since I've seen a team lose via disqualification. The winners are, once again, the Spectacular Spiders!", he said, causing the Spiders to cheer, even if the victory felt a bit botched. "Goblins, I'll see you at the bonfire ceremony tonight… again…"

Later…

For the second time in a row that season, the Goblins found their pitiful selves at the elimination ceremony. Though this time some of them were in much worse shape, as Ajit was covered in bruises, Liz held an ice pack to her eye to try and ease her swelling eye, and Elliott reeked from the garbage that had fell on him during the challenge.

Jeff: "Dude, you smell really bad", he grinned, holding his nose.

Elliott: "Really? I didn't notice…"

Chris: "Alright, campers, there are only 10 marshmallows on this plate. The camper who does not receive a marshmallow will be forced to pack their bags and walk the dock of shame."

Steven: "Unless AJ finds a way to fuck that up too."

AJ: "I said sorry, dude."

Steven: "Do I even have to vote? Chances are this shit's gonna be unanimous."

Chris: "Okay, campers, you've all casted your votes and made your decisions. When I call your name, come and claim your marshmallow…"

Steven

Ajit

Liz

Sally

Michael

April

Quipnay

Jeff

Gretchen

Chris: "Campers… This is the final marshmallow of the evening…"

The two male Goblins, Elliott and AJ, went wide-eyed upon realizing neither of them had been called yet. Anger, confusion, sadness, all emotions that went through Elliott's mind as he wondered why it was him on the chopping block instead of Michael. Sure, he knocked down the sculpture at first, but he wasn't the reason his team lost, and he was just mimicking Michael's actions. Maybe they just liked him more? It was just like high school all over again… AJ on the other-hand was a little more confident, but that still wasn't saying much. He had given his all this episode. So what if he made a mistake? Everyone makes them, after all. He shouldn't be so severely punished for it when he still has room to grow, he thought…

Elliott

AJ: "What?"

Elliott: "Thank goodness…", he sighed.

Chris: "AJ… The Dock of Shame awaits."

As disappointed as AJ was, and as much as he wanted to say something to his former team mates, he couldn't. He simply got up and walked away, accepting the fact that his lack of intelligence had once again ruined his chances of success, despite how hard he worked to mitigate that happening. All he could think about now is he disappointed his mom would be upon realizing he had been booted second, a thought that was enough to make a tear fall from his eye.

Michael: "So, so far we've been screwed over by a shitty advantage, and now some dumbass gets us disqualified. Off to a great start", he said sarcastically.

Later that night, Liz had been looking at herself in the mirror and applying ice packs to her eye to ease the swelling. Thankfully, it went down enough to the point where she at least somewhat see, although it still hurt like hell. The other four girls were sound asleep, so she was making sure to stay as quiet as possible as to not wake them up.

Liz: "This is the worst…", she muttered to herself. There was then a light knock at the door. She walked over and lightly opened the door to see Michael standing there with a light smirk on his face.

Liz: "Michael?"

Michael: "How's that ice pack doin' for ya?"

Liz: "What do you want", she said with a sudden stern tone of voice.

Michael: "I just thought I'd be a good Samaritan and check up on ya. After all, I would hate for anything bad to happen to Ms. 'We'll be fine as long as we push ourselves and work as a team."

Liz glared at the Goblin boy, putting her hands on her hips and lightly tapping her foot in frustration. Though she was never one to resort to violence, the boy's cocky smirk and demeanor was making it all too tempting.

Liz: "Yeah, well", her voice faltered. "Being Ms. 'we'll be fine as long as we push ourselves and work as a team' is better than being you; being like Mr. Pessimist! Unlike you, I like to inspire my team mates to succeed and do better."

Michael: "Which worked so well these past two challenges…", he said, his smirk now gone.

Liz: "Y'know what…", she said as she balled her fist up and stepped towards him. "You may not be a threat to me or my chances of winning, but you better step off and stop pretending you know me… My mean side is as mean as my nice side is nice, so don't push me…"

Michael: "Whatever helps you sleep at night", he shrugged.

Liz: "Good night…", she said as she slammed the door in the boy's face, no longer caring about her sleeping team mates and essentially letting him know that he won the argument despite surrendering. He smiled before making his way back to his own cabin.