Hello again readers. Last time we saw that the Running Men have reached the third leg of the race and some events ensue. But now it's time for the third chapter of Total Drama: Running Time!
We see the Running Men standing on their platforms in the middle of the arena. They were wondering what would happen next.
"So, we've completed the opening game. Now what?" Duncan was getting bored.
"You're just jealous that I won the opening game." Heather snarks at him.
"Just be patient, maybe something will pop up." Shawn tries to stop the argument.
"I'm excited." Owen states his excitement.
"Me too! I wonder what this game is about!" Kitty wonders in excitement.
"Um, haven't you guys forgotten that we have been kidnapped into this game?" Shawn states what everyone has forgotten.
"Oh yeah, forgot about that." Mike said.
"But this game is still pretty fun." MacArthur smiled it off.
Suddenly a robot appeared before them.
"Congratulations for winning the opening game, Heather!" It congratulates her for winning.
"Well, I'm just good." Heather brags about her victory.
"But don't get too cocky, you still have a lot more to go before winning." The robot warns them about the games. "It's now time to explain the rules of the Running Man Championship!" It then announces the rules.
A hologram screen appears in front of each of the Running Men.
"The Running Men Championship consists of 3 solo matches, 3 team matches, and 3 final matches. A total of 9 matches." A female voice from the screens explains the game structure. "Whoever wins the most matches will win 10,000,000 dollars!"
"Well, already off to a good start." Duncan states sarcastically.
"Good to know." Heather smirks in learning the structure and the prize.
"Each match has its own set of rules and regulations." The voice continues. "Each player will wear a watch on their wrist and a shield on their back. They can steal the other opponents' shield to tag them out of the match." The voice indicates the important elements of the game.
"Touch the screens in order to obtain a watch and shield." The robot orders them to touch the screen.
"Um… okay?" Carrie said, confused.
All of them tap the screens simultaneously. Watches marked with each of the contestants' faces appear on each of their wrists. Shield emblems also marked with each of the contestants' faces appear on each of their backs.
"Ooh." Kitty said in awe.
"This is awesome!" Owen yelled in excitement.
"Okay, this shield feels pretty weird." Heather complains about the discomfort of the shield.
"Well get used to it, we're gonna wear these for the next 9 rounds." Duncan snarks at Heather's complaints.
"These watches can also give GPS navigation, mission briefs and communication with your teammates." The female voice points out the extra things the watches can do.
"That's nice." Mike was interested in the information.
"Wait, this is a competition, should we have introductions?" Carrie points out something they forgot.
"We did that while you were doing the opening game." The robot clears that fact.
"Well, okay then, what's next?" Duncan asked, eager to get on with it.
"We just need one more thing to do before setting you off to your dorms." The robot states that they have to do one more thing.
"Dorms? Sounds good." Mike smiled in interest.
"What do we have to do now?" Shawn asked what's left for them to do.
Holograms of rings appear in front of them.
"Place your arm through these rings." The robot gave a simple order.
All of them place their arms into the rings. The sky then lights up into a display of fireworks.
"The 100th Running Man Championship has officially begun!" The robot announced loudly.
The audience cheered loudly.
"Well, this is a sight to see." MacArthur said in admiration.
"This is beautiful. I wish Devin was here to see this." Carrie smiled at the thought of her lover.
"Hey, don't worry about it, we'll be back soon." Kitty tries to comfort her friend. "And besides, this is going to be fun!" She yells trying to get her friend excited.
"Yeah, maybe you're right." Carrie smiles.
The scene switches to a dark room resembling a laboratory. The room was cluttered with a lot of things, trash, discarded technology and coffee cups. Someone walks into the room. Dull yellow sweater, blue skirt, glasses and red hair tied into a bun. This was Scarlett.
"Hmm, okay, I got two tanks of liquid nitrogen, a plasma engine with high radiation output, and a polarity inverter. now I need a concentrated gamma ray stabilizer and Uranium-235." Scarlett was listing out the things she has.
She sits down on the desk and takes out a cup of coffee.
"I should probably test out my proton ray gun." She talks to herself. "Probably need to test out it's fire rate."
"Warning! Warning! Encrypted Broadcast Detected." One of her computers blared up.
"Hmm?" She wonders, confused.
She walks to her computer and begins a decryption procedure.
"Let's see if it's finally the day." She smiles to herself.
"Decryption procedure is complete." The computer said.
The computer shows the 100th Running Man Championship in motion.
"Well, change of plans now, I'm going to a reunion." Scarlett smirks.
She then walks around the room and grabs a watch similar to the ones the Running Men are wearing.
"I can't believe I'm going back there." Scarlett sighs to herself.
She then runs out of the room.
The scene switches to the Running Men flying out of the stadium.
"Okay, where are we going now?" MacArthur was confused.
"They said after the fireworks, we'd be going to our dorms." Mike explains to her where they would be going.
"Are those the dorms?" Shawn asked while pointing.
Everyone looked where Shawn was pointing and saw a building with a walkway held up by propellers like drones. The walkway has a docking station for the platforms the Running Men use in order to go in and out.
Everyone docked onto the docking station. Kitty looked around and saw that it was about to become sunset.
"Okay, it's getting late." Kitty points out.
"Hey, robot! Can you give us a tour?" Duncan called out for someone to give them a tour of the dorms.
No one answered.
"Oh well, we've gotta look at it for ourselves." MacArthur shrugged it off.
"So, let's open the door and…" Heather opens the door when suddenly...
"Welcome to your new dorm, Running Men!" A robot was waiting behind the door to say that.
"Waaaaugh!" Heather fell back, surprised.
This caused many of them to laugh. Owen walked over to help her up.
"What the heck?!" Heather growled.
"Oh, come on. That was funny." Duncan taunted her, causing her to glare at him.
"This will be where you will stay for the next couple days. Are you excited?" The robot said.
"Whoo!" Owen, Kitty and Carrie whooped in excitement.
"So, let's check it out then." Mike wants to know what's inside.
They all walk through the door and see a room with some couches and a table.
"This is the lounge, where you can stay and hang out between games. You can also order food and drinks from us here." The robot shows them the lounge. "You can order right now if you want." The robot offered food.
"Ooh! Ooh! I want an extra large meat lover's pizza please!" Owen yelled, eager to eat.
"How about chicken noodle soup?" MacArthur suggests for herself.
"Some fries and soda." Duncan gave his order.
"Chicken teriyaki!" Kitty gave her order.
"Clubhouse sandwich." Carrie gave her order.
"Beef ramen." Heather gave her order.
"A cheeseburger." Mike gave his order.
"A fruit salad." Shawn gave his order.
"Okay, I will send these orders to the chefs of Tree City, they will arrive in approximately 30 minutes."
"Well, we can continue the tour while they cook." Mike says that they can continue.
"So, let's get moving." Kitty said enthusiastically.
"Okay." The robot agrees.
They walk through a door and find themselves in a hall with 8 other rooms.
"All of these rooms will be your bedroom, and they all have a bathroom." The robot explains the amenities. "Open one."
"Okay." Owen agrees and opens one of the doors.
When they looked inside, they see a hotel-like room similar to a suite, without a TV.
"Wow! Is this the same for all the rooms?" Kitty asked if the rooms are the same.
"Yes." The robot answered.
"Well, do I have special treatment for winning the opening game?" Heather asked if she would get a prize.
"Already jumping to the prizes, classic Heather." Duncan snarks.
"Don't worry, your prize will be given to you tommorow." The robot assures that Heather would get her prize.
"Well then." Heather said, a little frusturated.
"So, this is now the end of your tour. I hope you don't get bored before the first round tommorow." The robot said before disappearing.
"Wow, not even a goodbye?" Duncan questioned the robot's behavior.
"So, what now?" Carrie asked the group.
"I'm gonna go rest a bit before we eat." Kitty wanted to rest.
"Well, me and Owen are gonna go outside and take a breather." Duncan said.
"I'm just gonna sit in the lounge, want to come?" Mike asked if anyone wanted to join him.
Kitty then walked into her room and locked the door.
"Okay, time to get to the matter at hand." Kitty then takes her weird bracelet.
The bracelet then forms into a disk. She throws the disk on the ground and a hologram of a figure appears. The figure is wearing a heavy cloak, so the features can't be seen.
"Mission control." Kitty said.
"Yes?" The hooded figure asked.
"I don't think I have a lot of time right now before they find out I'm calling." Kitty wanted it to get over with.
"Have you found something?" The hooded figure asked.
"I believe I'm have a Code Lavender." Kitty explains her situation.
"The North Koreans have found our technology?" The hooded figure was confused.
"What? No, that's Code Violet. I was chosen for the next Running Man Championship." Kitty explained.
"Give me proof." The figure didn't believe her.
Kitty turned around and showed them the sheild emblem on her back.
"Well okay then, try and find something and report back to me, I'll tell the rest about it." The hooded figure.
"Even my sister?" Kitty asked.
"Especially your sister." The hooded figure assured.
"Okay, over and out." Kitty said before the hologram fades.
Kitty walks to the disk and it reforms back into her bracelet.
"Okay, I really hope Emma isn't worrying too much." She hoped.
She then lied down on the bed.
-25 minutes later-
There was a knock on the door that woke Kitty up.
"Who is there?" Kitty asked for who was knocking.
"Kitty, it's me. Our food is here." Carrie's voice was heard from the other side.
"Just a minute." Kitty was still tired.
"Hurry up, or Owen might also finish your food, he said he hasn't tried teriyaki before." Carrie tried to get Kitty moving.
"Okay! Okay! Coming." Kitty got up and walked to the door.
They walk into the lounge.
"Wait, where is everyone?" Kitty asked.
"They decided to eat outside. Pick up your plate." Carrie then walked out of the building.
"Okay." Kitty then picked up her plate and walked out the building.
It was already night. She sees everyone eating what they ordered.
"This is going to be a long game." She said to herself.
Kitty sits down and begins eating.
"So, what about the others back home?" Mike tries to start up a conversation.
"What about them?" Duncan asked.
"Well, how are they going to react to us when they realize we're gone." Mike was worried about the ones back home.
"I have no idea, but we should hope that they would be safe, we're probably gone in less than 2 weeks." Kitty tries to lift everyone's spirits.
"Well, knowing them, they would start up an adventure." Owen states.
"Wait, where even are we?" Mike asked.
"I'll check." Shawn then looks up at the sky. "Wait, no this can't be real." Shawn looked worried.
"What? What's wrong." Heather asked.
"We're somewhere near Point Nemo." Shawn answered where they were.
"What's that?" Owen asked confused
"The point farthest from any form of land." Shawn answered.
"Wait, how do you know that?" Duncan asked.
"Well, preparing for the zombie apocalypse, you're gonna have to know how to navigate using the stars." Shawn explained how he figured it out.
"Well, wether or not you're wrong, we're stuck here." MacArthur said.
"Well, if we want to get out of here, we have to play their game." Carrie states that they have to win the game.
"Yeah, we hope so." Kitty smiled.
"Cheers to Running Man?" Owen said.
"Cheers!" Everyone yelled.
Well then, it's the end of the first day for our Running Men, and their game will continue tommorow. Now we will see what the game has in store for us.
Bye!