Aaron stood in front of the door to Dana's room, slowly hitting his head on it over and over and over again, a small thud sounding off with each hit. "Ugh…Miss Dana…please…you have to come out so ve can do zhe next challenge…zhe contestants miss you…probably…maybe…vell, I miss you!"
"I don't feel like coming out of this room…the outside world is too colorful and happy, who wants to deal with all of that mess?" Dana's voice sounded significantly different than it had before, the tone being a lot more dry than it had been previously. "You can keep hosting the show…just let me stay in my drab little coffin." A ghostly fog bellowed from the bottom of the door, and when it touched Aaron's leg, it chilled him straight to the bone. He shuddered and stumbled back a bit before falling down to his rear.
"But…Miss Dana, ve can't just keep doing zhe show vithout you, zhe ratings vill be sure to plummet! I'm just zhe co-host, I can't do it all on my own!" Aaron got up from the ground, but before he could go back over to the door, he felt a hand grab him by the shoulder. He took a glance behind him, seeing a sight that haunted him deep enough to make his soul fly out of his eyes.
The dark view of Dana's room was seen, but it was so dark that it was impossible for anyone to make out what exactly was in there. The outline of Dana could be seen near the door, thanks to the small amount of light that was peering through under the door. She sighed, sliding down against the wall until she was laying on the floor. "This is so lame…why did I ever get involved with such a ridiculous show?"
"M-Miss Dana! Help!" Aaron could be heard crying out on the other side of the door, followed by the sounds of a struggle and some scurrying away. Her eyes lit up suddenly, the whites of them illuminating the smallest possible space in the room. She peeked under the door to see Aaron being dragged across the floor, but she couldn't see who it was that was dragging him away.
"...Aaron? …Aaron, stop messing with me, that's like some kind of joke, and jokes are a plague on this terrible world we live in." She got no response as she called out to the co-host, and her lit up eyes looked to get a bit worried. "...Aaron, seriously, knock it off." Again, there was no response, and the expression in those eyes was now a flurry of panic. "U-uh…last time on Total Drama: Scrap Island, we uh…did some things and some stuff. T-there was…uh…I think people came here to sub in for me or something, I don't remember. Haven't heard Brittany's voice lately, I think she left…um…uh…w-well, this time, we uh…we need…A-Aaron, please stop goofing around already, it's not funny!" She prayed for an answer, but she got nothing. Immediately, she jumped up from the ground, pushing the door open and running out through it before slamming it behind her.
The camera suddenly flew into the sky, being struck by a massive chunk of debris and knocking it back to the ground, only to be picked up by a cute, blue and silver striped robot with one wheel that it used to move.
"Dear mom and dad, I'm doing fine," the robot pointed the camera at Theodore at a cafeteria table, pounding down energy drinks like a champ, his eyes twitching from the caffeine while Larida looked concerned for his health.
"You guys are on my mind," at a nearby table, Ronnie was arm wrestling Mitchell, winning easily and slamming him straight through the table, causing Celeste to run over and start screaming at the powerhouse.
"You asked me what I wanted to be and I think the answer's plain to see," the robot wheeled its way out of the cafeteria, showing a junkyard with Vernon scribbling something down in silence and Ivy looking over his shoulder to peek at it, until Blaster popped out of one of the garbage piles, scaring him and making his papers fly off into the sky.
"I wanna be famous!" Vernon ran after his papers, leaving Ivy behind in confusion, eventually passing by Margaret and Daniel as they were making out while surrounded by four intense looking mafia thugs, one who spotted the camera and chased after it.
"I wanna live close to the sun," the robot wheeled away from the mafia goon, passing by Zane and Bunny, the latter who was bugging the boy by holding a mic up to his face, which he tried to shove away.
"So pack your bags, cause I've already won," Fridge carried Caleb on his shoulders across from Aaron, who had Dana on his own shoulders, the two up top slapping at each other as the robot passed by.
"Everything to prove, nothing in my way, I'll get there one day," as the robot continued to roll around, it finally made its way out of the junkyard and to the remnants of Cali-Tokyo, where Buck was attempting to profess his love to Yves, who was all flustered by the gesture.
"I wanna be famous!" Nearby, atop a pile of rubble, Brittany was making fun of Valerie, who let out a sigh and pushed her off the pile and onto the ground.
"Na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na," near the pile, there were some barrels of toxic waste, which inspired Mitzy, who scribbled something down on a blank sheet while Alice was absolutely appalled by the sight.
"I wanna be, I wanna be, I wanna be famous!" CJ was being chased by a massive and terrifying robot with six legs and two clawed arms, which then noticed the robot with the camera and chased after it, causing it to drop the camera.
"I wanna be, I wanna be, I wanna be famous!" The camera feed cut to the aftermath stage, showing Calvin trying to kiss Max, who, out of embarrassment, belched right in his face.
The two were soon shoved aside by Capone, who rolled his eyes at them, while Sunny, next to him, waved happily to the camera with a huge smile on her face. Maggie popped up between the two of them, an acoustic guitar around her back, hugging them both tightly and snickering while the camera panned out to show the whole cast sitting in the risers, with the little robot sitting next to Caleb, and Franchesco standing off to the side with a glare fixed on Maggie.
Caleb buried his hands into his pockets while he walked towards the cafeteria, an unbelievably tired look on his face. His eyes were sunken in with the most terrible bags underneath them, and he just looked to be a bit pale in general. He walked through the doorway and immediately saw that Teddy was sitting down at one of the tables, chowing down on a hearty bowl of Gamer Crunch. The YouTuber looked pretty pleased with his rather unhealthy meal. Caleb sighed and slouched a bit as he headed for the cabinets, leaving Teddy to wonder what was up with him. "Uh…you all good, Rumpelstiltskin?"
Caleb shot a lazy glare at Teddy, whose hair sparked up while he held his hands up in a defensive position. The chess player glanced at the kitchen counter and noticed a glass salt shaker. He reached for it, soon aiming it at Teddy, but in the end, he just set it back down on the counter and sighed again. The YouTuber blinked a few times, surely expecting the brutal pain of the salt shaker hitting him in the nose. "Yeesh, clearly something's got you really messed up. Normally, you would've spared no time in trying to hit me for calling you a name like that."
"I've got too much weighing on my plate right now to deal with a possible assault charge." Teddy shrugged and brought his arms down from the defensive position, going back to eating his cereal. Caleb grabbed a bowl for cereal of his own, soon grabbing the milk from the fridge and pouring it in the bowl…and then grabbing the cereal and pouring it on top of the milk. Teddy noticed this and immediately winced, the type of wince someone does when they've injured themselves. "Why are you looking at me like that? You got a fucking problem or something?"
"Dude, yeah! You just poured the milk first and then the cereal! That's like, a carnal sin against humanity, don't you know?" Caleb sighed and brought his bowl over to the same table, setting it down across from Teddy and sitting down there. "Dude, how can you not see this as a big deal!? The only way anyone is allowed to do that is if they had too much milk from their first bowl and are just adding some more cereal to finish it off!"
"I don't see it as a big deal because my much more complex brain doesn't see any issues with stupid little things like this. Again, like I said, too much stuff going on right now, I don't need anything else bugging me." Caleb went to scoop up some cereal, but he had forgotten to grab a spoon, so he just dove his hand right into the bowl. There was a brief pause while he just let his hand soak in the cold milk before he sighed and pulled it out, soon wiping it on Teddy's shirt.
"Homie, I'm not a handkerchief." Teddy pulled himself back a bit and grabbed a napkin to wipe the milk and soggy cereal off of his shirt, grumbling while he scrubbed his best at it. "Look, at this point, I'm gonna start worrying about you, so just tell me what's going on." Caleb didn't respond as he lifted the bowl to his face and started just pouring the cereal into his mouth. "Come on, sport, you can tell Poppa Teddy anything, you know that!"
"Don't call me that, you clod!" Caleb slammed his bowl back down on the table, accidentally shattering it to pieces. He stared blankly at the mess while Teddy shook his head at him. "Ugh…fine, I think I'm…'stressed out.' This whole time, I've had plenty of allies around me to ensure my safety, but now that Brittany's gone, I've got nothing left. Well, nothing but a guarantee that Bunny's gonna vote for me every single elimination ceremony. What happens if I lose a challenge? Bunny will definitely vote for me, and Valerie probably would too, considering that she's your girlfriend."
Teddy immediately started choking as he swiftly inhaled his spoon when Caleb called Valerie his girlfriend. He slammed his fist down on the table several times while he choked before punching himself right in the middle of the chest, causing the spoon to fly out of his mouth and land in Caleb's hair. Caleb glared at Teddy and flicked the spoon off of his head and onto the table. "F-first things first, Valerie isn't my girlfriend…heck, Valerie isn't even my friend friend! She's super creepy! And then she did that thing in front of Alice…oo, she just makes me so mad! And, secondly, if it helps, I won't be voting for you. I mean, Valerie's got my vote secured every elimination ceremony…plus, why would I vote for my own son? Oh, that reminds me, the fans want Caleb's Unboxing World to start livestreaming, you think we can oblige to that?"
"What!? No, I didn't even wanna do that shit when I was stuck doing it the first time!" Teddy sighed as he tucked his phone back into his pocket. "So…you're saying that you and I are good? Like, you won't be voting for me…I won't be voting for you…sort of like an alliance?" Caleb's frown perked up into a smile while Teddy crossed his arms. "W-what?"
"Nuh uh, I know what your game is with that alliance stuff. You think of your allies as your underlings, so ain't no way I'm letting myself fall into that commitment. I'm just saying that I'm voting for Valerie until she gets eliminated…and if she gets eliminated next, then I might consider voting for Bunny." Teddy tapped his chin in thought for a brief moment. "Huh, I guess that means we are in an alliance. But I have one condition! I get to be the boss!"
"You realize that we can just vote together, we don't need to have a boss…we hardly even have to work together in the challenges." Caleb rubbed his eyes, and this somehow cleansed the bags underneath them and filled them back with life. Teddy was a bit shocked to see this as the chess player shot up from the table with a giddy look on his face. "Anyway, great to hear! We'll get rid of Valerie, then Bunny, works for me! Good working with you, buddy!" Caleb whistled a happy tune as he danced away from the table, soon leaving a bamboozled Teddy alone in the cafeteria.
Confessional
"...Did I…did he just make me pity him into being his ally?" Teddy looked absolutely dumbfounded while sparks flew from his electrified head, one of the sparks soon jumping on his cheek and causing him to jolt back. "Yowch! I don't get it, if I'm an electro-mutant, why do I still get hurt by my own electricity? Anyways…Caleb's pretty good…cause that worked about as well as my third apology video did. For context, I accidentally called a guy a poopy head without knowing that he had Ear Lobus Defecatus. I didn't know, I'm sorry!"
"Everybody feels bad for a sad looking kid, it always works like a charm! Anyways, Teddy may not be the best ally in the universe, but me and him can get along well enough to make it work…plus, I wouldn't be terrified to have him as my opponent in the finale. Not to say he's pathetic, but, well…he's pathetic." Caleb snickered to himself like a goofy toddler that had just pranked his mother.
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Something was severely off about the air in the halls of the hotel, it was hard to put a finger on it, but it almost felt like some dark ritual had commenced. A pale hand reached for the mic to the speakers, pulling it up to a set of pale lips before pressing down on the button to turn it on. "Uh…yeah…contestants…there's four of you left, right? I think there's four of you left…can you guys all come to the lobby so we can discuss…uh…challenge stuff? Yeah, that's it…a challenge…anyways…get down here pronto…or…like…whatever. Ah! No, not whatever! Get down here now!" The hand dropped the mic down on the floor, and a loud gasp erupted from the person that just spoke while they stumbled back a bit. "T-that was torture…why did I have to speak over the speakers like that? Ugh…people heard my voice…"
The person grumbled and wallowed in the lobby just as the four contestants walked into the room, gasping as they saw who was standing there. The person gasped as well, absolutely not wanting anyone to have seen them. They were a girl…one that was a bit taller than Bunny, but not quite as tall as Valerie. She was a bit shrimpy in stature, and her skin was as pale as the moonlight. Her eyes were blue, but they were well hidden behind a pair of glasses that had bloody red lenses in the frames. Her whole face…it was pale enough to make you think she was a corpse or something. Then, her hair…very messy, long enough to drop down to her neck, but short enough to not reach her shoulders. Not to mention that the color of her hair was the same bloody red that the lenses of her glasses were. She wore a black shirt that had long sleeves with tears abundant all along them, and there was a dark red graphic of a pentagram in the center of the shirt. She had black skinny jeans on, the knees being torn up, just like the sleeves of her shirt…and she had black boots that went about halfway up her calves. To top it all off, she had a necklace with a silver skull dangling from it around her neck. "U-uh…"
"...Who the hell is this? Are you supposed to be another guest host or something?" Caleb looked the girl up and down, full of skepticism. Teddy scratched at his head in confusion, only for his electric scalp to give him a good zap to the hand. "Dude, you really have to stop touching your head, you're just gonna get hurt."
"Hey, I never said I learn from my mistakes, I just make apology videos for them." Teddy shrugged and immediately went to scratch his head again, only to get shocked just as fast as he did the first time. Caleb sighed and rubbed his eyes under his glasses.
"It looks like some fan of the show must've just made her way onto the island, she's too young to be a guest host or something. Valerie, she might be your biggest fan, judging on the outfit." Bunny snickered as she pointed out the similarities in the all black attire of both Valerie and the mystery girl, getting an eye roll back from the miserable contestant. "Anyways, the only host that young is Dana, no way they would let another kid be in charge."
"Yeah…hang on a second…I think…that is Dana!" Valerie walked over to the girl, sizing her up a bit. The girl looked to be a bit uncomfortable by the other person being close to her, as she backed away slowly. "Well? Am I right?"
The girl looked around at the four sets of eyes that were staring at her inquisitively before sighing and looking down at the floor. "Yeah, whatever, you got me…" Bunny, Caleb, and Teddy gasped at this revelation, and the former two soon burst out into laughter while Teddy only slightly chuckled at her. Valerie glared at the others while Dana frowned slightly. "I knew you guys were all gonna laugh at me…you lame humans are all the same."
"Oh, god, what the fuck kinda phase have you gotten yourself into this time? You're a demon worshiper, is that it? God, I bet you listen to all that crazy screamo music now, too, right?" Caleb kept laughing smugly while Dana leered at him.
"For the record, it's not a phase…and it's called black metal. I wouldn't expect a colorful munchkin like you to understand anything about my lifestyle." Dana crossed her arms, which only succeeded in getting Caleb and Bunny hollering even louder than before. The two contestants even wrapped their arms around each other's shoulders while they cackled, but they soon realized who they were touching and hissed at each other before back away.
"I don't get what the big deal is, I think she looks kinda cool." Valerie stood up for Dana, much to the shock of the others, especially Teddy, who only knew her as a vile, cold beast. "Anyways…what kind of challenge did you call us down here for?"
"Right, the ch-...the challenge. Yup, that's why I called you guys down here…" Dana twiddled her thumbs and stared down at them while the contestants waited for some sort of explanation as to what the challenge was. "Y-you see…uh…ah! Right, so…some crazy cultist has kidnapped Aaron for a badass sacrifice to his dark lord, but you know that just won't do, not one bit. Aaron may be colorful, but he's…uh…special. So…yeah, that crazy cultist is hiding somewhere in the hotel, and he's got Aaron with him. Whoever manages to beat him down and rescue my pathetic co-host will get immunity tonight…the others have to put up with the possibility of being eliminated."
"We don't get any hints or anything? Just that he's hiding somewhere in the hotel, that's it?" Bunny crossed her arms, clearly annoyed as Dana shook her head at her. "Ugh, typical. No matter! A bunny like me is fast enough to hop around the whole hotel ten times before the others finish even one lap!" The blogger giggled to herself before hopping up the stairs.
"Huh…you know, it's high key kinda cringe that she always makes those bunny puns about herself, but hey, to each their own." Teddy shrugged his shoulders before shaking his head and ending up with a huge smile on his face. "Well, if there's one thing that I know will help me with this, it's if I record an 'Exploring the Abandoned Hotel (WE WERE TRESPASSING/NOT CLICKBAIT/GONE CRAZY!)' video!" The YouTuber dug around in his pocket before pulling out a camera that had some weird night vision filter on it. "Whhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhat's up Teddy Bear Nation!? Teddy here, exploring a spooky abandoned hotel! Rumor has it, this hotel is home to some strange cult…" Teddy's voice trailed off as he recorded himself walking down one of the hallways.
"Hm…there's gotta be a way to get some info on where this guy is hiding. If only there was some room where we had security footage of the hotel grounds…that's it!" Caleb snapped his fingers, an enormous grin flickering on his face before he rushed towards the door to the basement, opening it and slamming it shut behind him.
"Psh…imagine needing to go to the security room to see what's happening on all the cameras." Valerie started digging around in her jacket pocket before realizing that Dana was staring right at her with a suspicious look on her face. "Uh…damn, could be me. I'll just…follow Caleb." The miserable contestant ran to get down to the basement, but opened the door next to it, which was actually the door to a closet, and walked in before shutting the door and locking it.
Confessional
"Whew, that was a close one. Yeah, I don't think Dana would be too happy if she found out that I stole Jackson's tablet…oh well, we're getting to the point that I really don't need it anymore. I'll have to sneak it back to him at some point before the day's up." Valerie sighed as she pulled the tablet out of her pocket and ran her finger across the cold screen. "It'll be a shame…it's practically been my one buddy this whole time."
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Aaron groaned as he started to open his eyes from a deep unconsciousness. His eyes were greeted by the soft light of candles lit in whatever room he was in. However, his nostrils were assaulted by the overbearing smell of far too much cologne, and he started coughing and gagging from the wretchedness of whoever's fragrance it was. After his coughing bit barely came to a close, he took a good look around the room to see where he was, only to recognize it as… "Ah! Zhe secret room! V-ve aren't supposed to be in here! Vhere are you, you maniac!? C-come out und face me like a man!"
Aaron tried to get up from where he was seated, only for him to realize that he had been chained to a chair, no, a throne. He looked down at himself in a panic before he started struggling to break free. "I would take it easy, dear friend…you don't want to injure yourself before the season starts, after all." Aaron got chills as he heard the voice of the other man in the room, and he looked around again, but still couldn't find him. "The king needs to have a worthy co-host, after all."
A man stepped forth from the shadows, the very sight of him made Aaron quite sick. He wasn't as tall as Aaron was, but he was definitely a bit more toned and threatening in stature. His skin was a deep, olive tone, and he had brown eyes that had some crazy glimmer sparkling in them. His hair was black, slicked back perfectly to give him a certain regality…well, along with the golden crown that he had donned. It was abundant with jewels that just gave it a rather fancy air. His shirt was the cleanest white shirt one could ever wear, and it was the type that an old noble would wear, with billowy sleeves and frills at the neck. He had a red cape draping down from his shoulders, one that had some golden embroidery along the edges. His pants were black, and they hadn't a single crease in them, nor any hair or dust piling up on them. Finally, he had black shoes that shined like he just had them worked on not five minutes prior to this moment. "O-O-Osvaldo!"
"King Osvaldo, to you!" The man reached to the side, grabbing an elegant black scepter with a golden or on the end of it. He pointed the end of the scepter at Aaron's chest, which only made the co-host more queasy than before. "But, I suppose, as you will be my co-host, you can just refer to me as King or Sire. Either will do just fine, really." Osvaldo pulled his scepter back and tapped it against the floor twice, a smirk popping up on his face.
"B-but…you vere supposed to be standing trial for vhat you did to Belladonna! You should've been jailed for quite some time, zhere is no vay your sentence is up!" Osvaldo clicked his tongue a few times before walking over to the throne and leaning against it while he checked his nails for dirt.
"Yes, I do seem to recall them putting me in that ridiculous assault trial. I managed to get off on grounds of insanity…then, of course, I counter sued the judicial system for defamation. Nobody calls the King insane! Nobody! I won the suit, of course." Osvaldo let out a bored yawn and tapped his scepter's orb against Aaron's head a couple times. "They offered me money, but I declined the money. Why would someone who's already fabulously wealthy, such as I, need more money?"
"S-so…vhat happened zhen? You just sued zhem for…nothing?" Aaron looked to be a bit confused, although his terrified expression was still mixed in there. Osvaldo shook his head and clicked his tongue a couple more times.
"Do I look like a buffoon to you? You're the buffoon for insinuating that the King would settle for nothing!" Again, he knocked the orb of his scepter against Aaron's head, which was now starting to get on the co-host's nerves. "No, I did get something in my settlement. I'll be hosting my own season of Total Drama…it shall be declared as…'Total Drama: Kingdoms!' It has a nice ring to it, doesn't it?" Osvaldo smirked at Aaron, who was just taken aback by the absurdity of it all. "You'll come around to it more when the season starts, I'm sure of it."
"Er…I don't see vhat all of zhis has to do vith me. Did you just come to kidnap me so you could brag about your new season because…vell…it seems like you could be doing better zhings vith your time." Aaron awkwardly looked off to the side while Osvaldo's eyebrow twitched. The king bonked him on the head with the orb again. "Ow! Vould you stop vith zhe bonking and zhe smacking!?"
"You can't be such a buffoon! I'm here because I need a proper co-host for my show…what better place to get one of them than from a show that's already going on? It's the perfect plan, no?" Aaron looked a bit terrified as he heard Osvaldo's reasoning for his sudden arrival on the island. "Ah…not to mention, I'll be needing a proper locale to host at. This island is fitting in every way."
"You really are insane…" Osvaldo pointed the tip of the scepter right at Aaron's nose, causing him to tremble and start sweating like someone who had just been working out for the past two hours. "I-I mean…you're insanely smart! Zhat is just such an amazing idea, coming and snatching me und zhe island up right from under Dana's nose!"
"I'm glad you agree, Bitterman. Oh, you should know that I have decided my co-host will be named Bitterman, so you're gonna have to get that legally changed to fit the bill." Osvaldo started to walk away from the throne, sitting in his own similar one which was just across the room. "Now, Bitterman…would you care to hear more about the season? You need to get ready for your part in it, of course."
"I vould love to hear all about it, but…I'm a bit curious…vhat vill you be doing about Miss Dana, zhe security guard, und zhe four contestants zhat are here already? Surely you don't vant zhem to be interrupting your season?" Osvaldo smirked as he tapped his scepter against the ground again, causing Aaron's fake smile to quiver a little.
"Of course, when they manage to find me, I will have to handle them with utmost urgency. I have my methods, as you're clearly aware of." Osvaldo started to cackle maniacally as he lifted his scepter up, holding one hand on the orb while using the other hand to grab the wood. He pulled on the wood, taking it right off and revealing that the scepter was actually a shiny saber. Aaron began growing queasy again.
Confessional
"Zhat Osvaldo…he's vell known for stabbing Belladonna in zhe stomach so zhat he could try to vin a million dollars. Ve had all figured zhat he vould have been put in jail for a long time, but zhe king's luck proves to be more zhan just a legend." Aaron trembled in his seat, a panicked look on his face. "Miss Dana…please do be safe. Zhere has got to be a good way to get him out of here…"
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Bunny bounced along the hallways of the upstairs, opening each door as she passed them by. It was primarily just the contestants rooms, and she got bored as each room just proved to be empty for the most part. Of course, she eventually came across Brittany's room, only characterized by the fact that it was painted entirely pink and it had an abundance of over the top girly girl decorations. Bunny stuck her tongue out, pretending to gag at the sight before walking further in the room to humor herself. "Hm…Brittany is gone, but I bet we can find a nice scoop somewhere in here! Let's see, if I was a barbie doll, where would I hide all my juiciest belongings…"
Bunny glanced around the room while pursing her lips and tapping her chin, her gaze eventually landing on a small box that was just sitting on top of her desk. The blogger licked her lips and rubbed her hands together before rushing over to it. She held one of her hands over the box, wiggling her fingers a bit. "Don't mind if I do!" She pulled the box's lid up to reveal that the box only had a single piece of paper in it. Of course, she grabbed at the paper, unfolding it to give it a good read over. The further she got into the paper, the bigger the grin on her face grew.
"Hoho! Who would've thought Brittany would write such deep fantasies down! 'Caleb, my knight in shining armor, he saved me from the clutches of those dreaded robot soldiers. He risked his own life to save me, and to this, I owe him my eternal love!' You just know I'm gonna have to post this on my blog…'Bratty, Ungrateful Teen Shares Her Feelings About Grumpy Leprechaun!' Ha! Great title!" Bunny snickered as she used her polaroid to take a picture of the whole note. When the picture was printed, she held it gently and dropped the note back into the box before leaving the room.
Confessional
"'Someday I dream that he will ride in on a white steed and sweep me off my feet to carry me into the sunset, where we can share our first, passionate kiss.' I gotta hand it to Brittany, I thought she was pretty bland, but it turns out that she's an amazing comedian! This thing has had me laughing since the second I found it!" Bunny looked back at the picture of the note, reading some of the words before bursting out into teary-eyed laughter. "Classic!"
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Teddy kept holding his camera up as he walked backwards through one of the hallways, a nervous expression on his face while he held a remote behind his back that was playing eerie sounds of floorboards creaking with the occasional ghostly howl. He tried his best to ham up his nervousness for the camera. "I don't know about this, TBN! I've only been in this abandoned hotel for five minutes, and I already feel like I'm about to pee my pants!" He pressed a button on the remote quickly and sneakily to play the sound of something falling and crashing against the ground, causing him to jump up in fear. "What was that!?"
The frightened YouTuber looked all around before noticing a door that was giving off some super bad vibes. He glanced back at the camera with his quivering lip before reaching for the doorknob and twisting it open to reveal…the men's bathroom. It was quiet, outside of the sound of a terrible rainstorm that he had no idea where it was coming from. Not to mention that there was a dense fog all over the room, and it coated the glass on the mirror in a fine layer. "L-look at that!" Teddy pointed to the mirror in utter horror to reveal that someone had used their finger to draw the words "Get Out" in the fog. "I don't trust this one bit, TBN! Not one-"
"Seriously, dude, get out." Teddy glanced over his shoulder to see Jackson poking his head out from behind the shower curtain. The YouTuber was unsure of what to say as he just stared at the man who looked angry as could be. "If you don't get out of here, I'm gonna throw every single bottle of shampoo in this shower right at your stupid face."
"Yeesh, fine…thanks for ruining my killer video." Teddy continued to grumble to himself before he slipped on a bar of soap that was just laying on the floor. He conked himself right on the noggin, and could feel a horribly painful sensation. He went to rub his sore head when he realized something rather peculiar…his hand was against his head, and he wasn't getting horribly shocked. He shot up from the damp floor, running over to the mirror and rubbing the fog to see his reflection…which revealed that his hair was back to its normal, bluish-green shade…all of the electricity was gone. "W-what the!? What happened to my mutation!?"
He looked all around the bathroom to see that there were some sparks flying all over the place from some weird, bright specks on the ground in the center of the floor. He looked absolutely dumbfounded by whatever those specks were, and they even managed to capture Jackson's attention. "Huh…say, Teddy…did you happen to go to the no man's land without proper protection on?"
"Uh…well…maybe something kinda similar like that happened…why do you ask?" Teddy scratched at the back of his head, a bit embarrassed to admit to his blunder.
"I see…you know, the radiation really isn't that bad over there, but it is home to some…mutant cockroaches." Teddy gasped as he looked down at the specks, confirming that they were, indeed, bright yellow cockroaches. He fell to his knees in disbelief. "Yeah, those guys can survive a nuclear explosion…figures that they would mutate from the radiation instead of keeling over. Gave 'em some nice electric conduction. Guess they found a nice nest in your hair, and you just seemed like you were having powers from that."
"B-but…what about the fact that I've been weighing more than even Fridge can carry? And how come a boulder fell on me and I was able to lift it up like it was nothing?" Teddy looked back over to Jackson, who grabbed for a shampoo bottle and chucked it right at one of the cockroaches. The cockroach sat still for a little while, and after some slight movement, it chucked the bottle at the wall, leaving a huge crater in it while the shampoo exploded all over the place. "That doesn't explain the weight thing!"
"I dunno, try picking one of them up." Jackson watched while Teddy struggled to try and lift one of the cockroaches off of the ground, although it was a mixture of the heaviness and the electricity zapping him. "Yup. Must've just been flying around all over your hair."
"B-but…I also healed my scratches when I got attacked by a bunch of squirrels in the forest! Explain that!" Teddy let go of the cockroach and took some deep breaths as he recovered from the shocks he was just withstanding.
"Hm…well, ya got me there. I guess there was enough radiation left to give you some accelerated healing. See? Turns out you are a mutant after all. Now, would you get out of here?" Teddy sadly got up from the ground and walked out of the bathroom, leaving Jackson to his shower. Of course, one of the cockroaches jumped on his arm and zapped him hard enough to knock him out cold.
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"I feel like my whole world just crumbled to pieces…I thought I had superpowers, but it turns out, I'm just regular old Teddy…" Teddy looked down at the ground with a miserable expression before snapping up and looking as happy as ever. "I guess this means that I can go back to recording true and proper videos for my channels! The fans are gonna love seeing Teddy Bear come back from hibernation, after all!"
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Caleb rubbed his hands together as he wandered through the dark hallway of the basement, which would be ominous to most other people, but he didn't seem to mind it. "That security guard has gotta be hiding down here somewhere…what a shitty place to live, it smells like Fridge's gym shorts." Caleb shook his head and gagged in disgust before leaning forward on the door that led to Jackson's room. "Hoho! Would you look at that! Let's see where this 'cultist' is hiding out!"
The chess player attempted to open the door, but as he twisted the knob, he realized that it wasn't giving at all. He gave it a few good jiggles to try and pry it open, but despite his efforts, he seemed to come up empty on this front. "What the fuck? This bastard really went and locked his door, that's not fair! I should be allowed to pry in his room all I want, I'm the king of this game, he's just a pawn!" Caleb grabbed the knob with both of his hands, tugging and tugging until he eventually ripped it right off of the door, leaving no way for him to open it. "Uh…uh…woops!"
Caleb tried to put the doorknob back on, but it seemed as if he had broken it in such a way that that wasn't possible. After glancing around to make sure he was alone, he tossed the knob off to the side and started to shuffle away from the door, digging his hands into his pockets. "Well, that came up with nothing useful…thanks, you lousy security guard!" The boy shook his fist at the door before continuing to walk away. "Now, I just have to think hard about this…"
Caleb brought his hand up to his chin, bowing his head down and closing his eyes to think hard about this. The camera view shifted into his mind, which was laid out as a chess board. Caleb was placed in the king position, of course, with Teddy next to him as the queen. Valerie was in the far left corner as one of the rooks, while Bunny was a bishop that was floating out in the middle of the board, well into her investigation. The only other piece that was of any note was a hooded figure as the king on the other side of the board. "Teddy moves to…five h. That'll put him in check with Bunny also at six c. It leaves him an opening to shift over to…eight d. Bunny can't quite reach him, she can't be on the black spots. Teddy moves over to five g, puts him in check again. Of course, he'll move…hang on, this doesn't work. He'll back himself into a corner before long, so there's no way he's in the hotel…unless…"
The hooded figure moved off of the board, sitting off to the sides so that it couldn't be reached by any of the pieces that were on the board. "He's somewhere that we don't have access to…where was that? I remember something about a room that we don't have access to…the only possible place for this man to be hiding…!" Caleb snapped out of thought and rushed for the stairs to leave the basement.
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"Brittany told me all about the challenge last time around, someone had mentioned something about a door that couldn't be opened. That must be the only place this man could be hiding…Dana would've made sure we can't see it on the cameras." Caleb waved his finger at the camera with a grin on his face. "Of course, there's workarounds to this, but getting into a locked room is clearly something that doesn't fall into my strengths. I'll need my impromptu ally for this bit!"
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Valerie sat alone in that same closet as before, looking over her tablet and scanning each of the camera views that were available to her. She narrowed her eyes at each one, getting annoyed when she noticed the lack of the man's presence in any of the rooms. "Gah…this is just frustrating. I have the ultimate tool to help me find this guy, but I can't see him anywhere. So stupid…" The distressed contestant groaned before throwing the tablet at the wall, accidentally breaking it. "...Oops."
She was quick to gather up the pieces of the tablet, but upon noticing just how broken it was, she dumped them right into the garbage can that was in the back of the room, dusting her hands off nonchalantly before opening the door to leave only to notice that Dana was standing right in front of the door, staring at her like a complete and total psychopath. "Ah! H-how long have you been standing there!?"
"Long enough…" Valerie felt her heart sink as Dana spoke her words with a cold tone that indicated she knew exactly what was going on. "...Seriously, long enough. I've been waiting for you to leave that closet, but you just kept sitting in it. I mean…it's dark and full of solitude, so I guess it's not the worst place to want to hang out. But you really need to be working on finding Aaron. At this point, the others will beat you to the punch…"
"R-right…sorry, I just got distracted while I was in there." Valerie mumbled awkwardly before swerving around Dana and starting to head upstairs. She stared down at the ground in thought, trying to figure out where this man might be hiding, only for her to see Bunny standing right in front of a door while staring at it in a similarly psychotic way to how Dana was just staring at her. "Uh…are you like, trying to muster up the courage to ask the door out on a date or something?"
"Psh! As if this door deserves some smoochy lovey dovey time from me! No, I've tried every single door up here, but this one just won't open! I've been trying to pressure it into unlocking itself so I can go in, it's just not fair that it can ignore me!" Bunny grabbed the door and tried to open it with an immense force, only succeeding and hurting her wrist a little bit. She yanked it back and held it with her other hand in pain. "Ugh…Valerie, use your weight as a battering ram to knock it down!"
"I'm not even going to dignify that comment by getting upset over it." Valerie walked up to the door, cocking her head to the side while she stared at it. She sat there in thought for a moment before realizing what she was standing in front of. "This door…this is the same door that…Bunny, I need you to do me a favor." Valerie leaned over to the blogger and started whispering to her. Before long, Bunny's eyes lit up.
"Oh! I can do that! Just you wait right here and I'll be back with it!" Bunny excitedly ran away from the door and stormed right downstairs, leaving Valerie to confidently smirk and lean up against the wall.
Confessional
"I could go looking for the key on my own, but there's no way I can find it as fast as Bunny will. I mean, she lives up to her name with the amount of chaotic energy she's got stuffed in that oversized sweater of hers." Valerie leaned back and grinned at the camera, full of herself. "But when it comes time to beat down on someone…I'm the only one left that stands a chance. Let's just say that…" The smug girl rolled her right sleeve all the way up before flexing her arm and showing an impressive amount of muscle in her bicep. "...I've been hitting the gym."
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Teddy walked through the hallways while looking around to and fro without much interest as to where the cultist may have been hiding, as he was still a bit shaken up by finding that he wasn't the mystical mutant that he thought he was. Of course, Caleb came running down the hall to find him, rushing right over to him and grabbing him by the shirt to pull him down to eye level. "Ah! Caleb!? What's gotten into you, dude!? No need to attack the bear!"
"What!? I'm not attacking you! Look, Teddy, I need your help, I think I found out where the cultist is hiding! There's this room that's locked up with no way in!" Caleb was speaking in a rather frantic manner compared to how he typically spoke, which was just rattling Teddy's brain. "I need you to come up there with me so you can open it up!"
"Hang on, just wait a minute. What makes you think that I'll be able to get into some locked room? Do I look like some burglar or something to you?" Teddy shoved the boy off of him and dusted his shirt off. "I can always go take a look at it with you, but there's no guarantee we can just break in. You're pretty smart, why don't you just figure out the locking mechanism and open it?"
"No, this is definitely your area of expertise!" Caleb stared up to Teddy, who crossed his arms and frowned down upon him. This led Caleb to sigh as he dug around in his pocket and pulled his phone out. He fumbled around on it before finally showing the screen to the YouTuber and revealing that he was subscribed to a rather peculiar channel on YouTube…TeddyBearBreaksIn. "I've…sorta…watched every video…" The chess player was blushing from embarrassment while Teddy's eyes lit up.
"You're a part of the Teddy Bear Nation! Aw, Caleb, buddy, I knew that you could be trusted from the get go!" Teddy took Caleb in his arms, giving him a huge bear hug that squeezed him with enough force to turn his face blue. He tossed him back to the ground, causing him to fall onto his butt before he slammed his fist down on his palm. "Alright, if we're gonna do this, we'll need to get to that door, and I'll need complete silence! If you see anyone around, I need you to distract them!"
"Y-you got it, man." Caleb got up from the ground, a bit confused as Teddy's whole aura changed up. His eyes, which typically had a dumb stare about them, had shifted into a gaze that showed more of a lust for competition. "Teddy…you seem…different, what's up with you?"
"What's up with me?" Teddy started walking ahead of the chess player, patting him on the head as he passed him by on the way to the stairs. Before he went up the staircase, he looked back at the boy with a competitive grin on his face. "What's up with me is that I'm going to show everyone that I'm not a pushover. You coming?" Caleb nodded before running after his temporary ally.
Once the two of them made it to the top of the stairs, they noticed that Valerie was leaning against the wall next to the door, bobbing her head as she was lost in whatever music she was listening to. Teddy squatted down low to the floor and started scratching at his chin. Caleb squatted down right next to him, looking up to see what he had going on in his thought process. "There's a guard at the door…looks like you're not the only person with this idea." The YouTuber glanced over to Caleb with that opportunistic grin still on his face. "Nab her headphones, would ya?"
"Eh!? But…" Caleb glanced over at Valerie to see her absolutely lost in her music. He shrugged his shoulders and got up from where he was squatting down, running over to her as fast as he could before reaching up and snatching her headphones from her. Of course, he ran away as quickly as he could, leaving her a bit dumbfounded.
"You little rat, get back here with those!" Valerie shook her fist at Caleb, but he was already far away from her. She let out the most annoyed groan that she possibly could before running after him, albeit far slower than he was. This left that door unguarded, giving Teddy the perfect opportunity to slither along the floor and hunch over the doorknob. He closed his eyes and felt around it a bit before his grin got wider.
"Looks like a pretty standard, low class key lock. Won't take me more than…twenty seconds." The YouTuber got quick to his work, futzing around with the doorknob and pulling out a paperclip from his pocket. Meanwhile Caleb was scampering around the upstairs hall as quickly as he could, trying to outrun Valerie. He eventually got to the far end of the hallway, but in doing this, he realized that he had gotten himself stuck in a dead end.
"Shit!" He snapped around to start running one of the other directions, only to find that Valerie was blocking his path now. He backed up against the wall, nervous as he clutched tightly onto her headphones. Her eyebrow twitched while she stared down at him, soon rolling up both of her sleeves.
"You're gonna give me back my headphones now, or things are going to get really ugly…that sounds fair, doesn't it?" Valerie started stepping closer to Caleb, cracking her knuckles in perhaps the most menacing manner that she could've…each knuckle, one by one. Caleb gulped as he backed up closer and closer to the wall, completely at a disadvantage until…
"Valerie!" Bunny shouted the girl's name from far down across the hall, calling both her and Caleb's attention to her. She was standing in front of the door with a key in her hand, but there was a lack of something…Teddy. Not to mention that the door was completely open. "I got the key, but…the door's already open. Did one of you guys use some shifty magic while I was downstairs?"
"Teddy!" Caleb tossed Valerie's headphones to the ground and ran past her in the confusion, heading right for the room as quick as his little legs could carry him. Of course, he made it to the room, and rushed right in, but he was greeted to a pretty bad sight. Before him, Teddy was standing, holding his hands up while Osvaldo had the tip of his sword pointed right at his throat. The chess player's heart started beating really fast as he took the scene in. "W…what's going on in here?"
"You're all coming to crash my party a bit too early, don't you think so?" Osvaldo clicked his tongue in that same manner from before when he was talking to Aaron. The co-host was missing from sight, all that anyone could see was the throne from before…with a massive red curtain behind it. Valerie and Bunny wandered into the room, each a bit shocked by the sight as well. Valerie gritted her teeth as she saw the danger that Teddy was in. "Of course, I knew you'd all be here sooner or later. But the King isn't in need of any sort of counsel…you'll all have to leave, sorry to break the news to you."
"...Stop pointing that at Teddy." Osvaldo raised an eyebrow as he heard Caleb speaking up in defiance to him. Teddy glanced down at his temporary ally, seeing him red in the face, not from embarrassment like before, but from anger.
"I beg your pardon, you leprechaun? Are you speaking out against your king?" Osvaldo brushed past Teddy, soon pointing the sword at Caleb with a bemused smile on his face. "Of course, I could do well with a dwarf jester in my court, but one that speaks out of turn…that just won't do." He clicked his tongue a few more times, and eventually, the tip of the sword was tapping against Caleb's nose, but the chess player was far from intimidated. "You're quite the brat, aren't you? I'm merely setting the stage for my big season, and you're defying me…it's so…I could say valiant, but its more so pitiful. I can always dispatch you first…think of it as a kingly decree."
Osvaldo let out a loud laugh before pulling his saber back and swinging it right at Caleb, but for some reason, the blade stopped mid air, hitting something rather small. He looked directly at whatever it was, seeing that it was incredibly bright, almost in a manner that resembled lightning. His glance immediately shifted to Teddy, who was pointing his hand towards the blade, as if he had thrown something at it. "Explains the lightning from the fingertips…one of those roaches was hiding under my thumbnail."
Osvaldo's eyes went wide as he was completely startled by the sudden stopping of the blade, which was soon snapped in half from the strength of the mutant cockroach. Caleb took this opportunity to lunge forward and wrap his hands around the king's legs, causing him to wobble over before crashing to the ground. Of course, Teddy followed this up by smacking his elbow twice before dropping it right on the king's chest.
As the two boys beat down on the intruder, Valerie couldn't help but watch in amusement. Of course, her love for violence was never ending. She slowly clapped her hands and laughed a bit at the sight, while Bunny snuck to the back of the room, fumbling around before slipping under the curtain. It wasn't long before the curtain dropped and revealed the blinding sunlight of the outside. At this point, Osvaldo was unconscious from the beatdown he had just received. Teddy, Caleb, and Valerie glanced over at the light to see Bunny standing proudly with Aaron being carried in her arms. The area behind her…it was a bridge…a bridge that led out towards a massive, spiraling tower. "Guess I rescued the princess!"
Dana wandered into the room next, wincing as her eyes were met with the blinding light. She glanced to the side and saw Osvaldo laying on the ground, completely unconscious, and kicked him in the side before heading towards Bunny and grabbing her dainty co-host from him. "Aaron…don't worry me like that."
"M-Miss Dana…I'm just glad you're out of your hiding. Zhe new outfit looks very nice as vell, ja?" Dana blushed slightly and set Aaron down on the floor. She looked at each of the contestants, the three that were back near the front of the room a bit confused at what all had just happened, while Bunny had a confident smirk on her face.
"Yeah…Bunny ended up rescuing Aaron, so it looks like she'll be immune in tonight's elimination ceremony. The rest of you three will be up for elimination." Valerie groaned while Teddy and Caleb glanced at each other before very briefly hugging.
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"Of course, something like this would happen…Caleb and Teddy are buddy buddy, just what I needed. Bunny's definitely gonna vote for Caleb, which could only mean that…I'm getting two votes sent my way. What to do, what to do…?" Valerie hunched over in thought, but despite this, she still had a grin on her face.
"Teddy isn't the smartest guy around, but if I learned anything about him, it's that he's always full of surprises. I don't know why I felt so strongly when I saw that dude threatening him with the sword, but it worked out in the end, didn't it?" Caleb smirked proudly at the achieved beatdown of the crazed king.
"I was standing there with a sword pointed right at me…seriously, I almost died! The only reason I lived was…Caleb." Teddy leaned back in his seat and felt a smile creep up on his face. "A true member of the Teddy Bear Nation…if I get to bring anyone to the finale with me, I'd be glad to have him with me."
"Of course I won this challenge…boys always get so easily distracted, and Valerie loves violence, while I'm too busy longing for an answer…the bottom of the scoop, the scoop in this case being where Aaron was!" Bunny held up a picture that she had taken, revealing it to be her holding Aaron like a baby. "Yup, this one is going on the blog. 'Bunny Saves Rich Kid from Certain Death!'"
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The contestants met back at the Colosseum of Shame, with Valerie, Teddy, and Caleb sitting on the bench while Bunny stood near Aaron and Dana, proudly eating the bag of rations that she was given for winning the challenge. Aaron had his platter which only had two more bags of rations on it, while Dana seemed to be a bit pleased with the fact that it was now late at night, and the sun wasn't up to irritate her pale skin. Of course, Jackson was standing by the Trampoline of Losers, holding Osvaldo tightly in an arm bar.
"You mustn't hold your king in such an unruly manner…I may have to lock you up in the dungeon for this transgression, you know this, right?" Jackson rolled his eyes before slamming the crazed king down on the trampoline and sending him flying off into the distance. The security guard dusted his hands off as he left the colosseum, having had enough fun for one day.
"Yeah…so…like…this was a fun challenge, right? Yeah, woohoo…you stopped the crazy person and managed to save Aaron…at least Bunny managed to save him, I mean. For this, she is immune from elimination." Bunny snickered as Dana mentioned her immunity, leaving Caleb to roll his eyes. "This leaves us with the fact that someone still needs to be eliminated…Teddy, Caleb, Valerie, each of you has failed to grab immunity, so the elimination falls to you three. One of you did manage to net no votes, and for that…Teddy, you're safe."
Aaron tossed the first of the two bags of rations to Teddy, who was excited to see it land in his hands. This excitement, however, faded, as he noticed that Caleb was again in the bottom two of the elimination ceremony. "Caleb…you know, you'll be alright man, you'll be alright." Teddy patted the chess player on the back, getting a smile back from him.
Dana stepped closer to the contestants on the benches, holding the final bag of rations in her hand. "So…it shouldn't shock you that both of you two received two of the four votes in this elimination ceremony. For this, you two will be forced to compete in a tiebreaker." Dana tossed the rations behind her, causing them to land on the trampoline and bounce out of the colosseum. Caleb and Valerie side-eyed each other, each with a glare in their eyes. "For this time…we have a maze built under the colosseum. Using your wits, you must navigate a way out before the other contestant does, sound good to you two?"
"Hell yeah it does!" Caleb shot up from his seat, thrilled to hear that this challenge was a battle of wits rather than strength. He was a bit confused when he saw Valerie nonchalantly stand up, fumbling her hands around in her pockets with a smile on her face. "Huh? What's got you so excited? You do realize you're about to lose, right?"
"Yeah…I thought about that possibility, but I just decided that I don't really feel like losing. Caleb, you got two votes? How about we make that number…a four?" Caleb's grin faded immediately as Valerie pulled the double idol out from her pocket, handing it over to Dana who stared at it with a bit of confusion.
"I honestly thought that this was lost to the sands of time…didn't know anyone had their hands on it. Well…I guess that's that then. Caleb…you're out…" Dana tossed the idol aside and shuffled back over to Aaron, hugging him tightly as she was still worried about him. The co-host smiled and patted her gently on the back while Bunny rushed over to Caleb, taking a picture of his shocked face with her polaroid.
"This one is definitely a keeper! You put up quite the fight, but it looks like the Bunny has managed to outclass the Rat! Was there ever any doubt?" Bunny let out a proud laugh as she left the colosseum, holding that picture proudly in her hands. Valerie blew a quick kiss to Teddy and soon left as well, with just the two boys standing there in a solemn silence.
"So…guess that's it, huh?" Teddy rubbed the back of his head while he looked off to the side. "Gotta say, we only just started really getting to know each other, but…well, shit man. I can't believe they got one over on us like this."
"They did indeed…they did indeed. Teddy, can I tell you something?" Teddy looked over to Caleb, who was staring up at him with a huge smile, which honestly shocked the YouTuber. "You know…you're much better than them. I'm not much to talk, but if I could do this challenge over again, it'd be the same way. I'm glad we got to be all-...I'm glad we got to be friends. Something tells me that I just focused on all the wrong things while I was here. So…do me a favor, would ya? Beat those snots for me."
There was some more silence as the two stood there, smiling at each other. Teddy eventually took Caleb up in his arms in another hug, but less tight than before. "I'm glad I got a badass like you as part of the Teddy Bear Nation. You can expect some sick merch drops headed your way!"
"I look forward to it…" Caleb started heading towards the trampoline, stopping as he stood right before it and looking back at the YouTuber. "But quite it with that swearing, would you?" Teddy's smile dropped into a confused look before he noticed that Caleb was smiling in a teasing manner. "...I'd hate to see my favorite YouTuber get demonetized." The YouTuber went right back to smiling as Caleb waved and jumped ahead onto the trampoline, bouncing away from Scrap Island forever…
Author's Notes:
*Only three more goons are surviving in this apocalyptic paradise: Valerie, Teddy, and Bunny! Caleb finally fell from his ruling position here, but I had a lot of fun writing the heartwarming scenes with him and Teddy. I honestly hated eliminating him, but it had to be done…I was just glad to get some wholesomeness out of him before it was lights out.
*You all know the drill: aftermath time! I'll need questions for Yves, Fridge, Calvin, Brittany, and Caleb, so send 'em my way!
*Votes: Caleb - Valerie, Bunny (Doubled by the Double Idol); Valerie - Caleb, Teddy
*Placements: No Placement - Chris, Ivy; 22nd - Daniel; 21st - Larida; 20th - Mitchell; 19th - Alice; 18th - Blaster; 17th - Max; 16th - CJ; 15th - Ronnie; 14th - Celeste; 13th - Zane; 12th - Buck; 11th - Margaret; 10th - Vernon; 9th - Mitzy; 8th - Yves; 7th - Fridge; 6th - Calvin; 5th - Brittany; 4th - Caleb