Gucci: Thank you very much! Really glad you liked the team leaders.
PrincessGumball: Sammy was one of the cuts that hurt. Sorry you felt that way.
Rockin: Glad you liked the chapter! But yeah, the balance is skewed, as I'll talk more about in a bit.
MarkLevins: Really appreciate it man! Hope you'll enjoy how the stories will play out!
Well, here's the next chapter. Initially, I was planning on having the recruitment portion of the challenge be in the first chapter, but I decided that the others getting flung to Boney Island would make for a good cliffhanger. As some reviews noted, yeah, the balance is definitely skewed towards the original cast mates. It wasn't completely intentional. The characters I believed would provide the best arcs, humor, and/or eliminations just happened to be skewed more towards Gen 1. Believe me, I still wish I had room to include Sammy.
Well, hope you guys enjoy this chapter!
"Last time on Total Drama Voyage. I hosted a runion party for Total Drama on a yacht, and 21 former contestants came on board, along with there being a few...uninvited guests." Footage played of several Total Drama contestants boarding the yacht, along with footage of Kitty, Emma, and Brody arriving. "Unknown to most of them, the whole party was just a ploy to get them involved in another season. This is why you read what you sign dudes." Clips of contestants signing contracts thinking that it's just a sign-in sheet are shown. "Three team leaders were selected, those being Owen, Duncan, and Heather. Each of them choosing one teammate to start off with." Footage of Owen picking Noah, Duncan picking Zoey, and Heather picking B is shown. "Everyone else got flung to our first stop, Boney Island, where the leaders will have to search around to recruit the rest of their team."
The camera cut to Chris standing at the bow of the ship. "How will the teams be decided? Will everyone be saved in time? And which team will be sending somebody home today? Find out this episode on Total! Drama! Voyage!"
"You flung them to Boney Island?!" Noah yelled at Chris.
"Don't worry. Chef angled the trajectory and calibrated the spring to make sure that they all land in safe places."
"I didn't do that. B did that." Chef said.
B shook his head. He didn't even know about the spring.
"Oh. Well, you just gotta find those guys quckly then." Chris told the contestants. "There's some dangerous animals on that island."
"You're unbelievable." Noah said.
"I know. Owen, Heather, Duncan. You're gonna want these." Chris tossed them all walkie talkies. "When you have a full team of eight, tell me over the walkies before you head back to where we drop you off."
"And that's when the second part of the challenge begins, right?" Heather asked.
"Correctomundo." The yacht soon reached the beachside of Boney Island. "Here's your stop." Chris told the contestants. "Now, for those who either didn't know or don't remember, you shouldn't take ANYTHING from Boney Island with you. If you do, you and your whole team will be cursed."
"Ugh. Don't remind me of the three time losing streak we had because of Beth." Heather said.
The yacht let down a boarding ramp onto Boney Island, the cast walking down it. "Return here when you have eight people on your team. Then, we'll explain the next part of the challenge. Good luck!" The yacht let out a noise before it started to sail away.
"Wait, is he leaving us?" Zoey asked.
"It's probably just until we have a full team." Duncan responded.
Noah turned to Owen. "Finding Emma and Kitty is our top priority. We can recruit people along the way, but we HAVE to leave two empty spots."
"Right!" Owen and Noah ran into the forest.
"Umm...isn't Owen supposed to be the leader?" Duncan asked.
Heather turned to B. "Alright B. We can't be careless about how we recruit. We're only taking the fiercest, smartest, or most useful competiors for our team."
"HELLLLLPPPPP!" A voice called out. Running out of the forest and onto the beach was Scott. He was being chased by a bipedal shark. Fang. "Help me! Please!" Scott yelled as he and Fang ran past the other contestants.
"So...not him." Heather said. She and B quickly ran off into the forest.
"How did Fang get to Boney Island?" Zoey then turned to Duncan. "We have to save Scott!"
"Don't you dislike Scott?" Duncan asked.
"Yeah, but that doesn't mean he deserves to be eaten by Fang."
"Alright, fair enough. Listen, I got a plan, but if it doesn't work, we're ditching dirt boy."
As he was running, Scott tripped over a rock and fell to the sand. "Ughh..."
Fang quickly caught up to the tripped over Scott, smiling widely.
"C-come on! You beat the crap out of me countless times! What do you have left to gain?!" Scott asked.
Fang opened up it's large mouth before he was suddenly hit in the back of the head with a rock.
"Sorry." Zoey said. She ran towards the water, Fang chasing after her.
"Are you crazy? There's no way you can outswim Fang." Scott said, though he didn't sound particularly concerned.
Fang was beginning to close in on Zoey. "Now Duncan!" She yelled. From behind a rock Duncan jumped onto Fang's neck. Fang tried to shake Duncan off, but Duncan held on. "Alright fish breath, let's dance!"
After failing to shake Duncan off, Fang decided to go underwater to chase after Zoey. Duncan took a deep breath. Soon, Fang went underwater to chase after Zoey, Duncan hanging onto his back. When they were underwater Duncan put his mouth over Fang's gills and breathed air into them.
"Ghhkk!" Fang reacted. It's eye pupils started to go white before it let out a bunch of bubles from it's mouth. Soon, Fang started to sink downwards, Duncan getting off it's back as it did. He and Zoey than swam back to the surface.
"Geez. That was a close one." Duncan said.
"How'd you get that idea anyway?" Zoey asked as she and Duncan walked back onto land.
"A strangler from prison told me about a ton of the ways he'd kill animals as practice. One of the things I remember him telling me was that you can suffocate a fish by blowing air into it's gills."
"...Kinda wish I didn't ask now."
"Wait a minute...does that mean...?" Scott began to ask.
"No idea if he's alive or not. But we shouldn't stick around long to find out. Come on!" Duncan grabbed Scott by the arm and ran into the forest, Zoey following.
(Confessional: Scott)
"I don't know many people who casualy suffocate a shark like that. Looks like prison really toughened up Duncan. ...He's got to go."
The camera cut to Sky jumping from branch to branch through the forest. "I'll look around from the trees, and join what looks like the strongest team."
As she landed on a branch she took a look at Owen and Noah running through the forest. "Emma!" Noah yelled.
"Kitty!" Owen shouted out.
"Hmm. Owen won the first season, and those two made the Top 8 in Ridonculous Race. Maybe they could be worth joining." Sky wondered.
Owen and Noah soon stopped runing to catch their breath. "Ugh...how can we find...find anybody at this rate?" Owen panted. "We don't even know...where to look."
"You have...you have a point." Noah panted. "We should probably stop for a while...and think of a plan."
Owen nodded and laid his back on a tree by a hill. "Phew. I'm glad we can rest at least." Owen and Noah suddenly heard a snapping sound.
"Umm...what was that?" Noah asked.
Soon, the tree Owen was laying on fell over, both the tree and Owen rolling down the hill. "Ahhhhhhh!"
"Owen!" Noah yelled out. He ran down the hill, chasing after the rolling Owen.
"...Maybe not." Sky said. She went back to leaping across tree branches.
"Brody!" Geoff called out. He and Bridgette were nearby a cave.
"Brody, where are you?!" Bridgette yelled out.
Geoff sat down on a rock. "Ah man...where could he have been flung? I just wanted him to party on the yacht with us, but now I put him in danger."
Bridgette put a hand on Geoff's shoulder. "Geoff, it's not your fault. You didn't know that this would happen. None of us did."
Geoff sighed and hung his head down. "You're right Bridge...but what if something happened to him?"
Bridgette wrapped her arms around Geoff. "Geoff, I've watched Ridonculous Race. I've seen him survive sharks, komodo dragons, and repeatedly electrocuting himself to get a speedboat working. If there's one person who can survive Chris' crap, it's him."
Geoff rose his head up. "You're right Bridge. Anything this island throws at Brody, he'll be able to take!" Geoff stood up determined. "Now let's go find Brody!"
"That's the spirit!" Bridgette said. "Though hopefully, he'll already be recruited by another team." She muttered.
"What was that babe?" Geoff asked.
"Nothing. Now let's get back to searching!"
"Right on!" Geoff and Bridgette stared at each other with determined expressions, before their gazes softened. The two then immediately started to make out.
Gwen stomped through the forest, brushing off leaves that were on her. "I swear, if Chris keeps this up, this show will be used as evidence for his murder."
"Emma!" Gwen heard a girl's voice call out. "Emma, where are you?!"
Gwen saw Kitty run up to her. "Hi Gwen. Have you seen Emma around?"
"Sorry. You're the first person I've seen after I landed on Boney Island."
Kitty sighed. "You're the first person I saw too. Darnit. Where is she?"
"Well, since we're here, maybe we can look for her together? It'd be safer to be in a pair."
Kitty widened her eyes and smiled. "Totally!" Gwen was about to continue walking, but Kitty suddenly wrapped her arm around Gwen and got out her phone, taking a selfie of the two of them.
(Confessional: Gwen)
"Ugh. Kitty seems nice and all, but I don't know if I'll be able to stomach the constant selfies."
Before Gwen and Kitty continued walking, they heard the distant voice of someone screaming. "Do you hear that?" Kitty asked Gwen.
"Yeah. It kinda sounds like-" Gwen began to say.
Before Gwen could finish her sentence, a tree came rolling down a hill, heading towards Kitty.
"Look out!" Gwen grabbed Kitty's arm and pulled her out of the way of the tree.
"Whoa! Thanks Gwen." Kitty said.
"No problem. Let's just get out of here before-"
"For the love of Peter Pumpkineater, make it stop!" Kitty and Gwen turned their heads to see Owen rolling and bouncing down a hill at high speeds.
"Owen?!" Kitty and Gwen said in unison.
Soon, Owen crashed into a rock. "Owwww..."
Kitty and Gwen ran up to him. "Are you okay Owen?" Kitty asked.
"Could be better." He moaned.
Kitty and Gwen helped Owen stand up. "So, where's Noah?" Gwen asked.
On cue, Noah came running down the hill. "Right here. And if you guys are cool with it, we'd like to recruit you for our team."
Kitty lit up. "Totally!"
Gwen thought it over. "Sure. I'll join your team guys."
"Now we need to find Emma ASAP. Come on!" Noah ran off, Owen, Kitty, and Gwen following.
Heather and B walked through a clearing. "Now, as I'm the leader, you need to know that what I say goes. Understood?"
B shrugged and nodded.
"Good. Glad that I don't have to deal with any backtalk from you."
"HELP!" A voice yelled out.
"It could be someone useful. Pick up the pace B!" Heather ran towards the voice, B following.
"I just wanted to have my face televised again. I wasn't expecting another season, let alone dying!" Justin yelled. He was currently sinking in quicksand.
"Oh. It's Justin." Heather said unimpressed. Heather began to walk the opposite direction, before B held an arm out in front of her. "B, don't you remember what I said? We're only recruiting useful contestants."
B frowned and pointed to the quicksand that Justin was sinking in.
"Hey, that's on Chris." B crossed his arms. Heather eventually let out a groan. "Fine. Whatever."
Heather and B walked closer to the quicksand. "Oh, thank goodness!" Justin exclaimed. He was currently waist deep in the sand, and still sinking. "You know, when you guys pull me up, can we take some of the quicksand with us? When you're not at risk of drowning in it, it's actually really good for the skin."
B walked up to a tree, and tore off a vine. He then then tied one end of the vine to the tree, and threw the other end to Justin.
"Grab the vine, and we'll pull you out." Heather told Justin.
"I can't. My arm's are stuck under." Justin replied.
"Then use your mouth or something."
"And ruin the perfect shine of my teeth with dirt and plant pieces? Are you crazy? Find another way!"
Heather gritted her teeth in annoyance before calming down. "I guess Alejandro was right about you."
Justin raised an eyebrow. "Excuse me?"
"All you can do is rely on your looks. You wimp out at the idea of anything smudging your face. It actually turns your only strength into your biggest weakness. No wonder the fans like Alejandro more than you. At least he has things going for him besides how attractive he is."
Justin gritted his teeth in anger and bit onto the vine. Soon, B and Heather pulled on it, slowly pulling Justin out of the quicksand and onto land. "Peh! Peh! Ptew!" Justin spat out pieces of the vine from his mouth. B helped Justin stand up.
"You're welcome. Now come on. We have five more contestants to recruit." Heather walked deeper into the clearing.
(Confessional: Heather)
"I suppose I could get some use out of Justin's good looks. It's pretty widely known that Alejandro's a manipulative backstabber. Meanwhile, any harm Justin's done when he was in Action has long since been forgiven and forgotten."
DJ, Leshawna, and Cody were all walking through a rocky terrain. "Man, I had to jinx it when I said we're used to whatever Chris throws at us, huh?" Leshawna asked.
"At least we're in a group. I'd hate to be on an island like this alone." DJ said.
"True that. I've seen All-Stars, and man, I felt sorry for the people who got exiled to Boney Island. 'Cept Alejandro of course."
Cody seemed to be lost in thought. "What's up short stuff? You've been pretty quiet." Leshawna pointed out.
"Do you think Sierra's over me?" Cody asked.
"Why do you ask that?" DJ asked.
"During the time we were on the cruise, Sierra just greeted me, and took some pictures of me with the Drama Brothers. No clinging, no stalking, it was like she treated me like a regular person."
"What, you saying you miss the days where she was a creepy stalker for you?" Leshawna joked.
"Of course not. It's just so different than what I'm used to expecting from her, you know?"
DJ shrugged. "Maybe she's just trying to make you more comfortable. I know for a fact that she still posts about you a ton on her blog."
"Trust me Cody. There's worse things in life than a superfan having some restraint around you." Leshawna said.
Soon, DJ noticed a deer run past them. "Whoa. A deer." DJ turned around and walked up to the deer.
"Come on DJ! We need to find a team to join pronto."
"In a sec!" DJ responded. He then turned back to the deer and began to pet it. "Aww. It's great to see that not all animals on Boney Island are dangerous."
DJ walked back to Cody and Leshawna. Soon, the three of them heard a rumbling sound. "What was that?" Leshawna wondered.
Cody noticed something from up above and pointed at it. "Tumbling boulder! Run for it!" Leshawna and Cody ran ahead. DJ saw that the boulder wasn't heading towards them though. It was heading towards the deer.
"Get out of there buddy!" DJ yelled. He ran towards the deer.
"DJ, what are you doing?!" Leshawna asked.
DJ pushed the deer out the way. Unfortunately, he wasn't able to move away in time before the boulder landed on him. "DJ!" Cody and Leshawna both yelled out.
Duncan, Zoey, and Scott continued to run through the forest. "Ok Scott. Did you see anybody else when you were flung?" Duncan asked.
"I was with Mike for a couple of minutes near a cave that we're heading towards. But Fang popped up and started chasing me. If I ran past anybody else, I didn't notice them." Scott answered.
Duncan turned to Zoey. "Wanna see if your boyfriend's still by the cave?"
Zoey nodded. A few more minutes passed before the three of them reached the cave.
"I don't see anybody here." Scott said.
The three of them heard a thud from inside the cave. "Something's in there." Zoey pointed out. "It might be Mike."
"It also might be a bear." Scott said.
Duncan got out his ligher and lit a fire. "I'll check it out. I'll let you two know if it's dangerous."
"Try not to get eaten." Scott teased.
"That's your job." Duncan then went inside the cave.
"Maybe we should go too." Zoey suggested.
"Hey, he volunteered himself to check for a reason. If it is dangerous, then we can go in to save him rather than all of us get ambushed at the same time." Scott replied.
"AHHHHHHHH!" Two voices from the cave screamed. One voice belonged to Duncan. The other seemed to belong to a girl.
"He's in trouble!" Zoey yelled.
Right when Zoey was about to run inside the cave, Duncan hastily ran out. "Do NOT go in there!" Duncan warned.
"What happened?"
Duncan ran to a nearby puddle and rubbed water in his eyes. "Something that I wish I could unsee."
Soon, Geoff walked out of the cave. He was in the process of putting on his shirt. "So, uh...that was awkward."
"Ughhh..." Duncan shivered. "I wish I never went inside that cave."
"How do you think we feel?!" Bridgette's voice yelled out from the cave. Soon, she walked out of the cave, in the process of putting the band for her ponytail back on. She was looking pretty annoyed. "You could have given us a heads up you know!"
"How was I supposed to know that it was you two?! Let alone what you were doing?!"
"What, did Duncan walk in on you guys making out again or something?" Scott asked.
Geoff, Bridgette, and Duncan all looked at each other before turning back to Scott. "...Yes." They simultaneously said.
"Have you guys seen anyone else?" Zoey asked.
"No. Me and Bridgette landed in a tree together. We've been searching for Brody, but we had no luck." Geoff answered.
"It cool with you guys if we join up with you?" Bridgette asked.
"One condition. You don't slow us down with your constant making out." Duncan said.
Geoff began to walk in the opposite direction before Bridgette held him by the arm. "Deal."
(Confessionals: Bridgette)
"Me and Geoff got booted out first in Season 2 for making out all the time. We got to host the Aftermath show because of it, so it wasn't a total loss, but still, I'd rather not repeat that moment."
The camera cut to Heather, B, and Justin climbing up a rocky cliffside.
"Ugh. Remind me why we're doing this?" Justin strained as he climbed.
Heather took a few breaths. "If we get a higher view, the easier we can scout out contestants to recruit for the team." Heather answered.
"Urrghh. Can't we just walk around like normal? My arms are getting sore, and I'm pretty sure this is damaging my manicures."
"Will you shut up already? You don't hear B complaining."
"B doesn't talk!" Justin yelled. He suddenly lost his footing and started falling down the cliff. "Ahhhhhhh!" He landed with a hard thud.
"Ugh. Great." Heather and B started to climb downwards. "How do you have so much trouble with this? You're the most muscular one here."
"I only work out my glamour muscles, ok?!" Justin suddenly felt a pain in his leg. "Ughhhh..."
Soon afterwards, the three of them saw a figure gheading down the cliff, gracefully landing from ledge to ledge. Mike.
"Darnit. No go. I can't find Zoey anywhere." Mike said as he landed on the ground.
Heather widened her eyes. "Whoa. You got some seriously gymnast skills."
"Huh? Oh, it's you Heather." Mike noticed.
Heather walked up to Mike. "So, you're looking for Zoey?"
"Yeah. Have you seen her since coming to Boney Islad?"
B opened his mouth. "Yeah. I saw her and Duncan for a second time right before we found Justin." Heather lied. "They had six other team mates already, and were heading back to the beachside. Bummer." She said.
B rasied an eyebrow at this. Evidently, Heather wanted Mike on the team.
"Who were they?" Mike asked, suspicous.
"Scott, Geoff, DJ, Gwen, Bridgette, and that idiot friend of Geoff's." She immediately answered.
Mike seemed surprised, and shrugged. "Guess you're telling the truth then."
"We better hurry and find other contestants. Duncan's team is already ahead of us." Heather said. "Let's go!" Heather ran off, Mike and B following.
"Can somebody pull me up?" Justin moaned.
(Confessional: Heather)
"The most important thing to remember when you're lying is to never hesitate. If you stay calm and tell the lie quickly, you can fool almost anybody. All I gotta do is try and make sure we don't run into Duncan's team, or any of the people I listed."
Owen, Noah, Gwen, and Kitty continued to walk through the forest. "I'm not gonna lie, after I slipped off the balance board and fell into the tub of filling in the final 5, I thought I was done for. I'm lucky that Tyler slipped immediately after."
"I'm just surprised a klutz like Tyler even made it that far in an obstacle course show like Pie in the Sky." Noah said.
"So, how far did you make it Noah?" Gwen asked.
"I ranked 11th out of 18 competitors. I would have gotten higher, but I felt bad for Mickey, so I let him past me."
"He was really losing it after his brother Jay got eliminated, but Noah helped him step up his game. He made it all the way to third place." Owen said.
"That's really great for him!" Kitty exclaimed.
Suddenly, the four of them heard a rustling sound. "Anybody else hear that?" Noah asked.
From a large bundle of bushes, three wooly beavers with mammoth-like tusks popped out. "Oh crap..." Owen said.
"Not them again!" Gwen yelled. The four of them immediately ran in the opposite direction. One of the beavers let out a roar before all three of them chased after Owen's team.
Suddenly, a short girl with longe blonde hair lept from a tree that the Shortcake's ran past. "Majestic creatures, please listen!" Dawn yelled.
"Dawn?! Get out of there! You're gonna get killed!" Gwen yelled out.
"You know her?" Owen asked.
"I met her at a nature rally, and she helped me patch things up with Duncan and Courtney. But that's not important right now!"
Dawn didn't move, and the wooly beavers didn't stop. They continued to charge, ready to attack Dawn.
"Well, I guess no team's gonna be able to recruit her." Noah said. Gwen smacked Noah on the head for his comment.
Dawn reached into her pocket and got out a small eight legged creature. A scorpion. And it was crushed. "This is the true culprit."
The beavers stopped charging and looked at the crushed scorpion with curiosity. "Wait, true culprit for what?" Owen asked.
"The mother of these creatures was mysteriously killed, and they blame the humans who landed here." Dawn answered. She held the crushed scorpion towards the beavers. "I heard this scorpion's thoughts before it drew it's last breath. It was startled by your mother and bit it. Your mother stomped on the scorpion in turn. There's no need to continue your rampage."
The wooly beavers looked at each other and then turned around, walking away from the contestants. Kitty ran up to Dawn. "Whoa! That was amazing!" Kitty complimented.
Dawn looked at the crushed scorpion sadly. "Nature is beautiful, but at the same time, can be quite cruel." Dawn crouched downwards and dug a small hole, putting the scorpion inside it. "May your souls rest in peace."
The others didn't really know what to say. Soon, Dawn turned to them. "Is it alright with you if I join your team?" She asked.
"Totally! ...Right Noah?" Owen asked.
"There'll be three spots left for Emma even if Dawn joins up, so sure. But we have to find Emma, fast." Noah said.
Kitty noticed a bluebird landed on a nearby tree branch. "Hey, you can talk to animals right Dawn? Maybe you could try finding a bird and ask if it saw Emma." Kitty suggested.
"Good idea." Dawn said. She walked up to the three. "Excuse me blessed one. Have you seen a girl named Emma?"
"She looks a little like me, but shorter, and with longer hair." Kitty said.
The bird made a few chirping noises. "Yes, she was one of the many people who were flung to this island." Dawn answered.
"This is kinda weird." Owen said.
"You get used to it." Gwen replied.
The bird made a few chirping noises, Dawn nodding. "Thank you my friend." Dawn turned to the rest of the Shortcakes. "Emma was flung to the other end of the island. The bird saw her with a muscular spaniard."
Noah, Gwen, and Owen all widened their eyes, Noah soon getting frustrated. "Eelejandro" He said, gritting his teeth.
Emma and Alejandro were walking through the forest. "I never asked for company you know." Emma told him.
"I couldn't just leave a lady alone in dangerous territory, could I?" Aleandro asked.
"Well, this lady would prefer it if you weren't around."
Alejandro raised an eyebrow. "I take it Noah has told you about me?"
"Oh yeah. So don't think for a second that I'm gonna fall for your 'charm.' I'm going to join Owen and Noah's team, find my little sister, and then I'm going to win the competition."
Alejandro chuckled. "It was smart of Noah to warn you of threats beforehand. He even knew about my true colors fairly early on. If I didn't get him eliminated, he would have certainly been a threat. Meanwhile, his best friend Owen was tricked by me from the start. Even when Noah spelled it out to him that I shouldn't be trusted, Owen still thought of me as a friend until Duncan led him to realize it."
Emma's pace started to slow down, but she didn't respond.
(Confessional: Emma)
"Owen's a great guy, but he's a follower. Not a leader. And he's not exactly the sharpest knife in the drawer either. It'd be way better if me or Noah was the team leader."
(Confessional: Alejandro)
"It's unfortunate that so many people know about what kind of person I am. But even if I can't get them to think I'm a friend, that doesn't mean I can't stir some discourse in their team."
"Whooooaahhhhh!" They heard a voice call out.
"That sounded like Brody!" Emma yelled. Emma ran towards where the voice came from, Alejandro following.
The camera shown Brody running from a grizzly bear. Despite his situation, Brody was looking pretty happy. "This isn't the first time I was chased by a bear, but this is the first time it was caught on camera. Don't try this at home kids!"
Due to not looking where he was going, Brody found himself running headfirst into a tree. "Dude..." He said. Upon catching up with Brody, the grizzly bear stood on it's hind legs, got out an eating bib, and wrapped it around it's neck. "Where were you even holding that?" Brody asked.
Emma and Alejandro came onto the scene, seeing the bear corner Brody. "...I want the record to show that I at least TRIED to come save Brody." Emma said to the camera.
"It's not too late." Alejandro said. He casually walked up to the bear.
"What are you doing?" Emma asked fear.
Alejandro put a hand on the bear's chest. "My, you have quite the lovely pelt." He told the bear. "And your roar and claws are simply admirable. It's like I'm looking at Beauty AND the Beast."
Emma helped Brody stand up. "Oh come on. There's no way that's gonna-"
The bear got back on all fours and nuzzled Alejandro. "Aww, that's a good bear."
"Whoa. Geoff made him come off as a major jerkwad, but that Alejandro's actually a pretty nice dude." Brody said.
"Trust me. That's what he wants you to think." Emma replied.
Alejandro got the bear to sit down. "Amigos. Care for a ride?"
"Ride a bear? Awesome!" Brody ran up to the bear and got on it's back.
"Emma?" Alejandro asked.
"Fine." Emma got on the bear as well. "But this is only for a fast ride. It doesn't mean I trust you." As Emma got on the bear, she heard a faint clicking sound from somewhere. "Wait, is someone else here?"
Alejandro got on the front of the bear. "Vaminos, oso!" The bear sprinted forward, the three contestants riding on it.
The camera cut to the Killer Blades walking through a rocky terrain. "It's been forever since we found Geoff and Bridgette, and haven't found any other contestants." Scott complained.
"Um...It's only been about 15 minutes." Bridgette told him.
"The point still stands."
"Well, unless one of you guys has the nose of a bloodhound, we're gonna have to stick to wandering around." Duncan said.
"Come on Cody! We have to push this!" Leshawna's voiice yelled out from the distance.
"I'm...trying!" Cody's voice strained.
"And it looks like that plan's working out!" Duncan smiled.
The Killer Blades ran to the direction of the voices, and saw Cody and Leshawna trying to push a large boulder. "Leshawna! Cody!" Bridgette exclaimed.
"Ugh...great to see you girl, but now's not the best time for reunions!" Leshawna strained.
"What's the deal with the rock?" Duncan asked.
"DJ...he's-he's underneath it." Cody said. He tilted his head to arms and legs sticking from underneath the boulder. Sure enough, they looked like DJ's.
"What?!" The Blades other than Scott reacted.
"The three of us landed together, and DJ noticed a tumblng boulder head towards a deer. DJ got out out of the way, but he got crushed under the boulder instead."
Duncan, Bridgette, Geoff, and Zoey immediately went towards the boulder and started pushing on it. Scott soon casually walked up to the boulder and started pushing on it as well. "Ok, on three." Duncan said. "One, two three!" Everyone gave a big push, the boulder slowly starting to nudge.
"It's working! Everyone keep at it!" Duncan yelled.
After several minutes of straining, the group finally managed to push away the boulder. Revealed was DJ's body, injured pretty badly, but comscious.
"Ughh...would you guys believe me if I said this was only the second most injured I've been on the show?" DJ asked.
Geoff and Leshawna helped DJ stand up. "Dude, we need to get medical attention for you right away." Geoff said.
"I'll tell Chris over the walkie talkie." Duncan replied as he got it out.
"But weren't we looking for your friend Brody, Geoff?" Scott asked. "And Zoey, didn't you want to find and recruit Mike?"
"Maybe some of us could take DJ to Chris, and the rest of us could continue searching." Zoey suggested.
"Sorry Blades, but that's a no go." Chris' voice said over Duncan's walkie talkie. "You can only come back to us after you have a full team of eight."
"Dude, DJ's hurt." Duncan replied.
"We can't give you an unfair advantage dude. Well, not so soon in the season anyway. But Duncan, all you have to do is say you recruit Leshawna, DJ, and Cody, and you'll have eight teammates."
"Can you at least tell us if Brody is alright?" Geoff asked.
"Ugh. If it'll get you to move it, then sure. Brody's doing fine. Unrecruited, but he's traveling with Noah's girlfriend and Alejandro."
Duncan turned to Geoff, who nodded. He then turned to Leshawna and Cody, who nodded as well. "Fine. I have a full team now."
"Alright! Turn back the way you came and meet me on the beachside!"
"Sorry ya'll. It'll take a while before I can walk like normal." DJ said.
"Don't sweat it DJ." Cody said. "We can slow down for you."
"Yeah. Now we'll know who to send home if we lose." Scott muttered to himself with a smile.
"Alright. Let's move it guys." Duncan said. The Blades walked towards the direction Chris told them to go.
"Noah has a girlfriend now?" Cody asked.
(Confessional: Leshawna)
"I don't really wanna be on a team where that scrawny little jerkface, Duncan, is the leader, but DJ needed medical attention. And at the very least, I'd rather take orders from him than Heather."
Mike took a look at some footprints that were in the mud. He and the rest of Team Heather were by a raging river. "Hmmm."
"Um, Earth to Mike? Are we gonna keep looking for contestants or what?" Heather asked.
"That's what I'm doing right now." Mike told her. He took a look back at the footprints. "These footprints couldn't have been made longer than 10 minutes ago. And the footprints of the human's definitely don't match any of ours."
"So someone's been through here recently?" Heather asked
"Yeah. And it looks like the person was being attacked by some kind of bird. Probably those monstrous geese you guys ran into in season 1. Based on the ident of the footprints, the person who came through here must have been pretty skinny. It also looks like they tripped over themselves a few times, so they're probably not that co-ordinated."
"Harold." Heather and Justin said simultaneously.
(Confessional: Mike)
"Back in All-Stars, I got the skills of my alternate personalities after taking down Mal. Manitoba's tracking skills are definitely something I'm glad to have."
"Harold surprisingly has a lot of skills. He could be worth recruiting." Heather said.
"Can you tell where he went?" Justin asked Mike.
Mike took a look at the water. "The foot prints just stop, so it's fair to guess that he went into the water. He probably stumbled in there by accident when he was being attacked."
"Anyway we can tell where he went from here?" Heather asked.
Mike walked towards the water and bobbed his head down into it. A few seconds later he took his head out of the water. "I saw several bits of hair and clothing form a trail on the riverbed. He should be at the other end of this river."
"Way to go Mike! Your skills more than make up for your lack of personality. Come on!" Heather ran by the river, B and Justin following.
"That's...not what I'd call a compliment." Mike said before following them.
Not too long, the four of them came across Harold and Sky sitting by the riverbank, both of them soaking wet. Harold also had several bruises, and parts of his shirt were torn. "You think you're good to go now?" Sky asked.
"I could have been ready at anytime. I was just waiting for you to be ready." Harold responded.
"...Uh-huh." Sky and Harold stood up.
Team Heather reached the three of them. "Harold! And...what's your face." Heather said upon reaching them. "You want to join our team?"
"Harold, are you ok?" Justin asked. "And how'd you run into her? Mike only tracked one person."
"I found him being carried alongside the river. I pulled him out." Sky told him.
"A Stymphalian Canadian Goose attacked me. It was lucky it caught me by surprise, or I would have totally took it down with my skills." Harold made a few karate poses.
"Yeah, sure, whatever." Heather said. "Are you two joining our team?"
Sky took a look at them while thinking it over.
(Confessional: Sky)
"Not the worst team to be on. Heather won World Tour, Mike won All-Stars, Harold shown a surprising amount of skills in Island and Action, and B's incredibly smart. I'm not exactly a big fan of how underhanded Heather can be, but if the alternative is being stranded on a dangerous island, I'll take what I can get. Hopefully Heather will be more sportsmanlike this season though.
(Confessional: Heather)
"Normally, having someone who throws a fit about 'unsportsmanlike conduct' would be more trouble than it's worth. But take into account how Sky's a great gymnast, along with how she doesn't exactly have any friends on this season, and it's the perfect combination of useful ally and easy target."
"I'll join your team." Harold said.
"I guess I'll join too." Sky said.
"Great! That's six recruited, two to go." Heather said.
"You better hurry it up." Chris said over Heather's walkie talkie. "The Killer Blades assembled their full team a few minutes ago."
"Crap! We gotta move it!" Heather told the team.
"Wait a sec, did he say Duncan's team JUST fully assembled? You told me that you saw the Killer Blades have a full team of eight a while ago." Mike said to Heather.
"Congratulations. You found out I lied to you. Can we move it already?" Heather asked before running off.
"Ugh. I made a big mistake agreeing to join her." Mike said.
"Something tells me I'll be saying the same thing." Sky said.
Alejandro, Emma, and Brody continued riding the bear through the forest. "Whoo-hooo!" Brody cheered.
"So señorita, I take it you wish to be on the same team as your boyfriend, right?"
"Yeah..." Emma answered in suspicion.
"Very understandable choice. I just hope the butter donkey doesn't ruin your chances in the competition."
"You mean Owen?"
Alejandro nodded. "Out of all the things I did to hide my true nature from the other contestants, putting up with Owen was absolutely the hardest."
"You know, badmouthing my friend isn't the best way to charm me. And no matter what you say, I'm not gonna convince Noah and Owen to let you join."
"You think I WANT to join a team where Owen's the leader. Ha! Throughout my time with him, Owen was idiotic, disgusting, and above all, useless! He ATE the sausage that our team was supposed to ride down back in Germany. Me and Duncan had to literally carry him through part of the challenge back in Area 51. He nearly cost my team the game in Sweeden both by giving away to Team Amazon that we're building a boat AND by having us turn our boat around to start a cannon fight with them."
"Why are you even saying this to me? We're opponents, remember?"
"I just want to give you a warning about what will happen when you join a team with Owen. If he was such a hinderance on a team where someone else took charge, just imagine what he'll do to a team that he leads."
Emma bit her lip. She remembered watching Total Drama after she started dating Noah. Everything Alejandro said was true. "Hey! I think I see a team!" Brody yelled out.
Emma and Alejandro looked ahead and saw the Strawberry Shortcakes. "Kitty! Noah! Owen!" Emma exclaimed.
Owen's team stopped as they saw the three come towards them. "Emma!" Owen, Noah, and Kitty all cheered. The three of them ran towards the bear, the rest of the Shortcakes following.
"Stop, right here." Alejandro told the bear. The bear came to a halt, allowing Emma to get off the bear and hug her younger sister.
"I was so worried about you." Emma told her.
"Ditto!" Kitty broke the hug and gestured to Gwen and Dawn. "These two are our teammates. Gwen and Dawn. Gwen saved me from being crushed by a rolling tree, and Dawn found out where to find you!"
Emma gasped. "You almost got crushed by a tree?! How many times do I have to tell you not to be so reckless?!"
"It wasn't her fault." Owen said. "I accidentally caused the tree to roll down the hill when I leaned on it."
Emma widened her eyes and turned to Owen. "Come again?"
Alejandro smiled.
(Confessional: Alejandro)
"Sometimes, the stars align just the right way."
"We're obviously recruiting Emma. Brody, do you wanna join us too?" Noah said.
"Right on!" Brody exclaimed. He got off the bear and ran up to the Shortcakes.
"How about you Al?" Owen asked.
"Owen!" Noah and Gwen both yelled.
"What? I know he's evil, but with him, we'll have a full team of 8, letting us catch up with Duncan's team. It's not like he's a challenge thrower like Scott."
"That's a pretty good point." Kitty said.
"Regardless, I'd rather be on a team that actually has a leader." Alejandro had the bear turn around and ride off.
"What's that supposed to mean?" Owen asked.
"Forget about what he says Owen." Gwen told him.
"She's right. Besides, Alejandro's idea of a 'leader' is a bossy backstabber who kicked him down a volcano." Noah said. "We just need to find one more contestant to recruit, and we're golden."
"Well, you have that one contestant right here! Let's head to the beach!" Brody declared.
"...One more contestant OTHER than you." Emma pointed out.
"Oh. Then why didn't you say so?"
(Confessional: Gwen)
"If Geoff dumbs down to Brody's level whenever he's around him, I can see why Bridgette wanted to keep them apart."
Team Heather were in the forest again, Mike looking at pawprints. They were large, and had clawmarks at the top. Bits of brown fur, brown hair, and black hair were also near the prints."Anything interesting Mike?" Sky asked.
"It looks like a bear ran past here recently."
"Well, bears are on boney island right? That's not too weird."
"True. But I also see human hair here too. It was left behind recently." Mike stood up and faced his team. "At least two contestants were traveling through here with a bear."
"So we have to go TOWARDS a bear to recruit contestants?" Justin asked.
B noticed something coming, tapped Heather's shoulder and pointed to it. "Or the bear's coming to us with a contestant." Heather said.
The bear Alejandro was riding on came to a stop. "Mi amor." Alejandro said to Heather. "It's not too late for me to join, is it?"
Heather smiled at Alejandro before she realized what she was doing and cleared her throat. "Now we just need to find one more contestant." Heather said.
Harold and Justin frowned at Alejandro's arrival. "Do we really have to take him?" Justin asked.
"Duncan's team has already formed, and who knows how many people Owen's recruited? We can't afford to be picky right now." Sky said.
"Besides. Alejandro would definirely be more useful to have than you." Heather said to Justin.
Justin gritted his teeth in anger.
(Confessional: Mike)
"I'm not sure where Heather learned to lead, but unless you're teaching at military school, you'd usually want your followers to LIKE you."
"So Mike, care to show us more of your mad tracking skills?" Harold asked.
Mike looked at a tree. "Actually, I don't think that'll be necessary."
"Why's that?"
Sky and Heather heard the faint sound of a camera. "Because we have a certain stalker around." Heather said.
Sierra fell from the tree. "Hmm. I was hoping to get more photos of contestants traveling around boney island for my blog, but I guess the ones I got will do."
"And Team Heather now has a full team of eight!" Chris' voice said over the radio.
"Come on! We gotta hurry to the beach!" Heather said. She and and her team ran back to the dropoff point.
"All that's left is for the Strawberry Shortcakes to find their eighth member."
"Crap! We're in last place!" Emma yelled.
"Dawn, can you do your aura thing to find another member?" Gwen asked Dawn.
Dawn was holding two butterflies to both of her ears. "So far, no creatures of the island have found any people who weren't on a team."
"Aww man. Now what do we do?" Kitty asked.
Suddenly, the seven of them felt a rumbling. "Is this an earthquaake?" Brody asked.
"No. It's way too small to be one. Something's coming from-" Noah began to say.
Suddenly three giant hairless gophers popped out of the ground, and started sniffing. "Oh come on!" Owen yelled. He and the Shortcakes began to back away slowly.
"These are some of the mutated creatures from Season 4! Why are they on Boney Island?!" Gwen asked.
"Come on Gwen. Camp Wawanakwa sank. I had to give these guys a home." Chris said over the radio.
"I'm surprised Chris actually displayed a level of compassion to these poor creatures." Dawn said.
"You just put them on here to make it more dangerous for us, didn't you?" Noah asked.
"Do you even have to ask?"
Emma snapped her fingers in realization and turned to Dawn. "Wait a second. Dawn, no animals could see any lone contestant on the surface of the island. But what if they're underground?"
"Meaning you could talk to the gophers and convince them to search for them." Kitty realized.
Noah widened his eyes and turned to Emma "Emma, that's brilliant!"
The gophers picked up on the scent of the Shortcakes and let out a roar towards them. "They'll need to be pacified first. These creatures are incedibly aggressive." Dawn told them.
"I think a guy from Season 4 got these gophers to back off with a smelly shoe." Kitty said.
Noah and Owen smiled. "Well we got something way more powerful than that." Noah said.
Owen walked towards the gophers. "The tamer walks towards the roaring beasts, ready to display his dominance over them."
"Umm..." Emma said.
"He likes to narrate sometimes." Gwen told her.
The gophers began to get ouf the hole and run towards Owen. "The beasts do not yet know their place in nature. But soon, the tamer will get them to understand discipline."
"Cover your noses people." Noah warned everyone.
The Killer Blades finally stepped foot on the beach, Leshawna and Geoff still helping DJ walk. "We made it!" Zoey exclaimed.
"Hey, what's up with those boats?" Cody asked. He pointed to two speedboats, and a large canoe that were on the beachside. One of the two speedboats looked like it crashed into a rock.
Soon, eight of them heard the sound of helicopter blades. They looked up and saw Chris in a helicopter carrying a megaphone. "Congratulations on the Killer Blades for being the first to make it here! Took you long enough!"
"We would have been here sooner, but DJ was hurt!" Scott yelled out. Perfect way to cast blame on DJ if they lose while not getting the team to dislike him.
"Excuses excuses. Anyway, here's the dealio. A little ways away is the S.S McLean. The teams have to take the boats and race there. First team there gets to stay at the yacht until the next challenge. Last team is sending someone home."
"We're obviously taking the working speedboat, right?" Cody asked.
"What if Chris rigged it? Make us THINK it's the best one when it's actually the crappiest." Scott replied.
"Boy, I've been walking through a dangerous island for two hours, I do NOT have the energy to overthink things right now." Leshawna said to Scott.
"Duncan?" Geoff asked.
"We're taking the speedboat that's in condition." Duncan decided.
"Good choice." Chris said over the megaphone.
The Killer Blades all got inside the speedboat, Duncan starting it up. "First place, here we come!" The speedboat bolted away from Boney Island and towards the yacht.
Seconds afterwards, Team Heather arrived on the beach. "Crap! Duncan's team already has a headstart."
"It looks like our options are either crashed speedboat, or a regular canoe." Sierra noted.
Harold took a look at the two remaining boats. "B, you can fix the crashed speedboat, right?"
B gave a thumbs up and walked towards it.
"Who knows how long that could take though?" Heather asked.
"So, you think we should pick the canoe?" Mike asked.
"You and Sierra have great leg strength. We could use you guys as motors."
"There's one big problem with that Heather." Chris said from the helicopter. As if on cue, Fang rose up from the water. "The water is a little bit shark infested."
The Blades noticed that Fang was still alive, and now, conscious. "Oh no." Scott whimpered.
"It's fine. We're far away from the shark." Leshawna said.
Heather smiled. "Hey Fang! Scott's getting away!" Fang widened his eyes and turned around, seeing the Blades' speedboat, and of course, Scott. The mutated shark immediately swam towards the Killer Blades.
"Seriously?!" Cody asked.
"What did you do to that Shark?" Bridgette asked Scott.
"I took one of it's stupid teeth when it tried to eat me ok?! Is that worth trying to kill someone over?!" Scott responded.
Sky, Sierra, Mike, and Harold all turned to Heather in horror. "Did you just send a killer shark after them?!" Sky asked.
"Oh come on. Like you wouldn't do the same thing." Heather said.
"Besides, if we didn't, the shark would have attacked US." Alejandro stated.
"Yeah, but that doesn't mean you should endanger their lives!" Harold responded.
"Harold, be honest. Would you care even half as much if Leshawna wasn't one of the people on Duncan's team?" Alejandro asked.
"Or would you care if it wasn't your, almost as boring as you, girlfriend?" Heather asked Mike.
Mike and Harold crossed their arms and glared at Heather and Alejandro.
Fang caught up to the speedboat and rammed into ths speedboat, damaging it enough to slow it down. "Oh, come on!" Duncan yelled.
Soon afterwards, Fang circled to the front of the Blades' speedboat, and let out a roar.
The Shortcakes rode the three mutant gophers underground, the gophers running through dirt tunnels that they built. Owen and Gwen was on one gopher, Noah, Emma, and Kitty were on the second one, and Brody and Dawn on the third. Gwen was clinging onto Owen's arm. "They say that a lone human has landed underground here hours ago." Dawn said.
"Righteous! An underground rescue!" Brody cheered.
Gwen gulped, still holding onto Owen's arm. "Of all the places to find our eighth teammate."
"Don't worry Gwen. We'll be back on the surface in a flash." Owen told her.
Gwen took a few breaths. "Thanks Owen."
"Is it just me, or do you guys hear music?" Kitty asked.
The other contestants realized Kitty was right. They heard the sound of someone playing the guitar. "That must be Trent!" Owen said. "Onwards my loyal beasts!"
The Shortcakes sped up through the dirt tunnels before they saw Trent sitting down with several other mutant gophers, playing guitar for them.
"Lady, running down to the riptide. Taken away to the dark side. I wanna be your left hand man. I love you when you're singing that song and, I got a lump in my throat 'cause, you're gonna sing the words wrong." Trent sang. The mutant gophers seemed to be enjoying the music.
"He's good." Kitty said.
"Hey, Trent!" Owen yelled.
Trent stopped strumming the guitar and turned to Owen. "Owen? Alright! I was starting to worry that I'd be stuck here."
"How'd you even get sent underground anyway?" Noah asked.
Trent walked up to the mutant gophers the Shortcakes were riding on. "Bad luck. I just happened to land into a hole that was dug by one of these gophers. I'm just glad they liked listening to my music, or I would have been screwed." Trent got on the gopher that Owen and Gwen were riding. "Hey Gwen. Been a while."
"Hi Trent. Let's catch up later. Right now, I just want to get above ground." Gwen said at a rapid pace.
Noah got out the walkie talkie. "Chris, we got all eight members."
"Nice one dudes. But you're gonna wanna hurry to where we dropped you off. The Killer Blades and Team Heather have a pretty big lead on you." Chris said over the walkie talkie.
"Fair creatures, do you think you can take us to the beachside where the other contestants are?" Dawn asked.
The mutant gophers nodded before digging upwards.
"Do you have the other speedboat working now B?" Heather asked.
B put a wrench in his pocket and gave a thumbs up. Sure enough, the speedboat was fully repaired.
"Alright!" Harold cheered. "Now we can save Leshawna!"
"AFTER we get first place. Now come on!" Heather ran to the speedboat and got inside, the other members of Team Heather getting in soon afterwards.
Three mutant gophers popped out of the ground near the beach, the Strawberry Shortcakes riding them. "We're here!" Owen cheered.
"We have to move it, now!" Emma got off the gopher and ran onto the sand, the rest of the Shortcakes following.
"Sorry for taking the last speedboat. But you snooze, you lose!" Heather taunted. She started the speedboat and sailed away from Boney Island.
"All that's left is the canoe then?" Trent asked.
"We'll have to take what we can get." Noah said.
Owen gasped and pointed to the Blades' boat. "Holy swiss cheese!"
Gwen took a look at the boat and gasped. "They're being attacked by a shark!"
Brody went wide eyed. "Sh-sh-shark?"
Emma got in the canoe. "Then we have a chance of passing them. Everyone grab a paddle."
"Emma!" Kitty yelled at Emma.
"Look, if we want to save them, we're gonna have to actually reach them. We're gonna have to paddle, fast!" All of the Shortcakes got into the canoe and paddled towards the yacht.
Leshawna punched Fang in the nose as it tried to get on the speedboat. "Oh no! No way we're letting you on this boat!"
Fang went underwater and began to bite through the bottom of the speedboat, slowly causing the boat to go under."Now THAT we can't stop you from doing." Leshawna said.
"Now what?!" Scott asked.
"DJ, are you legs doing better for you to push us?" Cody asked.
"I think so, but I can't go in the water when there's a bloodthirsty shark inches from the boat." DJ respnded.
"Ugh! If if weren't for this stupid shark!" Duncan yelled.
Bridgette was thinking. "Hmm. The shark attacked our boat because we had Scott on board, right?" Bridgette asked.
"Bridge, you don't mean to throw him overboard, do you?!" Geoff asked.
"Of course not! But what if we took Heather's plan for ourselves?"
Duncan widened his eyes and smiled. "I get what you're saying."
Soon, Team Heather's boat began to reach the boat of the Strawberry Shortcakes. "So long losers!" Heather taunted.
Duncan grabbed Scott by the arm. "The rest of you guys, keep heading towards the yacht."
"What are you-?" Scott began to ask.
Right when Team Heather's boat was about to pass them, Duncan jumped onto the other speedboat with Scott. "Why are you on our boat?" Alejandro asked.
"Hey, Fang!" Duncan yelled out. "We got your sharkbait right here!"
Fang's head popped up from the surface and eyed Team Heather's speedboat. All of Team Heather along with Scott realized what Duncan's plan was as Fang stopped attacking the Blades' boat, and instead charged at Team Heather's.
"Later losers." Duncan said. He and Scott jumped into the water right when Fang was about to make impact.
"OH, YOU LITTLE-" The rest of Heather's sentence was replaced with censored bleeping.
Fang rammed into Team Heather's speedboat, destroying it's engine, and sending them far offcourse. Geoff and Bridgette helped Duncan and Scott get back into the damaged speedcoast. "Coast is clear DJ. Not sure how much time we have though."
"Got it!" DJ got into the water and began to push the boat. It was definitely strenuous considering his injured legs, but he was still able to push at a decent speed.
"Wait, what about Mike?!" Zoey asked.
"And Harold?!" Leshawna added.
"Hey, they used us for sharkbait, didn't they?" Duncan replied.
"Besides, they got Sierra." Bridgette pointed to Heather's boat. Sure enough, Sierra currently had Fang in a chokehold with her legs.
"You! Do NOT! Endanger Cody's life!" She yelled.
"She DOES still care about me." Cody said.
Leshawna turned to Bridgette. "Dang girl. You even knew that they wouldn't be in as much danger as us? All that time hosting Aftermath has led you to develop a crafty mind."
Bridgette blushed, looking a little bit guilty.
(Confessional: Bridgette)
"I feel bad for having the idea of using Scott as bait and getting Fang to attack them, but Heather started it. And at least I knew that they could fight Fang off."
Soon, DJ succesfully pushed the sppedboat to the S.S McLean. "And the Killer Blades win!" Chris announced from the helicopter. All of the Blades cheered upon the announcement.
The boarding ramp was let down. The Killer Blades got out of the speedboat and walked on the boarding ramp to get on the yacht, Geoff and Bridgette helping DJ walk. "Now, all that's left is the race for second place." Chris said.
The Strawberry Shortcakes were beginning to close in on Team Heather. "Look! We're gaining on them!" Trent pointed out.
"We might be able to avoid last place!" Emma exclaimed.
"This isn't good, they're about to pass us." Sky said.
"Yeah, I realized that." Heather replied.
B was looking thoughtfully at Fang, who was currently being strangled by Sierra.
"B, are you thinking what I'm thinking?" Harold asked.
B smiled at Harold and gave a thumbs up.
"We need a rope, stat!" Harold declared.
Sky looked below her seat, and found a bundle of rope. "Here." She tossed the rope to B, who tied on end to the front of the boat.
"I see. We use Fang as our motor, just like what Cameron did in All-Stars." Alejandro said. He grabbed the other end of the roap and gave it to Sky. "Quickly, tie this around Fang."
Sky nodded. Sierra got off Fang, and the two of them began to tie the rope around the shark's neck.
"We'll still need a way to slow down Owen's team." Heather said.
Justin stood up. "Leave that to me." He ripped off his shirt and posed.
"Whoa." Kitty said impressed.
"Yeah, Justin has a pretty good bod." Owen said. The Shortcakes continued to row, eventually passing Team Heather.
"What the...that was it?!" Justin asked in annoyance.
"I guess they're just used to you now." Harold said.
"Kitty and Emma haven't even met me before though!"
Sierra and Sky finished tying the rope around Fang. "It's done!" Sierra pushed Fang into the water. "Now take us to that yacht!"
Fang, looking pretty scared, decided to listen to Sierra, swimming towards the S.S McLean, dragging the boat along the way.
"Seriously?!" Gwen asked.
"Have fun sending somebody home tonight!" Heather yelled. Soon, Team Heather passed the Strawberry Shortcake's speedboat.
"Now what?" Kitty asked.
"Maybe we could get them to fight each other. Cause the boat to go off course. But how?" Noah asked.
Trent punched his palm and stood up. He had an idea. "Al, you're lucky that your plan worked, even if Justin failed!" He yelled out.
"HIS plan?!" Harold yelled, offended. Justin was also getting annoyed.
Noah picked up on what Trent was doing. "Well of course Justin wouldn't be that important to Eelejandro's plan. He knows that anything Justin can do, he can do better."
"Alejandro would have actually succeeded in getting us to stop rowing." Emma said.
"Makes you wonder why Heather even bothered to recruit Justin." Duncan called out.
"You're not even on Owen's team. Why are YOU getting involved?" Zoey asked.
"Who would you rather have lose? Owen, or Heather?"
"If it weren't for the fact that Harold's on Heather's team, I'd be doing the same thing." Leshawna admitted.
Harold turned to Justin. "Justin, they're just trying to throw you off. Don't listen to them."
Justin took several deep breaths. "You're right Harold. I won't let them get to me."
Alejandro breathed a sigh of relief. "That's good to hear." Alejandro said.
"What, are you surprised about what I said?"
"Well...kind of?"
"He probably doesn't view you as that reliable!" Kitty called out.
"Look, don't listen to them. They're just-" Alejandro began to say.
"I want to hear it from you! Earlier today, you said that you have both beauty and brains! Do you think that you make me irrelevant?!" Justin angrily asked.
Alejandro put a hand on Justin's shoulder. "Justin. You are a truly integral part of this team."
"Pfftt!" Heather held in her laughter.
"Heather! We need him to think that-" Alejandro realized what he was about to say.
"Rahhhhh!" Justin tackled Alejandro in a blind rage.
"Justin, stop!" Harold yelled.
Justin and Alejandro rolled along the floor of the speedboat. The fighting started to cause the boat to rock, and the knot of the rope to loosen. "Get those two off the boat before we get untied!" Heather ordered.
"But we-" Sky began to say.
Heather didn't let her finish. She went up to Justin and Alejandro, and shoved them off the boat. "They can swim, and there's no more danger. They'll be fine."
Heather and Justin popped their heads out of the water. "Heather!" Alejandro yelled.
"It's for the good of the team sweetie!" Heather yelled out.
(Confessional: Alejandro)
"She'd seriously throw me overboard just for the sake of not being last place?" Alejandro smiled. "I love that woman."
"Arghh. They're still on course!" Emma said in frustration.
"Then we're gonna need to turbo boost it. Owen, you got another gasbomb ready?" Noah asked.
Owen saluted. "Aye aye sir!"
"...You're the team leader Owen." Gwen pointed out.
Owen held onto the back of the canoe and went in the water. "Here we go!"
Owen let out a small squeaky fault. "Was that it?" Trent asked.
"I used up most of my gas on the gophers, and I haven't eaten since we were on the yacht." Owen replied.
Soon, Fang led Team Heather's boat to the S.S McLean. "Alright!" Harold cheered. "We got second place!"
Eventually, the Strawberry Shortcakes sadly paddled their way to the yacht. "Sorry guys." Owen said.
"Don't apologize just yet Owen. You're not in last place." Chris said. Chris climbed down from a ladder dropped by the helicopter, and arrived on the skydeck.
"What! But our boat arrived first!" Heather pointed out.
"That is true. But I said the last TEAM that arrives sends someone home. Team Heather is short two members." He pointed to Justin and Alejandro who were swiming back to the yacht.
"This is all your fault you know." Justin said. Alejandro didn't bother to dignify that accusation with a response.
"Then that means-" Gwen began to ask.
"That's right. The Strawberry Shortcakes take second place!" Chris declared.
"WHOOO-HOOOOOO!" Owen cheered.
Kitty got out her phone and took a selfie of the team. "Alright! We won our first challenge as a team!"
"We didn't win though. We got second." Emma pointed out.
"Hey, so long as we all get to keep having a good time here and avoid elimination, it's always a victory."
Trent smiled. "I'm more than fine viewing it that way."
(Confessional: Emma)
Emma let out a sigh of relief. "We got lucky that we didn't get last, but Owen seriously needs to think things through more. Starting tomorrow, me and Noah are gonna have to advise him."
"Chef, lower the-" Chris began to say.
"NO! Don't lower the boarding ramp yet!" Scott begged, pointing to Fang. His knot was being untied by Sierra.
Brody was also looking pretty nervous with how close their boat was to Fang, despite him being tied up. "Yeah. Can we put the shark in some underwater stables or something first?" Brody asked.
Chef came, carrying a bucket of fish. "Alright Fang. You're done for the day." Chef tossed several fish away from the yacht. "Go on. Get your food!"
Fang took a look at the fish and back to the yacht. He pointed a finger at Scott, and then at Duncan, before making a throat slitting gesture. Fang then swam away.
"Umm...what was that about?" Duncan asked.
"He must hold a grudge against you. You did nearly kill him." Zoey said.
"And he still puts me on the same level as you because I took one of his teeth?! Two years ago?! COME ON!" Scott complained.
"Chef. Take care of DJ in the infirmary." Chef nodded, and hoisted DJ on his back, walking away from everyone else. As for Team Heather. It's time to write in your votes for the ballot box. I'll be seeing you in one of your loser cabin cruisers at the elimination ceremony." Chris said.
(Confessional: Mike)
"Let's see. Heather's mean, bossy, and her selfishness cost us the game. Any reason why I SHOULDN'T vote her off?"
The camera cut to one of the two cabin cruisers that sailed alongside the S.S McLean. It was nightime, the crescent moon shining in the sky. All the members of Team Heather were sitting on stools. Chris was standing, holding a plate of shrimp. "Sailors. You've all gathered here for the first elimination ceremony of the season. On my plate are seven delicious shrimp. The perfect food to eat on a cruise. However, here, they aren't simply food. They represent life."
Several members of Team Heather turned to look at each other.
"Each of you has cast your vote and made your decision. The person who does not receive shrimp will have to catch the Boat of Losers." On cue, the Boat of Losers from Season 1 came by, Chef driving it.
"At least this time, you're back to normal elimination methods." Heather said.
Chris ignored the comment. "When I call your name, come up and receive your shrimp. The first person safe is...B."
B stood up and walked over to Chris, taking a piece of shrimp from the plate.
"The next person safe is Sierra." Sierra smiled, walked up to the plate, and took a piece of shrimp.
"Mike, Harold, and Sky. You three are safe as well." The three all smiled and took their pieces of shrimp. The only contestants left were Heather, Justin, and Alejandro. Heather was looking somewhat worried, but was hiding it to the best of her ability. Justin and Alejandro simply looked annoyed.
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Justin gritted his teeth in annoyance. Alejandro simply smiled and walked to the plate, collecting his shrimp. The only two remaining were Justin and Heather.
"Both of you screwed up bigtime for your team. Justin. You let your jealousy of Alejandro control you, and started a fight with him, nearly causing your team to lose your shark-motor. Heather. Your actions were viewed as too far, even to your fellow teammates. And your solution to the fight between Alejandro and Justin was to throw them overboard, costing your team the game."
"If I didn't throw them off, the knot would have been undone!" Heather said defensively.
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Justin."
Alejandro and Heather both gasped. "WHAT?!" Heather yelled in shock. "This can't be true. There has to have been a miscount!"
Justin shrugged. Alejandro might not have been going home, but he was more than fine with Heather being eliminated.
"You're right Heather. It isn't true." Chris said with a smile.
"Wait, what?" Mike asked.
Chris picked up the last shrimp on the plate and tossed it to Heather. "Unfortunately Justin, YOU'RE the one that's going home."
Justin glared at Chris. "Did you have to do the fakeout again?"
"Yes. I did."
Justin groaned in annoyance. He stepped off the cabin cruiser and onto the Boat of Losers. "I'll get you back for this Al! You'll see!"
"You're one of the people who I commited NO wrong-doings against." Alejandro said.
Soon, the boat sped off, taking Justin away. "And so ends our first elimination ceremony of the season. What will the destination of our next voyage be? And which team will be sending someone home next? Find out next time on Total! Drama! Voyage!"
Votes:
Justin (5): Heather (leader vote), Alejandro, Sky, B
Heather (3): Mike, Harold, Sierra
Alejandro (1): Justin
Strawberry Shortcakes: Owen, Noah, Gwen, Trent, Dawn, Emma, Kitty, Brody
Killer Blades: Duncan, Zoey, Geoff, Bridgette, DJ, Leshawna, Cody, Scott
Team Heather: Heather, B, Harold, Alejandro, Sierra, Mike, Sky
Rankings
24th: Justin
This is the single longest chapter I've ever made for a fanfiction, so I'm surprised that I got this done in just a handful of days. Don't expect future chapters to come out this quickly though. My other story and grad school applications will definitely be taking up some of my time.
I feel that out of every contestant in the story, Justin was the most expected early elimination. Initially, I was planning on having him be eliminated second, but I felt that I would be stretching out him being jealous of Alejandro for too long. That said, Heather's attitude has made her the biggest target for elimination on her team, so she better be careful.
Let me know what you thought of the chapter. I hope that you guys enjoyed it. Have a great day!