Total Drama Voyage Chapter 3: Together Foreverglades, a total drama series fanfic

Gucci: Yeah, I was always disappointed how Sierra's obsession as a fangirl was aimed only at Cody and Chris. So I decided to have that fangirl trait be aimed at more characters, as well a toning down the insanity so that she doesn't only obsess over Cody.

MarkLevins: Yeah, pretty ungrateful of Scott. Though he tends to want to get threats eliminated. I did think of having Kitty be on another team, though I felt like out of possible new friends for her, she'd have the best interactions with Gwen.

Heck: Thank you! And yeah, Heather is probably second to Scott for my favorite character to write for.

Well, here's the next chapter. Not much to say except that I hope you enjoy it.

I'd also like to thank MarkLevins for shouting me out in his story, Total Drama Legends. It's a really enjoyable story that I'd heavily recommend you give a read if you haven't already.

"Last time on Total Drama Voyage. The team leaders searched through Boney Island to form their team, dealing with many dangers along the way." Footage of Duncan and Zoey saving Scott from Fang, Heather and B pulling Justin out of quicksand, and Dawn saving the Shortcakes from wooly beavers played. "DJ risked his live to save a deer. How sweet." A clip is played showing DJ pushing a deer out of the way of a rolling boulder, resulting in DJ getting crushed instead. "And Alejandro caused Emma to start doubting Owen's capabilities as a leader." The clip changed to Alejandro talking to Emma while riding the bear is shown.

"Heather put the Killer Blades lives at risk by sending Fang after them, but some quick thinking from Bridgette and Duncan caused that plan to totally backfire." Footage of Fang attacking the Killer Blades' boat, Duncan grabbing Scott and jumping on Team Heather's boat, and Fang attacking Team Heather's boat are shown in succession. "But despite Heather's attitude, it was Justin who had to catch the Boat of Losers due to his jealousy of Alejandro ultimately costing his team the challenge." Clips of Justin fighting with Alejandro on the speedboat, and Justin getting on the Boat of Losers is shown.

The camera cut to Chris lounging by the pool on the yacht's skydeck. "Will Heather be able to redeem herself in the eyes of her teammates? Will Emma's worries about Owen as a leader turn out to be justified? Find out right here on Total! Drama! Voyage!"

Scott was looking underneath one of the tables at the buffet room. "Doesn't look like the immunity idol's in this room. Gotta look somewhere else." Before Scott left the table, he noticed three people sitting at the bar section of the buffet room.

Duncan and Geoff clinked their margaritas together. "Gotta say, I can get used to staying on this yacht." Duncan said.

"Same man. Great food, pools, private movie rooms. It's just a bummer that we couldn't get Brody on our team though." Geoff replied.

"Well, at least you're on the same team as your girlfriend."

"Oh, definitely. Imagine if the relationship fell apart because we got put on different team. I wouldn't wanna go through what Gwen and Trent went through back in Action."

"Umm..." Zoey said. She was sitting next to Duncan. She simply had lemonade in her glass.

Duncan facepalmed. Geoff seemed to either completely forgot Zoey was here, or that Mike was on a different team. "Oh! Well...its not guaranteed that it'll fall apart. After all, Lindsay and Tyler were never on the same team, but theu're still going strong." Geoff said.

Duncan turned to Zoey. "This is the first time you competed on a different team than Mike, right red?"

Zoey nodded. "Yeah. It's probably gonna be rough to compete without him. But I don't think Mike would throw challenges for my sake, and I doubt either of us will have any hard feelings if the other team wins a challenge."

"And with that, you already have nothing to worry about it with your relationship." Geoff said.

Zoey smiled in relief. "Thanks Geoff."

"No prob. So Duncan, you worried about being on a different team than Gwen?"

"Huh? I mean why would I be? It's not like me and Gwen are dating anymore. She broke up with me all the way back in All-Stars." Duncan answered.

"True. I was just wondering if you still had feelings for her."

Duncan drank from his glass. "Nah. We were a terrible couple. She'd be a cool person to have on the team, but I'll live."

Geoff shrugged. "Fair enough man."

"Hey, we should bring something to DJ in the infirmary." Zoey suggested.

"Totally. He pushed us to victory today even though he was crushed by a rock."

Duncan nodded, and grabbed a bottle of wine. "Alright, let's go to DJ." The three of them stood up and walked away, Scott continuing to watch them from the table he was under.

(Confessional: Scott)

"With Geoff, DJ, and each other, Duncan and Zoey have half the team on their side already. If I want to take either of them down, I gotta strike as soon as possible."

Leshawna and Bridgette were both lying on massage tables, getting massaged by two masseuse's. Both of them were wearing bath robes. "Ahahaha! No way! You're telling me Duncan walked in on you and Geoff?!" Leshawna asked.

"It was SO embarassing!" Bridgette answered. "Pretty sure all three of us want to forget that."

"I don't doubt that girl." Leshawna let out a relaxed sigh. "Ohh yeah. This hits the spot."

"So Leshawna, I've been wondering. How come you and Harold aren't back together? It's clear that you both like each other, and it's not like you guys were a terrible pair."

"I dunno. Harold's great, and I do like him. But we started way too fast, and I'm not sure if either of us are ready for a relationship, you know? Especially if I let myself get seduced so easily by low lifes like Alejandro."

"Ugh. Now you're reminding me of when I got played by him." Bridgette said. "I'm just glad Geoff forgave me for that."

"So girl, be honest. You're relieved that Brody's on a different team than you and Geoff aren't you?"

Bridgette smiled. "Was it that obvious? I have nothing against Brody, and it's not like I'm upset if Geoff hangs out with a friend of his. But Geoff really dumbs himself down when he's with Brody. I just don't want Geoff to get badly hurt or something because he and Brody did something stupider than usual."

"Fair enough."

Bridgette and Leshawna continued to let themselves get massagged for a while before Scott came into the room, a towel wrapped around his waist. "Hey. Mind if I join in?"

"Eh. Knock yourself out farm boy." Leshawna answered.

Scott laid down on a massage table, a third masseuse coming to massage him. "So, I've been thinking. We should probably do something about Duncan."

"Ugh. Do you seriously have to talk about strategy now? We came here to relax." Bridgette said.

"Look, I'm just saying that Duncan's really tight with Geoff, DJ, and Zoey. It's only a matter of time before he makes an alliance with them. And the two of you would be the biggest targets."

Leshawna raised an eyebrow. "Where'd you come to that conclusion?"

"It's not like Duncan has particularly gotten along with either of you two. He's caused both of you to be eliminated on seperate occasions. Bridgette, he formed the Guys Alliance back in Season 1, and the only thing they were able to do was get you eliminated. And Leshawna, Duncan convinced Courtney to convince Harold to vote you off in Season 2. If he convinces the three of them to vote for you guys and add in how his leader vote counts for two votes, and it'll be five votes towards one of you. No matter how the other votes go, that's a guaranteed elimination."

"And how do we know you're not playing us?" Leshawna responded.

"Besides, Geoff wouldn't vote for me. Geoff didn't go along with the plan to vote me off." Bridgette said.

"See, I did the math there. I'm pretty sure Geoff lied about that." Scott said.

Bridgette started to get annoyed. "Excuse me?"

"Think about it. In the episode where you got eliminated, you, Leshawna, and Gwen voted for Duncan. Heather, Lindsay, and Izzy voted for Owen. If Geoff really didn't join in with Owen, DJ and Duncan voting for you, then that would been a three way tie. So why did you get the boot that episode?"

"Huh. He has a point." Leshawna said.

"Ok, I think we're gonna take back saying that it's cool for you to join us." Bridgette said to Scott with a glare.

Scott shrugged and got off the massage table. "Just wanted to give you a warning." Scott walked out of the room.

(Confessional: Bridgette)

"Ugh! It's one thing to try and manipulate me, but to say that Geoff voted me off to throw off my game? I can't believe Scott would stoop so low."

The camera cut to Team Heather's cabin cruiser. It was actually pretty nice. There was a mini-fridge, a sofa, and even a kitchen with a microwave and sove. The problem though was it's size. There were only two beds, so the other teammates would have to sleep on the floor or sofa (which thankfully could be adjusted to act as a makeshift bed). The corridors of the cruiser were also pretty small, so if more than one person at a time walked through them, it would get pretty cramped.

As Heather got out a sandwich from the microwave, she looked around. Mike, Harold, and Sierra would glare at her whenever she made eye contact with them. Sky and B also looked uncomfortable whenever they were around Heather. Heather groaned.

(Confessional: Heather)

Unlike the confessional on the luxury yacht, the cabin cruiser confessional was much closer to the bathroom confessionals from previous seasons. A single toilet, with a camera up front.

"I didn't exactly make any friends last challenge. Apparently, taking leadership, and not being afraid to get my hands dirty doesn't fly over too well with these losers. But unless I do something, I'll be the one they'll be sending home if we lose a challenge next time. I can NOT let that happen."

Everyone on Team Heather were gathered around the dining area. Heather cleared up her throat. "I have an announcement to make. As I'm sure you noticed, there's only two beds in the cabin cruiser. So that naturally means that most of us will be sleeping on either the floor or sofa."

"And let me guess. You call one of the beds?" Mike asked.

"Actually Mike, I'm making this announcement to let you know that I'll be sleeping on the floor."

This took the team by surprise. "Are you sure about that Heather?" Alejandro asked.

"Absolutely. Now, we should probably discuss about who DOES get the beds. I do have an idea, but I want to hear other people's suggestions first."

"I was thinking we'd decide it with a few games of rock paper scissors." Mike said.

"How about we decide it with a game of Niinja?" Harold suggested. "Basically, we stand in a circle, and take turns swiping at each other's arms. If your arm gets hit, you lose that arm. But if your swipe gets dodged, you have to freeze your arm in position. Last two people standing win."

"Both good ideas guys. Personally, I was thinking that we'd all come together and vote on who we think deserves to stay in the bed. That wall, all of our voices can be heard. But you're not allowed to vote for yourselves." Heather said.

"That sounds like a pretty good idea." Sierra admitted. B nodded in agreement.

"I'm cool with voting on it." Mike said.

"Great! Though I decided that I'm sleeping on the floor, so you'll have to vote for someone else Alejandro." Heather told her boyfriend.

Alejandro shrugged. "I'll vote for...Sky. She knew that pushing me and Justin off the speedboat would be a bad idea."

Heather nodded. "I'll vote for Sky too. I should have listened to you, sorry."

"No, no, that's ok." Sky replied. "Um...I'll vote for Sierra. She saved us all from Fang."

"Thanks!" Sierra responded. "I'll vote for Harold. His plan to use Fang as our motor almost worked."

"It wasn't just my plan. B thought of the same thing. He's getting my vote." Harold answered. He and B fistbumped each other. B then pointed a finger at Harold, indicating that B's vote went to him.

"Alright then. So, Mike? Who do you vote for?" Heather asked.

It looked like Mike wasn't getting a bed tonight. Oh well. "I'll vote for B then."

"That makes it a three way tie between B, Sky, and Harold." Sierra pointed out.

"I can sleep on the sofa." Sky offered.

"Then it's settled. B and Harold get the beds. Sound fair to everyone?" The team nodded. "Great! Hopefully we'll do better next challenge."

(Confessional: Sierra)

"This is a classic Heather move. Act sweet and considerate to gain people's trust. As soon as that trust is gained, she'll go back to her real self in no time."

The camera cut to the next day. Owen was lying on the floor asleep, chip pieces all around his mouth. Emma snapped in front of him multiple times. "Owen. Get up. We need to talk."

"Mmmm...5 more minutes mom." Owen muttered.

Emma frowned in annoyance. "Owen. Wake up, and you get a donut."

Owen slowly rose up, and stretched his arms. "Did someone mention a donut?"

"You probably dreamed it. Anyway Owen, we need to talk strategy."

"Strategy?"

Gwen slowly got off the sofa she was sleeping on, seeming to overhear the conversation. She was in her pajamas. "Please don't tell me that Noah's dating another version of Heather." Gwen took a look around the cabin cruiser. Dawn was meditating outside, Trent and Brody were still sleeping on the floor, and Noah and Kitty were still in their bedrooms. Gwen then took a look at a clock. "What are you even doing? It's not even 7 yet."

"Both of you should be taking this more seriously. We barely avoided having to vote someone off last challenge."

"Well we got second, didn't we?" Owen asked.

"Yeah. By taking advantage of Justin's inferiority complex. And considering how I saw him when the Boat of Loser's passed by, it's safe to assume that we won't be able to pull that off a second time."

Gwen yawned. She was too tired to argue. "Whatever." Gwen went back to lying on the sofa.

"Anyway Owen, we need to start coming up with plans for challenges. Part of the reason why we almost lost is because we spent so much time wandering around aimlessly on Boney Island."

Owen stood up. "Alright. But how do we come up with a plan if we don't know what the next challenge is?"

Emma gave Owen a notepad and paper. "That's when you look around and organize the strengths and weaknesses of each of your teammates. That way, you'll have a good idea of when you should and shouldn't send them out for a challenge."

"Umm..."

"Now, I'll help you out on this, but remember. You're our leader Owen. The fate of the team rests on your shoulders."

(Confessional: Owen)

"Suddenly, I feel really stressed out."

A few hours later, Kitty walked out of the bedroom she was in to see Owen and Emma writing on pieces of paper at the table. "Umm...what's going on?"

"Ok, so now Trent. His strengths and weaknesses?" Emma asked.

"Well, he's pretty resourceful, a great musician, and a really friendly guy. But he got pretty easily manipulated by Heather, and he's really unlucky. He also got, like, REALLY weird during Season 2 because he was afraid he would lose Gwen." Owen answered.

"Can't exactly deny any of that." Trent said as he poured himself a glass of orange juice.

"How weird are we talking about?" Emma asked.

"I got obsessed with my lucky number, nine. I also started to throw challenges when I was the team captain because Gwen was the captain of the opposing team."

"It was my fault. It was because of me that Trent got that idea in the first place." Owen said.

"Alright then. So long as you stay away from any postions of leadership, and keep you away from the more manipulative opponents like Heather and Alejandro, you should be fine Trent." Emma said.

Owen finally noticed Kitty. "Oh! Hi Kitty! Emma and I are organizing the strengths and weaknesses of every teammate."

"One of our biggest weaknesses as a team is that we don't have a lot to go off of in regards to pure brute strength, though if we get Owen hungry AND use food to motivate him, we can take care of that issue." Emma said as she looked over her notes.

Gwen, now in her regular clothes, walked up to Kitty. "Is your sister always this...extra?"

Kitty sighed. "She's usually either like this, or in an unfocused lovestruck daze."

Suddenly, Chris' voice came up over the intercoms for the boat. "Morning sailors. Everyone come on the S.S McLean in an hour. Soon it'll be time for our next challenge."

Noah walked out from the other bedroom. "Looks like it's challenge time again."

Brody rose up from the floor. "Alright! This time we're gonna take it!"

Noah walked up to Emma and gave her a kiss on the cheek. He then took a look at the sheets of paper around the table she and Owen were sitting at. "Looks like you guys have been busy."

"We're organizing everyone's strengths and weaknesses!" Owen told Noah.

Noah took a look at his sheet. On his section for strengths were things such as 'hilarious', 'cute', and 'has the butt of Adonis.' "Well, this'll certainly be useful."

Emma laughed nervously while blushing. "Maybe you should write for Noah when we come back Owen."

Owen gave a salute in response.

Soon, most of the contestants were on the S.S McLean. DJ was on crutches and had bandages wrapped around his head. Chris stood in front of them. "We're missing someone. Where's Scott?"

"Ok, I'm coming! Put me down!" Scott complained.

Cheff came walking by. He was carrying Scott by the shirt, who was covered in dust. "He was crawling around the vents." Chef dropped Scott down and walked off.

"Looking for the immunity idol I take it?" Chris asked.

"No. I was just...looking for dirt." Scott lied.

"Sure thing." Chris turned to the rest of the contestants. "Now, even though I called you here, it will take a little bit more time before we actually reach our next destination."

"Then why did you bring us here to begin with?" Bridgette asked.

"Simple. Because this season, there will be portions of challenges that will take place right here on the boat. And I decided that this will be the first time it happens. All team leaders, stand next to me." Owen, Duncan, and Heather walked up to Chris. "Now, Chef?"

Chef returned, carrying a large amount of metallic collars, all of them constantly letting out slight beeps. He put a collar around the necks of all the other contestants except. As he put a collar on DJ, Chef gave a glare at him, to DJ's confusion.

"Something I should tell you is that, from time to time, portions of challenges, or sometimes even the entire challenge, will be on the yacht we're traveling on. And this is one of those times. It's time for our first leader challenge. A game I like to call Truth or Electrocution."

"Hey, that was my idea!" Geoff called out.

"How is it a leader change if we're the only ones who don't have to do it?" Owen asked.

"That's where you have the wrong idea Owen. You guys are partaking in it, but not answering qustions. You're ASKING questions." Chris told them. "Here's the deal. Each of the leaders will ask the most personal questions they can think of to members of the opposing team. If they refuse to answer, or if they tell a lie..."

"We get electrocuted, right?" Bridgette asked.

"Correct. We used to have the chicken Clucky tell whether or not a contestant is lying, but a certain incident led her to no longer be with us. So instead, these collars double as a lie detector, and will give a shock to whoever lies. And don't try to loophole your way out by being sarcastic."

"Dang." Noah said.

(Confessional: Sky)

"At least this time, it's not the whole team getting electrocuted because of one person."

"If the leader gets someone who isn't on their team to get electrocuted, they get a point. You all get three questions each, and you can't ask a question to someone who was already targeted. The leader that has the most points will get a nice bonus for their team for the second portion of the challenge. In the events of a tie, we'll go to a tiebreaker round."

"So, we can't ask questions to our team mates?" Heather asked.

"Correct. Now Owen. You're up first."

"Ok. I'm gonna ask...B." Owen stated. "Why don't you talk?"

B simply shrugged in response to the question.

"Umm...does that even count as an answer?" Gwen asked.

"Hey, a non-verbal 'don't feel like it' is still an answer." Alejandro responded.

"How would the collar even be able to tell if B told the truth?" Gwen asked.

"Yeah, we're gonna need a verbal response there Bev." Chris said.

B nodded and opened his mouth. Right when he was about to speak, he got electrocuted by the collar. Chris was revealed to be holding a remote control, having pointed it at B. "Time's up! The Strawberry Shortcakes get a point!"

Owen's teammates cheered. "Wasn't expecting that question to get us a point." Emma said.

(Confessional: Heather)

"Ugh. Way to give them a free point B."

"Duncan, you're next dude." Chris said.

Duncan thought for a little bit. "Doris." He stated

"Who?" Brody asked.

"He means me." Harold said, annoyed.

"His full name is Harold Norbert Cheever Doris McGrady V." Sierra explained.

"So, all the way back in Season 1, you kept grossing out me, Geoff, and DJ by leaving your dirty underwear around." Duncan said.

"Ewww, I remember that episode." Kitty reacted.

"That was years ago!" Harold shot back.

"True true. But that leads up to my question. Do you still do that, at home or anywhere else?" Duncan asked.

Harold's eye pupils shrank. "N-no! Of course not!" The collar electrocuted Harold. "Gyaaaahhhh!"

"Harold is tlying." Chris announced.

"Haha! No way dude! Seriously?" Geoff asked Harold.

"I thought you'd have learned your lesson man." Duncan taunted.

"Hey! We got the point, so just drop it!" Leshawna yelled at Duncan.

"Alright Blades, you get a point as well. Heather, you're up next." Chris said.

Heather took a look at Owen's team. "Gwen, Gwen, Gwen. I've noticed that you've been in a lot of boy drama recently. Your breakup with Trent, you kissing Duncan behind Courtney's back, you trying to get Courtney to forgive you by completely ignoring Duncan."

Gwen was getting annoyed. "Are you gonna get to the point, or what?"

"Oh, I've just been wondering. You think there's a chance of you hooking up with someone and having that boy drama return?"

Gwen scoffed. "Yeah, no way. I'm done with romance on this show." Gwen's shock collar activated, electrocuting her.

"Looks like you're not." Chris taunted. "Heather gets a point!"

Sierra got out her phone. "I gotta update my blog about this. 'Gwen likes someone on the ship. Could this be the return of Gwent or Gwuncan?'"

"So, you're back in the dating game?" Kitty asked Gwen.

"Ugh...the collar's probably malfunctioning or something." Gwen said.

"You can say it's malfunctioning, but that doesn't make it true. " Chris said.

Trent took a look at Gwen hopefully before quickly looking away. This didn't go unnoticed by Heather.

(Confessional: Heather)

"It's simple. Ask my opponents questions that would make things awkward with their fellow teammates. Even if they tell the truth, it would disrupt their teamwork for challenges. I have to say, I'm glad Chris gave us this challenge."

"One round done, and each team has a point. Owen, time for your second try." Chris told him.

Owen thought for a while. "Hmmm. Geoff. What's the most embarassing thing you've done at a party?"

Bridgette mentally let out a sigh of relief. Because of the talk with Scott last night, she was worried Owen would ask about if Geoff really didn't vote for Bridgette back in Island. Wait? Why was she worried? There's no way Geoff voted her off.

"Oh man, what do I pick?" Geoff asked. "Hmm, I'll go with the time where me and Brody accidentally crashed a dude's funeral."

"You did what?" Bridgette asked.

"Oh man, it was totally crazy. We were holding a party at a park, and me and Geoff made a bet to see who would win in a golf cart race." Brody said.

"So we hopped into some golf carts while the groundskeepers weren't looking and off we went. Neither of us knew how to drive at the time, so it was nasty." Geoff said. "We crashed into each other, picnic tables, trees. Before we knew it, we drove into a cemetery and crashed into someone's tombstone while people were mourning."

"We got grounded for like, the entire rest of the year for that."

No reaction came from the collars. "Geoff was telling the truth, so no point for Owen." Chris stated.

"Bummer." Owen said.

"You should have known that, with the exception of some stuff in the Aftermaths, there's barely anything that Geoff's ashamed of doing." Emma told Owen.

"Ok Duncan, your turn man." Chris said.

Duncan took a look at Heather's team. "Yo, Al."

Alejandro raised an eyebrow. "Yes?"

"We all know that you're not exactly trustworthy, so I'm not gonna bother going with 'if' you're doing this. Instead I'm gonna ask, what's your plan to backstab Heather and take over as leader?"

Alejandro widened his eyes.

"Talk about a loaded question." Emma said.

"Though based of Alejandro's reactions and his aura, it seems that Duncan was right." Dawn replied.

Alejandro took a look at Heather. She looked annoyed, but it quickly changed to a look of smug. "Well Alejandro? Gonna tell us your plan?"

Alejandro clenched his fist and sighed, "No." Alejandro answered.

"Suit yourself dude." Chris pointed his remote control at Alejandro and pushed the button, electrocuting him.

(Confessional: Alejandro)

Alejandro was fixing his hair in the confessionals of the yacht.

"It's a shame that I gave the Blades a point, but there's no way I can let Heather know details about my inevitable betrayal plan. The only reason I didn't vote for her last challenge was bevause Justin was irritating me. Still, because of the delinquent, Heather knows I intend to betray her. That's going to make things annoying."

"The Killer Blades have gotten their second point. Heather, you're up again" Chris said.

Heather turned to Scott. "Scott, I've been wondering how you feel about Duncan as your team's leader. He did date and break up with Courtney, but unlike you, he's back to talking with her. Feeling resentful towards him?"

Scott scoffed. "As if I care." The collar electrified Scott. "Gyaaaahhhh!" Scott fell to the ground, charred.

"Oooh. Looks like you have some envy towards Duncan after all." Chris said.

"I..." Scott coughed. "I don't." The collar electrified Scott once again. "Yowwww!"

"Another point for Team Heather!" Chris announced.

Heather smiled proudly. Duncan took a look at Scott and groaned.

Owen took a look. It was his last question. The best he could hope for was to tie up with Duncan and Heather, and hope neither of them get a third point. Maybe if Owen did the same thing Heather did with Scott, he could get a point. "I pick...Cody." Owen decided. "How do you feel about Sierra no longer acting crazy about you?"

Cody was taken aback by the question.

(Confessional: Cody)

"You wanna know the most annoying parts of lie detector tests? When you don't know whether or not you're telling the truth."

"I'm...I'm not gonna say I'm not relieved that Sierra's toned herself down. But I dunno...I gues part of me misses it too."

"Seriously?" Noah asked. "You miss someone smelling your shoe and putting her thumb in your mouth?"

"Obviously not those parts. But...I guess I kinda missed the idea that I was special to someone you know? It let me feel that I was more than just a wannabe. It was like I mattered."

Several of the contestants looked at Cody with shock and sympathy. The collar around Cody didn't react.

"No point for the Strawberry Shortcakes!" Chris announced. "Alright Duncan. It's time for your final question."

Duncan took a look around. He had a few questions in mind, but most of them for people who he was pretty sure would tell the truth. He had to ask a question that he knew the person would lie or try to hide.

"Emma." He finally decided.

Emma raised an eyebrow at this. Did Duncan have anything on her?

(Confessional: Duncan)

"From what I gathered of her, Emma's a competitive type-a like Courtney. Hell, she's even trying to be a lawyer apparently. So I figured that to get a point out of her, I would treat it like getting a point out of Courtney."

"What's your biggest weakness in a competition?" Duncan asked.

"Biggest weak-why would I tell you that? That's pretty much HANDING you an advantage." Emma responded.

"And if you don't answer, you'll be handing him a point." Chris told her.

Emma sighed. "Just electrocute me."

Chris pointed his remote control towards her. "Will do." Chris hit the button, zapping Emma and causing her to fall to the ground.

"Emma!" Kitty and Noah simultaneously kneeled down to her in concern.

"Ugh...no matter what happens, our team won't be winning this portion of the challenge. So better to just let them have a point than reveal any weaknesses." Emma said.

"Understandable choice. Heather, it's time for your final question. You have one shot to tie things up with Duncan and move on to a tiebreaker. Botch it, and his team gets the advantage during the next phase of the challenge." Chris said.

Heather already knew who to go after. "Trent. We all know that Gwen has feelings for someone on the boat. Are you hoping that you're the one she wants to hook up with?"

Trent widened her eyes. Gwen gritted her teeth in anger.

(Confessional: Leshawna)

"Oooohh, that skinny little witch is going for some low blows." Leshawna said annoyed.

Trent rubbed the back of his head awkwardly. "Well...it's kinda complicated."

"Don't try to stall. If I get bored, you get zapped." Chris reminded Trent.

Trent sighed. "Fine. I still have some feelings for Gwen. But after Action, I don't think it would be right if I got together with her again. You happy?"

The collar didn't go off. "And the Killer Blades win this first phase of the challenge!" Chris declared.

"Alright!" Geoff cheered. He ran up to Duncan and high fived him.

Trent and Gwen were notably a bit further away from each other than they were when teams arrived on the skydeck.

Chirs hit a button on the remote, causing collars around the contestants wrists to unlcock and fall to the ground. "This means the Killer Blades will get an advantage during the main challenge. I'll tell you what it is when we arrive at our destination."

"Out of curiosity, what was going to be the tiebreaker?" Zoey asked.

"We were just gonna put shock collars around the leaders and have them ask each other questions until one gets zapped. Kinda disappointed."

Heather walked up to Alejandro. "So, you're planning on betraying me?"

"Don't act as if you wouldn't do the same if I were the leader of the team." Alejandro replied.

"...Fair point."

Owen walked back to his team. "Sorry for blowing it guys."

"Don't let your soul be clouded by negative emotions over it Owen. After all, there's still the second part of the challenge." Dawn said.

"Speak of which, what is the second part of the challenge anyway?" Kitty asked.

"I guess now's a good time to tell you." Chris said. "Sailors. Today, you'll be taken to a bizarre land. A land where people marry ferris wheels. A land where people try to use alligators as currency. A land where people suffocate to death because they locked themselves in a safe with no air holes for the sake of a heist, thinking that just wearing a snorkel would help him breathe."

"I heard about that last one!" Geoff said.

"Yeah, one of our buds, Evan, used to be in his dance crew." Brody said.

Chris was annoyed by Geoff and Brody's interuption, but continued. "I'm of course talikng about the Sunshine State of the U.S.A, Florida."

"Ooh! Ooh! Are we gonna get to go to Disney World?" Owen asked.

"I've ALWAYS wanted to go on Big Thunder Mountain!" Kitty exclaimed.

"Somehow, I doubt that having fun at an amusement park is our challenge." Noah said.

"Noah's right. We're not taking you to Disney World, but we are taking you to another hostpot of Florida. The Everglades National Park!" Chris announced.

Dawn widened her eyes and smiled at the announcement. "I've always wished to see the Everglades!"

"Isn't it just a lame swamp?" Duncan asked.

"As if!" Harold scoffed. "First of all, the Everglades are wetlands. Not the same thing as swamps. Second, the Everglades is the largest remaining subtropical wilderness in the United States, with nine distinct natural habitats, and it has a combination of animal and plant species you'll never see anywhere else on the planet. Where else can you see both a manatee and a panther in the same place?"

"The zoo."

"Hey, look over there!" Sky pointed.

The yacht began to reach it's destination. Across the horizon was what looked to be a river of grass above the water. Soon, the yacht began to come to a halt. "We're here!" Chris announced. "The S.S McLean doesn't do too great with shallow water, so this is as far as we're taking you."

"What, are we supposed to just wade across?" Heather asked.

"Most of you are. But for the Killer Blades, you get your advantage." Chris said. To the starboard side of the yacht was a boat with a large fan at it's back. "You guys will be riding in this airboat. The best method of transportation through the Everglades."

"Sweet." Duncan said.

"So, what's the challenge?" Kitty asked.

"Simply. A good old fashioned scavenger hunt. Around this area are several animals that we that the Everglades National Park owners allowed us to use for the challenge. We've put collars on several of them. All you have to do is find and take off as many of those collars as possible within three hours."

Dawn widened her eyes and glared at Chris. "You put shock collars on helpless animals for your own amusement?!"

"I'm sure the collars were only for tracking purposes. Not the shock collars he put on us." Bridgette said. "There's no way the park would allow that."

"Well...that was what we intended." Chris said. "But apparenty, the interns thought we'd want collars that double as both. So we need you guys to help us avoid a possible lawsuit." Bridgette and DJ joined Dawn in glaring at Chris.

"Wait, so first you trick us into competing in another season, and now you're having us cleanup your own mistake?" Gwen asked.

"It wasn't MY mistake, but yes."

"Looks like you're running out of ideas Chris. Just like last challenge, you're leaving us in a place crawling with dangerous animals for a scavenger hunt." Noah said.

"For your information Noah, most of the animals aren't even dangerous. So long as you don't tick any of them off, and stay away from the gators and crocodiles, you'll be fine. Along with that, there's no race to the yacht this time. When the timer runs out, whichever team has the most collars win. The team with the least amount of collars votes a teammate off. Also, due to winning Truth or Electrocution, the Blades will automatically win out teams that they tie with."

"Seriously?!" Heather and Emma both yelled.

"Alright!" Geoff exclaimed. He and Duncan high fived each other.

Chris then walked up to Owen, Heather, and Duncan, giving each of them a key. "Use these to unlock the shock collars off the animals and bring them here. But you can't kidnap any animals as a loophole. Wouldn't be right to take these guys out of their home. Also, trying to force the collars off without a key will cause some massive shocks to the animal and put their health at risk, so that's a no go. Do that, and your team's disqualified."

(Confessional: Scott)

"The guy mutates countless animals by dumping toxic waste in their habitats, but NOW he cares about their well being?"

The camera cut to The Killer Blades all in the airboat. Bridgette was closest to the fan, holding onto a metal stick at the boat's left side with one hand, and a handle on her right side.

"This is definitely different than the speedboat we used last challenge." Duncan said.

"You know how to work one of these?" Leshawna asked Bridgette.

Bridgette nodded. "My mon took me on rides in airboats a good amount of times when I was younger. She even shown me how to operate one myself when I was 13. I'm no expert, but I can manage." Bridgette held down the handle on the right side of her before the airboat took off, quickly going past Team Heather.

"Ugh! I wish we got that airboat instead of having to walk through these disgusting waters." Heather complained.

"We'll just have to endure it and hope we can make it to shore. You have the key, right Heather?" Alejandro asked.

Heather held out the key. "Right here."

"Then we just have to run into more animals than the other teams." Sky said. "And with Mike's tracking skills, we should have an advantage."

Several minutes passed by before Mike suddenly stopped walking. "Guys, stop walking for a bit."

The rest of the team stopped. "What is it Mike?" Harold asked.

"I hear a beeping sound." Mike took a look at the water they were all wading in. He put his hand underwater and concentrated for several seconds before he felt something brush off his hand. "Uh-oh." Mike quickly took his hand out of the water.

"Is there a problem?" Sierra asked.

"Well, the good news is I found our first animal."

"And the bad news?" Alejandro asked.

Soon, an animal rose up in front of the team. A large alligator with a metal collar around it's neck, looking pretty frustrated. "It's an aggressive one." Mike answered.

The alligator let out a roar at Team Heather. B looked around before noticing a large branch floating in the water. He picked it up, and tossed it to Sierra.

"Good idea B!" Sierra said. Right as the alligator leapt towards Mike, Sierra turned the branch vertically and shoved it inside the alligator's mouth, propping it's mouth open.

"Sky, quickly!" Heather tossed the key to Sky.

"Right!" Sky jumped over the alligator and inserted the key inside the keyhole of it's collar, grabbing it when it was unlocked. "It's done!"

"Then let's get out of here!" Heather waded as quickly as she could through the waters, the rest of the team following.

The Strawberry Shortcakes walked out of the water and onto a grassy shore. "Well, I'm gonna be taking a shower after this challenge." Noah said. He squeezed some water out of his shirt.

"So Owen, what's the plan?" Emma asked.

"Plan?" Owen asked.

"We almost lost last challenge specifically because we didn't have one and just wandered aimlessly. We can't repeat that mistake."

"Oh...well...maybe we should split into groups to cover more ground?" Owen suggested.

"I'm fine with splitting up." Gwen hastily said.

"Yeah. Same here." Trent added. "The Everglades aren't anywhere near as dangerous as Boney Island."

(Confessional: Trent)

"Things were pretty awkward between me and Gwen thanks to that truth or electrocution challenge. It was for the best that we kept our distance from each other."

"That won't work. We only have one key, so splitting up won't accomplish anything unless we physically bring the animals back here." Noah said.

"He's right. You need to think of a better plan Owen." Emma told him. Owen rubbed his head awkwardly, while Gwen and Trent were both pretty disappointed.

"Wait a second...where's Dawn?" Kitty asked.

The Shortcakes looked around and saw that Dawn wasn't with them. "Oh no, did she drown?" Brody asked.

"I doubt it. The depth of the Everglades average at 4 or 5 feet. Not deep enough for that unless Dawn was a really bad swimmer." Noah said.

"Then where did she-" Gwen began to ask.

Soon, Dawn walked up to the Shortcakes, a black bird about a foot and a half tall resting on her shoulder with a shock collar around it. Unlike everyone else, not a drop of water was on her. "Hello everyone."

"Wait...when did...how did you..." Emma began to ask.

"I took a shortcut. I found this Snail Kite with a collar on it, so I think we got our first point."

Owen and Emma looked at each other and shrugged before Owen walked up to the bird.

"By the way, that's a bird. Not a snail, or a kite." Brody said to Dawn. Noah facepalmed

Owen put the key inside a keyhole inside the collar, and turned it. The collar undid itself and fell to the ground. "The naturalist frees the first of many tortured beasts. Fly free majestic creature." The kite immediately flew up to Owen and started attacking him with it's talons. "Aughhhh!" Owen ran in a frenzy as he was being mauled by the bird. "We are one! We are one! Don't attack the naturalist!"

Bridgette was rubbing a small dolphin on the head. Around its neck was a shock collar. It looked like the collar malfunctioned and gave it random shocks as the dolphin was looking pretty scarred. "Don't worry, we'll take that collar off in no time."

"It's a good thing you hang around dolphins babe. Don't think we'd be able to calm down the little guy without you." Geoff said.

Duncan unlocked the collar around the dolphin. "Alright, that's our third one. And we're not even halfway through with the time limit." Duncan tossed the collar next to two others.

The dolphin cheerfully chattered at Bridgette before swimming away to reunite with it's fellow dolphins, none of them having collars. As the small dolphin met with a larger one, they nuzzled each other before all of them swam off.

DJ sniffed as he rubbed a tear from his eye. "That was one of the most beautiful things I've seen."

"Gotta admit, dolphins was one of the last species of animal I was expecting to see." Cody said.

"Dawn and Harold weren't kidding when they said there's a lot of variety here." Zoey said.

Bridgette walked back to the fan and went back to driving the airshup. Duncan laid down on the boat and began to relax. "We keep this up, and we'll be chilling on the yacht again in no time."

"Just because we have an advantage doesn't mean you should take a nap you know." Leshawna told him. "Keep your head in the game, captain."

"Sheesh. You're sounding like Courtney. Besides, what's the worst that could go wrong?"

Scott widened his eyes as he saw something and grinned mischeviously. Next to Duncan was the key. "Our key going missing." He muttered to himself.

Mike took a look at a python that was around the branch of one of many mangroves. "No go. There's not a collar on this one either."

"Ugh! We'e been searching for almost an hour, and we still only have one collar!" Heather yelled in annoyance.

"Sorry, but I don't exactly have a setting to only track for animals with collars. They don't leave any difference in the markings."

Harold rubbed his chin. "Hold on a sec. Chris mentioned how the shock collars are also tracking devices, right?"

"What about it?" Sky asked.

"Maybe we can have the one we already have pick up other signals!'

"That's a really good idea Harold!" Heather praised as she gave Harold the collar.

Harold then gave the collar to B. "B, you think you can reverse engineer this?"

B gave a thumbs up and got out a screwdriver, dismantling the insides of the collar. A couple minutes of tinkering, and several shoks to B later, and B put the collar back together. It was no longer beeping, but instead, giving off a faint static noise.

"It doesn't look like it worked." Sierra said.

"No, it's the opposite. If it picks up interference, we should be closer to other collars." Alejandro realized.

B nodded at Alejandro and tossed the collar to Heather. "Alright team. The louder the static is, the closer we are. Let's get to it!" Heather proudly waded forwards, the others following.

"The static is getting quieter." Sky pointed out.

"Other way it is!" Heather and the team waded towards the opposite direction.

(Confessional: Heather)

"I have to say, I assembled a pretty useful team. With Sky and Sierra's athletic abilities, B, Harold, and Alejandro's intelligence, and Mike being a literal mashup of skills, and I can see all of us making it to the merge. The only downside is having to act all nice and friendly to them, but if it takes a target off my back, it's a fair tradeoff."

The Strawberry Shortcakes were surrounded by trees. Dawn was gently scratching the ears of a brown panther that had a collar on it. The panther had a neutral expression on it's face, but let out a relaxed purr.

"Ok, I know that they're related to cats and all, but I was NOT expecting that to work." Gwen said.

"He's docile now Owen." Dawn told him.

Owen walked up to the panther, and used his key to unlock it's collar. "Good thing Dawn can talk with animals. It's a lot easier to find ones with collars that way." Owen gave the collar to Emma.

"This is our fourth one, right?" Kitty asked.

Emma and Brody both held up two collars each. "Yeah. The Snail Kite, two deer, and now the panther." Emma said.

"We're doing pretty good." Owen said.

"Don't get cocky Owen!" Emma yelled. "That's a death sentence in a competition!"

"R-right! Dawn, let's scout ahead for you to ask animals around. You should come too Kitty."

"Umm...alright." Kitty said.

Dawn nodded as she, Kitty, and Owen walked towards a bridge.

"Don't go too far away from us! Remember, splitting up won't do us any good since we only have on key!" Emma yelled out.

"Don't you think you're being a little too rough on Owen?" Trent asked Emma.

"Kinda agree with Trent on this one babe." Noah said.

"Look, he's our leader. If he shows weakness, we all suffer. So I'm helping him be the best leader he can be." Emma responded.

"Well your way of helping him is freaking him out." Gwen said.

Emma put the two shock collars she was holding in her pockets. "I'll ease up if you guys think I'm pushing him too far, but I'm sure Owen's doing fine."

The camera cut to Owen, Kitty, and Dawn walking together through a clearing. "I am FREAKING out!" Owen told the two.

"Your aura seemed to be in quite a panic." Dawn said.

"I've been in a lot of reality shows, but I never felt so much pressure. One mistake, and I let the entire team down. I don't want to have that on my conscience!"

Kitty put a hand on Owen's back. "It's ok Owen. Just because you're the team leader doesn't mean that every single detail is your responsibility."

"I guess, but I was always more of a follower. Not a leader. The only time I really led people was in a viking challenge in World Tour, and even then, Al and Duncan were only obeying me as a way to get me as an ally. Plus, I almost messed the challenge up for them."

"So ou messed up as a leader before. If making mistakes automatically means a person is a bad leader, then every person in the world wouldn't be cut out for it."

"Kitty's right." Dawn said. "And right now Owen, the most important thing for you to do as a leader is to have confidence in yourself."

Owen took a breath. "Alright. I'll try. Thanks guys."

Suddenly, all of them heard the sound of a loudspeaker. "Attention contestants. You have less than half an hour left until the challenge is over. Better pick up the pace."

Owen noticed the Kite Snail from earlier land by a rock. "Alright Dawn. Ask that bird to come with us so that it can look around for animals with collars. Then we'll reunite with the team. A bird's eye view will help us find animals way quicker." Owen said.

"Just like when we used a bird to find Emma and Brody!" Kitty realized.

Dawn smiled and walked up to the kite. "Hello. It's good to meet up with you again. Would it be alright if we asked for your aid?"

The Snail Kite flew onto Dawn's shoulder without a complaint. "Alright. Let's get back to the team." Owen declared.

The Killer Blades on the airboat looked in worry as Leshawna and Duncan both frequently lept out and back into the waters while wrestling their respective crocodiles. Both crocodiles had a collar around their necks. "Shouldn't we do something?!" Zoey asked.

"Like what, act as bait?" Cody replied.

Soon, Leshawna rose up from the water, carrying the crocodile over her shoulder. She was looking fairly scratched up, but the crocodile wasn't able to get out of her grasp. "You ain't even the first crocodile I tussled with on this show." Leshawna waded towards the airboat. "Oh yeah! That's how I roll!"

"This makes our eighth collar." Bridgette said.

"Way to go Leshawna!" Geoff cheered.

"I should probably help out Duncan now." Leshawna said.

On cue, Duncan rose up from the water, holding his crocodile by the neck. "No need. I can get collar nine on my own." Duncan said. The crocodile swam in circles to try and shake Duncan off. Duncan simply wrapped one of his arms around the crocodile's eyes. Soon, the crocodile rammed itself into a rock, knocking itself out. "And that's how I roll!"

Leshawna took a look at the airboat and raised an eyebrow. "Yo Duncan, did you take the key with you when wrestling your crocodile?"

Duncan was dragging the unconscious crocodile back to the airboat. "Urghhh. Huh? No, I left it where I was in the airboat. Urghhh. Why?"

DJ took a look at where Leshawna was looking at and widened his eyes. "Because the key's gone."

"What?!" Duncan dropped the crocodile he was struggling to carry and ran to the airboat. Sure enough, it was gone. "What the heck?! I know I left it here!"

(Confessional: Scott)

"I got lucky with the crocodiles. They made a good distraction for me to swipe and throw away the key."

"No what do we do? We can't get the collars off the crocodiles without the key." Cody said.

"Maybe we could try ripping the collars off the crocodiles with our hands?" Scott suggested.

"We can't. Chris said that'd get us disqualified." Bridgette replied.

"We still have time. If Duncan had the key before fighting his crocodile, then it couldn't have gotten far." Zoey stated.

"Alright. Everyone except for DJ, look around." Duncan said. "DJ, since your legs are still hurt, make sure that the collars don't get knocked off the airboat either.

"Got it." DJ replied.

Scott rubbed his chin thoughtfully. The Killer Blades still had seven collars thanks to the airboat allowing the team to cover more ground in a faster time. If he wanted to succeed in getting the team to lose the challenge, the collars would need to go as well. But it would be a lot harder to do that stealthily.

Team Heather were standing on a bridge slightly above the waters. Harold and Mike ran back to the rest of the team. Harold carrying the collar that B reverse engineered, Mike carrying the newly obtained one. Harold was panting heavily. "We found..." Harold took a gasp. "Our third collar..."

Mike gave the collar to Heather. "We got it from a python that wrapped itself around Harold. I know that we don't have a lot, but we need to keep going back and forth or our tracking collar needs to be kept at a distance from the other collars or else it'll pick them up instead of-"

"I know. It's fine." Heather told the two. "All of us are doing the best we can."

Mike and Harold looked at each other in confusion.

"Do you think we'll be able to find a fourth collar in time?" Alejandro asked.

"It's worth a try. Sky, Sierra. Take B's tracker collar and see if you can find a fifth one in time."

Harold gave the collar to Sky. "Right." Sky said. She and Sierra ran off. "It looks like Heather is really trying to make up for what happened yesterday." Sky said to Sierra.

"I doubt it. Heather's not totally heartless, but she's the second most manipulative player in Total Drama history. And her boyfriend's the first."

"So, you think she's just acting nice in order to gain our trust?"

Sierra nodded. "By the way, can I ask you some questions about Dave?"

Sky groaned. Sierra's tried to get Sky to answer questions about Dave three times back on the cabin cruiser. Sky might as well have gotten it over with. "Go ahead But can you not post this on your blog?"

Sierra put a hand in her pocket."Sure. First question. Do you think there'a chance of you patching things up with him? Duncan and Courtney patched things up after all."

"Dave cheered when he thought me and Shawn died in an avalanche so...not likely."

"Yeah, I figured as much. So, a lot of fans think you're in the wrong for what happened between you and Dave. I'm personally on your side, but others make a good point about how you didn't tell Dave that you had a boyfriend, and led Dave on when you kissed him in the finale."

"I didn't mean to lead Dave on. Keith just didn't cross my mind because I was planning to break up with him. Still, I admit I didn't handle things the best. But I feel a lot less guilty than I could feel considering how Dave went full on psycho about it."

Sierra nodded. "So, how did Keith take the situation?"

"Better than I was expecting. He didn't want to speak to me for a few months, but he forgave me eventually. We're not the closest, but we still hang around each other from time to...are you typing my answers on your phone while it's in your pocket?"

"...Maybe."

Sky then started to notice something. The static from the collar she was holding was getting louder. "We must be getting closer to a collar!" She yelled.

Leshawna had both of the crocodiles in chokeholds to make sure they don't swim away. "Any luck with the key guys?" She asked.

Zoey took her head out of the water. "No luck over here."

Geoff was moving his arms around the water. "I can't find the key either."

Cody waded towards Scott. "Did you find anything?"

Scott was kneeling in the water. He had the key in his hand since he knew where he threw it. But there was no way he would tell the others that. "Nothing. Sorry."

"Ugh. Guess we just have to make do with what we have at this rate." Duncan said.

"Well we did find seven collars." Geoff said. "Are they all still in the boat Deej?"

"Yeah. They're fine." DJ answered.

"Alright, get out of here." Leshawna told the crocodiles. She released her hold on them, and they swam off.

Cody and Scott waded towards the airboat. "Hey, quit stepping on my feet Cody." Scott suddenly said.

"Wait, am I?" Cody asked.

"Yes. You keep stepping on the back of my feet."

"Oh. Sorry man. Can't see our legs while in the water, you know?"

Zoey and Geoff got back in the airboat. "I guess we're good for now. Time's almost up, and we got alot of collars."

Scott and Cody continued to walk towards the airboat. Suddenly, Scott lunged forward and went underwater.

"What the-?!" Cody asked.

Scott popped his head back up. "Ugh...you tripped me dude. Be careful."

"Oh. Sorry." Cody and Scott soon pulled themselves up into the airboat.

"Wait a sec...Cody!" Geoff yelled.

"Huh?" Cody reacted.

DJ, Bridgette, and Zoey soon noticed what Geoff was noticing. "Are you kidding me man? It was in your pocket the whole time, and you never noticed?" DJ asked.

Cody looked down. Sure enough, the key to the collars was in his pocket. "Wait, what?!"

"You serious short stuff? You didn't notice until AFTER I let go of the crocodiles?" Leshawna asked.

"Be more careful next time Cody." Bridgette told him.

"Wait, hold on. I know that I didn't-"

"It doesn't matter. Bridgette, get back to the controls. We might be able to catch up with the-" Dunxan was interrupted when a Snail Kite suddenly came onto the boat and grabbed four of the collars with it's talons. "What the-?!"

The Snail Kite flew off to the shore and dropped the four collars into the hands of a familiar face. "Alright! Now we went from four to eight!" Owen cheered.

"Good thinking on getting the bird to grab collars for us Owen." Emma praised.

"Um...guys?" Gwen pointed out. The Shortcakes saw the Killer Blades' boat.

"You...you can't just steal our collars!" Bridgette yelled.

"Oh, sorry! We didn't know they were yours." Owen said.

"We can give them back to you!" Brody called out. Emma and Noah didn't exactly look happy with that idea.

Soon, a buzzer rung over the loudspeakers. "And time's up! Everybody, return to the SS McLean!" Chris' voice said.

"Oh come on!" Duncan complained.

"This wouldn't have happened if you didn't leave the key laying around." Leshawna told him.

"Well Cody could have told us that he put it in his pockets!"

"But I didn't!" Cody protested. "Someone put it in there!"

"This is probably the second guiltiest I've felt avoiding last place." Kitty said.

"What's the first?" Trent asked.

"I knocked a guy off a cliff."

While Duncan, Leshawna, and Cody were arguing, Scott let out a subtle smile.

All three teams were back on the skydeck of the S.S McLean. "Teams. Present your collars." Chris said. "Shortcakes, you first."

Owen slowly held up eight collars. "Again, I'm really sorry guys." He said to the Blades.

Bridgette sighed. "It's fine Owen. You didn't know."

"If we had the key earlier, we would have been long gone anyway." Scott said to Duncan and Cody.

"So, Blades. How many collars do you have?" Chris asked.

Duncan groaned and held out three collars.

"Three huh? Well, that means the Shortcakes are definitely avoiding last place." Chris then walked up to Team Heather. "Team Heather. You need four collars or more to avoid last place. In the event that you tie, the Blades will be granted second place due to them winning the Truth of Electrocution challenge. So. How many do you have?"

The Blades eagerly looked as Heather held out a hand towards her team mates. Mike and Sierra reached into their pockets and gout of collars, giving them to Heather. Hether then gave them to Chris.

"...And Team Heather has four collars granting them second place! That means the Strawberry Shortcakes won the challenge and get to crash in the yacht tonight!" Chris declared. Team Heather looked relieved, while the Strawberry Shortcakes cheered.

"We barely managed to get that collar off the mantee in time." Sierra said.

Chris turned to the Killer Blades. "Blades. You're gonna be sending somebody home tonight."

(Confessional: Scott)

"I got real lucky. Now either Duncan gets voted off for losing the key, or Cody gets voted off for 'not realizing' that it was in his pockets. I'd prefer it if Duncan went home, but even if Cody gets eliminated, I could convince Bridgette and Leshawna that Duncan slipped the key in his pockets to frame him later on. Then, they'll join in on getting him out of here. This is what I call a win-win."

(Confessional: Zoey)

"This has Scott's fingerprints all over it. I'm not 100 percent that he sabotaged us, but it's worth mentioning to the others."

The teams began to disperse, seperate drawbridges being let down that led to the two loser cabin cruisers. Zoey walked up to Duncan, Geoff, and DJ as they were about to head down to their cabin cruiser. "Hey. I think the key thing wasn't just an accident. We were sabotaged."

"Wait, you think Cody messed us up on purpose?" Geoff asked.

"No. I'm saying that Cody was framed. I think Scott's behind it."

"Come on Zoey. Next to Brody and Geoff, Scott's the dumbest contestant this season." Duncan said.

"True that." Geoff agreed.

"...You're not even gonna protest being called the dumbest?" DJ asked Geoff. "Still, Duncan has a point. Scott isn't exactly a strategist."

"You guys don't know him like I do. Scott's a manipulative backstabber." Zoey said.

"He was like, the least evil Vulture back in All-Stars. Even Cameron did worse than him." Duncan said.

"Yeah, but in Season 4 he-"

"I get your concern, but how would Scott pull it off anyway?" Geoff asked. "The key was in Cody's pocket, and Scott never exactly snuck away from us. Besides, our loss was more because of bad luck than sabotage."

"Well...yeah but Scott pulled stuff like this all the time"

"Hmm. Well, from what I heard, Scott was a pretty bad dude." DJ said. "Maybe Zoey's right."

"Look, if something fishy happens that costs us the win a second time, we'll vote for Scott. Ok?" Duncan asked.

Zoey sighed. It was true that she didn't exactly have any proof that Scott sabotaged them. "Alright."

Sierra was about to head down the ramp that led to her team's cabin cruiser before she took a look at Cody. He was looking both nervous and sad. "Cody..." Sierra suddenly got an idea and ran inside the yacht.

"Hey! You didn't win the challenge Sierra!" Chris yelled out.

"It won't be long! I promise!"

Night fell, and the Killer Blades were all sitting on stools outside of their cabin cruiser. Chris was holding a plate of eight shrimp. "You have all casted your votes and made your decision. When I call a name, please step up and grab a piece of shrimp.

All of the Blades looked pretty nervous with the exception of Scott who was smirking in satisfaction.

(Confessional: Zoey)

"I told Leshawna, Bridgette, and Cody about my suspicions of Scott. Not sure if any of them believed it though. Based off her laughter, I'm pretty sure Leshawna didn't."

(Confessional: Bridgette)

"Zoey thinks that Scott sabotaged our team. I watched Season 4, and that lines up with his behavior. Besides, with what he said about Geoff, I don't think I'm particularly fond of him."

(Confessional: DJ)

"I took Zoey's warning more seriously than Duncan and Geoff did. It took me a long time to decide on who to vote for, Scott or Cody. Our loss was because of bad luck. Don't think any sabotage had to do with that. But Scott admitted that he didn't like Duncan being the team's leader and he did sabotage his team before."

"The first shrimp goes to...Leshawna." Chris said.

Leshawna smiled and walked up to the plate, grabbing her shrimp.

"DJ."

DJ smiled and walked up to the plate with his crutches.

"Zoey."

Zoey stood up and walked up to the plate. Her nervous expression didn't go away though.

"Geoff. Bridgette"

The two smiled and walked up to the plate. When they ate their shrimp, they gave each other quick kiss on the lips. Chris turned to the remaining three blades. "All three of you have been blamed for costing the game. But only one of you is going home. The next shrimp goes to...

...

Duncan."

Scott widened his eyes in shock. Duncan went up to the plate and grabbed his shrimp. Scott was in shock. Duncan got less votes than him? But how? Nobody suspected Scott during the challenge. He then remembered that a team mate was aware of his tactics. "Zoey..." He muttered under his breath.

"The final shrimp goes to...

...

...Scott." Chris finally said.

Scott let out a sigh of relief before running up to the plate. He was not expecting it to be such a close shave.

"Sorry Cody. You're out my dude." Chris told him.

Cody sighed. The Boat of Losers came by the cabin cruiser, Chef driving it. Cody stood up and walked towards the Boat of Losers. Soon, the boat took off.

"Kinda sucks though. I didn't really have anything against the dude." Geoff said.

"Yeah, there's no way he sabotaged us. I think the dude just screwed up. Besides, at least he gets the farewell gift Sierra forced us to take part in." Duncan replied.

"Forced? All she did was ask me." Leshawna said.

"Are you sure you didn't do it willingly, tough guy?" Bridgette teased.

"Shut up." Duncan walked inside the cabin cruiser.

The camera cut to inside the boat of losers. "Second to last place. Not exactly how I was hoping to leave." Cody admitted.

"By the way, the crazy fangirl wanted me to give you something in case you got voted out." Chef said.

"Sierra?"

Chef grabbed a package and tossed it to Cody. Cody opened it up and widened his eyes in surprise. In the package was not only a box of assorted chocolates, but a card. There were signatures from Team Heather such as Harold, Mike, Sky, B, and even Heather. And of course Sierra's signature. And surprisingly, Sierra managed to get signatures from the other teams as well. Owen, Gwen, Trent, Noah, Kitty, Brody, Leshawna, Zoey, Bridgette, DJ. Even Duncan and Geoff despite those two absolutely voting Cody off. On top of the card was a 'We'll Miss You' written in large letters.

"Huh. Guess there are worse ways to go out." Cody smiled.

Votes:

Cody (4): Duncan (leader vote), Geoff, DJ

Scott (3): Bridgette, Cody, Zoey

Duncan (2): Leshawna, Scott

Strawberry Shortcakes: Owen, Noah, Gwen, Trent, Dawn, Emma, Kitty, Brody

Killer Blades: Duncan, Zoey Geoff, Bridgette, DJ, Leshawna, Scott

Team Heather: Heather, B, Harold, Alejandro, Sierra, Mike, Sky

Rankings

24th: Justin

23rd: Cody

Looks like Scott is back to his cutthroat ways, sabotaging his team and making it so that either Duncan or Cody would get blamed for the loss.

Initially, I was intending on Cody being the first one eliminated, having Scott's plan to sabotage the team and frame either Cody or Duncan for it was originally be in the second chapter to establish Scott's villainy. But I decided to give a bit more time before thrusting Scott back into his challenge throwing ways as well as it giving time to focus on why Cody is conflicted on Sierra not obsessing over him.

Well, I hoped you enjoyed the chapter and are looking forward to the next one!