"Last time on Total Drama Domination," said Don.
The camera shows the campers climbing up the ropes, followed by the Rhinoceri racing through the part of NYC before the apple bobbing part of the challenge.
"Our campers got their daily serving of fruit at the Big Apple!"
The camera shows Sam falling from the top of the Statue of Liberty, followed by the Rambunctious Rhinoceri checking in first.
"Sam put his team behind, and they were never able to catch up," said Hawkeye.
The camera shows the Rhinoceri's ten minute penalty clock appearing, followed by Leshawna grabbing her team's apple with her feet, and finally the Zebras checking in before the Rhinoceri's penalty was even close to over.
"However, thanks to the Rhinoceri's penalty for Leshawna grabbing the apple with her feet instead of her mouth, the Zebras ended up winning!" said Chef.
The camera shows Lindsay presenting the Millie idol, followed by her finding it inside her team's carriage.
"After the challenge, Lindsay became the first contestant to move back to her original team after finding the Millie idol inside her carriage," said Don.
The camera shows Topher sitting alone in the cargo hold, followed by Dara, Abby, and Tom coming in and explaining how they're voting, and finally Leshawna reacting to her elimination.
"Although Topher seemed resigned to his fate, Dara, Abby, and Tom allied with him and together, they used the battleground teammates to their advantage to take out Leshawna and jeopardize Sierra and her alliance in a shocking power shift!" said Hawkeye.
The camera cut to the hosts. "Who will level up next? Find out right now, right here, on TOTAL!" yelled Chef.
"DRAMA!" yelled Don.
"DOMINATION!" yelled all three hosts.
*cue intro*
Sierra, Cody, Noah, Harold, Tyler, Lindsay, Ezekiel, Owen, Sky, and Dave sat in the cargo hold. "How did he get the upper hand?" asked Sierra bitterly.
"I don't even know, eh!" said a worried Ezekiel.
"Maybe he had other people aligned with him we didn't know about?" suggested Sky.
"But who?" asked Sierra.
"Beats me. We better find out fast; what if Topher's using the people who want to remain neutral to his advantage?"
"We're going to have to start convincing people," said Dave. "That way we can expand our group."
"But he has that special advantage where he can swap what team people are on, remember?" pointed out Harold.
"True, but he's probably very genre savvy and won't switch any one of us because we might rat him out to the Zebras. He may or may not want to switch any of the neutrals either due to potentially bringing in someone who might possibly team up with us, like what happened with Tyler and Lindsay here," said Noah.
"Welp, convincing people it is." Sierra stood up to leave. "Come on guys. Let's go." Her alliance followed her out.
Meanwhile, Topher, Dara, Abby, and Tom sat in the common area. "Huh. You guys are smarter than I thought," said Topher. "So here's our plan of action. In the event Sierra and her cohorts might try to steal neutrals from us, we will have to cause them to mess up in challenges to justify the neutrals wanting to vote them off."
"That sounds mean!" said Abby.
"Is it worse than betraying me just as quickly as you team up with me?"
Abby sat there, then sighed. "Alright."
Now everyone sat in the common area. "Who can tell us where we're going today?" asked Don.
"The German Alps!" Sierra and Topher answered together. Then Topher said, "Jinx!"
"What, come on!" whined Sierra. She was socked in her right arm. "Owww!"
"Sierra Sierra Sierra!" said an impatient Don. Sierra smirked and hmph'd, while Topher glared. "Come on guys, really? Y'all are in your late teens, not your late single digits."
The Jumbo Jet landed in the snowy Alps. The cast got out, and Don started whispering. "Before we go any further, we've got a little business to attend to." The music chime sounded again.
"Keep, it down, so we won't be screwed," sang Noah.
"Try, I will, but it's not my strong suit," sang Tyler at Owen's original octave.
"Quit now, save us the trouble," sang Sierra at Heather's original octave.
"Wait till you're voted out for being a butthole," sang Topher down an octave from Gwen's original octave.
"Man why can't our team put aside our struggles?" sang Junior down an octave from Courtney's original octave.
"Sounds to me our team is doing good," sang Ernesto at Alejandro's original octave.
"Truly there is nothing stopping us, us, us!" sang Leonard at Alejandro's octave.
"Leonard you moron, you idiot, you jinxed us and you'll make us lose today!" sang Josee at Leshawna's original octave.
"That's not going to happen!" said Leonard. "Huzzah!"
Unfortunately, he made the mistake of yelling that last word out, prompting an avalanche to spill out.
"Way to go, Leonard! Something did go wrong!" said Heather.
"At least it's this and not me getting e—" Tammy shushed him and put a hand to his mouth.
"Well, now that we're all settled, it's time for today's challenge, which will be twofold today!" said Don. "First, you must make your own meat sleds. Oh, and that reminds me." He tossed an electric meat grinder towards Brick, who shrieked and wet himself, but nevertheless caught it. "Anyways, you will then try to race all the way down this mountain on your sleds. Aaaaaaaand…" Hawkeye shot an arrow. "GO!"
Alejandro pointed at the opening of the regular meat grinder. "Put that electric meat grinder to where I'm pointing!" Brick put the electric meat grinder up to the opening, and Alejandro promptly churned out the meat through the grinders, causing it to come out in a nice sled shape. "Beautiful amigos, let's go!" The yellow team went down the mountain.
The Rhinoceri weren't so lucky. "Shit man, we gotta hurry!" pleaded Shawn.
Noah was guarding Owen. "And I thought Owen would be our problems. No offense, buddy."
"None taken."
"Alright, screw it! Just get something out!" pleaded the zombie boy. The team smeared whatever raw meat they had on themselves, then ran down the mountain. Unsurprisingly, the Zebras were already down the mountain.
"And the Zesty Zebras win part one of today's challenge!" announced Hawkeye. The yellow team cheered. The superhero turned to the unhappy blue team. "Even if you had made it down here first, you still would have lost. That's not even close to loophole abuse; that's just pathetic." The team just looked defeated, until sucking sounds brought them back to life. They saw Laurie sucking raw meat off her shirt. The other Rhinoceri promptly dusted off their chunks of raw meat, worried what the impostor vegan would do next.
The second part of the challenge was set up, with only two dance pads being held up by poles; one pole blue, the other yellow. "Welcome to part two of today's challenge!" said Don. "All you have to do is knock your opponent off their pole either by slapping or kicking them off through dance moves! I don't care what moves you do this season." He pulled his phone out. "As always, we've randomized the order you'll be going, and Ella, since you were named last for your team, you'll be sitting this one out."
"Ooh, OK!"
Don put his phone up. "Round one is Topher vs. Ernesto! Come on up, boys!"
The tall boy and the new boy got on their poles. Hawkeye shot an arrow to start the match, and the German music started playing...specifically, Heut' ist mein Tag.
"OK, Jordan, seriously?!" said Don. But the gay intern was too busy doing freestyle to the German EDM hit to pay any attention to him. Don sighed.
The two boys focused their attention back on each other. Topher started moving his feet to the main synth that had come in after the first line of lyrics. When the beat came in, Ernesto started doing kick moves...only to accidentally nail Topher in the crotch right away, causing him to keel over and fall off his platform with a pained scream.
Sierra and her alliance laughed to varying degrees while Don announced the Zebras took the first point. Ernesto walked up to Topher and held out a hand. "I am sorry. I did not mean to do that." Topher, moaning in pain, took his hand and got back up.
Don looked back over his list. "Abby vs. Brick, let's go!"
The two teens got on their poles. Hawkeye resumed the music and shot an arrow to start their round. Abby started shuffling with her arms crossed, but Brick started doing...ballet? He stuck a leg out and carried Abby with it, taking her off the pole.
"And Brick makes it two for the Zebras!" said Hawkeye. He looked over the list. "Noah and Leonard, let's go!"
The two skinny teens stepped on their platforms. Hawkeye shot an arrow and resumed the music. "Fallus Offikus!" cried Leonard. He was promptly electrocuted, since he didn't bother dancing.
"2-1, Rhinoceri!" said Chef as some Zebras facepalmed. "Dara and Beardo, let's go!"
The quiet pushover and the human soundboard stood on their poles. Hawkeye shot an arrow and replayed the music. Both danced in step with the song, but neither made an attack on each other.
"Hit each other!" cried Don. The two looked at him, but then turned to each other and continued to not make an attack on each other.
"Hey, if it means we can listen to this song on repeat," said Jordan.
"Ah hell no! We are not list'nin to this shit all day!" said Chef.
"Fiiiine," whined Jordan.
After five more seconds of neither teen making an attack on the opposition, Don had enough. He pulled out a button and pressed it, electrocuting both of them. "No points for either of you." Once the two left, he continued. "Ooh, a rematch between Laurie and Scott!"
The impostor vegan and the dirt farmer got on their poles. Hawkeye shot an arrow and resumed the music, and the two teens stayed in step with the song, but once again, no one made an attack. Don didn't even bother waiting this time. He pushed his button, and once the two recovered from their shock, told them they had no points again.
Don looked over the list again. "Harold vs. Josee, let's go!"
The skinny nerd and the short ice dancer stood on their platforms. Hawkeye shot an arrow, and while Josee started ballet, Harold quickly karate chop-slapped the ice dancer off her pole.
"2-2!" said Hawkeye. "Next up, we have Gwen vs. Geoff!"
The goth and the party boy stood on their poles. Hawkeye shot an arrow and continued the music, and although both started dancing, Geoff tried to do a jump forward and then back to his platform, but didn't make it back in time, and he fell into the snow below.
"The Rhinoceri have taken the lead, 3-2!" said Chef. "Sanders and Taylor, let's go!"
The two girls got on their platforms. Hawkeye shot an arrow and replayed the music. Taylor slapped Sanders off.
"At a time you can legally attack a cop, Taylor does so, bringing the teams back to a 3-3 tie!" said Don. "Crimson and Spud, let's go!"
The female goth and the fat rocker stood on their poles. Hawkeye shot an arrow and unpaused the music. Spud ended up falling backwards off his platform.
"4-3, Rhinoceri!" stated Hawkeye. "Cody and Sammy, let's go!"
The short boy and the cheerleader twin stood on their boards. Hawkeye shot an arrow and unpaused the music. Cody managed to swing Sammy off.
"5-3, Rhinoceri!" said Chef. "Lindsay and Ryan go next!"
The blonde and the buff took their places, and Hawkeye shot an arrow and replayed the music. Both got electrocuted as neither attacked the other.
"Ezekiel vs. Dawn please, let's go!" said Don.
The two short teens got on their boards. Hawkeye shot an arrow and replayed the music. Neither one had the courage to take the other out.
"Tom and Veronica, let's go!" said Hawkeye.
The two teens got on their boards. Hawkeye replayed the music and shot an arrow. Veronica delivered a flying kick to Tom, knocking him off. But then a whistle blew.
"That doesn't count! You can't just straight-up kick someone off!" said Chef. Veronica looked disappointed as the two left, making the score 6-3. "Owen and Katie, let's go!"
The fat guy and the tan BFFFL got on their boards. Hawkeye shot an arrow and replayed the music. While Katie's dancing still hadn't improved since the first season, Owen's shuffling had him kick too hard, and he fell on his back and got electrocuted.
"6-4, Rhinoceri!" said Hawkeye. "Ennui and Sam, let's go!"
The male goth and the gamer stood on their boards. Hawkeye shot an arrow and replayed the music, which had reached its end. Both teens stopped and turned. "Hey, where's the mus—!" Both were electrocuted.
"Y'all are idiots," said Chef, who rolled his eyes. "Mike and Jay, you're up! Jordan?"
"Yes sir."
"You've got some songs after this one, right?"
"Yes sir, I sure do."
"Alright, just making sure." Hawkeye shot an arrow and played…
Da. Da, da, da da LADIES, AND, GENTLEMEN, GENTLEMEN.
"That's not even German, you burnt pencil!" cried Chef.
"Ey yo, just because you one of us duttn't mean you insult one of us!" said Lance.
Cries from Mike and Jay stopped them from potentially fighting, as they had been distracted and were electrocuted.
"Oooh, sorry about that," said Chef. He then shot a glare Lance's way and said in a low voice, "This ain't over."
"Bring it, steroid man!"
Contestants and even some of the other staff gasped. "Oh man, shit gone be turnt!" said Jordan.
"Want me to call a casket in advance?" asked Morgan.
"Knowing Lance, yes," said Millie.
Chef got in Lance's face. "What did you just say to me, punk?" he said in the same voice he said to Duncan in Basic Straining back in TDI.
"I was tellin' you to bring it!" said Lance.
"After that."
"The fact that you take steroids like decaf?"
"RAAAAAAHHH!" Chef dogpiled the hapless intern and bashed his face in repeatedly, each one making a painful sound. He then strangled him by the throat, which instantly made a painful snap sound, and finally Lance fell unconscious. Chef dropped the intern and heaved in anger.
"So uh," Don tried to restore order, but noticed the song was still playing. "Why is the music still on?!"
"Oh uhh." Jordan turned the music off and grinned sheepishly.
"God, you people are such IDIOTS!" cried Don.
"Easy now; remember what happened to Chris?" said Hawkeye.
Don sighed. "Sierra and Brody!"
The two tan teens stood on their boards, and Don turned on the generic German tune from TDWT after Hawkeye shot his arrow. Sierra used her moves to deliver high kicks to Brody, knocking him down to the ground.
"7-4, Rhinoceri!" said Hawkeye. "Courtney, and Dwayne, you're up!"
The two got on their boards. Hawkeye shot an arrow and the generic music came back on. Courtney ended up slapping Dwayne off.
"8-4, Rhinoceri!" said Chef. "Junior and Lorenzo, let's go!"
Neither was able to make an attack on the other, denying both of them a point.
"Miles and Tammy, you're up!" said Don.
The two stood on their poles. Hawkeye shot an arrow and turned the music back on.
"Thy cast thee Slap of Death!" said Tammy. She slapped Miles off her podium. "Hey, it worked!"
"That's 8-5, Rhinoceri!" said Hawkeye. "Sky and Alejandro are up next!"
The two stood on their podiums. Hawkeye shot an arrow, and Sky quickly slapped Alejandro off his podium. Heather burned holes at the back of the athlete's head.
"9-5, Rhinoceri!" said Chef. "Cameron vs. Kitty, let's go!"
The tall Asian and the short black stood on their poles. Hawkeye shot an arrow, and Kitty pinched Cameron's cheeks affectionately.
"That doesn't count!" said Don. Kitty pouted, and she and Cameron let themselves get electrocuted.
"No points!" said Don. "Next we have Gerry vs. Duncan!"
The two males got on their poles. Hawkeye shot an arrow, and Gerry quickly slapped Duncan off. Gerry stood proudly. "Hey, whaddya know? Years of serving in tennis has paid off!"
"10-5, Rhinoceri!" said Hawkeye. "Trent vs. Mary! Zebras, you need to win this one, or else you lose!"
The two tall teens stood on their poles. Hawkeye shot an arrow, and Trent slapped Mary off.
"And the Rambunctious Rhinoceri win!" said Chef. The blue team cheered while the yellow team looked down, unimpressed. "Yella fellas, y'all are votin' someone out. Now GET LOST! I don't associate with losers like y'all selves!"
The team sat in the cargo hold. "You guys were beaten pretty bad today. Peanut bags go to...Geoff, Ernesto, Chet, Spud, Alejandro, Sam, Jay, Josee, Dawn, Brick, Katie, Beardo, Taylor, Brody, Scott, Duncan, Tammy, Ella, Rock, Leonard, Amy, Dwayne, Veronica, Kitty, Lorenzo, Heather, Sammy, Ellody, and Ryan!" This left only a certain genius without a peanut bag.
Mary sighed and stood up. She ignored Ellody smirking and mockingly waving her goodbye. Chef strapped her into the Fireworks of Shame, lit the fuse, and shoved her out. Three seconds later, she could be seen flying back up.
The hosts walked up. "Will Sierra and her cohorts ever get the upper hand back? Or will Topher and his gang stay in control? Or maybe there's a mysterious third party lurking around?" Hawkeye faced the Zebras and called out, "And will the Zesty Zebras ever do anything interesting? I mean god damn!" He faced the camera again. "Tune in next time, right here, on TOTAL!" yelled Hawkeye.
"DRAMA!" yelled Chef.
"DOMINATION!" yelled all three hosts.
ELIMINATION ORDER:
#90: Staci (Z)
RETURNS: Duncan (R)
#89: Anne Maria (Z)
#88: Sadie (R)
#87: B (R)
#86: Justin (R)
#85: MacArthur (Z)
#84: Mickey (R)
#83: Jasmine (R)
#82: JD (Z)
#81: Rodney (Z)
#80: Scarlett (Z)
#79: Max (DECEASED) (R)
#78: Kelly (R)
#77: Blaineley (R)
#76: Lightning (DECEASED) (Z)
#75: Eva (R)
#74: Jen (Z)
#73: Dakota (Z)
#72: Emma (R)
#71: Jo (Z)
#70: Pete (R)
#69: Sugar (Z)
#68: Jacques (Z)
#67: Zoey (R)
#66: Stephanie (Z)
#65: Bridgette (Z)
#64: Beth (Z)
#63: Chad (DISQUALIFIED) (Z)
#62: Carrie (R)
#61: Izzy (R)
#60: Leshawna (R)
#59: Mary (Z)
RAMBUNCTIOUS RHINOCERI:
Sanders
Harold
Cameron
Devin
Tom
Trent
Ezekiel
Ennui
Crimson
Owen
Gerry
Sky
Mike
Lindsay
Noah
Junior
Dave
DJ
Abby
Tyler
Miles
Courtney
Topher
Shawn
Gwen
Sierra
Dara
Laurie
Cody
ZESTY ZEBRAS:
Geoff
Ernesto
Chet
Spud
Alejandro
Sam
Jay
Josee
Dawn
Brick
Katie
Beardo
Taylor
Brody
Scott
Duncan
Tammy
Ella
Rock
Leonard
Amy
Dwayne
Veronica
Kitty
Lorenzo
Heather
Sammy
Ellody
Ryan
...aaaaaaaaand that's the chapter! My apologies for no voting confessionals and wrapping it up quickly, but it was kind of difficult to get people to justify this victim's elimination over other people who messed up in the challenge, other than she was what made the challenge end, which would make it redundant to say it over and over again.
Mary was extremely overdue. I had her as a failed villain, but she always survived after that due to others being either more expendable or having more justification for their eliminations. However, I already have the alliances and interactions put into place on the Rhinoceri, and pretty soon the Zebras are going to get in on it (it's either that or the Zebras end up receiving the Eight Deadly Words, which are, "I don't care what happens to these people)." Because of this, all of the truly cannon fodder people left are going (including Mary), along with anyone who will be involved but needs to be eliminated to get the plot moving (like with Izzy and Leshawna).
So far (though mainly due to the Rhinoceri winning), the neutrals (anyone not allied with Sierra's group or Topher's group) are unaware of Topher's group using them against Sierra's group. Time will tell when they catch on, and what they'll do when they find out.
This plot will eventually spread to the other team, but unfortunately, I don't know how soon. This is a problem, because this will likely make the merge much earlier than I had planned. I originally planned on blowing through every season's pre-merge challenges, which would take me to 26 people at this rate. Unfortunately, this plot can only wait for so long. We'll see in these next few chapters how much time I can buy, but any pre-merge challenges I don't get to will be saved for next season.
In other news, Lance's big mouth and ego have gotten him in trouble again. He's still alive, but time will tell if he'll join Keith six feet under someday.
Now here's our next OC's audition tape! Meet Zack, the Pirate!
*STATIC*
A boat is out on sea. A white boy dressed in a black and white pirate uniform stood on it.
"Ahoy there, mateys! The name's Zack! I be out for that treasure, and I've finally come to the right place! I'll be rich, I tells ye! Filthy stinkin' rich!"
Just then, the background turned black. We zoom out to show the sea background and the boat was a projection. "I assure ye I be a real pirate. Of course, you wouldn't know if you don't pick me."
*STATIC*
Well, that was Zack the pirate, everybody. He is not a poser; he is real. Also, credit to ElPatron036 (Boomah222 on DeviantArt) for Zack, since he owns him, not me.
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