"Last time on Total Drama Domination," said Don.

The camera shows the Zebras pulling into shore, followed by Alejandro and Dawn looking disturbed after translating Jerd's sentence.

"Our campers found new land at Newfoundland!"

The camera shows the Zebras starting up their motor boat while the Rhinoceri had to paddle, followed by Ella kissing her cod before the Rhinoceri could catch up.

"The Zebras ended up decisively winning after starting the challenge off on an advantage!" said Hawkeye.

The camera shows everyone reacting with shock after finding out Laurie and Miles tied, followed by Laurie winning the tiebreaker.

"In the end, Topher's and Sierra's alliances unknowingly helped each other vote out Miles, and Topher brought Laurie to his side, and Miles' principles cost her a chance at winning!" said Chef.

The camera cut to the hosts. "Who will leave in T-minus just under a half hour next? Find out right now, right here, on TOTAL!" yelled Don.

"DRAMA!" yelled Hawkeye.

"DOMINATION!" yelled all three hosts.

*cue intro*

The Zebras were in first class. "So uhh, I've been doing some thinking. Remember when DJ and I talked back in Hershey, Pennsylvania?" Rock asked Taylor. When he got a nod, he continued. "Well, I was thinking we and some people on our team unite to join forces with his alliance. They seem to have the majority, what with Sierra and Topher's alliances."

"OK. Who do you want?"

"So far, I've got me and my bandmates, and you of course. Anyone else?"

"How about Amy and Heather? They're pretty cool."

"OK. Can we bring Sammy and Alejandro, since they've got connections to them?"

"Yeah. Anyone else?"

"I think we're good for now. We'll see what happens down the line."

"So, look who came crawling back!" Sierra said to Topher with a glare and her arms crossed.

"How was I supposed to know you guys would vote for Miles?"

Sierra started to breath in, then sighed. "Good point." But then something hit her. There was nine of her and four of Topher, yet there was a tie. Laurie was on the receiving end of the neutrals' votes, and Laurie never spoke to her or her alliance…Sierra got up and angrily pointed at Topher. "YOU. You got Laurie on your side, didn't you?"

"She came to us with information, dumbass."

"Whatever. We are not allying with you."

"Fine. Don't expect to get lucky in votes again then."

"It'll be worth it."

CONFESSIONAL: So it is being worth something now? In a world where two-letter words are doing and getting everything done to them…

"Worth your elimination, that is," said Topher.

The cast was now in the common area. "Who can tell us where we're going to next?" asked Don.

"Montego Bay, Jamaica!" Sierra and Topher blurted out.

"Right you are!"

The Jumbo Jet touched down in Jamaica, and the cast got out. They were standing at the top of a cliff. "Welcome to your next challenge!" said Hawkeye. "This will work in two parts, with an equalizer in between. First, one person on each team will jump off the cliff and dive underwater to find Chef's golden chains. The team that does so gets an advantage in the next part of today's challenge. Is everyone ready?" Everyone nodded. The superhero pulled out his randomized list. "First up for the Rhinoceri, we have Trent, and first up for the Zebras, we have Jay!" Jay, who wore dark indigo swim trunks with kiwi green polka dots, gulped.

Geoff patted Jay on the back and said, "Noooo pressure, dude. You got this."

"I have problems with aquaphobia and acrophobia," said the adversity twin.

"I have no idea what those are but, I'm sure you'll be OK."

"Fear of water and heights."

"Oh uhh, Hawkeye? Can someone else go first, please? We do have one more person than the Rhinoceri."

"Fine...Jay can sit this part out. Ernesto will be going first then. Aaaaand, GO!" The superhero shot an arrow at the sky as the two raven haired teens ran and jumped off the cliff into the water below. Trent was unable to find it, while Ernesto swam out of the water carrying the chains. He ran to shore and said, "I got it!" with his arms raised.

"Not so fast, Ernesto! Does it have Chef's signature on it?" inquired Don. A confused Ernesto looked at the chain and saw it did not have the requested signature. "We decided to make things a little more interesting by throwing in 35 fake chains made of pyrite!" He then laughed.

Trent and Ernesto ended up making it back up to the top of the cliff and tagged Abby and Ryan. The two jumped into the water, but neither were successful: Abby pulled out another fake chain, while Ryan got chased out by a shark.

Dara and Chet were tagged next, and both also pulled out fake chains.

Tom and Lorenzo were tagged next. "Are you sure these choices are randomized? I mean, three people from Topher's alliance in a row got chosen, and Lorenzo got chosen after Chet," pointed out Cameron.

Hawkeye looked at the list, then grimaced. "Alright, I'm randomizing it again! This is ridiculous!"

Back underwater, Lorenzo grabbed a chain, but didn't see it was actually silver instead of gold (or pyrite) until he started to swim to shore. Tom grabbed a copper ring.

"Oh, come on, guys! Those fake chains, I understand, but those things?!" said Chef.

Sanders and Tammy were tagged next. A shark ended up cornering the two. While Sanders did the smart thing and swim away, Tammy held up a hand to cast a spell and ended up saying, "Cease attack spell!" as best as she could since she was underwater. The shark then took off...towards her, forcing her to swim out of the water.

Kitty and Tyler went in next, and Kitty managed to find the real gold chain. "Eeyaaaay!" Tyler looked at what he grabbed...and it was a rope. "Huh?"

"Oooh, and the Zesty Zebras win the first part of the challenge, and an advantage in part two!" said Don. The yellow team cheered while the blue team looked down.

Both teams were now on the shore. "Zebras, for winning the first part of this challenge, you get an advantage."

"Helmets?" Heather asked sarcastically.

"That, and the ability to decide who participates in this part of the challenge! Two people from each team will go down that long board for three rounds, so a total of six people will be going on each team. The team with a better average collectively will win. Zebras, you will decide who goes for which team. Go."

The Zebras got into a huddle, then announced their decision. "We've decided that Veronica and myself, Heather and Taylor, and Tammy and Leonard will go for the Zebras, and Sky and Ezekiel, Cameron and Mike, and Courtney and Trent will go for the Rhinoceri," said Ernesto.

"Then it's settled. And since the Zebras won the first part, they also get to go first. Now let's go."

The Hispanic couple kneeled on the board with Ernesto in front. "You guys ready?" asked Hawkeye. Ernesto shot a thumbs up while Veronica smiled. Hawkeye shot an arrow and said, "GO!" They ended up finishing in 46.34 seconds. "Not bad, now it's Sky and Ezekiel's turn!"

"Good luck out there, guys!" Dave flashed two thumbs up to his girlfriend and best friend as they took their spots on the board. Hawkeye shot an arrow to start their run, and they finished in 46.24 seconds. "The Rhinoceri are winning by a tenth of a second! Now let's see if Heather and Taylor can do better!"

The two rich girls got on the board. Hawkeye shot an arrow, and the two managed to finish in 46.11 seconds. "Nice! Now let's see Cameron and Mike do better!"

The two teens got on their board, and after Hawkeye okayed them to go, finished in 45.39 seconds. "And the Rhinoceri have extended their lead to .82 seconds! Leonard and Tammy have to do well in order to win this one!"

Leonard and Tammy got on their board, and Hawkeye cleared them to go. As they made their way up the highest hill, Leonard cried, "Thy cast the Punch of Power!" and punched a giant hole in the track, causing an entire chunk of the coaster to fly off. The LARPers finished in 45.82 seconds.

"Not bad. Now it's up to Courtney and Trent to secure the victory for the Rhinoceri."

"What the heck?! He shouldn't be allowed to do that!" said Courtney.

"Yeah man, that's cheating!" said Trent.

"Alejandro did it last time, and he didn't get disqualified," pointed out the superhero. The two sighed in anger, assumed their positions on the board, and were cleared to go. By the time they got to the broken part of the track, both were flung from their board, and Courtney ended up hanging from a splinter in the board from her bikini. Unfortunately, her attempts to wriggle free led to her slipping out of her bikini, and she fell…

Mike gasped, and Vert came back into form. "You're not the only one falling for something." As Trent caught the bikini-less Courtney, who screamed in horror, Vert came running...until Trent made a horrifyingly angry face and raised a fist. "Don't, do it," he said through clenched teeth. Vert gasped, and Mike came back.

"Huh? Interesting," said Cameron.

Mike stood there gaping, not saying anything. "Did he seriously just come back?"

"Did who come back?" Trent asked angrily.

"My personality, Vert."

"Just stay away from us right now." The angry couple turned and left.

"So seeing someone I don't have a crush on makes Vert snap out of it now?" asked Mike.

"Mike, I am afraid after too many instances of Vert coming out," began Don. Before he could finish, Alf jumped out of nowhere and tackled Mike, who screamed. "You have been arrested by the fuzz!" He then cackled maniacally as he handcuffed Mike and got him on his feet. "W-wait! Can't I just cure my MPD?"

"Therapy is what you need, my friend! But I have been ordered to keep you off the grounds of Total Drama!" replied Alf. "Ta-ta!"

Hawkeye brought the focus back to the challenge. "Well, the Rhinoceri's run was incomplete, so they lose!" The blue team cried out in anger while the yellow team just stood there. "Meet us back in the cargo hold in ten!"

"Uh, hold on a minute?" Geoff raised his hand.

"Yes, Geoff."

"We uhh, feel sorry for Trent and Courtney, so we're going to forfeit our immunity."

"What?!" Leonard cried out in disbelief.

"Then it's settled! The Zebras lose!" The Rhinoceri cheered now, while the Zebras didn't react outside of Tammy and Leonard angrily crossing their arms. "Zebras, meet us in the cargo hold in ten!"

The Zebras sat in the cargo hold. "Y'all know how this thing works. Peanut bags go to...Geoff, Ernesto, Chet, Spud, Alejandro, Sam, Jay, Dawn, Brick, Katie, Beardo, Taylor, Brody, Scott, Duncan, Tammy, Ella, Rock, Amy, Dwayne, Veronica, Kitty, Lorenzo, Heather, Sammy, Ellody, and Ryan!" They all caught their peanut bags. This left Leonard without one.

The LARPer stood up in a rage. "Preventus terminatus!" he cried. Nothing happened, aside from Chef rolling his eyes before strapping Leonard into the Fireworks of Shame, lighting the fuse, and being pushed out of the plane. Three seconds later, he was seen flying back up.

The hosts walked up. "Will we have to bring back the fuzz again? Will we ever stop running out of questions to ask? Find out next time, right here, on TOTAL!" yelled Don.

"DRAMA!" yelled Hawkeye.

"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)

#58: Josee (Z)

#57: Lindsay (R)

#56: Miles (R)

#55: Mike (R)

#54: Leonard (Z)

RAMBUNCTIOUS RHINOCERI:

Sanders
Harold
Cameron
Devin

Tom
Trent
Ezekiel
Ennui
Crimson
Owen
Gerry
Sky
Noah
Junior
Dave
DJ
Abby

Tyler
Courtney
Topher
Shawn
Gwen
Sierra
Dara
Laurie
Cody

ZESTY ZEBRAS:

Geoff
Ernesto
Chet
Spud
Alejandro
Sam
Jay
Dawn
Brick
Katie
Beardo
Taylor
Brody
Scott
Duncan
Tammy
Ella
Rock
Amy

Dwayne
Veronica
Kitty
Lorenzo
Heather
Sammy

Ellody

Ryan

...aaaaaaaaand that's the chapter! Another quickie, but we managed to get quite a bit accomplished here.

Another double elimination! And it just hit me that every double elimination so far has one person on each team leaving...Anyways, Mike and Leonard were not necessary for the plot. There were already less neutrals than both warring alliances combined (Laurie now being a part of Topher's alliance), but the Zebras weren't aware of how voting went down in the previous episode. Mike getting cut makes it easier to see the numbers for the Zebras, though they still don't know about the warring alliances (unknowingly) voting together. Topher and Sierra still loathe each other, but while Topher seems willing to recognize it could save them, Sierra seems less than willing so far. Time will tell if she eventually comes around or not. Also, I had to wrap up the MPD plot sooner than later, because it was starting to drag on. Vert can be contained after the effects of MPD have been altered, and the cure turned out to just be a simple therapy. Leonard went because rather than have him perpetually be a liability, I decided to make him have hidden depths in that he can be useful, but once he is useful, he gets too carried away. He managed to help his team win three times over these past few episodes, but he ended up resorting to cheating in this episode, and after what went down, the team decided he was too much a nutjob to continue. Because of this, he wouldn't be considered becoming a part of the Zebra alliance that plans on teaming up with the neutrals after the merge.

Here's the current setup: I literally have two documents:

#1) A list of who's left on each team. The Rhinoceri are all marked with A's (Sierra's alliance), B's (Topher's alliance), or C's (the neutrals). The Zebras are marked with asterisks if they are confirmed to be a part of the Zebras joining forces with the neutrals, X's if I plan on taking them out before the merge, or unmarked if I haven't resolved them yet.

#2) My plans of action. The Rhinoceri alliances are listed with all of its respective members, along with all the Zebras currently aiming to join forces with the neutrals post-merge. I also have potential plots written down, along with a projected boot order for whatever part of the pre-merge I can think of having at this time. I hope everyone at this point knows about the merge being upon us quicker than planned, but one thing I will say is that it is not the next episode. The Rhinoceri are pretty much good for now, but the Zebras still need their part done, which will take a currently unknown amount of time.

Now let's meet our next auditionee, and we get Easton, the Slob!

*STATIC*

An unpainted room with bile colored mold and dark gray print stains appeared, along with a brown bed with a purple blanket not on straight and white pillows akimbo. Flies could be heard. In front of the bed was a fat white boy with messy dirty blonde hair, black eyes, a half shirt that allowed his stomach to roll out, blue jean shorts, and golden sandals. "Yeah, yeah, my name is Easton, and I'm signing up because my parents want me out of here. I don't understand why. They're just pricks."

"Easton? You've gone three weeks without a shower!" said his mom off-screen.

"Don't care!" Easton fired back. He then turned his attention back to the camera. "Yep. Just pricks. Well I'll see you later."

*STATIC*

Well, that's Easton, the slob. He doesn't seem to care about his hygiene or appearance, and his attitude seems to reek just as bad. We'll see if he gets down and dirty next season, or if he gets drawn a hot bath.

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