"Last time on Total Drama Domination," said Don.
The camera shows Don announcing the merging of the teams, followed by Ryan failing to lift up a 500 kg weight.
"Our teams dissolved, leaving it every man and woman for themselves."
The camera shows Katie running away from a Scream mask, followed by Gerry getting tripped by a tennis ball, and finally Devin getting chomped in the privates by three turtles.
"Our campers had to go through multiple rounds of ten-second tortures," said Hawkeye.
The camera shows Rolf explaining the final round of the challenge to Ernesto, Harold, and Noah, followed by the three running away from Rolf's flock and the Wild Things.
"Eventually, only Ernesto, Harold, and Noah were left standing, leaving them on a chase around the woods of the island," said Chef.
The camera shows Harold and Ernesto getting drowned in the horde, followed by said horde returning to the campgrounds with Noah being raised in triumph.
"And when the cows came home, so did Noah to claim his medal of honor!" said Rolf.
The camera shows the neutrals gasping, followed by Rock consoling a crying Taylor.
"And in the end, despite believing their last eleven former teammates would side with them, the neutrals were blindsided when they revealed they had already chosen to vote with the anti-neutrals, with Taylor paying the price," said Don.
The camera cut to the hosts.
"Who will reach out and touch faith next? [1] Find out right now, right here, on TOTAL!" said Hawkeye.
"DRAMA!" said Chef.
"DOMINATION!" yelled all four hosts.
*cue intro*
Rock sat with Spud, Chet, and Beardo in one of the bedrooms. "I-I-I-I can't believe it man. Taylor asked them and everything. What are we gonna do?"
"If you can't beat 'em, join 'em," said Chet.
"We are not teaming up with the anti-neutrals. But we will find a way out alive. Wait, that's it! We'll ask Dwayne to team up with us!"
"Nah bro, I asked him after the ceremony, and he said he did vote with us." Rock's eyebrows shot up at the stepbrother's statement. "We'd still be in the minority either way. We could get an anti-neutral to lose on an instant elimination challenge."
"True, but I'm not one for sabotage."
"There's no need to sabotage, man. Just let it happen."
"But that doesn't explain the next two challenges, which have vote offs. We're currently at a 26-23 deficit."
Topher's group sat together in another room. "Well done, gang. I told y'all we'd get the numbers back someway somehow." He then noticed Abby sitting uncomfortably. "Something wrong?"
"Uhh, no. I just thought it was a bit sad to see Taylor go, because…" Topher leaned in a bit, suspicious. "...I thought she'd be pretty chill."
"Abby honey, we need to teach you to stand up for yourself. This isn't all about friendship. It requires strategy as well. If all goes well, you'll still have your friends after this contest." Abby still looked nervous.
CONFESSIONAL: What if it were the Friendship Games? [2]
"I feel bad for turning Taylor's teammates against her," said Abby. "But I guess Topher's right. I mean, this is his alliance, not mine."
The cast was now in the mess hall. "Alright campers, our next challenge would be the key scavenger hunt, but we have 49 of you and only so many possible places to put keys, so we are going to skip that one. Instead, today will be the hide and seek challenge! You will have ten minutes to find a hiding spot. We've set up a lifeguard chair by the lake, and that will be home base. If you get blasted, you will then have to help Chef find the other campers. Everyone good?" After there were no questions or objections, he said, "Go!" The campers promptly ran out of the mess hall to find their hiding spots. Ten minutes later, Chef left the mess hall with his paintball gun, not noticing Dave wedged behind the wide-open door leading out of it.
Chef left the mess hall, and he turned and saw Spud sitting on the lifeguard chair by the lake. The cook moaned to himself and pinched the bridge of his nose before running in a different direction.
The chef started running through the woods, not noticing Shawn blended in with the trees just like he was in Pahkitew Island. Sky and Ezekiel were hidden among the leaves of the tree, also avoiding getting caught.
An hour later, an exhausted Chef came back to the mess hall and cried, "Maybe y'all can get off yo asses and help me find those spoiled brats!"
"You seriously didn't catch anyone?!" cried Don.
"You bring great shame Chef boy!" said Rolf.
"Yeah, what he said," agreed Hawkeye.
"GET UP AND HELP ME!" screamed Chef, jumping up and down twice, the ground rumbling each time. Panicked, the other three hosts got up and left the mess hall to assist Chef. They turned and saw Spud sitting on the lifeguard chair. "Damn it, I knew there'd be a loophole somewhere!" cried Don. "Now everybody's gonna get to the chair!"
As if on cue, the contestants emerged from where they hid and made a dash for the chair. "Oh no they don't," said Chef. He started firing his paintball gun, and Ezekiel was shot after grabbing Dave. He threw the blind boy at Sky, who got shot next. She threw him to Tyler, who got shot as well. He ended up throwing him onto Spud's lap.
"Wait, give the gun to me!" said Hawkeye. Chef, knowing the superhero's marksmanship, complied. Hawkeye quickly took out Veronica, Beardo, and Jay, but it was too late. Everyone else succeeded in touching the chair.
Don groaned in frustration. "Alright, new challenge! Those of you who made it without getting shot, come with us!"
The scene flashed to the remaining 43 facing the hosts, who stood in front of the mess hall entrance. "You will now participate in the bicycle race around the island," said Don. "This challenge works just like in canon, with two rounds. The last person to cross the finish line in the second round gets eliminated."
"Then what's the point of this challenge? I could say, 'I'm not gonna participate,' and I would be safe!" said Scott.
"True...which is why if you don't finish the second race, you're up for elimination!" said Don. The camera cut to some shocked campers as he said, "Yep! It's a double elimination today!" The camera cut back to him as he said, "You have thirty minutes to build your bikes, but first, who is willing to sit out at the cost of being up for elimination?" The anti-neutrals all raised their hands, prompting the neutrals to not dare raise theirs. One anti-neutral however, was also not raising his hand. The other anti-neutrals looked at Topher like he was crazy, but all he did was make an "OK" hand gesture.
CONFESSIONAL: Once again, OK and KO, two completely different things, are spelled backwards! Don't you just love simple etymology?
"We can't have all of us sitting out. At least one of us needs to still participate; otherwise, that makes us all bigger targets."
"Alright, so Harold, Tom, Owen, Noah, Dave, Katie, Sierra, Dara, Laurie, Cody, Geoff, Ernesto, Sam, Brick, Abby, Brody, Ella, Kitty, Ellody, and Ryan have volunteered to forfeit," said Don. You guys will be "That means Sanders, Cameron, Devin, Trent, Ennui, Crimson, Gerry, Junior, Courtney, Topher, Shawn, Gwen, Chet, Spud, Alejandro, Dawn, Scott, Duncan, Rock, Amy, Dwayne, Heather, and Sammy will be participating," said Don. "You have one hour to build your bikes, starting NOW! Let's go!"
The 23 remaining contestants got to work on building their bikes. "These bikes have got to kick butt guys, if we want to ensure Topher loses!" said Chet, who was building a light purplish gray bike.
"We'd still be in the minority, dude. We'd be going into the vote off 25-23," reminded Rock, who was building a dark purplish gray one.
"Not if we all cross the finish line first!" said Chet. "We'd all be immune, making us 24-23, and the next challenge is another elimination challenge, tying us, and then we have a chance to be in the majority with two successive vote-offs!"
"Oh yeah, that's a good point!" As the two bandmates turned their attention back on their bikes, Topher shot a look at both of them before closing his eyes and shaking his head before getting back to work on his dark turquoise one.
CONFESSIONAL: How can bikes kick butt? Do you kick a bike onto someone else's butt? Does the bike itself have to do the kicking?
"I'm not gonna bother asking how dumb they think I am, because they'll find out soon enough," said Topher.
An hour later, the bikes had been built. In addition to the three aforementioned bikes, Sanders had a dark blue bike, Cameron had a dark red unicycle with a bright yellow seat, Devin had a light blue (but not cyan) and jade bike with white wheel rims, Trent had a brownish-orange one, Ennui and Crimson had matching dark red and black ones, with Ennui having black tire rims and Crimson having white ones, Gerry had a dark gray power scooter, Junior had a dark red bike, Courtney had a gray one with a white seat and white tire rims, Shawn had a scarlet one with white tire rims, Gwen had a dark teal and black one with a white seat, Spud had a wooden motorbike with a skull in the front, Alejandro had a black motorcycle, Dawn had a dark green and light blue (almost cyan) bike, Scott a white and dark orange one, Duncan a gunmetal and green one, Amy and Sammy had matching red and white ones with white seats, with Sammy's having white tire rims as well, Dwayne had a white and yellow one with white tire rims, and Heather had a glittery purple one with white tire rims and a white seat.
"You have done well designing your vehicular devices," said Rolf. "Now we shall conduct a test. This will be test number one. Anyone who crosses the finish line moves on to test number two. Got it?" The cast nodded, though they were a little put off by Rolf's vocabulary. "Go, you young boys and girls! Go, go, go!"
The 23 competitors took off, with Gerry shoving Rolf down and saying, "That's for calling me young!"
"Obviously, you've never heard of being 'young at heart,'" said Dwayne, who was neck and neck with Gerry.
"Ah, I just let my heart and everything grow old," said Gerry.
8 km around the 20 km course, Rock's front wheel caught against a stray flat rock that caused him to go flying and the rest of the bike to detach from the front wheel. Rock could only watch as the front wheel rolled back the way he came, tripping Sanders off her ride (which fell on top of her) and her back wheel to pop off and lie flat on the ground. "Sorry about that!" Rock called out. He got a thumbs up from Sanders in return (her arm being the only thing shown on screen).
Eventually, the other 21 racers crossed the finish line. "Well, you only managed to lose two people," said Hawkeye. "Now it's time for the lap that matters. Whoever crosses the finish line last will be eliminated right away, and anyone else who fails to cross the finish line will be eligible for tonight's elimination." He took out his crossbow and asked, "Is everyone ready?" Everyone entered ready positions with determined glares on their faces. Hawkeye shot an arrow and said, "GO!" The racers quickly took off, with a cry of "Go, go go go!" from Amy and "Move it!" from Dwayne. The neutrals were very determined to make sure Topher ended up last.
Eventually, Gerry managed to cross the finish line. "Oh, and Gerry wins it for the oldies! OOF!" Gerry was pushed down by Spud wheeling in on his bike. "FREEDOOOOM!" he cried without bothering to stop.
Shawn crossed the finish line cheering with his arms up, followed by Gwen and Courtney giggling together, then Duncan glaring at the two with his arms crossed, then Ennui and Crimson with their trademark lack of emotion or reaction, then Alejandro, Scott, and Dawn crossed, followed by Devin, Trent, and Cameron, then Dwayne and Junior, then Amy and Sammy, and finally Heather.
"Well, only Chet and Topher haven't crossed yet," said Chef. "One of them's about to be headed home." The camera cut to the cast, who looked on nervously, as Chef asked, "But the question is, who?"
The camera cut to the other side of the finish line. Just then, cheering could be heard as Chet wheeled his way in, hooting and raising his right arm in victory. The neutrals clapped for their alliance member.
The camera cut back to the shot of the finish line, and just then, Topher appeared wheeling in. "And it looks like Topher's—"
"Not going anywhere," Topher cut off Don's statement. He stopped six feet short of the finish line, got off his bike, and pushed it down to the ground. "See, look! I didn't cross the finish line, and I'm not going to, ergo, I'm safe from automatic elimination."
"He's right. Chet, I'm afraid you must go," said Don.
"No!" cried Rock. "No, no!" He then got on his knees and raised his fists in the air. "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" He pounded his fists into the ground. "Dammit!"
Chet sighed. "I'm sorry Rock." He then turned to the other neutrals and said, "And I'm sorry everyone else."
"No. No harm dude. That was a good strategy. And only two of us failed to make it all the way to the end." He then sighed and said, "Even though it was my fault," he said.
"I won't hold it against you," said Sanders.
Chef walked over to Chet, strapped him into the Fireworks of Shame, lit the fuse, and three seconds later, he went flying. Don then said, "Cameron, Devin, Trent, Ennui, Crimson, Gerry, Junior, Courtney, Topher, Shawn, Gwen, Spud, Alejandro, Dawn, Scott, Duncan, Amy, Dwayne, Heather, and Sammy, you are safe. You may head down to the elimination ceremony to watch the upcoming vote-off. Those called left. "The rest of you. Take ten minutes to strategize, and we'll see you there."
The scene flashed to Rock, Sanders, and the anti-neutrals sitting in the mess hall. "Who goes?" asked Ryan.
"Rock's bike broke and Sanders got trapped in it, so I say Rock leaves," said Topher.
"But he's suffered enough; give him a break!" protested Abby.
"Enough? He still has Beardo and Spud for crying out loud! And he's obviously running the neutral alliance!"
"I'm not gonna deny it; I have been in control of my alliance," admitted Rock.
"I like the honesty," said Ernesto. "But sadly, I have already agreed to vote with Topher's side. I'm sure Abby will tell you all about it."
Abby looked unsure. "Uhhh, yeah."
"So we have our decision?" asked Gwen. The campers nodded, then left.
As they went outside, Abby walked slow enough to meet up with Rock. "I wanna quit," she said.
"What?!" cried the rocker.
"I don't wanna vote against you or Sanders, but I don't want to vote against any of my alliance either. I hope this gives you a chance down the road."
"Oh...kaaay?"
The cast sat around the campfire. "Well all, you've cast your votes, you all know what's about to happen," said Hawkeye.
"Wait!" said Abby.
"What?"
"I'd like to quit." Several gasps sounded, and Topher's eyes went wide.
"OK then. I bet nobody knew what was about to happen then."
Abby stood up and let Chef strap her into the Fireworks of Shame, light the fuse, and go flying three seconds later.
The hosts walked up. "That was less climactic than the valleys in my country!" said Rolf. "Will Rock boy get his way in the end? Shall there be any more loopholes we speak of?" The other three hosts shook their heads with worried looks as he asked that. "Find out next time, right here, on TOTAL!" yelled Rolf.
"DRAMA!" yelled Chef.
"DOMINATION!" yelled all four hosts.
[1] Depeche Mode reference, anyone?
[2] MLP reference, anyone?
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 (ARRESTED) (R)
#54: Leonard (Z)
#53: Lorenzo (DISQUALIFIED) (Z)
#52: Tammy (Z)
#51: DJ (R)
*MERGE*
#50: Taylor
#49: Chet
#48: Abby (QUIT)
STILL IN:
Sanders
Harold
Cameron
Devin
Tom
Trent
Ezekiel
Ennui
Crimson
Owen
Gerry
Sky
Noah
Junior
Dave
Katie
Tyler
Courtney
Topher
Shawn
Gwen
Sierra
Dara
Laurie
Cody
Geoff
Ernesto
Spud
Alejandro
Sam
Jay
Dawn
Brick
Beardo
Brody
Scott
Duncan
Ella
Rock
Amy
Dwayne
Veronica
Kitty
Heather
Sammy
Ellody
Ryan
...aaaaaaaaaaaaand that's the chapter! I apologize for another long update, but I did warn you…
Another double elimination! I felt I managed to give Chet enough development to establish him as a loyal friend, so it was time he went. Abby's personality ended up being her downfall. Think of Zoey without her Mary Sue status. I could've made her get a chance to learn to stand up for herself, but with the scenario we got after the challenge, there was no other option, and so she's the third of my six OCs to be cut. Keep in mind 50 of these 90 people get another chance.
At this point, it seems like Rock is the main protagonist and Topher the main antagonist. Unlike most stories, where the characters' roles come from the writer's opinions on them, how I treat characters in this story do not come from my personal opinion (I personally like both characters, for starters).
Rock continues to be in the minority, but Topher's side takes a hit due to one of his dragons, Abby, quitting. The next episode will be another automatic elimination episode, due to the challenge used. Speaking of which, I ended up skipping the Search and Do Not Destroy challenge because there could only be so many potential hiding spots I could use, plus unlike the Hide and Be Sneaky challenge, it involves every camper finding their hiding spot, whereas it's more of a formality statement in Hide and Be Sneaky's challenge.
Now it's time for our next OC's audition tape, and it's Dwight, the Autistic!
*STATIC*
A blue and white bedroom appeared, with a brown wooden bed with a black and white checkered pattern blanket. A sort of short boy with dirty blonde hair flowing in opposite directions away from each other stood in the front. He wore a blue-gray shirt, gray shorts, and black and yellow Sketchers tennis shoes.
"H-hi, I'm Dwight," he said while waving his hand awkwardly. "I uh, h-have Autism. I can't believe no one with Autism ever appeared on the show, so I am here to break boundaries and make a good social game." He waved his hand awkwardly again and said, "B-bye."
*STATIC*
Well, that's Dwight, the Autistic. This one I recommended myself, just like all the audition tapes before Zack. We have eight male characters left (five of which are quintuplets) before we start the females.
Also, due to one of the users responsible for requesting me characters becoming inactive, I have opened up two spots for female OC's, so if you wish to request a female OC (or two) feel free to do so.
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