Total Drama Carnival Calamity

by BaseballCapClyde

[SYOC CLOSED] A brand new cast will be participating in an abandoned carnival that Chris barely put the effort into fixing it. These 22 new teens will go through carnival theme challenges while surviving eight whole weeks with each other, Chef's cooking, and of course Chris McLean. However, something lurks in the mist. Cover made by BadLuckAE.

7. Episode 4 - Ruthless Risks

September 19, 2012

Teams

Power Poppers: Gabriel, Buford, Jett, Maverick, Sua, Lisa, Lily, and Lilith

Sleek Slushies: Axel, Caleb, Garry, Marty, Kylie, Meredith, Tamera, and Hilda

Fried Freaks: Boris, Fenton, Melissa, JJ, and Elsa

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"Last time on Total Drama Carnival Calamity," Chris said, narrating the previous episode. "The teams had to go through three races to claim victory. Zipline down, monster pickup truck driving, and airboat frenzy. Jett continues to show his scheming ways by trying to sabotage the zipline course, only for Axel to stop him. Tamera continued with the idea though, nice. During the monster truck race, Boris tricked JJ to jump onto the Sleek Slushies' ride. This causes Meredith to scream and Hilda to accidentally lead her team to crash. While the Fried Freaks did pass the second race, the Power Poppers got an advantage for having the complete team with them."

More flashbacks occur as the host continues to narrate. "During the water race, the Fried Freaks proved how strong their team can be when coordinated well. It still wasn't enough though as Gabriel was able to pull through for the Power Poppers, giving the team their second win in a row. Alejandro made an appearance, commanding alligators to attack the boats. The Sleek Slushies were not so lucky since Marty provoked the albino one to take down their airboat."

"In the end, the Slushies lost. At the Calamity Ceremony, Marty and Axel were tied with votes. Since I did not expect that to happen, both were safe from elimination."

The flashbacks end. Chris and Chef are standing in front of a bank vault the size of a large house.

"Which team will win today's challenge? And which one will be unable to unlock their safety?" Chris asked the audience. "Find out now on Total… Drama… Carnival Calamity!"

The episode starts with Marty taking pictures of colorful birds that happen to be bathing themselves in an outdoor water fountain. Once done, he turns off his camera and lowers it. He then sighs, trying to keep his smile on.

Kylie enters the scene, standing behind Marty a few feet away.

"Some pretty birds, aren't they?" The cheerleader greeted with a question.

"Not as pretty as you," Marty flirted as he turns around to face his teammate.

"Charming, you got some nice angles yourself," Kylie playfully flirted back. She notices the photographer forcing himself to smile. "Hilda wanted me to check on you since she is dealing with Axel. Are you alright?" She gets closer to the dyed royal blue hair dude.

Marty looks at his camera then back at Kylie. He turns on the camera and starts changing the settings on it without looking.

"Honestly, not really. I forgot this show is a competition and how scary is to have yourself be at the bottom. I thought I was getting along with everyone, but turns out that's not the case," Marty admitted. "If it wasn't for Chris forgetting the tiebreaker I would have gone home. Axel would have defeated me easily."

"You don't know that because it never happened," Kylie said as she approaches Marty. She stops him from continuing to play with his camera and shuts it off. "Be glad you were given this opportunity. Try to figure out why you got votes."

"I guess you're right. Shouldn't be looking too much into the past," Marty admitted, glad for Kylie's advice. He smirks. "Want to take some pictures before breakfast?"

"Sure, I don't mind," Kylie responded casually.

Confessional – Marty – Sleek Slushies

"Nice of Hilda to send Kylie to check on me. Despite almost getting voted off, my teammates still look out for me. Kylie is right though; I need to figure out why I got so many votes."

Confessional – Kylie – Sleek Slushies

"Got to make sure the team is at full capacity. Especially when Axel and Tamera are going to cause problems during the challenge. Can't blame Axel. He didn't do anything wrong in the previous challenge and got votes to his name. Even if he did work with Tamera and Caleb."

End Confessionals

Tamera and Caleb are behind the brown tent making sure no one is around to watch or hear them.

"Thanks for coming," Caleb thanked the vixen.

"Is not like I had a choice," Tamera scoffed. "Last ceremony was a total bust. Axel or Marty should have gone home. Stupid Chris forgetting to make tiebreakers. I'll make sure to have tiebreakers in my reality show."

"Settle down Topher," Caleb said. He then rolls his eyes.

"Oh, I'm sorry, I'm not the one who thought it was a good idea to talk with the Power Poppers. Which was stupid by the way," Tamera retorted.

"You joined me. You easily could have avoided being a part of this," Caleb pointed out.

The handsome genius had a point. Tamera is not going to admit it, but she could have avoided all this, yet she wanted the spotlight.

"Well, what now genius? Axel is most likely going to come after our asses," Tamera rudely spoke.

"We need to keep low. Just play the game casually. Not looking too weak nor too mischievous so we don't continue getting targets on our backs," Caleb planned.

"Keep low? Keep low!?" Tamera exclaimed, raising her voice.

"You know when I meant keeping low this is the opposite of what I said," Caleb spoke sincerely.

Confessional – Tamera – Sleek Slushies

"Keep low, how am I supposed to get people to notice how awesome I am if I don't stir the drama pot?" She said, then huffs out of hindrance. "I don't like what Caleb said, but he brings up a good point. Just don't how long I can survive being in the background, ugh."

Confessional – Caleb – Sleek Slushies

"Don't get me wrong, I would love to mess with some of the contestants, but I'm too much in a risky position right now to try and do any planning. Just got to act the same way as I got here. Goofy, nice, and friendly."

End Confessionals

Unbeknownst to the two as they leave their hiding spot, Axel was hearing them from inside the brown tent. He is close to the end of the tent since being in the middle would not provide him to eavesdrop. He also has his knees bend since standing will show his shadow easier because of the sun.

"It's a bit rude to spy on others," Hilda scolded the gentleman as she walks towards him.

"They should have picked a better hiding spot," Axel said as he stands up and looks at his teammate.

"Axel, I know you're angry about almost getting eliminated, but I have a feeling you're approaching this the wrong way," Hilda advised.

"You told me those two voted for me last night," Axel reminded.

"I said they were planning to vote you out. I don't know if they went along with it," Hilda corrected.

"Doesn't matter, next time we lose one of them is going home," Axel said then sits down at the Slushies' table, passing by the Fried Freaks' table where Melissa and JJ are making balloon animals. "We cannot allow them to advance far."

Hilda sits next to Axel who is sitting next to Garry. "What if they perform well for the team?"

"They won't, I bet they're going to sabotage us to get rid of me," Axel accepted his own theory.

"Dude, you're overthinking this," Garry added to the conversation.

"All I know is that those two are going to keep quiet to not draw any more attention to them," Axel said. "But they have to be lying. I bet that's what they want all of us to think."

Confessional – Garry – Sleek Slushies

"Okay, so Axel is starting to lose it. It's just a game honestly. He's taking this way too seriously."

Confessional – Hilda – Sleek Slushies

"Oh dear, I hope Axel doesn't do anything reckless that will cost our team the challenge today."

End Confessionals

All the Sleek Slushies are now eating breakfast gruel at the table except for Meredith who is nowhere to be seen. Melissa and JJ also eat gruel at their table.

"Seems like Elsa and Boris are at the arcade center again," Melissa told JJ. "They've been hanging out together a lot lately. Fenton is probably there as well."

JJ lets her teammate continue to talk.

"The Sleek Slushies didn't even eliminate someone last ceremony," Melissa spoke more quietly. "And the Power Poppers are doing great. How can I make sure I… I mean we don't head to the ceremony so soon?"

An idea pops into JJ's head. After taking a few more spoons of gruel into her mouth, she gets a pencil and piece of paper from her clown wig to write something.

"That wig doesn't like the laws of physics," Melissa joked.

JJ finishes writing on the paper and passes it to the athletic nerd. Melissa gladly takes it and reads it out loud, but not too loud.

"We should team up with the Sleek Slushies to take down the Power Poppers." Melissa's eyes beams with happiness and her smile widen. "That's a great idea JJ. Let's take these bowls to our teammates and talk with the Slushies."

JJ is about to put the three bowls with gruel in them into her wig.

"Don't do that. Just take Boris and Elsa's bowls in your arms. I'll take Fenton's," Melissa advised.

The two stand up from their seats and walk up to the Sleek Slushies.

"Hey there," Melissa greeted the opposing team. "JJ and I noticed the Power Poppers seems to be a strong team. She thought it would be a good idea for all of you and us to get them to lose today's challenge."

"Not going to happen," Axel quickly rejected the offer.

"Wait, this is actually a good idea," Kylie intervened. "Strength in numbers is great."

"How do we know they won't backstab us?" Tamera asked her teammates.

"As Caleb did to me," Axel said, giving attention to the handsome genius.

"Hey man, not my fault you wanted to scheme," Caleb shrugged while lying. "I'm just here to have fun and party with everyone. Especially with these fine ladies." He looks at Hilda, Kylie, and Tamera.

Tamera rolls her eyes, Kylie smirks, and Hilda wants things to cool down.

Axel is about to say something to Caleb until Marty intervened.

"Has anyone seen Meredith lately this morning?" Marty asked.

"It seems you all are busy with your own things to settle," Melissa realized. "Just let me know if the team-up will go through during the challenge."

The two Fried Freaks leave the brown tent to find their teammates.

The scene changes to the Power Poppers inside the gold tent. They are once again eating better than the other two teams. This time with tasty waffles, berries on top, and syrup. Their symbol appears on the screen.

"Ladies and gentlemen, a toast for us coming back here again," Gabriel said, raising his glass of water up.

"Let's keep this winning streak going," Maverick said excitedly as he raises his glass.

The rest of the team does so as well then drinks their water.

"So, Jett, tell us more about yourself," Lisa gazed at the dude. "What do you like to do?"

"Bird watching, photography, traveling," Jett said rapidly to pull someone else into the conversation. "Lilith, I bet you have some intriguing stories to tell."

"Out of all the people here, you had to pick Lilith?" Buford questioned Jett's decision. "Guess I'm eating outside the tent again." He gets up with his plate and leaves the tent.

Lilith frowns, seeing her teammate leave again. "I was just going to talk about my band."

"I'll keep him company," Lily told her team, ready to hang out with Buford happily. She takes her breakfast and a bottle of syrup and leaves the tent.

"So, Lilith, about the band you are in," Sua told the goth. "What is it like?"

"Oh, it's amazing, I'm in a punk rock band called the Oddballs. I'm the drummer of course," Lilith answered.

"Is not like the drum kit you brought gave it away," Jett said sarcastically.

"You are so funny Jett," Lisa complimented as she pours syrup onto Jett's waffles.

"Lisa, that's enough," Jett told the poet.

"This syrup is like us. Close, tasty, and we stick together all gooey like," Lisa told the runaway.

Jett heads outside the tent to vomit. Lisa looks confused.

"Anyway, has your band done well Lilith?" Maverick asked the drummer.

"We've just only been doing gigs in my town. We haven't been able to do much outside of that because everyone just wants to hear and see Super Happy Death Punch," Lilith admitted.

"One of their bandmates quitted the gang I believe," Sua chimed in. "They have some popularity from where I'm from."

"Eh, they're not that great," Lisa shrugged. Jett returns to eat his breakfast.

"I think I can help out promoting your band after the show," Maverick admitted.

Lilith beams with happiness. "Really, that will be awesome."

"Keep me up to date on that," Gabriel told Maverick.

"By the way, what do you think will end the world first? Fire or ice?" Lilith asked her teammates.

Everyone gives her mixed looks except for Maverick.

Confessional – Gabriel – Power Poppers

"My team is doing great. It feels like we are all connected. Except for Buford and Jett. I've been noticing they are not too fond of the team. Which worries me a bit, but they haven't shown any signs of dysfunction on the team so it's all good."

End Confessional

Buford heads to the Bargaby Bludiddle Hut to eat breakfast peacefully. As he walks towards the hut, he sees Meredith and Lucy conversating with each other.

"No way," Lucy gasped. "I knew it was here, but I didn't expect it to be under."

"Yes way," Meredith said before taking a bite out of her hashbrowns, eggs, and bacon. She chews and swallows to continue talking. "According to what I found out; the dude has a secret laboratory bunker under the carnival. Somewhere far away from the center of the park. That's just a theory though, but with what I looked into he had to have another place where he experimented on children."

"Hey," Buford greeted. "Going to sit here to eat my meal."

Meredith quickly eats her meal and drinks her milk, confusing Buford.

"You could have just told me no or leave," Buford confessed.

"No, no it's fine, really," Meredith said, blushing with embarrassment. "I needed to head to my team anyway." She gets up from the seat she was sitting on and leaves.

Lucy watches her leave and then looks at Buford. "Going to use your tickets to purchase something?"

"Nah, as I said, I came here to eat my breakfast," Buford answered, keeping it real.

"Very well," Lucy said. She then begins cleaning the plate and cup Meredith used.

Buford looks at her wondering why she is cleaning the historian's plates. Should not those be at the brown tent? Before he questions the detective in training, Lily appears and sits next to him.

"Need some syrup?" Lily offered him, showing the bottle of syrup.

Buford notices the lack of syrup on his waffles. "I guess a bit wouldn't hurt. Got to keep me in full strength." He takes the bottle and squeezes it to put some syrup on his food. He then puts the bottle on the counter and the two eat their meals quietly. That is until the secretary decided to speak.

"I have noticed the way you've been playing the game lately. I must say that I'm impressed," Lily complimented.

"Haven't done that much but thanks," Buford said as he continues to eat his breakfast.

"You will be a perfect fit for the organization I am in," Lily continued to speak.

Buford stops eating his waffles but does not look at the secretary. "Organization?" He lets out a small chuckle.

"Yeah, it's really great," Lily said in a bubbly tone. "It's called Chaos X and…"

Lucy accidentally drops the glass cup she was cleaning onto the ground. Shatters of glass are everywhere near her. She does not look at the two Poppers.

"Sorry, it slipped," Lucy apologized. She takes a broom from the prize counter to sweep.

"Anyway," Lily said, resuming the conversation with Buford. "My boss will enjoy someone like you in the association."

The name Chaos X sounds stupid to Buford, but who knows? Maybe they do something that helps him in his interests.

"What's the organization like?" Buford wondered.

"Once you prove to the Boss your worthiness you can wear these uniforms," Lily said, showing off her outfit.

This confuses Bo even more than before.

"We have a few plans in mind for the future. But for now, our main goal is world domination," Lily said like it is not a big deal.

Buford has no idea if she is being legit or joking. Judging by the way she is acting and talking about Chaos X, she might actually be serious.

"Man, I didn't think you would be weirder than Lilith," Buford said.

"Wha, what?" Lily asked perplexed.

Buford stands up and grabs his plate. He did not eat much, but it was more than the last time when the teams had a challenge day. "World domination? Is your boss Max by any chance?"

"Which one? Max or Maxine?" Lily asked.

Buford gives a dull look at a camera then looks at the secretary. "The gnome."

"My Boss did ask for his assistance, but he deemed himself too evil to be part of an organization," Lily confessed.

"Imma be real with you. This whole taking over the world thing is stupid. That outfit is stupid. I suggest you quit that Chaos X or whatever dumb name you call it. You're going to get yourself in trouble in the long run," Buford advised. He leaves the hut.

Lily's happy bubbly face turns twisted and angry. Her glare feels like she can set the whole place on ice if she could.

"You just made a terrible mistake," Lily said darkly.

Lucy watches the girl with weird fashion sense leave without her breakfast.

"So much for not trying to intervene with today's challenge," Lucy said to herself. She takes out a flip phone from her right jeans pocket to make a call. "Hey Noah, mind if we switch places today? I would like to help out in the challenge Chris has for the contestants."

Inside the Arcade Center, Boris and Elsa are playing a hunting deer shooting game. Luckily the game has two toy pistols for them to play together.

"Going to make sure I make leather out of you deer," Boris said as he shoots two at the same time.

"Does your parents actually do that?" Elsa asked the rich kid.

"Of course not," Boris said in a matter-of-fact tone. "They stopped when I was seven."

"Hey you two," Fenton said, looking happy but a bit sad at the same time. "Can I have a turn?"

"There are plenty of arcade games to play here Fenton," Boris told the competent boy.

"But I want to play with you and Elsa," Fenton admitted. Sure, he can play single-player games, but he wants to bond with his teammates.

Elsa frowns and stops shooting deer. "We have been playing for a while now."

"Ha, you let your guard down. I win," Boris said smugly.

Elsa chuckles and smiles again. "Yeah, out of five." This makes Boris stop talking. The gamer girl gives the pistol to Fenton. "Here, you deserve a chance."

"Fenton, I am thirsty. Bring me a bottle of water," Boris ordered.

"You got it," Fenton answered back eagerly and leaves the center.

Elsa narrows her eyes at Boris. "That was unnecessary. He just wants to play with us."

"Eh, we're going to get called for today's challenge soon anyway," Boris shrugged, not caring at all. "Want to do two out of three again?"

"Maybe later," Elsa admitted.

Fenton exits out of the center and bumps into Melissa, getting the bowl of gruel she brought for him onto her clothes. JJ observes this predicament while still having the two bowls in her arms.

"Oh, I am so sorry I'll clean it up," Fenton apologized and is about to leave until Melissa grabs his blue sweater vest.

"JJ," Melissa called out the silent clown.

JJ immediately takes out a roll of paper towel from her wig and gives it to Melissa.

"Thanks, now go bring those bowls to Elsa and Boris," Melissa said. JJ enters the arcade center.

Fenton takes the paper towels and starts cleaning up Melissa.

"You don't have to clean me up. I can do it myself just fine," Melissa assured her teammate.

"No, I got it dirty so I should clean it up," Fenton explained.

"You're really going to clean the gruel that's on my chest?" Melissa wondered.

Fenton notices his predicament. "I guess I can leave that part up to you."

Both chuckle at the same time.

The speakers throughout the carnival turn on for Chris to talk about the location for today's challenge. "Teams, meet me at the Giant Vault in the carnival. Use the directory boards to guide you."

Confessional – Fenton – Fried Freaks

"I'm glad Boris and Elsa are getting along, but I'm feeling left out of the group now. Melissa and JJ are bonding as well. I don't want to feel out of the team."

End Confessional

The teams, Chris, Chef, Lucy, Duncan, and Scarlett arrive at the giant bank vault from earlier. It is colored silver. There is a door for everyone to get inside. The symbols of each team appear on the screen.

Chris notices Noah is not with the group. "Where's Noah?"

"He and I decided to switch positions today," Lucy answered.

"Sounds like he didn't want to do anything," Duncan said. He crosses his arms with a smirk on his face. "Typical Noah."

"I will deal with him after the challenge. Scarlett, Duncan, and Lucy prepare the first challenge," Chris ordered the three interns. Duncan opens the door to the vault and allows Lucy and Scarlett to enter first. Then he goes in and closes the door.

"Did he say the first challenge?" Gabriel said to his team.

"That's right Gabriel," Chris heard the politician. "Today there will be two challenges. Quick question, has anyone tried finding a needle in a haystack?"

"What do we look like? Farmers?" Boris retorted.

"This challenge is what you kids see in a spy movie," Chris said, ignoring Boris' reply. "Each team has one minute to select someone to find a diamond in the laser room that will be activated. The three selected contestants will go into the vault to make their way past lasers to grab the diamond. The person that gets out of the vault with the diamond first wins an advantage for their team in the second challenge. Also, the diamond is not real so don't try to steal it. No Henry or Chase shenanigans here."

Jett snaps his fingers in disappointment.

"Teams, select your spy," Chris told them.

The Power Poppers are shown first, discussing who should do the challenge.

"나는 완전히이 작업을 수행 할 수 있습니다!" Sua exclaimed excitedly, jumping up and down.

The Power Poppers look at Lisa so she can translate what the idol said.

"She said I can totally do this," Lisa translated, less expressive than how Sua said it.

"Um, you really think so?" Gabriel said unsure. "I think someone else should take this challenge."

"But my dance skills can surely help me not get hit by lasers," Sua pouted.

"I think Buford should do it," Lily intervened, glaring at the tall dude. "After all, he's proven to be quite resourceful."

Buford notices her glare and raises his left eyebrow.

"I just don't think is safe for you to do this," Gabriel told Sua, worried she might get hurt.

"I sadly have to sit this one out," Maverick admitted. "I doubt I can be flexible to go through the lasers."

"I have high pain tolerance," Lilith chimed in. "The lasers won't hurt me so much."

"Okay, I would like to believe you, but we have never seen your tolerance in action," Buford admitted.

"Jett can do it. He's awesome," Lisa said.

"Are we going to do the voting thing again or do have to wait for four years for that to happen?" Jett asked Gabriel.

"What have I done to you for you to make fun of me so much?" Gabriel asked.

Confessional – Buford – Power Poppers

"I saw the way Lily was looking at me. If she is really trying to make me look bad for rejecting the offer? That's sad. Targeting people like that is not going to get her far, but I cannot underestimate her in the slightest."

End Confessional

The Sleek Slushies are deciding who to pick. Their symbol appears on the screen.

"I think is pretty obvious who should do this challenge," Caleb told his team.

"You? That's a great idea," Axel said immediately, trying his best not to sound rude. "Or perhaps Tamera can offer?"

"I would have more screen time doing that," Tamera admitted with a smile and sparkles in her eyes. One quick look from Caleb makes her huff. "Ugh, it shouldn't be me. Kylie should go."

"Me?" Kylie said surprised.

"I was going to suggest her too," Caleb agreed. "She's a cheerleader so she has to be acrobatic. She is perfect for this challenge."

"Amy and Sammy weren't exactly athletic," Meredith countered, trying not to sound rude. "Not that I'm saying you're not athletic Kylie."

Kylie chuckles at the historian trying to correct herself. "Relax, I get it."

"So, it is agreed then. Kylie will do this challenge," Hilda guaranteed.

"You got this smoky pepper," Marty flirted.

"I didn't get to say anything on the matter," Garry pointed out.

"Who are you again?" Tamera asked.

Confessional – Kylie – Sleek Slushies

"I'm surprised and happy that my team has confidence in me to win this challenge. I won't let them down."

End Confessional

The Fried Freaks have an easier time deciding who should participate. Their team symbol appears on the screen.

"None of you even think of sending me in there," Boris told.

"We were not going to send you in the first place," Melissa told him.

"How dare you not even consider me as an exceptional decision," Boris said feeling a bit hurt.

Elsa and JJ roll their eyes.

"What did you have in mine Melissa?" Fenton asked the athletic nerd.

"I was thinking going in myself, but I'm confident JJ can get us the advantage for the second round," Melissa answered him.

JJ's smile grows.

"That's the best decision you ever came up with since we got into teams," Boris told Melissa.

"We got second place in the last challenge because of her, remember?" Elsa reminded.

Sensing everyone looking at him, Boris sighs. "Okay, she's been making excellent decisions, happy?"

Confessional – Boris – Fried Freaks

"All of a sudden the whole team is siding with Melissa now. If I don't get them back on my side I'm gone. Plus, I need Fenton to keep doing stuff for me that I don't want to do."

End Confessional

"Alright teams; one minute has passed," Chris announced. "Who is going in the vault?"

"I am," Kylie said confidently, stepping in front of her team.

JJ steps in front of her team.

"Fried Freaks, I need someone," Chris reminded.

"It's JJ," Fenton answered. "She stood in front of us."

"Oh," Chris blinked. "Sorry, didn't here say her name."

"She can't speak though," Elsa told the host.

"Then she should have given me a thumbs up," Chris responded.

JJ shrugs. She could have done that.

"Power Poppers, who is facing against those two?" Chris asked as he looks at the team.

Sua is about to raise her hand until Jett does it first.

"Let's just get this over with," Jett said annoyed. Sua sighs, she wanted to perform.

Chris makes a call on his flip phone. "Duncan, you and the girls finished putting up the lasers?"

"Yeah man, send them in," Duncan said through the phone.

Chris hangs up and looks at the three participants. "Remember, avoid the lasers and grab the diamond. First, one to be out with it gives an advantage for their team in the next challenge."

The door to the vault opens automatically. JJ, Jett, and Kylie enter the vault and the door closes. It is dark, pitch-black inside. JJ uses her clown horn to create sound.

Suddenly, the room lights up with red lasers all over the place. The diamond is placed on top of a statue that resembles Chris McLean. It is on the right hand.

"Typical McLean," Kylie said smiling, not surprised he made someone make a statue of himself. She looks at Jett and JJ. "May the best player win." She runs to gain some speed and starts with a pike jump to go between lasers over her and under her. She then does a side hurdler to avoid more lasers.

She goes for a backflip, but two lasers touch her knee, electrocuting the cheerleader. She stands up but now is stuck between many lasers.

JJ notices that the lasers are not in a pattern. All lasers are pointing towards different directions which means it is completely random. The clown takes off her shoes. She takes two pocket mirrors from her wig and uses them to deflect some lasers in the direction she wants them to go. At one point, she puts her elbows on the floor and tosses the mirrors up to deflect lasers. She then raises her body and legs while still having her elbows on the floor, performing an impressive acrobatic stance. She uses her feet to grab the mirrors in the air, so the lasers do not shock her. Lastly, she somersaults to continue heading towards the statue.

Jett is shown casually whistling as he watches the two girls go and try to grab the diamond.

Kylie and JJ make their way to the statue, but only one can get the diamond. Kylie comes up with an idea. She grabs the two pocket mirrors JJ has in her left hand and takes it.

"Sorry about this JJ, but my team needs to get that advantage," Kylie apologized, before using a mirror to send a laser directly towards JJ to electrocute her. The cheerleader takes this opportunity to grab the diamond from the statue and flee while dodging lasers.

JJ tries to get close to her but to no avail. Kylie has a lead and no way she is going through all those lasers to get electrocuted.

Kylie is about to secure her win by exiting the door until Jett pulls out his left leg to trip her. This makes her fall and drops the diamond.

"Thanks for doing everything for me," Jett thanked smiling. He walks out of the vault and is congratulated by the Power Poppers.

The Sleek Slushies and Fried Freaks could not believe this. How did Jett beat a cheerleader and an acrobatic clown?

"And with that shocking revelation, Jett wins the advantage in the second challenge for the Power Poppers," Chris announced.

Kylie and JJ exit out of the vault.

"What happened?" Hilda asked the cheerleader.

"Jett tripped me so he could take the diamond," Kylie summarized.

Confessional – Kylie – Sleek Slushies

"Okay, I deserved to get tripped, but I didn't want to tell them that."

End Confessional

"You did your best JJ," Melissa assured the clown.

"Best, she did awful. She was supposed to grab the diamond," Boris exclaimed. Melissa and JJ glare at him.

"Easy there Boris, we can still win the next challenge," Elsa assured the rich kid.

Fenton is starting to notice the tension on his team. Melissa approaches Hilda and the Sleek Slushies.

"The Power Poppers won again," Melissa told the Slushies. "All of you are we cannot have a truce and at least team up to take them down today?"

Hilda looks at her teammates who are mixed on this. Despite Axel taking the lead role, she knows that he is not ready to make decisions for the team yet. So, she and Melissa shake hands.

"Deal, we team up just for today," Hilda told Melissa.

"Excellent," Melissa said contently.

"Alright teams, come join me inside the vault," Chris ordered as he and Chef enter the place. The contestants follow them. The room is no longer dark as the ceiling lights are turned on.

They enter a different room that also has the ceiling lights on. The room is about three thousand and six hundred feet in length and thirty feet in height. There are all small buildings about ten feet high and five feet wide all over the room that have LED lights on them. This also includes walls of eight feet high and six feet wide, cylinders that are eight feet high as well but four feet wide, small tunnels throughout the room, and a turret that resembles a radio tower in the middle of the place.

"This place looks like a laser tag arena," Caleb admitted.

"That's because it is one Caleb," Chris confirmed.

Everyone is amazed by the huge arena as they look around. They notice a glass wall where Lucy, Duncan, and Scarlett are behind there, holding small bazookas in their right arms. This is the observation deck.

"Are they going to shoot us?" Fenton asked nervously.

"Technically they're not supposed to but I doubt that's stopping them," Chris acknowledged. "Follow me to the vesting area. That's where the vests and laser guns are to load up."

The contestants get excited to do a laser tag challenge. In the vesting area, there are three brown benches. Each bench has vests respective to a team's color. Yellow for the Poppers, orange for the Freaks, and pink for the slushies. Each vest has a green color circle in the heart area and the back area.

Each competitor puts on the required vest. Chef opens a locker door. A pile of laser guns falls out of the locker door that resembles somewhat of an AK-47. Including a black vest for the size of the cook.

"As you teens grab your weapons, let me explain today's second challenge," Chris told the contestants as each of them grab a laser gun. "All of you will have fifteen minutes to run around the arena shooting lasers at each other to earn a high score." He puts on a black vest with a green circle around the chest area and one in the back. Then he picks up a laser gun from the floor.

"To get points, just simply shoot your laser at either target green circle, front or back," Chris continued explaining. "Observe." He aims his laser gun at Sua and shoots a laser at her vest's circle. This causes the idol to get electrocuted and fall to the floor.

Everyone gasps at the display.

Chris chuckles and continues the instructions. "Oh yeah, every time the green circles on your vest get hit by a laser you get electrocuted."

"What is with you and wanting to see people get electrocuted this season?" Hilda asked worryingly.

"There's only so much you can do with an amusement park setting. So, electrocution is my entertainment. Probably should have gotten an electrician contestant," Chris chuckles at his joke but no one finds it funny. He glares at the teens. "Also, the producers are doing the whole safety precaution stuff again. That will be gone by half the season."

"Chris, the challenge," Melissa reminded.

"Oh right. Anyway, the team with the highest score by the end of the fifteen-minute mark wins," Chris finished until he remembers some things. "Oh yeah, there's going to be a bit of extra chaos throughout the game."

"And by that you mean?" Lily wondered.

"One, friendly fire is on. Be careful not to shoot lasers at your teammates. Those friendly fires lower a team's score. Two, the interns will be shooting small crates filled with items that can help your team during the game or hinder it. Three, Chef will be at the laser radio tower and shoot lasers at all of you to deduct scores. You cannot shoot back at him though, so make sure not to be in his sights. Any questions?" The host asked at the end.

"Our advantage from the previous challenge?" Gabriel asked.

Chris frowns. "Dang it Gabriel, stop remembering those."

"You also forgot about our tickets from the gator challenge," Maverick pointed out.

"You must be getting old if you're forgetting these simple things already," Tamera insulted the host.

"Chef, remind me to make a list later today," Chris told the cook who nods. "Good, teams get your butts onto the arena and separate from a fair distance. Challenge starts in one minute."

All three teams enter once again the laser tag arena.

"Let's go to the far-left corner," Gabriel told his teammates, leaving the Sleek Slushies and Fried Freaks alone together. That was a big mistake.

"So, we're still going with this right?" Melissa asked Hilda for confirmation.

"Huh?" Elsa wondered.

"We're teaming up to take down the Power Poppers," Hilda answered. "Neither team shoots the other, but we can't have the Poppers realize we have teamed up."

"That's why we're going to separate right now," Melissa told her teammates. "Let's take the right over there." They follow her.

Hilda walks up to Axel. "I know you don't trust them, but we need a leader right now more than ever."

Axel observes his team. As much as he wants Tamera and Caleb gone, he needs to let that go and make sure the Sleek Slushies prevail.

"Listen up everyone, as Hilda said. Do not by no means shoot at the Fried Freaks. If they shoot back, accident or on purpose, the team-up is off. We split up in teams of two to have a person guarding each other," Axel told his teammates. "Caleb and Marty, Tamera and Garry, Kylie and Meredith. I will go with Hilda."

"Come on, why do I have to be with that thing?" Tamera complained, pointing at Garry.

"No switches. I choose the groups based on how focus we can be during the challenge," Axel told the vixen.

With the Power Poppers, Gabriel is about to decide how to handle the challenge. Their team symbol appears on the screen.

"This time we will be splitting up in two. Just in case we get overwhelmed we'll regroup back," Gabriel instructed. "Anyone wants to switch partners?"

"I'll partner up with Sua now," Lily chimed in happily.

"Yeah, this is going to be fun," Sua said excitedly.

"I'll take Lilith," Maverick told. Buford sighs with relief.

"Awesome!" Lilith exclaimed and the two partners high five each other.

"I'll help you out and take Lisa off your back," Buford told Jett. Bo stands next to the poet.

"Wait, that means I'm stuck with…" Jett turns around to see Gabriel. "Great."

Confessional – Jett – Power Poppers

"I don't know what is worst. Sticking with Gabriel or Lisa? I least the latter will obey me despite creeping me out."

Confessional – Gabriel – Power Poppers

"When I offered everyone to change partners, I did not think I'll be stuck with Jett. Hopefully, we can work well together. My dad has to work with many different kinds of people. This is no different. Just steps for me to become a better person and prove myself to my dad."

End Confessionals

"Attention teams, it is now time to commence the second challenge," Chris announced through the speakers of the arena. "In five, four, three, two, one…"

The lights from the ceiling turn off. Like a Christmas tree, the floors, buildings, walls, tunnels, and cylinder stands turn on their LED lights automatically, almost creating glow-in-the-dark typesetting in the arena. The green circles on each vest glow brighter.

"Well, that's going to help them find us easier," Melissa told her teammates. The Fried Freaks symbol appears on the screen.

"Yeah, but we'll be able to track down the Poppers as well," Elsa countered.

"How do we split up?" Fenton asked Melissa.

The athletic nerd looks at JJ. "You did well during the ball target challenge. Think you can handle being by yourself for this one again?"

JJ gives a thumbs up and leaves to search for the Power Poppers.

"I'll go with Elsa," Boris said.

"Sure, I'll take Fenton then," Melissa agreed.

Boris grabs Fenton's left arm to pull him closer. "No, I'm taking Fenton as well."

Melissa grabs the competent boy's right arm. "Uh, no you're not. I need someone to cover me."

"So do I," Boris said.

"You already have Elsa," Melissa stated.

"I'm not going to use her as a shield," Boris spoke.

The two begin to tug on Fenton's arms.

"You two are hurting me," Fenton said.

"Why don't you choose who to go with?" Elsa asked Fenton.

Boris immediately lets go of the short kid's arm. "No, you can't ask him that."

"Why not?" Melissa pondered.

Fenton's legs start to shake, and he begins mumbling. "I pick Melissa. No, wait, Boris. But Melissa is smart. Then again Boris can think well as well. I… pick one? Two?" He freezes up like a statue again.

"Well, guess I win," Boris said as he grabs Fenton and runs off in comedic fashion.

"Wait, we're… never mind," Melissa said.

"You're going to be okay alone?" Elsa told the athletic nerd.

"Yeah, I need you to make sure Boris doesn't blow the deal we made with the Slushies," Melissa instructed.

"You mean the deal you made with them," Elsa corrected, narrowing her eyes. "I don't mind teaming up to take down the Poppers, but you could have told the full team before doing that decision." The gamer heads off to where Boris went with Fenton.

Confessional – Melissa – Fried Freaks

"I have been lacking on the team apartment. Don't like saying this but I also need to get Boris on my good side at some point." She narrows her eyes but then opens them up and smiles. "On the positive note, Fenton freezing up like that was cute."

End Confessional

Caleb and Marty are slowly walking around the arena, making sure to stay near walls as much as possible to not get shot by lasers. The handsome genius notices that the photographer still has his camera on him.

"Dude, you were supposed to leave that at the vesting room," Caleb told Marty.

"I know, but I thought it could be helpful with flashing the other teams," Marty said happily.

"That's going to expose where we are if you flash it," Caleb said nicely. "You don't want to make the same mistake with that albino alligator."

Marty's eyes widen in surprise as the two continue to move around and stay by a wall for a few seconds. "Wait, so that's why people voted for me?"

"That's the only reason I can think of people voting you off," Caleb admitted. "Unless of course they just don't like you at all."

"That's not… true," Marty said slowly. He did not realize he caused his team the win in the three-race challenge.

"Let's head to the room to put your camera there," Caleb told the photographer.

"Thanks dude," Marty expressed gratitude.

As they head their way, Maverick and Lilith encounter the two and start shooting lasers at the boys. Marty and Caleb quickly hide around one of the small buildings nearby.

"You know those movies where troops will shoot lasers but miss them all the time?" Lilith asked Maverick as the two kept firing. "I wonder how much heat a laser needs to cut off someone's hand."

"I would like to discuss that some other time Lilith we're busy in a challenge," Maverick told the goth sincerely.

Lilith frowns but keeps firing until Melissa appears from her left near a wall. The athletic nerd fires her shots at the two Power Poppers. Caleb quickly takes a peek to see what is going and smiles contently.

"Shoot Marty, shoot," Caleb exclaimed. The two Slushies get out of hiding and fire at Maverick and Lilith.

Melissa can get a hit on Maverick, causing the promoter's vest to electrocute all over him. He can still stand but smoke is now coming out of his hair.

"We need to leave Lilith," Maverick advised Lilith.

"Not without our points," The drummer told him. She charges towards Melissa.

Melissa can get a clean hit on Lilith, electrocuting the goth. However, this does not stop the pigtail girl as she shoots Melissa right in the green circle of the vest. The athletic girl gets electrocuted and falls instantly. Lilith then smirks menacingly at Caleb and Marty.

"Oh shit, she's coming," Caleb said with horror and runs away.

"That's what she said," Marty said then laughs. "I don't know if I landed the joke right." He is electrocuted by the laser Lilith shot at him.

Lilith gets a clear shot on Caleb's back. She then heads back to where Maverick is, his hair no longer smoking.

"That was impressive," Maverick admitted with shock.

"Thanks, now let's head somewhere else," Lilith said all giggly.

Confessional – Lilith – Power Poppers

She is still wearing the vest equipment and holding her laser gun. "I have a lot of pain tolerance, observe." She shoots herself in the green circle. Electricity flows through her body and she barely flinches. "There was this one time when I slept like a bat in my room for ten hours. It was fun until I spooked my parents and they have forbidden me to do that again."

End Confessional

Meredith and Kylie are inside a tunnel together, trying to be sneaky and shoot unsuspected foes.

"See anyone on your right?" Kylie asked the historian.

"Nope," Meredith responded. "How about you're left?"

"I saw some Fried Freaks passing a few seconds ago but there with us," Kylie admitted.

Silence occurs. The cheerleader smirks, ready to make a conversation.

"So, who's the one?" Kylie asked.

"The one?" Meredith said perplexed.

"You know, the Power Popper you hang out with," Kylie added. "You weren't with us at today's breakfast again. You have to be checking someone on that team."

"Why do you think is them?" Meredith wondered.

"None of the Fried Freaks look like your type, no offense to them though," Kylie said.

"What if it is someone from that team?" Meredith told her. While the two conversate, they fail to hear footsteps coming by.

"Then who?" Kylie playfully smirked.

Before Meredith can answer, the two feel a laser hit the green circle on the back of their vests, getting them electrocuted.

"Some advice, you two should be quiet during a challenge like this," Lily said as she and Sua are inside the tunnel. The two quickly move back to escape.

"That was fun," Sua told the secretary. Her fun is soon to be over as JJ blasts her from a distance.

Lily shoots at the silent clown but JJ can quickly hide behind a wall. The secretary then notices Buford and Lisa running by. She takes Sua to a nearby building so she can think.

Confessional – Lily – Power Poppers

"Buford insulted the organization and friendly fire is on. You know where I'm going with this, right?"

End Confessional

Elsa, Boris, and Fenton are hiding near one of the buildings in the arena.

"This is pathetic," Boris told his teammates. "We haven't found a Popper and I'm sweating."

"They may be on the other side of the place," Fenton proposed.

"Ugh, why did Melissa make us team up with those insignificant Slushies in the first place?" Boris wondered. "Let's just blast them." He prepares to aim his laser gun somewhere, but Elsa slaps his left hand to stop.

"There are only five of us on the team. We betray the Slushies, and we can count ourselves out of winning the gold tent," Elsa told the blonde. "Look, I've played many shooting games, so I know what it takes to win."

Boris crosses his arms. "Fine."

"What do we do?" Fenton asked the gamer girl.

"You surrender," Buford and Lisa said, finding the trio's hiding spot. Before they can shoot, they get hit by lasers, getting electrocuted and falling to the floor.

"I'll explain the strategy when we are at a safer spot," Elsa assured. Fenton, Boris, and her runaway.

Buford can get a glimpse of who shot him and Lisa. The nearest people close to him were Lily and Sua who are leaving the area.

Confessional – Buford – Power Poppers

"It had to be Lily or Sua that shot me and Lisa. Given the way she looked at me earlier today when I called off the deal, I bet it was the former. Don't have any evidence of her doing it to help me. Which means I have to hope my team wins or someone sees her doing the sabotage, great."

End Confessional

Tamera and Garry are running around the place. Tamera is shooting all over the place.

"Hey, can we actually hide now?" Garry asked the vixen. "We have been out in the open for two minutes already."

"We can't hide, there won't be much focus on us," Tamera told him as the two continue to run.

"This challenge is about hiding though," Garry told the vixen.

Gabriel and Jett blast the two Slushies on their vest, getting electrocuted. Tamera and Garry fall onto the floor.

"These challenges are starting to get violent," Gabriel admitted.

"Pfft, of course they are. Haven't you watch this show?" Jett asked rhetorically as he walks up to the two down Slushies.

"Not really, but I do have basic knowledge of it," Gabriel answered.

"It was a rhetorical question," Jett told the politician. He grabs Garry's laser gun and begins walking away. "Let's go."

"Wait, you can't take away his laser gun," Gabriel told the runaway.

"I can and I just did," Jett told him.

Gabriel runs up to his teammate and takes the laser gun away from him. "You are not stealing this. We need to play fair."

Jett grabs the laser gun and the two begin to pull on it.

"Life is not fair," Jett spoke with annoyance. "Now let go."

"No, we're playing this the right way," Gabriel told directly.

"They're going to blast you if you give it back," Jett countered.

"They won't," Gabriel promised.

The two get shot by two lasers thanks to Tamera. She smirks at the boys as they fall. She then steps on Jett's back and grabs the stolen gun. She tosses it to Garry who catches it.

"You like that?" Tamera taunted Jett as she puts more pressure on her left leg on his back and leans down so the runaway can see her smirking face.

"I'm not one of those sickos," Jett told the vixen and spits on her face.

Tamera screams and runs away with Garry following her.

"There goes the massage that intern did for me," Jett told himself out loud.

Gabriel lends a hand to help Jett get up but the blonde slaps away the hand with his right hand.

"I can get up by myself," Jett told Gabriel with distaste in his voice. Gabriel frowns, why is Jett so hostile?

Boris, Fenton, and Elsa make it to another building to discuss the gamer's plan.

"We seem to be safe here," Boris said, feeling disgusted from his sweat going down his face.

"Okay guys, here's the plan. Boris and I will lift Fenton so he can jump onto this building, play the sniper role, and take down the Power Poppers from the high ground," Elsa instructed.

"Sniper role?" Fenton wondered with confusion,

"You just lay down on your belly, look for targets and shoot them on the circles," Elsa told the competent sidekick.

"I thought you didn't like people who camp in shooting games?" Boris told the gamer.

Elsa chuckles and looks at the blonde. "I don't like it when it's the team I'm facing. I have no problem having my allies do it."

Instead of more talking, Boris puts his hands up. Elsa then grabs Fenton and has climb up the rich kid. Fenton then stands on Boris' hands and makes a jump to land on the building. He then goes into the position that Elsa told him to do. Boris is disgusted by the fact he had shoes on his hands, but he keeps quiet.

Fenton sees Chef at the radio tower, firing his laser gun at JJ who is shown dodging them with ease. Chef decides to stop firing at her and looks at Fenton with a smirk.

"Smart kid," Chef complimented. He sees Marty and Caleb reaching the vesting room. He aims at them and can shoot his lasers directly at their vests, electrocuting the two. "Sometimes I love this job." He smiles in delight.

Axel and Hilda are hiding near a wall. The former looking determine to win while the latter continues to worry for her teammate. The speakers throughout the arena turn on.

"Attention teams, the five-minute mark has passed, and one group is certainly dominating the game so far," Chris announced through the speakers.

"Great," Axel muttered sarcastically. "No surprise which team is in the lead." He told Hilda.

"The interns will now be blasting crates around the arena for special items," Chris continued. "Enjoy!"

At the observation deck, the glass window opens up a bit for the three interns to shoot small crates into the arena with their bazooka. There is a pile of small crates near them. Scarlett is the first to take one and puts it into her bazooka. Then she fires one into the air, coincidentally dropping near Axel and Hilda.

Axel breaks the crate and finds a small dark blue sphere with two buttons on it and a note. The sphere's buttons are red and green. Red on the left side and green on the right side. The gentleman grabs it while Hilda takes the note and reads it.

"This is an LWB-P4. A laser wave bomb. It unleashes a circle laser that shocks every contestant in its vicinity," Hilda read.

"Good, we can use this to take down the Power Poppers," Axel said, bouncing the gadget in his hand.

"It doesn't say how long the distance is though. What if we accidentally electrocute our team or the Fried Freaks?" Hilda asked.

"If they get in our way that's not our problem," Axel responded. He begins to hear footsteps coming by. "Let's go, we need to find our teammates."

"Turn that off with the red button. Is too dangerous to use," Hilda warned politely.

Axel nods and the two head to find their teammates. A close-up of Axel shows him putting the gadget in his brown khakis right pocket.

Back with Fenton, the dude is still on the small building, sniping any Power Poppers that come his way. Like Lilith and Maverick, who happened to pass by. He uses his laser gun to shoot at the two and gets clear shots. The alpha promoter drops down onto the floor, but the gothic drummer does not.

Lilith tries to shoot at Fenton, but since the short boy is lying down on the building, she cannot get a clear shot. Instead, she drags Maverick by his legs to a wall for both of them to hide.

Chris notices what Fenton is doing through the observation room and narrows his eyes with annoyance. "We got one camping." He told the three interns.

Duncan nods at the host and puts a small crate in his bazooka. He then aims at Fenton and fires the object into the sky. The small crate lands near the hyper boy.

Curiosity spiking, Fenton opens the crate and takes a small sphere with two red buttons on it. He presses both buttons simultaneously. Elsa and Boris are still nearby, trying to catch any Poppers running around. They flinch once they hear an explosion and the screams of Fenton throughout the arena.

"Fenton?" Elsa gasped worryingly, looking up.

"He'll live," Boris said with a shrug. The gamer girl glares at him for that comment.

Lily and Sua appear near the two, taking their chance at shooting the backs of the two Fried Freaks. Boris and Elsa fall to the ground as the two Power Poppers flee.

"This is fun," Sua exclaimed happily.

"Totally," Lily agreed. "We're doing a great job today."

"I usually don't have time to… play these games," Sua said slowly, struggling with her English. Not looking where she is going, she hits a wall, causing Lily to stop running.

Sua's face slides down and lays on the ground.

"You okay?" Lily asked the idol with concern.

"This will be a great hiding spot," Sua concurred happily and quickly hides. Lily sits next to her hiding spot.

"I'll take that as a yes," Lily told herself.

Lucy at the observation center notices the secretary and quickly loads a crate into her bazooka and fires it near her target. She then shoots another crate, then another, and another.

"You seem to be specifically targeting someone," Scarlett realized, watching the DIT's actions.

Lucy quickly launches a crate somewhere far. "I'm simply following Chris' instructions on shooting. He didn't say where to launch these crates."

"Affirmative, yet you remain vilifying all decoys to one precise position," Scarlett added.

"Hey," Duncan said to get the two's attention. "If anyone of you is targeting these jokes then make sure Chris doesn't catch you in the act. Intern interference will bite all of us."

"Didn't know you cared," Lucy said, narrowing her eyes.

"I don't, I just want to make sure I don't get caught up in you ladies' business," Duncan told the DIT and presumes to put a crate in his bazooka.

"For the record, I'm not the one targeting," Scarlett admitted.

Back with Lily and Sua, the secretary opens one of the crates and grabs what is inside. A small sphere with two red buttons on it.

"Ooooo, what's that?" Sua wondered curiously. She presses a red button, and the ball starts to flash red.

Going with her gut, Lily throws the ball into the air, and it explodes.

"So that's what it does," Sua admired in awe as Lily looks at her confused.

The secretary looks around to see if anyone is headed to where the ball detonated. She sees Buford and Lisa once again, walking to the spot. Another idea activates in her mind. She opens another crate with a ball inside and gives it to Sua.

"Check to see if this one will work," Lily told the idol.

Sua notices the buttons are similar to the one that exploded. "This one is alike to the other one, right?"

"Yes, but maybe this one works. Which is why you need to test it," Lily assured, putting her left hand on the idol's right shoulder.

Sua presses the buttons on the sphere, and it blinks red again. Lily quickly gets out of the way as the force of the sphere exploding sends Sua launching into the air, screaming.

Lily raises her gun with a smirk on her face. "Without a distraction, perfect. I'll apologize to her later after the challenge."

Confessional – Sua – Power Poppers

Sua is screaming off-screen until she lands into the photo booth from above. She puts her right hand on her forehead, feeling pain. Once she realizes she is in the booth she smiles with her teeth to get a picture taken.

Confessional – Noah – Intern

He is fixing the photo booth with a drill tool and screws. "Just when I thought I didn't have to do any work until night, great."

End Confessionals

A montage ensues of the teams playing laser tag. Melissa can get a hit on Jett, but Gabriel gets a shot at her. Buford and Lisa can get clean shots at Kylie and Meredith. Lily sneakily shoots Buford from a far distance. Lilith and Maverick get Caleb and Marty, making sure the Power Poppers have a great lead. The montage ends with Tamera and Garry walking around.

"This is ridiculous," Tamera told herself, annoyed that she has not seen anyone since the encounter with Jett and Gabriel. "How big is this place? Seriously, we haven't found anyone for more than four minutes."

Chris talks through the speakers of the arena. "Attention teams, only five minutes remain until the challenge is over."

"Great, this is terrible," Tamera exclaimed.

"Look on the bright side, you're with me," Garry said happily.

Tamera looks at him with disgust. "Eww, you are totally not at my level."

Melissa and JJ appear on screen with the two Sleek Slushies.

"Hey, you two, any sign of the Power Poppers?" Melissa asked the two.

"No," Garry admitted.

Tamera has her right foot tapping with frustration while putting her elbows on her hips.

"What was the point of teaming up if we didn't even do it in the first place?" Tamera told the athletic nerd.

"It's to make sure the Power Poppers don't find out," Melissa reminded.

"Well news flash Freak, is not working. I doubt the Power Poppers are even in last place when it comes to scores," Tamera countered. "We have less than five minutes. We're teaming up to get make those Poppers lose once and for all."

Melissa looks at JJ for a suggestion, but the silent clown admittedly shrugs. The athletic nerd then looks back at Tamera and Garry. "Alright, let's make this team up a real one."

Boris and Elsa are running around trying to find Fenton.

"He couldn't have gotten far," Elsa said as she continues to search while making sure no Poppers come near her.

"Who knows, he maybe was the one who broke the roof," Boris pointed at the broken hole in the ceiling.

Suddenly, Jett and Gabriel attack the two from behind, getting more points. The runaway laughs.

"Ugh, getting hit by a waste of a man like yourself is insulting," Boris told Jett, now on the ground along with Elsa.

Jett clenches his fist and proceeds to fire at Boris' back again. He goes for another shot until Gabriel stands in front.

"Dude, he's already on the ground shaking," Gabriel said.

"Out of the way Gabriel, he deserves every shot I give him," Jett told, ready to push the politician out of the way.

Before he can do it though, Garry, Tamera, Melissa, and JJ arrive. The two Fried Freaks fire at Jett and Gabriel with clear hits. Then the two Sleek Slushies help out Boris and Elsa.

Actually no, only Elsa.

"Hello? A little help here?" Boris exclaimed with annoyance.

Jett and Gabriel resist the electric urge to fall to the ground. Both notice Tamera and Garry helping out Boris. Their eyes widen with shock and fear.

"Crap, they're teaming up to take us down," Jett said and runs away.

"No wonder we haven't seen any Slushies against Freaks," Gabriel realized as he then follows his teammate.

"After them," Boris commanded and everyone follows the Poppers except Garry, who Boris grabs by the back of his white shirt. "You, carry me."

Somewhere around the arena, Caleb, Marty, and Fenton are trying to find Power Poppers.

"Thanks for helping me get up guys," Fenton thanked the two.

"Don't mention it," Marty said then chuckles.

"Yeah, today you're our ally," Caleb told Fenton with a bright smile. "We need to stick together."

The three boys notice Kylie and Meredith are nearby around a wall, shooting at something. They hide with the two girls.

"What are you lovely ladies up to?" Marty rapidly flirted.

Meredith stops firing to answer the photographer's question. "We found Buford and Lisa so we're trying to get them."

"You two keep firing then," Caleb instructed. "Me and the boys are going to take them from behind."

Meredith nods and she continues to help Kylie while Fenton and Marty follow Caleb.

On the other side, Buford and Lisa are still firing.

"Challenge should be almost over," Buford told the poet.

"Thank goodness, I haven't been able to think of poems since this challenge requires so much focus," Lisa confessed.

"Poetry for Jett?" Buford questioned as the two still shoot at Kylie and Meredith.

"Not necessarily," Lisa answered. "Sure, he's super-hot but not all my poems are about him."

"You haven't stopped talking about him since we partnered up," Buford spoke bluntly.

Lisa admittedly blushes. "Well…"

Buford gets hit by a laser from someone and falls to the floor.

Lisa looks to her right and sees Caleb, Fenton, and Marty approaching.

"They must have fired at us," Lisa exclaimed. She could not leave Buford alone, but she cannot drag him fast enough for both of them to escape.

"That laser fired at our left," Buford exclaimed, knowing exactly who did the shot.

Caleb, Marty, and Fenton prepare their laser guns until they notice lasers being fired at them. Is Lilith and Maverick who come to the rescue. The three boys immediately back away to regroup with Kylie and Meredith.

"Was that Fenton with the Slushies," Lilith wondered as Maverick lifts Buford from the floor.

Gabriel, Lily, and Jett arrive to have all the Power Poppers together except for Sua. Their symbol appears on the screen.

"Bad news, the Sleek Slushies and Fried Freaks have teamed up to take us out," Gabriel warned his teammates.

"Nice," Maverick said happily, getting perplexed looks from his teammates. "Sorry, it's just a good plan they created."

One by one, the Power Poppers see the Fried Freaks and Sleek Slushies surrounding them, except Axel and Hilda.

"Gentlemen and ladies, we're now in the war," Maverick warned his team.

"Uh, yeah, we can totally see that," Lisa told the promoter sarcastically.

"Fire!" Melissa, Gabriel, and Tamera commanded their team to shoot, starting a shoot-out.

Somewhere nearby, Axel and Hilda are walking, holding their laser guns with both hands.

"Isn't it great no one has shocked us yet?" Hilda told the gentleman.

"No, it's not because that also means we haven't been able to get anyone either," Axel answered, doing his best not to sound rude.

The two notice lasers being fired all over the place in front of them from some distance.

"Finally, some action," Axel happily said.

Before the two can rush into the crossfire, the speakers turn on for Chris.

"Attention teams, there is only one minute left before the challenge is over. Make every effort count," The host said.

Axel takes the LWB-P4 out of his right brown khakis pocket. He turns the device on.

"Axel no, it could electrocute our teammates," Hilda warned, knowing his intentions.

"That's a risk I have to take," Axel told her and runs towards the fight. Geeting what he believes a good distance, he throws the ball into the middle of the battle. "Sleek Slushies move!" The gentleman shouted with all his might.

The blue sphere breaks and unleashes a wave of lasers throughout a large area. The wave hits all the Power Poppers minus Sua, and the Fried Freaks as well. Axel's team was able to hide in walls, buildings, or cylinders for the wave not to hit them.

"Trader!" Boris exclaimed, still sensing the shock as he takes his shot at Axel.

The ruthless gentleman gets electrocuted and falls to the ground. Hilda arrives at the scene to try and shoot at Boris, only to get intercepted by Melissa, shocking her.

"The deal is off," Melissa shouted, trying not to fall from the electricity flowing through her as she holds her left arm tightly, with her laser gun in her left hand.

JJ and Elsa immediately shoot Tamera and Garry to get more points. Caleb pins down Fenton so he can shoot at some Power Poppers that were distracted by the betrayal. These being Lisa, Maverick, and Jett.

Gabriel, Buford, Lilith, and Lily shoot at everyone close by to get as many points as possible. Too bad everybody hides around the arena.

"Thirty seconds left!" Chris said through the speakers.

Duncan decides to launch one last small crate in the air. "Let's see which one gets it first."

Everyone notices the crate about to fall where they are all at. Buford and Axel shove each other for one of them to grab it. Elsa sits on her left knee and aims her laser gun at the falling crate.

"Bang," Elsa whispered as she shoots a laser at the crate. The gadget inside the crate creates a wave of a blasting laser that directly hits Axel and Buford. Lily, without anyone noticing, takes a few steps to get hit by the blast as well.

"Time!" Chris exclaimed through the speakers. "The challenge is over. Teams, head to the vesting area for me to announce the winner and losers."

All teams are at the vesting area with Chris, Chef, and the three interns. Sua arrives at the room unnoticed.

"Contestants, that was a really good game of laser tag," Chris told the teams, happy about the results. "There's a lot of footage we got that will surely get the audience pumping. Now, to announce the winner of today's challenge."

All three teams wait with anticipation.

"The winning team is…"

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"Sleek Slushies!"

The team's symbol appears as the eight Slushies cheer with victory. Kylie and Marty hug each other and separate quickly. Garry tries to hug Tamera, but she shoves him away. Axel and Caleb smirk with satisfaction. Hilda sighs with relief as Meredith squeals.

"Chef, give them their tickets. And also, the ones for the Power Poppers from the race challenge," Chris told the cook.

Chef gives fifty tickets to each Sleek Slushie and Power Popper member.

"Before I talk about which team has to send someone home; when looking at the points at the end, it was neck and neck," Chris said smiling. "Sleek Slushies got one thousand five hundred points, second place got one thousand four hundred points, and last place got one thousand three hundred points. If it wasn't for Axel dropping that LWB-P4 the Sleek Slushies definitely would have been sending someone home tonight."

The Sleek Slushies clap for the gentleman.

Confessional – Axel – Sleek Slushies

"Did I made enemies with the Fried Freaks and possibly ruin the chances of them teaming up with us again? Yeah, but I needed to secure a win for my team. The longer my team wins, the longer I can convince them to get rid of Tamera and Caleb."

End Confessional

"So, which team is sending someone home?" Melissa asked the host with worry.

"Yeah, there's a certain someone I want gone," Buford muttered quietly.

Chris is ready to announce Melissa's answer. "The losing team with one thousand and three hundred points is…"

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"The Power Poppers!"

The Power Poppers give looks of disappointment except for Lily who is smirking. The Fried Freaks cheer, glad they do not have to vote another team member off so soon.

"I'll you see eight tonight at the elimination ceremony," Chris told the Poppers.

A new scene commences with the Sleek Slushies arriving in the gold tent.

"Oh yeah, this is the place right for us," Caleb said excitedly. Every Slushie sits on a chair.

"Picture time," Marty said excitedly. He gets out of his chair and stands at the table to get a shot of everyone. He takes a picture of his teammates and sits back down again.

"Great job everyone, we pulled through today," Caleb said contently.

The Slushies cheer except for Axel.

"Have you all forgotten that Chris said if it wasn't for me, we would have lost?" Axel reminded. "We need to perform better."

"Relax, we won. Just stick with that," Tamera told him rudely.

"Axel is right though," Hilda defended her teammate. "We can't just have one person performing at their best. Perhaps we should do some team bonding exercises tomorrow."

Meredith's eyes widen. "Um, I guess that could work."

Kylie and Marty notice her facial expression and smirk.

"Bonding will be great," Garry agreed to Hilda's idea.

"Thanks…" Hilda said then tries to remember her teammate's name.

"Garry," Garry said emotionless. There is no point getting annoyed from his team not remembering his name this far in the game.

Confessional – Caleb – Sleek Slushies

"I'm glad my team won. Facing elimination would have been dreadful tonight because I would either have to get rid of Tamera, who is perfect to keep, or convince the team to get rid of someone else. Which right now is hard to do. As long as she and I keep low we can figure out a way to get rid of someone. Also, have to keep messing with Marty's head."

End Confessional

The Fried Freaks enter the brown tent, once again achieving second place.

"Well team, we did it. We got the Power Poppers to lose," Melissa said contently as she and JJ low-five each other.

"No thanks to Axel. Knew we shouldn't have sided with them," Boris said, approaching a chair next to a table. "Fenton, the chair."

Fenton quickly pulls the chair out from the table so Boris can sit on it. "The Power Poppers still lost though. We should take this as a victory."

"Fenton is right," Elsa spoke. "Our goal today was to take down the Power Poppers and we did. JJ, got any pie?"

JJ takes custard apple pie from her wig and gives it to the gamer girl. Boris notices hair on it and flinches with disgust.

Somewhere around the carnival with empty booths, Buford approaches Lily who is shown holding a laser gun.

"What are you doing?" Buford confronted the secretary.

"Decided to keep this a souvenir," Lily answered and turns around to face Buford.

"Considering the whole organization that you told me about I doubt that's staying as a souvenir," Buford spoke bluntly.

"Look who is speaking crazy now," Lily said amused at how the tables have turned. "Have fun getting eliminated tonight. I already told our team to vote you off."

Buford's eyes widen with a surprise for a split second but regains his composure. She was so fast doing that. "I doubt anyone would listen to you."

"Really? You're not exactly great with your team. Always walking away whenever Lilith speaks," Lily spoke with a proud smirk. "You can try if you want. It will be amusing to see you fail." The secretary walks away.

Confessional – Buford – Power Poppers

"Man, can't believe I'm in this position so soon. I was at least expecting it when all the Fried Freaks would get eliminated. Now I have to figure out who has the most power in my team to turn the tides in my favor."

End Confessional

Jett is shown writing in a notebook, sitting on the stairs to the arcade center. Buford arrives at the scene and sits next to him to talk.

"Writing in your journal," Buford told the runaway. "Knick fan?"

"You know, just because I like writing that does not make me him or a fan of him," Jett said, then stands up to leave and walk away.

"Wait, I need help," Buford said to stop the blonde, raising his right arm and using his right hand to signal a stop sign.

Jett grins and turns around. His shadow covers Buford's legs thanks to the sun.

"I'm listening," Jett said blissfully, knowing an offer is coming along.

"I know Lily talked to you about voting me off earlier but allow me to make an offer you cannot refuse," Buford told the blonde.

"Eh, go ahead. You came to the right guy. I wasn't going to vote you off yet anyway," Jett admitted.

"Thanks," Buford told sarcastically as he crosses his arms. "Anyway, we should vote off Lisa. I have noticed that she is giving you the creeps. We can tell the others how uncomfortable you are around her."

"Surprised you didn't suggest Lily since she wants you gone," Jett admitted, opening his notebook to write some stuff in it with a pencil. "Lisa does disturb me at times, but she is a solidify vote for me. And for you in the current situation that you are in. As long as she doesn't cross any lines she's staying."

Buford stands up and walks down the stairs outside the arcade center.

"Alright, be real and lay it on me. Who do you want gone?" Buford asked his teammate.

"Glad you asked," Jett said. "There's a certain guy on the team I want out."

Confessional – Buford – Power Poppers

"All these chicks on my team except Sua are weird. Lilith asks the stupidest questions ever, Lisa is all heels over Jett for some reason, and Lily is a part of some idiotic organization that wants to take over the world. Imagine losing because of her. I just hope the deal I made with Jett works out."

End Confessional

The Power Poppers arrive at the small two-level bleacher to start the ceremony. The girls are in the top row and the boys are in the bottom row. Their team's symbol appears on the screen. It is now night.

From left to right for the girls are Lilith, Lily, Lisa, and Sua. From right to left for the boys are Buford, Jett, Maverick, and Gabriel.

"당신은 그들에게 말했는가?" Sua asked Lisa in Korean.

"그래, 우리는 무슨 일이 일어나는지 보자," The poet responded back.

Chris and Chef are standing next to two lamp posts illuminating them.

"Welcome Power Poppers to your first elimination ceremony," Chris told the team. "Since this is your first time here, allow me to explain what each of you is about to do. Like in previous seasons, you all will be casting your votes on the person you want out of your team. However, instead of marshmallows, the players safe for another day get a small bag of popcorn."

Chef holds a plate with seven bags of popcorn.

"All of you may cast your votes," Chris instructed.

Confessional – Lily – Power Poppers

"This will teach you to belittle Chaos X," Lily said, writing someone's name on a piece of paper.

Confessional – Lisa – Power Poppers

"Jett told me to vote this person off. Which is fine because I was going to vote for that one anyway," She said as she writes a name down.

Confessional – Lilith – Power Poppers

"Sorry dude, but you're kind of mean at times," Lilith admitted as she writes a teammate's name down.

Confessional – Buford – Power Poppers

"Hope this works," Bo said with worry. He does not want to be eliminated early. Then again, who does?

Confessional – Maverick – Power Poppers

He is having a hard time on who to vote off. He rubs the back of his head with his right hand with indecisiveness.

Confessional – Jett – Power Poppers

"Time to send the fodder away." He rapidly writes someone's name.

Confessional – Gabriel – Power Poppers

"Voting is always the hardest part when losing a challenge. When I got accepted for the show, I was going to vote on who performed the least out of everyone." The politician ponders for a moment. "Though several people have approached me on wanting someone gone. Not sure what to do."

End Confessionals

Chris and Chef look at the team. The host is ready to declare who is safe or not. "The following players are safe. Maverick, Lilith, Sua, and Lisa."

Chef tosses a popcorn bag to each named contestant.

"The next player safe is Jett," Chris said.

The runaway catches his popcorn bag with satisfaction. Gabriel is surprised to be in the bottom three while Buford and Lily knew they would most likely be at the bottom.

"Contestants, there are only two popcorn bags left," Chris told the three without a bag. "You three have not done anything that can give you votes, but it looks like not everyone on the team enjoys your company."

Gabriel was hurt hearing that. Maybe Jett is not the only one who dislikes him.

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The dude whose name was called catches the bag and eats the popcorn inside to control his nerves. Buford sighs with defeat. Lily does not smile. She knows it is not over until Chris calls the last name.

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"Buford!" Chris exclaimed as Chef throws the last bag at the tall dude.

"Awesome," Buford exclaimed with relief.

Lily stands up, outraged.

"What!? How!?" The secretary steps out of the bleachers to run up to Chris. She then turns around to face her previous team. "I told you all to vote out Buford. He's supposed to be going home not me."

"We were going to vote for Buford," Lilith admitted. "But Lisa told us you gave Sua a defect laser wave gadget ball to send her flying."

"You believed her!?" Lily said with rage.

"She had more information than you told us. You just wanted to vote out Buford because you don't like him," Gabriel countered.

"But I was supposed to go far," Lily whined with anger and disappointment. "At least eleventh to give me enough time to search for the hidden…"

"Lily, you have been voted off. Will you be leaving silently, or will Chef have to drag you to the entrance?" Chris interrupted the secretary.

Chef appears near the blonde.

Lily huffs and crosses her arms. "I'll go now."

Chris watches the two leave then looks at the remaining Power Poppers. "The rest of you are safe, for now."

Confessional – Gabriel – Power Poppers

"My dad has to work with many people he does not like when it comes to politics. I rather keep someone who does his job well than have someone that likes to target others for weak reasons," Gabriel admitted, looking a bit sad to send someone home. "Sorry Secretary, hopefully we can be friends after this."

Confessional – Sua – Power Poppers

"I really do not know if Lily gave me the beeping ball on purpose, but I felt like she did. Seeing her also leave upset like was surprisingly… heartwarming." Her smile grows bigger after saying heartwarming.

End Confessional

The Power Poppers enter the brown tent except for Buford and Jett, the two staying outside.

"We'll go in a minute or so," Jett told Lilith.

"Okay," Lilith smiled. "I can't wait to talk about what's deadlier. Getting bit by a shark or a piranha." She happily goes inside the tent as Buford rolls his eyes.

"Alright big boy, cough up the dough," Jett told Bo, complimenting, and insulting him at the same time.

"Fine," Buford muttered, taking tickets out of his black shorts. "As a promise of me being able to stay another day, you have all my tickets."

"And?" Jett asked as Bo passes him the tickets. He puts it all in his grey beanie.

"And we cannot vote for each other during the next elimination ceremony, if that even happens," Buford finished.

"Good, now head inside the tent. I got a confessional to make," Jett told his ally.

Confessional – Jett – Power Poppers

He has a mischievous smirk on his face. "Lisa and Buford, not what I was expecting but I'll totally take their votes for my gain. Now I just need another to solidify myself to make it to the merge. Whoever that will be won't be Gabriel. I'm making sure he is the next Popper gone."

Confessional – Buford – Power Poppers

"Yeah, I was able to convince Jett to vote out Lily. Have a gut feeling that the deal was in vain since Sua and Lisa teamed up to get her out as well, but what's done is done. Jett has my tickets and free immunity for the moment. Bit of a desperate attempt, but you got to do what you have to do."

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Chris is shown near the bumper car attraction shown in episode two, ready to end the episode. "Lily and her delusional Chaos X is gone. Will Jett secure another ally for himself? Will Lilith keep annoying Buford? Can Sua stop hurting herself? How will the Sleek Slushies and Friend Freaks deal with each other now that they are no longer allies thanks to Axel? Find out next time on Total… Drama… Carnival Calamity!"

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Lily is outside the carnival walking in a small circle as she waits for the lame-o-sine to pick her up. However, instead of the limousine arriving, it's a mysterious not so suspicious-looking white van that approaches the secretary. She gulps, having a feeling that the van is not her ride. For some reason though, she does not run away. Rather, stand and wait for the van to get close.

The driver turns around so the van's back can face her. The driver then parks the vehicle.

Two people open the back door. Both have the same outfit as Lily but with different features. To Lily's left, one wears a scarf around his neck and mouth area, reflective sunglasses over his eyes, and a cowboy hat. He also has brown hair done in a mullet, slightly tan skin, and blue eyes. To her left is one that wears bandages around her face. She has short blonde hair done up in pigtails, tan skin, and hazel eyes.

"Get in," The male said, his voice not sounding happy.

Lily gets inside the vehicle and sits on its floor. The two that opened the back doors closes them.

"You failed your mission," Another male said wearing a happy drama mask on the left side of his face. He has short black hair, lightly tanned, green eyes, and clothing similar to Lily once again. Except the shirt is red.

The chauffeur drives the van away from the carnival.

"Boss I'm sorry," Lily apologized to the male wearing the happy drama mask. "I didn't expect to be voted off so soon. You were right, I should have taken more a strategic route than letting my anger take over."

She lowers her head in shame. The boss uses his index finger to gently lift her head. He then gives a quick kiss to Lily's right cheek.

"This was a big setback for us Secretary. We needed you to stay longer to find the lab," Boss told Lily.

"I know," Lily admitted, ashamed of herself.

"Hey Boss," A female voice called out, sitting next to the driver. She is wearing a black flu mask on her face. She has dyed pink hair that goes down to her shoulders, pale skin, and blue and green eyes.

The driver is wearing a whole gas mask on his face. He has black hair done in a buzzcut, pale skin, and blue eyes.

"What is it Masky?" Boss asked.

"Just saw him walking into the woods nearby," Masky told. "Also, how is Gazzer driving well with that gas mask in his face?" She asked as she pokes at the driver.

"Don't poke me," Gazzer muttered.

"What do you mean by him Masky?" Boss ordered.

"The Ringleader is who I'm referring to," Masky answered. "You can tell by the creepy carnival music in the background."

"That what?" The male wearing sunglasses said perplexed.

"Quiet Knives," Boss told him. He looks at Lily with a smile matching his happy mask. "Secretary is time to redeem yourself. Bring him to us as an ally. Are you willing to accept the task?"

"Of course, I'll make sure the Ringleader joins Chaos X," Lily affirmed.

"Still can't believe you two are a couple," The female wearing bandages around her said as she swipes the laser gun Lily had under her trench coat. "At least you were able to bring back something useful. Let's figure out how to turn this into a weapon."

Back at the entrance to the carnival, Rosaline arrives driving the lame-o-sine. She realizes no one is waiting for her.

"Maldita sea," Rosalina cursed under her breath in Spanish.

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Teams

Power Poppers: Gabriel, Buford, Jett, Maverick, Sua, Lisa, and Lilith

Sleek Slushies: Axel, Caleb, Garry, Marty, Kylie, Meredith, Tamera, and Hilda

Fried Freaks: Boris, Fenton, Melissa, JJ, and Elsa

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Placements

22nd – Edgar

21st - Lily

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Korean Translations

당신은 그들에게 말했는가? - Did you tell them?

그래, 우리는 무슨 일이 일어나는지 보자 - Yes, we'll see what happens.

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Author's Note: With this episode finished, Lily is gone. Well, sort of. She has been reunited with her organization Chaos X and they are going to try to find the Ringleader and team up with him, uh-oh. Anyway, I originally had Lily making it almost halfway through the competition. However, examining my notes of how I want the story to flow I noticed that the secretary did not have much plot throughout her stay and maintained as a background character until her elimination episode. I did not want to do that, so I gave her a fake-out antagonist role. Though her new role will be setting up more stuff along the way. Quick shout out to Ninjedi for creating Chaos X, going to enjoy writing this group.

As always, thank you to everyone who is reviewing Carnival Calamity, I appreciated it a lot. Let me know your thoughts of what you think about this chapter by review or PM.