Total Drama Carnival Calamity Chapter 29: Episode 26 - One Last Ride, a total drama series fanfic

November 15th, 2012

Finalists:

Boy: Fenton

Girl: Lilith

Flashbacks are shown of the previous episode. Chris narrates the past events. "Last time on Total Drama Carnival, for the final four to become the final two, each contestant had to dress up as a clown and perform an act to win the challenge. Tamera convinced Fenton to give advice for her, but in the end, it didn't matter for the vixen since she couldn't clown her way into the top three by impressing the judges."

"After Lilith won the challenge, she decided to do the ultimate power move by bringing Fenton to the finale, resulting in Buford going home and getting outplayed."

Chris is shown standing next to a huge pond. Behind the pond are two brown wooden bleachers. One on the left and one on the right.

"One last challenge. Only one can win the five million dollars! Will it be Fenton or Lilith? Find out now on the epic finale of Total… Drama… Carnival Calamity!"

The intro begins, with a camera popping out from a large pot containing Chef's revolting gruel, then from a bird's nest on a roller coaster sign entrance, and then from a carnival booth with pink stuffed animals next to it. A smooth transition from a roller coaster descending to the three tents in the carnival is shown. A clapper pops up to commence the action.

Dear mom and dad, I'm doing fine

A camera drone enters the blue tent showing Chris McLean taking a shower, his upper body exposed while the rest of him is covered with a towel. He notices the camera drone and hits it with a bar of soap.

You guys are on my mind

The camera drone gets out of the tent and shows Tamera and Caleb driving bumper cars in the bumper car attraction. They collide with each other. The impact causes an explosion.

You asked me what I wanted to be,

The camera drone shows Sua and Lily walking on the Penguin Emporium ice to catch some penguins.

and I think the answer is plain to see

Sua accidentally trips on the ice, slides into the cold pool, and gets frozen.

I wanna be famous!

Marty is swimming up from a different pool in his swimsuit, but the editing makes it look like it was in the cold one. Upon catching some air, he winks at Kylie and Meredith who are near the exit of the tall slide. Both are also wearing swimsuits.

I wanna live close to the sun

JJ is putting her clown makeup on in the confessional photo booth.

Go pack your bags, 'cause I've already won

Maverick and Fenton are inside a haunted house looking at a coffin. Maverick opens the coffin and Lilith pops out to reveal herself. This causes Fenton to scream and run away.

Everything to prove, nothing in my way

Boris and Elsa are shown competing in an arcade fighting game machine in the arcade center. Both are smirking at each other. Garry waits patiently in a chair for his turn.

I'll get there one day

The lights suddenly turn off and a laser tag fight is shown between Melissa, Buford, and Edgar using laser guns. Melissa gets competitive and shoots at the two boys, causing them to get electrocuted. She looks at them with concern.

Cuz' I wanna be famous

Gabriel is near the carousal explaining politics on a chalkboard to Axel and Hilda who are interested in his talk.

Na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na

Lucy, Duncan, Noah, Scarlett, and Chef are shown drinking Crowstillo wine and connecting their glass cups to celebrate their break. Lucy however maintains a sturdy look at Scarlett.

I wanna be, I wanna be, I wanna be famous!

Blue smoke appears engulfing the sight of the camera drone. The Ringleader shows himself with a rascally smirk before dropping a grenade that explodes green grass.

I wanna be, I wanna be, I wanna be famous!

At the aftermath studio, Lisa and Jett are sitting on the center couch. Lisa goes for a kiss to her crush, but Jett is conflicted on whether to kiss her back or not. Before he can decide Georgia pushes the two off the couch so she can sit there. Christopher sits next to her co-host. The two of them whistle as the camera drone zooms out to show the Calamity Cast, the aftermath hosts, Chris, and Chef whistling as well. Above them is a sign that lights up with the words Total Drama Carnival Calamity.

The episode starts inside the gold tent with Lilith dressed and eating her breakfast at a table. She adjusts her chair before continuing to eat her bowl of oatmeal. She looks around knowing that she is alone. For her, it does stink that she has the tent all by herself. But it is to be expected since she is a finalist. She is the only one in the game left beside her opponent Fenton. There is no anxiety in her. Determination, confidence, fun, and the grand prize are all the gothic drummer is thinking right now.

Confessional – Lilith

"It's been a long eight weeks, but I made it. There was a time when I thought I wasn't going to make it, but I pushed through. I have to thank Maverick. If it wasn't for him telling me to lead the Cotton Crazies, I might not have tried to play the game competitively. Oh, and Buford too. Hope he is still not too mad about me making that play."

She plays with her black pigtails a bit before speaking again. "I'm not going to underestimate Fenton. Sure, he's scrawny and not athletic, but I should never undervalue my opponent. I'm winning those five million dollars, no matter what the challenge is about. Makenna, Roxie, and Cord. I know all three of you are watching. I'm getting that money for the band." Lilith gets pumped and cheers ecstatically.

End Confessional

Normally Fenton would be panicking in a situation like this. Not having your friends by your side. Having to deal with an opponent that has incredible endurance. However, he has a face of confidence and is well dressed. Spiffier than before. Nothing is going to give him a frown.

"Bleh."

Well, perhaps the awful gruel he is eating for breakfast at the table inside the brown tent.

Confessional – Fenton

"Eight weeks of having to deal with Chef's food, trying to lead, Caleb, my breakup with Kylie, and that awful thing I did to Melissa. It… hasn't been easy coming here. But I know people are counting on me to win. Which I will. Nothing personal Lilith, but the five million dollars are mine."

End Confessional

Lilith and Fenton get out of the tent they were staying at. They look at each other with happiness.

"Good luck today Fenton," Lilith told the other finalist. "It's the final battle."

"Yep, good luck to you too," Fenton said to his opponent. "May the best player win."

"Likewise," Lilith agreed.

The two finalists shake hands.

"Ugh, so boring," Chris said off-screen. He arrives on the scene, approaching the finalists. "Thank goodness today's final challenge will change that."

"And I'm already nervous," Fenton said apprehensively.

"Come on," Lilith spoke bubbly as she lightly punches the short kid's right shoulder. "Chris isn't going to have us compete in something deadly. Cheer up, I want to earn this win."

"While not deadly, this challenge will test your endurance," Chris warned.

"Yes!" Lilith cheered.

"Not talking about physical endurance. Even though that does have a small role in the challenge," Chris mentioned.

"Oh, like a test of patience?" Fenton wondered. "I'm good at that."

"No further details," Chris told Fenton. "Just follow me you two."

Chris and the finalists arrive at the huge pond. The pond now has a bunch of large yellow rubber duckies floating around the water. Two can fit on each duck's back. Parts of the pond also have bamboo sticks sticking up from the surface. Human size balloons of different colors are tied to the bamboo sticks. The balloons above the pond look like it is a roof thanks to how many there are.

The finalists see the two brown wooden bleachers. One on the left and one on the right. That is not what else they are seeing. They are seeing the past eliminated contestants. Each contestant is holding a miniature flag with the picture of a finalist's face on the flag.

The eliminated competitors sitting on the left bleacher to the audience's view are rooting for Lilith. These are Edgar, Gabriel, Jett who is wearing Lisa's beret, Hilda, Melissa, Maverick, Elsa, Boris, Sua, and Lisa.

The eliminated competitors sitting on the right bleacher are rooting for Fenton. These are Marty who has his camera, Meredith, Garry, Kylie, Axel, Caleb, JJ, Tamera, and Buford. Lily is also with the group, still having pink skin and yellow eyes. The secretary has a handcuff on her wrists.

"I'm surprised you two are rooting for me," Fenton told Caleb and Lily.

"We are obligated to pick someone. I picked you for using Melissa," Caleb answered.

"I don't care who wins. I'm here by my contract," Lily stated.

"Same. Still don't know how you managed to track me down," Jett told the host. "I was already in the United States by the third aftermath."

"A little investigating journalist was able to pinpoint which places you will return to," Chris told the runaway smugly.

Jett crosses his arms and huffs. Lisa pats him on the back gently. Chris looks back at the finalists as Chef arrives at his left. Duncan arrives pushing a monitor and stops once the monitor is near the hosts. Noah is carrying two potato sack bags that are tied with rope to prevent anyone from seeing what is inside. The bookworm puts the bags down next to the monitor.

"Fenton and Lilith, you two are moments away from facing your final challenge," Chris said to the finalists. "But first, here comes the part everyone wants to know. Lilith and Fenton, when either of you wins, what will you spend the money on?"

"On my band the Oddballs," Lilith answered first. "This will be a great way to get us on the map and do tours at least around our state. Then I'll share my winnings with the friends I made along the way this season."

The teens rooting for the drummer cheer.

"Is funny, my mom signed me up for this show, so I never thought about how I will spend the money if win. I guess most of it will go to my mom as a thank you. While the rest will be for me and friends during our time in the show," Fenton gave his answer. "Oh, and to repay Melissa for what I did to her."

The teens for the competent boy cheer. Melissa scoffs.

"Of course, you would try to use the Yves route," The athletic nerd bitterly told Fenton. "A million dollars is not going to make up for what you did."

"I don't know, a million dollars are a million dollars," Edgar told Melissa. Melissa rolls her eyes. She is still too hurt to keep talking.

"Okay finalists, one more thing to do before facing your final challenge. Selecting your helpers!" Chris announced.

"Sua and Maverick!" Lilith exclaimed joyfully.

"Kylie and JJ!" Fenton shouted happily.

Chris gives a smug grin. "Did you two really think I was going to have you both pick your helpers?"

"Uh…" Fenton and Lilith spoke simultaneously.

"Is going to be randomized of course," Chris said. "Noah, pass me the remote."

Noah with a blank expression gives the host a TV remote. Chris turns on the monitor with the remote. The monitor shows a picture of a bored Boris.

"Well, that's disgusting," Lilith joked.

"Insignificant blaze topic wearer," Boris insulted. "How dare you…"

"Do you ever shut up?" Elsa told the snob. Boris remains quiet.

Chris continues his duty. He presses the play button on the remote. The monitor starts spinning pictures of all the eliminated contestants rapidly like it is a slot machine.

"Each of you will select two losers randomly to aid you in today's challenge. There are no second chances," Chris warned at the end. "Since Lilith won the clown act challenge, she gets to go first."

Chris passes the remote to Lilith who gladly receives it.

"Press the pause button for it to stop spinning. Press the play button to let it spin again," Chris instructed.

"Why can't we do the way Back to the Islands did?" Lilith wondered.

"Because that is a Back to the Islands only thing," Chris answered.

"Pretty sure All-Stars started that trend," Buford stated.

Chris ignores him. "Go ahead Lilith, who will be the lucky partners to assist you?"

Lilith watches the images spin and spin and spin. Carefully looking, she pauses and ends up getting a picture of Maverick's face being attacked by a squirrel.

"Awesome!" Lilith cheered. Not because of the promoter getting attacked by a squirrel in the picture. Is because she has a friend to assist her.

Maverick gets up from his seat and exits the bleacher. He also gives his flag to Hilda who happily takes it. Then the promoter stands next to Lilith. The two friends high five each other.

"Nice lucky pick Lilith. Time to select helper number two," Chris instructed as he holds up two fingers from his left hand as he spoke his last sentence.

Lilith presses the play button on the remote for the pictures to start spinning again. After a few seconds, she pauses. The other helper she gets is…

…

Caleb.

The majority of the eliminated contestants gasp from the reveal. Caleb laughs hysterically. He continues to laugh as he gets out from the bleacher and stands next to the drummer. Finishing up his laughter, he breaks the flag he was holding in two.

"Thanks for the opportunity, Lilith," Caleb expressed gratitude smugly.

Lilith looks at Caleb and gives out an annoyed sigh. She then looks at the host.

"Can I please get a second chance?" The goth pleaded.

"Nope, your helpers are Maverick and Caleb," Chris answered smiling.

"I will be expecting some cash to go to me of course," Caleb told Lilith, continuing to be smug. The handsome genius looks at Maverick. "Try not to mess this up for us, okay big guy?"

Maverick narrows his eyes.

Confessional – Lilith

"Having Maverick is great, but Caleb? Now I have to give him money once I win because he's not going to help me if I don't do that." She crosses her arms. "At least he's not asking half of the prize. His help isn't worth that much."

End Confessional

"Fenton, my dude. Is time for you to randomly select your helpers," Chris told the finalist.

Lilith passes the remote to Fenton. The competent boy presses the play button for the images to spin once again like a slot machine. Observing, he stops the spin and gets an image with Kylie blowing a kiss.

Fenton blushes a bit from the image. "Did not expect my luck to go that well."

Kylie happily gives her flag to Meredith then exits out of the bleacher. She gracefully walks to Fenton and gives him a big hug.

"I am so proud of you for making it this far," Kylie told.

"Thanks Kylie but you're starting to hurt me," Fenton said in pain.

"Oh, sorry,' Kylie apologized and stops hugging. The two blushes at each other and sheepishly look away.

"How adorable," Chris sarcastically said. "So, Fenton, who do you not want as your second helper?"

"Um, no offense, but definitely Lily. Even though judging by her skin she can still turn into a giant which can be great, but no," Fenton answered and explained.

"Speaking of Lily, why is she here?" Lilith asked Chris. "Shouldn't she be in prison? What about the rest of Chaos X?"

"I can answer that," Lily spoke out loud while standing up to get everyone's attention. "The organization I used to be in are no longer mutants. They were cured. I was supposed to get my treatment today but today is the finale. And yes, Chaos X is in prison as I am speaking at this moment."

Fenton raises his right hand to ask a question.

"Also yes, I can turn into a giant and crush you all right now. But there's no point in doing that," Lily stated. "Not worth it."

"Thanks for making it clear," Lilith told the secretary.

"Whatever," Lily shrugged. She sits back on the bleacher.

"With that settle, time to pick your second helper Fenton," Chris repeated.

Fenton plays the spinner for a few seconds before pausing. His second helper is…

…

Melissa.

Everyone is silent about the reveal. Fenton's face is complete dread while Chris smiles with his teeth showing. Everyone is waiting for Melissa's reaction. The athletic nerd simply gets up, walks out of the bleacher, drops her flag on the ground, and stands next to Kylie. She is not happy at all. However, she is not going to be raging for being selected.

"Let's just get this over with," Melissa stated emotionless.

Fenton tries to talk with Melissa. "Melissa I…"

"Please, don't," Melissa begged, putting her right index finger on Fenton's lips. She puts her finger away once the boy nods in understanding.

Confessional – Fenton

"This is going to be incredibly awkward. Having Kylie is awesome because despite breaking up we continue to be friends. Melissa is another case. I feel bad for her. She is obligated to help and has to work together with me and Kylie. Gosh, she must be hurting a lot. Really need to make it up to her by winning today."

Confessional – Melissa

"I will tell the truth. After thinking about it, I am no longer into Fenton. I cannot continue suffering when is plain as day he will never be into me. Having to deal with him and Kylie again? Is fine, I'm fine. Totally fine."

…

"I am not fine."

End Confessionals

"Finalists and helpers, time to explain Carnival Calamity's final challenge," Chris announced. "By now you six have noticed the giant rubber duckies floating around the pound and the balloons in the sky tied to bamboo from the pond as well."

"Geez, we didn't notice before?" Caleb sarcastically said.

Chris ignores him as he grabs the potato sacks Noah put down.

"One of those giant balloons has inside the silver case containing the five million dollars," Chris told the finalists and helpers as he and Chef open their sack. "To pop a balloon, each of you will use a horseshoe from the sacks."

Chris takes out a horseshoe from the sack. "Like this!"

Chris throws the horseshoe like a frisbee. The horseshoe pops a blue balloon. What comes out of the blue balloon is the money case. The case descends into the pond creating a splash.

The finalists look at Chris. This is anti-climactic. The host chuckles awkwardly.

"Okay, I need everyone to leave the premises while Chef, Duncan, Noah, and I put more balloons up," Chris said.

It takes twenty minutes for everything to be done. Thanks to the power of editing the people watching do not have to wait long. Now there are more color balloons above the pond. Every person is back to their original spot.

"As I said before," Chris spoke, ready to demonstrate again with a horseshoe in his right hand. "To pop a balloon, each of you will use a horseshoe from the sacks." The host throws the horseshoe at an orange balloon.

The balloon pops and again the silver case with money falls, splashing into the water.

"Oh, come on!" Chris complained.

Fifteen more minutes pass after putting in more balloons. Chris has another horseshoe.

"Okay, this time…"

"Chris, I think you already showed us enough how we need to pop the balloons," Fenton interrupted.

"Yeah, we use horseshoes to pop the balloons, what is next?" Lilith politely asked.

Chris drops his horseshoe. They are right. He needs to explain more of the challenge. He inhales and exhales before talking. "Each finalist and helper will grab a horseshoe from a sack and get on a rubber ducky. You can jump, paddle with your hands, or ride a duck to another duck to have a better shot popping a balloon. You can only bring one horseshoe with you when entering the pond of ducks. Once you throw one is back to the grab another from the sack."

"So that's where the endurance part comes in," Fenton realized.

"Yep, popping a balloon with the case inside will not be easy. Unless you're me apparently," Chris chuckles. "Moving on, if you pop a balloon that does not have the case but has something else that is inside you can use that to distract your opponents. Balloons can only be pop by horseshoes."

"What happens when the horseshoes run out in both sacks?" Lilith asked.

"Then just grab the horseshoes that landed in the pond," Chris answered smiling. "Any other questions?"

"To recap, we just need to pop the balloon that has the money case while staying on giant rubber duckies?" Fenton asked for confirmation.

"Yep, if a helper pops the correct balloon, they'll just give the case to the finalist they are helping," Chris finished.

Caleb smirks.

"Now, without no more interruptions. Finalists, your challenge starts… now!" Chris exclaimed.

The teens on the bleachers cheer for the final two. Fenton and Lilith grab a horseshoe from one of the sacks and quickly hop on the same giant rubber duckie. Lilith goes to the next duck on the left while Fenton goes to the one on the right. The finalists continue to hop from duck to duck. Kylie, Melissa, Caleb, and Maverick grab a horseshoe and approach the first duck.

Caleb pushes Melissa and Kylie away so he can hop onto the duck. "Let's go Maverick!" The handsome genius called out to the promoter.

Despite not liking what Caleb did, Maverick joins in on the duck.

"You go help Lilith. I'll have fun with Fenton," Caleb told.

"Both of us are helping Lilith," Maverick told Caleb.

"Pfft, I am helping her. By distracting Fenton. Just make sure Melissa and Kylie do not mess with her," Caleb told the promoter. Caleb then hobs duck to duck.

Maverick decides to follow Lilith, just like Caleb told him to. Kylie and Melissa get up from the floor and get on the rubber duck closest to them.

"Ugh, looks like we have to play dirty," Melissa complained to the cheerleader.

"Oh, I have been waiting for this moment," Kylie said happily, cracking her knuckles. She jumps on the nearest duck with her hands and uses the duck to create an extra bounce to land on another rubber duck with her feet.

"Woo!" Kylie cheered and continues to somersault her way to where Fenton is.

Melissa watches and rubs her left arm with her right hand. "Show off," Melissa muttered. Has she really gotten to the point of jealousy?

"Fenton seems to have an advantage since he has Kylie and Melissa by his side," Meredith analyzed from the bleachers.

"As if, Melissa is barely showing any help for Fenton. Lilith has the advantage because Caleb isn't afraid of going soft," Jett offered a different perspective.

"So, we all agree Maverick sucks in this challenge," Lisa snarked for fun.

"Dude has the biggest body out of the six," Gabriel pointed out. "If Melissa or Kylie try to do something to him, he can take hits."

"So, meat shield?" Axel wondered.

Confessional – Buford

"I shoulda stuck a quarter in my ass cuz I played myself. Could have been in the finale whooping Fenton's butt. Though, looking back I have no idea how I could have gotten rid of Lilith." He brushes off the thought with a scoff and shrugs. "Whatever, I'm the only dude from this cast that still has a relationship. That's a win in my book."

End Confessional

Fenton hops onto a duck and looks at the balloons above. "Man, doing this one by one is time that I cannot waste." He aims his horseshoe at the sky. "Maybe if I can pop three in a row."

Before Fenton can throw his horseshoe, a different horseshoe hits the back of his head.

"Ow," Fenton groaned in pain as the thrown horseshoe lands on the rubber duck Fenton is standing on. The short kid turns around as Caleb lands on the duck.

"Sup loser," Caleb greeted. "Hope you know how to swim." He uses his left foot to push Fenton into the pond. He then grabs the horseshoe the finalist dropped and the one he himself threw.

"You're making this too easy," Caleb said. He throws the horseshoes in a random direction. He pops six balloons.

Two of them release nothing while the other four release separately a baseball glove, three balls of coal, a bag of marshmallows, and a collectible Chris action figure.

Caleb catches the baseball glove with his right hand and the Chris McLean action figure in his left hand.

"This will be useful to grab stuff," Caleb told himself as he puts on the baseball glove in his right hand. Then he looks at the action figure. He snickers and breaks the head of the action figure. Next, the handsome dude drops the action figure into the pond.

"My heart!" Chris exclaimed feeling pain.

Just as he is about to jump to another rubber duck, he hears a battle cry.

"What the…"

Caleb is kicked in the face by Kylie's left foot in her red converse. The kick sends Caleb flying. The genius splashes continuously on the pond like he is a pebble until getting stopped by the body of a rubber duck. He then sinks into the pond.

Kylie smirks. Then she helps pick up Fenton from the water. Her ex gets on the rubber duck she is on and spits out some water.

"Thanks Kylie," Fenton showed gratitude.

"Thank me once you win those five million dollars," Kylie said half-jokingly and half-serious. "Now take my horseshoe."

Fenton takes the horseshoe from Kylie's right hand and tosses it into the air. He pops three balloons. Two release nothing while one of them releases a watering can.

"Nothing good, let's head back to the sacks," Fenton told the cheerleader.

"Right behind ya," Kylie obeyed.

As the two go to get more horseshoes, Melissa is shown being two rubber ducks behind Lilith. The finalist is currently figuring out the best trajectory to pop as many balloons as she can.

Melissa stares at the horseshoe in her right hand. Throwing it at the finalist's head will not do anything. She has great endurance to hits. Wait, why is she thinking of hitting her? It is the competitive urges creeping in again. To distract herself she throws the horseshoe away. The horseshoe pops a balloon. The item that comes out is a miniature size meatball bazooka.

Melissa jumps in the air to grab the bazooka and lands on a different rubber duck. Seeing the bazooka in her hands and Lilith makes her panic inside. Maybe she should help Fenton win the money. Like Edgar said to her, money is money. Eagerly, she aims the bazooka towards the backside of Lilith's head.

"Hope this one has the spicy meatballs," Melissa trusted.

Before she can launch a meatball, Melissa hears a voice.

"What are you doing?" Maverick spoke, standing on a rubber duck behind his opponent.

"Look I know this is wrong, but I want the money," Melissa declared, but not loud enough for Lilith to hear.

"You need to chill with this competitive attitude," Maverick said. He has a horseshoe in his left hand. "You can just throw horseshoes at the balloons without harming anyone. Don't be like Caleb."

Melissa grips her bazooka with frustration. Shoot, don't shoot? "I'm not like Caleb. I'm better."

Melissa quickly turns around to fire a meatball at Maverick's face. Anticipating this act, the alpha promoter catches the meatball with his right hand. Despite how hot the meat is, Maverick grips it tightly.

"Um, no hard feelings, right?" Melissa told her opponent then chuckles nervously. "I'm sorry. I…"

"Tell me, will an apology actually fix my face being burned if I didn't catch this?" Maverick asked.

"Well, later on, is bound to heal," Melissa answered, dodging the answer Maverick wants to hear.

Not satisfied, Maverick throws the meatball at Melissa with full force, sending the hurt teen into the pond with her bazooka.

Maverick hops from duck to duck until meeting up with Lilith. "What's the trouble?"

"There are too many balloons above. How are we going to find the one that has the case?" Lilith wondered.

"We'll just pop all the ones we can in one go," Maverick suggested. "At some point there won't be any left."

"True," Lilith agreed. The two friends throw their horseshoe like a frisbee and together pop twenty balloons. None of the balloons released anything.

"That's some bad luck," Maverick admitted.

"Just a setback. We'll pop the one containing the case in no time," Lilith assured.

They head back to the starting point by jumping on rubber ducks. They see Kylie and Fenton already with a horseshoe to pop more balloons.

"They haven't got any luck either," Lilith pointed out.

Jumping out of the last duck Lilith and Maverick head to the sacks and each grab a horseshoe. Caleb arrives soaking wet.

"What happened to you?" Maverick asked.

"I got my butt kicked by a cheerleader," Caleb answered annoyed. "I'm speeding this up."

"How?" Lilith wondered about her helper's plan.

Caleb grabs a sack and tosses all the horseshoes within it into the pond. "Chris said once there are no more horseshoes in each sack, we take the ones from the pond."

Caleb goes to get the other sack with his baseball glove and drops the rest of the horseshoes in the water. After that, he uses his glove to grab five horseshoes.

"I'll take care of the lovebirds. Just get that case," Caleb said then goes on the path of ducks Fenton and Kylie took.

"Despite being a jerk, he's pretty clever," Lilith told her friend.

Maverick agrees by nodding his head.

The scene changes to show Fenton and Kylie on a duck around the center of the pond. As Fenton looks above, Kylie notices Caleb approaching. Jumping on all the ducks as fast he can.

"Fenton, here," Kylie told the finalist, offering her horseshoe to him. "I'll take care of Caleb. Just pop as many balloons as you can."

"Got it," Fenton understood and takes the brunette's horseshoe. Then he jumps away on ducks.

Caleb arrives on a duck and narrows his eyes at Kylie.

The cheerleader smirks. "Ready for round two?"

"Pfft, what you are going to do? Give me a cheerleading routine?" Caleb mocked.

"You wish. You know, I remember you trying to flirt with me in the first days," Kylie spoke. "Tell me, how does it feel that Fenton was able to get all of this." She shows off her curves. "And you couldn't?"

Caleb scowls and throws a horseshoe at Kylie. The cheerleader ducks the attack. Caleb throws another one. Kylie uses her right hand to grab the horseshoe. She does a backflip to avoid the third horseshoe. Next, she catches a horseshoe with her left hand.

"Aw, did I stroke a nerve of your pride?" Kylie mocked. "I bet you wanted to get with all the girls here for kicks when in reality you haven't even kissed a single one."

"Ugh, I've dated tons of chicks before," Caleb exclaimed before throwing his last horseshoe.

Kylie simply moves to her left and throws the horseshoe that is in her right hand towards Caleb's forehead. This knocks out the villain and sends him into the pond.

"I taught her that," Tamera jokingly boasted to Axel. The gentleman playfully rolls his eyes.

After a few seconds of him not getting back up, Kylie worries a bit.

"Eh, he'll live," Kylie assured and heads to where Fenton is.

Lilith and Maverick are trying to figure out which spot to pop a large number of balloons. Each has two horseshoes in each hand. After jumping onto another rubber duck, they stop to look at the balloons.

"This area has a large number," Lilith pointed at a section with thirty balloons together. "We just need to jump onto the next duck."

"Sweet, after you," Maverick offered.

Lilith happily jumps to the other side. As she leaps, a hand pops out from the water and drags her into the water. A splash happens.

"Lilith? Lilith?" Maverick called out to the finalist.

Inside the pond, Melissa is shown holding her breath while holding the meatball bazooka in her left hand. She swims under the rubber duckie Maverick is standing on. She aims at the duck with her bazooka.

The next scene shows Maverick and the giant duck being blasted out of the pond. At the bleacher where the contestants are rooting for Fenton, they flee in a hurry. Why? Because Maverick and the duck are falling towards that spot. The promoter crashes into the bleacher and breaks it. Luckily the duck broke his fall.

Back at the pond, Melissa swims out and gets on a big toy duck. She puts her bazooka at the end of the duck's back. She breathes in and out.

"Okay, note to self. Use Leshawna's technique when staying underwater for a long amount of time," Melissa told herself. She looks around and notices Maverick passed out on the broken bleacher with his ducky. She sighs. "I really am a horrible person."

"You got that right," Lilith said. She is behind Melissa and has the meatball mini bazooka locked on target. The goth is soaking wet.

Melissa looks behind and notices the anger in the finalist's eyes.

"Say hello to my little friend!" Lilith exclaimed.

Lilith fires the bazooka at Melissa, but the athletic nerd quickly dodges it and dives back into the water. The meatball explodes the face of the duck, causing the toy to deflate.

"Aw nuts," Lilith said as she sinks into the water.

Kylie and Fenton are shown throwing their horseshoes while being on a duck. They pop twenty-seven balloons. The majority of them contained nothing while others provided useless junk. Like a piano, a wallet, two books, a golden Chris award, a hamster in a ball, a pair of brown shoes, a ball of yarn, a toothbrush, and toothpaste.

"These are worthless junk," Kylie said. She wished one of the items could have been useful.

"You think we should rescue that hamster?" Fenton asked.

The hamster inside the ball is shown floating on the water.

"Thank goodness," Fenton sighed with relief.

"We need to come up with a plan," Kylie told the finalist. "We're going to be popping balloons all day if this keeps up."

Fenton gets an idea. "I got it! Why don't you pass me the horseshoes from the sack? I catch them and throw them to pop balloons. At least then we can get rid of closest ones."

"Great idea Fenton. Let's head back," Kylie liked the idea.

Confessional – Kylie

"If everything turns out alright, maybe Fenton and I can get together again."

End Confessional

As soon as the two arrive at the starting point, they notice the sacks are empty.

"That's inconvenient," Fenton told his helper.

"Must have been Caleb," Kylie figured.

They turn around to figure out what they need to do and see Lilith getting out of the pond.

"What happened to you?" Fenton asked.

"Melissa happened," Lilith simply answered annoyed. "You two got the case."

Both Fenton and Kylie move their heads side to side, indicating no.

"Good," Lilith spoke.

Caleb comes out of the water to join the goth. "What are you doing taking a break?"

"I came to check on Maverick, but he's out of commission at the moment," Lilith explained as she looks at her friend still passed out.

"Ha, I'm your best ticket to the money," Caleb bragged.

"What did I do to deserve this?" Lilith wondered.

Fenton takes a look at the pond and notices several objects underwater. He pinches his nose and sticks his head into the pond. He sees the many horseshoes underwater. He gets his head out of the water.

"There are horseshoes under," Fenton told Kylie. "Just pass them to me while I jump through the duckies." The finalist hops from duck to duck.

"I hope you're good at catching!" Kylie exclaimed. She dives into the pond and then throws a horseshoe to Fenton who is far away.

Fenton can catch it.

Lilith and Caleb notice this.

"You pass I throw," Lilith ordered. She hops from duck to duck.

Caleb mumbles to himself but proceeds to help. He dives into the pond and throws a horseshoe at Lilith as soon as possible. The drummer easily catches it.

Confessional – Lilith

"Copying is the best form of flattery."

End Confessional

Quick cuts show Caleb and Kylie passing horseshoes to the respective finalist they are helping. Each time Lilith and Fenton pop a balloon is either nothing or a piece of junk.

An empty treasure chest; loaded paintball gun, a sombrero, tuna in a comically large can, a t-shirt with the name Chaos X on it, a painting of the host's gorgeous face, a silver disco ball, a saxophone, a flat television screen, a bag of Chef's Hatchet's Total Drama Yum Yum Happy Go Time Candy, and much more junk.

The quick cuts finish. The camera shows Caleb and Kylie still passing horseshoes.

"Aren't you worried?" Kylie asked Caleb. "You and Lilith are down one person."

"So are you and Fenton," Caleb countered.

"Nope, Melissa is swimming around the pond," Kylie proudly spoke.

"Melissa?" Caleb said confused. Makes sense Fenton's other helper is underwater. Caleb looks around the pond and notices a small-looking bamboo stick with a hole on the tip is moving around by itself.

"Melissa," Caleb repeated the athletic girl's name. He lets out a mischievous grin. Using his baseball glove, he scoops up six horseshoes. Then he throws one with his empty hand up and pops a balloon.

The balloon pops out a canoe paddle. The item lands on a rubber duckie. The second closest to Caleb.

"Score!" Caleb cheered and jumped from the first duck to the second. He puts his five remaining horseshoes from his baseball glove on the backend of the duck. Then he paddles away to get to Lilith.

As JJ, Meredith, Hilda, Marty, Axel, and Gabriel help out Maverick of the broken bleacher, the other watchers are at the only bleacher left.

"How many balloons did Chris make the interns do?" Sua wondered.

"We lost at eighty-four," Duncan told the idol, standing next to the bleacher alongside Noah.

"You lost count. I know all the balloons we did," Noah told the delinquent.

"How many?" Garry asked.

"More times than people forgetting your name," Noah retorted.

As Caleb uses his canoe paddle to get to Lilith, he notices the bamboo straw with a hole moving. He snickers. After that, he whacks the bamboo straw. This causes Melissa to expose her hiding spot so she can breathe air.

"Alright Ms. Emotional Crisis lets chit chat you and me," Caleb told his opponent.

"As if I'm going to hear any stupid offer you make," Melissa said coldly. "We are in the finale. No point in making deals."

"Ah, but see, I'm not here to strike a deal," Caleb smirked. "I just want a nice conversation between you and me about Fenton and Kylie."

This catches Melissa's attention. "Make it quick before Lilith or Fenton notice us conversating."

"Do you truly want Fenton to win? The guy who used you on international television. Once he wins, he goes back to Kylie and lives a happy life. You know, the cheerleader that stole your boy behind your back," Caleb stated.

"Kylie wasn't in love with him before I got eliminated," Melissa countered.

"Maybe, or maybe that's what she wants you to think. A lot of stuff goes behind the scenes," Caleb said.

Melissa watches Fenton continue to pop balloons.

"You have the opportunity to have Fenton feel what you felt during the betrayal," Caleb continued poisoning Melissa's thoughts. "Hurt, sadness, despair. Is what he deserves for treating such a fine lady as you like dirt."

"Stop, stop talking!" Melissa exclaimed and swims underwater to get away from Caleb.

Caleb chuckles. He uses his canoe paddle to row until finally being close to Lilith.

"Like my ride?" Caleb asked the goth. He squeaks the head of the rubber duck so it can make a quacking sound.

"What were you doing talking with Melissa?" Lilith wondered; her eyes narrowed at the handsome genius.

"Just planting some seeds of doubt into her head to help us win," Caleb answered casually. "By the way, here's some horseshoes."

Lilith takes the horseshoes from Caleb's baseball glove.

"You are supposed to be passing these to me," Lilith said. "And I don't want to win if it's because someone got manipulated."

"Relax, I'm the one manipulating not you," Caleb replied.

"Just, get back to your position," Lilith instructed. She pops more balloons with one of the horseshoes being thrown into the air.

Confessional – Melissa

"I'm trying to not let those thoughts get in my head so bad," The athletic nerd said, having her hands on her head. "Just think of the money, just think of the money."

Confessional – Chris

"After popping the right balloon twice in a row, I'm surprised Lilith and Fenton are taking this long to get the right one. Hey, I'm not complaining. Makes things more fun and intense."

End Confessionals

Lilith and Fenton continue to pop balloons. A broom, a sea turtle, and a violin fall from the air into the pond. After more fails, the eliminated contestants on the bleacher look bored out of their minds. Maverick is still unconscious.

"Someone just pop the correct one already," Lisa said monotone.

Fenton and Lilith pop a balloon simultaneously. Both balloons release bird seeds onto the pond. Coincidently, a flock of pigeons is flying in the sky. The pigeons look down and notice the bird seeds floating in the pond. The flock dives in and pop balloons that are blocking their way to obtain food.

One of the balloons pops out the silver case with the five million dollars. The case lands on one of the many giant rubber ducks in the pond.

"Fenton, the case!" Kylie exclaimed to get the finalist's attention.

Fenton and Lilith turn around and see the case on a rubber duck. They also see Caleb jumping on duckies until landing on the one that has the case.

"What are you doing?" Lilith exclaimed at Caleb.

"What does it look like?" Caleb responded with a grin. He uses his canoe oar to paddle the duck with the case he is standing on. "I'm taking the money all for myself. Just need to grab a taxi and is sayonara losers!"

"Caleb has hijacked the money," Chris announced. The majority of the teens sitting on the bleacher are surprised by this turn of events. The few expected this to happen.

"Lilith and Fenton, you two better go after him," Chris told the finalists.

"Way ahead of you," Lilith said as she takes a piece of grape flavor gum out of a wrapper. She chews on the gum and hops from duck to duck.

Caleb chuckles once he gets out of the pond. Noticing Kylie approaching to stop him, he throws his paddle at the cheerleader. Kylie dodges the paddle but then gets hit by Caleb's baseball glove, which he threw as well.

Kylie stumbles onto the ground. Caleb takes the silver case and heads to find the entrance of the carnival.

Lilith gets out of the pond and proceeds to follow the robber, still chewing on her gum.

Fenton knows he is not fast enough to catch up to Caleb. He looks at the duck he is on and then at Kylie who is getting up from the ground. An idea pops into his head. It is risky but is the best-case scenario to take down Caleb and get the case.

"Kylie, I need a boost!" Fenton called to her helper. He gives signals on his plan.

Kylie understands by smiling. She runs to the pond and leaps onto each duck with one foot.

Fenton positions the duck's head the opposite way where Caleb and Lilith are running. Then he stands on the head of the duck.

"This has to work," Fenton declared, confident in his plan functioning.

Lilith takes out her gum and stretches it. She holds one end with her left hand and begins swinging the other end with her right hand in a circular motion.

Kylie continues to jump from duck to duck. Getting close to the one Fenton is at, she somersaults in the air and sticks the landing by using her hands. The pressure from her landing causes the rubber duckie to flip upwards. This launches Fenton to where Caleb and Lilith are running.

In the air, Fenton puts his right arm in front of him and curves his right hand into a fist. He is pretending to be a superhero in this pose.

Lilith stops running and throws part of the gum she was using in a circle motion to have the piece stick to the silver case. The gum stretches in the process.

Between Fenton's arrival to tackle Caleb and Lilith's gum stretching to find the case, it is any finalist's game. One is defeating the villain and walking home with five million dollars. While the other is coming so close to victory but failed by just mere seconds.

…

Fenton can tackle Caleb to the ground. This causes Lilith's stretchy gum to miss and stick to the floor. Lilith lets go of the gum in her left hand to not get face planted.

Caleb and Fenton roll on the ground until both stop. Caleb has been knocked unconscious. The finalist slowly gets up and raises the silver case high in victory.

Lilith sighs in defeat but quickly smiles seeing Fenton's face of excitement.

"Congratulations," The goth spoke to the winner.

"Thanks," Fenton expressed gratitude.

Chris and Chef arrive at the scene.

"This just in, Fenton is the winner of Total Drama Carnival Calamity!" Chris announced.

"I did it, I won!" Fenton shouted happily.

Confessional – Fenton

He is holding back tears of happiness. "I did it! I did it! I won a season of Total Drama. This is the best day ever. No more panicking over simple decisions. I came in today proving the best I can be. And deciding to have Kylie be the seesaw to my success was excellent. Woo!"

End Confessional

Chris, Chef, Duncan, Noah, the Calamity Cast, and the winner are outside the entrance to the carnival. Fenton is holding the case. Several teens cheer for his victory.

"Way to go Fenton!"

"That's what I'm talking about!"

"Good job dude!"

"Thanks everyone," Fenton expressed gratitude. He looks at Kylie, Melissa, and JJ. "Especially you three."

JJ and Kylie hug the winner while Melissa crosses her arms. She develops a smile.

"Guess I shouldn't be too hard on you," Melissa admitted. "You did prove yourself capable to win. So, respect."

A large bus arrives on the scene.

"There is your ride ladies and dudes," Chris told the cast. "Congratulations again on winning the five million dollars Fenton."

"Thanks Chris," Fenton appreciated.

The winner quickly hops into the bus with his case full of money once the driver opens the vehicle's door. The rest of the cast goes next in the order they were eliminated. From twenty-second to second place. The bus driver closes the door. He then drives the bus out of the scene.

Chris and Chef look at Duncan and Noah.

"You know, you two deserve this," Chris told the two interns and gives them each a piece of paper.

"No way," Duncan said in disbelief. "Is this the note to have my sentence in jail revoked?"

"Yep," Chris answered.

"Wow, all my paychecks are on this paper. Guess this wasn't a total loss," Noah admitted.

"Since you are a previous contestant, you got more money than the other basic interns," Chris told the bookworm.

"Nice," Noah smiled.

"Now go away you two. I have the final episode to finish," Chris ordered.

Duncan and Noah leave the scene. Chris and Chef look at a camera.

"After three teams turn into two into the merge, countless excruciating challenges, drama, and outside infiltrating businesses. The winner of Total Drama Carnival Calamity is none other than Fenton! I am your host Chris McLean, signing out."

[ There is always a winner in these endings. But the true one is after, not before.]

Fenton positions the duck's head the opposite way where Caleb and Lilith are running. Then he stands on the head of the duck.

"This has to work," Fenton declared, confident in his plan functioning.

Lilith takes out her gum and stretches it. She holds one end with her left hand and begins swinging the other end with her right hand in a circular motion.

Kylie continues to jump from duck to duck. Getting close to the one Fenton is at, she somersaults in the air and sticks the landing by using her hands.

At least, that is what the brunette tried to do. A hand sticks out of the pond's water and grabs Kylie's right hand. The cheerleader notices Melissa underwater.

Melissa pulls Kylie into the water. Luckily, Kylie's legs were able to hit the rubber duck's back. The pressure from her legs causes the rubber duckie to flip upwards. This launches Fenton to where Caleb and Lilith are running.

In the air, Fenton puts his right arm in front of him and curves his right hand into a fist. He is pretending to be a superhero in this pose.

Lilith stops running and throws part of the gum she was using in a circle motion to have the piece stick to the silver case. The gum stretches in the process.

Thanks to Melissa disrupting Kylie's landing, Fenton is not able to reach Caleb in time because enough launching power was not given. So, the finalist lands on the floor and rolls continuously until stopping. He gains a few bruises.

Lilith's gum sticks to the silver case. Using her strength, the drummer pulls the silver case towards her and catches it with her right hand.

Feeling empty, Caleb stops running and turns around.

"No, I am not losing to you again," Caleb declared. "Give me the case!"

"Sure," Lilith confirmed. She uses her gum to swing the silver case around to gain momentum. Then she whacks Caleb in the head with the case attached to the gum.

Caleb is left on the ground unconscious. Defeated for good this time.

Fenton gets up from the ground groaning in pain. He sees Lilith carrying the silver case.

"Congratulations," Fenton weakly said.

"Thanks," Lilith expressed gratitude. "You played well."

Chris and Chef arrive at the scene.

"This just in, Lilith is the winner of Total Drama Carnival Calamity!" Chris announced.

"I did it, I won!" Lilith shouted happily.

Confessional – Lilith

She is holding back tears of happiness. "I did it! I did it! I won a season of Total Drama. This is the best day ever. What a journey this has been. Thank you all for who helped. Oddballs, we're making our own tour!"

End Confessional

Chris, Chef, Duncan, Noah, the Calamity Cast, and the winner with the case are outside the entrance to the carnival. Lilith no longer has the gum on her. Several teens cheer for her victory.

"Way to go Lilith!"

"That's what I'm talking about!"

"Good job girl!"

"Thanks everyone," Lilith expressed gratitude. She smiles at her friends Sua and Maverick.

"You know, I am a promoter," Maverick admitted. "If I remember correctly, I did say I can help your band get notice."

"Yes, that will be totally awesome," Lilith agreed to the idea.

A large bus arrives at the scene.

"There is your ride ladies and dudes," Chris told the cast. "Congratulations again on winning the five million dollars Lilith."

"Thanks Chris," Lilith appreciated.

The winner quickly hops into the bus with her case full of money once the driver opens the vehicle's door. The rest of the cast goes next in the order they were eliminated. From twenty-second to second place. The bus driver closes the door. He then drives the bus out of the scene.

Chris and Chef look at Duncan and Noah.

"You know, you two deserve this," Chris told the two interns and gives them each a piece of paper.

"No way," Duncan said in disbelief. "Is this the note to have my sentence in jail revoked?"

"Yep," Chris answered.

"Wow, all my paychecks are on this paper. Guess this wasn't a total loss," Noah admitted.

"Since you are a previous contestant, you got more money than the other basic interns," Chris told the bookworm.

"Nice," Noah smiled.

"Now go away you two. I have the final episode to finish," Chris ordered.

Duncan and Noah leave the scene. Chris and Chef look at a camera.

Placements

22nd - Edgar

21st – Lily

20th – Gabriel

19th – Marty

18th – Jett

17th – Meredith

16th – Hilda

15th – Melissa

14th – Garry

13th – Maverick

12th – Elsa

11th – Lisa

10th – Boris

9th – Kylie

8th – Axel

7th – Sua

6th – Caleb

5th – JJ

4th – Tamera

3rd – Buford

2nd – Fenton [Runner Up/ Alternate Winner]

1st – Lilith [Official Winner/ Alternate Runner Up]