Time for another episode! Took me long enough lol, anyways, here's the review responses!
KryptonianKnight: Yeah, nobody will really miss Hannah lol. Glad you like Carol, she's really fun to write for, so I hope you're excited for the stuff I have planned for her.
TurboTheRaichu: Hannah really wasn't my fave character either, she only really grew on me while I was writing the last episode. Still, I'm happy you're enjoying the scheming going on in the season. Kinda funny that our bonus clips are somewhat similar too, hope you enjoy episode 5!
And without further ado, the episode
With his trademark smirk plastered on his face, Chris is ready to recap the events of the last episode. "Last episode on Total Drama Elemental Islands, we set Scuba Bear loose on Air Island and forced the campers to catch it!" The shots shown in this explanation include the campers, except for Myron and Megan, standing to listen to the challenge, the bear attacking Jake and Nadia and the bear leering down at Carol, Rory and Susan.
"Myron's fear of bears caused him to barely be able to even step in the forest for most of the challenge which also took Megan out of commission. However, after Megan got tranquilised by Katrina on accident, Myron TACKLED the bear, letting the Electric Tigers win the challenge!" Clips show Myron struggling to enter the woods, Megan going unconscious, Myron leaping on the bear, and the Tigers celebrating their victory accompanying Chris's explanation.
"Tegan and Hannah's rivalry hit a breaking point which led to the latter's elimination thanks to a little intervention from Jemma," Jemma is shown talking to Bob and Megan. "And a little bit of help from Tegan selling a vote to Katrina for later," Hannah is shown as dumbfounded and stuttering before it shows her tied to the Rocket and a smirk from Katrina.
"Who will go next? What exciting challenge do we have planned for today? And will anyone find the immunity idol? Find out today on TOTAL! DRAMA! E-" Chris stops suddenly as he receives a phone call, answering it to hear an irate voice from the other side of the phone, Chef walks over to him as Chris goes, "Mhm, alright, cool, I'll do that then." The host's eyes go wide before he yells, "CRAP THAT WAS TODAY!? Well, I'll see you in around twenty minutes then!" As he gets off the phone he turns to Chef and quickly says, "Dude, you have to host today, I gotta go somewhere tomorrow,"
"What stupid event is THIS important?" Chef asks, a confused look on his face.
"All will be explained later, my dude!" Chris says as a helicopter comes down, "Say I had an allergic reaction to some strawberries or something random like that if Don arrives or something!"
"You're not even allergic to them though, and The producers know th- ah what's the point," Chef shakes his head with a confused and annoyed expression on his face before he says, "Alright, guess I'm hosting this then…" he looks at the audience and states, "Find out today on Total Drama Elemental Islands," He shrugs, walking off-screen as it fades back out.
Opening Guitar Riff:
The intro starts with the rock theme that is known so well to Total Drama fans, before a camera pops out from under some water, a microphone comes from the side towards some ground that hasn't been touched by raging fire around it. A light turns on from the side of a cave, illuminating it and a second camera pops from the bottom of a chunk of land floating, with a gopher holding on to it.
Dear Mom and Dad I'm doin' fine,
The camera zooms past the dock speeding through the elimination area and the cabins before it goes towards one end of the island.
You guys are on my mind.
The camera goes past Chris arguing with Don before it zooms into the sky showing all five islands and zooms to Water Island.
You asked me what I wanted to be
On Water Island, Hannah and Tegan, both in Scuba gear, attack each other angrily. Meanwhile Jake and Nadia find a yellow rock before Nadia turns around and angrily yells at the two fighting above.
and now I think the answer is plain to see,
Inside a cave on Earth Island, Myron, Megan and Carol walk inside, with Carol holding up a comic book and excitedly commenting on it to a not interested Myron and Megan, who look at each other worried about the cave.
I wanna be famous.
Susan writes in a small notebook furiously while making a small smile before she looks at the camera and smiles and waves at the camera.
I wanna live close to the sun,
Inside the confessional, Lauren looks around excited before she looks at the camera and makes a determined smile to the camera.
Go pack your bags, 'cause I've already won,
On Air Island, Bob punches a punching bag clean off what was being hanged, while Jemma watches and writes something on her notepad before a bear comes out of the bushes and prepares to attack them, which scares both of them.
Everything to prove, nothing in my way
Xavier is seen showing Gary a few costumes, first a cowboy costume where he's swinging his hat on his finger, then a 1930s mobster suit and making finger guns and finally a rapper costume where he pretends to rap. Gary isn't paying attention and instead makes a small smirk
I'll get there one day.
Fire Island appears with Richard standing there bored before he looks at the camera
Cause, I wanna be famous!
Morgan then runs over and pushes him over so he can appear in the camera lens. An angry Rory then runs over and helps up Richard, who just sighs and shrugs.
Na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na!
Back at the dock of Base camp, Alfred looks at the camera, a smug smile plastered on his face before he starts bossing around a couple of interns, including Katrina who was chatting with them before. Katrina and the interns get annoyed and push him into the water, the resulting splash of water covers the camera and the time changes to night.
I wanna be, I wanna be, I wanna be famous (Na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na!)
[redacted] and [redacted] look at each other lovingly before they lean forwards, only for Chris to get up and blast his megaphone, making them jump back in surprise, [redacted] puts her hand on her heart in shock and [redacted] holds his head, as the camera zooms out to the rest of the campers whistling the closing notes of the song.
I wanna be, I wanna be, I wanna be famous
The episode starts with a football being kicked onto a net in the backyard of the victory cabin in the middle of the night. Rory cheers happily at his success before he quickly does a victory lap and sits on a bench, chuckling to himself.
Confessional
"When I can't sleep, I assume it's because I have too much energy," The jock explains, "So I do something about it, usually playing something to burn it off." He then yawns before he continues, "Well, maybe I'll be able to sleep now,"
Confessionals End
As Rory steps out of the confessional, a figure walks up behind him and puts a towel with chloroform over his mouth and nose.
"Wait, wha-" was all Rory could say before his eyelids grew heavy and gets knocked out.
Myron steps out of his room with a confused look on his face before he sees Susan taking a step forwards, he steps over and whispers, "What's up?"
"What the? Oh, it's you, Myron," Susan looks up surprised before she continues, "Look, I just woke up in a sort of cold sweat, and I'm just getting another blanket,"
"Oh, alright then, want some help?" He decides to call out. Susan smiles but shakes her head which causes Myron to shrug. "Ok," before he goes to walk off.
Susan sighs before she walks off, with a sad look on her face.
Confessional
"That wasn't the ACTUAL reason I was out there," Susan admits before she sighs and continues. "It's pretty safe to say I screwed up. The situation with Morgan is really worrying me, I don't know how to fix this in a way to make sure I keep Carol and Rory as friends while also NOT throwing out my game… " She bites her lip in annoyance before sighing again.
Confessional Ends
As Myron starts to walk off, a small sphere is rolled into the hallway. The nerd hears the sound and turns around, just in time to smell some gas that is filling into the hallway as a result of said sphere.
Both campers fall over, asleep as the figure that took out Rory before walks in wearing a gas mask. He steps into a brighter area, revealing himself to be Chef.
Carol wakes up hearing a thud, causing her to call out "HUH?" before she gets out of bed, as she looks around, she sees Lauren and Nadia asleep in their beds. She grabs her utility belt and quickly puts it on her pyjamas as a similar sphere is rolled into their room, which Carol tries to hold her breath through, but she fails and falls asleep. Chef walks in and gestures for two other interns to start dragging the three girls out.
The following morning, a pair of eyes flutter open, showing Carol, who sits up and rubs her head, before she looks down and realises where she is… In the middle of a cold, dark cave.
"Wh-What the?" The superhero nerd yells before she quickly leaps up and gets into a fighting stance, hearing noises from another direction. Bob walks out from the dark with a confused expression.
"Carol?" Bob asks.
"Bob?" Carol responds just as confused. "I swear if you hero-napped me, then you're getting uh… The biggest SMACKDOWN of your life!"
"Cool it, it wasn't me," Bob admits, "Honestly, I'm just as confused as you are."
"Oh, ok then…" The superhero relaxes and then raises her eyebrow at the area around the duo. "Well then we may as well try to find a way ou-" She's cut off by static, and Chef's voice rings out.
"Alright, Maggots! GET UP!"
"Chef?" They both say.
"Chris can't be here so I'm hosting the challenge." Carol realises what this means and looks up, worried.
"Today's challenge is to get out of the cave, simple."
"Aaaaaaand, here comes the big physical twist to this one," Carol cuts in.
"You good for nothing kids will have to make it past the traps Chris put in here though. And I'm here to make sure you don't die."
"Bingo," The superhero nerd sighs.
"Hmm," Bob thinks out loud before he turns to his fellow camper. "We can do this easily, but we'll probably have to do it together. You down for that?"
"Well, we do have to finish the challenge for our teams…" Carol states questioningly.
"Yeah," Bob replies, thinking before he says, "We can have a race in the final stretch, how about that?" Carol thinks for a moment before she nods.
"Alright then! You've got yourself a deal." After she says that, both contestants run ahead to brave the cave.
Meanwhile, Rory walks along and murmurs, "Great… dìreach... fuilteach sgoinneil..." [1] while shaking his head. "Anyone here?" He calls this out before he hears another voice.
"Rory? Stay right where you are, but keep talking."
"Well, alright? What should we talk about?"
"How did your last game before the show go?" The voice asks.
"Pretty well, I managed to score a goal, and our team won, so we had a good time. How about you, how's your life going?"
Susan then steps out of the shadows and says, "Oh, you know, I'm stuck in a cave doing a challenge for Total Drama, the usual,"
Rory chuckles at this before he asks, "Why'd you need me to talk?"
"I can find you based on how close your voice is," the Brainiac replies, which causes Rory to nod in understanding, while also saying.
"Ah, that makes sense."
"Anywho, wanna team up in the challenge?" Susan asks.
"I'm down," Rory admits. "Which way?"
"Not sure, it's like some sort of maze, but we should probably start by looking for a way to go up."
"Good point," Rory says as the duo walks off. After a little bit, the Jock says, "So… Tell me about your friends."
"My ones back at home?" Susan asks, "They're awesome, I've been friends with two of them, Jared and Nia since my first day of school."
"Ah yeah, that's really cool!" The jock calls out before continuing with, "How are the two of them in general?"
"Oh, they're great! Out of the three of us, I'd really consider me the Brain, Jared the Brawn and Nia the Beauty."
"Imagine if this was a Brains vs Brawn vs Beauty season though," Rory chuckles, "we wouldn't have been on the same team if that was the case for one," [2]
"Yeah, that would have been weird," they then chuckle before suddenly, a hammer smashes down in front of the duo. With only a second to spare, Rory grabs Susan's arm and pulls her back, avoiding her getting knocked unconscious by it. Rory is the first one to talk, saying "Bloody hell,"
"Well, at least we know the kind of traps we can see in here?" Susan states, trying to spin the hammer in a positive direction,"
"I guess?" His response as they both shrug.
"Well, let's go ahead then," Susan states as the duo runs ahead.
"Alrighty," was Rory's response.
Confessional
"Susan is… very nice," Rory comments, a small smile on his face. "I think I might have the teensiest crush on her." The jock chuckles awkwardly to himself before he quickly waves his hands at the camera and specifies, "I'll obviously respect her wishes if she doesn't want to go out with me though," before he relaxes, "but yeah…"
Confessional Ends
Meanwhile, Nadia walks along, calling out to anyone in particular, "Hey! Anyone around here want to help me find a way out?"
"Not really, but I don't have too much of a choice," Tegan says, stepping out. "Two bodies are better than one,"
"Fine, I guess we can work together," As both girls nod, they walk off in the same direction.
Confessional
"Considering the only interaction I've had with Tegan is me yelling at her, I don't really like her all that much," Nadia admits in a sarcastic tone. "However, help is help, I'll take it."
Confessionals End
Gary and Xavier walk along, having met up with each other earlier.
"Hopefully we win this time," Xavier says, "I don't really want to go back to elimination."
"Definitely," Gary agrees, "We need to also think on how we can solve the votes, we don't have half the votes on the team, heck, we're the only votes we have,"
"That's… not good.," Xavier replies, "Any ideas on the votes, cause I have a fe-"
"As a matter of fact, yeah, I'm thinking we attack right at the leader and go for Jemma."
"Bu-"
"Yeah, she is a threat, isn't she? I can scrounge up a couple votes and we'll have half," Xavier goes to talk, but then just folds his arms and grumbles.
Confessional
"Gary's a friend, but I want to be useful to the votes as well," Xavier shakes his head in annoyance. "It kinda feels like I'm his friend because I'm an extra vote for him. I know that's not the case, but it still hurts."
Confessionals End
Gary and Xavier continue to walk, with the Method Actor walking ahead. Suddenly, another trap activates, with part of the ground breaking and falling right in front of Xavier. The Method Actor stays on the ground, but he starts to overbalance.
"Dude, help!" Xavier calls out. Gary goes to do so, but falters when he looks ahead and sees a strange indent in the wall. Gary then acts like he's going to help Xavier up, however, he proceeds to push Xavier down, causing the Method Actor to fall down below, yelling.
"Alright," Gary says as he clears the hole and walks over to the indent. As he pushes against it, the wall spins like a trap bookcase, sending Gary into a room with a small glint of gold.
"I knew it," He chuckled before he walks over and grabs the piece of paper, looking at what's on it,
'Not this island, try again,'
"Damn it," Was all he said as he walked back out.
Jake walks along, having not experienced any traps, but still being by himself when suddenly, Xavier lands in front of him, causing the leader to jump back in surprise, "What the?" He then looks at Xavier and freezes for a second, a surprised expression on his face.
"Ow," is all the Method Actor can call out before a hand reaches out to him.
"Where did you come from dude?" Jake asks in confusion as he helps up the other camper,
"One of the traps, part of the ground just disappeared and I overbalanced." He then puts on a Texan accent and jokingly says, "That ground ain't right, I swear," Jake shakes his head at the reference but still smirks.
"So uh…" Jake starts, "I guess we should probably team up" while scratching the back of his neck awkwardly,
"Yeah, I think so," Xavier says with a smile. This moment is broken when Xavier then comments, "Hey do you smell something burning?"
"Yeah, what is it?" Jake replies before both look down to see them standing on coals and as both are in their pyjamas, they aren't wearing any shoes. Both guys yelp in pain, leaping onto a cooler part of ground before they run ahead,
Myron wakes up to someone looming over him. "GRAH! WHO'S- WHAT'S- WHERE ARE WE?"
"Wow, you're a heavy sleeper," The voice of Morgan says as he reveals himself, "Come with me, we're in a challenge."
"What is it?" Myron asks as he is helped up,
"Getting out of the cave." Morgan quickly says, "This is gonna suck."
"Really? YOU'RE saying it's gonna suck?" Myron asks, surprise on his face.
"What's that supposed to mean?" Morgan asks.
"Well aren't you going to go on and on about how you are the absolute best here?" the Ungifted Nerd asks.
"Just 'cause I'm the best doesn't mean I can't dislike stuff," he says, simply, while shrugging. Myron nods in agreement.
"Alright, fair. Think you know how to get out of here?"
"Not at all, but I heard bats use echolocation to get through caves so I thought I'd give something similar a go," Morgan comments.
"Alright fai- wait NONONONO DON'T-"
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH," Morgan screams, causing Myron to cover his ears in pain.
Confessional
"What?" Morgan says defensively, "Dude said yeah and I did it. It's what bats do."
Next Confessional
"Does he have the IQ of a bag of BRICKS!?" yells Myron incredulously. "My ears are STILL ringing!"
Confessionals End
"ZIP IT!" Myron says as he covers Morgan's mouth. "What the actual hell was that?"
"Well, I was being like a bat," Morgan confusedly comments,
"That doesn't work with humans," Myron replies, still shocked. "At least, not the ways bats do it. Do you want to lose your voice?"
"I mean, the rest of you would want to," Morgan snarks back before he shakes his head.
"Touché" Myron replies, somewhat impressed by the response.
"Yeah, I know you all dislike me, it's really freaking obvious, ah well, I'm still gonna be top dog,"
"Sure," Myron shrugs before the camera goes to the wall of the cave, which reveals the next scene.
Carol and Bob keep walking through, with both of them protecting the other from traps, before they come across a group… of doors?
"Doors?" Bob asks, "Why are there doors here?"
"Look over here!" Carol calls out, "Some sort of goggles, and they have our names on them," She then walks over and grabs the ones with hers and Bob's names, hers being yellow and Bob's being Blue. Bob takes note when he sees one for Hannah underneath, which Carol decides to also comment on. "One for each of us, even the eliminated folk," the Superhero comments, "Well, this would work great for my costume if I'm in the water, I've already got a pair but this could be good backup!" She then puts them on. "You wanna wear yours?"
"No thanks, I don't really think we should be messing with these, to be honest." Bob replies. However, he doesn't force the goggles off of Carol's face.
"Well they do have our names on them, maybe they're for a future challenge or something, like on Water Island!"
"That could make sense." Bob says, his brow still furrowed, "But still, it seems a bit suspicious to hide them here of all places."
"Good point." Carol states. "I'll take it outside and ask Chef, come on Bob, I REALLY want to take these things for a spin." she asks.
"Alright, fiiiiine, but I'm not wearing mine." Bob says as he crosses his arms.
"Alright!" Carol says, throwing up her hands with a smile on her face. "How abouuuuut, THIS door!" Carol asks, pointing at one a few over from the far left.
"I've got a VERY bad feeling about this," Bob mentions as they walk in. The room closes to reveal Carol's name on it, with a zoom out showing the names of several other campers on other doors. Bob's is on the right next to Carol on the left, and Gary to her right. Another zoom out shows eighteen doors, laid out in a row.
The camera is then shown through Carol's eyes, walking along without a care. "See! Nothing to worry abo-" Her voice cuts off as she stops for a moment at a bit of fog appearing on the ground and swirling around her. "What the-" is all she calls out before the fog covers all around her and she looks upwards, seeing a large, angry gorilla, "N-no… Not… Not a…No…" before she starts to step back, starting to breathe faster and heavier.
From Bob's point of view, Carol begins to step back without anything in front of her. "Carol, what's wrong? Talk to me," Bob says as he turns to her, however, Carol throws up her arms defensively, "NO!" she calls, genuine fear coming from her voice.
From Carol's point of view, Bob has also morphed into the exact same gorilla as the one that was in front of her before, letting out a roar. Alongside that, several more come around her, and they all start getting angry, all except for one.
"Can you hear me, Carol?" Bob asks, concern in his voice. "CAROL!"
"NO!" She yells, not paying any attention to the Giant's voice. "STAY AWAY FROM ME! PLEASE DON'T-PLEASE DON'T MAKE THIS A NEW ZOO THING!" Her voice starts to crack on the last words
"Zoo thi-?" Bob says, cutting himself off, shaking his head, "CAROL! WHATEVER YOU ARE SEEING! IT ISN'T REAL!"
"Stay back!" The Superhero calls out to the one who in her eyes just roared at her, the slightest fearful tears starting to appear, "I know Karate, and this 'ain't like the comics, you aren't some super gorilla with psychic powers!"
"Carol! Listen to me," Bob says, "Whatever you are seeing isn't real! You're hallucinating something, he then realises, "TAKE OFF THE GOGGLES!" As Bob takes a couple of steps forward, Carol instinctively grabs at her belt and throws the rope around Bob.
Using that momentary distraction, Carol runs over to the right side door, pounding on it, "LET ME OUT OF HERE!" before she turns around and screams as the gorillas (and Bob) start racing towards her.
Bob gets to Carol who is now huddled up in a ball, and quickly pulls off the goggles on Carol's face, throwing it to the side.
In Carol's point of view, she stops hearing the great ape roars and looks up, seeing Bob, looking at her with a look of worry on his face,
"Are you alright?" he asks, causing Carol to look out with a thousand-mile stare, not replying.
Confessional
Carol sits and looks slightly downwards. She's completely shell shocked, but shakes herself back to reality. "Did that… actually happen? Did those gorillas really attack me?" she asks, with her voice cracking again. "Oh crud, Bob watched all of that," She puts her hands in her head, "He'll want to know the details, Oh man, please don't make me talk about it!" at this point she is starting to cry, extremely shaken up by what transpired.
Confessional Ends
After an extended period, Carol starts to stand up, saying, "I'm… I'm alright…" however she still looks ahead with a shell shocked expression.
"Do you want to talk about it?" The Giant asks before Carol shakes her head, rubbing her arms bashfully.
"Let's just say I've had… bad experiences with gorillas…" Bob nods in understanding, not getting further into it.
"We need to get out of here," Bob says before he tries to open up the other door, which doesn't budge. "Crap," he says as he takes a few steps back, "Out of the way," he comments, causing Carol to step to the right. Bob charges at the door, shoulder checking it and knocking it over. Both campers walk out. As the duo runs ahead, Carol looks up at Bob and says,
"Thanks for snapping me out of that," Carol says awkwardly. Bob shrugs and replies with,
"I'm just helping a friend," before he shoots a smile at her. Carol makes a pained smile back,
"Don't tell anyone about that," Carol asks, "I… REALLY don't want that getting out,"
"It's all good, I won't," Bob states as the duo runs off and it fades to the next person.
Lauren walks along, whistling a tune while she hears someone calling out,
"Hey, I could use a little help here!" Lauren looks around and starts laughing, as right in front of her is Katrina, trapped inside a net.
"Oh, this is rich!" Lauren laughs, "We win again then," the superfan shrugs.
Confessional
"What's with me getting caught up in nets?" Katrina asks incredulously.
Confessional Ends
"I-uh, how about this? I give you a little bit of my time as an intern if you let me out. Wouldn't you love to hear that?" Lauren turns around, a surprised look.
"Tempting, but nah, you're the only camper that might potentially have more knowledge of Chris, so you going home for failing the challenge is a better move for me," Katrina then sighs,
"How about, if you get me out, we compare notes on our team. Having knowledge of people the other considers a threat would be very useful." Lauren genuinely looks surprised at this idea, before she focuses again and walks over, grabbing the net and pulling it down, getting Katrina out.
"Deal," she says, "Alright, who are your team's threats?"
"Give me a sec, let me get up and I'll talk while we walk,"
"Fine," Lauren sighs, however she takes a few steps away from the intern to play it safe.
"Of all the people, the Chris fangirl is the one that saves me," Katrina sighs, "isn't that just ironic."
"Don't be used to this level of hospitality, if we're the last two left going out there then I'M going to win that race,"
"I'd like to see you try," Katrina smirks.
"Anyways, you were going to say who the threats are," Lauren states expectantly.
"Jemma," Katrina says, completely seriously as the two walk, "If she merges with her group of friends she'll dominate. Bob and Tegan aren't social butterflies, Gary and Xavier aren't popular right now. Jemma, and to a lesser extent, Megan, are.. Megan probably even more so because she's with Myron." Lauren looks on surprised before she says,
"I didn't realise Megan was such a threat," She strokes her chin.
Confessional
"She is right though," Lauren admits. "Maybe Myron might have to be one of my next targets. He's better than he thinks at making friends too."
Confessional Ends
"How about you?" Katrina asks,
"This will sound completely crazy, but, Morgan." Lauren states,
"Come on, at least TRY to make your lie believable," Katrina states, crossing her arms. "And at least I was honest, I could actually see teaming up with you come merge, to be honest, you're nowhere near as annoying as Sierra or Topher."
"I actually am being serious," Lauren admits, "It doesn't sound like it, but he's friends with Susan, who holds most of the social power in the team,"
"But everyone else hates him though," Katrina replies,
"Well yes, but Susan now has half the team under her since she has Rory and Carol."
"So that makes Susan the threat, right?" The unbelieving voice of Katrina says,
"Well, technically yeah, but she is so much of a threat that she can't be taken out RIGHT now, Morgan's desperate for friends, and well… for a short while, he manipulated me," Katrina's eyebrow is raised by this,
"Really?" she asks,
"Yeah, that's why Richard got eliminated,"
"Interesting…" she says.
Confessional
"I don't buy it," Katrina admits, "See, that's why I only revealed Megan and Jemma being threats. I've thought up a plan, an elimination order for my team you could say, supposing we suck as much as we do now and keep losing every challenge. If it succeeds this can let me be the last member of my team supposing it's a nine-person merge. Then I'm in the clear to team up with Lauren, maybe Morgan too, and drop Susan's group. It's simple really, but the genius is in the details here. If I reveal it now though, I won't succeed, so I'm not gonna. Maybe later though."
Confessional Ends
"Well," Lauren continues, "You're actually somewhat smart, maybe we can truce in the merge.
"Well, you'd probably be a better ally than the other people on my team." Both girls then shake hands
Confessional
"Man this is too EASY!" Lauren snickers, and then laughs, "I'm playing that intern like a fiddle!"
Next confessional
"I'm smarter than she realises," Katrina shrugs, "Still, I'll give her the win if we're final 2, as I said before, I just need to get far. I don't have to WIN the season," she then chuckles.
Confessional Ends
Nadia and Tegan continue walking along, before Nadia shrugs, starting to talk,
"How's your team?"
"Well now that Hannah's gone, it's not half bad. Gary's a jerk and Xavier's annoying, but aside from that, nothing too bad. How about you?"
"They mostly confuse me," Nadia comments while shaking her head,
"Yeah?" Nadia then sighs before she starts,
"Well out of my guys, Carol's superhero thing makes her sound like a Leonard, but she's actually decent in challenges. Morgan's SOMEHOW still in despite being the most annoying member of the team, Myron's a nice guy but he's weak at a lot of things, Susan's a manipulative jerk, Rory follows her every command because it's kinda obvious he wants her, Lauren's actually alright but she hangs out with Morgan for some reason, and then Jake's my friend but he had a go at me last night while I was trying to help him. From your team you have Jemma and Megan, they're not too bad. It's just weird to me, I don't know though…"
"Wow… You're so… nice," Jemma says with an unsure tone of voice, stepping out from the shadows with Megan right next to her.
"You guys heard all that?" Nadia asks, before she awkwardly chuckles, the chuckling transferring into a groan while she looks away.
"It's alright," Megan says, "I guess I can say thanks for calling us 'not too bad,'" The ending of Megan's line is done with air quotes as she chuckles.
"Yeah," Nadia nods her head. "I'm guessing I'm gonna have to split from all of you now?" The Hot-Blooded continues, seeing the group of three,
"Nah, you can stay with us, are you fine with us talking about our team's next vote?" Megan asks,
"That's… Probably not the best idea," Jemma brings up,
"I won't tell," Nadia replies,
Confessional
"I WILL listen, but for now at least, I won't tell," The Hot-Blooded clarifies.
Next Confessional
"I've kind of been getting a bit into the strategy of the game a little more," Megan admits, smiling, "Part of me wants to actually win, but I don't really want to compromise who I AM," with the last words she gestures at herself. "I'm not some villain obsessed with sending everyone home, I'm just a girl who joined to make friends, and by some miracle somehow managed to compete with my bestie, even if he's on the opposite team… I'm me first and foremost, a strategist secondarily. Still, can't help to double-check the votes we have against Gary!" She then beams.
Confessional Ends
"What even is there to talk about?" Tegan asks, "We have the votes, even if Katrina flips on us, there's four of us on a team of seven. We have the votes either way,"
"There's always the idol," Megan mentions,
"I guess, but it feels a bit too early for it to be found, you know,"
"I say go for it!" Nadia's voice says, "You guys vote off Gary now and you control the team,"
Confessional
"And now…" Nadia starts, "Is the time I start sucking up to them…" She then gets defensive, "Hey don't blame me, they are the ones with all the power here, this is purely self-preservation, hopefully, they'll get screwed over by the idol or something…" she then starts to think out loud, "Maybe I can also get them to keep Jake in longer too…"
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"Hm, yeah, I guess," Jemma says, "Really though, should we talk when someone from the other team is along with us?"
"Nadia's not too bad," Tegan admits, "But still, I agree with you,"
"Alrighty, good point," Megan says.
"Any idea how far we are from leaving?" Nadia asks,
"Not sure, but it's probably better to go upwards at every possible opportunity," Jemma states,
"Yeah, pretty much my line of thought too," Nadia admits as the girls walk off, the screen changing to the next group.
Morgan and Myron continue walking, semi quietly, before Myron says, "So… How are you all in all?"
"Eh, I'm chill, relaxed, all that jazz,"
"Okay, anything you want to talk about right now? Sorry, it's just this silence is getting sort of unnerving." As Myron states that, Morgan notices something and pushes his teammate out of the way, getting caught up in a giant flyswatter,
"What the?" Myron asks, looking up before he runs over and tries to pry off the swatter off of Morgan,
"Grab a rock or something, and cut me out!" Myron does as he is told and attempts to free the so-called perfect guy,
"Uh, alright," the Ungifted Nerd replies as he grabs a rock from off the ground and throws it at the handle of the flyswatter. It sparks and retracts back in, releasing Morgan from it.
"That works too," the dazed guy says, standing back up.
"So, that stuff is robotic, meaning the other traps are also probably robotic," Myron deduces
"And that Pahkitew Island place was robotic," Morgan continues,
"Is this Pahkitew?" Myron asks, "I mean, it CAN shapeshift, what's to say it isn't this… And Air Island had fans from the ground… How DIDN'T I realise that this place was like Pahkitew Island
"We'll think about it after we finish the challenge, how about that?" the perfect guy says as Myron nods and they run off.
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"Hey," Chris comments, "I never told them it was Pahkitew, but I didn't try to HIDE that it wasn't Pahkitew," he then laughs, "Man, watching the editing for this episode right before it aired was a good idea after all,"
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Carol and Bob climb up a hill, before they look ahead, seeing a flash of light,
"Is that the exit?" Bob asks, looking happy.
"I think it is!" Carol continues, before she looks downwards and puts her hand out to stop the Giant from going ahead, "Careful, that hole looks deep,"
"Thanks for that,"
"Consider that… A debt paid for… Earlier," Each part of the sentence causes Carol to be more and more distracted, looking around sadly.
"I think I know a way over the pit," Bob admits, pulling Carol back to reality. The Juggernaut notices a stalactite with an eroded hole in it. He then grabs the rope off of Carol's utility belt.
"HEY! What was that for?" she angrily calls out before Bob gestures and her eyes are drawn to the stalactite, "oooooh," she realises, noticing the rope going through the hole. "Sweet, we get to imitate Nebraska Smith! Nice idea!"
"Well," the Giant replies, smirking "Ladies first,"
"Oh you're too kind," Carol replies before she pokes her tongue out jokingly. She grabs her rope, and swings across… Making it to the other side, causing her to call out, "I DID IT! Oh MAN that was awesome," before she throws the rope back to Bob, who catches it and swings across, also making it,"
"Yeah, you're right, that WAS awesome!" Bob pulls off the rope and gives it back to his ally. Both contestants continue to run ahead, running into the light, and out of the cave.
Chef Sits on a rock sighing, "Darn kids, taking forever," before he looks up and notices Carol and Bob having run out. Quickly scrambling up, Chef looks at the cue cards he has in his hands and says, "Looks like you two are the first ones out of here. Doesn't really do much, but you kids probably get bragging rights from that,"
The fact that they made it out first causes Carol and Bob to fistbump.
Confessional
"Even with being the first member of the team out of the cave, and becoming actual friends with Bob, I still feel… Drained, after what happened…" Carol admits, sighing, "If what I saw isn't shown then it's definitely not a good look for a superhero like me, and honestly, from what I've heard about how the actual situation with the Gorillas actually played out. I shouldn't be as scared of them as I am now… But that won't just magically cure me," She looks up, "This is gonna weigh on my mind a lot," she admits, sighing.
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Jake and Xavier run along, while they run a fire jet blasts up and Xavier pulls Jake out of the way letting both of them continue onwards with wide eyes.
"Thanks for that," Jake comments, "Why'd you save me, we're on opposite teams,
"Hey," Xavier shrugs, "You helped me up after I fell from up there," he gestures upward, though nowhere in particular, "plus two heads are better than one,"
"Good point," Jake replies with, "So uh… How're things?"
"Eh, alright, I feel like I'm next out on the team,"
"Why? What's up?"
"It's just that Gary really wants to control the team, and I'm annoyed because he's making everyone hate ME because HE wants to take out Jemma's group. I just want to have a nice time in the game if I'm being honest. I don't even really expect to make it much further, EVEN if they go for Gary before me."
"Really?"
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"Well then," Jake states, "It sounds like Xav's getting used by Gary," he notes, "He really sounds like a nice dude so I want to form an alliance with him and maybe Nadia if she uh, apologises come merge. The issue is, how can I get him to realise that?" He then starts thinking while saying, "I don't know,"
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"Y'know, after we lost the second challenge, I felt like I was done for. I even voted myself out," Jake says,
"Yeah, but you weren't part of the minority, or considered annoying,"
"You're not annoying," rebutted Jake, to which Xavier chuckles,
"Ah, come on, the constant character swapping?" The method actor asks, "It doesn't get on your nerves?"
"You do it less than you think, at least from my point of view," Xavier is shocked by this info
"Wait really?"
"I mean yeah, and when you do it, it hits, you're a funny dude, and I don't think your team hates you or is even that annoyed by you,"
"Really?" Xavier asks, a smile starting to appear,
"Yeah," the two guys smile at each other, while Xavier starts to blush, slightly, a swelling tune starts to play as Xavier starts to look at Jake. However, a record scratch sound effect plays as Jake quickly says,
"Uh… Why are you looking at me like that?"
"N-No reason," Xavier quickly says as he looks away. Jake has an eyebrow raised, but goes back to giving a confident smile,
Meanwhile, Gary keeps walking along at a normal pace, entering a clearing and looking around, before suddenly the door shuts.
"What the heck?" Gary asks, turning around, as a TV comes from the roof with Chef displayed.
"Oh, uh, hey Chef," the Theatre Kid asks, "So… why did that door close?" his voice is shaky as if he knows what the answer might be, but he wants it spelt out for him.
"You got in what I'm being told is, the Pain Room," as Chef is talking, he looks over to some cue cards,
"Ah…" Gary is now starting to get worried, "Is that by any chance, an ironic name?"
"Let me just put this in perspective," Hatchet replies, a serious look on his face, "you're darn lucky I'm here to make sure you aren't killed here, because through here is a straight path to the end,"
"Bring it on then," Gary says before he starts mockingly saying, "Oh nooooooo, what's there gonna be in here," possibly only saying that to calm his nerves. "A can of bug spray or something like that, this place won't be too ba-"
As he says this, he steps on a mine that blows him up and sends him flying right into a jet of fire, and he leaps up with a yelp. Continuing to run, the theatre kid is then hit by a comedic fist that swings across the roof, knocking him over.
"Is that… the best you've got?" the Actor asks, in a dazed voice as he stands up, putting his hands on the wall next to the exit.
"Well," Chef starts, "looks like we can choose to make things with this island, and since you had such a great idea.
Gary turns around, to a giant can of bug spray coming out of the ground, all the actor can say is, "Oh you've gotta be kidding me," before the spray pushes him out of the exit. Groaning, Gary starts to drag himself along the floor using his right arm.
Outside the cave, Carol, Bob and Chef wait, with Chef pacing, Bob with his head on one of his fists and Carol sitting down trying to throw the rope on her utility belt around rocks. Suddenly, however, Tegan, Jemma, Megan and Nadia all run out, which causes all three currently out to look up in surprise.
"Hey Nadia," Carol calls out, waving,
"Nobody else is out?" Asked Nadia questioningly,
"Nope," Carol admits, "Just you and me… versus more than half of them…"
"Greeeeeeeat," the Hot Blooded replies with a roll of her eyes.
Susan and Rory keep running, with the jock saying, "Alright, we're sorta lucky with the traps right now," which causes Susan to look at him with wide eyes,
"What's wrong?" Rory asks,
"Never say that!" Susan says, with fear in her voice,
"Crap," the jock says, realising what he said and covering his mouth as a result. Unfortunately for him, several hammers slam into the ground, alongside a few boots and water starting to wash in.
"Aaaaand that is why you shouldn't say things are easy," Susan snarks, to which Rory replies with,
"Duly noted," was the response.
Both campers wade through the water until they have to swim, going towards a split path, however suddenly, one of the boots comes down and hits Rory in the back, knocking him underwater. Susan then calls out "WOAH!" before she swims down to try and save the jock.
As she gets down, she tries to pry the boot off, but it won't budge. She looks around and grabs a few stones, swimming back up and throwing them into the boot. As this happens, the water drains at a quick pace and the boot heads back up.
Another TV Monitor with Chef's face then comes down, with the co-host asking, "Is the kid hurt?" with genuine worry in his voice.
Susan ducks down and checks his pulse before she quickly says, "Well he's still alive," with a deathly serious look on her face, "No thanks to YOU." As she says this, Chef looks somewhat guilty and his monitor goes back up, and Susan is left to perform chest compressions on him. Susan leans down and prepares to breathe into him to give him more oxygen but before she can, Rory spits water out and coughs, waking up.
Rory sits up, seeing Susan looking at him concerned before he stands up and coughs even more water out,
"Let's get out of here," Rory says, while still coughing. The duo runs off and when choosing whether to go left or right, they turn right.
Rory and Susan keep going, finding a beam of sunlight, "Alright! We're almost out." Susan then looks and sees a stone wall in front, "We're blocked, we'll have to go the other way to find another way out."
"Not if I can say anything about it," the jock comments before he starts climbing up the rocks. Getting to the top he starts pulling on the rocks to try and get the duo out, but fails to do so.
"Stop! You'll hurt yourself if you keep going," Susan says, holding up her hands, "We can probably easily get out if we take the left path instead,"
"I'm done with all this waiting. And I'm not really over on going back to the room where I almost drowned." He says, pushing forward and knocking a boulder slightly looser. Unfortunately for them, this causes the delicately made roof to shake and for debris to start falling. Rory dashes down the hill and performs a soccer tackle on Susan, trying to protect her from the roof caving in. As they land forwards, their lips accidentally lock, causing them to look at each other in surprise.
Confessional
"He just kissed me?" Susan says, shocked… "That felt… good…" she says, growing a happy smile before snapping back to reality. "But we need to have a chat about it anyway, and he probably won't want to date me after the seasons over anyways."
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Rory stands up with a stumble, putting his hand down to help his team member up, as they both climb up the rocks, to the surprised faces of Chef and the campers that have finished the challenge,
Confessional
"Well, that's one way to leave," Chef States, shrugging
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"You made it out!" Carol calls out happily as she runs over and hugs Susan.
"Yep," Susan smiles before she shoots a small smile at Rory, who does the same back.
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"That was a great kiss," Rory comments, starstruck. "I mean, the circumstances around it weren't great, but the kiss itself?" He then swoons, a happy smile on his face. "I really hope Susan thought the same way,"
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Katrina and Lauren run along, with both of them looking around for potential traps. As they look around, they notice the room Susan and Rory just went through, with the boots floating in the sky and puddles of water on the ground.
"Well," Lauren says before the two of them run ahead. They both go to dodge the boots but they don't move, causing the two to stop, and walk ahead, seeing the exit on the right, they climb out right after,
"That was convenient," Katrina shrugs,
"You can say that again," Lauren chuckles before they walk off to their respective teams.
"Teaming up with someone on the other team?" Susan asks,
"Let's be honest," the fangirl asks her team, "Who here came out alongside a member of the other team?" Carol, Lauren and Nadia all raise their hands.
"She's got you there," Rory comments to which Susan nods and says,
"Alright, fair point…"
"Five campers have made it out from each team, two left on the Frozen Lions and Three on the Electric Tigers to escape."
A split-screen shows the five remaining people in their three groups, trying to get out of the cave with Jake and Xavier walking along chatting and Morgan and Myron running. Gary on the other hand is shown getting blown up again and sent flying backwards. Right onto a trap that puts him in a net, like Katrina was earlier. However, he grabs a sharp rock and cuts himself out.
Jake and Xavier make their way towards the end, with Jake saying, "Looks like we're almost there,"
"That's a relief, hopefully, we're not the last two out of here, I don't really want either of us to go home,"
"We'll be fine," Jake calms his friend, who looks with a smile,
"You're a really cool dude Jake," Xavier says, a smile on his face,
"Well, thanks bro," Jake replies, returning a friendly smile,
"Yeah… Can I have your number after the season?"
"I mean sure, we can chat if you want, who knows, I might put together a meet up with all the other people who competed this season,"
"Alright I… guess," Xavier comments, a little distant,
Confessional
"I uh… I think I might have a thing for Jake… He's just so nice," Xavier admits awkwardly, before he chuckles to himself, "but knowing my luck, he's probably straight; obviously its his choice is as much as mine if we want to actually do something like this."
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"Well, why else would you want my number?" Jake replies before he realises and says, "Hang on a sec, are you gay or something?"
"Well, actually I'm bi, but-"
DUDE! I'm STRAIGHT! What's WITH people the last couple days?"
"Wait-"
"Don't talk to me," Jake replies with a mix of sadness and anger. As they find sunlight, they climb out and go to their teams, who are watching them on. The Lions are getting more and more excited due to only one more member needing to come out while the Tigers are getting worried due to still needing two.
Confessional
"I… shouldn't have reacted like that," Jake admits, "He probably had a completely innocent reason for wanting to talk to me over the phone after the season. Bad move for me, but hey, I can apologise to him, right? Speaking of which, I need to apologize to Nadia for last night, too…"
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"I wasn't quite going to ask him out. Maybe at some point down the line, but not now.. I didn't even think I was saying anything like that, but maybe I'm wrong?" Xavier shrugs.
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The dynamic duo of Myron and Morgan dash into a massive room and find a minecart and some rails alongside it,
"Alright! Minecarts," Myron states as he and Morgan run over, "They usually go to the entrance so we just need to find a way to ride them up." Morgan goes to push them upwards but can't.
"There has to be some switch or somewhere," the perfect guy states, before he looks in the minecart, "Maybe we can light up these candles to find it,"
"Good idea, let's do this!" Myron calls out as he grabs a rock and hands it to Morgan. He creates sparks and lights up one of the 'candles'. While the light might be warm, Morgan's blood runs cold as he holds one up and reads the inscription,
'Dynamite.' With a yelp he quickly drops it, accidentally into the minecart, lighting up the other sticks and causing him to scream out in fear.
"What's up?" is the question asked by his team member.
"Get… in… the minecraft… NOW!" He says as he leaps in and starts throwing the dynamite sticks out right behind the cart.
"What's wro- WAIT IS THAT DYNAMITE!?" Myron's face morphs into shock and worry before he follows Morgan's command and gets in, helping him to throw the dynamite out. Once they finish Morgan's turns to Myron and simply says, "Duck!"
"Ok then," Myron says, ducking down as the fuse reaches the end.
KABOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!
The force of the explosion rockets the minecart upwards, closer and closer to the exit, until the duo speeds out, screaming all the while. The minecart lands in front of the other escaped campers, who watch with wide eyes as the minecart breaks apart on impact. Myron and Morgan, while sprawled on the ground look up after a moment.
"MYRON!?" Megan calls out before she runs over to help her friend up, though surprisingly, Myron is laughing.
"THAT WAS AWESOME!" The ungifted nerd yells, "IT'S PROBABLY JUST THE ADRENALINE TALKING! BUT STILL! WOO!" [3]
Chef stands, watching the duo get out before he says, "And that's all the Tigers have made it out, so the Electric Tigers have won immunity," Chef States, reading off a cue card. "I will be seeing you guys at the elimination," Chef says, pointing at the Frozen Lions, who all groan in defeat.
Gary then stumbles out of the cave, his face covered in soot and with wide eyes. As he sees his distraught team and the Tigers celebrating, he groans and falls over, in pain.
Confessional
"Ah crap," Gary sighs, healed from the explosions via cartoon logic, "Well, I do know I have a way to get a third vote, not sure about the fourth though." He thinks, "Ah man, this is worrying,"
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Rory walks along with a dopey smile on his face. This causes him to not notice Myron walking up to him,
"Hey dude, how's it going?" Due to the lack of focus from Rory, Myron calls out, "DUDE?" Rory takes notice of this and comes back to reality, shaking his head.
"Hey buddy, how's it going?" the jock asks, to which Myron replies,
"I'm actually going pretty well, I just wanna ask though, you are a bit distracted, so how'd the challenge go for you?"
"Pretty good overall," Rory says, a smile on his face,
"Sweet!" Myron replies before he continues, "What's got you so happy?"
"Nothin' much, but I got myself a kiss from the best girl here,"
"Ooh, nice one!"
"And I think she and I are going to get together,"
"Aw sweet!" Myron says as he high fives his friend, "Who is it?"
"Susan," Rory states simply, his happy smile staying,
"Nice catch!" Myron chuckles, causing Rory to chuckle in return. "I got to spend my time hanging out with Morgan,"
"Oooh, that's gotta hurt," Rory replies,
"Surprisingly, we got along reasonably well," The Ungifted Nerd comments, causing the Jock to look at him in surprise,
"Wow, Morgan treating someone with respect, that's a shocker,"
"I know, I'm just as surprised as you," they then both laugh together,
Confessional
Myron sits, confused, "Morgan and I don't hate each other anymore I don't think, or at least, I don't hate him. Well, to be fair I never hated him, it's unhealthy to hate someone like that, but I don't know, could we actually become… Friends?"
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Gary and Xavier are the next duo shown, on boats rowing back to base camp, with Xavier saying, "How are we gonna survive this?" his voice is twinged with fear, but also curiosity for Gary's answer.
"Not sure, but give me a few minutes and we'll do it back at camp,"
"I can talk now,"
"Yeah, next time YOU be the one that finds the room of pain," Xavier looks annoyed for a moment,
"Geez, don't have to be so touchy," Xavier says, to which Gary looks away in annoyance.
The scene then flashes ahead, to Carol walking into her room and grabbing her bag, looking in it she grabs out a comic book in a clear sealed film and opens it, revealing an old comic book, sighing, she walks off.
Confessional
Carol sits with the comic in her hands. "This comic, Owlman #389, is the first comic book I ever read and owned. It's not the best story he's ever been in, but it's my first experience of Owlman, the best hero of all time, so I hold a connection to it… Nowadays I read most of them for fun but this one is mainly to clear my head after something particularly bad happens, and this challenge? Oh yeah, it was a doozy,"
Confessional Ends
Jemma, Katrina and Megan all sit outside the cabins before Megan breaks the ice,
"Alright, so we're all voting Gary… right?"
"Yeah, I'm on board," Jemma states, smiling before Katrina also says,
"Sure," shrugging all the while,
"Sweet!" Megan says, "If we just get one more person then we can have the majority.
"Yeah," Katrina says, "Anyways, I gotta go, I'll see you around at elimination,"
"Alright! See you then," the Intern then stands up and walks off.
"I'll talk to Bob and you'll talk to Tegan?" Jemma questions, to which Megan says,
"Sure! See you soon!" Megan then gets up and jogs off, leaving Jemma to stand up,
Confessional
"Megan is probably my best friend in the game right now, but I'm still worried," Jemma puts her head in cupped hands while her left pointer finger taps her face. "she's kinda getting a lot more into the game then before, and that could make her a target if Gary or Xavier already has the idol and use it to save Gary," The journalist sighs and then says, "Still, the fact that she is so excited about the game is a good thing I guess,"
Confessional Ends
Later on, Gary and Xavier sit by with worried expressions, before Xavier decides to break the silence.
"So what are we gonna do? We need two more votes and it looks like they're not changing, I think we might be kind of done for,"
"Dude, you don't trust me enough, I already have a third vote, which means we just need to get the fourth one.
"And who is that going to be," was the response from Xavier, however right after he says that, another voice rings out,
"It COULD be me," The two guys turn around to Katrina, leaning against the wall. "I'll join your alliance, but at least with this first vote, it's my choice,"
"Yeah? What do you get out of it aside from the vote," Gary questions,
"Satisfaction, knowing I'm in the majority, a ticket to the final 3." After counting each off Katrina shrugs before continuing, "I don't even care about winning if I'm honest, I just want to get a reasonable distance into the game."
"Alright, who do you think?" Gary asks,
"Well at some point soon we need to break up the dream team of Myron and Megan, at least before the merge hits or something. Plus, Megan is part of the majority so if we get rid of her now that weakens a good FOUR other campers competing."
"Question is, how?" Xavier states, "Wouldn't it be a lot easier to get rid of Tegan? She's annoying and I think everyone but Jemma is annoyed by her anyways, we can get rid of Megan next,"
"Do you want me to help you out or not?" Katrina asks, "I'm still in sorta good with Megan and Jemma after the last vote, at least good enough to not be targeted before you guys,"
"It's all good, we'll go for Megan," Gary says before he shoots a glare at Xavier, who holds up his hands in a defensive manner.
"Okay, so that makes three of us, but remember, there's seven of us on the team, how are we gonna get the remaining vote?"
"Don't worry, I have a plan for our 4th vote," Gary comments with a dark smile as the scene fades out.
Katrina is then shown walking along, hands in his pockets, before he turns the corner and is stopped by Tegan, "Hey Kat, are you going to use that vote tonight?"
"Nope," Katrina shrugs, "And don't call me Kat,"
Tegan rolls her eyes, "Geez, you don't have to be such a bit-"
"Gary just tried talking to me about the vote, by the way, they're after Jemma." Tegan looks with wide eyes,
"Shoot, really?" she says, "Well at least it ain't me, I'll tell the girls then,"
"Yeah, it's weird like that, see ya later," Tegan then runs off as Katrina waves at her before she makes a dark smile
Confessional
"That should get the girls off my back after this vote if they ask me anything I'll just say Gary threatened me and I was scared," the Former Intern smirks
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"HA! Katrina actually just told us Gary's plan, this is brilliant, once I tell them and say that I convinced Katrina to stay with us I'm not gonna just be the fourth wheel of the group!" Tegan is almost giddy at this,
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"So you're voting Gary?" Jemma asks, to which Bob simply chuckles
"Definitely. That guy's been a jerk for TOO long,
"Cool, see you after the elimination then," Jemma then walks off, leaving Bob with a small smile, he goes to turn around and walk off when suddenly…
"Hey Bob, how's it going?" a voice from offscreen calls out before the scene cuts out.
Elimination Ceremony 4 – Frozen Lions (7 members)
"Chris still ain't back," Chef shrugs, "So unless Chris jumps in to stop me being here, I have six of these hotdogs, go off and vote and I'll give them out to whoever isn't out. Just do it already," With shrugs from a few members of the team, Katrina stands up and goes to vote with a smirk on her face.
After Tegan walks back from casting the last vote, Chef walks over and watches the confessionals. As he arrives back, he still has a neutral look on his face. "So I've counted up all the votes and whichever one of you maggots hasn't gotten a hot dog will have to go. Got it?"
"Well, this is our third time doing this…" Tegan mentions, arms crossed. "We know all of this,"
"Maybe you shouldn't be as garbage in challenges then," Hatchet snarks back, causing Tegan to grumble,
"Alright, no votes for… Overactor kid," Chef States, pointing at Xavier,
"I've been called worse," he admits before he walks over,
"Intern Girl," Katrina steps up with a smile on her face, "Same to you, Newspaper,"
"That's what yo- Okay then," Jemma cuts herself off and shrugs, walking up and grabbing her hotdog, shooting a smile at Megan,
"Giant guy, you're safe too," Bob stands up, looking downward without a word and grabs his.
"Angry Girl, Acting Guy, Music Girl, you're the bottom three and all that."
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"COME ON! I'm bottom 3 AGAIN!?" Tegan yells with an angry tone, "I've done SO much to prove myself," she then facepalms, grumbling, "Stupid team,"
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"I'm not scared," Gary admits, shrugging, "Will I be bottom 2? Yeah, but will I be the next out? No,"
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"I'm… In the bottom 3? Oh man, I wonder what the team could have against me?" Megan sighs before she tries to think back to potential mistakes she could have made.
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"Angry girl, you didn't get a vote this time, so that means you're safe, GET UP HERE!" Tegan stands up quickly, saluting Chef before she runs over and fumbles her hot dog once it's thrown to her by the cook." This leads to both campers sitting up at being bottom 2, Gary with a smirk, and Megan with a worried look."
"Close vote, but it was 4-3 and the one 'goin home is…
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Music girl" nods the perturbed Chef as he throws the final hotdog at Gary, who catches it with a smirk,
"Well Megan, time for your final bow," Gary haughtily laughs, at the slouching girl,
"This must be some kind of a mistake," Jemma complains, "We had 5 votes against Gary like we did last time with Hannah." She then realises something, "wait, are you using wordplay again to make us think Gary's safe?"
"Do I look like that kind of person?" Chef says, getting in her face and making the reporter slink back.
"Wow…" Megan starts, "That's… A surprise…" Unknown to them, one of the interns is shown pushing Myron over with a blindfold over his eyes.
"Why do you need me here?" Myron asks, trepidation in his voice before it's taken off to reveal the scene in front of him. It only takes him a moment to piece everything together, causing him to hopelessly go, "No… Why Megan?"
"Partially because of you," Gary states, simply, "Good job by the way on that," Xavier looks up with a somewhat surprised look on his face at Gary's comment,
Confessional
"I understand making a sarcastic comment in the heat of the moment when he was revealed safe," the Method Actor comments, "he was bottom 2, no duh he might be kind of worried. That could have slipped out because he was relieved, but that was a pretty dick move to say that right to his face after that bit of time." Xavier looks up with minor anger in his face
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"Well… I… I can't believe I got eliminated," Megan stutters, before she stands up and sighs, "Good luck to everyone I guess…" The Musician sighs and walks away towards the docks. Myron and Jemma quickly follow.
"Eh, why not," Gary says as he follows the duo, alongside the rest of the team.
"Good luck Myron, it's all up to you now. You can do this! I believe it, you are awesome!"
"I… I'll try Megan…" Myron chokes out, "I'm sorry I caused you to go…"
"Ah don't worry," replied the band girl, "I came to the game to get out of my shell anyways, not really win," She shrugs. "I think I succeeded in that at least, so I can't be too mad,"
"Chris still isn't here," Chef says as he finishes tying Megan to the rocket, "Which means I get to launch this sucker," he smirks as this fact.
Suddenly, however, a voice calls out with "Tut, tut, tut. You KNOW I'm the only one that can sign off the episodes and launch our losers." Chef and the Lions all look up to see Chris flying down on his jetpack, Chef is noticeably disappointed by Chris's sudden return.
"Look who finally made it back," The disgruntled Co-host replies, "What the heck were you even away for anyways?" Chris shrugs before he says,
"You know that Peach Berry Blast Hair gel I use? I was running low on it and my agent rang me and told me they had a box full of it ready for today that they were able to put aside for me as long as I paid for it."
"Really?" Katrina asks before she sighs, shaking her head. "I shouldn't even be surprised at this point…"
"Hey," Chris states defensively, "Do you KNOW how fast they sell out?" As he says this, a helicopter carrying a crate flies over everyone, causing everyone to look at Chris with faces mixed with annoyance and bewilderment.
Gary looks up with a face showing him cracking up with laughter, "You can't edit this crap out Chris, you need to include this to show you coming back." A moment of silence happens before Chris states,
"As I was saying," While snatching the remote off of Hatchet, who looks at him with slits for eyes, however, he quickly relaxes with a simple eye roll. "Any last words Megan?"
"Well, it's been fun guys, wish I could have found out the people that voted against me aside from Gary and Xavier, but good luck Myron! You too Jemma! That's about it really, launch away Chris!"
"Alright then," The host simply shrugs while talking before he presses the button, launching the one-woman band into the stratosphere with a scream. "Alright campers, head back to your cabins, oh yeah, and do better next time,"
Confessional
"I didn't vote for Megan," Tegan mentions, looking at the confessional camera seriously before she looks downwards. "And I can obviously tell it wasn't Jemma either and Megan wouldn't just vote herself off. So that means Bob and Katrina. Jemma and I MAY be on the bottom, but if I can convince Gary and Xavier that Bob and Katrina are not trustworthy 'cause they flipped, then maybe…" The complainer looks upward with a determined glare. "I'm NOT going home next,"
Confessional Ends
After almost everyone has left, Bob and Gary stay, with the former finally talking.
"Alright, I voted Megan out, give Floof back." Gary looks over at Bob as a smirk forms,
"About that. I'm gonna need your vote for a little while longer, so no, you won't get him until I don't need you anymore,"
"WHAT!" Bob yells in response, "That was our deal, I help you now, and you give him back."
"No," Gary says, "I said, you help me, and you get it back, I didn't say JUST this elimination. Face it buddy, that alliance I wanted to form with you on the first day," Gary then leans in and then chooses to whisper the last couple of words, "Has just been made, willingly or not." Before the Theatre Kid walks off, leaving The Juggernaut's knees to buckle and for him to fall back and sit on one of the logs in the elimination while he looks forward, shock on his face.
The scene then fades back out to earlier in the day, with Bob walking through the grass on Base Camp after the challenge finished. Jemma has just had her conversation with Bob and has walked a reasonable distance away. Suddenly, out from behind a tree,
"Hey Bob, how's it going?" Gary asks,
"What do you want?" was the pointed response,
"I just want to talk about the vote," The theatre kid comments.
"You're out," Bob states simply before he shrugs and starts to walk off.
"Now hang on a minute, is that any way to talk to an alliance member?" This causes Bob to whip around in confusion,
"Wha? We're not in an alliance? What are you, an idiot?"
"I knew that would get your attention," The actor chuckles with a smirk, "Look, buddy, pal, I need your help to vote Megan," Bob simply laughs in response,
"And WHAT makes you think I'll vote with you?" The giant asks before the actor makes a glare and drops all pretence of being nice,
"Listen here you little baby, I have that plush dog of yours," As Gary says this he produces a polaroid picture of him with a plush dog and hands it to Bob, "and unless you want EVERYONE knowing that you brought plush animals here, alongside a nice fire bath for it," He points to the elimination area, "then you WILL vote with me at eliminations. I am the ONLY one that knows its location, so if I go home and are dragged away you will NEVER find it. And anyway, we probably come back in the finale so I'll just dispose of it then."
Bob's eyes grow wide during the explanation, as he takes a step back.
"You wouldn't…" He growls,
"Oh, believe me, I WILL," Gary makes an even lower, more serious growl, which catches Bob off guard. The Giant looks around, not seeing anyone around to defend him or overhear his decision before he sighs and says,
"Fine…"
"Pleasure doing business with ya," Gary responds, a smile coming back as he walks off, leaving Bob all alone
Confessional
"I can't let it happen again," Bob says, fear in his face, "The laughing, the bullying, the constant attacks," he counts off on his fingers. "And I can't just lose Floof…" He folds his arms and says, "This will sound dumb, but those three plushes have been there when nobody else really was, my parents were always really busy with work when I was younger and I didn't really have any real friends to have fun with." He sighs, "I'll find where that bastard hid him, but for now… I guess I have to capitulate… I hate this so much…"
Confessional Ends
Going back to the current day, Gary is shown smirking as he walks along. "That went perfectly," he mutters to himself,
Confessional
Gary is shown holding a plush dog in his hand, "Found this thing in the bushes Bob was looking in yesterday while looking for the idol, considering Bob was so against me looking in them, I put two and two together that he brought it with him and he doesn't want me to see it as an image thing to him." He smirks at the camera, "I'm back on top baby, enjoy my breakout starring role," he smirks while winking at the camera.
Confessional Ends
As Gary turns a corner he sees Katrina, with an impressed look on her face.
"Well done!" She says "That was actually perfect, how DID you manage to get that extra vote?"
"A good actor never reveals his secrets," he says, tapping his head while saying it,
"That's not what the phrase is, but sure," the former intern shrugs before she continues, "So I'm in?"
"Yeah, definitely. We'll be an unstoppable alliance," Gary says as he shakes Katrina's hand. A shot shows both campers with their fingers crossed behind their backs.
Confessional
"Is Gary trustworthy?" Katrina asks, "Not in a million years, but is he a means to an end, I.E getting rid of Jemma's group? Definitely."
Next Confessional
"I've got both Xavier and Bob under my thumb," Gary explains, "Katrina's a useful one to make sure we have the majority, but she isn't a long term alliance member to me." He then shrugs, "Who knows though, she may surprise me,"
Confessionals End
Both campers then walk off, Bob has sat back down, As Bob is deep in thought, a voice calls out, "Hey Bob!"
Carol walks in, a smile on her face, as she sits down, however, Bob simply stands up and walks off without a word, causing Carol to stand up in confusion,
"What's wrong?" Carol asks,
"I… Don't want to talk right now," Bob quickly says, speeding up his steps.
"Crap, what did I do wrong?" She says to herself quietly, fear in her voice.
Xavier walks towards the team's cabin and sees Jake standing at the entrance, relief on his face. The leader steps down the stairs and walks over to Method Actor.
"Sorry about snapping at you earlier," Jake admits, "Do you wanna still be bros?"
"Definitely," Xavier replies as the two guy's fistbump
Jake then turns his back and walks off towards the cabin, not noticing Xavier starting to slightly blush, however, both guys enter their cabins. Xavier steps on a squeaky floorboard which gets him out of his trance, but he is shown smiling while preparing to go to bed.
Jake steps through the door of the victory cabin and walks past Nadia, which causes him to look downwards awkwardly,
"Hey Jake," The Hot-Blooded girl replies, following the Leader, "I just want to say something. I'm sorry about a few days ago. I admit, I probably shouldn't have jumped to conclusions on that,"
"It's fine," Jake replies, a small smile evident, "I've cooled off, and honestly, I should be the one apologising to you. Anyway, I need to chat to you tomorrow, what do ya say?"
"Alright then," Nadia shrugs.
"Cool! I'll see you then," Jake then walks off.
"Alright," Nadia shrugs with a raised eyebrow.
Confessional
"So Jake's cool with me? Considering how annoyed he was with me last night I guess he had a chat… With… Someone…" She then forms a smirk, "He chatted with Xavier out there, didn't he?"
Next Confessional
"I don't have a thing for Xavier," Jake calls out, "Nevermind the paradoxical dorky coolness, and the fact that his impressions are a whole lot funnier than they should… Be…" With wide eyes, he quickly runs out of the confessional, with the camera catching him running.
Confessional Ends
The episode then shows Susan, sitting on a couch in the Tiger's cabin, looking through a book quietly, with an angry expression, she looks up and says, "What are you looking at?" she then sighs and her facial expression softens in sadness, she proceeds to say, "What, do you want a confessional without it actually being a confessional? In that case, I guess I'll figure out how to take Morgan out without him revealing the dirt on me, or alternatively, make myself likeable and Morgan hateable enough for nobody to believe him… I screwed up, and I know that, and I want Rory, Carol and the rest to not hate me, but I know that's going to be tough. Lucky I have the brainpower to actually think through this. I don't have an idea now, but when I do, I'll be safe. You can be sure on that,"
A zoom then shows Chris standing with Chef right next to him in a booth, watching what the Brainiac said, "Ooooooh, things are getting serious now! Will Susan be able to get rid of Morgan without her secret getting out? Will Gary continue DOMINATING the Lions, or will Katrina snatch control from his grasp? And will Tegan be able to eliminate Bob and Katrina because of their betrayal? Find out on the next exciting episode of TOTAL! DRAMA! ELEMENTAL ISLANDS!"
Voting Confessionals
Bob: "M-Megan…" The giant states quickly before he buries his face into his hands in fear and worry.
Next Confessional
Gary: "Bye-bye Megan," Gary simply states, sitting back with a smirk, "If Katrina's not being a snake then things are finally going to be starting to go my way,"
Next Confessional
Jemma: "Alright Gary, no hard feelings, but you ARE trying to get me out."
Next Confessional
Katrina: "You may not know it, but you're in too safe of a position to allow us to let you make it any further. Getting rid of you weakens several other campers too, so bye Megan,"
Next Confessional
Megan: "I vote for Gary. It's still weird to me that we have the majority, to be honest, I'm relieved obviously, but still."
Next Confessional
Tegan: "Not like they're sending me home or anything, Gary's getting the boot, so I'll join in,"
Next Confessional
Xavier: "I want to vote Tegan, but apparently we're voting Megan, and if I don't join in then we might not have the majority. Can I have a say in one of these eliminations though? Gary and I are a DUO, not a freaking dictatorship under him. Not trying to be a major-league jerk or anything, but he's starting to annoy me a bit. I just feel like another vote to him…"
Bonus Clip
"So I'm supposed to watch who's out next?" Hannah asks, "What kind of bull is this, I'm already out, I don't want to see who ranked a spot above me,"
"It's just the procedure, you won't have to see any more after this," Richard responds, causing Hannah to fold her arms in annoyance, but say nothing. Suddenly, however, the firework lands, causing the duo to walk over.
"Let me guess," Hannah starts pouting, "Gary's ou-" she then cuts herself off, seeing Megan and starts laughing.
"That hurt…" Megan's voice comments, "Oh uh, Hannah, the guy on the Tigers,"
"Richard," the boring guy corrects,
"Yeah,"
"Out of the people they could have targeted, why and how were you the one they eliminated?" Hannah questions. "I thought I told him to get rid of Tegan,"
"I don't know. I'm honestly just as surprised as you."
"It makes sense though, you're a massive threat." Hannah thinks for a moment before she says, "I GUESS I can look past them not sending Tegan home this episode."
"Gee thanks," Megan sarcastically says as interns walk over to untie her,
"Well, Megan," Richard states, "How do you feel about your elimination,"
"Well," The music fan says as she is untied, "I'm upset obviously, but I'm mainly just confused on how the votes went. Me, Jemma, Bob and Tegan AND Katrina all voted Gary, right?"
"Because you're here, no, no it is not right."
"Yeah… I guess I'm watching the episode back to see where it all went wrong,"
"As an extra, can you show us any of your musical instruments? If you happen to have any on you?"
"Well, alright, I do have this," Megan reaches into her pocket and pulls out a kazoo, "But to be fair, it IS a kazoo, I know it's not the most… popular instrument,"
"Still, it is an instrument, it would be a decent idea to listen to it."
"Well alright then," she shrugs before she starts playing a tune which captivates Hannah,
"Wow…" This is all the contrarian can say after the short tune,
"And yeah, I guess that was a nice quickie for you to listen to," Megan says,
"That… Was the most beautiful thing I have ever heard," Hannah states, shedding a tear
"Very good," Richard comments, clapping, before he says, "And this is all the time we have, I will see you in the next eliminated camper's bonus clip on Total Drama Elemental Islands!" The screen fades out, ending the bonus clip.
Electric Tigers: Carol, Jake, Lauren, Morgan, Myron, Nadia, Rory, Susan
Frozen Lions: Bob, Gary, Jemma, Katrina, Megan (Eliminated), Tegan, Xavier
[1] Scottish Gaelic translations: dìreach... fuilteach sgoinneil = Just… Bloody Brilliant (Though this is according to Google Translate so if that was butchered or means something completely different then sorry)
[2] Reference to the SYOC I originally sent Susan into, Total Drama Island: Brains vs Beauty vs Brawn by The Young Buck. I miss that story if I'm being honest and I liked where it was going.
[3] If you know what this entire scene (minus the ending) is referencing then you have my undying respect. I did change it a little, but it should still be somewhat easy to remember.
PLLLLLLLLOT TWIIIIIIIIIIIST! Yep, Megan got sent home. She was always meant to be one of the first few out, but the reason did have to change. I wanted her to have Jemma as a friend, but originally her lack of social skills outside of Myron would have sent her home, but as I wrote the Megan/Jemma friendship out and added Tegan into that trio, I realised that it would be really hard to do it this way. Plus, Gary hadn't done all that much yet, so to solve both problems, I changed it to Gary and Katrina being the main reasons for her elimination.
I'm starting to realise, that if just a bit, Megan might become this cast's Dawn, in the fact that she's an early out that everyone projects/wants to get far but is eliminated in the 5th episode. Sorry to everyone that liked her… But the plot required her early departure. This hopefully also shows that this game will be tough, Megan played her cards well… Too well, and some of the members of the Lions caught that and stopped her from becoming a threat in the future.
If you want a fun fact though, I decided on Myron and Megan being friends as I was writing Megan's introduction in the first episode. I have a general plan for some plots planned, but details and even a few more plots are decided while writing the episode. I know it isn't the best way of writing, but it's honestly the way I believe I write the best.
One last thing about Megan, she was the last character created for the season, and she was the character I had the most trouble coming up with a personality for originally, but when I thought of the One Woman Band idea, everything just fell into place, though she isn't the last character to have their personality changed, but I'll get into that one when that camper is eliminated.
Commenting on Rory and Susan, yep, they are the first couple of the season. And I will reveal now, they are the ship at the end of the intro, I will make sure their names are no longer redacted from the next episode onwards. Susry/Rosan/'whatever you want to call the ship' was the first ship I decided for the season and I've been excited to show it off to you all since I decided them going together.
And I guess I also revealed Ship #2 for the season here as well, Jake and Xavier. I wanted to write an LGBT couple into this season and these two fit the best. These two were also decided somewhat early in the development of the season and Javier/Xake is another ship I am excited to show off, they won't be completely clear sailing, but I hope you enjoy where they end up going.
Anyways, I am definitely missing something or other, so ask in reviews and I'll answer it in the next episode… Which, just watch, will be in another two months…
1st – 14th: ?
15th: Megan (The Quiet Band Girl)
16th: Hannah (The Jerky Contrarian)
17th: Richard (The Incredible Bore)
18th: Alfred (The Influential Rich Kid)
