Teams
Blazing Gaffers
Boys - Pharoah, Buck, Buford, Maverick, Edgar
Girls – Janet, Lucy, Niu, Georgia, Sua
Freezing Grips
Boys – Knick, Christopher, Simon, Raymundo, Jett, Axel
Girls – Saraphina, Daniela, Kristie, Tamera, JJ, Melissa
"Last time on Total Drama Lights Camera Finale," Casey said, narrating a summary of the previous episode. Flashbacks occur as she retells these events.
"The teams got to know a bit more about each other during their stay. Even having a nice discussion of how to bury a body at the crafts and services tent. Oh wait, that was just the Blazing Gaffers. The Freezing Grips didn't connect too great, but they prove to be the better team during the challenge."
"What was the challenge? An old-fashioned superpower throwdown in virtual reality hosted by Chef. After several wins, fails, and hilarious interactions, it looked like the Freezing Grips were going to take another W by having nine left in the challenge against the Blazing Gaffers' four. Luckily, Janet's superpower arrived in time. Which was sending a giant shooting star to VR's Earth."
"Despite the numbers being even, Daniela proved to be the most valuable player of the Freezing Grips by defeating Edgar in the hero versus villain showdown."
The flashbacks end. Casey is sitting on one of the logs in the trailer area. The campfire is lit. Its fire burning bright.
"After the challenge, Georgia's plan of destroying Lilith and Edgar's friendship to get the gothic drummer out of the competition worked flawlessly. Who will be the next contestant eliminated?"
Casey stands up from the log she is sitting on. "Find out now on Total… Drama… Lights, Camera, Finale!"
The theme song for Total Drama has an orchestral vibe to it while still being groovy. A camera pops out of the entrance to the Crowstillo Caverns from Crowstillo Island. Another camera pops out from a carnival booth. Then one shows itself from a clothes racket at the film lot. A smooth transition occurs on Camp Wawanakwa's high cliff. The camera drone dives into the water around the cliff, creating a splash.
Dear mom and dad, I'm doing fine
The full cast of Total Drama Island is shown inside the dodgeball court. Everyone is throwing dodgeballs at each other. It looks to be the Screaming Gophers on the left side of the court facing the Killer Bass on the right side of the court. Teens throw and get hit. Owen throws a fastball.
You guys are on my mind
The fast-moving dodgeball transitions to a tire. The camera pans out to show Duncan driving the Action Cast in a tram. He looks to be annoyed by Courtney's talking. This distracts him and crashes the tram with him and the cast into something off-screen. The smoke released from the tram enlarges.
You asked me what I wanted to be,
The smoke disappears to show the jumbo jet soaring in the sky.
and I think the answer is plain to see
The World Tour Cast jumps out of the jumbo jet with parachute bags. Alejandro winks at the audience before deploying his parachute. Quick zoom on the parachute.
I wanna be famous!
The parachute descends to show Cameron in his robotic suit fighting Lightning who has armor and carrying a mannequin leg with spikes at the 'coliseum' Chris build. The rest of the Revenge Cast are sitting at the bleachers cheering for either combatant. The fight ends when Cameron charges a ball of electricity on his iron suit's right fist and shoots at the camera. Though, it is clear it is for Lighting from the athlete's person of view.
I wanna live close to the sun
It is night and the blue madness full moon is glowing brightly. Mike inhales and turns into Mal. Someone throws Mr. Coconut at Mal's head off-screen to bring Mike back in control.
Go pack your bags, 'cause I've already won
The camera pans to the right to show who throw Mr. Coconut. It is Zoey, who is smiling happily at getting her boyfriend back. The rest of the All-Stars cast is running away in the background from rabid fluffy rabbits.
Everything to prove, nothing in my way
Another transition displays itself. The Pahkitew Cast is inside the labyrinth of the artificial island running away from Scuba-bear and a mechanical orange cat. The cat stops to breathe fire from its mouth.
I'll get there one day
The fire stops and the next part shows the finalists of Crowstillo Island trying to complete the obstacle course. The rest of the cast is cheering for their favorite at the peanut gallery. Knick, Saraphina, and Casey take out one of their accessory clothes and throws it at the camera.
Cuz' I wanna be famous
The trench coat, scarf, and jacket fall from the camera lens. The Back to the Islands Cast is shown at Boney Island's Fun Zone using anti-mutant guns with the orange liquid to turn the mutants from the show into normal animals. Jeremy accidentally shoots some liquid at the camera.
Na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na
The cameraman wipes off the orange liquid with a small handkerchief. Once done, at a cliff of Crowstillo Island, Yves and Knick are shown doing a sword battle against King Crowstillo. In the background, the rest of the Radiant Cast faces off Henry in his robotic suit. Henry activates a laser cannon from the suit's left arm and unleashes a laser blast.
I wanna be, I wanna be, I wanna be famous!
Once the laser blast disappears from sight, the Calamity Cast is riding the roller coaster at the carnival. Some are frightened, some are having fun. JJ takes out a colorful streamer-like grenade from her wig and throws it into the air. The grenade explodes and streamers cover the screen.
I wanna be, I wanna be, I wanna be famous!
The streamers end up at the Glided Chris Awards stage where the Lights Camera Finale Cast is getting ready to have a picture taken. The streamers end up on everyone. Some find this annoying while others continue to smile. All contestants, Chris, Chef, and Casey whistle. Once the song is over, the picture is taken and the intro ends.
The episode starts with Maverick in his pajamas inside the Blazing Gaffers boy trailer, getting up from his bunk bed. He looks at the wrinkled blanket on his bed and folds it.
"Waking up late. Looks like someone didn't sleep well," Buford said, having his back against a wall. He is wearing his everyday clothing. "Everyone on our team has already taken a shower."
Maverick sighs as he continues folding his blanket. "Yeah, couldn't get a good nap after what happened between Edgar and Lilith." He finishes folding his blanket, puts it on his bed, and then looks at his teammate. "It doesn't make any sense. One moment they were bonding, and after the challenge, it sank like a pirate ship."
"Well, nothing we can do about it now," Buford admitted, not caring about what happened. "We will just have to continue on with the game. Whether Edgar or Lilith were telling the truth, it does not matter."
"It does matter," Maverick countered as his full body turns to stand in front of Bo. "I can't tell whether or not Edgar was lying. He looked genuine in his statement, and I know Lilith wouldn't try to get rid of someone she wants to befriend out of the blue."
Buford shrugs. "We don't know much about Edgar. He could be someone that uses others and takes them out quickly. He was the first boot from our season. None of us know what he is capable of."
Maverick turns around and sighs again. "I know, I just wish this didn't get so ugly."
Buford approaches the promoter and puts his right hand on Maverick's left shoulder.
"Hey man, relax. If we ever lose again, we'll just vote off Edgar," Buford promised. "Doubt anyone is going to stick to his side after what happened. Speaking of sticking by sides, we should make our alliance."
Maverick narrows his eyes as he tilts his head a bit to look at Buford. "Why would I ally with a person who voted off my friend?"
Buford takes his hand off the promoter's shoulder. Maverick does a complete turnaround.
"Who's to say I voted her for her?" Buford questioned.
"Oh come on Buford as if you're good at lying. Don't try to dodge this. I thought you were supposed to be the dude that didn't like his father's political antics?" Maverick spoke, getting a bit fed up.
"Bro, come on chill. You got up on the wrong side of the bed. Don't go at me at this," Buford said calmly, trying to not start a dispute.
Maverick sighs for the second time today. "Sorry, I just need time for myself." He goes to the clothes cabinet to grab his everyday outfit and a yellow towel. "Oh, and I am not joining your alliance." The promoter opens the trailer's door and leaves.
Buford pinches the bridge of his nose, disappointed the alliance could not be made.
Confessional – Maverick – Blazing Gaffers
He is now wearing his regular clothing. "Yeah, I feel like I overreacted when Bo told me about making an alliance. But seriously, the dude was offering it to me when I'm torn about Lilith leaving and I know he also voted for her. What did he expect my reaction would be? I'm sorry, but he should have waited longer to talk about that."
Confessional – Buford – Blazing Gaffers
"Maverick is the only person on the team that clicked with me like an ally during my rivalry with Lisa last season. Making an alliance with him would increase my chances of staying a bit since I don't know anybody else on this team besides Sua, who I will not ally with. Sure, I practically know the previous competitors' methods, but I will be playing with fire by making an alliance this early. Maverick, I thought would be a secure victory, but I should have kept my mouth shut and waited until he cooled down."
End Confessionals
Edgar is alone sitting on a log at the campsite that is nearest to his team's trailers. He has his elbows on his knees and hands on his face. He is slouching a bit as he stares at the now unlit campfire.
"Well, if there is one valuable lesson I learned, is to not make any friends on a reality TV show," Edgar told himself. "In fact, why bother making friends at all?"
"To have fun times," Janet spoke as she appears. She sits next to Edgar and crosses her legs. "Friendship is the enjoyment of spending time with others. Sure, not all friendships last, but one cherishes them with the memories and laughs."
"I'm surprised you're talking to me. After what happened I feel like no one is going to hold a conversation with me in this world," Edgar admitted, still gazing at the campfire.
"Well, unless you're on an inhabitant planet like Neptune no one is going to talk to you," Janet joked with her bright smile. "Besides, you need some cheering up. We're teammates and oh look a butterfly," The space geek quickly changed the topic as she sees an orange butterfly flying around.
"I appreciate the help, but I don't how we'll get along. I'm more into horror stuff and judging by your outfit you're not," Edgar pointed out.
"That is true. I don't like the horror genre. It gives me the creeps. I will usually scream every single time something pops up. And the music," Janet shivers. "It tenses me up more."
"That's what it's supposed to do," Edgar stated, finding no fun in the conversation.
Janet notices the emo's lack of fun and thinks of a different method to cheer him up. "Even though I will probably never watch a movie again, space can be horrific."
"How so?" Edgar wondered, now looking at his teammate.
"For starters, in the vacuum of space no one can hear you scream," Janet said. "That's pretty terrifying. Many planets also have terrible weather. None of us will survive living in Mercury. We'll practically have our skin and organs melted off."
Edgar lets out a chuckle. "That's pretty horrifying."
Janet's smile grows wider knowing she made the emo chuckle.
"Also, black holes, light cannot even escape from its presence," The space geek continued on. "Speaking of black holes, your clothing reminds me of them. Pitch darkness."
"You… like my style?" Edgar wondered.
"Yes and no. Yes, because it reminds me of black holes. No, because is not my style," Janet spoke truthfully.
"I'll take the black holes," Edgar admitted, looking at the positive.
Confessional – Edgar – Blazing Gaffers
"The last person I expected to have an enjoyable conversation with is Janet since she is so cheerful, colorful, and expressive. Maybe I should start trying to do that too." He frowns. "Oh, who am I kidding, my whole team probably wants me gone."
Confessional – Janet – Blazing Gaffers
"Edgar is not bad. I wonder if he is a Scorpio. They tend to go for the emo and goth esthetic. Or was it Taurus? I don't remember. I kind of forgot a bit of the zodiac signs. I should restudy them again in the notebook I packed for this summer."
End Confessionals
Buck is behind the Blazing Gaffers boy trailer building a few robot toys with a small pile of scrap parts near him. He is sitting on the cut grass. He connects a wind-up key to a toy robot. After rotating the key, Buck lets go and the toy robot walks away. A pair of feet covered by white leather platform sneakers stop the toy from continuing to wonder. Once the wind-up key stops spinning, so does the toy.
Buck looks up to see Niu smiling at him.
"Greetings Buck," Niu waved at her crush. "I see you are keeping yourself busy while we wait for breakfast. May I join you?"
"Sure," Buck allowed joyfully. He taps the ground next to him with his left hand. "Sit right here partner."
Niu does her best not to blush knowing she will be sitting on the ground that her crush touched. She fails miserably. Buck does not notice since he is concentrating on making another toy robot. Niu sits down beside her crush and puts her head on Buck's left shoulder.
"Um, Niu, what are you doing?" Buck wondered, getting a bit uncomfortable as he finishes building the toy robot.
"Don't mind me, Buck, I'm just watching you build," Niu assured. "Nothing wrong with being close to such a warm…"
"Sorry if this sounds rude gal, but I need my space to concentrate," Buck told. "Need my focus."
Niu quickly takes her head off Buck's shoulder. "Sorry, maybe I can help you out?"
"Well, you can help me insert this wind-up key into the toy," Buck offered, holding the said key in his right hand.
Niu looks at the key and lightly blushes. "What, what do I have to do?"
"You hold onto the toy while I insert the key into its back," Buck instructed.
Niu quickly grabs the toy robot with her hands. "Will you be gentle?" The goal digger asked shyly.
"Of course, this is delicate," Buck assured. "Then I will tighten it."
Hot flashes begin to flow through Niu.
"Are you getting a fever again?" Buck wondered.
"No, it's the sun," Niu exclaimed, a bit too louder. She hides her mouth with the robot toy. "Sorry I just, never done this before."
Buck lets out a laugh. "Relax Niu, this isn't wrestling a pig to pin it down for bacon. Just turn around the toy so I can insert the key into its back."
Niu nods and does what Buck told her. Buck slowly and gently puts the wind-up key in the hole on the toy's back. The MacGyver then twists it to the left, inserting the key inside more and more. Niu's hands are sweating.
"Make sure to hold still," Buck recapped as he keeps going deeper.
"Yeah, yeah," Niu dazedly responded as she gazes at the key being turned. "You can go a bit faster Buck."
Buck twists the key until it finally shuts tight. Niu gulps, trying her best not to make any unnecessary sounds. The goal digger lets the toy stand on the ground.
"See, that wasn't so hard," Buck told his teammate after a chuckle.
"Oh, it was hard alright," Niu admitted as looks at Buck's eyes obscenely.
"Wait really? Guess you're probably not cut out for building," Buck admitted as he rubs the back of his head with his right hand.
"No, I mean…" Niu sighs. "It was easy Buck. I was just joking around."
"Oh sorry, I never took you to be the joking type," Buck apologized.
"Is fine, why don't we talk about likes?" Niu offered. "I'm a big fan of organic juice."
Buck's stomach rumbles. "Speaking of juice, got to refill." He stands up and waves goodbye to Niu. "Going to get some grub, see you later."
Niu watches her crush leave distraught.
Confessional – Niu – Blazing Gaffers
"I don't understand what I'm doing wrong. I've flirted, assisted, and posed for him. Is it the outfit I'm wearing?"
End Confessional
Sua, Lucy, and Pharaoh are strolling along the film lot having a conversation.
"And that's how I am still able to maintain my role in the dance group called Nightmare that I'm in," Sua finished.
"Wow, so instead of the show making you not equipped to be in a dance group, the support of new fans helped the dance studio stay in the competition," Pharaoh summarized what the idol said.
"Yep, I'm also still getting psychological help thanks to Lisa," Sua added. "There's been a few mishaps but is not like I stole a car or locked someone in a freezer," Sua giggles sinisterly, causing Pharaoh to look worried.
"Let's not talk about freezers, okay?" Lucy told her teammates, still having the fear of being locked in a freezer. She puts on a friendly smile. "How about your excellent English Sua? Your communication is great compared to Carnival Calamity."
"Lisa has been helping me with English as well when she's not closing business deals. I've also been reading her poems to help understand the language," Sua showed gratitude and explained smiling.
"Is a nice benefit to know at least two languages," Pharaoh informed. "We all have English while Sua speaks Korean, I speak Egyptian Arabic, and Lucy speaks Russian."
"Now, what's the best part about knowing two languages?" Lucy asked her teammates with a smirk. "One is for communication…"
"And the other is to trash talk people you don't like?" Sua interrupted, hoping to be correct.
Lucy looks at the idol curiously. "Um, no, is to…"
"We're here," Pharaoh told the girls.
The three Blazing Gaffers see Christopher, Knick, and Saraphina doing their own activities. Knick is writing in his journal, sitting on a beach chair. Sara and Christopher are practicing their martial arts on each other.
Knick stops writing to take a peek at his surroundings and sees the three Blazing Gaffers nearby.
"We got company," Knick told the couple.
Christopher and Sara stop practicing and pay attention to the members of the opposite team. Christopher puts his right fist onto the palm of his left open hand gently and bows for a greeting.
"You three need something?" Sara bluntly asked.
"We, well… I want to know if anyone of you were at the prison in the VR challenge," Lucy politely asked.
"All three of us were at the two castles before joining our teammates," Knick answered as he goes back to writing in his journal.
"What he said," Sara confirmed, looking at the detective. "Why do you need to know?"
"Was just curious on the matter," Lucy truthfully replied. "Something happened between certain members on my team and I'm just trying to get to the bottom of this."
"Excellent idea Lucy," Christopher applauded. "Try to talk with our teammates when you get the chance."
Lucy nods. She, Pharaoh, and Sua leave the Freezing Grips alone.
"Now that they are gone, I just realized Sara," Knick spoke as he gets up from the beach chair. "I remember you saying that you enjoyed writing and reading?"
Sara turns her whole body to her left to look at the journalist. Christopher does the same.
"Yeah, it's a pass time for me," Sara confirmed.
"She's excellent at writing," Christopher added. "Top notch!" He flexes his left bicep.
Sara blushes, feeling embarrassed. "Oh, come on Christopher I'm not that great."
"I'll be the judge of that," Knick expressed as he closes his journal and stands near his alliance members. "I have an extra notebook that hasn't been used by me. I'll give you a pen to write."
"What's the catch?" Sara wondered skeptically. "Usually, you want something in return."
Knick smirks. "There's no catch. Unless I publish something of yours and I take most of the money coming from it."
Sara rolls her eyes with a smile. "Knew it."
Confessional – Christopher – Freezing Grips
"Is great to see Knick being more open around people he knows and wants to help them. Sure, he's still in it for the money and will probably ditch his alliance for a better chance if that ever comes up, but the friendship is still appreciated."
Confessional – Lucy – Blazing Gaffers
"I'm going to be asking all the Freezing Grips if any of them were at the prison during the previous challenge. Thinking of it more clearly, Edgar and Lilith looked like both were telling the truth. Sounds strange I know, but if no Freezing Grip stepped foot in the prison that means Georgia was lying to Edgar and the rest of us."
End Confessionals
Tamera, JJ, Daniela, Melissa, and Kristie are all inside their trailer. Tamera is currently putting makeup on herself, sitting on a chair, and looking at the trailer's mirror to herself. JJ is standing while juggling some bowling pins and bowling balls to entertain Melissa and Daniela, both Grip girls sitting on a bottom bunk bed.
"She's really good at this," Daniela complimented JJ as she keeps watching calmly.
"Yeah, I'm glad she is so passionate about what she likes to do," Melissa added happily.
Daniela notices her tense smile but decides not to bring up a potential issue. The stuntwoman starts to hear notification sounds coming from a phone. She looks to her right and notices Kristie sitting on a bed while typing.
"Hey, how did you get your phone back?" Daniela asked the fan.
"Oh, I just kindly asked JJ to give it to me before you woke up," Kristie answered, not looking away from her phone.
Daniela narrows her eyes and gives a blank stare to JJ. The silent clown smiles sheepishly while juggling her bowling pins and bowling balls into her wig.
"As long as you don't talk about your blog you can keep it," Daniela told Kristie, looking at her teammate.
"Chica is my phone. You can't take it away from me," Kristie told smoothly.
"Yes, but Chris can," Tamera pointed out smugly as she finishes powdering herself.
Knowing that the dashing host has the right to take away her phone, Kristie realizes what must be said. "Okay, I won't talk about my blog."
"And none of that Axel and I talk," Tamera added.
All five girls hear a knock at the door.
"Hello ladies, is Tamera available?" Axel greeted and asked from outside the trailer.
All girls inside smirk at Tamera.
"Ugh, stop looking at me like that," The vixen whined at her teammates as she gets up from the chair. She opens the door and Axel is there with Simon behind him.
"Good morning, Axel," Tamera nicely greeted.
"Want to walk around the lot and chat?" Axel asked politely.
"Sure," Tamera said excitedly and perky, being a bit loud. She can hear the snickers from her teammates. She crosses her arms. "I mean, yeah sure, that's cool I guess."
Axel chuckles. He then goes to grab Tamera's left hand. The vixen blushes for a second as the two Freezing Grips get some alone time. Simon enters the girl's trailer.
"Hello ladies," Simon terribly tried to play it cool.
JJ looks at Melissa, worried about the prankster.
"Don't worry too much, he's been trying to change," Melissa assured JJ. "He apologized to me about the joy buzzer last challenge. Give him a chance."
JJ looks unsure at Simon about chatting with him alone.
"JJ, I know I messed up on the first day, but I do want to get to know you better," Simon admitted. "I'll tone down the pranking just for you."
"You hear that JJ? Just for you," Daniela teased the clown.
Seeing the interactions between JJ and Simon makes Kristie text faster on her phone. JJ walks up to Simon and smiles in a positive light. Simon smiles back and the two Freezing Grips leave the trailer. JJ politely closes the door.
Daniela gets up from the bed she was sitting with Melissa and stretches.
"Love is in the air on this team. Tamera and Axel got it going on as do JJ and Simon. I'm with Jeremy, Knick is with Yves, and then we have Christopher and Sara on the same team," Daniela spoke to Kristie and Melissa. She finishes stretching and stands in a spot where she can see both girls with her eyes. "Any boys catch your interest?" The stuntwoman asked.
Kristie takes her eyes off her cellphone to answer the question. "I'll say Maverick and Raymundo. I kind of have a thing for buff guys. That is one of the reasons DJ is my favorite Total Drama contestant."
"None of the boys here interest me," Melissa kindly answered. "Well, I have no interest in dating any boys in my run."
"Oh yeah, I forgot you couldn't get Fenton's tiny sausage," Daniela taunted the athletic nerd with a grin.
Melissa blushes from the comment. "Did you have to say it like that? And yes," She crosses her arms. "Maybe I'm still slightly a bit hung up over what happened last season."
"Maybe?" Daniela spoke doubtfully, still keeping her smirk.
Melissa sighs. "I just want to focus on this season laying back and winning."
Kristie frowns, feeling conflicted within herself.
Confessional – Kristie – Freezing Grips
"There are so many opportunities to cause mayhem and drama this season. Alejandro, Casey, and Yves did it. However, the issue is that I… don't have that type of devious side in me. I'm more on the side of the other winners. I want to cause drama, but the guilt will consume me as soon as I do a devious act. I'll just have to try my best and leave the villain's antics as a last resort."
End Confessional
Raymundo and Jett are the only guys inside the Freezing Grips boy trailer. It is silent as the two Grips stare at each other, sitting on each side of their respective bunk bed.
"So… have you ever gone to the beach during your tour of the states?" Raymundo kindly asked Jett.
"Twice, but visiting beaches don't benefit me," Jett answered, having a stone-cold tone to make sure he does not show any sign of emotion his teammate can use on him. "Majority of the people put their belongings in lockers, which means I can't pickpocket."
"Surprise how you're telling me you steal from people," Raymundo admitted in a casual demeanor.
Jett's eyes widen and immediately leaves the trailer.
"What is something I said?" Raymundo shouted as he puts his hands together close to his mouth, feeling bad.
The speakers throughout the film lot turn on. Casey is speaking.
"Good morning contestants, breakfast has been served. All of you have an hour to eat and digest before today's challenge!"
Confessional – Jett – Freezing Grips
He facepalms. "Can't believe I told everyone on international TV that I pickpocket. I guess it's not that bad, it was pretty obvious when I first got onto the show. Ugh, I feel like crap."
End Confessional
Arriving, the twenty-two contestants notice Chris being the one serving food today at the cafeteria counter. Chris is wearing a hairnet. The competitors snicker at the host.
"Yeah, yeah, laugh all you folks want," Chris said annoyed, narrowing his eyes at the teens.
Confessional – Chris – Host
"I know the producers wanted me to share the hosting gig for this season with Chef and Casey but did they have to obligate me to cook? I don't cook. I have my own chefs to do that for me. Even in prison, I was being served."
End Confessional
Each team, dining at their table inside the crafts and services tent is eating sandwiches with water and a banana. Sara made sure to take out the slices of meat from her meal and gives them to Christopher.
"My sandwich tastes like a fried shoe," Maverick commentated after taking a bite.
"My sandwich is a fried shoe," Tamera complained loudly, showing her meal in fact to be a shoe that looks like it was fried.
"I ran out of bread," Chris said as he prepares meals for lunch.
"You can have half of mine," Axel offered to Tamera, tearing his sandwich in half.
Tamera smiles at the gesture and takes her piece. After some time has passed everyone finishes their meal and Casey arrives inside the tent by doing a front flip. Chef stands next to her as well as Meredith.
"Greetings once again contestants," Casey excitedly spoke. "Today's challenge is about to start. Which is called, Bet Off."
All the contestants are confused. What does the challenge's name mean?
Chris scoffs at the challenge's name. "Bet Off? What you came up with that just ten seconds ago while doing the flip?" Chris told Casey.
"Is a good name," Casey assured as she puts her hands on her waist. "You're just jealous you couldn't come up with such a grand title."
Chris rolls his eyes and continues his duty.
"As I was saying before someone rudely interrupted me," Casey briefly glares at McLean. "Today's challenge is called Bet Off. Meredith, explain to them how it will go for today."
"Each competitor will have a shock collar around their necks until sunset," Meredith begins to explain.
Chef is shown putting shock collars on various contestants as the intern proceeds to enlighten more.
"The goal of today's challenge is to not do what you normally do," Meredith said as she raised her left index finger. "When sunset comes, the team with the most members that did not fail the challenge will win."
"That does not really help us to understand," Raymundo pointed out.
"Also, is this challenge based on a movie genre?" Niu questioned.
"I'm not sure," Meredith admitted as she twirls her blonde hair with green highlights. "Casey told me this challenge is based on self-help movies, but I couldn't find ones that make sense to this challenge."
"Leave it to Casey to make a challenge not based on a movie genre," Chris mocked his co-host. "Someone should follow the season's theme."
"Oh yeah? How much did you follow the All-Stars theme for challenges?" Casey countered. She smirks satisfyingly since Chris cannot retort that.
"That was inconsistent," Chef added as he finished putting shock collars around the neck of all contestants.
"Nobody asked you Chef," Chris told his other co-host.
"Can we just get a proper explanation of today's challenge already?" Sara required to know, getting a bit impatient.
Meredith passes a list to Casey. She walks to Melissa for a brief moment.
"Sorry for my actions last challenge," Meredith apologized before heading back to stand next to Casey.
"Oh, thank you," Melissa smiled with surprise.
Casey reads out loud what the list says.
"Maverick, Georgia, and Tamera. The three of you cannot talk about yourselves during the challenge. If so, your collar will automatically shock you," Casey stated.
"Basically, we can't do one of our habits throughout the challenge and if we do, we fail?" Knick asked unsurely.
"Exactly," Casey confirmed in response to her ex's question.
"Do I speak a lot about myself?" Maverick asked his teammates.
"You do tend to speak about being a promoter," Pharaoh commented. "Which is not a bad thing at all Mav."
"Unless you count promoting your only personality trait," Georgia insulted Maverick joyfully.
"Why couldn't her insults be the one not to be used in this challenge," Buck muttered to himself.
"JJ, you cannot act like a clown nor wear clown makeup since that's part of the act," Casey continued reading the list.
JJ does not mind this. She takes off her wig and hat. Then she proceeds to stand up from the picnic table and walk out of the tent to put on an alternate outfit.
"Jett cannot steal from anyone, and Knick cannot write in his journal."
The two Freezing Grips smirk at each other, both knowing they got an easy task.
"Buford has to constantly lie."
Bo's eyes widen at his reveal. He quickly makes a poker face and pretends to zip his lip with the movement of his right hand.
"Pharaoh must act like his appearance when he first arrived in Crowstillo Island."
Pharaoh can be heard screaming internally.
"Edgar cannot wear black and must be perky," Casey continued.
"That's two things for me," Edgar pointed out.
"I'm the host. Which means you have two," Casey boasted. She sees Edgar looking at Niu. Niu politely waves at her.
"Okay fine, you have ten minutes to dress up in different clothes. No black whatsoever. Even the hair," Casey smiled at the emo.
Confessional – Edgar – Blazing Gaffers
"How am I supposed to dye my hair?" Edgar wondered, almost giving emotion in his voice. "Make it blond?"
End Confessional
"Janet cannot talk about anything that has to deal with space," Casey read.
The space geek gasps in dismay.
"Buck must not build any doohickeys for the time."
"Aw biscuits," Buck said unfortunately as he snaps his fingers.
"Lucy cannot do any detective-related work; Sua has to stop being a pain magnet…"
"What does she mean by pain magnet?" Sua wondered, not understanding.
"Niu cannot be fixated on writing down anything," Casey continued.
"What!?" Niu exclaimed as she gets up from her seat, having her hands on her head. "You can't expect me to survive without my schedule. I need it to keep myself sane."
Her teammates look at her strangely.
"I mean, to keep myself in check. Wait no, that doesn't sound right either," Niu realized.
"Moving on," Casey stated. "Axel must always be rude until sunset, Christopher is prohibited from doing martial arts, Daniela cannot insult people…"
"Should have given that to Georgia," Daniela taunted Casey.
"Let me finish," Casey insisted.
Confessional – Casey – Host
She has her legs crossed with an annoyed expression. "Now I know how Chris feels when dealing with them. Though, I should be kinder since I did compete with some. Chef and Chris can be a bad influence if one is not too careful."
End Confessional
Casey rapidly finishes the list. "Kristie must keep quiet of any Total Drama talk, Raymundo cannot flirt with anyone, Sara has to eat meat for lunch, and Melissa is prohibited from doing sports." She lowers her arm with the hand that holds the list so she can look at the teams. "Remember, this challenge does not end until sunset. All of you can explore the film lot but cannot enter any studio besides the prehistoric one. There are cameras everywhere to track obviously."
"I rather starve for today," Sara declared as Kristie is shown panicking in the background.
"Good luck everyone. That is all," Casey gave out her order. She proceeds to backflip out of the tent. Chef and Meredith follow her.
Confessional – Melissa – Freezing Grips
"Surprise Casey told me I cannot do sports when I quit that more than four months ago. I guess she planned the challenge before I revealed it to Knick."
She lets out a chuckle and smiles brightly. "I'm not complaining. Is an easy point for my team."
End Confessional
As the majority of contestants exit out of the crafts and services tent, the Crowstillo Alliance from the Freezing Grips stays at their picnic table.
"What are you two going to do?" Knick asked Sara and Christopher.
"Meditate, relationship talks," Christopher contently answered.
"Probably talk about our future plans together," Sara replied to Knick's question and puts on a flirty voice for her boyfriend. "Maybe have some alone time."
Christopher blushes and dismisses the idea with the wave of his right hand. "Oh, come now Sara we cannot do that. You know how messy we both can be."
"I cannot believe I'm hearing this," Knick stated, looking at a camera. Then he looks at the couple. "Well, I'm still here. Which means you too will have to endure the day with me."
Suddenly, a metal click is heard off-screen. Knick brings his right hand close to him and notices his wrist handcuff to Daniela's wrist. Speaking of Daniela, the sleazy girl is standing nearby, smiling at the journalist.
"Daniela, what are you doing?" Knick asked, getting freaked out.
"I need to make sure I don't insult anyone during the next hours," Daniela stated. "So, having you around will prevent me from doing that."
Knick does not like this idea. "Daniela, I…"
"You want to win the challenge, don't you?" Daniela asked Knick. Before the journalist can answer, Daniela drags him away. "You stick with me and that's two free points. We are going to have so much fun together."
"Sara, Christopher, a little help here," Knick called out to his alliance partners as Daniela continues to drag him out of the tent.
Christopher and Sara chuckle at their alliance member leaving with Daniela. What is the worst that can happen?
Around the film lot, JJ is happily sitting by herself on a hammock that is attached to two metal standing poles. Since she cannot be in her clown makeup, JJ is wearing the outfit she picked when leaving the tent. Which are purple sneakers, a blue jean that goes down to her shins, and a dark blue shirt with white lines around its neck, stomach area plus the end of the sleeves.
Some would think going a few hours without doing something a person likes to do will be easy. In fact, is not. At least in JJ's case. She looks at her hands and arms shaking, desiring to do anything clown-related.
Before she gets up from the hammock, Simon approaches.
"Hey there," Simon greeted. "Room for two?"
JJ lays on the hammock, providing no space for the jester to sit. Simon gets closer so his teammate can look at him.
"Thought we are cool with each other after our chat this morning," Simon believed, making a frown.
JJ smiles at him. She makes a shape in the air with her fingers that looks identical to the hammock she is laying on. Then she points at herself.
"Oh, you want the hammock for yourself," Simon understood, his happy demeanor returning. "I get, it also doesn't look like it will fit both of us anyway."
JJ playfully rolls her eyes. Simon gawkily laughs.
"I guess it is too soon to reach that base," Simon admitted. He decides to lay his left hand on a metal tube. "I'm just going to cut to the chase. You are very pretty. I've seen your performance during Carnival Calamity." He looks up at the clouds. "I like a girl who just wants to perform and make people smile." He looks back at JJ. "I'm… trying to be a better person. Like I said before in the morning, my pranks can get out of hand. Maybe you can help me with that."
JJ signals Simon to continue.
"Even though I do like you, I know is too soon to get in a relationship since we hardly know each other. Maybe we can start slow and see if it can work out," Simon offered.
JJ agrees by giving a thumbs up.
Confessional – JJ – Freezing Grips
She is unsure whether or not Simon suggested a good idea.
End Confessional
Axel and Tamera are walking around the film lot wondering what to do.
"There's not much when all the studios are unavailable except the prehistoric one," Tamera admitted, starting to feel tired walking around.
"We can go there if you like," Axel offered. "Maybe there's still food in those stone fridges."
Tamera stops walking and cleans some sweat on her forehead with her left arm. "Sure, hopefully, they have some cold drinks. Is too bad that the rest of the cast won't probably be there. Less screentime."
Axel stops walking and turns around to look at the vixen with a joyful smile on his face. "Maybe us being alone will give our own screentime."
"Is that a flirt?" Tamera wondered excitingly as she struts her way to the gentleman.
Axel blushes. "It's just a suggestion."
Tamera giggles. Now inches away from Axel's face. Realizing what the two are about to do, they turn around. Both breathe heavily in and out. Is it possible that both of them like each other?
Janet and Edgar are near a storage house. Meredith is with them, putting a key into a lock that has the storage closed. Edgar is wearing white shoes, long green pants, a white belt, and a green t-shirt over a long sleeve red shirt.
"Remind why we are here again," Janet sincerely said to Edgar.
"I have less than two minutes to dye my hair. I'm hoping this storage place has some pigment to color it," Edgar reminded the space geek.
Janet gets confused. "Pigment? What do a pig and mint have to deal with coloring your hair?"
Before Edgar can answer, Meredith finally unlocked the storage house and opens the doors.
"You two can enter now," Meredith told the two. "Once you're done let me know so I can close again."
Edgar and Janet enter the storage place. Janet flips the switch so the light bulbs can turn on. They see large piles of junk all over.
"It might take more than a minute to find what you are looking for," Janet told Edgar, unsure if the task will be successful.
"There it is," Edgar pointed at two pigment color dye product sprays. One spray for yellow and one spray for red.
"Convenient," Janet said happily as she stands next to the emo. "Guess your Zodiac sign is in your favor today. Or it could be the stars."
Edgar gives the sprays to Janet.
"Would you like to be a blond or ginger?" Janet asked, enthusiastic to help dye her teammate's hair.
"Doesn't matter. Just spray me," Edgar stated.
Janet immediately sprays Edgar with both pigments. Since Edgar did not close his eyes, the spray gets into his eyes.
"Aaaaaahhhhh!" Edgar shouted in pain, having the most emotion throughout his stay. "Why did you do that!?" His eyes are tearing up.
"You told me to spray you," Janet said, feeling awful for what happened.
"You could have given me a warning," Edgar exclaimed. Part of his hair is a bit red and yellow.
"Sorry," Janet apologized. She smiles, shaking both hairsprays. "Here it comes!"
"Wait, I'm not ready yet," Edgar told, waving his hands at Janet to not spray, but it is too late. He gets sprayed again in his hair and eyes. Edgar screams once more.
The emo runs around in various circles before hitting a wall. He falls to the ground unconscious. Janet feels bad once more. She believes that she can make Edgar feel better by finishing spraying her teammate's hair. Edgar is now half ginger and half blond.
Raymundo, Buck, Niu, and Kristie are playing volleyball in the trailer area. Melissa appears walking by. As soon as the athletic girl hears the sound of the volleyball being hit, she gazes at it temptingly. She watches it being smacked back and forth; back and forth. She starts to sweat, and her eyes grow wider. Buck accidentally sends the volleyball to his left. This lets the volleyball slowly bounce toward Melissa. The volleyball stops at her feet.
"Hey Melissa, mind tossing the ball over to us?" Niu asked, hoping the Freezing Grip does it.
Melissa gazes at the volleyball. Several zoom shots of her panicking face and the volleyball are shown.
"Play with me Melissa," The volleyball said, suddenly having a mouth. "You know you want to."
Melissa feels gross out at seeing the ball talk.
"Feel me, Melissa, touch me!" The volleyball exclaimed.
Melissa screams and runs away to get rid of the weirdness happening to her.
"Geez, what's wrong with her?" Buck wondered. Niu shrugs as Kristie fetches the volleyball.
"Probably not into balls anymore," Raymundo joked then wheezed. He gets hit on the head by the volleyball Kristie through at him. "Ow."
Maverick, Lucy, Pharaoh, and Sua are shown around a different part of the film lot. Which looks practically the same as most places around the film lot. The Blazing Gaffers except Sua are putting medieval armor on the K-pop idol.
"Remind me again why I have to wear this?" Sua asked her teammates. "Are we going to do a knight choreography?"
"Silence peasant," Pharaoh declared. "If you had a brain in there, you would know the armor is to protect you from hurting yourself like you always do."
"What did you say to me?" Sua said, glaring at her teammate as Maverick finishes putting the last piece of armor on the idol.
"Pharaoh, shush," Lucy scolded, putting her right index finger on her lips to get her point across.
Pharaoh wants to remain quiet, but he has to act like his jerkish self during the pre-merge of Crowstillo Island.
"How dare you try to silence your king. You will be banished from my kingdom," Pharaoh declared, out of nowhere having now a wooden staff in his right hand.
"Dude, you can just not talk to ace this challenge," Maverick advised, knocking on Sua's armor like it was a door. "There's no reason to backtalk someone else."
"I, as Pharaoh, must make sure you three insignificant worms understand who rules this team," Pharaoh professed rudely.
"Insignificant!?" Sua exclaimed furiously. After shaking around, she breaks the medieval armor and has her eyes locked on Pharaoh.
Maverick takes a few steps back from the idol potentially turning psycho as Lucy prepares herself to tackle her teammate in case a fight commences.
"Sua, wait! I'm just pretending to be a royal pain," Pharaoh assured as he takes off his Nemes crown. "This is just an act for the challenge, remember?" Pharaoh's shock collar activates, electrocuting him. This means he is out of the challenge.
"Oh," Sua grasped, no longer having the urge to attack Pharaoh. "Sorry about that, you're just a really good actor.
"I appreciate the compliment," Pharaoh replied, feeling awful from the shock. "At least this is a one-time-only deal," He referred to the shock collar on him.
Georgia was observing all of this from a far distance. She pouts and proceeds to leave the scene.
Confessional – Georgia – Blazing Gaffers
"I did not expect my team to be a bit, I should I put it? Appalling in this challenge. Sure, my target for today is on my team, but I would expect some to be competent such as my ex. I also want to have fun, so why not mess with some Freezing Grips to pass the time?"
End Confessional
Georgia is carrying a pile of objects with her while walking around. The items she picked up most likely were from the storage house. With the objects in her way of sight, she accidentally bumps into Jett who is watching birds chirp on a pine tree. Or was it, since the impact of the sound caused the birds to fly away.
Jett groans as he takes a few steps back. "Don't try to mess with my head. I know who you are."
Georgia simply moves objects in her hands to her left so she can see the runaway. "Jett, just the guy I was looking for."
"Tch, as if. Clearly, you need glasses to see. Maybe then you might actually look decently attractive," Jett insulted, looking at the items the actress has.
"Oh, nice burn, did your dad helped you come up with that?" Georgia retorted teasingly.
Jett turns around and begins to walk away. Georgia quickly drops the items she has on her right hand so she can use said hand to grab Jett's right arm.
"I'm not apologizing for what I said, but I do require your assistance," Georgia stated. "Last challenge I sabotaged my own teammates in the prison. In case any Blazing Gaffer comes your way asking if you were in the prison, you tell them you were there."
"Ha!" Jett laughed as he removes his arm from Georgia's hand. "Thanks for telling me you messed up your own team. Now I can see you get eliminated on the spot."
"Oh Jett, do you honestly expect me to reveal my previous plan just for kicks?" Georgia asked rhetorically.
"Yes," Jett answered smoothly as he looks at the objects on the ground. He gets closer to the pile and bends his knees.
Georgia turns around with a scoff to face the Freezing Grip. "Picture this, you're practically at the bottom of the pyramid in your team. Sure, Knick will be a target practically for his whole entire run, but besides him, not a single person trusts you on the team. Maybe you can convince an idiot or two, but without me, you're just a dead man walking."
"What are you getting at?" Jett pondered. Who does this starlet think she is the blond wonders. He stands up to look at the girl.
"I'm planning on getting rid of some members on your team. That should keep you safe for a few eliminations," Georgia revealed her strategy. "Of course, you are going to have to keep quiet and do what I mentioned." She gets closer to Jett to whisper in his left ear. "You need my assistance, Jett. Whether you want to stomach it in and admit the truth or not you know I'm right."
Jett backs away from Georgia with a scowl. "Fine, you can count on me keeping your stupid secret. On one more condition."
"I'm all ears," Georgia joyfully responded.
"You figure out a way to get rid of Buford with my help," Jett requested. "I want him gone after what he did to me last season."
Georgia laughs. "For someone who considers themselves crafty, you truly have a brain the size of a peanut. A revenge scheme ne…"
"You want the deal or not Miss I Can't Get an Acting Role After My Breakup," Jett foully spoke.
Georgia breathes out to control herself. "Very well, Charlie, the deal is official."
Both glared at each other and shake hands to finalize the agreement. Georgia then picks up the pile she dropped and heads her way. Jett snickers as he turns around, holding some of the items he stole from his new partner in crime that he takes out from his beanie.
"You're not the only one planning to sabotage a team," Jett told himself, proud to have robbed. The shock collar on his neck electrocutes him. This does not bother him since he is so focused on what he is planning. "Worth it."
Confessional – Jett – Freezing Grips
"Hate to admit it but Georgia has a point of me not fitting with my team. But now I have a piece of info that can get her out, so she has to make sure I don't get myself in trouble. She believes she is playing me when in reality I'm playing her. No wonder she chokes this game with that stupid ego always getting in her way."
Confessional – Georgia – Blazing Gaffers
"I needed a safety precaution to ensure I'm not caught with my tactics. Jett was obviously the best guinea pig to reveal what I did. I was going to target Buford today since he made it to the final three last season, but now that 'his toxic boyfriend' wants him gone, I'll let Bo-peep stay until Jett gets impatient. I'll just target the one I was planning to get rid of in the next challenge."
Suddenly, the collar on her neck activates and shocks. She glares at the camera. "Took you long enough to get me Casey."
End Confessionals
Daniela and Knick are back at the crafts and services tent with Christopher and Sara not there.
"Daniela this is unnecessary," Knick stated as he watches Daniela uncuff herself with a small silver key and locks the handcuff around one of the picnic table's legs.
"Just lay down on your back," Daniela instructed calmly. "But before that, let me take this off from you." She gently takes off Knick's trench coat and puts it on the other picnic table.
Knick lays down on his back unhappily. "You better not take the rest of them off," He warned, referring to his clothes.
"Oh, come on, don't treat a fan of yours like that," Daniela said, feeling a bit miffed. "I have a boyfriend." She walks to Knick and takes off the journalist's shoes.
"You're still with Jeremy?" Knick wondered, looking at the tent's ceiling.
"Duh," Daniela answered as she takes off Knick's socks. "I admire you a lot, Knick, but not in a romantic way. More like I idol you sort of way."
"Oh," Knick spoke surprised. "That's a relief," He muttered quietly. Suddenly, he can feel the sensation of his feet being rubbed.
Before Knick can question what is going on Daniela answers him by saying, "Relax, is just a massage. I want to help destress yourself. Is not easy being able to carry yourself so far into this show."
Knick begrudgingly sighs. "Just let her have her moment. Who knows, this might be fun." He lets Daniela continue massaging his feet.
While that is happening, Axel and Tamera arrive at the communal bathroom.
"I cannot believe there isn't a single bathroom in that prehistoric set," Tamera said as she puts her right hand on her waist.
"I don't get it either. At least an outhouse would be nice," Axel agreed with the vixen.
"You know, I just realize you're not acting rude to me at all," Tamera figured as she puts her back on the communal bathroom's wall. "One would think your shock collar would have activated."
"If I had to guess, Casey is looking through the many TVs in the security footage, flipping constantly to see who slips up," Axel theorized, standing a few feet away from the communal door while looking at his teammate.
"That… honestly could be extremely accurate," Tamera admitted. She smirks. "Are you pulling a Casey?"
"No, I will never do something that breaks the game like that," Axel answered. "Plus, that is unfair for the competition."
Tamera lets out a chuckle. "That's what I like about you. You're sweet, nice, but also firm and ruthless when one needs to be."
Axel blushes at the comment. He rubs the back of his head. He looks at the ground. "Um, when you mean like, do you mean as a friend or…" He looks back at Tamera. "Something more?"
Is Tamera's turn to blush. To stop this conversation, she decides to get sassy. "What are you doing standing around like a goofball? We came here so you can use the bathroom. Get in already."
"Right madam," Axel remembered. "Wait out here for me." He enters the communal bathroom.
A bush rustles nearby, getting the attention of Tamera. Georgia comes out from the bush and approaches the vixen.
"Salutations Tamera," Georgia greeted sweetly.
"Oh, how long were you in that bush?" Tamera rhetorically asked. "Feels like you were there to gawk at m…" She remembers she cannot talk about herself. "A certain amazing, talented, and desirable lady." She pretends to poof her hair.
"Oh, darling please," Georgia answered, sounding condescending. "M…" Despite being out of the challenge, she decides to talk as if she is still in the game to not make herself suspicious of manipulating Tamera. "Miss Tude, which is you should give certain tips to an actress I know."
Tamera notices what Georgia is doing and scoffs with a laugh. "You? A supposed actress asking another better one for help?"
Georgia's right eye twitches from that remark. "Alright, let the true actress who I cannot name enlighten you. Do you believe you have been getting enough screentime since you got here?"
Tamera crosses her arms. "Please, the best girl in this cast knows she is getting sufficient screentime."
"Yes, but what if you could have more?" Georgia asked. "Sure, a fellow entertainer acknowledges you got the looks…"
"Obviously," Tamera boasted.
"But Total Drama is more than a pretty face. You must agree that part of this show's charm is someone playing the villain. Knick can testify about that," Georgia continued chatting.
"Girl, you are wasting a bootylicious woman's time," Tamera rudely told the starlet. "A girl I know ain't even supposed to talk to a loser from the other team. What do you want?"
"Oh Tamera, is not what the star wants," Georgia informed.
Tamera stops leaning on the wall and Georgia takes the opportunity to get behind the vixen. The starlet puts her right arm over Tamera's neck and right shoulder.
"Is what you want," Georgia spoke closely to Tamera's left ear. "There are some nice items in that bush over there that can help you sabotage your team."
Tamera releases herself from Georgia, takes a few steps forward, and turns around to face the Blazing Gaffer.
"The person that is better than you at everything will never do that again. She has changed," Tamera told firmly. "Doing that makes her no good."
"Think of the headlines though. Calamity newbie uses the master plan to eliminate Knick, one of the strongest competitors ever in Total Drama," Georgia proposed.
This gets Tamera's interest spiking.
"People will talk about you for such an incredible feat. The fame, the power, the attention," Georgia stated. "Every person watching will be praising you, going down as one of the greats of Total Drama history." She gets closer to whisper into Tamera's right. "Maybe this can guarantee that reality show you always wanted to make."
The last sentence clearly gets into Tamera's head. She looks at the bush behind her, feeling conflicted about what to do. Self-sabotaging is bad, but her reality show. Being the one responsible for Knick's elimination. What to do?
Once Axel gets out of the communal bathroom, he notices Tamera gone. He looks around. Georgia appears seemingly out of nowhere, causing the gentleman to scream out of terror.
"If you're looking for Tamera, she left you because you were using the toilet too long," Georgia told smiling.
Axel notices the starlet's twisted smile and narrows his eyes at Georgia. "I can tell that's a lie."
Georgia shrugs. "Oh well, don't believe me. By the way, can you be so kind as to grab my handkerchief on the ground? I accidentally dropped it when coming here."
Axel looks down and sees the white handkerchief. He bends his back, extends one of his arms, and grabs the handkerchief with his hand.
"Thanks darling," Georgia expressed gratitude and takes her hankie.
At that moment, the collar on Axel's neck shocks him.
"Oh, now is when she's watching me," Axel exclaimed annoyed.
Somewhere around the film lot, Jett is setting up bear traps, rakes on the floor, and explosive mines.
"How did she even find this in the storage place?" Jett wondered dumbfounded as he looks at the last explosive mine in his hands. He shrugs and smiles. "Oh well, there's no need to question it." He places the mine down and hides in a bush to wait for someone to step on any trap he laid.
Confessional – Jett – Freezing Grips
"Feel like I've gotten more fiendish after Carnival Calamity, definitely because my life got worse. I became somewhat famous in places that I will travel, which has cost me to lose more in tricking tourists. Meaning there were times I had to eat leftover trash from garbage cans. It also doesn't help that Lisa broke up with me to pursue her own career. I bet she's having fun."
He crosses his arms and frowns. "Whatever, I'm making sure I win the prize money this season because I'm honestly tired of running from place to place. I don't care what people will say about my methods. This is my season."
End Confessional
Lucy, Maverick, and Sua are walking by conversating with each other. Too distracted, Sua mistakenly activates a mine. The mine explodes and it sends the idol onto a palm tree nearby. Sua screams while in the air. The shock collar electrocutes her. This turns the green leaves of the palm tree brown. Sua falls from the height.
Maverick quickly runs to his teammate and catches her before heading to the ground.
Sua slowly opens her eyes and looks at Maverick. "My hero," The idol said before passing out. Maverick smiles.
"Seems like someone laid traps around here," Lucy notices the various mines, rakes, and bear traps. "Quite strange."
"It is, isn't it?" Jett approached the detective with a charming smile. "You probably want to know who is responsible for this."
Before Lucy can respond, Maverick stands next to her while holding Sua in his arms.
"Don't listen to him Lucy, he's just trying to trick you into detective work so you can fail the challenge," Maverick advised his teammate.
"Dang Mav, you figured me out good," Jett complimented, giving a grin and a thumbs up. "Sorry for using that tactic, but this is a competition after all."
"Not a nice tactic but I respect the methods you are using," Lucy told the runaway. "I believe we no longer need to have a conversation."
"Yeah, you're right," Jett played it cool. He puts his hands in his jean pockets and turns around. "Not like I wanted to talk about yesterday's challenge."
"Yesterday?" Lucy pondered. "What do you mean yesterday?" She gets electrocuted by her collar and gets on her knees.
Maverick frowns, wondering how Lucy could fall for a trick like that.
"Ah, is no big deal," Jett spoke as he takes out his left hand and raises it up to match his shoulder's height. "I was at the prison with Lilith and Edgar. That's all. See you all later."
Jett walks away with satisfaction, eliminating two Blazing Gaffers from the challenge. Despite having the possibility of ratting out Georgia, he knows the starlet can be beneficial to him.
Niu, Buck, Raymundo, and Kristie have finished their game of volleyball and are heading to their respective trailers. Georgia walks nearby Kristie and Raymundo.
"Is quite the accomplishment that Harold has never merged," Georgia said as she walks past the two Freezing Grips. "Such shame for an underrated player."
Kristie stops and bites her tongue to prevent herself from talking. Raymundo turns around and realizes what is going on.
"Come on Kristie, let's head to the trailer. You'll be safe there," Raymundo assured happily, trying to get the fan's attention.
"My favorite part of Total Drama is when Gwen read Heather's idea in front of everyone since we all know Heather is such a goth," Georgia added more temptation. She puts her right index finger on her lip. "Like Lilith, wonder what she's up to?"
"How can you mess up one of the most iconic moments in Total Drama of all time!?" Kristie exclaimed at Georgia. "It was Heather who read Gwen's diary!" Kristie's collar activates and electrocutes her.
"Adorable," Georgia said before leaving.
"Well, that just happened," Raymundo said confused. "Looks like she's trying to make us fail the challenge," He told Kristie.
The two Freezing Grips head to their trailers. Kristie's hair is all messed up but does not look too bad thanks to her beanie.
"I knew what she was doing but I had to correct her. Total Drama media is essential to know. I don't want her to confuse the new fans," Kristie said to the beach bro. She opens the Grips girl trailer door.
"New fans? But Total Drama is ending. How will there be new fans?" Raymundo wondered, standing next to the Grips boy trailer.
"There will always be new fans Raymundo," Kristie responded. She narrows her eyes with an intense stare, whispering, "Always."
Raymundo looks at her strangely. "Okaaayyy?"
"Hey," Tamera is shown near Raymundo with a flirtatious greeting.
Raymundo chuckles and turns to look at Tamera, puts his left hand on the trailer door, and leans a bit backward.
"Hey," Raymundo flirted back, momentarily forgetting he was not supposed to do that for the challenge. The metal collar on his neck electrocutes him. He falls to the ground with a thud.
Kristie watches Tamera head somewhere and gets suspicious of the vixen's actions. Kristie decides to follow her.
As that happens, the two Blazing Gaffers playing volleyball with Raymundo and Kristie are currently heading to the prehistoric set. The two walk in silence. Buck because he is finding it peaceful while Niu is trying to find some way for him to notice her intentions on wanting to get into a relationship.
Once inside the prehistoric set, Niu opens her mouth to talk but Buck speaks first.
"Watch your step," Buck warned Niu.
Niu stares at her crush confused. "Step? What…" She trips on a large human size leg bone. Before she can fall, Buck grabs her right hand to prevent her from hitting her head on the ground.
"Don't worry partner, I got you," Buck joyfully said. He helps his teammate stand up straight and lets go of Niu's hand. He then proceeds to look at the bone. Under the bone are a pencil and notebook sheet.
Niu stares at the hand that was touched, her cheeks turning redder by the second. She silently stutters.
Buck lets out a chuckle at what he is seeing. "Looks like someone left a sheet of paper and notebook. I reckon someone is pulling on a cow's utter to milk us out of the challenge. Right Niu?" He looks at his teammate but notices she is gone. That is until he starts hearing scribbling. He looks back at the bone and sees the goal digger sitting on it while using the taken pencil to write on the paper.
"Niu, you're not supposed to be doing that," Buck said and swiftly takes the paper away from Niu.
Niu's collar shocks her but it does not hurt at all. She is too fond of Buck to feel the electric pain.
"Sorry Buck, I needed to get some stuff off my chest," Niu apologized, no longer her cheeks red.
"Off your chest? What in tarnation you have to…" Buck looks at the paper Niu wrote on. He blushes upon reading it. "Oh my, that is a lot. You really have it going for this guy." He gives the paper back to his teammate. "Whoever you're crushing on is one lucky fellow."
Niu snaps the pencil she took in half with her right hand, desperately trying to be calm and collective. Buck stares at her nervously.
JJ is still laying on the hammock from earlier as Simon has a presentation board stand next to him full of terrible drawings. JJ covers her mouth with her left hand, making it look like she is hiding her giggling.
"Very funny," Simon played off the teasing with a grin. "I'm not good at drawing, but I drew what are the likes you told me and my likes. I tend to do this when making elaborate pranks on people. Writing them on a board."
JJ pays attention as she tries to take out stuff from her wig but remembers she does not have it on. Basically, she is tapping her head.
"We both like pie," Simon pointed at a drawing that does not resemble a pie at all, confusing JJ a bit. "Entertaining others and slapstick." He points at two stickmen figures. One has a triangle body while the other is a rectangle. "Key difference is that you make people laugh while I like to trick others."
JJ admittedly is getting bored despite having a happy smile on her face. This challenge is tedious for her. Once Simon turns around to draw more, she looks to her left and notices her clown horn on the ground a yard away. Her eyes widen in delight. She knows she cannot do any clowning, but one honk is not so bad.
JJ quietly gets up from the hammock and goes to grab her clown horn and honks. Then she honks it again and again and continues repeatedly. Simon hears the honking and turns around.
"JJ, no!" Simon shouts worryingly, knowing what is about to happen.
The collar on JJ electrocutes her. The clown falls to the ground. Despite the pain, she is smiling with satisfaction. She is glad to get clowning out of her system momentarily.
"Guess is up to me to win it for the team," Simon said pridefully. He looks to his right and notices a picnic basket full of water balloons two yards away.
JJ watches Simon giggling as the jester goes for the basket. Tamera approaches the basket.
"Oh, hey Simon, kind of weird to see a random basket full of water balloons here," Tamera said as if she was not the one who put it there.
Simon does not respond to her. He simply grabs a balloon and throws it at Tamera, getting the vixen wet. Simon's collar electrocutes him.
"Unbelievable," Axel's voice is heard, sounding upset.
Tamera turns around to see Axel and Kristie getting close. Axel is not content. Simon and JJ stand next to Tamera.
"Self-sabotaging? Again?" Axel confronted.
"What are you talking about?" Tamera pretended to not understand.
"You! Putting the clown horn and basket of water balloons here to eliminate Simon and JJ out of the challenge," Axel exclaimed, disappointed and irritated.
Simon narrows his eyes at Tamera while JJ looks at the black hair girl strangely, wondering why sabotage should even happen.
"Axel, relax, someone from the Blazing Gaffers must have put those here," Tamera suggested.
"Kristie and I saw you putting them there then hiding around one of the lots," Axel countered.
"Kristie?" Tamera questioned. Now there is an extra witness.
"Yes," Kristie confirmed. "I have no idea why you decided to flirt with Raymundo when you know he is not supposed to do that. So, I found Axel and we two spied on you."
"Didn't expect you two to be stalkers," Tamera tried to play around with the accusation.
"And you're lying to me," Axel exclaimed. "And to think I was starting to like you."
Tamera can hear in Axel's voice the hurt he upon this revelation.
"I thought you changed that," Axel spoke.
"I did," Tamera quickly responded. Her collar electrocutes her.
"I thought so too," Axel answered back. He holds back his tears and walks away. Simon and JJ follow the gentleman to make him feel better.
Tamera is feeling sad, perplexed, angry, and shame. She should have not let Georgia get to her head. Tamera knew this could possibly happen but chose to sabotage anyway. Now her chances of getting together with Axel could be impossible. Tears start escaping from her eyes.
Kristie decides to let out an evil chuckle and smirks. "Wow, you truly are the queen of screw-ups." The Total Drama fan then vomits on Tamera's shirt, feeling disgusted for insulting. "Sorry, I…"
"Leave me alone," Tamera stated weakly and leaves slowly.
Inside the crafts and services tent, Daniela is now massaging Knick's back on the table. Knick is shirtless and is feeling relaxed.
"Do you do this with Jeremy as well?" Knick wondered, looking at the floor.
"Recently whenever we are together alone. He's going through a rough time after he left his band to try a solo act," Daniela answered as she massages Knick's lower back.
"Does he sing?" Knick asked.
Daniela lets out a laugh. "Not at all. Unless you count screaming like a deranged animal."
Knick chuckles. "Yeah, your boyfriend isn't going far as a solo artist with just playing the guitar. Needs to get into another band."
"Well, I was suggesting Jeremy get into dancing. Do you know this lady that dances while playing the violin? She has a good career at the moment," Daniela mentioned. She massages Knick's upper back.
"Good luck on that," Knick stated. "Also, stay right there. That's the spot."
An idea comes to Daniela's brain. "Hey, how about we have Yves teach Jeremy some dancing? You can talk to her."
The mention of Knick's girlfriend makes him tense. Daniela can feel it since she has her hands on the journalist's back.
"Geez, sorry for asking," Daniela apologized while keeping her chill composure. "Did something happen between you two?"
Knick decides to stop laying on the table and gets out of it, now standing on the floor. Seems like Daniela uncuffed him during their time together.
"Alright, we're done here." Knick goes to grab his murky green shirt and shoes.
Before Daniela can talk more, several contestants arrive inside the tent. From the Blazing Gaffers are Buck, Buford, Edgar, Maverick, and Janet. From the Freezing Grips are Christopher, Sara, and Melissa.
"What are you all doing here?" Daniela suspiciously asked.
"They haven't been out of the challenge yet," Casey came into the tent radiating positivity. "So, I brought them here. Is almost sunset so think of this as a sudden death phase. Without the death of course."
"Have we been that long here together?" Knick wondered, looking at Daniela.
"Psh, I don't have a watch on me," Daniela plainly answered with a smirk as she crosses her arms. "Guess you truly did need that relaxation."
Casey and the eight other people in the tent notice Knick holding his shirt. While his abbs, muscles, and chest is not as stunning as Christopher or Maverick's, one can tell he keeps himself in shape. Casey and the eight then look at Daniela.
"Whatever you all are thinking, stop. Daniela was simply giving me a massage," Knick spoke, knowing the mentality some of his opponents have.
"She wasn't telling you how some planets rotate differently from Earth?" Janet innocently asked.
"Nice hair Edgar," Daniela joked, looking at emo's dyed red and yellow hair.
"The things I do for money," Edgar muttered, feeling embarrassed.
"Okay, Blazing Gaffers go to your table and Freezing Grips go to yours," Casey instructed. Each team does as instruct by the hostess. Casey gets near the kitchen counter to look at every person. "Here's how the sudden death round is going to go. The first member to fail the challenge will automatically lose it for their team. And none of you can leave the tent until a dropout happens."
"What if we have to use the bathroom?" Sara asked smirkingly. "Did you think of that?"
"Sara," Casey said gritting her teeth and putting her hands together. "Is funny to do it to Chris, is not funny to do it to me."
"You're a host now so you have to endure us," Knick stated to his ex, wearing back his shirt, shoes, and trench coat.
Casey rolls her eyes. "Bathroom breaks are allowed but that's it."
The remaining Blazing Gaffers and Freezing Grips look at each other. Each group huddles and whispers to each other a plan.
"I say we go for Daniela," Maverick told his team. "She has the most vulnerable habit. If we can get her to insult one of us, we are good to win."
"That sounds mean," Janet told the promoter. "Maybe we can trick Christopher into teaching us some martial arts moves."
"I just want to be done with challenge already," Edgar deadpanned. "Don't want my hair to be like this for the rest of the season."
"Who you think we should target Bo?" Buck asked Buford.
Buford remains quiet.
"Oh right, you're not talking because you don't want to lie," Buck forgot.
The Freezing Grips are also having some trouble wondering who to trick in order to win.
"Edgar and Buck are guaranteed to win with the circumstances now in place," Knick stated.
"We could get Buford to talk," Melissa suggested, taking a quick glance at the tall dude. "Might be hard though."
"Easy picks are Maverick and Janet," Sara advised. "One needs to talk about space while the other himself."
"Then let's choose Maverick," Christopher told his girlfriend. He is making sure the team does not go after Janet because of the Crowstillo Alliance.
"Sounds great to my ears," Daniela exclaimed. This gets the attention of the opposing team. "Hey Maverick! Have you ever done an event for movie premieres? I could sure use the help for an upcoming film I'm going to be pulling stunts on."
Maverick bites his tongue to not speak. His teammates look at him, letting him know to keep quiet.
"You got any tips to throw that event? Balloons? Streamers? Crowstillo wine?" Daniela continued pressuring Maverick to speak.
Maverick sweats.
"Come on Maverick pull it together," Janet cheered.
A volleyball comes rolling down into the center of the tent.
"That's weird, wonder who kick that here," Buck wondered looking at the ball.
A quick glance at the volleyball makes Melissa stand up from the picnic table and scream. "No! I will never touch those balls again." She screams and flails her arms in the air. She busts a hole through the tent. The hole is in the perfect shape of her body.
"Does that count as us winning?" Edgar asked Casey.
Casey ponders about this, gazing at the hole Melissa created. "New tent, that's going to take out some cash from my paycheck. Or I could just deduct Meredith's allowance."
Buford almost says something to Casey for that comment. He keeps it together since he knows if he messes up it could be curtains for him.
"Man, I thought Chris was bad at making rules for challenges, but you take the cake for not being specific," Daniela mocked, having her elbows on the table.
At that moment, Casey takes a remote out of nowhere and presses a button on it. This causes Daniela's metal collar to shock her.
"Oh, come on, how is that insult?" Daniela questioned, pissed off.
"You compared me to Chris," Casey happily answered. "Have fun voting tonight."
Maverick, Edgar, Buford, Buck, and Janet cheer. They are content that they won the challenge for their team.
Confessional – Buford – Blazing Gaffers
"Finally, I can speak again. Now I know how JJ probably feels about being mute. That being said, glad my team finally won a challenge. This team does not have many strategic people in the sense of eliminations, but that doesn't mean when it comes to voting I'm safe. Might have to ally with either a Crowstillo or BTTI member. Or maybe Edgar. He's pretty much vulnerable to convince in keeping me safe. Just got to do some small talk. Make a big deal about his interests."
Confessional – Daniela – Freezing Grips
"Well, that was completely unfair, screw the rules, I guess. Don't know who to vote for tonight. Probably the least useful person or most annoying one. I guess Axel could count as underperforming."
End Confessionals
Inside the Freezing Grips boy trailer, the guys are inside discussing who to eliminate. However, Knick is not with them.
"So," Raymundo started as he looks at himself in a mirror. "We're voting for Knick tonight?"
"Sweet," Jett smirked, already liking the idea. "For a moment I thought we boys will vote off a girl to have the number's advantage, but I don't mind sending that cocky bastard home."
"May I suggest a different person to vote off?" Christopher politely asked.
"Oh yeah, Saraphina is also a good pick," Jett said for fun. "Nice idea big guy."
"You know I will not do that," Christopher looked at the runaway. "These bones in my body prevent myself from such a betrayal. The warrior…"
"No need for your heroic speeches dude I was joking," Jett flatly said. He takes a pair of binoculars from his bed. "Are we voting for Knick or not?" He asked Simon and Axel. "Found some nice birds to gaze at around this time."
Both Simon and Axel are sitting on their beds. Axel is looking at the floor. He is confused, angry, and gloomy.
"We're voting for Tamera," Simon told his teammates with a frown.
"Yeah, right. There's no way Axel will vote her off," Jett said, thinking that targeting the vixen is stupid.
"Tamera sabotaged Raymundo, JJ, and me before getting caught," Simon responded back to Jett. "As much as I would like to vote out Knick, we can't take any chances with Tamera."
"This may sound strange, but I believe Tamera was manipulated to do that," Raymundo theorized. "Sure, she likes to brag about herself a lot, but I don't believe she was intentionally trying to sabotage. Why do it again when it did not work out the last time?"
"Doesn't matter," Axel spoke, his voice filled with sorrow and rage as he continues staring at the floorboard. "She's getting voted off."
"Fine by me," Jett shrugged. He heads outside the trailer. Simon and Raymundo head out as well.
Christopher takes a few steps close to Axel. "This anger isn't going to help you Axel."
"Like I have a choice?" Axel stated, not looking at the warrior.
"Will you still have this anger after she maybe leaves the game tonight?" Christopher caringly asked.
"I don't know," Axel said as his tears fall on the ground. "I… just wish this didn't happen. I want to believe Raymundo that someone manipulated her to do this but remembering what she did last season is just too difficult."
"Are you happy being this angry?" Christopher asked.
"No, I feel sick every time I get like this now. And I do not want my rage to cloud my judgment," Axel answered.
"Take this advice. I cannot change your desire to vote her off, but please speak with Tamera about what happened. Hear her part of the story. You know her more than anyone in this competition. Talk it out," Christopher suggested.
Axel wipes away his tears with his right arm. "I guess that could help make me feel better. Shouldn't have blown her off earlier like that."
Christopher slowly sits next to Axel and gives the gentleman a hug.
Inside the Freezing Grip girl's trailer, Daniela is laughing at Tamera.
"Wow, and I thought I messed up," Daniela spoke as she continues to laugh. "But seriously? Self-sabotage? Who do you think you are Scott?"
Tamera is not in the mood to retort. She is laying on her bed sulking.
"Okay Daniela that's enough," Melissa kindly told the stuntwoman.
"Is it though? She deserves the mockery," Sara coldly responded referring to Tamera. She is sitting on her bed. "Only an idiot will go for that kind of strategy. This isn't a new cast. Pulling those stunts with us is gonna cost ya."
"Okay, sure, Tamera is part of the reason our team lost, but perhaps we girls should team up and get rid of a guy. Knick is a good pick," Kristie suggested, trying to potentially get an ally in Tamera.
"Even if I didn't like Knick the whole vote out the strongest players early on the team is not a strategy this lady partakes in," Daniela denied Kristie's plan, pointing at herself. "Getting rid of a weak link helps the team perform better," Daniela smirks as she goes to lay on her bed. "Thank goodness you were out first on the Skull Serpents team."
"I was only voted out because of Chase using an idol," Kristie exclaimed. "Why do you keep insisting I suck at this game? Is Total Drama! You know, the one series I almost practically worship?"
"Better find another hobby if you're that obsessive with this," Daniela kept on messing with her teammate.
Kristie groans.
"Um, back to focusing on who we should vote out please?" Melissa nicely asked.
"Tamera, no other options," Sara told the athletic nerd.
"We could vote out Simon," Daniela added. "What do you think about that JJ?"
JJ looks at a camera with a blank stare. She is pondering whether or not Daniela is serious about getting rid of the jester.
"Look, if it is not Tamera then let's get rid of Axel. He's arguably the weakest guy in terms of gameplay. Plus, he and Miss Crybaby over there will get annoying if both stay," Daniela gave her proposal.
"Someone is already being annoying," Kristie said as she adjusts her scarf. "And I'm considering voting her off."
Daniela decides to sit on her bed and sees her teammates looking at her, even Tamera.
"Okay look, sorry that I'm being harsh," Daniela apologized. "But most of you are just easy to mess with. I'll chill with the messing around."
"Why don't we let JJ decide who to vote for?" Melissa suggested. "I'm sure she has a good idea."
All the girls look at JJ, who admittedly feels uncomfortable being ask who to vote for.
It is night. The Freezing Grips are arriving to the bleacher of the Glided Chris Award Ceremony. This time, the males sit in the first two rows while the females sit in the two upper decks. Each contestant is holding their voting device. Casey is standing in the center of the Glided Chris award stage wearing an exquisite black dress that goes down to her knees. The dress has red diagonal lines on it and the lines appear to look like bloodstains. Casey is also wearing black tights, red high heels, and yellow hoop earrings. Her iconic scarf does not come with her fancy attire. There is a glass table next to her and on the glass table has twelve small, glided Chris awards.
"Freezing Grips, welcome to your first elimination ceremony," Casey excitedly announced.
Daniela scoffs. "We wouldn't be here if you weren't…"
"No need to keep stirring the pot Daniela," Knick interrupted.
"Thank you Knick," Casey expressed gratitude. "Now, since this is the team's first time here, allow me to explain the voting method. Which is simple. All of you will be using the voting devices in your right hand, scrolling on an image of a member's face, and putting a checkpoint next to the image on the square you see. No one can change their vote once selected."
"If only we have someone on our team that could hack these babies," Simon joked with his teammates. He gets no response. "Tough crowd."
All Freezing Grips vote for who they want to go. Casey takes a glided Chris award and peels off the golden wrapper, showing a phone was inside of it. "You all have cast your votes." Casey takes a quick peep at the score and then puts down the phone on the glass table.
"The contestants safe for another day are…"
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"Christopher and Sara."
The couple catches a glided Chris and then gives each other a quick kiss on the lips.
"Simon and JJ."
Both names called catch their award. Simon gives a wink to JJ, getting the clown to smile wider.
"Raymundo, Jett, and Daniela."
The tree mentioned happily catches a glided Chris toss at them.
"Kristie and Melissa."
The next two catch their award. Kristie immediately unwraps the glided figure so she can eat the chocolate.
"Knick, Tamera, and Axel," Casey called out. "You three received votes tonight." She grins. "Question is, who got the most amount of votes?"
Confessional – Knick – Blazing Gaffers
"Should have figured I'll be targeted throughout my stay, again," He said annoyed. "Hopefully Tamera or Axel got the most votes. Wouldn't make sense to keep an anger-holic or a saboteur. And I know what you're thinking. I did sabotage my own team back in Crowstillo Island. In response to that, it was my first season. No one knew me. Plus, you're only in trouble if you get caught."
End Confessional
While Knick does not seem to be concerned about leaving the game, the other two Freezing Grips are. Neither Axel nor Tamera wants to leave. Not just because of winning the final season, but because maybe they want to reconcile.
Casey holds a gilded Chris up high. "The next Freezing Grip safe is…"
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"Axel."
The ruthless gentleman catches his award with both hands. He wants to look at Tamera, but the pain of the event of today does not allow him to do so.
"Come on, come on," Knick repeated, beginning to feel nervous. Sara, Christopher, and Daniela are also anxious. All four are trying to hide their nerves.
Tamera frowns, feeling like she should be the one going home. Yet will she?
"Tamera and Knick, I am holding the last glided Chris award," Casey spoke, enjoying every moment of the apprehensive faces of many Grips. "Whoever does not receive the last one will walk away with nothing but shame and disappointment. The final award goes to…"
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Knick gets proud and catches his glided Chris award. "I don't go down that easily."
"Shut it Knick," Tamera said. She stands up from the bleacher. She sighs. "I totally deserve this. I let Georgia get into my head and went back to my disgusting ways. I was willingly looking forward to sabotaging the other team coming into this season, but that bitch got me good. And that's coming from me."
"Wait, did you say Georgia?" Raymundo asked for confirmation.
"Yeah, she gave me the idea to sabotage my teammates," Tamera confirmed. Every Freezing Grip is surprised by this revelation except Jett. "Doesn't matter, I'm out. So, I'll just be leaving."
Tamera walks out of the bleacher and heads towards Casey. Before she reaches the center, Axel runs out of the bleacher.
"Wait," Axel exclaimed to get Tamera's attention.
Tamera turns around just in time for Axel to give her a hug.
"I'm sorry, I shouldn't have blown up like that. Should have heard your side of the story," Axel apologized.
"I'm sorry too. I should have immediately said that Georgia convinced me to do it instead of making it look like I came up with the plan," Tamera expressed regret.
"Touchy, but I have places to be. Let's get going Tamera," Casey told the vixen.
"I'll stop Georgia for you," Axel promised.
"No, you'll only let yourself get blinded. Win the game another way," Tamera advised.
The two stop hugging each other.
"Come on, what are you standing around for?" Kristie exclaimed. "Admit your feelings for each other already."
Tamera and Axel gaze into each other's eyes. Before either can confess, Chef comes in and grabs Tamera by the back of her shirt.
"Your ride is here kid," Chef stated. He drags Tamera away while Casey follows the two.
Confessional – Axel – Freezing Grips
"Well Georgia, hope you are content with making every Freezing Grip go after you. Some may not do it, but I will be putting you in the lame-o-sine where you belong."
End Confessional
"So, I don't what your plans are after the show," Tamera told Casey, the two now next to the lame-o-sine with Chef opening the passenger door. "But I heard you wanted to make a reality show."
"The idea is still there," Casey confirmed proudly. "But it's all in my head right now."
"You think we can make our own reality show? Combine our ideas? I've been wanting to have one. Is one of the reasons I signed up for this show," Tamera offered.
"Hmm," Casey pondered as she examines the eliminated contestant. "You got the sass, the body, and you're clearly a fan favorite. You won't mind sharing the spotlight?"
"Not at all. I'm willing to work with others to get my dream job," Tamera assured.
"Hmm, let's keep in touch," Casey suggested.
Tamera smiles and her eyes light up sparklingly. It was not a yes, but neither a no. She enters the limo. Chef closes the door. Casey looks at the nearest camera to end the episode.
"Georgia strikes again! Will she continue to reign terror with all the Freezing Grips knowing she is up to her usual tricks? Can the Blazing Gaffers get on a winning streak? Is the Crowstillo Alliance still going to go strong? What is the possibility of Simon and JJ hooking up? Lastly, will Buck ever get the hint that Niu likes him? Find out next time on Total… Drama… Lights, Camera, Finale!"
Votes
Knick – Tamera
Saraphina – Tamera
Christopher – Tamera
Jett – Tamera
Daniela – Tamera
Tamera – Knick
Axel – Knick
Raymundo – Knick
Kristie – Knick
Simon – Axel
JJ – Axel
Melissa - Axel
Total Votes
Tamera – 5
Knick – 4
Axel - 3
Teams
Blazing Gaffers
Boys - Pharoah, Buck, Buford, Maverick, Edgar
Girls – Janet, Lucy, Niu, Georgia, Sua
Freezing Grips
Boys – Knick, Christopher, Simon, Raymundo, Jett, Axel
Girls – Saraphina, Daniela, Kristie, JJ, Melissa
PLACEMENTS
22nd - Tamera
23rd - Lilith
24th – Henry
Author's Note: This elimination is gut-punching. Yet, when there is a cast that is this stack the early boots are going to be heartbreaking. Tamera is that case. Despite her short stay this time around, I did have fun writing her a lot as always. She was doing her thing without causing drama until Georgia showed up. Some old habits die hard and with Tamera, it was the joy of sabotaging.
Thank you LittleRedline for coming up with the challenge. It was really fun writing how the interactions will play out.
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