Total Drama Ecstasy
Hey there everybody! In this chapter Artemis is going to do something absolutely evil. What is it you ask? Well, you'll find out in due time. I think you're going to like it...though admittedly the evil plan isn't very realistic. Surely it's worth an evil laugh though, right?
And yes, we're doing a pirate challenge this time.
Chapter 7: Ahoy, Matey!
As usual, Dawn was standing out in the parking lot, ready to recap the events of the previous episode.
"Hey there, everyone! Welcome back to Total Drama! In the last episode, we had a wild west challenge. You all like wild west movies, right? Then again, maybe they aren't for everyone. We all have different tastes." noted the moonchild.
B nodded in agreement.
"Let's see who the special guest of honor is today." said Dawn.
Immediately, she began to spin around a wheel.
"This time our special guest of honor is...Scott." spoke the moonchild.
She began to frown.
"Well, I guess we were going to have to pay him a visit eventually..." noted Dawn.
"Alright!" exclaimed Scott.
"Hey there, Scott...is it just me or does your voice sound even more nasally than usual today?" asked the moonchild.
"Maybe I'm catching a cold..." noted the hick.
"Are you going to be a good boy?" inquired Dawn.
"You should listen to her." warned Scott's conscience.
"Probably not." answered Scott.
Scott's conscience shook his head and facepalmed.
"That's too bad. If you be a good boy I might give you a raise." noted Dawn.
"It's in my nature to be bad!" exclaimed the hick.
"I guess it is." acknowledged the hostess.
"Mind if I try sabotaging the challenge?" asked Scott.
"Yes, I would mind." answered Dawn.
"Too bad! I'm going to do it anyway!" exclaimed the hick.
"You do realize if you do that, I can call the producer, right?" inquired the moonchild.
Scott sweatdropped.
"Fine! You win!" exclaimed the hick.
"Alright then. I hope you enjoy yourself rather than other people's suffering." spoke Dawn.
"But I'm a sadist!" complained Scott.
"Well, so was Chris...and you know what happened to him, right?" asked the moonchild.
"Good point...I'll try to be good...but I'll likely do a bad job." noted the hick.
"That's better than nothing..." shrugged Scott's conscience.
"Right then...it's time for the dramatic title drop, right?" asked Dawn.
B nodded.
"It's time for another episode of Total...Drama...Ecstasy! Sheesh, this makes my throat hurt a bit." noted Dawn.
One theme song later...
As it turned out, Louis had already left Team Stardom's trailer. Apparently, he wanted to go explore for a bit. Maybe find some more idols?
Of course, Forrest, Marvin, and Roger were still present.
"Well, we didn't need to use the Mike Idol this time." noted Forrest.
"It's true, we didn't." nodded Roger.
"Thank goodness we managed to win...I don't want to be trapped at a hotel filled with girls..." noted Marvin.
"Technically you're already trapped at a studio filled with girls..." questioned Forrest.
Marvin began to shiver with fear.
"His gynophobia is flaring up again..." noted Roger.
Personally, he wondered why Marvin was so terrified of women.
Did he have a bad history with them? Maybe he got coldly rejected by his girlfriend.
He heard that could happen sometimes...at least to animated characters. Or original characters in this case...
"Hmm..." thought Roger.
"Got to stop thinking...about girls..." murmured Marvin.
"Maybe you start thinking about boys instead? That seems as good of an idea as anything else." suggested Forrest.
"Um..." murmured the gynophobe. How was he going to respond to that? He wasn't quite sure.
"I'll let you know if there are any girls nearby." stated Roger.
"Thanks.." answered Marvin.
"Fortunately, there doesn't seem to be any girls nearby at the moment..." noted the preteen boy.
"That's because we're in the boys' trailer." explained Forrest.
"Oh, that's right..." nodded Roger.
How could he have forgotten that?
At that very moment, someone knocked on the door.
"Hmm?" inquired Forrest.
Curiously, he opened the door. Sure enough, there was Geoff.
"Congratulations on winning the challenge, dudes! Dawn wanted me to give you these..." said the funniest guy around.
Immediately, he handed them all some badges. Sure enough, they were shaped like stars, causing them to resemble a sheriff's badge.
"Thank you." answered Roger. Now he had something to go with his fake police officer badge.
"Wait, where's Louis?" asked Geoff.
"I think he went on a nature walk or something like that..." explained Marvin.
"I guess I'll go look for him then." answered the teenage boy.
Immediately, he left the boys' cabin to search for Louis.
Where exactly was he? Maybe he should check the cameras.
Confessional: Louis, where are you?
Geoff: I wonder where he wandered off to.
Marvin: I was worried for a second that it was a girl...
Roger: Now I have two badges...nice.
Forrest: I suppose we should be proud of ourselves for winning that challenge.
At the girls' trailer...
"Congratulations on winning the challenge, girls." congratulated Bridgette.
"Thank you." nodded Olivia.
Immediately, she handed them all some sheriff badges.
"We appreciate it." answered Neila.
"I bet you do." nodded the surfer chick.
She left the girls' trailer a few seconds later.
"Well, that was a rather exciting challenge. I was actually a bit surprised that we scored first place this time." noted Wendy.
"That was a twist, wasn't it?" asked Kairi.
"Yes, it was." agreed Neila.
"If we keep it up we're all going to make it to the merge." noted Olivia.
"But if we all make it to the merge, then we're going to have to turn on each other." pointed out Wendy.
"Well...that's true." nodded the girl with a metal leg.
"Wouldn't that be a shame." acknowledged Neila.
"At least we'll all have something to be proud of..." spoke Kairi.
"Yeah, that's true..." nodded Olivia.
"Maybe it wouldn't hurt us if we lost one or two campers along the way..." noted the former intern.
"You sure you should be saying things like that? It sounds like you're tempting fate..." questioned Wendy.
"I wouldn't mind being voted off too much." answered Neila.
"Hmm?" inquired Olivia.
"Never mind." spoke the teenage girl.
Immediately, she decided to leave the girls' trailer. She needed some fresh air.
At that very moment, she noticed Geoff having a conversation with Bridgette.
"Have you seen Louis?" asked Geoff.
"No, I haven't." answered Bridgette.
Geoff sighed.
"I was hoping to give him this badge..." said the teenage boy.
"I'll go look for him!" exclaimed Neila.
Curious, Geoff and Bridgette looked at Neila.
"You will?" asked the funniest guy around.
"Sure." nodded Neila.
Immediately, Geoff handed the badge to her.
"I think I know where he might be..." said the former intern.
She decided to see if if her hunch was right.
Confessional: Is her hunch right?
Neila: I think he might be in the forest somewhere...I'm a bit surprised that the studio looks so similar to Wawanakwa itself.
Geoff: It's good to see Neila wants to help us...
Bridgette: She knows where he is? That's a relief. I was starting to get a bit worried to be honest.
Back at the girls' trailer, the remaining three girls were still talking with each other.
"What will the next challenge be? I hope it involves ninjas..." noted Kairi.
"Maybe it will." answered Wendy.
"Yeah, maybe..." nodded Olivia.
"It could involve anything, really." acknowledged the bookworm.
"Yeah...true." agreed Kairi.
"It would be nice to have another challenge like the wild west challenge though..." noted Olivia.
"Yeah, it would be." nodded Wendy.
"Maybe a desert challenge, perhaps?" inquired Kairi.
"That does sound good..." said Olivia.
"I wonder what that would be like though..." questioned Wendy.
"Me too." pondered Kairi.
"Maybe it would be an Indiana Jones like challenge?" suggested Olivia.
"Yeah...that does sound like a challenge that Dawn would do considering this is based off of Total Drama Action..." noted Wendy.
"I love Indiana Jones movies!" exclaimed Kairi.
"I like them too." agreed Olivia.
"I've actually read novelizations of those films..." pointed out Wendy.
"You have?" asked Kairi.
"Yes, I have." nodded the bookworm.
"You might want to show them to us sometime." suggested Olivia.
"Well, they might be in my suitcase..." noted Wendy.
Curious, she began to search for them.
"Here they are!" exclaimed the teenage girl.
Immediately, she handed them to Olivia and Kairi.
"Thank you." said Olivia.
Confessional: Yes, there are books like that.
Wendy: I'd rather read a book than watch a film...the television isn't really for me.
Olivia: Oh dear...looks like someone shouldn't have looked at the spirits that came out of the Lost Ark!
Kairi: You think I could outrun a boulder? My friends did say that I'm a rather energetic girl...
Meanwhile, Louis was relaxing out in the forest.
"It's nice to have some peace and quiet..." noted the boy.
Unfortunately, a certain camper liked to disturb the peace.
Suddenly, Bruce grabbed onto his underpants.
"Aaugh!" exclaimed Louis.
"Hahaha!" laughed Bruce.
Immediately, he began to stretch them out tightly, causing Louis serious discomfort.
"Ugh! Stop!" demanded Louis.
"Say uncle!" exclaimed the bully.
"Alright! Fine! Uncle!" bellowed the unfortunate boy.
"Louder!" shouted Bruce.
"Uncle!" screamed Louis very loudly.
Bruce let go of his underpants.
"Sheesh!" yelled out the teenage boy.
"That was so much fun..." spoke the bully.
"Not for me, it wasn't!" exclaimed Louis.
At that very moment, Neila began to approach the duo.
"I'm here to give you this badge...wait, what's the matter?" inquired the teenage girl.
"He gave me a wedgie..." complained Louis.
"I sure did!" exclaimed Bruce.
"Darn it, Bruce! Show some respect!" demanded Neila.
"Why should I? I'm big and strong! He's small and weak!" bellowed the bully.
"How'd you feel if someone treated you like that?" inquired the teenage girl.
"How can they? I'm the toughest camper around!" exclaimed Bruce.
"I heard that there was always a bigger fish, actually..." noted Neila.
"Oh really? Even if there was a bigger fish, I would be smart enough to see them coming!" bellowed the bully.
"I don't know...there are people out there that are a lot tougher than they look...I suggest you choose your victims carefully." advised the female intern.
"Why should I even listen to you? You're a girl!" exclaimed Bruce.
Immediately, Bruce left to go look for some more campers to torment.
Neila let out a sigh.
"Is he gone?" asked Louis.
Neila nodded.
Louis let out a sigh of relief.
Immediately, she handed him his badge.
"Thank you." spoke the teenage boy.
"We got this as a reward for winning the challenge." explained Neila.
"Alright!" exclaimed Louis.
Confessional: Aren't rewards nice?
Bruce: What a bunch of baloney! Neila's completely delusional!
Neila: I hope that he wises up and listens to me...he really needs to stop bullying others.
Louis: Is there really someone there that's stronger than Bruce is? Hmm...
Patrick was currently tossing a football as hard as he could.
It was a bit lonely in the boys' trailer at the moment. Bruce had left to go look for campers to bully and Morgan had left...well, he wasn't quite sure what he was up at the moment.
It did sound like he was doing something important though.
Now that he thought of it, he thought he had seen Artemis left the Team Hollywood girls' trailer too.
Was she up to something?
Then again he didn't think she would leave him out of the loop. They were partners after all.
Shrugging, he decided to keep playing football.
At that very moment, Lucca came by.
"Hey there! Do you want to play frisbee?" asked Patrick.
"Sure!" exclaimed the wolf girl.
Immediately, Patrick tossed a frisbee at Lucca, who caught it in her mouth.
"That was fun!" bellowed the teenage girl.
"I guess it was." nodded the jock.
Immediately, Lucca tossed it back at Patrick.
"Hmm...you appear to have gotten some slobber on it." noted the jock.
"Whoops!" exclaimed the teenage girl.
Patrick began to wipe off the slobber with a rag. Thankfully, he had brought one with him.
"That's better. Try not to drool on it this time, OK?" asked the jock.
"OK." nodded Lucca.
Once again, he tossed the frisbee at the wolf girl.
"What are you doing?" asked Cindy, walking up to Patrick.
"I'm playing frisbee with Lucca." explained the jock.
"That's nice. I was about to play a song." answered the teenage girl.
"What did you have in mind?" asked Patrick.
"Something sports related." spoke Cindy.
Immediately, she began to sing.
"Soccer really gives me a kick..."
"To this sport I shall stick..."
"Or maybe I should start playing football..."
"If I decide to play that, I really shouldn't stall..."
"Baseball also sounds like fun..."
"Maybe if I'm lucky, I'll score a home run..."
"Basketball might be my cup of tea..."
"Maybe a star player I shall be..."
"Wow! That was great!" exclaimed the jock.
"Thank you." answered Cindy.
"Encore! Encore!" exclaimed Lucca.
Once again, Cindy began to play a song.
Confessional: Way to go, Cindy!
Cindy: It's good to see that people are so appreciative of my music...
Patrick: I wonder if I should try singing a song myself...then again, I don't have a musical instrument.
Lucca: What an awesome song! I wish I had that as my ringtone.
Meanwhile, Artemis was sitting on a stump, playing with her teddy bear.
At that very moment, Morgan approached her.
Unlike the other campers, he was somewhat aware that Artemis was evil underneath her innocent smile and her cute little face.
This of course was due to his high intelligence. He could notice a few things that the other campers could not.
"Hey there, Artemis. What evil scheme are you up to today?" asked Morgan.
"I haven't decided yet, actually." answered the preteen girl.
"Alright then..." nodded the blonde.
"What evil scheme are you up to today?" inquired Artemis curiously.
Morgan gasped in shock. Had he been discovered? He was trying to keep his facade up as best as he could.
Then again, he got the feeling that he couldn't hide things from the campers forever. They were bound to notice something suspicious eventually.
He was going to have to try to plug a leak sooner or later. It was surprising how many campers were willing to squeal on him.
"Wh-what makes you think I'm evil?" asked Morgan.
"Isn't it obvious? You're clearly using Bruce for your own personal gain...and besides, everyone knows that blondes are evil. Some of them, anyway." answered the teenage girl.
Morgan began to glare at Artemis.
"Alright, listen to me! If you try to spill the beans on me, I'm going to have Bruce wedgie you up a flagpole and then I'm going to have Cynthia spread rumors about you until you're humilated throughout the film lot! Understood?" inquired the teenage boy.
"Oh please! Neither of them scare me! I'd like to see you try to bribe them!" bellowed Artemis.
Morgan let out a sigh. Blackmailing Artemis was going to be harder than he thought.
"Relax! I'm not going to spill the beans on you! I have a code of honor!" exclaimed the teenage girl.
"You do?" asked the teenage boy.
"I'll respect my fellow evildoers if they respect me!" bellowed Artemis.
Morgan let out a sigh of relief.
"Well, I'm still going to keep an eye on you. So don't try anything. Otherwise I'm going to know about it." warned the blonde.
"Fine! Go ahead! I don't really care to be honest...I'd actually enjoy the company." answered the teenage girl.
"Mm-hmm..." nodded Morgan.
Immediately, he went towards a tree so that he could spy on Artemis.
"Who would have thought that an eleven-year-old could be so crazy..." thought the teenage boy.
Personally he got the feeling that there was a bit more to her teddy bear than it seemed...though he wasn't quite sure what.
Confessional: Yes, Morgan and Artemis are aware of each other's evil.
Morgan: Maybe I should make an alliance with her...she seems intelligent enough.
Artemis: I'm glad that there's someone evil on this show besides me...it makes things so much more fun.
Vincent stood out in the distance, plotting his next course of action.
Personally he got the feeling that Blaineley would not be able to find the Immunity Idol alone and that he was going to have to help her search. Dawn had hid the idol shaped after her surprisingly well.
Of course, he could always remind her what was at stake if she failed him. It was never a good idea to do that.
"Under no circumstances..." he murmured underneath his breath.
Personally, he thought that he didn't really need the immunity idol at the moment, but he didn't want to be caught offguard.
He always had a plan for everything, especially Total Drama.
So far his team hadn't lost a challenge, but he got the feeling that wasn't going to be the case in the future.
It was only a matter of time before they slipped up and they found themselves in last place. They had only managed to obtain second place during the last challenge, after all.
And when that happened, they were going to have to vote someone off, and then there would be seven.
"Who should I choose?" he thought. Inevitably, he was going to want to choose that someone that he personally thought was dead weight. If they decided to vote off someone valuable, they might end up losing more challenges.
He didn't want to attend an awards ceremony if there was any chance of him losing. Then again, if his team lost, he could always stage an "accident" for one of his teammates.
That way they would have to be medivacked and the awards ceremony would never occur, and thus he would be safe from elimination.
Granted, he couldn't keep doing that forever...otherwise Dawn would eventually get suspicious. He knew that she wasn't nearly as sadistic as Chris and Blaineley were.
If he got caught, he would inevitably be banned from Total Drama...and would probably end up in juvenile hall while he was at it.
That was not something that he was looking forward to. Granted, he would be among several different teens much like himself...but he would lose quite a bit of privileges too. That wasn't a tradeoff he wanted at the moment.
For the time being, he wanted to be a winner.
Thankfully, he was pretty good at keeping his criminal record clean. He was always very careful not to leave behind evidence at a crime scene. That was why he always wore a pair of black gloves regardless of how cold it was outside.
So far, the police hadn't been able to pin anything on him.
He intended on keeping it that way.
Curious, he wondered if he should try spying on the other teams to see what they had planned.
That seemed as good of an idea as any.
Immediately, he began to hide in the bushes to see if anyone showed up.
However, nobody did.
Shrugging, he stepped out of the bushes and decided to redirect his attention elsewhere.
Confessional: Surprisingly, Vincent doesn't have a criminal record. He's just that good at eluding the authorities.
Vincent: *he is in thought*
Dawn: I just felt a chill go down my spine...
At Team Oscar's trailer for boys...
Dennis, Jack, and Norman were rather unhappy. They had lost a challenge...again.
"Darn it! We lost again!" pouted Jack.
"Yeah! This is giving me a stomachache!" complained Dennis.
"A stomachache?" inquired Norman.
"I get stomachaches when I lose challenges..." said the teenage boy.
"Alright then..." answered the egotistical teen.
"Why can't we win challenges?" moped Jack.
"I don't know!" shrugged Dennis.
"Why can't we win?" asked Norman.
"At this rate our team's going to get wiped out..." noted the thief.
"Wiped out?" asked the teenage boy.
"Well, that only happened once...and that was three seasons ago..." questioned Norman.
"You're right...maybe we're not going to get wiped out." acknowledged Jack.
Dennis let out a sigh of relief.
"Still, we are at a disadvantage now that we only have six and the other teams have eight..." noted the thief.
"We sure are..." nodded Norman.
"Maybe we should go visit the girls and discuss a strategy?" asked the thief.
Personally he was looking forward to stealing some of their belongings...though he wasn't going to tell that to his two remaining male teammates.
He wanted to keep that a secret.
"That does seem like a good idea...besides, maybe I'll make some fangirls!" exclaimed Norman.
"Maybe they'll give me some food..." noted Dennis.
"Maybe they'll give me some valuables..." acknowledged Jack.
Dennis and Norman looked at Jack.
"What?" asked the thief. He hadn't said that he was going to steal from them...though that was what he intended to do at the moment.
He would of course have to be careful to avoid being caught...otherwise he'd be in danger of being voted off at the awards ceremony if they lost.
And considering that there were only six of them left, maybe they would lose again...and then there were be only five.
It would be interesting if they all got sent to the Playas Des Losers one after another, wouldn't it? Personally they wondered if it would make them a laughingstock on national television.
Who would survive the longest?
Immediately, they knocked on the girls' cabin to see if they wanted to pay them a visit.
Sure enough, they did.
"Are we discussing strategy?" asked Aqua.
Jack nodded.
"Alright then..." nodded the teenage girl.
Immediately, she went to fetch the other two girls.
"Oddly enough I feel less tired now that Susan is gone..." noted Rachel as she stepped out of bed.
"Yeah, me too..." agreed Quinta.
They stepped out of the girls' trailer.
"Where should we meet up?" asked Norman.
"Somewhere with water, perhaps?" inquired Aqua.
"Ah yes...that would be your cup of tea,." noted Rachel.
Sure enough, there appeared to be a beach nearby.
"Well, how about that...I didn't know there was a beach here..." questioned Aqua.
"Maybe it's for filming?" inquired Jack.
Shrugging, Team Oscar decided that it would be a good place for a meeting as any.
Confessional: To the Bat Cave! Or the Film Lot Beach!
Aqua: Hopefully we won't lose so easily this time.
Rachel: There's only six of us left...now's the time for us to start playing the game right...
Jack: Alright! I got a penny! And a dime! And a nickel!
Norman: My pockets feel empty...
Quinta: I wish that we weren't so far behind...
Dennis: *eating some bacon*
A few minutes later...
"Right...I think that we need to stay focused if we want to stand a chance during the next challenge..." noted Rachel.
"What do you suggest?" inquired Aqua.
"Well, Dennis should probably stop thinking about food so much...we should all know what a big eater he is at this point. Have you seen him at the craft services tent?" suggested the flirt.
"Huh?" asked the teenage boy, who suddenly stopped eating his sandwich.
"We might have done better during the wild west challenge otherwise." noted Rachel.
"True..." nodded Dennis. Why was the challenge so difficult for him?
He wasn't quite sure.
"Jack, you need to stop thinking about money so much...you can think about it after a challenge." suggested the flirt.
"Fine..." murmured the thief.
Personally he thought that money made the world around. His mother had told him that there were more important things in life than money...but he wasn't a good listener.
"Norman, you need to stop thinking about...yourself." noted Rachel.
"What?" asked Norman.
Immediately, he put his mirror away.
"Quinta, you need to stop being so jealous about everyone else..." warned the flirt.
"But everyone else is so much better than me..." pouted Quinta.
"That's not true and you know it." answered Rachel.
Quinta shrugged. Maybe Rachel was right. What did she know?
"Aqua...maybe you should stop thinking about water so much." noted the flirt.
"Maybe I should try thinking about the land instead? Then again, only thirty percent of the earth or so is land..." questioned Aqua.
"Well, that's true..." acknowledged Rachel.
"Is there anything you want to do to help us win?" asked Quinta.
"Well, I was thinking maybe I could stop thinking about boys so much..." noted the flirt.
"That is rather tempting..." agreed Aqua.
"Yeah..." agreed Quinta.
"Girls can't stop flirting with me!" exclaimed Norman.
Quinta began to blush.
"Right...are we going to focus from now on?" asked Rachel.
Her five teammates nodded.
"Good...hopefully we'll at least get second place this time..." noted the flirt.
Confessional: You don't want Team Oscar to lose again...right?
Rachel: Sheesh...we're off to a really bad start, aren't we?
Quinta: Can we rise from the ashes?
Norman: Our team is perfect! Let's keep it that way!
Dennis: Must...stop...thinking...about...food.
Jack: Money money money! Oh wait, that's right...
Aqua: Gotta stay calm...gotta stay calm...
Meanwhile...
Morgan kept an eye on Artemis. Oddly enough, she actually was keeping her word. In fact, she wasn't near any of the other campers.
"Maybe I'm just being paranoid." thought the blonde.
Still, he couldn't be too careful.
However, at that very moment, Bruce decided to pay Artemis a visit.
"This is too easy." thought the bully.
So what if Neila had warned him that there might be bigger fish at the film lot? What did she know?
Noticing that Artemis was playing with her teddy bear, he suddenly got an idea.
Immediately, he grabbed onto it and pulled it out of her reach.
"Hahaha!" exclaimed Bruce.
"Hey! Put him down!" demanded Artemis.
Bruce did not listen.
Immediately, she put her hands on her ribs. Apparently, she was mad at him.
"Maybe she'll take this as a preview of what's to come if she doesn't listen to me?" inquired Morgan.
"Aww, what's the matter? Can't reach your teddy bear? It must suck to be that small..." noted Bruce.
Suddenly, Artemis pulled out a mysterious potion that was green in color.
"Wait, what's that?" inquired Morgan.
"Hmm?" asked Bruce.
Immediately, she sprinkled it on Bruce.
Curious, he noticed that Artemis now had a wide smile on her face.
"What are you so happy about? I took your teddy bear!" exclaimed the bully.
Suddenly, everything around him began to look...bigger.
Artemis had hit him with her shrinking potion.
Sure enough, he was now the size of an action figure.
"Why is everything so big? Why do I get the feeling that something's changed? And why does my voice sound like a chipmunk?!" bellowed Bruce.
Suddenly, he found himself being grabbed by Artemis, who was now towering above him.
"So...you like picking on people that are smaller than you, huh?! Let's give you a taste of your own medicine, shall we?" inquired the preteen girl.
Immediately, she walked towards the Team Hollywood's girl trailer.
On the way there, she noticed Cynthia, and she immediately hid Bruce behind her back.
"What are you so happy about?" inquired the teenage girl.
"I'm going to do something fun!" exclaimed Artemis.
"Have fun, then...weirdo." murmured Cynthia.
Artemis frowned. She wondered if she should sprinkle Cynthia with her shrinking potion too.
That ought to be rather fun.
Immediately, she entered the girls' trailer.
"I wonder what her idea of fun is..." thought Cynthia.
Bruce was about to find out.
Reaching into her suitcase, she pulled out a dollhouse.
"What are you doing?" asked Bruce curiously.
"We're going to play...dressup." answered Artemis.
"What?" exclaimed the bully.
Immediately, she began to apply lipstick to Bruce's face.
She then made him wear a green dress.
"There! You look beautiful!" complimented Artemis, holding out a mirror in front of the bully's face.
Bruce's face immediately turned red.
Confessional: Isn't irony fun?
Artemis: And he thought that he could bully me! Well, whose bullying who now?!
Bruce: *he is in Artemis's hand* Help me! Please! Anybody! On the other hand, this dress is actually my color. Weird.
Cynthia: I guess Artemis still loves playing with her dolls...I outgrew mine years ago.
Morgan: Sheesh! No wonder Artemis wasn't phased when I threatened to have Bruce give her a wedgie!
At the craft services tent...
Team Hollywood were a bit confused. They noticed that two members of their roster were missing.
Artemis and Bruce had both mysteriously disappeared.
"Where did they go?" asked Patrick.
Oddly enough, Artemis had not told him where she was going.
"Maybe it slipped her mind?" he thought.
"Where is Bruce?" asked Cindy.
"Maybe he's bullying someone? I always imagined that he thought himself as the leader of our pack." noted Lucca.
Vincent began to smile...though personally he found Bruce's petty bullying to be beneath him.
"Him as leader? Oh please! I'd never accept him!" exclaimed Cynthia.
"Is there anyone that you would accept?" inquired Patrick.
"Well...maybe Cindy. But nobody else." answered the teenage girl.
"That's awfully sweet of you..." noted the jock.
"Yeah, well...don't expect me to say anything else like that." spoke Cynthia.
Patrick shrugged.
With Artemis and Bruce gone, they were reminded a bit of Team Oscar...as they had already lost two campers.
"Are we going to have to go to the challenge like this?" asked Cindy.
"I hope not." answered Morgan.
He did not want his team to lose...that would mean less potential pawns.
He in fact had a pretty good idea where Artemis and Bruce had gone...but he was worried that the former might get mad at him if he told them.
Artemis wanted some playtime...and he was going to grant her that.
Still, it was going to be that much harder to win challenges with them gone.
"Hmm..." thought Morgan. All of a sudden he was starting to feel a bit conflicted.
At that very moment, Dawn and Scott entered the craft services tent.
"Is it time for the next challenge?" asked Olivia.
"It sure is." nodded Dawn.
"Alright!" exclaimed Louis.
Immediately, the twenty campers left the craft services tent.
However, Dawn quickly noticed that two campers were missing.
"Where are Artemis and Bruce? I can't sense their auras..." spoke the moonchild.
"Who cares?" asked Scott.
B frowned.
"I don't think we should start the challenge without them..." noted Dawn.
"I'll go look for them!" exclaimed Roger.
"Thank you, Roger. You are a sweet kid." answered the moonchild.
Roger began to smile.
Immediately, he went to go look for Artemis.
Curious, he decided to knock on Team Hollywood's trailer for girls. He had a feeling he would find her there.
"Hello?" asked the cop.
Sure enough, his hunch turned out to be right.
"Hey there!" exclaimed Artemis.
"Um, hey...Artemis. Dawn wants you for the next challenge." explained Roger.
"Oh, right! I must have forgotten about that..." answered the preteen girl.
"Say...what's that in your hand?" asked the preteen boy.
"Oh, that? That's...Bruce." spoke Artemis.
"Bruce?!" bellowed Roger.
Immediately, he noticed that Bruce was now the size of an action figure.
"Mamamia..." murmured the preteen boy.
"I shrunk him with a shrinking potion!" exclaimed Artemis.
"Do something!" bellowed Bruce in a squeaky voice.
"You what?!" gasped Roger.
"Don't worry! I'll change him back after the challenge!" bellowed the preteen girl.
Bruce let out a sigh of relief.
"I hope you do that soon...in case you haven't noticed...he doesn't belong in that trailer." warned Roger.
"He...doesn't?" asked Artemis curiously.
"Yeah. That's the girls' trailer. You know that Bruce is a dude, right?" inquired Roger.
"I was in the girls' trailer?" asked Bruce.
Immediately, he began to blush.
"He doesn't belong in there..." murmured the preteen girl.
Suddenly, she had an idea.
"Right...as I said, I'll change him back after the challenge." spoke Artemis.
Immediately, she put Bruce in her dollhouse so that he could hang out with her dolls.
"Hey there...sweet thing?" asked the bully to a female doll.
Oddly enough, Roger got the feeling that he had somehow tipped off a criminal, and began to feel rather guilty.
"Right! Off to the challenge I go! Lead the way!" exclaimed Artemis.
Confessional: What could Artemis possibly be planning?
Artemis: I am going to have so much fun after the challenge! Hehhehhehheh!
Roger: Why exactly do I feel like I tipped off a criminal? Did I tell Artemis something that I shouldn't have?
Much to Aqua's delight, this challenge was going to be pirate-related.
How could she tell, you may ask? Dawn was dressed in a pirate's outfit. In fact, she was dressed as Elizabeth Swann.
"Greetings, landlubbers. Today we're going to be doing a pirate challenge!" exclaimed Dawn.
"Weren't you eliminated during a pirate challenge?" pointed out Scott.
"Yes, and you were responsible. Don't remind me." answered the moonchild.
"Hahaha! You got eliminated!" exclaimed the hick.
Dawn rolled her eyes.
B began to glare at Scott...so he decided to keep his mouth shut.
"A pirate challenge? That sounds like fun!" exclaimed Kairi.
"I thought pirates and ninjas were sworn enemies..." noted Forrest.
"But I'm an One Piece fan!" bellowed the anime fanatic.
"Well..." murmured the mechanic.
"Right...again, the first part of the challenge is going to be rather simple...you're going to be digging up treasure at the beach over there. Though there are other objects inside the treasure chests, what you really want happens to be a golden idol shaped like a parrot." spoke Dawn.
"I'm assuming we want that in order to win the first part of the challenge?" asked Neila.
"As a matter of fact, yes." nodded the moonchild.
"So...if we get that golden parrot, we'll gain an advantage during the next part?" inquired Wendy.
Dawn nodded.
"I guess we better search for that idol then..." noted Olivia.
"Uh-huh!" exclaimed Marvin.
"Mind you, there are other treasures inside the treasure chests other than that golden parrot as I said previously...so you should have something to look forward to even if you don't win." spoke Dawn.
Jack began to rub his hands together.
"There might even be an idol in there...though I can't quite remember..." noted the moonchild.
This got everyone's attention.
At that very moment, Artemis and Roger showed up at the scene.
"There you are, Artemis! Have you been a good girl?" asked Dawn.
"I've been a bad girl, actually! Hehhehhehheh!" laughed Artemis.
Dawn sweatdropped.
"Wait, where is Bruce?" asked the moonchild.
"He's busy at the moment..." answered Roger. What else was he going to say?
"I guess we'll just have to do the challenge without him then...it's a shame." spoke Dawn.
"Who cares about Bruce? I know I don't! Why does Team Hollywood even need him?" inquired Scott.
Dawn rolled her eyes.
"Well, to help compensate for his temporary loss, I'm going to give Team Hollywood a one minute head start." spoke the moonchild.
Team Hollywood began to smile. That was a pretty sweet compensation right there.
Immediately, they began to get digging.
"Well, I guess it's time for the commercial break now." noted the hostess.
"I wonder what the commercials are going to be like?" asked Lucca.
"I don't know...we've got lots of providers..." noted Dawn.
"I hate commercials..." murmured Cynthia.
"Well, we have to live with them anyway..." answered the hostess.
"I invented commercials!" exclaimed Scott.
Dawn rolled her eyes. Scott was always finding ways to torment people.
"Right...we'll see you again...a few minutes later." said Dawn.
Immediately, she shut off the camera.
Oh dear! It looks like Bruce just paid the price for bullying the other campers...but what exactly is Artemis planning?
For now, I hope you enjoyed this chapter. Peace!
