In this chapter, we're going to be doing a challenge based on managing a movie theater. How about that, huh? And yes, I've decided to continue writing for this fanfic for the time being. I know that it's been a long while since I last updated this little fanfic of mine.
Still, I think I'm going to enjoy writing this chapter. I'll also be including a Disney reference. Heh heh.
Chapter 11: Welcome To The Theater
"Greetings. My name is Dawn...in case you've forgotten already. As you may be aware of, in the last episode Phineas and Ferb showed up and wreaked all sorts of havoc on Total Drama. They even made James watch a rather horrible movie that oddly enough was made by Warner Bros..." noted Dawn. She wasn't sure what they were thinking when they made that movie.
B shivered in revulsion. He felt sorry for James. Phineas and Ferb were evil indeed if they used that movie as a torture method. What other movies did they have at their disposal, anyway? He probably didn't want to know.
"Fortunately, Kairi managed to show up and save the day...I don't think our teammates will be voting her off anytime soon. But what do I know..." answered the moonchild. The awards ceremony could prove to be rather unpredictable.
B nodded. That would be rather strange. She was probably their powerhouse. Of course, there was a possibility that she would be seen as a threat once the merge arrived. That was how Geoff ended up being eliminated, after all.
Kairi just might be interested in making an alliance in the near future so that she didn't end up on the chopping block. Sometimes people simply wanted other people gone.
"Of course, Forrest stepped in too...he managed to knock out Phineas with a wrench. I don't think his teammates will want to vote him off, either...at least until the merge shows up." noted Dawn. Were they any crazy people that were going to show up at the merge?
"That's what I was thinking about Kairi..." answered B.
"Yes...I've gotten rather good at reading your thoughts." acknowledged the girl.
B nodded. He hardly ever needed to talk whenever Dawn was around.
"Moving on...it was Wendy who decided to take the boot. I suppose it wasn't much of a surprise considering Noah went early during the first season...but to her credit she did attempt to help her teammates during challenges unlike Noah." stated the girl.
B nodded in agreement.
"Oddly enough Artemis turned out to be a fan of Phineas and Ferb...then again, she's younger than all the other campers...and she happens to be rather evil herself. She's not as innocent as she looks..." noted Dawn. If only campers could see what she was like on the inside. Maybe that way they could avoid being eliminated by her.
"Bruce found that out the hard way..." concurred B. Artemis's plan was executed with perfection. None of her teammates expected a thing...except for Cindy. Apparently she was a bit more observant than the rest of her teammates. Of course, there was Patrick, but he was in on Artemis's scheme...and he apparently wasn't going to spill a word to anyone else.
"Mm-hmm...he's probably sulking at the Playas Des Losers as we speak...it's kind of depressing." acknowledged the girl.
"Who is the guest star going to be?" asked B.
"Since the producers of Total Drama love him, it's going to be Owen this time." answered Dawn.
"Woohoo!" cheered Owen.
"Are you going to yell out Total Drama Ecstasy dramatically one word at a time now?" asked the boy. It seemed about time for her to do that.
"But that will wreak havoc on my voice..." pointed out Dawn.
B handed Dawn a loudspeaker.
"That's better." nodded Dawn. Why didn't she think of that before?
"Time for another exciting episode of Total...Drama...Ecstasy!" exclaimed the moonchild.
Sure enough, the theme song began to play.
"Wait, is that James getting a pie thrown in his face?" asked Dawn.
"He can't escape the running gag even in the theme song..." acknowledged B. How did they get all the campers to participate in the theme song, anyway?
One theme song later...
At the Team Stardom cabin for boys, Louis let out a sigh of relief. He was worried that Phineas and Ferb would ruin Total Drama. But as it was, they had been defeated twice.
Still, he found it to be rather unnerving.
"I wonder if my father knows about this..." questioned Roger. He wondered if Phineas and Ferb were currently under lock and key by his dad. They had probably sent to a prison in Canada where his dad worked.
"He probably does...he's probably glad that you're safe..." noted Forrest.
"Yeah...getting taken hostage was kind of...unnerving..." answered Marvin. On the lighter side of things, he hadn't been abducted by girls. That would be a real nightmare for him. Were they any evil villainesses on this show?
For some strange reason, he got the feeling that he should stay away from Artemis. She might be the next Joffrey Baratheon for all he knew. She was awfully rich like he was.
"I was worried that they were going to beat me up..." questioned Louis.
"But you're taller than they are..." answered Forrest.
"Yes, but they happen to have a lot of weapons..." said the boy.
"True..." nodded the mechanic.
"I wonder what their sister is like..." stated Marvin. How did she ever live with those two evil boys?
"Me too..." answered Roger.
Confessional: It's a good thing that Phineas and Ferb are gone. Hopefully they'll stay locked up for good this time.
Louis: That last episode is going to be the one that I remember.
Marvin: Phineas and Ferb are almost scary as girls...
Forrest: At least they weren't so tough...I managed to knock out one of them with my wrench.
Roger: I'll be arresting people like them in the future...even if they aren't adults.
At the girls side of Team Stardom, the trio were upset that Wendy was gone...she knew a surprising amount about Total Drama's history.
"She might have been useful for us if she stayed..." noted Neila. It was going to be harder winning challenges with only seven people than with eight. She wondered how Team Oscar was going to fare off.
"Yeah...but I don't think we have a time machine so that we can change the past...though I will admit that one of my legs is made out of metal..." acknowledged Olivia.
"Did you see me take on Phineas and Ferb?" asked Kairi.
"I heard about it...you were a real hero!" exclaimed Neila.
"I sure was...it was a good thing that Forrest helped me though...I was not looking forward to watching the Cosplayers..." noted the teenage girl.
"That must be a horrible anime..." questioned Olivia.
"Yes, it is." nodded the girl. She only watched the first episode...and it was atrocious.
Sometimes she wondered what anime writers were thinking.
Confessional: Kairi's a heroine.
Kairi: Well, it's just the three of us now. Maybe we should start calling ourselves the Three Amigos.
Neila: At least she gave us some books after she left. Maybe we could use them to our advantage.
Olivia: We currently seem to be tied with Team Hollywood...speaking of which I wonder if they're planning anything for the upcoming challenge.
Inside the cabin, the boys of Team Hollywood were also discussing the events of the previous episode.
Well, mainly it was Morgan and Patrick. Vincent was not speaking as always. He was a teenage boy of few words.
"Those two kids were crazy..." noted Morgan.
"Yes, they were..." answered Patrick.
Vincent wondered how they were able to build so many weapons so quickly.
"They happen to remind me of a friend of mine..." stated the jock.
"Who is that?" asked the blonde.
"Artemis..." answered Patrick.
"Artemis? Why would you be working with her?" questioned Morgan.
"Well, she asked me to be her lackey...since she beat me in a wrestling match I decided to agree..." stated the jock.
"She beat you in a wrestling match? Don't be silly..." answered the blonde. Patrick must be going bonkers.
"It's true!" bellowed Patrick.
"Whatever you say..." stated Morgan.
Confessional: Do not underestimate Artemis.
Vincent: *he does not say anything, though he does seem to find the thought of Artemis beating Patrick in a wrestling match amusing*
Morgan: Is Artemis really that strong? She's only eleven years old! She's not even a teenager yet!
Patrick: I want to stay on Artemis's good side.
On the girl's side of Team Hollywood, the four girls were currently relaxing in their trailer, which admittedly was surprisingly spacious. Incidentally, they were the only team that had not yet lost a female member. In other words, they had four girls on their team while the other teams only had three. Girl power much?
Artemis in particular was a bit worried about something.
"You think that now that Phineas and Ferb have been arrested, their show has been cancelled?" asked Artemis. How would they ever be able to make another episode without the main characters?
"Most likely...however, I heard that they're making a spinoff called Buford and Baljeet..." stated Cindy.
"You sure it's not Candace and Jeremy?" inquired Lucca. Perhaps the creators of Phineas and Ferb happened to like romance.
"Who would want to watch them make out for thirty minutes straight?" questioned Cynthia.
Artemis shrugged. That seemed impractical for a TV series.
Confessional: I don't think CragmiteBlaster minds Phineas and Ferb being cancelled...I can't say the same about myself.
Artemis: There goes my Phineas and Ferb merchandise...
Lucca: Fortunately I don't seem to have picked up Phineas and Ferb's scent. They must not be nearby. Good thing I memorized it, didn't I?
Cynthia: I'm so glad that Phineas and Ferb are gone...they are total psychos.
Cindy: Maybe I should write a song about Total Drama being free...it's something that we take for granted, don't we?
On the boys side of Team Oscar, they began to wonder if things would start to go better for them now that both teams had only one more member than they did. It seemed like they had a relatively fair chance of winning compared to before.
Of course, they only needed to score second place if they wanted to keep each of their campers on their team.
"I'm hungry! When do we get to go to the mess hall again?" asked Dennis.
"Be patient..." answered Jack.
"With both of our opponents only having seven members...we're going to win this for sure..." stated Norman.
"I just want food..." complained Dennis.
"I just want the prize money already..." complained Jack. Unfortunately for him, it would be nearly a month before the competition was over...and there was a very high possibility of him being eliminated due to his greed.
Of course, nothing was for certain. He might end up winning the competition if he was lucky enough...and then his dream would come true.
Confessional: Things must be going better for Team Oscar now.
Dennis: C'mon! Hurry up and serve me food already, Chef!
Chef: When will Dennis stop eating? He might be even more gluttonous than Owen...
Owen: Maybe I should challenge Dennis to an eating contest...
Jack: Too bad there isn't anything valuable in this confessional...ooh, a penny!
Norman: I'm in this confessional so that you can all see my handsome face...and express my thoughts I suppose. I have such beautiful thoughts!
On the girls side of Team Oscar's trailer, they were also discussing current events.
"Things might be going in our favor this time..." noted Aqua.
"I'll say...you know, it's funny...each of us reminds me of the seven deadly sins..." answered Rachel.
"How so?" inquired Quinta.
"Well, James was wrathful, Susan was slothful, Jack is greedy, I'm lustful, you're envious, Dennis is gluttonous, and Norman is arrogant..." noted the lecherous girl.
"I guess that makes me a fish out of water...how ironic." stated Aqua.
"I know." nodded Rachel. Of course, she could say the same about herself. She wasn't nearly as modest as the rest of her teammates...except for maybe Norman.
Confessional: It is ironic, isn't it?
Aqua: I hope that doesn't mean I'll get voted off next if we lose...
Rachel: *blows the audience a kiss*
Quinta: I wish that I stood for a different deadly sin...
At the mess hall...
"Finally! I was starving!" exclaimed Dennis.
"It was only fifteen minutes since you woke up..." pointed out Norman.
Jack was searching for change underneath the tables.
"I found a dime!" exclaimed Jack.
"Lucky you." stated Quinta.
"I wouldn't sell myself out for that much..." said Rachel.
Her teammates gasped in shock.
"What? All I would do was give them a kiss..." stated the flirtatious girl.
Her teammates sighed in relief.
After everyone was done eating, Blaineley found herself being forced to clean up the mess, mopping up the floor.
"Why do there have to be so many campers?" questioned Blaineley. Things would likely get much easier once more people got voted off...but as it was, she had to clean up the mess of twenty campers.
Confessional: It sucks to be Blaineley.
Blaineley: *she is scrubbing the confessional* Why do so many people use this thing? Oh wait, I'm using it now, aren't i? Where is the camera?
Chef: Why does Blaineley complain so much?
A few minutes later...
After lunch was over, Cindy needed to use the restroom. Naturally, they had them for both chapters. They also happened to have a shower...since teammates that stunk obviously got voted off...both figuratively and literally.
Suddenly, Cindy noticed that Artemis appeared to be singing a song. She also happened to be wearing a towel. Apparently she wasn't the first one that had thought about taking a shower before the challenge.
"Look at my evil lair, isn't it neat?" sang Artemis.
"One would think that it is complete..."
Cindy put her finger in her ear.
"Wouldn't you think that I'm the girl? The girl who rules everything?"
"Look at this hideout, horrors untold...how many superweapons can one lair hold?"
Cindy scratched her head.
"Looking around you might think that she's destroyed everything..."
"I've got lasers and rocket launchers aplenty..."
"I've got robots and evil minions galore..."
"You want hand grenades? I've got twenty." said Artemis.
Cindy sweatdropped.
"I want to be where the people are...I want to see them crying..." stated the girl.
"What a sadist." thought Cindy.
"I want them to admit...what do they call it? Oh yeah! Defeat!" exclaimed Artemis.
"Getting the military won't get you far...even with their machine guns, tanks, and soldiers..."
"Marching along in...what was it? Line."
"They've got nowhere to hide, nowhere to run! My latest invention will block out the sun!" exclaimed Artemis.
"What would I do if I conquered the land...or maybe the waters? What would they pay to spend a day free of my hand?"
Cindy wondered that question herself.
"I bet you that you'll understand there's nothing you can do to win against my band...at this point I'm sick of waiting...I'm ready to stand..."
"And I'm ready to let the people know...interrogate some prisoners...get some answers...I'm going to get a flamethrower and make them...burn!"
"Sheesh." murmured Cindy.
"Now it's my turn! How would I love to rain death from above! Out of Hell, wish I could be, ruler of your world..."
"What was that all about?" thought the singer.
Artemis left shortly afterwards.
Confessional: Artemis's a fan of Jodi Benson, it seems.
Artemis: That was fun! Maybe I'll do a different song next.
Cindy: Oddly enough Artemis is a rather good singer for her age...
Aqua: That song sounds like something that I would sing...only it wouldn't be as evil. Then again I'm not a mermaid...as much as I would like to be one.
After Artemis had her solo concert, Dawn decided that it was time for the next challenge.
"For the next challenge...you're going to be managing a movie theater...there are going to be several challenges based on that." stated Dawn.
"That sounds boring..." answered Cynthia.
"Rest assured, I'll be trying to make it interesting. Can you guess what the first challenge is going to be?" inquired the moonchild.
"Does it involve food?" asked Dennis.
"As a matter of fact, it does." nodded Dawn.
"Woohoo!" exclaimed the glutton.
"However, you will not be able to eat the popcorn...at least not without angering your teammates..." stated the hostess.
"Nooooooo!" screamed Dennis.
"Sorry about that." apologized Dawn.
"For the first part of the challenge you shall be popping popcorn...whoever pops the most will get an advantage during the next part of the challenge." exclaimed B.
"Sounds good." nodded Patrick.
"Start your engines, will you?" asked Dawn.
"I love engines!" exclaimed Lucca.
"Do you have a car?" asked Cindy.
"No, I don't..." answered the wolf girl.
Cindy shrugged.
Immediately, the three teams got ready to make popcorn.
Confessional: What do corn-on-the-cobs call their dads? Pop! Of course so do sodas.
Cynthia: Very funny, author. I saw what you did there.
Dennis: *he is crying* Why can't I eat the popcorn?
Lucca: *she is eating popcorn, despite her teammates's wishes*
B: I wonder whose going to lose the challenge this time. Oddly enough Dennis seems to be behaving himself despite his gluttony...
Owen: I feel Dennis's pain.
Well, the challenge is underway. I think I've improved since the delay between chapters...so I hope you're satisfied with this one. Of course, I haven't really gotten to the action yet, have I?
In the next chapter...well, you probably know what's going to happen in the next chapter. But in case it's not obvious, the challenge is going to be underway. I bet you're looking forward to that, right?
Did you like my parody of Part Of Your World? You probably know what movie that song's from. Any other parodies you want to suggest?
