5: 10 PM
Back in the auditorium, Sugar, Leshawna, and Katie just arrived and spotted their slips instantly.
"Well lookie here!" Sugar said.
Sugar then grabbed all three of their slips, and handed them out to each of them. Leshawna, who couldn't wait to jump for joy, flaunted her slip to an empty crowd. "Well looks like this is Leshawna's time to shine! That 5 M is as good as mine!"
"You mean good as sugar!" Sugar retorted.
"Whatchu say?"
"It's obvious who's gonna win! The one with the better looks and talent!"
"Yeah. And it's obviously me!"
While the two were arguing about who was going to go home richer, Katie stepped away for a few seconds to look at the clothing rack the others played with, when she saw a silver dress that looked really astonishing. "Wow! Look at this!" She said as she showed it to the others. "This dress is pretty! I wonder if it's my size."
"Pfft. Puh-lease. As if you could fit in that." Sugar whiffed out a snide comment.
"Wh-What? I'm sure I can."
"You're skinny arms can't shoot through the sleeves. What are ya? 80 pounds? I mean come on girl! Don't embarrass yourself. I bet the boys back home love your stick figure called 'curves'!"
Confessionals
(Katie)
"She was mean! *crying* I can't handle this without any moral support from my BFFFL! Sadie! I miss you so so much! *crying*"
End Confessionals
As tears were about to form from Katie's face, Leshawna stepped and tried to stop Sugar verbal assault, "Alright, you better settle down now. No need to get all personal."
"Now you, with a butt as big as that, they may fit in it, but it might cause a little wear and tear."
With that remark, Leshawna snapped and started stomping towards Sugar, "Oooh, you did not just insult my buns! I'll have you know, the size of my cheeks are perfect that these things can turn heads anywhere I go."
"Well it's true, ain't it? Don't hate me cause I'm tellin' tha truth."
Katie stopped her friend before there was any bloodshed between the two, "Leshawna, it's okay, let's not cause any trouble. Let's just get out of here."
As soon as the two walked off stage, Sugar was still on the stage, looking and dreamingly to the empty seats and contemplating, "*Sigh* To be on stage again, competing in a beauty pageant. I wish I was back home prepping for one."
With that simple remark, Leshawna had a plan. "Did you say beauty pageant? I didn't know you were a contestant."
"Yessiry! I've been a pageant girl all my life! I've memorized all the questions and answers in my noggin', what to wear for specific events, and what talents I need to shove off other contestants!"
"Really? Well, why don't you show me that pageantering of yours right now! I'm sure it's something to see." Leshawna said as she sat down in the front row.
"Oh! Well if you insist!" Sugar then walked center staged and started to clear her throat, "*Ehem* Hi Y'all! I'm Sugar! You might know me from my other names such as Sugar Silo, Darwin's Food Safari Mascot, and lots more!"
"What are you doing?" Katie asked Leshawna.
"Go ahead hun, I'll keep 'Little Miss Cowgirl' here occupied." With no idea what was happening or what Leshawna was doing, Katie ran out of the auditorium leaving behind the two.
Confessionals
(Leshawna)
"Look, as much as I hate those spoiled adult-kids with all their contests, I had to stay and watch that prissy blondie to occupy her time. I obviously don't want her anywhere near the admission room, so I'm wasting time for her not to make it so she goes bye-bye. Problem is, I don't know how I'm going to get to the admission while she's stuck in the auditorium."
End Confessionals
Inside a classroom, Emma was looking underneath each chair and table searching for their slips, while Kitty was just texting on her phone. Emma, angry that her sister is barely putting any more effort in finding the slips, called her out. "Kitty, if you're done talking with your friends from another state, I would appreciate if you'd help me here."
"But I'm tired. We've been searching for our slips for, like, hours."
"Look, Noah's counting on us, so we gotta try our best."
"Ughhhhh." Once Kitty got up, another girl entered the room. It was Courtney, hair frizzled and left eye socket swelling. She just sat down in one of the chairs Emma was searching.
Once Emma took notice of her, she chuckled at her appearance. "Woah, what happened? It looks like you got attacked by a bird or something."
Courtney, angry, retorted, "Oh haha, let's all laugh at the girl who got trampled by two jocks."
2 Hours Ago…
Courtney was searching inside the bushes, but all she could find was a snail, grubs, and a colony of ants. Frustrated, she stomped away from the bush and contemplated where she might find hers. "Where is it? Chef is making this harder than I thought… Maybe it's..."
Behind her, Lightning runs while looking behind him and shouting "Come and catch the LIGHTNING!" back at Tyler who was trying to catch up, bumps into Courtney, causing them to fall down.
"Watch where you're going, doofus!" Courtney said while pushing him away from her.
"Maybe you should step away from Lightning when he's running!"
As soon as both of them got up, Tyler ran as fast as he could to catch up. "Wait for me bro!" But as an accident prone guy, Tyler trips on….a snail, making him trip and push Courtney onto a tree. With the impact from her crash, the tree shakes and inside a tiny hole, a woodpecker comes out of it. The woodpecker came face to face with the girl, and started to peck her face, causing her to scream and run away, with the woodpecker following her.
"Wow, two for two." Tyler said.
Present…
"What are you both doing here? Still couldn't find your slips?" Courtney asked the sisters.
"Not yet. It's harder to find than I thought." Emma said.
"Well we better hurry, I'm sure it's somewhere inside the main building." Kitty then turns to Courtney, "Want to come with?"
"I can handle myself. There's nothing this gal can't do. After all, I'm a CIT."
"As if that's gonna help her right now." Emma said while walking out the classroom.
"It can! Being a CIT, it prepares me for anything I'm not familiar with, master all common skills needed, I-" Before she completed her sentence, she noticed Emma's eyes rolling, "Hey! Come back here! I saw those eyes roll! I'm not done!" She then follows the sister to continue her arguments.
5: 32 PM
Somewhere inside the vents, Cameron and Harold, with Harold leading the way, have been roaming around for the longest time without even dropping down the nearest vent.
"Why can't we drop down a vent?" Cameron asked.
"Because we both know we only have one shot at dropping," Harold answered, "our skinny legs will break once we do so. And we can't reach the vents once we do so."
"Yeah, but wouldn't it be best if we just dropped from one vent and started finding our way back to the IT lab?"
Harold stopped crawling and realized Cameron's plan was genius, "Huh… Why didn't you say so earlier? Alright, let's do that, let's find the nearest vent."
But they did not look any further, because as soon as they stopped, they were above one, and a few seconds later, they suddenly dropped from the top and fell onto an office, but both of them did not realize that their pants were stripped off them. Once they emerged from the fall, they instantly checked their legs if they're broken. "Still intact! Phew." Cameron said.
Harold looked inside the room and figured out where they were, and once he saw the nameplate that said, Rosaline Fincher, they realized they're inside the headmistress' office. "Dude, we're inside the principal's office."
"What about it?"
"We have an advantage here. There must be a blueprint here or maybe even a map of the school. If we find it, we'll be able to get back to Cody and B and be able to find the admission room in an instant." Harold then starts to look inside the file cabinets and instantaneously finds the school's blueprint.
"Great! Let's pocket it and...oh" Cameron now suddenly realized that they are both pantless, with both their pants hanging over them like a piñata.
"...Should we leave our pants? I've been humiliated a bunch of times so I don't mind running without pants." Harold asked his pantless friend.
"My slips inside there, and I'm sure yours is as well."
"Not true, I keep mine in my underwear." And true enough, Harold pulls his slip from his behind. "But as a friend, and a fellow nerd, I will help you get your pants." Harold then starts pulling the table below the vent with all his might, but only an inch was moved from it. "A little help here."
Meanwhile, on the other side of the school, Cody and B gave up on opening the door and waited for their company to return to them. To pass time, they were playing an online game on the computers.
"Almost….There….." Cody said. Two seconds later, a giant explosion was heard from the computer, and both of them raised their arms in joy, "WHOO! WE DESTROY THE STAR MANGLER! *High fives B* Want to play one more round?"
But before B made any gestures, the door opened wide, and Taylor groaned in relief "Ugh! Finally I found this stupid lab!"
"How'd you open the door? The door was blocked by something."
"Uh, no it wasn't. I mean, there is a chair and here, but it wasn't blocking the door, it's just by the side."
Cody looked outside, and saw the same chair that blocked the door was perfectly placed to the side. "Odd…."
Taylor then pushes Cody to the side and commands him and hands her ripped paper, "You! Make a photocopy of this!"
"What's the magic word?" He said playfully, but he was just met with a glare from her. "...Right, photocopy!"
5: 37 PM
Back in the auditorium, Leshawna, bored the heck out, was still watching Sugar, who was now in the talent portion of the "beauty pageant." She was starting to get tired from her talking and tried to devise a way to leave. "Ugh! How am I supposed to get out of here!" She whispered to herself quietly.
And by luck of grace, a purple dwarf came inside the hall, shouting "WHERE ARE YOU SLIP!? YOU'LL FACE EVIL IF YOU DON'T COME TO ME!"
They both turned and saw Max walking towards them, and he asked, "Excuse me ladies, but have you seen my paper anywhere? It has this incredibly handsome and EVIL face of mine."
"Hey!" Sugar shouted in excitement. "You're that *snickers* evil genius!"
"Indeed! I'm glad you've remembered me! It seems like I have a potential minion here, much better than 'Scarlett' not helping me."
"Minion?" Leshawna heard that part and questioned him "What do you mean 'minion'?"
"Well it's quite simple really, a subordinate who I order to help make my inventions, tell all my long and devious plans, and order my food."
Leshawna had an idea. "Really? Hey Sugar, I think you better sit down, and Mr. Evil Genius, why don't you go up there, and tell your plans."
"Oh yay! I get to *snickers harder* listen to him" Sugar said as she hops down the stage.
"Oh I doubt that, I couldn't reveal my plans to a civilian like you."
"Oh, don't worry about me, I'll be outside while you tell your very looooooooong plan." And with that, Leshawna left the room.
"Very well, *hops on stage*. Minion! Listen closely cause I will not repeat myself!"
Near the trophy cabinet, Katie was roaming around the school, seemingly lost, when she heard a loud voice coming from inside the cabinet. She noticed it was Alejandro screaming and calling for help.
"OH KATIE! THANK GOODNESS!"
"Alejandro? What happened?"
"No time to explain. Could you please let me out? My hands cannot move in this tight situation."
Katie, being the one to think with her heart in BFFFL duo, hesitated for a second, but came to a conclusion the next. "Um...I guess I should."
And with that, she opens the cabinet with the same tools Alejandro used to open it. As soon as it did, Alejandro fell onto Katie, both of them headbutted each other and fell to the ground, making them let go of their slips that they were holding.
Grateful, Alejandro got up and pulled his savior up, "Whoo! Thank you señora. I know I can count on you!"
"You're welcome?" She said while rubbing her forehead.
"Say...what time is it?" Alejandro asked.
"Uhh….*looks at clock* 5:45"
Alejandro suddenly went into shock, realizing he only had a few minutes to join. "Dios Mio! I have to go!"
He grabbed a slip from the floor, but something was wrong. Katie called for the Spaniard, "Wait! Alejandro!" But before she was able to stop him, he was out of sight.
5: 50 PM
Leshawna finally arrived and gave her slip to the counter, and before she joined the others, she searched for Katie, who had not yet arrived. All of the contestants who found their slips and submitted to the counter are now waiting for the remaining contestants to join.
"Well, it seems like some people won't be able to participate." Chris said to the cameras. "With 10 minutes remaining, the counter will be closed, and the contestants will be final."
With that said, Courtney, Emma, and Kitty came to the room, with Courtney still rambling on her experience as a CIT. "And my abilities can help this competition because with every single achievement I've done during training, I can say-"
"Alright, Alright! We get it!" Emma screamed at her. "You're a perfect little princess who'd want nothing more than to win! Well bad news sister, those skills of yours ain't gonna match with mine!"
Kitty, standing behind her sister, got a little frightened by the snap.
Confessionals
(Kitty)
"I've never seen my sister super angry before. And I definitely haven't seen her eager to compete! This might turn sideways for both of us."
(Emma/Courtney)
"UGH! She was the worst!"
(Courntey)
"That girl is disregarding me! A seasonal veteran of this show! I've been in 4 seasons, been in the top 5 two times, and not to mention, a fan favorite! So if she thinks she can just waltz in here and sweep the competition, well SHE CAN FORGET IT! She's going home as soon as her team loses!"
(Emma)
"Just because she has some lawyers backing her up when things go haywire, she can do what she can. I'M AN UP-AND-COMING LAWYER! I CAN EASILY PUT HER DOWN! And her talk on how she's a CIT! It's SO ANNOYING! 'Counselor-in-Training'? More like '(Censored)-in-Tights!'"
(Emma/Courtney)
"I HATE HER!"
End Confessionals
With that single comment, both Emma and Courtney stared down looking as if they were about to throw hands. But the tension was relieved by a single hello, "Sup dudettes!" Brody and Noah walked up and greeted the three girls.
"Hi Brody!" Kitty greeted back.
"Hmmmm, Never seen her like this" Noah said as he analyzed his girlfriend, "I'm guessing Courtney is flaunting her CIT skills as usual?"
"CIT? Woah, she sounds like a pro!" Brody said.
"Well you're going to see how much of a pro I am in action anyways." Courtney exclaimed.
"And see them how? We've looked everywhere, and our papers aren't found." Emma retorted to her newfound enemy.
"Oh don't worry about that, babe. He got you all covered." Noah pointed to Brody.
"What do you mean?"
An Hour ago….
"Nah man! Paperssssss! Found some coming here!" He pulled out three extra slips from his pockets and showed it to Chris, "When we were bustin' through some doors, I found these in different classrooms."
Noah took notice of the papers and instantly jumped to know who owns them, "Wait, those are Emma and Kitty's!"
"Also someone named Courtney. Don't know who she is, but hey, gonna help out those who need helpin' like my bros alway say."
Chris was thinking of a definite answer and came to a conclusion, "Hmmm…. I guess I could allow it. More contestants means more episodes, and more episodes means more ratings."
As he gave the papers to the old lady, she noticed that the papers were slippery and wet. "Is this….grease?"
Brody then realized what the grease was, and pointed at his pocket, "Whoops. My pockets are, like, crowded inside *pulls out a corn dog and bites on it* Corn Dog?"
Present…
"Brody! Thank you so much! You're the best!" Kitty then elbows the two girls, and they also thanked the surfer.
"Don't mention it dudettes!" Brody said while grabbing another corndog from his pocket and bit it.
Soon after, Cody, B, and Taylor ran inside and submitted theirs in a heartbeat, with Heather being surprised to see the latter. "What!? Why are you here?"
"Duh! I'm here to submit that" Taylor answered while pointing at her slip.
Heather, knowing what she did to the slip, knew that was just a copy "That's not fair! That's just a photocopy!"
"Yeah, but I have the real one stapled behind it."
"Chris, you can't be seriously letting her compete!"
"As long as she has the original, I don't care." Chris said with no enthusiasm.
With that, anger rose into Heather's bloodstream, and Taylor was standing in front of her, with a huge grin on her face.
Confessionals
(Heather)
"I should have ripped it into tiny little pieces! I can't believe Chris allowed her! And now she's gonna compete! ERRRR!"
(Taylor)
"Sucks to be you huh, princess? *blows a raspberry*"
End Confessionals
The next ones to enter were Stephanie and Ryan, who were still arguing on what he did wrong. "Why won't you tell me? This is why our relationships are on the rocks as always!"
"I won't tell you because it's gonna always go inside one ear and the other next!" Stephanie angrily said.
"Well excuse me! Sometimes words are confusing, so if you tell me the reason, I might understand why you're angry!"
"But how can you if you can't understand a simple phrase where I want you to put your mouth in my-"
"EHEM!" Chris interrupted the quarreling lovebirds, making them turn to his direction, "If you two are going to argue the whole time, please pass your slips, and then you may continue bickering."
"The slip! I knew we forgot something!" Ryan smacked his head.
"We were too busy, we lost track of it!" Stephanie said. "There's no way we could find it in time!"
As they realized they don't have any more time left, Ryan looked at the contestants to see those who've found theirs, only to see a certain redhead girl throwing a familiar-looking paper plane up in the air going "Weeee! This is fun!"
But he realized what she was holding: "Hey! That's my slip!" He called out Izzy's attention. "How'd you find it?!"
"You mean this? They flew onto us when we got ours!" Izzy said.
"Well what are you waiting for, compadre?" Chris said. "Go grab it and give it to her."
"Please, allow me." Izzy said. She then throws the paper plane directly onto the registry. Stephanie, uneasy learning that his SO's paper got submitted, she didn't see hers being thrown, so she asked Izzy. "Red, where's mine?"
"Yours? Oh, you mean plane no. 2? It didn't have the same distance as plane no. 1 when I threw it above a tree so it got-"
"Where is it?" Stephanie impatiently said.
The scene cut to Stephanie's paper, stuck on a tree branch, then a few moments later, it fell onto the lake, and floated down into the water.
"WHAT?! You little!" As Stephanie was about to pounce at Izzy, Ryan held her back just in case. Izzy jumped up and jokingly threatened the angry woman. "You better not lay a finger on me! You don't want to mess with Explosivo! Boom Boom!"
"Really? That persona again?" Eva said.
"No, just something to strike fear on her."
While the two were flailing their arms, Alejandro pushed the doors in a rush and shoved Cody, who was still standing near the registrar. "Excuse me, is this where we submit our papers?" He asked the old lady, who replied with a nod. With excitement, he submitted the slip and, out of character, showboated to the other contestants "Move aside losers! I'll be taking that cash prize home, so if any of you try to stop me, you'll face the end of my boot! And I definitely didn't forget what you did, my dear Anne Maria, as devious as that was!"
Chris walked up to the Spaniard and congratulated him, but not for the right reasons, "Nice one Alejandro, I didn't expect you to be this nice and submit someone else's paper."
Alejandro was taken aback by his comment and tried to correct him, "What do you mean?" He pointed on the paper he just submitted to the old lady, "That is obviously my s-*Gasp* Katie!? I must have mixed up mine and hers by mistake!"
Chris turned to the other contestants "See this is why you all have to have your eyes checked. Mistakes like these can cause a big problem. Like, 5 MILLION DOLLARS huge! Hehehehe!"
He was in shocked and tried to alleviate the mix-up by trying to find Katie, who has his, "Give me a few minutes, I sure I can find Katie and-"
6:00 PM
The school bell chimed, and Chris was grinning from ear to ear. "Too late brother, cause you ran out of time!" He grabbed a school microphone and spoke over the intercom. "ATTENTION TO ALL CONTESTANTS! THE HUNT IS OVER! FOR THOSE WHO SUBMITTED THEIR ADMISSION SLIPS, CONGRATULATIONS!"
His voice was heard all around the campus, from the auditorium, to the canteen. "AND FOR THOSE WHO HAVEN'T, SAY GOODBYE TO THE 5 MIL!" He specifically said this to those who were all around the school, DJ in the cafeteria lifting the vending machine, Cameron and Harold reaching for their shorts, Sugar and Max in the auditorium, and Stephanie and Alejandro in the same room Chris was in. All of them stopped what they were doing and were awestruck when they heard the news.
Those exact phrases left Stephanie in shock and were speechless, while Alejandro was in denial, "This can't be right! I am a Burromuerto! We do not lose in the first round so easily!"
"Did he say he's a 'dead donkey'?" Mike questioned the others.
"Well congrats! You can now tell your whole family how much of a failure you are! Hehehe!" Chris taunted him.
And on cue, Katie arrived in the room with Alejandro's slip in her hand. "Alejandro, *pants* our *pants* slips got mixed *pants*."
"Well, here is our final contestant! Congrats Katie!" Chris said.
"Wha? I'm in? How?" Katie asked the host.
"That doesn't matter right now, because right now, we'll be gathering all the losers, and sending them back home!"
Soon after, Chris gathered everyone outside the school and was waiting for the bus to arrive. The others consulted those who didn't make it, while some were mocking them.
"I don't want to leave! I haven't been here for a day, and I'm already leaving!" Sugar complained.
"This isn't right! Evil should not be leaving! I am an asset to all of you!" Max shouted to the others.
"Well 'Dr. Doof', evil didn't make the cut." Duncan mocked Max.
"Sorry you didn't get to compete Deej." Owen patted his friend's back with one arm while hugging Harold and Cameron with the other.
"I guess momma's gotta wait for that new house." DJ said.
"Uh, Owen, could you let go?" Harold said.
"Yeah, you might crush my very fragile spine," Cameron said.
"Stephanie, I'm going to make sure I'll win." Ryan consoles his girlfriend.
"You better. Teach that cuckoo head a lesson!" Stephanie pointed at Izzy, who was watching a leaf fall to the ground.
"You know it was an honest mistake. She didn't know."
"Well, Alejandro, looks like you screwed up big." Heather taunted her SO.
"I've never felt so embarrassed. I usually have perfect vision." He replied.
"Maybe your eyes are perfect anymore. But don't worry, you still have a perfect lover right here."
"Indeed I do. I'd better watch out for Anne Maria, she'll be wearing a facade that she's an innocent one."
"Her? Please, she is wearing a lot of things, and I'm pretty sure she might think the facade is a spray tan. Besides, that Taylor girl is my priority."
A few seconds later, the Bus of Losers had arrived, and Chris called the others to gather around to say goodbye. "Well people, The Bus of Losers is here, so everyone, say goodbye to the losers-"
"And say hello to your co-hosts!" A male voice came from the inside of the bus. This voice was owned by no one else but Don, and following him was Blaineley as they jumped down the bus.
"WHAT?!" Chris said in a loud shocked voice.
"Shocking isn't it, Chris?" Blaineley said. "What will he do, now that he has to compete with other prettier faces here to do his job better? Find out on the next episode of Total…..Drama…..DROPOUT!"
"YOU DON'T GET TO SAY THAT!"
CONTESTANTS:
Boys: Lightning, Tyler, Trent, Brody, Brick, Duncan, Cody, Rock, Mike, Shawn, Scott, Noah, Jacques, Owen, Ryan, B
Girls: Courtney, Ellody, Eva, Jo, Sky, Taylor, Sanders, Heather, Gwen, Dawn, Zoey, Jasmine, Scarlett, Leshawna, Jen, Katie, Izzy, Emma, Kitty, Anne Maria.
NON QUALIFIED = Stephanie, DJ, Cameron, Alejandro, Sugar, Max, Harold
Author's Notes: And that's chapter 2! So why did I choose to eliminate these 8 contestants is because I don't see that much development I could give to these characters. Stephanie doesn't have much going on, except that she's Ryan's bossy girlfriend, I didn't see anything else from the Ridonculous Race that I can push for more characterization, but Ryan has this nicer side in making friends so I choose to expand on that, and have Stephanie kick out. DJ was a good character, he played the role for 3 straight seasons, but now, I'm not sure how I can add any more development to him, same goes with Harold. Cameron already had too much screen time in the series and had his story resolved in ROTI, but was extended to All-Stars. Alejandro had his fill as an antagonist in World Tour, and had his arc completed in All-Star, so having him try and manipulate the contestants wouldn't work for him since all of them already know how he works. And Sugar and Max, they were just fodder for elimination since I couldn't see them as viable antagonists as they both showed their abilities in Pakhitew Island, and I don't see them in any viable and long-term rivalries which are already resolved back in their series as well.
So the remaining characters that were staying in the game were some I think I can give some depth to, as they show a bit of potential that can be more than just 1-dimensional characters. There are already some characters in the story here that have depth but have unfinished business and give more leeway to characters that need development.
Also, I'll be taking a break after releasing the next chapter. Work is about to start again, and that'll be my top priority right now. So I'll see you guys next week, and then dip for don't know for how long.
SO I'LL SEE YOU GUYS NEXT CHAPTER!