Review Responses
Scorp- I'm sure that Courtney's violin is in a better place now. I think a friendship between Courtney and Jasmine is a lot more likely now that they are starting to work out their differences and finding a mutual agreement as leaders. You are right when you say that Courtney isn't a bad person, she's just too stubborn sometimes. You'll have to keep reading to see what ends up happening with them.
Fear The Darkness Inside- I hope that I can end up making Amy vs Heather live up to the hype. Those two have such similar personalities and they're both determined to get rid of the other. It will be a lot of fun. As for Dave and Zoey, it's true that Dave was really obsessive towards Sky, but things will be a bit different here since Zoey doesn't have a boyfriend the way Sky did. Dave might just get a happy ending this time around. Or he might suffer the same fate of canon. Keep reading to find out.
Gucci Mane LaFlare- Heather is so much fun to write, even when it's just minor changes from canon. It's one of the reasons I chose her to be the main antagonist of this season. I'm glad she's as much fun for you to read as she is for me to write.
WeirdAlfan101- Glad that you liked the elimination. I want to try and have the eliminations make as much sense as possible since there are quite a few eliminations, such as Justin's, that just don't make any sense. You are correct in assuming Amy and Sammy are still going to be fighting. Amy however will focus a lot more on Heather now that she's out for revenge.
Amazing Brayden- Don't worry too much about reviewing every chapter. While I like the reviews to see reactions and thoughts on the story, I understand if you can't leave one every chapter. There are plenty of other people constantly leaving reviews so missing one won't leave me without feedback. I didn't even notice that the first four eliminations have all been guys until you pointed it out. Perhaps a girl will leave today, or perhaps we'll be up to five guys. You've got to read to find out.
Phenomenal Excelsior- Heather and Gwen had a great rivalry in canon. I hope that I can match that and maybe even surpass it with this rivalry between Amy and Heather. As for the Killer Bass, things are definitely looking up for them now that Courtney and Jasmine are starting to work together. Hopefully they can keep it up. Glad to see you are liking Zoey and Dave so far. They haven't had that many moments together, but they're making some progress. It's good to hear that you liked the talents. I was worried they weren't that good. Lastly, as for Cody and Amy I've said it before, but Cody's crush on Amy will end differently than his crush on Gwen did. It's not completely impossible that they'll end together so I may just keep your ship names in the back of my mind for the future.
GlitchWarrior- While the reason for reading the diary was different here compared to canon, the fact remains that Heather stole the show last time. Sammy was the original person that Heather wanted in the alliance, but since Amy has such a tight grip on her it's tough for them to work together in public. Trent is going to be in quite the tricky situation. He's on good terms with Amy, and he seems to have some kind of feelings for Sammy. Will he be able to get out of this without ruining his relationship with either sister? Keep reading. Glad you are liking Courtney and Jasmine. They are my favorite members on the Killer Bass so they're interactions are great to write.
N8han11- It's funny you call Amy Heather 2.0 since that was kind of what inspired this rivalry in my mind. They are so similar that they'll want to outdo the other. Add in the fact that they both want control of Sammy and you have a naturally born rivalry. Sammy being a double agent is going to be really hard on her. As much as she wants to help Heather get rid of Amy, she's still under Amy's control and Amy will use that against Heather. Quite the tough spot to be in. Sorry about Beardo, but at least you liked what he had to offer.
ShadowJcreed- You know, I didn't think that anyone I mentioned in the first chapter would ever read this, but I'm really glad to hear that you are liking the story so far. I agree with you that Heather is much better at being the mean girl, while Amy seems like she's trying to force it. Hope you enjoy what's going to come soon, and thanks for going through each chapter. It's a nice touch and it's appreciated immensely.
Yolotsin Xochitl- Sorry about Beardo, but at least he had some good moments before he was gone. You mentioned a love triangle, but there isn't one of those so far. Unless you are referring to the love square of Cody, Amy, Trent and Sammy. That love square is far better than any cliche and played out love triangle could ever be. I find it interesting you hate Sammy and Dave. Any particular reason?
ThorBringsTheThunder- Yeah I didn't do the best job with the early boots since they're all out by episode five. Still though I think I did better than canon since Beardo got to talk, Ezekiel isn't going feral, and Leonard... well I guess I didn't do anything with Leonard. What can I say he's a tough guy to work with. Maybe in future seasons. Amy is quite the unexpected choice for the rivalry I'll admit. I originally was going to put Zoey as Heather's rival, but I ended up changing that because Zoey is so nice. Sure she had a rivalry with Anne Maria, but I don't think she'd make a good rival for Heather the way Gwen would. Thus I decided to have the two mean girls go at it with a villain based rivalry. Who truly is the lesser of two evils that you want to win this? Heather seems to have the most support based on the comments, but we'll see what happens.
Last time on Total Drama. A talent contest brought out the worst in our campers. It was awesome! The Killer Bass let Courtney take the lead in finding talent for their team. Dave however accidentally knocked out their two best acts, Courtney and Alejandro. Amy and Samey had quite the fight leaving Samey vulnerable for Heather to recruit into her alliance as a secret member. As a sign of good faith, Heather took Amy's diary, and then she read it in front of the entire viewing world revealing that Amy not only has a secret crush on somebody at camp, she also isn't the great sister she pretends to be. Thanks to Sugar's terrible Craptry though the votes got split just enough for Heather to be saved and instead send home Beardo as revenge for questioning her. Who will be the next one to walk down this lame dock, find out tonight at the most dramatic marshmallow ceremony ever! On Total...Drama...Island!
The theme song begins with several cameras popping out of various locations. A cue card signals the start of transitioning through the island and past Chris
(Dear Mom and Dad I'm doin' fine)
The camera goes past several trees and up the island's large cliff
(You guys are on my mind)
The camera goes under the water where Owen is shown. He farts underwater accidentally killing a fish.
(You asked me what I wanted to be and now I think the answer is plain to see)
The dead fish pops up along with the fart bubbles. An eagle flies by and picks up the bird. On the beach shore nearby Geoff is shown tanning while Lightning is working out.
(I wanna be Famous)
Ella is singing with her animal friends in the forest. The eagle drops the fish over her scaring away her animal friends. Sugar is shown laughing at Ella's misery while Jasmine glares at Sugar.
(I wanna live close to the sun)
In a raft Heather and Leshawna are having a slap fight. They aren't paying attention to their surroundings and the raft goes over a waterfall with the two girls screaming.
(Well pack your bags cause I've already won)
On a log near the waterfall Leonard is practicing his wizard spells. He is so focused on his spells that he didn't notice Izzy swinging by on a vine. She crashed into him and the two went flying off screen.
(Everything to prove nothing in my way)
Izzy and Leonard go past the camp and crash into Harold right as he was about to enter the confessional. All three of them landed on the floor in pain.
(I'll get there one day)
Inside the Mess Hall Chef is mixing something into his mess of a pot. Cody and Ezekiel are shown tied up and look concerned about what Chef is going to feed them.
(Cause I wanna be famous)
Next to Cody and Ezekiel, Beardo is making several noises. Chef annoyed with his sound effects shoves a spoonful of food into his mouth as well.
(Na nananana nananana nananana)
Outside of the Mess Hall Katie is holding onto Zoey and staring at a nearby Alejandro who is smiling back at the girls, his teeth sparkling in the process. Dave is shown nearby looking towards Zoey before turning and glaring at Alejandro.
(I wanna be, I wanna be, I wanna be famous)
At the end of the dock Courtney is shown waving at the camera elegantly. She missteps though and falls into the water with the view panning straight up into the daylight sky.
(I wanna be, I wanna be, I wanna be famous)
It quickly turns to night at the campfire ceremony. Sammy and Trent are sitting next to each other. They lean closer to each other, but Amy pulls Sammy's hair, knocks her down, and takes her seat. The rest of the campers are shown sitting around in a circle whistling along to the music.
All eighteen campers were at the campfire pit as Chris explained the next challenge. "Campers," he began, "today's challenge will test your outdoor survival skills. I'm not gonna lie, some of you may not come back alive." A few of them gasped at what Chris had said. "Just joking." He laughed before continuing. "All you have to do is spend a night in the woods. Everything you need is at your team's campsite. You just have to find it." Chris pulled out two maps and compasses from a bag. He threw one towards Heather, and the other at Jasmine. "Oh! And watch out for bears. We lost a couple of interns in pre-production. First team back together for breakfast wins invincibility!" He blew an air horn to officially start the challenge. "Well, off you go."
"Did he say there are bears up in here?" Leshawna asked.
"I had a little encounter with a bear once. Let's just say his head looks real nice up on my mantle." Owen said.
Izzy overheard a bit of their conversation before running to catch up with her team. " You know this one time I saw a bear eating our garbage he had our old spaghetti noodles hanging from his big huge teeth and it looked like blood and guts." She told them. "We thought he was eating the neighbor's cat Simba, but it turned out he was just lost for a week." Izzy said laughing. She paused and thought for a moment. "None of you had spaghetti did you?" She asked.
"Where would we even get spaghetti from?" Alejandro asked her.
"You're right. Let's go!" Izzy eagerly said.
The Screaming Gophers were walking towards their campsite at a steady pace. Amy was walking ahead of everyone scowling and looking angry.
"Hey Amy wait up." Trent said running up to her. "Can I walk with you?" He asked her.
"No!" She yelled at him.
"Hey, if this is about that whole diary thing..." Trent started.
"I said no Trent, so just get lost." She yelled before storming off.
(Confessional Camera)
"I get she's bumbled out about Heather reading her diary, but that was a bit harsh. I'm only trying to help her out." Trent said.
(Confessional End)
The Killer Bass were likewise making good progress towards reaching their campsite. As they were walking Dave ran up to Katie and Zoey.
"Hey Zoey, I found some berries nearby. You want some? They're clean." He said.
"Thanks Dave. Here Katie have some." Zoey said taking a handful from Dave.
"Oh my gosh Zoey I love love love berries. Dave you have to show us where you found these so we can get more." Katie said.
"As long as we catch up with the team, then it should be fine." Zoey said. The three walked off to get more berries while the rest of their team was unaware that they were left behind.
(Screaming Gophers)
As they were walking Heather scratched herself irritated by the small bites left on her from the ants.
"Ugh she is so the next one to leave." Heather said.
"Who?" Trent asked her.
"Who do you think?" Heather sarcastically asked. "Amy dumped Harold's red ant farm into my bed." She yelled.
"Yeah, but you did read her diary out loud to the entire world." Trent said.
Heather stopped walking and turned around. Her sudden stop caused everyone behind her to bump into each other as they stopped walking. "So?" Heather asked.
"That was pretty harsh you know." Trent said.
"You'll thank me when you see what she's really like. Not that it matters. She is going down." Heather said before walking again.
(Killer Bass)
Katie, Zoey, and Dave had finished eating almost all of the berries that were on the bush Dave had found. The three were sitting down full from eating so many berries.
"Okay those were so yummy." Katie said. "Can you believe how yummy those were?" Katie asked Zoey.
"They were really good. Thanks for showing us where they were Dave." Zoey said.
"Oh it was nothing you know." Dave said blushing.
"Wait a minute how long did we take eating. I can't see the rest of the team anymore." Zoey said standing up.
"Don't worry BFFFTG I'm sure the team is somewhere nearby." Katie said.
The three began to walk in the direction they were going before stopping to eat berries in hopes of finding their team.
(Screaming Gophers)
The Screaming Gophers had managed to find their campsite, but were a little confused to find that there was nothing set up for them there.
"Um, there's no food here." Owen said.
Trent grabbed a sheet of paper that was at the campsite and started to read through it. "This is a survival task. Look at the instructions." He said.
"I wonder if there are any bears around today. Wouldn't it be funny if we made any bear sounds and they came?" Owen asked them.
"Owen I don't think that's a good idea." Sammy said.
"Oh come on it'll be fun. Rawr. I'm a bear." Owen said poorly imitating a bear.
"Will you please shut up I'm trying to read here." Heather yelled over to Owen. "It says we're supposed to find our own food. I still don't see it." Heather said looking around confused.
Trent chuckled slightly at her comment. "I think they mean find it in the woods." He said.
"I'll go I'm good at finding food." Owen said.
Heather put away the map and rolled her eyes. "Well at least this will be a good week for my diet." She said.
(Killer Bass)
Dave, Katie, and Zoey were still wandering around trying to find their team. By this point they were starting to get tired.
"You have no idea where we are do you?" Dave asked Katie.
"Yes." Katie said. She paused for a moment and thought. "Okay no, but it is so not my fault. Have you ever noticed that all trees look the same?" Katie asked them.
"Great we're lost and it's all thanks to you." Dave said.
Katie gasped at his comment. "You're blaming this mess on me. You were the one that brought us those dumb berries in the first place." Katie said.
"Those were for Zoey. If it wasn't for you taking them then we wouldn't have gone back for more." Dave said.
"I did not take them. My BFFFTG gave them to me." Katie said.
"There is no such thing as a BFFFTG. Zoey just said that so you would stop crying over your friend and actually be a part of this team." Dave yelled at her.
"That is so not true. Tell him he's wrong." Katie told Zoey.
"Let's just get back to looking for the team." Zoey said not wanting to take a side in their argument.
(Screaming Gophers)
While their campsite was finally set up, the Screaming Gophers were now only waiting on Owen to come back with food. He had been gone for quite a while and the rest of the team was getting hungry.
"I am so hungry." Heather complained.
"I think my large intestine just ate my small intestine." Cody said.
"Yo who ordered the pepperoni pizza extra cheese?" An unfamiliar voice asked. It was a pizza delivery guy.
A hand waved at the pizza delivery guy in the distance. "It's for the camera crew over here."
"No way!" Heather complained.
They heard some rustling in the bushes and Owen arrived at their campsite carrying a bundle of fish. "I am man. I bring fish." He said.
"Are you kidding me." Heather said surprised.
"Man this is awesome." Trent told Owen.
"Bout time we had something to eat." Sugar said grabbing a fish and taking a bite out of it.
"Don't you want to cook that first?" Leshawna asked Sugar.
"Well alright, but make it quick." Sugar said handing the fish back to Owen.
"How do you even know how to fish?" Heather asked Owen.
"My grandpa taught me. I caught a shark once, it bit me in the butt. Check it out." Owen said. He pulled down his pants to show them the scar causing everyone to look away in disgust.
(Killer Bass)
The Killer Bass had almost no difficulty at all setting up their campsite. They had everything that they needed, and were getting ready to look for some food to pass the night.
"Wow Jasmine you did an awesome job with the campsite. It's so cool how good with outdoors stuff you are." Geoff told her.
"Wasn't too hard. We had everything we needed already here ready for us. I'll go foraging for some food." Jasmine said. "Alejandro would you care to join me?" She asked him.
"Why of course Jasmine. Although I just realized that Dave, Katie, and Zoey are not with us any longer. It would be a wise idea to make see if we can find them while we are looking for food." Alejandro said.
"You're right. I guess we must not have noticed when those three split off from the group. Hopefully they're nearby, if not then that's going to be a bit of trouble for us." Jasmine said.
The two walked off, but Courtney quickly ran after them. "Wait, who's going to be in charge while you're gone Jasmine?" Courtney asked her.
"Don't really think we need someone in charge. Still though I guess you can keep an eye on things and make sure that everything is ready for when we come back." Jasmine told Courtney. Courtney nodded and started to do an inventory check on their supplies. She was distracted with that though and did not notice Izzy sneaking off.
Alejandro and Jasmine went off looking for food and hopefully to find where there missing team members were. As for the missing Killer Bass, they were still wandering around in circles.
"We've been wandering around for hours now, and we haven't made any progress." Dave said.
"Hey I'm sure we're not too far away from our team." Zoey said.
"Dave's right Zoey. There's that same tree with fork in it that we saw hours ago. We just walked in a gigantic circle. She said grabbing her hair desperately.
As they continued walking they heard some owl noises. "What was that?" Dave asked.
"I don't know but I'm getting really scared." Katie said holding onto Zoey.
"Come on, let's go rest inside that cave for a while." Zoey said leading the two inside.
Inside the cave it there was just enough light for them to see and find some rocks to sit down on.
"Now what?" Katie asked Zoey.
"I think it's best we stay here until morning. Then we can find our way back to camp when it's not dark." Zoey said.
As they began resting a nearby swarm of bats flew down scaring Dave and Katie. The bats swarmed after them until they eventually flew off. "We're going to die inside of this cave aren't we?" Dave asked panicking.
"I'll never get to see Sadie again." Katie cried.
"Well, at least they aren't fighting anymore." Zoey said softly to herself.
(Screaming Gophers)
Back with the Gophers they had all their food ready to eat soon. "Okay, the fire's hot, the fish are grilling, the tent is tenting." Owen said.
"Nice going man, the fish looks awesome." Trent told him.
Owen looked proud of what he had accomplished. "Thanks man I owe it all to grandpa." He said.
"So you and your grandpa really fought a bear once?" Trent asked him.
"Heck Yes." Owen began. "It was the scariest day of my life. We were out in the woods when we came upon the great beast. I tell you he was 10 feet tall if he was afoot, and then he roared his terrible roar." Owen poorly imitated a roar. "We grabbed our shotguns we knew it was either him or us. It was nothing personal, just the law of the wild. And then bam! One shot was all it took to fell the great beast. We took his blood and marked ourselves to honor him. It was a good death." Owen said.
Heather looked at him in disbelief. "Yeah right. There's no way you took down a 10-foot bear." She said before standing up and leaving the circle where almost everyone was sitting at. She walked past the campsite until she met up with Ella and Sammy by some trees. "You sure you weren't followed?" Heather asked Ella and Sammy.
"Everyone was so entertained with Owen's story that they were unaware of our absence. I wish I could have heard how it ended." Ella said.
"Who cares, it probably wasn't real anyway. Now then let's make this quick before Amy realizes she's missing." Heather said pointing at Sammy.
"What do you need Heather?" Sammy asked Heather.
"What I need is an explanation. I offer you a spot in my alliance. I offer to help you with Amy. I humiliate her all for you. How did you repay me? By dumping a pile of ants onto my bed." Heather yelled at Sammy.
"But Amy was the one who..." Sammy started to say.
"Don't even think of lying to me Samey." Heather warned her.
"Okay yes it was me, but I only did it because Amy told me to. I don't want to help her, but I have to." Sammy said.
"Wow you might actually be as stupid as your sister says you are. The whole point of being in my alliance was that I would help you get rid of Amy. So why would you possibly think it was a good idea to help her against me?" Heather yelled.
"You said it had to be a secret. If I don't help Amy, she'll suspect something and then we'll both lose. Besides I can't expect you to help me with her forever. I have to deal with her myself eventually, I just don't know how long that will take." Sammy said.
Heather paused and though for a moment. She sighed and shook her head. "Fine Samey you can stay in the alliance, but next time Amy asks you to do something against me I want you to tell Ella about it. That way I can take the necessary precautions against it." Heather said.
The three walked back to the campsite separately in order to avoid any indication that Sammy was involved with them.
"About time that you got back. We were starting to get worry you were eaten by a bear." Cody said.
They heard rustling in the bushes along with a bear growl. "Enough with the dumb bear sound already." Amy yelled at Owen.
"It wasn't me." Owen said. A bear crawled out of the bushes and growled. Owen now frightened screams out "Great Pyramid of Giza! We're all going to die!" Cody peed himself out of fear and Owen started to run and panic in circles "Oh we're all gonna be eaten by a bear! Oh the horrors somebody help us ! I want my mommy!" Heather, who was now annoyed by Owen tripped him causing him to fall onto the ground.
"Ella you're good with animals. Do something." Heather told her.
"Oh um of course." Ella said. She cautiously approached the bear. "Hey there bear girl or fella. If you left us alone that'd be mighty swella." Ella sang out. Her song didn't work though and the bear simply roared at them again.
"The trees. Let's climb into the trees." Heather said. They all started climbing as fast as they could away from the bear.
(Killer Bass)
Alejandro and Jasmine arrived carrying ample amount of food and water. They distributed what they had to their remaining team members and began to cook the necessary food.
"Dudes that was so good." Geoff said once they had finished eating.
"You know I wonder why we put up with Chef's cooking when the island has plenty of food we can get on our own." Jasmine said.
"Knowing Chef he'd go crazy if we stopped eating his food for whatever the island has to offer. I'd hate to be on the receiving end of that anger." Courtney said.
Jasmine laughed at what Courtney said. "You've got that right Court. I guess we'll just have to keep putting up with what Chef serves us." She said.
"So now what do we do?" Harold asked finishing his serving of food.
"Well I'd say we should try looking for our missing team members again, but it's already dark. The best thing is to hope they go back to camp before we do in the morning, otherwise we're probably losing again." Jasmine said.
"We were just starting to do better and now we're back to losing." Courtney said looking down.
"Hey, we haven't lost yet brah. Besides we don't even know how the gophers are doing. For all we know they could be having problems, especially since they don't have a wicked survival pro like Jasmine helping them out." Geoff said.
"We must also remember that the gophers are not on the best of terms right now. After what Heather did to Amy I imagine they will have difficulties cooperating for quite some time." Alejandro pointed out.
"I still can't believe she'd do something like that." Jasmine said.
Alejandro rubbed his chin in thought for a moment. "Not to defend Heather's actions, but based on what was written in the diary Amy does not seem to be so clean either. She seems to harbor an immense hatred for her sister. Perhaps Heather did her team a favor by demonstrating Amy's true nature." He said.
"So you think Heather is the good guy in this situation?" Geoff asked Alejandro.
"I would't go so far as to call her the 'good guy.' We don't know the nature of the relationship between Amy and Samey. Thus it is hard to say either way if Heather helped or harmed the sisters." Alejandro said.
"Well all I know is I'm glad we don't have to deal with either of them. We've had our share of problems on this team, but we never had to deal with someone so vile." Jasmine said.
Alejandro smirked at her statement. "Of course. That is why we shall ultimately prevail. While they tear each other apart, we shall instead work to build our team stronger." He said.
Courtney stood up and began to walk toward the tent. "I'm going to call it a night. Thank you for everything Jasmine." She said.
"I think that's a good idea. Whoever goes to sleep last, make sure you turn out the fire. We don't want to accidentally ruin the tent." Jasmine said. She followed Courtney into the tent leaving the three guys out by the fire.
(Screaming Gophers)
The Screaming Gophers were all still gathered on top of the trees. The bear that had arrived at their campsite hadn't yet left.
"So what do we do now?" Trent asked getting tired of being in the trees.
"Don't look at me." Heather said.
"It was your stupid idea to climb the trees. How about you let the bear eat you. That would solve our bear problem and get rid of the biggest pain we have." Amy yelled at Heather.
Heather rolled her eyes and ignored Amy's statement. "Why don't we ask our bear hunter." She asked sarcastically. "Hey Owen, what do we do now?" She asked him.
"How should I know?" Owen asked panicking.
"Dude you said you killed a bear." Leshawna pointed out.
"I was being theatrical." Owen yelled out.
"This is all your fault. If you hadn't been growling like that, then we wouldn't have attracted him to our site." Heather said.
"Excuse me for living." Owen cried out. He banged his head on the tree next to him several times.
"Hey, ease up on the guy. He did get us all our fish remember." Trent said.
The bear began sniffing their fish and looked at it eager to start eating. "Hey, lay off our fish." Heather yelled at the bear.
"You really think the bear is going to listen?" Cody asked Heather.
"Like I'm going to take advice from the guy that peed his pants." Heather said.
Cody sighed and covered his pants embarrassed. The branch that Leshawna was sitting on began to crack until the end broke off causing her to fall to the ground. The bear approached Leshawna slowly. She backed up as much as she could until she hit a tree and couldn't move anymore. The bear stood up and began growling at her.
"Hey nice bear." Leshawna said nervously. She covered her eyes and screamed at the bear. "Somebody help me." She cried out. Her team yelled at her various different instructions from the tree but there wasn't anything she could do. The bear looked at her and smiled.
"Hey are you okay?" A familiar female voice said.
Leshawna blinked confused as to what just happened. "Did that bear just ask me a question." She said.
The "bear" took off it's head and revealed it to be Izzy inside of a bear suit. Owen slid down the tree surprised. "Wow I did not see that coming." He said laughing.
"You're that weird Bass girl. What are you doing here?" Heather asked her.
"She's proly here to steal all our food." Sugar said.
"I thought it would be funny." Izzy said laughing. "I was going to scare my own team, but they're so boring. You guys are a lot more fun." She explained still laughing at their fear.
(Confessional Camera)
"Okay Okay that was so funny it's like 'oh no it's a bear' 'oh we're gonna die now' 'help help.' She said laughing. "And then I'm like 'rawr I'm gonna eat you' Like I could actually do that there's no way okay." She laughed again.
(Confessional End)
Inside the cave where Katie, Dave, and Zoey were, Zoey had managed to fall asleep. Dave and Katie were still having difficulties spending the night in the cave.
"I don't think I'll be getting any sleep tonight Dave." Katie said rubbing her eyes.
"Same here. How could anyone spend the night in a cave and still get a good night's sleep. The floor is completely filthy, not to mention how uncomfortable the rocks are." He said.
Dave and Katie looked out the cave then turned to see each other. "I wanted to say I'm sorry." They both said at the same time.
"It wasn't your fault that we got lost and I shouldn't have blamed it all on you." Dave told Katie.
"Well I shouldn't have blamed you either. You just wanted to share some berries with Zoey and I ruined it." She said.
"She offered to share with you. She's just nice like that, always thinking about others." Dave said looking over at Zoey.
"I know what you mean, and you were right about her being my friend just so I'd stop thinking about Sadie. I wanted to replace Sadie with Zoey and I guess I took things a bit too far." Katie said.
"You know she'll still want to be your friend, even if you aren't BFFTGs anymore." Dave told Katie.
"You forgot an F. It's three, not two." Katie told him laughing. "Besides, don't you know that BFFFTGs don't even exist. That's just a made up term." Katie said.
Dave laughed along with her. "So I guess that means you don't miss your friend anymore?" He asked her.
"I'll always miss Sadie, but if I can survive a night inside this scary and dark cave, then I can survive this game without trying to replace her. Besides If I don't leave Zoey alone every now and then when will you get a chance to win her over." Katie said.
Dave blushed and looked away. "Win her over. What do you mean. I have no idea what you're talking about." He said nervously.
Katie giggled at how cute his embarrassment was. "I think it's pretty obvious you like her. She hasn't picked up on it yet, but she will. Don't worry, I'll put in a good word for you." She said.
"Thanks Katie." Dave told her smiling. The two laid down hoping to get some rest that night.
(Screaming Gophers)
Now that Izzy had been revealed to be a bear, the Screaming Gophers, along with their new bass companion were finally getting to start eating the fish that Owen had brought.
"This fish is great. I can't believe you caught it on your own." Izzy said.
"Why is weird bass girl getting some of our fish?" Sugar asked irritated.
"Come on we can't let her starve, besides it was kinda funny how she fooled all of us into thinking that she was a bear." Owen said.
The bush by them began to rustle once again and a bear growl was heard. From out of the bush a bear walked towards their campsite. It began to sniff Izzy. "Wow, that costume is really good. I mean I thought mine was good, but this one was really good.
"It's probably Chris trying to mess with us. Nice try man." Trent said walking up to the bear.
"We know you're not a bear dude." Owen said poking the bear in the nose a few times.
The bear roared in response. "Um I think this one might be a real bear." Sammy said nervously.
"Chris did say there were bears." Heather said.
Everyone began to step away from the bear except for Owen. "Oh come on guys they're just trying to see if they could punk us twice. This is not a real bear and I'm going to prove it to all of you." Owen said. He tried to pull off it's mask, but ripped off some hair instead. He took a closer look at the hair. "This does feel kinda real." He said. The bear roared and grabbed the hair that Owen had ripped off. "Yeah that's a real bear." Owen screamed. They were about to run back into the trees when Ella stepped forward and starting singing to the bear. A few birds flew by her and chirped along with her.
"I'll go take the bear back to his cave." Ella said smiling. "Come on Mr. Bear. It's time for some walksies." She said before leading the bear away. As she left she continued singing. "Walking with a bear. It doesn't matter where. The moon is out. And I haven't got a care."
"I am so glad we have her on our team." Sammy said relived.
Ella guided the bear back to his cave and inside she found Dave, Katie, and Zoey. "Why hello there other team. I'm sorry, but my dear bear friend would like his cave back." Ella told them.
Dave ran up to Ella and grabbed her tightly. "Please take us back to your campsite. Anything to get out of this cave." Dave said still holding onto Ella.
"Oh of course. Anything to help out." Ella said humming happily. As they walked back to camp it started to rain. Luckily for them they weren't that far off. Everyone managed to squeeze into the tent although it was rather cramped with the four members of the Killer Bass staying with them. As for the Killer Bass, they slept comfortably in their tent with plenty of space. The rain, and the rest of the night passed by rather quickly and soon it was the next morning.
"That wasn't as bad as I thought it'd be." Leshawna said as they left their campsite.
"Thanks again for letting us stay here the night." Dave said.
"Well we needed someone to take crazy girl back to her team." Heather told them.
Izzy laughed at her comment. "Come on this was a lot of fun. Maybe I should hang out with your team more often." She said.
"I could tell you more stories about the adventures I've had with my grandpa." Owen told Izzy.
"That sounds great. There's plenty of cool stories I have to." Izzy said.
"Can we just get going. We have a challenge to win and you have one to lose." Heather said.
The Killer Bass woke up and Courtney was snuggled next to Alejandro.
"Oh my gosh Alejandro I'm so sorry about that." Courtney said once she realized what was going on.
"No need to apologize. It was a simple mistake of the night. I'm personally glad we were able to get such a peaceful night's sleep despite the rain." Alejandro said.
"Yeah, but now we've got to get going. Who knows where the rest of our team is, and we still have to make it back before the Screaming Gophers." Jasmine said.
(Confessional Camera)
"I'm glad Alejandro was such a gentleman about that whole mess. That could've turned really awkward. Of course just to make it clear, since I was asleep during the alleged cuddling it's basically as though it never happened." Courtney said.
(Confessional End)
The Killer Bass ran back to camp and they were the first ones to arrive. Shortly after they arrived the Screaming Gophers made it back.
"We're the first one's back." Courtney eagerly cheered.
"Oh no, they beat us here." Heather said. "This is all your fault." She told Owen shoving him to the ground.
"Not so fast gopherinos. I said that the first team back together would win and the bass didn't come back together. They have quite a few fish hanging out with you guys." Chris said pointing to the four Killer Bass that were with the Gophers.
"Where were you guys? Why are you with the enemy team? Why is Izzy in a bear suit?" Jasmine asked confused as to what was going on with her team.
"We got lost when we were picking up berries and stayed in a bear cave. Luckily Ella found us and brought us back to their camp." Katie said.
"I just wanted to have some fun." Izzy said shrugging.
"Forget about it. Thanks to you we lost the challenge." Courtney yelled at them.
"Alright Killer Bass. One of your fishie butts is going home." Chris told them. Gophers, you're going on an all expense paid trip to the tuck shop." Chris announced. The Gophers cheered for their reward while the Bass glared at those that cost them the challenge.
The Screaming Gophers were having a party in their hot tub along with all the food and snacks they had gotten.
"Oh my gosh this is so good." Owen said as he ate a bag of chips. "I never thought chips could be so good." He paused for a moment. "I think I'm going to be sick." He said before barfing outside the hot tub.
"That is so incredibly gross." Heather told Owen.
"The Screaming Gophers rule!" Owen cheered ignoring Heather's comment.
While the Gophers got the enjoy their party, the Killer Bass got ready to vote someone out. At the elimination ceremony they were ready while Chris held a plate of marshmallows "Welcome back to elimination. You've all cast your votes. The camper who does not receive a marshmallow must immediately hit the Dock of Shame and take the Boat of Losers to get the heck out of here. And you can't come back... Ever." Chris announced. "Let's go ahead and get started. Jasmine, Geoff, Alejandro, Harold, Courtney, Zoey, and Dave." Chris announced. They each went up to get their marshmallow. "Katie you are on the chopping block for getting three members of your team lost looking for berries. Izzy, your prank was not to best idea, not to mention you abandoned your team to hang out with the enemies. Ladies, the final marshmallow of the evening. It goes to..." Chris said before pausing.
The elimination ceremony however was interrupted thanks to a helicopter flying over them and shining a spotlight onto Izzy. "Izzy this is the RCMP. You are under arrest."
"Why is the RCMP after you?" Jasmine asked Izzy.
"That is a crazy story. Too bad there's no time for it. Just know it involves blowing up a kitchen." Izzy said. She stood up and started running. "You'll never take me alive copper!" She yelled out into the distance.
"Well that just happened. I guess Katie is safe. You can go and rest easy now Bass, and try not to end up here again next time. It's embarrassing that you lost to the Gophers with how many issues they have going on" Chris said. The Killer Bass headed off and the last thing shown was the RCMP helicopter still circling the island looking for Izzy.
Elimination Order
22. Leonard
21. Lightning
20. Ezekiel
19. Beardo
18. Izzy
Remaining Contestants
Screaming Gophers: Heather, Ella, Amy, Cody, Samey, Owen, Trent, Sugar, and Leshawna
Killer Bass: Geoff, Courtney, Alejandro, Zoey, Dave, Harold, Katie, and Jasmine
Elimination Explanation: Cutting Izzy here was a last minute decision. Originally I was going to have Katie go home having her character arc basically completed in this episode. I changed it for two main reasons. The first was that this was where she left in canon and I want to take her a bit farther. The second was I decided I want to do a bit more with her character overall. This episode was Katie getting over her loneliness without Sadie and her attachment to Zoey. Now she has a chance to stand on her own, and I want to explore her as an individual before she gets eliminated. Since Katie stayed I had to find a replacement, and Izzy just seemed to have the least going on. She's good comedic relief, but I think we have enough comedic characters that getting rid of one won't be too bad. I know Izzy is a fan favorite character, but she just didn't last that long this time around.
A/N: I expected this chapter to be more different from canon, but somehow it ended up being one of the most similar chapters so far. I hope that isn't a bad thing, but there wasn't too much I could see myself changing about it. It ended up giving me a lot more problems than I expected overall. I guess one nice difference was that the teams actually had a good nights sleep. Ella was able to get rid of the bear at the Gopher's camp, and Jasmine was able to prevent the Killer Bass tent from burning down. No sleeping in the rain for either team here. There were also a few extra interactions, but overall not too different.
You'd think without Izzy on their team the Screaming Gophers wouldn't have to deal with her pretending to be a bear. I had her go to their team instead of her own just because I felt there was more potential there. I think Jasmine and Alejandro could handle a bear well enough that she wouldn't be able to scare them the way she did the gophers. I also wanted to give her a few interactions with Owen before she was eliminated. Those two make a really good pair because Owen's go with the flow attitude let's him not only deal with, but also enjoy Izzy's insane antics. Other than some good humor there wasn't too much going on with the Screaming Gophers this time around.
The Killer Bass were admittedly a bit bland this chapter, but if we're being honest them having Jasmine on their team makes it almost impossible for anything to go wrong for them this chapter. Without Duncan around I couldn't find a good way to keep the ghost stories around. I thought of maybe having Geoff or Alejandro do it, but it just didn't come out in a way I liked it. So instead of the ghost stories we got some nice team bonding. Sure it may not be as entertaining as the ghost story, but at least it was a nice moment for the Bass. As for the trio that were left to spend the night in the cave they had a bit more screen time. In canon we never really got a proper resolution to Katie and Sadie's fight. They kinda just forgave each other. Here I had Dave and Katie fight, but we also got to see them make up and find some common ground in their friendship with Zoey. Katie got good character development in accepting she was latching onto Zoey to replace Sadie, and Dave admitted to someone he's crushing on Zoey. Overall I'd say that's some good development to make up for how similar to canon the whole chapter is.
Next chapter will be so hard to write. I have a few ideas for phobias, but I am open to suggestions and will gladly use them if possible. Coming up with phobias while challenging will also be pretty fun and I think the execution will be more fun. Hopefully I can do a good job with that.