Review Responses
GlitchWarrior- Glad you liked the song parody. I wasn't sure how good it was, but it was fun to work on. Alejandro is a more subtle villain compared to Heather, but he's just as dangerous if not more. He's going to be changing the game quite a lot now that the merge is upon us. Courtney's a smart girl, but can she see past Alejandro's deception before it's too late? Only time will tell.
WeirdAlfan101- That's a smart guess for the next elimination. It does make a lot of sense, but we'll have to see if you're right or not. As for Jasmine, she's the type to hold a grudge, so Courtney's going to have to work really hard if she wants to fix their friendship from this.
Critica7- Jasmine was meant to be a bit of a shock, but I'm glad that it at least makes sense. Same with Ella winning. Ella I feel is underestimated a lot because of her kind nature. If you really think about it though, she has a her strengths and could be a strong competitor if she were more determined to win. Nice guess on elimination. Let's see how it turned out.
BetaZackFan- That's correct. I wasn't sure if anyone would be able to figure out the song, but since you did hopefully that means I did a good job on it. It was fun to write and it seems people enjoyed it.
N8han11- Heather, Courtney, and Alejandro are a trio that will impact the game quite heavily moving forward. I don't know if I'd personally call it a love triangle, but since Alejandro is flirting with both girls it can be interpreted it as one. Trent has basically given up on Amy since she's not just mean to Sammy anymore, but her frustration has caused her to show her true self and lash out against everyone. Courtney betraying someone is a shame, but it is in character, and is a part of her development this season. Nice guess on the returnee.
Derick Lindsey- Glad my reasoning made sense. Jasmine was nice to write, but I just couldn't take her any further. I normally keep the votes a secret just to keep the suspense high, but I'll go ahead and say your guess is right. The votes were distrusted the way that you guessed. There'll be a bit more coming up about why the votes ended up how they did. Interesting guess for elimination and returning players. Just have to wait and see how those guesses turn out.
Gucci Mane LaFlare- Ella's singing is a bit hard, but I do enjoy it so I'll keep on working towards it. There's much more villainy to come from Alejandro. He's only just gotten started. Thanks for the kind words of encouragement
That British Guy- Jasmine was a surprise, but one that made the most sense. That's an interesting guess for who is going home next, and your picks for returning make some sense. Welcome to the story new reader, and if you don't know what's going on well that's what the past chapters are for. Feel free to read and catch up to this point in the story.
QueenAzulaThinksYourWorthless- Courtney gets to go past her canon elimination thanks to Alejandro. The song was from Mulan, though Hercules could also have worked since that movie has great music. Amy's becoming more of a pain, and it's giving Heather quite the advantage. We'll see how she matches up with Alejandro soon enough. Only one team challenge left. Can the Gophers pull another surprise win or will the Bass take it?
Phenomenal Ultra Instinct- Real sorry about Jasmine, but she was the best choice to go at this point in the story. Jasmine's grudge against Shawn is nothing compared to how she'll react once she knows the truth of her elimination. No rigging of votes yet, but that could always change. Ella is a joy to work with, and I love her character so much. Things are heating up on both teams, and I agree that Chef might be tough, but he's no Master Chief.
Last time on Total Drama Island. The eleven surviving campers were put through Master Chief Hatchet's brutal boot camp. Jasmine was the first to drop out due to being too giant for her own good. Alejandro managed to impress Master Chief enough that he got a complementary dinner. To everyone's shock, he chose to bring Courtney as his exclusive plus one. Ella attempted to cheer her team up with a friendship song, which worked to push Amy even further over the edge. While her song might have failed, at least she won for her team. At elimination, the Bass to sink was none other than Jasmine thanks to some clever plays by Alejandro, and some betrayal from her BFF Courtney. You'd think Courtney would have learned her lesson about doing whatever it takes to win, but I guess some people don't change. What are you going to do? Birds got to fly, Fish got to swim. This week, the campers are pushed to the EXTREME! Who will crack under the pressure? Find out right now 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.
The day opened up with the campgrounds being nice and quite for once. As most of the campers slept, a bear could be seen taking several bags of marshmallows for itself. The peace and quite of the day soon came to an end as a plane was heard quickly approaching the island. The bear ran off getting as many bags as it could while the campers started to wake up from the plane's noise. They sleepily gathered outside to see what the noise was, and saw Chris piloting the plane close to them.
"Incoming!" Chris yelled as he flew the plane towards them.
"Hit the deck." Geoff said as Chris flew near them.
Everyone scattered around and Chris worked on landing the plane. Yes!" Chris cheered. "I can't wait to get my pilot's licence!" He happily said. He ran the plane into the outhouse, completely demolishing it. The bear had hidden inside with his stash of stolen marshmallows. Once his hiding spot had been destroyed, he tried to hide the stolen bags, dropping some marshmallows in the process. Chris finally stopped the plane, and looked toward the campers. Just flexing your muscles for today's Extreme Sports Challenge!" He announced yelling through a megaphone.
"It is too dang early for this." Leshawna complained.
Chris ignored Leshawna's complaints and continued to explain the day's challenge. "This week you'll participate in three challenges. First up, EXTREME SOFA BED SKYDIVING!" He announced. "Contestants will plummet, uh skydive, to a waiting sofa bed target below." As Chris spoke, Chef demonstrated the challenge by hopping from the plane to a bed. As he landed on the bed however it closed back into a couch on him, crushing the large man inside. The campers looked concerned by his muffled screams of pain, but Chris ignored it. "Of course," Chris said. "You'll be jumping from five thousand feet, and wearing these." He tossed two old and ruined parachutes that barely looked as though they would function. "Our lucky contestants are Trent and Alejandro." He said.
"Sure, why not?" Trent shrugged. "You know what they say on Black Cone Mountain bro, Best glimpse of Heaven's on the way into Hell. Let's do this." He said giving Alejandro a high five.
"I agree, this will be quite the exhilarating challenge indeed." Alejandro said.
"Not so fast." Chris interrupted. "Because the second challenge of the day is, EXTREME RODEO MOOSE RIDING!" He announced. Over in a nearby small pin, there was an annoyed-looking bull moose. "Contestants will rodeo-ride the Great Canadian Bucking Moose for eight seconds, or get hoofed into a giant pile of socks from the Lost and Found!" A few of the campers were gathered around the pile of socks looking in disgust and holding their noses from the smell.
"That stank pile ain't nothin' but laundry day back home," Leshawna scoffed.
"It's your lucky day Leshawna," Chris told her. "You're riding for Gophers and Geoff, you're riding for Bass."
"Yeah!" Geoff eagerly cheered.
Courtney stood next to the Moose pin and looked at it curiously. "Just be careful Geoff, this doesn't seem too safe." Courtney told him.
"And the final challenge of the day is, EXTREME SEA-DOO WATER SKIING!" Chris announced. Contestants will water ski a race course while grabbing as many flags as they can before crossing the finish line, while a member of the opposing team drives the sea-doo."
"How can we water ski without water?" Heather asked Chris.
"Really hard." Chris answered. "Check it out." He said. Chef tried to demonstrate the challenge, but skipped across the mud quickly before he crashed into a tree. Chris laughed for a bit at Chef's expense. "Awesome! Harold, you'll ski for Killer Bass." He said
"Sweet!" Harold cheered.
"And Ella, you'll ski for the Screaming Gophers." Chris said.
Ella clapped happily and smiled. "This sounds like it will be a fun challenge." She said.
"Now for the cool swag," Chris announced. "Who ever wins the most challenges wins bragging rights for the night, saves their butts from elimination, and wins a tricked out multi-massage mobile shower." He gestured to the prize, where Chef was playing a harp nearby. Several campers gasped in appreciation.
"Can it be?" Heather asked in shock..
"Oh it be." Chris told her.
Geoff looked at the shower confused. "Don't we already have several showers that we can use?" He asked.
Courtney rolled her eyes, and went over to him. "Of course we have showers, but those are filthy and disgusting. This is not only much cleaner, but it also gives us some well needed privacy. So you had better help win this for us." She yelled at him.
(Confessional Camera)
"I don't want to be harsh, but Courtney really should have gone home. I don't know how Jasmine got eliminated, but at least she was cool to be around. Courtney's just gone back to bumming everyone out and giving orders." Geoff said.
(Confessional End)
Chris got back into his plane, and started it up. "Okay gang, chow for breakie and report back for the EXTREME SPORTS CHALLENGE!" He announced before taking off in the plane. As he left, he kicked up a large cloud of dust that caused everyone nearby to cough.
Sometime later, almost everyone had finished up their breakfast, and was leaving the Mess Hall. Geoff finished eating his plate of food, and handed it to Chef.
"Thanks for the grub dude, but there was this note on it. Doubt it was meant for me." He said walking out.
Chef looked at the note, and read through it. "For the girl with the smoldering eyes." He read before dropping it on the table.
Sammy and Ella went over to the note curiously, and read through it. "I think this is supposed to be a Haiku poem." Sammy said reading it over.
"It must be meant for you from Trent. He's so great with music, and whats a poem but a song without music." Ella said.
"You really think that the poem is for me?" Sammy asked Ella.
Before Ella could answer, Amy laughed sarcastically nearby them. "Of course that note isn't meant for you Samey. How long are you going to keep fooling yourself into thinking that Trent likes you." She said.
"Trent does like me. You're the one he can't stand." Sammy snapped back.
"How dare you." Amy yelled. "Trent likes me way more than he likes you. If he wrote that poem, then it's clear that he wrote it for me." She said.
"Please, let's not fight over this. I'm sure if we simply ask Trent, then we'll be able to put this all behind us." Ella said attempting to break up their fighting.
Amy turned over to Ella and glared at her. "Why don't you go back to Heather, and stay out of this?" Amy angrily asked Ella.
Ella sighed, and walked away looking down. "There you go again. I get that you feel the need to pick on me because I'm younger than you, but why do you always have to be so cruel to Ella? She's just trying to help." Sammy yelled.
"She's Heather's sidekick so hurting her hurts Heather. Besides, anyone who still thinks they're a princess at her age isn't worth caring about." Amy said. Sammy groaned, and stormed off, taking the note with her.
Once the first challenge started up, Chris was in the plane ready to take off. The teams gathered around the couches they would be pushing, and the jumpers got ready to get in the plane.
"Now remember," Chris started. "ground teams can wheel the sofa beds wherever they want to help their comrades with the landing." He said.
Sammy went over to Trent and held his hand gently. "Please be safe Trent." She told him.
Trent smiled back at her. "You know I will." He told her. He leaned in to give her a kiss. Seeing what was happening, Sammy leaned in as well. Before the two could kiss however Amy moved in between them, and separated the pair.
"Just hurry up and get the challenge over with." She yelled at Trent.
(Confessional Camera)
"How hard does Trent have to hit his head when he falls for him to realize that Sammy is ugly, useless, pathetic, and a waste of his time?" Amy asked scowling.
(Confessional End)
"Wish me luck chica?" Alejandro asked Courtney.
"We both know that you don't need it." Courtney said blushing. Heather noticed their interaction, and began to draw an outline of chalk in the ground.
"Hey Alamejandro here's a nice chalk outline of what'll be left after you fall." She told him.
Alejandro smiled as he boarded the plane with Trent. "Heather, your attempts to make me nervous about this challenge are cute, but you will simply have to try much better than that." He told her.
The plane took off with Alejandro and Trent ready to jump. As they flew over the island, Chris went over to them holding a pair of contracts. "If you could just fill these out." He told them.
"Didn't we already sign insurance forms at the beginning of the show?" Alejandro asked Chris.
"You did, but these are for organ donation. I have this cool cannibal challenge I want to pitch to the producers, and this will go a long way toward budgeting free props." Chris told them. "Here comes the drop boys." He said.
Down on the ground, the Screaming Gophers were having trouble pushing their couch over to the drop zone. Leshawna, Sammy, Heather, and Ella pushed as hard as they could, but couldn't seem to move the couch too far.
"Why is this thing so heavy?" Leshawna asked annoyed.
"Where's Amy?" Heather asked. "She should be helping with this dumb thing." She said.
They looked over the couch, and saw that Amy was sitting on it, filing her nails. "What do you think you're doing?" Leshawna asked her.
"You don't expect me to push that thing do you?" Amy asked them. "That's what the rest of you are for." She said.
"You'd let Trent crash into the ground just because you don't want to help move the couch?' Sammy yelled at Amy.
Amy rolled her eyes, and got up from the couch. "Whatever Samey." She said crossing her arms.
Back up on the plane, Trent looked out now unsure of the jump. "Uh I don't think I can do this man," he told Alejandro.
"You have no reason to worry, I'm sure your team has prepared the bed for you by now." Alejandro said. He patted Trent on the back, "accidentally" pushing him out of the plane. "What an unfortunate accident." Alejandro said smirking.
Trent screamed as he fell towards the ground. He was unable to open his chute, and approached the ground at a dangerous speed. Seeing Trent approaching them from above, Amy pushed Sammy in his direction, and Trent landed on Sammy plummeting both of them into the ground.
"Who needs a bed when Samey can just break his fall instead." Amy said.
In the plane, Alejandro prepared for his jump. Once he saw his team below, he calmly jumped out of the plane and pulled to activate his parachute. As he pulled the cords however his parachute did not seem to come out. "I should have expected as much from the cheap quality of this." He said before trying to manually open the parachute.
The Bass pushed their couch much easier than the Gophers did since they didn't have anyone on it. As they walked, they talked amongst themselves.
"You guys will never believe what I found in my breakfast this morning." Geoff told his team.
"At this point I don't think any of us would be surprised by what Chef puts in the food he serves us." Courtney said.
"Nah, this wasn't part of the food. There was this weird love note. I don't think it was meant for me, so it must have gotten there by accident." He told them.
"How do you think something like that ended up in your food?" Harold asked Geoff.
"No idea dude." Geoff said shaking his head. "I'm pretty sure it was meant for a girl just based on what was written, so it must have been either Trent or Alejandro who wrote it." He said.
"Alejandro must have written it for you Courtney." Zoey said.
Courtney blushed, and shook her head nervously. "Alejandro and I are just friends. Then again he is a pretty romantic guy. Sending a love not seems like just the sort of thing he'd do." She said.
"You know Alejandro and Trent aren't the only..." Harold began to say before getting cut off by the sound of Alejandro screaming as he struggled to open his parachute before landing.
"Not now Harold, we need to hurry." Courtney said. They pushed the couch quickly and put it in position for Alejandro to land on. He managed to manually open the parachute in time, and landed on the pulled out bed safely.
Chris flew over them and pulled out his megaphone to announce the results of the first challenge. "Gophers lose, Bass win! One, zero!" He announced.
The Gophers stood by as Chef, in a female nurses outfit, wheeled Trent and Sammy away on a stretcher, both in a full body cast.
"Nice going Trent." Amy told him.
"At least this way Sammy and I won't have to deal with you for the rest of the challenge." He told her. Sammy and the other Gophers laughed, while Amy just stood there with her mouth open in shock.
(Confessional Camera)
"He did not just say that he would rather spend the day injured with Samey than with me. If that's how he's going to be, then I'm going to make sure that the rest of his time here is miserable." Amy yelled.
(Confessional End)
The next challenge started by the moose pen. "Okay cowpokes." Chris said. "It's time for part two, THE RODEO MOOSE CHALLENGE!" He announced.
Geoff went over to the moose pen looking confident for the challenge. "Rodeo riding is kinda like surfing. Once you catch the lip, you just flow with the mojo." He said.
"You sure that you can do this for us Geoff?" Courtney asked him.
"I've got this brah, no worries. You can count on me." He told her.
"You'd better be right. Alejandro got us the first point, so now you need to keep that lead going." She told him.
"Chill out Courtney, I can do this." Geoff said.
"Alright alright." Courtney relented. "I just can't take another loss." She said.
Geoff patted the moose on the head and stood up excitedly. "Let's do this moose dude." He cheered.
"Geoff you probably shouldn't..." Courtney began to say before the moose was let loose. As soon as the moose ran out of it's pen, Geoff was tossed off, and went flying nearby. "Stand." Courtney said finishing her sentence.
Chris stood nearby with a timer ready. "And Geoff is..." Chris began to say as Geoff flew over his head. "Out?!" He said in surprise. Geoff landed in the pile of socks, barely sticking out. "Ooh that stinks big time for Bass!" Chris said.
"Wait a minute, pause that." Chris's voice played as everything paused. "Let's just rewind that shot and run it in super slow-mo."
The shot rewound to just before Geoff flew over Chris. "I'm embarrassed. This is so degrading I mean just look at me!" The clip played Geoff soaring over him. A hand scribbled over Chris's clothes and circled his face with a pink marker. "Can we please just get a decent budget together for hair and make-up? I look like I just fell out of bed. Geez!
Back in the present, Chris continued the challenge. "No seriously, that is some rank stuff." He said looking over at Geoff still in the sock pile. "Leshawna, let's jet." He said. Leshawna cracked her knuckles ready to take on the moose.
As Leshawna sat on the moose, she looked at Chef confidently. I hope you got a moose burger recipe handy!" Leshawna told Chef. She pet the moose looking down at it. "Easy boy, you don't wanna make me mad now." She told the moose.
The moose's eyes flashed red with anger. "Sweet mother of-" Chef panicked before he was run over before by the moose storming out of the pen.
As Leshawna rode the moose in the background Heather and Ella talked with each other. "How are you doing this fine day Heather?" Ella asked her.
"Well considering we're currently behind, two of our team members are in the infirmary, and there's a luxury shower on the line things can't get much worse." Heather said.
"At least Sammy and Trent are in the infirmary together. Perhaps Sammy can use the time to ask Trent if he was the one who sent the love note." Ella said.
Heather looked at Ella confused. "What love note are you talking about?" Heather asked.
"Today at breakfast, Sammy and Amy found a love note containing a poem. They think Trent sent it to one of them, but they aren't sure who it was meant for." Ella told Heather.
"Where is this love note now?" Heather asked her.
"I think Sammy still has it." Ella said.
"Then it looks like I have to make a trip to the infirmary. I'll be back before the last challenge." Heather said walking off.
(Confessional Camera)
"Trent might seem like the most likely candidate for sending the note, but I know what's really going on. Alejandro sent it hoping I'd be the one to find it so he can keep playing whatever game it is he's playing. I've noticed how he's moved on to Courtney in an attempt to get my attention, but it's not working." Heather said.
(Confessional End)
Leshawna still on the moose runs through a nearby bush and goes off into the distance. The bear who had previously stolen marshmallows prepares to eat some when he unknowingly gets in the path of Leshawna and the moose. The moose runs straight through them squishing all of the marshmallow bags. The bear picks up a marshmallow and looks at the camera sadly as he drops the marshmallow on the ground.
At the infirmary, Sammy and Trent were recovering from their injuries. They each lied on their own bed in a body cast.
"I'm starting to think this game is terrible for my health." Trent said.
"What do you mean?" Sammy asked him.
"I've been injured more than anyone else has. Sugar gave me a concussion in the cooking challenge, there was the poison blow fish in the trust challenge, and now I got pushed out of a plane and crashed into you." Trent told her laughing.
Sammy laughed along with him and smiled. "I guess you have had quite a few injuries the past few challenges, but like you said earlier, being in the infirmary means you don't have to deal with Amy." She said.
"I'm sorry I didn't believe you when you first tried telling me how terrible she is. I thought she was my friend, but I see now she's just as bad as you always said." Trent told Sammy.
"Don't blame yourself Trent. Amy has always been good at tricking people into thinking she's the nice one. This wouldn't be the first time that Amy tried to turn my own friends against me." Sammy said.
"Well Amy won't be able to turn me against you, not anymore." Trent told her. Sammy blushed, and moved her head to look at Trent caringly. The two looked deeply into each other's eyes, until Heather walked in and went over to Sammy.
"Where's the letter?" Heather asked Sammy.
"What letter?" Sammy asked.
Heather groaned, and went over to Sammy's rest bed. "The love note that you and Ella found this morning. I need to get back to the challenge quickly, so can you just tell me where it's at." Heather said.
"Someone sent you a love note?" Trent asked Heather.
"Ella thought that you might have sent it, but I don't think that it was meant for me." Sammy said.
"Well I didn't send a love note, but if I did, then it definitely would have been meant for you." Trent told her.
Sammy blushed at his statement, and Trent blushed back at her. Heather looked at the pair, and fake gagged. "Will you two quit it, and just tell me where the love note is at. It was obvious Trent didn't send it, and I need it so I can expose the person who really sent it." She told them.
"It should be in that desk over there." Sammy told Heather pointing over to the desk on the left of her bed. "I don't really have pockets in my cheer outfit so I just held onto it hoping to ask Trent about it later. When Chef brought us here he stuffed it in the top drawer." Sammy explained.
Heather dug through the desk, and pulled out the love note. "Finally, now let's just hope we can win the challenge on top of exposing Alejandro." Heather said walking out of the infirmary.
"You could say thank you." Trent yelled over to Heather. "She is such a pain." Trent told Sammy.
"Still better than Amy." Sammy said causing the two of them to laugh.
At the mud course where the final challenge would take place, everyone was gathered around and Chris pulled up in a red ATV. So, we have a tie. Whoever wins the EXTREME SEA-DOO WATER SKI CHALLENGE wins invincibility." Chris announced.
"I'm ready to ski." Ella said clapping.
"We are so dead." Heather said. "Unless," she began to think. "I get to drive." She announced holding up a pair of keys.
"Just win the dang shower so I can get my hair did." Leshawna said.
(Confessional Camera)
"This is it, we're tied for the win. Bossy CIT Courtney is driving Ella. I'm skiing for the Bass, Winning is inevitable. Goodbye wedgies, wet-willies, and toilet face plunges. Hello," he put on a pair of sunglasses before finishing in a deep voice "Dirty Harold."
(Confessional End)
Ella, Heather, and Courtney stood outside the confessional waiting for Harold to get out so they could start the final challenge.
"Do you think we'll be able to win this?" Ella asked Heather.
"As long as you don't mess up, this will be a piece of cake." Heather said.
"Don't be so confident." Courtney told Heather. "Harold might seem like an easy win, but I'm sure he can do this." Courtney said.
Harold stepped out of the confessional with his pants around his waist. "Ladies." He greeted, still using a deep voice. As he stepped out, he tripped and fell on his face.
"Like I said, piece of cake." Heather said.
At the racecourse, Harold stood on the skis, and Heather sat ready to drive. "You are so out of your league Alpha Geek." Heather told Harold.
Chris drove by them in his ATV. "Here are the road rules: Oh wait! There are no rules. Which means, this is gonna be awesome!" He told them.
The Killer Bass stood on the sidelines watching as Harold prepared to begin the challenge.
"Do you think that Harold can do this?" Zoey asked.
"I believe in him." Geoff said. "You've go this dude." He cheered.
"Even if Harold does not perform well enough, I'm confident that Courtney will do whatever must be done to assure our victory when she drives Ella." Alejandro said.
Courtney looked down and gulped. "Whatever must be done." She said nervously.
On the track Heather revved up the engine ready to go. "And go!" Chris announced. Heather started the sea-doo and drove off, pulling Harold off his skis and into the ground. She dragged him across the mud with pained groans. As she went up the first ramp, he managed to grab a flag."Flag one, for Bass!" Chris announced.
"NO!" Heather angrily yelled before she sped up and drove more recklessly. As much as she tried, to throw Harold off, he was determined to keep going. Even with his face in the mud being dragged the whole time, Harold managed to get the flags his team needed.
"Five flags and heading home!" Chris announced.
"That's impossible." Heather yelled out.
"Heather has to cross the finish line or be disqualified. But when she does, Harold will take five flags to victory for the Killer Bass." Chris announced.
(Confessional Camera)
"I couldn't let that little dorkwad win, so I decided to cut him loose." Heather said.
(Confessional End)
Heather turned around to face Harold, and pulled a knife out of her pocket. "Game over guppie." She told him.
"Victory is...' Harold began to say, before noticing what Heather was doing. "Huh." He said.
Just as Heather bent to cut the line, a branch from a tree caught itself under her shirt and tore it off accidentally exposing herself. She shot up in surprise and, realizing the state she was in covered herself up, and screamed. Harold, now completely distracted crashed into a rock, and dropped all the flags he had gathered. The sea-doo crashed, sending Heather directly into the same bear that had been showing up all day. He growled at her for knocking him down, and ridding him of his marshmallows once more.
"I don't what Heather did to make Harold lose his concentration, but it's a total wipeout for the Bass team!" Chris announced.
"Booyah." Heather said still dazed from what he saw. The other Killer Bass looked at him in disappointment.
Ella prepared to ski next with Courtney driving. Chris nearby on his ATV began the challenge. "Ready? Set, ride it like it's Sweepsweek. Go!" Chris said.
Courtney took off quickly, but Ella managed to keep her balance far better than Harold did. As they approached the first ramp, Ella twirled in the air after picking up the first flag.
"Flag One." Chris announced.
Courtney gasped at how well Ella was balancing on the skis. She drove as fast as her vehicle could go, but wasn't able to shake Ella off. Even her quick turns weren't enough to get Ella's balance off of the skis.
Skiing for the flag
It's easy not to brag
Just balance on the Ski
And off to reach our victory
Ella sang as she continued to get flags from the course.
"Flags two, three, four, and five are hers. Ella has snagged five flags and is racing home for the win. Courtney has to cross. It looks like it's all over for the Bass." Chris announced.
Courtney looked around trying to think of a solution for how to get out of this situation. When she saw Heather was still being chased by the angry bear, she saw her opportunity.
(Confessional Camera)
"I'm not particularly proud of what happened next, but it's like Alejandro said. Whatever must be done to win." Courtney said.
(Confessional End)
Courtney turned around to face Ella. "Ella, don't look now, but Heather is being attacked by a wild bear." Courtney said.
"Heather!?" Ella asked in surprise. Seeing her friend being in danger, she went off the track, ignoring the finish line to help Heather out. Once she was near, she picked up a bag of marshmallows and ran over. "Here Mr. Bear, you want the marshmallows so if you'll kindly leave my friend alone you can have them." Ella told the bear.
It grabbed the bag and went off. Heather went over to Ella annoyed. "Ella, you idiot you just lost us the challenge. I could've gotten out of that by myself." Heather told her.
"I'm so sorry Heather, but I was worried about you." Ella told her.
"Whatever, just go get me a new shirt." Heather said. "NOW!" She yelled. Ella ran off to the cabin as fast as she could to get Heather's replacement shirt.
Once Heather had gotten a chance to redress herself, everyone gathered around waiting to see what would happen now that both teams lost the final challenge. Chris drove up to them and pulled out his megaphone.
"Since Ella bailed on the last challenge, and Harold wiped out, nobody gets the last point." He announced.
"So what now?" Zoey asked.
Chris smiled eagerly. "Now we go into EXTREME SUDDEN DEATH!" He announced. "In EXTREME SUDDEN DEATH each team will vote for one person to compete. They will do all three extreme challenges modified to be a single challenge. The winner of EXTREME SUDDEN DEATH wins for their team the shower. The loser, will automatically be eliminated from the game." He said. There were several gasps at this news. "Meet back here in an hour after you discuss who's going to EXTREME SUDDEN DEATH!"
"Do you have to yell every time you say the word extreme?" Heather asked him.
"No." Chris answered. "BUT I LIKE TO!" He yelled into his megaphone before driving off.
The Screaming Gophers met in the infirmary to inform Trent and Sammy of the extreme sudden death that would be taking place.
"Wow, that sounds like it's going to be tough." Trent said.
"We wouldn't be in this place if you hadn't failed at skydiving." Amy told Trent.
"Trent wouldn't have failed if you hadn't slowed us down by sitting on the couch instead of helping." Sammy yelled back at her.
"I say we send Samey into sudden death. She hasn't been helping at all on this team, so how about she pulls her weight for once." Amy said.
"She's still recovering from when you shoved her into Trent's fall. You really think she's going to be able to win this for us in that messed up condition?" Leshawna asked Amy.
Amy smiled evilly. "Of course not, but at least this way we'll finally be rid of her ugly face." Amy said.
"You have the same face genius." Heather told Amy.
"How dare you." Amy yelled at Heather. "How dare you compare someone as flawless as me to that thing." She said pointing at Sammy.
"That thing is your sister, and you should treat her with some more respect." Trent told Amy. "I stayed out of your issues because I hoped you could resolve it as sisters, but it's clear you don't care about anything but yourself." He told her.
Amy scoffed and rolled her eyes. "If you had to live every day with nothing but a spare useless version of you lying around, you'd see my point. I am a parfait, that's German for perfect so let's vote Spareamy into sudden death, and be rid of the biggest disappointment on this team." She said.
Amy stormed out leaving the team to glare at her. Ella looked down in sadness. "Maybe I should volunteer for sudden death. It was my fault that we lost the challenge, and I'd hate to see anybody leave because of it." She said.
Heather smirked at Ella. "Too bad Ella, but we don't volunteer, we vote and I think the team has already made up their mind." She said.
The Killer Bass had a more civil, yet more difficult time trying to figure out who should be sent to extreme sudden death.
"We need to think carefully about this. We should send someone strong in so we have a better chance of winning, but not someone too strong because if we lose then they get eliminated." Courtney said.
"How about you go then Courtney." Geoff suggested. "I think you could pull it off." He told her.
"While I appreciate the confidence Geoff, I'm to valuable to risk loosing at this point. So is Alejandro. I doubt Harold has a good chance of winning, so that means it's either up to you or Zoey." She said.
"A fine assessment as usual Courtney. Then again we should expect nothing less from you at this point." Alejandro told her.
Geoff held his cowboy hat in thought. "I don't know brah, I'd be glad to give it a shot, but shouldn't we also think about who the Gophers are sending in?" He asked.
"That's surprisingly smart of you Geoff." Courtney told him.
"Thanks... I think." He said.
"We need not worry about the Gophers. It's clear they will send either Heather or Amy into this, and both girls seem easy enough to defeat." Alejandro said.
"Well alright then." Geoff said. He turned to look at Zoey. "So, you want to rock-paper-scissors for who we're sending into sudden death?" He asked her.
Zoey smiled and stood up. "No need Geoff, I'll do it. You guys can send me in." She said.
(Confessional Camera)
"Last challenge Courtney told me to vote off Jasmine. I don't know why she did, and I don't know why I went along with it. I feel terrible about what happened, so consider this my way of trying to make up for it. If I lose then it's only fair I go home." Zoey said.
(Confessional End)
As the hour passed, everyone lined up by the plane once more ready to begin extreme sudden death. Chris arrived and hopped into the plane. "Alright, you've all cast your votes for EXTREME SUDDEN DEATH! The Bass are sending in Zoey, while the Gophers are sending in Amy." He said.
"What!?" Amy yelled out.
"Here's how this is going to work." Chris began ignoring Amy's outburst. "You'll start by parachuting out of the plan, and landing on the moose down below. Once you land, the moose will run across the mud track with flags scattered around. If you fall off the moose, you need to get back in the plane and try again. The first person to get at least three flags will win." Chris told them.
Zoey hopped on the plane determined, while Amy got on sending death glares towards her team. They flew up, and went over to the drop zone with the moose and the mud. Zoey jumped out of the plane first, while Amy waited looking a bit more nervous about the jump. When she finally jumped, her parachute tore a whole in it causing her to fall much faster than intended. Zoey landed on her moose with some good precision, while Amy landed harshly and crookedly. When the moose took off, Zoey had a better time staying balanced, and Amy fell almost immediately causing her to get sent back to the plane. Zoey worked on getting flags, but was having trouble steering the moose in the direction she needed it to go. Luckily she was at least staying balanced and finally managed to get a flag.
"Zoey has gotten the first flag, while Amy is making jump number two." Chris announced.
Amy's second jump went no better than the first, and she fell to the ground once more. She repeated the process several more times, making no less than five jumps off of the plane, and crashing onto the moose, then into the ground every time. While she repeated this, Zoey worked onto getting a second flag.
"Zoey is at two flags, and Amy still can't even land on a moose properly." Chris announced.
Each time Amy repeated the process, her parachute got further damaged. At her latest jump, it tore completely, leaving her to plummet into the mud harshly. As she struggled to get up from the mud, the rampant moose trampled over her, and pushed her further into the ground below. Meanwhile, Zoey grabbed her final flag before falling herself into the mud.
"Zoey falls, but since she had three flags before that, the Killer Bass win and Amy is eliminated." Chris announced.
"What!" Amy yelled standing up and wobbling over to them.
"How's she still standing after all of that, yet we're in casts?" Sammy asked Trent.
"Maybe being a terrible person is her superpower." Trent joked.
"This isn't fair. You can't eliminate me without a vote, and you definitely can't eliminate me before Samey." Amy yelled at Chris.
"We already voted you into sudden death, we would've voted you off too." Leshawna told Amy.
"I refuse to accept this. I can't go home before Samey does. I'm better than her at everything, so why can't you all see that." Amy yelled.
"Just shut up already. You lost, and none of us like you." Sammy told Amy.
Amy glared at Sammy swiftly and fiercely. "What did you just say?" Amy asked.
"You heard me perfectly fine, so shut up." Sammy said.
"How dare you address me that way Samey. I'm the older and better twin." Amy snapped.
"No you aren't. You've never been. You're a brat who thinks she deserves everything, but everyone hates you. I don't know why I was ever afraid of you when you're so pathetic. I spent my life thinking I was this worthless nobody, but the worthless one is you Amy." Sammy yelled at her.
Amy was red hot furious and lunged to attack Sammy. She was grabbed by Chef, and dragged away. "When we get home you are so dead Samey. Just wait until mom hears about how you treated me." She yelled in the distance.
"Dealing with that back home is going to be a pain, but I think I can manage it now." Sammy said.
(Confessional Camera)
"Thank goodness Amy is finally gone. Telling her off felt so good. I still can't believe I was able to tell her everything that I've wanted to say for years, but never worked up the courage to. It's thanks to Trent, Heather, Ella, and everyone else here that I don't have to be afraid of her anymore." Sammy said smiling.
(Confessional End)
"Well that wraps up today. See you all next time." Chris said.
As everyone started to walk away, Heather pulled out the love note and grabbed everyone's attention. "Not so fast, there's still one matter of business that needs to be taken care of today." She said.
"What now?" Courtney asked annoyed.
"I think you'll want to stay for this one Courtney." Heather said. "As you may know, there's been a love note going around today from a mysterious sender. Well none of you might have been able to figure out where it came from, but I have." She said.
"Oh really?" Alejandro asked her.
Heather smirked at Alejandro. "Don't act so surprised Alejandro, I know you sent it hoping I'd find it. I finally figured out your little game. You spend the first half of the game flirting with me, and falling so now you've moved on to Courtney. Your endgame is to try and pit us against each other for your affection, but it won't work. The love note was a nice attempt to get my attention, but too bad it failed." She said.
Alejandro laughed and went over to Heather. "So you not only think I sent that love not hoping you would find it, but you also think be being courteous towards my trusted ally and friend is now flirting with her. I thought you were smarter than this Heather." He told her.
"Did you or did you not send the love note?" Heather asked him.
"I did not." He replied.
"Don't you lie to me. Trent didn't send it, and Geoff was the one that found it so it had to be you." Heather yelled at him.
"I sent it. Gosh!" Harold yelled out. "It's as though you all forgot I'm a guy on this island." He said.
"You sent it?" Several people asked at the same time.
"Well if you sent it, who's it for?" Heather asked.
Harold blushed, and looked over at Leshawna who smiled. "Isn't it obvious?" Leshawna asked. "Do you know of anyone else here with a kick butt attitude?" She asked showing off her behind as emphasis.
"It's true, and I meant every word of that poem." Harold said.
Harold went over to Leshawna and the two embraced each other. They hugged warmly before kissing to the shock of everyone, and to some disgust.
(Confessional Camera)
"Leshawna and Harold, I was as shocked as you. But you didn't read the letter." Chef said. "Spicy." He added rubbing his hands.
(Switch)
"Harold sent it and it was for Leshawna. It made far more sense that Alejandro sent it, but now I look like a fool to everyone." Heather said.
(Confessional End)
"I can't believe you thought Alejandro was trying to make us jealous over him." Courtney told Heather.
"I might not like you, but watch your back around Alejandro, he's up to something flirting with us and I am going to find out what it is." Heather said storming off. Alejandro watched her in the distance, as she left, and smiled affectionately.
Harold and Leshawna stayed together for some time, before going back to their own cabins for the night.
"So are we together now?" Harold asked Leshawna.
"Let's take it slow, and see where things go Harold baby." Leshawna told him.
"Works for me my luscious Leshawna." He told her.
"I just have one more question Harold." Leshawna said.
"What's that?" He asked.
"How did my love note get in Geoff's breakfast?" Leshawna asked.
"I have no idea." Harold said. The two laughed, and went back to their own cabins for the night.
Elimination Order
22. Leonard
21. Lightning
20. Ezekiel
19. Beardo
18. Izzy
17. Dave
16. Cody
15. Owen
14. Sugar
13. Katie
12. Jasmine
11. Amy
Remaining Contestants
Screaming Gophers: Heather, Ella, Sammy, Trent, and Leshawna
Killer Bass: Geoff, Courtney, Alejandro, Zoey, Harold
Elimination Explanation: So many people predicted that Amy would be leaving here. I think a large part of that might be bias since she's so heavily hated, but then again it does make sense for this to be her end. When I first drafted eliminations, I originally had Amy eliminated all the way in Episode 20 Wawanakwa Gone Wild. After a few chapters I realized that was dragging out her elimination way too far I moved her up to being eliminated in Episode 15 Search and Do Not Destroy. I did some more thinking recently and decided I didn't want Amy to make the merge. Keeping her past the merge would just drag out her rivalry with Heather, and delay Sammy's independence arc. Not to mention her relationship with Trent is basically dead now that he sees her true self. There are more important things to do in the merge than continuing with Amy. Sorry to those who liked Amy's nastiness. She was fun to work with, and I enjoyed every second of it, but her time is done.
A/N: Hope everyone had a great Easter. Crazy to think this chapter is officially halfway done with the story. 13 out of 26. It's taken a bit longer, and we've had some unfortunate hiatuses but we're making great progress. Thanks also for all the great reviews. Almost at 100 and the support is insane. I can almost see RNG Action. Of course we still have a whole merge to get through before that.
Last challenge before the merge and boy was it a fun one. The Haiku situation was a bit difficult to approach since I don't have as many couples as canon did, but I think I did a good job with it. The payoff was better because Harold wasn't eliminated, but he still admitted it was from him. Now we get a few more LeHarold moments that canon did not give us. Good for fans of that ship I guess. I don't think anybody could have seen that twist ending coming where the teams tied. If I'm being honest the main reason that I did that was just so I could get some karma payback in for Amy. I figured if she was going to be eliminated, then she needed to have some serious Karma for not only years of abusing Sammy, but also for all she did in the game. Hope that lived up to Amy haters expectations.
As many guessed instead of an even gender split we have an even team split. There's five Gophers, and five Bass at the merge. Gender split isn't too bad either being four to six. Considering the first several eliminations were all guys that's a decent balance. The stage is set for the merge, but first there's a disgusting brunch to be had. I know some people were thinking that this challenge was going to be team based with even teams, but it'll still be a gender based challenge. I feel that having it be team based would cheapen the impact of the merge, so that's why I'm going with gender based. I might move a girl to the guys team just to balance it out, but I haven't made my mind up yet. Any suggestions are appreciated.
Also, there were quite a lot of predictions for who's coming back at the merge. The two most commonly predicted characters were Lightning and Izzy. I'll go ahead and confirm one of those is correct, the other isn't. You'll have to guess which is the right one, as well as who the other returnee is. That's the only hint I'll give. How about a fun little game? First person to properly guess the two returning contestants I'll write a one-shot for.