Review Responses
Phenomenal Ultra Instinct- Yeah, as I said before I'm not too satisfied with how things turned out. It's reliving to know that at least the beginning interactions were enjoyable. Makes it so that the entire chapter isn't dull. Next time, which is technically this time now I think will be better. Still not as great as some of my other chapters, but better.
Critica7- Glad to be back. While the story wasn't a top priority while I was away, it never fully left my mind. I appreciate the warm welcome back, and I'm eager to provide a story worth reading.
WeirdAlfan101- Thanks for not holding the weak chapter against me. I wouldn't hold it against you as a reader if you didn't really like it. I agree that it's good to be writing again, and making progress into this. RNG Island might be at the halfway point, but the RNG saga is barely beginning.
Derick Lindsey- I tried to make it really ambiguous who the winner was going to be. It could go either way honestly, and I'm glad it wasn't too predicable. Not having Owen around, and having Courtney with the girls really changed up how things turned out. I'll be honest I forgot the girls were ahead by two members. I thought having one girl sit out would make it even, but you're right that they're still at a disadvantage comparatively. As for Alejandro not eating the dolphin wieners, I'm sure any other day he'd eat it no problem, but eight courses of disgusting food, he wanted any excuse he could take to get out without losing it for the guys. I think the returnees will satisfy and shock you.
Gucci Mane LaFlare- I was working with a pretty difficult chapter, but I'm glad it wasn't too bad in your opinion. Visual based episodes can translate into writing, it's just a lot harder and it's something I struggle with. I'm much better at dialogue and character interactions than I am at writing visuals or action. A pleasure to see you're enjoying the girl interactions. They're a bit of a mess, and things will either get much better or much worse after their spa trip.
Guest- You have some pretty valid criticisms, and I will take them into consideration. At the same time though, let me just say I don't want to take every canon plot line and drop it into here. Alejandro hasn't flirted with Leshawana because there's no need to. He's on a different team and is playing mind games with Courtney and Heather right now. Jasmine and Sammy didn't have a friendship because that would mess with the Trent love plot as well as Sammy making a deal with the devil or in this case a deal with Heather to vote out Amy. I might use these plots in a later season, or I might not use them at all. I want to make this stand out from canon and using every single canon plot won't help me accomplish that.
Last Time on Total Drama Island. The Bass and Gopher teams were disbanded into a Battle of the Sexes challenge that put their taste buds to the puke test. With bovine testicles, live bug insect pizza, and liquid roach juice on the menu, not only was this the single biggest retch-fest this host has ever seen, but Courtney's determination and strong will came through winning it for the ladies. Now, they're off to a big weekend retreat and living the sweet life while the guys spend their time stuck on the island. Will this trip be enough to repair the strong tension between the girls? Will the guy's seemingly unbreakable bond be broken as they spend the days here. Both teams walk a thin line of cooperation 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.
At camp Wawanakwa, the guys were bored spending their time along. Geoff was on the beach falling asleep in a beach chair with his hat covering his face, Trent was on the dock strumming his guitar and thinking of a new song to write, Harold was practicing his mad karate skills nearby, and Alejandro was sitting in a chair looking out into the horizon. A fly buzzed around by where they guys were, until it landed on Geoff's face waking him up.
"Huh.. what... what..." Geoff groggily said waking up. "Are the girls back yet?" He asked standing up from his chair.
"Not yet." Harold told him.
"I thought having a break from the girl's constant arguing would be nice, but it's been too dull around here." Trent said.
"Well, it appears our boredom reaches it's end gentleman." Alejandro said noticing that something approached from the horizon he was observing.
Sure enough, in the distance the ship that the girls departed on returned. On the deck the girls could be seen doing what they do best, arguing. Once the ship fully docked, they walked off arguing at each other.
"I can't believe that you ate all the desserts that they had available for us." Courtney told Leshawna.
"What are you talking about, Heather had way more than I did." Leshawna countered throwing her arms up in defense.
"How could Heather have eaten the desserts if she was busy hogging the masseuse?" Courtney asked her.
Heather rolled her eyes and turned her back to Leshawna and Courtney. "Please I needed that massage more than you did anyway. Besides, I don't see anyone getting mad at Zoey even though she was the one who finished all of the hot water in the shower this morning." She said.
Zoey guiltily looked away from them. "Sorry, but Ella told me the rest of you had already left to eat. I thought you didn't want to shower until we got back to the island." She said.
"It's my fault Zoey, don't blame yourself." Ella said.
Sammy moved in between all of the girls arguing. "You know, I wouldn't mind the lack of desserts, the inability to access the masseuse, and the lack of hot water if I didn't have to deal with all of this yelling. I don't even think Amy and I ever argued this much." She complained.
"That's because you rarely even tried to stand up to your sister for an argument to take place." Leshawna pointed out.
Sammy, Zoey, and Courtney gasped at her statement. "That might be true, but that's a bit uncalled for don't you think?" Courtney asked Leshawna.
The girls continued their back and forth arguments while the guys just watched them in confusion.
(Confessional Camera)
"They spend days alone in the lap of luxury, and yet they return arguing just as bad, if not worse than when they left. Defeating them will be far too easy as long as they keep this up." Alejandro said.
(Switch)
"Man, I'm starting to wonder if the girls will ever stop arguing." Trent said.
(Confessional End)
"I take it your time together was much more interesting than ours was?" Alejandro asked the girls.
They glared at him, and Leshawna moved over to give Harold a bag. "Here you go Harold baby, I brought you some dessert." She told him.
"See, you're trying to blame me for eating the desserts when you stole them for your loser nerd boyfriend." Heather said.
Leshawna angrily marched up to Heather and pointed her finger in Heather's face. "You'd best take back what you said about him, or you're really not going to like me." She said.
As Heather was about to retort, the loudspeaker went off with Chris's voice coming out of it. "Listen up campers, as of right now, all teams are officially dissolved. From here on in it's Every... Camper... For... Themselves!" Chris dramatically announced.
"It has been a pleasure to work with all of my former Killer Bass. May the best person remaining win." Alejandro said.
"Oh I am ready to win this. Bring it on Chris." Leshawna said.
"That's not the only twist we had in store for today, get ready for this." Chris said.
A boat horn sounded off in the distance, and approaching on the boat was a previously eliminated contestant.
"That's impossible." Zoey gasped.
"You have got to be kidding me." Courtney said annoyed.
"This is quite the troubling development." Alejandro said.
"Back by popular audience demand, it's Lightning." Chris announced.
The boat carrying Lightning docked, and he stepped off. "That's right, I'm sha-back and now that I don't have a team dragging me down, I'm ready to win this game. Sha-bam." He said flexing his muscles.
"Wait just one minute Chris, you said that once someone was voted off they weren't allowed back." Courtney told the loudspeaker.
"I did?" Chris asked.
"And once you leave..." Courtney started to say before cutting to a montage of various elimination ceremonies.
"And once you leave on the Dock of Shame, on the Boat of Losers, you can never ever ever ever come back. Ever"
Everyone looked at the loudspeaker waiting for some kind of answer as to why Lightning was back. "Oh yeah about that, I lied." Chris admitted.
"You can't just change the rules like that. It's completely unfair to all of us who have worked our way to this spot." Courtney said.
"Courtney girl you do realize that you're trying to argue with a loudspeaker. That ain't a good look for you." Leshawna told her.
"Sha-please, you're talking to the girl who's favorite thing to do is argue." Lightning said.
Courtney turned to look at Lightning shocked. "Excuse me?" She asked him.
"Lightning hasn't forgotten you're the reason he got eliminated last time. That goes for you too Al." Lightning said angrily pointing over at Courtney and Alejandro.
"How was he an audience favorite?" Heather asked.
"Well, we liked him." Chris said. "He's not alone, also returning to camp we have Izzy." He said.
"Oh no!" Everyone said as Izzy could be heard screaming excitedly. She swung on a vine and landed on the dock.
"Hey guys, it's so great to be back at camp, even though I never really left the island. I've been living in the woods all this time." Izzy excitedly said.
Courtney looked at Izzy unsure. "Weren't you hunted down by the RCMP? How is it that you're able to come back in the game?" She asked.
"Oh they tried their best, but as a keen wilderness survivor, I was swift footed and avoided them for good." Izzy said. She randomly pulled out a fish, and began to eat it.
Just as she finished chewing her fish however, the island was once more surrounded by RCMP helicopters. "Coming back out into the open was a bit mistake Izzy. We've got you this time." The helicopter pilot announced.
"Well I guess it's back to life on the run for me." Izzy said. "You'll never catch me alive." She yelled before diving into the ocean. Everyone looked around dumbfounded at what just happened.
(Confessional Camera)
"Is it just me, or does she get crazier each time she shows up?" Courtney asked.
(Confessional End)
"Well that just happened. Time for plan B I guess." Chris said. A new boat arrived carrying another "fan favorite" contestant who was eliminated. "Let's all go ahead and welcome back Dave." Chris said.
While most of the contestants were indifferent to Dave coming back Zoey and Ella looked delighted to see Dave, while Heather had the worst scowl on her face.
(Confessional Camera)
"My prince has returned to me, and what's best is this time Heather can't say no because he won't be on the other team." Ella said singing a high pitch note with her birds afterwards.
(Confessional End)
Dave stepped off the boat and smiled awkwardly. "Dave, I'm so glad that you're back." Zoey said running up to Dave and hugging him.
Dave hugged Zoey back and smiled. "It's to have another chance at the game, and maybe a better chance to get to know some people here closely." He said.
"I've really missed you. You should have seen how hard Katie tried to figure out how you got eliminated." Zoey laughed.
"I've missed you so much too Zoey. I haven't really kept up with what's happened since I was eliminated, so maybe we can spend some time together and you can fill me in." Dave said.
"That sounds like a great idea." Zoey blushed.
Ella moved in between Zoey and Dave breaking them apart from each other. "Welcome back to the Island David." She told Dave blushing.
"Oh thanks... umm Ella was it?" Dave asked unsure.
Ella giggled and blushed. "You're quite humorous you know that." She told him.
"Alright campers, report to the amphitheater where you'll learn all about this week's challenge. McLean out!" Chris said.
"Do you wish to walk to the challenge together David?" Ella asked Dave.
Dave didn't have a chance to answer, as Heather grabbed Ella's arm, and dragged her away. "Sorry Ella, but you and I have much to discuss before the challenge. You and Dave can talk another day." Heather said.
Zoey and Dave looked at each other, shrugged in mutual confusion, and walked off together.
Before the challenge began Dave, Lightning, and the girls returning from their trip were given a chance to unpack their things.
"I should probably warn you guys that the girls argue quite a lot. Don't expect too many moments of quiet around here." Trent told Dave and Lightning.
Geoff laughed and nodded his head. "Trent's actually been staying with us longer than the teams merging because of how rough those girls have it. I wonder what's so hard about getting along for them." he said.
"Do they at least have a cleaner cabin than ours?" Dave asked looking around. There were bottles of soda lying around the floor from their merge party.
"Sorry about that. We had a pretty wicked party to celebrate making it this far into the game, but we haven't had much time to clean it all up." Geoff told him.
Dave looked around and went with an empty bed closest to the door. He got to work cleaning up the mess that they had left behind, and most of the other guys chipped in to help out.
(Confessional Camera)
"Lightning and Dave coming back means it's even harder on me with the guys. They were both Killer Bass, so that means I'm still the only guy who was originally a Screaming Gopher. The other's have been great since I started crashing there, but I wish I had some Gopher friends besides Sammy." Trent said.
(Confessional End)
At the amphitheater, the remaining 12 contestants were sitting at what looked like desks with a variety of chairs. Trent, Alejandro, Harold, Lightning, and Geoff were at the top row. Sammy, Ella, Heather, and Leshawna were in the middle row. Finally, Zoey, Dave, and Courtney were in the bottom row.
"Welcome to your next challenge! The time honored game of torture, Say Uncle!" Chris announced to the contestants. "You are all about to be put through a test of endurance so insane that some of them put our interns in the emergency room." As Chris said this a few contestants gave each other worried looks. "If you back down from the challenge or do not last the required ten seconds, you will be eliminated. The winning camper will not only be safe from elimination, but will take home this luxurious trailer." Chris said presenting a shiny new trailer. "Yours to keep at the end of the summer." He added.
"What kinds of torture are we talking about?" Leshawna asked.
"Why don't you ask my lovely assistant?" Chris said gesturing to Chef, who wore a hockey mask and was holding a meat cleaver in his crossed hands. "All right, let's do this! Harold you're up first." He said. Chris stood next to a wooden wheel that had twenty-four different sections on it. "Let's spin the wheel of misfortune to select your torture." He said spinning the wheel. It spun for a good while before stopping on a picture of a turtle. "Turtle puck shot!" Chris eagerly announced.
Harold stepped up from his seat and stood next to Chris. "You've got this Harold baby." Leshawna cheered him on.
"Our interns spent weeks collecting the grumpiest, angriest, crustiest, hungriest old snapping turtles on the island. While you stand in the goalie net completely unprotected, Chef will fire off turtle snapshots."Chris explained. The turtles were snapping fiercely, and Harold nervously gulped. Chris pushed Harold into the goalie net to begin. "If I were you dude, I'd protect my coconuts." Chris told him. "This could get ugly." He added before walking away. "If you can stay in for ten seconds, you'll go onto the second round." Chris said.
The buzzer went off starting the time, and Chef began to fire the turtle pucks at Harold. He dodged the first two, but then got bit in the arm by the third shot. The fourth shot got a turtle clamping onto his leg. Chef fired more rapidly, and with each turtle biting him, it was harder for Harold to dodge. By the end of the ten seconds. Harold was on the floor with turtles biting on all parts of his body.
"This hurts so bad." Harold moaned as he fell to the ground.
"With that Harold moves on to the second round." Chris announced. "Isn't this fun?" He sarcastically asked everyone.
Trent leaned over and whispered to Sammy. "That was really harsh. I wonder if they'll all be that bad?" He asked her.
"Considering all the torture that Amy's put me through over the years, I don't think this challenge will be too bad." Sammy said.
"Well in that case, you've got to let me into your sweet trailer after you win." Trent said. Sammy giggled, and blushed at his comment.
"Next up is Courtney." Chris said. He spun the wheel, and it landed on a flaming marshmallow. "Your torture is marshmallow waxing. We're going to wax every part of your body. If you can take the pain for a full ten seconds, you can go to the next level." Chris explained.
Chef began to mix marshmallows into a boiling pot and Courtney looked at it nervously. "While I've never had a waxing done before, it's a very common procedure, and I don't think the marshmallows will make it anymore painful." She said.
She lied down on the table provided, and Chef dumped the pot of boiled marshmallows onto Courtney. She tried her best to hold a scream in, but some muffled shouts of pain could still be heard from her. Once the time was up Chef painfully removed it from her.
"That had to hurt." Trent told Sammy. "I don't think I could have made it through that one." He admitted.
"One time Amy said she'd wax my face so I could look better. It turned out just to be an excuse to pour candle wax on my face." Sammy told him.
"Wow, you are ready to take on this challenge." Trent laughed.
Courtney stood up from the table, and made her way back over to her seat. "See, I knew that wouldn't be nearly as bad as Chris made it out to be." She said.
"Well done Courtney, since you didn't complain, you get to choose who goes next." Chris told her.
Courtney thought for a moment before making her decision. "Since he wants to pick a fight with me. How about Lightning goes next." She said.
"I can take on whatever you sha-throw at me." Lightning said confidently.
Chef pulled out a barrel of leaches, and carried it towards Chris. "Alright Lightning, are you ready to take on the barrel of leaches?" Chris asked him.
"You sha-know it." Lightning said flexing his muscles.
"Well, just so you know, if your victim can last ten seconds without saying uncle you get eliminated instead. That means you lose your chance to win this." Chris said motioning over at the sparkling trailer again.
"Like I said, I'm ready to win this." Lighting said. "Sha-bam!" He cried jumping into the barrel of leaches. The timer ticked onward and the ten seconds seemed to drag on. Soon enough though the buzzer went off, and Lighting jumped out and plucked off the leaches stuck to him annoyed.
"Lightning manages to take on the leaches which means Courtney is out of the challenge. I hope she enjoys her new seat." Chris said. Courtney's seat suddenly changed, and she was stuck inside wooden stockades.
(Confessional Camera)
"I'll admit going after Lightning right away wasn't the smartest play, but he deserved it after what he said at the docks. I had nothing to do with his elimination, that was all his ego and nothing more." Courtney said.
(Confessional End)
The wheel spun once more, and it landed on a picture of wooden pants. As it was Trent's turn, he was locked into them.
"I don't see what's so hard about wearing wooden shorts. Sure they're uncomfortable, but I can manage." Trent said.
In response, Chef held up a wood pecker on a wooden stick. Living up to it's name, the bird pecked right through the end of the stick it was on breaking it off in an instance. Trent gasped and hurriedly covered his nether regions so he could last the ten seconds needed.
The next spin wheel resulted in Sammy having nose hairs pulled out of her. She managed to deal with that easily and passed onto the next round. Following her was Leshawna who failed to last ten seconds with a giant cobra.
"Alright, Zoey it's your turn and you've got to do what we call the sunk jump." Chris said.
Chef set up several small stumps for Zoey to jump on. In between the stumps there were skunks ready to spray. Zoey looked nervously as she walked up to the skunks.
"Wait!" Dave yelled standing up. "Let me do this one in Zoey's place." He said.
"Dave you don't have to do this." Zoey told him.
"I know, but I want to do something to make up for leaving you alone after I got eliminated." Dave said. Zoey blushed, and smiled as she walked back to her seat.
(Confessional Camera)
"My prince truly is the most heartfelt person I've ever known. Sacrificing himself for his friend Zoey took a lot of courage. I can only imagine what he'd do for me." Ella said day dreamily.
(Confessional End)
Dave gulped as he stood on the first stump. He jumped to the second one nicely, but began to lose his balance on the third one. The skunks below him put their tails up ready to spray, and by the fourth jump, he ended up falling into their path and covered in skunk spray. Dave screamed in pain as he was sprayed repeatedly.
"Whoever wins the trailer please let me use the shower when the challenge is over." Dave cried out pouring all of his hand sanitizer and disinfecting spray on himself.
"Looks like Dave's volunteering turned into a sacrifice. He was so close too." Chris mocked. "Anyway, let's keep going." He said. "This next challenge is going to be the toughest one yet. Who can survive ten seconds in a cage with the mythical Sasquatchanakwa. Thought to only be a myth, let's see how our unlucky camper spending some quality time with him does." Chris said. "You're up Ella." He revealed.
Everyone gasped for the poor girls safety, but she happily walked into the wooden crate and closed the door. Sounds of roaring, could be heard and the crate started to shake violently. What was going on in there was anyone's guess, and the question on everyone's mind was how would Ella survive. When the ten seconds were up, the door opened and Ella walked out miraculously looking unharmed.
"How did you survive all of that?" Courtney asked Ella.
"Survive what?" Ella asked confused. "I only told him a joke. He has a great sense of humor." She revealed skipping back to her seat happily.
"Well Ella since you somehow survived and didn't complain in the slightest it's now your time to pick the next target." Chris told her.
"Oh, well I could never pick someone myself." Ella said. Heather leaned over to her, and whispered something causing Ella to nod. "On second thought Chris I think Alejandro should go next." She said.
(Confessional Camera)
"She can survive being in a crate with a Sasquatch, yet as soon as Heather says something she obeys. That makes quite the reliable ally for Heather, but it could also be turned into a weakness." Alejandro said.
(Confessional End)
"Alright Alejandro, you've got an easy one. All you have to do is wear bees as a shirt for the ten seconds, and you'll be fine." Chris told him.
Alejandro smirked, and went to Chef who had the bees ready. "An easy challenge indeed. So long as you don't anger the bees there's no reason that they will attack you." He said confidently.
Sure enough, as Alejandro anticipated the bees swarmed around him, but did not sting him with his calm body state. The ten seconds passed by giving him an advancement in the challenge.
"Okay when I said it would be easy, I didn't think it would be that easy." Chris said. "You didn't even break a sweat dude." He said laughing. "Since Alejandro took it no problem Ella's out of the challenge." He said. "Alejandro might have put on a good show, but let's see who shows less courage and cries uncle instead."
Heather was next and she had to listen to New Age Music. Even though it was only for ten seconds, Heather couldn't stand the music and threw the headphones on the ground forfeiting the challenge.
Following Heather was Zoey who got stuck with perhaps the worst torture at the Wawanakwa hair salon. Rather than letting Chef cut her hair with a chainsaw, she elected to forfeit the challenge and return to her seat.
Finally the last upcoming loser was Geoff. He was faced with eating ice cream and suffering through the brain freeze. While the party boy did a good job managing the cold, in the end the brain freeze managed to get him out before the ten seconds could be completed.
For the following challenge Chef grabbed a pair of electric eels. He rubbed them together forcing them to generate even more electricity, and then pressed them onto Sammy. "Clear." Chris joked as Sammy was getting shocked. She screamed through the shocks, but managed to survive the necessary ten seconds.
"That was almost too much." Sammy wheezed out.
"How did you manage to take that shock?" Chris asked Sammy.
"Back home if Amy wanted to watch TV and I was watching it she'd shock me with the extension cable until I gave her the remote. That's nothing compared to the electric eels, but the experience helps." Sammy revealed.
(Confessional Camera)
"Okay, she's either exaggerating everything her sister puts her through, or she has the most neglectful parents ever." Courtney said.
(Confessional End)
"Well you did much better than I expected on the challenge, so you can pick the next victim." Chris told her.
"Oh I don't really know who to pick." Sammy said.
"Pick Lightning!" Courtney yelled towards Sammy.
"Do it, I sha-dare you." Lightning said.
Sammy looked at Lightning unsure, and the others started to chant his name hoping Sammy would end up picking him.
"Okay, I'll go with Lightning." Sammy said.
"Awesome choice Sammy, as now Lightning has to face a poison ivy spa treatment." Chris said.
"Sha-what?" Lightning asked confused. "Give Lightning a real challenge to face." He complained.
"Does that mean you're backing down?" Chris asked him.
Lightning shook his head and stood next to Chef who had the poison Ivy prepared. "Lightning doesn't back down from anything." He said.
"Do you even know what poison ivy is Lightning?" Alejandro asked him.
"No, but I don't see what that matters." Lightning said.
"Well, let's just say that if you go through with this you won't be on any sports magazines anytime soon." Alejandro told him.
(Confessional Camera)
"Lightning's never cared too much about his looks, but a pro has to look the part too. I can give up this game, and still win the championship in the end." Lightning said.
(Confessional End)
"I'm sha-out of this Chris." Lightning said going back to his seat.
"With Lightning out, we're down to the last four. Trent, Harold, Alejandro, and Sammy. It's still anybody's game." Chris announced.
What followed was a variety of torturous challenges being preformed by the last four remaining. Sammy managed to survive a round of hanging upside down over a piranha tank. Alejandro made it through eating a ghost pepper, and Trent lasted ten seconds in a pen with a wild boar. Harold unfortunately got eliminated after being unable to walk on hot coals for ten seconds.
Another intense round followed with Sammy getting her feet tickled by a feather, and Alejandro suffering to give Chef a piggyback ride. Trent's elimination from the challenge came this round when he could not touch a hot stove for ten seconds. Trent's removal from the challenge left only two players, and neither was backing down. Both Sammy and Alejandro survived torture after torture with noteworthy ones being having their face painted blue, sitting in a hot sauna fully clothed, and eating a jar of creamy peanut butter without milk.
"After twenty grueling rounds of torture, neither Samey nor Alejandro look to be giving up." Chris announced. Both Sammy and Alejandro were tired, and didn't look like they could go on much longer. "It's time for the final sudden death round.
(Confessional Camera)
"Winning was so close, but Alejandro was really tough to beat." Sammy said.
(Switch)
"Samey showed more resolve than I expected, but I knew if I tired her down she would fall." Alejandro said.
(Confessional End)
"The final challenge being presented to Samey is the Grizzly Bear Log Roll." Chris announced.
"I don't even know what that is and it already sounds terrible." Sammy tiredly said.
The final challenge took place at the docks. There was a bear standing on a log, and Sammy nervously looked as she was ready to take the challenge "Molotov the Bear performs with the Russian National Circus and has been the European log rolling champion for the past twelve years. To win, you must last ten seconds on the log while avoiding certain death in the piranha infested water." Chris explained. Sammy nervously looked at the water, the bear, and the log. "You know Samey you could always back out now." Chris told her.
"It's Sammy Chris, and I've come to far to lose this challenge now." Sammy said.
"Well if you're so sure, then let's go." Chris announced. Molotov began to run on the log while Sammy had difficulty keeping her balance. Molotov's feet are doing a great job keeping the log going at a pace faster than Sammy can keep up. She wobbles for a bit, but then looks over at Trent and focuses on finding her balance.
Molotov's confidence starts to drip as Sammy does a much better job not only keeping up, but taking control of how the log is spinning. With her confidence and determination up, she begins to turn the tables on him. Finally, she takes over the rotation of the log completely turning it against Molotov and sending him into the piranha infested waters where his fur gets bitten off.
"I did it. I won. I won!" Sammy cheered. She ran up to hug Trent who reciprocated it the best he could as he was still stuck in the wooden stockades.
"It was a pleasure going against such a strong adversary." Alejandro told Sammy extending his hand. She took his handshake smiling and ran over to see her new trailer.
"With Samey as the winner of the challenge and the trailer, she's also immune from today's vote. Go ahead and vote off your favorite loser of the day, just make sure that it isn't Samey." Chris said.
Day turned to night, and it was time for the merge's first elimination ceremony. In the distance, Chef could be seen howling like a wolf to create an eerie atmosphere for the vote.
"Okay, so first up we ran out of marshmallows." Chris told them.
"That's what happens when you have poor planning and budgeting." Courtney berated him.
"I've reviewed the confessionals, and I have to say there's a lot of hate going on in this group which is awesome." Chris said ignoring Courtney's comment. "While I normally protect your privacy, in the spirit of airing your dirty laundry we're going live with your confessionals." Chris revealed to the shock of everyone.
(Confessional Camera)
"It's obvious that Lightning has to be the one to go home. Targeting him may have caused me my chance to win the challenge today, but it won't be long until his ego gets him eliminated again." Courtney said.
(Switch)
"I've got to vote for Courtney. Nothing personal brah, but I think you've got something to do with Jasmine getting booted that one time, and if so that's just not cool." Geoff said.
(Switch)
"My vote easily goes for Heather. I'm glad we got rid of Amy, now if we can get rid of Heather, then maybe things won't be so crazy around here." Leshawna said.
(Switch)
"I'm sorry Leshawna, but I have to vote for you. If you and Heather both stay then I don't think we'll ever stop arguing. I don't really know either of you too well, and Heather's been a bit nicer to me since the teams split." Zoey said.
(Switch)
"The sooner Courtney goes home the sooner Lightning gets his payback for how she got him voted out last time." Lightning said.
(Switch)
"Heather gets my vote. Sammy's already dealt with enough due to Amy, and I don't want her to have to deal with Heather now." Trent said.
(Switch)
"With Harold and Leshawna being a couple in the merge, they have quite the advantage. It's nothing personal, but the best option would be to split them so Leshawna will receive my vote." Alejandro said.
(Switch)
"It's about time Leshawna left the island, and I'm going to be more than glad to be rid of her and her attitude." Heather said.
(Switch)
"I guess my vote will go to Courtney. I don't really know who else to vote for, but back when we were in teams she wasn't the easiest person to be around." Dave said. "I really hope Samey lets me use her shower." He added.
(Switch)
"Of course I'm voting for Heather. She's disrespected my luscious Leshawna one to many times now." Harold said.
(Switch)
"I really don't want to vote for Leshawna. I'd like to consider her a friend of mine. Still, I do owe Heather so I have no choice. This is the last time I'm doing anything for her. I won't let Heather be my new Amy." Sammy said.
(Switch)
"Now that David is back I'll have to find a way to split my time between him and Heather. Apologies Leshawna, but Heather makes a good point about how things can be a bit difficult with you around." Ella said.
(Confessional End)
"Like I said, a lot of hate." Chris said laughing. "Still the votes are clear and Leshawna is the one going home with five votes against her." Chris said.
"Oh I see how it is, you all would rather keep her around than me. You'll regret that when she back stabs you all." Leshawna said. Heather merely smiled, and waved her hand mockingly at Leshawna.
Before Leshawna departed, Harold went to give her a goodbye kiss. "I'll miss you Leshawna." He told her.
"Ain't got nothing to worry about, I know your mad skills got this game." She told him.
Harold smiled and gave her another hug. "I have to confess something to you." He told her seriously. "The day of the sports challenges during the ski challenge I saw Heather's boobies when her shirt ripped off. I hope you'll forgive me as you're the only girl for me." He told her.
Leshawna turned to Heather angrily. "Tell me he did not just say what I think he said." Leshawna said.
"Oh please, it was a complete accident." Heather said rolling her eyes at Leshawna. "It's embarrassing enough without having him bring it up again." She said.
Leshawna lunged to tackle Heather, but she was subdued and taken by Chef to the Boat of Losers. Inside the girls cabin there was a bit of awkward silence after the elimination. Heather began to take down the tape that she had put to divide the cabin previously.
"No need for this anymore." Heather smiled as she threw it in the trash.
(Confessional Camera)
"Courtney's still an issue, and Samey might try to rebel. I also have to do something about Dave to keep Ella as close to me as possible. It isn't perfect but now that Leshawna is gone it's only a matter of time before the girls are all working for me. This game is as good as mine now." Heather said.
(Confessional End)
Inside Sammy's reward trailer, Sammy and Trent were making out passionately.
"So, does this finally make us a couple?" Sammy asked Trent.
"Yeah, I think it does. Just promise me that you'll stop working with Heather. She's bad news even if she did help you out with Amy." Trent answered her back.
They resumed their make-out session, until Dave interrupted from the shower.
"Do you have anymore soap? The smell still won't go away." He yelled ruining their mood for the night. Still, the two laughed at each other and held hands ready to take on the rest of the game together.
Elimination Order
22. Leonard
[R]. Lightning
21. Ezekiel
20. Beardo
19. Izzy
[R]. Dave
18. Cody
17. Owen
16. Sugar
15. Katie
14. Jasmine
13. Amy
12. Leshawna
Remaining Contestants
Male: Geoff, Trent, Alejandro, Harold, Lightning, Dave
Female: Courtney, Heather, Sammy, Zoey, Ella
Elimination Explanation: Please remain calm and put the pitchforks down. I know Leshawna is a fan favorite. I also know that she won this episode in canon. The fact of the matter is, there was no way she was getting out of elimination. Heather is in a far better situation here, than she ever was in canon. She has more allies and she isn't as hated. With Heather and Leshawna being the source of all the arguing with the girls, there's no reasonable way the girls would keep both of them around. Heather's just in a much better place in the game than Leshawna is so Leshawna's run ends here. I don't think she's as memorable here compared to how she was in canon, but I tried to keep her best moments in and give her some new ones. LeHarold especially got a tiny bit more time to shine, and don't worry I won't be breaking them up anytime soon the way canon did. Overall I'd say not a bad run for her. Okay, you can pick the pitchfork back up if you're still angry about the end result.
A/N: Probably the fastest I've done a chapter, but have to make up for lost time you know. Similar to Brunch of Disgustingness this was a bit tricky to write. It's another episode focusing heavy on the action and visuals including a montage with little on the characters themselves. It's kind of a filler episode with nothing major happening now that I think of it. Still, I think I handled this one better than I handled Brunch of Disgustingness. I added a few character interactions before and after to hopefully help the chapter as a whole. I also added some new tortures because not everyone in canon was shown losing to something. Let me know what you think of how it all turned out. Luckily after this we get some great character focused episodes, and those are my favorite to write.
Onto what everyone has their mind on, the returnees. Dave and Lightning. I didn't think anyone would guess them both, but someone actually did. Congrats to WeirdAlfan101. I did promise whoever could guess the returnees I'd write a one-shot for them, so I'll PM you later with details on that. If I forget for some reason, then please DM me yourself. It was a tough choice on who to bring back. I knew Dave had to come back for story purposes. I didn't want to wait until RNG Action to resolve his romance with Zoey and Ella's crush on him. As for the second one there were several options running through my mind. Izzy and Lightning ultimately ended up being the last two choices. Izzy coming back just fits her character, and Lightning would make for a strong contestant to bring back. I ended up going with Lightning since I feel he offers more to the story than Izzy would. She'd mostly just be comedic relief, and I think at this point in the story I don't think that's too much of a necessity. I did give her a brief moment however just because I knew people wanted to see her again. Lightning and Courtney's anger toward each other is only the start of Lightning's time back on the island.
Not much more to say about this chapter as it's pretty straightforward. Leshawna being out means the girls are going to have a much easier time getting along. For now anyway. It'll only be a matter of time before Heather picks a fight with someone else since that's just how she is. Also in canon Chris revealing the confessionals didn't really affect anything other than show how everyone hated Eva which we already knew. Trust me that the confessionals showed off here will impact the story moving forward. I'll try to get the next chapter out relatively fast, and then we'll return to our weekly schedule. Thanks again to everyone for the warm return welcome and I'm glad you're loving the story.