"Welcome back to Total Drama Island! Last time, campers competed in what we affectionately dubbed the Awake-athon. Jackson, the horror movie enthusiast, won the challenge for the Killer Bass. But it was Shawn who seemingly won the day by hitting it off with his new crush, Jasmine. Scarlett formed an alliance with Sammy and Beth, which she then used to sway the votes against Noah." The camera cut away from Chris and to Noah's angry face when he didn't receive a marshmallow, following him down the dock of shame The camera cut back to Chris. "Today's challenge is sure to bring the drama, the violence, and the pain. If you want to know what happens keep watching Total Drama Island!"
Theme Song
The mess hall was ringing with indistinguishable chatter. Tables were filled with hungry teens.
Chris approached Duncan at the Bass Table. He looked like he hadn't slept in days. Because he hadn't.
"Duncan, my man!" said Chris. "You look like you could kill for some sleep right now."
The punk replied, "Wanna find out?"
Chris returned with a joking, "No need to add to that record man!"
Chloe, noticeably not tired, made her way to the breakfast table, saying grace before energetically chowing down on her breakfast.
She reached for a fork, nearly knocking Courtney off the table. Aggravated, Courtney quipped, "sleep well, teammate?"
"Oh, just fine! Thank you, Courtney." Chloe clearly wasn't wise when it came to picking up sarcasm. "I hope I didn't keep anybody up! I have been known to sleep-preach."
"You don't say," interjected Scott.
Chris laughed an all too familiar laugh. "Days with no sleep? That's brutal, Bass! And probably great for ratings!"
Confessional, Scarlett
Because the last challenge wasn't physically demanding, I'm predicting an especially tough physical beatdown today, which I may not be much help in. So, I must strengthen my trust with Sammy and Beth, so they will vote with me if we lose again.
"Alliances are a bond of complete devotion and trust," started Scarlett. "Anyone who forms one must understand that once they do, they will not leave, they will not double-cross, and they will not associate themselves with anyone and everyone not a part of the alliance."
"Anyone?" piped Sammy.
"Anyone," affirmed Scarlett.
Both Sammy and Beth raised a hand.
"Including but not limited to: nice persons, charismatic persons, "cool" persons, and especially boys."
Sammy lowered her hand ashamedly.
"...And that also includes cute animals you found in the forest."
Beth lowered her hand ashamedly.
"What if we want… someone else to join the alliance?" asked Sammy.
"Well," replied Scarlett, "Then I imagine you don't want to guarantee a spot in the final three."
Beth and Sammy looked at each other. Looking back to Scarlett, they nodded hesitantly.
Confessional, Zoey
When Chris prefaces a challenge by telling you to "bring it," be very afraid. Because that implies even he thinks it's going to be a bit much.
Katie, Jackson, and Marilyn were sitting together at the Bass table.
"What's your bet on the challenge today?" Marilyn asked, looking at the other two.
"Something physical, is my bet." Jackson said, looking around the main hall. Katie nodded, in agreement.
"We've already done diving, building, lifting, and running. I don't really have a good guess about what other physical challenges Chris would make us do." Marilyn mentioned, shrugging. She fiddled a little with her septum piercing.
"Yeah. Maybe we'll get to play a fun game!" Katie suggested, and yawned, stretching her arms.
"A fun game? Were you paying attention to the challenges Marilyn mentioned?" Courtney snapped from a few seats down.
"The lawyers have to let us do something fun, princess." Duncan said grumpily, his head laying on the table, with violet bags under his eyes.
Marilyn looked over at him. "By the way, do you sleep with your piercings?" she asked, sounding a little judgemental, but she was just curious.
"Why does it matter?" He asked her, looking at her angrily. Marilyn rolled her eyes and put her hands up.
"She was just asking a question. God would want you to be kind to all." Chloe said, tapping her rosary, looking around as the teammates rolled their eyes.
"Chloe, could you please stop? I can believe what I want to, and you can believe what you want to, okay? Please don't force us to listen to the gospel." Cameron said from the other end of the table, very politely nonetheless.
Leshawna and Zoey looked at each other, somewhat surprised. Jackson nodded, and Courtney looked at Cameron, nodding.
"Wow Cameron, that was…..way nicer than the rest of us would have been." Zoey commented, giving him a big smile.
"That was real nice, sugar." Leshawna added.
The others not acknowledging Cameron were watching Chloe's reaction.
"I'm not pushing the gospel on you, I'm just sharing my love of God with you!" Chloe said indignantly, getting a little pink tint on her cheeks.
"Yeah, well, we don't want to hear it." Heather scoffed, crossing her arms.
"For once, I agree with Heather." Jackson said, mostly talking to Marilyn and Katie, but Duncan and Scott nodded.
Confessional, Chloe
Can I help it if these people need to let the Lord above into their driver's seat?!
"Allllll-right campers!"Chris sang in an overjoyed voice that caused both the Gophers and the Bass to groan, knowing they would now probably be put through some gruelling challenge within a few minutes.
The camera then shifts to a glass box filled with bleachers and a wooden floor as well as a bag of dodgeballs next to the handsome host. The campers stood around Chris waiting for him to explain the challenge.
"Welcome campers. Today's challenge is a high school classic. Dodgeball. The first rule of dodgeball is if you get hit with the ball," Chris explained, throwing the ball at Courtney hitting her in the stomach. "You're out."
"Hey! You can't do that!" Courtney complained.
Ignoring Courtney's complaints, Chris continued. "If you catch the ball. The thrower is out and you get to bring someone back out onto the court."
"Good, another physical challenge. We'll rock this!" Marilyn cheered, giving a look around at her teammates.
"Don't count your chickens before they're hatched, mate," Jasmine replied.
"We'll see about that Miss Aussie," Duncan snarked.
"Okay now… Shawn, try to hit me," Chris said, tossing a ball to the zombie-obsessed teen. "If you're holding a ball you can use it to deflect incoming balls." Shawn then threw his ball at the host to which Chris deflected it. "But if the ball is knocked out of your hands you're out."
"You have one minute to game time. You'll have five people on the court at a time and Chef will ref. Let's get to it!"
The camera pans to the Gophers, sitting and standing on one side of the area.
"So, who plays first?" Tem asked her team. Looking around, she wondered who was good at dodgeball, and who would volunteer.
"Well, we need physically exceptional players to be on the start, to try to intimidate the Bass, and hopefully get us a win. I'm thinking….." Scarlett began, before being cut off.
"I can go." Sky said, standing up, hoping to avoid a long thought train and get a good team together.
"Yes", the redhead agreed. "How about Brick, Jasmine, Shawn, and….." Scarlett said. She was clearly in deep thought, analyzing her teammates. There were no immediate candidates that came to mind.
"Miss Sammy should play on the starting team. She lasted longer than quite a few people in the weight challenge, including me. She is also a cheerleader. Miss Sammy should be on the first team." Brick suggested, looking at Sammy, giving her a nod.
"Sounds good to me, mates." Jasmine agreed, helping Sammy up.
"W-wow. Th-thanks guys. I'll do my best!" Sammy said, her cheeks noticeably red.
"It's not ideal, but it'll do." Scarlett agreed, and Sammy smiled. The first round Gopher team sort of stretched their arms and legs and decided the best spots for each person to stand, according to Scarlett's ideas.
Confessional, Sammy
Who knows? After this maybe I can finally be at the top of our cheer pyramid! Take that Amy! She looks around quickly before letting out a silent cheer.
Meanwhile, the Bass were getting annoyed at each other while trying to decide teams.
"We should put the ATHLETIC people out there." Heather said, rolling her eyes as a few teammates objected, looking annoyed and tired.
"No, the people who are more graceful can go!" Katie suggested. As more and more contestants talked over each other it was clear that a compromise was still far away.
"NO!" Courtney interjected loudly, standing up. "Sit down, and we'll decide the teammates quicker." she said, standing in front of her teammates, placing her hands on her hips. She noticed Cameron was whispering to Zoey.
Confessional, Courtney
The two of them are really attached at the hip, maybe I can get in with them
"In reality, we'll need a well-balanced team. We need a few agile players, and maybe two to three athletic players. An athlete will have a stronger arm, giving the ball more momentum as they throw, and possibly hitting more than one Gopher per ball…." Cameron whispered. He seemed to notice Courtney looking at him, so he silenced himself. "Sorry" he whispered, looking embarrassed.
"Don't be. Cameron, you come here and help me decide who we're putting on the team." Courtney said, smiling at him, and taking his hand to help him stand.
Cameron still looked embarrassed, but assessed his teammates, then spoke quietly to Courtney. "Well, our most agile player who is also fairly athletic would be Izzy. Scott and Duncan are definitely athletic, and Scott seems fairly agile. Marilyn is definitely strong enough to throw a ball with a larger trajectory and more momentum, and she's quick. Lastly… Jackson seems like the strong, athletic type. Being really into horror movies might give him an agility and speed advantage." he finished, and looked up at Courtney. She nodded.
"Alright, the First-round team will be….Izzy, Scott, Duncan, Marilyn, and Jackson. " Courtney commanded, gesturing for them to stand up.
Jackson high-fived Katie before going off onto the dodgeball court with his team. Cameron directed them to stand in certain spots, and seeing the team, suggested who each member aim for.
"Izzy, I'd recommend going for Sammy. Her stature is more diminutive than the others, and even though she is agile, if you throw fast enough, she won't have time to dodge." Cameron whispered to her, before high-fiving her.
"KOWABUNGA!" Izzy agreed, and started wiggling around to stretch her muscles.
"Scott and Duncan, go for Jasmine and…..Sky. Remember, Sky's agile and so is Jasmine." Cameron suggested. The two boys looked at each other and nodded, each one patting Cameron on the back.
"Jackson, I know this might seem easy, but go for Shawn. He is fast and fairly agile, but he's nothing for a ball coming his way at extreme speeds."
"Thanks Cameron. Will do," Jackson agreed with a curt and respectful nod.
"Marilyn, that leaves you to deal with Brick. He might not be as agile as he is strong. He also might have a hard time figuring out where the ball came from if there are ten people on the court, throwing and dodging." Cameron said, and looked up at her.
"Sounds like a plan. Great job on all this Cameron." Marilyn said, and gave him a high five. Cameron smiled and walked back to sit by Courtney.
Confessional, Zoey
Good on Cam for this plan! Love the guy, but he really is better on the sidelines.
"Alrighty campers, let's begin!" Chris said, and Chef Hatchet blew the whistle. Brick, Jasmine, and Sky from the Gophers ran to get a ball, and Jackson, Scott, and Izzy from the Bass rushed forward. Brick, Sky, Izzy, and Jackson were able to get a ball before the others were thrown askew onto either side of the court.
Brick stood fairly still, but kept an eye out for any balls. When he saw that a ball was hurtling straight toward Sammy while she was concentrated elsewhere, he ran in front of her. It may have stopped the ball from hitting her, but it hit him right in the gut, causing him to groan slightly in pain, he looked to see who threw it. Both Izzy and Marilyn seemed disappointed, so it was hard to tell. As Brick scooted out of the game, Sammy threw a ball at Izzy.
Izzy luckily dodged as quick as she could, and Duncan caught the ball in his hand, causing Sammy to mumble and leave.
Scott and Duncan both threw their balls at the same time, but neither hit their targets. Jasmine caught Scott's dodgeball and gestured for him to get off the court, calling Ryan on to the court.
Meanwhile, on the bleachers, Scarlett was scolding Brick.
"Had you not protected Sammy, there might still be a four on four game. You might have just completely jeopardized our chances at winning this challenge." Scarlett said, angrily scuffing her flats on the floor.
"Sorry ma'am." Brick said, nodded at her.
"Come on Scarlett, it wasn't that bad. There are more rounds!" Beth said enthusiastically.
"Y-yeah Scarlett. Don't be too harsh on him." Sammy agreed, looking nervous to defend Brick against Scarlett, who was now glaring at all three of them.
"Oh Scarlett, you need to relieve all of the stress you're going through and lighten up!" Ella said, in a singsong voice, before whistling a little tune. All around her, a few teammates groaned, but she seemed not to notice.
Confessional, Ella
We all have our own songs, but it's just that Scarlett's song is more percussion rather than woodwind. I don't blame her at all, she is still a great person.
On the court, the players weren't throwing anything, so Tem decided to step up.
"Are you guys gonna play or not?" Tem asked the players on the court, and a few of the members of the Gophers agreed.
"Kick their butts!" Leshawna yelled, and Izzy threw a ball as hard as she could, which hurtled straight into a glass window, breaking it.
"Great aim Izzy." Chris said sarcastically, and cheered on Jasmine as she hit Izzy in the head with a ball. "AMAZING aim Jasmine!" he said, laughing his head off.
"Oh, so sorry about that one." Jasmine apologized.
"It's okay! I NEVER feel pain!" Izzy yelled enthusiastically, and left the court to sit down next to Chloe, and began touching Chloe's hair, while Chloe sat unnaturally still, looking uncomfortable.
Confessional, Izzy
Never seen a girl interact with her ancient monkey simian blood before?
Now the remaining players were Ryan, Jackson, Duncan, Marilyn, Jasmine, Sky, and Shawn.
"Scarlett, they're outnumbered. You should help them out." Sammy said.
"Jasmine, Shawn, go for Jackson and Ryan. Sky, I trust you can go for Marilyn and Duncan." Scarlett said in her normal voice, moving a little closer to the court. Her teammates agreed.
Something that Shawn, Sky, and Scarlett both noticed was the look that Duncan, Marilyn, and Jackson exchanged. Jasmine figured out what was happening.
"Watch out guys!" She yelled, before it was too late. Only Sky seemed to register what Jasmine said, as all three Bass players threw their dodgeballs, Jackson's hitting Shawn, and Marilyn's almost missing its target. As Shawn and Sky retreated, leaving Jasmine and Ryan to play for the Gophers, The remaining Bass looked at each other, confident, before looking at the jock.
"Jackson. You can do it." Duncan said, stepping back.
Jackson was prepared, and Marilyn and Duncan handed him two spare balls that had rolled over to them. He took a deep breath, and predicted that Scarlett would say something.
"Jasmine! Remember to dodge!" Scarlett said, as if Jasmine didn't already know this.
"Yeah I got that part, mate." Jasmine said, and in the split second that she looked over at Scarlett, Jackson threw two balls. Jasmine dodged the first one, in the nick of time, but the second one collided with her arm, and she shrugged. Now only Ryan was left, and Marilyn looked at Duncan, and he nodded.
Duncan threw the ball, but it didn't hit his target, and Ryan caught it. Duncan shook his head and went to the bleachers, upset that Ryan had caught it bringing Trent on to the court.
"Do you want to do it?" Jackson asked Marilyn. She shrugged. Ryan had a ball of his own now, and he threw it, and before the two of them could register it, the ball hit Marilyn right in the nose. It felt as if Ryan had thrown as hard as he could.
"Ugh." Marilyn groaned before going to sit next to Katie on the bleachers.
Jackson looked around. On the Bass side of the court, there were three stray balls, and on the Gopher side, four. He had to move quickly if he wanted to win. Jackson grabbed all three and threw one, missing Ryan and Trent. Ryan countered him, but Jackson moved quickly, throwing his ball at the same time hitting Trent in the arm, distracting Ryan, giving him a shorter reaction time, which was his downfall. Jackson's ball hit Ryan in the chest, and Ryan sighed.
The Bass all cheered, and Marilyn and Katie patted Jackson on the back.
"God willed it to be this way! We are the God-chosen team!" Chloe celebrated and the team just shook their heads.
"Good game guys. Boring, but good." Chris said, before having Chef line the dodgeballs back up on the line and letting the Gophers and Bass assemble new teams.
"You guys HAVE to do better this time!" Scarlett said, angrily.
"Then why don't you do something? You play this time." Ryan said, getting annoyed at Scarlett. The rest of the Gophers gave noises of agreement.
"Fine, I suppose I'll play this stupid game." Scarlett mumbles.
"Who else will play this time?" Trent asked.
"I'll play!" Tem said enthusiastically.
"Okay, Scarlett, me, how about…..Trent, Ella, and Beth?" Tem added, looking around. The three players agreed, and they headed to the court. Scarlett and Ella looked extremely uncomfortable, and Trent looked disgruntled. Beth and Tem seemed fairly excited.
Over at the Bass bleachers, Cameron was very flustered.
"Why doesn't the little bubble boy play?" Duncan asked, after being rubbed the wrong way by Ryan catching his throw.
"Uh, well, you see. I'm-" Cameron began before Leshawna cut him off.
"Because the little bubble boy is a valuable asset with his brains. If he gets hurt, we don't have our main strategist." Leshawna said accustorily, glaring at Duncan.
"Cameron doesn't have to go in because he just picked the team that won us that round!" Zoey exclaimed. Duncan grumbled but didn't bring it up again.
"Who goes out this time Cameron? The same team?" Courtney asked.
"No, we need to switch it up. This time, we're gonna put Heather, Courtney, Zoey, Katie, and Leshawna." Cameron said, looking at the girls, hoping it was okay with them. Zoey, Katie, and Leshawna looked good with the choice, and Heather scoffed.
"Why do I have to play?" Heather asked, rudely.
"Because you're on the team too. Now go win the round for us, Little Miss Priss." Duncan said, glaring at Heather until she stood.
Courtney looked vaguely surprised, but she agreed. The five girls walked onto the court, looking confident.
Chef's whistle blew, and Leshawna, Zoey, Courtney, Tem, Ella, and Scarlett ran to get a ball, and Tem, Scarlett, and Leshawna came out with a ball before the others rolled onto either side of the court.
Heather stood in the corner, picking at her nails, looking extremely bored, until a ball clocked her in the head, sending her backwards. She looked around angrily, and saw Tem standing, looking a little TOO innocent. She scoffed once more and angrily stomped off to the bleachers where her teammates looked at her, annoyed.
"What?" she said, before sitting down.
Katie had gotten ahold of a ball, and threw it hard, hitting Ella in the butt, because Ella was busy trying to figure out what song to sing. Ella gave out a musical gasp before prancing to sit down.
Scarlett threw her ball, but seeing as her prowess was her mind, the throw was weak and bounced to the floor, leaving Courtney to pick it up. She and Leshawna threw their balls, and Leshawna's hit Scarlett, who didn't seem to mind.
"You HAVE to do better." Shawn said, quietly, mockingly, to Jasmine. Scarlett heard him and turned an angry red, Jasmine giggled a little bit, before returning her attention to the game at hand.
The Bass were quiet, a few still giving angry glances toward Heather, for her obvious incompetence in physical games. Cameron was suggesting the next round players to Scott and Duncan, with Marilyn and Jackson listening in. The players had gone still again.
Tem looked and saw the Bass were mostly focusing on Trent and Beth, maybe because they could be easy outs, so Tem threw her ball at Katie.
"Watch out!" Jackson yelled, without even thinking about it. But it was too late, Katie was hit right in the gut by the ball, and hunched her back in pain, moving toward the bleachers. Marilyn took her hand and sat Katie down between her and Jackson.
Leshawna and Courtney had two dodgeballs each, and were looking at which remaining member of the Gophers they should aim for. Leshawna seemingly decided on Trent, because she threw it, but it missed.
Trent passed a ball to Tem before attempting to hit Courtney, but Courtney caught the ball. Tem threw a ball at Leshawna as well, and it hit. As Trent left the court, Courtney gestured for Katie to return. Now the Gophers were Beth and Tem against Zoey, Katie, and Courtney.
Redheaded Zoey grabbed a ball that she threw quicker than most of the remaining players could register before Beth got hit right in the thigh. She moved off to the side, and cheered on Tem.
Even with as much dodging as one person could pull off, the three women who each threw one or two balls was too much, and Tem was hit.
"Good game, Tem!" Zoey congratulated her, and Tem smiled a little bit, before retreating to the bleachers.
Cameron and Courtney were figuring out who to put in next, when they heard a little commotion from the team.
"Hey, you can't insult how other people have played! You haven't even gone in yet!" Scott protested, looking at Chloe.
"Look, I just know that I've seen GAY people throw harder than the last ten teammates that went out there." Chloe said, tapping her rosary. "You just have to try harder."
There was a collective gasp from the campers, both Gophers and Bass. Jackson and Katie, still in pain, exchanged bewildered glances. Well, as far as anyone could tell under Jackson's mask. Heather giggled evilly, but nobody noticed.
"She's gone alright." Heather mumbled, still picking at her nails.
Zoey and Cameron were shocked, and Zoey was about to speak up before someone else commented.
"What's that supposed to mean?" Marilyn asked aggressively.
"Well, all I'm saying is, gay people are pretty weak you know? They defy God's will and make the world worse by the day." Chloe informed them, seemingly unaware of what was wrong with what she said.
Then all chaos broke loose in the bleachers, with Beardo making alarm noises, Izzy yelling, and Leshawna about to mouth her off. Marilyn turned and left the room, going to take a breather outside.
"You can't just say that, Miss Rosary!" Duncan objected. Chloe looked innocently startled.
"I'm just sharing the truth. Gay people are sinners, and everyone knows that." Chloe said calmly.
"Yes but that may have offended people directly. And anyway-" Courtney began before Duncan was right next to her.
"Anyway, didn't Jesus die for all of our sins? So…what does it matter to you?" he asked coolly.
"W-well, he didn't die for people to be gay. He died just for….if someone committed one of the seven vices. " Chloe stammered.
"BASS! Decide who's playing this round!" Chris yelled, obviously angry the attention wasn't on him or the challenge.
The Bass all grumbled and the din died down. They looked to Cameron.
"Okay, this round we're putting Chloe, Beardo, Duncan, Scott, and Mari-where is she?" Cameron asked, looking around.
"She went outside!" Katie piped up. "I'll go get her."
Walking outside, she noticed Marilynn pacing, still an angry red.
"Marilyn!" Katie called, patting her teammate on the back. "Everything's okay! Are you?"
"What? Yeah. I was just...getting sweaty all cooped up in there." Marilyn explained, fairly unconvincingly, but Katie let it slide.
"Marilyn! We need you to come play!" a voice, Duncan, shouted from inside. She nodded at him and walked back inside, standing as far away from Chloe as possible.
The Gophers were still having trouble deciding who to put in.
"Listen, the Bass are in a predicament right now. We need our strongest players out there. Jasmine, Ryan, Brick, Sammy, and Tem are up." Scarlett said quickly.
While the two teams were preparing and Chef was lining up the dodgeballs, Chloe looked around at her uncomfortable and annoyed teammates.
"What? I didn't do anything wrong!" she insisted.
Confessional, Heather
"Bye-bye Chloe!" Heather says, with a fake smile on her face, and waves to the camera, as if she were waving to Chloe.
"Sure." Duncan scoffed, and then Chef blew the whistle.
Duncan, Marilyn, Chloe, Tem, and Jasmine all ran to get a ball. Duncan, Tem, and Jasmine all emerged with a ball.
As all ten players were on their designated side, the game truly began. Duncan threw his dodgeball, which came very close to hitting Jasmine, but just missed its mark.
Jasmine took the opportunity to throw her ball, but just as she aimed for Duncan, Tem did the same, and Tem's ball knocked Jasmine's out of the line to Duncan. Tem's ball did hit Duncan though, so he went to the bleachers to sit next to Courtney and Cameron.
"Listen, Marilyn, with how upset you're getting over what I said, I'd almost think you were le-" Chloe began, before Marilyn turned to glare at her.
"Don't say it!" Marilyn said angrily, before Jasmine had grabbed another ball, and hit Marilyn in the nose again. Marilyn grumbled acceptance and trudged off to the bleachers. She rubbed her nose, which was turning a little purple, and getting a little from the two times she had been hit.
Heather snickered, "What's your favorite color? I personally, love purple." she said, twirling her hair around her finger several times.
"Courtney, can I go to the cabin to take this out?" she asked, pointing to her nose ring, which her nose had now almost swelled over.
"Yeah just be back in like twenty minutes." Courtney said, waving her off.
Meanwhile on the court, Chloe had actually caught a ball thrown by Tem and brought Duncan back in.
Sammy and Jasmine both threw their dodgeballs, each one hitting Chloe, and Courtney smiled. The entire Gopher team was remaining, with now only Duncan, Scott, and Beardo.
"Tem, aim for Beardo. He's right behind Scott, so Scott will probably move, so you get a direct shot to Beardo!" Scarlett whispered.
Tem nodded, and aimed for Scott, who, like Scarlett said, moved, giving the ball a direct shot to Beardo. But Beardo caught the ball and summoned Chloe back in. Tem sighed, and left.
Before long, Ryan was in possession of three dodgeballs, and each one was aimed at Beardo, who was by far, the largest player on the team, so in theory, the easiest to hit. Only one of the shots hit Beardo.
Beardo made the Pac-Man death noise, before standing off to the side of the bleachers. Duncan aimed to hit Sammy but a warning from Brick let her dodge. The ball did end up hitting Jasmine, who made an "aww" sound, before going to sit by Shawn.
Eventually, Chloe did hit Sammy, who was congratulated by Brick for making it that long on the court. Sammy blushed and sat near him, their legs touching. Sammy and Brick gave each other a glance before turning away.
"I j-just wanted to say thank you for being so nice and encouraging. My sister would never be this nice to me." Sammy said, looking back at Brick.
"No problem, Miss Sammy. It's really nothing." Brick stated, giving her a smile.
"It's more than nothing." Sammy mumbled.
Back on the court, Chloe had been hit, again, by Ryan, so she moved on. Sometime during the round, Marilyn had returned and was now sitting by Jackson and Katie.
"Listen, Heather has put in a minimum effort today, but based on how this has been going, we're probably not going to vote someone off today. But if we do, I think we should vote between Chloe and Heather." Katie suggested in a low voice. Both of her teammates nodded.
"It's currently a two-on-two game. It could go either way!" Chris announced, just as Ryan hit Scott with his ball. Scott shook his head and sat down. Now it was Ryan and Jasmine against Duncan. It was over fairly quickly, as most of the dodgeballs had been rolling around for the duration of the round, and most of them had ended up at the Gopher side.
The Gophers cheered and Duncan stomped back to the bleachers. Scott high-fived him, before the team returned their attention to Cameron, so they could get their team assignments.
Cameron did seem to become a little more confident talking to his team now. "Alright guys, we're gonna put Beardo, Izzy, Jackson, Katie, and Leshawna in. Does that sound good?"
The five Bass agreed, and started preparing for the next round. They looked over at the Gophers and saw the team had already assembled.
"Brick, Ella, Sky, Shawn, and Tem are back in. Sorry for placing you three times in a row, Tem." Scarlett said, not sounding apologetic at all. Tem shrugged, probably glad for the chance to prove her skill to the team.
As the game began, Tem grabbed two dodgeballs, and threw one, and it immediately hit Beardo, who had also ran to grab a ball. Beardo made a loud angry noise but moved to sit on the bleachers, making various sad noises, resulting in Heather giving him a slap on the arm.
"Shut up!" Heather said indignantly.
Beardo glared at her, but stopped briefly.
Leshawna tossed a ball to Jackson, because he had a clear target, Ella. He had thrown several balls at her, but missed. She continued to dodge, and even hit him out. Jackson mumbled, but took a few steps to the bleachers.
Katie hit Ella from behind, because she was too busy celebrating to notice. Ella made a Beardo-esque noise, and moaned before moving to the bleachers.
"We can win this!" Ryan yelled, trying to motivate his team. Trent joined him, along with Sammy, with Scarlett trying her best.
Round four was fairly quick. The Gophers were determined to get a tie, and within just five minutes, Brick and Sky had eliminated Izzy and Katie. Now it was four Gophers against one Bass.
Brick, Sky, Shawn, and Tem each threw their dodgeballs as hard as they could. None hit Leshawna, who seemed to have a rush of adrenaline, allowing her to dodge faster than she thought she could.
Leshawn even got Brick and Shawn out, but while the Bass were celebrating with her, Tem tossed her ball, and hit Leshawna.
"Why were you celebrating?" Courtney asked indignantly.
"Girl, I was four on one and got two people out. That calls for celebration." Leshawna said.
"Well, the Killer Bass and the Screaming Gophers have reached a tie! Each team has won two rounds each! This next round will be the tiebreaker, and determine which team will be sitting around the campfire tonight!" Chris announced, cutting into what may have turned into an argument between Leshawna and Courtney.
"Alright team. We can win this next round, I suggest putting in a mix of underdogs and teammates who we know are athletic. This time, you raise your hands to join, so I know you'll be motivated." Scarlett ordered.
Ryan, Tem, Brick, Beth, Dave, Trent, Sammy, Jasmine, and Shawn all raised their hands. Scarlett pointed at Ryan, Dave, Trent, Sammy, and Jasmine to play. She hoped this would be their winning team.
Meanwhile, both Cameron and Courtney had observed Scarlett's tactic for picking a team.
"She wants to see who's most motivated to win. We should do the same." Courtney told Cameron, who agreed.
"Alright team, who wants to play this round?" Cameron inquired.
Heather was the only team member to not raise her hand. Cameron decided to let Courtney decide, so he made a gesture as if to give her the stage.
"Marilyn, me, Zoey, Scott, and Izzy will play this round." Courtney decided.
"Hope you last longer than those chicks." Duncan murmured to Scott, who snickered.
Chef Hatchet's whistle blew, and Marilyn, Ryan, Sammy, and Courtney each came to their respective sides with the balls they were able to gather. This left each team with six or seven. This round was much more intense and fast-paced than the previous four.
Sammy hit Scott and Zoey in one go.
"Miss Sammy really did "hit two birds with one stone"! Way to go!" Brick yelled, and Sammy looked at him with a smile.
Next thing Sammy knew, she and Trent were back on the benches. Marilyn and Courtney had thrown their dodgeballs at the team, and the two girls were out.
Now a three-on-three game, the pace sped up even more, and soon, the only people left standing were Izzy, Marilyn, and Ryan.
"Come on you two! You guys haven't been working very hard, now win this round for us!" Heather complained.
"KOWABUNGA!" Izzy yelled, before hurling her ball at Ryan. Somehow, he caught it. He decided to call Jasmine back in.
"WOO!" The Gophers cheered.
Marilyn threw the last ball she had on her side, just barely missing Ryan before you could see on her face, she knew she was done.
"Oh COME ON!" Heather complained, once more.
Jasmine and Ryan threw their dodgeballs as fast as she could, hitting Marilyn in the nose, again, and in several other places, as if to ensure she was out.
She gave them a small eye roll before leaving the court.
"After an AMAZING comeback, the Gophers have WON the challenge! See you tonight, Bass!" Chris said. The camera turned off, and all the campers returned to their cabins, and a few went to the Main Hall.
Later that night, Zoey and Cameron sat together in the Mess Hall discussing the vote tonight.
"I'm pretty sure everyone is voting Chloe tonight. But maybe we should give her a chance?" Zoey said to Cameron.
"I mean she seems good at heart. But I've been isolated for a while and even I know that you can't say things like that. And do we really want to go against the grain here? It's an easy vote for us."
"True. But maybe this could be a chance for her to grow. If we don't give her a chance she could continue to spout things out like that," Zoey remarked as Chloe walked into the room. "Oh hey Chloe."
"Hello, teammates. I'd like to see if you guys would want to vote Heather off?"
"Tempting but for what reason?" Cameron asked.
"Well she seems like the most sinful of the group and I don't think she really deserves to be here."
"I guess that's fair." Zoey stated nodding to speed the conversation up.
"Sounds good to me. I wish you all well." The bible-thumper went to a table on her own and flipped open pages of her bible, seemingly deep in thought.
"So?" Zoey questioned.
"Heather," Cameron responded.
Confessional, Chloe
I think that went over quite well.
Confessional, Zoey
Nothing against her I think she means well, but she just rubs people the wrong way. One shot, but after that we can't give her anything.
Leshawna was in the Bass cabin laying down as Heather enters to talk to her,
"Leshawna."
"What do you want Heather?"
"I just wanted to make sure that the vote was for Chloe tonight."
"As much as I hate you, at least you aren't homophobic… or at least not as open."
"Trust me, I know how I come off. But I'm not discriminatory."
"Good to hear… but yes Chloe will be leaving us tonight."
"Well, I guess there's one thing to say about this. She bought us a free week, so we don't have to worry about anything."
"Well I guess there's a positive to everything now, isn't there?
"Of course there is. Especially when I eliminate you." Heather taunted.
"I think you mean when I eliminate you."
"We'll see if that ever happens. You guys don't give me enough credit," Heather mused strutting out of the cabin to who knows where.
"Yeah the credit of a bitch."
Confessional, Leshawna
That girl… is both mean and mysterious at the same damn time. You think you have a read on her then you don't.
Duncan and Scott had managed to pull Courtney aside to talk strategy.
"So what'd you guys drag me off to the forest for. It better be important.," Courtney stated.
"Oh trust me princess it is," Duncan mocked.
"We'd like to offer you an alliance of sorts," Scott continued.
"I'm listening…"
"Look, we're by far some of the most sane on this team. So why not an alliance. We can get rid of the threats faster and use Heather as a shield," Duncan explained.
"Hmm… honestly as much as I don't trust either of you. I've got nothing better on the table, so I may as well accept," Courtney replied.
"Sounds good. So this shouldn't be of much issue but Chloe tonight?" Scott questioned.
"Yeah let's go Chloe. She's getting on my nerves anyways," Duncan responded.
"Don't have to tell me twice haha," Courtney laughed.
Confessional, Duncan
Courtney is all over me. So what better way than to bring her closer to me and bring her into the fold. However I view Scott as my number one ally right now.
Confessional, Courtney
Perfect, I've got an alliance. I'm in solid standing with the team and I've done well in most of the challenges so far. Safe to say I'm in line to win right now.
Elimination Ceremony
"Well Bass...welcome back to the Elimination Ceremony. Today you guys blew it big in the Dodgebrawl challenge. Perhaps voting off Justin was a mistake. However again like the eliminations before, if you do not receive a marshmallow then you will walk the dock of shame and take the boat of losers to your elimination. Now for those who are safe."
"Duncan."
"Leshawna."
"Marilyn."
"Of course," Marilyn responded.
"Courtney."
"Scott."
"Zoey."
"Katie."
"EEEEEEE."
"Would you be quiet," Scott groaned at Katie's unearthly screech which in response Katie stuck her tongue out at him in defiance.
"Jackson."
"Izzy."
"BONZAI!"
"Are you seriously going to do that everytime?" Marilyn deadpanned.
"Of course haha."
"Beardo."
"And lastly…. Cameron."
"Heather and Chloe. Both of you racked up some votes. Heather you're the mean girl on this island but you seem to have the team's best interests in mind and you're somewhat athletic, some benefits in keeping you some not. Chloe, you're extremely religious and it annoys everyone here. Like Heather you want to win for the team but you're less athletically gifted. Ultimately your team has decided to keep…. Heather. Chloe sorry not sorry but you're out of the game."
"Why guys? Don't you want to follow God's way?"
"NO!" Was the resounding answer from the Bass.
"No one likes listening to your religious B.S.," Marilyn added.
"But… but why?"
"Open your eyes Chloe. This world is changing. People have differing viewpoints, but no one wants to have a homophobe around," Courtney stated.
"I'm not that homophobic. I'm just a traditionalist."
"And that's the problem," Duncan this time added. "Now get lost."
Chloe hung her head in shame as she walked the dock of shame and towards the Boat of losers.
"For the first time since Dakota's elimination a team has decided to almost unanimously eliminate a player. It's been going back and forth between the two teams, but will that trend continue. It's starting to become clear who the front runners are in this competition. But will they be taken out because of their threat level or will these outsiders continue to be eliminated l. Find out next time on TOTAL DRAMA ISLAND!"
Final Confessional, Chloe
I expected myself to get farther with the help of God. But perhaps God did not want me to win a game with a group of unaccepting individuals such as them. I do not really understand why my comment was so bad. It's the way of God and how things should be in a tradition sort of sense. In my opinion unless one of them accepts God they won't win but I guess Katie or Zoey seem the most willing to accept so maybe they have a chance.
Votes
Jackson: Chloe
Katie: Heather may be mean but at least she isn't homophobic, like Chloe
Heather: Thanks Chloe. You just gave me a free pass.
Chloe: Heather. She is clearly against God
Zoey: Chloe is just… but she gets one chance. I'll go for Heather.
Scott: Finally. It's about time Chloe is gone. She is so annoying
Duncan: Chloe. Need I explain why.
Marilyn: Yeah Chloe is going home. Being homophobic is a NO from me.
Cameron: Yeah… I'd like to go Chloe on this one but I'll stick with Zoey and vote for Heather.
Leshawna: Sorry sugar, but I don't support your views. Bye Chloe
Beardo: Game over for Chloe
Izzy: BYE CHLOE!
Courtney: About time Chloe left. No one likes her. We just finally had an excuse to get rid of her over Heather.
Reviews
Gucci Mane Laflare: Why not both?
Nobody245: No one is returning this season. Just given the cast size we felt it unneeded. But why not both be the main evils?
LordGemini: I'm glad you enjoyed it. But again Heather's motivation ws because Justin was a threat. Heather this season will imo be better than the original Island Heather gameplay wise I think. But we'll see.
Eliminated
28th Dakota (13-1)
27th Justin (8-4-2)
26th Noah (7-3-3)
25th Chloe (10-3)
Screaming Gophers Tem, Trent, Ryan, Dave, Sky, Jasmine, Shawn, Scarlett, Sammy, Ella, Beth, Brick
Killer Bass: Jackson, Marilyn, Courtney, Duncan, Cameron, Zoey, Heather, Scott, Katie, Izzy, Leshawna, Beardo