Happy Halloween subjects of mine! This episode is going to be nice and spooky. I'm really getting tired with the story, so I've decided to end it here.

Previously on Total Drama Survival:

The contestants put their intelligence to the test in a contest of rocketry!

Kellie sabotaged her team after Ted secretly told her about his secret relationship with Claire, and used this information to cause the greatest bout of strife and drama we've seen yet!

Eric was eliminated soon after Kellie started a rumor that he was responsible for unveiling Claire's relationship with Ted to the whole team.

But Peyton got the brunt of Claire's wrath because Claire believed that Peyton had spilled the beans on her relationship with Ted.

You know, a good, kind host would talk to the team and set things straight. Good thing I'm not one of those! That would kill the ratings!

Will the drama continue? I sure hope so, but find out on Total! Drama! SURVIVAL!

Chapter 6: Highway to Hell-O-Ween

Ted and Claire sat together against their favorite tree.

"They know," Claire said to Ted.

"Pardon?" Ted asked Claire.

"They know," Claire's eyes began to tear up, "All my team knows about our relationship. I'm sorry. You trusted me and I let you down."

"That's it?" Ted asked.

"Didn't you want me to keep this secret?" Claire asked Ted.

"Do the Lions know?" Ted asked.

"No."

"Then it's all good," Ted shrugged, "How'd they find out?"

"I have no idea. I think Peyton told them," Claire said, "I can't believe she betrayed our trust."

"She did?" Ted feigned shock.

CONFESSIONAL: TED

"I couldn't tell her that I told Kellie about the relationship. Sooner or later, this game's gonna become a free-for-all and Peyton's gonna prove to be a major threat. If I can get people against her, I'm gonna have an easier time picking her off. It's a shame though. I like Peyton. She's kind of cute..." His eyes go wide as he realizes what he just said, "Um...you can edit that part out, right?"

END CONFESSIONAL

The night went on quietly for an hour or two. Then it started to rain...then it started to pour. Lightning struck the tiny island and thunder roared. Needless to say, the Tigers had problems. Because they lost the challenge, they had to sleep outside.

"Ugh! This is awful!" Kellie was shivering and freezing in the rain.

Jared snuggled up to Kellie, "That better, mate?"

"Um...yes," Kellie closed her eyes and crawled up to Jared's muscular body.

CONFESSIONAL: KELLIE

"Why does Jared have to be so freaking comfortable? It's not like I like him or anything! I'm just keeping him as an ally! Honest!"

END CONFESSIONAL

Peyton sat alone in the cold rain. The rain matched her current mood. Claire was angry with her, but she had no idea. She was not guilty of telling the team about Claire's relationship with Ted, but nobody believed her.

"Problem?" Thomas asked Peyton.

"Um..." Peyton didn't know whether to be honest with Thomas, "No, everything's alright."

"Are you sure?" Thomas asked, "You look like you're crying."

"No," Peyton said, "My face is just all wet from the rain."

"Ok," Thomas said.

Lightning flashed. A young man appeared in the flash. His face was pure white. He had white hair as well. He wore all black and red.

Thomas screamed and jumped into Peyton's arms, "He's gonna kill me!" Thomas shrieked. The man stood in the middle of the forest. His unblinking red eyes focused on the contestants.

Lightning struck again. There was a flash, a high-pitched scream and the man was gone.

Peyton shrieked, accidentally dropping the terrified Thomas.

"Ouch!" Thomas complained.

"Alright," Peyton panted, "Let's do a head count. Is everybody here?"

"Kellie's gone!" Jared announced.

Where Kellie once sat was a massive puddle of blood and a note stained with the red liquid and wet with rain. It read:

Dearest campers,

We have exceeded the budget for this season and the network has insisted on discontinuing it. This shall be the last episode of the season. I have sent an assassin to murder all but one of you. The bodies will be taken away upon death. Your final challenge will be to survive until the end of the night. The last survivor will win the million dollars for this season. Sorry it had to end this way.

~Chris

Allie read the list from the lobby of the McLean Spa Hotel, where the Draden had been laying before.

"So let me get this straight?" Allie panicked, sweat dripping down, hands trembling, "Chris has actually hired an assassin to kill us?"

"That is what the note says," Sophia said, showing a little bit of worry on her normally emotionless face.

"Come on! Dennis said," Chris is obviously punkin' us! "Do you honestly think he'd try to kill us?"

"Yes!" Allie was near tears, "He's been trying to kill us all season!"

"Calm down," Daiskue put his hand on Allie's shoulder, "We will not survive this if we panic."

"How are you not afraid?" Angie shrieked, "All but one of us are going to die!"

"I am terrified," Daiskue admitted, "But we need to think rationally and stick together."

"Together?" Drake snarled, "That's bull! I'm winning this season and I'll watch all of you be slaughtered in order to achieve that!"

"I agree with Daiskue. We need to stay together," Melvin said, "With our combined strength, we should be able to trounce the murderer."

"Ok," Daiskue said, "Then, we shall stay here. Be constantly on alert. Jessica, are you game?"

Jessica had been crying the whole time, "I...I guess," she managed to get out.

CONFESSIONAL: JESSICA

"I...I can't believe that happened! Draden died before I told him how I felt about him. If I could only see him one more time to tell him how I felt. If I could hear his voice one more time!"

END CONFESSIONAL

"It's really pouring out here," Claire snuggled up to Ted.

"Yeah," Ted agreed, "It'd be horrible to have to sleep out here."

"You don't have to," Claire pointed out.

"No," Ted said, "If you have to suffer out here, I'll suffer with you."

"You're so sweet," Claire said, "Such a gentleman."

Ted sighed. He knew he was neither of those things.

"Thank you," Ted said. He felt Claire's face come in close to his. She leaned in. He felt her lips on his. He did not resist. He returned the kiss when lightning struck.

Claire felt Ted's lips yanked off her own. She heard the sound of gunshots and Ted was gone. In his place was a large puddle of blood.

"Ted?" Claire asked, "Ted!? Where are you!" she shrieked, tears running down her face.

TERRIFYING TIGERS

"What're we gonna do?" Thomas was shaking, "Somebody's out to kill us. I knew I wasn't crazy!"

"This isn't the time to rub your being right in our faces," Peyton said, "This is the time to come up with a plan to avoid being murdered! Does anybody know where Claire is?"

"Off with Ted, probably," Sydney assumed.

"No! No!" Peyton exclaimed, "She's off by herself!"

"No, she has Ted with her," Sydney said, "He'll keep her safe!"

"They're both goners," Jared said, "Ever seen a horror movie? The teen couple always dies."

"This isn't a horror movie," Peyton said, still panicking, "This is real freaking life!"

"Not the way I thought we'd go down," Manny said.

"This isn't how we're going down," Peyton asserted herself, but still remained shaky in fear, "We're gonna fight!"

"You heard what Chris said," Thomas said, "All but one of us are going to die tonight! I don't want it to be me, or you! Or..."

"No," Peyton said, "We might go down, but we're going down fighting, "Who's with me?"

The rest of the Tigers nodded in agreement.

"Good! We'll fight," Peyton said, "We'll take down the killer. and then," she paused, "Then we see who's left."

LETHAL LIONS

"I'm tired," Gregory whined.

"This is no time for being tired!" Daiskue scolded the lazy boy, "Get yourself together!"

"I'm sorry," Gregory's eyes started to flutter in fatigue, "I'll try to...AAAAAGGGHHH!" The lights turned off and lightning struck.

"Gregory!" Angie screamed uncharacteristically.

Where the lazy boy once stood was a puddle of blood.

"No!" Melvin screamed, "The killer got Gregory!"

"That means he's here in this hotel," Daiskue snarled.

"We can get him," Dennis said, "He's among us right now. I'm stayin' alert."

Lightning struck. The man with the white face and red eyes appeared in front of all of the surviving Lethal Lions.

"Are you alert? Do you think I won't see to killing you in the end?" the man spoke in a gravelly, monotone voice. He raised a bloody knife. The lights flickered off. There was a scream of anguish, and Dennis was gone.

"Come here you coward!" Daiskue yelled, "Stop slinking around in the shadows!"

The lights flickered off again and the scary man was back.

"I don't think you want me to show myself. For when I show up, somebody dies." Lightning struck. There was a flash and Jessica was dead.

"That's it," Drake decided, "I'm out of here! Try not to die!"

"You are leaving us?" Daiskue growled at the bully.

"Have you forgotten? I came to win!"

"Have you lost all of your humanity?" the martial artist scolded Drake.

"You can't lose what you never had!" The bully cackled as he ran off.

"He's gonna die." Allie was back in panic mode.

"Leave him," Daiskue said, "He would kill us all if he had the chance."

"But he's another human being!" Allie protested.

"I know," Daiskue replied, "And I hate to do this, but there is no deterring him. It is his life or ours."

"It's not right!" Allie said.

"I know, but your judgment is clouded by emotions. This is what is best."

TERRIFYING TIGERS

The tigers noticed a figure running toward them. They all stopped in their tracks, ready to fight the murderer.

But it wasn't the murderer.

"Claire!" Peyton shrieked, "You're alive!"

"What's going on?" Claire asked her team, still shocked by Ted's disappearance.

"Chris has lost his mind," Thomas said, "He's sent an assassin to kill all but one of us. If you survive, you win the season."

"That's insane!" Claire screamed, "How is this legal?"

"I don't know!" Peyton said, "There's got to be a loophole somewhere and he's exploiting it!"

"Don't worry!" Jared said, "If that psycho comes, we'll beat the crap out of him! We're all getting out of here alive, mates!"

Lightning flashed and the white-skinned man appeared, "I wouldn't count on it." Another flash and Claire was dead.

Peyton screamed at Claire's disappearance.

"What are we gonna do?" Lucas yelled.

"We stay calm!" Thomas scolded, "I've been preparing my entire life for the time I'd be hiding from a psycho killer! I know that what we have to do!"

"So what do we do?" Manny asked, losing patience.

Lightning struck, there was a scream and where Thomas once stood, the grass was stained with blood.

"THOMAS!" Peyton screeched, "No! No! This can't be happening! This cannot be freaking happening!" Peyton felt a mixture of fear and despair, "Why is this happening?"

LETHAL LIONS

"Are we still staying in the hotel?" Melvin asked Daiskue.

"I do not know. I have no idea whether to stay or go!" Daiskue responded, still trying to keep himself controlled.

"We should leave," Sophia commented, "Only five of us are still alive and Drake's condition remains unknown."

"Alright!" Angie said, "Let's go before the murderer comes!"

The lions ran out of the McLean Spa Hotel. They got to the door and ran into the creepy man. Lightning struck, there was silence and Sophia was dead.

"There are four of us," Angie cringed, "Let's get out of here!

TERRIFYING TIGERS

"Sydney Pearson is a lose-cannon cop!" Sydney whispered, "Her specialty is catching serial killers.

"Good!" Peyton panted, "We got somebody who knows how to do this!"

"Come here killer!" Sydney grinned, "Come on and die!"

Lightning struck and the man was back, "I don't take kindly to threats." There was a flash and Sydney was dead.

"Are you kidding me?!" Peyton shrieked.

"No," the young man said.

LETHAL LIONS

The four alive lions delved deep into the jungle.

"He'll never find us here!" Allie panted, exhausted from running.

"Are we going to get any sleep tonight?" Angie asked.

"Sure," Daiskue said, "If you want to be murdered in your sleep!"

CONFESSIONAL: ANGIE

"I don't do well sleep-deprived."

CONFESSIONAL: DAISKUE

"'Are we going to get any sleep tonight?' Get your priorities straight woman! We are in a life-death situation!"

END CONFESSIONALS

"Guys!" Melvin said, "We need to come up with a plan! What if the killer comes?"

Daiskue's jaw clenched. His brain worked overtime trying to come up with a way to thwart the attacker should he return.

"I...I...I have no idea," Daiskue confessed.

"You're just going to give up now?" Angie asked, "That's not like you."

"Hiding from a serial killer is taxing," Daiskue said without emotion, "I did not expect the contest to be this intense," Daiskue added, "When I signed up for this show, I expected competition and sportsmanship. I never believed I'd wind up hiding from a killer."

"It's ok," Allie put her arm around Daiskue, "If this is the way it has to end, I'm glad I got to spend it with you."

"This is not the way it will end," Daiskue's eyes narrowed, "We're fighting a losing battle. We've lost most of our members, but in all honesty, if I had to go down, I'd go down with you people. You are all amazing. Melvin, Angie, I would go to battle with you any day. You possess unique talents, much better than simply brute strength like myself. And Allie...Allie, Allie, Allie...

"Yes?" the intelligent blonde asked the warrior.

"You...you..." Daiskue stuttered.

Just then, lightning flashed and the pale man appeared in the dark.

"I'm sorry to ruin such a touching moment," he said in a monotone, gravelly voice. Then lightning flashed again, there was a scream and Angie was gone.

Melvin screamed. Daiskue jumped to his feet.

"He has found us," Daiskue clenched his jaw.

"No!" Allie shrieked, "How could he?"

"Listen," Daiskue told Allie, "We will talk later. For now, I must fight. I would never be able to live with myself if this was how I won the game."

TERRIFYING TIGERS:

Only Peyton, Jared, Manny and Lucas remained for the Tigers.

"Come on, mates," Jared encouraged, "We can survive this!"

Peyton lay on the ground, crying.

"Um...mate, what's up?" Jared asked the girl.

"We're screwed. I've been trying to hold up the team...but..." Peyton slumped, her face touching the ground.

"No, we ain't," Jared said to Peyton, "We're gonna get through this."

Lightning flashed and the pale-skinned man returned.

"No, you will not," he said in his monotone voice.

"Yes! We! WILL!" Jared screamed and knocked the man off his feet.

"Ouch," the man said with no emotion, "I will get you back for that."

Lightning flashed, but Jared dodged the kill. He swiped his feet underneath the killer, knocking him to the ground again.

The killer got up and ran toward Lucas, but Jared blocked the killer from reaching the heavy geek. He smashed the killer's head to the ground and used a vine as a makeshift rope to tie the assassin's arms and legs together.

"Yes!" Peyton cheered, "We're saved!"

"We're all heroes!" Lucas exclaimed.

"Rock and roll!" Manny screamed.

"No. I was caught," the assassin said.

Lightning struck again, blinding everyone and the vines were on the forest floor, minus the killer.

"What!?" Peyton screamed, "How...How could he have gotten out?"

"I am a man of many skills," the killer said from behind Peyton, making her jump, "I will leave you alone for now, but beware, for I shall return."

Lightning flashed and the assassin was gone.

LETHAL LIONS

"We should go deeper into the forest," Melvin said with certainty.

"That is not a good idea," Daiskue said, "It is likely that the killer is hiding back there. If we step into his domain, we're making the first move. And you never make the first move when fighting."

"Oh," Melvin said sheepishly, "Then what do we do?"

"We wait for him to come to us," Daiskue said.

Lightning struck, "I'm already here," the pale man said.

"Come at me, killer!" Melvin screamed, running at him.

"No!" Allie screamed, "Don't!"

"Die!" The geek punched the man in the face.

"I don't appreciate being assaulted," the pale man said in a monotone voice, "You will die for your arrogance."

"I won't!" Melvin shrieked, running only on adrenaline.

"Is that a challenge?" the man raised a thick, black eyebrow, "Then bring it on."

"I WILL!" the geek charged at the scary man.

"Die," the man said in a monotone voice.

"No you do not!" Daiskue scolded the man, taking out his nunchucks, running to the man.

"I apologize we didn't have fun, but I must leave," the scary man said, disappearing in a blinding flash and a thunderclap.

"Get back here you coward!" Daiskue screamed at the man who was not there.

"I'm going after him," Melvin said with certainty.

"No, desist!" Daiskue insisted.

"It's suicide!" Allie cried.

"No! All my life I've been pushed around," Melvin said, "I'm through with it," he pulled his pants up high and adjusted his glasses, then he ran off.

"No! Don't!" Allie screamed at the geek, but he would not relent.

"Let him go," Daiskue said, "There's no stopping him at this point."

"Yes! We can! We must!" Allie cried, tears coursing down her cheeks, "I've lost too many people here! We can't just let him go!"

"There would be no chance of convincing him," Daiskue said with finality.

"I didn't think this would be how the season would end!" Allie sobbed.

"It is not over yet," Daiskue gritted his teeth, "He will return and we will give him what he deserves."

"Daiskue...I...I...I love you," Allie confessed.

"What?" Daiskue asked.

"I love you," Allie repeated, "I have since we started. Your strength in challenges, your respect for others, your loyalty...I...I..."

"You do?" Daiskue asked.

"Yes. I don't think we'll both survive this, and I want you to know that whatever happens, I'll be thinking of you!"

Daiskue did the last thing Allie expected. He took the blonde in his arms and the two embraced in a kiss. This surprised her at first, but soon she sunk into the kiss.

"I will repeat myself. It is not over," Daiskue said to Allie with certainty, "I will continue to fight and I trust that you will, too."

"Of course," Allie said, smiling confidently and wiping a tear from her eye.

TERRIFYING TIGERS

"If I die, please, whoever's watching this, please bury me with my Star Wars action figures," Lucas pleaded to the camera, "And don't take them out of the boxes. They're very expensive!"

"Don't think that way," Peyton said, terrified, but regaining her composure.

"Tell my band-mates I love them," Manny said, "Long live the Rabid Anteaters! Long live rock n' roll!" Manny said in addition.

"If we're going to survive this," Peyton said, "We can't be thinking we're all going to die!"

"Yes, mate," Jared said, "I agree! Get yourselves together mates!"

"Sorry," Manny said, "Do you dudes have a plan for survival?"

"He'll be back," Jared said, "He'll try to finish what he started!"

"I will finish," the spooky man appeared holding up a bloody knife.

"NO!" Jared screamed, running toward the man, but lightning flashed and he and Jared were gone.

"Jared!" Peyton shrieked, "No!"

LETHAL LIONS

Melvin walked around the forest. He had the misfortune of running into Drake.

"What're you doing?" the bully sneered

"You're alive?" Melvin asked in shock.

"Of course I am," Drake said, "I haven't run into the killer once."

Lightning flashed. Thunder roared and the spooky man returned, "There's a first time for everything," he said in his gravelly, monotone voice. He raised the bloody knife, but Drake swiped it out of his hand. He raised the knife at the man, who fled quickly.

"Now, then," Drake sneered at Melvin, "Chris said the last one alive was the winner, so in order to win the game, I have to kill you."

"You wouldn't," Melvin said, adrenaline running through his veins.

Drake raised the knife and stabbed at Melvin's heart, but the geek was quick and it ended up slicing through his leg. He could not feel the blow because f the adrenaline, but he saw blood leaking everywhere on his pants.

"Come on! Accept your death!" Drake screamed, plunging the knife into Melvin, missing the heart again and going clean through his left arm.

"Whoa!" Chris said, approaching the fighting rivals, "That's enough of that! No killing here! We're just playing a friendly game!"

"Friendly game?" Drake gripped the knife, "It's a life-death game now!" he stabbed Melvin in the shoulder.

Chris face-palmed, "Put the knife down and meet me at the main campground. We have to discuss some...things."

AT THE MAIN CAMPGROUND

Chris stood in front of the eight surviving contestants.

"Alright," he announced, "Nobody's dead. I was just playing a prank on y'all. Come on out guys!"

The "killed" contestants walked out into the campground, looking alive as ever.

"Nobody's dead?" Peyton screamed, "What the hell is wrong with you! You thought that having us all fear for our lives would be a funny prank?"

"Yep!" Chris grinned, "Until somebody," Chris glared at Drake, who sat next to a heavily bandaged Melvin, "Took it way too far!"

"But what about the killer?" Allie asked, "I saw him. He had a knife and there was blood.

"Nope! Wrong again!" Chris's grin was all the more desirable to punch, "Our 'killer' was really just our celebrity guest, Ennui!"

"Hello, guys," Ennui said, wearing his "ultra-goth" clothing, "It has been a pleasure being a part of this show. I am overflowing with happiness."

"Yeah," Chris said, looking scared, "You want to tell them how you 'killed' Their teammates.

"I merely kidnapped them and sprinkled fake blood around upon my retreat," Ennui shrugged, "I'm deeply sorry if I scarred anyone for life."

Most of the contestants were still getting over their panic.

"I'm not! This was awesome! I can't wait to re-watch all the footage over and over!" Chris grinned.

"You're gonna burn in Hell," Draden snarled.

"God, you guys are so touchy when you're psychologically abused," Chris rolled his eyes, anyways, I initially wasn't gonna get rid of anyone because of my harmless little prank, but it looks like Melvin sustained a few injuries. Melvin, do you think you'll be able to continue the competition?"

"No. I don't," Melvin said.

"This is a load of bull!" Draden said, "If Melvin is leaving, you should boot Drake too! He caused all the injuries!"

"No-can-do!" Chris sneered, "Murder is against the rules of the game, but attempted murder is perfectly fine!"

Drake smirked at Draden.

"You'd better sleep with one eye open," Draden snarled, "Or both, before I personally gouge them out!"

"What's the matter, little boy?" Drake sneered at the muscular teen, "Getting mad?"

"No," Draden swallowed his anger, "I'll be the bigger man here. But trust me, Drake. Next time we lose, you will be going home, ass-wipe."

"Yeah, yeah, yeah," the bully rolled his eyes.

Chris was nice enough to allow Melvin to be taken off the island by boat instead of making him take the Toss of Shame.

"Goodbye, little buddy!" Draden called out to the geek.

"Get well soon!" Allie said.

"I would go to battle with you any time," Daiskue noted.

Melvin sailed off.

TO BE CONTINUED...

Yep! That was a prank on you, too. Nobody's dead! Don't hate me for this! Happy Halloween, my friends!

Eliminated:

24th: Daniel

23rd: Tori

22nd: Emma

21st: Hanna

20th: Eric

19th: Melvin

Remaining Lions: Draden, Drake, Allie, Ted, Daiskue, Jessica, Gregory, Angie, Sophia, Dennis

Remaining Tigers: Peyton, Thomas, Manny, Kellie, Jared, Lucas, Sydney