Welcome back guys. I got a lot of support on the poll and thanks to that Hopps and I now have an idea on who's going to be in the upcoming story. I'm going to repost the poll at chapter 25 which at that point we'll be about half way through the story. Nothing much else to say except I hope you guys join the Discord link on the previous chapter and my profile page.
"Last time on Total Drama Island Revived the campers competed against each other in a singing contest. Some were fantastic! Others were disastrous! In the end it was Sugar who bit the bullet for her team. However her elimination was not in vain as Scott was once again revealed as the mastermind behind her elimination making him once again public enemy number one. Find out what happens to him and the other campers on this episode of Total Drama Island Revived."
The cameras around Camp Wawanakwa popped out of the ground, disturbing the natural wildlife, throwing trash away, and even scaring a couple of interns.
Dear Mom and Dad I'm doin' fine,
You guys are on my mind.
The cameras seemed to fly through the camp where Ryan, Cody, Beardo, Bridgette and Ezekiel were sitting on some rocks talking strategy, while Gwen watched them from a distance and not too far away Duncan, Cameron, Zoey, Dave, Sky and Mike were doing the same, but a silhouette of Anne Maria could be seen in the distance.
You asked me what I wanted to be
Amy and Sammy were battling it out on the row boat which then promptly fell over the waterfall, which showed a scared Cameron attempting to cross until the log plummeted below him.
And now I think the answer is plain to see,
Then the camera zoomed over to the beach to see the BFFL alliance hugging with an angry Jo and a disappointed Amy staring at them.
I wanna be famous.
Then the camera switched to Bridgette and Geoff having their backs turned with anger in their eyes with Topher egging them on, but Geoff then stares over to where Sammy is and his face turns from a bit of discomfort to a bit of happiness.
I wanna live close to the sun,
The scene then switched to Duncan and Courtney exchanging harsh words and waving their arms around, while Sky is trying to make up with Dave but Dave stops her and wraps his arms around her in a hug.
Go pack your bags, 'cause I've already won,
It was at this point the scene showed a shadowy character speaking to Chris.
Everything to prove, nothing in my way
Rodney was failing miserably to ask out Eva who promptly punched him.
I'll get there one day.
Sam was goofing off in the VR room while Dakota watched amicably.
Cause, I wanna be famous!
Then the scene switches to Dawn and Jasmine chasing down Scott by the cabins, before he falls into a trap set by B who was hiding behind some bushes, then the three give each other multiple high fives while Scarlett stared angrily in the distance.
Na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na!
Then it switches to the campfire where you can see everyone there and seeing Geoff and Ryan giving an awkward fist bump, while a wary Gwen watched the pair.
I wanna be, I wanna be, I wanna be famous
I wanna be, I wanna be, I wanna be famous
It was at this point all of the eliminated campers were shown fading away from the campfire scene, resembling that they have been eliminated.
The saboteur and Chris met up in a non disclosable location.
"Today you won't have too big of a role in the episode however you'll still get to dish out a sabotage," Chris explained.
"Get on with it would you,"
"You can grant a three minute time deduction to a team of your choice. In this case a time deduction is a bad thing,"
"I'll give the time deduction to the Horses, they've been getting through this relatively scott free recently,"
"Fine choice."
As the sun broke over Wawanakwa, many of the campers found themselves in various states of waking up, and many dreaded what the challenge today was going to be.
In the Giraffe's cabin, a pair of friends slept well, at least until they were woken up by yet another, new pair of friends. "Aww," Katie whined. "I thought we were going to get away from this dump! These cabins suck so much!"
"Chris is mean, that's the big problem."
"Yeah I know, I can't believe you had a crush on him in sixth grade."
"Oh barf, don't remind me!"
Gwen woke up from her slumber with baggy eyes and looked across to Bridgette, who had her head under her pillow and was breathing easily. "Thanks Chris…"
"Oh my god we're on Ryan's team. And Geoff's team! Two hot guys! EEEEEE!"
Confessional, Gwen
...tell me why Chris thought it was a good idea to send the girls over here? At least with Beardo and Ezekiel I don't have to hear them ranking the upper left pectorals of every single guy.
Beardo sat in the hot tub with a relaxed look on his face. A loud sigh of relief escaped his lips when the warm jets began rolling over his back. When his eyes eventually closed in bliss he became vaguely aware of a splash from another body entering the hot tub. "As much as I hate being away from our friends, I have to say Zeke," Beardo started. "This life is chika-chika sweet!"
The human soundboard opened his eyes to see a wet villain waiting with a bored, placid look on his face. "Dónde está mi amor?"
Beardo blinked before looking in confusion. "I don't know where Heather is Al," Beardo started, ignoring how Alejandro's eye twitched ever so slightly. "Have you seen Zeke?"
"...que tristeza," Alejandro murmured. "I have yet to see him. If you ask me I believe he is currently having a bit of a sensory overload. It may very well be possible he's on the roof crouching like a gargoyle."
"What's that supposed to mean?" Beardo asked. "He's not some kind of monster. He's just a little… quirky, like all of us."
"Some of us have been hit by the game harder than others my musical friend. But I digress, I trust that our favorite surfer girl and our favorite technician para las computadoras are doing well?"
"Why do you want to know?" Beardo asked.
"I just feel, oh so terrible about the crimes I committed against them. I had hoped after getting Heather's ultimate forgiveness I'd get but a smidgen of their's. Ah, if you won't speak then I guess I'll go elsewhere to find forgiveness," Alejandro said as he hopped out of the hottub.
Confessional, Beardo
I KNOW AL is bad news. Why does he have to be so charismatic about it? Can't the villains be villains and the good guys be good guys?
While Alejandro left the hottub, another, lesser if you would, hot guy stood on the porch of the luxury cabin with a cup of hot tea in his hands. He looked out into the commons as the grounds slowly came to life. Just as he sighed, he was alerted to a radiant beauty in his eyesights. "So Justin," Anne Maria said as she strode up to him. "How's the lap of luxury going for you?"
"Like I never left home," Justin said with a voice as smooth as honey. "It really pains me to see a beauty like you stuck in a cabin."
"It ain't too bad," Anne Maria said. "I have sporty and the neat freak over there to work with me. The lawyer and the other idiots are kind of annoying."
"Even Vito?" Justin asked with a raised eyebrow.
"Well…" Anne Maria said quietly. "Mike more so. For a weirdo he's got a lot of friends. I want to help him but mister lanky boi over there's got a stick up his ass so far he can taste it."
"Truly unpleasant," Justin remarked.
"Also pretty boy," Anne Maria continued. "I want to say that I love our chats but I'd rather wait 'til I win before we begin to date. Just know that I'm waiting for you."
"As am I…"
"Ah what the hell? Before I get eliminated I want to show you what's waiting for us at the playa!" Anne Maria shouted, leaping onto the model, who reciprocated her kisses with much vigor.
Confessional, Anne Maria/Justin
Looks like I've still got it!
Brick walked out of his cabin to see Anne Maria and Justin making out on the porch of the luxury cabin. Wincing he turned around, bumping into Leshawna and Noah as they started a conversation. "Brick! Just the one we wanted to see!"
Brick looked around worriedly and the three of them sat on the steps to the cabin. "What's the status update on Scott and Lightning?"
"Oh don't worry," Leshawna remarked.
"Yeah, both of them are clearly fighting among each other more than they are fighting between us. We should be able to get rid of one of them next time we lose," Noah stated.
"And if we lose after that?" Brick asked.
"If Scott goes first, then Lightning, then Eva," Noah answered after a minute of pondering. "Eva is more stable than Lightning if you can believe that."
Brick immediately thought of yesterday's performance with Eva freaking out and hitting the intern above the catwalks. Though since his memory was shot, he clearly recalled the microphone bouncing off of the intern's jewels and hitting him in the chin before the unfortunate intern fell into a vat of glitter. "I don't agree, but I'll take your word for it."
"We've had a season with Eva, Noah was allied with her, but you know the jock the most," Leshawna said. "So really Scott is our first target but after that either Lightning or Eva can go."
"Wait, wasn't Noah with Team E-Scope?" Brick asked. Leshawna looked to Noah as he shrugged boredly. "Because we might need more muscle in the future, if Eva can keep her temper in check."
As two members of the three musketeers looked at the other, they were suddenly interrupted by their stomachs all rumbling. "When is Chef going to make us some of his five star cuisine?" Noah asked. "I'll think easier about muscle lady when I have some food in my stomach."
"Makes sense to me," Brick remarked. Leshawna nodded along and they walked off to the mess hall.
Confessional, Noah
...as if I'm going to let either muscle woman or thunder join us. I'm a nerd, and they don't, dont, don't do well with jocks. Eva is nice enough out of the competition but when we let her join, here's what's going to happen. She'll think that she's the fourth in line, she'll try to usurp the throne, and eliminate the person we DON'T want going home. There's only six of us now. I think the three of us can just coast by.
Breakfast, for what it was, was uneventful. Instead of sticking to their teams many of the campers actually mingled around the groups to socialize. In the center of it all, out of boredom, B had Jasmine and Dawn collect silverware from the campers. Several others had circled around just to see what the silent inventor was doing. "Looks vaguely like uluru," Jasmine remarked as she handed B a plate.
On the outskirts of the circle, Dawn had pushed two bickering buddies closer together. The two looked at each other for a brief moment before they both turned to grab another helping of breakfast. "No insult?" Courtney asked.
"Do you want me to insult you?" Duncan asked in a similarly quizzical voice.
"Your Auras aren't in for insulting this morning, just talk dammit!" Dawn's surprisingly vulgar voice permeated through the crowd.
The two looked at each other with similar unease. Duncan instinctively shoved a fork into his back pocket. "B could use that."
"B could take it if he so needs it then," Duncan snorted. "Made any new friends?"
Courtney thought about it before realizing that no, she hasn't. "Evil as she was I was kind of interested to talk to Scarlett. But now she's gone. I see you buddying up with Zoey. You're not' going to steal Mike away from her are you?"
Duncan opened his mouth to retort, not knowing what to say. He didn't get a chance to retort as Zoey perkily walked between the two of them. "Hi Courtney! Glad to see you and Duncan are talking again."
"Quite perkily of you to say so," Courtney said.
"...I'm just being friendly," Zoey said, recoiling.
Confessional, Courtney
Once again the CIT shoots a B-U-L-L-E-T in her F-O-O-T.
"Sorry Zoey, I haven't had my coffee," Courtney replied.
"I've never really been a coffee fan, I much like tea more so.'' Zoey looked to Duncan and a question appeared on her lips. "Duncan I just remembered something! My hometown in the north wants to have more visual designers for Sweeney Todd. I think your aesthetic would be perfect for it!"
"Sweet! Those kiddos aren't gonna know what'll hit them! Courntey over here never was a fan of that musical."
"Now hold on," Courntey started. "You never told me Sweeney Todd was a Musical."
"You said you hated horror, you said you hated how cliche it was."
"Okay Sweeney Todd is anything but Cliche. Mike and I really get into character recreating those scenes and It's nothing but great! Mike has a great voice."
"Yeah we were all there last night," Courtney remarked. As the conversation was about to continue, an intern stormed in and threw a speaker in the middle of B's creation, what was undoubtedly a scale model of Camp Wawanakwa.
Confessional, B
The genius wordlessly holds up his middle finger.
"FOLLOW THE INTERN DOWN THE PATH FOR TODAY'S NEXT CHALLENGE!" Chris' voice echoed. Many of the campers groaned, just when they had a chance to be normal teens, Chris interrupted.
After a lengthy walk into the middle of the forest, the campers gathered around a clearing and waited for Chris to come out. While they waited, many of the more observant members of them saw, in no particular order, several flags- in enough colors for the five teams and in high enough quantity for the campers, several guns, a timer, and a vague map of the island that Camp Wawanakwa was on. Several sighs rippled through the crowd as Chris finally entered.
Chris made his entrance by firing a paintball gun in the center of the campers. "Alright everyone! Let's begin with today's challenge explanation!" As he brandished a gun, audible groans made their way through the crowd, much to Chris' confusion.
"Adivinemos," Alejandro started. "We are going to be given paintball guns and have to scatter about the forest and use those guns to our advantage."
"But don't forget," Heather continued. "This challenge is different because of the flags that the campers have, which will be the only way to eliminate them from the challenge."
"The main challenge- oh no- it won't be that simple, we need to have high ratings for my ultra luxurious life," Jo said with a sarcastic tone.
"But Chris if we want to have high ratings then what kind of challenge is this?" After Katie asked the question B pulled out five dollars and gave it to her.
"The main challenge will be to find the one true flag, which will appear on this map for but five seconds, and then you need to find it," Gwen guessed.
"You must have it on your team for the longest time," Scott Sneered.
"The team who has it on them for the longest time will win immunity and a nice reward from our sponsor," Ryan added.
"But the team who has had the true flag for the least amount of time will be up for elimination," Duncan said as he dug a hole in the ground with his foot.
"And during elimination all but one team member shall get a marshmallow," Courtney said.
"AND WILL BE ELIMINATED!" The campers all shouted frustratedly.
Blankly, Chris first looked to the campers, then to his co host. "Well pretty boy you're getting predictable," Chef said. The muscular man cleared his throat and began to shout, "ALRIGHT MAGGOTS LISTEN UP! THERE ARE MULTIPLE FLAGS ABOUT THIS ENTIRE PLACE! THE TRUE FLAG IS AS BLUE AS THE SUN AFTER A LONG DAY IN THE BARRACKS! GRAB AN EXTRA FLAG FOR AN EXTRA REWARD! THE ONLY WAY TO LOSE IS TO HAVE SOMEONE YANK OFF YOUR FLAG, WHICH MEANS THAT YOU ARE A SUCKER!"
The campers all shrugged as Chris gave them all flags correlating to their teams. Chris then made another round handing out the paintball pistols. "SHOOT ALL YOU WANT BUT THAT'S JUST FOR DEFENSE!"
"So we, like, don't need these guns?" Sadie asked. Chris and Chef exchanged a glance with brows furrowed and Chef pulled out fifteen dollars… in quarters, and hurled it at the fat girl.
Confessional, Dawn
Yes, Yes he is.
Confessional, Chris
Am I really that predictable?
Confessional, Sadie and Katie
(As Sadie picks out quarters from her rolls of fat)
Sadie: I think we could make the million easy enough by just asking like all these questions.
Katie: Too bad there's not a mall here. And no Abercrombie and Antch models.
Sadie: You like, read my mind!
"Hey Chris," Duncan spoke up in an uncharacteristically quizzical voice. "How do we even know that these guns work?" The punk aimed his fire towards the host and 'accidentally' pulled the trigger, shooting the host in his jewels. "Oh darn," Duncan said in mock disappointment. "I was aiming for your mouth."
"Wait the aim is off?!" Beardo asked worriedly. Much like Duncan before him, he checked the aim and fired in a random direction, somehow hitting Chris the mouth. "Yeah he's right," Beardo said matter-of-factly.
"Wait then that means-" Jo said as she fired a bullet, hitting Chris in the eye. "Well my aim is true, I guess you two are just losers."
Confessional, Brick
I don't see what they're complaining about. I guess they aren't as trained with guns as I am. I don't' love them but I respect them, they're a strong part of our culture
"SAVE THE CHRIS ABUSE UNTIL AFTER THE CHALLENGE!" Chef shouted impatiently.
The campers looked at each other and shrugged. With much less enthusiasm the campers walked off. "Am I losing my touch?" Chris asked.
Looking at the fallen host, Chef held up his gun and fired in Chris' butt. "Beats me."
Contrary to the mad dash to the flag that Chris was expecting, most of the campers took their sweet time, choosing to talk aimlessly among themselves and only to scatter once the five minutes was announced up. Geoff moved ever closer to Sammy and the two had been building up an average conversation, though for Geoff it was clearly much more intelligent than he was used to. Duncan and Zoey continued to talk about the non-traditional horror films, both hoping that they'd participate in another.
As the five minutes ended, the campers all dispersed into the forest. A few twitchy fingers fired their guns but their targets were unaffected. It was clear that the focus was to be on the flags rather than the guns.
The Horses had decided that the flag was most likely near a dangerous area in the forest. Considering their options they figured Sasquatchanawkwa's cave was probably the best place to start. They were slowly making their way to the cave. The Exterminators were exchanging idle chatter with each other while Courtney "led" her team to the cave and Anne Maria focused on her hair. They eventually approached the cave and peered inside to see Sasquatchanawkwa sitting and watching Total Drama reruns on his mini TV. Looking around a bit more they saw a bright blue flag with Chris's head on it.
"So who's going to go in and get it?" Duncan asked.
"Maybe someone who's fast and light on their feet," Cameron suggested peering at Zoey and Sky.
"I can do it. As a gymnast I should be able to get in and out just fine," Sky explained.
"Are you sure Sky, what if he catches you," Dave asked slightly worried.
"I'll be fine, don't worry Dave," Sky stated smiling as she darted into the cave.
Sky entered the cave and doing some incredible acrobatics to avoid making a sound she managed to get right next to the flag and grab it without Sasquatchanakwa noticing. She then took the same path she came and darted back out of the cave in pure silence.
"Told you guys I could do it," Sky cheered hoisting the flag in the air.
"Sky could you hand me the flag please?" Cameron asked politely.
"Sure Cameron."
"I think I have a plan, however we are going to need a lot of time implementing it," Cameron stated inspecting the flag. "The sasquatch has a couple of crates, and they look like they have fabric over them."
"I'll go again," Sky offered. "Just give me a minute to catch my breath." Sky looked at the sasquatch as it continued to watch television and the boxes surrounding it. Before she lifted even a single finger towards the sasquatch, a blur of blue flipped through the air and landed in the circle of horses as quickly as it left.
"It is no worry," Svetlana explained. "For I have gotten it for our worthy but lesser competitor."
Confessional, Sky
After spending time with Mike I thought Svetlana was the nicest. Turns out she has a flaw of vanity like all great gymnasts.
Ella and Beardo were just beginning to get acquainted with each other as they crept under the trees. "It is really alluring how a human beatbox like you can emulate the wondrous sounds of the forest so well," Ella complimented.
"Thanks Ella, but I think those animals can tell what's real and what's not real. You have a more persuasive feeling towards them, don't you?"
"I do in fact," Ella said as she skipped through the forest.
"How did you get rid of your music teacher?" Beardo asked, a little nervous.
"Well," Ella started. "Umm, it wasn't that I got rid of her it was that she got relocated to Mexico. But I just sang a song and then the geese took her away."
"What song was it?"
Ella cleared her throat and a calming melody played through most of the forest. Beardo immediately picked up on her tune and started echoing it. The two continued through the forest before both immediately ran in the opposite direction, pursued by not just a pair of geese but a misplaced mountain lion.
Confessional, Ella
Oh darn, I thought that my voice changing would have changed who we got attacked by.
Brick, Leshawna, and Noah looked at each other as they hid in the tops of the trees. "I never get tired of these things," Brick said wistfully.
"Well the rest of us do corporal," Noah snarked. He pulled a leaf out of his hair and let it fall to the forest floor.
"Why do we have to be so high in the trees? The flag is down on the floor!" Leshawna asked angrily.
The three continued their trip through the trees without much noise, apart from the occasional grumble.
Below them, Justin and Sammy wound up paired together once again and were walking to the best of their ability, eyes peeled, and looking for the flag. "Do you remember if Chris said the flag was camouflaged?" Sammy asked.
"No? I don't think he has enough money for camouflage."
"But he certainly has enough money to randomly give out money."
"That is true. Why is he so nice all of a sudden?" Justin asked.
"I could be wrong but maybe he had a lawsuit that forced him to be more generous. GET DOWN," Sammy hissed abruptly. The model was pulled under and they saw Geoff's feet right in front of them.
"Hey Sammy," Justin said persuasively. "Don't hate me for this but I'm just going to do a little yank and grab Geoff's flag."
"Oh," Sammy blinked. "Well...umm…" She shook her head rapidly and slapped herself. "You can do that but there are at least two pairs of feet behind him and if you snatch his flag, what is stopping whosoever feet are those from snatching your flag?"
Justin rolled his eyes, confident that there wasn't anyone behind Geoff, but as he rose up, Sammy tackled him from her squatted position. Above the bushline, Cody looked at Ryan, who shrugged, and Ryan beckoned the two BFFFLs over. "Point made," Justin said simply.
Confessional, Sammy
Well, what do you know? My bluff ACTUALLY WORKED! I knew I had a great gut instinct!
Confessional, Justin
(looking at a small bruise on his shoulders) That girl is stronger and smarter than she looks.
"Okay, it's all finished," Cameron said. The horses gathered around and bent down. "There wasn't enough fabric for me to make one for all of us so first come first serve I guess?"
The Horses all picked up the replica flags the short genius made and flipped them around. "Hey why does a twig get one of them," Duncan asked, annoyed. He glared at Dave who gulped and dropped the flag. "That's better."
"Come on Duncan," Courtney said, irritated. "We're all on the same side here."
"Well in that case can Zoey have yours?" Duncan asked.
"Wait which one is the real one?" Sky asked.
Before Cameron could answer, the lot of them were interrupted when Noah fell from the sky in their circle. "Ow…." Noah groaned.
When Anne Maria made a grab towards the egghead's flag, she immediately recoiled as her hand was hit by a paintball bullet. "Scatter!" Mike shouted, gasping into Svetlana. On the other side of the clearing, Sammy and Justin appeared from the woodworks, pursued by Cody, just as Jo locked eyes with Duncan.
The clearing was soon empty, except for now a flagless and trampled Noah, who feebly raised his hand before having it fall down. "ATTENTION EVERYONE! THE FLAG IS WITH THE HORSES AND NOAH HAS BEEN ELIMINATED FROM THE COMPETITION!"
Confessional, Lightning
Sha-Hell no! If that weasel somehow gets himself safe then I'm gonna sha-vote for that stupid egghead!
As the dust died down, Zoey wound up separated from Cameron and Mike and was running parallel to Sky. They continued running for three minutes before Sky fell down a gentle incline. Zoey checked her hips impulsively for her gun, the flag, and the other flag. "Is this the real one?" Zoey asked no one in particular. She continued through the woods, alert and ready for action.
Bridgette and Gwen had heard the announcement and had just seen Cameron sprinting through the woods to the best of his ability. It was clear that the nerd was already winded but he held his gun with a tight grip. "Let's go," Gwen commanded.
The two girls ran across the forest and cornered Cameron as he feebly held up his paintball pistol. "Don't shoot!" Bridgette yelled. "We just want the flag."
"Yeah and then what?" Cameron asked worriedly. He gulped and tried to run away, only to be cornered by B, who pulled him up with hoodie.
The silent genius grabbed the flag and ran off into the forest, Gwen and Bridgette in pursuit. Cameron smiled to himself and collapsed to the floor, unaware that a trio of Rabbits was taking him to their burrow.
B stopped to take his breath, faking out Bridgette as she made a lunge towards him, but he was unable to prevent Gwen from taking out his team flag. "ATTENTION EVERYONE! B IS OUT OF THE COMPETITION!" Chris announced. "THE FLAG HAS NOT CHANGED HANDS!"
"Wait what?!" Gwen frustratedly shouted. She looked at the flag, it looked identical, but knit on the bottom was a faint etching of 'fake' on it. "Aw fuck."
Bridgette crawled over to her and looked at the flag. "Well we could still use it."
Gwen adjusted her pants and in doing so slipped off her own flag. "Here can you help me adjust my flag?" she asked the surfer.
"AND GWEN IS OUT OF THE CHALLENGE!" Chris said through the speakers. "YES GWEN AND BRIDGETTE, FRIENDLY FIRE COUNTS! SO DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT ADJUSTING YOUR FLAGS ANYMORE! AND WHEN YOU'RE ELIMINATED PLEASE LEAVE THE FOREST IMMEDIATELY OR ELSE YOU GET DOCK OF SHAMED!"
"That bastard," Gwen grumbled. She looked to Bridgette apologetically as she backed awkwardly out of the forest. Bridgette followed closely, at least until she saw Sadie and Katie.
Confessional, Gwen
I'm fairly sure that we can continue this competition without Chris and we'd be one big family. Not quite happy, there are a few bad apples there.
Confessional, Bridgette
I'm… I'm sure I could have lasted on my own, I swear! It's just a high intensity situation and I don't like being lost when anything can shoot out and fire away…
Anne Maria had just shaken off Heather when the queen bee was swept away by a giant goose. The queen bee cursed at the avian terror as she flew higher and higher, but Anne Maria trudged on. Not looking where she was going, she tripped over a root and fell, flailing, before a pair of hands caught her. "Wow, looks like your beauty is rubbing off on me," Justin said with a flirtatious smile.
"Hello handsome!" Anne Maria shouted. "Damn shame we're in a contest now. I bet your heart's really pounding."
"Oh yeah," Justin said. "It really is. I'm supposed to take your flag but I don't really want to do that."
"I mean I could be wrong, I don't know if I have the real flag on me so I don't think that's too big of a loss," Anne Maria said scornfully. "But you're going to have to get it off of me."
The two looked at each other with a smirk and entered some weird, oddly hilarious and romantic tango between the two of them. In the blink of an eye, Justin winked and held Anne Maria's blue flag between his teeth as he tucked his hand behind his back. "I took years of ballroom dancing. And I'm naturally good at sweeping lovely women like you off of their feet."
"Well I guess you deserve a victory smooch then hotcakes." True to her word, Anne Maria kissed the incredible hunk with great voracity. As she slipped her hands behind Justin's shapely behind, the model turned and dipped her gently into the ground. "Fiddlesticks."
"I can't reveal all my tricks, and I've got to play fairly, even with the most perfect woman in the games," Justin said as he scampered into the woods.
Confessional, Anne Maria
I'm still in the game, and I can one hundred percent get the flag back. Now if only the hawaiian hunk didn't run so fast. Oh but he'll be back, I'm sure of it.
When Anne Maria stood up, she felt a paintball, three of them in fact, nail her directly onto her poof. Sighing, she pulled out her gun and fired blindly, narrowly missing Sammy as she ran away with her head over her hands. Anne Maria checked her belt, her flag came dangerously close to slipping, but she tied it on hastily. She continued her jog through the forest, running into Dave for a brief moment.
"You need me to rough up the punk a little bit for you?" Anne Maria asked.
"What?" Dave asked.
"That punk over there is roughhousing a little too much. Just say the word and one punch will come to him from the other huh?"
"...whatever," Dave said, shaking his head. He ran forward, grumbling and cringing as he waded through the forest.
Unknown to him, Katie and Sadie were slowly plucking on Bridgette's nerves. The two had turned to each other as Dave slowly crept up on the two of them. With a sigh, Bridgette made a leap towards the neatfreak, who ducked in fear and Bridgette rolled down the forest hill with multiple bleeped expletives. "That was weird," Katie remarked.
"HEY GET AWAY FROM KATIE!" Sadie suddenly shouted. The two girls turned around and saw the neatfreak running through mud, cursing much like Bridgette did. "So ugly."
"And so creepy!"
Ezekiel was making his way through the forest trying to evade any real conflict. He had been separated from the Rabbits a little while back and was attempting to make his way back to his team. Ezekiel had just walked past a tree for what he thought was the third time. However this time it was different. He had managed to find Ryan his alliance member or former alliance member he wasn't sure sense they had been split up.
"Ay Ryan, what's up eh?" Zeke shouted waving over to the jock.
"Oh hey Zeke. How's the Rabbits treating you?" Ryan asked a hint of worry in his voice.
"Good so far eh, Alejandro and Heather haven't tried anything yet if that's what you're asking. How're the twins treating you eh?"
"I think Bridgette and Gwen are suffering more than us guys are," Ryan chuckled.
"Yeah, speaking of Gwen I should've told you sooner but Gwen is coming after you."
"I had my suspicions but I didn't think she actually was," Ryan stated somewhat shocked.
"Yeah she was calling you Eel-Ryan or something like that eh. And I think she's swaying Geoff to her side."
"Well I guess I need to send Gwen home sooner than planned," Ryan shrugged.
Before Zeke spoke, he sneezed, causing a small hole to appear in the ground in front of the two boys. "Yeah eh. You think you can sway Sadie and Katie to your side?"
"I think they'd still be pissed at her for what she did to Trent in Action, so I could use that alongside Cody, Bridgette, and I's votes she'll be gone."
"I don't want to bash Bridgette eh, but you really think she'll vote for Gwen?" Ezekiel stated, voicing his concern.
"Even so, I suspect she'll vote for Trent if it came down to it which would still lead to Gwen going," Ryan stated.
"Yeah eh, it just comes down to those twins eh."
"I know, I just hope everything works out. I'll see you around Zeke."
"See ya eh."
Confessional, Ryan
Now that I actually know Gwen is after me, I need to be especially careful. Gwen is a great player so the fact that she's targeting me scares me especially now that Ezekiel and Beardo aren't on the team anymore. I'm more vulnerable than I have ever been in this game
Confessional, Ezekiel
(Zeke looks to the camera like he's about to say something, but he sneezes, and opens another hole in the confessional)
All I need to do is to stay on the team long enough for a shuffle to put me and Beardo back on Ryan's team and we'll be back in the end game!
As Beardo and Ella managed to run away from the birds, the two looked at each other and laughed with a small smile on both of them. "That's a great voice if I might say," Ella said.
"I do try my best, but I've always had trouble shutting up," Beardo said humbly.
"Oh but don't worry about what others say," Ella trilled. "The worst judge of a person is the voice within, and if that voice is too loud it'll silence the outside."
"Good point," Beardo said quietly. "Well, I think we better get to finding the flag, huh?"
"Split up?"
"Unfortunately," Beardo said sadly. The two waved goodbye to each other and continued through the forest.
Yet for Beardo, his sojourn ended rather quickly when a certain alpha bitch cut across his path. "Oh, It's that long haired boy," Heather said to herself. "Well teammate, have you any intelligence related to the flag?"
"Girl, Ella and I just got chased by animals," Beardo said quietly and tiredly. "I know nothing about the flag."
"Ugh," Heather said in disgust. "Well, let's go looking for it. It can't be that far if you ask me."
Beardo let out a small yelp as the alpha bitch grabbed his wrist and dragged him into the forest.
Confessional, Heather
I hope I'm playing this nice role well, new meat means new suckers,s and new alliances. Anything to keep me and Alejandro in the game longer.
Confessional, Beardo
As nice as Heather seems, she's always been good at that. Didn't you guys watch the first episode of Island? That was literally (plays a siren noise). Right now I don't think there's a better option though.
Ryan had just departed from Ezekiel and was now walking along the riverbank before hearing some rustling in the bushes. He turned to see a wild Owen appear and was able to dive out of the way just in time. However Owen wasn't the only one to appear. Many other campers appeared into the clearing. Ryan knew that he was cornered and he needed to find a way out. He looked across the water and saw a set of stones that he could use to get across.
As Ryan looked around him, he saw the fat boy race forward into a tree and recieve an egg to his head. While Ryan continued to deliberate, Owen smelled the egg on his head and ate it, before he scampered off happily, seemingly forgetting about the challenge at hand.
Confessional, Owen
I haven't had quail egg in a long time. IT's great. MMMM. Egg...
He sprinted off towards the rocks with many campers in hot pursuit. He managed to get half way across but because of his lack of balance he fell into the river losing his flag down stream. He managed to swim and get it back before DJ could dive in and get it but Ryan didn't get out unscathed. DJ fought for the flag but Ryan managed to push him away and get out of the river but he wasn't in the clear yet. Brick and Leshawna were in hot pursuit of Ryan, as they darted through the forest.
Leshawna dove for Ryan's feet but he managed to sidestep an incoming tree leaving her to dive head first into the tree. However Brick was still hot on his heels as were B, Sammy, and Scott. Ryan looked behind him to see Brick gaining on him in which he spun around and turned back towards the competition and caused Brick to miss in the process. He then juked out B sending him flying, then he spun around Sammy causing her to "break her ankles" and then he hurdled Scott.
Ryan started jogging away but then the sexy latino appeared. "Alejandro, you wanna join the others I just juked out," Ryan chuckled.
"Oh no mi amigo I want the flag and I'm going to get it," Alejandro smirked.
"Suit yourself," Ryan shrugged as he charged at him.
Ryan went for the spin move flag in hand but Alejandro managed to stick with him and pluck the flag out of Ryan's hand.
"What how?" Ryan stated confused.
"Ah mi amigo you may be a football star but I'm a star athlete. There's a difference," Alejandro smirked jogging away.
"Well fuck. I just hope I held it long enough to give us a lead," Ryan sighed, deciding to jog after Alejandro.
Confessional, Alejandro
Ryan is a good player but, I'm better. That's a lesson learned mi amigo, you can't be too cocky in this game or you'll pay the price.
Justin had the flag in his back pocket and was making his way through the forest. Yet, unbeknownst to him the island's resident jockette was sneaking up behind him. Jo had been following Justin for a solid minute waiting for the perfect moment to strike and she knew it was now. She sprinted behind the model snatching the flag from him before he even knew that she was there. The model was hot on the jockette's heels and was close to snagging the flag back before the model took a not so graceful fall. However Brick who had been searching for Alejandro after he saw the spaniard take the jock's flag stumbled upon Jo.
"Ah, Jo," Brick said as confidently as he could muster. "It appears we have managed to meet once again."
"Well hello lieutenant urine trouble," Jo cockily stated. "You aren't getting this flag easily.
"We'll see about that."
Brick charged at an unexpecting Jo and tackled her to the ground attempting to wrestle her for the flag. Though it was clear that Jo held a slight advantage, the two were nothing if not strong and both delt solid blows towards each other. The match drew close to an end as both physical powerhouses stood up.
The winner was about to be determined when a rolling surfer fell from a higher point and tackled the two, splitting the fight as she continued to fall and took Brick with her. Jo took a quick inventory and realized that one of those two dunderheads took that flag.
Confessional, Jo
This is why I hate the forest! And for that matter dumb surfer girls.
Brick stood up from the fall quickly and ran off into the forest, leaving a limping Bridgette behind. "Don't leave me.." she whimpered. As BRick disappeared into the brush, Bridgette felt a tap on her shoulder. After a scream that was both too loud and too long, she turned to see Cody on the floor covering his ears. "Oh thank goodness! Look, Brick had the flag last and I just lost him. We need to find him but I'm not leaving you!"
Confessional, Cody
In between the ringing in my ear I heard her say something about mortar and stuff. She spoke too fast for me to comprehend it. I guess I'll stick with her.
Brick was jogging away from the recent site of his scuffle with Bridgette and Jo however unbeknownst to the army man, Bridgette and Cody were hot on his trail. Brick needing a rest went and sat behind a tree figuring no one was near him. Cody looked to Bridgette and they nodded having a silent agreement between them. Cody went to the right side of the tree and Bridgette went left still with a slight limp.
Bridgette being the klutz she was snapped a twig alerting Brick to their presence. Bridgette thinking fast tackled Brick and snatched the flag away from him. She turned to her partner and shouted for him to take the flag.
"CODY, take it and run," Bridgette yelled, throwing the flag his way. Cody managed to catch it and run with it away from the duo.
"And the Rabbits have the flag, and with fifteen minutes left let's make things interesting. Cody is the Rabbit with the flag," Chris shouted over the loudspeaker.
Once it became solidified that Cody had the flag, the wannabe casanova looked to Ryan, looked to Sammy, looked to Scott, and bolted towards the campgrounds. It was a familiar chase scene, and Cody had just enough of his brain to ball the flag up and toss it over to Ryan. The two kept tossing the real flag between them as their chase grew bigger.
Ella and Beardo, falling from the sky, landed in a cave, disturbing a bear. Ella and Beardo's musical screams echoed as they ran out of the cave and joined the chase for the flag. The bear, noticing the waving flags between all of them, made many leaps to grab it. "KEEP GOING!" Cody shouted encouragingly.
Ryan paled at the sight of the bear behind the crowd piling over. Using his football fake-out skills to the test, he bumped into Cody and ran in the opposite direction.
The bear, Sammy, and Beardo continued to pursue Cody while Ella, Scott, and several more campers continued to chase Ryan. As Cody breathed a sigh of relief, he felt someone grab his ankle. Dave got a hold of the flag once more and Dave continued the chase where the techno-geek left off. "HELP ME SKY!" the neat freak shouted automatically, forgetting that his partner in crime was out of the challenge.
Ella's breath grew choppy and with that came a song of flight, one that summoned the Pixie girl over, who landed on the Bear as the bear accelerated. Dawn screamed as she was taken on the hapless ride. Out of the corner of his eye, Cody could see Ryan bolting at an angle towards the crowd, trying his best to intercept Dave. The football jock tripped over a stream, tumbling down the river as he cursed others. He was soon followed by Scott and Heather, who had both joined the chase.
The crew chasing after the flag persisted and soon Cody made enough distance to jump onto Dave. The two skinny boys struggled and Cody prevailed, but he looked up at the waiting crowd and gulped. Taking a deep breath, Cody ran.
"Attention campers! One minute remains and the Giraffes have the flag!" Chris shouted through the megaphones. Cody ramped up in speed, bumping into Bridgette, and they exchanged the flag and ran at the peak of the crowd.
"NOT HOW I WANTED TO END THIS CHALLENGE!" Bridgette complained. The campers bolted through what seemed to be a production courtyard central, and they dodged overworked and underfed interns to get through the maze of organized chaos. The campers jumped over food trays, tents, and barreled through a moving wardrobe.
As they all looked up, disoriented, Chris came on the speaker once more. "And time is up! And HOLY CRAP!" The host walked out of the editing room to see no fewer than 6 campers, a bear, and all his destroyed wardrobe. The campers looked at Chris as he seemed to shut down, run towards the clothes, and bury himself in them.
"Well you all broke him," Chef said annoyed. A cheer came from the campers before he fired them another glance. "The interns will determine the winner. It seems like Chris is out of commission for today."
Confessional, Chris
THAT WAS MORE MONEY THAN ANY ONE OF THEM ARE WORTH COMBINED!
After reviewing the footage, the interns silently handed Chef a paper. "Okay we also have to announce the sabotage," one of the raspier interns said. "The saboteur chose to get rid of three minutes for a random team. And this time it was the Horses."
"So Horses, you obviously lost," Chef said without much fanfare. "If it weren't for the saboteur it'd be those pansies on the Rabbits losing a member. You guys have an hour before the elimination ceremony, get to whatever socializing you teens do nowadays! AND I SAID GET TO IT!"
[The flag was uncaptured for 10 minutes
The Horses held the flag for 18 minutes but lost 3 minutes due to the sabotage
The Giraffes had the flag for 25 minutes
The Birds held the flag for 32 minutes
The Doves held the flag for 18 minutes
The Rabbits held the flag for 17 minutes]
"Man," Anne Maria said as she wiped the last of her paintball out of her hair. She looked up and saw Dave and Sky walking away from Cameron. "Hey Scrawny, Sporty!" she called out.
The two looked at each other and jogged up to Anne Maria. "What is it Anne?" Dave asked.
"This Jersey girl is thinking that bubble boy over there needs to go," Anne Maria explained. "He didn't explain his plan fast enough and this wasn't the first time a good chunk of us got painted because of him. Besides, he's too smart for his own good."
"Oh," Sky said, breaking an awkward silence that formed between them. "We totally get what you mean but if it's just the three of us voting for him he won't go."
"Ah leave that to me," Anne Maria said, pulling out a nail file. "I'm no strategist but I'm guaranteed at least one fifth of a vote. And didn't you hear Duncan and Mike arguing? I'm sure that he doesn't want Cameron here either. Now come on Sky, I need help looking cute enough to get Duncan on my side."
Confessional, Sky
...okay…
Umm…
I've grown to like Anne Maria as a friend but Dave and I are in the alliance...wait, if Dave and I still vote alongside Anne Maria then she could think that the two of us are friends still, and with the exterminators having the majority vote then I could get out still with a friend! YES!
As Dave looked at Anne Maria dragging off Sky, he looked frantically around for the rest of his alliance. He darted to their general direction and bumped into Courtney. "Hey watch it!" the girl shouted.
"Sorry!" Dave hastily shouted as he dusted his hands.
"Where are you off to in such a hurry?" Courtney asked as she narrowed her eyes.
"I stepped on a pile of poop and I really need to clean it."
"Oh, let me see, I'll help you out," Courtney said as she made a grab towards the neat-freak.
"NO!" Dave shouted. "I'M ALREADY TAINTED LIKE PAINT WITH A T!" Courtney awkwardly stood up as she saw the slender boy bump into the open door of the confessional, somehow landing inside it.
Confessional, Dave
(Head in the toilet)
...I think I oversold it…
Confessional, Courtney
Dave is hiding something, but the question is what? Probably an alliance with Sky maybe?
Undeterred, Courtney continued on her brisk walk through the campgrounds and looked for her target. With a sigh, she grabbed a twig in her hands and snapped it. Catching a flash of green through the trees she ran forward. "Duncan!"
The head of green turned around and Duncan plastered a smug look on his face. "And the princess returns to the troll under the bridge."
Courtney rolled her eyes and pulled Duncan aside. "Easy, easy, I ain't going anywhere yet."
"I know, but I think Dave wants to get you out," Courtney said bluntly.
"Heh, doesn't surprise me at all," Duncan said nonchalantly. "I think he's been on my case ever since Lindsay's elimination."
"So? Now I think the two of us can get enough votes to get rid of him!" Courtney said excitedly.
"Well look at it this way. Neat freak has half the brains and barely more than the strength of bubble boy. He's not a threat. If we keep him around then he's fodder for the lunatic, old red, and bubble boy to get rid of. I'm thinking we can get rid of the annoying orange or even flippity francine, just to keep the two of us around."
"I still want to go for Neat Freak-I mean Dave."
"Fine, I'll see if I want to vote with you, but I sure hope our next meeting is somewhere more comfortable." The camera zoomed out to show that Duncan was pinned in between the gaps of the cabin's railings.
"I'm sure they flipped you around a lot worse in juvy."
Confessional, Duncan
Me?! Flipped around?! Nah, I'm the flipper if you ask anyone.
Duncan wrestled his way out of the railings as Courtney walked up. "Surprisingly civil."
"You say something Duncan?" Cameron asked, popping up behind Duncan.
"Anything that the dice wants us to do?" Duncan asked.
"Dice?"
"Mike? He has many sides to him?" Cameron nodded slowly and Duncan smiled.
"The orange," Cameron said.
"Now you're speaking my lingo."
As the two idly chatted, Sky peered around the corner with a mop bucket full of cold water. Anne Maria smiled as she pointed towards the door. Mike took a step out of the cabin and Anne Maria pointed to the gymnast. In a fluid motion Sky splashed Mike with the cold water. "Oh Mike!" Anne Maria said in a fake sounding concern. "You should get yourself changed. Here, I'll help you!"
Anne Maria rushed to grab Mike's wrist, unaware that he was shaking. "Anne Maria I'm fine," Mike said gruffly. He broke her grip and stormed off behind the cabin. Duncan and Cameron looked at each other and raced off.
Behind the cabin Mike hit his head against the wall repeatedly. "Easy, easy!" Duncan said as he pulled Mike away from the wall. "Are you okay?"
Mike looked at Duncan with a hard glare that softened quickly and he sat down with his head in his hands, willing himself not to cry. "I know what she was doing. She wanted to talk to him."
"Vito?" Cameron asked. Mike nodded feebly and Cameron lent his sweatshirt reassuringly. Mike buried his face in the red before he gave it back to Cameron, who slipped it on without much issue.
"He's not that bad," Duncan tried to say reassuringly.
"...he was worse back then," Mike said quietly. He looked to his friends in support as he shook. "I was twelve years old and he showed up. I had one ray of sunshine in middle school. My friend Ryan already left and I was alone, a target of the bullies. I had a friend, I liked her. I...I really liked her. In hindsight she barely tolerted me, the tall, lanky, awkward, stupid, mentally fragile quirk. I...I gave her a valentine. She laughed. I thought she wanted more. She laughed. SHE LAUGHED! I stopped but by then it was too late. She had brothers and sisters in the school. Two of them cornered me and tried to fight me. I slipped away with Svetlana but my shirt got caught and Svetlana tripped."
Mike paused, trembling as the sun continued to set. He looked at Duncan with wet eyes and wiped them away. "I ran to my Uncle Vincent's auto-garage. The bullies almost caught me at Uncle Vincent's. Then… then.. I don't know."
Zoey climbed out the window after looking at a trembling Mike. Without hesitation she plopped next to him and gave him a hug. "Uncle Vince said I took on his swagger, his toughness, his confidence, and the bullies never tried to beat me up again. His girlfriend at the time said I tried to flirt with her."
Mike gasped and buried his head in his hands again. "Anne Maria?" Zoey asked the two other boys. After seeing them nod, she curled her lips and hugged Mike tightly. "It's okay, you're not a tool in this game. You're a person."
Confessional, Mike
(The teen looks at the camera with big eyes, blinking rapidly. He opens his mouth before he sighs, leaving with his hands over his eyes)
While the four waited for the elimination ceremony to come around, Mike intermittently cried and dried his tears. An awaiting Courtney stayed off to the side and pulled Cameron away as quietly as possible. "Hey...Cameron right?" Courtney asked. "What's up with Mike?"
"Personal stuff," Cameron said quietly.
"Oh," Courtney whispered. "Well, umm, I don't know if it's just me but I think Dave could go today. I'm sure that Anne Maria doesn't like how much of a neat freak he is, and I'll vote out Dave, so we just need your vote to guarantee a tie."
"Well umm," Cameron said, looking at a whimpering Mike. "I'll think about it."
"Perfect!" Courtney said as she walked off. She pulled out a list and underlined Cameron's name on it.
Confessional, Cameron
Is it just me or is Courtney a lot more personable? Still delirious, but a lot more personable.
Elimination Ceremony
The Horses were making their way to the all too familiar Elimination Ceremony. One by one each walked to a tree stump and took a seat where an awaiting Chef stood, arms crossed and a sneer on his face. He clearly wasn't happy but when was he ever?
"First you guys do Chris' job for him, then you tear up his wardrobe…" Chef started as he slammed the tray of marshmallows on the podium. "Well I sure as hell am not going to do this again! And you can forget about that eye candy doing it! I got another sucker from the playa."
From behind the monstrous cook came the favorite Zombie freak. Sky and Dave gave him polite waves that he eagerly sent back. "I heard you guys did Chris' job for him. Nice work. Now Chef just gave me a list of names and he told me to salivate it for drama…"
Confessional, Shawn
I really hate the word Salivate. It sounds just like what a zombie would describe a brain. Eww….
"There are seven marshmallows, not enough for all eight of you. And luckily we aren't sacrificing the sucker who doesn't have the marshmallow to the zombies. Nevertheless," Shawn looked around the elimination station as eight pairs of eyes looked at him worriedly.
"It's clear that there's been a lot of planning, but now we need to know which plans are in fact, successful. Those that I call please collect your marshmallow after I call your name, Sky… Duncan… Mike… Zoey," Shawn spoke, pausing between each name, allowing each name called to collect their marshmallows. Mike and Zoey walked forward, carried by each other. Duncan and Sky looked at each other, shrugged, and each gave the other a hi-five.
From her seated position, Courtney's lips turned into a frown. "All four of you have at least one vote. Don't let that weigh heavily on your brains! That means the zombies can get to you." The four of them looked at each other, equal parts worried and various parts relieved.
"Now," Shawn started. "Courtney, Dave." The two teens leaned forward expectantly. "I heard a bit of your scuffle and Chris said...he said a lot of dramatic things that I'm not allowed to disclose. But don't think about it, that's how the zombies continue to track your brains...ew."
"That being said, you both get a marshmallow."
"Who voted for me?" Dave asked.
"Chris says I'm not supposed to say." With a huff, both Dave and Courtney made it over to the save portion with their fellow campers.
"Cameron and Anne Maria," Shawn said. "Are you guys comfy, because Chris says to draw this out as long as possible."
"Chris isn't here!" Courtney shouted. "You can control the pace of the elimination!"
"Right," Shawn said, nodding in agreement. "Cameron and Anne Maria, you have the majority of the votes. Chris also says to call you a winner and a quitter. One of you will be joining me back on the playa. Cameron, Chris says that your ties and your weakness are cause to let you go. Anne Maria, it's your hairspray and your abrasiveness and general annoyingness that puts you up. Now…"
Cameron and Anne Maria leaned forward expectantly. Both gulped and the two of them looked as Shawn hovered above the last marshmallow. "Cameron, you're safe my fellow victor."
Anne Maria leaned forward dejectedly and stood up. "Well," Anen Maria said, dusting off her pants. "Sorry Vito, Svetlana, Manitoba, Chester, Mike, Duncan, Cameron, and least of all Red," she started. "I guess I should have been more of the listening rather than the Staci type. Sporty, Neat Freak, it was fun to meet ya two. Courtney, you stupid pris, you're next I'm sure of it! At least I spend the rest of the game in luxury away from you fuckers!"
As Anne Maria made the walk to the dock, she was stopped by a beautiful hand. "Anne!" Justin shouted.
"Well hot stuff, my game ends here," she said sadly. "Hey, don't look sad, it gives you wrinkles. And I'll be good looking for you by the time you win this game!"
"You could always return," Justin said optimistically.
"There's a lot of good people that are going to go next. I'm not winning that competition no matter how much Jersey blood I've got."
"I thought you were English."
"Brainiac told me that there's an english thing called Jersey, so I'm still Jersey one hundred percent! Now be a dear and wave me off?"
The two looked at each other with warm smiles and Justin held Anne Maria's hand as she stepped onto the boat. Leaving her with a kiss as the boat went off, his path to his room was cut off when Chris ran across his path, screaming about his underwear being tainted with a capital P.
On the boat of losers, Shawn turned to the camera. "Okay looks like Chris is still insane so I've got this part to do," he started. "Who will join the others and I at the Playa. Will Sky be kicked out of The Exterminators for her betrayal? Are Duncan and Courtney fixing their issues? And will we ever find out who the saboteur is? Find out on the next episode of Total Drama Island Revived!"
Votes
Anne Maria: I'd love to vote for red but that brainiac needs to leave too.
Cameron: It's been a long time coming but thankfully for Mike and everyone else in the alliance we can finally send Anne Maria home.
Courtney: I don't trust Dave at all, besides it may throw Sky off her game.
Dave: Yeah, I think Courtney may be on to the alliance maybe it's best that she goes instead.
Duncan: Finally we can send this jersey chick out of here
Mike: Anne Maria, please Anne Maria!
Sky: Cameron, I like him but it may be best that he goes now. I want to give Anne Maria a shot.
Zoey: Bye Anne Maria have fun at the playa.. At last we can breathe easily. Especially Mike.
And that's the chapter I hope you all enjoy. Both Hopps and I felt this chapter was more of a development chapter rather than a challenge/power move chapter like the last one but we still hope you guys liked it. Again the poll will be closed down and I thank you all for voting. Again a new poll will be out on ch25 and I hope you all consider joining the Discord. Again nothing too major just keep those guesses coming because a lot of you were close or got some right.
Glucose: I'm glad you stuck around this long. Your reviews although very critical are always accepted. I'll say this had your guess been about a month ago your Geoff and Sammy guess would have been right however that has now changed. And you were close with your Anne Maria statement as well. The Beth thing is a nod to Total Drama Comeback but we will get around to Chris's change in personality at some point. And Lindsay's contract will also be delved back into at some point as well.
Hopps': Thank you once again. We need critical minds like you, totally agree on going back on those running gags.
Dicetwenty: These conflicts that I end relatively quickly are more so conflicts to help build a character for a future fic such as the B and Scarlett rivalry. The Tyler and Scott one was more of a joke however I do admit I could have found a way to extend the Geoff and Topher one but I felt that Topher wouldn't have survived an elimination on that team especially with the dynamic I was building. However I'm trying to extend some longer lasting conflicts like Gwen and Ryan, Courtney and Duncan although that's slowly being resolved, and so on. As for your challenge suggestions we've had a couple of those thrown around in chats and most will be used later, the Scooby Doo one though we both liked and will definitely be used at some point. We also just thought a talent show type thing would be good here and I remembered reading that review and thought why not?
Hopps: The scooby doo idea is a great one. There are conflicts that we have in mind but they'll come into play later, and well, the Tyler and Scott one is my fault tbh. Total Drama is a comedy and I like having meaningless conflicts.
Gason Jace: We each have our opinions on how each performance should have been scored, some of the ones I did I may have scored a bit low which were most of the ones you talked about. Blainley will make at most sparing appearances. For the team swap we felt that swapping a pair would be best to shake things up. Also as for your predictions, I won't say what but you got some things right.
Hopps: I'm with you on the Blaineley appearances, I do hope that some of them were great, it certainly seemed great as I wrote them.
52nd: Harold, (vote 6-5 in favor of Harold)
51st: Sierra (vote 6-5 Sierra received second most)
50th: Staci (9-1)
49th: Max (9-1)
48th: Jo (4-3-2-1) Returned
48th: Leonard (5-5, enough votes were canceled to send Leonard home over Scarlett)s
47th: Rodney (6-3)
46th: Shawn (8-1, in favor of Scott but Scott played an idol)
45th: Topher (7-2-1)
44rd: Lindsay (6-5)
43nd: Amy (9-1)
42st: Dakota (Vote 5-2-1 Dakota received most votes)
41th Beth (Vote 5-2-1 Beth received second most)
40th Tyler (6-2-1)
39th Scarlett (3-3, votes null saboteur eliminated Scarlett)
38th Sam (4-1)
37th Izzy (3-3-2 Nomination vote, Izzy was selected by saboteur to go)
36th Sugar (4-2-1)
35th Anne Maria (4-2-1-1)
Teams
Rabid Rabbits: Beardo, Ezekiel, Sammy, Alejandro, Justin, Owen, Heather, Ella.
Heckling Horses: Mike, Zoey, Cameron, Dave, Sky, Duncan, Courtney.
Dopey Doves: B, Dawn, D.J., Jasmine, Jo.
Burling Birds: Brick, Scott, Leshawna, Noah, Lightning, Eva.
Gambling Giraffes: Sadie, Katie, Cody, Ryan, Bridgette, Geoff, Trent, Gwen