Author's Note
This chapter was finished when I expected. So I'm handling my time management skills pretty well right now. Anyways, the chapter was kind of a hassle due to the tremendous amount of pure action in it. One thing I will request, but it's not mandatory, is that you guys may rate my chapter 1-10. With 1 being the worst and 10 being the best. It'll help me decide what I'm doing wrong in each chapter. Not much to say but otherwise, time to respond to reviews!
ShadowJcreed: Yup, her non-existent social game got her 21st. Scarlett and Jo showed their villainous sides as well, Jo more than Scarlett. But regardless I hope that you're liking the route that taking them with. Scott hasn't done much yet. So you'll see who'll the main antagonist will be. As they will be revealed next chapter.
TDRoramie: I'm shocked that you've never seen TrentxSammy before on this site. It's been written about quite a lot.
Stress2Impress: Yup, Jo takes Heather role in TJI. In my eyes, Dodgebrawl wasn't as memorable as Triple Dog Dare you or, That's Off the Chain. But Dodgebrawl was pretty good.
Gucci Mane LaFlare: Thank you!
Phenomenal Excelsior: That's the problem I had with canon TD. They failed to make Courtney realize that she's bipolar and just switch her personality with each season she competes in. So, I'lle making an effort to change that. Making Courtney a bit more… aware? There also may be a Trent/Geoff/Sammy love triangle action in here as well. Jo's alliance's took some time to plan out. With future placements and interactions and such.
Amazing Brayden: Thank you. Wait and see…
Critica7: Not gonna lie, don't get your hopes up for Brick/Sammy. Most likely not gonna happen. You may be right about to whole Duncney breakup.
AndrewNotCarranza: Don't worry, Beth will get more attention, in a later season. I don't like to spoil stuff but Scott will gain some plot next episode. It's up to you to guess what way he'll gain plot. I enjoy writing both TrentxSammy and GeoffxSammy. Which ship do you like better?
The teams stand as…
Screaming Gophers: B, Courtney, Geoff, Harold, Izzy, Lightning, Sadie, Sammy, Scarlett, Scott, and Sugar.
Killer Bass: Amy, Brick, Cody, Dakota, Jo, Katie, Sam, Topher and Trent.
We're about to reach into the teen numbers. I hope you're ready!
Episode 4 - Dodgebrawl
"Last time on Total Drama Island," Chris began the recap with a shot of the campers running in the morning heat and Jo snoozing on the toilet. "The Screaming Gophers kicked butt in the Awake-a-Thon when Jo took a snooze on the can. "And the Killer Bass took their second loss in a row, harsh." clips of the Gophers cheering and Bass sulking were shown. "Jo orchestrated the first Total Drama Island alliance by convincing Brick and Cody to join forces with her, with great difficulty of course." clips of Jo conversing with the two males were shown.
"Then had her alliance persuade the Bass to vote off Beth. Which worked perfectly. Smart move, Jo, smart move." more clips of Jo conversing with her alliance were shown, plus Brick's confessional. "And even though Beth did absolutely nothing during her stay here. In the end, it was Jo who got her kicked off." clips of Beth's departure were shown. "She became the second camper to rock the Boat of Losers." the camera returned to the dock. Chris walked on-screen dramatically.
"Who will step away from their new alliance? Will Geoff be able to stay awake 'till the end of the episode? And who will take the next humiliating walk down the Dock, of Shame? Stay tuned for the most dramatic campfire ceremony yet! On, Total! Drama! Island!" he ended the recap the same way he did it every time.
(Transition to Theme Song)
[Many shots of the lights and hidden cameras popping out and turning on were shown. Mostly hurting the wildlife in the process. A cue card shifts the shot over to the dock. The camera immediately starts to fly by the 'Wawanakwa' sign, some buildings on the campgrounds, and Chris who's in a director's chair drinking coffee. The lyrics begin once the camera passes the host.]
Dear Mom and Dad, I'm doin' fine;
[The camera zips past some trees, going up the cliff that left us on a cliffhanger last episode. Peeking over to see two rings made of buoys arranged in the water below.]
You guys are on my mind!
[The viewpoint changes as if someone jumped off the cliff and into the lake; Cameron is shown in his bubble, observing the area with glee. As a fish swims by him, a fishing hook pierces and makes a big hole in his bubble, leaving Cameron to get out of the bubble and flail his arms in despair.]
Ya asked me what I wanted to be,
And now I think the answer is plain to see!
[The camera surfaces, showing B and Scarlett in a canoe, B was shown controlling the motorized fishing rod. Cameron suddenly surfaces barely hanging on to the canoe. As B awkwardly glances at him. The contraption malfunctions and Cameron's bubble flies high into the air.]
I wanna be… famous!
[The bubble hangs in the air momentarily before coming back down. A pan down reveals Jo punching a tied-up punching with extreme passion. Brick promptly jogs past her. Jo gets angered by this and attempts to catch up to the cadet. Only for the pierced bubble to drape over Jo's head. The camera zooms out to show Courtney and Scott watching the scene unfold, Scott laughs at Jo's misfortune and Courtney rolls her eyes at his behavior.]
I wanna live close to the sun!
[The camera goes to another part of camp, Sam and Dakota were sitting on an inflatable raft. Both on their respective favorite devices. Too pre-occupied with their devices, they don't notice quick enough and go over the edge.]
Well pack your bags, 'cause I've already won!
[At the bottom of the waterfall, Lightning was striking several different poses on a broken log, suspended over two rocks. During the middle of that, he missed Izzy flying in on a vine from off-screen. She promptly crashes into Lightning, and they're both sent off-screen.]
Everythin' to prove, nothin' in my way;
[The camera barely keeps up with Lightning and Izzy, panning rapidly to do so. They crash into the outhouse confessional, causing Sugar to unceremoniously fall out with her pants fall the way down, with a pixilation over the part of her body that can't be shown on television. The camera begins to pan to the window in the Main Lodge, Chef could be seen through it.]
I'll get there one day.
[The camera moves past the window. Chef was shown stirring a pot of something, pukeworthy green directly with his arm. He looked behind himself to show Harold and Cody tied up in chairs, sharing the nervous at what's about to come.]
'Cause I wanna be… famous!
[A pan left shows Topher holding a picture of something admiring it happily. He flips the picture over, revealing it to be Chris when he was in a teenage boy band. Holding a guitar proudly alongside three other people. The camera goes past another window and to the stairs near the docks. Katie and Sadie were shown to be admiring Trent who was tuning his guitar just a couple feet away.]
(Na-na nanananaa, nanana-nanaa, na-nananananaa)
[Just down the docks, Sammy and Geoff were shown lounging on lounge chairs, chatting it up. Amy defiantly flips the chair Sammy was sitting down, laughing hysterically. Sammy turns red awkwardly as Geoff gives Sammy a concerning look.]
I wanna be! I wanna be! I wanna be famous! (Na-na nanananaa, nanana-nanaa, na-nananananaa)
[The camera quick-pans ahead stopping at a waving Beth. Beth backs up and begins to twirl her baton at a great rate speed. So much so, that it looks like it's about to catch on fire. She cluelessly throws the baton up into the air.]
I wanna be! I wanna be! I wanna be famous! (Na-na nanananaa, nanana-nanaa, na-nananananaa)
[The time transitions from day to night as the baton stays in the air. As the baton comes down, the sparks from it turns into fireflies. The camera pans down to reveal Sam and Dakota sitting at the campfire, gazing in each other's eyes. They lean in for a kiss, only for it to be interrupted by a crazed Izzy popping up between them, wrapping her arms around them for a hug. The camera pulls out slowly revealing the rest of the cast, whistling the last few notes of the theme song with Chris watching by the side.]
(Transition to Episode)
A lone drumbeat and a focused shot of the Main Lodge started off the fourth episode. The camera cut inside to the teams consuming that barely edible food. The teams looked drastically different though. The Gophers looked miserable and tired while the Bass were good-spirited and talkative.
"Yo Geoff!" Chris said, earning a tired look from the formerly mentioned. "You look like crap, dude."
"Nah bro. I'm a party guy, it'll go away soon. Just watch." he waved off. The camera panned over to Sadie who gripped her hair in anger.
"Harold snore all night!" she complained.
"Wow!" Chris laughed. "Four nights with no sleep! How much are you hurting dude?"
"Need a demonstration?" Courtney threatened, brandishing a fist.
"No! No, it's cool. It's cool." Chris flinched, putting up his hands in defense. The noise of a door opening got everyone's attention. Harold promptly showed up in nothing but his tighty-whities. Holding up his usual outfit, which was covered with presumably mud."
"Alright, who put mud all over my clothes." he asked his fellow campers. Only Scott snickered at the remark. Inferring that it was him who did the prank.
"Don't you have like, pajamas?" Sammy questioned. Harold gave her a dull look.
"There's mud on those too." he stomped his foot in anger. "Gosh! Now what am I gonna wear?"
"Looks like you'll have to rock the underpants the whole day bro." Geoff told him, on his left. B grinned in realization, dashing out of the lodge. Everyone glanced at each other in confusion to what the black teenager was doing. Several sounds of construction were heard as well. Not helping the teens clue in on what B was doing on. As soon as the sound were ceased. B walked in with a carved wooden shirt and trousers, made perfectly for Harold.
"Wooden clothes?" Harold asked in awe, taking the shirt first and putting it on. "A little stiff, but they work! Thanks B!" B gave the dweeb a cool thumbs-up, ending their interaction.
"Can you please wear those trousers." Scarlett pleaded, shielding her eyes from Harold. "I don't recall wanting to see you mostly in the nude."
"Okay gosh!" Harold responded, having trouble putting those pants on due to the stiffness.
"Hey coolio!" Izzy gushed, leaning over the table to get a better look. "Can I have a pair too?" she asked the silent boy with eager. B thought over the request and nodded, but tapping his wrist like a watch.
"Ooh! You'll do it now?" Izzy guessed, B shook his head no until somebody finally translated him.
"I believe that he means later in the day. Presumably after today's challenge?" Scarlett guessed, receiving finger guns from B.
"Wow Scarlett, how'd you know what he was trying to say?" Sammy asked her friend's companion.
"Child's play." Scarlett boasted. "While B's very intelligent. I can infer that if he were to speak, he'd speak similar to of somebody like… Trent." the boy in question raised an eyebrow in confusion.
"Oh." Sammy said, barely understanding what Scarlett just said.
Confessional: Sammy
"How smart do you have to be to understand someone that refuses to talk?" Sammy told the camera. "Speaking of B, why doesn't he talk. It's starting to get kinda creepy." she rubbed her neck awkwardly.
Jo was the immediate focus of next scene, including her alliance. "I'm proud of you guys!" she said with fake glee. "You really followed through."
"Yeah, it was easy." Cody crowed. "Trent was so cool about it too." the camera panned to Brick, who still looked very guilty over what had happened.
"Um, Brick?" Jo asked nonchalantly. "You gonna say something?" the cadet returning to the present, focusing on Jo.
"Sorry." Brick apologized. "I had blanked out for a mere second. What were you two talking about?"
"Just the fact that we managed to turf Beth last week." Jo purposely questioned. "Or did you forget?"
Brick began to worry, wiping his brow and hyperventilating a little bit. He caught hold of himself and sighed, letting all that worry leave his body. "Nope I didn't forget. In fact, I was proud to get her voted off." he lied with confidence, surprising Jo. "Just doin' the team right that's all."
"What?" Jo shouted in disbelief, earning several glares from her teammates.
"Shut it Jo!" Dakota moaned in annoyance. "You're like, way too loud."
"You better watch it, you little-" Jo was out to assault the rich girl until the sound of clapping got her attention.
"Okay campers," Chris walked to the middle of the two tables. "your next challenge begins in ten minutes! And be prepared to bring it!" he smiled. A flash brought skipped the episode to a glass box. A court lined with red paint and two bleachers were inside it. The Gopher and Bass team logos were hung above each bleacher respectively. All 20 campers huddled together as Chris and a referee outfit-wearing Chef stood before them.
"Lightning's always up for a challenge!" he told his teammates excitedly.
"So's Izzy! I once swallowed a bar of soap. Wanna know why? Because I did!" Izzy talked quickly, bursting into later promptly.
"She's a nut, bro." Geoff whispered to B, who nodded sincerely. A whistle was blown ceasing all chatter amongst the contestants. Chef walked past the campers, sending dirty looks to the more odd competitors. Then rolling his eyes before leaving the view.
"Today's challenge, is the classic game of dodgeball." Chris held up one of the red balls that stayed behind him and Chef. "The first rule of dodgeball is-"
"To destroy everybody else and win that golden trophy sha-bang!" Lightning cried, striking a fist in the air.
"There's no golden trophy Lightning." Scott sneered. Sugar took part in the conversation.
"What about golden tiaras?" Sugar asked, hyping up her energy.
"Nope." Scott plainly said, letting the pageant queen down.
"As I was saying," Chris said forcefully. "If you get hit with the ball." he promptly threw the ball at Amy, striking her in the stomach. "You're out."
"Oww!" she cried, throwing back at ball in anger. "I think you thought I was Samey?"
"If you catch the ball," Chris caught Amy's weak attempt at a throw, pointing towards the bleachers. "the thrower gets sent out and the catcher gets to bring in another team member out on the court."
"Wow, this is gonna be a piece of cake." Jo bragged already. Cody nodding in approval.
"Okay now, Jo. Try to hit me." he tossed the ball to the jockette. "If you're holding a ball," Chef tossed him another red ball. "you can use it to deflect the ball. But if it knocks the ball out of your hands," Chris dropped the ball. "you're out."
"So will I be getting any screen time or what?" Dakota asked, filing her nails speedily. "I mean, you're the one wasting my precious screen time here."
"No way!" Chris said as he deflected Jo's throw into Dakota. Who fell back from the impact. "Ooh!" h winced. "you were s'posed to dodge!"
"Unhh… whatever." he got back up, revealing a big bump on her forehead. Startling nearby teammates.
"You have one minute until game time." Chris raised a finger. "Gophers, you'll have to sit one person out each game."
The camera flashed over to the Gophers huddling. "Alright people!" Courtney addressed. "We need the best of the best out there right now. The Bass are gonna be trying really hard to beat us this week. So, who's volunteering to sit out?"
"I will." Sammy offered. "Amy always said that I sucked at dodgeball-"
"Nope!" Courtney cut her off positively. "You'll be in the starting five."
"Courtney I disagree with your earlier statement." Scarlett spoke up. "We shouldn't put all our best players out first. Let's save them to hop in during the round."
"What do you know?" Courtney sniffed. "You're only here to mess distract me mentally."
"On our very behalf, I apologize for my previous actions during the Awake-a-Thon. Those comments were royally insensitive and careless so I have great remorse for saying all those things to you. I beg of your forgiveness." Courtney gaped at the suden gesture, smiling widely.
"Accepted!" she shook the redhead's hands in acknowledgement.
Confessional: Courtney
"Who knew Scarlett could make a very promising apology?" Courtney said in awe in the outhouse. "I definitely forgive her. But I sure as heck, won't forget."
The camera moved to Chef eyeing the ten players on the court. For the Bass, Trent, Jo, Cody, Katie and Topher were the starting five. As fo the Gophers, Sammy, Courtney, B, Izzy and Sadie were on the court. Both teams looked at each other devilishly. Only for Lightning to break the dramatic silence.
"Man, why ain't I on the court!" he groaned from the sidelines.
"So we could save your athletic ability for later." Scarlett answered in a bored and monotone fashion.
"Both teams ready!" Chris yelled off-screen. Each team got into their readied stance. "Best of five games wins! Now, let's dodge some ball!" the whistle blew and cheers from each team erupted from the sidelines.
Each team was shown to be carrying the balls on their side, not making a single move. In fact, the first one to make a move was Izzy, carelessly whipping the ball past Jo, only angering her. Izzy began to dart around her side to the court to make it harder to Jo to hit her. Once Jo threw it and missed, Izzy went into a cackling fit.
"Wow. Your bad!" she yelled, angering Jo even more. She attempted to grab Topher's ball. Getting declined immediately.
"Nope, don't take my ball just because you can't aim with yours." Topher clenched his dodgeball tightly.
Jo groaned. "You saw her. She ran all over the court!"
"But who decided to throw it?" Topher walked past the bossy jockette, crossing her arms in defiance. He walked up to half court, throwing the ball at B, who ducked just in time. As he raised back up, he whipped the ball he was carried at Topher. Knocking him to the ground in a yelp. Chef blew his whistle, telling Topher to get off the court. The Gophers cheered for the silent boy, except for Scarlett who eyed him oddly.
"Wow, you're bad at this game." Amy said snarkily.
"Says you." Topher grumbled, clutching his stomach in agony.
"Oof," Sammy moaned, hiding behind Courtney. "That was a really hard hit." Courtney rolled her eeys and moved from the cheerleader.
"Cool it, would you?" she asked in annoyance. "You can't show any fear to the Bass. Like I said, they're gonna try really hard to win so how 'bout you-" she got cut off by getting struck in the back of her head by a ball. All nine Bass cheered off-screen as Sammy bent over to her mentor.
"What were you saying?" she asked genuinely.
"Forget it." Courtney grumbled. Sammy struggled to pull the ex-CIT over to the bleachers. That's then a certain someone got her attention
"Hey." Geoff smiled. "Need a hand?"
"Oh no, it's okay-" sammy rambled, Geoff shut her up by carrying a knocked out Courtney himself. "Thanks." she blushed, Geoff set her down on the top row, letting her lean against the wall. "Um, are you sure that she'll be fine?"
"Yeah. She'll be fine." Geoff said, walking Sammy back onto the court.
"Hey! Get off the court!" Jo screamed off-screen, presumably the one who whipped a ball at Geoff's head. Narrowly missing. The party boy steadied his hat before responding to the jockette.
"Hey! It's just a game dude!" Geoff put up his hands in defense. "Take it easy man."
"This is Total Drama 'Party Animal'." Jo sneered. "Not a game."
"Jo's right." Topher said from the bleachers, still clutching his stomach. "If you wanna win Total Drama you're gonna have to take this game seriously."
"But," Katie picked up a dodgeball. "I thought this was a summer camp."
"You're wrong!" Izzy screamed, whipping a ball at Katie. Out of fear, she shielded herself with the dodgeball in her hand. She perfectly deflected at ball coming towards her, but it hit Sadie instead. Katie dropped the ball she held and ran over to her best friend.
"Oh no! Sadie, you are alright?" she cried, the logical one stood up understandingly and smiled.
"Yeah. It's alright." she said.
Katie took a breath of relief. " Oh good. I thought I like, killed you or something!" the two friends just hugged tightly in relief. A light tune played even though Sammy walked up to them, and hit Katie with a ball. Chef blew and whistle and the two girls walked off the court.
The camera flashed to a shot of the three v. three match. The Gophers had Sammy, B, and Izzy. While the Bass had Trent, Jo and Cody. Chef blew the whistle and everybody got into their stances.
"Hey guys, here's the plan, go for Sammy first." Jo told the two boys. "She's a weak link so we could take her out first."
"Hey, she's not a weak link." Trent defended the nice twin. "She's just reserved."
"Yeah, what the said." Cody agreed. "Plus, she's hot." Trent gave Cody a dirty look after his last statement.
"I don't care how hot she is! I just wanna win- gahhh!" she got hit in her shin, causing her to grab it in pain. Chef blew his whistle, causing Jo to snarl and hop onto to the bleachers. Cody threw his ball over to Izzy, who was busy doing an ancient Egyptian dance to the her teammates, got hit anyway. B picked up the ball that hit Izzy, whipping it at Cody. The Ladies' Man attempted to duck but miscalculated the direction of the ball. Hitting him directly.
"Oh, so I guess it's just us." Trent said awkwardly.
"Yes," Sammy blushed, but not as hard as when she did with Geoff. "I guess it is." B broke the loving gaze by stepping in front of the cheerleader. Whipping a ball over to Trent, who barely dodged it.
"Woah." Trent said, looking at his ball sheepishly. Only for his team to react differently.
"What're you doing? Just chuck it at her!" Jo hissed from the sidelines, cupping hands over her mouth.
"Yeah, just hit her already!" Amy spoke up, crossing her arms. "Look how fragile Samey is." Trent looked at his team then back at Sammy, making a soft toss over to the cheerleader. Just as Sammy was about to get hit in the head with it, B stepped in and caught. Erupting loud cheers from the Gophers.
"You're pathetic." Jo glared, shaking her head in disapproval.
"Whatever." Trent waved them off, sitting beside Sam on the bleachers. "It's only one loss, how hard could it be?"
"I dunno, you tell me." Topher chimed in.
"Don't talk." Trent grumbled, knowing that Topher was the first one out.
"Permission to explain why I should compete next round of this dodgeball challenge-" Jo put a finger to Brick's mouth.
"Go ahead. You can replace Trent." she said, the guitarist rolled his eyes. "Of course, I'll still be in and-"
"What? How come you get to play again?" Dakota argued, tending her nails.
"Oh please, do you wanna play?" Jo countered, Dakota made a look of disgust before returning to her nails. The gamer walked up to her with slight confidence.
"Hey Dakota, why don't you wanna play dodgeball?" Sam asked. "I bet you'd be good at it. Plus, it's kinda fun!"
"Then why don't you do it." Dakota countered with attitude. Sam tilted his head.
"I'll do it if you do it. Haha." the chuckled, Dakota easily smiled at the offer, also tilting his head. "I mean, we're so alike, we're practically twins!" Dakota's smile quickly fades into a look of despair.
"Why would you say something like that to me?" she cries, Sam begins to panic to worry. Attempting to cam the blonde down.
"No, no! I meant about the tech withdrawal. And the fact that we're incredibly lazy. Trust me, you're nothing like me otherwise." Sam defended himself, which seemed to work perfectly as she got over it.
"Aww thanks!" she smiled gain, causing the gamer to smile as well.
/
The camera flashed over to the Gophers, who still conversed about who will be sitting out. "Okay Sugar," Courtney walked up to the benched pageant queen. "you're up."
"Nuh-uh!" the pageant queen shook her head. "Those balls will mess up mah' hair!" she pointed to the blonde atrocity.
"But you chose to disengage yourself from the previous round." Scarlett began, walking past the ex-CIT in disdain. "Plus it's most probable that Chris doesn't hand us the propensity to withdraw you from the game excessively."
"I don't know a word you just said." Sugar shrugged, standing up nonetheless. "But it sounded in-pie-iring." Scarlett pinched the bridge of her nose.
"I believe you're mistaken, perhaps, inspired was the word you were attempting to interpret?" Scarlett corrected, doing no good.
"What's that?" Sugar said in utter confusion, looking around for confirmation. "Is we making up words now?"
"Just go on the court Sugar." Scarlett ordered, groaning in the blonde's incompetence. Chef blew his whistle and the scene transferred to the next round. For the Gophers were Sugar, Geoff, Scott, Lightning and Harold. For the Bass were Dakota, Sam, Jo, Trent and Amy. The camera panned over the Bass, revealing their snark and confident faces. While the Gophers displayed the same emotion.
"You fishies should be scared," he readied the ball he was about to launch, "because you're about to get struck by Lightning!" he threw the ball he readied at Jo. Who was clearly more aware this round, dodging the attack and returning fire. Lightning ducked at that too, throwing yet another ball. Sam proceeded to walk behind Jo slowly, getting hit by the ball that Jo ducked under.
"Ooh!" Lightning winced, "Ain't you s'posed to dodge dude!" ignoring Lightning, Dakota ran up to the boy and slightly raised his head.
"Sam?" she shook his head. "Sam wake up!" the boy promptly blinked twice before regaining consciousness.
"Am I in 'Piglumps'?" Sam asked, looking around in astonishment.
"Ew no!" Dakota cringed. "You're on TV." the camera cut in on Sam who chuckled in realization.
"Oh. Hey Mom." he greeted in a close-up. His rich female friend looked up at Lightning, giving the uber jock a dirty look.
"You'll pay for that!" she warned with determination, much to Lightning's pleasure.
"Sha-please!" Lightning scoffed. "You throw like weaksauce!" Lightning caught Dakota's attempt to return fire. "Sha-dizzy!" Chef signaled for Dakota to vacate the court. But instead of listening to Chef, she turned to Sam.
"Wanna like, go get screen time?" Dakota asked kindly. Sam raised his eyebrow at the awkward gesture, causing Dakota to rephrase her question. "Wanna go for a walk?"
Sam blushed. "Sure." Dakota smiled at the gamer. Walking each other out of the glass box happily.
"Hey!" Jo screamed from the court. "Where are you doing?" no response was heard as they ignored the jockette.
"Ugh, can somebody just get me out already?" Amy groaned, walking up to half-court with a ball in her hands.
"Whose team are you on?" the dirty blonde inquired.
"If I'm can't hit Samey, then why am I here?" she asked, giving her sister an evil eye. Sammy sulked sadly.
"Just hit someone!" Jo facepalmed, getting pretty ignorant with her team. Amy smirked at Jo's instructions, aiming her throw. She promptly pitched at the ball at Sammy, who didn't manage to avoid to blow.
"Hey!" Courtney stood up, motioning towards her student. "She's not even on the court!" Chef looked at Courtney, then at Amy who shrugged innocently. But Chef didn't fall for it, blowing his whistle.
"Disqualified." he grumbled, Amy shrugged again and sent a devilish smile towards Sammy again. Happy with her mental state.
/
The camera flashed ahead to the docks, a truly photogenic view. The camera panned down to show Sam and Dakota giggling side-by-side together.
"Anyways," Sam said after the burst of laughter he had with Dakota. "why were you being so nice to me earlier. Y'know in the dodgeball court."
"You gave me that really sweet compliment remember?" Dakota gushed. "I could only return the favor. Plus, I really like you."
Sam blushed and rubbed the back of his head. "Yeah well, me too." he realized his faux pas and corrected himself immediately. "I mean I like you too!" Dakota merely chuckled as Sam facepalmed in embarrassment. But once the gamer realized the fame monger began to laugh, he laughed with her. Ending the scene between the soon-to-be-couple.
/
The camera returned to the court. Sam and Dakota were just arriving, at the court. Jo was managing to fend off the Gopher's attacks really well. Even though she was promptly struck after the duo arriving shortly after. The Gophers cheered once again and Jo turned to Sam and Dakota.
"And where were you two this whole time?" Jo hissed.
"Well we were…-" Sam rubbed the back of neck.
"None of your business." Dakota said decisively, hands on her hip. "We just hung out?"
"Ew, nerd bonding." Amy recoiled in utter disgust.
"Excuse me?" Dakota took quite a ton of offense. "I am not a nerd."
"Then what about your boy toy." Amy pointed over to Sam, who became unnerved at the thought.
"He is not my boy toy!" Dakota told her, Sam raised an eyebrow. Noticeably becoming sadder. "We're just friends that have a lot in common. Isn't that right Sam?"
"Yup," Sam said dejectedly. "a lot in common."
"Guys, who cares about what Sam and Dakota were doing when they left." Trent interjected. "We need a plan to win the next round of dodgeball. If we lose the next round of dodgeball. We'll have to vote someone off. Again."
"Good," Jo sent annoyed looks at most of her teammates. "get rid of all the weak links early on."
"I'm serious!" Trent said. "We're gonna need some serious teamwork to win the next round."
Topher scoffed. "Or serious luck. With the way things are going. Chris won't be too happy if we lose three times in a row." Trent gasped in realization at Topher's first remark.
"That's it! Luck!" Trent looked between all nine of his teammates. "We have nine people on this team! Lucky for us, nine's my lucky number."
"Whoop-de-do! A lucky number." Jo groaned.
"Hold on, Jo. Trent's onto something." Topher smirked delightfully, stopping Jo's protest. "A new good luck charm? Things just got interesting."
"Nobody cares about ratings, Topher!" Amy berated.
"But guys, I'm serious. The number nine is serious luck to me." Trent told his team. "Look, just watch." his team shared wary looks at Trent's unusual confidence.
/
The camera cut to the court, Topher, Brick, Dakota, Sam, and most definitely Trent looked at the Gophers intensely. The Gopher's countered back though, their first five being Lightning, Sugar, Geoff, Scarlett and Scott. Chef blew his whistle to start the match, Sugar and Scott were the first ones to throw a ball. Dakota and Trent both dodging it respectively. The balls thrown bounced off the wall from behind. Dakota and Trent both threw the balls they had, alongside Jo and Brick. All aiming towards a flabbergasted Lightning.
"Sha-WHAAA!" he screamed, not avoiding a single ball. When he fell to the ground, he was met with awkward stares by his on-court teammates.
"Good strategy, Trent!" Sam high-fived the guitarist. "We went from like, Level 2, to… level 50!"
"I knew it'd work." Trent said. "Now let's do it a few more times and were golden." the camera cut to a ball rolling on the floor, a pair of hands picked up said ball. Brick, and the rest of his team at the collection of balls, this time at Sugar who didn't even make an attempt to move. The Bass had repeated the strategy several times, with Geoff, Scarlett and finally Scott. The Bass cheered as Scott had finally went down.
"Yay," Katie cried, "it's not over yet!"
"Yeah!" even Jo cheered. "Now thanks to Trent's number nine crap, we're back in the game! Now everyone who just played, back on the court!" the camera cut to Sam who began to hop, gripping his hamstring in pain.
"Yeah actually…" he began. "my leg has been cramping up lately."
"Lack, of, sports." Jo scoffed, Trent giving her an unnoticed glare. "Welp…" she tapped her chin, focusing on Amy. "'Bratty Barbie' you're up."
"Whatever." Amy said, walking offscreen. The camera switched to the Gopher who argued over their first loss.
"They're targeting the noticeably strongest players first." Scarlett bluntly explained. "Eliminating them from the game before we could really make an impact. Although, I am confused as to why I was second to last, before Scott." she looked atv the dirt farmer snidely.
"Dodgeball is so dumb." Scott scowled. "Back on the farm, we played a game called 'Hot Potato.'" he told them, the younger twin was the first to react.
"I know that game!" Sammy grinned. "You pass around a ball to everyone and whoever has the ball when the music stops is out."
Scott raised an eyebrow. "What? The way I played it, we set a spud on fire and then passed it around to everyone. Whoever gets the least amount of burn marks, wins." she smiled assuredly while his teammates looked at him in shock or disbelief.
The camera rotated around itself, Scott still made that assured expression as he was on the court. Promptly getting struck with two dodgeballs to the face. As he fell, Courtney looked at him in concern while Scarlett looked at him in delight.
"Perfect." she laughed. The camera moved over to a shot of Katie throwing a ball off-screen. In return another ball came her way, as she attempted to dodge it; Cody abruptly dodged it while the producers slowed down the footage to make the scene more dramatic. He was bashed in the groin, going to the ground in a yelp. Katie realized what had just happened, gushing over the tech geek.
"Thank you cody!" she swooned. "You're my hero!" she bent down to hug Cody, who smiled slyly.
"You're welcome." he said in a prepubescent voice. Coughing to normalize his voice. "I mean, no problem." he walked off the court, shooting flirtatious finger guns to Katie who giggled sweetly. Trent, who was watching the whole thing unravel. Got too focused in their interactions, getting benched shortly after. Once he sat down to a agonizing Cody, Trent motioned to him and Sam to follow him outside of the box. Cody and Sam glanced at each other with a shrug but complied nonetheless.
/
The camera cut to Trent walking over to the Bass's cabin porch, Sam and Cody trailed right behind him.
"Dude, why'd you bring us out here?" Cody asked.
"Yeah, it's kinda cold." Sam agreed, a breeze of wind passing by. "Can ya speed this up?"
"Got it," Trent said. "the reason I brought you guys out here is because out of everyone on this team, I think us three would get along the best."
"Well," Cody thought," "you're not wrong. His video game skills are insane!"
Sam chuckled. "Thanks bro." Trent had liked the bonding but went back to business.
"But as I was saying, I figured that if we already get along. Why not stick together?" Cody's brow shot up swiftly in alarm. "Not like an alliance," Cody began to calm down. "not any of that. Just close friends."
"You sure that this isn't like, an alliance?" Cody asked skeptically. "It kinda sounds like one." Trent frowned immediately.
"Nah dude, you got me all wrong. You see, back home me and my closest friends are a big group. We can trust each other with anything and get along really well. So if I'm gonna be here for a while, I might as well recreate that with two of closest buds." he turned to the boys expectantly. Cody and Sam both thought about the offer, caving in after Trent's valid reason.
"Yeah man, you got it." Cody said, fist-bumping the guitarist.
"Yeah, I'm down." Sam also fis-bumped Trent.
"Thanks guys," Trent said with a cool smile. "means a lot."
"And nice catch with the Gopher girl." Cody nudged Trent slyly, much to his shock.
"What Gopher girl?" he asked, playing dumb.
"Samey!" Cody shouted, Trent promptly covered his mouth eyes darting around everywhere. He let go as nobody was in sight. "Dude you know she grinds your gears, if you catch my drift."
"Who do you even know about that?" Trent asked in disbelief.
"Topher told me in the washrooms." Cody revealed. "He takes a looong shower."
"Well, whatever man." Trent said, trying to change the subject. "I like her so what?"
"Hey, she's all yours man." Cody told them, showing the gap in his teeth. Trent looked at his knowingly as he fired back.
"Don't act like I didn't see you flirt with Katie back there." Trent made the 'OK' sign with his hand. "Very nice."
"Yeah, she's hot." Cody said, looking over to a silent Sam. "But let's not forget about Dakota, huh huh?"
Sam jolted back into the conversation as his person of interest was mentioned.
"Yeah what's going on between you two?" Trent wondered aloud.
"I don't know man." Sam admitted, looking crestfallen and confused. "She's a tenth-level hottie but, how do I know if she likes me?" Cody looked at him in disbelief.
"Dude, just go up and ask her?" Cody advised. "What have you got to lose."
"My pride." Sam muttered.
"Just take your time with her, get to know her first." Trent ave his unused advice. "You can't mess up. She probably likes you already if she wanted to talk to you."
"Yeah,you may be right." Sam eyes promptly bugged out. Turning to the two sternly. "But please don't leak this to anyone else. I don't want all the attention focused on me."
"Sure." Cody told him.
"It's in the vault." Trent reassured him.
Confessional: Sam
"At first, I thought Trent's 'trust group' idea was a bit sketchy." Sam admitted. "But now that I can actually trust these two. I feel way more relaxed that I ever have here. Especially since Chris took all my handhelds away." Sam whimpered sadly. "It's been almost a week since I've held one of my games." he began to look at the camera in great distress. "Can someone send me a game console!"
The static cut to the trio of Bass young men walking through the door to the Gophers side. "Did we win?" Sam questioned, the camera pulled out to show Sadie heading to the ground woozily, erupting cheers form the Bass yet again.
Jo saw that Sam, Trent and Cody had returned. Noticeably giving Cody an unsatisfied look. "I'm not even gonna bother." she turned to her teammates excitedly, still stern on the exterior though. "Okay, this is the final stretch. Who's going out there to win?"
"I'll do it." Trent offered, Jo promptly shut him down.
"Nope, take a seat on the bench, kiddo." she told him.
"But it's my lucky number!" Trent argued. "Can't I get a little credit?" Jo rolled her eyes then pointed to the court. Trent smiled and walked over there.
"Brick, Amy, Topher." Jo listed. "Get on the court." all three moved slowly over to the court, angering Jo. "Hustle!"
"Uh, Jo." Cody walked up to the jockette. "Can I be the fifth player?" Jo bent over to become face-to-face with the weakling, scaring Cody tremendously.
"Look, I dunno what you Sam and 'Elvis' were doing back there, but if it's some type alliance against me you'd better disband right now." Jo threatened, scaring the teengaer.
"It's not. Trust." he told her, sitting on the bleachers in utter fright.
/
"Okay, this is it!" Chris began, a pan across both benched teams too place. "The final tie breaking game."
B gave a thumbs-up to his team from the sidelines, seated next to Harold and Sugar.
"You guys betta' win!" Sugar cried, cupping her hands. "I wanna get another tiara!"
"There were no tiaras Sugar." Harold informed her. The pageant queen looked utterly shocked, even turning to B for confirmation.
"For reals?" B nodded, as Sugar huffed. "Fiddlesticks."
"Gophers, Bass." Chris turned to each team. "Let's send this sample to the lab, and see what'cha made of!" he clenched the fist in anticipation, Chef's whistle once again starting the final round. A dodgeball was picked up by Geoff, who tossed it around to his teammates to distract the Bass. Once the Bass had focused on that ball. Lightning threw a separate ball at Brick, who just jumped in time. By his side, Jo threw a ball at Izzy, who also jumped in time. Both Gophers and Bass made close throws at each other, due to nobody getting hit. Abruptly, Sammy was the first one out. By none other than Amy.
"Hah!" she pointed, "Take that, loser! Mom's gonna be so happy!" Sammy groaned while she sat on the bleachers. A fade effect changed the same scene multiple times, fading other Gophers out or in depending on their status on the court. Once Scott had been seated, he was a tad bitter.
"Man, I wanna go back to the farm." he mourned, promptly getting struck in the head. His other Gophers looked at him and laughed. Izzy ran up to the dirt farmer from off-screen excitedly.
"Ooh! If I go, can we play 'Hot Potato?'" the wild child exclaimed, earning even more laughter from their teammates.
The camera moved over to the Bass, Cody was shown tapping in for Topher, who grit his teeth as he sat down. Shortly after, Katie took the place of and angry Jo. Most likely still envious of her getting hit. The cera showed more shots of campers either dodging an incoming ball, getting hit or catching said ball. The view moved o a sulking Harold, who was taped on the shoulder by Sammy,offering him a ball. Harold gladly accepted it and walked on the court.
"Just stay in the back before you get hit." Lightning told him, Harold hung his head but did what he was told. Amy threw another ball, but this time it wasn't even near the court, hitting her sister.
"Ack! Amy! I'm not even on the court!" Sammy complained in aggravation.
"Yeah, stop picking on her!" Sadie spoke up. "That is like, so not cool."
"You tell her." Courtney approved smiling in satisfactory. Amy crossed her arms and smirked.
"Whatever." as Karma, she was hit directly in her face. Presumably as payback for her harsh treatment towards Sammy. Right after she got hit, Brick, Courtney and Geoff were all hit in the face, getting 'out'. The new scene began to Sam absent-mindedly walking onto the court. He bumped into Jo on accident, knocking his glasses off. Thegamer rubbed his eyes in exasperation, struggling to see.
From his blurry perspective, a dodgeball came right at him. Once the ball made contact with the 'camera'. The screen went black, fading in on Trent and Cody hauling the miserable gamer back to the bleachers. Once they got off the court, only one Bass remained: Jo. She tossed a ball up and down devilishly as she looked at her one and only opponen: Harold.
"Start groanin' Gophers!" she called out, the Gophers all looked displeased with the almost inevitable outcome. "Because I'm gonna make this one quick!"
"Ugh," Courtney said, "who tagged Harold in?" Sammy promptly sank, avoiding any more negative commotion.
The camera panned behind Harold in a cowboy showdown fashion. Jo had all of the balls, so Harold was absolutely defenseless. Harold had gulped in fear of Jo, but sucked it all up and taunting her with a pose. Jo grit her teeth and ran up to half-court. Throwing two balls out of four. Harold sidestepped both balls gracefully and with visible ease. The third ball was jumped over, he smiled at Jo playfully and shrugged.
"How are you, dodging them?" Jo screamed, throwing her last ball with as much force as she could throw. In order to dodge it, Harold bent back just barely dodging ti by the tip of his hair. The area was quieter than a local library, everyone looking at the dweeb in shock or awe.
"Stop the clock! Stop the clock!" Geoff repeated, signaling a 't' sign at Chef. Harold was shown recharging himself, by gurgling water and accidentally spitting it out on Scott.
"I thought you were just some nerd but," Courtney admitted with a smile. "you've got skills Harold!"
The dweeb wiped his mouth. "Mad skills."
"Dude, don't get me wrong, but that was awesome!" Geoff cheered, letting Harold smile. "But dodging isn't enough."
"Geoff's correct." Scarlett began, "To successfully claim victory, you must either manage to strike Jo with the projectile."
"Which isn't gonna happen." Lightning scoffed.
"Or obtain the ball without dropping it. Do you understand?" Scarlett asked, Harold determinedly nodded, spitting another burst of water back out at Scott.
"Aight," Sugar roughly slapped is back. "go git em."
/
The redhead nerd walked onto the court, with a noticeable lack of sheer confidence, allowing the Bass to cheer for victory. A horizontal split screen occurred, Harold on top and Jo on the bottom, narrowing her eyes.
"Harold! Harold! Harold!" the Gophers cheered, expecting their third win in a row.
"You've lost now dweeb!" Jo said, winding up her arm to add more force to her throw. Once she threw it, Harold made no movement, letting the ball bring him to the wall in the back. The Gophers gaped in shock, not knowing if he had caught it or not. But in a few seconds, there was a clear winner…
The camera zoomed in close, near Harold's crotch. Where the ball just barely touched the floor. Bouncing audibly.
"The Killer Bass win!" Chris cheered as the scoreboard dinged with '1' on the Bass's and '0' on the Gophers.
"And that's how it done!" Jo exclaimed before whispering something to her team. "Take notes." the Bas walked away with Jo being the direct center of attention. Chris walked up to the sulking Gophers.
"Gophers, what happened?" Chris asked.
"This team sucks! That's what happened." Lightning said defiantly.
"This team does not suck!" Sadie corrected him, the uberjock giving her a look of disdain.
"Oh yeah? Then why didn't we win?" Lightning countered.
Geoff shrugged it off. "We're gonna lose every now and then, no biggie."
"Humph. Says you." Lightning huffed. "Aftr today's performance. You all should get the boot. Making' Lightning work hard out there! In fact, Lightning's should've been a team of one! That way, nun' of these losers can hold me back!" the other Gophers including Harold all glared at the overly competitive teen. "Sha-Lightning!"
Confessional: Harold
The dweeb was shown eating chips in the outhouse in a lonely fashion. "I hope they don't vote me off." he told the camera. "I did lose the challenge, but Lightning's harsh criticism hopefully was enough to keep me here."
The camera cut to the plate of ten marshmallows Chris held at the first campfire ceremony for the Screaming Gophers. "Campers," the camera pulled out to reveal the host, then panned across the glares directed at a smug-looking Lightning. "you've already placed your votes and made your decision. One of you will be going home. And you can't come back. Ever. When you hear me call out your name, come pick up a marshmallow."
"Courtney," the type A gladly walked over to Chris, ready for her marshmallow. "Scott, B, Samey, Sadie, Izzy, Scarlett, Geoff, Sugar." the pageant queen lickedher lip as she walked over to the host. Harold looked semi-nervous and Lightning looked way to smug for comfort.
"The final marshmallow goes to…" Chris had decided not to waste unnecessary time and just get straight to the inevitable point.
"Harold." the redhead stood up in the jock's view excitedly.
"Yes." he pumped his fist, leaving Lightning just green with envy.
"Y'all don't know what y'all are missing!" Lightning advised them. Kissing his biceps ignorantly. Ceasing that, most of the Gophers had thrown their unaten marshmallows at the arrogant football player.
"Cease the bad mouthing, then you would've stayed." Scarlett said, being one of the throwers.
"Whateva'." Lightning walked to the dock in utter annoyance. "Y'all just lost the best player on this island!" the camera used static to transfer the scene ahead, after the ceremony. Chris was the only one on-screen, facing the camera.
"Alright, so it wasn't the most dramatic campfire ceremony ever." Chris admitted with a sneaky smile. "But I still get paid, haha. Bonus!" he pointed at the camera. Ending off the fourth episode of the season.
Author's Note
As I said earlier, not my favorite chapter to write, or even read over. Action packed episodes like this one give me loads of trouble. I favorite chapters that are equal in action and dialogue. Such as the next chapter, Not Quite Famous. But before you go, I have a few things to say first:
One, I don't know if it was just me or what but this chapter was more focused on the Bass than the Gophers. Due to the blossoming of Samkota and the Trent/Cody/Sam friendship. And about the trio friendship. The way I attempted to interpret it, is that it's similar to the Duncan/Geoff/DJ friendship in canon. But if it seems really forced in a way. I apologize, that was the only way I could fit it in. And for future eliminations and plots, that friendship needed to form in this chapter. Heck, whoever can come up with the best name for their little trio will be credited and will be used by me and in the story. And just a little poke: I threw in some CodyxKatie vibes during the challenge. Will they be an actual couple. I actually don't know. It all depends on if I have enough space in the chapter for them to properly develop. So if they can't develop. It'll either be moved to another season or just be scrapped entirely. This chapter was focused on the Bass so much that besides the elimination, there was only one small but significant thing that happened. Scarlett returning to Courtney's good side. I don't wanna ramble on too much like I did last chapter so I'll cut it short.
As for Lightning's elimination. He was never really planned to have some sort of plot in this season. And since this is a sports chapter I decided to have his bad attitude give him the cut. Side note: if I can get Chapter 5 out next Thursday, I'll be officially moving the scheduled release date over to weekly Thursdays. And please give my chapter a rating because I honestly feel I've disappointed you guys with this one.
And with that, I'm signing off.
See y'all next chapter!
Checkmate King
TJI Elimination Order
Cameron - (22nd Place)
Beth - (21st Place)
Lightning - (20th Place)