Disclaimer: I don't own, and I don't think I will anytime soon. Too bad I don't, because if I did, Noah would have lasted longer.

Chris has a wide grin on his face as he stands in front of the high school and says, "Last time on Total Drama High School, we witnessed the return of 12 competitors and welcomed a dozen new ones. Many of our returning competitors welcomed the fresh faces but some, a.k.a. Heather, didn't seem to take a liking to the rookies. They were split into teams of four and had to get to know each other during our Orientation challenge! Following their self-guided tours, they had to compete in a quiz show that proved just how much they knew about each other. After a visit from Joseph, Courtney convinced her team to eliminate the luscious Leshawna. Will Gwen learn of Courtney, or even worse, Joseph's actions? Will anyone become rivals? Will one of the rookies get eliminated? And will we actually pay our interns? Find out the answers to most of these questions right now on Total Drama High School!"

A large yellow bus with the Total Drama High School logo painted on the sides pulls up to the sidewalk near the front entrance. Chef, in a bus drivers outfit, said, "Get off this bus, you maggots!"

This prompted the students to prepare to depart. Before they had a chance to exit, Chris announced, "When you go inside, go to the auditorium." The 23 contestants started to exit the bus.

Noah and Joseph were the first ones off. Noah looked over Joseph, shrugged, and then approached the skinny teen and said, "Joseph, I would like to ask you something."

"All right, what's up," Joseph said as he looked at the know-it-all.

Noah started to say, "Well, my near elimination yesterday told me something. I realized that in order for me to succeed, I need some assistance. Someone to watch my back you know? Basically, I want an alliance. I know of your intelligence and therefore, I picked you. We could go all the way to the finals then split the prize. What do you say?"

Joseph looked at the bookworm for a moment before he smiled and said, "Sure, I'll be in your alliance. How could I refuse a deal like this? I just want to be able to determine some of the people we target."

Noah smirked and said, "Don't worry; prior to each elimination, we can discuss who we want to target." At this moment, the two entered the auditorium. They sat down in the front as the other 21 contestants filed in and sat down close to the front.

Chris entered the auditorium from the right of the stage and approached the podium. He smiled his flashy smile and said, "Welcome to day 2 of the competition! Today's challenge will be based off of History, but at the same time it's a scavenger hunt!"

Heather yelled out, "A scavenger hunt? That's the best you can do? Honestly, the challenges were more original when they were blatant rip-offs of movie genres."

Chris, upset from being interrupted, yelled back, "You try coming up with two exciting challenges that have something to do with History when only one can be a war!"

Heather bit the bottom of her lip in thought before saying, "You win this round Chris, but a scavenger hunt is still lame! What are we, seven?"

Geoff then shouted, "Wait, so is the next challenge a war? Righteous!"

Chris looked at the queen bee and the party boy for a moment before saying, "Anyways, there are five objects per contestant hidden in the school. The objects are a Spartan shield, a Roman Coin, a Greek Vase, a Samurai Sword, and a grail, meant to represent the Holy Grail. You cannot simply take any object you see, as your objects will be emblazoned with your face on them. There are three additional sets of blanks that are like wild cards, so anyone can use them. Also, legal told me using real swords would be too dangerous so the swords and I believe the vases are made out of plastic. Irregardless, everything is a replica and not really some long lost artifact. Naturally, you have to find all five of your objects, which include any wild cards you find. The first twelve to find all their objects and present them to me will win immunity. Today however, we are trying a new voting system. The winners of today's challenge will be determining who is going to go home and who is safe. You only have from 9:00 until 2:00 to find all of your objects. If less than twelve people find all five objects, those who found four in the least amount of time will be granted immunity and so on. Lunch will be served by Chef Hatchet between 11:00 and 1:00. If you manage to find all your objects before 11:00, you will get the honor of eating with me. My personal chef will make whatever it is you want. You gotta be pretty fast to get that reward, dudes and dudettes. If you are not eating with me, you better go get lunch from Chef or else he will make your life a living hell."

The cook, who was also sitting in the auditorium, smiled darkly and said, "That's part of the fun Chris."

The host smiled and said, "That it is, my man, that it is[1]. So good luck, 'cause you're going to need it."

The host prepared to leave the stage when Courtney suddenly asked, "Chris, where are you going? You haven't told us the teams yet."

Chris turned back and said, "Oh yeah, there are no set teams this challenge. You can work with whoever you want, or you can work alone, if that's how you want to play. But multiple pairs of eyes are better than one, just saying. You can leave at 9:00."

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Noah: I'm not sure if forming an alliance with Joseph is the best of ideas, but at the very least, if I am wrong then it will be easier to get rid of him. In any event, the first person to target should be greatly disliked, but whom?

The teens started to talk as they waited for the challenge to start. For the most part, they were trying to figure out who they wanted to work with.

"So Joseph, would you like to work with me," Noah asked his secret alliance partner.

The overachiever looked thoughtfully at Noah for a moment and said, "Sure, why not?" The two started discussing trivial things, which raised little suspicion from the contestants, except for Heather.

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Heather: I know Noah and Joseph are up to something. Think about it, they were the first ones off the bus, they are both ridiculously smart, and now they are teaming up. I'm betting that they have got an alliance, and I will crush it.

Mikey scanned the possible contestants and then found one of his favorite contestants and approached him, saying, "Yo Geoff! You wanna work with me?"

The party boy turned around at hearing his name and saw the gamer. Geoff excitedly exclaimed, "Sure thing dude! I hope you don't mind working in a group of four, 'cause Bridgette was going to find someone to work with us."

The gamer said, "I don't have any problem with that dude!"

The two shared a fist bump and then a feminine voice said, "Hey Geoff, I'd like you to meet Megan. She seemed interested in working with us."

Geoff turned and saw his girlfriend along with Megan. "What's up dudette? Oh, Bridge, this is Mikey he wanted to work with us too! This is going to be so awesome!"

Bridgette smiled at Mikey and said, "Nice to meet you Mikey. Gwen said you were a really nice guy."

"Thank you," the gamer said, accepting the compliment, before continuing, "This is going to be awesome!"

Geoff agreed with a loud, "YEAH!" He then proceeded to have a make out session with Bridgette.

The gamer smiled at this and said to Megan, "You know, I find this moment heartwarming and yet I can't help but feel a bit envious."

The nice girl questioned, "Why does it make you envious?" "Honestly, I've never kissed a girl. I've never even had a girlfriend. It just makes me wish for something I don't have," Mikey replied in a sad tone, a tone that others were not used to hearing.

Megan looked at her teammate and pulled him into a hug, feeling sorry for him. The gamer looked surprisingly at Megan for a moment until she let go, saying, "Well at least now you can't say you've never hugged a girl."

"Thanks," Mikey responded, the slightest of blushes covering his face.

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Mikey: That was the first time a girl who wasn't related to me hugged me. It was pretty cool, especially since I felt her chest pushed against mine. I gotta see if I can get some more hugs from her. (He smiles sheepishly until the camera cuts to static)

Cody walked up to Emily and Rebecca, who were talking. In actuality, Rebecca was talking about human-like aliens who could fire energy blasts from their hands and fought androids and malevolent aliens [2], while Emily looked on, half confused and half scared.

Cody quizzically looked at Rebecca before shrugging his shoulders and said, "Would you lovely ladies like to work with me."

Almost instantly, Emily excitedly replied, "Yes!"

Rebecca quirked an eyebrow at the quick response before turning her attention back to Cody and saying, "Sure, why not?"

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Emily: I'm kinda worried that Rebecca's obsession with anime will get her eliminated. I mean, all I did was ask her what was new and she starts summarizing this anime. How does that have to do with her life?

Gwen angrily looked around at the contestants who were still chatting. She wanted to find the people responsible for eliminating Leshawna. Megan was with Bridgette and Danny was talking to Trent, so Gwen figured she would question them later, instead of calling them out in front of her friends. Courtney would lie, she reasoned, and Ezekiel would run away because he would probably think that she would be mad at him. Gwen didn't care so much for what happened during season one right now, as she was angrier about what happened the previous day. The goth girl then noticed Nicholas and Jessie sitting by themselves, talking. 'Perfect,' Gwen thought, 'I can question those two and maybe get some help at the same time.'

She approached the duo, and Nicholas noticed her approach, where he asked, "Hello Gwen. Did you want to work with us?"

"First thing's first, did either of you vote for Leshawna," Gwen angrily asked.

Jessie quietly said, "No, we both voted for Noah, so that his vote and Leshawna's would cancel out."

The mechanic sitting next to her agreed saying, "It's true. I'm pretty sure that Courtney voted for Leshawna, but I'm not certain who she roped into voting for her."

Gwen sighed and said, "If I work with you, can you help me get to the bottom of this mystery?"

Nicholas and Jessie looked at each other for a moment, and then Nicholas shrugged and said, "I don't see why not."

Gwen showed a slight smile and said, "Thanks."

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Nicholas: I can understand why Gwen would be a bit skeptical. We were on Leshawna's team after all. Still, she should be trying to get info out of the other team, not me and Jessie.

Gwen: After Joseph kindly agreed to help me, I felt a surge of confidence in trying to work my way to the bottom of this mystery. Now with Joseph, Nicholas, Jessie, Bridgette and Geoff helping me, the culprit behind this will get caught.

DJ was walking around looking at who was in a team so far. Many of his friends had already formed their teams so he had considered working on his own. He then saw out of the corner of his eye, Julie waving. He turned and saw Julie standing with Trent and Jennifer. She winked at him then waved again, shouting, "Hi DJ!"

The gentle giant walked over to the group and asked Trent, "Yo Trent, do you mind if I work with you?"

Trent looked at his partners for a moment and then said, "Sure thing, big guy."

DJ looked over at Julie and asked, "So why did you wave me over?"

"You looked a little saddened to be working on your own so I decided to help you out," Julie said cheerfully.

The gentle giant smiled and said, "Thanks."

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DJ: You know, for some reason, I can't shake the feeling that Julie likes me.

Julie: I love acting kind toward everyone! Except for Heather, she can- (The camera goes to static before Julie finishes her statement.)

'Hmmm,' Danny pondered as he gazed over the groups of contestants. He was unsure of who he wanted to work with. There were numerous people he was considering but he saw Izzy and William working together. Seeing nobody responsible in sight, the honorable teen imagined the consequences of letting the two crazy teens work together. He shivered at the thought and proceeded to walk over to the two teens. "Izzy, hello. I was wondering, do you mind if I tag along with you for the challenge," Danny asked.

Izzy grew her terrifying grin and said, "Sure you can work with us! More eyes mean a better way to find everything and a better way to crush the others!" Danny stared at the crazy girl until she said, "Nah, I'm kidding, I'm not crushing anyone. But sure, you can work with us." Danny mentally sighed as he fully realized what he got himself into.

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Danny: You know, I'm questioning my sanity, willingly working with Izzy.

Courtney, Alexander, Ezekiel and Heather decided to work alone on this challenge. Courtney worked alone because she didn't want to be questioned about the previous day. Alexander didn't really know anyone and didn't try to get into a group. Ezekiel was afraid that none of the girls and even some of the guys wouldn't accept him, so he worked on his own. Heather didn't have a group because, well, she's Heather.

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Heather: Am I crazy for working on my own? Not a chance, seeing as I was vulnerable when I was on a team. If I work by myself, my chances of victory go through the roof. It's just logic.

At precisely 8:30, a bell rang. "I guess that means we can go, eh," Ezekiel mused. The students walked out of the auditorium, branching off, half going to the left and half going to the right.

Geoff, Bridgette, Megan, and Mikey were talking to each other as they walked into the gymnasium. As could be expected, Geoff was telling a story about a party he went to. He recalled, "So this party was still going strong after three hours. I was setting up some music with two of my friends so that we could all rock out harder. I would have totally been on the dance floor, but since this party was after TDI, it wouldn't have felt the same without Bridgette."

The surfer girl blushed slightly and said, "Awww," as she gave her boyfriend a kiss on the cheek.

Geoff smiled as he continued, "Anyways, maybe a half hour before this happened these three guys who weren't invited had totally shown up. After me and two of my friends set up the music, the host came up to us and asked the three of us if we could try to get rid of them. So my buds and I came up with a totally righteous plan. We went over to them, introduced ourselves and told them to check out the stereo system we set up. They followed us and then, when they weren't expecting it, we picked them up and threw them headfirst into the pool. At that point it was like 11:00 so the water was wicked cold. They almost literally jumped out and ran away. It was totally awesome."

Mikey laughed and said, "Dude that sounded awesome. I remember this one party I went to, there were like 4 people awake at 2 in the morning, me included, so the four of us went to the kitchen and got the whipped cream. If you couldn't guess by now, we sprayed it on the faces of the people who were sleeping. Man, when they woke up, that was a riot!"

Geoff smiled brightly and shouted, "WOO! Another party dude in the house. I gotta get your phone number or address or something. Where did you say you lived again?"

Mikey laughed and said, "I didn't but I live roughly an hour north of Vancouver."

Geoff happily exclaimed, "No way! I live like an hour east of Vancouver! And Bridge lives in Vancouver now, right?"

Bridgette giggled and said, "I technically live in Vancouver, but I live in a more suburban area, not the city itself."

Geoff excitedly said, "Excellent! Now I have a reason to throw a totally righteous party with like almost everybody from the show! Bridgette, you and Mikey so gotta come!"

"Sounds awesome man! I can't wait," Mikey said excitedly.

"Like I would give up an opportunity to spend time with you," Bridgette said while smirking.

Geoff then noticed Megan, who had been quiet the entire time so far, and said, "You wanna come to my totally awesome party too, dudette?"

Megan looked a little downcast and said, "I would love to, but I live like 4 hours north of Vancouver, so it would be hard to go down, attend the party, and get home in one day."

Bridgette placed an arm on the nice girl's shoulder and said, "You could stay with me if you wanted to come to the party. My mom just recently finished with getting a guest bedroom in order so you could have somewhere to stay."

"Thanks," Megan said.

The party boy and gamer looked at each other and said at the same time, "This is going to be so wicked!"

Mikey then asked Geoff, "Dude we can be considered friends right?"

"Ch'yeah! No doubt 'bout that bro," Geoff happily remarked. "

Bridgette then noticed they were sitting in the bleachers and asked, "We should probably get working on the challenge, shouldn't we?"

Mikey looked at his watch and said, "You know, it might help."

"Oh, I totally see some of those cup-things under these bleachers," Geoff remarked. Mikey crawled under the bleachers from the side and grabbed the grails.

He crawled back out, covered in dust. He brushed some of the dust off and said, "Well, there is a grail for myself and one for Megan." He handed the grail to Megan, who smiled and thanked Mikey for getting it. The group then searched the other side of the gym, where they found Bridgette's samurai sword hiding under a seat in the bleachers.

Cody and his two female teammates were walking through the area of the school that contained the math classrooms. "How are you today Emily," Cody asked the petit dancer.

She replied, "Well, I slept well and I feel pretty confident about the challenge, if that's what you mean. I was meaning to ask you, what do you think about some of the other rookie contestants?"

Cody thought for a moment before he answered, "Well, from what I heard from Gwen, Mikey seems like he is a pretty cool guy. Joseph seems friendly, but you can't always completely trust some people. Don't worry though, I do trust you. Anyways, Nicholas and Jessie look like they are good friends, I bet they're gonna become a couple. Anyways, it looks as if Jennifer has taken a liking to Trent. She's probably a fan of him. You know, even though I supposedly have a lot of fans, I have yet to meet one."

Emily looked at him adoringly and quietly said, "That's not true. I'm one of your fans. I thought you were ripped off when you were eliminated from TDI."

"Wow, I honestly never expected to find one of my fans on this very show," Cody said while blushing.

Rebecca was watching the entire conversation and remarked, "This is like in this one manga about card games that the hero's love interest admits that she has feelings for the hero."

Emily, now blushing wildly, looked away and saw her vase perched on top of a filing cabinet. The dancer then asked, "Cody can you help me get this?"

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Emily: So telling Cody that I was one of his many fans was not supposed to happen yet. I mean, I would tell him eventually, but not on the second day! Well at least I haven't told him that I like him yet. (She suddenly goes wide-eyed) Don't air this!

Cody: You know, I never would have guessed that she is one of my fans. So it's basically confirmed she likes me, to what degree I'm not sure. On top of that, she's pretty hot. I bet she would go out with me if I asked her.

Alexander was taking his time with the challenge. He had made his way to the cafeteria. The Hispanic slacker entered and noticed his vase on the floor under a lunch table. He picked it up, and then sat down at the table. He murmured to himself, "Time to take a break. After all, the others can't be too far ahead, right?"

Gwen, followed closely behind by Nicholas and Jessie, entered the chemistry lab. As they entered the large room, they immediately noticed the giant glass case in the back holding all the chemicals. There were also 20 stations for students to work in rows of 4. They also saw Noah and Joseph heading towards them, as if they were leaving. The two stopped short and Joseph said, "Oh, hey guys. There's some stuff in here but we didn't see whose it was. Anyways, see you later." The pair began to leave.

Noah stopped, turned around, and said, "Nicholas can I speak with you for a second?" The mechanic raised an eyebrow and walked over to the cynical teen. Noah said quietly, so the others wouldn't hear him, "Look, about yesterday. I'm sorry I was such an ass to you. I was just grumpy after having to come back to this show after how poorly I did on season one."

Nicholas looked at the know-it-all and said, "Oh, well in that case, then no hard feelings."

"Great. See you around," Noah said as he left.

The trio then began to search the large room. Nicholas spotted Jessie's shield hanging on the back wall, just out of her reach. Being a gentleman, he walked over to her and helped her retrieve it from the wall. Meanwhile, over by one of the work stations, Gwen was looking around the ground when two things caught her eye. One was her coin, which she immediately picked up, and the other was Courtney's coin, which Gwen stood looking at for a moment until she made up her mind and picked up the metal object.

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Gwen: I know it's not entirely right to make the playing field uneven in an attempt to get revenge, which would be a move Heather would make. On the other hand, it wasn't necessarily right of Courtney to go behind Leshawna's back and eliminate her.

Courtney was filled with a mixture of anger, sadness, and despair as she began to leave the library. She was exhausted after spending the past hour searching the large room for any of her objects. She didn't find any that belonged to her, but she found many other objects, including those that belonged to Geoff, Megan, Jessie, Alexander, Trent, and Izzy. She approached the main entry point of the library, which was situated near the office. She was about to leave when she noticed a vase behind a glass case. Recalling yesterday, she did not see it before, so she went over to turn it around, as she could not see a face from where she was looking at it. She carefully opened the case and turned the vase. Her face lit up when she realized that it was her vase. She excitedly took the object and left the room, holding the door for Izzy, William, and Daniel. The three entered the library and thanked Courtney for holding the door, after which Courtney went to search the remainder of the school.

Inside the library, Izzy started sniffing the air, and then started running on her hands and feet around the room, searching for the scent of her object. (Before you say anything about smelling an inanimate object, just remember that it's Izzy.) She began her mad search and passed by a table with Alexander's vase perched on it. The vase teetered back and forth for a moment before toppling from its perch. Izzy stopped and turned around when she heard the shattering porcelain. She looked at the shards of the vase and said, "Whoops." She then continued on her way, finding her own vase and then leaving the room.

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Izzy: Izzy didn't think it would break. Izzy remembered Chris said it was plastic. Maybe Chris lied to Izzy?

Chris: Ya know, now that I think of it, I don't think legal required all the vases to be made of plastic. Oh, well it's not like it will hurt anybody if they don't know, right?

Heather angrily scowled as she checked the final room on the north side of the school that she had not yet seen. She slammed the door as she left, angry that it was, as all the other rooms had been, empty. Heather leaned against a wall and said to nobody in particular, "I can't believe that I haven't found anything yet! I bet those interns hid my objects in the inanest places possible, just to get revenge for the hell I gave them on the island." She looked at the clock mounted on the wall and saw it was 10:30. She sighed and said, "Well, so much for getting normal food for lunch. Instead, I'm going to have to stomach Chef's crap." She sighed again and left for the south side of the school, hoping she would find something.

DJ, Julie, Trent, and Jennifer were walking and talking as they approached the woodshop. Trent and Jennifer were sharing stories about their musical careers. "Well, I played an instrumental version of the national anthem at a hockey game. That combined with the battle of the bands that I won enabled me to land several small gigs. I've played a total of maybe seven or so," Jennifer summarized.

Trent smiled and said, "That's pretty cool. In the break between Total Drama Island and Total Drama Action I was approached by a radio station in Toronto. They agreed to give me an hour-long show once a week. The audience loves me, I mean after the first week I got two mail bags full of fan letters. It's a little overwhelming actually. Then of course there was that short time when Cody, Harold, Justin, and I were The Drama Brothers." The cool musician turned to DJ, who was leading the group and said, "Are we by the woodshop yet, Deej?"

The gentle giant shook his head, stammering, "Y-y-yeah."

Julie rubbed his back and said, "It's okay DJ, there's nobody inside, none of the tools are on."

DJ said, "I know, I'm just afraid of the power tools. In middle school there was this kid in my woodshop class that sliced his finger open. I don't remember much because I fainted but the kid had to keep his finger bandaged for a couple of weeks. [3] I can try going in though."

"That's the spirit DJ," Trent said encouragingly. The gentle giant slowly entered the room and turned on the lights. He looked around nervously as the others followed him in. As they looked around the empty room they found many objects, including one for each of them.

Julie found this as strange and remarked, "This is kind of easy. I wonder who "hid" these objects?"

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Chef: I needed some "me" time, so I gave tubby some cake and told him to hide the stuff I was supposed to hide.

Owen: Chef gave me some cake and asked me to hide some stuff for him. I ran out of hiding spots so I put a lot of stuff in the woodshop room. He, he, cake.

Ezekiel turned a corner while thinking to himself about his good fortune. He had already found two of his objects and believed that the interns were giving him a break because of his misfortune in season one. He didn't see that in front of him the floor was very wet and he slipped on it, flying into the air a little bit and landing on his back. [4] When he fell, he dropped both of his objects, the grail and the vase. He watched in horror as the vase hit the ground, shattering into a million pieces. Zeke scratched his head through his toque and said, "How did that happen, eh?"

After he said this, Duncan came around the corner with a wet floor sign. He looks at the shattered vase and says, "Aw, crap! Now I gotta clean this up too!" The delinquent looks and sees Zeke and then puts the puzzle together in his mind. Duncan said to the prairie boy, "Whoops, sorry home school, I left for a sec to get this sign. I'll make sure that nobody votes for you to make up for this."

Zeke smiles and says, "Thanks Duncan." The prairie boy begins to walk away.

Duncan waits until Zeke is out of earshot and mutters, "He is such a loser." Duncan then places the sign on the ground, looks to make sure nobody else is around and then walks away, whistling slightly.

The nerd alliance (Noah and Joseph) were coming close to finishing the challenge. They had to hurry if they wanted the reward of real food, as it was ten minutes to 11. They each only needed one final object. They deduced that they must be in the Library, as the Cafeteria, the only other location they had yet to search, seemed too obvious. They hurriedly entered the large room and split up. Noah looked over by the bookshelves while Joseph searched near the computers and by the front desk. Noah shouted triumphantly and returned to Joseph with both of their remaining objects, one a Spartan shield and the other a samurai sword.

The two entered the office, which was very close to the library, and placed all of their objects on the counter. Chris went up to them and began examining them. He looked at one of the swords and said, "Noah, you found a blank?"

The know-it-all smiled and said, "Yes I did. Now, do we win the challenge and get that special lunch?"

Chris glanced over the objects one last time and said, "Congratulations Noah and Joseph! Not only do you two receive immunity, but you get a special gourmet meal!"

The two then were shown to the Relaxation Lounge, a room that was modified and turned into a place for winners of a challenge to relax until after the elimination. The room had several large couches, two flat screen TVs with video game consoles, two computers with internet, a private restroom, and a winner-exclusive confessional, among other things. The two alliance members looked at awe in the luxurious room.

They sat down on a couch and began to talk strategy until their lunches arrived. Joseph asked, "So who do you believe would be a suitable target?"

Noah pondered this for a moment before saying, "I believe Alexander would be appropriate because he is lazy and has little uses besides his strength. Additionally, he has problems with Bridgette, which sets off an alarm in my mind."

"You raise some good points, Noah, we shall see what we can do," the overachiever said.

Chris overheard this conversation and noted, "Yo, you guys wondering how Alexander is doing right now? According to the security cameras, he is sleeping on a table in the cafeteria. He found only one object so far." Noah and Joseph each raised an eyebrow at this.

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Joseph: I find it intriguing that Alexander is sleeping at a time like this. If he were to increase his efforts, he wouldn't have any trouble with the challenge.

Noah: It seems somewhat obvious to me who to vote off tonight. Honestly, he is sleeping in the middle of a challenge? And they thought I was lazy back on TDI.

Geoff and Mikey were in the Boys Locker Room. They forgot to check the locker rooms when they visited the gym earlier, but they had enough time to see if their objects were here.

While searching the locker room, Mikey suddenly asked, "Geoff, you know how to get a girl to like you right?"

Geoff raised an eyebrow and said, "Of course dude. Why are ya asking?"

"Well see, there's this girl I like and I don't know how to go about asking her out or finding out if she likes me back," Mikey admitted.

Geoff nodded a little and said, "I see. Well, who is it?"

Mikey, taken aback, said, "What?"

"Dude, if you want my help, I gotta know who the girl is," Geoff said while chuckling a little.

Mikey sighed in defeat and said, "Well, I really like…"

At that moment the loudspeaker went off and Chef yelled, "Lunch is officially served. So you better show up maggots!"

Geoff nodded again and said, "I see. Well, let me see what I can do."

At the same moment Geoff and Mikey were talking, Bridgette and Megan were in the Girl's Locker Room, searching for their remaining objects. They were talking about things that don't help move the plot along. Bridgette then asked the nice girl, "So do you know if there are any guys that you like."

Megan blushed slightly and said, "I don't know what you are talking about."

Bridgette laughed and said, "Well, this show actually proved to be a little good, as it helped me and Geoff together. I figured the same could happen for you. Judging by your blush, you like a guy."

"Okay, yes I like one of the guys on the show," Megan confessed after sighing in defeat.

"Well, who is it," Bridgette asked.

Megan nervously asked, "You want me to tell you?"

Bridgette smiled and said, "Yes, don't worry, I won't tell anyone."

Megan then quietly said, "Well, the guy I like is…"

Then the loudspeaker crackled with life and Chef yelled, "Lunch is officially served. So you better show up maggots!"

Bridgette looked surprised and said, "Really? I didn't think you would be into him."

Megan nodded and said, "Well, living with brothers does have a couple advantages. I just wish my brothers weren't quite so perverted."

Bridgette, still smiling, said, "I know how you feel, Geoff's brothers are so perverted."

The two girls shared a laugh and exited the locker room, where they found Geoff and Mikey waiting.

"Ready to go," Geoff asked. The two girls nodded in agreement and the group departed. Just a few minutes later, they reached the office, where Chris was waiting. The group entered, Mikey holding the door for everyone. The group smiled at his kind action.

They showed the objects to Chris, where he checked over all twenty objects. "I see, you found in total seventeen of your objects and found a blank shield, coin, and vase. Well, congratulations, you all receive immunity tonight. Now feel free to enter the Relaxation Lounge, an area that we built to keep winners comfortable," Chris said.

"Wow, there was enough money in the budget to afford to build this," Geoff wondered.

Noah, who was sitting on a couch spoke up and said, "No, there was a portion of the budget specified as player services. It was to be used on things for the contestants, ideally equipment for the challenges to keep it safe. Instead Chris used that to build us this lounge and used as little money as possible for the challenges, or made them more hazardous or challenging. That would explain the porcelain vases. Irregardless, don't expect things to be state of the art or anything. About 50 percent of the budget goes directly to Chris. Another 30 percent went to renting out this dilapidated building and the motel. Ten percent was the player services and Chef's paycheck, the challenge budget, and the intern paychecks, if there are any, comprise the last ten percent of the budget."

"Damn, Noah, how do you know all this," Chris replied indignantly.

Noah chuckled and said, "I was your assistant once remember? You fired me right before the Gemmie awards. By the way, when is Total Drama World Tour going to take place?"

Chris remembered the events of the night and following morning of the Gemmie awards and then said, "It should be a couple days after the end of this season. It was going to be first, but the deal for this place was too good to be true."

Bridgette, who had been listening, then glanced over to see her teammates looking at the amenities of the room. Mikey was looking over the collection of videogames available for the Playstation 3, Xbox 360, and Nintendo Wii. Megan was looking at the collection of DVD's, which were next to the videogames. Geoff meanwhile was looking at the fully-stocked fridge, probably wondering how awesome a party he could throw. Chris then walked over the intercom and started it up. He then said, "Contestants, you better hurry up! Only six slots remain for invincibility, so if you want one, you should probably pick up the pace!"

The echoing announcement echoed to an even greater extent in the nearly-empty cafeteria. The only people present other than Chef were Gwen, Nicholas, Jessie and a sleeping Alexander. The announcement awakened Alexander from his nap however. He looked around and noticed it was noon. "That was a nice nap. I should probably go about finishing the challenge." The Hispanic slacker then got up and left the cafeteria, about to search for more objects.

Heather, in her quest to try to win immunity, picked up several objects that were not hers. She ended up with Alexander's coin, Cody's shield, and Courtney's grail. In addition to that, she found her vase and sword. There was only an hour and a half left to complete the challenge and she knew she was out of the running by this point. However, she was determined to prevent other people from finishing the challenge if it was the last thing she would do.

Gwen and her teammates were slowly walking to the office, trying to let the contents of their stomachs settle as best they could. You see, they had just had lunch and so they were walking slowly to help Chef's slop settle better. About ten minutes after they had their lunch they reached the office and entered it. From around the corner, Cody saw Gwen enter and was happy for her, until he ran into a brick wall, as he was happy to see his crush get immunity.

Rebecca and Emily caught up to the scrawny tech geek a moment later and found him on the ground. Emily helped him to his feet and the three entered the office. As they did so, they heard Chris exclaim, "Congrats you three, you win immunity tonight, feel free to use the lounge until we are ready for you to vote."

As Chris went to look at the objects brought in by Cody, Emily, and Jennifer, Gwen pulled Nicholas and Jessie aside. "Did you want to ask us something Gwen," Nicholas asked, "Because a simple 'Can I ask you something' would have sufficed."

Gwen sighed and said, "Sorry. Now, can you guys vote for Courtney?"

"Let me guess, you want to eliminate her because you suspect that Courtney masterminded Leshawna's elimination, right," Jessie guessed.

Gwen smiled slightly and said, "You got it. So, are you in?"

Nicholas and Jessie glanced at each other, which was followed by Nicholas responding, "I suppose we can vote for her."

"Thanks guys," Gwen said weakly.

After Chris accepted the objects that Cody, Emily, and Rebecca supplied, he turned the intercom on and announced, "Students, stop searching! If you are still looking for objects, then you did not receive immunity and are at the mercy of those who have won. Please meet in the auditorium in one hour for the elimination ceremony."

The three teens had previously decided who they were going to vote for while searching for their objects. Cody ended up sitting on a couch next to Mikey, who was playing Super Smash Bros. Brawl on the Wii in the lounge. Cody noticed this and said, "Mikey is it? Do you mind if I join in?"

Mikey paused the game, which was currently in the Subspace Emissary mode, and said, "Sure thing. I just hope you don't mind being Link, because he is the character I picked next."

"That's cool, just let me grab a controller," Cody said as he went to the game cabinet and picked up a controller.

Meanwhile, Emily walked over to Bridgette and Megan, who were talking about how to get Megan's secret crush to like her. Emily asked, "Hey girls, what are you up to?"

"Just talking about how to get a boy to like me," Megan said nonchalantly.

Emily's eyes widened and she said, "Can you help me get Cody to like me?"

Bridgette giggled and said, "Sure thing."

Later, Bridgette called her teammates over and sat on two couches. "So what's up," Megan asked.

"Well," Bridgette explained, "I wanted to determine who we should eliminate. I was thinking of eliminating Alexander. After all, he is lazy and will not be able to help anybody in the competition."

Mikey and Megan glanced at each other and remarked at the same time, "She has a point." The two looked at each other for a moment and blushed slightly.

Geoff then remarked, "But Bridge, what about Heather? I mean she got virtually everybody eliminated on TDI and she is evil."

Bridgette sighed and said, "I know that Heather is evil but I would rather be paired up with her than with Alexander."

Geoff shook his head and said, "Well, as much as I hate to disagree with you, I'm going to vote for Heather. The sooner we get rid of her, the better."

Geoff then got up and left to vote. Bridgette also got up and exited the room. Mikey looked next to him and said to Megan, "Well that was weird."

In the hallway, Joseph approached Bridgette. "Hello Bridgette, do you know who you are voting for?"

Bridgette sighed and said, "I want to vote for Alexander, but Geoff is dead set on voting for Heather. Unless some other people vote for Alexander, he won't be eliminated."

"Don't worry Bridgette. I will help you since I could not decide who I wanted to vote for yet anyways," Joseph said as he placed a hand on her shoulder.

She smiled but then quickly frowned and said, "That's still not enough people. It will end up being a tie."

Joseph chuckled and said, "Let me handle that."

Bridgette smiled and asked, "Is there anything I could do to repay you?"

Joseph tapped his chin in thought and then said, "Would you mind helping me eliminate someone down the line, if I don't have enough support?"

"I can do that. Thanks for helping," Bridgette said.

"It was my pleasure," was Joseph's reply.

Lounge Confessional

Geoff: I hope that Bridge doesn't hold the fact that I didn't vote with her against me. That would so totally not be righteous.

Joseph: I have yet another of the contestants support. Now, a promise is a promise and I told Bridgette I was voting for Alexander, so that is exactly what I will do.

Gwen: Normally I'd vote for Heather, but I believe it was Courtney who manipulated the others to eliminate Leshawna, and I'm not forgetting that.

Cody: Heather is really mean, and I bet she still plans on eliminating us. I'm getting rid of her before she gets rid of me.

All eleven of the contestants who were up for elimination were sitting in the front two rows of the auditorium. They were either calm, anxious, or in Alexander's case, partially asleep. Some of the others present for the elimination were Bridgette, Gwen, Cody, Joseph, and Noah. Chris entered from the left of the stage and said, "Welcome, losers to the elimination ceremony! The winners of today's challenge have picked the lucky loser and the votes have been tallied. When I call you name, please come up to the stage, claim your hall pass, and sit back down. Whoever does not receive a hall pass must immediately walk the hall of shame to catch the bus of losers and be unable to return, ever!" The rookie contestants, minus Danny, flinched when Chris shouted that. The narcissistic host then continued, saying, "Hall passes go to…"

Jennifer, who was slightly anxious, looked over at Trent, who was quite calm. She then asked, "Aren't you worried about being eliminated?"

Chris called the first contestant safe, "Trent!"

Trent responded to Jennifer's question with a "Not Really" before going up to claim his hall pass. [5]

"Also safe are, Jennifer, Julie, DJ, Izzy, William, Danny, and Zeke," Chris announced.

Restroom Confessional

Ezekiel: I guess Duncan kept his promise, eh.

Duncan: I didn't do anything to help prairie boy. Guess he just got lucky.

Chris turned to the final three without a hall pass. "Courtney, Alexander, Heather, there are reasons as to why you all received votes, but I don't feel like listing them. The second-to-last pass goes to the person with the least amount of votes. And that person is," …

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"Courtney!" The CIT ran up to the podium to accept her hall pass. In the audience, Gwen could be seen visibly glaring daggers. Chris then continued, "Heather, Alexander, one of you will be eliminated right now. The final hall pass goes to…"

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"Heather!" The queen bee smirked triumphantly as she went up to get her hall pass.

Alexander, visibly untouched by the fact that he lost, simply got up and shrugged, saying, "I knew it was to happen eventually. I don't know if you can all come to terms with this, but by the end, everybody but one will be eliminated. I hope you can realize that." With those final, philosophical words, Alexander exited the auditorium, and later the building, boarded the bus of losers, and left to head to the aftermath studio.

The teens that had been in the auditorium were leaving. Gwen was still angry, and Trent and Jennifer walked up next to her. "Hey, Gwen," Trent said awkwardly, "I know you are still upset about Leshawna being eliminated, but if I can help, let me know."

Gwen looked up and asked, "Will you two help me get rid of Courtney?"

Jennifer shrugged and responded, "Sure, I know you want her gone, so I'll help."

Trent nodded in agreement and said, "Yeah, me too." "Good," Gwen said.

Bridgette was walking back to the lounge when she ran into Geoff exiting a bathroom. He looked at the ground, scratched his head, and said, "So I guess Alexander was eliminated."

Bridgette nodded and said, "Yeah, Joseph was able to help me."

"Yeah, well I was thinking," Geoff said, "I was thinking that it was stupid to let the choice of who to eliminate separate us. I knew why you wanted to eliminate Alexander, but everything Heather has done, from TDI to yesterday, it just pushed me over the edge. I wanted to eliminate her and that was that. I'm sorry, can you forgive me?"

"Geoff, you don't have to apologize. You had your opinion and you wanted to stick to it, and I can respect that," the surfer said.

"You mean it," the party boy asked.

"Of course Geoff, I'm not going to let this competition separate us like it did with Gwen and Trent," replied Bridgette.

Geoff smiled and said, "That's great." The two then shared a sweet, tender kiss.

The camera switches to the office, where we see Chris sitting in a large chair, his feet propped up on the desk. He then started his closing monologue, saying, "Now at the end of Day 2, Alexander has been eliminated. Who will be the next to leave? How will the teens fare in the war challenge? Will Gwen's thirst for revenge go too far? And will Rebecca ever carry on a conversation that doesn't have to do with anime? Find out the answers to hopefully most of these questions, plus the most dramatic elimination yet! Next time on Total Drama High School!"

Votes

Alexander – 5 (Bridgette, Mikey, Megan, Joseph, Noah)

Heather – 4 (Cody, Geoff, Rebecca, Emily)

Courtney – 3 (Gwen, Nicholas Jessie)

[1] – The line Chris says is similar to a line from the episode "Who can you trust?" when Heather ripped Gwen's pants off during the rock climbing challenge. Duncan says "You don't see that everyday" to which Chris replies, "No you don't, my man, no you don't."

[2] – This is another Dragon Ball Z reference, and probably the last one in this story, save for the aftermath chapters. I plan on referencing other manga until Rebecca's elimination.

[3] – This is something that happened to someone in woodshop class when I was in middle school. It wasn't in my class, but it happened to someone I knew.

[4] – Perhaps Zeke has a bit of Charlie Brown in him?

[5] – This quick exchange between Trent and Jennifer is nearly identical to one that occurred in Kobold Necromancer's Total Drama Battlegrounds. However, in Kobold's story, Leshawna replaces Jennifer.

Author's Note: Well, I rewrote this chapter faster than I thought I would. The next one may be up fairly quickly because I liked the way I wrote it before. For the most part, it will be adding detail. Also there will be two other instances where the next challenge will be mentioned in a chapter before it. Anyways, thanks for reading and I would appreciate it if you would review.