Disclaimer: I don't own Total Drama, what gave you that idea?
Authors Note: This is my longest chapter ever! I hope you enjoy. The language is a little more extreme than normal at one point, but Heather deserves it. Also, for the poll, the two who voted both said Heather would join the alliance. Let's just say you will be surprised.
Chris McLean was standing in front of the high school yet again and waves his arms around as he begins his monologue. He proudly says, "Last time on Total Drama High School, the students had to create something out of wood for their project. Here's the fun part: the teams were designed to either distract the members, or to test each other's patience! That's a perk of being host! Anyways, some of the creations were good, like the best bench I've ever seen and the bookcase our resident bookworm made. Some were fantastic, and by that I mean the hair gel rack that was created specifically for me! On the other hand, some projects sucked, like an incomplete swinging bench, a broken cabinet, or a sword that Rebecca used to try and hurt me. Speaking of Rebecca, she was forced to walk the hall of shame, but not before giving her sword to William, who promised to do everything he could to win. So, will today add to the drama? Can I piss off these teens even more? Will Ezekiel or Danny ever win immunity? Find out the answers to all of these questions right now, on Total Drama High School!
Chef was driving the bus a little erratically as he shuttled the teens from the hotel to the high school. Many of the students had nervous looks on their faces, since they feared for their lives with Chef driving, but also fearing for their lives if they criticized the obviously angry cook. To all of the competitor's delight, they made it to the high school intact and they all quickly exited the bus.
As they departed the vehicle, some heard Chef muttering things. Among the comments heard were "Stupid Pretty Boy," "Haven't gotten my paycheck yet," and "Why do I have to do this?" The remaining 20 contestants all stood waiting outside the bus until Chef shouted, "What the hell are you waitin' for? Get your asses to the auditorium!"
The freaked out teens went inside, and began to talk amongst themselves. Noah calmly stated, "So I wonder what kind of challenge will be next? Personally I would like to have a math challenge."
Mikey, who was walking next to him, said, "I wouldn't mind that. Actually, I wouldn't mind a challenge based off of any subject. Well except for one. I'd rather not mention it though. The subject still unnerves me."
Heather sneered and said, "Why, were you an utter failure at it?"
"I will admit that it wasn't my best subject. But to be fair, the teacher hadn't taught a class in years, so maybe it was him," Mikey replied as calmly as possible.
Heather scoffed and said, "Get used to it, gaming geek. There's always going to be crap that upsets you."
"Shut up Heather! You can be such a bitch," Gwen angrily quipped.
"So, nobody cares what you think, Weird Goth Girl," Heather replied nastily.
"Oh yes, I forgot. Your opinion is like the word of God," Noah said sarcastically.
Mikey smirked and said, "If Noah said we don't care for your opinion, then I agree."
Heather angrily responded, "Nobody asked you for your opinions you geeks!"
Megan retorted saying, "I'm not quite sure you understand. Nobody asked or cares about your opinion either so shut up!"
"As if I care about the opinions of losers like you," Heather said spitefully.
Ezekiel bravely said, "Face it Heather, noo oone likes yoo, eh." There was silence until everybody except Heather started to cheer for the prairie boy. Seeing the support everyone was giving to Ezekiel, Heather angrily stomped off.
Mikey walked over to Megan and said, "Thanks for sticking up for me Megan. I appreciate it."
The nice girl blushed slightly and said, "Don't mention it. It's just the kind of thing friends do."
Restroom Confessional
Heather: Those losers! They think they've won, but I'm going to strike with a vengeance! First up, I'm going to take out that home schooled loser!
Joseph: After seeing the tension from earlier, the most strategic move would be to not target Heather. She has enough enemies now; they will all eliminate her soon enough. As for Ezekiel, he's pretty unpopular, which is basically a free elimination down the road. If that's the case, who should the alliance vote for? And better yet, who can I convince to join the alliance?
After the minor amount of drama, the rest of the students arrived at the Auditorium. William was the first one there, the wooden sword Rebecca had given him strapped to his back. Something about the crazy teen that many of the others had noticed is that he was not his usual, spacey self. He had an air of determination around him. He entered the auditorium first, followed by most of the other competitors, and finally, Heather.
Chris was already waiting for them, sitting in a chair on the stage, playing with a paddleball. He would hit the ball a few times and then fail, causing him to say, "Darn" or "Damn" or "Why am I doing this?" After a couple of minutes of watching this, many of the students began to get restless. Chris was completely oblivious to the students sitting there until he was hit in the head with a walnut.
Chris looked around the seated competitors and cringed, forgetting they were there. He also could've sworn he saw Izzy whistling nonchalantly. Chris then shook his head and fixed his hair before addressing the crowd, "Good morning students! Are you ready for your next challenge?"
William shouted out, "We were ready for the last five minutes, you douche!"
"No need to get uppity about all this. Anyways today's challenge will be math-related," Chris announced. A few students, namely Noah, Cody, Joseph, and Jessie showed interest after learning the challenge was about math. Chris frowned and said, "Now, we tried to figure out the best way to integrate math into a challenge and the best way was to have an obstacle course!"
"I don't think you were properly educated as a child," Noah remarked sarcastically, "because math and obstacle courses do not go hand in hand."
Chris scowled and said, "I'm aware of that Noah! You see, there are eight obstacles, and eight stations. After each obstacle is a station. At each station, one team member will have to answer a math question. If you get it right, your team moves on. Get it wrong, and you still move on, but you will have five to ten seconds added on to your time at the end, depending on the difficulty of the question. The easiest questions are first, and the most difficult ones are last. Each team member must answer two questions, because if one super smart member answered all the questions, it wouldn't be fair."
"Chris McLean being fair? I think that's a sign of the apocalypse," Noah remarked sarcastically.
Chris scowled again and said, "Shut up Noah! God, you are such a pain in the ass!"
"I try," Noah said while smirking.
Chris rolled his eyes and said, "Anyways, there are five teams and the two with the shortest times win immunity! The first team is Mikey, Heather, Noah, and Jennifer." The four teens stood near each other, all being quiet except for Heather, who was grumbling to herself.
Chris then said, "The second team is Joseph, Ezekiel, Julie, and Gwen." Like the first team, this one was quiet, although Joseph could be seen studying his teammates.
"The third team is Cody, Nicholas, Bridgette, and Megan," Chris said, hoping for drama.
Bridgette smiled and said, "We should do well, right Cody?"
The tech geek nodded and said, "Definitely. I'm a wiz at math."
Chris drawled on, "The fourth team is Courtney, Trent, Jessie, and William." Trent smiled when he saw who was on his team. He felt that they had pretty good odds at getting immunity.
Chris concluded, "The final team is Geoff, Emily, Danny and Izzy." Again, the teams were silent.
It was silent until Noah found the courage to say, "Did you make the teams so that we were, for the most part, paired up with people we don't really know?"
"You are correct Noah! I was wondering when someone would figure that out. Out to the course," Chris said as he led the teams outside.
Restroom Confessional
Mikey: Heather's on my team? Ugh, this means she's going to keep bitching. Maybe I could shut her up?
Jennifer: I'm kind of sad that Trent isn't on my team, but that's okay. At least with Heather on it, there's a candidate for elimination should we lose.
Joseph: Hmm. After seeing how determined William became overnight, he has become a threat, and fast. It seems obvious that he should be eliminated as soon as possible. But how will I achieve that? Perhaps I can recruit one of his teammates to help eliminate him.
Team one was lined up at the starting line while the other four teams were sitting in some bleachers. Chris, who was standing near the starting line, said, "Okay, so this is how the obstacle will work: The first obstacle is some platforms above a pit of water. Jump across them to go on. If you fall in, swim to the other side. Once the person doing the first problem makes it across, they can work on the problem. However, the whole team has to be across before moving on the next obstacle, which is a swinging rope above a pit of water. As you can see, there is a ladder on the far side of the pit so if you fall in, you can get back out. The third obstacle is the rolling pipe thing. Basically, run across the pipe and stay balanced so you don't fall off. If you fall off, you have to do it again."
Mikey had his forehead scrunched up in thought and said, "This course looks awfully familiar." [1]
Chris smiled and said, "I have no idea what you are talking about. Anyways, the next portion is one of those obstacles where you have to move your feet in and out of a bunch of tires. After that is a zip line. Grab onto the bar and the extra weight will cause it to slide down the line, down the hill. When you release the bar, it will travel back up the hill so the next person may go. The sixth obstacle is climbing up the hill. Two people may do this at once, one using the ladders and the other going up the zigzag ramp. After getting to the top, crawl through the sand pit and the final obstacle is a group of walls that force you to maneuver your body to fit through. After finishing the last math problem, head back here. Any questions?"
Almost every hand went up and Chris grinned before saying, "Good!" Chris flashed a thumbs up to Chef, who was standing next to a bell. He nodded and hit the large bell, signaling the start of the challenge.
Team 1 (Mikey, Heather, Noah, Jennifer)
Team one was still waiting by the starting line and Chris said, "Is everybody ready?"
Noah, who looked bored, said, "For math, yes. For the obstacle course, no."
"Good! Ready, set, go," Chris said as the four teens headed to the first obstacle.
Mikey was running alongside Noah and said, "Noah, if I may, I suggest that Heather goes first, and then either Jennifer or I, and you are last."
"That sounds good," Noah said between breaths. The duo reached the pit and saw Heather waiting there.
Mikey said, "What are you doing? Get going!"
Heather rolled her eyes and said, "Yeah right. I don't like you gaming geek. I don't have to do what you say."
"I'll show you," Mikey said before Noah stopped him. The gamer looked at the know-it-all questioningly.
Noah sighed and said, "Fair enough Heather. You can not participate, but when we lose, don't expect us to vote for someone else."
Heather glared at Noah for a moment before saying, "Fine." She proceeded to jump across the platforms.
When she got to the other side, Carl from the Aftermath studio was there and he said rather unenthusiastically, "In a triangle, what do the measures of the angles add up to?"
"180 degrees," Heather said just as unenthusiastically. She proceeded to head to the rope swing as Mikey looked back at his teammates. The three others were waiting to see if Heather would actually participate before continuing.
Mikey shouted out, "All right chumps, thumbs up, lets do this! Leerooooooooooy Jeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeenkins!"[2] The gamer leapt onto the platforms and cleared them in a few seconds before doing a running jump to the rope swing and flying across the gap and landing on the other side.
Noah and Jennifer took a calmer approach to the first two obstacles. As they progressed, Noah was chuckling. Jennifer, who appeared to be slightly angry, asked, "Why are you chuckling? He called us chumps!"
"You don't understand. He was referencing a person who played World of Warcraft, whose name in game was Leeroy Jenkins. This person would charge into an area with a large amount of enemies, forcing his teammates to follow," Noah said while chuckling.
The two reached the rope swing as Mikey tossed it toward them. Heather was busy doing the second problem and she looked soaked. Jennifer took the rope as it was tossed to her and she swung across, grabbing onto the ledge on the other side. Mikey grabbed her hand and helped pull the performing artist up as Noah swung across the pit.
Jennifer smiled and said, "Thanks for the save Mikey."
"No problem, it was my pleasure," the gamer responded. Noah landed on the other side as gracefully as possible, which for him meant he fell face-first on the gymnastics mat. The three headed over to Heather to find that she completed the problem given to her by the intern who acted as nurse the other day.
The team ran toward the next obstacle and Mikey asked Jennifer, "So do you want to do the next problem, or should I?"
The performing artist shrugged and said, "I can do the next two, if you don't mind."
"Not at all," was the gamer's response. Jennifer ran across the rolling barrel first, followed by Heather.
Mikey said, "After you," to Noah and the know-it-all crossed the barrel, followed by Mikey.
Owen was standing there and he said, "Hi Noah! You wanna hang out some time?"
"Maybe once we get out of our contracts," Noah said sarcastically, insinuating that they would never get out of their contracts. Noah saw that Owen took him seriously and said, "Owen, what I mean is once I get eliminated. How's that?"
"Okay," Owen said cheerfully.
"Done," Jennifer said as Owen checked it.
He said, "Okay, you can go," shortly afterward. The team raced off, with Jennifer going through the tires first, followed by Mikey, Noah and lastly Heather. When the team was waiting for Jennifer to finish the problem,
Heather complained, "Ugh, can't you go any faster? You went fast enough in getting Trent to go out with you."
"Yeah, that's going to help team morale," Noah said cynically.
"Since when have you tried so hard to win," Heather asked rudely.
Noah rolled his eyes and said, "Since this competition was supposed to be about brain power."
Jennifer ran over to Mikey and said, "What are they arguing about?"
"I dunno. Can I proceed," Mikey asked.
"Go right ahead," Jennifer said before going to split up the two feuding competitors. Mikey grabbed onto the zip line and slid down, shouting, "Wahoo!"
The shout got the attention of both Noah and Heather, who ran over to the zip line, Jennifer not too far behind. Duncan was waiting at the bottom of the hill.
When Mikey ran up to him, he said, "Okay gamer boy, all you gotta do is tell me the graph shape of…this question doesn't make any sense! When the rest of your team gets here, wait a few seconds, then go."
Heather was at the base of the hill first and she said, "Why are you just standing around, gamer geek?"
"Duncan's just going to let us go, once the rest of the team gets here," Mikey replied calmly. Noah arrived next and Mikey explained to him the situation. Finally Jennifer got to the rest of the group and they went back to the hill, climbing up the ladder and zigzag path.
Noah first climbed the ladder while Mikey took the zigzag path. When the two reached the halfway point, Heather and Jennifer started their ascent. When Mikey was about three-quarters of the way up, he started to slow down.
He muttered, "Ah, damn chest pains. Oh crap, didn't that intern in the nurse outfit say something about not exerting myself?" Mikey fell to the ground as his broken ribs acted up.
Back with the remaining contestants, they watched as the gamer fell to the ground. Luckily, he had not been climbing the ladder. Those that appeared the most devastated were Geoff, Bridgette, and Megan.
Chris meanwhile was having an angry phone call with Duncan. Chris said, "Look, just because you don't like the challenge, doesn't mean you can just let them go without doing anything!"
After a few seconds Chris said, "Yes I know having you as an intern helps attract viewers and therefore my handsome paycheck."
"But, but, fine," Chris said angrily as he hung up.
Back on the hill, Jennifer had reached Mikey and had stopped to pick him up. She carried the gamer piggyback style up the rest of the incline. When they got to the top, Katie issued Mikey the problem.
While Mikey was busy with the problem, she said, "Hi Noah."
"Hi Katie," the bookworm politely responded, "How is it being an intern?"
"Like, it is so much work, but we get to automatically be on another season, so that's great. Also I'm like so happy Chris also made Sadie an intern too," Katie replied happily.
Noah smiled and sincerely said, "Well, that's great. I hope you can do well."
Heather looked over at the bookworm with a confused glance, as she never expected Noah to care about, well, anyone. "Done," Mikey said wearily as Katie looked at the answer he had.
"Okay, you can go, but unfortunately you didn't get it right," Katie said.
Mikey hung his head and said, "Dammit! Oh well, Noah, you should probably get going."
"Right," was the know-it-all's response before he turned and said, "Okay Katie, I will see you around."
"Bye Noah," Katie called as the team left. Noah started crawling through the sand, Heather behind him, and Jennifer assisting the injured Mikey not much farther behind.
Jennifer, worried that Mikey was hurt, said, "Do you think you should be continuing the challenge?"
"I shouldn't but if I don't complete it, I could face instant elimination. I don't want to risk that," the gamer replied.
"Oh, I see," Jennifer said as they reached the far side of the sand pit.
Noah was impatiently tapping his foot, and he said, "C'mon. I already finished the problem."
"Right," Mikey said quietly, the slightest look of pain on his face. Noah went ahead to the next obstacle and started to get his body around the obstacles.
Heather, who was standing near the front said, "Get going gaming geek! I'm not going to let you go after me, since you would probably be staring at my body the whole time."
"Sorry, but I'm not into the bitchy type," Mikey said as he ran to the next obstacle.
Heather was fuming and chased after the gamer, yelling, "How dare you call me a bitch! I'm going to get your ass eliminated!"
Mikey looked behind him and smirked before saying, "Pretty big talk from the person that is less popular than Ezekiel!"
Back in the stands, upon hearing this, Ezekiel hung his head in shame, as Mikey's comment hinted at the opinion that Ezekiel was one of the least liked competitors. Joseph saw this and knelt down and said, "Zeke, you need to understand, what Mikey meant was-."
"I knoo' what he meant eh! He's an asshole," Ezekiel responded angrily.
Megan heard this and said, "What are you going on about, homeschool?"
Ezekiel turned to the nice girl and said, "Mikey! He's nothing more than an asshole, eh!"
"Are you trying to get yourself eliminated Zeke," Courtney asked.
The prairie boy stammered, "U-u-um, n-no."
Courtney then looked him dead in the eyes and said, "Then stop accusing innocent people! Mikey said what he said as an insult to Heather. I don't think he was trying to hurt your feelings."
Ezekiel looked ashamed and half-asked, "Oh, well my…bad, eh?"
Back in the obstacle course, Jennifer was just getting out of the final obstacle when Noah finished the problem given to him by Chef. The team ran toward the finish line and soon crossed over it.
Chris applauded them and said, "Nice time. You guys completed the course in 3 minutes, 50 seconds. However, two questions were answered wrong, so I'm going to add a total of thirteen seconds onto your time, giving you an end result of 4 minutes, 3 seconds! Team 2, you guys go up in five minutes."
Restroom Confessional
Chris: I can't believe Duncan had the nerve to disobey my orders. Mine! Everyone knows that I'm the handsomest, nicest, coolest, most awesome host ever! Still, I put up with him, because Duncan and Owen help bring in the ratings. Still, I bring in the most ratings, just 'cause I'm awesome.
Mikey: I heard what Chris was saying before I came in here, and I just have to say Chris has to be one of the most narcissistic people to ever walk the face of the earth. Anyways, I may have pushed myself a little too much in the challenge, but I had to! With Heather on my team, what did you expect? Though if we lose, she is almost guaranteed to be eliminated…
Mikey sat down by Megan, Geoff, and Bridgette. Megan immediately asked him, "Are you crazy?"
"I thought that was Izzy," Mikey asked humorously.
"This isn't funny Mikey. You pushed yourself too hard and got injured as a result. You can't scare me like that," Megan said.
Mikey replied, "Wait, that scared you?"
Bridgette quickly said, "No, she meant you scared us, right Geoff?"
The party guy scratched the back of his head and said, "Um, I guess so." Bridgette giggled slightly at her boyfriend as Megan nervously glanced at Mikey.
Restroom Confessional
Megan: Just to make things clear, I was worried about Mikey because I don't like it when people get hurt. That's the only reason why, honest.
Joseph was stretching when Noah sat down next to him. The overachiever glanced over at his friend and said, "So, how's the course?"
"Tiring. Draining. Need I go on," Noah asked sarcastically.
"Oh, come on, it doesn't look that bad," Joseph said while chuckling.
Noah rolled his eyes and said, "Perhaps for you it isn't, but I'm not the prime example of physical fitness."
Joseph laughed and said, "Look, I wanted to ask you something. About the, um, partnership."
"Yes, what of it," Noah asked. "I was wondering if we could add another member to our ranks," Joseph replied.
Noah raised an eyebrow and said, "Depends. Is it Heather?"
"No, I wouldn't like to associate with her. The person I have in mind is smart, and has few enemies here," Joseph said.
"Well, can you tell me who it is," Noah asked.
"Fine," Joseph said as he whispered the name of the person to the know-it-all.
Noah shrugged and said, "I guess so, I mean it couldn't hurt, right?"
Restroom Confessional
Joseph: Perfect. Now that Noah approves of the new member, it's only a matter of time before this game is under my control. (The overachiever smiles darkly)
Team 2 (Joseph, Ezekiel, Julie, and Gwen)
The four team members were lined up at the starting line. Joseph looked determined; Ezekiel had a nervous look on his face; Julie was smiling as she tied her shoe; and Gwen was crossing her arms and scowling, upset over how annoying Heather had gotten lately.
Chris rang a buzzer and the teens raced off, Julie volunteering to go first and answer the first two questions. The rest of the team followed and reached the other side of the floating platforms as Julie finished Carl's problem. Julie then headed over to the rope swing as the rest of the team followed.
As Julie worked on the second problem, Joseph said, "So Gwen, I regret to report that my investigation to locate who eliminated Leshawna has come up empty so far."
Gwen looked at the overachiever and said, "Oh, well that's okay, I guess."
"Don't worry, I will try my hardest to pinpoint who did such a thing before one of us are eliminated," Joseph said reassuringly.
Gwen smiled slightly and said, "Thanks. I'll handle the next two problems."
Gwen ran across the barrel to Owen and answered the problem while Ezekiel said to Joseph, "Sorry I didn't really listen to yoo, eh."
"No harm done, Zeke," Joseph said with a smile. Gwen easily solved her problem and the team proceeded through the tires.
Sadie was waiting and when Gwen arrived, she said, "Oh, hi Gwen! Here's your problem: How does one find the tangent of an angle in a triangle?"
Gwen rolled her eyes and said, "Divide the length of the opposite side by the length of the adjacent side."
"Yay! You got it right! You can go now," Sadie said as Ezekiel took the zip line down the hill.
When the prairie boy reached the bottom, Duncan saw him and muttered under his breath, "Damn, why does home school have to be now? Why couldn't have been Gwen?"
Ezekiel stopped near Duncan, who was sitting around cutting some wood with a knife. "Um," Ezekiel said, "aren't yoo, supposed to give me a problem, eh?"
"I would, but I don't feel like it. Chris is okay with it too," Duncan said with a smirk.
A moment later Joseph arrived and said, "Is this like what happened with the last team?"
Duncan said, "You know it."
Soon after, Gwen arrived and Duncan said, "Hey Gwen. How's everything going?"
Gwen sighed and responded, "Okay, I guess. Courtney and Heather have been giving me a hard time though."
"What's Courtney doing this time," Duncan asked as he shook his head.
"She keeps claiming that I'm trying to steal you from her," Gwen replied.
Duncan smirked and said, "Don't worry. I'll talk some sense into my girlfriend. Oh, you should probably get going."
Gwen noticed that the rest of the team was scaling the hill and she said, "Crap! Thanks Duncan, I gotta go!"
She ran off and Duncan chuckled to himself, saying, "You know, if Courtney ever dumped me, I could hook up with Gwen."
Gwen started to climb the hill as quickly as she could, so she could catch up with her teammates. When she arrived at the top, Julie said, "Where were you?"
Gwen replied, "I was talking to Duncan for a moment. I didn't cost us any time, right?"
"No, Zeke's taking a while to do this problem," Julie said.
Just after she finished her sentence, Ezekiel called out, "Yes, I did it!" This caused the team to hurry forward, though none were faster than the overachiever.
"Looks like those suicide sprints in baseball came in handy," he muttered as he swiftly crawled across the sand pit. By the time the rest of the team had crossed, Joseph had finished Beth's problem. He again hurried to Chef as the rest of the team worked their way through the final obstacle.
Gwen smirked and said to Julie, "I think we've got a good chance at winning this."
Julie, as usual was smiling, and said, "That may be true, but don't tempt fate."
"What does that mean," Gwen inquired.
They arrived to find Joseph standing there. When Ezekiel didn't show up for a moment longer, the overachiever started to tap his foot impatiently. After another couple seconds, the prairie boy finally appeared. This caused Joseph to make a mad dash toward the finish line. Gwen, Julie, and Ezekiel had to try their hardest to keep up with Joseph and not cause their time to be lower.
When all four people made it back to the start, Chris said, "Nice time! You finished the course in 3 minutes 42 seconds. However, two questions were wrong so I'm adding 11 seconds, for a final time of 3 minutes 53 seconds! That is the time to beat when Team 3 goes in five minutes. In the meantime, I'm going to grab a coffee."
Restroom Confessional
Joseph: That wasn't too bad. We have the best time right now, so hopefully we can retain the lead, or at the very least, second place.
Gwen: I can't believe that Duncan doesn't have to listen to Chris just because he is a fan favorite. That's pretty cool. I wish I could stand up to McLean, but I could lose the money.
Joseph found Courtney walking back outside by herself as he left the Confessional. He smiled as he walked up to her and said, "Hello Courtney."
"Hello Joseph. How hard is the course," the CIT replied.
"You will be able to handle the course. I wanted to ask you something, however," Joseph said in response.
Courtney shrugged and said, "Well, okay, what is it?"
Joseph took a deep breath and said, "I would like to invite you to join an alliance. Not necessarily to dominate the game, but to watch our backs."
"Let me guess, Noah's in it too, correct," Courtney asked.
Joseph gulped and said, "Perhaps. What would make you think that?"
Courtney smiled and said, "Well, you hang out with him all the time, and now you ask me about an alliance. It makes sense."
"Okay, you broke me," Joseph said with a sigh, "Noah is in the alliance too. I'm only asking because that way, you can pay me back for helping you on day one. What do you say?"
Courtney looked down at the ground for a moment and said, "You said we won't try to dominate the game?"
"Correct. This will be nothing like Heather's alliance on TDI," Joseph said reassuringly.
"Well, I suppose I can join. I don't want to make it obvious though. I have enough enemies as it is," Courtney commented.
Joseph nodded before replying, "I can accept that. Thank you for joining the alliance. If your team is up for elimination later, I will give you a suggestion on who to vote for."
"Hold on," Courtney said threateningly, "I will join, on one condition."
"Well then, what is the condition," Joseph asked.
Courtney looked up and smirked, before replying, "I will join your alliance, so long as we get rid of Gwen at some point."
"That can be arranged," Joseph said with a smile.
By this point the two were back outside, and separated, Joseph heading over to where Noah was and Courtney going to sit by her team.
Restroom Confessional
Noah: So Joseph convinced Courtney to join our alliance. He said something about disposing of her when she was no longer useful. I hope he knows what he's doing.
Danny: I noticed that Joseph uses the confessional more than any other contestant on the show. Why do I have the feeling that he's hiding something from us?
Team 3 (Cody, Nicholas, Bridgette, and Megan)
The next group of four was waiting near the start. Cody was happily smiling happily, confident that he would perform well. Nicholas was a little nervous, as he was not into academic subjects. Bridgette was neither anxious nor confident, as she knew she was okay at math, but not the best. Like Cody, Megan was confident due to her aptitude for math. Chris was not yet back and the four teens were discussing their plan.
"I think I should go first," Nicholas said, "because I'm not the greatest at math."
"Fair enough, I can go last, if you two don't mind," Cody offered.
"That's a great idea. I'll go before you, if you don't mind Bridgette," Megan said.
Bridgette shook her head and responded, "That's fine by me."
Chris walked over, a coffee cup in his hand and said, "Okay, who's ready to go?" He was met by silence and said, "Well okay, ready, go!"
The four teens ran to the platforms and Nicholas jumped across first. Bridgette went across next, followed by Cody, who helped save Bridgette from falling into the water on more than one occasion. Megan brought up the rear, hoping that all would go well. Nicholas answered the problem with ease and went to the rope swing.
Megan went across the rope swing next, followed by Bridgette and then Cody. Nicholas answered the female intern's question and let Bridgette go to the next obstacle.
The mechanic looked at the tech geek and said, "Pretty cool course, right?"
Cody shrugged and said, "I guess. I'm kinda scrawny so it's not that easy for me."
"True, but still it's difficult without it being insane," Nicholas said while grinning. Bridgette solved the next problem somewhat easily and progressed to Sadie's problem.
Megan said to Cody, "So you ready to win this challenge?"
"You know it! So long as we don't screw up, we should do fine," Cody said confidently.
Megan smiled and said, "Well, we are good at math, so this should prove to be a good challenge for us."
Bridgette had finished her next problem and said, "Okay Megan, you're up."
The nice girl said, "All right," before she rode the zip line. At the bottom, Duncan again was waiting, although this time the wood was starting to take the rough shape of a skull.
Duncan looked up for a second at the nice girl before he said, "There's no problem here. Wait for your team and then go up the hill."
"Well, okay then," Megan said unsurely.
Bridgette was the next one down and Duncan said, "Well, well if it isn't Malibu."
"You know my real name Duncan, why don't you use it," Bridgette said, the slightest tone of anger in her voice.
"Why? Geoff doesn't mind when I call you that," Duncan stated nonchalantly.
Bridgette replied, "Yeah, but I'm not Geoff! And I do mind when you call me that!"
"Calm down Bridgette," Megan said, "No need to get angry at him."
"Yeah," Cody, who had just gotten to the bottom of the hill, added, "Duncan gets enjoyment out of annoying people, right?"
"Only some people," Duncan said, his hands raised in defense.
"Guys," Nicholas said.
"That doesn't give you free reign to do it," Bridgette said in an exasperated tone.
"Guys," Nicholas repeated.
"She's actually right, Duncan," Megan said, "You can't do things just because you feel like it."
Nicholas shouted, "Guys!"
"What," Cody said as he turned around. He noticed the mechanic standing there and said, "Crap!"
The scrawny tech geek ran to the hill, along with Bridgette, who climbed the obstacle with Cody. Megan and Nicholas soon followed. When Megan finished her problem, the other three went straight across the sand pit, just as they had planned. Cody solved his problem just as Megan made it across the pit. This allowed Cody to go through the final obstacle.
Bridgette and Megan were making their way through the final obstacle at the same time. "So, how goes things with your crush," Bridgette asked the nice girl.
Megan blushed slightly and said, "Well, I don't know if he catches the signs I give him."
Bridgette giggled and said, "Well, if you need something else to impress him, compliment him in some way. Everybody likes a sincere compliment."
"That's true. Okay, I'll try it," Megan replied.
When all of his teammates made it through the obstacle, Cody finished the problem, allowing the team to sprint to the finish. "And Team 3 finishes with a time of 3 minutes 47 seconds. Not the fastest time, I may say, but since they didn't get any questions wrong, they take the top spot! In about five minutes, Team 4 will be up," Chris said as the four crossed the finish line.
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Megan: Okay, now I have to give him a compliment. What should I compliment though? Since I'm complimenting a guy, this makes things so much more difficult.
Bridgette: I'm sure that Megan won't screw this up. I mean, she can't say much worse than what Geoff said to me back during season one: "You pitch a tent like a guy." Now that I look back on that however, I laugh, simply due to Geoff's slight clueless-ness. It's one of the things I love about him though.
Chris: Why are half the confessions here about love? Why can't they be about drama, like every confession Joseph makes?
Bridgette and Megan walked back into the stands, to sit near a waiting Mikey and Geoff. It looked like they had been talking about something important, but dropped the subject as the girls approached.
"Nice performance out there Megan," Mikey commented before saying, "Oh, and you too Bridgette."
Bridgette and Megan both smiled and happily replied "Thanks."
Then Geoff said, "So Bridgette, is the course hard?"
"Dude, I already told you, the course is easy so long as you have some physical ability," Mikey said with his forehead in his hand.
Bridgette giggled and said, "Geoff, Mikey is right, the course was fairly easy. Nothing gave me too much trouble."
Megan tapped Mikey on the shoulder, which made the gamer turn. Upon seeing the nice girl he said, "Oh hey Megan, what's up?"
"Well, I just wanted to tell you that I think it was brave of you to continue on with the course even after you got hurt," the nice girl replied.
"Well, it's either go big or go home and I don't want to go home yet! I want to make it to the merge, if I could," Mikey replied.
Megan sighed very slightly before saying, "Yeah I suppose that makes sense."
The gamer caught the sigh from the nice girl and said, "Anything bothering you Megan?"
"Nope! Nothing at all," Megan hurriedly said as she smiled, "If you excuse me, I have to use the bathroom." The nice girl ran off to the building with a slight blush plastered on her cheeks.
After seeing the scene, the gamer said, "Well that was weird."
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Mikey: What could be the cause of Megan's odd behavior? Could she be getting sick? No, that wouldn't make sense. Perhaps she's secretly bipolar, but why would it only happen just now? (Mikey seems nervous as he says the next reason) Or maybe its, well, that, um, time of month? I honestly have no clue. I should ask Geoff, he knows a lot about girls.
William was waiting at the starting line even though there was still three minutes until he was scheduled to go. Joseph approached the crazy guy and said, "Wow, you seem determined."
"I know. I promised a friend that I would do everything I could to win," William replied.
"Interesting. Just be careful not to be reckless and get injured. That could get you eliminated," the overachiever replied.
William smiled slightly and said, "Thanks. I'll be sure to keep that in mind."
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Joseph: Now I have William's trust, or at least he thinks I have good intentions. Boy, will he be in for a surprise. (The overachiever chuckles darkly)
Team 4 (Courtney, Trent, Jessie, and William)
The next team of four was standing by the starting line. Courtney and Trent looked confident. Jennifer was cheering her boyfriend on from the stands. Jessie looked fairly confident as well, but she did not show it as much. William still had the sword strapped to his back, and an almost unnerving look of determination upon his face.
Chris walked over to the four and said, "Okay you guys, once Chef gets back from starting to prepare lunch, we can begin the challenge."
Approximately a minute later, the tough chef walked over and said, "Hurry up pretty boy! Can't let the food burn!"
In the stands, Geoff whispered to Mikey, "Maybe it would be better if it were burnt." The gamer chuckled slightly.
Chris held up his favorite air horn and after counting to three, hit the button, causing the signal to go off. The four teens who were supposed to be running covered their ears at the loud wailing noise.
When the ringing in their ears stopped, William shouted, "Oh crap!" He then took off at full speed with Trent, Courtney, and Jessie following the crazy guy. When he arrived at the first problem, he solved it as quickly as possible and ran off, leaving Carl the intern standing there confused.
When Trent got to the first station, he said, "Wait, where's William?"
"Oh, he already went on to the second problem," Carl said, not looking up from a magazine he was reading.
"Oh well, c'mon guys," Courtney said, "we need to catch up to him." Courtney led the charge to the rope swing, to find William standing on the other side, his arms crossed, and an annoyed look upon his face.
"Well, who's going next," William asked.
Trent took the rope and swung to the other side before saying, "I'm up next." He proceeded to run across the barrel, William not too far behind.
Courtney and Jessie had to play catch up, on the other hand. Courtney muttered to Jessie, "If we lose because William is being too headstrong, I'm voting for him."
"But he promised his friend he would do well. He's only trying to live up to his promise," Jessie said quietly.
"That may be but a loss is a loss," Courtney replied.
Jessie quietly said to herself, "That didn't really make much sense."
By the time the two girls had reached Owen, Trent and William were nowhere to be seen. Owen saw the confused looks on the girls' faces and said, "Oops. I told Trent and William they could go on, sorry."
Courtney smiled and said, "Well, it's okay Owen. Thank you for apologizing."
"You're welcome Courtney! Good luck," Owen cheered as the two girls made their way to the fourth station.
By the time they made it, William was not being very patient, as he was pacing back and forth. He saw Courtney and grabbed her arm before saying, "Hurry up and go down the zip line! I don't want to lose this!"
Courtney muttered, "Jerk," before going down the zip line and landing near Duncan.
"Well look who it is, it's Princess," Duncan said with a smirk.
"Hello Duncan," Courtney said flatly.
Duncan arched half of his unibrow and said, "What? You aren't excited to see me? Because I seem to remember that one time you visited my house and we-."
Courtney interrupted Duncan by saying, "Duncan! I thought I told you not to talk about that! Anyways, it's not you, it's William. He shoved me at the zip line because I was 'taking too long.' Anyways, he's really getting on me nerves."
"I'll teach him a lesson," Duncan said while punching his palm repeatedly.
Just then, said crazy guy got to the bottom of the hill. Duncan walked up to him and grabbed his shirt collar. The punk lifted William into the air by his shirt collar and angrily said, "So why did you push my girlfriend at the zip line? Give me one good reason why you did that and maybe I won't beat you up."
"It's called a challenge, you idiot," William said as he kicked Duncan's chest, causing the punk to release the crazy guy's shirt.
William landed on the ground and took the sword off of his back, holding the wooden blade in a fighting position, making a battle stance. Duncan laughed and clutched his forehead he was laughing so hard.
After a moment of laughter, Duncan said, "You look like Harold, you dork."
"What, do you not accept my challenge," William accused, "because if so then that would make you a chicken!"
Duncan scoffed and pulled out a lighter and a can of air freshener, before saying, "You really think I would back down from a fight? Let's face it; your stupid twig can't stand up to the power of my makeshift flamethrower!"
William cringed at the thought of his gift being lost to flames and he strapped the sword back onto his back. The crazy guy then said, "Seeing how superior your weapon is, I choose to withdraw."
Duncan rolled his eyes and saw that Trent and Jessie were now both present. "Whatever, just go finish the challenge. I'll see you later Princess," Duncan said while smirking during the last part.
Courtney rolled her eyes and said, "We'll see about that, Duncan." Duncan shrugged as the team left.
Courtney and William were climbing first, William jumping over railings on the zigzag path as Courtney climbed the ladder. There was little surprise when William beat Courtney to the top of the hill.
"God, you don't like to stand still do you," Courtney asked William.
William rolled his eyes and said, "Only during a challenge. Honestly, I thought you would understand that. Get going on that problem."
Courtney narrowed her eyes and said, "No."
"What was that," William asked, his eyes narrowing as well.
"You heard me," Courtney hissed out.
William retrieved his sword and glared at Courtney for a moment before swinging at the CIT. The crazy guy swung horizontally and Courtney bent over, almost as if she were in a game of limbo. She then rolled to the side as William swung vertically. William tried to stab directly downward at Courtney but right before the sword would hit her, it fell to the ground. Courtney looked up and saw Trent keeping the crazy guy in a headlock.
"What, you're on her side," William managed to say.
Trent looked serious and said, "Yeah, I kinda am."
"Well then, you must be more of an id-," William started to say before being interrupted by a kick to the crotch, courtesy of Courtney.
Trent released his headlock and William slumped to the ground, only able to say, "Mommy." Trent looked back down the hill and gave a thumbs up to Duncan, who gave a thumbs up to Trent in return.
Trent turned around and said, "You should probably get going on that problem, Courtney."
"Yeah, thanks back there," Courtney replied.
"No problem. I'm pretty sure you would have done the same if our roles were reversed," the musician replied.
Jessie joined Trent and the sobbing William and said, "I'm ready to go."
Courtney walked back over and said, "Well then, go right on ahead." The shy girl nodded and dashed off.
The CIT turned to the musician and said, "Should we help carry this creep?"
"Well, if we don't we lose more time," Trent replied.
Courtney rolled her eyes and said, "I suppose. You grab his legs, I'll grab his arms."
Trent nodded and grabbed the sword that was lying on the ground and placed it on the semi-conscious crazy guy's back. The musician and CIT carried William through the sand pit and at the next station, he started to recover. "Oh, what hit me," William moaned.
Courtney glared daggers at the crazy guy and said, "My foot. Wanna get hit again?"
William defensively held his hands in front of his crotch and said, "No thanks. I'm good."
The three were quiet as they traversed the final obstacle and raced to the finish line. Chris stood with a smile on his face and said, "Well, that could've been the most dramatic run of the day! Anyways, you guys finished with a time of 3 minutes, 37 seconds. However, with 3 questions wrong, they now have a score of 3 minutes, 58 seconds. This means that they automatically are up for elimination, along with Team 1. Team 3, you automatically have invincibility. Team 5, in about five minutes, you will run to see if you or Team 2 have invincibility!"
Restroom Confessional
William: (The crazy guy looks really guilty) I think I was trying a little too hard and that cost my team the win. Wait, does that even make sense?
Courtney: After his performance today, I won't be surprised if William goes home. Although, since Heather is up for elimination, he may be safe. Only time will tell.
Once Chris had left but before the four team members dispersed in the stands, William said, "Um, Courtney, Trent, Jessie? Can I tell you something?"
"This had better be good," Courtney said with a roll of her eyes.
William took a deep breath before saying, "I just wanted to say I'm sorry for the way I was acting during the challenge. I'm not normally serious about anything, and my sudden desire to be serious made me into a jerk. I hope you can forgive me."
Courtney's glare softened somewhat and she said, "Oh, well I'm not sure I can completely forgive you, but if it means anything, I'm sorry I kicked you in the crotch."
"No harm done. Actually, that was a lie, there may be some harm but I forgive you nonetheless," William said, his usual sheepish grin plastered on his face.
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William: Man, forgiving people for things you've done when you're guilty is one of the best feelings ever! (The crazy guy is grinning)
Trent: Okay, so maybe we didn't have the best run. Do you think that we were jinxed because I thought we had a good shot at immunity?
Team 5 (Geoff, Emily, Danny and Izzy)
The final five teens were lined up at the starting line. Geoff and Emily were chatting, Danny appeared to be in a meditative state, and Izzy was jumping around happily.
Chris, who had returned from wherever he went, grinned at the four students and said, "So, do you guys think you can complete the course faster than 3 minutes, 53 seconds?"
Geoff grinned and said, "Totally dude!"
Izzy, meanwhile, said the word "Yeah" over and over.
Chris then approached Danny, who had his eyes closed while leaning against the wall dividing the course and the bleachers. Chris grinned his sadistic grin and held up a megaphone close to Danny's ear.
Before the host could get a chance to turn on the amplification device, Danny grabbed it. Without opening his eyes, the honorable teen ripped it out of Chris' grasp, and smashed the megaphone over his knee, similar to how one would break a stick. Sparks were erupting from the fragments of the machine that lay on the ground. [3]
Danny finally opened his eyes and said, "Yeah, I know we're about to start."
The entire audience in the bleachers was dead silent until Joseph quietly muttered, "Damn."
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Danny: (The honorable teen is smirking) Chris may think he knows everything, but he doesn't. While it may have appeared like I wasn't paying attention, I was paying even more attention while in my meditative state. Basically, when I meditate, my senses are sharpened, but only when I keep my movements to a minimum. (Danny looks serious for the last part, then starts grinning) Did you see the look on Chris' face when I broke his megaphone?
Chris: (The host is staring blankly at his hand, where his megaphone used to be)
After a few minutes of shock, Chris snaps back into host mode. "Well, we can always buy another megaphone," Chris said.
"You can, but I can't," Chef grumbled.
Chris turned to his semi-co-host and questioned, "Wait, why?"
Chef glared at Chris and shouted, "'Cause ya never give me my paycheck, fool!"
Chris rolled his eyes and muttered, "Oh boy, not this again."
Danny, who was no longer meditating, asked, "So when can we get this challenge started?"
"Just a minute! Chris, where's my paycheck? I want my money," Chef angrily yelled at the host.
"We'll settle this later, Chef. As for the challenge, go now," Chris said as the final group of four took off. During the break between Team 4's run and their run, they decided to have Geoff go first, followed by Izzy, then Emily and lastly Danny. Geoff pulled ahead of the other three and happily shouted as he crossed the platforms.
As Danny prepared to cross, he chuckled and said, "Geoff is having way too much fun with this challenge."
Emily nodded and said, "Yeah, he may be, but it's in his nature, can you blame him?"
"I suppose you are right," Danny replied with a smile.
The three teens heard Geoff shout, "Righteous! I got it right!"
This caused them to hurry their crossing of the platforms and when they got across, Geoff ran to the rope swing and swung across, bellowing a mighty, "This is awesome man!"
Izzy grabbed the rope next and said, "This is just like the time I was in this jungle, yeah. It's a great story, I should tell it to you some time!"
After the crazy girl swung across, Danny offered the rope to Emily, being the gentleman that he is. The dancer smiled and accepted the kind gesture, the honorable warrior following right after she crossed.
The two rookies successfully made it across the pit and waited for Geoff to yell, "All right Izzy, go on ahead!"
"Yeah! I'm gonna be the greatest ninja mathematician ever! Let's go," Izzy happily cheered as she charged across the barrel.
Once she made it to the other side, the psychotic girl stopped in her tracks. Her eyes widened, a big grin appeared on her face, and she charged at an unsuspecting happy-go-lucky teen. Owen was tackled from behind and heard Izzy happily babble, "Izzy missed you Big O!"
The large teen turned around and hugged Izzy saying, "I missed you too Izzy! Wanna make out?"
Izzy looked at the ground and shook her head before saying, "Sorry, but I can't."
"Oh no, you're breaking up with me, aren't you? I can change, I really can," Owen said fearfully.
"No silly! I just gotta finish the challenge first, and then we can make out," Izzy happily chirped.
"Oh yeah, you have a challenge. Well, I'm going to let you just go," Owen said with a smile.
"Really," Danny asked as he, Geoff, and Emily walked forward.
Owen nodded and said, "Yeah, if Duncan can do it the entire challenge, then I can do it once, right?"
Geoff smiled and said, "That totally makes sense dude. High Five!"
The party boy and large teen high-fived and then the team took off, Izzy shouting back, "I'll see you after the challenge, Big O!"
Owen waved and shouted back, "See ya after the challenge, Iz."
Izzy was walking on her hands through the tires and Emily couldn't happen to think out loud, "How does she do that?" However, she was at the back of the group, so her words did not reach any ears.
Izzy completed the challenge soon enough and Emily went riding down the zip line. When she reached the bottom Duncan was sitting around, putting the finishing touches on the skull that he was carving.
A loud, "Dude!" caused Duncan to look up to see Emily, who waved at the punk. Duncan awkwardly waved back until Geoff came running over.
Geoff and Duncan exchanged a fist bump as the party guy cheerily exclaimed, "Duncan dude! What's up?"
The punk shrugged and said, "Nothing much. You?"
"This course is awesome! Some of the obstacles are so righteous, like the zip line. You seriously gotta try it," Geoff enthusiastically said.
Duncan smirked and said, "Well, don't let me stop you from having fun. Keep going, the rest of your team is here anyways."
"Later, dude," Geoff said as he approached the climb back up.
Izzy and Emily went first, Izzy climbing the ladder. Geoff and Danny followed soon after. As they were climbing, something was bugging Danny and he said, "Um, Izzy? You're aware I'm looking up your skirt, right?"
"So? People look up my skirt all the time. I don't mind," the psychotic redhead replied.
"All right," Danny said uncomfortably, "I just wanted to know if I should have gone before you, so you wouldn't be uncomfortable."
Izzy cackled slightly and said, "But that's exactly why I wear a skirt! I'm not uncomfortable."
"Right," Danny replied, seemingly unconvinced. The honorable teen then grew wide-eyed with fear. He was fearful for two reasons. First, he did not want to face Owen after looking up the skirt of the happy-go-lucky teen's girlfriend. Second, he did not want to make Izzy angry, for he had no idea what she could do to him if she got mad.
Regardless, the team continued onward, the dancer solving the next problem in no time at all, Danny bounding forward to bring a victory to his team. The honorable warrior teen quickly crawled across the pit and answered the problem while his teammates caught up.
Once, Izzy, Geoff, and Emily were all accounted for, he continued through the final obstacle. Geoff followed, cheering wildly. Emily giggled and chased after the two boys. Izzy cackled wildly and made haste through the final obstacle. Izzy emerged as Danny finished the problem and the four sped off to the finish line.
Chris, as usual, was waiting, but all the interns were present as well, awaiting the results of the challenge. As soon as the final member crossed the line, Chris happily announced, "Team 5 finishes with a time of 3 minutes, 45 seconds. However, they got one question wrong. Their final time is…"
Chris grew silence as he let the tension set in. The four who just finished were sweating, both from the course and the tension. Joseph looked nervous, awaiting the end. Julie was not smiling, and Ezekiel pulled his toque over his eyes, the pressure getting to him. Gwen was the only one whose expression hadn't changed.
Chris smiled and said, "3 minutes, 42 seconds! Team 5 wins invincibility! Now today has been a long day. Lunch will be ready soon and then about an hour after lunch, Teams 1, 2, and 4 will meet me in the auditorium for elimination!" Chris departed and let the teens and interns talk, with the exception being the two interns who had never been competitors, who left with Chris.
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Danny: (He pumps his arms in victory) Hah ha, yes! Finally, I have invincibility! Take that, people who thought I would never get invincibility! (He calms down and grows slightly fearful) I hope that Owen wasn't mad that I looked up his girlfriend's skirt.
Owen: Chris showed me this footage from Izzy's run on the course and in it Danny looked up her skirt. I don't really care, because she's fine with it. And if Izzy is fine with something, so am I. Plus, she looks way better when we- (The footage is mysteriously cut off)
Owen bounded up to Team 5, who hadn't dispersed yet. He gave Izzy a great bear hug and said, "Izzy that was a great run you had!"
"Oh, I know," Izzy giggled.
Danny looked nervous and said, "Um, Owen, about me accidentally looking up Izzy's skirt. I'm sorry and I offered to go before Izzy but she started climbing before I had a chance."
"Oh, don't worry about it! If Izzy's fine with it, I'm fine with it, simply because Izzy is the greatest thing to happen to me," Owen said, happy as usual.
"Aw, you," Izzy cooed and kissed her boyfriend. Danny shrugged and left, leaving the couple in peace.
Chef announced that lunch would be served in five minutes, so the teens were heading in. Joseph had called William over, waiting for the others to leave.
When the two rookie boys were the only ones still standing outside, William asked, "So what did you want to tell me?"
Joseph smiled and said, "Well, I heard a rumor that somebody who's single likes you."
"No way! Tell me who," William eagerly responded.
"Well," Joseph whispered, leaning near William so the crazy guy can hear, "I heard supposedly that Gwen likes you. I suggest you do something to get to know her better during lunch."
William grinned a goofy grin and replied, "Oh, thanks man!"
"Now hold on, you didn't hear this from me," Joseph said, the slightest hint of venom in his voice.
"I hear you loud and clear! Oh, wait, I don't hear you loud and clear," William excitedly said as he left.
Once the crazy guy was out of earshot, the overachiever pinched the bridge of his nose and said, "I swear, if that guy ruins my plans, he is so dead."
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Joseph: Yeah, I know I used the clichéd, 'you didn't hear this from me' line, but what can I say, it works. Anyways, now William should get himself eliminated, if he already hasn't.
In the cafeteria, the students were trying to eat their meals, emphasis on trying.
"Um, I don't think meatballs are supposed to be orange and furry," Mikey said as he poked the meat with his fork.
Geoff was poking his pasta with a spoon and said, "And I don't think tomato sauce is supposed to be green, dude."
"I'm pretty sure that a salad isn't supposed to have blue carrots and brown lettuce, although brown at least is a typical color for lettuce, when it rots," Bridgette remarked.
Megan grimaced when she opened a carton of milk and saw that it was solid. She shrieked, "Ewwwwwwww! Look at this milk! It's solid!" To emphasize, she turned the carton upside down and shook it. After about a minute, a solid mass of what used to be milk fell down onto the table.
The other three teens sitting at the table glanced at what was supposed to be milk, and then up at Megan. All four people got up, threw away their food, and sat down at a different table.
Then, William walked into the room. He skipped out on food and instead chose to sit next to Gwen.
The Goth girl looked at the crazy guy and said, "Um, hi William. Any reason why you chose to sit next to me?"
"I had some feeling telling me to sit next to you," William said, still smiling.
"Okay? Anyways, I wanted to thank you for giving a hard time to Courtney earlier. She's been getting on my nerves the entire season. She keeps claiming that I like Duncan when I clearly don't," Gwen replied.
William nodded and commented, "I know what you mean by that."
Gwen raised an eyebrow and said, "Wait, you do?"
William grinned even more by before and said, "Yeah." The crazy guy then leaned forward and kissed Gwen right on the lips. Gwen went wide-eyed at his action.
When William broke the kiss and leaned back, Gwen did the one thing anyone sensible would do when kissed by somebody out of the blue: She slapped him. Hard. A resounding "K.O." was heard through the loudspeaker system, in a voice that sounded nothing like Chris'. [4] William fell to the ground as everyone looked in shock or amusement as to what happened.
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Gwen: What the hell was that? As weird as it sounds, I think his brain was affected when Courtney kicked him in the crotch.
In the winner's lounge, Owen, Izzy, Danny, Emily, and Cody were sitting around talking. They heard the "K.O." coming from the loudspeaker and Emily asked, "What was that about?"
"I dunno. I don't think we missed anything important," Cody replied.
Back in the cafeteria, William got up off the ground and said, "Wait, so you don't like me?"
Gwen glared at him and said, "Whatever gave you that idea?"
"Um, nothing," William said his head down.
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Joseph: (The overachiever is laughing hysterically) Did you see that? The look on Gwen's face was priceless! And so was William's reaction afterwards! It looks like my plan was a success! And so, I vote for William.
Mikey: Dude, that was so uncool. I'm voting for William.
Gwen: Do I even need to say it? William.
Heather: Well, the longer that William kid stays, the more tortured Gwen is. In that case, I vote for the gaming geek, Mikey.
William: (The crazy guy is enraged) Joseph lied to me! I have to vote for him!
Ezekiel: I would vote for William, but I don't like Heather.
Chris and the twelve vulnerable students were sitting in the auditorium. Chris was grinning like a mad man (no, not William) and said, "Well, quite the dramatic day, huh? Anyways, let's get down to business. You all voted, and I have eleven hall passes. Whoever does not get a hall pass must walk the hall of shame to the bus of losers and must leave Total Drama High School, forever! The first hall passes go to those that didn't get any votes: Noah, Courtney, Ezekiel, Gwen, Trent, Jessie, Jennifer and Julie!" The host tossed the hall passes to the eight students. They all moved to the side seating.
The final four looked, nervous. William just looked down sadly. Heather was filing her nails. Mikey had his arms crossed and was squeezing them. Joseph looked slightly confused, but otherwise unafraid. Chris smirked and said, "The next two passes go to Joseph and Mikey!"
The two rookie boys claimed their passes and joined the other safe contestants. "So now, it is down to two," Chris said, "And only one pass. The final pass goes to…"
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"Heather"
The queen bee smirked and said, "Serves you right, you loser."
William just sat there, shaking. He finally jumped up and said, "Fine! Vote me off! I don't really care anymore, since you voted off my best friend last time! I'm actually glad to be leaving!" The crazy guy sprinted out of the auditorium, bringing his sword with him.
The remaining competitors stood there for a moment until Noah said, "Let's go." The others nodded and followed the know-it-all outside.
Chris waited until everyone left and then said, "And so departs one of the most dramatic students yet! But Joseph's plotting continues! I love that kid; he keeps the ratings coming in! Anyways, what diabolical challenge can I come up with for tomorrow? Will we see another real relationship bloom? Can I think of any other questions to ask? Find out the answers to all these questions, plus the most dramatic elimination yet! Next time on Total Drama High School!
Votes
William – 9 (Noah, Courtney, Joseph, Julie, Jennifer, Trent, Mikey, Gwen, Jessie)
Heather – 1 (Ezekiel)
Joseph – 1 (William)
Mikey – 1 (Heather)
[1]
– The first three obstacles are similar to the first three obstacles in the first round of the American Ninja Warrior course.[2] – Leeroy Jenkins is the most famous, or maybe infamous, paladin in World of Warcraft. He does just as Noah said he did.
[3] – Instead of trying to imagine what the broken megaphone looks like, look up what the broken timer looks like for the Speed Slice event in Wii Sports Resort. I imagined it would look like that.
[4] – Yet another reference to Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, and probably the last for awhile. Or maybe not, we shall see.
Fun Facts - This being the first installment, it will cover all five eliminated contestants.
Leshawna - I actually like her character, and that is what prevented her from making it farther. I didn't want to mess up on writing her character so I eliminated her first. Next time she shows up, she will make it farther, I promise!
Alexander - He didn't have much going for him, so he was basically cannon fodder. On a side note, I based his appearance off of one of my friends, who is very outgoing.
DJ - I initially didn't know how I was going to eliminate him, but then I made use of his loving/nurturing/caring personality. He didn't want to shoot anyone, because despite it being laser tag, it's not in his nature to shoot people.
Rebecca - I had a lot of fun with her character, but it was not going to last long, as I didn't have any plotlines with her, or at least none that haven't been resolved. I count the wooden sword symbol a plotline. If you think it isn't, well too bad!
William - Well, besides the whole promise plotline, he didn't have anything going for him. Still, I had fun with his crazier side in this chapter.
Finally, the next chapter is done! This took an incredible amount of time to write, and having exams certainly didn't help. However, that doesn't change the fact that it is done! As you can see above, I started a new segment about eliminated contestants. Bascically their role in the story. I don't know why I called it fun facts, but it's there. If you could please review, I would appreciate it. Plenty of people read this, but only one has reviewed it. Thanks. Until next time!