A/N: So as you read this chapter you'll notice some changes in the actual challenge. I found the original challenge to be rather unrealistic as it had teenagers staying up 5 nights without sleeping, eating, drinking or going to the bathroom. They just sat there for 5 days straight. So I tweaked it a little to make it a little more realistic.

Total Tween Island

Chapter 3: The big sleep

Last time on Total Tween Island: twenty-two campers arrived and learned they'll be spending the next eight weeks in a crusty old summer camp. The campers were faced with their first challenge: jumping off a cliff into shark infested waters! And while most campers took the plunge, a few were forced to wear the dreaded chicken hat! At the campfire ceremony it all came down to two campers: Pacifica and Carl. In the end the first camper voted off of Total Tween Island was Carl; proving allergies and reality TV don't really mix. Who will be voted off this episode in the most dramatic campfire ceremony yet on Total Tween Island!

(Theme song plays)

It's a sunny day early in the morning as Chris approaches the two cabins where all of the contestants are currently sleeping. In one hand he holds a megaphone while the other holds a bullhorn. Turning the megaphone on he pushed down the top of the bullhorn through it filling the previously quiet campgrounds with a very loud, painful sound.

Over in the Killer Bass girl's side the sound caused Mabel to awaken suddenly and slam her head on the bed atop hers. "Oww! What was that for?"

In a nearby bed Helga checks her clock. "Criminy it's only seven in the morning." She walks over to the windows where she sticks half her body out to shake her fist at Chris. "Do that again you moron and I'll knock your block off!"

Ten minutes later all twenty one campers from both teams were dressed and waited outside the cabins. They all looked pretty sleepy except for Mabel and Billy. "Good morning!" Chris greeted them innocently. "Hope you all slept well."

"Chris, you're not going to wake us up with a megaphone every challenge are you?" Nazz asked desperately wishing she could've had some more beauty sleep.

The host merely shrugged. "We'll see how I feel. Okay, I hope you're all ready because you're next challenge begins in exactly one minute!" He said adjusting the watch on his arm.

"But what about breakfast?" Sheen asked. "I'm starving!"

"Yeah yeah yeah!" Billy nodded his agreement energetically.

"Oh you'll get breakfast Sheen," Chris smirked, "right after you complete your three mile run around the lake!"

Hearing this Mandy looked very cross. "Is that some kind of joke? Because it isn't funny."

"No joke," Chris said.

"But we just woke up!" Libby told the man.

"Morning exercise is good for you!"

"That's it." Buford said. "I'm giving him a wedgie." The bully tried to walk over to the host but was held back by Isabella, Dipper, Nazz and Dib. They all strained to hold back the bigger kid.

Chris just ignored this. "You all have thirty seconds."

*Confessional*

Buford: You got off easy this time Chris. But next time I won't be held back by a bunch of nerds and then you're gonna get it!

Dipper: I'm feeling less guilty about voting Carl off. I mean, he would never have survived this run!

*End Confessional*

All the contestants stood side by side preparing to run. Chris stands by with his hand above his head. "Okay runners! On your marks…get set…go!" He dropped his hand and the contestants broke into a run.

A few minutes into the run and Cindy was in first closely followed by Phineas, Isabella and Billy. Meanwhile near the back we have Pacifica who wasn't running at all. Thanks to how bad he was at exercise Edd wasn't doing much better as he quickly found himself out of breath along with Buford and Misery.

"So…tired…" Double D gasped. "Cant…breathe…"

Misery tried to run but tripped over a tree branch and fell on her face. "Oww…"

Just then Chris rode by on a scooter and yelled at them through his megaphone. Pick it up people! If you don't finish by lunch time then you don't eat!"

Pacifica glared at him as he drove off. "I hate that man!"

Up ahead Sheen was running with his arms up in the air. "Whoo!"

Mandy covered her ears. "Would you be quiet?"

"Do you like running or something?" Nazz asked the hyperactive kid.

"Not really!" He answered. "But it's more fun that math!"

Timmy (who was running next to them) smiled. "I gotta agree with that!"

*Confessional*

Sheen: So I learned that last night Carl was eliminated. Carl! He was my best friend! I can't believe they would eliminate him like that. Don't worry Carl, I'll avenge you! Those Killer Bass won't know what hit em!

*End Confessional*

Over an hour later most of the contestants had finished the run and were now waiting with Chris in the mess hall. They had nothing to do but sit there, catch their breaths and wait while Chris filed his nails. Suddenly the door burst open as Buford ran in carrying Baljeet over his shoulder.

He dropped the Indian kid on one of the tables. "Give him some air!" Buford said to the others who came over to look. "Don't crowd him!"

Baljeet opened one eye. "Buford? I can't feel my legs…"

In response the bully pinches one of his legs really hard. "Oww!" Baljeet jumps up and holds his leg in pain.

Buford crosses his arms. "Yup, they work."

Behind them Edd walked in beside Mabel. "Ughhh we made it…" Mabel moaned as she walked over to her table. Then Zim came in last.

"What took you so long?" Dib asked. "I think we just lost because of you!"

"Shut up…" Zim gasped. "Dib worm…"

"Wait if they lost then we must've won!" Timmy declared. The Screaming Gophers started to cheer.

"Whoa there!" Chris interrupted them. "Hold your horses' guys. That wasn't the challenge."

Gaz looked up from her gameslave for once. "What was that?"

Instead of answering her Chris walked over to the mysterious curtain that had been hiding half of the mess hall. "Who's hungry?" He asked as it was pulled open (most likely by Chef). Behind that curtain was a table filled with delicious looking food. The delicious smell assaulted their noses and the sight alone caused their eyes to water.

*Confessional*

Isabella: We've been eating nothing but brown sludge for the past three days, so that buffet looked like water to a man dying of thirst.

Billy: (he says nothing, but saliva is dripping from his open mouth)

*End Confessional*

The tween contestants quickly devoured all of the food in a matter of minutes. None of it was left, just empty bowls and plates. Everyone was groaning from the massive amount of food they had just eaten when Chris stood on the table with his favorite microphone.

"Okay campers time for part two of your challenge!"

Sheen (who was currently lying on the ground) spoke up. "Wasn't eating all that food part two?"

"How much more do we have to do?" Mabel asked holding her stomach.

"For once I agree with Mabel." Pacifica said earning her a glare from her rival. "Wasn't that enough?"

"Umm let me think about that." Chris paused. "NO! So it's time for the awake-a-thon!"

"The what?" Kuki asked.

Dipper looked displeased. "Please tell me that term means something different then what I think it means."

"Don't worry," Chris got off the table. "This is an easy one. You see I drugged all that food with sleeping pills."

"You did WHAT?" Libby freaked.

"To make the game more exciting." Chris chuckled. "Okay mostly to make it go faster. The team with the last camper standing wins invincibility!"

Phineas thought about that. "So then the three mile run, skipping breakfast but giving us a huge lunch was…"

"That's right." Chris nodded. "That was also to make you want to fall asleep."

"Man, he's good!" Sheen said.

"Thank you. But this takes place outside so move! Move!" Everyone slowly got out of their seats and left the mess hall.

"How quick before everyone falls asleep?" Gaz asked Mandy.

The blonde shrugged. "I'd give it an hour."

The twenty one campers were all gathered around the campfire pit as the awake-a-thon began. It was early afternoon and the sun was out. While it made it kind of hot someone could describe it more as warm which only made them sleepier.

"We are now two hours in with all twenty-one campers still awake." Chris narrated with a whisper.

"Yay!" Billy cheered before laughing dumbly. "I'm not tired at all!" A second passes as he stands there unmoving before his body falls over limp. He falls asleep before he even hits the ground.

Meanwhile Dipper walked over to where his sister Mabel was sitting. "Hey Mabel."

She looked over at her twin. "Oh hey Dipper!" She yawned. "Still awake huh?"

"Of course," he smiled. "I'll last longer than you!"

"Oh it is on!" She accepted his challenge.

Dipper sat down beside her. "So…how's it been being a Screaming Gopher?"

"Pretty good so far." She answered. "We kicked your team's butt remember?" She started to poke him repeatedly in the side.

"Hey stop!" He tried to push away her fingers. "We'll win this challenge you'll see!"

"You wish!" Mabel laughed. "Its weird being on different teams though right?"

Dipper nodded. "But hey, at least you don't have Pacifica on your team."

"Yay for me!" She giggled. Pacifica herself rolled her eyes. She was close enough that she could hear them. Standing up she moved away from the twins.

*Confessional*

Pacifica: So my plan is to find some suckers to be in an alliance with me and do whatever I tell them. I had some back in Gravity Falls so it shouldn't be too hard to convince these losers to help me.

*End Confessional*

Pacifica walked over to where Kuki and Nazz were talking. "Hey you two; can we talk?" Both girls looked up at her. Kuki looked slightly worried while Nazz looked slightly suspicious.

"Sure," Nazz answered nicely. "Take a seat Pacifica." She motioned to a nearby empty seat.

Putting on a fake smile Pacifica sat down. "So I just wanted to apologize for how I've been acting recently. I was just so frustrated when I learned this wasn't a five star resort and with how Chris has been acting that I've been taking it out on everyone. I'm really sorry."

"Really?" Kuki asked. "Cause I heard from that Dipper guy…"

"Oh don't listen to him. He's my…ex-boyfriend so he has to say horrible things about me." She lied.

"Okay…" Nazz thought this over. "Did you say this to the rest of the team?"

"I tried, but they wouldn't accept my apology." She tried to look sad. "Will you?"

Nazz was too nice for her own good. "Of course I will." She said. "Everyone makes mistakes."

"Me too!" Kuki offered. "I'll be your friend Pacifica."

"That's great news." The blonde said forcing a smile. "Because you see I had this idea I thought you might be interested it. What if the three of us formed a girls' alliance? If we worked together I'm sure I could get us to the final three."

"Wow the final three!" Kuki looked excited (but still tired).

"Do you really think you could Pacifica?" Nazz asked.

"Oh definitely Nazz." She nodded. "I know all the tricks to these kinds of shows; it should be cake. Plus with our…uh…teamwork we shouldn't have any trouble."

"We're going to the final three!" Kuki cheered and high-fived Nazz.

Pacifica shushed them. "Be quiet about it! We don't want anyone else to know." The other two girls nodded.

*Confessional*

Pacifica: That was pathetically simple.

Kuki: Yay the final three! That was a lot easier than I thought it would be.

Nazz: Pacifica's nicer than I thought. Of course I'll have to keep an eye on her; I'm not sure I can really trust her yet.

*End Confessional*

Two more hours passes slowly. On the Gopher's side Timmy has fallen asleep while on the Bass Libby and Kuki are asleep. Everyone is looking more and more tired; most of them now have heavy bags under their eyes.

"Congratulations campers," Chris tells them all. "You've made it four hours without falling asleep. Time to take it up a notch." Chef walks over dressed in a lamb costume holding a harp. Chris then pulls a tarp off a pile of books stacked on the ground. "Fairy tales!"

Baljeet, who is currently leaning up against Phineas, groans. "Please tell me he is not serious."

But Chris is serious as he pulls one of the books out and opens to the first page. "Once…upon a time…" He starts to read very slowly as Chef plays the harp. "There was, inside this boring kingdom, a boring village…" Edd yawns while Helga's eyes start to sag. "And inside this boring village there was something even more boring…" But that was all Cindy heard before falling asleep.

Then Chef changed into a tutu and proceeded to dance to the song "dance of the sugarplum fairy". Everyone watched this strange sight as he threw sleep dust in their eyes causing the campers to yawn.

Some of the dust got in Misery's eyes. "Ahh! My eyes!" She quickly began to rub them.

Dib who was sitting right next to her looked over. "Are you okay, umm…?"

"Misery," she told him. "I'm Misery, and I'll be fine. I've had much worse eye-related injuries."

"I'm Dib," he held out his hand and she shook it. "Did you say you get a lot of injuries?"

The girl dressed in purple nodded. "I'm quite accident prone. Everyone in my family is really." Just then a bolt of lightning suddenly struck Misery. "Oww…"

Dib's eyes grew wide seeing the girl in front of him get struck by lightning. "Are you okay?!"

"Don't worry," she waved off his concern. "It happens all the time."

*Confessional*

Dib: Maybe I'm just really tired, but I could've sworn I just saw Misery get struck by lightning. Am I hallucinating? Darn you Chris and your sleeping pills!

*End Confessional*

Two more hours passed and it was now dark. The Gopher's had lost Sheen, Edd, Baljeet and Helga to sleep while the Bass had lost Nazz and Pacifica. Mabel was trying to do jumping jacks to keep awake. "Gotta…keep…moving." She told herself but she got slower and slower. Suddenly she fell over. A few seconds later and she was snoring.

On the Bass side Dipper wasn't looking much better. "Yes…" He gave a slight cheer at seeing his sister fall before him. But his eyes were drooping and he was falling fast.

Buford who was nearby noticed this. "Hey don't fall asleep dude." He told the sleepy twin. "You gotta stay awake."

"I don't know man…" Dipper's legs started to shake.

"Here this'll help!" Buford pulled his arm back before giving Dipper a quick punch to the face. The twin hit the ground hard with a groan. "That'll wake you up." A few seconds passed and Dipper wasn't getting up. "Come on man get up!" Buford shook him only to realize he had fallen asleep. "Oh crap that backfired." He walked away from the body.

Meanwhile Isabella and Phineas were both staring at Zim who was just standing there. "He's just been standing there for the past three hours." Isabella told her redheaded friend.

"I know," Phineas nodded. "It's amazing!" He yawned. They both walked over to the Irken. The inventor waved his hand in front of his face. "Hello? You awake?"

"Maybe he's sleeping with his eyes open." Isabella poked him. It caused one of the fake human eye contacts Zim wears to fall off. Underneath it his real eye was closed.

"Wow he's wearing fake eyes!" Phineas picked the one that fell on the ground up. "What a great idea!"

"Chris!" Isabella called the host over. "This Zim kid is cheating!"

The host walked over and the fireside girl showed him that Zim was asleep. "No way!" Chris laughed. "That's wicked!"

"Huh? What?" Zim woke up suddenly at all the noise.

"Sorry dude, but you're out." Chris told him.

Zim clenched his fists. "Curses!"

Two hours later and both Phineas and Isabella had fallen asleep. Chris walked back over to the campfire pit carrying a warm coffee. He took a sip and looked over at the few campers who were still awake.

Mandy walked over to him. "Hey Chris, get me a coffee."

The host shook his head. "What is wrong with you people? Fall asleep already!" He said looking at Mandy, Gaz, Dib, Buford and Misery. "Alright you five stay with me. Chef, wake the others up and get them out of here." The large man proceeded to wake the sixteen losers up to tell them to go back to their cabins.

Chris waited until everyone was gone but him and the remaining five. "I didn't want it to come to this—I said that to Chef Hatchet earlier. I said "Chef, I don't want it to come to this". But darn it these campers are tough! So I've come up with the most boring sleep inducing activity I could find."

*Confessional*

Buford: what else can he do to us? I mean really! I can take it.

Mandy: Five bucks says he just feeds us more sleeping pills.

*End Confessional*

Chris pulled out a big red book and opened it on his podium. "The history of Canada—a popup book. Chapter one: the beaver. National symbol and a "damn" fine hat."

"Nooooooo!" Dib screamed into the sky. Everyone else just groaned.

Dib, Misery, Mandy, Gaz and Buford all sat there and were forced to listen as Chris read them the history of Canada from a very annoying popup book. Half an hour later and Buford had curled himself up into a ball and fallen asleep. Mandy was also too weak to withstand the history of Canada and was now snoozing.

Misery was also having a hard time keeping her eyes open. "Must…stay…awake…can't last…any…longer…"

Dib put his hand on her shoulder. "No…don't leave me…Misery…"

But her strength was spent and she fell back onto the grass and started to snore.

"Nooo…" Dib whispered.

"Ha!" Gaz laughed. She was no longer playing her game and looked extremely tired. "You'll never beat me Dib. You might as well fall asleep next to your girlfriend."

"Never," he tried to shake his fist at her but could no longer feel his arm. "I won't lose."

They both glared at each other in an intense stare-down that lasted five minutes. Neither tween moving as the game continued. Suddenly something unexpected happened.

Gaz fell over.

"And Dib wins!" Chris announced. Five seconds after beating his sister the brother fell down himself. "Which means victory goes to the Killer Bass!"

The next day the Killer Bass were celebrating their first victory. They were down by the dock cheering for Dib who had stayed awake the longest. "Great job staying up the longest Dib." Misery complimented him.

"Yeah, nice job beating your sister." Dipper added clapping him on the back.

"Yes!" Dib cheered. "I finally beat Gaz! And because she's on the other team she can't beat me up!"

"Well that's…good?" Isabella was a little taken back by that comment.

*Confessional*

Isabella: My team is great. Almost everyone is super nice and all, but everything is a lot different than back in Danville. Especially the people. You wouldn't except to hear some of the stuff that you do.

*End Confessional*

The Screaming Gophers on the other hand were feeling what it was like to lose. They were all in the mess hall sitting around moping. "Man this stinks." Timmy said. "Why did we lose anyway?"

"It's Gaz's fault!" Sheen spoke up. "She lost to her own brother!"

"What did you say?" The purple-haired girl grabbed him by the neck and started chocking him. "I didn't see you outlast him either you little freak!"

Mabel looked on at Sheen being choked with worry. "Umm Gaz maybe you should stop choking him?" She received a particularly deadly glare for this comment.

"But Gaz does have a point." Phineas spoke up. "She got the farthest so she shouldn't be up for elimination."

"Then who do you think Phineas?" Baljeet asked.

"Oh I'm not suggesting who we eliminate." He said. "I just meant you wouldn't eliminate the person that lasted the longest. It would make more sense to do the opposite really and eliminate whoever fell asleep first."

Just then Billy came to the table carrying a plate filled with some of Chef's disgusting food. "Hey guys! You want some of Chef's delicious casserole?" He asked dumbly. Suddenly everyone turned to look at him. "Guys? Guys?"

That night the Screaming Gophers were gathered round the campfire pit waiting for the host to show up. Because it was late at night when Dib won and everyone was so tired Chris had given them a whole day before they faced an elimination ceremony. In the back row Sheen, Helga, Phineas, Gaz, Billy and Mandy were all sitting while Mabel, Cindy, Edd, Baljeet and Timmy sat in the front row.

Chris soon showed up carrying a plate of marshmallows. "You've all cast your votes and made your decision." He told them putting the plate down on a log in front of the campers. "There are only ten marshmallows on this plate. When I call your name, come up and claim your marshmallow. The camper who does not receive a marshmallow must immediately return to the dock of shame, catch the boat of losers and leave. And you can never come back. Ever!"

He took a breath. "The first marshmallow goes to Gaz." The purple haired girl came up silently to claim her marshmallow.

"Cindy."

"Phineas."

"Mabel." The girl grinned wide as she popped the marshmallow into her mouth.

"Sheen."

"Baljeet."

"Helga."

"Timmy."

"Edd." Double D looked relieved as he took his symbol of safety.

Now only Mandy and Billy were left. "Campers, this is the final marshmallow." Chris motioned to the only treat left on the plate. Billy looked confused, then horrified when he realized either himself or Mandy would be voted off. Mandy just crossed her arms and frowned.

"And the final marshmallow goes to...

...

...Mandy."

Chris tossed the short blonde girl the marshmallow. "Billy, the dock of shame awaits."

"What?" He exclaimed. "But…but…" He ran over to Mandy and grabbed her. "Don't let them take me Mandy! I don't want to go yet! I was still having fun!"

"I'm sorry Billy," Mandy pushed the dumb boy off of her. "But there wasn't anything I could've done."

Billy looked like he was going to cry. He stood up and turned toward the dock of shame. Suddenly he burst out sobbing and ran down the dock and toward the boat.

Chris turned back to the safe campers. "Have a good night. You're all safe."

*Confessional*

Mandy: Poor Billy, I had planned to keep him as my underling for a while but he got himself eliminated early on. No big loss; I think I've found a worthy equal I can team up with. If she's interested, of course.

*End Confessional*

The now ten members of the screaming Gophers formed a circle around the fire holding their marshmallows out on sticks. "To the Screaming Gophers!" Phineas raised his stick up. The others quickly did the same. "And to not facing elimination next challenge!"

A few minutes later and everyone slowly made their way back to the cabin except for Mandy who stopped Gaz and pulled her aside.

"Gaz."

"Mandy."

"I have a proposition for you."

Gaz looked up from her game. "And what would that be?"

"Team up with me. We're the only two here with the brains to win. Together we can eliminate anyone who gets in our way."

"Well you are the only person on our team I respect," Gaz admitted. "Alright, I agree to your alliance. But if you even think of betraying me…" She swiped her finger across her neck in a cutting motion.

"And I'll do the same to you if you betray me." Mandy nodded. "Good, then we are agreed."

They both walked back to their cabin quietly.

Votes:

Phineas: Billy

Mandy: Phineas

Baljeet: Billy

Cindy: Billy

Sheen: Gaz

Helga: Billy

Billy: Gaz

Mabel: Billy

Timmy: Billy

Gaz: Billy

Edd: Billy

Tally: Billy- 8 votes

A/N: Reviews are appreciated.