A/N: The dodgeball episode! Just thought I should let you know that I actually shortened how many rounds are played from 5 to 3. Sorry about that.
Total Tween Island
Chapter 4: Dodgebrawl
Last time on Total Tween Island! The Killer Bass kicked butt in the awake-a-thon when Dib managed to stay awake longer than his sister. The Killer Bass have redeemed themselves and now both teams are tied one to one. Pacifica put together our first alliance by convincing both Kuki and Nazz to team up with her. Then later on Gaz and Mandy made their own alliance.
Billy managed to get himself eliminated for being the first member of his team to fall asleep in the challenge. Poor guy. Will Pacifica's alliance last? Will Dib last the whole episode without falling asleep? And who will be next to take the humiliating walk down the dock of shame? Stay tuned for the most dramatic elimination yet on Total Tween Island!
(Cue theme song)
It's another sunny summer day at camp Wawanakwa, but no one's outside. All twenty contestants are inside in the mess hall sitting at their team tables eating breakfast. Chris Mclean walked inside and passed by the Gopher's table where he noticed a tired looking Sheen.
"Hey Sheen, you look like death bro. What happened?"
Sheen turned to look at the host. He was shaking slightly. "G-Gaz kicked me out of our cabin. I had to sleep outside all night."
"Ouch!" Chris laughed. "I guess that's what happens when you tick girls off."
At the Bass table Dipper and Dib were talking. "…and it turns out he wasn't a vampire at all! Instead he was a bunch of small gnomes all disguised. Apparently they wanted to make my sister their queen."
"That's crazy!" Dib said writing it all down in a small journal. "You're the only person I know that believes in the paranormal like I do."
"And you're the only person I know that believes in the paranormal." Dipper replied. "So is that Zim kid really an alien?"
"Yes," Dib nodded. "I have irrefutable proof!"
"Wow," Dipper scratched his chin. "Weird…"
Further down the table Timmy was talking to Nazz. "Hey Nazz," he said taking a seat beside her at the table. "How's it going?"
"Oh like, hey Timmy," she giggled. "I'm cool. How about you?"
"Not bad." He said. "I've almost stopped yawning. A few more night's sleep and the bags under my eyes will have disappeared."
This caused the blonde to giggle again. "I know the feeling. Some of the girls on my team snore so I barely get any sleep at all!"
They both started to laugh until Timmy got hit in the head with some of the mush being served as breakfast. They turned around to see Helga had thrown it at him. "Hey Romeo, stop messing around at the enemy table and get back here!" She yelled at him from the Gopher table.
Timmy sighed. "Fine Helga…" He got out of his seat and walked back to his table. Nazz frowned at Helga.
*Confessional*
Helga: That little twerp doesn't seem to know what team he's on! If he keeps messing with the enemy he'll end up getting voted out.
Pacifica: I hate Helga as much as anyone else, but I'm glad someone stopped them. I need Nazz focused on our alliance, not paying attention to some loser boy in a pink hat.
*End Confessional*
Chris clapped his hands together to get everyone's attention. "Okay campers listen up. Your next challenge begins in ten minutes. So be prepared to bring it!"
Ten minutes later the twenty campers and Chris were all inside a Dodgeball court that Chris had apparently built outside. There were two stands where they could sit and the ball was covered in red dodge-balls. Chef walked by the contestants dressed in a referee shirt and blew a whistle to tell everyone to shut up so Chris could talk.
"Today's challenge is the classic game of Dodgeball." He held one of the red rubber balls up in his hand. "The first rule of Dodgeball is…"
"Oh I know this one!" Sheen raised his hand. "Pick me Chris!" He jumped up once before Gaz elbowed him in the stomach.
"As I was saying, if you get hit with the ball…" The host suddenly threw the ball right at Libby almost knocking her off her feet.
"Hey watch it!" She threw the ball back at him but the host caught it.
"If you catch the ball the thrower gets sent out and the catcher gets to bring in another team member out on the court."
"Alright!" Cindy stepped forward. "I'm great at this game. Step back boys, I'm winning this one!"
"Hold yer horses," Helga said getting right up in her face. "Who said you were in charge princess? I know more about Dodgeball than any shmuck here."
But Cindy didn't back down. "Hey I know what I'm doing! I never lose at Dodgeball."
"Well I never lose at anything so step back!" Helga grabbed one of the balls and pushed Cindy back. Cindy crossed her arms and huffed.
*Confessional*
Cindy: What is that girl's problem?!
*End Confessional*
But as it turned out Chris wasn't done explaining the rules. "Now Zim try to hit me." He tossed one of the dodge-balls to Zim. Then Chef tossed the host another ball. "If you're holding a ball you can use it to deflect a ball. But if it knocks the ball out of your hands—you're out!"
"Take this human!" Zim threw the ball as hard as he could at Chris (which wasn't all that hard really) and Chris used his ball to deflect it. The reflected ball then hit Dib square in the head. Gaz and Zim could be heard laughing.
Misery checked him. "Yup, he's unconscious."
"Geez Chris, watch it!" Dipper told the host.
"Yeah whatever. Listen you've got one minute till game time. Because of the court size both teams will have to sit one person out each game."
The Screaming Gophers got in a huddle to decide who to have sit out. "So does anyone want to sit out?" Phineas asked.
No one immediately volunteered. "I say pink hat is sitting this one out." Helga pointed her thumb back at Timmy who was standing behind her.
"What?" He said surprised. "No way, I can play!"
"Too bad!" Helga told him. "I'm leader in this challenge and I know a shrimp like you won't help us win."
As the obnoxious girl headed for the court Timmy frowned. But then Sheen put a hand on his shoulder. "Hey don't worry about it buddy. You'll get in next game."
Timmy felt slightly better. "Thanks Sheen. You're a nice guy."
*Confessional*
Timmy: My team is a mixed bag. I mean, Sheen has been pretty cool and we've been friends since we got here but Helga on the other hand… She's the opposite of cool. But at least before now she wouldn't bother you if you stayed out of her way.
*End Confessional*
The Killer Bass were having less trouble deciding who to have sit out. "Well I guess it has to be Dib since he's still unconscious." Isabella said.
"Well he won't be any use like that anyway." Pacifica watched as Dipper put the unconscious boy on the bench.
Buford shrugged. "I don't know. We could always use him as a shield." The others all looked at him. "What? It was just an idea! Don't act like you weren't thinking it too!"
The minute was up so both teams got out on the court. "You guys are going down!" Buford taunted the other team.
"Ha!" Helga laughed. "Bring it on fatty!"
"What did she just say?" Rage started to overtake the bully as his face turned red.
"Calm down Buford," Isabella told her friend. "You can get her once the game starts."
"Both teams ready?" Chris yelled out. "Best of three games wins! Now let's dodge some balls!" Chef immediately blew his whistle.
Both teams immediately ran forward to grab the dodge-balls waiting at the middle. Everyone then backed away a few feet and waited. Unable to wait any longer Sheen threw his ball at Kuki and knocked her down. "Oww!"
"Oh it is on!" Buford said before throwing his ball at the now defenseless Sheen taking him out. Suddenly everyone was throwing their dodge-balls all at once. Libby took out Edd; Cindy got Nazz after dodging a ball thrown by Pacifica. Helga was throwing them left and right and ended up hitting Misery with one right on the head.
"Oww…"
"I need another ball!" Helga turned to her teammates. "Someone give me theirs!" She tried to take Mabel's but when she reached for it a ball hit her in the back. Turning around she saw Buford had been the one to throw it. Gritting her teeth she went back to the stands.
Soon there was only one person left on each side. Dipper was left for the Bass and Mandy for the Gophers. Mandy threw a ball slight to the left of Dipper and he dodged easily. Thinking he was safe he pulled back his arm to throw his ball only to be hit in the back. Mandy's ball had bounced off the wall and hit him when he wasn't looking.
The Gopher's cheered as Chef blew the whistle. "Nice throwing out there Mandy!" Mabel complimented the blonde with a slap on the back.
"Don't touch me." The brunette quickly removed her hand.
"One game down guys," Phineas said. "We just need to win one more and we'll win the challenge."
"Let me play this time!" Timmy spoke up.
"That's fine." Cindy nodded. "Who wants to sit out?"
But before anyone could volunteer Helga interrupted. "Hey I'm making the decisions here! And we don't need pink hat kid to win!"
"What's your problem?" Timmy asked.
"You're my problem!" She told him.
"Umm excuse me?" Baljeet raised his hand nervously. "If it's alright I'll sit out. I don't mind."
"Awesome!" Timmy cheered. "Thanks."
Helga rolled her eyes. "Whatever."
On the Bass side Dib still hasn't woken up. "Is he going to be okay?" Misery asked.
"Yeah don't worry about him." Pacifica waved off the concern. "It just means he'll be sitting out for us again."
"Aww but I wanted to!" Kuki whined.
Pacifica rolled her eyes. "Suck it up Kuki. We need you out there." Hearing this Nazz frowned.
*Confessional*
Nazz: So Pacifica's gone back to bossing us around. Now I wonder if she even meant it when she apologized to us a few days ago.
Pacifica: I need to work on getting my alliance members to follow my orders without question. They don't need to have opinions; they just need to do what I saw.
*End Confessional*
Both teams were back on the court. Chef blew the whistle and the game began again. Timmy quickly took out Dipper before getting taken out by Libby. Mandy managed to take out Misery and Nazz in one shot while Isabella threw a shot that hit the floor before slamming right into Helga's chin taking her out.
This continued for a few minutes. Soon the only one left on the Gopher's side was Edd while the Bass had both Buford and Libby. Both Bass hit Edd at the same time. Chef's whistle blew. "Point for Bass!"
"Yes!" The two high-fived.
"The score is tied one to one." Chris announced. "The winner of the next game wins!"
"Nice job pink hat!" Helga scoffed at Timmy.
"It wasn't my fault!" Timmy defended himself. "At least I took one of them out! You didn't get anyone did you?"
Helga growled angrily before Phineas interrupted. "Guys we'll never win if we spend the whole time arguing. Now if you're willing to listen I've come up with a brilliant strategy that should allow us to win."
"I'm interested!" Mabel spoke up.
"I'd be interested in hearing your plan." Edd said.
"…fine." Gaz muttered.
*Confessional*
Edd: While it's debatable which one of us is more intelligent I have no problem admitting Phineas makes for a far better leader than I. I also had a strategy but after being teammates for a few episodes I trust his plan just as well as my own. And I don't want to upset Helga.
Gaz: That triangle-headed kid's happy attitude really bugs me, but at least he's not an idiot.
*End Confessional*
"Okay," Phineas nodded. "So here's how it'll go…"
"Now wait just a minute!" Helga interrupted again. "We should go with my plan! Not yours!"
"What's your plan?" Baljeet was afraid to ask.
"You three," she pointed to Libby, Phineas and Mabel. "Form a wall in front of me. Everyone else should be grabbing Dodge-balls and passing them to me! I can win this game for us myself."
"That doesn't sound like a great idea…" Phineas said.
"It'll work as long as pink-hat stays out this round!"
"Why don't you stay out this round Helga?" Timmy told her straight out.
"What? No way!"
"Sounds like a good idea to me." Cindy agreed.
"Well too bad I'm going in!" Helga walked out of their huddle and over onto the court.
"What now?" Edd asked.
"I'll tell you my plan." Phineas said. "It goes like this…" But just then the whistle blew. "Oh no we're out of time!"
The Bass had been having their own conversation before the whistle blew. "Nice going team!" Isabella said.
"We gotta win next round or it was all for nothing!" Buford reminded them.
Just then Dib started to wake up. He pulled his enormous head off the stands. "Ohh my head. What happened?"
"You got hit by one of Chris' dodge-balls." Libby explained.
"The game…is it over? Did we lose?" He asked.
"We're tied one to one." Dipper answered. "Next game wins."
Dib stood up. "Alright I can play."
"You sure you're up for it?" Misery asked. "You got hit pretty hard…"
"I'm fine!"
"Does this mean I can stay out?" Kuki asked.
Pacifica rolled her eyes. "Fine…"
"Yay!"
Just then they heard the whistle. "Oh no we didn't have to come up with a plan!" Dipper freaked.
"We have a plan." Buford reminded him. "To win!"
Now both teams were out on the Dodgeball field. "Okay!" Chris said. "Last round! Go!" Chef blew the whistle. Both teams ran forward, grabbed the nearest Dodge-ball then jumped back. There was only a moment's pause before the game began.
Zim threw a hard left and took out Sheen before being taken out by Phineas. Gaz somehow managed to get hit by a Dodgeball thrown by Edd while Mabel took out Libby and Nazz got Cindy out. Helga viciously threw a ball at Kuki and took her out but then found herself unarmed.
Dib noticed this and threw a Dodgeball right at her. She immediately grabbed Edd and used him as a shield so the ball hit him instead. The blonde then ran over to Timmy who was about to throw his ball. "Give me that!" She tried to rip the ball out of his hands.
"Hey let go!" He pulled back unwilling to give it up. Unfortunately because of this he was unguarded and got hit by a ball thrown by Isabella. "Aww man!" Timmy walked over to the stands disappointed.
Mabel walked over to Phineas who had just caught a ball thrown by Pacifica. "Phineas we need to take out Buford!" She yelled over the sounds of the Dodgeball court. "He's too powerful!"
Phineas looked over to see the bully tossing dodge-balls left and right. The remaining Bass were gathering the remaining balls and giving them to him. "Toss them over here!" The big guy told Dib.
One of his balls went right over the head of Mandy who narrowly avoided it. She then tossed one straight at Misery. "Oh no," The purple girl cringed. "Not the face!"
Just then in a random heroic moment of stupidity Dib jumps in front of the ball and it hits his enormous head instead of Misery. "Dib!" This surprised Mandy enough that she wasn't prepared when Buford hit her in the stomach with another Dodgeball.
"What are we going to do?" Mabel asked Phineas again.
The young inventor snapped his fingers. "I've got an idea! We've got to surprise him." He quickly whispered something in Mabel's ear. She nodded. They both grabbed a Dodgeball and ran to the edge of the line.
"Hey Buford!" Mabel tossed her ball straight up into the air. Though it was no immediate danger this caught the bully's attention and he watched it go up and start to descend. Now that he was distracted Phineas threw his Dodgeball and hit Buford right in the stomach.
"No!" Buford pounded the floor with his fists.
"Yes!" Phineas and Mabel said together. They couldn't resist a quick high-five. Suddenly a Dodgeball hit Mabel in the head. Then another hit Phineas. They were both out.
They looked over to see Isabella had thrown them both. "Sorry Phineas!" She winked at him.
But then she immediately got hit by a Dodgeball thrown by Helga. "Ha ha! I got her!"
Now there was only one person on each side. Helga on the Gopher's side, and Misery on the Bass. Helga bounced the ball up and down on one hand. "This'll be easy."
"Aww crap!" Buford raged. "Now we're gonna lose!"
"She could still do it!" Isabella said while nursing the red mark on the side of her face. "Go Misery!"
"Yeah!" Dib cheered. "Go Misery!" The rest of the team soon joined in.
"Wow, a lot of pressure." Misery frowned as she held her one Dodgeball with both hands.
"Ready to give up?" Helga asked her.
"I've got to try." Misery said with a determined look on her face. She ran from the back of the court toward the line. Helga saw this and pulled back her arm to throw. But right as she hurled the Dodgeball something unexpected happened. Misery suddenly slipped on the back of her dress and fell on her back. Her head slammed down hard on the court floor. "Owww!"
Helga had thrown that ball with all the strength she had and thanks to her slipup it missed Misery entirely. Instead it hit the back of the Dodgeball court wall and slammed back toward the thrower. "Uh oh." Helga managed to say right before the ball hit her in the face.
Chef blew the whistle.
"The Killer Bass win!" Chris announced.
The Bass stands broke out into cheers. They quickly left the stands and went over to the court where they picked Misery up onto their shoulders and carried her off. "Misery! Misery! Misery!"
"Oww guys I'm injured." She tried to inform them but they couldn't hear her. "No really, I think I should have the back of my head looked at." No response. "Guys?"
*Confessional*
Misery: (she has an icepack to the back of her head) I guess victory comes with a price. If we won the challenge then my injury can't be a complete waste right?
*End Confessional*
The Gophers on the other hand all looked pretty unhappy. Chris walked over to them. "Gophers, what happened? You lost…again!"
"I'll tell you what happened." Helga walked over holding her red nose. "Weak team effort." Everyone turned to glare at her.
*Confessional*
Mandy: Helga.
Sheen: Helga.
Timmy: Helga!
Helga: Oh crud. That was a bad idea.
*End Confessional*
That night the Screaming Gophers were once again gathered at the campfire pit for the second challenge in a row. In the back row sat Helga, Phineas, Gaz, Cindy and Baljeet while Timmy, Sheen, Mandy, Mabel and Edd sat in the front row.
Chris approached them carrying a plate full of nine marshmallows. "Campers, you've already placed your vote and made your decision. One of you will be going home—and you can't come back. Ever! When you hear me call out your name come pick up a marshmallow."
"Cindy."
"Edd."
"Phineas."
"Mabel."
"Baljeet."
"Sheen."
"Gaz."
"Mandy."
They all walked up and took their marshmallows. The only two names Chris had not called were Timmy and Helga. Timmy didn't look all that worried, but Helga did. "And the last marshmallow goes to…
…
….
…Timmy."
The boy quickly stood up to go grab the tasty treat. Helga looked hurt for a moment before her infamous scowl returned to her face. "Ehh who cares?" She stood up and stomped over to the others. They all took a step back in worry. "I don't need this stupid show! I've got better things to do then waste my time with you morons!"
The rest of the Gopher's were relieved when she headed to the dock of shame to catch the boat of losers. Chris turned to the camera. "Alright so it wasn't the most dramatic campfire ceremony ever. But I still get paid! Ha ha bonus!"
The Gopher's all gave him a weird look before shaking their heads and walking back to their cabin.
Votes:
Phineas- Helga
Cindy- Helga
Edd- Helga
Mabel- Helga
Sheen- Helga
Helga- Timmy
Baljeet- Helga
Gaz- Helga
Timmy- Helga
Mandy- Helga
Tally: Helga-9, Timmy-1
A/N: Reviews are appreciated.
