Whew! It's been a while, hasn't it? I'll bet you guys thought I forgot about you! Well rest assured, I haven't. I've been really busy lately, but I promise I won't wait another month to have the next chapter up. So rest assured you'll be getting more of your favorite characters soon. Let's respond to some reviews:
Randomwriter101: I like these long reviews, I really do, but I can only respond to so much, and I can't respond to anything here at the risk of spoilers. Sorry.
Knifez: Thank you so much for reviewing. You're one of my favorite authors here. I'm not even joking. Keep reviewing and reading! By the way, if you thought Courtney was OOC when she didn't jump, just remember the first episode of TDI…
Guest: We'll just have to see how it all goes down ;)
J: Sorry. I've already come up with all my challenges.
The Abysswalker: I don't remember making a Hulk reference, but if you found it, that's cool. Looking back, I did switch the names of the teams. I'm embarrassed.
I was actually thinking about what that Chris gallery would look like upon reading your comment. I miss two minutes ago. Those were more innocent times…
Corbinace: Well, you've got to remember, it's Heather and she'd probably kill a human without batting an eye if it meant winning.
I have a new poll up regarding the next story. Also, PM me about artwork if you can do it. I need some done and I'm too busy to do my own. And that's about it for now. Time for the story.
Last time on Total Drama:
My precious sculpture was stolen by a diabolical beast with great taste in art, so I sent the teams on a death-defying quest to retrieve it.
Sky made an unlikely friend and started acting almost normal again and Dakota revealed that her mutation might not have completely gone away.
Heather acted like a total bitch, stealing the controls, slaughtering endangered species and crashing her team's submarine, which led to her untimely demise.
Who will be the next victim of their team's harsh judgment? You won't know until you watch this next episode of Total! Drama! HIGH SEAS!
And now, new stuff!
Chapter 9: King of the Thrill
STATEROOM 3 (DAKOTA)
"I was so close to blowing my secret," Dakota said looking in the mirror, "If they knew, they'd never look at me again. I'd be a freak. I'd be done in the competition." She sighed, "I wish I could control my anger. Ugh! It's so confusing! Why does this happen?" her eyes turned red, but she took a few deep breaths, "Come on, Dakota," she said to herself, "Conceal, don't feel. Put on a show. Make one wrong move and everyone will know [1]."
Dakota heard a knocking on the door, "Come in," she said, embarrassed that she was caught talking to herself.
"Hello, Dakota," Noah came in sneering.
"Ugh, what do you want?" Dakota retched.
"I know your secret," Noah said.
"What, who told you?"
CONFESSIONAL: NOAH
"It was obvious that Dakota was hiding something. I just had to shotgun a little to figure it out!
END CONFESSIONAL
"Nobody told me, I figured out that you have anger problems. Let's just say that when you're angry, you do…things."
"Who told you that I mutate a little when I'm angry?"
Noah's mouth curled into a wider sneer, "You just did."
CONFESSIONAL: DAKOTA
"That little weasel's good!"
END CONFESSIONAL
"What are you going to do, Noah? You may know, but I doubt anyone will believe you," Dakota said, thinking she could outsmart Noah.
"You forget that I can prove it to them. I just have to get you angry enough."
"Whatever, I have perfect control over my emotions," Dakota said.
"I heard you talking to yourself. You have no control."
Dakota narrowed her eyes, "What do you want?"
"As you may know," Noah began, "I'm not necessarily the most popular member of this team and I'm not much of an asset in physical challenges."
"And?"
"I need a promise. You are to never vote for me. You are to never convince anyone to vote for me. You are to convince other people who may be voting for me to vote for somebody else. If it comes down to you and me, you are to vote for yourself. If I get eliminated, I'm taking you down with me. Got it?"
Dakota reluctantly put her hand out. Noah shook it and smiled, "Pleasure doing blackmail with you."
STATEROOM 9 (SKY)
Sky found that she actually got a good night's sleep for once, without Heather to bother her—So good, in fact that she found herself waking up much later than she planned.
Sky's plan was to wake up very early and get to the pool before Bridgette. She couldn't even look her teammate in the eye. Bridgette was friends with Samey and Sky knew that if it came between the two in elimination, Bridgette had enough friends that Sky knew that she'd be gone.
Sky sighed and figured that she'd better go swimming anyways, despite her dreading seeing Bridgette. She put on her swimsuit and her cap (The one that Bridgette gave her, making her feel even more guilty) and walked toward the pool.
When Sky arrived, she saw that the two people she wanted to see least were already there. Bridgette was with somebody else this time. Wearing a black and red swimsuit was Samey.
"What are you doing here?" Sky asked in shock.
"Samey's a triathlete," Bridgette said.
"Really?" Sky asked, "I would've never expected that."
"I haven't competed in years," Samey said matter-of-factly. The last time I competed, I was 10 and my sister competed, too. I won by a lot because Amy didn't want to get her hair wet, but then she took the ribbon I won and burned it."
"She's competing again after the show's over. Isn't that great?"
"Wonderful," Sky grumbled, before walking away.
"Aw, come on," Bridgette pleaded, "Don't be like that!"
Sky turned around, "Yeah, well, I'm sure Samey doesn't want me here!"
"I don't mind, just as long as you're going to be nice." Samey said.
"See, Bridgette said, "come on!"
"Ugh, fine," Sky said.
CONFESSIONAL: SKY
"Samey really doesn't hate me? Then why would she say the things she did? Wait a minute! She's setting me up! She wants me gone so she can have her man all to herself! Well, two can play at that game!"
END CONFESSIONAL
DINING HALL
Chris stood in front of the remaining contestants, three of which were dripping wet (can you guess which three?).
"Before today's challenge, I'd like you to meet a very special guest. He'll be helping me out a little bit today, so everybody give a warm welcome to Ted!"
A boy that looked to be 16 or 17 (the same age as the contestants) walked out into the dining hall. He had short, brown hair and wore a black T-shirt with some weird design emblazoned on it. He also wore dark blue shorts with lots of pockets. His most distinguishing characteristic was his sinister smile and his squinted black eyes, as if his evil plan was just about to unfold.
"Ted, tell the contestants about yourself," Chris instructed the boy.
"Should I talk slowly?" Ted asked, "They don't seem like the most intelligent bunch…"
Chris laughed, "Don't you love this guy? He's hilarious! Anyway, Ted, tell us about yourself!"
"My name is Ted. I'm 17 years old and I'll be competing on the next season of Total Drama."
"That's it?" Chris asked, "No jokes or anything?"
Ted gave Chris a blank stare.
"Ugh! Fine!" He looked back to the contestants, "Anyway, Ted is the first of 24 brand-new contestants to be competing on the next season of Total Drama!" He looked at the camera, "Yep! You heard right! There's a new season! WITH 22 NEW CONTESTANTS!"
"You said 24," Noah quipped."
"Don't correct the host!" Chris scolded.
"Some people just don't understand authority," Ted said to Chris.
"Thank you, Ted."
Ted faced the contestants and whispered in a not-so-quiet voice, "He pays me extra to suck up to him."
The contestants snickered.
"And you won't be getting that extra pay!" Chris scolded Ted.
"Oh, right, you spent it all on your manscaping," Ted said to Chris, "Can't say I blame you. You're so hairy you could probably star in a Donkey Kong game!"
The contestants laughed.
"That's enough from you!" Chris scolded. "We've hit land, so it's time for the challenge."
"I can still come, right?"
"Ugh! Fine," Chris whined.
The contestants emptied out into a huge obstacle course.
"Welcome to Mount Midoryama!" Chris called out to the contestants. "Today's challenge will test your strength, agility, balance and overall stamina. Welcome to Canadian Ninja Warrior!"
Chris expected the contestants to cheer, but nobody did.
"Bunch of killjoys," Chris mumbled before putting his cheesy grin back on, "This challenge is four-fold. There are three stages you must complete. If you complete all three stages, you will move onto the final stage, where the team with the fastest average time wins!
"That's it?" Scott asked, "Cake."
"Well, if Scott insists, I wasn't going to do this because the producers have been on my back about safety, but I need to make it more challenging, so I'll do this."
Chris pressed a button on his remote.
"There, now, if you fall, you fall into boiling water! Everybody say thanks to Scott!"
Everyone glared at Scott.
CONFESSIONAL: SKY
"I love Ninja Warrior! I've sent in hundreds of audition tapes to get on [2]! This is a dream come true!"
CONFESSIONAL: NOAH
"Great, more physical challenges…"
END CONFESSIONALS
"Welcome to Stage One!" Chris announced, "In this stage there are 5 obstacles!" Chris pointed to a series of small pillars, "First up is the Pillar Path!" Chris pointed to the next obstacle, a large log on a track, "Next is the rolling log!" Then he pointed to a trampoline under a net that spanned over the water, "Followed by the Jump Hang!" Then he pointed to a thin girder between two platforms, "Followed by the Balance Bridge!" Then he pointed to a set of monkey bars, with 5 feet between each bar, "And Finally the Jumping Bars!"
"Chris faced the contestants, "I'm going to call you up one by one alphabetically to compete! If you win, you move onto the next stage! If you loose, you burn and or friend Ted makes fun of you! First up, Brick!"
Brick jumped up and down, ready to compete.
"Go!"
Brick ran to the Pillar path. He was easily able to traverse the small wood protrusions. He got onto the rolling log as it spun one, two, three, four times. He got off and jumped off the trampoline onto the net of the Jump Hang. He was careful to avoid burning his butt as he climbed under the net. He completed and moved onto the Balance Bridge, which he carefully traversed, one foot in front of the other. He ran to the Jumping bars and easily jumped between them. He then finished, not even breaking a sweat. He saluted, "Done, Captain!"
"Brick made it to Stage Two! It's Bridgette's turn!"
Bridgette looked a bit nervous.
"Go!"
Bridgette took off running to the Pillar Path. She knew this obstacle would be her end. She was too clumsy to balance on the tiny columns. She got onto her hands and grasped the first pillar. She kept going, balancing on her hands. She finally made it across. She straddled the rolling log as it spun down the track. On the third rotation, Bridgette puked, leaving the log covered in vomit. She sickly moved onto the jump hang. She jumped off the trampoline and barely grasped the net. She was cursing her weak stomach at this point as she woozily wandered to the balance bridge. Her clumsiness combined with her sickness was her undoing and she swayed off the bridge into the boiling water. She screamed and scurried out of the water as her skin burned red.
Ted piped up, "I was expecting surfer girl to end up in the water!"
Courtney was next to compete. She was easily able to pass the Pillar Path, but when she got to the rolling log, she realized that it was covered in Bridgette's vomit. She blanched as she straddled the log, getting covered in the disgusting ooze. She ran over to the Jump hang, wiping the vomit from her hands onto her pants, almost puking herself, but she managed to hang on as she traversed the net. She eventually made it past the next two obstacles and made it to Stage Two as she got on her knees and threw up again.
Dakota made it across the Pillar Path. She had great balance, but wasn't able to hold onto the rolling log and burned in the water.
"Some celebrities are hot!" Ted quipped.
Dave, however, was able to complete the stage.
Ella danced across the pillar path but met the same blazing fate as Dakota when she fell off the Rolling Log.
"Prince Charming can't save you from that!"
Ezekiel was next, not even making it as far as Ella as he fell off the first pillar
"I guess boys aren't better at sports than girls are, eh?"
Geoff was able to complete Stage One, waving his hat back and forth in celebration.
Izzy breezed through Stage One in half the time that even Brick did.
Lindsay was easily able to walk across the Pillar Path, walking with poise like a model. She then came to the rolling log and try as she may, could not hold on and belly-flopped into the hot water.
"I would love to be that water!" Ted exclaimed, clicking his tongue.
Noah jumped for the first pillar on the Pillar path, but it nailed him between his legs before he fell in.
"Oh, nuts!"
It was Rodney's turn to go, but the big guy couldn't stand on the tiny pillars and found himself face-first in the boiling water.
"Ummm," Ted thought, "Yeah, I got nothing."
When Samey went to go, she easily traversed the Pillar Path and clung to the rolling log. She made it to the Jump Hang where all the jumping she did in cheerleading paid off as she was able to make it over the net and rolled across. She moved onto the Balance Bridge where she inched across slowly, maintaining her balance. Her lack of grip strength, however, was her undoing as she missed the last Jumping Bar and fell into the water.
"Ooh! So close to winning," Ted said, "But I'll bet you hear that a lot back home, don't you!"
Scott breezed through the course easily and clicked his tongue at Courtney upon finishing. Courtney glared, trying to cover up a little blush.
Sky skipped across the Pillar Path with great ease, long jumped over the track that held the rolling log and easily traversed the Jump Hang. She easily balanced on the balance bridge…with her eyes closed and flipped between each of the Jumping Bars. As she finished, she struck a pose, holding a time even faster than Izzy's.
Tyler was the last to go. He actually did all right until the jumping bars. He tried to get a running start and jump, but his shoe was untied and he took the plunge.
"You forgot to Tyler your shoelace!" Ted quipped.
"This concludes Stage one!" Chris announced, "Courtney, Scott, Geoff, Sky, Izzy, Brick and Dave are moving on to Stage Two!"
STAGE TWO
Night was falling upon the metal mountain. The 7 contestants were definitely more nervous about this stage than the last.
"Welcome to Stage Two," Chris announced, "This stage is much tougher than the first," He smirked, "And also a lot more dangerous!"
The seven remainders gasped.
"The first obstacle is the Hammer Dodge! Walk across this narrow board while avoiding the swinging hammers that will knock you into the water. The next one is called the Chain Swing! Swing across this large abyss of water on this rusty chain. The final obstacle is the wall lift! You need to lift up a 30, then 60 then a 90 kilogram wall!"
Brick was the first one to try the new stage. He rubbed his hands together, heart pounding and got ready to begin the Second Stage.
Brick finally began to walk forward, confronting the first obstacle, the Hammer Dodge. He saw the swinging hammers, waiting to bash him into the boiling water. He would not let them get the best of him. He looked at Ted, who smirked, probably thinking of some good military jokes.
Brick walked forward. He took a running start and timed the run just right. He dodged all the hammers and moved onto the chain swing. He rubbed his hands together, backed up and took a running start. He grasped the chain and swung his legs back and forth for momentum. He then jumped over the abyss and crumpled to the floor, landing right on his hand.
"AAAGGH!" He screamed, "My hand! My hand! I think it's broken.
Chris walked up to the crumpled military man and examined his hand.
"Oh my boxers! That is awful. Quick! Move your hand before I vomit, Aah! Chef, bring this man to the infirmary! Ted, tell me a joke! Quick, before I die!"
"Uh," Ted started, "Did you hear about the host who fainted at the sight of blood?"
"I didn't faint! Not yet, come on! Get him away," Chris cried.
Ted looked at the camera, "Looks like Chris is having some 'problems,' let's cut to commercial!
A salesman with a shiny grin looked at the camera.
"Hi, I'm Rich Moneyman! I'm here to talk about my brand-new product: The Bacon Bowl! It's a bowl made out of bacon! Just buy them, put them in the microwave and you got a bowl made of bacon! You can put anything in it! The grease just seeps right in! Eat it with eggs! Eat it with Mac n' Cheese! Eat it with more bacon! Eat it with ice cream," The salesman took a bite, "Ugh! Don't eat it with ice cream!"
"To order the Bacon Bowl for a nice, easy $29.99 call 1-800-555-8798! Must be 18 or older to call. Or just have a deep voice. We don't care! [3].
Chris was panting. "Whew! Hopefully, I'll never have to see that again! Next up is Dave!"
Dave easily ran through the hammer dodge and used his momentum to get past the chain swing. He then lifted the 30-pound wall. He tried to lift the 60-pound wall, but his arms were too skinny and Chris eventually called it off.
Courtney tried to time the run through the hammer dodge, but became complacent toward the end and the hammer smashed into her and knocked her off the bridge.
"Miss CIT is G-O-N-E!" Ted remarked. Courtney ran up to Ted and put his hand in a half nelson.
"You can stop that now," Ted said, trying to mask the pain.
It was now Scott's turn. The farm boy cackled, "This will be too easy!" He ran through the Hammer Dodge without even trying and swung through the Chain Swing. He made it to the Wall Lift. He lifted the 30-pound wall with one hand. He lifted the 60-pound wall with one hand. He lifted the 90-pound with one hand. He was done.
"Scott becomes the first person to make Stage three," Chris announced, "But he probably won't be the last!"
Chris was right. Geoff was also able to make it to the end.
Izzy followed, also making it to the Third Stage.
Sky was next to compete. She jumped up and down, getting ready. She stretched, touching her palms to the ground, bending over backward and doing other stuff that would send an average person to urgent care.
She jumped and flipped her way through the Hammer dodge and showed off further by grasping the chain on the Chain Swing with her legs like a trapeze artist. She landed on her hands and lifted all three walls. She had made it.
"Sky is the fourth to make it to Stage Three, along with Geoff, Izzy and Scott!" Chris announced, "Who will make it through an even more grueling Third Stage? Find out after the break!"
Rich Moneyman was back.
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-We're experiencing technical difficulty. Please bear with us-
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Night fell upon the third stage of Mount Midoryama. The four contestants looked down the stage. It was daunting
"Welcome to Stage Three!" Chris announced, "This stage is brutal. The first obstacle is the Globe Grasp. You need to grasp onto these tiny spheres over the water. Next is the Curtain Cling! You must climb across this 10-meter long curtain! Next up is the Devil Steps! Use your hands to climb up this inverted staircase. The next obstacle is the Pipe Slider. Hang from the bar and slide it down the track. The final obstacle is the Cliffhanger! You need to hang from this 3-centimeter ledge and move across this 15-meter cliff! If you can do that, you move to the final stage!"
The first contestant to go was Geoff. He nervously rubbed his hands together and stepped up to the Globe Grasp. He grabbed one of the globes in his hand and started to swing across, but he finally buckled and fell into the water.
Next up was Izzy who met the same sickly fate as she tried to grasp the globes.
Scott was next. He grabbed onto the first sphere of the Globe grasp. He hung on He extended his arm and grabbed the second globe. He continued across and became the first contestant to make it across the Globe Grasp.
Scott approached the Curtain Cling. He grasped the curtain and held on. He moved across the curtain slowly and steadily. He crossed his hands over each other, still not breaking a sweat by the end.
He moved onto the devil steps, closing his eyes in a cocky display, accidentally miscalculating and falling into the water.
"Sky, if you can make it to the end," Chris said, "Your team wins. If you don't, you go against Scott in sudden death! No pressure."
Sky was shaking. She approached the Globe Grasp and clasped the first sphere in her hand. She released her weight from the ground and slowly began to cross the gauntlet. She grabbed each globe slowly and proceeded to the end.
She then reached for the Curtain Cling. She held on tight. She moved across, making sure to conserve her energy. She moved her hands over each other and crept across very slowly. She was able to finish and moved onto the Devil Steps.
She grabbed the first step. She began to move up the inverted staircase. Halfway up, she was beginning to get tired. She persevered. She grunted with pain on each step and made it up.
She proceeded to the Pipe Slider. She jumped up and grabbed the bar with both hands. She swung her legs to slide the bar across the tracks. Her grip was wearing out, but she grinned and bared it. She was halfway through when her arm gave. She was down to only her left hand, which stayed on the bar. She was close to dying. She pushed the little energy she had left out of her body. She had made it across the pipe slider.
She approached the Cliffhanger. She was dying. She had very little left in the tank. She'd never felt this much fatigue in her entire career as an athlete. She couldn't back down. She'd been through too much to back down now. The gymnast sprang up and grabbed the ledge. She moved across the tiny ledge. About a quarter of the way, she realized that she wouldn't make it, but she had to eliminate those negative thoughts from her head. She could do it.
"Sky! Sky! Sky!" Samey began to cheer, followed by the rest of her team.
She couldn't let her team down now. There were tears in her eyes. She wasn't sure if it was from being touched by her team or from her excruciating pain. She had to press on. She made it half way. She gritted her teeth. She felt awful. She was at her breaking point, but she had to end it. She had to finish. She was so close. She had to press on.
"Sky! Sky! Sky!"
Sky was breathing heavy. Between her painful heaves, she moved her hands across the cliff. She was almost there. She had just two meters left. She had to finish. She couldn't let her team down. One and a half meters left…One meter left. She was out of breath. She couldn't move any further. She let go. She was done.
"Ooh! Sky was so close, but she lost! You know what that means? SUDDEN DEATH!"
Sky and Scott stood atop a huge platform, several meters in the air, dueling sticks in hand.
"Who ever knocks the other off the platform wins for their team! GO!"
Sky slammed her stick into Scott's gut. Scott clenched his abs, reflecting the blow. She slammed her stick onto Scott's head. Scott fell down and Sky slammed her stick into Scott's face, breaking his nose.
Scott returned the shot and nailed Sky in the jaw, but Sky was strong. She nailed Scott in the crotch.
Scott Screamed.
Sky used this momentary lapse to launch her final attack, bashing Scott in the face once again, sending him tumbling over the edge of the platform.
"The Cool Kids' Club Wins! Time for the Geeks and Freaks to vote somebody off!"
DECK OF SHAME
Chris smiled at the contestants, "I'm going to be nice today and let Ted announce the votes!"
"Yes!" Ted cried, "I've always wanted to do this! Anyways, the votes are in. If I call your name, you're safe."
"Dakota,"
"Izzy,"
"Ella,"
"Ezekiel,"
"Rodney,"
"Noah, You came in dead last. Scott, you were too cocky and cost the win for your team. Tonight's loser is…"
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"Scott!"
"Shood," Scott groaned, grabbing his bleeding nose.
"Take this," Ted threw the lifeboat to Scott.
"Yeah, yeah," Chris said, "But don't jump in just yet. One of our contestants was caught using three types of anabolic steroids and a low-grade beaver tranquilizer [4], so it is with a heavy heart, not really, that we're saying goodbye to Izzy!
"Aww! Busted!" Izzy sighed, "Oh well, at least I get to go with Scott to talk to! OOH! We can talk to the sharks
"doh, doh!" Scott pleaded, clutching his nose.
"Yes, yes!" Izzy screamed jumping into the water and pulling Scott with her.
"Who will be the next piece of shark bait? Find out next time on Total! Drama! HIGH SEAS!"
CARGO HOLD
"Ugh!" Amy yelled at Topher, "Sky's starting to see that Samey doesn't hate her!"
"So?" Topher asked.
"You idiot!" Amy scolded, "They'll get suspicious! They'll get suspicious and we'll be found out!
"Oh, yeah," Topher said, "That'd suck."
"We'll get them tomorrow!"
The two shared an evil laugh.
Sorry if that chapter was a bit boring. I rushed toward the end. I got tired. In my defense, I did this all in one day, so kudos to me. Also, I did a pretty bad job at describing the obstacles, so just look them up online or something…
Please PM me if you can do artwork. Thanks.
Thoughts about this chapter? Thoughts about Ted? Please review!
FOOTNOTES:
[1] Yeah, we went there!
[2] Sky doesn't know that you need to be 21 to get onto American Ninja Warrior. For some reason, though, she was able to get onto Total Drama, which is about 100 times more dangerous.
[3] Yes, these are real products. Look them up. BTW, I don't get why bacon is this huge super food. It's Ok, but it's not that great…
[5] Dodgeball reference…