Hey all, time to jump back onto the SS McLean for another thrilling installment of Total Drama High Seas. But first, as per usual, I have some things to discuss:
First of all, a lot of you figured out that the last challenge was based off the balloon battle of Mario Kart. Job well done, guys! Mario Kart is something I've always pictured Chris wanting to do a challenge based off...so I finally got to write that! It was fun!
Second, I'm planning on releasing some artwork for my next season of Total Drama. I'll link to it when it's done next chapter (If you know anyone who can do artwork for this story, please tell me...).
Third, new poll is up regarding the final 10! Don't look at it unless you want to know who gets eliminated this chapter. It's kind of hard to believe I've made it this far, but we're almost to closing off this story! So far, I've clocked in 126 reviews. Can we make it to 200 by the end?
Fourth, I might be writing an all-star season for the one and only Kobold Necromancer. It's truly an honor that he's letting me do this because he is undoubtedly the best TDI writer I've ever read. If you haven't already, check out his story Total Drama Comeback. He's better at the drama than I am, that's for sure!
Finally, replies to reviews:
CinemaIsland: Yep, Amy is quite a monster. She's ended up setting really good friends against each other all in her sadistic plans to ruin her sister's life.
The Abysswalker: Oh, I don't know too much about anime/manga, sorry.
Two-Tailed Mouse: That might be the right answer, you just have to wait and see. I've gotten a couple of PM's too. Were you the first to answer, we'll just have to find out!
Hugh Takinamee: Just wait until Bridgette finds out that two of her best friends voted for her boyfriend in a twisted revenge plot...
I.M. Poik: Yep, it's about time they lost. Maybe they'll loose again, I don't know...they'll only be around for one more challenge...
WARNING: This chapter contains more dirty language and graphic violence than previous chapters, but the story is rated T, so...
Now, on with the show!
Last time on Total Drama:
The teams set out in a demolition derby of sorts, trying to total their opponents cars or destroy their balloons. I'm not running out of ideas! Honest!
A sweet exchange between Dave and Samey made Sky jealous (so what else is new), but what really sealed the deal was Dave's attempt to kill her with a swarm of bees. Not cool, dude!
Sky and Courtney also made an alliance and conspired to vote Samey off the ship, but in a sudden change of plans, the devious duo's efforts were diverted toward eliminating Geoff, who, in a close vote, ended up getting the boot!
Who will be the next unlucky sucker to be kicked off the ship? Will you still read if it's your favorite character? Find out on Total! Drama! HIGH SEAS!
Chapter 13: Fear Factory!
STATEROOM 8 (SKY)
"Thanks for letting me stay with you, Sky," Courtney told her friend as she laid down in one of the beds.
"No problem," Sky said from the other bed, "I wouldn't want to room with Samey either!"
"Yeah," Courtney said, "I still can't believe she said all those things to me!"
"I know," Sky said, "Are we going to seal the deal today?"
"Yes, we are. Samey will be eliminated if we loose. I promise."
"Good, then," Sky smiled, "You know, if I don't win, I hope you do."
Courtney smiled back, "Me, too, but I'm going to win."
Sky's eyes sparkled with the competitive flare she had almost forgotten about, "In your dreams, CIT girl!"
"I'm actually just a C now," Courtney said, laughing, "Good night!"
CONFESSIONAL: SKY
"I think I'm going to enjoy the rest of my time here after Samey's gone! It's an awesome competition, I have great friends who are fun to compete against and I can actually get back to myself again!"
CONFESSIONAL: COURTNEY
"Sky's a good girl, but she's my only real competition here. Besides her, I've got that backstabbing twin who everybody hates, laid-back surfer girl, romantic farm boy, the bookworm, the blonde who makes phone operators seem smart, the accident-prone athlete, Dave, Ezekiel and the cadet who's such a gentleman, he'll step aside and let me win!"
END CONFESSIONAL
STATEROOM 9 (BRIDGETTE & LINDSAY)
Bridgette was having a hard time sleeping. She didn't think anybody would vote off Geoff. She wasn't expecting it.
"What's wrong?" Lindsay asked.
"I just wasn't expecting Geoff to go next. Did you vote for him?"
Lindsay's blue eyes went wide, "I would never vote for a friend's boyfriend! That's just mean! And rude! And..." Lindsay struggled to find another word, "...And...and...mean!"
"Do you know who voted for him?" Bridgette asked.
Lindsay tried to jog her memory. The very rusty gears in her brain were turning over time as she tried to recall what happened that night. She remembered somebody asking her to vote for Geoff, but she couldn't remember who.
"Um...I think it was that bossy, angry girl that I voted for. I think her name was Cout...No, Court...No"
Bridgette's eyes widened, "Courtney?"
"Yep, that's the one!" Lindsay said, "How did you know what I was talking about? Are you psychic like that one girl from a few seasons ago? I think her name was Dolores...Denise...Donna..."
"Dawn?" Bridgette asked.
"Yeah! That's her name! I think you are psychic! Quick, what am I thinking of now?"
Bridgette sighed, "Lindsay, I'm kind of stressed out. Can we not play this game right now?"
"Sorry," Lindsay said.
"So Courtney told you to vote Geoff off?"
"Yeah," Lindsay said, "You seem mad. Why? You tried to vote her off even though she's your friend."
"Why would she do that? She knows Geoff means the world to me!"
"Maybe it's because he accidentally blew up her kart? She does get mad over little things. Like this one time, I told her that..."
"I don't know. That makes sense, but she..." Bridgette began to doze off, "She..."
THUD! The earth shook beneath them. The boat rattled and a terrible screeching sound permeated the air.
Bridgette held her ears and Lindsay screamed very loudly.
"Lindsay, could you please stop?" Bridgette asked politely, but sounding irritated.
The screeching sound was followed by another THUD and the ship lurched backward.
" What was that?" Bridgette asked, eyes wide in fear.
"I don't know!" Lindsay wailed, "Make it stop! Make it stop! AAAAHHHHH!"
"Lindsay, it's over!" Bridgette yelled over her friend's frantic screaming.
"Oh," Lindsay said, looking embarrassed, I knew that!"
DINING HALL
The eleven remaining contestants were filed into the dining hall, still in their sleepwear while Chris, looking grumpy and sleep-deprived stood in front of them.
"What's going on?" Brick asked
"What was that awful noise?" Tyler whined.
"I'm so tired," Lindsay complained
"ZIP IT!" Chris screamed at the eleven teenagers, "Chef is on the phone right now trying to figure out what's wrong. I think the ship's out of gas."
"Uh-huh," Chef said over the phone, "Uh-huh, Oh crap..."
"What now?" Chris asked his co-host.
"We got a major problem here. Some weird disturbance ignited the gas tank!"
"What?" Chris yelled, wide awake now.
"Yeah, the gas tank was set on fire. Just what were you planning on doing for that next challenge?"
"I was going to make them climb up that volcano in Hawaii, but now I can't because the ship's not running right!"
"That's the least of your concerns," Chef said, "According to the technician, that big of an ignition in the engine room can lead to a huge explosion in a couple hours."
The contestants and Chris gasped in horror.
"WHAT? Can't you call somebody? I don't want to die! Not stuck on a ship with you losers!"
"We're in the middle of the ocean," Chef grumbled, "There's no roadside assistance out here, pretty boy."
Chris clasped his head, "No! No! No! This can't be happening! Can't we just extinguish the fire?"
"Nope," Chef said, "The main hull has already been damaged. I'd say that even if we did put out the fire, we'd only have a few hours before it's completely submerged. Plus, it might be an electrical fire, so there's a pretty good chance that attempting to extinguish it would be worse."
"Alright," Chris sobbed, "But we'll go down strong! Contestants, change of plans! Tonight's challenge is twofold. First, you'll have to extinguish the fire. There's a button at the far end of the engine room that extracts seawater and disperses it throughout the ship as fog. I was going to use it as part of today's challenge, but it looks like we have more pressing matters at hand."
"But you said that water could make the fire bigger!" Rodney said, horrified.
"I did. That's why I'm having you guys do this instead of me!"
The contestants tensed up even more
"Next, you're going to have to get to the backup canister of gas and refuel the ship. It's in a room at the far East end, but it's filled with booby traps!"
"Why did you booby-trap the room, Chris?" Courtney scowled.
"Izzy was on this ship. Do you really think it would be a good idea to keep something flammable someplace where she could access it?" Chris responded.
"Ok, that solves the fire and the gas problem," Bridgette reasoned, "But what about the dent in the hull?"
"I have people for that," Chris said, "Chef's on the phone with the best and brightest engineer in Canada. Luckily, he's close by, taking a vacation. The team that presses the button and fills the gas tank wins. If one team does each task, then everybody is up for elimination! Got it?"
"Yeah," Samey said, "But can we change into our clothes?"
"No time!" Chris yelled, "Hurry, guys!"
Chef hung up the phone. He went to face Chris and said, "He's coming. He'll be here in about an hour.
MEANWHILE IN HAWAII:
The burly, dark-skinned teenager was lying in a hammock on the beach, reading a book, when he heard his phone ring. He listened to Chef explain the situation. He nodded and hung up, putting his baseball cap back on his head. He took his keys out of his pocket and pressed a button. The door to the helicopter opened. He walked in and turned on the admission. He was off.
BACK ON THE SHIP:
"Come on guys, this is a life or death thing!" Bridgette pleaded, "So what if everybody's up for elimination, let's just work together for this!"
The Geeks & Freaks looked at the members of the Cool Kids' Club an both came to an agreement.
"Alright," Noah said, "You guys have stronger people and I think that canister of gas is pretty big, so you go for that. We'll put out the fire."
"Good!" Bridgette said, still worried sick. The two teams parted ways.
CONFESSIONAL: BRIDGETTE
"Nothing like life-threatening circumstances to get people to work together!"
CONFESSIONAL: NOAH
"I still intend to win this for my team. If I don't, Rodney will likely be voted off, and he's the only brawn we have left."
END CONFESSIONALS
As the three remaining Geeks & Freaks entered the engine room, they were greeted by the roaring flames.
"Damn!" Noah cursed, "This'll be hard to get through!"
Fire was everywhere, large portions of the floor were scorched and the entire engine room looked like a maze of flames.
"Ezekiel, you survived nearly drowning in lava in world tour, what's a little fire going to do to you?"
"It was really painful and I can't get through there! I'm really clumsy, eh!" Ezekiel pleaded.
"Noah's the skinniest one here! He has the best shot!" Rodney smirked.
CONFESSIONAL: RODNEY
"After Zeke told me that Noah told him I was the one who organized Ella's elimination, I knew it was payback time! Ain't no way he's surviving this elimination if we loose!"
END CONFESSIONAL
"Yeah!" Ezekiel said, "Let's go Noah!"
"God, I hate this game!" Noah screamed.
Noah ran through the flames, expertly dodging the blazing fire around him. He ran to the edge of the engine room. His pajamas and his hair were charred, but he managed to press the big blue button at the edge of the engine room.
Fog started to accumulate in the engine room as Noah worried even more that the fire would expand and he'd be doomed.
"In the name of all that is holy, please put the fire out," Noah prayed, nearly in tears.
The fog rolled in much thicker than anyone anticipated. Ezekiel was having a hard time seeing Noah.
"Now I know why this would be good for a challenge, eh!" Ezekiel said to nobody in particular as the fog continued to expand.
COOL KIDS' CLUB:
As the Cool Kids' Club entered the room, they noticed the floor was littered with heavy-duty bear traps. Beyond the line of bear traps was a big maze of overlapping laser beams. At the far end of the room, encased in glass, was a huge cylindrical tank.
"So," Samey said to her team, "Who wants to go?"
"I'll do it! Tyler yelled. He bellowed a battle cry and then ran into the room, "OW!" He screamed as a bear trap clamped down on his foot, "OW! OW!" He was running into more bear traps. As he scrambled to get away, two more bear traps chomped down on his leg, "AAAHHH!" He yelled. He fell down to all fours and attempted to crawl away, finding his hand in a bear trap. The floor was covered in blood from the jock.
Brick came to his rescue, picking up the injured athlete in his burly arms and dragging him back to the entrance to the room.
"Courtney!" Brick commanded, "Go bandage him up! I trust they taught you how to do that as a CIT?"
"Yes, but we're trying to win! We will all die if I tend to him instead of helping, or worse, I'll get voted off!"
"Get your priorities straight, princess!" Brick commanded in that drill-sergeant voice he'd perfected, "I would care for him myself, but I'm actually planning on participating in this challenge because I recognize the value of human life: not my life, your lives!" He ripped the sleeves off of his shirt, "Apply these to his wounds. I'm going after the canister!"
CONFESSIONAL: BRICK
"Courtney's got a lot to learn about loyalty and teamwork. I figured she'd learned that in CIT training or whatever, but I guess not..."
CONFESSIONAL: COURTNEY
"Brick is such a control freak! Why couldn't he help Tyler out himself? He's the one with military experience: he could do twice as good a job as I ever could!
END CONFESSIONALS
Before Courtney could argue, Brick was off, trying to get past the laser beams.
Courtney got busy applying Brick's sleeves as a bandage to Tyler's hands and feet, which were now bleeding profusely. She almost threw up when she saw her hands get covered in Tyler's blood.
CONFESSIONAL: COURTNEY
"In CIT training, we were told never to touch a bleeding wound without sterile bandages and rubber gloves. Then, they went on to tell us all these awful diseases that we could get if we didn't take these precautions. I hope Tyler's not HIV positive!"
CONFESSIONAL: DAVE
"I'm pretty much the biggest germaphobe I know and even I was more ready to help Tyler than Courtney was. What's wrong with that girl?"
END CONFESSIONALS
"I'll go in first and break the glass, Brick said to his team. Then Sky, get in there and help me roll the canister."
"I want to help, too," Samey told her teammates.
Dave held her tight in his arms, "No, I can't let you do this! You might get hurt or worse! I'll do it for you!"
"Aw! You're so sweet!" Samey said, hugging Dave, "But I need to do this!"
"But Sammy," Dave pleaded.
"No! I'm sorry. I love you Dave. I'd never-"
Sky, seething with jealousy and rage, shoved her teammate into the laser beams. Samey screamed as the electric current pulsed through her body, which managed to short out the circuits and shut off the laser beams as the blonde girl fell to the ground in an unconscious heap.
Bridgette, Lindsay, Brick and Courtney watched the whole scene unfold, mouths agape, frozen in shock.
But none of them were as shaken as Dave.
"Sammy!" Dave cried as he ran to the helpless mass that was his girlfriend. "Can you hear me?"
No response.
Dave shook Samey roughly, "CAN YOU HEAR ME?" He screamed in a mixture of panic, disbelief and horror.
Still no response.
He looked close to tears. He put his finger up to the cheerleader's nose. He felt something. Yes! She was breathing! But she was still unconscious.
Dave mixed all those aforementioned emotions and combined them into anger. He looked at Sky, who was just realizing the consequences of her actions.
"You did this!" Dave screamed, "This is all your fault! You could have freaking killed her! But I'm sure you don't give two shakes of a rat's ass, do you!"
Sky merely looked at her former friend, shaken. It seemed as if she was near tears, too.
"You don't even care, do you? You're such a damn bitch! I can't believe I ever saw anything in you! You think that it'll make me more likely to take your backstabbing little ass back if you try to murder my girlfriend? You're worse than Heather! Just go! I'm sick of looking at you!"
"But Dave," Sky pleaded. She was crying from guilt. She couldn't believe what she had done.
"No time for that! Just go away! Go and pack your bags because there's no freaking way you're staying here tonight!" Dave yelled, "I'll make sure of that!"
Sky was in tears. She felt very guilty and knew that Dave's words were true, making things even worse. She couldn't bring herself to talk. A few times she'd open her mouth, but no words would come out. She'd just lay flat on the floor, crying.
CONFESSIONAL: COURTNEY
"That escalated quickly."
CONFESSIONAL: BRIDGETTE
"Poor Dave! I can't imagine how he must be feeling right now!"
CONFESSIONAL: BRICK
"That was low, Sky."
CONFESSIONAL: LINDSAY
"Wait, Shayla used to date Darren?"
CONFESSIONAL: SKY
(She's still crying) "I honestly don't know what got into me. I feel so awful. I almost killed somebody. I guess my time on this show is over, although, that's not a bad thing. Maybe things can finally get back to normal?"
END CONFESSIONALS
"Come on, guys, we gotta refuel," Brick commanded his team. He and Bridgette rolled the container of gasoline out of the room. Courtney stayed with Tyler. Dave and Lindsay stayed with Samey. Sky was just too miserable to move.
Brick and Bridgette rolled the tank across the ship toward the engine room.
ENGINE ROOM
"So, that dent all fixed up?" Chris asked the silent, burly teenager.
The boy simply nodded his head.
"Good! Looking real good!" Chris said, "Thanks a lot, Bev, you really saved our butts there."
The boy looked irritated by Chris calling him by that particular name, but just nodded, holding his hand out.
"Oh," Chris said, "You want a handshake? Haha, I guess!" Chris put his hand out for the boy to shake, but the boy simply shook his head and held his hand out again.
"High five?" Chris asked Chef.
"He wants you to pay him, idiot!" Chef told Chris. The boy nodded in agreement. Chris's face fell.
"Fine," Chris groaned, "How much do you want? $50?"
The boy shook his head and pointed up.
"$100?" Chris asked.
He still pointed up.
"How much do you want?" Chris asked.
The boy held up three fingers.
Chris groaned, really irritated, "Fine!" He took $300 out of his pocket and gave it to the boy.
The boy smiled and nodded and then held up a pennant with Ezekiel's face on it and waved it around before climbing back into his helicopter and flying away.
COOL KIDS' CLUB
Bridgette and Brick were nearing the engine room with the drum of gasoline when suddenly, Noah ambushed them. The two Cool Kids were startled and Noah swiped the tankard away from the two and rolled it as hard as he could to Rodney, who waited on the other side of the engine room. Rodney managed to single-handedly roll the drum to the ship's gas tank and pump the gas in.
"The Geeks and Freaks do it again!" Chris sang, "My life is saved! My ship is saved! My life is saved! My hair is saved! My handsome face is saved! My art gallery is saved!" Chris was in happy tears. Most of the contestants were disgusted by this.
Chris wiped a tear from his eye, "Anyways, Cool Kids' Club, you'll still have to go through with elimination! Have fun with that!"
CUT TO COMMERCIAL
Who should appear but the cheesy spokesman again.
"Rich Moneyman here," the man said, "And I've got the best product for you!" He held up a piece of fabric that looked like a mask.
"This is called the face-kini. It's a special mask you put over your face to reduce wrinkles when you're in the sun!" Rich Moneyman put the mask over his face.
"It shields your face from the sun's harmful rays, giving you that radiant, youthful glow! Don't believe me? Ask our special guest star!"
A young man with a green Mohawk and a long-sleeved shirt emblazoned with a skull eyed the man's new product.
"Say," the man said, "This does look pretty good: a lot better than the other pieces of crap you advertise! Can I put it on?"
"Sure thing, Duncan, my man!" Rich Moneyman responded.
"Great!" Duncan said, "It's really comfy. On a totally unrelated note, do you know where the closest bank is?"
"Yeah, it's on 5th street right on the left. You can't miss it!"
"Thanks," Duncan cackled mischievously and ran off.
"Oh the kids these days," Rich Moneyman said to the camera, so eager to-Hey! Get back here, Duncan!" He yelled, "You can't rob that bank!
BACK TO THE SHOW
CONFESSIONAL: COURTNEY
"I feel like I'm betraying my alliance, but what Sky did was seriously messed up. Sorry."
CONFESSIONAL: BRIDGETTE
"I love Sky, but she's too overcome with emotions (She sighs) Why can't we just have fun once in a while without somebody trying to screw it up?"
CONFESSIONAL: TYLER
"That wasn't cool Sky!"
CONFESSIONAL: LINDSAY
"You leave us no choice!"
CONFESSIONAL: SKY
(She is still crying) "I can't believe I'm saying this, but I vote for myself. Maybe things will get back to normal when I leave."
CONFESSIONAL: EZEKIEL
(He's picking his nose) "I can't help it! All the tissues are gone and I can't let the girls see me picking my no'ose!"
END CONFESSIONALS
DECK OF SHAME
Chris stood in front of the eight, soon to be seven, Cool Kids.
"The votes tonight weren't even close. In fact, this is the first time this season we've had a unanimous vote off, so, I'm just going to make this easy for you guys. The person going home is Sky!"
Sky looked disappointed, but shrugged it off.
"By guys," she said to her teammates, "I wish things could've gone better. I don't expect you to, but maybe sometime could you forgive me for my behavior?"
There were a bunch of dirty looks from the Cool Kids' Club and Dave raised a very inappropriate finger.
Sky sighed, "Alright, I guess. No matter how I acted this season, I still care about you guys and I hope to see you later. Goodbye."
She dived into the water and started swimming strokes away from the ship as the ship chugged on in the opposite direction.
"And that's the final ten! We're getting close to the end here! Who's next to take the shameful swim home? Find out next time on Total! Drama! HIGH SEAS!"
STATEROOM 1 (TOPHER & AMY)
"Darn it!" Amy cried, "I was starting to like Sky! She's a bit of a goody-goody, but she did torment Samey!"
"Don't worry," Topher assured his friend, "With all the drama going on, they've forgotten all about us. It's time for our true reign of terror to begin!"
Amy sneered, "Yes! Let's do this!"
"And then maybe you could get me on as host?"
"Don't push your luck, boy..."
Sorry to all of you Sky fans and I am one, so this hurts me too. She just needed some time to cool off and control her emotions. This isn't the last you'll see of her in this story, and when you see her again, her confident, athletic self will be in charge again.
Getting close to the end, don't you think? I've got a new poll asking you who your bets are on for the finale. Go and respond to that for me. And don't forget to review...