"Last time on Total Drama Isolation!" The camera opened up on Gregory, who was watching camera footage of the last episode while Darr was editing footage in the background, "Our contestants woke up and found themselves on rafts in the middle of the ocean, a fear I'm sure some people. After getting a nice breakfast the teams prepared to complete their challenge of racing back to shore, with some... having better results than others." The camera showed Grim's trebuchet destroying the Ravens' raft, "During the challenge, Marion decided to be a little baby and hide out in the confessional because he's afraid of water or something, but turns out that fear was the Ravens biggest strength, as Marion caught the win for them before the Foxes could make a comeback! Will Marion win it yet again? Or will the Foxes claim victory for this match? Find out right here on...
TOTAL...
DRAMA...
ISOLATION!"
Intro Start
Multiple cameras popped out of random vehicles. Before a camera flew past Gregory and Darr and zoomed over to the Lonely Town lake
"Dear mom and dad I'm doing fine, You guys are on my mind." The camera jumped into the lake, revealing Devon and Owen practicing breathing underwater.
"You asked me what I wanted to be, and now I think the answer is plain to see." Owen burst out of the lake to get a breath of air, only to splash a history book that Atticus was reading. Much to the amusement of Rosalina.
"I wanna be famous." The camera moved over to the other side of the lake and showed Ruiz and Toronto playing a practice game of football.
"I wanna live close to the sun." The camera cut to Marion talking to Melaine, albeit annoyed because Melaine didn't understand what he was saying.
"So pack your bags, cause I've already won." The camera moved over to Pandora, in the center of the town, who was taking pictures of Gemini.
"Everything to prove, nothing in my way." Over on one side of the cafeteria, Saraphina was helping Grim set up a whoopee cushion prank.
"I'll get there one day." On the other side of the cafeteria, Jace was showing Asuka one of his favorite books.
"Cause I wanna be famous." In the kitchen, Benjamin was trying to wrap his head around how the food is made with no chef.
"Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na." The camera cut to the field and passed by Lucien, who was sleeping.
"I wanna be, I wanna be famous." The camera slowed down for a bit at the right side of the field to show Lenore giving Dusky some beauty tips.
"I wanna be, I wanna be famous." On the left side of the field, Char and Carmen were having a dancing competition. Before the winner could be revealed, the camera shot into the sky and back down to the bonfire pit, where all of the contestants were whistling the tune.
Intro End
"Fing Grim ruining all my f%&*ing plans and shit." Asuka growled as they chomped through their breakfast, "Who the hell does he think he is? What strategic sense did it make to vote for Lucien?! AGH!" Asuka threw their bowl of cereal at the wall of the cafeteria, while Jace just watched in terror.
"M-maybe you should calm down?" Jace shivered as Asuka kept up their angry rants.
Asuka let out a loud and obnoxious groan, "I just don't get it? What the hell was the gain there? I know it's him who betrayed me! GOD, I SHOULD'VE TOLD LUCIEN TO VOTE MELAINE!"
"Well, there's always the next time we lose the challenge." Jace pointed out, "You just need to get the advantage right? I-I'm sure Dusky would listen to you if you asked her to vote for Melaine..."
Asuka slammed their head on the table, "I guess, but that requires us to not only lose the challenge but for nobody other than Melaine to catch the attention of others by failing the challenge! I know Dusky's type when it comes to competition, they vote for whoever is the biggest burden at the moment, so I would need astronomical odds if I wanted her to vote Melaine. I could frame her, but if I get caught then I'm done! Plus, you've still got eyes on you at the moment from your screw up last challenge, so we have to hope everyone gets dementia or some shit to vote Melaine."
Jace picked at his breakfast and shrugged, "Well, maybe you should go after Lenore? That's Melaine's closest ally, and getting rid of her should be a huge handicap, right?"
Asuka shook their head, "I wish I could get rid of Lenore, but no way Dusky would ever go along with it, and Saraphina most likely wouldn't be interested in getting rid of the person who leads us. Grim might do it, but not like I can trust him after what he pulled last time. God... Melanie's probably scheming right now as I speak! Who knows what twisted things are going on in her mind?"
"Shit. Saraphina's after me and nearly got me out yesterday. I put all of my trust into Asuka and lost Lucien because of it." Melanie's hands shook as she put lipstick on, "I might have Asuka and Jace on my side for the moment, but Asuka's shown to me that they're a schemer, so who's to say they won't just vote me out in return for Saraphina's assistance? I need to get eyes on Saraphina to get rid of her before she can get in any lasting damage. Luckily that dolt Lenore listens to pretty much anything I say, and all I gotta do is tell her Saraphina's bullying me or something and she'll lose it."
Lenore walked into the bathroom with a toothbrush and pack of travel toothpaste, "Hey Melaine, how's it going?" Lenore yawned and stretched her arms out.
"Great Liliana!" Melanie cheerfully replied, "I think I'm getting the hang of this lipstick thing you showed me a while back!" Melaine giggled before letting out a long sigh.
"What's wrong Melaine?" Lenore asked as she set down her toothbrush, "Something bothering you?"
Melanie grabbed her arm and rubbed it, "Well, Asica the other day told me something that kind of hurt my feelings." Melaine pretended to be a victim, "They told me that Saraphina w-"
"Attention all contestants!" Gregory's voice came in on the intercom, "Meet me at the cafeteria in under five minutes or you can kiss your shot at a million dollars goodbye!"
"Already?" Lenore rubbed her eyes as she looked out the window, "I must've slept in a bit, I could've sworn challenges start a bit later than this. Looks like you'll have to tell me that later Melaine, sorry."
Melanie nodded as she turned to head out the door, "Yeah, I'll tell you later!" Melaine gave a slight smile as she walked out the bathroom, "I gotta think of something fast or I'm done for."
Lenore yawned and began to brush her teeth when she spotted something weird out the window, Jacob and Edward were hiding behind one of the abandoned buildings and were discussing something, "That's kind of strange..."
Confessional: Lenore
"I know I should stop worrying about the train incident because Owen's practically confirmed to have been the culprit by now," Lenore sighed, "But I can't help but think there's a true puppeteer right under my nose and I just can't see it." Lenore groaned, "I keep thinking anything that's even slightly out of the ordinary is part of this big conspiracy, I guess... I really need to get my mind off of things."
Confessional Over
Confessional: Melanie
Melanie rubbed her forehead and groaned in frustration, "I might need to use my idol soon so I can squeak a win for the team so I'm safe for another day. Lucien being eliminated was a huge loss and I didn't even think about it at the time!"
Confessional Over
Ruiz rubbed her eyes as she made it to the cafeteria, "Is it really necessary to do a challenge right now? I just got up!" Ruiz complained as Pandora nodded in agreement.
Gregory shrugged and laughed, "Sorry, but we're taking a long plane ride to Washington, so you guys gotta be up earlier than usual for this challenge!"
A few contestants groaned at the announcement, not wanting to get ready for another challenge so early in the morning. Saraphina growled, "Just give us like five more minutes, damn."
Pretty much every contestant there groaned in annoyance as Gregory gave a smirk, "Sorry, them's the rules. You guys know the drill by now, first class for the Ravens and loser class for the Foxes! You have ten minutes to get dressed and on the plane or you'll be disqualified, blah blah blah!" Gregory announced the limited time frame to get on the flight, though none of the contestants seemed to want to bother, causing Gregory to elbow Darr in the shoulder, "Darr, you know what to do."
Darr sounded off an airhorn multiple times, causing the contestants to groan as they walked out of the area one by one, getting ready for the next challenge.
"That's better! Now cut to the challenge area!" Gregory clapped his hands as the camera transitioned.
After a long flight, the camera cut to all of the contestants standing inside a dark room, one with mannequins wearing camo everywhere to represent soldiers. "Welcome to Ulysses Fort everyone! This former military fort was used for practicing shooting in the sixties, but since then, it's been revamped into a private paintball arena for our amusement!" Gregory then motioned over to a few nearby tables, all of which had weapons on them of some kind, "On this here table you'll find whatever weapon may tickle your fancy for today's challenge, a paintball war! To elaborate a little more on what you'll have to do today, all of you will select two weapons from the tables and will be hunting each other down in a game of elimination! If you get shot once, that's it, you're out." Gregory grabbed a paintball pistol and shot Darr with it, causing the boy to flinch, "If your teammate shoots you on accident, you're out!" Gregory took a paintball pistol from Darr and shot him again, this time with Darr's own pistol, "You will all have limited supplies of ammo that you can refill by going to multiple supply points found in this bunker. Since the Ravens won the last challenge, they get first dibs on weapons, as well as the good eyewear too!" Gregory snickered as the camera panned over to show there were fifteen sets of safety goggles, half of them being in good condition and the other half being broken.
"Anything else we need to know?" Devon was already eying the weapons on the table as he asked.
Gregory laughed, "Well, I was gonna tell you where the supply points were located, but I wanna watch you all struggle so you'll have to figure it out by yourselves. You get five minutes to grab your weapons, and another five to make it to your side of the arena, which can be found on that map over there." Gregory pointed at a map plastered to the wall, with one half of the bunker being light gray and the other being dark gray, "That's all, good luck!"
Darr then fired off an air horn to signal the start of the challenge, something that scared a few of the contestants.
"You'll do." Devon walked over to the table and grabbed two pistols with silencers on them, "Not my weapon of choice but there's no knives here."
Rosalina picked up an SMG-style paintball gun and examined it, "Pequeña y rápida ... perfecta." Rosalina then reached over and grabbed a small object, discovering that it was a 'paint grenade', "Por si acaso."
Char chuckled a bit as he picked up a rocket launcher-styled paintball gun, "I'm not gonna last very long here, so I might as well try to do as much damage as possible." Char then grabbed a paintball pistol just for extra security.
"Umm… uh… these!" Marion stuttered as he grabbed two assault rifle paintball guns, "They won't see me coming!" Marion held up the guns.
Pandora looked over the weapons and grabbed a machine gun and held it up, "This looks like it could work. Pandora put the machine gun strap over her shoulder and went over to Ruiz.
"Ohoho! This is gonna hurt!" Ruiz lifted up her weapon to reveal it was a shotgun. Ruiz then grabbed a pistol and headed off to the Ravens' base with Pandora following behind.
"Alright, everyone! I've got a plan!" Toronto grabbed something off the table and hid it in his pockets before anyone could see what he took.
Ben groaned as he grabbed two pistols, "This is pretty much all I can use." Ben grabbed the last of the good goggles before walking off with his team.
"Well, it looks like we could've gotten worse options, at least." Lenore scratched the back of her head before grabbing a generic rifle and a pistol, "Looks like the variety is running dry for us." Lenore told her other teammates.
Melanie ran over to the table and picked a can of green spray paint off of it, "Oh! Look at this!" Melanie shook the can, "It looks fun!" Melanie grabbed an SMG as well and headed over to Lenore.
Grim stayed silent as he went over to the table and picked up two guns, one pistol, and one sniper rifle, "I'm gonna have some fun." Grim told himself as he took a pair of glasses and began looking around the bunker for vantage points to use.
Asuka chuckled as they grabbed two rifles, "Who needs anything special when you've got these? Ol' reliables that's for sure." Asuka whistled as they grabbed the best-looking pair of goggles.
"Hmm." Saraphina glanced over at a Gatling gun-styled paintball gun, "I can make it work." Saraphina picked up the gun, but due to the weapon's weight, she was unable to carry any other weapons.
"Um.. t-tthis!" Jace grabbed a rifle and a pistol before scurrying over to the others.
Dusky was left with the final choice of weapon, with her choosing a shotgun and an SMG, "They'll never see me coming!" Dusky confidently stated as her team went over to their side of the bunker.
The camera cut to the Foxes all hanging around a base with a flag with their logo outside of it. Next to the base was a bag full of ammo for all sorts of weapons, most notably, the ammo was all blue in color. After everyone supplied themselves with ammo, Lenore immediately wasted no time strategizing, "Ok! I'll go with Saraphina to provide cover fire so nobody can hit her Gatling gun, Grim should be fine on his own as a sniper."
Grim nodded at the statement and pointed up at two rooms that were adjacent to each other, "Looks like we've got two camps right here, I'll just set up a barricade and then I'll pick them off one by one."
"I think Melaine and Asuka should go together to try and perform an assault on the Ravens, while Dusky and Jace stay alone trying to pick off any stragglers," Lenore suggested as Asuka glanced over at Melanie.
"Yeah! We can do this easy peasy!" Melanie happily chipped as Asuka gave an eye-roll while she wasn't looking.
Jace rubbed his hands nervously, "I-I'm not sure if I can do that well on my own… I'm gonna need help."
Dusky put her submachine gun behind her head as she shrugged, "Sorry Jace, but it looks like you're gonna have to, we can't have everyone grouped together."
"I guess…" Jace looked away and held his rifle nervously.
Gregory's voice suddenly rang throughout the bunker, "Attention everyone, the challenge has begun! May the odds be ever in your favor as you all hunt each other down… NOW GET GOING!" An airhorn fired off as the Foxes prepared to leave their base.
"Alright! Everyone understand the plan?" Lenore asked as a few members nodded in response, "Good, let's get going!"
"Hell yeah, let's poach some Ravens!" Grim joked as he ran off to find a way into the sniper room.
Saraphina chuckled, "Someone sure is excited for this challenge. Guess I can't blame him, I'm pretty excited…" Saraphina stopped when she began to hear a noise getting louder and louder, "Is someone yelling?"
The Foxes looked to the source of the sound to see that Toronto was letting out a battle cry as he charged towards them. In his hands were two paint grenades that he activated as he was getting closer to them.
"Oh crap!" Asuka jumped back before aiming at Toronto, "Shoot him!"
Asuka and Dusky immediately opened fire on Toronto, but before their shots hit him the quarterback threw the two paint bombs at the six foxes, causing the team to panic. All the Foxes attempted to jump out of the way as the bomb exploded and sent green paint everywhere.
Jace dizzily got up and checked himself for paint. After confirming that he was ok, the author looked over to his other teammates, "Did anyone get hit by that?" Jace worriedly asked.
Dusky dusted herself off and checked for paint, finding nothing on her, "Nope I'm fine." Dusky looked over and stopped, "But these two aren't."
In front of Dusky was none other than Lenore and Saraphina, with the sweet-bad girl being covered in paint due to her being unable to move out of the way, while Lenore's leg had paint all over it.
"There goes my plan." Lenore deadpanned as she helped Saraphina up, "Sorry guys, I tried to get out of the way."
Toronto then let out a loud cheer, "Woohoo! Yeah! Two points for the Ravens baby! WOOOOOO!" Toronto was also eliminated from the challenge, seeing as his chest was covered in paint from Dusky and Asuka.
"Aaaand Toronto makes a huge play in the beginning of the match, taking out the Foxes heaviest gunner Saraphina and their leader Lenore in one fell swoop! That brings us down to five Arctic Foxes remaining and seven Ravens remaining! Eliminated contestants, make your way into your base and wait there until the challenge ends.
"Perfect." Asuka rolled their eyes as the three eliminated contestants left to go to their respective bases.
Melanie gave a slight smile, "Well, Asuka, we might be losing, but I'm sure we can make a comeback!" Melanie was cut off by a giant paintball flying towards her and hitting her directly in the face before knocking her down, "Owww!" Melanie cried out.
Confessional: Asuka
"That... bitch." Asuka had their arms crossed while they sat in the confessional.
Confessional Over
"Whoops! Make that four Arctic Foxes remaining and seven Ravens remaining! My bad!" Gregory laughed as he corrected the score as the three other Foxes looked to see the source of the shot, only to see Char running away as fast as possible.
"Crap! Go after him!" Asuka began to run after Char but was stopped by Dusky grabbing their hoodie, "Let go of me! We gotta get him before he runs away!"
"It's a trap." Dusky whispered as she pointed over to the direction Char fled too, "They're waiting behind that wall to ambush us."
Jace looked over at Dusky and nodded, "That seems pretty likely… if we take the risk of chasing we leave ourselves open… we'd better split up just to be safe."
"Fffine!" Asuka crossed their arms and walked away from the two, "But I swear if I get shot it's on you two!"
Dusky rolled her eyes as she and Jace split up to go down different paths, "Let's see if there's another route to go…" Dusky thought as she prepared to hit the Ravens with her own ambush.
The camera cut to Grim setting up his sniper rifle in the sniper room. To prevent anyone else from getting inside, Grim had a mannequin pressed against the door to act as a barricade. Though Grim's position wasn't perfect and left a lot of blindspots for people to sneak around in, it still worked well enough as a vantage point to the point where he didn't really mind.
"Let's see what we can find…" Grim aimed through his lens to see Char, Marion, and Rosalina all waiting to ambush Asuka, Dusky, and Jace.
Grim debated shooting Rosalina while he had the chance but decided against it, "That gun from Char looks pretty powerful… I'll wait till Rosalina's alone." Grim moved his scope around to look for any other Ravens, but was unable to see them due to the walls set up in the bunker, "Rats. Looks like I'm gonna have to play a waiting game… yippee…"
Grim changed his attention to providing cover for Jace, who was nervously walking around by himself. The prankster watched Jace walk through the halls until he noticed Jace was getting closer and closer to Ruiz and Pandora, who had just now entered Grim's sights. "Uh oh…" Grim aimed his sniper and began to contemplate who to hit, "Oh screw it, I'll just hit Ruiz." Grim aimed at Ruiz and fired, instantly hitting the athletic girl to the floor and catching Pandora by surprise. Jace then turned the corner to see the surprised Pandora trying to see where Grim's shot came from. The author fired at the photographer as she noticed him, but his shot missed and Pandora was able to return fire, forcing Jace to move back behind cover to protect himself.
Pandora thought of following Jace to try and shoot him, but decided to get behind cover to protect herself from Grim, whom she still couldn't see. Grim set his sights on her and fired again, barely missing her as she escaped. "Damn." Grim groaned as he looked back to where the other spotted Ravens were, but they had long left since he lost sight of them. Grim shook his head as got ready to switch to the other room, "Looks like it's time to go…"
Gregory's voice came on the intercom again, "Ruiz has been shot by Grim, who still has yet to be found by any of the Ravens! The score is now four to six in favor of the Ravens!"
"It's too bad our ambush didn't work out, huh Rosalina?" Char cheerily noted as his group was moving through the bunker, "At least we're still winning!"
Rosalina gave a light shrug, "I guess, but now we don't know where those three went, and we still don't know where Grim is."
Marion put his assault rifles over his shoulder and pointed out a supply zone, which consisted of a large wooden crate, "L-Looks like we got a supply drop."
Char's ears perked up as he ran over to the crate, "Looks like our luck is going up!" Char searched through the box to find more rockets for his gun, "You guys should carry some extra ammo, just in case we get stuck in a shootout."
"Yeah," Rosalina grabbed an extra magazine, "You can never be…" Rosalina stopped suddenly and lifted her head up.
"What's wr-" Char was cut off by Rosalina shushing him before she aimed her SMG at a nearby corner.
The three sat in silence as they heard someone slowly walking towards them, with all of them prepared to blast away whoever dared get close. The footsteps grew louder and louder and the three all almost shot whoever it was, until the person revealed themselves to be none other than Ben.
"Oh." Rosalina took a big breath in relief, "We thought you were one of the Foxes. What happened to Devon? I thought you were with him?" Rosalina questioned the bookworm.
Ben just gave a small shrug in response, "He told me he wanted to 'fly solo' for this challenge, so I didn't bother questioning it."
Char chuckled as he tossed Ben extra ammo for his pistols, "Well looks like we've got a full party here, don't we? Maybe we should split into two groups to prevent any-"
"Ambush!" Ben suddenly shouted as he pointed behind Char. Behind the gentleman was none other than Dusky, who immediately began firing at the four Ravens, something that would've taken them all out had Ben not been able to warn them of it ahead of time. Char and Rosalina got behind the crate for cover while Ben and Marion moved back behind the corner to protect themselves from Dusky's assault.
"Come on out!" Dusky taunted the four as she switched to her shotgun over her SMG. The lone wolf waited anxiously for someone to try and shoot at her while she leaned up against a wall to protect from any extra shots.
Ben and Marion stayed behind the wall as Benjamin formed a plan in his head, "Marion, try moving your rifle into view and then pulling it back to trick Dusky into misfiring." Ben whispered to Marion, who gave a quick nod.
Marion did just as Ben said, but Dusky fired so quickly that his Rifle was hit by a paintball, forcing it to fly out of his hand. "Jesus!" Marion shouted as he grabbed his other rifle and stayed behind the wall, "Did you see that? She shot my gun away before I could even do anything!"
While that duo was struggling with dealing with Dusky, Char hatched his own plan, "Rosalina, I think we need to use your grenade." Char grabbed the grenade from Rosalina but was stopped when she grabbed his hand.
"Wait," Rosalina grabbed his rocket launcher, "Try shooting the ground to send paint flying everywhere! Maybe that can hit Dusky for us!"
"Doesn't that have just as much of a chance as hitting one of us?" Char questioned.
Rosalina nodded as she took the grenade back, "Yes, but it's better than wasting our grenade!"
Char listened to what Rosalina said and shot at the ground, something that sent paint flying everywhere just like she said it would. The two took the chance to run over to Marion and Ben as Dusky jumped to dodge some of the flying paint. Luckily for everyone there, nobody was hit by Char's shot. Even more luckily, the Ravens were now altogether as they began to run away from Dusky. "Keep going!" Ben yelled to his teammates, "We need her to follow us so we can get her out in the open!"
Dusky did indeed follow behind the Ravens, but she didn't wanna waste the shot she had on them, so she took aim and began firing. Rosalina turned around and fired back to keep Dusky away, but one paintball flew past the FBI wannabe and headed straight for Marion.
"Ah!" Marion only had a second to turn around when... Char jumped in front of the shot and took it for him.
Char gave a slight smile as he winced from the pain of the paintball hitting his back, "At least I didn't get eliminated first, am I right?" Char chuckled, "Now go!" Char ordered Marion, who wasted no time running from Dusky as Ben followed behind.
"Gran error Dusky." Rosalina planted her foot on the ground as she managed to shoot Dusky's SMG out of her hand, "Correr." Rosalina told Dusky, who snuck behind cover before Rosalina could hit her. Rosalina ran over to the corner to chase after Dusky, but when she looked over she saw that the lone wolf had already snuck away.
"Attention everyone! The score is now four to five in favor of the Ravens!" Gregory announced, "Thanks to Char taking a shot meant for Marion!"
The eliminated Foxes sat in their bunker as they heard the announcement of Char's defeat, "Looks like we're starting to make a comeback." Saraphina noted as she laid back, "Maybe we'll actually win this one."
"Yeah," Lenore smiled and nodded, "I've got faith in our team that we'll make a comeback." Lenore crossed her arms with confidence.
Melaine leaned over to Lenore with a worried look on her face as she hatched an idea, "Leno, remember how I wanted to tell you something earlier?" Melaine looked nervous as she talked to Lenore.
"Yeah? What is it?" Lenore asked.
"Well, Anka told me that Saraphina wanted to get rid of me, and that my only shot to stay in was to vote for Luci." Melaine confessed as Saraphina immediately shot up when hearing the accusation.
"What?" Lenore gasped at the reveal.
"What!?" Saraphina realized that Asuka had betrayed her, "No! I wasn't making some big scheme to get rid of Asuka!"
Lenore gave a glare to Saraphina, "Can you prove that? Because I doubt Melaine is lying to me."
Confessional: Saraphina
"That..." Saraphina growled, "Asuka sold me out as a backup in case Melaine survived. They want to play that way? Fine! I'll hit back even harder!"
Confessional Over
"Yes!" Saraphina replied in anger, "Asuka went to me and told me to vote for Melaine as it was the most logical thing to do! I had no plans to get rid of her before that!" Saraphina made her voice sound very convincing, making it next to impossible to tell she was lying.
"Wait... so they told you to get rid of Melaine?" Lenore raised an eyebrow before turning to Melaine, "Melaine, are you sure that Asuka wasn't the one going after you?"
Melaine faked being nervous, "Aimi wouldn't do that, would they? Why would they want me to go after Saficarna?"
Saraphina chuckled while faking her rage, "Looks like we got quite the schemer on our hands. Here's what I think happened, I think Asuka got Lucien out by tricking us all into voting for different people, leaving the two biggest 'liabilities' to face each other in a tiebreaker!"
"I can't believe this..." Lenore sighed as she rubbed her head, "It's like every time I think something good about someone on this team, they turn out to be a bad guy!"
Saraphina rolled up her sleeve and gave an enraged look, "I can't wait to give that liar a piece of my mind when we're done with this challenge!"
While the three Foxes were talking about their teammate's betrayal, Char arrived at the Raven's base to see Toronto and Ruiz chatting it up. "Hey guys!" Char chuckled as he sat down in the base, "Looks like things are getting really tense, huh?"
"Yeah, but I know Pandora's gonna win this for us." Ruiz crossed her arms and grinned confidently, "I mean, she managed to dodge whoever was sniping us, so I've got full faith in her for this challenge!"
"Nah! It's gonna be Rosalina!" Toronto fist pumped with a grin on his face, "She's got those skills as an FBI trainee! I bet she's hunting down the other Foxes as we talk right now!"
"Heh," Char chuckled with a smile on his face, "Yeah, she sure is something."
Ruiz got up and pointed at Char, "Say Char, I know that type of look!"
Char raised an eyebrow, "Hmm, what look?"
"Come on Toronto! You see it in his eyes right?" Ruiz elbowed Toronto, who just gave a blank stare in response.
Char clicked his tongue as he thought of what Ruiz was referring to, "I really don't get what you're saying. Could you please elaborate?"
"You're so crushing on her man!" Ruiz pointed out, "I can just tell it!"
Char laughed off the comment, "Oh dear heavens no! I am not in love with Rosalina! I just hold her in very high regard due to the work she puts in for the team! Besides, even if I was in love with her, I don't think someone like her would be interested in... this." Char jokingly motioned to his belly.
Ruiz let out a disappointed sigh, "Really? You really seemed like you were heavily crushing on her just then!"
Char shook his head while keeping his smile, "Nope! I'm just Char Richards, friend and gentleman to all."
"Just like me!" Toronto pointed out and chuckled, "I'm everyone's friend too!"
"Well, looks like we're gonna have to share that role." Char crossed his arms as he waited for the next announcement of an elimination.
"Do you think Rosalina's alright on her own?" Marion shivered as he and Ben snuck through the bunker to find any of the remaining Foxes.
Ben gave a light scoff, "Alright? She's probably chasing Dusky to hell and back to get revenge for Char. It's only a matter of time before Dusky's elimination is announced for all to hear."
Marion sighed as he looked around, "I guess... anyways, what do you think Devon's doing right now? I haven't seen him this whole challenge."
"He's probably hiding in the shadows waiting for a chance to strike-" Ben was interrupted by a paintball flying through the air and hitting him straight in the chest.
Jace walked out from the shadows and gave a light laugh, "Kind of like me?"
"Dammit." Ben groaned, "It's all up to you now." Ben shrugged and dropped his guns on the ground, leaving Marion alone to face Jace.
Marion gulped and fired at Jace while the author returned fire, "I got this... I can do this..." Marion told himself as he aimed his rifle, "Yeah! Take this!" Marion held down the trigger and began auto-firing a flurry of paintballs at Jace, who barely managed to avoid it by getting behind cover.
Marion slowly walked forward to Jace while keeping the auto fire on to prevent him from going anywhere, "I've got you cornered-" Marion stopped dead when he felt his gun run out of ammo. Before the introvert could grab his spare magazine, Jace popped out from behind cover to try and take him out.
Interestingly, instead of running away from Jace, Marion's strategy was to run close to Jace while sidestepping to dodge Jace's shots. Somehow, Marion managed to dodge the paintballs and got close to Jace, swiping his pistol away from him before he pressed the release button on his rifle, causing the magazine to fall to the floor, "Ha! I got you!" Marion cockily stated, only for Jace to pull the trigger and shoot him in the chest with a paintball, "W-What?"
"That's... not how magazines work. They still leave a shot in the chamber." Jace explained to Marion.
"Oh..." Marion looked down in defeat.
Jace took a deep breath and walked away from Marion, only for someone else to walk out of the shadows. Before the author could even react by firing at him, he was pulled into the shadows before the sound of paintballs and Jace screaming in pain rang out through the bunker.
Gregory's voice came on the intercom again, "Advantage is now in the Foxes court, as Jace has taken out both Benjamin and Marion! Making the score four to three!"
"What the hell?" Asuka lowered their rifle to check out the source of the sudden screaming, "Jace must've encountered Devon or Rosalina... Which means I can take them out!" Asuka then began to move slowly, "Wait... I should be sneaky so I don't get caught before I can ambush them... that'll work..."
Asuka snuck through the halls of the base until they eventually ended up bumping into Dusky. "Dusky? You heard Jace too?" Asuka asked the lone wolf.
Dusky nodded as she looked around, "Yeah, I'm pretty sure someone else must be near him if he's screaming, so either he's being used as bait, or he's trying to get us to come here."
"That's what I'm thinking, I've been trying to get near him cautiously because of it." Asuka whispered, "So let's try and ambush whoever's there before it's too late."
Dusky gave a quick nod before following Asuka to where Jace's screams were coming from, not too long later, they ended up very close to where the author was, they just had to turn the corner and he'd be there.
"Ready?" Asuka cocked their assault rifle.
"Ready," Dusky answered.
The two of them leaped forward to face whoever was there with Jace, only to find something they didn't expect.
"Holy-" Dusky stared wide-eyed.
"Shit." Asuka finished, there Jace was, hanging upside down from the ceiling via a rope, with a red paintball mark on his forehead, and the words 'you're next' were spelled out with Jace's own paintballs on his chest.
"Where did they even get a rope?" Dusky wondered as they heard the sound of someone approaching, "Someone's coming." Dusky whispered as she and Asuka prepared to hit whoever was gonna get in the way. The person in question was none other than Pandora, who wanted to see why Jace was screaming too, a poor decision, seeing as she was immediately met with a huge volley of paintballs from Asuka and Dusky.
"Well... that evens things out I guess." Asuka quipped as they turned to Dusky, "Let's split up, you go find Rosalina and I'll find Devon!"
Dusky nodded and gripped her shotgun as her SMG was long out of ammo, "Got it."
"Ooh! Looks like we've lost both Jace to Devon's... war criminal tactics and Pandora to the good old Bonnie and Clyde treatment from Asuka and Dusky, leaving the score as three to two in favor of the Foxes."
The two headed off, leaving the eliminated Fox and Raven behind. Jace struggled while being suspended in the air before looking to Pandora, "Um... can you help me out of here please?"
"Yeah, ok." Pandora shrugged as she took the next few minutes to get Jace down from his situation. After Jace was free he smacked his head and turned to Pandora.
"Wait! I almost forgot! I have to tell you something!" Jace wiped the paint off of his forehead, "I tried to last challenge but failed."
Pandora raised an eyebrow, "What is it?"
"It's... about Devon," Jace revealed as the camera cut away from the two.
The camera transitioned to Asuka, who was calmly walking through the bunker without much worry. "Just gotta take down Devon and that's that. I wonder who the Ravens are gonna get rid of when they lose this challenge? Ha, that'll be fun to watch." Asuka chuckled while thinking of their team's victory.
Little did Asuka know, Devon was waiting for them at the end of the hallway they were walking through, waiting with two pistols that were ready to take them down.
"Wonder what Grim's doing right now as well." Asuka looked over at the sniper room that Grim moved to, "Looks like he's looking out for De-" Asuka was cut off by Devon's arm reaching out from behind the wall he was hiding behind, before he grabbed the end of Asuka's rifle and pulled it out of their hands, taking Asuka to the floor as well.
"What the?" Asuka fell to the floor as Devon towered over them, wearing a half-mask over his face as he quickly took Asuka's other rifle, threw it away, and aimed his pistol at Asuka's head, "Oh shit!" Asuka acted quickly and kicked Devon, and luckily for Asuka, that kick happened to hit Devon right where it mattered.
Devon let out a muffled scream of pain as Asuka went over to pick up their rifle, though Devon too acted quickly by shoulder-charging Asuka into the wall before they could pick their rifle off the ground. Devon again tried to shoot Asuka with his pistol, but this time was cut off by one of Grim's paintballs just barely missing a similar shot to the area that matters. Asuka got up and scrambled away as Devon fired at Grim, a shot that was so precise it went straight into Grim's sniper rifle and jammed it.
"Holy hell." Grim looked at his now-jammed sniper rifle as he began to take the paint out of it, "Didn't expect that... I should come up with a plan to get rid of him..." Grim noted as he saw Devon sneak away from his sight. The prankster groaned as he fixed their gun, just as he was about to go back to aiming for Raven's, Grim noticed the mannequin he was using as a barricade and hatched an idea...
Dusky ran through the bunker's maze-like rooms to look for Rosalina, "Where is she?" Dusky looked around as she began to hear footsteps approaching. The girl decided to take a risk by peeking out to see who it was and lo and behold, it was Rosalina. Dusky quickly pulled her head back as Rosalina fired at her, "Looks like I founder her, haha..." Dusky cocked her shotgun and prepared to get into a shootout with Rosalina, though she did notice how she was running low on ammo, so every shot had to count.
"Come on out." Rosalina hit Dusky with the same taunt she used before as Dusky tried to peek out from the wall, only for Rosalina to prevent her from shooting properly by firing at her first.
"Damn." Dusky went back behind cover as she began to move around the wall, "But this wall circles around... I've got an idea..." Dusky again peeked her body out a few more times while Rosalina cautiously fired at her. After about four or five times repeating this cycle, Dusky charged to the other side of the wall to catch Rosalina off guard.
Rosalina didn't fall for the tactic, however, and immediately turned when she noticed Dusky was trying to catch her off guard.
The two then locked themselves in a shootout without any cover, but Dusky immediately was put at a huge disadvantage when she ran out of ammo not too long after they started shooting at each other. "Alright, last resort time..." Dusky tossed the shotgun away and began sprinting towards Rosalina, catching the FBI wannabe off guard. Dusky leaped forward... only to be shot in the chest as soon as she hit the ground.
"Got you." Rosalina smirked confidently as Dusky looked at her ink-covered shirt.
Dusky shrugged before smirking, "Fair... but I got you more." Dusky held up her hand to reveal she pulled the pin from Rosalina's paint grenade. Before either contestant could make a move, the paint grenade went off and covered both of them in green paint.
"And there goes both Rosalina and Dusky! With both of them taking each other out! The score is now two to one with Devon as the last Raven remaining." Gregory laughed as he announced the score.
Asuka panted as they got away from Devon, "Phew, looks like this is gonna be a lot harder than I thought it was going to..." Asuka then got an idea as they noticed Grim could see them and was watching the surrounding area, "Oho! Grim just needs to see Devon, right? I've got a devilish idea!" Asuka snapped their fingers, "Hit it bitches!"
Now parodying "Smooth Criminal" by "Michael Jackson":
Asuka began to dance while keeping a large grin on their face.
"First it was Toronto, who got got by me!
Ruiz was taken out thanks to Grim's sniping!
Then Char took a shot for the team!
After that Ben and Marion fell to Jace's skills!
And then I got rid of Pandora with the help of Dusky!
And now Rosalina has fallen too, oh Devon, what are you gonna do?
Devon, are you ok?
So, Devon, are you ok?
Are you ok, Devon?
Devon, are you ok?
So, Devon, are you ok?
Are you ok, Devon?
Devon, are you ok?
So, Devon, are you ok?
Are you ok, Devon?
Devon, are you ok?
So, Devon, are you ok?
Are you ok, Devon?
Oh, Devon are you ok?
What are you hiding from?
Afraid you'll end up like Rosalina?
Or you'll get ambushed like Pandora?
Come on out and fight Devon!
What are you waiting for?
Are you trying to avoid the same fate as your boyfriend?
Well guess what,
You've been hit by, no,
You've been poached by,
A Quarantined Arctic Fox!"
Asuka kept up their taunts as Devon had none of it and ignored Asuka completely as he headed up to where Grim was hiding, causing Asuka to completely drop their song and dance.
"Ok this isn't working." Asuka groaned as they noticed their taunts weren't working on Devon, "I better just grab my rifle and get Devon before we lose."
The camera cut over to Devon, who was quietly making his way up to the room Grim was hiding in. Devon reached the door and gripped his pistol as he prepared to shoot Grim down. After a brief pause to calm himself, Devon kicked the door to the room open and opened fire on Grim immediately, hitting him three times in the back before he could even turn around.
Devon scoffed, "Way too easy-" Devon was then hit on the side of the head by a paintball, coming from... Grim? "What!?" Devon grabbed his ear as he ran over to the Grim he shot at and pulled it's hat off, revealing it to be none other than a mannequin disguised as Grim, "Oh you've gotta be f-"
"And that's the game!" Gregory announced as Devon stood in shock from being hit by Grim's shot, "Ravens, you guys know the drill, it's time for an elimination tonight!"
"Woohoo, baby!" Grim cheered as he walked out of the room, "That's two to one Devon! Do better next time!" Grim mocked the bounty hunter as he left.
Devon groaned in annoyance as he met up with the rest of his team, "Sorry guys, I got outsmar-" Devon began but was cut off by Pandora.
"Do you mind telling us why you threw the skeleton challenge to get rid of Atticus?" Pandora crossed her arms, "Or were you just gonna hide that from us and hope none of us found out?"
Devon raised an eyebrow and played dumb, "What are you talking about?"
"Don't even try that." Pandora scowled at Devon, "Jace told us he overheard Gregory saying you threw the challenge to get rid of Atticus. You're supposed to be our teammate, and you go do this behind our backs!?"
"I'm the one not acting like a teammate?" Devon defended himself, "You're the one listening to the word of the other team!"
Ruiz stepped in, "Yeah, like Jace of all people would lie to us, the kid can hardly speak without stuttering and you expect him to have the courage to lie to us?"
"Obviously he's lying! Why would I throw the challenge to get rid of Atticus of all people?" Devon lied, "It's not like he was a threat or anything!"
"I don't know why you'd want to get rid of him, but we should've listened to him when he said you sabotaged us!" Pandora yelled.
"Devon." Char got up, "As a teammate, it's your responsibility to work with the team, but you betrayed all of us… whether or not the reason was good, you hid it from us… I'm sorry, but we can't keep you around."
"No!" Benjamin also butted into the argument, "You guys are making things up to pin on Devon!"
"Y-y-yeah, I don't think we should believe Jace…" Marion nervously looked at Ben, "D-d-devon's someone we can't just get rid of anyways." The moment Marion said this, Ben let out an eye roll.
"Guys! We can't just start fighting!" Toronto got between the two groups, "It's not the time!"
"No! He's going home this elimination!" Pandora pointed at Devon, "We can't be on the same team with someone who'll hide things like this from us!"
Devon rolled his eyes, "Keep telling yourself that! Guys, if you have any sense, vote out Pandora, she's clearly just spreading rumors to get rid of me!"
The team then split up as they prepared to head back to Lonely Town, leaving only Rosalina and Char.
"I can't believe Atticus would do that." Char shook his head while Rosalina tensed up, "But we're gonna get rid of him for lying to us, right?" Char smiled at his friend.
"Yeah…" Rosalina let out a small gulp, "We'll get rid of him…"
Confessional: Pandora
"Devon's going down! I can't believe he lied to all of us."
Confessional Over
Confessional: Devon
"I just need Toronto's vote or a tie to beat Pandora," Devon gave a cocky smirk, "I'm positive he'll choose the right side, Atticus deserved to go."
Confessional Over
Asuka arrived back to the rest of their team and grinned, "Looks like we kicked their asses today, huh? Didn't even matter that we started off at a disadvantage!" Asuka cockily stated as Lenore glared at him, "What?"
"You got Lucien eliminated!?" Lenore yelled at Asuka, whose eyes widened immediately at the accusation, "I don't even need a response, I can just tell from your reaction it was you! Not only that, but you're trying to get rid of Melaine as well!? While making Melaine believe Saraphina is at fault!?"
"H-How did y-" Asuka stammered as Saraphina interrupted them, "Melaine over here told Lenore that you told her that I was going after her, when it was you who roped me into in the first place!" Saraphina lied to protect herself.
Asuka clenched their hand at Saraphina's betrayal, "That's not-"
"Oh shut it Lenore!" Dusky rolled her eyes, "Lucien and Melaine aren't slash weren't exactly power players so why is Asuka in the wrong for wanting them out? I'd do the same if I were them!"
"Are you serious right now?" Lenore snapped at Dusky who kept up her defense.
Dusky nodded and scoffed, "Yes. We're on a show built from scheming and betrayal for pete's sake! You can't get mad at every person who does something that isn't a good deed!"
Saraphina joined in on the conversation, "Just because the show is like this doesn't mean they can just take advantage of everyone! Hell, by your own logic the number one priority should be ourselves, so getting rid of the person controlling everything is a good idea!"
"Can we please stop?" Jace tried to break up the fight but was ignored.
Lenore shook her head and turned around, ready to leave, "I can't believe you Dusky, you'd rather keep someone scheming behind our backs over someone who's being taken advantage of."
"I'm not getting mad at someone for playing the game fairly." Dusky responded, "If Asuka wants to vote someone out for being a liability, that's-"
"SHUT UP ALREADY!" Jace yelled out, catching all of the Foxes off guard, "Look, we're… we're all tired and frustrated from barely being able to make it this challenge, can we just go home and try to mend this before things get worse? We won… so let's just try to celebrate that."
"I…" Lenore sighed when realizing her outburst, "Yeah, it was immature of me to just snap out at Asuka like that in public. Let's just go home and figure this out later."
Dusky nodded as she calmed down as well, "Yeah... looks like the game's really getting to us. Sorry for snapping too." Dusky apologized.
"So we done killing eachother?" Grim joked as he headed back to the plane, "Cool, let's get out of here now."
Asuka went over to Saraphina to try and say something, only to be cut off by a quick, "Don't." The otaku sat back with Jace in the bunker as the other Foxes left the room, while the Foxes stopped arguing it became clear that they were all split into different groups, and that tension was starting to build…
Confessional: Asuka
Asuka groaned, "Shit. I didn't think Melaine was gonna screw everything up like that… Now I gotta think of a new plan… although… I may have Dusky on my side now…"
Confessional Over
Confessional: Melaine
"That… worked out a lot better than I expected. I figured I'd just get them to turn on Saraphina, but I've split the team," Melaine looked surprised at the outcome of her telling Lenore about Saraphina, "Looks like lucks on my side tonight."
Confessional Over
Now back home at Lonely Town, the Ravens sat around the bonfire with a smug Gregory reading over the votes, "Well well well, this sure was unexpected, I didn't expect you guys to vote like this when I woke up today! Oh well, if I call your name you're safe… Char!" Gregory tossed a pack of beef jerky to Char.
"Many thanks." Char nodded.
"Rosalina!"
"Yeah…" Rosalina looked nervous for once.
"Benjamin!"
"Whatever." Ben rolled his eyes as the jerky hit the ground.
"Toronto!"
"Woohoo!" Toronto fist pumped.
"Marion."
"T-Thank you…" Marion gulped as he anxiously waited to see who was leaving.
"Ruiz!"
Ruiz didn't say anything, she was too concerned for Pandora's chances of staying.
"Now you two started a little bit of drama just now, but who did your teammates side with? Do they believe you, Pandora, and vote out Devon for possibly betraying the team, or do they listen to Devon, who claims Jace is a liar!"
"They believe me!" Both of them said at the same time.
"Well then, I guess that means neither of you are nervous about who's going then… That just makes thing much more fun to watch! But… the contestant going home is none other than…
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…Pandora!" Gregory tossed a pack of jerky to Devon who gave a smirk in response.
"What!?" Pandora let out, "He betrayed us!"
"Yeah! Devon should be going!" Ruiz agreed.
"That's just the game Pandora, but I'll let you say goodbye to Ruiz first." Gregory shrugged.
Pandora teared up before hugging Ruiz, "Don't let him win, ok? You can't let that traitor win!"
"I won't I promise!" Ruiz kept hugging Pandora, before beginning to tear up, "I love you!"
"I love you more!" Pandora gave a goodbye kiss to Ruiz before going into the slingshot and being sent away.
"You hate to see a young love be split apart." Gregory shook his head as Darr gave fake tears, "Oh well, will the Ravens bounce back for the next challenge? How will the new dynamic on the Ravens go now? And was voting out Pandora really the right choice? Find out next time on…
TOTAL!
DRAMA!
ISOLATION!"
Char sat in silence as everything clicked in his head, Rosalina went over to the dancer, "Hey Char, we should get going, it's gonna get late soon."
"There wasn't a tie…" Char mumbled, "And the votes were clear as day." Char looked up at Rosalina with a genuinely betrayed look, "Rosalina… y-you…. You voted for Pandora…"
What a way to end of the chapter am I right? Of course I'm gonna end it on the cliffhanger of Char figuring out that Rosalina voted for Pandora and not Devon. Speaking of Devon, man was really fun to write this chapter, just to show off how threatening he can be. Also it's been a while since I last updated, huh? Well I was actually having a bit of trouble motivating myself to write this story, but now that I'm back into it, I just can't say what killed it in the first place when I was having tons of fun the whole time.
Reasoning for Elimination: Pandora is a good character, but I didn't think there was much she could do in this story-specifically that would allow her to continue on over others, so I decided to have her at least start some drama before she left by exposing Devon's betrayal, but what happens with that drama has yet to be seen!
Vote Confessionals:
"Sorry Pandora, but Devon had to get rid of that nuisance." Ben shrugged.
"Devon…" Char grabbed his arms, "I can't believe you betrayed us."
"Sorry Pandora, I hate to get rid of someone who didn't do anything to deserve it, but I gotta stay safe somehow." Devon shrugged as he stamped Pandora.
"AH!" Marion nervously looked around the confessional, "Ben will kill me if I help get Devon out!"
"No way that traitor is gonna survive!" Pandora stamped Devon.
"I'm sorry Char…" Rosalina sighed as she stamped Pandora.
"Come on Pandora, we can make it through this!" Ruiz clenched her fist.
"This is a very hard choice… but since Pandora is starting drama I'll have to vote for her…" Toronto winced, "Nothing personal, but we can't be team properly if you make accusations against other members."
Vote Tally:
Pandora: Benjamin, Devon, Marion, Rosalina, Toronto
Devon: Char, Pandora, Ruiz
Quarantined Arctic Foxes: Jace, Asuka, Saraphina, Grim, Lenore, Melanie, Dusky
Separated Ravens: Toronto, Marion, Ruiz, Char, Rosalina, Ben, Devon
Elimination Order:
20th ~ Gemini Forcyth - The Ice Queen (ZeroYouth)
19th ~ Carmen Lopez - The Dancer (Grape Escape)
18th ~ Atticus Ryan - The History Nut (NumberOneKatieFan)
17th ~ Owen Blackfoot - The Stoic Survivalist (Thunderstrike16)
16th ~ Lucien Robensmith - The Drowsy Astronomer (MorbidGinger)
15th ~ Pandora Yune - The Curious Photographer (9fluffycloud9)
Idol Status:
Immunity Idol: Found by ?
Handicap Idol(s): Found by Char, Dusky, Melanie
Vote Swap Idol: Found by Ben, stolen by ?
Distrust Idol: Not Found
Second Chance Idol: Found by Atticus
Double Vote Idol: Not Found