Author's Note: I know, I'm unforgivably late. The past weeks haven't been getting easier and writing just couldn't come to me as easily as I'd hoped. This episode still might not be that great, without an elimination it may just wind up feeling useless. But enough self deprecation, let's get on with the show!
Disclaimer: I don't own Total Drama, the shuffled concept or the (most of) the characters.
And now, the reviews!
yeezynight14: Glad to see I didn't upset you with her losing so soon. Then again, Amy's my least favorite too so...
That British Guy: She could've done that, but logic isn't something that's prevalent in the minds of people like that. Her elimination wasn't meant to be shocking, she's a horrible person and I needed an acceptable early boot.
RebelToasters12: Thank you! Everyone's happy when Amy goes home :) I only included her so I'd have an acceptable early boot. It's a little early to speculate on World Tour aside form the two newbies (remember, one villainous OC and one heroic canon character). Glad to see you like DJ and Sammy, that relationship will mater down the road. I can't talk too much about why I'm writing Sky like I am so just keep reading for that. Interesting guesses involving Al's return.
Piecesxoxo: You're not the first to say that, no one likes Amy. And I was surprised to see how close you were to the plans. Either your a good guesser or I'm very predictable lol. The DJammy one-shots (I couldn't settle on just one prompt) will be posted over the next few weeks.
Currernt Castmates:
Screaming Gaffers: DJ, Duncan, Harold, Leshawna, Sammy, Sky
Killer Grips: Heather, Kitsune, Noah, Shawn, Sugar, Victor
Episode 04: Beach Blanket Bogus
A grand theme played as a giant red "TDA' slid into view against a space background. "Last time on Total Drama Action," Chris's voice said as a comet flew through the background, the scene flashed to Chris in front of the studios. "He was a boy," footage of Victor explaining his first choice of teammates filled the left third of the screen, "She was a girl," Sky's confessional explaining her choice filled the right third. "And last week," the team captains slid out of view, "these two lovebirds were pitted against each other by a shocking team redistribution."
"Sky showed everyone that like any good romantic lead, she has a fatal flaw," the athlete was shown arguing with her team, "a huge temper." Chef and DJ were shown talking before and after the acting challenge. "Meanwhile two men made an illegal alliance. And Victor's mean acting skills," the gentleman's performance was shown, "trumped Amy's... meanness," the mean twin was shown giving her performance.
"The Screaming Gaffers lost the challenge," Chef was shown crying at Victor's acting, "and they had no shortage of potential losers," clips of DJ refusing to pull the trailer, Sky yelling at her team, and Amy's bad acting were shown. "But in the least shocking elimination ever, Amy was given the boot." The girl was shown looking shocked after being voted off.
"What does Victor think of his lady love's short fuse?" Victor was seen smiling with his team. "What will happen with DJ and Samey's barely there relationship?" The two were shown leaning in for a kiss. The recap ended on Chris in front of the trailers. "Will my non-fat vanilla soy latte ever get here?" He asked with a pointed glare to the left. "All these answers... answered. On the latest humor filled episode of... Total! Drama! Action!"
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[A stage light pops up in front of some fake buildings and turns on; a camera with a rat on top of it comes out of a manhole; another camera comes out of the hollow of a tree, along with some garbage and a very confused raccoon. A pair of hands claps a film slate in front of the camera, and the camera flies through the film lot; Chris drives a golf cart with Chef in the passenger side in the camera's path. The host grins and waves and the cook crosses his arms and scowls as the lyrics start]
Dear Mom and Dad I'm doing fine
[The camera passes through a tree and files down a road between the studio warehouses, dodging a farm backdrop and a sunset backdrop before flying through a costume rack]
You guys are on my mind
[The camera flies up the fake mountain and peeks over the edge to see a pool of water, then jumps in]
You asked me what I wanted to be
[As the camera lands in the pool, bubbles fill the screen and then disapate to show Sugar in her bikini with a large shark behind her. The pageant queen farts as the shark opens its mouth, then it chokes]
And I think the answer is plain to see
[The camera pans up to show Harold on a surfboard hooked up to some rigging. He tries to dodge seagulls that are shooting past him like bullets, only to take one to the face and be knocked in the water.]
I wanna be... famous
[The camera quick pans to the left, showing Duncan manning what can only be described as a seagull cannon with a sadistic grin on his face. The camera pans back to show Sky looking at the punk with contempt as he fires the rest of the gulls. The camera flies between them, then pauses in front of a large door as Sasquatchanawkwa runs across it in a pink dress and boa The door opens and the camera flies into a bright light.]
I wanna live close to the sun
[The light fades into a shot of the beach set where Leshawna sits on a pool chair. She is flanked with sharks in their own chairs The camera zooms in on Leshawna as she gives a huge smile.]
Well pack your bags 'cause I've already won
[The camera pans to the right and ending up on Noah in the confessional reading a book with a smug expression pn his face and his legs propped up on the table. He leans back and goes too far as he falls backwards.]
Everything to prove, nothing in my way
I'll get there one day
[The camera quick pans to the right again to show Heather and a bald and camo cap wearing Alejandro on rock pillars against a dark backdrop. The two have dueling sticks, Heather's is blue and Alejandro's is orange. Alejandro hits Heather a few times and she responds with a jab to his face, his cap falls off and the camera quick pans down to show the hat falling perfectly on DJ's head.]
'Cause I wanna be... famous
[The camera zooms out a bit to show DJ stirring a metal pot with a smile on his face. He pulls out a small orange bottle and sprinkles something in the pot, takes out a spoon and offers it to someone off-screen; the camera zooms out more to show he was offering it to Sammy, who giggles and kisses him on the cheek. The camera pans out to show Amy watching the scene on one of two monitors in another room with a look of disgust on her face. She angrily presses a button and is surprised when an explosion rocks the other screen.]
(Na nananana nanananana nananananana)
[The camera cuts to the explosion as it fades away revealing a slightly singed Shawn nervously looking around... only to scream and run away to the right past a zombie in familliar clothing. The zombie reveals itself to be Kitsune, who giggles to herself as he runs past. The camera follows him as he runs past the Lame-o-sine then stops at the vehicle.]
I wanna be! I wanna be! I wanna be famous (Na nananana nanananana nananananana)
I wanna be! I wanna be! I wanna be famous (Na nananana nanananana nananananana)
[The camera zooms in on the limousine's window, which rolls down to show a smiling Mike and Zoey. The window behind them rolls down to show Victor smiling at the couple. He opens the door with an formal bow. The camera flies past a series of flashes as if it were going down the red carpet and stops at Chris in a blue tux on the amphitheatre. The host grins and opens an evelope, then looks over at a scowling dress-wearing Chef as he holds a tray of Guilded Chris's. Chris purses his lips and gives a look to the camera. The camera zooms out to show the scene was being watched on a monitor, then pans down to Gwen and Trent, the latter strumming the last few notes of the theme on his guitar.
The camera zooms out to show the non competitors on the center couch of what looked to be the set of a talk show, flanked by two double tiered couches. On the top left: Noah, Sammy, DJ, and Tyler. On the bottom left: Zoey, Mike, Leshawna, Harold, Duncan, and Kitsune. On the top right: Staci, Malcolm, Victor, Sky, and Alejandro. And on the bottom right: Scarlett, Sugar, Shawn, Amy and Heather. The feed on the monitor fizzles out and changes to the Total Drama Action logo]
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The episode began with a shot of Chef stirring a pot behind the server's window in the craft tent. He dumped a brown lump onto a plate and the camera zoomed out to show Heather staring at the plate in resigned confusion.
"Now I know how starlets stay thin," she commented.
"Wish Chef would let me in the kitchen," Harold commented. "I got me some mad culinary skills."
"Do you mind?" She asked rudely. "I was talking to the slop." She stormed off leaving an irritated Harold. The camera followed her as she sat at the Grips' table next to Shawn. "Hey Shawn," she said and the survivalist looked up in confusion.
"Shawn!" Sugar's voice was heard yelling. The two looked to their right and the camera followed to show the pageant queen with a plate of bacon. "You want some o'my breakfast?"
"Well-" Shawn started.
"Do you mind?" Heather asked scathingly. "I was talking to him!"
"Well he wants to talk to me more!" Sugar challenged.
"As if!" Heather yelled back. They both turned to Shawn. "Who do you wanna talk to?"
The survivalist could only sit there with his mouth open. "Ummm..."
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"Is it just me," Shawn said in the confessional, "or are the girls being weirdly nice to me?"
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The static cut to a plate of eggs, and a black hand shaking a salt shaker... only for the top to fall off and the salt to pour all over the plate. Duncan's laughter could be heard from the other side of the room. "Sorry about the morning a-salt!" He called before laughing again as the camera cut to him and Sky.
Sky gave him a hateful look. "Don't you have anything better to do than pull those pranks?"
Duncan rolled his eyes. "My bad Captain Crazy. I'll try and be a good little soldier." He gave a mock salute and the Gaffer captain shook with rage.
"It really is no issue Sky," Victor tried to calm. "I shall just even it out with some pepper-" He tried the pepper shaker... with the same result of the salt. Duncan laughed even louder and Victor just glared at him. A whistle caught his attention and he looked to the entrance of the tent.
Chris, carrying a surfboard, walked into the tent. "Hang on to your coconuts players," he said to the cast. "We're going back to the beach!"
"And why's that?" Kitsune asked with a raised eyebrow.
"You ever seen one of those 1950's surfer movies where the kids get up to neat-o fun before the big bonfire twistathon?" Chris asked with accompanying hand gestures. "And the big bully kicks the sandcastle in the nerdy guys face?" The camera cut to Harold nodding yes, then to DJ giving a helpless shrug, then Leshawna raising an eyebrow.
"No," Kitsune answered. "And we don't dye the grey in our hair either."
Chris shot her a dirty look before continuing, "Then get ready to recreate one, youngsters. Two challenges, followed by a tiebreaker if necessary. So, grab your swimsuits." The host walked out of the tent, the rest of the cast following him. Chef grabbed DJ and held him back.
"If the sandcastle thing goes down," the cook said. "Be the kicker." DJ nodded and left.
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The camera flashed to several icicle covered stage lights. A gust of wind flew by and the camera panned down to show Noah, Heather, Sugar, Sky, Sammy, and DJ in their swimsuits and shivering. "Is this what Canadian beaches are like?" Sugar asked through chattering teeth.
"As some of you can see," Chris said in a parka, "we're actually in the shooting studio." The camera pulled back to show the same surfboard the host was carrying earlier hooked up to some rigging in a large pool against a beach backdrop.
"And the A/C's cranked because?" Duncan asked as the camera cut to him.
"All the cameras and lights get so hot, they could melt Chef's heart," Chris explained and the cook creepily smiled and waved. "More importantly, my agent said that sweaty wasn't a good look for me. Your first challenge," he gestured to the pool, "Hang ten this deck into the big blue without swallowing tail in the soup."
"Could you repeat that in English," Heather asked.
"Whoever stays on the board the longest wins," Kitsune explained.
"Exactamundo groovy cat!" Chris said. "So, who's first?" The camera cut around to show Harold and Leshawna, then Noah, then a cricket on the stage lights that was soon frozen solid. "The winner of the first challenge gets a half hour head start on the next, and considering tonight's reward, you all should be fighting harder than Heather's glares over who gets first shot."
Duncan smirked, the gave Harold a light shove that sent him forward. "We have a volunteer," the host announced.
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The scene skipped ahead to Harold on the board. "Mad surfing skills, activate!" he said striking a pose.
"Aand please welcome the return of some season one fan favorites," Chris announced. "The sharks!" A shark breached and the camera cut to the rest of the Gaffers as the dweeb shrieked in fear.
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"I'm very protective of my buttocks," the dweeb explained. "They provide me with the low center of gravity that is the key to my many mad skills. You could say they're my hugest asset. Check it out," he got up and turned around, "I can juggle my Magic Steve's Magical Trading Cards," he said doing juggling the cards from one back pocket to the other.
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The scene returned to Harold clinging to some ceiling stage lights. "My booty and I are out!" He declared.
"His butt has an opinion?" Sammy asked in confusion.
"I don't even know what to say to that," commented Sky.
"I'll have you know this is a selfless act," Harold continued. "My lady fans couldn't handle the loss of such a perfect behind."
"No they could not," Leshawna muttered.
"Look!" Harold yelled, "An injured seal!" The sharks breached in an attempt to find the seal and Harold used the opportunity to drop from the lights. He landed on a platform near the pool with all of his limbs in awkward and painful positions.
"Way to stick the dismount bro," Chris mocked. Duncan and Kitsune giggled to themselves, causing their respective captains to send them reproachful looks.
"Sorry babe," Duncan said, "my mom says I can't play with you right now." He laughed at her silent rage and the goofball just rolled her eyes.
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The camera flashed to Kitsune on the board with a smug look on her face. "That the best you got?" Chris smirked and pressed a button and the backdrop switched to a farm with a tornado. Chef plugged in in a fan and the fox lover was thrown into the backdrop from the wind. "Teach me to brag," she muttered as she slid down.
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DJ was the next one shown on the board, the beach backdrop returned. He wobbled on it a bit before gaining his balance and smiled... until a shark jumped and ate his swim trunks. He quickly covered his censored groin and ran out of the studio past Chef. "The body's a beautiful thing!" Chef yelled to the fleeing teen. "No need to be ashamed!"
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The camera flashed to Noah on the board. He looked down with a wary expression and the board bucked once, sending him into the pool. He landed on the top of the apparently frozen pool with a thunk. "That hurt more than it should have," he commented with a groan. the sharks broke through the ice and he shrieked and jumped to the ground.
Chris popped up in front of the camera and blew a whistle. "Break time," he announced. "Union rules."
"Finally," Heather sighed.
"I don't mean you shark bait," the host replied.
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The scene skipped ahead to show the one of the sharks sipping a tea cup before panning out to show the other taking something offered from Chef. The camera panned over to the pool and Sky on the board with a confident smirk. "I can handle this," she bragged, "sharks or no sharks." She then raised an eyebrow at something off screen
The camera cut to the base of a machine gun and panned up to show confused looking seagulls being loaded as ammunition. The mitten clad hand of Chris cocked the gun and the camera panned out to show him manning the weapon with a grin. "I love this game!" He shouted jovially and started firing.
Sky quickly ducked to avoid the birds, but one got stuck in her hair. As she was trying to pull it out, she was hit in the stomach with enough force to throw her into the water.
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The scene skipped ahead to show Shawn climbing up to the board with a wary look. The camera cut to Heather and Sugar watching him. "Don't screw this up for us!" Heather warned.
"You got this Zombie Boy!" Sugar cheered. Heather sent her a questioning look. "What?" she asked in response. "Can't a girl cheer for her team?" The queen bee shot her a disbelieving look, but dropped it.
The survivalist spotted the sharks giving him the 'come here' wave and he nervously gulped. "You know," Chris said in a soft tone, "some days hosting a popular reality show is hard." He cocked the gun and adopted an evil grin. "But not today!" He started firing and Shawn let out a gasp of fear.
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"I don't know what's weirder," Shawn told the confessional. "Seagulls being shot at me to knock me into a shark-infested pool, or Heather being nice to me."
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To his credit, Shawn did a very good job of avoiding the gulls. However, he wasn't able to do so forever and was hit in the crotch by one, he held it in pain and fell over into the pool. "Wow," Chris commented, "even I feel bad for that one."
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"Finally we have Duncan," Chris announced as the next flash cut to the punk on the board. "Try not to get your piercings wet," he mocked. Duncan rolled his eyes and managed to dodge all the gull Chris fired at him, even going so far as to punch one away from him. The host frowned then threw a director's chair at him, which he dodged. Chris then looked over to see Kitsune chatting with Noah and smiled.
"What?" Duncan asked when he saw it. "No!" The goofball was thrown at him, and he caught her bridal style.
"And with that," Chris announced. "Duncan has achieved victory for the Screaming Gaffers!"
"You can put me down now," Kitsune told her boyfriend.
"Do you want me to?" He asked with a smirk, causing her to blush.
The camera cut to Sky and Sammy, the former not looking happy. "Why do you look so upset?" the cheerleader asked. "We won."
"It's Duncan," the athlete replied. "He's spending all his time with the other team, and it's wrong."
"But aren't you like dating Victor?" Sammy asked.
"Yes, but it's different because..." she stopped for a moment and then shouted, "Just forget it!"
Chris popped up in front of the camera. "I don't think the folks at home are gonna drop it, Sky. In fact, they're gonna stick around and wait for it to come up again!"
Sky growled in frustration and stormed off.
"Someone's a little touchy," Chris commented in an impish tone.
(Commercial Break)
The episode resumed with a shot of the broken sign. "Welcome back to Total Drama Action!" Chris announced. The camera panned down to show the twelve cast members in their teams, the Grips in front and the Gaffers in the back. The team logos slid into view, over the wrong teams. "Where against all advice to the contrary, the players have changed out of their bathing suits. Hope ya like swimmin' in your jeans," he added while crossing his arms.
"Right," Heather said. "Because we're totally going to the beach for real this time. The bus is just late." A bus horn honked and a yellow bus drove to the entrance.
"You were saying?" Chris asked smugly.
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"Chris told us the truth?" Kitsune asked in the confessional. "That's the first sign of the apocalypse."
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"Sky," Victor asked as the camera cut to everyone loading the bus. "I was hoping the two of us would sit beside each other during the ride."
"Oh," the athlete replied nervously. "I was actually gonna sit with my team. Talk strategy and stuff." She quickly sped onto the bus and left Victor looking upset.
"As you wish," he said sadly.
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The camera flashed to what looked like an actual beach. Chris walked on screen with a smile. "Yes campers," he began, "we actually back at your old stomping grounds, Total. Drama. Island! If you need to take a moment to reminisce on the good times you had here..."
The scene showed great shots... of the cast laughing.
"Fine," the host said grumpily. "We'll skip the good memories montage. Screaming Gaffers," he said pointing to the team, "you've got a thirty minute head start on," the camera showed a square area filled with plastic shovels and pails. "The sand castle building contest! To be judged by our resident King o'the Dunes." Chef put on a hat that looked like a sand castle tower. "Make like prop masters and give me something awesome. I don't want the tiebreaker to have to go down. I don't think legal's quite cleared it yet."
The camera cut to a crash dummy under a rock suspended from several logs. The rock crashed onto the dummy, then the logs crashed onto it, and finally a car named for a certain Confederate general cashed onto the pile and honked the iconic horn.
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The camera flashed to Harold working on something when DJ and Leshawna walked into the shot. "DJ," the dweeb commanded. "More water in those buckets!" The brickhouse saluted and left. "Leshawna, pack it firmer!"
"Ex-cuse me?" She asked her boyfriend in warning.
"I'm a bit of a Gary buff," he answered as if that explained everything. She looked at him confusedly and he elaborated. "Frank Gary? The greatest architect of our time?"
"And this means..." She asked, and he just gestured to the structure he'd been building, which looked like a specific cathedral in Moscow. "Now how about some props for my dominating domes?"
"Hey," Sammy asked, "where's Duncan?"
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The shot cut to Duncan and Kitsune at the bus. The goofball had her head under the hood and pulled something out. "That should do the trick," she said. "Now we get to stay in the cabins. Who new they'd be preferable?"
"I've always been more a dismantler than a builder anyway," her boyfriend commented as he reached in to grab something else.
"You are," she admitted. "It's kinda why I l-" The horn started blaring and drowned out the rest of her sentence.
"We should disconnect the horn too," the punk yelled over the horn.
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The camera cut back to the challenge. "Three, two," Chris announced and Chef blew a fanfare on a bugle. "Screaming Gaffers, your thirty minute lead is over. Vic, dude get castling."
"Do you have a plan, Wadsworth?" Noah asked the Grip captain.
"I am afraid not," Victor said sadly. "Heather?" The queen bee just smirked.
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"It's about time this team got the leader it needed," Heather said smugly. "Me," she pointed to herself."
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"Now Victor's using Heather's advice too?" Sugar asked. "I gotta find a way to undermine her and fast."
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The static cut to Kitsune inside one of the cabins looking under the beds. "Come on," she said to herself. "Tell me they're still here." She ducked out of sight and said "There it is!"
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The camera flashed to show the finished result of the Gaffers sandcastle. "I present," Harold announced, "St. Harold's Cathedral." The camera panned across the impressed faces of the Gaffers.
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"Fellow Grips!" Kitsune called to her team as the camera cut to them. "I have our victory!" She held up some magazines.
"It's about time you decided to help us," Heather complained. "And how do you expect a bunch of magazines to help us?!"
"Because this is a prop building contest," Kitsune explained. "So we wet these magazines and make some paper mache."
"It's as good a plan as any," Noah said with a shrug.
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The scene skipped ahead to show the finished prop, a paper mache replica of Himenji Castle. "We the Killer Grips present: Kitsune Samurai Castle."
"Looks great Foxtrot," Noah commented.
"Quite," Victor added.
The camera cut to Sky and Sammy watching them. "Victor looks upset," Sammy said.
"I know," Sky admitted. "It's my fault. I'm just so confused right now."
"Maybe talking to him will help," the cheerleader suggested.
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"Go away! Shoo!" The Gaffers yelled to a flock of birds that crowded on the castle. They finally flew off... and the structure collapsed. "They demolished my domes," Harold commented. Chef scowled and gave the win to the Grips.
"We have a winner!" Chris announced. "Kitsune's paper mache prop takes the second challenge. Which means we need a new tiebreaker, and I was hoping for the night off," he added sourly. "So gather ye some wood for a fire of the bon variety."
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The camera flashed to Noah and Victor walking through the woods as they came across Sky. "Victor!" She said excitedly. "Can we maybe talk?" She asked then looked at Noah and added, "alone."
"I can take a hint," the bookworm said as he left.
"Listen," Sky said while awkwardly rubbing her neck," I want to apologize for earlier."
"If I had done anything to upset-" Victor started.
"It wasn't you," Sky interrupted. "I'm just regretting picking Duncan and I took it out on you, and that wasn't fair. Forgive me?"
He smiled. "Always." She gave him a quick kiss and they went back to the beach.
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The scene skipped ahead to both teams each with a pile of firewood all surrounded by tiki torches at night. Chris clapped his hands twice and the torches lit up. "If you had that," Duncan complained, "then what was the point of sending us out for wood?"
"I needed some alone time," Chris answered with crossed arms. He held out a hand in front of the punk and asked, "Do you think these hands manicure themselves?" He turned to the camera and continued, "Which brings us to, the tie-breaking challenge. A watoosie twist, mashed potatoes, dorky old school, dance contest!" He announced with accompanying dance moves. Teams! Choose your best boogier for battle."
"Ooh!" Leshawna cried as she lept out of the huddle. "You guys got to pick me. My nickname back home? La-shakin' it." She bragged while doing a weird butt shaking move.
"I vote for Noah," Heather said with venom in her voice.
"Wait," the bookworm said in confusion, "What?"
"I'll second that," Kitsune said with a smirk.
"Same here!" Sugar parroted.
"It appears the team has reached a consensus," Victor announced. Noah slumped over in defeat.
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Another flash skipped the scene ahead to Chris pressing a button on a boombox. A stereotypical surfer tune began to play and the two dance battlers looked at each other. "Prepare for a world of pain, turkey," Leshawna taunted.
"I don't think that'll happen," Noah replied.
The two backed away from each other and Leshawna danced... well it was more a bizarre mixture of high kicks, hip shaking, and arm waving. Noah stopped and stared at her in awe and the camera panned across her team to show similar expressions.
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"Yeah, I bet I know Leshawna's real nickname back home," DJ said in the confessional. "Le-Bomb-a!"
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"Her dancing," Sammy said quietly, "it's so bad."
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"Two words," Harold confessed joyfully. "Fun-ky! What? I liked it."
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The dance battle resumed, and Noah had gotten over his shock and began dancing. He did some basic arm spinning moves and some disco points, then he spun around into another pose. "Smooth moves buddy!" Kitsune cheered.
"Most impressive!" Victor added.
The camera focused on Heather and Sugar, neither of which were happy for their teammate.
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"Of course he's good at this," Heather cried in frustration. "Now if I'm gonna get rid of that traitor I'll actually need an alliance with..." she shuddered. "Shawn."
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The camera cut back to the dance battle, where Noah's moves were getting increasingly complex and Leshawna's were getting more... interesting. The camera cut to Sugar who smirked, then discreetly kicked a rock over to her teammate. He didn't notice it and soon tripped over it and fell to the ground. "My ankle!" He cried in pain.
"Get up!" Heather commanded. "We're gonna lose!"
"You've already lost Heather," Chris informed them. "You see, since Noah here screwed up, Leshawna wins the contest. And believe me it hurts to say that."
The Gaffers cheered at the news, except for Sky, who looked upset of the Grips, specifically Victor's, dejected looks.
"You ok?" Sammy asked.
"I will be," Sky responded halfheartedly.
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"I like Victor," Sky confessed. "I really do. But I can't even be happy that I won because it means that he lost. Maybe I can't focus on both..." she thought as she slumped over.
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"Screaming Gaffers," Chris announced, "your reward for winning is... the greatest beach party ever pitched!" The Gaffers were all seen cheering except for Duncan who had caught Kitsune's gaze. He tilted his head and walked away, she then left soon after.
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The shot cut back to the woods and the two of them walking about. "Duncan," Kitsune started, "why are you egging Sky on like that?"
"Because it's funny Foxy," he replied nonchalantly.
"I'm serious," she said having stopped the both of them. "This is why you were kicked off last season."
"Relax," he told her. "When it stops being fun I'll back off."
"Just... just don't push her too far," she warned. "I want us to make the merge this time." She walked away and he sent an unimpressed look in the direction she went.
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The camera flashed again to show the Gaffers dancing around a buffet table before panning to the dejected Grips and Chris. "If the losing team could just follow me to the bus," Chris announced. Chef, covered in oil stains whispered in the host's ear and he tersely added, "which is broken. Which means the losers have to stay and watch their rivals dine on victory and poi."
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The shot cut back to the party and Harold's dancing. Duncan scowled and kicked sand in his face. "What was that for?!" The dweeb asked.
"Because if you'd said something earlier, I wouldn't have had to watch Leshawna."
"Whatever," Leshawna said. "You're just jealous of my smooth moves." DJ and Sammy sent each other wary looks.
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The camera flashed to the Grips over at another beach. "How's your ankle doing?" Kitsune asked Noah.
"I'll need to hit the infirmary when we go back," he responded.
The camera panned over to a stump where Shawn was sitting. Heather walked over and sat next to him. "Good thing you're here," he told her. "I wanted to ask you something." Surprised, she motioned for him to ask. "Now that Mike and Zoey are gone, I need a new alliance. And I know that you're always looking for one so I wanted to know if you were interested." She smirked.
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"That couldn't have gone better if I planned it," Heather confessed. "Now that the alliance is his idea, I can tell him who I want to vote for and not have to worry about him saying I'm being manipulative. That million is as good as mine."
A pause symbol appeared over the footage and the shot cut to Chris watching it in the control room. "Wow, looks like Heather's got a few tricks up her sleeve. Crafty and good-looking, we could be related." He shrugged and said, "She wishes!"
"I really don't," Heather said. "No one does."
He hastily turned off the monitor and said, "Too bad she could never dream of swimming in my gene pool." Then he turned to the camera and said, "More importantly tune in next time to watch more me! And a little of Heather," he stood up, cutting his face out of the shot and finished, "on Total Drama Action!" Then he left the room and asked, "Which one of you geniuses left the two-way mic on?"
(Roll the credits)
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(Bonus Clip)
"You know," Sammy said in the confessional. "This is the first time I've gone a whole challenge without someone calling me Samey. I think people are finally starting to drop that nickname!"
A knock on the door caught her attention and a nasally voice said, "I have a package delivery for a Samey?"
She visibly deflated. "Forget I said anything."
Author's Note Post Script: Not the best chapter, hopefully that won't be a pattern. Some plot line were moved forward, but other than that not a whole lot going on. It does set up the end of the first quarter and beginning of the second though, so I'll be able to talk more about it there.
I based the Gaffers castle on St. Basil's Cathedral and the Grips on Himenji Castle. And Noah's dancing is based on the dancing he did on the Aftermath in World Tour.
And I hope people like the bonus clip, I wanted something light and humorous.
With that I'm signing off
-TotalDramaFan14
RDA ELIMINATION TABLE:
15th Place: Mike/Zoey
14th Place: Zoey/Mike
13th Place: Amy