Author's Note: I'm finally getting back on track. While I don't much care for horror movies, I actually like this episode in canon. Of course, that has to do with Lindsay. It took a lot of thought to get this to flow in a way that satisfied me, but I think I got it. Though, you guys are better judges of that than me.
Disclaimer: I don't own Total Drama, the shuffled concept or the (most of) the characters.
And now, the reviews!
yeezynight14: Thanks! I'm glad you're liking those plots. We'll see some more devolpment in one of them this week.
That British Guy: I've gotten a good idea on where I want to take him but don't worry, Evil!DJ was never a possiblity. Interesting to think about though.
Piecesxoxo: I'm actually pretty excited to finally start Leshawna's main devlopment but I can't say much more than that. Just to clarify, DJ and Heather aren't allied, she just thinks she can manipulate him. Thanks for the compliment, but honestly canon TDA didn't set the bar that high lol. I've already decided who Noah's partner will be and I think you're right about the hilarity.
mattafat: Thanks! Yeah, DJ started as my favorite but I like him less and less as the show went on. Sorry but that's not where i'm going with that. I don't much care for love-triangle plots.
Currernt Castmates:
Screaming Gaffers: DJ, Duncan, Harold, Leshawna, Sammy
Killer Grips: Heather, Kitsune, Shawn, Sugar, Victor
The time to fear is here. One of these contestants will kill their chances at the million.
Episode 09: The Fall of the House of Gaffer
"Last time on Total Drama Action," the recap started with a clip of the ambulance dropping off the gurney, then Sugar emerging from the tank with a pair of thighs, then the pageant queen belching, "A girl with vision," Leshawna was shown in the confessional, "vision that took her past everyday thinking," she was shown removing the 'sore' from DJ.
"But when the chips were down," she and Kitsune were shown discussing the disease, "and even when they came back up," Heather was shown vomiting into a bucket, "She was the only one who could rescue them," Leshawna was shown explaining the cause of the symptoms, "by searching for a cure to a disease that was inflicting her dear friends."various cast mates were shown suffering from symptoms of the 'disease.'
"A challenge was won," the Gaffers were shown cheering at their victory, "a cure found," Leshawna was shown tearing off the fake label on the 'cheese.' "But will her betrayal," she was shown pretending to cry to get the reward. A crunch was heard, and the rest of the sentence was unintelligible.
"Hey what can I say?" The host asked as the recap footage ended and flashed to him at the amphitheatre bleachers with a bag of popcorn. "Gross disease movies make me crave a little corn," he picked up the bag. "But it's time to put the snacks away kiddies," he tossed the bag over his shoulder, "because after this totally terrifying episode," the camera flashed to him in front of the trailers and a port-a-potty that was there for some reason, "there won't be a stomach left unturned."
He was startled by the sound of vomiting from inside but quickly recovered. "Hold on to your buckets, it's time for some 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 DJ asleep on the ground and holding a teddy bear. A soccer ball rolled across the shot and the camera zoomed out to show Shawn and Duncan kicking it back and forth to each other, with Duncan making it bounce off of DJ's butt with every kick. Heather was also in the background relaxing on a lounge chair.
The camera panned to the right to show Kitsune, Sugar, Leshawna, and Harold playing cards at a picnic table. "Sorry Ladies," Harold said with a triumphant grin, "but I won this round!" He put his cards on the table. "Whose turn to deal?"
"Mine," Kitsune said grabbing the cards. She then did a number of intricate moves to shuffle them, much to Leshawna and Harold's amazement .
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"My grandpa taught me that so I can be seen as cool," the fox lover explained. "The man isn't the sharpest tool in the shed but he knows cards. His bookie actually cut him off because he never loses. Ever."
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The static cut to Sammy with a half eaten sandwich in her hand. "Oh em gee," she said, "these sandwiches are like the best!" The camera pulled back to show her and Victor watching the card game.
"While I normally disapprove of theft," said the gentleman, "these sandwiches are so delicious that I simply do not care." He tried to take a bite of his sandwich, only for a white hand to grab it from him. "Sugar," he admonished, "There is an entire tray next to Heather. Must you steal from my hands?"
"You said you didn't care about stealin'," the pageant queen defended with her mouth full of food.
"You disgust me sometimes Sugar," Leshawna commented also with a mouth full of food.
"I know," Heather agreed with her mouth full. "What kind of lazy pig can't even walk ten feet for a sandwich?"
"Seems like a lot o'pot callin' the kettle black to me," Sugar replied.
"I can't believe how good Chef's food has gotten lately," Shawn said to Duncan. The sound of loud snoring filled the air and everyone looked down at DJ. The camera zoomed in on him and a ripple effect took the scene to the craft tent on a dark and stormy night.
The camera zoomed in on the back of the tent and cut to the inside of the kitchen to a black hand grasping a knife. It was revealed to be DJ making the sandwiches that everyone was eating earlier in the episode. His eyes narrowed in suspicion and he turned around and brandished the knife at Chef.
The cook looked down at the weapon. "Put that thing down," he said. "I need to own up to a mistake. You were supposed to get the pie with the less laxatives instead of the fox girl."
"Chef, you and I gotta talk," the brickhouse told him. "I don't mind you giving me lessons on tough, but I don't want you cheating for me and you never mess with my food. Ever."
"Well excuse me if I want to make sure you win so you can pay me back for my advice."
"I don't need your help to win,' DJ said threateningly before storming out. Chef watched him leave with a scornful look.
Another ripple took the scene back to the card game. "Despite the fact that Harold's won twelve games in a row," Kitsune said.
"Imagine we had no challenge today," Victor said.
"That might give me time to check my tapes," the fox lover replied. "I record myself at night in case I say something funny in my sleep.
"You don't," Leshawna and Sugar told her.
"There better be a challenge today," Heather said joining the conversation. "I'm here to win a million dollars and the faster we win a challenge the faster I'm one step closer to winning."
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"Now that I'm in control of the Grips," Heather explained, "it's time to work on the Gaffers. DJ's the least likely to get voted off right now which means he can control the most votes. And once I freak that marshmallow out enough, he'll never cast a vote unless he asked me first. I can control every vote from here to the Final Two where I'm guaranteed to win. I mean how hard can a finale be? Noah won last year."
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"Attention all Total Drama victims!" Chris's voice was heard as the camera cut to a loudspeaker. "Please meet me in the northeast corner of the studiopalloza. Bring lozenges, the screaming's gonna hurt."
"It appears there will be a challenge today," Victor commented.
"Looks like I'm putting off my tapes again," Kitsune sighed.
"I heard your sleep talking'," Sugar said as she left. "It ain't a loss."
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The camera flashed to a monitor showing a bored looking Shawn and Heather. "We walked all the way over here," the queen bee said. "You'd think he'd have the decency to actually be here." The camera pulled back to show the teens were in what looked like and open field with stage lights littered about.
"Maybe he's demanding a raise from the producers," Kitsune suggested leaning on a stage light.
Suddenly a familiar shout was heard and the two Grips looked up just in time to see Chris fall from the sky with a small red square on his back. He fell out of frame and the camera showed red liquid being splattered on the horrified contestants. The camera focused on the body of the host impaled on the stage light and all the contestants screamed at the sight, Heather even threw up at the sight.
Kitsune waved her hand over the host's face and got no response. "Guess the producers didn't take kindly to Chris's demands," she commented facing away from the body.
"Nah," Chris said and the goofball screamed. "They let me do whatever as long as I bring in the ratings."
"ZOMBIE!" Shawn screamed and tried to run away, until Kitsune grabbed his vest.
"I'm not a zombie Shawn," the host said jovially. "Because I was never dead in the first place. You guys wanna a little look into the magic of cinema?"
"No!" The cast mates all yelled. But Chris explained anyway as the screen was covered by blood.
"Our cracker-jack effects team stuffs fake blood into a thin membrane of plastic," the 'blood' was then compressed into a small plastic square in a white hand, "called a 'squib.'" The host's fall was shown again. The screen split so the top half showed Chris's fall from the top and the bottom was a silhouette of Chef and an intern moving a mattress into position.
"This little baby bursts on impact," the host continued as another burst of 'blood' splattered, turning the scene to a mattress over a trap door. Chris was shown falling onto it and into the trap. "An old school optical illusion helps sell that I've been impaled." Another silhouette was shown, this time of Chris falling and him being 'impaled by the fake light rising up quickly.
"Can we just get on with this?" Duncan asked as the camera cut back to the cast mates.
"And maybe we should get a mint for Barfy over there,' Kitsune suggested while pointing to Heather.
"You watch someone get murdered and see how you handle it," the queen bee defended.
"I handled it better than you did," the goofball retorted.
"Time for today's totally terrifying, blood-curdling, Horror Movie challenge!" Chris announced happily with appropriate hand gestures. "To figure out which team gets which challenge," he explained as he walked over to the Grips, "we're gonna have a scream-off! Think of every great horror movie you've ever seen, which all have one thing in common: fantastic screaming from actors and the killers who snuff them. Each team pick a serial killer and the rest will be the screamers. If your killer can make your team scream the loudest, you win!"
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A chainsaw and blood marked the transition to the next scene, the Gaffers deciding on who their killer will be. "So we're like obviously picking Duncan right?" Sammy asked. "I mean, he's the scariest guy on the team."
"I'm terrified of him on a daily basis," Harold agreed.
"Plus he's less likely to scream than the rest of us," Leshawna added.
"Then it's settled," DJ said about to hand the mask to Duncan.
"DJ's doin' it!" Chef said as he appeared from nowhere.
"But we already-" Harold started.
"DJ. Is doin it." Chef said again.
"No. I'm not," DJ said with a threatening tone. "I'm team captain and I'm leading my team by having Duncan be the killer."
The rest of the Gaffers watched in awe as DJ and Chef stared each other down. They were astonished when Chef said "Fine, have it your way," and walked off.
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"I can't believe DJ managed to talk down Chef!" Sammy gushed in the confessional. "I know I should try and figure out why Chef was messing with the challenge in the first place but... That was so hot!" She fanned herself with her hand.
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"So why was Chef trying to mess with the challenge?" Leshawna asked. "Smells fishy to me."
"Oh, sorry," Harold said pulling a sandwich out of his pocket to his girlfriend's shock. "I was saving it for later."
"You guys have to let me be the killer," Kitsune said as the camera cut to the Grips. "I'm a practical joker and screams are one of the basic reactions to them."
"I see no reason as to why you should not be," Victor agreed. "Does anyone else have any objections?"
Sugar started to open her mouth, but Heather interrupted her. "None from us."
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Surprisingly, Sugar, Shawn, and Heather were all in the confessional. "Any reason you stopped me back there?" Sugar asked irately.
"Because we can't show we have control of the votes or we'll have targets on our backs," Heather explained. "This way if we lose, Kitsune can go home and people will think it's because she lost us the challenge."
"So we're setting a trap," Shawn said. "That's brilliant!" Sugar gasped silently and scowled at her two allies.
"I know," Heather said with a smug grin.
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The static cut to a nighttime shot of the woods and a close up of Harold's face. The dweeb's nose started running and he quickly wiped it.
"Are you ok?" Shawn asked as he walked onto the screen.
"I'll be fine," Harold answered, "It's just allergies."
"All right Shawn and Harold," Chris said as the camera cut back to show him watching them in a director's chair. "Prepare yourselves for your killers to enter. And then, I want huge massive ginormous screams! we'll be measuring the volume on our Scream-o-meter." A female scream was heard and a colored meter lit up from green to red. "Lights! Camera! Action!"
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The camera flashed to rustling bushes. Kitsune popped out and giggle to herself. "Use my teams fears against them," she put on a zombie mask, 'check."
The shot cut to Shawn walking through the woods when the sound of groaning was heard. He nervously turned around and saw zombie Kitsune shambling toward him. The survivalist opened his mouth to scream, but suddenly charged at the goofball.
"Shawn! Stop! It's me!" Kitsune yelled hastily taking off her mask. "I was trying to scare you for the challenge."
"Oh," he said blankly.
"Cut!" Chris yelled.
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The camera cut to a shot of Harold walking through the woods. He bumped into Duncan who brandished his knife and said, "Time to play dweeb!" as menacingly as possible. Harold screamed and ran away and the scream-o-meter registered all the way to the first red tick.
"And Harold scores the first round for the Screaming Gaffers!" Chris announced. "With a solid 55 on the scream-o-meter."
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The camera flashed to, and zoomed in on, a port-a-potty. "There is some serious indignity goin' on in this scenario," Leshawna complained. "I'm bein' filmed sittin' on the potty!"
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"Pfft," Sugar scoffed. "We might as well give this one up. Kitsune ain't scary at-."
As if on cue, the goofball burst into the toilet and growled ans whether through being startled or genuinely scared, Sugar let out a blood-curdling scream.
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The camera cut back to Leshawna, and Duncan burst in the toilet with a growl. But Leshawna didn't scream or notice.
"Um," the punk said, "aren't you gonna scream?"
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"AAAAAHHHH!" Sugar continued screaming as the camera cut back to her and Kitsune. The scream-o-meter topped out.
A dark spot formed and grew on the pageant queen's jeans and Kitsune sniffed. "Seriously?" She asked her teammate.
"I was tryin' to wait 'til after the cameras were off," she defended. "This is your fault!"
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"Sorry," Leshawna said as the shot cut back to her and Duncan. "You're just not as scary as I thought you'd be."
"Come on you ran from a cook in a crappy costume," the punk pointed out.
"Spiders are scary. Did you bring a spider?"
"Why would I-" He started to ask. "Whatever, the moment's gone," he walked out.
"And that's round two to Sugar and the Killer Grips," Chris announced as the camera cut to him in the director's chair. "She scored a pee-fueled 85 on the scream-o-meter!"
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"Since DJ gettin' all bent outta shape when I help him win," Chef told the confessional, "I'll make him lose."
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The scene cut to a set that looked like the inside of a cabin in the woods. DJ and Sammy sat on the couch in the middle of the room and Chris was standing in front of them. "All right guys," Chris explained, "You're gonna have to act your faces off!"
Sammy read the script and her eyes went wide and her cheeks red. "You got to that part two huh?" DJ asked.
"Yeah," the cheerleader agreed. "Looks like we have to make out."
"Well if we have to.." the brickhouse trailed off and the two leaned in. As the sounds of their make out session got louder the camera panned over to Chris standing there with an awkward look on his face.
"I haven't said action yet," he told them but got no response.
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Heather read the script and her eyes went wide. "Oh no," she said. "No no no. I would rather die."
"I do not care for this any more than you do," Victor said to her from his spot on the couch.
"Don't forget kiddies!" Chris said as he popped up from behind the couch. "This is for a million big ones!" The two gave the camera a helpless look before slowly leaning in to each other. Their lips barely touched before both recoiled in disgust.
"Forgive me Sky," the gentleman said through shudders.
"Never again!" Heather said. Kitsune popped up from behind the couch and growled. "Does anyone have any mouthwash?" The queen bee asked, both actors having ignored the killer.
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The camera cut to Sammy sitting on DJ's lap, still making out. Duncan crept behind them, brandished his knife, and said, "Time to break some hearts!" But he too was ignored. "Um hello?!" He asked in irritation. The couple looked over at him and gave half-hearted screams that barely registered and continued their make-out session. Duncan facepalmed.
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The three actors on the Grips' side were all sulking silently, until they looked up and saw a hockey mask wearing Chef brandish a revved up chainsaw and they all screamed. Victor even passing out.
"Well," Chris said as he walked on screen. "Looks like Kitsune managed to beat the not so aptly named Screaming Gaffers this round. Seeing's how they buried the needle," he gestured to a topped- out scream-o-meter. "Join us after the break to see if Victor's still alive!" Heather, Kitsune, Chef and Chris looked at the gentlman worriedly. "Victor? Come in Victor."
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(Commercial Break)
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The episode returned to a bottom up shot of of the cast mates, minus Victor, looking down in a circle. "Is he ok?" Sammy asked.
"I think he's sayin' somethin'" Leshawna said.
"Mother..." Victor groaned as the camera cut to him on the floor with closed eyes.
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The scene flashed to the gentleman on the bottom of what looked like a fiery canyon. He looked around and gasped in shock at what he saw, the back of an older black woman dressed in a black pantsuit and black with grey hair put up in a bun.
"Mother!" He gasped. "What are you doing here?"
The woman turned around and her face was shown to be similar to Victor's but with a number of wrinkles around the face and a disappointed, if not angry, expression. "Victor Octavius Lawson IV!" she scolded. "Haven't you had enough of ruining our family's image by gallivanting with these people on this show? And the girl you chose to court!"
"Mother," Victor said in a dangerous tone, "I will not have you speak of Sky in this manner."
"This is your father's doing," she said, "too much freedom to form your own opinions. These people don't matter, you'll never gain any status by befriending them."
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"I stand by my friends Mother!" Victor yelled. Of course the scene had flashed back to the challenge and he was awake when he said it, so there was a number strange looks being sent his way. "Pardon me," he apologized. "Have I missed anything?"
"Just Chef being called into a producer's meeting," Chris explained. "Messing with challenges is a big no-no around here. Anyway. It's time for the loser Gaffers to pack their overnight bags because you'll be spending tonight in the dining hall. Meanwhile the winner Grips win some R&R in their trailers. You have half an hour."
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"I guess there are worse places to spend a night," Sammy said as the camera flashed to the inside of the craft tent. "Amy's room comes to mind right about now."
"You think Chef would mind if we let DJ loose in the kitchen?" Duncan asked.
"Guys," Chris said. "Over here." The two sat down with the rest of their team. "I'm about to tell you why this film lot was abandoned and closed down."
"My guess is the numerous building code violations," Harold said.
"Hush my child. This film lot is perfectly safe, on this plane. But in the other dimension?" He turned on a flashlight over his face, causing Sammy to gasp. "Juanita Rent-a-cop was a dedicated security guard who worked here for twenty loyal years until her mysterious death right here. ON THIS VERY SPOT! Now, her desperate and uneasy spirit walks the lot. No one has ever managed to spend a whole night in this craft service tent."
"So I guess we gotta spend the night here," DJ told his team.
"Yes," Chris confirmed, "and don't interrupt me. Just spend the night without leaving and you win invincibility. Check any phenomena on these ghost detectors," he gestured to a table of electronic devices and a Ouija board. "And just in case..." he started to hand Duncan the flashlight, before handing him a tiny key chain light instead.
"So helpful..." the punk deadpanned after seeing the unimpressive light it gave off.
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"Okay," Chris said as the camera cut to him and the Grips outside the trailers. "The Screaming Gaffers are sitting ducks in the craft tent. Your challenge is to make like special effects gurus and scare them outta of it."
"And how are we supposed to do that?" Heather asked.
"That's up to you," the host responded, "but if you can manage it, then your team wins invincibility. Oh," he added, "I made up some story about a security guard who died on set, in case you're looking for ideas."
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"Does anyone have any ideas?" Victor asked his team.
Kitsune was about to open her mouth when Shawn interrupted. "Whatever we do, we need to worry about Duncan."
"Hold a moment," Victor said. "That gives me an idea." He walked off, and Sugar and Shawn shared a shrug and followed him. Heather followed suit, leaving a scowling Kitsune.
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The camera flashed to Shawn in a hockey mask and a hooked hand. "I was unable to locate a chainsaw," Victor told him, "so I am afraid you must make do with a cleaver."
"I don't know about this," Shawn said.
"Oh puh-lease ," Heather scoffed. "Most of the Gaffers are afraid of their own shadows. This is guaranteed to work."
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The camera flashed to the Gaffers playing cards. "Got any twos?" Duncan asked.
"Sorry man," DJ responded, "Go fish."
Something off screen caught Harold's attention. "Uhhh," he trailed off and everyone turned to see that he had seen a costumed Shawn muttering and flailing his weapons and most of the Gaffers screamed and ran out through the kitchen. DJ and Duncan however, had stayed with scowls on their faces.
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"I'm not stupid," DJ told the audience. "I figured the Grips were told to get us out of the tent. I also anything Victor does won't be too scary. Brotha's cool and all, but this isn't exactly his thing."
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The brickhouse ran toward Shawn, much to the shock of the survivalist and the punk. Shawn said "AW crud," and ran away and DJ chased him around the tent. The camera cut to Duncan watching as crashing was heard and the frame shook violently.
The camera cut to the outside of the tent, and Shawn being tossed out of it. When he landed the other Grips gathered around him. "Can I suggest another plan?" He groaned in pain.
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The camera cut to a bottle of ketchup and a bottle of corn starch. The shot pulled back to show the Grips in the kitchen and Shawn mixing the two things in a large bowl.
"How do you know how to do this?" Heather asked him.
"I told you how I worked in a bakery right? Well we did a Halloween display and I had to spend all night finding the perfect mix," the survivalist explained.
"So we got some blood," Sugar said. "But that ain't gonna be enough. So what else can we do?"
"I've got some ideas," Kitsune said with an impish grin.
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"I don't wanna sound braggy," the goofball confessed, "but this challenge was made for me. Sure Chris was talking but all I heard was 'blah blah blah prank the Gaffers.'" She rubbed her hands in anticipation and said, "And Chris, I won't let you down."
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Duncan threw his cards on the table in anger. "This game is rigged!" He complained to his smiling team mates. The lights clicked off and they looked around nervously.
"Looks like the Grips again," DJ commented.
"Or Chris's salary meant they could pay the electric bill," Duncan joked.
The camera cut to Sugar at a breaker box and a walkie talkie in hand. "The bats are blind," she said into the walkie.
"Copy that Beauty Queen," Kitsune said into her talkie in the kitchen. "Shawn of the Dead is in position. On my command, now!" Shawn poured his blood mixture down the wall and Sugar started moaning into a megaphone.
"Uh, Deej," Duncan said as the Gaffers started to look more and more nervous. "I don't think this is the Grips."
"I-it's probably Chris and Chef," DJ said, his own fear now starting. "I mean, the ghost detectors haven't gone off yet."
A feminine figure dressed as a cop swung down from the rafters and all the Gaffers screamed. "Lord and Lady are in position," Victor said into his radio.
"Perfect," Kitsune replied. "Now for the big finish." She pressed a button on a remote causing snakes and spiders and even a Celine Dion standee to fall from the ceiling.
"Snake!" DJ screamed.
"Spiders!" screamed Leshawna.
"It knows we're here!" Sammy cried.
"Let's get out of here!" Harold yelled. The camera cut to out side the tent and showed Harold, Sammy, Leshawna, DJ, and Duncan running out of it, only to stop in their tracks when they say the smiling Grips in front of them.
"Hi Pumpkin," Kitsune said in a mocking tone. "Did something happen in the tent?"
Duncan smirked and said, "Well, played Foxy." Which caused her to blush.
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[A grand theme played as the camera zoomed in on the amphitheatre. Several film strips of the host highlights from the previous season flew past the screen, then the camera panned out from a solid gold screen to show a Guilded Chris.]
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The five remaining Gaffers were shown placing their votes, DJ and Sammy on the top row, Duncan in the middle, and Harold and Leshawna on the bottom. "And now fraidy cat Gaffers," Chris announced, "it's time to announce who will not get a Guilded Chris this week. Who deserves to go home bitterly disappointed with tears in their eyes."
Chef walked across the stage with a in his dress and with a scowl. The cook handed a paper to the host who read from it. "Aand the Guilded Chris's go to... Samey," she caught her statue with a smile.
"Leshawna and DJ," both caught theirs with smiles. "Still on the chopping block, Harold and Duncan."
"But why me?" Harold asked.
"I had to vote for somebody," Duncan explained.
"And the final Guilded Chris goes to..." The two boys were shown side by side, Duncan on the left with bitter acceptance and Harold on the right with fear.
"Duncan!"
"What?!" Leshawna asked in a rage. "How could y'all vote off sweet innocent little Harold?"
"I didn't want to," DJ explained. "But it was the smartest choice I could make. this way guarantees that either me or Sammy make the merge."
"Well don't expect me to help you anymore than I have to now," she said with an air of finality.
"I know you want revenge for my betrayal," Harold told his girlfriend. "But I need you to win now. For me."
"I'll do it for you Baby," she said with tears in her eyes. "And only you," she added with pointed glares to her team mates.
"Farewell Total Drama Action," the dweeb said to his former team and the Grips who had gathered to watch. "I may not have won, but I had fun and that's all a man can ask for."
"I'd ask fro the money but..." Shawn started before being elbowed by Kitsune.
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The camera cut to Harold at the door to the Lame-osine. Leshawna blew him a kiss and he caught it before stepping inside and being driven off.
XXX
"This is my fault," she said in the confessional with a dejected look. "Some kinda karmic retribution for everything I said and did the last challenge." She looked directly into the camera. "I'll make it up to you Harold. I promise."
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The camera cut to Chris in the monitor room. "Everything she did and said," he said to the audience. "Looks like the Gaffers are slowly unraveling. Will they finally fall apart? Find out next time on Total! Drama! Action!"
(Roll the credits)
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(Bonus Clip)
"That was a surprise," The Dweeb told the camera from inside the limo. "I never pictured DJ for the scheming type. Duncan maybe, but not him." He tapped his chin with a finger. "I guess I can understand it, I'd done the same for my fair Leshawna."
"She did act weird after I was voted off though. I mean I figured she'd be upset when I was eventually voted off, but not that upset. It's not like we were in an alliance with him or something."
He shrugged. "But there's not much to do but sit back and watch her win."
Author's Note Post Script: I have some explaining to do. First like Harold said, there was no alliance between the couples. Leshawna just assumed they'd all vote for Duncan because well, he's Duncan. But DJ was thinking long term. He knew that if Duncan went home the next vote was automatically going to be tied. This way he can keep him and his girl in the game.
I am so sorry to the Harold fans. He was originally supposed to go home next week in less of a blindside, but I swapped the placings for reasons I can't get into yet. That and it goes better with how DJ's developing.
Obviously the new chapter title has to do with the breakdown of the friendly Gaffer dynamic that honestly is only going to get worse.
There's probably more I need to explain, but I can't think of it right now.
With that I'm signing off
-TotalDramaFan14
RDA ELIMINATION TABLE:
15th Place: Mike/Zoey
14th Place: Zoey/Mike
13th Place: Amy
12th Place: Noah
11th Place: Sky
10th Place: Harold