Author's Note: Happy Holidays! I've never seen a disaster movie, unless you count Disaster Movie, so no real world experience there. I'm also afraid that this won't be as plot moving as some of the other rewards were. There are a couple of major things to watch out for you'll know when you see it. I hope everyone had a Happy Whatever You Celebrate. I got a new fedora so, mine was pretty good.
Also Total Drama Daycare? I'll try to keep an open mind, but it won't be easy.
Disclaimer: I don't own Total Drama, the shuffled concept or the (most of) the characters.
And now, the reviews!
mattafat: Thanks! I'll be honest, I didn't even notice the comparisons until you mentioned it. But they work.
yeezynight14: Thanks. That was probably the only thing I liked about the canon Aftermaths.
Guest: Sorry he had to go so soon, but hopefully the others will provide enough comedy. I'm glad you caught the Luan reference there, and you told me about using her voice (I'd actually been using Emma's). And you nailed what I was going for with Victor, so much that there's not much more I can say about it.
Piecesxoxo: No worries, my update schedule has been terrible this season. Trust me, I had no intention on repeating canon's mistakes with the brickhouse, so I'm glad you like it. I'm also glad you like Shawn, as he was the character I had no frickin' clue what I was gonna do with him. I'll admit, I don't quite see any romantic chemistry between him and Heather but I could see them being weird friends in another life. And yes Victor's mother is a bitch, she based on a mixture of Cora from Once Upon a Time and Vivienne from Dragon Age: Inquisition.
RebelTosters12: No worries, review when you can. I'm glad you liked the episode. Harold was supposed to be a surprise, but one that pushes forward DJ's story line like you said. I've got a clear idea on where I wan to take him now and I hope you like this chapter too.
Currernt Castmates:
Screaming Gaffers: DJ, Duncan, Leshawna, Sammy
Killer Grips: Heather, Kitsune, Shawn, Sugar, Victor
And we've reached the double digits. Buckle up, because today's gonna get a little bumpy.
Episode 10: Masters of Disasters
"Last time on Total Drama Action!" The recap started with clips of The Gaffers playing cards in the craft tent, Shawn dressed as a psycho killer, and Chris being 'impaled' by a stage light.
"DJ and Chef had some major confrontations," the cook and brickhouse's arguments were shown, "which led to Chef helping the Killer Grips win the scream off," Victor and Heather's kiss was shown, then the two and Kitsune screaming. "And boy did they scream." The host chuckled.
"Unsurprisingly, Kitsune was all too happy to play the killer," the goofball was shown asking to be the killer in the scream off, "and come up with a winning plan to scare the crap out of her boyfriend," she was shown speaking into a radio. "I bet Shawn wishes they'd used her plan first instead of Victor's," the survivalist was shown being thrown out of the craft tent.
"So it was that the Grips won and the Gaffers had to eliminate someone, again," the five Gaffers were shown at the elimination ceremony. "In the end DJ shocked everybody by strategically booting Harold in a bid to keep Samey in the gamey." Harold was shown getting into the Lame-osine. "Too bad it came at the cost of ticking off a team member," Leshawna was shown yelling at the brickhouse.
"Will the Gaffers ever regain the upper hand?" A four way split showed DJ in the top left on a red background, Sammy on the top right on a green background, Leshawna on the bottom left on a yellow background, and Duncan on the bottom right on a blue background.
"Or will the Grips continue to dominate?" The recap footage ended and the camera cut to a shot of the five Grips sitting at a picnic table next to the boys' trailer.
"Obviously we will," Heather answered.
The camera panned to the left and ended at Chris in front of both trailers. "Let's see if she can keep that confidence after today's 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 white mush with bugs crawling around on it. A spoon was thrust in it and the camera pulled back to show Duncan put the spoon in his mouth, then promptly spit it back out. "Aw man," the punk complained. "I can't believe Chef's food went back to its previously level of suckishnes."
The camera panned over to the Grip table, where only Sugar was enjoying her breakfast. "Maybe he got hit in the head and got ammy-nesa," the pageant queen suggested. "That happened to an uncle of mine once. Wound up thinkin' he was one of those high society types like Victor."
"And what is wrong with that?" Victor asked with a hint of offence.
"Ain't nothing wrong with it for you," she answered. "Just a little weird to see a guy in a tank top complain about the burgers not bein' organic."
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"Ok, this might sound weird," Shawn confessed. "But I really wanna meet Sugar's family."
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"You've got an odd family," Kitsune commented. "And that's coming from me."
"What's so weird about your family?" Shawn asked.
"Don't get me started," the fox lover replied before swallowing some food with a shudder.
The camera panned back over to the Gaffers, and specifically Leshawna's dejected look. "I still can't believe he's gone," she sighed.
"I told you I was sorry," DJ started.
"Don't talk to me," she interrupted. "You betrayed us!"
"We weren't in an alliance!" He reminded her.
"You got that right," she muttered under her breath.
"Mmmorning kiddos!" Chris said as he entered the tent with a smile. "Hope you enjoyed breakfast, because you'll probably be tasting it again at some point today."
"And exactly what torture have you concocted for us today?" Duncan asked.
"Not much," the host replied impishly. "Just warning you that today's gonna be a disaster." he chuckled. "Get it? It's Disaster movie Day!"
"You know," he continued as the scene flashed to Chef running against a plain white background. "People running from their lives from volcanoes," a magma oozing volcano dropped just behind the cook and created a large crack in the ground, "earthquakes," the crack opened up, "asteroids," a large space rock landed behind Chef and barely missed him, "and tidal waves." A large wave washed the cook away, leaving behind only his hat.
"The more disastrous the better," the host finished as the scene flashed back to the shocked faces of the Gaffers.
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"This team is disaster enough already now Leshawna hates us," Sammy complained. "I know she was expecting us to vote for Duncan but we were thinking ahead! She would've done the same if she'd thought of it!" She nervously looked around. "That doesn't make me sound like Amy does it?"
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The camera cut to Chris outside in front of some sort of control pad. "Your first challenge is," he explained and gestured to his right and the camera pulled out to show a large uphill obstacle course consisting of two rows of tires, traffic cones, monkey bars over a pool, a metal tube, a wooden log over a pit, and a vertical wall. "The Earthquake of Inevitable Pain!"
The cast mates' shocked faces were shown as he continued, "Each team has to run the course challenging your dexterity," a shot of the tires was shown, "maneuverability," the screen was split showing the cones on top and tires on the bottom, "and other mad monkey skills," the tires and cones were side-by-side on the bottom and the top showed the monkey bars.
The shot flashed to Chef at the top of the course tossing a cinder block with a devious smile before cutting back to Chris. "First team to the top wins," he announced. "Best of two wins today's reward."
"Harold's mad skills could've won this for us," Leshawna said bitterly.
"You gotta learn to let things go," Duncan told her.
"And if it were Kitsune that was sent home?"
The punk's eyes widened briefly, then he schooled his expression. "Eh, it's just the game." Kitsune gasped, then scowled at him.
"Enough with the chitty-chat!" Chris interrupted with a scowl of his own. "Take your marks."
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The scene flashed to the teams at the bottom of the course, Gaffers on the left and Grips on the right. "Piece of cake," DJ told his team confidently.
"Let's do this!" Kitsune declared as she shared a high-five with Shawn.
"Aaand," Chris said as he produced an air horn, "Action!" He blew it and the challenge started.
The Grips were shown first. DJ and Duncan quickly running with Sammy and Leshawna not far behind. The shot panned over to the Grips, Kitsune and Shawn in the lead, followed by Victor, Heather, then Sugar.
"This the best you can do?!" Kitsune called as the camera refocused on her.
"ARE YOU READY TO ROCK!" The host asked before laughing and pulling a lever on the control pad. The whole course began to shoke violently causing the goofball and survivalist to fall on one of the tires.
"I landed on my tail," Kitsune groaned painfully from under Shawn.
DJ and Duncan made it to the cones, but the larger teen lost his balance and fell out of frame. When he resurfaced, he had two cones comically stuck to his chest. Sammy and Leshawna made it to the monkey bars, and the shot cut to Chef.
"Perfect time to get ridda some old junk," he said cheerfully. He then reached in a bag and pulled out a football, tossing it from one hand to the other before throwing it at the cheerleader and hitting her with enough force to knock her and Leshawna of the obstacle. The smaller girl made a noise indicating the wind was knocked out of her.
The cook began mindlessly tossing object at the cast, a kitchen sink, a bowling, ball, a hammer, a rotary phone, all making appropriate sound effects when they landed off screen. He pulled out a rubber duck and squeezed it while giving the camera a sheepish look.
The camera cut to Shawn on the monkey bars getting hit with the toy and blinking in confusion... before resuming his crossing. The shaking stopped and the camera cut to Heather, Victor, and Sugar. "Finally we catch a break," the queen be said.
"AFTERSHOCK!" Announced the jovial host as he pulled another lever. The course began to violently shake once again and Sugar lost her balance and bounced back to the middle of the tires. The pageant queen then threw up and looked at the puddle and said, "Shoot! Now I'm hungry again!"
"That reminds me," Chris said impishly. "It's lava time!" He punched a button on the control pad and two slits at the top of the course opened up to flood it with a bubbling red liquid. Chef stuck a finger in it and tasted it.
"Tomato soup!" Chef asked. "That was supposed to be for supper!"
The camera cut to the Leshawna and Sammy grabbing onto the money bars and then cut to Shawn and Heather doing the same thing.
"Woowhee!" Chris said fanning himself. "Is it hot in here? How about a cool refreshing," the camera pulled back to show the host at the seat of golf ball turret gun hooked to a golf cart driven by Chef "hail storm?! Golf ball sized hail is bad but hail sized golf balls are even worse!" He cackled and began shooting at the cast.
The shot cut to Kitsune at the entrance to the tube. She looked back and gasped as the golf balls flew at her. She managed to dodge some before a shot to the stomach knocked her inside.
"Hey I got a fox!" Chris bragged.
"Don't get cocky kid," Chef told him. The host continued to happily shoot at the teens, hitting all of them judging by the sounds of pain being heard from off-screen.
"Aw crud," Shawn said from the monkey bars just before being hit in the face with golf balls.
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"Well," the welt-covered survivalist confessed, "at least I have some new ideas for my home defenses. And I know it'll hurt."
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The camera cut back to Chris as he shot a few more golf balls, then held up a cord with a button. "After! Aftershocks!" He announced as he pressed the button.
Heather, Shawn, Victor, and Sugar were at the entrance of the metal tube and were looking concerned as the ground began to crack near them. The queen bee and survivalist lost their balance and fell into the fissure, much to the gentleman's shock. He hastily reached in and grabbed something, struggling to keep from being dragged in as well.
"You look like you got this," Sugar said inching past him, "so I'm gonna go."
"Sugar!" Victor yelled. "I require you assistance!"
"And hurry before they win!" Heather's voice called from the fissure. The pageant queen scowled but helped Victor pull. The two pulled Shawn and Heather out of the fissure, the survivalist by his leg and the queen bee was holding onto his arm.
The camera cut to the Gaffer's balance beam. Duncan and DJ quickly made it across but as Sammy was coming across, a golf ball struck her foot and caused her to slip and land on the beam on her stomach before sliding off and falling in the pit.
"Move!" Kitsune ordered as the camera cut to all the Grips at the entrance of the tube. "Now!" She watched as Heather, Sugar, Shawn, and Victor jumped in the tube. The golf ball barrage stopped and she looked back with a pleased expression. "Glad that's over," she commented before hopping in herself.
"Cheeef," Chris whined. "Do something!" The cook reversed the cart and drove off quickly, crashing it off screen. The camera cut to a disheveled Chris in the destroyed turret as Chef climbed up to the top of the course and quickly threw a potted plant that knocked Leshawna off the balance beam.
The shot cut to Kitsune at the exit of the tube. The goofball was hit in the head by a blender, growled in frustration, and quickly rejoined her team. Victor, Shawn, and Heather already made it over the vertical wall, but Sugar was having trouble getting a good grip.
"Get on my back," the fox lover ordered. "I'll boost you up." Chef threw a bomb, which was a dud judging by the lack of explosion. The pageant queen made it over the wall and Kitsune began climbing.
Chef reached in his bag and pulled out a large hard cover book. "Ah, my unpublished manifesto," he said to himself. The camera quickly cut to Kitsune as she climbed the wall and then back to Chef. "I've lived a lot of years!" he yelled before throwing the large tome.
The camera cut to Kitsune smiling as she reached the top of the wall, then looking at the incoming tome with wide eyes. She quickly jumped from the top of the wall and the footage slowed down as she landed awkwardly on her right foot.
"Ah!" Kitsune howled in pain as she held the foot, "My foot!"
"Faith!" Duncan yelled in concern.
"My editor was right!" Chef said in astonishment. "My life really is dangerous."
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"Looks like poor Kitsune broke her foot," Heather said mockingly. "I'd like to see her survive the next elimination now."
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"Foxy better be ok!" Duncan threatened. "Or me and Chef are gonna have some problems!" He punched his open palm to emphasize his point.
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The camera cut back to the goofball's groans of pain as she held her injured foot. A cameraman held a camera directly on her face and the footage cut back to four very angry Gaffers glaring at a smiling Chris.
"Why doesn't the crew go help that girl?" Leshawna asked.
"We will," the host waved her off. "As soon as we milk this shot for all we can."
DJ stormed over to Chef. "Chef!" He yelled yanking the cook to his eye level by his apron. "I told you I didn't want you sabotaging the other team!" The Gaffers gasped in shock.
"DJ," Sammy said in shock, "what are you talking about?"
"Yeah Chef," Chris asked in an accusatory tone. "What is he talking about?"
"Chef here agreed to teach me to be tougher if I gave him half my winning if I won," the brickhouse explained causing the cast mates to gasp and the host to glare. "Then to make sure I won, he kept trying to fix challenges in my favor or against me when I complained about."
Chris's phone rang and he picked it up. An angry voice yelled from the other end and the host said "Yeah, I'll tell him." He hung up and told the cook. "The producers wanna talk to you again." Chef hung his head and climbed down the ladder.
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The scene flashed to the flashing light of an ambulance. "The wounded Kitsune," Chris announced over a scene of the goofball being loaded onto the vehicle. "And the cheating Chef. What will become of them?" The ambulance drove off showing all the cast watching in concern, except for Heather and Sugar. Chris popped up on screen and finished, "Stay tuned to find out."
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(Fade to Commercial)
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The episode returned to a shot of a submarine hoisted up by a crane, with two sections of outer walls having been made transparent. The camera pulled back to show the eight cast members and Chris on some sort of dock next to the sub, and two inflatable rafts in front of the 'windows.'
"So between Kitsune's injury and Chef's cheating," Chris explained. "The Killer Grips have been declared the winners of the previous challenge."
"Speaking of Kitsune?" Duncan asked with a mixture of concern and irritation.
"Docs say it's just a broken foot and she'll be fine. Chef on the other hand, has been terminated effective at the end of the challenge." The cast gasped.
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"Can Chris even do the show without Chef?" Heather asked.
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"Anyway," the host continued as the scene had apparently skipped ahead to the teams getting on the rafts, with Grips on the left and Gaffers on the right. "It's time for the second disaster themed challenge. Who's excited?"
The camera panned from the silent Gaffers to the silent Grips.
"Because of their win," the host continued, "the Grips get this advantage in the next challenge." Chris rapidly made a paper airplane and threw it to the Grips. It sailed in the air and hit Victor in the eye. Heather snatched from the boy.
"Numbers?" She asked after opening up the plane. She scoffed and discretely dropped the sheet into the water.
"Could be a combination to a lock," Shawn suggested.
"Okay! Time to get inside!" Chris announced.
"You must be crazy!" Leshawna told him.
"No, I'm just givin' away a million bucks," the host responded.
"Better be carpeted in there," she muttered under her breath.
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The scene flashed ahead to the two teams inside the sub. "This bodes poorly," Victor commented as the camera cut to the Grips. A sonar pinged and a emergency siren blared as the inside of the sub began to flash red and the shot cut to various parts of the sub, the teams feet, and the startled looks of Shawn, Sammy, and Duncan.
"I don't like the sounds of this!" DJ squeaked.
"M-m-me either," Sammy agreed.
"For this challenge," Chris said over the intercom. "You've gotta get out before it's too late."
"What do you mean 'too late?'" Leshawna asked as the scene switched to the Gaffers on a monitor in the control room. The camera pulled back to show close ups of Shawn, Victor, and Sugar on the other monitors and Chef a few feet in front of them.
"Oh, you'll find out," Chris said with a chuckle as Chef nodded.
The view changed to Chris and Chef playing cards. "Pick up two," Chef said as he placed a card on the table and the host grabbed a pair.
"You mind crankin' that lever?" Chris asked and Chef complied.
Water began to flow through the pipes in the submarine and leaking out at various bends. Of course, the cast was more concerned with the water pooling out of a grate on the floor.
"What's with all this water?" Sugar asked in panic.
"Do you guys notice anything weird about that wall?" Shawn asked looking directly at the camera.
"You mean besides the fact that you're staring at it and NOT HELPING US GET OUT OF HERE?!" Heather replied.
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The shot cut to Duncan trying to turn a wheel with Sammy in the foreground. "This water is freezing!" the cheerleader said. "And it's like too dark to see anything!"
"No worries," Duncan told her. "I've got great night vision. Most of the stuff I get up to happens at night." He walked off and Sammy gave an uncertain look.
"This should help," the punk said with a flashlight in his hand. He grabbed three more from the box he was next to and said, "Now let's get to work people."
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Heather and Sugar watched as Shawn and Victor tried to turn wheels in their section. Victor struggled to move his wheel any further before it suddenly spun in the opposite direction, sending the gentleman back onto the floor. He reached under him and pulled out a flashlight. "How fortunate!" He exclaimed. He pointed the turned on light up to a hatch and said. "I believe that will be the way out."
"There's one down here too," Shawn said pointing his light down at another hatch with a red dial on it.
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The Gaffers all pointed their lights down at the bottom hatch. "Let's try this one first," DJ told his team.
"Does anyone even know how to pick a lock?" Sammy asked. She, DJ, and Leshawna all turned to look at Duncan.
"Not me," the punk said. "I'm more a destroyer than a thief."
"Harold coulda done it," Leshawna said bitterly. "Too bad you voted him off."
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"Oh dear," Victor said as he tried to open the hatch. "It appears to be a combination lock."
Shawn's face lit up. "The numbers! Heather! What are they?"
"And please hurry," Victor added in a panic.
"I-" she started nervously. "I don't have them."
"But you took the paper," Shawn replied.
"And I didn't see how numbers were a reward so I threw it out."
"WHAT?!" The Grips all yelled in exasperation.
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Duncan surfaced from the water. "Even if I could crack this," he told his team, "the water's too high."
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"Seriously," the punk complained. "Just because I went to juvie, I know how to crack a lock?"
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"Maybe we can reach that one on the top?" Sammy suggested.
DJ shrugged and provided a foothold for Leshawna. She used it to get on DJ's back, and Sammy climbed the two of them and reached for the hatch. "It's too far!" She cried in horror before the human tower collapsed.
DJ and Sammy surfaced first, with Leshawna surfacing a little later with her hair in an afro. "Great," she complained. "This is why I don't like water."
"I take it your plan didn't work?" Duncan asked with a smug grin. "Because if it didn't we could just wait for the water to get us up there."
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The scene flashed to the four Grips floating in the water, with Shawn still staring at the camera. "If anyone has any suggestions," Victor announced, "I would like to hear them."
"I still think there's something off about that wall," Shawn commented.
"Perhaps, but the we have a more pressing issue at the moment," Victor replied.
"Maybe we can open that," Sugar said pointing to the top hatch. The water was high enough that she amd Victor were able to pry it open. When they got it open, a large shark head came out and roared. The two Grips promptly closed the hatch with wide eyes.
"I do not believe we can get out through there," Victor said in shock.
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"Hey!" Sammy said in glee as she tried to open the hatch. "I think I got it!" She managed to open it... then quickly screamed and closed it when a jet of fire burst through. "Never mind," she said clutching to DJ.
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The footage cut to the control room with the previous scene playing out on the monitors.
"Fire huh?" Chris asked nervously. "Don't ya think that's a bit much?"
Chef shrugged.
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"What are they gonna do?" The large man asked the confessional. "Fire me twice?"
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"Really it might be time to end the challenge," Chris suggested in a panic as the camera showed the scared cast on the monitors. "That water's pretty high and those kids are terrible swimmers."
"FOCUS!" Chef yelled, then calmly said, "I want my chips back," while pointing to the can on the table. He casually popped one in his mouth.
"This is serious," Chris told him. "Tur-turn off the water!"
Chef rolled his eyes but pulled the lever, but it snapped off. Chris gasped. "We've gotta get the cast outta there!" He exclaimed. "Simple formula. No cast means no show wich means an end to my luxurious lifestyle!"
"Texas Hold'em?" Chef asked.
"You're not listening!"
"What? Gin Rummy?"
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The scene flashed back to the Gaffers. "This might be it," Leshawna said. "The end. Like the end end," she began to cry, "and I wanna live!"
"No need to cry," DJ said uncertainly. "We can still get out of this."
"I'm not crying!" She replied indignantly. "Leshawna never cries!"
"You sure blubbered a lot when there was a reward on the line," Duncan pointed out. A ripple effect marked a transition.
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The scene flashed back to the eighth episode.
"DJ," Leshawna said softly. "You're team captain so it is your decision. And whoever you pick I want you to know," she began to tear up, "I'm really glad you guys are alive. For-for a moment, I didn't know and I," she was fully crying at this point, "I thought I would lose Harold and.."
"You did win the challenge for us," DJ admitted. "I say Leshawna gets the reward. Any objections?"
"Nope," None from me," She deserves it," was heard from the rest of the Gaffers.
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Another ripple took the footage back to the present.
"You're a total sham!" Duncan accused.
"You mean Leshawna pretended to cry so she could get the reward for herself?!" Sammy asked angrily.
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"I figured it out!" Shawn exclaimed as the camera cut to the Grips. "That wall was transparent when we were outside."
"So?" Heather asked.
"So it must be a window and windows break," the survivalist finished.
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The footage cut back to Chris watching the scene with tense worry. "That's great!" He said relieved. "If the Grips can break the one way mirror then the water will drain from both chambers and I'll still have a paycheck!" He hugged the cook's neck, and the large man scowled.
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The camera cut to each of the Grips as they tried to break the mirror. Heather and Sugar by kicking it, Victor by ramming his shoulder against it, and Shawn by punching it.
Chris watched nervously and chewed away at his fingernails.
The clips of the Grips attempts were shown again, and Chris was shown watching through the spaces of his fingers.
The Grips all surfaced and groaned. "It's not working!" Heather panicked.
"Perhaps if we all tried at the same time?" Victor suggested. The four teens looked at each other, nodded, took a breath of air, then dived. A four-way split showed each of the Grips as they attempted one last time. The scene cut to the outside of the sub as the 'window' cracked and eventually broke, sending the water and the four Grips out of it.
Back at the control room, Chris danced and sang in glee at keeping his paycheck, much to the annoyance of Chef.
The water drained out of the Gaffers compartment. Sammy and DJ shared a celebratory kiss. "We're alive!" Leshawna cheered.
"But you better be glad this wasn't an elimination," Duncan threatened. Leshawna gulped at the glares she got from him, Sammy, and DJ.
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The footage skipped ahead to a campfire at night. The camera panned out to show the eight teens who were in the sub sitting around it, Grips on the left and Gaffers on the right, in bathrobes. The girls all had towels wrapped around their hair.
"Well, that was a pretty exciting day huh?" Chris asked as he walked past the Grips. "And the Grips win the reward for the first time this season. I'd make a comment about how it's about time, but given they've only lost one player to the Gaffers' three..." he trailed off and then chuckled.
"And now let's see what the Grips have won!" He stopped laughing and looked at a card. "Ohhh!"
The footage flashed to Chef in his elimination gown standing next to a curtain. "It's an all-expense paid trip to... British Columbia!" The curtain opened revealing the Vancouver skyline, then zoomed in on the mountain in the background. On the mountain was a small cabin sitting on what looked to be the roof of an active volcano and could fall in at any moment. "You'll be staying at the exclusive resort, 'On the Volcano!" A charming lodge on the roof of a little known active volcano on Vancouver Island."
The Grips looked at him with disbelief in the case of Shawn and Sugar, and outright anger in the case of Victor and Heather. "To get you there," the host continued as the scene cut to Chef in leiderhosen and climbing up a mountain, "you'll take an eight-day hike of the craggy, treacherous-"
Chris was interrupted by Victor saying, "We respectfully decline," in a disturbingly calm voice.
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"I admit I may have been... short with Chris," Victor confessed. "I fear I am letting the stress of competition get to me. Especially considering the state of things with Sky and my mother appearing in my nightmares." He shuddered after mentioning his mother.
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"Seriously," Heather complained. "After today the last thing we need is a disaster themed vacay."
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"We will take some chips and soda if you got'em!" Sugar announced.
"Suit yourself," the host said with a shrug. "More money for my end of season bonus."
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The footage skipped ahead to the Grips enjoying their chosen reward before panning over to the left to Chef wheeling Kitsune over to Chris. The goofball looked the same, except for her injured foot was in a bandage.
"So the doctors say you're clear to compete if you want," Chris told her, "so we'll iron out those details later."
"Fine by me," the fox lover said as she wheeled herself over to her team.
"As for you," Chris told his assistant. "I talked to the producers aaand, you're not fired." Chef face lit up with the news. "Provided," the host added and the cook's face fell, "you follow these instructions." He handed Chef a sheet of paper. The cook looked at it and nodded his head with a sigh.
"And with that," the host said to the camera, "we're at the end of another awesome episode! What disaster lies in store for our teams next time? I'm your host, Chris McLean, asking you to tune in, turn on, and find out right here... on Total! Drama! Action!"
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(Bonus Clip)
"So I broke my foot," Kitsune lamented in the confessional. "Between this, getting voted of by a bird, and meeting Alejandro, I'm starting to think this show's no good for me." She slumped over and blew a strand of hair from her face.
Author's Note Post Script: So Kitsune broke her foot. I don't know how expected that was, but it goes with several plot lines. I have my reasons for why the foot specifically though.
Leshawna's deceit's been uncovered. Not much more I can say there.
And the DJ/Chef plot line has come to an end. DJ broke free from Chef's control last episode and today he called hi out in front of everyone. The goal there was to give Chef a legitimate reason to not be panicked over the safety of the teens. I'd like to think it tied up the episode rather nicely.
That's it for now I think.
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