Author's Note: Episode 21, we're nearing the end here people. Today someone comes back and someone else leaves. I know you're all excited, so let's get to it
Disclaimer: I don't own Total Drama, the shuffled concept or the (most of) the characters.
And now, the reviews!
That British Guy: It was one of mine too, I was looking forward to it all season.
Guest:It's a big reason why I brought him back. I'm glad you liked the loop. I have no plans for Alesune at the moment, but the others in the story have noticed it. Fun fact about Victor, in my mind he's actually voiced by Wyatt from 6teen.
Starheart Specials: Thanks! Considering how funny the canon one was, I'm flattered. I've already mentioned who's coming back before, but I hope you like what I came up with.
Current Castmates:
Boys: Alejandro, DJ
Girls: Heather, Kitsune, Sugar
Today, one of these five will rock and roll their way out of the game.
Episode 21: Rock n' Rule
"Last time on Total Drama Action!" Chris said over a shot of the film lot. "DJ took a big bite of 'Who dunnit?' in our most mysterious episode yet." The brickhouse was seen taking an egg covered USB out of his mouth.
"After the contestants cracked the code of Chris's secret messages," the cast was shown gathering around Alejandro's PDA, "they stealthily had to fetch prints and DNA from each other," Kitsune was shown opening the vault, then her taking evidence from Alejandro.
"A party train quickly turned into a hunt for my," Chef was shown wheeling in the sweets on a cart.
"Murderer," Kitsune was seen and heard finishing, complete with the effects whenever someone said that last episode.
"When Kitsune was declared the Sherlockiest of them all," the goofball was seen explaining the murder, "she invited her mortal-enemy-turned-secret-ally, to a night at the movies," she was seen inviting Alejandro out. "And it seriously ticked off Heather!" The queen bee was seen glaring. "And maybe also brought the two closer together?" Their laugh-fest was shown.
"Will Heather plot some evil revenge?" The recap ended on a still shot of a large screen set up by the amphitheater, currently showing a glaring Heather against a green background. "Or will Kitsune take her down first?" The mean girl's picture slid away, and was replaced by a giggling goofball against a light blue background. "Am I even cooler now that I'm alive again?" Chris asked as the camera cut to him eating popcorn with his rubber double. "Find out," his enthusiastic gestures accidentally knocked the dummy over, "on this episode of!" The scene flashed away again, now showing the host standing at his usual spot outside the cast trailers. "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 opened with a shot of the sky, a small flock of birds flying off into the distance before the camera panned down to male deer grazing in a grassy field. Somewhere off-screen somebody began to scat, attracting the deer's attention. It was joined by a couple chipmunks poking their heads up from behind a rock and a large tuft of grass, but the animals soon lost interest and darted away.
The camera cut to the door of the washrooms, which opened and revealed the jazz singer as Kitsune. The goofball was wrapped in an orange towel and had her hair wrapped in a yellow one. She continued to sing as well as dance to the girls' trailer, confusing a nearby deer.
She burst the door open and attracted the attention of her roommates. "Can you please shut up?!" Heather yelled as she brushed her hair. "How is it that you get more annoying every day?"
"If I bother you that much, you can always vote yourself off," the goofball replied with a smirk. "You're just mad because I may or may not have convinced Alejandro to switch sides."
"As if," Heather scoffed. "I'm the reason he's still in the game and he knows it."
"Because you never let him forget it," Kitsune replied as she applied make-up. "You can catch more flies with honey than with vinegar. And between the two of us, I'm the honey."
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The camera cut to the inside of the boys' trailer.
"So, be honest with me," DJ told his roommate. "Are you and Kitsune a thing now?"
Alejandro looked at him in legitimate confusion. "What makes you think that?"
"Well it's just-"
He was interrupted by the sudden sound of drums coming from outside the trailer. The camera cut to Chef playing a set at a fast pace, then to the doorways of each trailer as Heather, Sugar, and Alejandro stepped out with annoyed looks on their faces.
Chef was shown playing again for a second, the camera pulling back to show Chris standing nearby with a bland smile on his face that turned into a wince when Chef finished his set with a sharp crash of the cymbals.
"Nice of you to join us," the host said after quickly recovering; the camera pulled back again to show all five castmates gathered around him. "Today's movie genre is," he looked aside to Chef, "drumroll please!" The hulking drummer obliged, but went on longer than the host anticipated. "Okay, Ringo," Chris said in annoyance, "spotlight's not big enough for the both of us."
Chef looked at the host, then stopped the drumroll. "Today's movie genre is," Chris began again andChef to start the drumroll back up. The host glared at him nd he stopped. "The Rock n' Roll Biopic!"
"YEAH!" Kitsune cheered. "Rock and Roll!"
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"What?" She asked the confessional. "My dad and stepmom did what all good parents do, and instilled in me the love of rock. It can change your life for the better man."
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"Why can't we do the craptry star biopic?" Sugar pouted.
"Because that's not a real thing," Heather answered in exasperation.
"Time for everyone to shut it," Chris said with an impish smile. "Now, any good Rock n' Roll Biopic starts with a kid from humble beginnings," he explained, "drawn into the seemingly-glam world of rock music. After overcoming enormous hardship, the kid gets a break, and makes it ginormous! Bigger than me, even!" He motioned to himself with a smug look on his face. "The kid is then drawn in to a scandalous world of stuff I'm not allowed to talk about with sixteen-year-olds," he continued. "Things that lead to dangerous addictions, multiple divorces, the occasional night in the joint, and an untimely death. While sitting on a toilet."
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The static cut to Chris in the control tent. "Please, do not try any of the aforementioned at home," he said to the camera, "or I will be sued. And, would be unable to afford the maintenance of this fabulous smile!" He flashed a gleaming smile.
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"A few things that any certifiable rock god needs to know that I can talk about?" Chris continued. "You need to know how rock out on the guitar," he mimed strumming a few notes, "work the paparazzi," he put on a pair of sunglasses, "and trash a hotel room." He tossed the shades away and laughed. "Any questions?"
"Why's that plane been circlin' us all mornin'?" DJ asked pointing up to the sky. The camera followed to show the same rickety plane from last season flying around in circles.
"Oh, I almost forgot about that," Chris said with a blank look. "I have an announcement to make!" The glee in his voice rose with each word, and the cast furrowed their brows in suspicion. "Because I'm the host, and can do whatever I want, I've decided to bring someone back to the show! Anyone have a guess at who it could be?" He asked while smirking at DJ and Alejandro.
"Is it Noah?" Kitsune asked with a hint of hope.
"I hope its Sammy," DJ said.
"It's probably Shawn," Alejandro commented. "He was voted off by accident," he added with an accusing glance toward Sugar.
"You're all wrong," Chris told them with a smile. "The person I'm bringing back is..." He motioned to the sky and a familiar shout caused the castmates to turn their attention as Chef began another drumroll.
The camera cut to the open sky, where Victor was shown falling with a brown pack strapped to his back. With eyes closed in fear, the gentleman pulled on a cord and a parachute deployed. He peeked one eye open, and sighed in relief when he noticed that he was no longer free falling.
The shot cut back to the astonished castmates as the polite boy gently floated to the ground next to Alejandro and DJ.
"Ladies and gentleman," Chris announced. "Please welcome back... Victor!"
"Greetings everyone," Victor said with a bow.
"Victor!" Kitsune squealed, running to the boy and catching him in a bone-crushing hug. She released him and he shared a high-five with DJ and surprisingly Alejandro.
"So no one has a problem with this?" Heather asked irately. "What's the point of voting people out if he's just gonna bring them back later?"
"It's not my fault they had great lawyers," Chris said with a shrug.
"You sued the show?" DJ asked Victor.
"My mother filed against my wishes," he explained. "I had thought that the case would be thrown out."
"But his mom is crazy scary," Chris finished while a wide-eyed Chef nodded in the background.
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"That is not the whole truth," Victor confessed, "or any of it really. It seems that all contestants are contractually obligated to return and perform tasks for the producers if called upon. I am tasked with ensuring that two cast members last as long as possible. But in the event that I do make the finale, I am allowed to compete for the prize money... Perhaps a charitable donation will make me feel better for my future attempts at subterfuge."
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"Alright people," Chris told the cast, "time for your first big gig! Meet me at the big stadium in ten minutes," he walked past Sugar, "you can't miss it!" Chef followed him, carrying his drum kit it over his shoulder.
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The footage skipped ahead to the six teens walking along some sidewalk. Victor was out in front, followed by Kitsune and Alejandro who were amicably chatting, then DJ who was looking around searchingly, and at the end a furiously glaring Heather and annoyed Sugar.
"It occurs to me that Chris never gave us directions to the meeting place," Victor commented.
"Then he can't blame us for being late," Kitsune shrugged.
"I said ten minutes!" Chris suddenly said, looking at his wristwatch irately. "Not ten hours!"
The teens were shown walking up on some stage in front of a vividly-painted Rock-themed backdrop, complete with skull, fire, and guitars.
"You told us to meet you at the big stadium," DJ explained. "This is just the Gilded Chris Award theater!" The camera pulled back to reveal that it was in fact the amphitheate, the rock-themed stage having been set up on it, as well as the large screen seen during the intro recap at the start of the episode.
"And you might get dumped!" the host countered sternly before a smile reformed on his face. "Not bad. First step to becoming a Rock legend is to show up late for your own show. For your first challenge," he told the cast, "you're gonna be rockin' out on the guitar!"
Victor immediately raised his hand. "What if we do not know how to play the guitar?"
"Or any instrument for that matter?" Heather asked.
"Since I'm guessing none of you can read, let alone read music," Chris explained, earning himself six glares, "you'll be playing a guitar-shaped peripheral. The notes will be represented by colored notes on the screen, which correspond you your guitar." He motioned up to it, and it showed an image of a fake electric guitar with flashing colored spots on the neck. "You will play simultaneously, during which you'll be eliminated." The camera cut back to the group shot of the host and six castmates. "Every time you make a wrong note, bzzztt!" He mimed getting an electric shock.
"You're gonna electrocute us is we make a mistake?!" DJ asked in alarm.
"Me? Electrocute you?" the host repeated slowly and impishly. "Of course not!" The six players looked momentarily relieved before Chris added "The guitar will electrocute you!" The castmates gasped, and the host laughed. "But don't worry, you'll live!" he told Sugar. "Though you may never be able to play the piano again."
"I can't play the piano anyway," Sugar said.
"Or apply make-up," the host added with a sly smile.
"NOOOOOO!" Sugar dramatically cried in anguish.
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"Once, my mama tried to start a family band with me and my brothers," DJ told the confessional. "So, I'm good,"
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"Are you ready to rock out?!" Chris asked excitedly from his director's chair.
"For those about to rock!" Kitsune cheered as the camera cut to the cast mates holding their peripherals. "I salute you!"
"Yeah!" DJ cheered, sharing a high-five with the goofball.
"And...rock on!" Chris declared. The castmates were shown looking up at the screen as one. They were lined up in order with Sugar on the far left, then Heather, then Alejandro, DJ, Kitsune, and lastly Victor on the far right.
The large screen's guitar began to flash as a hard rock song started up, and the contestants began to play. Kitsune was focused on first, a smile on her face as her fingers rapidly struck the buttons on the face of her skull-shaped guitar.
The camera then panned over to Alejandro, playing at a similar pace on his flying V with intense concentration. His fingers started to fly faster, and he smiled.
"Wow!" Chris cheered. "Al's on fire!" He suddenly took on a nervous expression and added, "No seriously, his guitar's on fire."
The camera cut back to the charmer as he played on, although with a panicked look as his guitar was actually flaming. "A little help here?" He asked/yelled. Chef threw a bucket of water on him and he was shocked.
The camera followed Sugar as she jumped around the stage while playing her banjo shaped guitar, up until the point where she accidentally jumped off the stage and landed with a crash and pained groan.
"And that's two losers down," Chris commented. "And three to go."
The shot focus on Victor as he played a Union Jack patterned guitar. He was clearly missing some notes as he played, but managed not to hit a wrong note yet. "I do believe I am getting the hang of this!" He cheered... right before yelping as he was shocked. Chris winced.
Heather was the next on focused on, playing an acoustic guitar looking peripheral. With a scowl on her face she only played a note every few seconds. The notes on the monitor were shown again and the queen bee kept her erratic playing going for a few more seconds before hitting a wrong note. Her guitar actually exploded.
The camera cut to DJ playing a Canadian Flag themed peripheral expertly and dancing like Elvis and to Kitsune as she played while kneeling, then back to DJ's Elvis impersonation while Kitsune hopped past him on one leg. She crossed the camera again, this time sliding across the stage on her back.
"They are quite good at this," Victor said as the camera cut to the eliminated rockers.
The camera cut to a split-screen of the two remaining players as the each expertly played the remaining notes of the song. The song ended with a flourish of seemingly impossible notes that the two played perfectly, and Kitsune held her guitar over her head and smashed it on the ground.
"Nice one Kitsune," Chris admonished. "You broke it."
"You can't fight the power of rock!" She replied with both hands making devil horns.
"Impressive, both of you," the host told them. "But! The winner is..." The camera pulled back as Chef began a drumroll behind the host. "Kitsune!"
"How could you tell?" DJ asked. "We both hit every note."
"That you did," the host agreed. "However, Kitsune's playing made for a much more entertaining and engaging show. And everyone knows that you go to rock concerts for the performances just as much for the music."
"No hard feelings?" Kitsune asked holding out her hand.
DJ smirked, the shook the offered limb. "Just means I'll have to work harder next time."
"We'll be right back," Chris told the camera with a scowl after getting on stage between the two, "as soon as these two remember that they're on Total Drama and not Total Friendship."
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The episode returned to a number of camera flashes, courtesy of two people and the yeti raising their cameras above a silhouetted crowd. Chef was shown at the end of the red carpet in his tux just as the Lame-osine drove up, and the camera panned across the mostly excited castmates. Chef opened the limo's door, and Chris stepped out in his baby blue tuxedo.
"Welcome back to the Rock n' Roll Biopic edition of Total Drama Action," he told the cameras, speaking into a microphone as he approached the cast. "Now, in order to become a true rock immortal, you must know how work the paparazzi."
The camera cut to the amphitheatre-stage in the background beyond a crowd of silhouettes . The red carpet lay in front of the fake crowd, leading to a small building set on the left with a star on its door.
"The first part of your second challenge," Chris said as a few standees popped out of the ground at the end of the red carpet and slid down, "is an obstacle course of fans, photogs, groupies, and autograph hounds." The four standees were shown in a close-up: on the left was a young woman holding a pen and pad of paper; next was another young woman dressed like an 80s-era groupie; to her right was a fat, stubbly white guy with a polka dot shirt, reporter's hat, and camera; at the far right was a third woman with a camera in her hands as well.
"You'll start at the Lame-o-sine," Chris told the cast. "Walk up the red carpet," the camera panned away to the left, "past the obstacles," the camera cut to the obstacle course, "and finally backstage." The shot panned to the backstage set with the star on the door. "One of you will win. The rest will be celebrity roadkill. Kitsune," he approached the girl, "for winning the first challenge, you get our backstage pass," he handed her a pass, "so, you'll start halfway."
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"Shame this isn't a real backstage pass," Kitsune told the confessional camera, the pass already around her neck. "At least it looks like one." She looked down at it, and began to read. "All Access Membership, Buff and Tone Spa?"
The fox lover gave the camera a confused look, but was even more surprised when Chris, seemingly shirtless but with a towel around his shoulders, leaned into the shot. "Yeah, I'm gonna be needin' that."
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The footage resumed with a shot of Sugar, Alejanro, Kitsune, DJ, and Victor sitting in director's chair at the end of the red carpet, their eyes on the limo off-screen.
"Okay," Chris said from his spot next to Victor, "Heather, you're up first." The camera panned to the limo as the door. "Aaannd...action!"
Heather bolted out of the limo. "Heather's on the move," Chris commentated, the shot cutting to the queen bee as the fat man standee popped up in her path. "A paparazzi!" She smirked and stuck her hand in the camera lens just as the device flashed. "Quick thinking!"
The queen bee charged ahead, and was soon stopped by the autograph seeking standee. "Autograph hound!" the host announced. "Will she sign?" Heather stopped and seemed to consider it for a second, then rolled her eyes and moved on. "She won't! Too busy for the fans."
Only a few more feet down, the two paparazzi standees popped up. "Ooh! The tricky pap-cam-fan attack!" Chris said with a sly look. "Will she make it?" Heather paused in front of them just long enough to strike a small pose for each one as they took a photo, then huffed and resumed her sprint. "Heather stops for a quick photo-op before moving on."
The queen bee kept running, not even glancing when the groupie standee popped up. "Followed by a cold shoulder to the groupie!" Chris commented. Next in her path was a standee of a smirking white man in a white shirt with a bag hung on his outstretched hand. Heather paused to consider it for a moment, then took the bag and moved on. "And a clean swag-bag-grab!" the host said as the standee retreated into the ground. "Nice!"
A few moments later a waiter popped up holding a tray of what looked like some kind of small sandwich. Heather lingered once again before swiping one of the hors-d'oeuvres and leaving. "And a snack to go!" Chris said as the standee slid back down.
"Final obstacle: the vet!" the host said as a standee of a large and intimidating bald white man popped up just in front of the door.
The queen bee eyed him up and down. "Don't you know who I am?" She asked rudely. She smiled confidently as the bouncer-standee promptly retracted.
"Spoken like a true power-player," Chris said as Heather ran into the backstage room. "Nice moves," he added, walking up to her from the opposite side of the set as she finished her sandwich. "And good call on grabbing the swag. Lucky for you, you get to keep what's inside."
With a curious look on her face, the queen bee dug through the bag she was holding – and quickly took out a book with a picture of Chris' smiling face on the cover. "My autobiography," the host explained to her, "Volume I."
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"The only thing I needed after seeing that stupid smile was an official Chis McLean barf bag," Heather complained. Only for such an item, a used one at that, to be tossed on the table in front of her. "Did you have to use it first?" She complained to someone off-screen.
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"Kitsune, you're up!" Chris told the goofball, the two standing a little ways up the red carpet together. "Remember, you get to skip the Lame-o-sine and half the red carpet." He motioned down the carpet to the limo, and the camera panned back a few feet to show Sugar, Alejandro, DJ, and Victor still sitting in their chairs. "Annndd...action!
Kitsune took off and was soon stopped by the two pap standees. "The tricky pap-cam-fan attack!" Chris narrated as Kitsune slowed down. "What's the girl gonna do?"
She shot the two finger pistols as she strolled past. "The cool-guy double-point to the camera, a difficult move to execute correctly," Chris commented as the girl in question picked up her pace briefly before getting stopped by the autograph hound. She smiled and signed the notepad and resumed her pace. "And she follows it up with a quick autograph!"
The groupie popped up next, and Kitsune took off her headband and placed it on the cardboard girl. "If she were real, she'd be passed out right now," the host said, the camera cutting to Alejandro as he cast a pensive glance to his camo cap.
Kitsune came across the waiter, hesitated with her hand outstretched towards the plate of food, then shook her head politely and walked away. "Her first pause, but she decides against the canapé!" Next came the man holding the gift bag. She tapped her chin in thought for a moment, then kept going. "And the swag!"
Lastly was the bouncer, and goofball came to a complete stop in front of him. She flashed her pass with a smirk, and the standee retracted.
"Nice job," Chris told the girl as she made it backstage, both with smiles on their faces. "You lost some time with the waiter and swag bag, but got some extra points for pulling off those moves with the paps and the groupie."
"Sweet," Kitsune cheered.
"Next!" Chris called.
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The scene flashed back over to the limo as the door opened and DJ stepped out. He waved at the camera with a grin on his face, then started making his way up the red carpet with continued waves to the crowd. He soon came across the first standee and took the camera at an attempt to do a selfie with the standee. The flash dazed him and he stumbled forward.
The camera cut to Sugar, Alejandro, and Victor trying to avoid watching as several crashes could be heard off screen.
The shot cut back to DJ, now backstage, as he finally managed to shake the dazed look from his face. He was surprised to see that he was already backstage and that Chris was looking at him disapprovingly. The brickhouse looked behind him to see the numerous broken standees and winced at the cardboard carnage while Kitsune barely contained her giggles.
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Chris and Chef were shown standing by the bouncer which had been duct taped back together by a roll in Chef's hands. "Next!" Chris called, and the camera panned down the red carpet and past the other standees had been similarly repaired. Sugar was the next out, and she smiled brightly.
She ran up to the first pap standee and posed for the camera, then continued running. She passed stopped at the point where the second pap was supposed to be. She scratched her head in confusion, and was startled enough by its eventual appearance to back into the first standee. The force of her stumbling snapped it in two once again.
Chris just shook his head, and Chef readied another length of duct tape.
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The limousine was shown again. Alejandro stepped out of the vehicle and winked at the camera. "Alejandro Burromuerto has arrived." The charmer said before sprinting off. One by one the standees popped up along the carpet; the two paparazzi fans, the autograph hound, the groupie, the swag-bearer, and the waiter.
All were met with the same response, absolutely nothing. Alejandro ran past each and every one without so much as a glance their way, and when he got to the bouncer he flashed a face that could only be described as smolder. The standee retreated and Alejandro walked in.
"Impressive," Kitsune told him. "But I don't think that was the way to do things."
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Finally Victor's turn had arrived. He stepped out of the limo and bowed, then walked down the carpet smiling and waving. He stopped at the two photographers and posed for a number of pictures, then signed an autograph at the next standee before bowing and moving on.
He walked the rest of the way down the red carpet, waving at the groupie then swiping a swag bag and two sandwiches with a grateful smile to each one. At the bouncer he finally stopped and offered one of his sandwiches, smiling when the standee retreated. He entered the backstage set with a nervous look that turned into a grin when he was met by a pleased thumbs-up from the host.
A few more pictures were snapped by the hands raised above the fake crowd, and the camera pulled back to show Chef eagerly handing an envelope to Chris on the red carpet. "And now, the moment you've all been waiting for!" he announced, turning to the castmates as the background music became tense. "The photographic evidence! Let's see your best shots, shall we?"
The viewpoint moved over his shoulder as he took a stack of photographs out of the envelope. "Heather blocked," the top picture showed just a hand; "Kitsune pointed," the first picture was slid off, revealing a shot of the goofball pointing to the camera; "DJ crashed...natch," the next photo showed the brickhouse falling towards the camera with a panicked look on his face and the boy himself was shown smiling sheepishly; "Sugar did too," the next picture was of the pageant queen in mid-air and looking startled; "Alejandro posed... once," the only charmer was pictured winking at the camera; "And Victor posed more." The final photo showed the gentleman bowing to the camera.
"Which means we have a winner!" Chris declared, dropping the pictures back into the envelope. Heather was shown looking expectantly, but when the host announced "Victor!" the camera panned to him as looked back in confusion.
"I won?" The gentleman asked with a tone matching his face.
"But I did the best job avoiding the paparazzi!" Heather complained.
"Who said you were supposed to avoid the photogs?" Chris asked slyly. "The paparazzi means exposure, and no one did better at that than the always-polite Victor." The camera briefly cut to the queen bee glaring at the host in annoyance. "Victor wins an advantage in the next part of the challenge," Chris continued, "where you'll compete for invincibility.
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"Looks like Heather's little world where she's always the best is finally crashing around her," Kitsune mocked. "I'm so glad I was there to see it."
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"Finally," Chris said, having changed back into his usual outfit, "the ultimate rockstar challenge: trashing the hotel room." The camera pulled back, revealing that the host and cast were now standing in an entirely different set, one made up to look like a rather cheap looking hotel room with a single red full-sized bed.
"You've got thirty seconds on the clock," the host continued, "with Victor getting an additional ten for having won the first part of the challenge." The camera focused in on the gentleman as he smiled sheepishly, and Heather glaring at him. "Aaaaannd...action!" Chris quickly stepped away from the set, and the six castmates slowly dispersed around the room.
The scene pulled back and cut to the few from the control tent monitors watched by Chef, who'd also changed back into his standard attire.
The camera cut around the set as the cast attempted to destroy the room. Attempt being the key word.
First up was DJ as he hesitantly approached a table with an old-fashioned rotary phone and a pencil on it. He picked it up and dropped it on the floor, then tried to break it by stomping on it. His eyes widened and he brought his foot up and held it as he sighed in pain.
The shot cut to Chris and Chef inside the control tent. The two men glanced at each other, and the host shook his head disappointingly and wrote something down on a notepad.
Next was Sugar, who was standing next to a dresser with a lamp, picture frame, and mirror on top of it. She took the picture, of the host in his blue tux, and threw it on the ground. Chris was shown glaring at something before jotting down a few more notes.
The scene cut to Victor next to a small couch. The gentleman took off one of the cushions, then stopped and started digging for something.
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"I found three dollars worth of coins," he explained. "Who woud I turn this in to? I'd hate for someone to lose thier hard-earned money."
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the footage cut back first to Chef and Chris watching with interest, then to Heather as she knocked a small television set onto the floor. The queen bee then turned to a nearby potted then kicked it, somehow splitting the thing in two. The top half crashed into a wall. She grinned and crossed her arms, and Chris was shown nodding in approval.
Suddenly, Kitsune burst through one of the walls. She smirked at the dresser Sugar was near earlier and picked the whole thing up, then threw it out of a window at the other side of the room. Heather barely missed being hit with it and glared at the goofball.
With the gaping in shock, Kitsune jumped up and grabbed a boom mic, snapped it off with a small shower of sparks, swung it into a nearby wall like a hammer. The force knocked down the wall and started a chain reaction that knocked the other walls down. And for added measure, she tore the sheets and pillows from the bed in the center of the room.
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"Like I was gonna let Heather win another invincibility challenge," she defended.
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Chris stepped up with a stopwatch in his hand and called "Time! Victor, you now have an additional ten seconds," he told the gentleman. "Go!" He pressed the button on the stopwatch, and Victor just stood there with a blank look on his face. "I see your predicament. Thanks to Kitsune, there's nothing left to destroy. Which means, Kitsune wins invincibility!"
"Yes!" Kitsune cheered.
Now," the host said in a more impish tone as he folded his arms behind his back, "you've gotta decide who gets booted from the band!" Kitsune and Alejandro shared a conspiratorial look.
The footage skipped ahead to a full moon before flashing to the inside of the girls' trailer. Heather entered, drawing the attention of Kitsune and Sugar.
"You look like you've got something on your mind," Kitsune said suspiciously.
"I'll cut to the chase," the queen bee said. "I know Alejandro's plotting with the both of you to take me out." The other two girls looked at each other in shock. "And before you commit to anything, I'd like to remind you how everyone he allied with last season was eliminated as soon as he got what he wanted."
"That was last season," Kitsune retorted. "He's changed now."
"He may be more willing to work as a team, but he's always going to be an opportunist," Heather said.
"A what?" Sugar asked.
"It means, that he's always looking for ways to get what he wants out of people. But I wouldn't listen if I were you, Heather's just anxious about her upcoming elimination."
"Fine," the queen bee huffed. "But don't say I didn't warn you."
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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 Guided Chris.]
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Now, for total drama," Chris said from his podium as soon as the intro sequence ended. "Six left, one must go!" He held up three fingers on each hand, then swapped them out for only one on his left hand. "And, it won't be Kitsune." He pointed to the castmates in the stands, and the goofball smirked. She was sitting in the middle row next to Alejandro, with Victor and DJ above them and Sugar and Heather below. "Or Victor, since he just got here."
The viewpoint shifted over the shoulders of the cast mates as they voted. Heather voted for Alejandro, Alejandro voted for Heather, and the viewpoint shifted back to normal as Kitsune cast her vote.
Chris looked to his right, where Chef was waiting in his pink dress holding five awards. "Alright!" he announced. "The Gilded Chris Award goes to Kitsune and Victor!" The first two statues were tossed, and the two caught them easily.
"Sugar! And DJ!" The next two were caught with smiles and the two remaining villains leaned forward with nervous looks.
"Only one left," Chris. "The final Gilded Chris goes to...," The bottom two stared at the host more nervously than before and Chef was shown staring darkly ahead with the last award in his arms.
"Heather!" The queen bee caught her award and sighed in relief. "Alejandro's goin' home!"
"But there were five votes against Heather!" Alejandro yelled in protest.
Kitsune spoke up. "Not quite."
"Que?"
"Heather brought up a good point about you r voting habits last season, so the girls and DJ and I decided to vote you off now that we had the chance."
"Heather did this," the charmer repeated while glaring at the girl in question.
"I warned you not to try and betray me," Heather said while crossing her arms.
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"I know I told Al I'd vote fer Heather as soon as I could," Sugar confessed. "But this way I can cozy up to Kitsune and her gang, and tear them apart from the inside. I spent too long in Heather's shadow, but now I know exactly how I'm gonna win."
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The footage skipped ahead to Alejandro and Kitsune at the door to the Lame-osine. "For what it's worth," the goofball started. "I do consider you a friend. You just happen to be a friend that keeping on would be incredibly stupid. I hope you can understand."
The charmer smiled. "You aren't the one I'm mad at. Believe me. Good luck, Annoying Fox Child," he said with a sincere smile.
Kitsune laughed and gave him a light punch in the arm. "Shut up jerk. Anyway, I'll see you at the finale. You can't miss me, I'll be the one holding the million."
Alejandro let out a laugh of his own. "For some reason I believe you." He then got in the limo and was driven off the film lot.
Chris walked into view. "And on that note, TDA says goodbye to one of it's most devious players. Tune in next time for another hot rockin' episode of, Total! Drama! Action!"
(Roll the Credits)
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(Bonus Clip)
The Arch-Villain kept his joking demenor for all of three seconds before letting loose a primal and angry growl. "Esa brujita connivente!" He swore.
"Just when I had finally tossed off the the reputation caused by last season, she brings it up again. And to think, I really did plan on taking Kitsune to the finale with me. What better way to defeat mi enemigo más respetado?"
"Now I'm leaving with nothing..." he sighed sadly, "except a broken heart."
Author's Note Post Script: I'm fairly certain this one was a curveball. Sorry to Alejandro's fans, but it was time for an antagonist to be eliminated and I wanted to write a showdown between Heather and sugar more than anything involving Al.
I hope everyone enjoyed the bulk of his plot, him slowly becoming friends with his biggest enemy last time. I think it shows a lot of growth, while still keeping him his scheming self.
Of course the big story of the day is Victor's return. I know I said I wasn't going to use the mole plot, but I couldn't think of a real reason to bring him back. I did try and make his gaol more specific than, "stir up drama."
As always there's probably more that I'm forgetting right now and will answer in reviews. I'm honestly not sure about this chapter.
With that I'm signing off
-TotalDramaFan14
RDA ELIMINATION TABLE:
16th Place: Mike/Zoey
15th Place: Zoey/Mike
14th Place: Amy
13th Place: Noah
12th Place: Sky
11th Place: Harold
10th Place: Shawn
Eliminated: Victor
9th Place: Leshawna
8th Place: Sammy
7th Place: Duncan
6th Place: Alejandro