I'm back! Yes! I decided to come back and write up another chapter for my longest story so far, because I had an epiphany in school today. Well, maybe not an epiphany but still, it was a pretty good idea for a challenge (at least I think lol), so without further ado, chapter 11!
TDRTPI EP 7 PT 1:
"Welcome back to Total Drama! I'm you amazingly handsome host, Chris McLean, and this, is Total Drama Return to Pahkitew Island! Last time, we held one of the slowest challenges yet, Hold you Wee! In the end, it all came down to Nathan and Joey. Unfortunately for team Endeavor, Nathan lost the challenge, sending them to the elimination once again. There, Penelope got booted off after doing a lousy job in the challenge, and it looks like Nathan's pretty angry at Terrance! Who will win this next challenge? Who will finally be the one to boot Terrance off the island? Will Kayla punch him in the face again? All these questions answered, next, here on Total! Drama! Return, to Pahkitew Island!" The interns cut the scene and rolled the TDRTPI opening clip:
*TDRTPI opening theme song clip*
Camera flies past Chris and Chef who are running from a damaged Scuba Bear, and into the forest,
'Dear Mom and Dad, I'm doing fine'
*Harrison is rocking out on an imaginary guitar while listening to his iPod*
'You guys are on my mind'
*Ava, Victoria and William look at each other and raise their eyebrows*
'You asked me what I wanted to be' (Camera pans to nearby cliff in the forest)
*Ethan looks nervous to jump off the cliff into the water*
'And now I think the answer is plain to see'
*An impatient Terrance pushes him off and smiles*
'I wanna be famous'
*A loud smack is heard and Ethan is shown lying flat on the ground*
'I wanna live close to the sun' (Camera goes back to the cabins)
*Zach kicks a soccer ball at a wall that hits him back in the face*
'Well pack your bags 'cause I've already won'
*Isaac laughs while Zach is on the ground*
'Everything to prove nothing in my way'
*Nicky helps Zach up and glares at Isaac*
'I'll get there one day' (Camera enters the cafeteria)
*Joey is seen talking to Kayla and laughing before Rory starts speaking, annoying them both*
'Cause I wanna be famous'
*Madison is seen yelling at Rory to shut up from across the room, and Darryl, Penelope, and Alexander raise their eyebrows at her shouting*
'Na na nananana na nanananana na nanananana' (Camera quickly flashes to outside the cabins)
*Jenna is painting while Nathan is bouncing a ball off a wall when it accidentally hits her portrait messing her up*
'I want to be, I want to be; I want to be famous'
*Mark enters the other team's cabins while Kyle looks on with concern*
'I want to be, I want to be; I want to be famous'
(Camera returns to campfire with everyone sitting around it, and Joey and Kayla holding hands about to kiss. Their kiss is interrupted by Terrance who pushes Joey off his stump)
*Campers begin whistling around the campfire*
Zach was back out for his morning run today. His shoes dug deep into the sand as he rounded the beach for the fifth time. As he jogged, he unintentionally thought of when he accidentally ran into Nicky the last time he went running. He realized that he missed her, especially after episode 4 when they got into an argument. Zach just wished that they could still be friends.
"Hey Zach."
Unprepared for the sudden voice intruding on his thoughts, Zach stumbled and tripped over his own feet, sending him face first into the sand. Nicky ran up behind him and pulled him out of the sand. His face was covered in it, and it looked like he was a bit disoriented.
"Whoops! Haha, yeah sorry! Um, are you ok?" She asked.
"Hehe, yeah! I'm juuusst fine!" Zach said, though his eyes rolled around his head like marbles. Nicky sighed in relief.
"Ok good. I came to say I'm sorry for overreacting that last time, and that I was hoping we could still be friends?" Zach, who was still half out of it, nodded in response. "Good! I knew you'd say so, thanks Zach." Nicky hugged him before walking off.
-CONFESSIONAL-
"Ew, my hair is full of this sand! What was it that Nicky said again? I couldn't really hear her well…probably cause I've got sand in my ears as well! Ugh!" *Zach starts trying to wipe the sand out of his hair and ears.
(Zach)
-CONFESSIONAL-
"I'm so glad that Zach understands. I think last time I went really overboard for some reason, and I yelled at him for letting those two fall. But they landed safely, so I don't even know why I got angry at him. Meh, whatever, he said he accepted my apology, and I'm just glad we're friends again."
(Nicky)
Back in Team Challenger's cabin, Joey was just waking up. He opened his eyes groggily and was surprised that he had woken up on his own, instead of waking up to Chris's voice. But, it was only a matter of time before Chris would announce their next challenge on the loudspeaker. Joey hopped off the top of the bunk bed he was sharing with Kyle (who was currently fast asleep). With a yawn, he got changed into his normal clothes. Before anyone else could wake up naturally, Chris's familiar voice erupted from the loudspeakers.
"MORNING CAMPERS! MEET ME BY THE FOREST ASAP! ANYONE WHO IS LATE WILL RECEIVE A PENALTY!"
Soon, everyone scrambled to get dressed and meet Chris by the docks. Chris stood with Chef by the outskirts of the forest with a table holding up a chainsaw and a regular saw.
"So…anything interesting lately?" Chris said to Chef, trying to break the awkward silence while waiting for the kids.
"Uh, no. You?" He replied rubbing the back of his neck.
"Nope. Nothing." He said staring off as if trying to avoid Chef's face. Soon, some of the teenagers started appearing. Before long, everyone was there except for Zach, who had mysteriously disappeared. Chris counted the kids before him (twice to make sure) before asking, "Um, Team Challenger? I think you might be missing someone. Where's Zach?" Team Challenger looked around them until they spotted the soccer player approaching them slowly.
"Where were you? You just gave us a penalty!" Madison yelled at him as he stood next to Kyle.
"Sorry it's just," Zach started scratching his back and sides, "I've got sand all over me and it really itches. I was trying to get it out…" Zach explained. Madison looked as though she could care less,
"That's a weak excuse." She said flatly.
"Okay, well, even though Team Challenger won the last challenge, they arrived late, so as a penalty, their reward for this challenge has now been given to Team Endeavor!" A series of cheers erupted from Team Endeavor as a few glares focused on Zach.
"So, without a further ado, I will introduce today's challenge! Pirate Ship Wars!" Chris said happily before putting a pirate hat on his head. "Both teams will cut down some trees for limber using these tools," Chris gestured to the table with the Chainsaw and Saw.
"Since Team Endeavor gets Team Challenger's reward, they get the Chainsaw to use in the first part of the challenge, which is collecting wood. You will be given one hour to collect as much wood as you can to build your ship, starting…" As soon as Chris prepared to start the challenge, both teams got into ready positions to grab their tool, and begin working as fast as possible.
"GO!" Chris shouted happily. Both teams darted for their tool, and ran to the nearest tree. "Ah. Look at them go, ready to go to war, destroy each other, just for a million pieces of small green paper." Chris said as he gazed after the teens.
"Well ya know what they say. Money makes the world go 'round." Chef quoted, sending a small fit of laughter between the two.
*Team Endeavor*
As Team Endeavor grouped around a rather large tree, Darryl readied himself to use the chainsaw. He looked a little cautious to start it, but once he got it started, he looked quite confident he could handle it. Before long, he was sawing away at the tree while the others practically stood around waiting for the tree to drop. While they were waiting, Mark had decided to start making plans for the ship. He gathered the others.
"Listen up. We have a great advantage over the other team. Let us not let this go to vein. I suggest we start drawing up plans for our ship. Nathan and Alexander, you two should start planning on how it should be built. Jenna and Nicky, you two will draw out the format for them. William, you and I will supervise Darryl and help him transport the lumber." Nobody questioned his orders. For some reason, his voice had a ring to it that sounded as though he was meant to be in charge.
Jenna pulled Nicky over to the side and pulled out her sketchbook and handed a piece of paper to Nicky. She quickly started drawing up a schematic of what the ship would be like, while Nicky just watched her draw and admired her work.
Nathan and Alexander admired Darryl's handiwork as he finished cutting down one of the trees.
"If we're having 'Pirate Ship Wars, we're going to have some sort of projectile shooting device no doubt. Just like a battleship, it should have a rotating turret." Nathan said to Alexander as they discussed what their future ship should and should not have.
"That is, of course, if Chris doesn't want us to kill each other with swords at a broadside…" Alexander muttered while glaring at Chris while he sipped some lemonade. They would eventually bring their ideas over to Nicky and Jenna who were still drawing out the schematic.
William smiled happily as he helped Mark transport some logs that Darryl had cut to the center of their work station. Mark, however, looked somewhat irritated.
-CONFESSIONAL-
"He. Never. Stops. Smiling. It…disturbs me…"
(Mark)
-CONFESSIONAL-
"I'm glad Mark lets me work with him! We make a great team." (William smiles at the camera)
(William)
*Team Challenger*
While Team Endeavor was widening their lead between Team Challenger even further, Team Challenger was having internal debate. Madison was currently yelling at Zach for losing their reward.
"I mean seriously! You could've just done it when you got here! Is it really that annoying?" Madison ranted.
"Not. Helping!" Joey grunted as he and Zach sawed away at a large tree.
"Do you even want to win? It certainly doesn't seem like it if you keep that up." Madison continued.
By this time, many of the other campers had drowned her out. Zach and Joey were not making very good time. Every time Darryl cut down five trees, Zach and Joey were able to cut down one. There were seriously falling behind.
Kayla, Kyle, and Victoria were drawing in the dirt, trying to form some sort of design for their future boat, but they could not come up with anything realistic. Kayla drew some pictures of a pirate ship, but it looked like one from a fairy tale. Kyle drew a battleship, which was obviously way to modern, and Victoria just observed without saying anything more than usual.
"Well…I just hope that the boys have a better design then ours." Kayla said defeated.
"Hey!" Kyle objected. Kayla smiled,
"Sorry Kyle." While they were talking, they didn't happen to notice Terrance walking their way. When he reached them, he purposely trampled their pictures, distorting them as he dragged his feet across the dirt.
"Hey! What was that for?" Kayla said standing up. Terrance shrugged.
"Beats me. You were in the way." Kayla glared at him.
"You know, you could at least try to help our team win. I can assure you that you'll be the one going home if you don't!" She threatened. Surprisingly, Terrance walked up to her, and stared her down.
"You won't vote me out. If you do vote me out, I'll send your buddy Joey to the infirmary again, which believe me, is quite easy." It wasn't too much of a threat, but it was enough to shut Kayla up. She sat down grumpily, and stared back into the dirt. "That's what I thought." He said and snickered.
-1 HOUR LATER-
Both teams had gathered quite a supply of timber. In the center of each teams work station, laid a rather large pile of assorted wood from different trees. Team Endeavor's supply; however, seemed to quadruple Team Challenger's supply. Chris stared at his watch while he was getting a back massage from one of the interns and noticed that the first part of the challenge was now up. He sat up, and grabbed his nearby megaphone.
"ALRIGHT CAMPERS! PART ONE OF BUILDING YOUR PIRATE SHIPS IS UP! TIME FOR PART TWO! ASSEMBLY! GO TO CHEF'S WAREHOUSE AND GRAB SOME TOOLS TO ASSEMBLE YOUR SHIP! YOU'VE GOT ONE HOUR!"
"Chris! Those teens are gonna mess up my neat warehouse!" Chef complained. Chris rolled his eyes.
"I'll get one of the interns to fix it up later, relax." Chef crossed his arms and muttered something as he walked off.
Team Challenger had sent Kayla, Kyle, and Victoria to grab the tools from the warehouse, while Team Endeavor had sent Nathan, Alexander, and William. When the two groups entered the small wooden warehouse, they spotted an assortment of different tools. Without even thinking of what their purpose was, Kayla, Kyle, and Victoria started gathering tools along with the essentials (aka Hammer/Wrench). After seeing their strategy, Nathan, Alexander, and William followed suit, gathering as many tools as they could.
Hammers, Wrenches, Washers, Screws, Nails, Glue, Paint, Sandpaper, Screwdrivers, Staples, Tape, and many other building supplies were gathered in their expedition, and soon both groups exited the stuffy warehouse with arms full of tools.
*Team Endeavor*
Fatigue had started to kick in as Darryl finished another tree. His arms hurt like they would fall off at any moment, and he was sweating furiously. He slumped against the tree stump and closed his eyes, taking a rest from his hard labor.
Nicky and Jenna had come up with brilliant drawings of a schematic for their future ship. Thanks to Nathan and Alexander's ideas, they had added a great assortment of utilities that would help them get the upper hand in the challenge to come.
Mark grunted as he threw the last piece of wood that Darryl had cut into the pile. He grinned as he eyed the enemy's pile of wood. They didn't stand a chance. As long as his team followed his orders, they would have this victory in the bag.
The tool gathering party that Mark had dispatched earlier arrived and had started assembling their ship according to Jenna's schematic. Even though Nicky was supposed to help Jenna with the schematic, she insisted on helping put the ship together physically.
*Team Challenger*
Madison had FINALLY stopped pestering Zach and Joey, and had taken the liberty of drawing out a schematic for their ship upon herself. Zach and Joey were even more tired than Darryl, and had collapsed against the tree they were about to cut down. Joey looked over to Madison's drawing and had to admit, it was pretty good.
"Hey, is that our ship?" Joey asked.
"Yes, obviously." Madison replied, not even bothering to face him.
-CONFESSIONAL-
"I'm really not sure what her problem is. First she's yelling at us and won't take her eyes off us, and then she won't even admit my existence, and practically calls me a moron. Pfft, I just don't get her."
(Joey)
The three teens looked up when they spotted the majority of the rest of their team returning to them with arms full of tools. Madison stood up abruptly and approached them.
"About time. Alright guys, let's get this ship underway! Move it! Where's that idiot Terrance?" Madison looked annoyed that another teammate had decided to skip out on her.
One could practically guess where Terrance was. Spying on the other team of course. As he eyed their work station, he could see their schematic. Very interesting indeed. They even had a swiveling turret for some object shooting machine that Chris was sure to hand to the. However impressive this may be, Terrance still focused on his objective: sabotage.
Terrance crept over to a clump of bushes next to their almost completed ship. To his luck, Jenna had called the team over to observe her schematic. While they were distracted, Terrance quickly leapt out of his hiding place, grabbed a screwdriver, and loosened some screws on the swiveling turret. He snickered as he looked at his handiwork. Almost as quickly as he leapt out of his hiding place, he jumped back in before starting his journey back to his team.
Before they knew it, an hour had passed, and both teams had worked furiously and relentlessly to create the best ship possible, and to outdo their competition. Chris surveyed both teams vessels. Team Endeavor's ship looked quite durable and agile, while Team Challenger's seemed to look rather plain. While Endeavor's ship seemed like a realistic looking ship, Team Challenger's boat looked more like a raft with walls for protection and some space for the crew. Chris had 'generously supplied each team with a mast and sail to be supplied and installed by the interns.
"Well! I must say you both created very interesting ships here! But we haven't even arrived at the best part! The fighting!" While he was speaking, a large group of interns began transporting each vessel onto a rolling cart that would deposit the ship into the water. "After my interns finish transporting your ships into the water, you will each put an air cannon onto your ship. For ammo, you will use some of chef's famous Swedish meatballs! The objective is simple, eliminate the enemy crew, or sink their ship." Chris explained to them.
Chef appeared with a large bucket of his meatballs in hand. He deposited them before Chris who smiled. "You will each grab 10 meatballs for your ammo. Remember, you get no refills, so make your shots count!" Chris warned them.
"What happens if we all miss? Then what? Surely we can have some sort of refill?" Madison complained. Chris put his head in his hands.
"Ugh who are you Nathan?"
"Um, excuse me?" Nathan said.
"If you happen to miss all 10 shots, then Chef and I will randomly choose a team to lose and send someone home tonight, so make sure you hit someone!" Chris informed her. Madison took a step back and frowned. Chris put on his famous smile and continued, "Alright! Get on board your ships, and let's get this started!"
Each team boarded their vessel, and with a push from the interns, was sent into the middle of the water. The two ships were now parallel to each other, making bigger targets to hit for each of them. On Team Endeavor's ship, Nicky placed 9 of their meatballs in a small box and loaded one of them in the cannon which they had installed on their swiveling turret. Team Challenger had simply loaded their cannon and aimed it at the enemy best they could.
Chris and Chef had grabbed beach chairs and some popcorn and were now relaxing on the beach, on looking the onslaught that was sure to come. He whipped out his favorite megaphone, "ON YOUR MARKS, GET SET, GO!"
*Team Endeavor*
Every member on Team Endeavor's ship had a position. Nathan was ordered to steer their ship, Jenna handled the ammunition, Nicky helped aim the cannon, Alexander and William loaded the cannon, and of course, Mark supervised the whole operation.
Since the cannon was already loaded, Nicky was taking careful aim at the enemy ship. Even though their ship had its many advantages over theirs, it was bigger, making it an easier target. Nicky held her breath as the target lined up with her crosshairs. With a flex of her finger, she pressed the button that fired the cannon.
BANG!
*Team Challenger*
"Hurry up and get that cannon loaded!" Madison ordered. Kyle and Terrance were currently trying their best to get the cannon ready.
"Oh my god really? I had no idea! I thought we were just supposed to wait here till we DIE!" Terrance shot back at her as he dropped one of the meatballs into the cannon. Before Madison could respond, Kayla pulled her aside,
"Madison, I can't help but notice that you're digging yourself a bigger hole. They know what to do, just calm down and stop ordering them around. If you keep doing this, I can't guarantee you'll be on this island for much longer." Kayla informed her. Madison looked ready to explode,
"I HAVE EVERYTHING UNDER CONTROL! STOP-Stop-stop-oh my gosh I-I-I can't breathe I'm-I'm hyperventilating!" Madison began to panic. In response, Kayla did one of the things she did best. Kayla brought Madison into an embrace.
"It's ok Madison. Just calm down. You are in control. Just…be a little quieter and nicer!" Kayla ended the hug and placed her hands on Madison's shoulders. "Okay?" She asked smiling.
-CONFESSIONAL-
"What was that? Sometimes I think she lives in fairyland, but honestly, her niceness just pours out of her she's got so much of it in her….wow…She even helped me get control over myself."
(Madison)
"Yeah. Thanks." She said, smiling back for the first time. Suddenly, Kayla's eyes widened,
"Look out!" she screamed. Joey, who was steering, used the small paddle they had made to start moving them out of the way of the incoming meatball. They had just moved out of the way when the meatball made splashdown nearly a foot away from their boat.
"Cannon's ready!" Kyle reported. Zach manned the cannon, and lined the crosshairs up with Team Endeavor's ship. With a short pause, he fired off the meatball.
BANG!
"Let's keep moving! It'll make us a harder target!" Madison suggested. Everyone took notice that this time; it was a suggestion more than an order.
*Team Endeavor*
"Miss! Hurry and load another!" Nicky said impatiently as she eyed the other ship. Mark was also surveying the other ship, and noticed that it had fired its cannon.
"Nathan! Get us moving! Incoming meatball!" Mark instructed. Nathan nodded and started paddling the boat forward. Both team's ships were now circling each other. Meanwhile, the shot from Team Challenger soared overhead towards Team Endeavor's ship.
"Duck!" Nicky said as she dodged the incoming shot. Instead, it landed with a splat on William's face.
"AAAAAHHHH! IT BURNS! GET IT OFFF!" He shouted as the red hot meatball burned his face. He began frantically running around the deck of the boat before jumping off the side into the water to cool his face. 'Great! Now we're down a loader! It's going to take even longer to load the cannon!' Mark cursed to himself. He reluctantly walked over to the cannon and started loading the meatball into the cannon using the tongs Chris had given them to avoid touching them.
Nicky stood back up and got ready to fire the cannon as Alexander and Mark loaded the cannon.
Nathan watched the other ship as he steered. He saw that it too was moving. "Mark! Their ship is moving too! Nicky, you're going to have to fire ahead of the ship now to actually hit it." Nathan reported.
"Good to know, thank you Nathan." Nathan nodded,
"Just try to hit that Terrance kid for me." He said smiling as the thought of Terrance getting a shot to the face entered his mind. William, who had fallen into the water, now swam to shore where he would wait till the challenge ended.
"Wow! This is intense warfare! Who will be burned like William? Which ship is more seaworthy? Will Terrance get what he deserves? Next time, here on Total, Drama, Return to Pahkitew Island!" Chris said throwing his arms in the air.
Just so you all know, I was viewing other fanfics of TD and I remembered I didn't do the theme song for the opening, so here you go. I hope it was good enough, it was actually harder than it looks. Anyway, another 2-parter episode for TDRTPI!