Author's Note: Wow, this is a long one. Let me know if it's too long or it's okay so I can plan out my next chapter better.
"Thanks for joining us on another exciting episode of Total Drama Refresh," Chris greeted. "Last time we had the Awake-a-thon where both teams had to resist the urge to fall asleep. Things got intense between Edward and Sophie. But in the end it was the Killer Flounder who won and bossy Jasmine who got the boot. It's only been one day since that challenge and many of the campers are still exhausted. But that's what'll make today's dodgeball challenge interesting. So get ready, set, and let's go…"
(Theme Song Plays…)
(Screaming Badgers Cabin)
In the girl's side of the cabin, only four remained. Sophie was snoring loudly and Sooz was busy texting. Victoria was scribbling something in her notebook and Beatrice came over to investigate.
"What's that?" she asked.
"Oh, this is my shipping log," Victoria explained. "As an avid fan of romance I feel that it is my duty to make sure that I match up all the perfect couples before I leave."
"Aw, that's so sweet of you," Beatrice exclaimed. "Is my perfect match a certain muscular, blond guy named Lionel?"
"It's possible," Victoria said with a shrugged.
"Oh," Beatrice sighed downtrodden. "You don't think so?"
"Well, maybe," Victoria said. "I'd have to give it more thought. But right now I'm working on Dirk…I'm thinking that he and Matthew would be nice together."
"Wait a minute…Matthew?" Beatrice exclaimed. "Dirk's gay?"
"Of course," Victoria replied.
"How do you know?" Beatrice asked.
"Well, it's obvious from the way he dresses, talks, and acts," Victoria said with another shrug.
"I thought was just his way," Beatrice said.
"Trust me, when you're a genre savvy fangirl you tend to pick up on these things," Victoria assured.
Meanwhile, in the guy's side, Lionel had gotten up first and was doing sit-ups in the middle of the room.
"I always start my morning this way," he exclaimed even when no one had asked. "Exercise is really important to me."
"Well, that's…nice," Brady said.
Tony just shrugged as he watched him. Bobby was drawing something on a sheet of paper. As Brady approached he saw that he had designed several blueprints that were strewn over his bed.
"What are you working on?" Brady asked.
"None of your business," Bobby replied curtly.
From his bed, Eliot eyed Bobby suspiciously.
"Hey," Dirk said from behind him.
Eliot leapt up in surprise and whirled around.
"Don't do that," he gasped.
"Sorry, sorry," Dirk apologized. "You don't seem too tired considering how long you stayed up."
"Oh no, I've got to stay in a constant state of adrenaline," Eliot explained. "If I let my guard down long enough I could live to regret it. You never know when the aliens will strike."
"I see," Dirk replied. "So, what were you looking at?"
"It's…probably nothing to worry about," Eliot said.
Confessional:
Eliot-That Bobby is looking more and more suspicious every day. It's not natural for a human boy to have such an inventive mind. I'm onto him and I'm not going to let my eye off of him.
Lionel-I've let Tony get the lead, but I've got to such the ladies of the island who the true master of sexy is. I hope this time we have a challenge that actually requires strength, 'cause that's sure to get the girls' attention…especially that blue-eyed beauty.
(Killer Flounder Cabin)
In the boys side the guys were slowly dragging themselves out of bed. Edward rubbed his eyes groggily as he yawned.
"So, what do you think the next challenge will be?" he asked.
"I should probably remember it from when I watched Gwen," Michael sighed, "but I'm just too tired to sleep."
"Someone should get Matthew up," Edward suggested before yawning again.
"Why?" Parry moaned. "Sleep is the only escape one can hope for the unending suffering that inevitable comes with every waking hour. I wouldn't wish this eternal punishment on anyone."
"Thank you, Parry," Michael sighed sarcastically. "I feel so inspired and optimistic right now."
"You guys, what's taking so long?" Montana exclaimed as she burst into the room. "Come on, come on, let's go. There might be a challenge today."
"You know, what's the point of dividing the genders if you're just going to come in here unannounced every morning?" Michael scoffed.
Over in the girls' side Nicole was fiddling her fingers nervously as she sat on her bed.
Eventually she said, "Everyone, I have something that I'd like to say. I know that I haven't been much help to the team yet, but I promise that I will prove my worth before the end of today."
"Hooray, Nicole!" Annie cheered.
She and the other girls clapped for Nicole happily.
Confessional:
Nicole-I know enough about this show to know that people who don't contribute can easily become targets for elimination. I didn't jump on the first challenge and I fell asleep pretty early in the one after that, but this time I'm going to really show what I got.
(Mess Hall)
Nearly everyone was in a state of exhaustion as they ate the food that Chef served them. With slow motions they clumsily worked the slop into their mouths. The Screaming Badger table had a fair share of tension among it. Dirk was looking at Eliot curiously, who was looking at Bobby suspiciously, who was looking at Lionel resentfully, who was looking at Tony smugly. Brady was at the end and trying to keep a smile despite the clear unease.
"Wake me and you're dead," Sophie barked before she collapsed her head against the table.
"Well, I sure hope that there's a challenge today," Lionel announced. "That way I can really show off my skills."
He sent a grin at the three girls sitting across from him. Beatrice smiled back infatuated, Sooz ignored him as she kept her eyes on her phone, Victoria only smiled politely. Lionel's smile broadened as he looked at her.
The Killer Flounder table was slightly friendlier. Edward was still incredibly groggy and looked on the verge of falling into a deep sleep. Momma DJ was somehow slicing her sludge like a pie while Greta looked on in admiration. Ethan was aimlessly dragging his fork through the sludge.
"Whoa, I think I'm starting to see a face in here," he exclaimed.
"Well, I can't wait to see what challenge we get to do next," Annie exclaimed. "Whatever it is, I'm sure it'll be tonnes of fun."
Matthew grinned at her. Michael just shook his head.
"From what my sister tells me, these challenges are far from fun," he said. "I mean, she was probably just being a baby and exaggerating, but I'm sure it's going to be no picnic."
"It doesn't really matter what the challenge is," Parry sighed. "Eventually every single one of us will come to a challenge that we can't complete and have to leave and return to painful reality."
"I keep telling you, everyone except one of us will go home, right," Montana said.
"Whatever," Parry scoffed.
Chris entered and blared his air-horn with a sadistic grin.
"Hey, hey, we're already awake," Greta moaned.
"Well…most of us are," Beatrice commented as she pointed at the sleeping Sophie.
"Hey, when I want your attention, I get it," Chris declared. "And the reason is…it's time for the dodgeball challenge."
Annie began clapping, Lionel pumped his fist, Bobby scoffed, Nicole just slapped her face.
"We're dead," she moaned. "We don't stand a chance."
"Hey now, what happened to your attitude this morning?" Montana asked.
"Well, I'm still going to give it my all, but look at who they've got," Nicole said. "Tony and Lionel are just brimming with testosterone and if Sophie wakes up she will be one powerful force of nature. And who do we have?"
She gestured at Ethan staring up into space, Parry drawing on his wrist, and Edward who could barely keep his head up.
"Me, that's who you got," Montana declared.
Confessional:
Bobby-Great, another stupid physical challenge. Luckily, I should be able to come up with just the invention to win over my team.
Lionel-Finally something I can really display my skills in. Once this challenge is done I'll have all the ladies all over me.
Annie-This is going to be so much fun. I mean, this is what I really came out here for, to compete in fun, but challenging, activities.
Nicole-I know that my little speech of despair probably wasn't the best way to win my team over, but come on, we are doomed.
(The Dodgeball Court)
Ten campers stood on either side of the green court.
"Alright, first let's go over the rules," Chris said. "The goal of the game is, simple enough, to dodge the balls. If you are hit, you are out. However, if you manage to deflect a ball to hit an opponent then they are out. If you go one step beyond that and actually catch a ball then not only will the thrower be out but you can also pick one player to come back in the game. It will be the best three out of five. Oh, and each team needs to start with someone sitting out."
The teams got together to discuss who would be sitting out.
"Well, it's no question about it, we can't wake up Sophie," Beatrice exclaimed.
"It was hard enough carrying her here," Tony scoffed.
"For you maybe," Lionel retorted. "I would have had no trouble with it."
Meanwhile, the Killer Flounder were also in discussion.
"I'll sit out," Parry volunteered. "At least that way I can avoid the physical pain. Sadly there's no escape from the emotional pain that I feel every day."
"Alright, that's settled, let's play some dodgeball!" Annie giggled eagerly.
"Are the teams ready?" Chris announced. "Annnnddd…go!"
"Here I go," Nicole exclaimed as she stepped forward. "I'm going to—Oof!"
A ball smacked right into her face and knocked her to the ground.
"Oh my gosh, I'm so sorry, Nicole," Victoria apologized.
"I feel dizzy," Nicole moaned as she sat down next to Parry.
"Aha, I got one!" Annie laughed as she picked up a ball.
She began to twirl around and tossed it. Unfortunately she was facing the wrong direction and ended up knocking Michael over.
"Oopsies," Annie exclaimed.
Michael rubbed his head and sat down with the others that were out. Edward slapped his forehead in frustration, then had to dodge a ball thrown by Tony.
"Hey, check this out," Lionel called, particularly to Victoria.
He grabbed a ball and threw it with great force. It ended up knocking off Momma DJ's hat.
"Does that count?" Greta asked.
"You bet it does," Chris said with a smirk.
Momma DJ stuck up her nose in annoyance and walked over to the bench. Matthew managed to grab a ball and feebly rolled it at the other team. It was easy to dodge, except that Sooz was too busy chatting on her phone to notice it as it rolled into her foot.
"Sooz, you're out," Chris informed.
Sooz shrugged as she sat down next to the sleeping Sophie.
"Take this!" Beatrice exclaimed as she tossed a ball.
"Ethan, look out!" Edward shouted.
"Huh," Ethan muttered as he didn't budge.
The ball landed on his head. He simply shrugged and sat down.
"Wow, you guys really suck," Chris laughed.
"Alright, looks like it's up to Montana, right," Montana laughed as she jumped for a ball. "Eat this!"
With a powerful toss she was able to catch Victoria off guard.
"Don't worry, Victoria, I will avenge you," Lionel promised as he tossed a ball at Montana.
Montana rolled out of the way just in time though.
"That's so chivalrous of you," Beatrice exclaimed to Lionel.
Brady had caught a ball by now and tossed it at Greta.
"Eep!" she exclaimed as she punched it away.
The ball bounced back and hit Dirk.
"Greta is safe and Dirk is out," Chris exclaimed.
Montana had managed to collect a group of balls which she was tossing at the opposing team. Brady and Eliot both awkwardly dodged them.
"Come on, Eliot, just pretend that they're alien eggs," Victoria shouted out.
"Aliens eggs?" Eliot cried. "Get me out of here."
The redhead rushed to the edge of court and crawled out.
"That counts as an out," Chris said.
"Well that was stupid," Victoria sighed as she slapped his forehead.
"Both teams are down to five members," Chris exclaimed. "If neither of you catch any balls this round will be over pretty soon."
"Montana, you need to catch one," Edward ordered. "It's the only way we can get back ahead."
Montana nodded and waited for a ball to come her way. When it did she launched forward and grabbed it.
"Alright, Montana," Chris exclaimed. "Brady, you threw that ball, so you're out. And Montana, you may pick one member out to come back in."
Montana looked at everyone sitting on the bench. Nicole was nodding at her, Michael was pointing at himself, Momma DJ waved at her, Ethan just stared off as usual. Parry shook his head as she focused on him.
"I choose Parry, right," Montana decided as she shot him a smile.
Oh joy," Parry moaned as he took a step forward.
He was immediately knocked over by a ball from Tony.
"Parry is now out again," Chris declared.
"Oh joy," Parry echoed as he sat back down.
Edward had managed to grab a ball. His throw lacked strength, though, as he was still tired. It bounced past the Screaming Badgers, but managed to tap Bobby on the foot. Bobby at the time had been too engrossed in his designs.
"Way to go, nerd," Lionel sneered.
Bobby just gave him a cold stare and sat down.
"Now I can work on this in peace," he declared.
On the benches, Victoria realized that she was sitting close to Dirk. She moved towards him and smiled.
"Hey, Dirk, isn't Matthew amazing?" she asked.
"Well, he's doing pretty good," Dirk commented. "But if we're discussing the other team, I think Montana is the real star."
"Hey, hey, Victoria, look at me," Lionel called. "Victoria, you're not looking, I'm about to do something awesome."
However, since Lionel was so distracted he didn't see a ball from Montana coming straight for him.
"Keep your eye on the game, Lionel," Victoria said as he sat down next to her.
"I will if you keep your eye on me," he replied with a smug grin.
Beatrice and Tony were both shooting balls at the Killer Flounder.
As one ball zoomed towards Annie, she exclaimed, "I got this."
She delivered a kick to the ball and sent off to the side. Unfortunately, that was right where Matthew was standing.
"Eek, I'm so sorry," Annie cried.
"How many times has someone said that this challenge?" Edward moaned to himself.
Victoria noticed that Matthew was now sitting down on the edge of the Killer Flounder bench.
"You should go talk to him," Victoria told Dirk.
"But he's on the other team," Dirk pointed out.
"So? Jasmine's gone and Sophie's not going to be waking up anytime soon," Victoria pointed out. "I don't think anyone else cares."
"Well, he does look a little lonely," Dirk noted as he moved to sit next to him; he then said, "Hi."
"Hi," Matthew replied meekly.
Back in the game, Tony fired many powerful shots, but only at Edward. The upper-class boy jumped from side to side frantically.
"Hey, lighten up," he complained.
Eventually one of Tony's many shots managed to hit his target right in the chest.
"Great job, Tony," Beatrice exclaimed. "Now we've just got three more."
Tony looked nervously at Annie, Greta, and Montana.
"I dunno," he mumbled.
"What's the matter?" Beatrice asked.
"I don't know if I can hit a girl," Tony answered. "It just feels wrong."
"Oh," Beatrice said not knowing what else to say.
"Incoming!" Montana laughed as she launched another shot.
This one bowled over Beatrice.
"Well, it's all up to you now," Beatrice said as she left.
Montana continued her relentless attack on the one remaining Screaming Badger. Greta and Annie tried to help out, but they couldn't keep up. Tony made no attempt to retaliate and just dodged the balls.
"Come on, Tony," various Badgers cried from the benches.
Eventually Victoria got an idea as she said, "Tony, if you don't want to hit them, you can still catch a ball to bring one of us in."
Tony nodded as tried to catch one of the many fast balls that Montana fired at him. He readied himself and dived for one. He missed, however, and this left him open for another attack. Montana fired one more shot and got him out.
"And the Killer Flounder win round one!" Chris cheered. "Both teams have five minutes to discuss who will be sitting out and what their new strategy will be. Then we start round two."
The Screaming Badgers clumped together as they planned their next step.
"We need to wake up Sophie," Victoria declared. "With Eliot missing in action we're already short one."
"Well, if you want to wake her, be my guest," Beatrice said nervously.
Everyone glanced at the sleeping Sophie uneasily. Brady stepped towards her slowly. He poked her shoulder once, then pulled back.
"Yep, I don't think she's waking up," he exclaimed shakily.
"Well, you know who could help out?" Lionel said. "Chatty Soozie over here."
Everyone then turned to face Sooz who, as usual, was talking away on her phone. Victoria stepped forward and ripped the phone out of her grasp.
"Hey, I need that!" she snapped. "Lucy was about to tell me what Chad actually thought of Mary."
"You can get it back after you help us win the next round," Victoria declared.
Sooz growled at her, but just said, "Fine."
"Actually, there's really no need to worry," Bobby declared. "While I was on the bench, I managed to put the finishing touches on my Dodgeball Cannon."
He held up a small, but wide, sleek silver pipe. It had several wires sticking out of it and a large button on one end.
"That piece of junk is supposed to help us?" Lionel laughed scornfully.
"No, it will help us," Bobby declared icily. "Any ball launched out of here will be undodgeable."
"Well, as long as it helps us, I say we give it a try," Brady exclaimed.
Meanwhile, the Killer Flounder were in their own discussion.
"Okay, we pulled through," Edward said. "And we learned a few things. One: Montana is by far our strongest player; I say we rely our strategy on her. Two: Tony can't hit girls, we can use this to our advantage. And three: Annie is too dangerous to have on our team, so she'll be sitting out this round."
"What?" Annie whined. "But I really want to play."
"It's for the greater good," Edward declared. "I can't risk you knocking anyone else out."
Annie pouted as she sat down.
"Does this mean that I have to play then?" Parry asked.
"Yes, and I don't want to hear anything about your constant pain," Edward declared.
Parry just rolled his eyes.
Confessional:
Edward-It was a tough call. Ethan doesn't even know what we're doing, Greta is a walking target, but Annie is the weakest link. If I learned anything from season 1 is that having someone as clumsy as her on your team is just a death sentence.
Annie-I can' believe this, I wanted to compete, not sit on the sidelines. Oh well, I'll be a good sport, and I'm sure they'll bring me back in eventually.
"Alright, it's time for round two," Chris announced. "Begin!"
"Okay," Nicole exclaimed as she stepped forward, "This time I—Ow!"
"I want my phone back," Sooz snarled as she launched a ball at Nicole.
"Not again," Nicole moaned as she sat down next to Annie.
"Behold, my boomerang attack," Montana cackled as she threw a ball.
Brady ducked but the ball whirled around and hit him on the head.
"Ha," Montana cheered. "You see, 'cause I'm Australian, right, I have boomerang related techniques, right."
She gave a wink to Chris who gave her a thumbs up.
"Get me a ball," Bobby ordered his team. "I need to use my cannon."
"Worth a shot," Victoria exclaimed as she grabbed a ball and tossed it to Bobby.
Bobby shoved the ball inside his cannon and pointed it at the opposing. He pushed the button and in an explosion the ball blasted forward. It crashed into Momma DJ and knocked her right through the fence and outside.
"Okay, I'm going to have to outlaw that," Chris declared.
"Yeah, that could totally hurt someone," Annie exclaimed.
"No, because I have a budget and we can't risk any major damage," Chris corrected.
Bobby grumbled angrily as he kicked his cannon away.
"That's no way to play the game anyways," Lionel said. "This is!"
He tossed a ball that smacked right into Parry.
"Ow, I'm out, I guess," he sighed in monotone.
Tony followed up by launching several balls at his opponents.
"Show off," Lionel grumbled.
"And you're not?" Victoria scoffed.
One of Tony's powerful shots managed to hit Michael. Another one went for Edward. However, Edward came up with an idea.
He dived behind Greta and exclaimed, "I'm behind a girl you can't hit me."
"That doesn't mean that I can't," Lionel declared as he launched a ball of his own.
It crashed right into Greta.
"Thanks," Edward said as she left. "You were a great shield."
"Well, I try," Greta exclaimed as she sat down.
Montana had accumulated a collection of balls which she was now tossing in a massive onslaught. Victoria, Dirk, and Tony were all hit.
"Come on, hurry up," Sooz complained. "I want my phone back."
She shot an angry toss at Montana. Montana just rolled out of the way, but Ethan was behind her. He was hit and moved to sit down.
Beatrice had managed to grab a ball and exclaimed, "Take this!"
She launched the ball, and it soared right over Matthew's head. This allowed Edward to catch.
"Beatrice, you're out," Chris announced. "And Edward, pick a player to bring back in."
"Ooh, ooh, me, me, me," Annie begged as she raised her hand.
Edward stroked his chin as thought.
"I'll take Nicole," he decided.
"Aw man," Annie moaned.
"You won't regret this," Nicole promised. "I will get someone out this time."
She grabbed a ball and prepared to throw it at Lionel. However, at that minute the sun reflected off his bare chest and caused her to be momentarily stunned. Lionel grinned at her and still in a trance she smiled back, then Sooz knocked her over.
"No!" Nicole pouted as she returned to the bench.
"Montana, you need to go for Sooz," Edward ordered.
"On it," Montana exclaimed as she fired several shots at Sooz.
Sooz managed to dodge them, but Bobby behind her wasn't so lucky.
"Okay, only two Screaming Badgers remain, Sooz and Lionel," Chris declared. "And only three Killer Flounder are left, Edward, Matthew, and Montana. Who will pull through?"
"Me!" Lionel and Montana both announced at the same time.
Lionel fired a ball at Montana who just laughed as she rolled away. Montana returned the shot, but Lionel was quick too.
"This is taking too long!" Sooz complained as she grabbed as many balls as she could find.
She then began pelting the other team relentlessly. Edward, Matthew and Montana were all knocked down. Matthew and Edward got up and walked over to the bench, but Montana just revealed that she had caught the ball.
"Sooz, you're down," Chris declared. "And Montana, who do you want this time?"
Annie was jumping up and down eagerly. Edward pointed at Annie and shook his head.
"Hm, I think I'll go with Parry again," Montana said. "You really need to get into the game, right."
Edward punched his face while Parry moaned,"Why do you insist on torturing me like this?"
"You need to learn to really play the game, right," Montana answered. "Then maybe you won't be so down."
"If only all my depression could be erased by a single game," Parry sighed glumly.
"Lionel, you can do this!" Beatrice shouted out.
"Anything for you, gorgeous," he said, however, once again, his attention was more focused on Victoria than Beatrice.
Montana and Lionel began bombarding each other with balls. Parry shrugged as he watched from behind Montana. Lionel grinned as he switched his target to Parry.
"Look out!" Montana cried as she shoved him aside.
This led to her being hit instead.
"Yes!" Lionel cheered.
At the same time Edward moaned, "No!"
"You can do this, Parry," Montana assured as she kicked a ball towards him. "Use the boomerang attack."
"Ha, hit me with your best shot, wimp," Lionel laughed.
Parry shrugged again and threw the ball unenthusiastically. Lionel ducked and kept laughing. Then the ball whirled around and smacked him right in the back of his head.
"Ha, boomerang attack for the win!" Montana cheered.
"And that's too wins for the Killer Flounder," Chris announced. "Screaming Badgers, you'd better pull it together soon or else you'll be finished before we even get the round five."
"Gimme my phone," Sooz barked as she swiped it back. "I did what you said and we still lost. Now I need to Twitter about it."
"Well, things aren't looking so bright for us," Victoria sighed
"If Chris let me used my machine we wouldn't have a problem," Bobby pouted.
"Hey, just accept it, nerds everywhere suck at sports," Lionel scoffed.
"Well, I didn't see you exactly winning the game for us," Bobby retorted. "In fact, you were beaten by a, as you put it 'wimp.'"
"I think the only way we're going to have a chance is if we…wake up Sophie," Victoria sighed nervously. "So…who wants to wake her?"
Everyone looked at each other uneasily.
"Oh, I'll do it," Dirk finally came forward. "I mean, she can't be too angry."
Dirk moved over to Sophie and began poking her.
"Sophie, Sophie, get out," he prodded.
He sighed as he decided to hold her nose. After a few seconds, Sophie bolted up.
"Who the hell did that!" she snapped.
"I did," Dirk answered. "Because we need you to win the game for us."
"I warned you," Sophie growled as she jabbed her finger at Dirk. "You will regret that."
"You need to chill out," Dirk replied. "Smile more, you'll live longer, you know."
Sophie was about to complain some more when she spotted Edward strategizing with his team.
"What's the score?" she barked.
"Two-nothing," Victoria answered.
"Fine, rich boy is going down," Sophie declared viciously.
Meanwhile, Edward was discussing the strategy with his team.
"You just have to put me in this time," Annie begged.
"I'm sorry, Annie," Edward said, "but they've got Sophie up now; she's going to be taking us out all over the place. We don't need you helping her."
"M-maybe sh-she," Matthew stuttered.
"No discussion," Edward declared. "We just need to win one more time and we'll have this down. Our strategy has worked so far, so let's just go for. And Montana, no more taking a dive for someone else; you're too valuable to waste."
"Get ready," Chris exclaimed. "Start!"
"Go, go, go, no mercy!" Sophie barked at her team.
Tony, Lionel, and Victoria ran forward and grabbed a group of balls. The Killer Flounder weren't as fast and Montana only managed to grab one ball.
"Take them down!" Sophie ordered.
Balls flurried all across the court. Greta, Momma DJ, Michael, and Matthew were all taken out.
"Ha, I'm not first this time!" Nicole cheered.
A ball from Sophie knocked her to the ground though.
"Why?" she moaned as she crawled back to the bench.
Montana had managed to evade all the shots aimed at her and also kept hold of her ball. With a toss she launched it forward and got Sooz out.
"We can still do this!" Edward told his team. "Just make sure Montana stays in."
Dirk grabbed a ball and spun it with a twirl. It soared towards Ethan, who surprisingly managed to catch it.
"Don't worry, little ball, I got you," he said to the ball.
"Dirk, go sit down," Chris said. "Ethan, pick someone to return to the game."
"Me!" both Annie and Nicole cried.
"Okay, I'll take the cute girl," Ethan said.
"He means Nicole," Edward said.
"Aw thanks, Edward," Nicole exclaimed, but then, "Hey, did you just call me cute because you don't want Annie back in?"
"Hey, you're in, stop complaining," Edward replied.
Montana had managed to gather enough balls for a small attack. She still managed to take out Victoria, Beatrice, and Bobby though.
Annie had taken to talking to Matthew now, "I'm really sorry I got you out. But I think I could actually help the team."
"I think so too," Matthew agreed.
Suddenly Dirk was shoved towards them by Victoria.
"Oh, hi Dirk," Annie greeted. "You were pretty good so far."
"Thank you," Dirk said with a small laugh. "I'm sure if you went back out you would be just marvelous out there."
"Even with Sophie back in action, the Killer Flounder still have one more player in," Chris commented.
"Not for long," Sophie growled. "Brady, go for Nicole, Lionel, you can handle Ethan and Parry, Tony, you take down Montana, and I'll handle Edward."
Brady, Lionel, and Sophie went to action, but Tony was looking at Montana uneasily. Balls flew in both directions, but in the end Edward, Nicole, Parry, and Ethan were all taken down. Tony, however, didn't attack and this made him an easy target for Montana.
"What was that?" Sophie complained. "You just stood there."
"I don't hit girls," Tony declared as he sat down.
"Fine, there's still three of us and only one of her," Sophie declared. "We can take her."
Balls were hurled at Montana, but she rolled from side to side laughing.
"Die!" Sophie roared as she tossed a ball.
Montana kicked it aside and it crashed into Lionel.
"Alright, just you and me," Sophie said to Brady.
Brady was then immediately hit by another shot from Montana.
"Fine, just me," Sophie growled.
Sophie grabbed a ball and tossed it with fury. Montana dodged and launched her own shot. The two went back and forth for a while with no progress being made on either side. Eventually Sophie switched her strategy. She held her ground and waited for Montana to launch another ball. Then she reached out and just the last second. She caught the ball.
"Montana is out!" Chris cheered. "That means that the Screaming Badgers when their first game. Once again, you'll get a quick break for any planning."
"I'm disappointed," Sophie declared to her team. "Maybe I didn't make myself clear enough, but I don't like losing. I don't lose. So next time I don't want to be the last one standing. I want that team wiped out before we even lose half over our team. Got it?"
Everyone swallowed and nodded. Even Sooz put down her phone to participate.
"I really, really, really, really want to go out," Annie pleaded.
"I'm sorry but even you're the only member who doesn't have some use," Edward pointed. "Ethan can catch a ball in midair, Parry has already master the boomerang attack, Greta makes a great shield."
"What about Michael?" Annie pointed out. "He hasn't done anything at all this challenge."
"Well at least he doesn't hit his own teammates," Edward argued.
"I told you, I'm sorry," Annie said with a hint of anger.
"I'm sure you are," Edward said. "And you'll probably be sorry when you lose us the challenge, but that won't change anything."
Annie sat down angrily, but Matthew approached her.
"Don't worry, I'll bring you in if I catch the ball," he promised.
"Aw thanks," Annie exclaimed as she gave him a brief hug.
"On your mark," Chris announced. "Commence!"
(Mess Hall)
Chef had been preparing another batch of his trademark slop for dinner when he heard a noise. He scratched his head and looked outside. He was surprised to see a fort that looked to be made entirely made of tinfoil in a tree.
"Hey, what is this?" he barked.
Eliot's head poked out and he exclaimed, "It's much worse than I thought. The aliens are already here, we've got to protect ourselves."
Chef just shook his head and muttered, "Kids these days."
(The Dodgeball Court)
It had been a brutal match. Sophie had led her team into a slaughtering victory. All of the Killer Flounder were rubbing sore parts of their body and moaning. Except Annie who was just complaining that no one had brought her in again.
"Wow, that was scary," Chris commented. "When we edit this for TV we're probably going to have to cut to a semi-related side story during that match. But, anyways, the teams are tied that means that whoever wins the next round will win the challenge."
"You just have to put me out there," Annie exclaimed. "This is my last chance. I mean, you put Nicole out and she gets hit immediately every time.
"I don't know," Edward muttered.
"Stop being so stubborn!" Matthew shouted surprising everyone, himself included, but he continued. "You just don't want to admit that you were wrong about not putting Annie in. Well I think that she could help us win and that's what we need for this round."
Edward glared at Matthew but then sighed, "Fine, fine, sent her in. Michael, you can sit out, you've had no relevance in this challenge whatsoever, I doubt that'll change in this round."
Michael shrugged as he sat down.
"Let's get this over with," Edward sighed.
"Last round," Chris declared. "Go!"
Sophie ordered her team to charge. A barrage of balls soared at the Killer Flounder. Annie squealed as she tried to dodge them. Montana performed various gymnastic movements to avoid the balls. Nicole grabbed a ball and growled. She tossed it and slammed it into Brady.
"Ha, ha, I'm not useless!" she cheered.
However, by the time that Sophie's onslaught had ended, Greta, Momma DJ, Matthew and Ethan were all out.
"Alright, no more Miss Nice Australian," Montana declared as she tossed three balls at Sophie.
Sophie rolled out of the way, but the balls split off into three different paths. One hit Bobby, one hit Beatrice, and one hit Dirk.
"Parry, use the boomerang attack," Edward ordered.
"Okay," Parry muttered as he tossed his ball forward weakly.
The ball immediately pulled back and slammed Parry in the face.
"Yeah, that happens sometimes, right," Montana pointed.
"Thanks for letting us know in advance," Edward sighed sarcastically.
"We are not losing this!" Sophie barked at her team.
Lionel, Tony, Victoria, and Sooz all grabbed balls with determination. Montana dodged, Annie jumped, Edward was too slow.
"Edward, to the bench with you," Chris ordered.
Sophie noticed that once again Tony was hesitating.
"Just throw the ball," she ordered.
Tony's target was Nicole. He sighed as he tossed it lightly. This made it easy for Nicole to catch.
"Why thank you," she exclaimed as Tony sat down. "I guess I'll bring in Michael, might as well give him some time to shine this match."
Michael smiled at Nicole as he stepped forward. Meanwhile, Victoria had formed a new idea.
"Hey Sooz, I think that Chad has something trivial to tell you," she said. "You'd better hurry up and win this."
Sooz ground her teeth as she launched ball. It headed right for Annie. Montana, however, jumped in and kicked in to the air. The ball came crashing down on Lionel.
"We're losing!" Sophie growled. "I told you, I don't lose!"
She grabbed a ball and with furious force knocked over Nicole who was bowled back into Michael.
"Both of you are out," Chris declared.
"Well, I tried," Nicole sighed.
"Oh, you're going to pay for that, right," Montana exclaimed as she rolled a ball.
The ball weaved between Sophie and Sooz and hit Victoria. As Victoria sat down she spotted Sooz's found.
"Hey, Sooz, you have ten missed messages," she called.
Sooz growled and tossed several balls at her opponents, but couldn't hit them.
"Forget this," she scoffed. "I've got a better idea."
She then dropped a ball on her foot.
"Oops, I'm out," she said. "Gimme my phone."
"Ugh," Victoria moaned. "I've really got to work on my genre-savvy abilities."
Sophie was not ready to give up though. She tossed ball after ball at her two targets. They began ricocheting off the floor and walls. Montana and Annie both hopped from side to side as they tried to avoid them. Eventually, Montana slipped and fell down to her knees. A ball from Sophie took her out.
"Great, it's over," Edward said. "All that we have is Annie. We're doomed."
"We've all been doomed from the start," Parry moaned.
"Hey, I don't want to hear from you," Edward snapped.
Annie was frozen with terror. She stood in the center of the court shaking with fear.
"You can do it, Annie!" Matthew called.
Sophie grinned evilly as she threw a final ball. Annie closed her eyes and cringed, but couldn't move. The ball hit her square on the chest where it bounced off, hit the ground, bounced back up and smacked Sophie in the face.
"And the Killer Flounder are the winners!" Chris announced.
Sophie looked ready to explode. She marched over to her team murderously.
"Weak, guys, very weak," she growled. "I'd like to tell you who was the biggest failure, but frankly that's just too hard of a decision. So, I'll let you decide who you're voting for, but if you even think of voting for me, I will find out and make you regret it."
Meanwhile, the Killer Flounder were cheering for Annie.
"Good job, Annie," Edward said softly.
Confessional:
Nicole-Well, I didn't really prove anything today, but that's okay because we won. But next time I'll be the one they cheer for.
Edward-This isn't good. We win despite my strategy. If people start thinking that I'm an incompetent leader, my dream could be ruined. No, I'll have to take care of Annie and Matthew soon.
Victoria-Hm, I didn't really make much project on my Dirk/Matthew project, but maybe I should let Dirk know what I'm planning. I'm sure he'll love the idea once I explain to him.
Bobby-Well, we lost, but this is a chance for me to get rid of one of those muscle-heads. Lionel is a jerk, but he could be useful for later challenges, Tony, however…what good is he going to be if he won't hit girls?
(The Screaming Badgers Cabin)
Dirk, Beatrice, Eliot, and Sooz had all been gathered by Bobby again. Tony was absent this time
"Guys, it's time to discuss who we're going to vote for this time, "Bobby said. "I suggest Tony. He's not going to be much use when he won't hurt girls, especially since half of the other team is girls. Not to mention how he doesn't talk too much, he could be hiding something. All and all I don't trust him."
The others nodded in agreement with what Bobby was saying.
"And, I hope you'll forgive my mishap today," he continued. "Chris was being unfair, but you saw how genius my invention was. I can guarantee that my inventions will help us in a lot of the upcoming challenges."
Once the group returned inside, Beatrice decided to talk to Lionel while Victoria approached Dirk.
"I thought that you were really dashing in today's challenge," Beatrice said to Lionel.
"Why thank you," Lionel said. "The admiration of a beautiful girl more than makes up for my defeat."
Beatrice giggled at his comment; however, her laugh was incredibly graining. Lionel looked repulsed until she stopped laughing.
Meanwhile, Victoria was saying to Dirk, "Look, I probably should explain. Today I was trying to hook you up with someone."
"Oh that's so sweet of you," Dirk exclaimed. "Annie does seem nice, but I don't think she's right for me."
"Oh no, you misunderstood," Victoria exclaimed. "I was trying to get you with Matthew."
"Matthew?" Dirk said confused. "But…why?"
"Well, I just thought that you two would be so cute together," Victoria said. "I mean, I haven't concluded if he's gay yet, but he's probably the most likely."
"Well, that's nice and all," Dirk said awkwardly. "But I'm not."
"Not what?" Victoria asked.
"Gay," Dirk answered.
Confessional:
Victoria-I don't believe this. I thought that after watching movie after movie and reading book after book, I'd know all there is to know about tropes and genres, yet nothing is working out like I planned today.
Lionel-I think Beatrice is a little too into me. I mean she's nice and all and I love the attention, but that laugh tears it. And besides, once I start dating Victoria she'll have to move on.
Beatrice-Lionel has been looking at Victoria a lot today, and she didn't seem too confident about us getting together. Maybe she's trying to steal him for herself…nah, she wouldn't do that.
(Campfire)
"Screaming Badgers, welcome to your second elimination in a row," Chris announced. "I saw a lot of potential in some of you, but I saw a lot of suck in some of you too. So let's see who's staying and who's going."
Sophie glared at her team. All of them shuddered slightly in fear.
"Safe tonight are…" Chris announced, "Victoria, Lionel, Beatrice."
The three walked up to get their marshmallows. Beatrice smiled at Lionel who smiled at Victoria who didn't seem to be paying attention.
"Also safe tonight," Chris continued. "Brady and Dirk."
The two cheered as they received their marshmallows.
"The rest of you have reason to worry," Chris declared. "Eliot, you were absent for the majority of the challenge, Sooz, you threw the challenge so you could talk on your phone, Tony, refusing to hit girls might have been a bad idea, Bobby, you're invention turned out to be a little useless, and Sophie, well, you're just big and scary."
"I think that's a reason why people shouldn't vote for me," Sophie declared.
"Well these next three marshmallows go to," Chris continued, "Sophie, Bobby, and…Sooz!"
Eliot looked at Bobby angrily, then he realized that he was in the bottom two. Tony remained unfazed.
"And the final marshmallow of the night," Chris concluded, "goes to…"
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"Eliot!"
Tony sighed and hung his head down. He didn't say anything as he slowly walked down the Dock of Shame and stepped on the Boat of Losers.
"Bye, Tony," Dirk called. "We'll miss you."
Tony shot a small smile at Dirk before taking off into the darkness.
Votes:
Sophie-After much thought I've decided that Sooz has to go. She purposefully threw the challenge right in front of me when we were the last two left. She has to pay for that.
Bobby-As much as I'd like to get rid of Lionel, for now I'll have to settle for the next best thing, Tony.
Beatrice-Bobby brought up some pretty good points. I really hate to vote off someone as nice as Tony, but better him than me, I guess.
Tony-Sophie can't intimidate me, I vote for her.
Eliot-I'm betting that Bobby only has me in his little alliance is so he can keep me close. Well that works both ways, I vote for him.
Brady-Well, I like mostly everyone on the team, but Eliot kind of blew it. He just abandoned us during the first round.
Sooz-Yeah, yeah, whatever I vote for Tony. Now I need to Twitter my vote to the world.
Victoria-After much consideration I've decided that Eliot is the weakest link. We just can't rely on him.
Lionel-Duh, I vote for Tony. Once he's gone they'll be nothing to steal away Victoria's attention.
Dirk-I think that Bobby is making a mistake in voting off Tony. I vote for Sooz, she seems more useless. But don't tell Bobby I said that, I'd hate to become his next target.
(Playa Des Losers)
Tony sadly stepped off the boat and onto the glamorous resort. He was immediately stopped by a furious Ezmyralda.
"So, you don't like hitting girls?" she snarled. "What's the matter, think that we can't handle ourselves, eh?"
Tony just smiled and said, "When you say 'eh' you sound like—"
"No I don't!" Ezmyralda shrieked.
Tony sat down on a seat next to Jasmine while Ezmyralda continued to rant.
"You're gonna want these," Jasmine said as she handed him a pair of earplugs.
(Conclusion)
"Another day done," Chris said. "How will the Screaming Badgers fare now? Will Sophie take charge, or will her terrifying ways be too much for some people. And what about Edward and the Killer Flounder? Is he in trouble, or is it Annie and Matthew who should watch out? Be sure to come back next time as the plot thickens on Total…Drama…Refresh!"