"Welcome, you're watching the wondrous show known as Total Drama Refresh," Chris announced. "Last time we learned the fears of all the campers, or all but one. Edward refusing to reveal his fear cost his team the challenge, whatever his fear was it must have been worse than bunnies, cotton candy, and Mickey Mouse all put together. Tension is quickly growing between Annie and Edward, Sophie and Lionel, Beatrice and Victoria, and plenty of others. An explosion is inevitable between all of them, when and how will it happen? Let's keep watching and see…"
(Theme Song Plays…)
(The Beach)
Both teams had once again decided to spend their morning at the beach. On the Screaming Badger side Lionel was lying in the sun, while Eliot helped Dirk make a sandcastle. Over at the Killer Flounder side Momma DJ had set up a grill and was cooking burgers for the eager teammates. Victoria spotted Beatrice and tried to approach her; Beatrice immediately looked the other way. Victoria sighed and looked behind her; she saw Edward smiling at her.
"Hi there," she exclaimed as she sat down next to her.
"Reconsidering my offer?" Edward asked.
"I just need someone to be with who's not going to blow up at me," Victoria sighed.
"I'll try my best," Edward said with a smile.
"Say, what was your fear? I've been dying to know," Victoria asked.
"Now, Victoria, someone as clever as you must know that it's a bad idea to reveal weakness," Edward said. "Especially to someone from the other team."
Sooz, unsurprisingly, was sitting off to the side with her eyes glued to her phone. Brady sighed as he sat down next to her.
"Really, Sooz, you can't spend the whole season with your eyes fixated on a digital screen," Brady said with a small smile.
"Is that a challenge?" Sooz exclaimed as she looked up at him returning his challenge.
"I just don't get it," Brady laughed. "I came here to meet new people, but you can't really do that when you're always in a digital world."
"Well, that's great for you, but I'm only here for the five million dollars," Sooz said. "And I don't see any reason why I can't spend my time texting."
Beatrice had spotted Lionel and sat down next to him.
"Hey there," she greeted; then in one breath she quickly said, "I know there's been a lot of drama going on with us already, and I think that part of that might be my fault. So I want you to know that I'm willing to take it a little slower. Maybe we could start out as just friends and build from there."
Lionel didn't reply; he was too busy eyeing Sophie as she arrived.
"There she is," he muttered. "Thinks she's so tough; well, she wasn't so tough when she had to face her pathetic fear."
Beatrice looked a little confused as she said, "Uh, yeah…Sophie, she's…"
Lionel had gotten up by now and walked up to Sophie.
"You look like you've had a rough night," he taunted. "Did you have a nightmare about bunnies?"
Sophie instantly slapped him across the face. Beatrice looked like she was about to say something, but one glare from Sophie silenced her.
"Never mention that again," Sophie growled.
Lionel sighed as he rubbed his face.
"Are you okay?" Beatrice asked once Sophie had walked past them.
Lionel remained silent as he continued to glare at Sophie. Meanwhile, on the other side, Montana was trying to play pass with Parry.
"Come on, mate, just catch the Frisbee," Montana exclaimed as she tossed the Frisbee at him.
The disc just bumped into Parry's head before flopping to the ground.
"Ow," he muttered.
"Come on, Parry, just pick up the Frisbee and throw it this way," Montana urged. "It's fun, you'll see."
"This is pointless," Parry sighed.
"Come and get it," Momma DJ called out as she finished her cooking.
The Killer Flounder grouped towards her eagerly.
"Hey!" came Chef's angry voice as he marched out. "No one cooks here, but me!"
He kicked over Momma DJ's grill and spilled the food over. This was met by a collective groan.
"Well, I never," Momma DJ sniffed as Chef marched back to his kitchen.
While the group sighed and dispersed again, Annie grouped up with Nicole and Ethan.
"Okay, guys, we need to talk about Edward," Annie declared. "We need to get rid of him at the next chance we get. He can't be trusted and he could sabotage us at any time."
"I don't know," Nicole said uneasily. "I mean, yeah, he's definitely a little crafty, but I feel like he's one of the few people who can actually be relied on in this team."
Annie sighed then asked, "What do you think, Ethan?"
"I think…" he said dreamily, "that the wind is whistling in rhythm to a tune. I think it's either 'The Can-can' or 'Oh Canada.'"
Annie rubbed her temples as she glanced over at Edward talking with Victoria.
Confessional:
Annie-Great, I'm on a team of people too gullible to realize the threat that Edward poses. How am I supposed to get rid of him now?
Nicole-Edward is one of the only guys on this team, this show even, that's somewhat sane. I feel like if I need an ally he's the best one to rely on.
Ethan-Yep, after a bit more thinking, I'm pretty sure it was 'The Can-can.'
"Campers, it's time for a challenge!" Chris announced as he rang a bell at the shore.
The campers sighed as they left behind their beach time and grouped around Chris.
"So, as you can see here, we've got some canoes set up," Chris pointed out. "And this challenge is to—"
"Canoe to Boney Island where we have to portage our canoes to the other side and build a bonfire," Victoria finished.
"Impressive," Edward exclaimed.
"Yes, but it'll be a little different this time," Chris declared. "Since explosive bonfires tend to lead to investigations from the RCMP, we've decided to change it up a bit. Instead, in the midst of the terrors of Boney Island, you'll each find a crystal totem. You must retrieve this and bring it to the other side of the island. Once there you must find an altar to place your totem, the sunlight will be reflected into a beacon. Once you've finished you must race back to Wawanakwa Island."
The teams divided up again as they began to plan out who would be in which canoes.
"Alright, before we break into groups," Sophie declared, "I have a rule. You must work with someone that you have nearly no connection with. I don't want any fights breaking out and I don't want you too busy flirty. I want to win."
She stepped out to Lionel and stared him in the eyes as she asked, "Is that going to work you?"
Lionel had trouble meeting her gaze, but he answered, "Absolutely,I was planning on working with my buddy, Dirk."
Lionel slid over to Dirk and put his arm around him.
"I'm your buddy?" Dirk asked.
"Sure you are," Lionel replied.
"And I'll work with Eliot," Beatrice exclaimed as she grabbed Eliot's hand.
Eliot immediately pulled it away complaining, "Please, personal space."
"I don't mind taking Sooz," Brady offered.
"And you're probably the only one," Victoria added.
"Okay, that leaves Victoria, Bobby, and myself to be the final team of three," Sophie declared.
Meanwhile, the Killer Flounder were also discussing.
"Ooh, ooh, I'll take Parry, right," Montana said. "I'll make sure that he doesn't throw the challenge by trying to drown himself or something."
"Lucky me," Parry sighed.
Annie was examining her choices carefully; she eventually decided, "I'll go with Nicole."
"And that leaves me with Momma DJ," Edward declared, "and…Ethan."
He sighed as he looked at the dazed boy.
"Alright, teams, get ready," Chris announced.
Everyone jumped into their canoe and grabbed an oar. Sooz had to be guided on by Brady, who handed her an oar.
"Go!" Chris shouted.
The canoes took off. Some pulled ahead, while some fell behind. Eliot was nervously looking around at the water surrounding them.
"Looking for aquatic aliens?" Beatrice giggled.
"How did you read my thoughts?" Eliot cried. "This tinfoil headband isn't working anymore, I need a new one…"
"No, no, it was just a guess," Beatrice explained.
"Right, a guess," Eliot said with a hint of suspicion.
Taking the lead was Sophie, Bobby, and Victoria. Sophie and Victoria were stroking vigorously, while Bobby was occupied with something else.
"I think I have just the thing to improve the speed," he declared.
"No!" Sophie barked. "The last time you tried to invent something I ended up paralyzed for the rest of the night."
Bobby protested, "But this will work, and it'll help us—"
"What part of 'no' don't you understand?" Sophie shouted as she grabbed the gadget in his hand and tossed it into the water.
"That could have helped us win," Bobby pouted.
"I don't need help to win," Sophie declared.
Behind them came Edward, Momma DJ, and Ethan.
"Come on, come on, they're pulling ahead of us," Edward said.
He then noticed the reason why they weren't going any faster.
"Ethan, you're paddling in the wrong direction," Edward pointed out.
"Am I?" Ethan asked. "Or is it that I'm paddling in the right direction, and it's the lake that flowing the wrong way?"
Ethan clenched his fists and growled.
"You look stressed, sweetie," said Momma DJ as she reached into her purse. "Here, have a lozenge, it might help you stay calm."
Edward accepted the lozenge and immediately crunched it to pieces. Falling behind were two boats with people who weren't trying. Sooz paddled half-heartedly with one hand as she texted with her other hand. Parry, meanwhile, just wasn't putting any energy into his strokes.
"You know, Sooz," Brady began, "you say that you want to win the five million dollars, but don't you think that spending all your time on your phone will get you voted off."
"No," Sooz replied. "It's called flying under the radar. As long as I don't get involved with the drama, no one will have any reason to vote me off."
"What about you, Parry?" Montana asked, overhearing their conversation. "Are you flying under the radar too?"
"No," Parry answered. "I just don't care."
"Then why would you come to this show if you have no hope of winning?" Montana asked a little frustrated.
"I thought that it would be an escape from the burdening pain of reality," Parry explained. "It turns out, I was wrong, and I might as well get voted off now, while I still have a slice of dignity."
"You know what, Parry, before you do leave, I promise, I'm going to make you forget all your misery," Montana declared. "Even if it's just for a minute."
Meanwhile, in the middle of the race, two different groups were planning out a scheme. First, Annie was still trying to convince Nicole to get rid of Edward.
"I'm certain that he set up Matthew," Annie continued. "He sabotaged the challenge and made it look like it was his fault, just so he could get Matthew eliminated. Think about it, anyone of us could be next."
"Like I said, I don't agree with sabotage and scheming," Nicole said. "But as long as I stay on his good side I think that he will be a good ally. I want to win, and to do that I need to plan who will be the most valuable friends."
"But you can't trust Edward," Annie pressed. "He could turn on you just like that."
"Well, I'll have to be careful then," Nicole replied.
The other group conspiring was Lionel and Dirk.
"Sophie has got to go," Lionel declared. "But the problem is everyone's afraid of her. And with good cause, she's only shown to be quite violent. But that's where you come in."
"Me?" Dirk asked uneasily.
"That's right, you don't seem to be so afraid of her," Lionel explained. "We need to work together to convince everyone to vote off Sophie at the next chance we get. And to do that we need to prove that she's not so scary. We already know her hidden fear; with a bit more work I'm sure we can break her."
"I don't know," Dirk said as he fidgeted his fingers. "I don't like all these scheme things. And Sophie isn't too bad."
"She's got everyone in a state of fear," Lionel said. "She's not above using physical violence to assert her dominance. Sure, no one's been seriously hurt so far, but when she gets really mad she could break someone's arm or something. We need to get rid of her before that happens."
"Uh…okay," Dirk said meekly.
The first group to arrive at Boney Island was Sophie, Victoria, and Bobby.
"Come on, grab the boat and let's go," Sophie ordered.
"Can't we…take a quick…breather?" Victoria asked.
"No, we have the lead and we need to keep it," Sophie declared as she already began lifting up the boat.
Bobby and Victoria sighed as they joined her. The three took off into the foreboding forest. Not too much longer, Edward, Momma DJ, and Ethan arrived. They were all exhausted a collapsed on the sand.
"I have just the thing," Momma DJ declared as she again searched through her heart.
She pulled out a couple of water bottles with her face on them.
"Momma DJ's patented ultra-water," she explained. "It's 2% more refreshing than normal water."
She handed a bottle to Ethan and Edward who drank it eagerly.
"Alright, let's keep moving," Edward said once he was finished. "Sophie's group already has the lead. We've got to move fast."
The three lifted up their canoe and began carrying it into the forest. The next two groups to arrive were both from the Screaming Badgers. Lionel and Dirk joined up with Beatrice and Eliot.
"Let's make sure we stick together," Beatrice said. "I might need someone strong like Lionel to protect me."
After them came two groups from the Killer Flounder, Nicole with Annie, and Parry with Montana.
"Let's go, let's go," Montana chanted. "We gotta win this."
Annie and Nicole agreed with her enthusiasm, Parry just remained neutral. They took off while Chris and Chef watched from their helicopter.
"Now everyone has arrived on the island," Chris narrated. "The Badgers have the lead, but the Flounder are catching up—"
"Uh, boss," Chef said as he pointed down at the lake.
Chris looked down to see that Brady and Sooz were still in the middle of the lake making minimal progress.
"Okay, make that almost everybody has arrived," Chris corrected. "But this doesn't make the race any less intense."
(Boney Forest, Screaming Badgers)
Sophie marched through the thick vegetation with determination while Victoria and Bobby strained to keep up. Victoria tried to rest against a tree, but immediately recoiled in pain.
"Ow, even the trees are vicious here," she moaned.
Eventually, the three came to a clearing. A large ruby idol was placed on a smooth stone. However, it was surrounded by a pack of woolly beavers.
Sophie glanced at her two panting companions and declared, "I'll handle this."
She tossed aside the canoe then stepped out towards the pack. They turned to face her and growled menacingly. Bobby, meanwhile, began pulling bits and pieces out of his pockets.
"What are you doing?" Victoria asked.
"Sophie thinks that my inventions are useless, but I'll show her when I get rid of all these beavers," he declared. "I just need a few minutes."
Victoria glanced at Sophie who had just marched up to one of the beavers and punched him in the nose.
"I think that she can survive for that long," Victoria declared.
The beavers began circling Sophie, ready to attack now. Sophie waited, unfazed. A beaver charged, she moved out of the way at the last second. This caused the beaver to slam into another one. However, this just made them angrier. More than one began leaping at Sophie, she was finding it harder to keep dodging them. She received several cuts along her arms as she tried to defend herself. Of course, she was able to deal a fair amount of damage back at the beavers as well.
"How's that thingy coming?" Victoria asked slightly anxiously.
"It's just about done," Bobby declared. "This should scare them off."
He revealed what looked like a metal soccer ball covered in blinking lights. He kicked it out towards the pack who all investigated it curiously. Then it started shooting blaring lights in all directions. The beavers let out hissing sounds before they took off in all directions.
"You did it!" Victoria cheered.
However, her joy didn't last long. One of the fleeing beavers spotted her and began chasing after her instead. Victoria, being nowhere near as daring as Sophie, immediately ran as fast as she could. The beaver was fast though and gained on her quickly. Victoria cried out as it jumped towards her.
"Leave her alone!" Lionel cried as he swung in by vine.
He stretched out his feet as he slammed into the prehistoric beaver. He managed to knock the beast away from them. The beaver decided that it would be better to flee. Lionel then let go of his vine and landed next to Victoria.
"Well, you're certainly lucky that I showed up when I did," he declared as he smiled at Victoria.
"Oh, don't think I'm going to fall for the knight in shining armor trick," Victoria scoffed.
"Huh?" Lionel asked.
"You think that just because you saved me I'm going to fall head over heels for you," Victoria explained.
"Well, that would be nice," Lionel said.
"Sorry, not going to happen," Victoria concluded.
It wasn't long before Eliot, Dirk, and Beatrice joined up with them.
"Is everyone okay?" Dirk asked.
"I think so," Victoria said. "Sophie and Bobby are around here somewhere."
They managed to find Sophie, with the ruby totem, glaring at Bobby angrily.
"I told you that I could handle it," she growled. "You're interference could have wrecked everything."
"You were not handling it," Bobby protested. "If I hadn't saved you—"
"What's this?" Lionel exclaimed mischievously. "Our fearless leader needed to be saved by the nerd. What's the matter; did a herd of bunnies attack?"
Sophie grabbed a large stick and hurled it at Lionel. He didn't have time to dodge and was knocked to the ground. As Lionel rubbed his head, he glanced at Dirk.
"Now, now, let's not fight amongst ourselves," Dirk said.
Sophie ignored him and said to Lionel, "I'm warning you, if you mention that one more time, you're going to be the one who needs saving."
"Every second we spend arguing is time that the other team can use to get ahead," Dirk pointed out.
That got Sophie's attention.
"Let's keep moving," she ordered. "We got what we need."
The campers grabbed their canoes and prepared to move on. As they began to head out, Lionel rubbed his chest where he had been hit.
"I can't believe she did that," Beatrice exclaimed to him. "You've got to stop provoking her, though; I'd hate to see you really get hurt."
"I don't think she's serious," Lionel said, though it was through clenched teeth. "She thinks that she can intimate us with some harsh threats and a few sticks here and there, but other than that, I doubt she's really that dangerous."
"She looked pretty serious to me," Beatrice argued. "I wouldn't put it past her to do something crazy."
"Well, we won't have to worry about her if we vote her off," Lionel pointed out.
"Shh!" Beatrice urged. "If she hears you, she's really going to be mad."
Lionel sighed.
Confessional:
Lionel-I don't know what Sophie is capable of, but if I want to get her voted off, I need to convince people that she's mostly harmless. Sadly, this team is mostly wimps who are right in Sophie's grip.
Sophie-It's important for a team to get along if they want to win, but it's more important for the leader to be feared. That's why I need to put Lionel, and anyone else, in their place.
Beatrice-I don't know what I'd do if Lionel got hurt. Why can't he just get along with Sophie before she goes ballistic on him?
(Killer Flounder)
Edward, Momma DJ, and Ethan had walked slowly and so it was easy for the rest of the team to catch up. Together they worked through the wild plants growing over the path. Annie was eying Edward, like she was just waiting for him to do something evil.
"Look, there it is," Nicole exclaimed as she pointed up.
Every looked to see a sapphire totem placed in a nest on top of a very high tree. A flock of Stymphalian Canadian Geese were swarming around the top of the tree.
"Well, any ideas?" Edward asked.
Montana seemed to concocting an idea.
"Okay, here's what we'll do, right," she exclaimed. "I'll distract the geese with my trusty boomerang, and someone will have to climb up the tree and grab the totem."
"But who's suicidal enough to climb the tree?" Nicole asked.
"Why not Parry?" Montana suggested.
Everyone glanced at the Goth boy.
"Well, I suppose it's one way to end my misery," he sighed.
Montana then began climbing up another, shorter tree.
"Hey, birdies, over here!" she shouted. "I'm from Australia, right, so that means you're not a national symbol for me."
The geese looked infuriated at this started diving at her.
"Ha ha, boomerang time!" Montana cheered as she pulled out her weapon.
She tossed the boomerang and managed to hit several of the nearest geese before catching it again.
"Bet you can't catch me," she laughed as she swung to another branch.
Parry, meanwhile, had started to scale the larger tree. He slowly pulled himself up from branch to branch as he rose higher and higher.
"I can't watch this," Annie exclaimed.
She covered her eyes and trembled. Edward just rolled his eyes and sighed. Parry showed no signs of stopping as he kept rising. Eventually he reached the top and stretch out his hand to grab the idol. He ended up knocking it out of the rest and sent it falling down to the ground.
"I got it!" Nicole exclaimed as she and Momma DJ tried to grab the treasure.
Neither caught it as it bumped Ethan on the head.
"Whoa, a gift from the heavens," he exclaimed as he picked up.
"Great, hand it over," Edward said.
"Wait a minute," Annie exclaimed. "I'm not sure if we can trust Edward with this. He might 'accidentally' lose it."
"What are you implying, Annie?" Edward asked while keeping his cool.
Before Annie could reply, Nicole said, "How about I take it? Anybody got a problem with that?"
No one said anything.
"Good," she said as she took the totem.
Montana had escaped the geese by now and was climbing up to meet Parry.
"Hey, I bet it feels pretty good to help out your team like that," she exclaimed.
"I supposed," Parry said with the faintest hint of satisfaction; then he just said glumly, "but they'll probably forget in no time and that won't save me from being voted off."
Montana just grinned at him.
"What?" he asked.
"I think we're making progress," she declared. "Now let's rejoin the group, right."
She picked up the boy as she leapt to a lower branch. She managed to get the both of them safely to the ground and reunited with their group.
Confessional:
Montana-I knew that Parry getting to do something both productive and exhilarating would make him feel just a little less down, right. I think I'm onto something here.
Nicole-Annie and Edward's rivalry could cause some troubles for our team. I guess it's up to me to make sure neither of them does anything drastic.
Edward-Annie is fighting a battle she can't win; she has no allies and no particular skills to save her from elimination. It's Nicole that I'm worried about; with her taking charge like that, it might not be too long before she decides that she'd like to be leader.
(The Shore)
Brady and Sooz arrived at the beach with Brady panting in exhaustion and Sooz still focused on texting.
"We'd…better…keep moving," Brady worked out.
"In a minute," Sooz brushed off. "All that canoeing has left me a little dizzy. I could really use a breather."
"You're telling me," Brady sighed as he collapsed on the sand.
(The Other Side of Boney Island)
Both teams managed to pull out of the forest and arrive at the beach.
"Great, we lost the lead," Sophie moaned. "I blame all of you for being so slow."
"Temper, temper," Dirk chided. "Let's focus our energies on beating the other team, not each other."
While, the teams searched for their altars, Edward spotted something. It was a small stone with a Tiki design.
"Hm, this could be useful," he muttered to himself as he slipped it into his pocket
Both groups managed to find the small altar for their totems. Sophie slammed down her ruby while Nicole placed down the sapphire one. Suddenly a beam of red and blue shot up from the jewels and into the sky.
"Well, well, both teams arrived at the same time," Chris declared from his helicopter. "It looks like it's all going to depend on the race back to Wawanakwa."
The campers readied their canoes and began paddling rapidly. Sophie was paddling with twice as much strength as anyone else. Montana had managed to motivate Parry enough into getting him to actually stroke with some enthusiasm. With furious splashes, the canoes all raced neck to neck. They circled around the island and headed back towards Wawanakwa.
"Oh, this is going to be close," Chris narrated.
Sophie had the lead, but Montana had managed to catch up with her.
"We'll never win," Parry sighed as he stroked.
"We will if you stroke faster," Montana ordered.
Parry obeyed and they had soon come side to side with their opponents.
"Faster, faster!" Sophie ordered.
"My arms feel like they're going to fall off," Bobby complained.
Behind them came Dirk and Lionel, who were racing with Edward's group. Both groups were soon passed by Beatrice and Eliot. Taking up the rear were Annie and Nicole. As they approached the island, Sophie's boat began to slow due to Victoria and Bobby collapsing in exhaustion. Everyone else was giving everything they had to catch up. The six boats all arrived so fast that it was hard to tell who got their first.
"Quite an interesting turn of events," Chris commented as his helicopter landed.
"So who won?" Sophie demanded.
"Well, it would be hard to tell," Chris said, "…if the Screaming Badgers had all their members."
"Huh?" Bobby exclaimed.
"Oh, that's right didn't we work someone?" Beatrice realized.
As they spoke, Brady and Sooz came paddling up to the shore. Brady looked ready to pass out, while Sooz looked no more stressed than ever.
"Brady, Sooz, where were you?" Chris asked.
"We just turned around after arriving," Brady explained. "I figured that we were already too far behind."
"And you figured right," Chris said, "but that still didn't save you from costing your team the victory."
Sophie growl ferociously as Sooz and Brady backed away from her.
"Badgers, I'll leave it to you to decide who's going home tonight," Chris said.
Confessional:
Edward-(eyeing Tiki stone) Looks like I'll be giving this to someone on the other team. They're all dumb enough to believe that it'll curse them and no doubt vote off whoever has it. And I know who the biggest threat is.
(Screaming Badgers' Cabin)
"Well, I think that it's pretty obvious who we're voting off," Sophie declared as she gestured at Brady and Sooz. "You both lost us what should have been an easy victory."
Lionel looked like he was ready to argue, but he stopped himself at the last minute. Instead he pulled Dirk aside.
"We're going to have to wait a little longer," Lionel told Dirk. "People are still too scared of Sophie to vote for her."
Dirk nodded.
"Well, I guess we'd better pack," Brady told Sooz. "Since it's obvious one of us is going home tonight."
"You can pack," Sooz said. "I'm still confident in my strategy."
"Right," Brady sighed as he pulled out his suitcase.
However, when he opened it, he spotted something out of place. A small stone with an odd design carved into it had been left in his case.
"Hey, that's a cursed item from Boney Island!" Victoria cried out as she spotted the stone. "It's known to cause massive losing streaks."
"So, that's why we lost," Beatrice gasped.
"I can tell it's bad news," Eliot added. "It's obviously something that was left behind by aliens."
"Guys, guys, you're overreacting," Brady said. "I don't even know where this came from."
"Well, we didn't even see you this whole challenge," Bobby pointed out. "You could have easily grabbed it when you arrived at the island."
"And since it was clear that we were losing, you didn't think it would matter if you took a little souvenir," Beatrice deduced.
"And not to mention, your girlfriend did the same thing on season 1," Victoria added.
"Hey, leave Beth out of this!" Brady snapped.
As everyone turned away from Brady in annoyance he sighed and returned to his packing.
"FYI, that was not flying under the radar," Sooz muttered to him.
"Thanks, Sooz," Brady sighed.
(Campfire)
"Badgers, I haven't seen you here in a while," Chris greeted. "It must be a painful wake up call."
"Get on with it!" Sophie snapped.
"Alright, alright," Chris said. "Let's start off with…Sophie, Dirk, Lionel, and Bobby."
He tossed a marshmallow to each one of them.
"Victoria and Beatrice, also safe," Chris declared as he tossed two more marshmallows.
Victoria smiled at Beatrice who didn't smile, but didn't frown either.
Brady had his head down, Sooz had a slight grin as she looked down at her screen, Eliot was busy putting together a new tinfoil hat.
"Eliot, you're also safe," Chris declared as he threw the second to last marshmallow.
It hit his hat and deflated it. Eliot sighed in annoyance as he picked up the marshmallow.
"And that just leaves Brady and Sooz," Chris said. "No surprise here. Both of you cost your team the challenge. Sooz, you haven't done much at all to be of use, and Brady, you brought the dreaded Boney Island curse to your team. Anyways, the final marshmallow goes to…"
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"Sooz."
Sooz looked up briefly to catch her marshmallow. Brady sighed as he stood up. Sooz looked slightly pained to see him prepare to leave.
"Sorry, buddy," She said to him. "You were a really nice guy. At least now you can get a chance to see your girlfriend again."
"That's true," Brady said with a small smile. "And I hope to see you go farther. Whether you're strategy works or you learn to actually participate."
"Ha, not happening," Sooz snorted.
"Let's go, people," Chris ushered.
Brady sighed and waved goodbye to his team as he stepped onto the Boat of Losers.
(Screaming Badgers' Cabin, That Night)
The eight remaining Badgers got into their beds. Beatrice gave a slight smile to Lionel as he crossed over to the boys' side. He didn't seem to notice. Both Beatrice and Victoria sighed for their own reasons. No one noticed that a certain Tiki idol had been left behind in the room. Without looking at his feet, Lionel accidentally kicked it across the room. It slid down between the dilapidated planks in the floor where it remained stuck. Thunder struck ominously.
"Whoa, did anybody else hear that?" Lionel asked.
Dirk and Bobby looked around in confusion.
"Sorry, that was me," Eliot explained as he tossed tinfoil together, eerily mimicking thunder.
Votes:
Brady-I'd like to see Sooz stick around longer, but it's obvious that I've got to vote for her to save myself.
Sooz-Brady's a good guy, but I'm going to have to vote for him to keep myself in.
Sophie-At least Brady is somewhat useful, Sooz is just a load, I vote for her.
Victoria-I can't believe that Brady would do something as thoughtless as bringing a cursed idol with him. Oh well, I guess he wasn't as clever as he seemed.
Lionel-I can't get rid of Sophie yet, but I'll settle for getting rid of Brady. With him gone, I'll be the most eligible bachelor, and Victoria will have to notice me.
Dirk-I feel bad about voting off anyone, but Sooz really hasn't contributed much.
Beatrice-It's a good thing that we spotted that Tiki idol, or who knows what sorts of horrors the curse could bring down on us? But it was still a careless thing for Brady to do.
Eliot-That idol is probably watching us right now, gathering intel for its evil creators. I blame Brady for this.
Bobby-I'm not sure if I believe this curse thing, but everyone seems set on voting off Brady, so why not?
(Wrap up)
"That's the third relative competitor gone already," Chris narrated. "It's all up to Momma DJ now to bring glory to the old cast. And what lies in store for the rest of the campers? Will Sooz survive without Brady's support? Will Lionel succeed in eliminating Sophie? How will Edward, Annie, and Nicole resolve their power struggle issues? All this is coming up so be sure to return for the next episode of Total…Drama…Refresh!"
Author's Note: So, I've planned out all of the eliminations up to the merge, as well as which two characters will be returning. There are a few things that I'm unhappy with, such as eliminating Michael and Brady, two relative characters, in a row, but I've decided this plan works best. If you haven't voted on my poll yet you can give me your input on who should be eliminated.