Guys...I have to tell you. I suffer from a disease called Perfectionism. The symptoms are not being able to submit a something until I feel that it is perfect for the reader(s)/viewer(s)/listener(s). I was trying to update earlier in the week, but I felt that there was something missing. I couldn't find it until I last night and this morning. Perfectionism is a terrible disease and it is incurable. However, it can be good at times. I feel like this chapter is a lot better than it would have been if I submitted it any earlier. So, I hope you all enjoy!

WARNING: This chapter contains the virtual deaths of some of the Total Drama contestants. Nothing too gratuitous or graphic, but if cartoon death disturbs you, please skip the challenge parts.

The camera points at Chris as he is seated in his trailer that is trailing the Total Drama Double-Decker and the pickup that's hauling the trailer.

"Last time on Total Drama Avengeance!" the Host started as the picture changed to show the events of the previous episode as Chris described them.

"We visited the famous Hershey Park, the epicenter of chocolate!" (Shows image of Hershey Park)

"While we were there, the contestants had to partake in some chocolate tasting…" (Shows contestants eating chocolate during part one of the challenge)

"…and some rollercoaster riding. However, it wasn't all fun and games." (Shows each team riding roller coasters)

"Deuces were dropped, cookies were tossed, and not in a good way." (Shows contestants running to the restrooms, then shows Geoff vomiting)

"The pressures of the challenge got to some of the contestants, especially Sam!" (Shows Sam barely able to move during the race to the factory, even with Scott pushing him along)

"It was so much pressure, that Sam actually asked his teammates to vote him off…" (Shows Sam making his speech in front of the rest of the team)

"…Which they did! However, Sam's princess of a girlfriend asked her rich Daddy to keep Sam on the show!" (Shows Dakota calling her father in the confessional, and Sam hugging her after hearing the news)

"Now, he's my newest intern!" (Shows Sam getting carried off by Chef)

Camera shows Chris still in his lounge chair with Sam clipping his toenails.

"Yep! You can never have too many interns. Isn't that right, Sam?"

He sighs and replies, "Yes, sir."

"Good gamer nerd. Ha-ha!" The Host went back to addressing the camera, "The New Team is down a member once again. Can they break their losing streak in today's challenge? And what exactly is today's challenge? Well, you can find out on this episode of…"

"Total!"

"Drama!"

"Avengeance! OW! Watch the skin!"

"Sorry, sir," Sam apologized.

*Theme Song*

The Top Deck

It was late in the night but the time was the last thing on the contestants' minds because it was raining. You would think that the members of the New Team would be wet and miserable, but you would be wrong. The contestants managed to get umbrellas and they were using them to try their best to stay dry.

"You guys are lucky that I managed to swipe some of these umbrellas from the park," Scott reminded everyone else.

"We sure are," Anne Maria said as she leaned against him under his umbrella. "You're so thoughtful, Scott!"

"Anything to help out the team," he said with a smile while looking at the rest of his teammates.

Top Deck Confession Cam

*Static*

Mike - "Wow! Maybe Scott really has turned over a new leaf."

*Static*

Zoey - "Yeah, I'm not buying it."

*Static*

Dakota - "So not buying it."

*Static*

Dawn - "Definitely not buying it."

*Static*

B - *He shakes his head with a serious look on his face*

*Static*

Brick - "Eh, who knows? Maybe Scott has turned over a new leaf." *He starts to think a little harder* "However, he did steal those umbrellas…I'll have to keep a close eye on him before I can make a decision on his character."

Scott was only able to get five umbrellas, so 3 of them were shared. The couples of Anne Maria and Scott, and Mike and Zoey each shared an umbrella. Dakota and Dawn decided to share one since Brick and B were too big to share with, thus they split the last two umbrellas between themselves.

Mike, Zoey, Anne Maria, Scott, B, and Brick all appeared to be asleep with their umbrellas still open above their heads. So, the only ones awake were Dawn and Dakota.

Since this was really the first time that Dakota and Dawn were paired together since their time as Toxic Rats, they didn't really know how to spend this time together. However, since Dakota can make gossip out of anything, she was the first one to break the ice.

"So, Dawn," she started, "What's going on between you and B, huh?"

Dawn's eyes widened in shock when Dakota blurted that question out, not even she saw that one coming. "Umm…well…" she stuttered with a slight blush on her pale cheeks. "We are currently good friends."

"But I bet you want to be something more than good friends, right?" the Princess asked with a slight slyness in her voice. This made the Moonchild blush more and Dakota took note of it. "I've seen the way you look at him when he's not looking at you. Plus, there was that moment that you two had before the rock concert. In my opinion, I think you two are perfect for each other!"

"I…I don't know, Dakota. I mean, I do like him, but I don't know if we can be a good couple."

"What do you mean?" the Princess asked. "If you like him, and he likes you, then you two should make a good couple."

"It's not that simple," she replied, "I'm afraid that if we do become a couple, that we'll discover that we have nothing in common, thus destroying our friendship. I mean, we're so different, even our auras are completely different."

"But, this show is known for making couples out of two completely different people, Dawn," Dakota replied, "Just look at Courtney and Du…" she paused, "Gwen and Tre…" she paused again, "Owen and Iz…" and again, "Harold and LeShaw…" and again. "Me and Sam?"

Dawn sighed, "Dakota, I appreciate you trying to help me with my predicament, but I just cannot do it. In almost all of the broken couples on this show, one person broke the heart of the other. I don't wish to have my heart broken nor do I wish to be the heartbreaker. I just couldn't do that to B."

Dakota nodded slowly in understanding and said, "That's completely understandable. Personally, I think you two should try it out, at least, but it's completely up to you and B."

Dawn nodded before leaning back in the seat to relax. Meanwhile, in front of the girls, two guys were secretly listening to them.

Top Deck Confession Cam

*Static*

B - *He's deep in thought, but then he gets an idea and starts writing it down on a piece of paper.*

*Static*

Dakota - "I really hope that Dawn and B can hit it off and stay together. If they do, they could so double date with Sam and I. That would so amazing! Or maybe we could triple date with Zoey and Mike! EEEEE! I love romance!"

*Static*

Scott - "B and Dawn, eh? You know, I bet I could use that somehow to my advantage." *He thinks a bit* "I'm not sure how just yet, but I know I can…"

*Static*

Bottom Deck

It was the middle of the night and everyone was asleep, the same as every other night. However, unlike other nights when the Old Team was in the Bottom Deck, Katie and Sadie weren't bunking with each other. After their argument from the night before, they decided to sleep on different sides of the sleeping compartment. Katie slept under Noah's bed while Sadie slept above Justin's bed.

Bottom Deck Confession Cam

*Static*

Noah - "So, Katie and Sadie are fighting again. Well, this puts a bit of a damper on the alliance, and somehow, I feel that it's my fault." *He thinks about it for a second* "Nah, it's totally Justin's fault."

*Static*

Justin - "So, Katie and Sadie are having a fight because of me? Well, it's not the first time and it probably won't be the last." *He takes out his mirror and looks at himself* "I can't help it, I'm just so beautiful."

*Static*

Katie - "Sadie better not be expecting me to apologize first-"

*Static*

Sadie - "-because if she does, she's got another thing coming."

*Static*

The Next Morning

The bus has come to a stop in an empty field. Everyone onboard the bus was still asleep, until something woke them up from their slumber.

BANG! BANG! BANG!

"AHH!" Everyone awoke with a start after hearing three loud, booming sounds in succession. They all got out of their beds and got down on the floor with their hands on their heads, including Sadie who rolled off her bed and fell onto Justin.

"What in the world was that!?" she asked as she wrapped her arms around Justin in fear.

"I don't know, but I think you're going to kill me before it does, Sadie!" Justin croaked out.

The contestants stayed like that until they heard an amplified familiar voice.

"Total Drama Contestants, come on out! It's time for your next challenge," Chris's voice said through the bullhorn.

The first contestant through the door of the bus was Brick. He stuck his head out of the doorway and asked, "I-is it safe?"

"Of course it's safe," the Host answered, "Why wouldn't it be?"

"Well, we heard some booms that sounded like gunshots."

"Oh, that," Chris said nonchalantly, "That was just my intern shooting some blanks into the air, like I asked him to." He turned to Sam who was still holding the shotgun. "Told ya, we would fool them, intern."

"You sure did, sir," Sam replied in an annoyed tone.

Everyone in the bus soon made their way out of the bus and in front of the host, his co-host, and his newest intern, who was dressed in a red version of Chris's shirt instead of his usual shirt.

"You do know that you freaked us out beyond belief, right?" Bridgette said with some venom in her voice.

"Hey, don't blame me. Sam was the one that shot them," the Host said trying to get the blame off of him.

"Because you told him to," Dakota said in her boyfriend's defense.

"Not the point. Anyway, it's time for your next challenge, but first…Welcome to Gettysburg, Pennsylvania! The home of the famous Gettysburg Address, delivered by the 16th President of the United States, Abraham Lincoln!

"I can already tell where this is going," Noah said.

"This is was also where the Battle of Gettysburg took place during the U.S. Civil War back in 1863, which leads me to today's challenge. You guys will be going to war!"

"I knew it," the Egghead flatly said, "Let me guess. We're going to have a paintball war?"

"Nope," Chris answered, "Even better!" He then whistled to the side. Suddenly the ground started rumbling, so Chris had to speak louder for the contestants to hear him. "You see, since the paintball war challenge ended with one team pretty much taking themselves out, I decided to make this war more realistic! So, we're gonna be using…!"

A crane with a giant magnet attached to it drove in front of the group of contestants. It dropped what it was hauling under the magnet in a wide open space in the field before backing up and driving away.

"…The Total Drama Virtual Reality Machine!"

Confession Cam

*Static*

Sam - "Aw man! I should have gotten myself eliminated after this challenge."

*Static*

"I'm sure most of you are familiar with the video game series, Call of Duty," the Host assumed.

Brick saluted and shouted, "Sir! Yes, sir! Playing that game was one of my training methods at Army Boot Camp. I would have trained with real guns, but my commander didn't trust me with them."

"I don't blame him," Chris said, "But I hope you got some skills, Brick, because it's going to be the New Team vs. the Old Team in a game of Search and Destroy!"

Most of the contestants cheered loudly.

"In the game, it's usually the best of seven rounds, but since we're pressed for time, it's only gonna be best of three rounds of S and D between you guys. For those of you that aren't familiar with Search and Destroy, I'll explain the rules. Each round is 2 minutes and 30 seconds long. One team will be defending two bomb sites while the other team will be trying to bring the bomb to one of the sites and detonate it. The attacking team's goal is to set up and detonate the bomb while the defending team's goal is to kill all of the other team's members and/or disarm the bomb before it explodes. Once the bomb has been activated, it will only take 45 seconds to detonate. In those 45 seconds, the defending team has to deactivate the bomb, or else…BLAM!"

Katie jumped into Noah's arms, Sadie tried to jump into Justin's arms, but he didn't put his arms out, Ezekiel jumped into Eva's arms and Anne Maria jumped into Scott's arms, making him struggle to keep her up.

"Ha-ha!" the Host chuckled, "You chickens. As I was saying, once the bomb explodes, the round is over and the attacking team gets a point. If the defending team does deactivate it, or if they kill all of the attacking team's members before they activate the bomb, then they get a point. Now for the weapons, each person has some weapons that will be used to kill people on the other team, but there is friendly fire, so be careful. Each person also only has one life per round; once you die you can only watch the rest of the round. So, in short, just try to kill people on the other team, and you'll win!"

"That sounds horrible!" Bridgette and Dawn said at the same time.

"Oh, come on," Chris whined, "You two didn't have any trouble with the wrestling challenge."

"That's because wrestling is staged," the Surfer girl explained, "Plus, no one was 'killed.'"

"It's just a game. You know, a game; something that's done for fun."

"Taking away lives, virtual or not, is not fun in any way," the Moonchild said, "I refuse to participate in such a challenge."

"I'm with Dawn," Bridgette said with her arms crossed.

"Alrighty," Chris said nonchalantly with a shrug, "That still keeps the teams equal, unless anyone else has any problems."

Everyone else on both teams shook their heads.

"Wait," Noah said suddenly, "How does that keep the teams equal? With Bridgette and Dawn out, that still gives us a one person advantage."

"Oh, right! I almost forgot," the Host said before turning to the side, "Alright, you can come out now!"

When he said that, someone walked out from behind his trailer towards the contestants.

"Say hello to today's Total Drama Cameo Contestant! It's…!"

"Courtney!" Bridgette exclaimed before running towards her friend.

"Bridgette!" Courtney exclaimed with her arms open for a hug.

As the best friends hugged, Chris continued his speech, "That's right! Courtney is today's Cameo Contestant. She's gonna be competing with the New Team."

"Wait," the CIT said after releasing herself from the hug, "You said that I was gonna be on the same team as Bridgette!"

"Pfft! I never said that."

Courtney then pressed a button on her PDA and Chris's voice came out of it. "We want you to be in the Virtual War challenge."

"I'll only do it if I don't have to shoot at Bridgette," Courtney's voice said.

"Deal!"

The recording stopped there.

"Well, technically I didn't say you'd be on the same team as Bridgette. I just said that you won't have to shoot her," Chris said, "And since Bridgette and Dawn took themselves out of the challenge, you won't have to."

"Ugh! I hate it when loopholes are used against me," she muttered to herself.

"Oh well," Bridgette said, "It's the thought that counts, Court."

"Now that that is over, let's start the challenge. Shall we?" The Host said with a quarter in his hand. "New Team and Courtney to my left; Old Team to my right!"

The contestants did as they were told and got to their positions.

"Now, would the leaders of both teams walk towards me for the coin toss?"

New Team

"As a former CIT, I nominate myself as leader for this challenge," the former CIT said to the New Team.

"Oh yeah?" Scott asked, "Well what makes you think that we're gonna let you lead us, Ms. One-and-done?"

"Umm…I just said, I was a CIT. I am a natural-born leader!"

"Ha! Yeah, right! We've all seen what happens when you lead. So, I'm gonna nominate myself."

"I second dat!" Anne Maria shouted in her "boyfriend's" defense.

Courtney was fuming from being defied. "Fine! I'll just sit back and watch you lose for us."

Confession Cam

*Static*

Brick - "I would have nominated myself to lead, but Courtney scares me too much. I've seen what happens to people when they defy her. I think Scott may have made an enemy that's even worse than that land-shark and the yeti combined."

*Static*

Old Team

Meanwhile, the other team was deciding in a more civil way.

"So, who wants to lead?" Noah asked.

No one spoke up.

"Ok, who nominates someone else to lead?"

"I nominate you to lead, Noah," Katie said, "You do know a lot about video games."

Noah smiled after getting complimented, "Why thank you, my dear Katie."

"I nominate Justin!" Sadie said suddenly. "Anything Noah can do, Justin can do better!"

The tanner former BFFFL looked a little bit annoyed with her former BFFFL's reasoning for nominating the model.

"I like your thinking, Sadie," Justin said, "But if there is anything that the Bookworm is better at than me, it's something as useless as video games."

"Aww, that's alright. I'm sure you'll do better than him in this challenge."

That remark earned an annoyed look from Noah as well.

"I second the nomination of Noah as leader," Ezekiel said.

"I third it!" Tyler exclaimed.

"I fourth it!" Geoff said.

"That settles it," Katie added while clapping, "Noah's our captain for this challenge! EEEEE!"

Noah and Scott approached Chris for the coin toss.

"Alright, Noah, since the Old Team won the last challenge, you get to call it in the air." The Host flipped the coin in the air with his thumb.

"Heads!" Noah shouted before the coin dropped down to the ground.

Chris looked at the coin and it was tail-side up.

"It's tails. Alright, Scott, do you want to defend first or attack first."

"Pfft! Attack, of course," he answered.

Chris looked between Noah and Scott for a second. "You know, I never noticed before, but you guys have similar voices. It's kinda freaky."

"What?! No we don't!" Both of them said at the same time.

"Alrighty! The first round, the Old Team will defend and the New Team will attack. This is gonna be awesome!"

Scott walked back to the team.

"'Attack, of course'?" Courtney questioned with her shrill tone, "You dummy! Defending is easier than attacking!"

"Maybe, but I love exploding stuff," he told her, "plus, I'm the leader, so what I decide, goes. Got it, Ms. CIT?"

Courtney just crossed her arms and stared angrily at Scott before turning up her nose at him and standing with the rest of the team.

Confession Cam

*Static*

Courtney - "That Scott guy really reminds me of Duncan, and not in a good way, not that there is a good way to know Duncan. They're both smug, arrogant, and think that they should lead just because they want to. Sure, I like to lead too, but at least I have experience in being a leader, since I was a counselor-in-training. The only thing those two have experience in is being convicts-in-training."

*Static*

"Alright everyone, except for Bridgette and Dawn, it's time for the challenge!" Chris announced to the teams. "Contestants, to the Total Drama Virtual Reality Machine!" He started to think a little. "Maybe I should use an acronym to save time."

All of the contestants, save Bridgette and Dawn, walked to a seat in the VR machine and sat in it. After being seated, each of the seats' helmet-and-goggle apparatuses came down on the heads of the contestants and sent them into the Virtual Reality world.

On the Highrise Map

The map was a nearly constructed skyscraper with two offices on opposite sides of the building. In between the offices were several structures, including an elevated helipad with a parked helicopter, cranes, scaffolds, and electric fuse boxes. Also between the offices was a tunnel that was under the main level of the map, connecting the two offices. Another opening to the tunnel was under the elevated helipad.

The New Team and Courtney started in one office while the Old Team started in the opposite office as the starting clock countdown started at 5 seconds.

New Team

Once the countdown hit 0, everyone on both teams was allowed to move.

"Destroy the objective!" Chef's voice yelled into all of the New Team members' ears.

"OW! Can't Chef just tell us stuff without yelling it?" Zoey asked.

"SHH!" Scott shushed. "The other team might hear you. Let's just get the bomb and quietly make it explode before we all get shot."

"Nice plan, Capitan," Courtney said sarcastically before the Schemer picked up the bomb and smashed through the glass window to No Man's Land.

Confession Cam

*Static*

Courtney - "As if I was going to actually follow that guy. So while he and his lackeys went through the windows, I took a few members of the team who didn't trust Scott's judgment and we went down a different route."

*Static*

Old Team

"Defend the objective!" Chef's voice yelled into all of the Old Team members' ears.

"Ahh! Chef needs to take a chill pill," Geoff said as he rubbed his virtual ears.

"Yeah," Justin added, "My delicate ears can't take angry shouting like that."

"Focus guys!" Noah shouted, "We need to defend the targets. Here's how we'll do it: Katie, Geoff, Ezekiel, and I will go to A, while the rest of you defend B. Everyone got that?"

Everyone else on the team stared at Noah with blank expressions.

"Ugh!" the Egghead groaned as he gripped the bridge of his nose.

"The bomb has been activated! Move, fools! Move!" Chef's voice yelled.

"What?! Already?!" Noah questioned, "Guys, we have to get to target B! Now! Follow-"

He would have finished that statement, if he didn't have a bullet go through his head. Noah dropped to the ground as his teammates gasped or screamed in shock.

Confession Cam

*Static*

Scott - "HA! Shootin' that little nerd in the head was the best part of this season so far! I can't wait to do it again in the second round." *He chuckles evilly*

*Static*

Katie - *Her eyes a watery* "Seeing Noah die right in front of me was, like…so totally saddening and scary. But I just had to remind myself that it was virtual reality. Not real…" *She rubs her eyes and sniffles a bit* "Not real at all."

*Static*

"Where are they?!" Katie asked in a scared tone.

"I don't know," Tyler said, "But I'm not sticking around to find out!" He started to run towards the windows of the office

"Tyler! Wait!" Ezekiel tried to warn his friend, but it was too late. As soon as Tyler got near the windows, he was gunned down as well.

"They're shooting from the windows!" the Homeschooled teen pointed out as he watched his friend's virtual body drop to the ground. "We have to find another way out of here, eh."

"There's some stairs behind us that leads to a tunnel to the other side of this place," Sadie said as she pointed to the stairs.

"Alright, dudes and dudettes," Geoff said, "Let's hurry and disarm that bomb!"

The whole team turned towards the stairs and ran down them only to be met with a bunch of rifles pointed at them.

"Gotchya!" Courtney said as she and a few other members of the New Team unleashed their barrage of bullets onto the Old Team.

"AHH! Not the face!" Justin yelled before he was fatally wounded.

After all of the shots were fired and the bomb exploded, the round ended.

Gettysburg, PA

All 16 contestants were awakened after the first round of Search and Destroy ended.

"Congrats, New Team and Courtney! You guys obliterated the Old Team this round," Chris congratulated.

The New Team all cheered after hearing this, while the Old Team was the exact opposite.

"Ugh! I can't believe I got killed first," Noah mumbled angrily to himself.

"Aww, don't fret Noah," Katie consoled Noah. "At least you didn't lead us to an ambush."

Sadie glared at her former BFFFL. "At least my boyfriend didn't lead us to a loss!"

"Ugh! He's, like, not even your boyfriend!"

"Sounds like someone is jealous."

"Ha! You wish, Sadie!"

The former BFFFLs then started to argue over each other. The words were so fast and furious, that no one could understand a single one.

Meanwhile, Chris turned to the camera.

"Wow! They're really goin' at it. If we're lucky, we can get a catfight on camera. Ha-ha!"

That was when Katie and Sadie started to swing their arms at each other, which forced Geoff and Noah to restrain them.

"Those two are almost more exciting than the whole challenge," the Host continued, "Speaking of the challenge, now that the New Team is up 1-0, can they finish off the sweep in round 2? Or will the Old Team come back to win round two and force a third round? Find out when we return to…"

"Total!"

"Drama!"

"Avengeance!"

The image faded to black for the commercial break.

There's chapter 12! That's...all I pretty much have to say about it.

P.S.: I still haven't gotten any submissions for the cover art contest, which is cool. I'm not in any rush. The poll on my profile is still there, if you haven't voted already. So far 2 out of those 17 characters has made cameos, with Courtney being the current one. I have some plans for the rest of them too, but that doesn't mean that they'll definitely be Cameo Contestants.

Alright, I'll try to update faster for Chapter 13. I can't make any promises, but I'll try. If I don't update by Thursday, don't blame the universe. Blame Perfectionism. :D