Last time on Total Drama Island; 22 campers have signed up to spend eight weeks right here at this crummy old summer camp. Then have to face the judgment of their fellow campers.
"It's our first challenge how hard can it be?"
"I did not sign up for this."
"Okay." Chris announced, "Today's challenge is three-fold. Your first task is to jump off this 1000 foot high cliff into the lake."
"No problem." Tyler grinned, flexing his right arm.
"If you look down," Chris continued, "You will see two target areas; the wider area represents the part of the lake we have stocked with psychotic man-eating sharks. Inside that area is a safe zone. That's your target area, which, we're pretty sure is shark free."
"How do you shark proof one area of a lake?" Cody questioned with an extremely concerned look plastered on his face.
"They probably threw some kind of meat in the outer layer to keep the sharks out there. I know if I was shark I'd be all over that food." Izzy answered, leaping next to the short teen.
"Wow, heh, how'd you guess that?"
"There was this one time my great uncle accidently dropped some fish meat into his pants when he was eating and got in the water. I haven't seen him since." Cody gasped when Izzy finished, but she continued,
"Oh don't worry; he's been overseas studying the effects books have on scorpions." Heather, who happened to be listening, gave Izzy an uneasy glare before giving the same glare to Chris,
"That's it," She snapped, "There's absolutely no way I'm doing this. Not with this bunch of freaks." Heather received some menacing glances from the other campers before their attention turned back to Chris,
"Before you quit, let me finish explaining. Now, for every member of your team that jumps and actually survives, there will be a crate of supplies waiting below. Inside each crate, there are supplies you'll need for the second part of the challenge; building a hot tub. The team with the best one gets to have a wicked hot tub party tonight. The losers will be sending someone home. Let's see; Killer Bass, you're up first." The team that Chris pointed out stepped closer to the edge of the cliff, intimidated by the thought of jumping.
"Oh, uh, wow. That's a long fall." Bridgette noted.
"So," she spoke up, turning to her team "Who wants to go first?"
"I say we all grab hands and jump together! That way it won't be so bad leaping off alone!" Sadie suggested, getting an approving smile from her best friend,
"That's a great idea, I'm totally in!" Katie approved, "Anyone else?"
"Yeah, a great idea that's probably stupid enough to get us all killed." Duncan sneered, "Forget this I'm out of here."
"You can't leave!" Courtney shouted, grabbing Duncan's arm, "We're not losing the first challenge to the other team by giving up!" Duncan pulled away from the girl's grip and scoffed, "Fine, what do you propose we do?" He asked.
"Well, I was a CIT not too long ago, so I have a decent idea of what we're doing. Now, those two girls were on to something. Our whole group holding hands would be suicidal, but if we split up in groups of two or three, we can expect the extra weight to guide us right into the inner circle."
"Makes as much sense as anything else here," Eva acknowledged, "So, who's going first?"
"I think the people who came up with the idea should go." Courtney decided, walking over to Katie and Sadie.
"Oh, but we didn't come up with the plan, we just had the basic idea." Sadie admitted.
"Yeah, sorry Courtney, we think you should go first." Katie nodded in agreement.
"Me?" Courtney shouted, "Why should I go?"
"Ahem." Chris coughed, interrupting the teenagers, "I love the fact that you're all getting along, but we have a certain amount of time to get this challenge done. Chop chop before I send you all down the mountain."
"I'll go!" Tyler volunteered in an instance.
"That's one. Anyone want go with him?" Courtney insisted, staring impatiently at Bridgette. The blonde surfer sighed and stepped forward to link hands with Tyler.
"Fine, I'll do it. There's nothing to it after all. It's just an insane cliff dive into water infested with sharks." She complained to herself. Within seconds, the two threw themselves off of the cliff. They descended quickly as Courtney had predicted; Bridgette landing right next to one of the buoy's in the inner circle while Tyler landed directly on top the object, slowly sliding down into the water. Bridgette waved down the boat and reacted quickly; pulling him straight back above the surface throwing him on the small ship along with herself.
"Thanks for that." Tyler said as he gave her a soft smile.
"No problem, just doing what I had to do."
"They made it eh!" Ezekiel observed, "I'll give it a shot. Who's with me, eh?" No one stepped up to offer themselves as a partner for the homeschooled boy, leaving him to jump off himself.
"You guys are wimps, eh. Anyone?" He pleaded desperately.
"Listen, er, Ezekiel, was it?" Courtney spoke, approaching the boy, "It's not that no one wants to jump with you. It's that we have an uneven amount of team members. One of us was bound to jump alone. Now, go on and win this for us!" The CIT cheered somewhat enthusiastically. Ezekial nodded his head showing that he seemed to understand what she had said and slowly walked himself off the cliff.
"Yeeeeeeh!" He shrieked as he plummeted quickly, landing right in the middle of the safe zone.
Following him, Katie and Sadie also managed to jump and land safely, as did Harold and Geoff. Eva stepped up next, an intimidating look spread across her face
"Who's going with me?" Without thinking, the remaining team members pushed Duncan forward, receiving a glare mixed with fear and anger.
"Grab my arm and let's do this." The athletic girl demanded. Duncan did as he was told, and Eva leapt off the cliff; dragging Duncan off with her. After falling for a few seconds, they both successfully landed in the inner circle; the boat coming over to pick them up. The part of the team that had already jumped were cheering for the two on land as they waited for the arrival of the rest of their group. DJ and Courtney now stood atop the cliff as the only two Killer Bass members left. DJ slowly crept over to the edge and instantly jumped back after seeing how high he really was.
"Nuh-uh, there's no way I'm doing this." DJ said quietly.
"I'm not either." Courtney agreed, "I have a medical condition that prevents me from doing stuff like this."
'Is that it?" Eva screamed from the bottom of the cliff. "She gives us this huge pep talk and then just quits? She's dead!"
"Whoa," Bridgette objected, holding back Eva, "Don't worry; they'll get what's coming to them."
"Yeah, they will." Eva murmured, squinting intensely at the two on top of the cliff.
"Well," Chris spoke, "If you two are quitting, it makes you chickens. As punishment for refusing to jump, you two get to wear these; chicken hats. Go on ahead and make your way down the cliff."
"Oh man for real?" DJ questioned, embarrassed by the hat. He followed Courtney to the escalator and they both rode it down the cliff.
"Alright, that's 9 jumpers and 2 chickens. Screaming Gophers, you're up."
"Okay guys, who's up first?" Trent asked nicely, looking at his teammates.
"I'm sorry; there is no way I'm doing this. There's no way I'm letting my hair get wet on national television." Heather stated, crossing her arms.
"Yeah, I'm not either." Justin agreed, walking over to stand next to Heather. "Can't risk any injuries, my body is too important for that."
"If they're not doing I'm not doing it." Lindsay commented, also moving to stand next to Heather.
"Oh you're doing it." Leshawna snapped, turning to face Heather.
"Says who?"
"Says me! I'm not losing this challenge!" Leshawna shot back. The two soon got into it, shooting insults at each other; most too graphic to be heard publicly on the show without massive amounts of censoring. The other Screaming Gophers watched the fight with mixed feelings; some of them enjoying the fight while others were concerned. Filled with rage, Leshawna finally snapped, lunging forward and clutching Heather. She proceeded to lift Heather and toss her off the cliff, throwing her body directly into the safe zone. The angry teen then turned to face Justin and Lindsay with threatening eyes,
"Do I need to throw your butts off this cliff too?"
"No." Justin pleaded, "That won't be necessary, right Lindsay?"
"What? Oh right!" Lindsay dumbly agreed, nodding. From the bottom of the cliff, Heather was screaming her head off about Leshawna,
"Ugh, LESHAWNA, you are SO dead!"
"Thank your skinny ass I threw you into the safe zone!" She responded, "Now I just hope I can hit it too." With that sentence, Leshawna flung herself off the huge hill, falling for a few seconds before almost landing on top of Heather, narrowly missing her and instead landing beside her. Back atop the cliff, Lindsay stood frozen in fear as she was the next to jump,
"I thought this was going to be a talent contest!" The blonde girl dumbly announced.
"Ha ha, yeah, ha ha, no." Chris replied. Without thought, Lindsay suddenly jumped, not taking the time to aim at an area. She screamed and flailed her arms as she sailed through the air, eventually connecting to the water with a belly flop. After Lindsay; Justin, Izzy, Gwen, and Trent all followed the blonde teen, most of them shrieking in fear just as she had, with the exception of Izzy, who was laughing. Gwen, Trent, and Justin all successfully hit the target area, while Izzy landed about 20 feet away.
"Oh yeah, that was great!" The red haired girl giggled as soon as her head sprung above the surface of the water. On the boat, Trent and Gwen shouted franticly at Izzy to swim to them at the boat, noticing a large shark approach her. As the shark swam closer and prepared to eat her, she suddenly began swimming towards the shark, uttering a long word that nobody was able to understandable. The shark seemed to become terrified and quickly paddled itself the other direction. Izzy laughed and headed over to the boat to join her team. Gwen helped pull her aboard before asking,
"How did you get that shark to swim away? He seemed scared of you."
"Oh that?" She joked, "I just told him his mother was being attacked by a group of stingrays. Ha-ha stingrays I know can you imagine?"
"Oh, uh, yeah, good job on your part." Gwen responded warily.
"Hey Gwen." Trent greeted, stepping over to the girl,
"That was brave of you to jump off the cliff like that. Good job." The male teen complimented. Gwen blushed softly before she replied,
"Thanks, you too." She smiled as the boat drove to the shore and dropped them off.
"I'm not doing this." Noah insisted.
"Sorry, but I'd rather not lose my life on the first day of camp."
"Come on Noah, we can't lose this challenge!" Cody mentioned, trying to coax Noah to jump. Cody intensely stared at Noah for a few seconds before the small boy sighed and gave in.
"Fine, let's get this over with." Noah complained, slowly walking over and then walking off of the cliff, no emotion embracing him. He hit the water with a small thud; coming above the surface just in time to see Cody splash in next to him, both of them successfully hitting the safe zone. The two quickly climbed up on the boat where Cody called up to Beth and Owen, the only ones who hadn't jumped yet,
"You guys can do this! Just forget about possibly dying or sustaining an injury of any kind!"
"That probably wasn't the smartest word choice dude." Noah commented.
"Uh, I'm not sure I can do this." Owen spat, hands trembling with a fix of adrenaline and fear.
"T-t-this is too scary. I can't j-jump; I'm t-too young to d-die!" Beth stuttered, holding Owen's arm.
"You two can quit now." Chris stated, "If you do though, you'll be letting down your team. Remember, only one of you has to jump to beat the Killer Bass." When Chris finished speaking, Beth ran over to Chris and ripped one of the chicken hats out of his hand, placing it on her head,
"Sorry, I'm too scared." Beth apologized as she slowly took the elevator down the cliff.
"That's so lame. That's lame right?" Justin asked, turning to Lindsay who turned to Heather,
"Fully lame." The black haired girl answered.
"Okay campers," Chris announced on his megaphone, "There's only one person left. You guys need this jump for the win. No pressure dude. Okay there's pressure." Owen walked over to the edge and began stretching, warily checking the water below and spotting all the sharks swimming around.
Courtney Confessional
"I don't expect him to survive if he jumps. There's no way his team could possibly beat ours, especially with him on it."
Gwen Confessional
"I honestly thought if he did this; he was gonna die."
Leshawna Confessional
"Oh sure, if that was me up there I would have jumped right off. Ain't no way our team better lose this challenge."
"I'm going to die now. I'm going to totally die now." Owen whispered negatively, walking back a bit to get a running start. Within a few seconds, he took off sprinting and jumped off the cliff, falling at a record speed. His scream echoed as he fell; landing in the safe area which created a huge wave of water that blasted the campers on shore, scattering them about and drenching them in the lake's water. Even the sharks flew, landing in the trees nearby. He emerged a few seconds later, cheering about what he had done,
"Yes, oh yeah, who's the man!"
"Woohoo!" Beth cheered as she clapped.
Leshawna Confessional
"Now you see that? I told you he could do it. No way we losing this early!"
"The winners are the Screaming Gophers!" Chris announced through his megaphone. Owen searched the water for a few seconds before loudly stating,
"I think I lost my trunks."
The Screaming Gophers were quickly moving their crates along the beach, having won the challenge and the pull carts. The group pulled the crates together, singing a little song as they did so. Further back, the Killer Bass struggled to move their crates with small groups of 2 or 3 moving each box. Bridgette and Eva were leading the group, having at least a 40 foot lead on the rest of the group. Eva left the surfer with the crate for a moment while she went and checked on the rest of her team. Geoff, noticing Bridgette struggling by herself, went to go assist her, leaving Courtney to push the crate herself. Ezekiel, Duncan, and Tyler's crate got stuck in a small ditch while Katie, Sadie, and Harold were busy swatting bugs off of their bodies. Eva walked over to Courtney and lifted up her crate
"Get moving and pick up your crate, chicken." Eva belittled, dropping Courtney's crate when she finished.
"Hey, be careful with that! We need those supplies!" Courtney scolded.
"At least I moved the crate more than an inch. Be more forceful with the box or get lost, got it?" She snapped, walking back to join Bridgette and relieve her from Geoff. Geoff joined Courtney again in lifting the crate, and the group got moving,
"So, he like you or something?" Eva asked, noticing Geoff's gaze on the blonde.
"I don't know," Bridgette answered, "Maybe. He is pretty cute."
"Hmph." Eva grunted. Back to the Screaming Gophers, the group was making good progress. They were more than halfway back to the camp, not even breaking a sweat. "So, you think we can win the challenge?" Cody questioned, walking alongside one of the crates,
"Sure we can." Heather replied, "As long as there isn't a cliff and someone throwing people off of it." She stared directly at Leshawna as she spoke, making sure their eyes connected.
Heather Confessional
"I already don't like her. Just who does she think she is throwing me off of a cliff? She's gonna get it big time."
Leshawna, not wanting to start another fight in front of her team let the sentence drop, choosing to ignore it. The group walked in silence for several minutes before Beth blurted,
"Hey, there's the camp ground!"
"That wasn't bad, I'm pleasantly surprised." Cody acknowledged happily. The team unloaded their crates before Chris showed up, explaining to them that they could only open the crates with their teeth,
"Get to opening guys!"
"Guys, I've got to take a dump." Tyler announced, abandoning Duncan and Ezekiel,
"Hurry up eh," Ezekiel rushed, "We're already really far behind." Tyler walked back into the forest nearby and found a comfortable spot to do his business.
"Hey!" Izzy gritted through her teeth, trying to rip apart the crate, "I think I got it open!" Suddenly, the crate she was biting crashed opening, spilling the contents of it out on the ground.
"Good job Izzy," Cody congratulated, stepping over to her, "Looks like there are some boards and tools we can use to build the hot tub! Let's get started!"
"All better now?" Duncan asked Tyler sardonically as the athlete waltzed back to the crate of supplies,
"Yeah, we should get moving." Tyler responded, beginning to push the crate forward with the two other males. After a few minutes of hauling, Tyler's backside began to irritate him. Several more minutes passed and Tyler had the insane urge to scratch that area. He was struggling to walk and was cringing, obviously trying to ignore the feeling. Another minute went by and the jock couldn't control the feel anymore. He began furiously grabbing his backside, scratching away the terrible itch that felt like it was spreading.
"Uh, dude, what are you doing?" Duncan questioned, noticing Tyler's odd behavior and movements.
"I don't know, I have this terrible itch and it feels like its burning!"
"Did you squat down when you went to the bathroom?" Bridgette asked, approaching the teen. "Tyler nodded his head, and Bridgette proceeded to ask another question,
"Did you see any plant back there? If you did, were they round, about this low to the ground?" Tyler nodded again, and Bridgette held back a laugh,
"You squatted on poison ivy." The blonde stated, holding back another chuckle. Duncan exploded with humor, laughing his head off,
"Oh dude, that's just too good!"
"What's going on back here? You guys are way behind the other team, like WAY behind!" Chris spoke, walking towards the Killer Bass.
"His butt is itchy." Courtney stated, covering her eye with her hand.
"What happened to you?" Bridgette asked, noticing Courtney's reaction to her eye.
"Oh, I think a bug just bit me. No big deal."
Courtney Confessional
"I'm not letting my team know anything about me, especially any allergies I have. Any information I share with them could be used against me, and I intend on winning this little game. I can't risk the chance of a slip up, and I'm doing anything to come out on top!"
"Hey, there's the other team. What took you guys so long?" Trent welcomed as the Killer Bass finally reached the camp.
"Finally, the sweet camp ground!" Geoff cheered as he collapsed onto a grassy patch to relax.
"This is no time to chill!" Eva demanded, "We have to start building that hot tub. Let's go team!" Her team just stood still, their expressions a mix of exhaustion and annoyance.
"Okay, you know what?" Courtney shouted, "We can do this team! There's no way we can lose to those Gophers on the first day! Let's complete that hot tub the best way we can! Now, who's with me?"
"Pfft, where do we start?" Duncan mocked.
"Open the crates!" She demanded, "Now, where's Tyler?"
"He went to go soak his butt in water to cool the itch." Bridgette answered, receiving an immature laugh from Ezekiel. She gave him an intent stare before he apologized,
"Oh, sorry eh." Courtney hopped atop one of crates before screaming,
"Let's get these crates open!"
Both teams worked rigorously on creating their hot tub. The Killer Bass, determined to win, were working surprisingly well together, passing along tools and water and whatnot to each other peacefully, while the Screaming Gophers seemed to be disputing amongst themselves, Leshawna and Heather at the center of it. Both had different ideas on how to build the hot tub, and both were determined to express their ideas.
"I'm telling you," Leshawna blasted, "We have to build it like THIS!"
"And I'm telling you," Heather snapped back, "We build it like this!" The rest of the Gophers were pretty helpless, not being able to do much to step in or help. A good amount of time passed, Leshawna and Heather still bickering while the Killer Bass put the finishing touches on their hot tub.
"Alright, time's up!" Chris announced, approaching the campers, "Let's see what you've all built."
"Great," Noah whispered to Justin standing beside him, "We have no hot tub to present!" Justin, having no response, simply shrugged his shoulders with a worried look on his face. Chris went over and inspected the Bass tub first, tapping several times to check its strength and checking for any leaks.
"This is an AWESOME hot tub! Bass, outstanding job!" The Bass's cheered upon hearing Chris's words while he stepped over to the Gopher's. "Um, where's your hot tub?"
"Oh, uh, about that Chris.." Leshawna paused, allowing Chris to interrupt him,
"No hot tub, no hot tub party. Killer Bass win, Screaming Gophers, pick someone to send home." "Awesome, we all get to stay for another three days!" Katie shrieked, joining hands with Sadie to jump up and down. DJ and Geoff exchanged a high five while Eva confronted Courtney,
"Good job rallying our team. You're not off the hook yet though for that stunt you pulled earlier. The first chance we get, you're out of here. You got that?" She said threateningly. Courtney simply smiled sweetly and responded with,
"Bring it." The CIT proceeded to strut away, head held high, leaving Eva by herself, only mumbling a,
"Hmph."
"She has to go!" Heather shouted to Justin, Cody, Lindsay, and Owen as she paced along the porch of the Gopher cabin,
"What did Laquifa do again?" Lindsay asked.
"Leshawna!" Heather corrected, "Anyway, have you seen her? She totally sabotaged the challenge today! If she had just listened to me we would have won."
"Are you sure you want to vote her off? I mean at least she jumped off the cliff, not like Beth." Cody pointed out. Owen nodded in agreement,
"Yeah Heather, maybe your overreacting."
"Excuse me? And maybe you're not thinking clearly! Whatever, vote for who you want, but I'm making sure Leshawna is out of here!"
Justin Confessional
"I'm torn here! Do I side with the guys and think about the long run, or should I vote with the girls and kick Leshawna off? Oh, if only I was good looking enough to have someone make decisions for me!"
It had turned into night time as the Screaming Gophers sat around a fire pit as they waited for Chris to begin the elimination ceremony.
"Screaming Gophers, at camp, marshmallows represent a tasty treat that you enjoy roasting by the fire. At this camp, marshmallows represent life. You've all cast your votes and made your decision. There are only ten marshmallows on this plate. When I call your name, come up and claim a marshmallow. The camper that does not receive a marshmallow tonight must immediately return to the dock of shame to catch the boat of losers. That means you're out of the contest, and you can't come back, ever. The first marshmallow goes to…Trent." Upon hearing his name, Trent rushed up to grab one of the treats, tossing it in his mouth when he did.
"Owen." Owen smiled and high fived Trent as he also pulled a marshmallow off of the plate, swallowing it whole.
"Cody, Izzy," Both hugged the other ecstatically without realizing it, and claimed their marshmallow.
"Gwen, Noah, Justin." The three all hurriedly grabbed a marshmallow as a Chris announced the next campers,
"Lindsay and Heather, come get a marshmallow. Leshawna, Beth, this is the final marshmallow of the evening." Both girls were sweating buckets as Chris made a dramatic pause, taking the time to point back and forth between each girl. Beth closed her eyes tightly and Leshawna stared intently at the final marshmallow. After what seemed like an eternity, Chris raised his arm and brought it down, pointing it at the small girl with glasses,
"Beth."
"What?" Leshawna shouted, "Ya'll voted me off? But why?"
Izzy Confessional
"Who didn't vote her off? I know I did. She sabotaged our chances at winning according to Heather. She must be pretty crazy to do that, you know what I mean?"
"Whatever ya'll, I didn't need this lame ass show anyway." Leshawna waltzed over to the boat and stepped on.
"Take me away!" She commanded Chef, and the boat sailed off into the distance.
"You're all safe." Chris stated, staring at the Screaming Gophers, "For now."
Courtney Confessional
"This place is horrible. There's no sanitation, and no sane people for that matter. But while I'm here, I plan on winning that money, and no one's gonna stop me!"
Elimination Count; Leshawna