Chapter 17: Saloon Talent Show
Once again, it was time for Chris McLean's turn to give a recap to the audience.
Chris McLean's Commentary:
Last time on Camp Drama Showdown, it was an old fashion gold rush! The contestants were given the order to go into the mines and retrieve the most amount of gold! Some were lucky enough to spring it rich like the Chanting Cherokees, unless if you counted their gold floating away! Not only that, but the Racing Rangers also had problems when poor Dukey lost some of the gold as they were trying to escape bears!
For which the bears themselves didn't seem to want to be hugged by Millie, who doesn't? In the end, Dukey in order to save himself made a deal with Rose that placed Millie and Fanny on the Carriage of Shame home. So who'd be voted off today? Find out here on Camp Drama Showdown!
End of Commentary.
Indeed it was quite early in the morning that Danny, along with Sam, Jazz, Tucker and Hank were searching for the whereabouts of Cotton Hill's ghost.
"Any luck yet?" asked Hank.
"No, nothing" replied Tucker as he was using one of Jack Fenton's ghost finding inventions.
"Hmm, I wonder where my dad could be" thought Hank.
Indeed, Cotton was around, but since Cleveland Jr. had to use the restroom early in the morning, he got the permission to go with Colonel Barnes sending in Dale and Joseph to keep an eye on him.
"Listen up boy" said Cotton to Cleveland Jr., "it seems like those bears got in the way of me helping you out."
"Yeah, pretty much so" said Cleveland Jr.
"But you'll get another chance, I took a look at the challenges that were going to be shown, and a talent challenge is coming up" said Cotton.
"Wow, this is my chance to help impress Trixie" said Cleveland Jr.
"Just hope you don't mess up here" said Cotton, "I'll be watching you."
After Cleveland Jr. headed back to his cabin, a few more hours later and it was finally morning.
Confessions in the Outhouse:
"I don't want to ruin what the challenge might be for everyone, because then everyone would suspect me of cheating, I don't want to sound like a cheater" said Cleveland Jr.
"I still feel so guilty what I have done to Millie! How am I going to break this to Johnny that we're in an alliance with Rose and her friends?" cried Dukey.
"Man, too bad about Millie" said Coop, "I'm not angry at all, she was kind of annoying anyway."
End of Confessions.
Dukey was especially nervous as everyone was heading to the mess hall and waited in line to get their breakfast.
"What's making you so worried about?" asked Johnny to Dukey.
"How can I put this in terms that you'd understand me, I made an alliance with Rose, her friends and also you and Sissy!" cried Dukey.
"Shouldn't you be saving that for the confessions?" asked Sissy to Dukey noticing his outburst.
"But I had no choice!" cried Dukey.
"We'll figure a way around this, or even work with it" said Johnny.
"I am not understanding what's going on here" said Dukey.
"Just play the game, that's what Rose apparently did" said Sissy.
"Fine, I'll let this alliance pact slide" said Dukey, "but don't make me sympathetic to her or anyone of her friends."
Confessions in the Outhouse:
"If I were in control, nothing like this would have ever happened" said Mister Mittens referring to Dukey's lack of courage in not standing up to Rose, "but for someone like Rose to put the squeeze on Dukey, I wish I can hire her as a henchman."
"Even though I know what Rose did was wrong, it's the survival of the fittest" said Jake.
"That's just perfect, Jake and Rose are in a secret alliance with other team members on Chris' side?" cried Cree who wasn't happy about it, obviously overhearing Dukey's rants.
End of Confessions.
Cree wanted to have a private meeting with some members of the Wild Stallions whom were already falling apart, but knew it'd be worse so long as Jake and Rose were in an alliance with Dukey, Johnny and Sissy.
"Okay, something has to give" said Cree, "I found Jake's girlfriend Rose made an alliance with Dukey, Johnny and Sissy, at least Johnny and Sissy are from a team on Chris' side."
"So what's the problem?" asked Chris Griffin who didn't see them as a threat.
"Listen, the problem is they'll be working against us" continued Cree.
"I get what you're saying" said Nick.
"I'm not sure if it's a wise idea we should turn against Rose's boyfriend if we lose the next challenge" said Double D who was calculating how Rose might implement a retaliation.
"Listen Mr. Smarty Pants, the smart way to win is to destroy all the early alliances first" said Cree, "this is an early alliance that will faulter, and we need a plan to come up with it!"
"We could make the Spinning Six turn against Rose" said Rachel as she brought up a suggestion.
"Hmm, that might hit the tip of the iceberg on that" said Cree, "but how?"
"We'll figure it out once the challenge starts" continued Rachel.
Confessions in the Outhouse:
"I don't see what's wrong with having alliances with members of other teams" said Chris Griffin who didn't see anything wrong with what Rose was doing, "isn't that how it's supposed to be played out?"
"As much as I don't agree with the Double D nerd, it won't be wise for us to go after Rose yet" said Nick.
"There must be a way I can get something out of this" said Eddy who was thinking of a way to play both sides.
End of Confessions.
But while the Wild Stallions were indeed having their problems, the Raging Bulls were still falling apart as well with Wally being picky of Johnny having a girlfriend like Sissy.
"Hey flaming headed dork" said Wally to Johnny, "this side is boy's only!"
"Since when was it that either side was for boys or girls?" asked Sissy.
"Yeah!" added Molly who got on the table prepared to fight with him.
"Alright, that's enough, you off the table" said Chef as he came into the scene just in time.
As everyone finally finished their breakfast, it was time for the challenge, this time they were heading to the Saloon for the challenge where Chris and Blaineley greeted everyone. There, there was a stage ready for the challenge.
"Today's challenge is an old fashion Saloon theater talent show!" said Chris.
"Each team will be picking a member to do some sort of talent, bonus if it's Western oriented" continued Blaineley.
"There'll also be a panel of five judges who'd be grading your performance, team that does the best wins immunity" continued Chris.
The five judges on the table were Chef, Colonel Barnes, Lord Voldemort, Lucius Malfoy and Solomon.
"This is going to be my last gig" said Lord Voldemort, "I have to hop back to Hogwarts soon."
"Really, you're leaving us?" asked Chris to Lord Voldemort.
"Sorry, I have to do this, that Potter kid is said to be near" continued Lord Voldemort.
"Well, whether or not you make it out or not, we'll have fond memories of you here" said Chris.
But as the teams were indeed selecting a member to do a challenge, the Raging Bulls selected Sissy who was going to use an Indian bow and arrow to do a William Tell talent with Johnny; Cindy of the Silver Spurs was going to show off her gymnastics by riding a pony like in the rodeo; the Blazing Saddles selected Cleveland Jr., as he was going to do his cowboy impressions; Frida was indeed going to present a new song she had written; Ben was going to use Brainstorm to juggle objects and make the piano come alive; Nick was obviously going to do his good looks impression in a cowboy suit; Marceline was going to copy Frida, but with a Country Western tune; and June was going to ride a mechanical bull for an entire hour longer than what was recommended from a past challenge.
"Alright, first up, the Raging Bulls" said Chris.
"Come on, miss, miss, miss!" roared Wally as he was trying to get Sissy to mess up on purpose.
Sissy obviously ignored Wally's comments, and was able to fire the arrow hitting the apple on Johnny's head, much to Johnny's own nervousness. Lord Voldemort gave the talent an 8 out of 10; Lucius 8 out of 10; Chef, 9 out of 10; Colonel Barnes, 6 out of 10 since he felt Johnny and Sissy were behind the prank on his private chambers and Solomon 9 out of 10.
"We'll take a short break" said Chris.
Confessions in the Saloon:
"Man, that Colonel Barnes just doesn't like us!" cried Johnny.
"If there was only a way for Rose to do something about Colonel Barnes, then even Dukey can see that she's not all that bad" said Sissy.
"I know you two are behind it, I can't prove it, but I know" said Colonel Barnes.
End of Confessions.
But as the contestants were getting ready for the other talents, Timmy and Coop who were upstairs in the Saloon began to search the place.
"Ha!" said Timmy, "Make way for the Masked Stranger!"
"You know we don't really need to wear a cowboy suit" said Coop.
"Oh come on" said Timmy.
But as the two continued to go down the hallway, they could hear voices belonging to Ember, Young Blood and Vicky.
"Vicky, she's here?" whispered Timmy as he along with Coop hid.
"Vicky, who's Vicky?" asked Coop.
"One of the worse people you'd ever meet in your entire life, a thousand times worse than that cat of yours back home" continued Timmy.
As the two continued to eavesdrop on the trio, Timmy slowly opened up the door, but only left it ajar to hear what they were saying. Apparently, Eustace was also there with the trio.
"So let me guess, you're working for this vampire boy named Edmund, right?" asked Eustace.
"He says he'll bring us the reward of the 25 million" continued Vicky.
"Yeah, so far, he's been in touch with us" continued Ember.
"Yeah, and the best part about it, no one else knows either" said Young Blood.
Suddenly, the closest opened up where Dale fell right out of it.
"I was not eavesdropping, I was cleaning the closest" said Dale.
"Great, now even he knows" said Young Blood.
"Well, I guess we can have him in as well" said Ember, "he does have access to everything around us."
But as the five were going to close their deal, Dale could notice the door was left ajar as if someone else was also listening up, as Dale headed out of the room, he noticed two familiar shadows running off.
"Time to sabotage" said Dale.
It was indeed finally the Silver Spurs turn, as Cindy got onto a calf, the room widen to make the calf be able to roam around the room where Cindy would do various gymnastic tricks. But as Dale headed down stairs, he saw his chance to sabotage the act, and pushed a bucket where the calf was riding, where the calf fell, along with Cindy, Cindy landed right on top of poor Coop and Timmy hurting them both.
"I would have given her a ten, if that didn't happen" said Lord Voldemort where the other judges nodded.
As the other teams went with their talents, the Blazing Saddles got high markings from all the judges, even Colonel Barnes in spite of Cleveland Jr. sneaking out before. There was even an odd sparkle in Trixie as she noticed how cool Cleveland Jr. was. Cleveland Jr. then began to do a rap imitation. Next was the Chanting Cherokees, with Frida coming up, she did okay, but since it wasn't a Western song, the judges didn't grade her as high as the Blazing Saddles; then came the Blinding Bandits where Ben changed into Brainstorm and began to juggle objects with his mind, he then turned on the piano, but Dale who was secretly behind the piano placed some liquid in the piano sabotaging it making it sound bad lowering the Blinding Bandits chances; next came the Wild Stallions with Nick not doing a rap impression as a cowboy, but doing his typical good looks.
Confessions in the Saloon:
"If I were on the panel of judges, I'd have given the Wild Stallions a ten out of ten" said Justin as Nick reminded him more of himself.
"Kid was good, but not as great as Cleveland Jr. was" said Lord Voldemort.
"I wish Draco was as good as Cleveland Jr. in not fearing pink" said Lucius who still felt embarrassed that his son failed the final three challenge last season.
End of Confessions.
Next came the Spinning Six where Marceline sang a Country Western song, that gave her team a ten out of ten out of all the five judges. Then finally came June as she road the mechanical bull for about an hour, but receiving not as high as the Spinning Six.
"I think I know whose the winner, the Blazing Saddles and the Spinning Six" said Chris, "the Silver Spurs, and the Blinding Bandits, you'd be voting someone off."
Indeed about a few hours later, it was finally time for the camp fire ceremony, because Timmy and Coop likely were going to expose everyone who Young Blood and Ember were working with, they had to go first. They indeed had the ruse as they were obviously injured due to the accident they had with Cindy and the calf. The only members of the Silver Spurs that didn't receive a golden wrapped chocolate horseshoe were Cindy and Timmy; for the Blinding Bandits, it was Ben and Coop.
"Cindy, Cindy, Cindy, you got talent, but that wasn't enough to save your team" said Chris, "Timmy, you got in Cindy's way."
"Ben, you stated that your Brainstorm alien could make the piano come to life, not ruin it out of commission" said Blaineley, "Coop, you got trampled by Cindy."
As the two hosts awaited the dramatic pause, the four contestants anxiously waited.
"And the final golden wrapped chocolate horseshoe goes to" said both Chris and Blaineley, "Cindy and Ben."
"The Masked Stranger shall ride again!" roared Timmy as he was being escorted to the Carriage of Shame by Chef.
"But we have to tell you something, something important!" cried Coop as he was being escorted by Colonel Barnes.
Confessions in the Outhouse:
"Bye, bye Masked Loser!" laughed Zak Monday.
"Looks like the Masked Loser never ousted us" laughed Ember.
"By, Masked Loser Dork!" laughed Young Blood.
End of Confessions.
As the Carriage of Shame rides off with Grim leading the way, it changes to where Nick was waiting outside his team's cabin where Jade then appears.
"I see neither of our teams won" said Nick.
"As much as I have feelings, that was pretty cool" said Jade as she then gave Nick a kiss.
But Jade wasn't the only one feeling it, Trixie indeed met up with Cleveland Jr. after the challenge with Cotton becoming invisible as she approached the area.
"Nick was okay" said Trixie, "but I think you'd make a better cowboy."
Trixie then leans over to Cleveland Jr. and gives him a kiss, to which the camera then changes to where Chris was privately watching what was going on.
"Whoa there partner! There seems to be a lot of romance going on! What does Paco know about Jade going for Nick? Will Cleveland Jr. be included in the alliance with Dukey, Johnny, Sissy, Rose and her friends? Will Cree have her way in targeting Rose? And more importantly, who's going to fill Lord Voldemort's shoes? Find out next here on Camp Drama Showdown! Yee-ha!" laughed Chris.