Chapter 18: The Chain Gang Theme
Once again, it was Blaineley's turn to give a recap to the audience on what happened last time.
Blaienley's Commentary:
Last time on Camp Drama Showdown, it was a talent competition in the Saloon, where the eight teams were selecting a few members of their team to show off their talents. Some were good, others were fantastic, and still others could have done better such as Cindy doing gymnastic tricks while riding on the back of a calf, poor Timmy and Coop got hurt for standing in the way, and then there was Ben who tried to make an old Western-like piano come to life with his alien Brainstorm, he sadly didn't have the brains for that.
But due to Timmy and Coop's injuries, they were sent home on the Carriage of Shame, and aside from that, there is brewing romance between Nick and Jade, and also Cleveland Jr. and Trixie. So get ready for more excitement here on Camp Drama Showdown!
End of Commentary.
It was rather quite late at night, everyone were mostly asleep, except for Ember and Young Blood whom were meeting with Vicky, Eustace, Dale and Vlad Masters.
"I can't believe the Mayor wants to be in on the gig" said Young Blood.
"Hey, I'm just following the part of what a corrupt Wild West mayor does" said Vlad.
"I say we all go for it" said Dale, "why don't we get the 25 million bucks now?"
"Listen, that's not how you play the game here" said Vlad, "we need to get everyone else out of the game first."
"Yeah, so Chris nor Blaineley will have any other choice but to have either me or Ember" added Young Blood.
"Well, not exactly the plan according to our friend Edmund" said Ember, "he wants in too."
"But he's all the way back at the studios, how the heck is he going to join up here?" asked Young Blood.
"Vlad, don't you have the ability to get Edmund onboard or something?" asked Ember.
"We're currently in a transition here with the advisors for Chris" replied Vlad, "Lord Voldemort didn't make it out alive during the Battle of Hogwarts."
"So you mean you will NOT be able to get him in?" asked Ember.
"Only for a more Aftermaths" continued Vlad, "we're still finalizing what sinister groups will be replacing Lord Voldemort and his Death Eaters."
"And what would you like me to do?" asked Eustace, "I want to get paid for this!"
"I think I can drum up a challenge that would fit you and Vicky perfectly into the plan in the future" said Vlad.
Confessions in the Saloon:
"Lousy no good Mayor" said Eustace who really wanted to get paid.
"No respect for patience" said Vlad.
"I hope he KNOWS not to cross me if this falls through" said Ember referring about Edmund.
End of Confessions.
As the contestants that remained in the game were unaware that a plot was unfolding, Cleveland Jr. who got out of the cabin from his team noticed Trixie getting out of her team's cabin. Trixie smiled to Cleveland Jr. from afar, and headed out to the mess hall.
Confessions in the Outhouse:
"Wow, I can't believe Trixie likes me!" cried Cleveland Jr. with joy.
"Yeah, Cleveland Jr.'s okay" said Trixie, "better than Nick or any of the other guys here."
"That Paco better not get in the way of me and Jade" said Nick who was sure Paco would soon find out.
"Paco's more like a little brother or a very distant cousin" said Jade.
End of Confessions.
As everyone were in line waiting to get their breakfast, Colonel Barnes along with Chef, John Redcorn and Hank Hill were there serving everyone along with members of Chris' Sabotage Team.
"Yo Megan, liked it how I helped you out in that challenge?" asked Riley to Megan as she had her plate ready for Riley to pour food on it.
"That was you?" asked Megan who then thought of how Otto got hurt, "Look, I appreciate you helped me in that challenge, but you shouldn't get others hurt just for me."
Confessions in the Outhouse:
"Hey, at least she recognizes me now" said Riley.
"That poor Otto" said Megan referring what happen to him in the last challenge, "seriously, I know Riley likes me, but he shouldn't do something like that."
End of Confessions.
Paco who was next to Jade in line noticed that Jade was watching Nick in an odd manner that he didn't seem to realize what was going on between the two.
"Hey Jade" said Paco.
"What?" asked Jade.
"Why are you looking at Nick like that?" asked Paco, "That guy's a jerk."
"Nick's not a jerk" said Jade who was becoming defensive about him.
Suddenly Paco realized what could have possibly happen that he was likely unaware of.
Confessions in the Outhouse:
"I can't believe it that she has more feelings for Nick than me!" cried Paco who was obviously upset.
"Don't be such a crybaby" said Duncan who was overhearing Paco trying to impress Jade.
"Man he scored out" sighed Tucker referring to Paco who also overheard him and Jade.
"I remember Jenny doing that" sighed Sheldon who also overheard Paco.
End of Confessions.
Jade obviously didn't sit at the table her team was sitting and instead sat at Nick's team's table.
"Hey, she's not supposed to be her pal" said Cree who wasn't happy to see Jade there.
"Look, she's cool with me alright" barked Nick.
"So, you want to make this personal do ya?" asked Cree.
"Alright, break it up" said Rose who stepped in, "listen Cree, what's your problem, I'm the one in charge here."
Confessions in the Outhouse:
"Rose is going down for this" said Cree.
"I am the one whose supposed to be making the rules here" said Rose.
"Cree should not have done that" said Jake.
"What's her deal" said Nick referring about Cree.
End of Confessions.
But as the Wild Stallions were falling apart, the Raging Bulls continued to go down as well, Wally had purposely pushed Sissy off of her seat at the table where Hoogie and Marc just so happen to sat on the same side with Johnny.
"Go eat on the girl's side!" laughed Wally.
"You're going to pay for that Wally!" cried Sissy who wasn't happy.
"You there" said Wally to Marc, "you better not be thinking of bringing Libby over here either."
Marc indeed got angry at Wally, and Hoogie noticed Marc was turning quite red.
"Er, Wally, could you please let up on breaking our team apart?" asked Hoogie.
Confessions in the Outhouse:
"I'm just showing that I'm the one in charge here" said Wally.
"Man, he's going to get it" said Sissy.
"There has to be a way for one of us girls to get Wally off" said Molly.
"He's lucky I'm restricted from using any of my martial art skills" said Marc.
End of Confessions.
After everyone finished breakfast, they headed out to the desert, where Chris and Blaineley were there, along with Walker and some of his henchmen.
"You're bringing Walker here?" asked Danielle to Chris.
"I'm only going to be here for the challenge" replied Walker.
"Yeah indeed, he's perfect for this challenge" continued Chris.
Suddenly the eight teams found themselves chained up together in a chain gang separated by each team.
"Today's challenge is quite simple" said Walker as he got up and was given by permission by Chris and Blaineley to tell the contestants of the challenge, "you are to run as far from here as possible without being caught by any of my men who'll be coming after you or by Sheriff Woody and his deputies."
"In other words, it's like the challenge where Alejandro, Heather and Courtney all somehow escaped, but you're the prisoners this time" laughed Chris.
"Precisely" said Walker as he then took out a gun filled with blanks, "when I fire the gun, you'll be given a ten minute start in the desert, the first team that is to cross the finish line to the safe zone that's marked in the desert wins immunity."
As the eight teams headed off, about a few minutes later, Chris and Blaineley hopped on robotic horses with Sheriff Woody and his deputies, along with Walker and his henchmen.
"An old fashion fugitive hunt!" laughed Chris.
"Are you sure they'd be safe?" asked Blaineley.
Everyone else responds by laughing at Blaineley's comments as they continue the chase.
Indeed it was a good start for the Raging Bulls, in spite of Wally being the slow one dragging everyone else back.
"I'm tired, when is this going to be over!" cried Wally as he continued to whine about it.
"Will you please shut up!" cried Abigail to Wally who was sweating quite a bit because of the heat.
"Man, these chains are making it hard for us" said Hoogie.
"We have to come up with an invention quick to break these chains" said Marc.
"Don't you two go and argue what type of invention, just do it!" ordered Abigail.
As the two did exactly that, things were not looking well for Tony who as getting quite exhausted, Sakura had to pick him up on piggy back to carry him. Likewise, Cleveland Jr. was the slow one in his team with Danielle and Hiro doing their best to help him out, and Lee Clark wasn't doing well for the Silver Spurs. As for Blaineley's teams, the Blinding Bandits were making it up from the previous challenge with Ben who was Big Chill was providing cool fresh air for everyone.
"That feels so good" said Reggie.
"You know it" laughed Kevin.
"I'm just glad he's not the alien that melts" said Ben.
Poor Double D of the Wild Stallions was slowing everyone down with Jake and Cree being the ones pushing him to get up.
"So tired!" cried Double D.
"Get up, we're not going to lose this challenge!" barked Jake.
"Yeah, I'm just as hot as you are and even ten times sweatier" said Chris Griffin.
For the Spinning Six, Mac and Steve were the ones slowing them down with poor Marceline trying to drag both of them around.
"Could someone lend me a hand here!" cried Marceline who was trying to use her umbrella to keep the sun from hurting her at the same time.
"Sure thing" said Jack as he just clapped for her.
"Move it!" said Rose as she then slapped Jack to force him to help out Marceline in carrying Mac.
As for the Racing Rangers, no one was exhausted yet, but many were sweating quite uncontrollably due to the heat.
"So hot" said Dukey.
"A little further" said June.
"So, June" said Paco who was trying to flirt with June, "is there someone in mind that you like here?"
"Now's not the time Paco" said June who was annoyed by him.
Suddenly the Blinding Bandits passed them as they were in the lead.
"Come on, we'll follow Ben's icy path!" said June.
Meanwhile for the Raging Bulls, Marc and Hoogie ended up working together to create an invention that freed them from the chains, they ended up passing everyone else including the Blinding Bandits to the safe zone where Hank Hill, John Redcorn, members of Blaineley, Chris' Idea Teams and also the Sabotage Team were there ready to give first aid.
"We got here first!" laughed Abigail.
"Man I should have changed into an alien that'd have gotten these chains off" said Ben whose team reached there second.
Meanwhile for the other teams, Walker, along with Sheriff Woody were indeed riding their robotic horses with Chris and Blaineley following along with the deputies and Walker's henchmen.
"Time to round up the stragglers!" laughed Walker as his men prepared nets.
The Blazing Saddles made it in third place in spite of poor Cleveland Jr. slowing them down, but the Chanting Cherokees ended up getting surrounded by Walker and his men, along with also the Spinning Six.
"Oh that's just great!" cried Marceline, "If you helped me more we wouldn't be in this mess!"
"Hey, I wasn't going to help anyway" laughed Jack who then got slapped by Rose.
The Wild Stallions were indeed the last time to make it to the safe zone, along with the Silver Spurs. Only two teams obviously didn't make it to the safe zone.
"Chanting Cherokees, Spinning Six, it sounds like you'll be voting off more than one person" said Chris.
"What about us?" asked June.
"As for the winners, everyone of you will be treated at our first class spa as an reward for getting to the safe zone" said Chris, "treat this as a semi-reward challenge for ALL the teams that got to the safe zone."
About a few hours later, it was finally time for the camp fire ceremony, where instead of two contestants from the teams that didn't receive a golden wrapped chocolate horseshoe, there were four. For the Chanting Cherokees, Tony, Sakura, Libby and Frida didn't receive one, Frida was indeed a slow one for the Chanting Cherokees but made not that many complaints; for the Spinning Six, they were Mac, Steve, Jack and Rose.
"Tony, Tony, Tony, you are once here again" said Chris, "Sakura, your team didn't seem to care about you helping to carry poor Tony and slowing you down. Libby, seems like someone is secretly not liking you for throwing food at Wally, and Frida, you were slow."
"Mac, Steve, you two slowed your team down" said Blaineley, "Jack, you should have helped Marceline, and Rose, that doesn't sadly give you the right to hit Jack back."
"Last two golden wrapped chocolate horseshoes for the night goes to" said Chris and Blaineley, "Libby, Frida, Jack and Rose!"
"Time for you four to move on out" said Colonel Barnes as the Carriage of Shame road up.
"Yeah, I got a schedule to keep up with" said Grim.
As the four got onto the Carriage of Shame and road off, Chris headed to his private office on the set to review a few members of his Idea Team, among the first file he got was that of Danny Fenton's.
"Yeah, I know what you're thinking" laughed Chris as he was reading the file from its manila folder, "don't spoil the surprise until next time here on Camp Drama Showdown!"