Chapter 20: Edmund's Plot Thickens
Once more it was an Aftermath show, as Geoff was going to give details and recap to the audience.
Geoff's Commentary:
Last time on Camp Drama Showdown the Aftermath, it was a prank tournament where the contestants who got voted off would get a second chance of returning back to the game! Bart had gotten residents of his hometown Springfield together, where the contestants had to prank them.
Some pranks were better than others, others had poor execution, but all and all, Kuki was able to get Nelson in an embarrassing photo that got her sent back to the game. So will anyone else be that lucky? Find out here on Camp Drama Showdown the Aftermath!
End of Commentary.
Indeed, the new incoming losers were not as happy as they'd seem to be. Timmy who was healed from his wounds wanted to tell the other contestants that someone was sabotaging the show, but it wasn't Blaineley this time around. He was able to heal so quickly thanks to having Cosmo, Wanda and Poof come to the studios secretly.
"Thanks guys for coming along" said Timmy to his fairies.
"Of course, we were so struck that you got hurt in the game we had to come anyway" said Wanda.
"Poof, Poof, Poof" said Poof.
"Yeah, Poof is right, someone sabotaged Cindy's act" said Cosmo.
"Wow, you learned all that from a baby?" asked Wanda to Cosmo.
"No, not really, but that suspicious bucket wasn't there before when I was watching her act back home" said Cosmo.
"Well, we cannot interfere in challenges like these" said Wanda, "that's up to you to get back in the game."
"And that means the Masked Stranger will ride again!" said Timmy.
"Masked Loser!" laughed Cree as she entered the scene to which Cosmo, Wanda and Poof turned into soft chairs, "Talking to some invisible imaginary friends?"
"Ha, you ejected from the game that was so morally justified" said Timmy.
"Listen you twerp" said Cree, "you're not the only one edging to get back in the game here."
"Ha, I'll be doing these Aftermath show hosts a favor by figuring out where the saboteur of the show really is" said Timmy, "I know one thing for sure, that Ember and Young Blood are up to no good."
"Like I care about stuff like that" said Cree as she then stormed off.
Indeed, the Aftermath hosts were unaware of Edmund's plot to sabotage the show so that he can get the reward money, typically enough, Timmy who was still in backstage was purposely trying to avoid coming out on stage so he could do more investigations. All the other recent losers that were voted off the game came right out on the stage.
"Say, where's that beaver boy, the Masked Beaver?" asked Bart.
"Yeah, that's a good one" laughed Geoff, "just where is the little guy."
"How the crude we should know?" asked Wally, "All he cares about is some imaginary plots."
But Timmy wasn't the only one who was searching for Edmund, Jorgen was on the case to, as he was trying to prevent Edmund from leaking out Aftermath challenges to the losers whom were voted off.
"Bah, there is that vampire brat" said Jorgen as he started to look around the area where he usually hung around.
But as Jorgen continued his search, he literally bumped right into Timmy.
"Turner boy, what are you doing here" said Jorgen, "you should be back on stage with the other losers, I mean contestants who got voted off."
"Jorgen, I for one believe there is a plot against this show" said Timmy, "but I got into an accident that prevented me from telling everyone who Ember and Young Blood are working for, and now they're part of Blaineley's Idea Team."
"Well, they do behave suspiciously" said Jorgen.
"Tell you what Jorgen, I won't tell them you're a fairy, you get to still keep your job if you'll help me look for whoever might be behind this dastardly plot" said Timmy.
"Fine, and if I should find out who it is, I'll put you back in the game" said Jorgen.
"Deal" said Timmy as the two shook on their alliance.
But as the two were trying to find their prime suspect Edmund, Edmund who was busy outside the studios was unaware of the two, and was giving his next set of orders to Ember and Young Blood who'd then give the orders to anyone who sides with them.
"Listen up closely" said Edmund to Ember and Young Blood whom were on the other line, "I know that Mandy girl can be quite problematic for me if I ever get into the game."
"What do you want us to do about it?" asked Ember.
"Ruin her image in the next challenge, to make Chris so upset, he'd have to pick someone weaker or someone who'd be able to play by my whim" said Edmund.
"Like Buford or Tucker?" asked Young Blood.
"Bingo" replied Edmund.
"I think Buford would be a more useful pawn to your schemes, he's been eyeing on betraying Chris' side" continued Ember, "ever since Blaineley picked him up."
"Very interesting" said Edmund, "what about Candace and Jeremy?"
"Hmm, we'll have to do more research on them" continued Ember.
"Good, continue to do your work on spying on them" said Edmund.
But as Edmund was plotting, back at the Aftermath show, the contestants who got voted off were throwing pies at Krusty the Clown who was happy enough to be used for emotional stress for being voted off.
"Hey, that one was a bit hard!" cried Krusty.
"Sorry" said Lance, "I'll try to throw it harder next time."
"You mean like this?" asked Duncan Rosenblatt as he then fired a pie at Krusty which began to burn his face because of Duncan Rosenblatt's powers.
"Put the fire out!" cried Krusty as Geoff then used a fire extinguisher on him.
"I think I know why you two were voted off" said Bridgette to Lance and Duncan Rosenblatt.
"We were NOT voted off" said Lance.
"Yeah, Chef came and stopped us from fighting" continued Duncan Rosenblatt.
"I say I shouldn't be here!" said Wally who wasn't happy.
"Wally, it seems that you should have been nicer to the girls" in the game" said Lisa.
"Hey, I like being a boy as much as the next, but come on" said Bart.
"Look, just get off my case, I demand another chance!" roared Wally.
"Sorry pal, not this time you don't" said Geoff.
But as some of the losing contestants were still upset they were there in the first place, Edmund who had stashed away his evidence was still unaware that Timmy and Jorgen were following him throughout the studios. After Edmund left his private area in the studios, the two decided to do some detective work and search for more clues.
"So why would Edmund want to ruin the show besides for the 25 million?" asked Jorgen, "He wasn't a host like Blaineley was."
"Which is why we should go into his private room within the studios" said Timmy.
As the two managed to sneak into the room, Timmy spotted Edmund's typical vampire coffin there, along with a shrine of Chris and Blaineley fan stuff.
"Whoa, this vampire boy really is a big fan" said Jorgen, "but why would it make sense for him to ruin the show?"
"Don't you see Jorgen, it all starts to add up" said Timmy, "a desperate fan would do anything to get on the show."
"Hmm, you're right" said Jorgen, "but we can't just charge him with sabotaging the show, we need more factual evidence."
"Right, and that's why we'll continue to track him even as he manages to kick out everyone else in the show" continued Timmy.
As the two left the room untouched, Jorgen then escorted Timmy back to the stage where all the other losers were located.
"About time you showed up" said Bloo, "where you looking for invisible versions of my kind?"
"Ha, ha, that's very funny" said Timmy in a sarcastic tone.
"Look, Timmy, as much as I think you might be onto something, I think it might not be worth it" said Coop who was still injured compared to Timmy.
"What are you saying?" asked Timmy.
"Alright, you're not going to upstage us hosts" said Bart as he slapped his hands to have Jorgen remove Timmy.
"My speech!" cried Timmy.
"Not worth the exposure, at least for now" said Jorgen.
After Jorgen placed Timmy in a safe area of the studios, he headed back to the projectile room and showed humorous clips of the contestants in embarrassing situations within the game.
"Alright, that's funny!" laughed Geoff as video showed poor Wally getting hit by scrambled eggs.
"Enough of the embarrassment already!" cried Wally who didn't want to see the clip.
"Here's Ben getting smacked by a shovel from Heather!" laughed Geoff as poor Ben was smacked with the shovel as Jet Ray by Heather on the film.
Poor Dash got humiliated once again after the film showed clips of him getting wedgies by June, especially the flap pole wedgie which was a classic to Geoff as he couldn't stop laughing along with Bart.
"Oh man, that's too funny to stop laughing!" laughed Geoff.
"What a loser!" cried Fanny as she couldn't believe how poorly Dash did than her.
"I just cannot imagine what people are thinking back home" sighed Dash as he was quite embarrassed and rightly so.
"Well, that's all the time we have here for today, so see you next time here on Camp Drama Showdown Aftermath!" said Geoff.
But as the cameras indeed faded, back at Chris' office in the western town itself, three figures stood before him.
"Mr. McLean, we represent an organization known as Shadaloo" said M. Bison, "these are my compatriots Seth and Juri."
"Well, it sounds like your organization will indeed be perfect to replace the Death Eaters, their leader kind of had a meeting with the Grim Reaper" continued Chris.
"If there is anything we can help you out here, say an upcoming challenge, we'd love to get involved" said Seth.
"Yes, we insist on it" said Juri.
"Will pencil it in" said Chris.