Chapter 39: Man versus Machine
It was again Blaineley's turn to give a recap to the audience.
Blaineley's commentary:
Last time on Camp Drama Showdown, it was the battle of the Hill Billy bands, no stereotypes please. The contestants were given a task to form their own bands, and what luck their alliances were the very bands.
But the two most surprising leads were Jenny and Rachel who stole the judges' attention and also got their alliance members immunity as well. As for the other alliances, some of them came close, others like Sissy and her alliance made things worse, she has the voice of a frog when it comes to singing. But oddly enough, she wasn't voted off, instead Trixie and Jeremy were the ones voted off thanks to a certain Edmund who was caught tampering with the votes.
So how will Edmund get the others to be voted off today? Find out next here on Camp Drama Showdown!
End of commentary.
It was still rather late and the remaining contestants were fast asleep, Zerg was up and about as he was trying to figure out if Edmund was secretly sneaking out of his cabin at night to take a peak at the challenges.
"Why are you up late this hour?" asked Buzz who caught Zerg wondering about.
"Look, I don't trust that Edmund kid, if he's as sneakier than me when I was evil, then he's worse than I ever was" continued Zerg.
"Yea, but we're going to need proof, we can't just barge right on in and spy on him" added Buzz.
"Perhaps I can help" said Cotton as his ghost appeared right in front of the two.
"Ha, I knew there was a ghost, well, a ghost that was unofficial" said Zerg.
"How will you be able to help us?" asked Buzz.
"Since you two are never going to be contestants in the game, you two along with that Jessie girl can recruit other contestants to warn them about Edmund" continued Cotton.
"That's not a bad idea" said Zerg.
"We'll get right to it in the morning" said Buzz.
"I've already talked to Riley and Candace, you should get the others to form a secret anti-Edmund alliance" continued Cotton.
"Will do" said Zerg.
As the hours passed, morning soon arrived to which the remaining contestants got out of their cabins. Edmund was quite thrilled for whatever the next challenge would be.
Confessions in the Outhouse:
"Those nerds are so stupid, they think they can win this, well, I'm the only one who'll be able to win all that 25 million bucks for myself!" laughed Edmund.
"Ed likes to eat garlic, but Ed's afraid it'd upset his new friend Edmund" said Ed to which Ed was eating a piece of old garlic bread on camera anyway.
"Edmund's making a big mistake having Ed as an ally" said Zak Monday, "that Ed is dumb, Wally might be dumber, but Ed's dumb on purpose."
End of confessions.
"Hey, Ed knows you hate garlic, so Ed will eat any garlic orientated food that comes Ed's way" said Ed as he was literally eating the same piece of garlic bread right in front of Edmund.
"Yuck, is that garlic!" cried Edmund who obviously had the vampire fear of garlic.
"Yep" said Ed to which he had a deep breath and sent some of the garlic scent over to poor Edmund who began to choke on it a bit before he was able to calm down.
"Oh, you got a piece of garlic bread lying around?" asked Owen.
"None of this shall be yours!" cried Ed who was still jealous of Owen eating most of the food at the mess hall.
As the contestants headed to the mess hall, Chef along with Colonel Barnes and the Xiaolin monks were there serving them their meals. Zerg, along with Buzz and Jessie were watching over the contestants giving them the perfect cover for recruiting them.
"Listen" said Jessie as she came over to Timmy and his alliance's table, "you are in against going against Edmund?"
"Maybe, that vampire kid caused a lot of trouble during the Aftermath, he'll likely do the same" said Timmy signaling that he'd help being against Edmund.
Buzz took the time to recruit Haley as she sat with her alliance.
"So, you are in on this?" asked Buzz to Haley.
"You bet, that Edmund is going to go down" laughed Haley.
It was easy for Zerg to recruit Bobby and those in his alliance, along with Jenny and June's alliance who were already against Edmund.
"Heck, count me in" said Bobby.
"Glad to have you onboard" laughed Zerg.
Edmund was becoming increasingly worried that he was going to be rightfully ganged up on by the other contestants.
"Listen you two" said Edmund as he had a small chit chat with Wally and Zak Monday, "I have been noticing that Buzz, Jessie and Zerg have been too cozy with some of the contestants who are forming alliances against me. When the challenge comes, I want you two to sabotage their efforts."
"You can count on us" said Zak Monday.
"I'll be willing to sabotage that fat kid Cleveland Jr. first" laughed Wally to which Abigail overheard some of those comments from Wally.
Confessions in the Outhouse:
"I know I have put up with Wally for a long time, but he's falling for a trap laid by a no good vampire boy named Edmund" said Abigail.
"What does Wally have against my weight?" cried Cleveland Jr. who continued to sob a bit.
"Man, that Wally has issues" said Owen who could still tell Wally was making fat jokes.
End of confessions.
After the contestants finished their meals, they headed out to what seemed like a large mountain with several trains with drills attached to their fronts stationed there. Chris and Blaineley were there, along with Balrog, one of M. Bison's stooges there.
"Today's challenge is an old forklore reenactment of man versus machine, everyone here except for Balrog will be playing the machine" laughed Chris.
"The first group that manages to go through the mountain first before Balrog ever does wins the immunity" added Blaineley.
"Ha, I am looking forward to this" laughed Balrog, "me versus machine!"
As the contestants were getting ready of who'll take control of the trains, Cindy agreed that she'd take control over Timmy's train, likewise Sally was eager to help out Bobby along with the others such as Tucker who was helping out Danny's alliance, but started to flirt around with Jenny who was doing the job herself.
"So, I hear you are quite the hot iron around here" said Tucker who came up with a bad pick up line for Jenny.
Confessions in the Saloon:
"Man, I know Tucker is desperate, but I wouldn't imagine he'd be that desperate with a machine" said Sam.
"He better lay off my Jenny!" roared Sheldon.
"And here I am the one that's supposed to reenact this man versus machine, but there are people in love with a machine!" laughed Balrog.
End of confessions.
Before Chris was getting ready to start the challenge, Wally who had a wrench with him which Edmund found headed to the train that Timmy's alliance were going to use, he snuck around and unscrewed some nails, likewise, Zak Monday did the same to Bobby's train. The two also did the same to Haley's alliance for which Sissy was going to drive the train and also Danny's train for which Tucker was more than willing to drive the train.
"Alright, get ready go!" said Chris who fired his shot of blanks with his gun.
Balrog used all of his strength and literally created several holes in the mountain, Balrog was moving at a reasonable pace, and was helped out by Chef who was giving him any liquids along with Hank and John Redcorn who were there for first aid since Chris didn't want the real forklore to come true of the man actually dying to avoid a lawsuit. As the trains and their drills began, the trains at first were catching up to Balrog, and Edmund's train especially was passing the others.
"Ha, looks like we're winning this one!" laughed Edmund as he typically patted himself on the back for sabotaging the others.
Poor Timmy and his train started to lose control and the train derailed.
"Great, how the heck are we going to put a train this heavy back on its tracks?" cried Cindy.
"There's no way we're going to win!" cried Jimmy.
"We can always get help from Zerg" said Marc.
"There's no way I'm going to be stuck in this tunnel waiting for him!" cried Cindy as she tried to lift the train herself not being successful.
Cindy kept on being argumentive toward her alliance members, as for Rachel's train, she was very close still on the same level as Balrog, Jenny was a bit past the both of them and in second with Edmund in first. Bobby's train obviously ran into some trouble with Sally not even being able to move it at all, Tucker soon experienced the same thing with Danny's train.
"Why won't it start!" cried Tucker as he started to pound the train.
"I guess this machine doesn't love you and neither does Jenny" laughed Hiro.
"You take that back!" cried Tucker who began to get frustrated with Hiro.
"At least I got a girl to like me" laughed Hiro.
"Why you!" cried Tucker.
Tucker almost got into a fight with Hiro if it were not for Danny, Sam and Jazz holding him back. Soon Sissy's train started to have leak in oil, stopping it as well.
"What the heck is going on!" cried Sissy.
"This isn't good, someone sabotaged us!" cried Haley.
Indeed, Edmund was way in first place as he came right out at the other end of the mountain where Chris and Blaineley were waiting, Jenny came second, Balrog came in third, Huey and Riley's train came in fourth and Rachel's in fifth.
"Last place!" cried Rachel as she couldn't believe it.
"Not according to the forklore tale, but it seems there were a few trains that got stuck in the mountain, they'll be the ones voting someone off" laughed Chris, "as for the rest of you, I am going to make this a reward challenge, you all receive immunity since you at least crossed the finish line, however, Edmund gets a very special award for coming in first."
"Ha, told you I will beat you all at this game!" laughed Edmund.
"Edmund and those in his alliance will receive the spa treatment, as for the rest of you, you will all be treated to dine at the Saloon for one day" said Blaineley.
About a few hours later, it was finally time for the contestants that didn't get the reward to vote for someone to be voted off. Typically enough, Sissy, Cindy, Jimmy, Haley, Sally, Bobby, Tucker and Hiro all didn't receive golden wrapped chocolate horseshoes.
"Sissy, Cindy, you two didn't do your parts for your alliance, Haley, Jimmy you two also contributed to some wrongdoing" laughed Chris.
"Bobby, I am disappointed in your leadership, Sally, you panicked a bit, Tucker you nearly got in a fight with Hiro" said Blaineley.
"Last golden wrapped chocolate horseshoes for the night goes to" said both Chris and Blaineley as they were waiting for the dramatic pause, "Haley, Jimmy, Bobby and Hiro!"
"Don't worry" said Johnny as he gave Sissy a hug and kiss goodbye, "I'll win this one for us."
"That was the same thing I said about with Jeremy" said Candace as a tear developed in her eye.
"Same but with Trixie" said Cleveland Jr. who also felt sympathetic to Johnny.
"Don't worry, I'll watch my back for the crazy Edmund kid" said Jimmy.
"Do me a favor Neutron, come up with a strategy to waste that guy" said Cindy as she went with the others onto the Carriage of Shame which Grim was more than eager to head off.
"Come on kids, time's a wasting" laughed Grim.
As the Carriage of Shame took off, meanwhile, Edmund was congratulating himself with the spa treatment and also in the hot tub that was provided. As Wally, Ed and Zak Monday headed out, Cotton's ghost was invisible hatched up an idea on how to get even.
"So, he likes to sabotage the other contestants, we'll see how he likes it when the hot tub is up really hot" laughed Cotton.
Cotton indeed messed around with the heat on the hot tub, it was rather a bit too warm for Edmund to which he screamed out in pain to which Cotton began to laugh at Edmund as he ran off, this was indeed caught on security cameras being reviewed by Chris.
"Well now, sounds like our guardian angel, who is guarding the contestants hates to see cheaters prosper, just what kind of scheme does our guardian angel have for Edmund? Will Edmund sabotage more contestants? And will Jorgen in the upcoming Aftermath feel humiliated for being knocked out by a purse? Find out here on Camp Drama Showdown!" laughed Chris.