"Hello, hello, and welcome back!" Chris announced. "Last week we had our doubles challenges, and boy, did that lead to some issues. Geoff finally broke up with Bridgette after he couldn't take her obsessive attitude anymore; while Courtney got back together with Duncan, but they seem to be both know that she's only using him. However, in the end it was Heather who was voted off, but thanks to a little twist done by yours truly, Alejandro was sent along with her. And the camper's better get ready because I'm throwing another twist there where on today's episode of Total Drama Revenge of the Island."
Chris then blared his air horn and shouted, "Attention all campers, I have an important announcement to make, you are all to report to the main area immediately."
The campers came, though they were all tired and groggy. Leshawna looked to be in the worst condition with bags under her eyes and a slouching posture. Geoff and Bridgette walked on opposite sides of their team as they arrived.
"Okay, you're all here," Chris said. "So, as you can see, Team Evil East has fallen a little behind."
"Yeah, thanks to you!" Courtney snapped.
"But I have a solution," Chris said. "If last season taught us anything, it's that a team of two doesn't work. I didn't think that I'd have to do this so soon, but from now on, Courtney, Duncan, you'll be part of Team Winning West."
"What?" cried Courtney. "That is absolutely ridiculous. I am not sharing my cabin with these losers."
"Oh you don't have to worry about that," Chris assured.
"I don't?" Courtney said.
"Nope, because Chef and I have decided to take your cabin," Chris said. "You'll be moving into the west cabin."
"NO!" cried Courtney.
"Hey, Chris, we could use a little boost too," Beth said. "Why not divide up Courtney and Duncan between the two teams."
"Because I'm trying to increase the drama, duh," Chris said. "And besides you guys are doomed anyways, there's no need to prolong it."
Beth scowled at him.
"And there's one more new rule for you to keep in mind," Chris continued. "Lately we've been having there be on losers and the rest are winners. But we're running out of campers, which means that it'll be harder to get a balanced vote. Therefore from now on there'll be two losers. And you can vote for any other loser, even if they're on a different team."
This sent a ripple of unease throughout the crowds of campers.
"As for today's challenge, I'll give you a bit of time to all wake up, Courtney and Duncan, you'd better use this time to pack your things and head over to your new home," Chris said. "Then I'll see you on the beach for another exciting challenge."
Leshawna's Confessional
What is Chris thinking? It's been hard enough trying to keep my team together, and that's without any major drama. If he throws Courtney in here she'll be driving everyone bonkers in less than an hour. And I don't even what to think what kind of effect Duncan will have on Trent and Gwen.
Duncan left behind his cabin. In one hand he carried various bags, over his back he was carrying Courtney.
"I don't want to go!" she cried. "You can't make me!"
They crossed the island and met up with their new teammates.
"Well, it looks like you and I will be spending a lot more time together," Duncan said as he put his hands around Gwen.
Gwen couldn't help but blush and smile. Courtney clearly didn't like this and sent a murderous glare at both of them.
"Oh…Duncan, let go of me," Gwen ordered.
Trent's Confessional
Great, just great. Sure, things weren't going exactly smooth with me and Gwen, but I like to think that we were headed for a nice friendly relationship. Now that we've got 'Dunkie' she'll be all over him in less than an hour. So much for my dream.
The fourteen campers arrived at the beach where Chris was waiting eagerly.
"Let's get this show on the road," he announced. "Or should I say the waves."
"What's that supposed to mean?" Courtney barked.
"Whoa, someone's touchy," Chris said. "As usual, you'll be competing in a warm-up challenge for three prizes that'll either give the edge or not in this challenge. First prize is this lovely sailboat."
He gestured to his side where a brand new sail boat sparkled in the water.
"Or if you come in second place you'll get this inflatable raft," Chris continued gesturing at the next prize.
The bright yellow raft may not have been as glamorous as the sailboat, but it still looked sturdy and was big enough to hold many campers.
"And if you fail this challenge, you'll get this raft that Chef threw together this morning," Chris finished.
The raft was no more than a collection of sticks tied together.
"But I mentioned something about a warm-up challenge," Chris said, "and here it is."
He pointed in the other direction where a large inflatable platform was floating in the water.
"The fourteen of you will be standing on that platform," Chris explained. "As you can see, it's not attached to anything so keeping your balance will be a challenge. The first team to have everyone fall off gets the raft, and the last person standing wins the sailboat for their team. You can do whatever it takes to win."
"Alright!" cheered Tyler as he leapt onto the platform.
He immediately was bounced off of it and sent into the water.
"Tyler…you're out," Chris said. "Let's hope the rest of you do a little better than that…Go!"
The campers scrambled onto the platform, and sure enough it shook with every little motion. Each of them stumbled about as it wobbled from side to side.
"I'll protect you, Gwen," Trent promised as he got closer to her.
"Yeah right, that's a man's job," Duncan said as he shoved Trent aside.
That caused Trent to lose his balance and stumble to the ground. Luckily he managed to remain on the platform, but he shot an angry glance at Duncan. Gwen wasn't resisting the punk, and Courtney was furious about that. Izzy was bouncing up and down on the platform, performing various acrobatic skills. Each time she landed she'd sent a shockwaves throughout the unsteady grounds. Bridgette was trying to hold herself still and imagined that she was surfing. Ezekiel had gotten down to the ground and covered his head in protection. Sadie was having the most trouble keeping her balance; every step sent her wobbling sporadically. Eventually a cannonball from Izzy caused enough shaking that Sadie tumbled back. She fell into her teammates, Noah and Beth, and frantically tried grab onto something. What she got was Bridgette's ponytail. In shock Bridgette grabbed Lindsay's arm. Then Sadie crashed into the water and the four others fell with her.
"Erm…sorry," Sadie said.
"Team Something South, you guys we'll be getting the raft today," Chris announced. "I stand by my point, you guys are doomed."
Leshawna was trying her best to keep her ground, but Izzy's constant shaking was making it difficult. Eventually she dived after the redhead. Izzy dodged then grabbed the curled up Ezekiel.
"Yo, put me down, eh," he complained.
Instead Izzy launched them into the air, and then tossed the boy at her opponents. Ezekiel crashed into Gwen and Duncan. Gwen stumbled forward and bumped into Courtney.
"Get off of me!" Courtney snapped as she shoved Gwen back.
The goth girl tumbled backwards and fell into the water.
"Hey, cut it out guys!" Leshawna called back to them.
"What was that for?" Duncan complained to Courtney.
"What? What do you care?" Courtney yelled. "Did I hurt your girlfriend? Because I thought that we were going to make this relationship work; and having feelings from some freaky goth is not making this relationship work!"
Duncan's Confessional
Courtney really gets jealous easily. I mean, why should she care if I'm hanging with Gwen; she's just lucky I'm not kissing her? And it shouldn't matter either, since we both know that this "relationship" will be over as soon as Courtney doesn't need me anymore. But why do I still want to go along with it?
Leshawna was chasing Izzy all around the platform, while the other three on the west team were targeting Geoff. However, Trent still remembered how Duncan had shoved him and wanted payback.
"Oops," he exclaimed as she stumbled forward.
He pressed his hand against Duncan's back and made the punk lose his balance. After one misstep Duncan had fallen into the water.
"I'm going to get you, Izzy," Leshawna declared as she chased after the crazy girl.
"Hit me with your best shot," Izzy challenged as she stopped bouncing and stood still.
Leshawna charged at her with her hands out. At the last second Izzy rolled out of the way. What she didn't realize was that Ezekiel was standing behind her. In a painful shove the home schooled boy was sent flying into the water.
"Sorry, Zeke," Izzy called out to him.
Trent and Courtney had Geoff surrounded now. The blond teen looked behind him to see that he was on the edge of the water.
"You're going down," Courtney declared.
"Banzai!" yelled Izzy as she launched herself behind them.
The sudden shock sent Courtney and Trent crashing into Geoff. All three of them fell into the water.
"Okay, it's just you and me now, Izzy," Leshawna declared fiercely.
The two continued the same routine, with Izzy staying one step ahead of Leshawna. As Leshawna gained on her, Izzy performed a backflip and landed right on Leshawna's back. She cackled as she covered her eyes.
"Hey, get off me," Leshawna shouted as she shook back and forth.
Eventually both of them stumbled to the ground. As the two stood up, Izzy gave Leshawna a small poke. Suddenly the girl was flailing her arms desperately trying to not fall off the edge. Just when it looked like she was about to come crashing down, she smacked Izzy with her wildly swinging arms. Izzy went down into the water, while Leshawna collapsed on the platform.
"Thanks to Leshawna, Team Winning West…actually wins," Chris announced.
Leshawna received many cheers for his victory from her team. The teams all got to their boats as Chris began to explain the challenge.
"So, today you'll be searching for some submerged treasure," Chris said. "It's hidden somewhere in these waters, not too far away. You'll be able to spot it by a flag coming out of the water. When you reach the flag, pull up the treasure. The first time to do so wins immunity, and the other two teams will have to vote somebody off tonight.
"Does anybody know how to operate this thing?" Gwen asked as she examined the sailboat with caution.
"I do," Courtney declared.
"Oh right, how could I forget the CIT?" Gwen scoffed sarcastically.
"On your mark," Chris began as Team Nutty North grabbed their paddles.
"Get set," he said as Courtney prepared to untie the sail boat.
"Go!" he cried.
The two teams took off, while Team Something South lagged behind. Beth was trying to use a large stick to paddle for them but it was making minimal progress.
They had gone little distance after a while; Noah sighed, "We might as well give up now; I'm pretty sure we won't be going anywhere."
As if to correct him a large wave burst forward. It sent the spiralling through the water and drifting aimlessly through the water.
"Happy now?" asked Beth.
"No," Noah answered. "We've got no navigation, no way of knowing where this'll take us. We're definitely not going to find that treasure, but that's the least of our worries. If these currents pick up we could get stuck out here."
"It's always something with you," Beth sighed.
Team Nutty North was paddling quickly as they made their way through the water. No one was paddling more frantically than Izzy who were spraying water all over Ezekiel.
"Yo, cut it out, eh," he complained.
Izzy picked up the pace and began splashing water all over the raft. Various teammates of hers cried out and demanded that she slowed down. Tyler was having difficulty paddling against the current. After one stroke he was practically pulled into the water.
As he pulled himself back onto the boat he said sheepishly, "I lost my oar."
The whole team rolled their eyes in frustration.
On the sailboat, Trent and Duncan were eying each other intensely. Duncan let his gaze drift over to Gwen who was trying to work the sailboat from the edge. She had received some splash from the water which left her chest rather wet.
"Keep your eyes off her," Trent ordered.
"Why? She's not your girlfriend anymore," Duncan said.
"She's tired of being jerked around," Trent said. "I respect that she wants a break from all of this, you should to."
"But it's alright if you stare at her when she's not looking?" Duncan added.
"I don't," Trent began.
"Don't deny it," Duncan said. "You want her as bad as I do. The only difference is that she actually wants me back."
"Shut up," snarled Trent as he shoved the boy.
"Guys, calm down," Gwen said as she approached them.
"Better back off, Gwen," Duncan said as he put his hands around her. "We wouldn't want Trent to accidentally hurt you in a rage."
As Courtney glanced back she saw Duncan with his hands around Gwen and narrowed her eyes. She marched down to them and immediately separated them.
"Stay away from him!" she shouted at Gwen. "You've already ruined our relationship once; but we were lucky enough to recover."
"Yeah, lucky," Duncan scoffed under his breath.
"But I swear if you ruin this again you will regret it for the rest of your life," Courtney spat. "I'll hunt you down and—"
"Uh, Courtney," Leshawna called nervously.
"—you'll never be able to escape my wrath wherever you run," Courtney continued. "I'll rip every hair out of your scalp and then—"
"Courtney!" Leshawna called from urgently now.
"—And when you get out of the hospital I'm going to break your other leg," Courtney was still going on. "And I'm also going to vote you off."
"Courtney!" Leshawna cried.
"What?" snapped Courtney.
"Shouldn't you be doing something about that?" Leshawna said as she pointed to the various sharp rocks that they were headed for.
All four of them gasped and began to panic. But it was too late. Courtney couldn't prevent the ship from ramming against the rocks. Soon it was full of holes and stuck between the various rocks.
Courtney's Confessional
I don't know what I was getting so mad about. I mean, I don't really care if Gwen ruins this relationship seeing as how I'm going to end it anyways. I guess my feelings just took over…Feelings that I don't have, that it.
"Well, now what do we do?" Gwen asked.
"I think I saw a larger rock just down there," Leshawna said. "We can swim there before our boat goes down; I guess we'll just have to wait for Chris to come for us."
"We're going to be here for days," Gwen sighed.
Still, they all agreed to Leshawna's plan. Soon they had left behind the sinking ship and were swimming through the frigid waters. Like Leshawna said, they spotted a large rock were would hold all of them. Once they arrived they were all soaking wet and miserable.
"Well, I suppose it could be worse," Courtney said. "The sun could be glaring down on us with unbearable heat."
As she said those words instantly storm clouds blocked out the sun and began to pour down relentless rain.
"Or it could do the cliché thing and just rain," Courtney grumbled.
The rain was making it difficult for Team Nutty North to continue. The current had gotten fiercer and they couldn't see much ahead of them. Only Izzy was still paddling with the same amount of vigor. No one minded anymore since they were all soaking wet.
"This reminds me of the time I took on the Great White Shark," Izzy declared enthusiastically. "It was just me in a row boat, but I showed that shark what I could do with a rowboat."
"This pointless," Bridgette sighed. "We might as well just give up."
"No!" cried Lindsay. "You heard what Clark said, if we lose another team might vote for us."
She shoved an oar into Bridgette's hands, "I'm going to paddle, you're going to paddle, and we are going to find that treasure!"
Bridgette was too tired from stress to even put up and argument. She took the paddle and stroked. Lindsay was almost paddling as rapidly as Izzy now.
Lindsay's Confessional
Hey, it's work. I knew that if I just kept being assertive they'd listen to me Now I can lead my team to victory…hm, how am I going to do that?
Team Something South's raft had miraculous not be broken by the fierce weather, but it looked like it could any second.
"Well, we're doomed," Noah remarked. "We have no idea where we are, we have a couple sticks to keep us afloat, and Mother Nature is intent of destroying us."
"I guess you two will have to say good-bye to each other," Beth said to her teammates.
Noah glanced at Sadie then said, "Bye, Sadie."
"Um…yeah, bye Noah," she replied.
Beth's Confessional
We could have died. Couldn't they think of something just a little more romantic?
Trent was banging rocks together trying fruitlessly to get a fire going.
"Moron, that's not how you make a fire in this weather," Duncan scoffed.
"Oh, and how would you do it?" Trent asked.
Duncan pulled out his lighter and began trying to get a spark. He was as fruitless as Trent.
"Hey, Neanderthals, you can't get a fire when it's pouring rain!" Courtney snapped.
"Brat," Trent spat under his breath.
"Hey, take that back, she's my girlfriend," Duncan ordered.
"Oh, you're over Gwen already?" Trent laughed.
"I gotta have somebody until Gwen comes around," Duncan said. "And trust me, she'll be doing that any day soon."
"Yeah, well not when she realizes what you're doing to Courtney," Trent shot back. "You're just dating her when it's convenient. You need an alley, so you date Courtney. When you get tired of her nagging you, she'll find herself on the Boat of Losers with no boyfriend at her side."
"That's it!" Duncan snarled. "I'm going to kick you—"
They were interrupted when Leshawna and Gwen returned from their trek through the waters. They had broken off parts of the sailboat with the intension of making a shelter.
"Guys, give us a hand here," Leshawna called.
Trent walked over to them, but Duncan was still staring at him furiously.
The storm had become even more ferocious now. With every wave the yellow raft was bounced into the air. Ezekiel looked like he was going to be sick; his face was turning the same shade of green as his beast form. Izzy and Lindsay still held their oars fiercely, while Geoff and Bridgette held their less intensely.
"Do your worst!" Izzy called out to the storm. "You'll never sink Izzy."
Suddenly a large wave engulfed them and sent them all sprawling through the aggressive sea. Bridgette, Izzy, and Geoff had managed to surface themselves; while Lindsay, Tyler, and Ezekiel struggled. Geoff and Izzy went to help Lindsay and Ezekiel, while Bridgette tried to pull Tyler. The jock would not stop struggling and entered up splashing Bridgette's eyes and sending himself sinking. Bridgette took a breath then dived after him. Still he stubbornly struggled against the water. He nearly kicked Bridgette's head as she approached him. Irritated Bridgette punched him in the gut; this caused him to momentarily stop squirming. She was able to pull him up to surface. They made it to the raft which had flipped over. All of them clung onto it for their lives.
Back on the rock, it felt like the team was ready to explode. They had made a shelter using the sail and bits of wood. However it didn't cover much surface, so everyone was huddled up. Trent and Duncan shot each murderous looks, while Courtney stared down Gwen.
"Guys, I have something to say," Gwen said and all eyes turned to her.
"You don't deserve to say anything!" Courtney snapped. "You're probably just going to turn everyone against me. Isn't that your thing, Gothie? You act nice, then when people least suspect it you kiss their boyfriend."
"Courtney, will you shut up for a few minutes?" Gwen shot back at her.
Leshawna clamped a fist around Courtney's mouth and said, "Go ahead, girlfriend."
"Well, since it's quite clear that we've lost this challenge," Gwen began, "I've thought about who should be voted off. It's obvious that there's a lot of tension going on, and I just want that to stop. I've realized that, no matter what I try, I can't help causing drama. So, to put a stop to all of this, I want you all to vote for me."
Her team was silent, even Courtney.
The storm had ended, and the evening sun was starting to show itself. Ezekiel was in the process of puking into the water for the third time. Everyone looked exhausted as they clung to the raft. Tyler was lying on his side breathing heavily, while Lindsay's drenched hair was slopped over his face.
"The flag!" Izzy cried as she pointed.
Ahead of them they could see a black flag with a red 'X' on it. Immediately they all began to use their hands to paddle. Eagerly they arrived at the flag and began to pull it up. As promised, they found a treasure chest.
"What's inside? What's inside?" Lindsay asked eagerly.
Geoff flipped it open and found that it was full of marshmallows.
"Huh?" Lindsay exclaimed.
"Marshmallows to symbolize that you're all safe tonight," came Chris's voice from his helicopter.
The host kicked a ladder down for them as they prepared to head back to the island. Various interns and Chef were picking up the rest of the campers. Team Something South's raft had finally broke, but they learned that they had only been tossed in circles and were no further than from when they had started.
Once everyone arrived, sopping wet, Chris announced, "Well that went better than planned. The storm really helped some interesting material form, like Noah, thousands of fangirls are crying over your tender goodbye to Sadie."
Noah and Sadie just shrugged at each other.
"Wait a minute, you saw us the whole time?" Gwen asked.
"You let us get stuck out there?" Noah gasped.
"You put us through that storm?" Bridgette shouted.
"You made me put up with my team's explosive relationship issues?" Leshawna accused.
"Guys, guys, they'll be plenty of time for finger pointing," Chris said, "when you vote off the person that's most to blame for your problems. And remember, Team Something South and Winning West can vote for anyone in those two teams."
Courtney's Confessional
Ha, ha, bye-bye Gothie! This is one relationship that you're not ending…I am!
Leshawna's Confessional
I don't care what Gwen says, I'm getting rid of that bossy little stuck-up. If this keeps up she's either going to kill someone or explode.
Trent's Confessional
Aw, gee, this is really hard. I really like Gwen and I want her to stay; but she makes a good point. To get put all this behind me, I really have to stop seeing her. But can I really do that to her?
"Ah, now this is a good turnout," Chris announced cheerily as he glanced at the eight campers sitting around the fire.
Team Winning West all looked neutral, but as if they were holding back a dam of emotions. Team Something South just looked nervously as they glanced at the other team.
"The first person who's say and won't be walking the Dock of Shame is," Chris began, "Sadie!"
The girl squealed as she caught her marshmallow.
"Next up," Chris continued, "Leshawna, you're also safe."
The girl cheered as she got her marshmallow and high fived with Sadie.
"Beth, Trent, you two are both safe," Chris went on."
Duncan and Courtney looked at each other with uncertain smiles, Gwen remained neutral, Noah just sighed and signaled for Chris to hurry up.
"Also safe is…Noah," Chris said, "And…Duncan."
Courtney shot one of her frequent murder glances at Gwen; the goth didn't turn around.
"Courtney, Gwen, it comes down between you two," Chris said. "You're both major sources of drama so it's a shame that you have to go; but rules are rules."
"Not on this show they're not," Courtney scoffed under her breath.
"Gwen, despite trying to stay single you've got two boys hopeless battling for you," Chris said. "And Courtney, you're constant nagging isn't doing much for your likeability."
"Just throw the marshmallow!" Courtney ordered.
"You see, that's what I'm talking about," Chris scoffed. "But be that as it may, the final marshmallow will be going to the one with the least amount of votes against them. And that person is…Courtney!"
Courtney cheered as she caught her marshmallow.
Gwen just smiled as she stood up and said, "Thanks guys."
"Okay, get out of here now," Courtney said as she shoved Courtney to the Boat of Losers. "You've done enough damage already."
As Gwen departed she shot a final smile at Trent. The boy blushed and returned it with a wave. He wasn't sure, but it looked like she actually meant the emotions by that final smile.
"With Gwen gone with the drama slow down or only increase?" Chris began his wrap-up. "How much more abuse can Ezekiel take from Izzy before he reverts to his primal state? Can Leshawna keep her time-bomb of a team under control now that her strongest alley is gone? Fine out when we return to Total Drama Revenge of the Island."