Chris McClean was on the Boat of Losers, looking frantically back at the island as he departed from it.
He turned the camera and said, "Oh, right, the show much go on. We've been having a few minor difficulties but we're still doing another episode of Total Drama Revenge of the Island. Last time various alliances were made. Leshawna teamed up with Trent and Beth, Duncan allied himself with Lindsay, and Noah and Ezekiel agreed to team up. But that last one didn't work out so well as Noah got the boot and Ezekiel got messed up in some radioactive waste. Now he's mutated into a hideous monster and is running wild on the island. Luckily we've made a break for safety. Or at least, Chef and I have, I'm sure the campers will be fine on their own. But you can find out right now."
At the girls' base they were all just waking up and getting ready.
"I wonder what Chris has planned for us today," Beth said.
"Something evil, no doubt," Bridgette remarked as she opened the door.
She then noticed a note that had been attached to the door; she read it, "Warning: There is a radioactive, super-mutant freak on the loose. We've sent for an attack force to deal with it. In the meantime please stay inside. LOL, Chris."
"LOL?" asked Beth asked.
"I'm guessing he wanted to say 'lots of love,'" Bridgette explained.
"Oh I'm pretty sure Chris is laughing out loud right now," Leshawna said. "This whole thing is probably him just setting up another challenge."
"I don't know, Leshawna," Beth said nervously. "He did ask us to stay inside."
"Hello, this is exactly like the Escape Psycho Killer with a Chainsaw and a Hook," Leshawna scoffed. "I'm gonna go out there and I'm probably just going to see Chef in a ridiculous outfit. Who's with me?"
No one volunteered.
"Fine, I'll go by myself," Leshawna sighed as she headed out.
"Be careful, Leshawna," Beth called.
Lindsay watched from the corner as an idea began to form in her mind.
Lindsay's Confessional
Do I feel bad about betraying my former friends? No; because they obviously didn't care about Tyrone when they voted him off.
Leshawna walked through the woods with determination in her stride. After she was deep inside she noticed some footprints in the ground. They looked human, but a strange glow emitted from them.
"Yeah, great special effects," Leshawna scoffed.
It was then that she heard a noise. It sounded like a combination of a bark and a gag. She carefully walked towards it. She spotted Ezekiel on all fours digging a hole like a dog. His skin was a toxic green and his hair was almost all gone.
"Zeke," Leshawna gasped.
The boy turned to her; his eyes were a piercing fire engine red.
"Whoa, that is not natural," Leshawna gasped as she backed away from him.
Ezekiel approached her with uneven steps, his tongue hung out of his mouth with green saliva dripping down it.
"Zeke, just stay calm," Leshawna said more to herself really.
Ezekiel turned to a tree which he grabbed and uprooted.
"Now that is really not natural!" Leshawna cried as she ran.
Ezekiel threw the tree after her with inhuman strength. Leshawna felt the ground shake as the tree crashed down near her. As she ran she could hear Ezekiel pant as he pursued her. She shot a glance back and saw him on all fours gaining on her. She picked up the pace. Suddenly she saw a green flame shoot past her. She cried out as she realized that Ezekiel was breathing the fire out of his mouth.
"That is seriously not natural!" she screamed as she continued to run.
On the guys' side they were just reading the same note from Chris.
"Well it's clear what he wants us to do," Duncan said. "We need to find this mutant freak and capture it."
"What?" Trent cried. "Are you crazy? This thing could be dangerous."
"As if the rest of the show isn't," scoffed Duncan. "Chris hasn't killed us yet, I doubt he'll do it now that we're so close."
"But what if this isn't Chris?" Geoff suggested. "What if this is all real?"
"I think I've been on this show long enough to know what to expect," Duncan said. "And besides how bad could this thing be?"
As he left Trent and Geoff looked at each other. Reluctantly they followed after him.
Trent's Confessional
I think Duncan's got the wrong attitude, if there's one thing I've learned about this show it's that you can never know what to expect. But we've got to stick together, it's the only chance we've got against…whatever we're up against.
"Oh my god!" Bridgette exclaimed as she looked through a pair of binoculars. "Leshawna is in real danger."
"Oh no, you have to do something," Lindsay said.
"I know," Bridgette said. "I'm coming Leshawna."
Beth was shaking now and mumbling, "Oh dear, this is terrible, this is so awful."
Bridgette grabbed a rope and rushed down the mountain. She followed Leshawna's footsteps in a desperate hurry. Every once in a while she would hear Leshawna's desperate scream or Ezekiel's feral growl. Eventually she spotted the girl stumbling through the shrubs as Ezekiel stalked after her. Bridgette worked fast and tossed the rope around a branch. She swung herself with force into Ezekiel.
"Bridgette!" Leshawna gasped.
"Come on, let's get out of here!" Bridgette ordered.
Duncan was guiding the other two boys in making a trap. Geoff was putting together a cage made out of branches, while Trent was tying a variety of vine ropes across trees.
"Are you sure this is going to be strong enough?" Geoff asked.
"Believe me, Chris is going to be cutting corners everywhere," Duncan said. "I'd be surprise if this thing was anything more than a dog painted green."
"Unless it's real," Trent repeated.
"I'm telling you it's just one of Chris's lame challenges," Duncan said.
Then they heard the sounds of footsteps approaching.
"Here it comes," Duncan exclaimed as he got the trap ready.
"Wait!" Trent shouted. "It's just Leshawna and Bridgette."
The two girls were running frantically straight towards them.
"Whoa, slow down girls," Trent said as he stepped out. "What's going on?"
"It's Zeke!" Bridgette cried. "He's gone feral again."
"Yeah and not only that but he's got monstrous strength and breathes fire," Leshawna added.
"What?" Duncan laughed. "You can't be serious."
Suddenly the Ezekiel monster jumped out in front of all of them. He shot a menacing snarl as he moved towards them.
"Yeah, we're serious," Bridgette said.
As Ezekiel approached them Duncan shouted, "Now, Geoff!"
Geoff released the rope and allowed for the cage to drop right on Ezekiel.
"Ha, we got him!" Duncan cheered.
His victory was short-lived though as Ezekiel began chewing on the wood. It melted almost immediately.
"Run!" Trent shouted.
All the teens obeyed and sprinted away from the mutant.
"He's blocking the way back to the bases!" Bridgette exclaimed.
"Let's head for Chef's," Leshawna suggested. "We can barricade ourselves in there."
Meanwhile at the girl's quarters Lindsay had taken the binoculars now.
"Oh no, things don't look very good for Lestacy and Brenna," she exclaimed. "One of them should go help them."
"Oh, but I'm so scared," Beth chattered. "There's a real live monster out there."
"Well, I guess I could go," Lindsay said. "After all I wouldn't want anything to happen to my friends; they can depend on me."
"You shouldn't have to go, Lindsay," Beth said. "I'll do it; I'd never be able to forgive myself if I let you go out there while I stayed here."
"Really? Thanks Beth," Lindsay said.
The shorter girl took a deep breath, then ran outside. As soon as she was gone Lindsay took one of the beds and pushed it against the door.
"There, now I'm bound to win this challenge," she exclaimed.
The five teens on the run had to duck and dive as more green fire blasted towards them. Leshawna slipped as she fell through the bushes. Trent reached down and pulled her up as they continued to run. Bridgette spotted Chef's cabin and pointed it out. They ran as fast as they possible could and slammed the door shut. Duncan immediately grabbed a table and shoved it against the door. Everyone was breathing heavily.
"That was too close," Bridgette moaned.
"I think we can all accept that this is not just some challenge," Trent said.
Suddenly a green fist burst through the door. Everyone screamed as they backed away from it. Duncan grabbed a fork and stabbed it into the hand. He heard a howl of pain in return. Slowly they heard the sound of him retreating.
"I think he's gone," Leshawna sighed.
However it wasn't too much longer before they heard a high pitched scream from outside.
"Beth!" they all shouted.
Someone's got to help her," Bridgette exclaimed.
"I'll go," Duncan said.
"I'll go with you," Trent said. "All the rest of you just stay here."
The two boys removed the barricade then ran to the sound of the scream.
Beth had been tentatively walking through the forest when she'd seen the green creature walking towards her. She had let out a shrieking scream and ran back the way she came. However her feet got tangled in roots and vines on the ground and she tumbled down. She closed her eyes as Ezekiel approached her.
Suddenly she heard someone cry, "Beth!"
She looked up to see Trent running to her side. Duncan arrived next wielding a large branch. He smacked Ezekiel to the side. Ezekiel shot fire from his mouth and soon the branch was burning. Duncan just worked with this as he jabbed with the flaming stick. Ezekiel backed away then ran in the opposite direction. Beth was shaking as Trent lifted her up.
Back at Chef's cabin the three campers had set up the barricade again. Now they were all pacing around the room frantically.
"I think I hear something," Bridgette gasped.
All of them strained their ears.
"I don't hear anything," Leshawna said.
Suddenly the ground beneath them began to shake. All of them screamed and stepped away from where it was coming from. Bridgette couldn't get away before a pair of green hands grabbed her ankles. She tumbled to the floor as Ezekiel pulled himself out of the ground and onto her. She screamed in sheer terror.
"Hey, get off her!" Geoff barked as he grabbed Ezekiel.
The two wrestled for a bit, but it was clear that Ezekiel was gaining the upper hand.
"Bridgette!" Leshawna cried as she tossed something to the blond.
Bridgette caught the frying pan and understood immediately.
"Leave him alone!" she screamed as she swung the pan as hard as she could against Ezekiel's head.
The mutated boy shot across the room and slammed into the wall. He seemed to be unconscious, but the campers weren't taking any chances.
"Let's get back to the mountain base now," Leshawna declared.
They all ran from the building and back into the woods. On the way they ran into Trent, Beth, and Duncan. They didn't need to say anything to get the message across.
"Faster, he's coming," cried Beth as she pointed behind them.
Trent grabbed Beth and carried her with him. Bridgette tightened her grasp on her frying pan as she ran faster. Soon they were at the foot of the mountain and began to climb up. They could see Ezekiel's green glow not too far behind them. One by one they arrived at the door. Bridgette tried to open it frantically but found that it was stuck.
"Lindsay, open the door!" she screamed.
"What's that? Do I hear something?" Lindsay giggled from the inside.
Leshawna began slamming on the door screaming, "Lindsay you open this door right now!"
Lindsay's Confessional
Well, I didn't know that they were in mortal danger. I thought they were just in the regular kind of danger.
"It's him!" Beth cried as Ezekiel climbed up the mountain.
It was then that they realized that he was standing on two legs now.
"Hey guys," he said. "So like, what's going on? And why am I green, eh?"
"What…what…" Beth blubbered.
"Is it possible?" Bridgette gasped.
"You mean that when you conked him on the head he turned back to normal," Leshawna said, then looking over at Ezekiel who was still glowing green. "Well, mentally at least."
"What are you all talking about, eh?" Ezekiel asked. "All I remember is going into that cave; and then I woke up with a headache, eh."
Suddenly he collapsed as a dart shot into his back.
"Good shot, Chef," Chris said from his helicopter.
Chef, sitting next to him, waved his dart gun proudly.
"So, this was a challenge?" Leshawna asked.
"Oh no," Chris said. "I would never do a challenge that didn't give me any screen time. Ezekiel actually did mutate and we're getting him the help he needs."
He gestured at a variety of other helicopters approaching. A team of medics exited down ladders and grabbed Ezekiel.
"So, he's going to treatment for that?" Bridgette asked.
"Yeah, that or…he's headed for a freakshow," Chris said.
"What?" cried Bridgette.
"Alright, he'll get the treatment he needs," Chris sighed. "And I guess that means he's out of the contest. The rest of you had better not think that I'm gonna cut you some slack just because of this. We'll return to our normal schedule ASAP.
It was then that Lindsay opened the door
"Is it safe to come out yet?" she asked.
She received several murderous stares.
Beth's Confessional
I can't believe that Lindsay did that. Could she actually have crossed over to the dark side? I know that a best friend is supposed to always stand by their side; but I'm not so sure if I should anymore.
As night came, the girl's found it incredibly difficult to fall asleep. Instead Beth was trying to take her mind off the trauma by making conversation.
"So, Bridgette," Beth said, "Leshawna told me that Geoff risked his life to save you. That sounds pretty brave."
"Yeah," Bridgette sighed. "It as heroic of him…but of course I had to save him in the end."
"Well, that's pretty heroic of you too," Beth said.
"Well…I would have done it for anyone," Bridgette said.
Bridgette's Confessional
I just could have died today; this challenge shouldn't mean so much to me now. Yet I still can't get over how Geoff treated me. Maybe I should give him another chance…or maybe I shouldn't…I just don't know.
Chris was in his room holding a gun nervously.
"No need to worry, the island is perfectly safe now," he said shakily. "No more freaky mutants or anything. With the challenges continuing what lies in store for our campers? Can Beth still be friends even after Lindsay's utter disregard for her friends' lives? When are Bridgette and Geoff just going to give up with all this whining? Find out on Total Drama Revenge of—Oh my god, what's that!"
He shot his gun frantically at a shadow at the door.
"Careful with that thing," Chef growled as he opened the door. "It's just me."
"Oh, of course it is," Chris laughed nervously. "See you all next week."
Author's Note: Yeah it's a short chapter, it's getting really hard to keep a consistent length when the characters keep shrinking. Also, although I orgininally had a plan and I still am sticking with it, I am a little conflicted on what order I should eliminate people. If anyone has a favorite characters remaining or anyone they want to see win/eliminated let me know. Thanks!