The scene opens on Chris, standing on the pier. "Last time on Total Drama All Stars." Flashbacks of the previous episode start playing. "Light condemned a dozen innocent people to their deaths, and still managed to make Kim like him more. Alice, Katniss and Murtagh conspired to get rid of Light, while Bart eavesdropped and got a juicy piece of gossip out of it. Then it was challenge time: killing a giant spider that's been taking our interns. I know they're worthless, but it's still a pain to replace them. Kim looked like being eliminated when it came out that she was crushing on Light, but when Annabeth refused to win the challenge, she took the Blast of Shame home." The scene cuts back to Chris on the pier. "Will the Striking Vipers break their losing streak? If so, will the Giant Sharks get rid of Light? And if so, will our ratings plummet? Find out the answer to these questions all at the same time, right here, on Total Drama All Stars."
Intro song plays
Sabriel crept up to the Giant Sharks cabin, and peered into the window. Seeing it was empty, she snuck in.
Confession Cam: Sabriel
"Okay, so whenever I'm around Light, I get this feeling I only really get when I'm around Dead things, except it's a thousand times stronger. I don't know what he's hiding, but I know it's something sinister, and I'm sure as hell going to find out what it is."
Guided by her sixth sense, Sabriel made her way to Light's bunk. She began rummaging through Light's stuff, the feeling constantly getting stronger. Finally, she found a black notebook, and the feeling was so strong that strong was too mild a word for it. Picking up the notebook, she saw the words "Death Note" on the front. "That's odd," said Sabriel. "Just because it has the word Death on the cover, that shouldn't be attracting me to it."
"Did you consider that this might not be a normal notebook?" said a voice right behind her. Sabriel turned instantly to see a hideous looking monster floating right behind her.
"Who, or what, the *beep* are you?" asked Sabriel, somewhat calmed down by the fact that it wasn't Light.
"Nice to meet you too little Abhorsen," said the monster. "I'm Ryuk, a Shinigami, a God of Death. And by touching that notebook, you can now see me. Which is fine by me, because Light has pretty much ignored me the whole time we've been here. I finally have someone else I can talk to."
"God of Death?" queried Sabriel. "I didn't know such a thing existed."
"If you must know, I live beyond the Ninth Precinct," said Ryuk. "At least, that's what you'd call it. And because I'm a god, I can travel between the living and dead worlds. I'm also unaffected by the bells." This last part was added as Sabriel was reaching for Ranna, the Sleeper.
"Oh, I see, well that's HA!" yelled Sabriel as she drew her sword and slashed at Ryuk. She rarely used her sword, so she didn't know much about swordsmanship. However, she was pretty sure that when you hit something (which she knew she did), they were meant to get sliced in half. Ryuk just kept floating there, unfazed.
"What part of 'god' don't you understand?" asked Ryuk. "Let me put your mind at ease: I have no intention to harm you or any of the other contestants. My presence here is just because of that Death Note. I also find Light's strategies entertaining. I especially want to see what happens now." Ryuk then moved out of Sabriel's way, revealing Light in the doorway.
"So, is rummaging through your opponent's stuff normal for you?" asked Light.
"Can the chit-chat, murderer," said Sabriel. "I know what you did to those guys in the helicopter."
"What's your point?" asked Light, moving over to the end of his bunk. He reached under the bed and pulled out a video camera that Sabriel hadn't noticed. "I have you going through my stuff on tape. I guessed that sooner or later you would, since you have a strong sense of Death. Since we're the only two people on the Island who can see Ryuk, when your team see you 'stealing' my stuff, before you start talking to yourself like you were busted . . . well, let's just say Alice might be able to recommend a good mental institute for you."
Sabriel hesitated before speaking again. "Are you blackmailing me?" she asked.
"Well, I wouldn't put it that bluntly, but yes," said Light. "I prefer to think of it as 'I didn't see anything if you didn't'. The fact is if you say a word about this, I leak the video. Deal?" Light held out his hand to shake with Sabriel.
Sabriel hesitated for a moment, then nodded. "Okay," she said, though her instincts told her this was a huge mistake.
"Campers, your next challenge begins in two hours," said Chris over the PA system. "We're just trying to think of ways to make it more dangerous. Meet outside the mess hall then."
"Let's hope they can't think of anything," said Rachel.
"Or if they do, they don't, or better yet can't, implement them," said Carly.
Two hours later, outside the mess hall . . .
"Welcome campers to today's challenge," said Chris. "Sadly, though we did think of ways to make the challenge more dangerous, we couldn't implement them in time."
"Good call," whispered Rachel to Carly.
"Today's challenge is called 'Capture the Rag'," said Chris, holding two coloured rags.
"So this show is now so poor we can't afford actual flags?" asked Wallace.
"Hey, my salary takes up 98% of the show's budget," said Chris. "I don't know how anyone can live on less than that. Anyway, each of you takes your rag and hangs it somewhere in your designated area of the forest. Sharks, you get this side of the forest, Vipers the far side. You have fifteen minutes to . . . hey, where'd the Vipers' rag go?" Chris looked around confused, trying to find the red rag he'd been holding just moments ago.
"We won, we won," said Zidane, dancing around with the red rag over his head.
"Nice Zidane," said Marty, fist bumping him.
"Yeah, game hasn't started yet," said Chris, snatching it back. "As I was saying, you have fifteen minutes to set up and talk strategy. Time starts now." Chris handed the rags to members of each team before leaving. The Vipers immediately set off to the other side of the forest, while the Sharks walked the three yards to the edge of the forest.
"Okay guys, let's talk strategy," said Light. "I propose that . . ."
". . . Zidane leads an offense team since he's a thief and has the best chance of stealing the flag," said Alice. "Yeah, I was thinking that too."
"Umm, okay," said Light, at a loss for words for once. "Meanwhile, I think . . ."
". . . that I lead a defensive team because my future predicting abilities will let us know if someone's coming," said Alice. "Another good idea."
"I thought. . ." started Carly.
". . . Chris told me to stop finishing people's sentences?" finished Alice. "No, just his. Besides, it's so much fun."
"Well anyway," said Zidane. "Since I'm gonna be on offense, I've got a plan for it, but to pull it off I'm gonna need Murtagh, Carly and Rachel. Any objections?"
"Let's hear it first," said Katniss. "Though since you requested Murtagh instead of me, I'm somewhat inclined to believe this is an actual plan and not a flirting attempt."
"Okay, here it is," said Zidane.
Meanwhile, with the Striking Vipers . . .
"I choose you, Pikachu, Staraptor, Bayleef, Pignite, Squirtle and Glalie," called Ash, throwing the five Pokéballs to call forth his current team. "Staraptor, Bayleef, Squirtle, you guys go with Ayane, Kim and Kevin and attempt to distract the other team while they get the rag. Pikachu, Pignite and Glalie, you guys stay here with the rest of us to defend the rag. We should keep someone actually with the flag as well as a last line of defence."
"I volunteer for that," said Wallace. "I don't really move around a lot anyway, so a position where I don't move unless necessary is perfect."
"Alright, everyone clear on what their job is?" asked Kim, to which no-one spoke up. The bell signalling the start of the challenge sounded. "Good. Let's go." Kim and Ayane quickly climbed up a couple of trees, with Staraptor soaring above them. On the ground, Kevin, Bayleef and Squirtle spread out and headed for the border. Ash and his remaining team, Sabriel and Bart also spread out, but stayed fairly deep in their territory. Wallace tied the rag to a branch, and sat down under it.
Meanwhile, just across the border on the Shark's side . . .
"Okay, let's see if everyone is in position," said Zidane to himself. He was well concealed in a high tree at this time, and shook and branch roughly, but hardly enough to damage the tree. A few seconds later, a bush on the ground shook also. That meant Carly was in position at least. He waited about a minute, and the bush shook again. That meant everyone was in position. Zidane shook his branch again, and the bush shook again. Another minute passed, and Zidane heard what he was waiting for: singing. Loud enough to draw attention, but quiet enough to be mistaken as singing to oneself.
Rachel was just barely in sight, but Zidane followed her progress carefully, moving from tree to tree with practised ease. Somewhere in the distance, Murtagh would be doing something similar on the ground if all was going well. Occasionally, Zidane stopped to listen to the song Rachel was singing. He didn't know the song, but he did hear something about a 'midnight train going anywhere', whatever that meant.
Finally, Rachel stopped singing. She'd been spotted! Zidane glanced over, and saw Sabriel. Sabriel grabbed Rachel and started dragging her back to the border. As much as Zidane would have loved to interfere, the plan relied on him moving forward.
Back on the Sharks side . . .
"You sure they'll be here?" asked Katniss, nocking an arrow.
"In approximately thirty seconds," said Alice.
Katniss was worried. They'd left Marty and Light to guard the rag, so Light could get Marty onside for their next vote. On the other hand, Katniss and Alice were the two most experienced fighters, and Kim and Ayane were coming up fast. Marty and Light would be practically useless here, and they needed someone to guard the rag.
"Incoming," called Alice, and Katniss narrowly ducked under a ninja star. Within a heartbeat, Katniss loosed her arrow and managed to pierce Kim's pants, pinning her to a tree. Knowing it wouldn't hold her for long, Katniss dropped her bow and charged at her. Kim removed the arrow and engaged Katniss in hand to hand combat. A short distance away, Alice was doing the same with Ayane. They had to stop them quickly, since Alice had seen Ash send his Pokémon as well. Kevin wouldn't be much of a problem since he's just a kid, but the Pokémon would be problematic. Speaking of which . . .
"Heads up Marty," called Light as Staraptor swooped in low over them. The two of them found the greenest part of the forest possible, hoping to hide the rag as much as possible. It seemed to have worked, because Staraptor hadn't found the rag yet. Kevin, Bayleef and Squirtle would be a fair way back, since they were travelling by land, but Staraptor was more than capable of keeping them both busy . . .
Keeping them both busy! That was their plan. Light glanced over to where the rag was hidden, and found Kevin already there grabbing it. "I got it! I got it!" he yelled, distracting Marty as Staraptor rammed into him. Kevin shot off towards his territory while Light dragged Marty up. Meanwhile, Staraptor was gaining altitude, preparing to swoop again.
"Marty, when Staraptor gets close, you run and try to catch Kevin," said Light. "You're faster than I am, and someone needs to keep this thing busy." Marty nodded, and the two waited for the giant bird to attack.
Staraptor swooped, and barely a second before impact Marty ran, leaving Light to take the full force of the blow. Marty kept running, hoping he could catch that kid before he crossed the border.
Meanwhile, back on the Viper's side . . .
"I got it! I got the rag," yelled Zidane, running through Viper territory holding a red piece of cloth. Murtagh ran behind him, ready for any kind of attack. Bart was on them quick, firing stones from his slingshot, but he couldn't fire and chase at the same time. Sabriel was the next to respond, sword drawn to strike, but Murtagh readily engaged her, and Zidane left the two duelling. That just left . . .
"Pikachu, Pignite, Glalie, combine your Thunderbolt, Flamethrower and Ice Beam attacks," yelled Ash. The three Pokémon obeyed, and the Tri-Attack hit Zidane hard, knocking him over. Ash ran up and grabbed what Zidane was holding, and gasped. "This isn't the rag," he said. Ash looked around, and saw how close they were to the border. A short way off, he could see Kevin charging towards the line. Maybe this won't matter, he thought.
Kevin kept running, his eyes on where the line was. Big mistake. If he'd been looking up, he might have noticed Carly charging straight at him. And worse still, she had their flag. However, Carly was making the same mistake as Kevin, so neither of them saw the other until they collided with each other. Right on the line. Luckily for Carly, she was bigger than Kevin, and so the force of the impact meant they fell over onto the Sharks side.
"The Giant Sharks win again," said Chris, who seemed to just materialise out of thin air. "Nice try Striking Vipers, but it looks like you'll be losing another member."
Now, some good news for Kevin:
"Hey, uh, Carly, you can remove your lips now," said Kevin, who indeed had Carly's lips against his. "You know, if you want to."
Carly suddenly realised what she'd being doing and quickly got up. "Oh God, sorry, didn't mean to do that," she said, moving over to join her team.
Confession Cam: Kevin
Kevin didn't say anything. He just gave two thumbs up.
"That was amazing Carly," said Alice. "How'd you manage to get it without Wallace noticing?"
"He did notice," said Carly. "But he just sat there and said a few sarcastic lines about how he couldn't stop me unless he tried, and since that's not his thing, he didn't."
"Oh really?" said Ayane. "Well, I know who I'm voting for."
About an hour later, in the Vipers cabin . . .
Sabriel walks in, and sees all the boys on the team crowding around Bart, who was showing them something on his phone. "Hey guys, what's up?" she asked, walking over to them.
They all suddenly noticed her, and each looked nervous. "Erm . . . nothing," said Kevin, looking as innocent as possible.
Obviously, this got Sabriel's attention. "Okay, what's going on here," she said, grabbing the phone out of Bart's hand. The most shocking thing here to Sabriel wasn't that Bart had a phone, when the rules said they weren't allowed. It was that Bart was showing them the footage of her rummaging through Light's stuff.
"That son of a . . ."
Confession Cam: Light
"The thing is, I never said I wouldn't leak the video if she didn't tell anyone, so technically I'm not lying."
Later, at the campfire ceremony . . .
Confession Cam: Wallace
"So, with the whole 'breaking into someone's room and stealing their stuff' thing that Sabriel's done, I'm voting for her. Too bad, I thought she was kinda cool."
Confession Cam: Sabriel
"Oh, how I wish Light was on this team. He'd be gone tonight. Guess I'll have to settle for Bart, who seems to be in league with him."
Confession Cam: Ayane
"Wallace is a *beep*, that's why I'm voting for him."
"Okay campers, I think you know the drill by now," said Chris. "I have six marshmallows, but there are seven of you. So, one of you will be taking the Blast of Shame, leaving the Island. And you will never, ever be allowed to return. Ever. The following campers are safe." As Chris said each name, he gave them a marshmallow. "Kim. Kevin. Bart. Ayane. Ash. You guys are all safe." The camera focused on Wallace and Sabriel. "Campers, there is only one marshmallow left. That means one of you is going home tonight. Or, you know, wherever the people who get fired out of the cannon go. Anyway, the final marshmallow of the night goes to . . ." The camera cuts between Sabriel and Wallace several times, Sabriel looking worried, Wallace looking indifferent. "Wallace."
The final marshmallow landed on Wallace's lap. "Damn you Yagami," muttered Sabriel as Chef dragged her to the cannon.
Confession Cam: Light
"Nothing personal, you were just in my way. Now, I just have to remove one of Alice, Murtagh and Katniss before they turn the team against me. Luckily, I think I can use Marty."
Back in the studio, Chris is watching the events on several different screens. "Wow, that kid just radiates evil," said Chris. "Will the Sharks keep up their winning streak? Can Light destroy half the members of his team's reputations? And what horrors do I still have in store for our contestants? Find the answers to all these questions, right here, on Total Drama All Stars."