Episode 8, Part 2

"On the last part of this episode, Michael revealed that his flirting with Courtney was just part of a plan he and Duncan had to make Courtney fall for Duncan. Courtney and Bridgette got into a huge catfight over Michael, and ended up accidentally knocking out Michael and Noah. The two awoke in Michael's subconscious, where Trent acted as a guide to the dream, and Charlie the Unicorn appeared to offer moral support. The episode was left off there because the fans would be deciding what happened to Michael next. What more drama will erupt on this episode of Total Drama Island?" Chris asked in the recap.

Michael's Dream

"All right, dudes," Trent said to Michael and Noah, "The fans have decided."

Michael was nervous. "What if they decided to have me killed? I wouldn't put it past them. A lot of them detest me."

Noah sighed. "No, Michael, no fan wants to have you killed," he said in a mock supportive voice. He added, "But someone here does."

Charlie the Unicorn galloped (I think that's what horses do) over to Michael and Noah. "Hey, I hope the fans picked a good thing for you," he said to Michael. He turned to Noah and said, "And you, sarcastic string bean…

Confessional

"WHY DOES EVERONE CALL ME A STRING BEAN?" Noah asked in utter frustration, clutching his fists up at the sky.

End

… I foresee you being humorously tormented."

Michael nodded. "Thanks, Charlie. Thanks, Trent the Dream Guide. We're ready to go back."

Trent smiled. "See you next time you get knocked out!" And he snapped his fingers.

Medical Tent

Michael groggily opened his eyes and stretched. He looked to one side of him and saw Noah similarly waking up. He turned to the other side and nearly had a heart attack because Izzy was sitting there. "AHH!" he gasped.

Izzy smiled. "Hey! Izzy was just thinking that maybe Izzy and Michael should break up, because Izzy thinks Michael is dealing with a lot of stress. But Izzy and Michael can still be best friends!" Izzy hugged him and than skipped out of the tent, appearing to be humming Gives You Hell.

Noah sat up on his bed. "Was Izzy just in here?"

Michael nodded slowly, unsure of what just happened. "Yeah, and she broke up with me."

Noah sat up straight. "Dude, it's like what Trent said! The fans have decided what will happen to you!"

Michael nodded. "So I guess I'm destined to get with either Courtney or Bridgette. But how the hell will I know which one the fans picked?"

Noah shrugged. "I don't know, maybe it will be obvious."

Chris came walking in than. "Oh, crap!" He exclaimed seeing Michael awake. "You just HAD to wake up? Anyways, you two were out for like ten minutes. Get back to the mess hall, because it is challenge time!"

Mess Hall

Courtney and Bridgette had been forced to sit on totally opposite sides of the mess hall to keep from fighting each other. As the two girls, both bruised and disheveled, glared at each other, Heather came walking up to Courtney. "Hey, Courtney, do you have a second?"

Courtney sighed. "I don't know, Heather, why do you want one?"

"It's about Michael."

"Sit down right now and tell me."

And Heather recounted to her everything that she had heard Michael tell Izzy – how Michael flirting with her was all a plan to get her to fall for Duncan. Courtney was about to go murder Duncan, but than Noah walked in, closely followed by Michael. Courtney walked up to Michael, yelled, "YOU ABSOLUTE PIG!" and than slapped him.

As Michael rubbed his cheek, Duncan groaned knowing what was coming for him, and the rest of the campers went, "Oh snap!", Noah pulled Michael in for a whisper.

"Dude, I think it was just made obvious." Noah said sarcastically.

Michael rolled his eyes. "Whatever could make you think that?"

As Michael went over to talk to Bridgette, Izzy came up to Noah. "Hey, Iz," Noah said.

Izzy laughed as if being called Iz was a great joke. "Oh, Noah. Always such a comedian."

Confessional

"Well, yeah, I had really been hoping that there would be a NoCo relationship since the Awake-A-Thon, yeah, but no, I'm going to have to, uh, stop supporting that, yeah. Personal reasons, you know?" Izzy said.

"Always such a comedian? Where has she been? It's almost as if Lindsay's brain was put into Izzy's head." Noah said.

Lindsay uses the bathroom.

"Wait, does Izzy like Noah now? That sucks! Why can't she love ME?" Owen exclaimed.

End

"Hey, Bridge," Michael said, sitting down next to her.

Bridgette was happy to see him back – very happy, in fact – but she was also curious. "Why'd Courtney slap you?"

Michael glanced over her shoulder at Courtney strangling Duncan and Geoff trying to pry them apart. "Well, I'm going to be honest. I made a plan with Duncan. The plan was I'd flirt with Courtney, she'd fall for me, I'd break her heart, and she'd find comfort in Duncan. Than the two would fall in love."

LeShawna whistled. "Damn, white boy! That is some manipulative plan you got there! You sure you're not Heather?"

Michael laughed. "Yeah, I'm sure. I was just helping Duncan out."

Normally, Bridgette would be surprised to learn that he had manipulated Courtney. But something just made her happy – he had manipulated Courtney. As in, he never liked her. "So, you never liked her?"

Michael shrugged. "Sure, she's pretty, but she's not my type."

"Well, what is your type?"

Michael looked into her eyes and smiled at her. "You."

Bridgette blushed. "That's sweet."

But before Michael could reply, she kissed him. LeShawna wolf whistled. "Oh, Gwen, you owe me twenty bucks! I told you that they would hook up by the end of the season!"

Gwen sighed. "Really, dude? You couldn't wait until the season ended?"

Michael pulled out of the kiss for a second to grin at Gwen. "No, I don't think this could wait."

Heather looked on in pure loathing as Michael and Bridgette kissed again. "Great. Just great. But at least he lost his ally on THIS team," she said, looking intently at Izzy.

Killer Bass Table

Courtney was strangling Duncan. "YOU. AND. THAT. PIG. HOW. COULD. YOU. DO. THAT!"she exclaimed while wringing Duncan's neck.

Geoff tried to pry the two apart, but he was failing majorly at it. But than, all of a sudden, Courtney just let go, and her mouth dropped open. As Duncan struggled to breathe again, Geoff turned to see what she was looking at. And he too gaped. Bridgette, the girl he was majorly crushing on, was kissing Michael.

Confessional

"NO! Bridgette was supposed to fall for ME! How could this have happened?" Geoff asked as he begins to cry.

End

"Did you know that 111,111,111 times 111,111,111 equals 12,345,678,987,654,321, a numerical palindrome?" Harold said to Lindsay,

"What's a Palin drone? Is it like a robotic Alaskan?" Lindsay asked in reply.

"No," Harold said, "But how cool would that be!"

Before Lindsay could tell Harley that it would be even cooler than her special nail polish on sale, Chris walked in to the mess hall. "Attention, ingrates, lovers, and Michael!"

Michael and Bridgette ignored him. "LOVERS and MICHAEL!" Chris screamed, but Michael just waggled his finger at Chris without stopping his kiss with Bridgette. It was as if the finger was saying, 'Yo, ugly short host dude with a horrible toupee, leave me be. I am with my woman.'

Chris sighed, just letting it go. "Everyone, report to the beach in ten minutes for your next challenge!"

As everyone filed out, Beth asked Chris, "Can I use the bathroom?"

Chris sighed. "Fine, Betty. But make it quick."

"My name is Beth."

"Haha. Nice try, but you can't trick me."

Beach – Ten Minutes Later

"Campers," began Chris, "You will be canoeing to Boney Island today! The challenge will be in three parts – to carry your canoes and reach the site first, to build the biggest fire, and to carry your canoes back and make it back here first. Each canoe sits two people, so you'll need to share. And remember – do NOT take anything back from the island!"

The teams of teens dispersed to start their challenge when Beth came running over. "What'd I miss?"

"Nothing," Chris said, "Just get going!"

Screaming Gophers Side

As Gwen and Michael were strapping their life vests, Gwen was telling Michael about Cody. "Dude, it's like he's flirting with me. It's really weird."

Michael was puzzled. "What's so weird about it?"

"Well, him! He's kind of awkward and weird!"

"But he likes you."

"So?"

"Why not just go with it and see where it takes you guys?"

"You are not suggesting this."

"Hey, if you don't want to, than don't. But if you do, which you should, it might turn out well."

(ELSEWHERE)

"So, Noah, guess what Izzy did!"

Noah sighed. "What did Izzy do, Izzy?"

Izzy pulled from behind her back a paddle. "Izzy has a paddle!"

Noah rolled his eyes. "What for, Izzy?"

"To spank you if you're a bad boy!:

Confessional

Noah enters with a scared expression. "I think that she would, too."

End

"Hey," Heather called out, "There are only eight canoes here. We have ten people."

Chris sighed. "Next episode, that intern is so going to pay. But meanwhile, two canoes will need three people!"

Heather immediately volunteered herself to go with Noah and Izzy, to their surprise. Michael was dragged into going with Lindsay and Beth. Gwen, upon a warning glance from Michael, goes with Cody, leaving LeShawna and Owen. "Let's do this thing, big guy!" LeShawna called.

"I'd prefer it if instead of calling me big guy you were referred to as little girl."

LeShawna whistled. "I'll need to remember that one!"

Killer Bass Side

"Aww! That is such a cute story!" Kiana squealed as Bridgette told her and Katie about Michael.

"Even if it IS Michael," Katie scoffed.

Bridgette smiled. "I can't believe it, but it is Michael!"

And it as driving Geoff insane. "What does she see in that guy?" Geoff asked Courtney.

Courtney nodded. "He's a pig!"

"A loser!"

"A traitor!"

"A backstabber!"

Duncan walked up. "Hey, if you guys mean me, I'm sorry. I really am sorry, Courtney. I just didn't think we'd ever get together normally."

Geoff almost laughed. He had heard Duncan rehearsing this script before.

Courtney glared angrily at him. "Get bent!" She exclaimed before kicking him in the kiwis.

The final Killer Bass groups were Geoff and Courtney, Duncan and Bridgette, Kiana and Katie, and Harold and Tyler.

Kiana tapped Bridgette's shoulder and pointed over at the Screaming Gophers' side, where Michael was helping Lindsay into the canoe and the two were smiling. "So what?" asked Bridgette.

"Whoa! You trust him alone with Lindsay?" Kiana asked.

"Yeah. They kissed once, but that's it."

"You trust him alone with a girl he's kissed before?" Katie asked.

"Yes, I trust him!'

Out at Sea – Lindsay, Beth, and Michael's Canoe

Beth sat in the front, paddling. Lindsay sat in the middle, smiling at what Michael would say. And Michael sat in the back, partially canoeing when not talking to Lindsay.

Lindsay stretched, than laid down in Michael's lap. "Mind if I nap?" she asked.

Michael smiled. "No, go ahead."

As they pedaled, Lindsay noticed something she hadn't seen before. "You have a tattoo."

Michael lifted his shirtsleeve, revealing the tattoo. It was a black heart with the initials E.P. "Yeah. My old girlfriend and I… we got matching ones."

"What happened to her?"

"She died."

"I'm sorry, Michael."

"It's okay."

Confessional

"I had to change the subject. If I started talking about her… I would break down." Michael explained.

End

Out at Sea – Cody and Gwen's Canoe

Gwen sighed. She had to get it done. "So Cody, when are you going to ask me out?"

Cody was surprised. "Uh… What did you say, Gwen?"

Gwen sighed. "Are you ever going to ask me out, or are you just going to stare at me from a distance?"

Cody smiled. "Do you WANT me to ask you out?"

Gwen sighed. "I just want to know where it would go."

Cody's smile extended from ear to ear. "Oh, Gwen! I knew you couldn't resist! Do you want to go out with me?"

Gwen nearly cringed as she said, "Yeah, sure Cody. Sounds fun.

Out at Sea – Duncan and Bridgette's Canoe

Bridgette eyed Duncan nervously. "Hey Duncan."

Duncan rolled his eyes. "Yeah, surfer girl, if you're going to chew me out, just do it."

"Um, that's not what I wanted to do."

"Really?" Duncan was shocked. "Most of the others are pretty pissed at me."

"Well, not me. Anyways, I was wondering… Do you know how Geoff feels about me?"

Duncan laughed. "Dude, the guy is obsessed with you. Like over the edge. Why?"

"Could you try to help him get over me?"

Duncan rolled his eyes again. "Listen, girly. I don't help people. Why would I do this for you?"

"Because I'm talking to you, while everyone else just…"

Out at Sea – Geoff and Courtney's Canoe

"… Hate him!" Courtney screamed.

Geoff nodded in agreement. "I can't stand that Michael guy! Who does he think he is, showing up and stealing my woman?"

"I know! And working with that pig to get me to fall in love with him? IDIOTS!"

Geoff nodded. "We should try to get him voted off!"

Courtney nodded. "And if we lose… Duncan, good-bye."

Boney Island – Beach

The Screaming Gophers finally arrived on the beach. "Hey," Michael called, "Let's hurry! I'd rather not wait and give the Bass the opportunity to catch up with us!"

Heather stared at him. "Whoa, traitor! Who are you giving us orders?"

"I'm not ordering anyone! And how am I a traitor?"

"In the phobia challenge you helped them, you're dating one of them – of course you're a traitor!"

Noah rolled his eyes. "Am I a traitor too?" he asked sarcastically.

Izzy laughed. "Oh, Noah, Heather's just kidding!"

Confessional

Heather sighed. "I need to replace Lindsay in my alliance because she's too fond of Michael, and I need to get Michael voted off. Izzy and Noah on my side would be good for me. As much as I don't like them, I need them to vote him off." Heather said.

End

Heather forced a smile. "Right, Izzy. Now let's get going.

As the Screaming Gophers lifted up their canoes and started going to the other side, the Killer Bass arrived.

"GOSH!" Harold exclaimed. "They're getting ahead of us!"

Duncan rolled his eyes and shoved Harold into the sand. "Really, idiot?"

"DUNCAN!" Courtney ferociously screamed. "STOP! Let's just finish this STUPID challenge!"

Confessional

"She's really mad. But how mad can she stay? I mean, really!" Duncan said.

End

Boney Island – Forest

Beth watched Michael and Lindsay talking and tried to join in. "Lindsay, let's hurry, I don't want to lose." Michael said.

"Well, yeah, let's hurry!" Beth agreed.

Meanwhile, Heather rolled her eyes. Beth trying to fit in with Michael and Lindsay? Both of them are good looking and popular. Beth? So not going to fit in.

"So, Heather, why'd you decide to split a canoe with us?" Noah asked suspiciously.

Heather put on her best innocent face. "Well, that's because I wanted to be friends! Is that so hard to believe? Besides, Izzy needs some girl time now that she's single again!"

Noah glanced over at Izzy and saw for a split second a panged look of sadness.

Confessional

"Izzy? Looking sad? Izzy is never sad! It's one of the things that make her crazy!" Noah said.

End

"Hey, Izzy, are you okay?" Noah asked.

She quickly disguised the look of sadness and smiled again. "Yeah, I just can't wait to spend that girl time with Heather!"

The Killer Bass were also traversing the forest. "Which way now?" Katie asked as they came to a crossroads.

"This way!" Tyler and Kiana both called, pointing in different directions.

Tyler smiled at his girlfriend. "Uh, on second thought, let's go that way!"

So the Killer Bass went down that path, and Geoff was still sad, because he knew that he could've had that kind of relationship with Bridgette.

Boney Island – Beach On Opposite Side Of Island

The Killer Bass were the first to arrive. "ARGH! How the f*ck are we going to build a freaking fire?" Courtney asked in exasperation.

"I have an idea!" Bridgette suggested.

Courtney angrily turned around and got up in Bridgette's face, saying, "I DON'T CARE!'

Bridgette cringed, and Kiana pulled Courtney away. Sighing, Kiana told Courtney, "You can't take out your anger towards Michael on Bridgette!"

Courtney furiously crossed her arms. "I can try!"

While the two girls were talking, Geoff asked Bridgette, "What's your idea, Bridge?"

Bridgette could hear a sort of longing in his voice, and hoped that he would get over her soon. "Well, let's gather firewood, and maybe someone could find some rocks that we could use to make a spark.

Harold liked this idea. "Yeah, let's go, team!"

The Screaming Gophers arrived soon. "Listen, I think we should just try to get firewood and make a spark," Gwen suggested.

Cody stared lovingly at her. "Great plan, Gwen!"

As the two teams dispersed, Michael walked over to Duncan. "Sorry, dude. I swear, I didn't spill the beans."

Duncan just shrugged. "It doesn't matter. She is so still into me. She just doesn't know it."

Michael sighed. "Yeah, but D, we hurt her pretty bad. It won't be easy making her forgive either one of us."

"I know that, M! But I'm willing to wait as long as it takes."

Michael smiled. "Aww, does the big bad delinquent like her?"

Duncan punched Michael on the arm. "Shut up, dude. And yeah, I do. I'd do anything to get princess back to hating me normally. At least then she'd speak to me."

And little did they know, Courtney overheard this. She smiled briefly before noticing the camera filming her, and she pushed it to the ground. As the cameraman ran away, she called after him, "I WILL FIND YOU INTERN!"

Chris appeared above on a helicopter. "COME ON, GUYS! LET'S GET THIS DONE WITH ALREADY!"

As more and more firewood piled up, Duncan looked around carefully and then took a lighter out and lit their wood. Soon after, the Gophers got a small spark on theirs, but it was too late.

"And the Killer Bass win!" Chris called using a megaphone.

But LeShawna pointed accusingly at Duncan. "Hey, that white boy used a lighter!"

Chris called down, "I already split this episode in half once! I don't want to have to do it again! Now go!"

And the teams scurried to get their canoes before running back into the forest.

Boney Island – Forest

While on the way back, Michael noticed something in a clearing. Peering over, he saw Courtney caught in some root while a canoe lay unattended to several feet away.

Confessional

"All right, let's see. If I free Courtney, my team becomes later and risks losing. Plus, Courtney hates me. A lot. If I just leave her, my team will win for sure, and the Bass would lose. But Courtney would still be stuck here, and no one might ever find her. I need to do the right thing." Michael said.

End

Turning to Lindsay, he said, "I'll be back soon, okay? Just keep going."

Before Lindsay or Beth could even ask where he was going, he went down into the clearing. Hearing him, Courtney turned towards him. Seeing that it was Michael, she screamed, "YOU! GET AWAY!"

Michael sighed. This would not be easy. "Hey, sugar, calm down. I'm just going to try and free you."

Courtney was surprised. "Why? Your little plan was exposed, so there is no reason to keep flirting with me!"

"Well, never mind the plan. You probably won't, though. Anyway, I'm not here to flirt, sugar. I'm here to help you."

"Well… why?"

"Because it's the right thing to do."

Courtney was surprised, but she remained silent. Eventually, Michael got her feet free of the root. "There you go," he said. "Want any help with the canoe?"

Courtney scoffed. "As if!" And then she proceeded to kick him in the kiwis.

Eventually, Michael got up, smiling. Sure, she hadn't wanted it, but they'd had a friendly-ish encounter. He felt pretty sure than that she'd eventually get over her anger.

Someone else walked into the cleaning. "YOU!"

Michael turned. It was Geoff. "Yeah, me. What?"

"You stole Bridgette from me."

"Uh… so you liked her. I don't mind."

"I'm not happy, Michael. And you're going to pay."

Michael raised his fists. "Fine! Float like a Butterfree, sting like a Beedrill, you can't hit what you can't see!" Michael sent a fist out.

Geoff smiled manically as he caught the fist in a powerful hand. Michael whimpered. Geoff began twisting Michael's arm and it was hurting a lot. But all Michael could do was laugh at the pain. Geoff than proceeded to punch him in the face.

Boney Island – Forest

Neither Courtney, Geoff, nor Michael had shown up at the beach, so Bridgette went looking. She peered into a clearing and gasped.

Boney Island – Clearing

Michael's face was bruised from the first punch. His jaw was bleeding from a second. And he had to spit a bloody tooth out from a third. And Geoff loved it. Michael's arm was still being twisted, and he heard something snap in his hand – and then only numb. And he kept laughing.

Bridgette burst into the clearing. "GEOFF! LET HIM GO!"

Geoff shrugged. "Sure thing."

He lifted Michael up by his hand and threw him to the ground. "He's down."

Bridgette ran over to Michael, who kept laughing at the pain. "Michael! Are you okay?"

Michael laughed. "Yeah, Bridge. And you look really pretty." And then he passed out.

A few minutes later, he came too. "Michael, are you okay?"

Michael shook his head. "Boy does my hand hurt. It must be broken. And the profuse bleeding on my face must mean something else is wrong. By the way, I'm not Michael."

Bridgette was puzzled. "Then who are you?"

"Well, call me Mason. The other him."

Boney Island – Beach

Courtney stared curiously at Geoff as he returned to the beach. A few minutes after, Bridgette lead Mason back. His hand was wrapped in vines to try and stop the bleeding.

"Hi, Michael!" Lindsay said. "Let's get going!"

Mason shook his head. "I'm not Michael, I'm Mason!" And then seeing Gwen, he ran over to her. "Beautiful maiden in black, just laying eyes on you makes me want to court you. Please, scrawny boy, might I share in the presence of this beloved woman while you share the company of the stunning but dimwitted blonde and the unfortunately socially inept braced girl?"

Everyone stared at him. "Umm…," Noah began, "What's wrong with him?"

"Who cares right now?" Heather yelled. "The Bass are already going!"

"Yes, to catch up, being in the company of this gorgeous maiden will fuel my incentive for victory!" Mason called.

Gwen blushed and Cody asked, "Why? She's my canoe partner!"

LeShawna screamed, "WHITE BOY, NOT THE TIME! JUST SWITCH NOW!"

And the Screaming Gophers got their canoes in the water, desperately trying to catch up…

Total Drama Island – Beach

…But they didn't. "Well, it looks like the Screaming Gophers lose!" Chris called, and the Killer Bass rejoiced. "And Michael, you better head over to the medical tent… again.

While heading that way, Mason called, "My name is Mason!"

Chris turned towards Bridgette and she shrugged.

Confessional

"I wonder what's wrong with Michael." Bridgette said.

End

Mess Hall

Mason walked in with a huge cast on his hand, and instead of sitting with Bridgette when she motioned to him, he instead sat with Gwen and LeShawna. "Fair maiden," he began, "I would much like it if I could court your interests, very much quite!" Bridgette looked absolutely furious. And so did Cody.

Gwen blushed. "Listen, Mason, that's nice and all but I don't think we can work right now."

Mason grinned. "Maiden, playing hard to get at will do nothing to hamper my attempts to win your love and court you!" And Mason kissed Gwen on the lips before walking out of the mess hall.

LeShawna laughed. "And I thought he was crazy before!"

Campfire Pit – Later That Night

"Welcome, campers! Let's get straight to our eliminations!" Chris said, still trying to save time.

Confessional

"I tried to convince as many people as I could to vote this way." Heather said.

End

"Heather, Beth, Owen, LeShawna, Gwen, Noah, and Cody received no votes. And now, one vote for Izzy!" Chris called.

Only Mason and Lindsay remained now.

"And voted off is… Lindsay!" Chris cried, almost sadly. "Our foxiest contender, gone!"

Lindsay shook off her elimination. She hugged Mason goodbye and kissed his cheek. "Bye, everyone!" she called.

As she boarded the Boat of Losers, Chris announced, "But today is a double elimination! And with two votes, Mason, you're gone as well!"

Mason stood up. "Alas, my time with the maiden is cut short!" He blew a kiss to her and tried to get on the Boat of Losers as well, but Chris stopped him.

"Dude, first. Why are you here instead of Michael?"

"Well, I was a way of coping with the pain of his injuries inflicted upon by the rage of a jealous Geoff."

"The pain has subsided, right?"

"Somewhat, yes."

"And you were voted off."

"Apparently so."

"So just let Michael retake control of the body, dude."

"All right, seeing as how it would please all those here, including my fair maiden. We just need someone to knock me out."

Chris was relishing this moment. "My pleasure, Mason." And Chris punched Mason in the face, knocking him out.

"And, much to my displeasure, our foxiest contestant has been voted off! What will happen next, in the most dramatic installment and elimination, of Total Drama Island?" Before the episode closes, Chris starts poking the unconscious Michael with a stick.

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