AN: I apologize for the late chapter. I had something other than my test come up so I had to deal with that. My test went okay for the most part. Well, enjoy the chapter! Note: I'm assuming all of the characters are straight (you'll see why in the challenge). PM me if your character has a different sexual orientation. I'm sorry I should have asked before this.
Chapter 5: Miami Advice
***Recap***
Chris: Last time on TDAT, out contestants went to the sleepy town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, and took part in a paintball Civil War re-enactment. Team Freedom won their first challenge and Tonia got voted off as the first person eliminated from Team Liberty? Will Team Freedom win again, or will Team Liberty get their revenge? Find out now as we head south to Miami right now!
***Back to Game***
The plane was silent for the most part as everyone was sleeping. Two voices were heard again. "You need to show us some drama! You're doing a poor job."
"And?"
"Our show needs ratings! And I need a paycheck! Cause some drama or I'll kick you off!"
"Why do you need me?" The conversation continued in the dark, with the two whispering to avoid being detected.
Meanwhile, in the boys' quarters, Logan was hearing voices again. "Who's there?" he asked softly.
No response. Logan thought it was Xander. He looked around, and Xander was fast asleep. Feeling a little more nervous, Logan tried to go back to sleep, but the voices kept bothering him, so he got up and went to get some water from the galley. The voices were louder. "Maybe he can do it! You don't need me!" Logan thought the voice sounded familiar, but since the two people were whispering, it was hard to tell who they were, but one of them sounded like Chris.
After getting some water, Logan went back to bed. "Maybe Chris is talking to himself, or maybe not." He thought to himself.
The next morning the girls started to get ready. With Tonia gone, Leilene and Holly took their showers with ease. Roxanne was not happy about her outcome at the elimination, and wanted someone to pin it on. "Why did people vote for me?" She asked.
"Huh? I didn't vote for you." Holly answered.
"It wasn't like you were the only one. Chris has a way he announces elimination results." Leilene added.
"Don't worry about it." Continued Holly as all three of them were getting ready.
The girls got together and walked to the lounge. "Sweet!" Samantha said, "No boys here, so we don't have to watch football."
"It's about time." Michelle answered. "I was getting tired of Xander watching nine hours of football a day."
The girls decided to watch some TV while the boys were getting ready. When they arrived, Chris and Chef entered the lounge. "Ready for our next destination?" No one said anything as Chris continued. "Well, it was great seeing you in your normal clothes, but it's time to change into your swimsuits because we're going to…MIAMI!"
"Miami! Cool!" Samantha's face was beaming with excitement.
"Get changed and get ready to parachute to the beach!" The contestants went back into their quarters to change into their swimsuits. The first to come out was Lucas, wearing a flame-patterned black swimsuit. He had a matching black towel with flames on it. Jasper was the next to come out with black swim trunks. Also with black trunks was Logan, who just reentered the lounge.
The first of the girls came out. It was Leilene, wearing a yellow string bikini. Holly followed wearing a blue, red, and black plaid bikini. She also wore black flip flops. Roxanne was the next girl to enter the lounge wearing her green board shorts and black bikini top.
Some more of the guys came out, each wearing their swimsuits. Xander was wearing his yellow board shorts with a flower design on them. Dakota's swimsuit was a pair of blue swim trunks, and Josh wore a gray pair.
The last of the girls came out, with Samantha wearing a dark green bikini. The last girl was Michelle, who was wearing a dark blue bikini top with blue swim shorts. When everyone got back to the lounge, Chris gave each of them a parachute, and kicked all of the contestants out of the plane.
All of the contestants landed safely on South Beach, except for Logan and Xander, who got tied up in their own parachutes. This allowed everyone else to laugh at their expense as they tried to untangle themselves. When Chris called everyone to order, he announced the challenge. "Today's challenge is called Operation: Date Hunt."
"Huh?" Holly asked.
"Each of you is going to try to get a date with someone of the opposite gender. It's more of a pick-up line challenge."
"I'm not dating any strangers!" Roxanne boasted out.
"Well, this isn't a date. It's a mock date! And you can't mock date each other! You're going to ask complete strangers out on a date!"
"Sounds cool." Josh answered.
"Like you'll get one," answered Holly.
"Don't worry about the people on the beach. All of them are 16 years old. I rented the beach and hired interns to hang out here, so you won't find any creepy old pedophiles. Ready? Go!"
The teens went off into different directions. Josh and Jasper were the first to try and find girls. "OK Jazz, I'll do all the talking. Just stay quiet and we'll score some hot babes. Ooh" Josh pointed to some girls in the distance. "I think we scored us some chicas." Josh and Jasper walked slowly towards the two girls. One of them was a blonde, and the other was a brunette. "Why hello there, ladies." Josh tried to be as charming as possible.
"What a phony freak!" the blonde girl answered in disgust. "Ooh, here's a nice handsome boy." The blonde girl went up to Jasper and started to give him a hug. The brunette soon followed. Jasper just stood there, not really knowing what to do.
***Confessional***
Josh: What? (Pause) What? (Longer Pause) Jazz? What? I'm the ladies' man! This can't be happening!
***Back to game***
Meanwhile Holly and Leilene went on a walk to score some hunks. "You know you're into Josh." Leilene said to her friend.
"No I'm not!" Holly answered. "He's freaky."
"Well, it's him or Jasper. I'll take Jasper if you get Josh."
Holly wanted to change the subject. "We've got a challenge to do."
The two of them found a beach towel with two surfer dudes. "What do you fine ladies want?" One surfer suggestively asked. The girls asked them on a date, and were eventually successful.
Meanwhile, Dakota and Logan went to find two girls of their own. On the way there, a guy went up to Dakota and started to talk to him. "Fine beach here today huh?"
"Yeah, sure." Dakota answered.
"You know, I want to go on long walks here. Want to come with me?"
"No thanks."
"I get really lonely. I want someone to keep me company."
"Look." Dakota started to get a little angry, and a little nervous at the same time. "I don't swing that way. Look for someone else!"
"Maybe your friend then?"
"No way!" Logan rejected before the guy could finish his sentence. "I like girls!"
Dakota and Logan continued while the gay guy was still following them. "I forgot that South Beach is a mostly gay community." Dakota said to Logan.
"Well, there's got to be some girls on this beach. We'll just date some, get this challenge over with, and deal with Lucas and Xander." Eventually, the two guys got their mock girlfriends and reported back to Chris.
Lucas and Xander went to yet another part of the beach. "Do you think any girls like football?"
"Only drunk ones." Lucas answered. "You've got to serenade them. Like these right here." Lucas pointed to two girls sunbathing on the beach. When they got there, Lucas sang a love song and got hitched up with a girl right away.
Xander tried to get a girl, but was for the most part unsuccessful. He almost tried every girl on the beach, but ended up with someone at the bottom of the pecking order of attractiveness.
Michelle, Samantha, and Roxanne were the last to find dates. All three of them went together. "Why are you with us, Rocky?" Michelle asked.
"Maybe we could form an alliance after the merge."
"Too soon." Samantha interrupted. "Why ally with us?"
"I don't trust my team. They tried to vote me off."
"What? I thought Tonia got voted off."
"Two people voted for me."
***Confessional***
Samantha: When did Rocky turn into Logan?
Michelle: I wouldn't mind an alliance with her, as I'm in need of one. Hopefully we win again so I can change teams.
***Back to game***
"Sucks then. You can tag along, but don't expect an alliance. I still remember what you did to Seeiah." Samantha and Michelle eventually let Roxanne tag along as they all went looking for guys. The three girls encountered the gay guy that tried to hit on Dakota.
"Hi there." Michelle greeted the guy.
"Uh hi. You know a blond haired guy wearing a hat?" the guy responded.
"Yeah, why?" Samantha asked.
"He's really hot. I wanted to date him, but he rejected me. His abs are so smooth."
"Go away. You're freaking us out." Roxanne responded, and then retracted her statement. "Wait! Come with us, and we'll set something up."
"What?" Samantha and Michelle objected immediately. "That's it, Rocky! You're not going to get away with this!"
"It's just a competition." Roxanne defended herself. "Chris won't let him on the plane."
Roxanne separated herself and got together with the guy. This left Michelle and Samantha to find their dates.
***Confessional***
Michelle: Maybe I was wrong. We need to get rid of Rocky before Dakota freaks out.
***Back to game***
Michelle and Samantha found their dates with ease and joined the others at the umbrella where Chef was fanning Chris. "It's a scorcher out here! Now for the second half of the challenge, you're going to be surfing with your date." Chris then looked at Jasper and Josh. "Wait a minute. Why do you not have a girl, Josh?"
The female contestants started at Josh blankly, all knowing that he couldn't score if he tried. Meanwhile, Dakota stared at the guy Roxanne picked up. "Oh my God…" He knew he was in trouble.
***Confessional***
Dakota: Someone get me out of here! That guy's freaking me out, and now Rocky's picked him as her date! Why? At least I've got a nice girl.
***Back to Game***
Chris started to explain the second half of the challenge. "You and your date are going to be surfing in the ocean together."
"I don't know how to surf." Josh interrupted.
"Don't worry. All of your dates know how to surf. They will have to teach you. The couple with the best surfing skills wins the challenge for their team. Ready? Go!"
"But I don't have a date!" Josh continued to object.
"That's your problem, now leave me alone." Chris went back to his cabana to receive a full-body massage from Chef. This left the dates to teach the contestants how to surf. For the most part, the lessons went well. However, Logan wanted to confront Xander about something.
"Hey, can I talk to you about something?" Logan asked.
"Okay?"
"Why did you keep voting for me?"
"Eh. No reason."
"Why you!"
"Hey, it's a game. Did you think I was the one of the voices in your head?"
"With Chris? No."
"Wow. You're dumber than I thought. You caused Elijah to be eliminated. He was telling the truth. Next time, don't jump to conclusions so quickly. If I were you, I wouldn't trust Dakota."
"What? Dakota?"
"Think about it. If he didn't tell you about the voices, Elijah may still be here."
"Are you messing with me? Dakota's my friend."
"And you trust him?"
"Yes I do."
***Confessional***
Xander: Wow, Logan's a dumbass. I heard someone go to the bathroom last night several times. Why does he have to accuse me?
Logan: I still think Xander's messing with me. He's just doing this to further himself in the game. He's the bad guy, not Dakota or Lucas.
***Back to Game***
Samantha decided to join in. "Xander! You should be ashamed of yourself! My boyfriend would never manipulate Logan!"
"You think so, huh? He was the one to talk to Logan about the voices in the first place!"
"Are you saying he made them up? I heard them myself. Get your facts straight before accusing someone you don't even know that well."
"Whatever, Sam. I still don't want to trust your boyfriend."
"Hey!" Samantha's mock date yelled out. He and the female interns were done waxing their surfboards. Team Freedom was ready to surf. All of them got into the water and waited for the next wave. Once it hit, they were ready. After a few minutes, everyone was drenched by the wave and washed ashore.
Chris was watching, and liked what he saw. "People getting drenched and hurt for no reason? Love it!" Team Liberty was next. They got on their surfboards and started to surf. Their surfing looked much better than Team Freedom's, but it was not enough to please Chris. "Where's the damage? The hurt contestants?" He yelled out. "Team Freedom wins!"
"Yay!" Team Freedom was safe again, which meant it was time for Team Liberty to vote someone off again. The plane took off and started to head north. Everyone got into the lounge and suddenly a video appeared on the television. The setting was dark, with the silhouette of someone that looked familiar.
Hello, Total Drama geeks. I challenge you to my game. Screw that host McLean, and his goon Chef Hatchet. They robbed me of a chance to compete in this game. Now all of you will pay! Come to Orlando and I will give you a taste of my power!
***Confessional***
Michelle: Was that Jake?
Lucas: It can't be. Why can't he learn to quit?
***Back to Game***
Everyone was shocked to learn of what they just saw. Chris secretly told Chef, "Go there. He's bluffing." With everyone freaked out over what they just saw, it gave Chris the perfect opportunity to have Team Liberty vote someone off.
AN: Voting time! Team Liberty needs to vote someone off. Votes will be tallied in either three days or after everyone has voted. (Whichever comes first.) You can still review the story, but your vote must be sent via PM, or it won't count.
If you do not vote, I will vote on behalf of your character.
Teams:
Team Freedom: Logan, Dakota, Xander, Samantha, Michelle, Lucas
Team Liberty: Jasper, Josh, Holly, Leilene, Roxanne
Eliminated so Far: Jane, Jake, Seeiah, Elijah, Tonia