AN: I'm stopping reviewer voting, since it's getting fairly close to the end. Even though there are eight contestants left, I have my ideas of who I want to eliminate and in what order. The jury will still vote for a winner in the finale (third Aftermath).
Chapter 9: Remember the Alamo!***Recap***
Chris: Last time on Total Drama American Tour, we went up north to the crime-ridden city of Detroit. The two teams merged, and everyone was for themselves for once. After someone complained about our first challenge being a ripoff, I created an impromptu challenge where everyone had to hop on one foot as long as they could. Dakota won, and Jake got to go back in the game.
The votes went in every direction during the elimination as we had a three way tie between Logan, Leilene, and Jazz. The three of them had to play keep-away with a bag of Chris Money until Leilene tripped, causing her elimination. Eight are left, as we head to the southlands once again for yet another exciting episode of TDAT!
***Back to Game***
For the first time that he could remember, Jasper actually felt emotion. It was the loss of his girl. He wanted to talk to Josh about it, but he was asleep in the boys' quarters along with the others. He got up and headed towards the lounge to think about the recent events. Leilene and Josh gave him the courage to speak out for himself, which alone was a great feat. He kept pondering what to do next and eventually fell asleep in one of the lounge chairs.
The next morning, it was a little noisy in the girl's quarters, despite there being only three girls left. Samantha and Michelle needed to act fast to survive. They argued with each other over who should approach Holly, until Samantha stepped up. "Uh, Holly?"
"What do you want?"
"There are only us three girls left."
"Yeah, tell me something that's not so obvious."
"Can we form an alliance to get rid of the guys?"
"Why should I? You're with Dakota aren't you?"
"Sure, we're dating, but there are five of them and three of us. Even if Dakota votes with us, we still have to get someone else."
"Who?"
"Logan or Jake."
"Why them? I don't trust Jake, and Logan's creepy. Can I suggest Josh?"
"How would Josh help us? He's with Jazz all the time, he'd never vote with us to eliminate Jazz."
"Just talk to him. I don't care for the flirty guy, but we need him for part of our plan."
The three girls continued talking among themselves as the four boys woke up in the boys' quarters. "Where's Jazz?" Josh asked, noticing his friend was gone.
"Did he sneak out again? Dude's really creepy." Jake snarked.
"No, he's just shy. I'll check the lounge." Josh got up and left for the lounge, leaving Logan, Dakota, and Jake alone in the compartment.
"Who's next?" Jake asked.
"Who do you want gone?" answered Dakota. "Just don't vote Sam and you'll be OK."
"Hey!" Logan interrupted.
Oh, I forgot about you, man. Who do you want to get rid of?"
"With Leilene gone, maybe Holly."
"Why her?"
"I feel like she voted for me."
"You said that about Elijah and Xander. Come on, you're just being paranoid."
Jake butted in again. "Sure I was evil and all, but can I help you two?"
"I'm a little nervous about your help, but we need people, so I guess."
***Confessional***
Jake: If Dakota's supposed to be Chris's helper, he's sure doing a crappy job with villainy. Dude's so naïve. He's all beauty and no brains. Like the old saying, beauty fades. Dumb is forever. But hey, it's like I can use him to get the girls to vote off Jazz and Josh.
***Back to Game***
Josh went into the lounge to find Jasper still asleep in the lounge chair. "Phew, he's OK. I think I'll wake him up," he thought to himself. Josh shook Jasper until he finally woke up.
"What? Where am I?"
"It's nine o'clock. What happened?"
"You fell asleep. Something wrong?"
Jasper went into the details, and Josh slowly listened to what happened. Chris took this time to call everyone to the lounge to prepare for another landing. The plane slowly landed in a dry desert environment as the escape hatch opened. The contestants quickly jumped off into the desert. "Where are we?" Michelle asked.
"Beautiful San Antonio, Texas," Chris answered. "Rivers with ferries abound, and one of the most famous forts of the Mexican-American War, The Alamo!" Everyone looked around, but saw no Alamo in sight. "We'll have to go into the city to see it. Everyone, we've got yet another long walk!"
The eight contestants followed Chris into the heart of San Antonio to find the Alamo. On the way there, Chris explained a little bit of history. It took an hour for everyone to get there, and after a quick snack break, The host explained the challenge. "Today's challenge is a game of King of the Hill, or as I like to call it, 'King of the Alamo'. Each contestant will receive a paintball gun…"
"Paintball again?" Holly interrupted.
"You had your way in Detroit, Holly. I'm running this game now. Anyway, each of you gets a paintball gun and your goal is to be the closest to this flagpole when the sun sets." Chris handed out each contestant a paintball gun and started the challenge. Mere seconds after the opening gunshot, it was an all-out war causing splattered paint all over the cracked mud. In fact, the guns ran out of paintballs thirty minutes into the warfare.
***Confessional***
Samantha: It was really fun at first, until we all ran out of paint.
Jake: Chris spreading out his resources too thin again? Dude's gotta stop. No wonder I almost beat him in Orlando. He already got what was coming to him, and soon he'll get more. Hahahaha.
***Back to Game***
With empty paintball guns, the contestants started using the guns themselves as weapons, leaving many bruises and cuts as possible to become the one closest to the Alamo flagpole. With five hours left, everyone started to get tired. In the exhausting afternoon heat, the contestants felt like taking a mid-afternoon siesta, but they knew they couldn't since they would lose the challenge. Chris further insulted them by relaxing in the shade of an alcove.
***Confessional***
Chris: Hosting this show's cooler than ever. I get to watch these guys suffer, and I get paid for it! Win-win for me all the way, man.
***Back to Game***
"Chef?" Chris yelled out. But there was no sign of him. He yelled again, "Chef? You're supposed to be here to get me my ultra-sweet raspberry lemonade!" Still no response, until Chris finally got up from his lounge chair to see what was going on, leaving the contestants behind to duke it out at the flagpole. Chris eventually reached the plane where Chef was, only to find him intrigued about something. "Chris, check this out."
"I wanted my raspberry lemonade thirty minutes ago! Why do I keep you on this show?"
"It's because you can't cook anything to save your life! But check out this weld here, it looks like it's helping the plane, but why is it here? I inspect the cargo hold every day."
"Maybe you didn't notice it before."
"Of course I noticed it today. It wasn't here yesterday? Take that red-haired guy out here right now!"
"I'm not going to. I'm going back to the Alamo, after you get me some raspberry lemonade." Chef reluctantly went into the galley of the plane to get the host a tall glass of lemonade. After five minutes, Chris got his glass and made his way back to the Alamo, only to find the contestants dead tired from the desert sun. All of them were exhausted and lying like corpses in the heat, but still showed signs of life.
***Confessional***
Michelle: This is torture. The worst form of it. I thought we were all going to die out here. This is really cruel, Chris.
Jasper: This week's just like the others, only hotter and drier.
***Back to Game***
Time passed, with Chris doing nothing to revive anyone. It slowly started to get dark as the sun took its time setting. The challenge was still on, with everyone barely able to move. As the sun continued to set, Samantha tried her best to secure a win. Logan was not far behind, with both of them reaching for the flagpole as best as they could with their tired muscles. Everyone else was too tired to even move.
Chris watched for a potential photo finish as the last part of the sun descended into the mountains in the west. As this happened, Chris declared Samantha to be the winner, as her hand was the closest to the flagpole. "Samantha wins invincibility! Let me get you guys some water really quick." Chris walked back to the plane, and with Chef's help, grabbed a giant tank of water to douse the contestants with. Within seconds, everyone was reanimated into their old selves.
***Confessional***
Josh: Looks like I can finally move again. Turns out I didn't die.
***Back to Game***
"This means no one can vote off Sam tonight when we get back to the plane. Let's get out of this desert and maybe head somewhere colder."
When everyone arrived, the plane took off and headed northwest. Everyone was tired, and wanted to get some sleep, but that didn't stop Samantha from approaching Jake.
"Jake? Can I talk to you?" She wanted to get Jake to help her with her plan.
"What?"
"Can you help us get rid of Jazz?"
"Why? What's in it for me?"
"If you don't, you'll be next to go."
"I'll think about it. Just leave me alone."
"Fine, then. Samantha left the lounge and headed into her quarters. Everyone else soon went to bed, as everyone was too tired to even think right now.
"Uh guys?" Chris asked. "We still have an elimination to do." Chris went into each of the gender's quarters. He started with the boys' to find everyone fast asleep, and someone snored up an entire storm, but it was too dark for Chris to know who. He followed into the girls' quarters to find all three of them asleep as well. After checking out Holly and Samantha for a few minutes, he left to his own quarters.
The plane continued circling in the air as the contestants slept. Eventually, the sun rose again and everyone got up. "Why's the door open?" Holly asked the other girls as she got up.
"I thought I closed it." Michelle answered.
"Oh that Josh is going to pay! He snuck in here last night!"
"Don't jump to conclusions so quickly! Maybe the latch broke."
"Ever since day one, he's been after me. Change of plans. Who wants to vote off Josh?" There was no response from either girl.
***Confessional***
Samantha: I heard a noise last night while I was asleep. It didn't sound like Josh though.
***Back to Game***
Meanwhile in the boys' quarters, there was a similar discussion. "Anyone notice that the door's open?" Logan asked.
"It should be closed." Dakota answered.
"Could one of the girls snuck in?"
"Probably not. They like to stay together."
"If anyone did, I hope it was Holly." Josh interrupted.
"Enough about her," Jake added, "You know she wouldn't do that."
***Confessional***
Josh: So I heard this noise last night while I was asleep. Seemed like someone sneaking in. It was probably Chris, but I hope it's Holly!
***Back to Game***
"Attention all sleepyheads," Chris sounded through the intercom. "Report to the elimination area immediately. We're already behind schedule, and the ski resort we're going to next week is expecting us soon." After everyone got dressed and cleaned up, they all went to the elimination area to vote someone off.
AN: Who do you think is going to be voted off?
This week, Samantha is immune.
Contestants (Post-Merge): Jake, Logan, Dakota, Samantha, Michelle, Jasper, Josh, Holly
Eliminated so Far: Jane, Seeiah, Elijah, Tonia, Roxanne, Lucas, Xander, Leilene