Chapter 12B: The City by the Bay (Part 2)
***Recap***
Chris: Last time on Total Drama, we went to San Francisco, where there are flowers everywhere and a great place to get a pedicure. Our contestants are still in a long race based on past challenges, so let's get in right on the fun!
***Back to Game***
Samantha was the first to arrive at Chinatown. She felt the cold robot parts rubbing against her legs as her sled slid down the street and into the middle of town. She quickly bailed out of her sled as it crashed into a wall. She got the three parts out of her sled and started to look for customers.
Josh followed, only his landing was a little better. He was the first to find a customer, a Chinese woman at the entrance to a massage parlor. "Massage?" The woman asked.
"Sorry. I'm looking to sell these parts."
"I only sell massage."
"Later!" Josh ran off to find another customer. "Does anyone need robot parts?"
"Go to Japan Town! They need lots of parts! We've got everything we need!" A passer-by briefly mentioned to Josh, who was stuck with content people everywhere he saw.
***Confessional***
Josh: Where are all the people? Am I just going to throw these parts out?
***Back to Game***
Samantha wasn't having much luck either. She managed to get one lady to buy a robot arm. She had another potential customer getting distracted by a police chase through town.
Dakota finally made it down the hill with his robot parts. He took them out, and saw three ladies sitting on a bench. "Hey, checks? Want to buy some robot parts?" Dakota took off the black shirt he had on, and the three ladies swooned immediately. They could not stop staring, as they paid ten dollars per part. It was time for Dakota to move on; leaving the shirt he borrowed from Josh behind.
Josh went back to where his bobsled was, only to find the three girls that Dakota charmed still on the bench on the sidewalk. "Come here sweetie. We remember a sexy black shirted boy when we see one."
"Excuse me?" Josh was a little confused.
"You can't leave." One of the three girls gently pulled Josh onto the bench and started feeling his body. The other two soon followed. "So you've got some nice arms, don't you?" The girls felt Josh's arms as he wanted to sell some robot parts to the girls.
***Confessional***
Josh: Oh my God. I'm in heaven right now! Yes! I knew I could do it! Take that Dakota!
***Back to Game***
"Uh girls? You want some robot parts?"
"We just got some remember?"
"Do you know anyone who wants some?"
"Of course we do. Come with us."
"Oh kay." Josh's face beamed with excitement as he followed the three girls to a Chinese businessman.
Meanwhile, Samantha sold her last part to a custodian and started to head to Russian Hill. Getting her money ready, she paid for another cable car trip. On the way there, the cable car stopped. "Sorry customers, but out car is broken. You'll have to wait here while we get new controls for this thing."
Everyone sighed in disappointment. Some even left the cable car. Samantha decided to say since she knew walking was out of the question. While waiting for the replacement part, she saw a poster with a familiar face on it. It was her ex-boyfriend's. It had black letters with the word GAY in all caps on the top. "Oh my God. What the hell?" The cowgirl thought to herself.
Moments later, she saw another familiar face. It was Jake. It took her a few seconds to recognize him as the real Jake and not a poster. "Jake? What are you doing here? Aren't you supposed to be back in Pier 39?"
"I'm not playing this challenge. I have something better planned out. Check out these posters. Sweet huh?
"No. Take them down. I know I can't stand the guy, but you're ruining his image."
***Confessional***
Jake: As if I'll ever do that. Gay boy's life is over. Who knows where these posters will end up? Santa Barbara? Los Angeles? San Diego?
***Back to Game***
"Just wait here. I'll take care of it." Jake got off the cable car and grabbed the poster of Dakota and sat back down. "See? Problems solved."
"Young man?" An old lady sitting next to Jake got his attention. "Can I have that poster?"
"Don't give it to her." Samantha interrupted.
"Here you go. I don't really need it."
"God bless you, young man." The old lady rolled up the poster and put it in her purse, causing a hostile stare from Samantha. It took fifteen more minutes before the driver got the replacement controls, and the cable car took off and continued going to Russian Hill.
Dakota finally reached Russian Hill using a different cable car and started to use the blue squirt gun to raise the ball to the top of the blue tube. It took a while to fill the tube, and his aim was lousy. Moments later, Samantha and Jake joined up. She started using her squirt gun.
"Scared yet Sam?" Dakota started some banter.
"No way! I'm here to beat you that's for sure!"
"I'll make you regret those words!"
"It's on!"
Dakota's ball was slightly higher than Samantha's. The two of them continued squirting coffee into their tubes. It remained neck and neck for a while. Sometimes, Dakota was in the lead, and sometimes, it was Samantha.
"Just give up, and give me my million!" Samantha continued the banter between her and her ex.
"Never!"
"If you quit now, I'll be your girl again!"
"No way. I'm in it to win it, and there's nothing you can do to stop me!"
Meanwhile, Josh was still in Chinatown, talking with an old businessman that the three girls took him to. The girls left him there, looking for someone else to tease. The shopkeeper analyzed the robot parts, and saw something he liked. "The parts in your hand have a rare gemstone named Obscurite. Obscurite sells for one million dollars per ounce. You want to sell?"
"You've got the money?"
"Yes, and I'll buy them. No questions asked."
"Deal," as Josh prepared to sell the parts, he received a phone call. It was Chris. "Josh? Have you seen Jake?"
"No. Where is he?"
"Tell him to come back to the plane."
"I told you I don't know where he is. Try calling Dakota or Sam."
"Bye." Josh hung up. "Where were we?"
"I still want to buy your parts. The Obscurite is rich and good quality in these robot arms, and I'll pay up the million dollars right up front."
Samantha lost focus on her ball due to the blinding sun, leading Dakota to have a larger lead on the coffee squirt gun challenge. It only took ten more seconds for Dakota's ball to reach the top of the tube, raising a blue flag. He took off back to Pier 39, leaving Samantha and Jake behind.
Jake got into position, standing not far from Samantha, who was focused on finally getting the ball to rise up the tube. "Three…two…one…" Jake whispered into his cell phone, and after hanging up the call, there was total silence…
…followed by a loud explosion, and a loud scream. "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"
Jake tried to cover up his plans immediately. "Hey, Sam, you hear that?"
"Yeah, I heard an explosion alright. Now leave me alone. I have a challenge to win." Samantha continued shooting her coffee squirt gun into a white tube. Little by little, she filled up the tube to release a flag. She was only minutes behind her ex-boyfriend now, as she rushed back to Pier 39.
It was a long race back to the pier as former lovers sprinted against each other. Dakota stayed ahead as Samantha tried to catch up, and he arrived first at the pier. Grabbing a blue surfboard, he remembered what he learned in Miami and waited for a wave generator to launch him back to Alcatraz Island.
By this time, Samantha caught up, and got a surfboard of her own. It remained neck and neck as the two competitors raced on their surfboards back to the island. "You're going down, Dakota!"
"Make me!"
It was too late for Samantha as Dakota crossed the finish line. "Dakota wins invincibility! That means he's in the final three! Chef, call Jake and I'll call Josh back."
***Confessional***
Dakota: So I won huh? Final three isn't just good. It's great! Now just get rid of Sam, and then Josh. The jury will vote for me for sure!
Samantha: Maybe Josh isn't that bad of a person. After all, he tries so hard. Maybe I was too rough on him earlier.
Josh: Now who to vote off? Tough one.
***Back to Game***
As Josh was about to make his sale, his cell phone rang again. "Hello? Now? Dakota won? Total Drama's leaving? Bye."
The man became upset while listening to Josh. "You're part of Total Drama? NO SALE! They ruined my granddaughter's reputation! They make her bald! They almost feed her to volcano! GET OUT NOW!"
***Confessional***
Josh: I was about to become a millionaire! No! What's up with that man though? He really needs to loosen up.
***Back to Game***
Josh hung up and proceeded back to Alcatraz Island where Dakota was already victorious.
Everyone arrived at Alcatraz Island where Chris was waiting for them. "Well, Dakota. Congratulations on making it to the final three." After Dakota's cheer, the host sarcastically added, "Now we just need to find that plane." Everyone except Jake searched the city for the plane, only to find the remains of it in San Francisco Bay.
***Confessional***
Dakota: My stuff! My blue shirts and my cowboy hats!
Samantha: My jeans and makeup were in there, and now they're gone! Oh my GOD!
Josh: Hey, most of my stuff was already gone after Denver. Chris threw it all out, but sad to see the plane go.
***Back to Game***
Chris was already waiting for the contestants as they finished gasping at the plane wreck. "I know who did this. Jacob Torres! Get. out. now."
"Don't make me set up an encore."
"Chef? Get him out of here!"
"This isn't the last of me! I'll be back!" As Jake started to make his getaway, San Francisco police already arrived with handcuffs to arrest the genius.
"Jake Torres? You are under arrest for multiple counts of property damage, and you have an outstanding warrant of arrest in the city of Orlando, Florida. You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law."
"Do you have to read all of them?"
"Yes, by Miranda vs. Arizona, I'm required. I'll give the rest of them later. Just sit in the car and stay quiet."
"I will not! McLean, you and your show are going down if it's the last thing I do!" Police tased Jake as he quickly succumbed to the shocks. After he was put in the back seat of a police car, the squad left as everyone still present was speechless as to what happened.
"Now what do we do?" Josh was the first to speak.
"Well Dakota won, so he should decide who goes home." Samantha answered.
"Not so fast." Chris interrupted. "All three of you will be going together to the finale in Los Angeles. Luckily, I have a map. We can either go through the valley or down the coast."
"I pick coast." Josh suggested.
"Valley's faster." Dakota thought about going through the valley.
"Are you kidding? I finally scored today, and you want the valley?"
"What?"
"Three girls took me to some Chinese shop. I was going to get a million dollars for those robot arms, but Chris called me here."
"Who was going to give you a million?"
"Some Chinese guy who runs this metal works shop."
"Oh, Heather's grandfather. He's pissed off since this show almost killed her."
"It almost killed us, too."
Samantha was getting impatient as the two boys went on a tangent. "We need to decide. I'm voting coast since I can see the ocean."
"Dudes and dudette?" Chris was still in shock over the destroyed plane. "We can talk about this in the morning. Chef's booking some hotel rooms for us." After Chef hung up the phone, everyone walked into a hotel to spend the night. Samantha had her own room, and she was used to it from the night before. Luckily, she still had the book she was reading earlier, so she read another chapter, and then went to bed.
Dakota and Josh had to share a room. "Why do you think he did it" Josh asked.
"Revenge. He was never a people person."
"So that's what the welds were for huh?"
"I guess. I don't even know how he gets half of his stuff. Welding bombs is a little beyond me."
"I'm going to bed. Talk to you in the morning." Dakota and Josh both changed into their pajamas and went to bed.
***Confessional (In the hotel lobby)***
Dakota: Hopefully Josh realizes that we're not friends. Don't get too acquainted. You're next, dude.
***Back to Game***
Meanwhile, at the San Francisco Police Department, Jake was booked into a holding cell. With no one to talk to, he was only able to think, and the first thing he thought of was a way to get out.
"This one's high profile. Keep a close eye on him." A sergeant gave orders to two guards.
"We'll post extra guards on him. He's not getting out of here."
"The lieutenant requested protective custody on him. Be careful. He is very dangerous."
"How dangerous?"
"We had to confiscate his cell phone. He was using it to create bombs that had to be welded. Then he would set the bombs off. We heard an explosion earlier today. Did you notice a plane blowing up in The Bay?"
"Yes. I was driving on 280 when I saw it. It was near East Bay."
The guards continued talking about Jake as the sergeant left the two guards behind to watch Jake and prevent his escape.
Back at the hotel, Chris was the last to go to bed. He shared a room with Chef, and both of them were still in shock over the plane disaster. "Two seasons in a row." Chris muttered to himself.
"Only this one was intentional. I should have arrested that redhead on the spot for destroying my plane."
"It was my plane. You just built it."
"Fine you narcissist. When will you learn the world's not about you."
"The world is all about me. You know that? Every talk show in Canada wants to talk to me about Total Drama or my movies, except for that one hosted by that blond surfer guy."
"He's American you know. He was just in Canada to help Zeke out."
"Don't even mention that monstrosity."
"Fine. It was all your fault. Now just sign off the show so I can get some sleep!"
"Okay then." Chris grudgingly signed out the show. "Join us next time as we find a way to get out of here right here on Total Drama American Tour!"
AN: Valley or Coast? I already have an answer, but what's your prediction? Also, who do you think will win? Either way, there's a stop between SF and LA. (Guess where? You'll probably be wrong though.)
Contestants (Post-Merge): Dakota, Samantha, Josh
Eliminated so Far: Jane, Seeiah, Elijah, Tonia, Roxanne, Lucas, Xander, Leilene, Jasper, Holly, Logan, Michelle, Jake