Duncan glared at Lindsay, who was laughing as she ran through the trees.

"Ugh, hurry up Gophers!" He screamed at his team.

"Shut it, mohawk!" Jo screamed back as she pulled ahead of him.

The team skidded to a halt as a boulder hurtled at them. B's eyes widen as it slams into him. B hits the ground, back at the start of the treeline.

Chris laughs, "I forgot to mention there'd be obstacles on the way up too."

CONFESSIONAL:

Dawn sits tranquilly, she opens an eyelid and says, "Hmm, obstacles. They don;t mean anything as long as I have the promise of the animals to keep them from harming me."

The Mutant Bass arrive at their tree first, not being held up by a falling boulder. Lindsay approaches the blue paint, panting mildly.

"Oka-" Lindsay starts, but she steps on a mine and is blown sky-high, screaming the entire way.

"Lindsay!" Cameron shouts. "Oh, well someone has to climb the tree..."

Craig steps forward, "I will!"

"Um, no, I will!" Mikaela says. The two of them glare at Cameron.

"I'm climbing, right?" They yell in unison at Cameron, who tries to hide in his red hoodie.

"You both can climb, just rid yourselves of your darkened auras. Nothing good will come from darkened auras." Dawn says peacefully.

The two stare each other down before latching onto the greased tree and trying to climb. Craig climbs fast, trying to give the grease no time to pull him down. His feet slip from under him, slamming his face into the trunk. He slides back down. Mikaela uses her long hair like a lasso. She swings it in a circle and flings it up. She flies upward and her hair wraps around a greased branch.

"WOO! Go Mikaela!" The Mutant Bass shout in excitement.

A roar shuts them up. Sasquatchinakwa appears, and hurtles a frying pan at Cameron. It hits him in the chest, and he moans as he falls to the ground. He starts hurtling objects like toasters and bricks at Mikaela.

"UGH, you ruddy beast!"

His next brick hits her in the stomach instead of missing and knocks her out of the tree.

Duncan and the Toxic Gophers appear with Lindsay following them, clearly dazed.

Duncan tackles Sasquatchinakwa and yells at the others. "GET, ah!, THE, stop it!, WATER JUG, will you-!, WASH THE GREASE OFF!"

Duncan and Sasquatchinakwa tumble down the hill in a heated battle. B grabs the water jug from the pile of items for Sasquatchinakwa to throw at players and douses the tree, washing away most of the grease.

While they did this, Mikaela started her climbing quest back up, throwing her hair - and herself - to branches that got her closer and closer with every throw of her hair - and herself.

Chris grins wickedly. "Chef, release the animals!"

"Yes, sir!" Chef presses a rather large button that beeps wildly ten times and then mutated chittering comes from the trees.

Heather, Zoey, DJ and Geoff are climbing the tree, when the numerous holes containing animal nests and such come alive with chittering. Mutated chipmunks, squirrels and - much to DJ's dismay - bunnies, come piling out and attacking the competitors in the trees.

Mikaela is left on her own to fend them off. They completely cover her and drag her into the tree. A muffled boom and a puff of smoke comes from the hole, followed by Mikaela sliding onto the branch.

Cameron, having regained consciousness, shouts encouragements to Mikaela. "Come on! You can do it Mikaela!"

Mikaela smiles unsurely back at him.

Heather beats them away from her, determined to get that amazingly life-like bust of Chris's head. A rather large mutant squirrel throws itself at her and she falls down to the ground with a not-so-nie thud sounding as she hits.

DJ winces, getting caught off-guard in a matter of seconds as he is swarmed by bunnies.

"AAH! BUNNY, I THOUGHT YOU LOVED ME!" A crunch resonates, followed by DJ's pained shriek, "OW! THAT WAS MY NOSE THAT YOU BIT! WHY, BUNNY, WHY?"

Geoff is swarmed much like Mikaela and dragged away, screaming to Zoey. "Come on, Zoey! You're our only hope!" Zoey's eyes sparkle at this, but fade as Geoff hastily adds, "Unless of course someone else tries to climb... AAH, OH GOD NO!"

Mike watches as all the creatures follow the now panickin Zoey up the tree. "Calm down, Mike, it's for Zoey." He pulls his shirt off, instantly becoming Vito.

"Yeah, baby, Vito is here to save your butts!" Mike exclaims. An annoyed - and heavily bruised - Heather goes to punch 'Vito' but is stopped by Mike's exclamation, "Hey toots, don't touch the merchandise."

Mike proceeds to climb the tree, quickly reaching Zoey. He slings her over his shoulder, and she begins to blush. "Don't worry babes, you're in my hands now." Mike is now climbing close to the top.

Mikaela has a look of pure determination as she climbs up near the bust. Mike and Mikaela grab their busts at the same time, and leap from the tree at the same time.

Mike lands on his right knee, right fist and left foot. Zoey slides off of his shoulder. "Yeah, baby, that is how Vito does it!"

Heather hits him and puts his shirt back on him. He gasps loudly and becomes Mike again.

At the same time, Mikaela hits the ground on both feet, bending her knees to absorb the impact.

Both teams race away immediately.

Duncan battles it out with Sasquatchinakwa. He sees the teams racing down towards them. He grins as he picks up a rock and bashes Sasquatchinakwa in the head with it.

He yells to his team, "Throw me the bust and run as fast as you can!" He is quickly met with a bust in his arms, and he books it for the cabins.

He reaches the cabins and immediately takes the nicer two story mansion-like log cabin.

"And it's Duncan winning the challenge for the Toxic Gophers! That means that we'll see the Mutant Bass to eliminate one of their players!"

The campfire is old, dusty and covered in a strange residue. The Mutant Bass look utterly disgusted as they sit down.

Chris comes up to the podium. "Whoever receives the Toxic Marshmellow of Loserdom gets the Fling of Shame by our giant squid, just recently acquired. So the normal marshmellows go to...

Dakota
Lindsay
Beth
Natala
Mikaela
Craig."

Dawn and Cameron grip their logs, sweat beading on their foreheads.

"The Toxic Marshmellow of Loserdom goes to...

CAMERON. Sorry buddy, but smartness doesn't make up for being the weakest link."

The marshmellow lands at Cameron's feet, bleaching his skin to an orange-brown swirl. He exclaims in fright at this. Chef tosses him into the large tentacle of the giant squid on the docks.

"Goodbye fellow campers, it's been a fun experience out of my bubble!" Cameron says, just before being flung away from the island.

The Toxic Gophers watch Cameron fly, only B seems slightly saddened by the elimination.

Duncan looks at the others. "Well, goodnight guys." Everyone silently files out to their beds.

A/N: And we've reached the end of Episode One! What challenges face them next? Who's next to get flung from the island? Find out next time on TOTAL DRAMA REVENG OF THE ISLAND!