The Total Drama series belongs to Teletoon, and Cartoon Network. Also, the VS. idea isn't mine. It belongs to CragmiteBlaster. Everything I also mention that's copyrighted belongs to their respective copyrights. However, all my characters belong to me.
I am SO very sorry that the next chapter took a while to come up. Several factors, such as Writers Block were HUGE factors. But hey, I got it up now. Also, Happy Easter, everyone!
This episode, we start up the Babysitting Challenge!
Korpse's Earrings this episode: Yoshi Eggs
Also, I decided to adopt the way CragmiteBlaster does his confessionals starting with this chapter. So all credit to the confessionals belong to him.
Baby On Board!
Chris was on Challenge Beach, ready to dish out the intro.
"Last time on Geeks Vs. Populars..."
"The teams had to face their fears after eating some of their favorite foods tainted with the serum. While some of the contestants faced their fears with gusto, some of the contestants completely wimped out! And some of the fears are kinda weird... Seriously, kissing? In either case, the Geeks won, sending the Populars to elimination. And it was Kade that got the boot! Also, the Geeks celebrated Ron's birthday, but enough about that."
"So what will happen today? Will Ron's feet heal up? Will Ada and Nicholas be able to press on without their buddy? Will Verna share some battle strategies? And what will happen today? Find out, on..."
"Total!"
"Drama!"
"GEEKS VS. POPULARS!"
(Cue I Wanna Be Famous...)
Powerhungry Polar Bears
At their camp, Twiggy was currently cooking up some grub, with Thunder watching.
"And presto! This fishy meal is complete!" Twiggy noted out loud.
"You know... You always seem to find a new way to fix up fish every day." Thunder said, with interest. "Why is that?"
"Well, cooking the same thing every day is kinda boring." Twiggy replied back. "Gotta keep up the variety, somehow."
"Um... Twiggy?"
Twiggy and Thunder turned around to see Nicholas, who was looking at Twiggy with interest.
"Yeah, Nick? Dinner's not complete, just yet." Twiggy noted.
"No, it's not that... It's Ada. She... got into the Yoo-Hoos." Nicholas commented back.
Twiggy groaned. "Augh! I was gonna give them out to everyone as a treat!"
"So, where's the green-haired party animal?" Thunder asked.
"Follow me..." Nicholas replied, as the three went to where Ada was.
Ada was currently drinking several Yoo-Hoos by herself, looking a tad sad.
"I can't believe it... My bestie... gone..." Ada said out loud. "Would things be different in another world?"
She then let out a belch, as she tossed the now empty Yoo-Hoo box into a trash can, as Nicholas, Twiggy, and Thunder came up.
"Ada, you're still into the Yoo-Hoos?" Nicholas asked.
"Why bother... I lost someone that liked parties..." Ada commented.
"Jeez, you weren't acting this down. Heck, Kade asked you to try to train me into being a party dude!" Nicholas said out loud. "Hey, beats listening to the soundtrack to C-SPAN."
Ada then looked at her friend, and smiled.
"You know what, you're right! There's no need to be a sad sack of potatoes!" Ada replied out loud. "I've got a job to do! And it's to turn someone like you into a full-pledged party animal!"
"In fact, Ada's already proving that part in full." Twiggy said, grinning.
"That, I am!" Ada commented. "I never thought that botched cheerleading practice would ever lead me to what I am today."
"Wait, botched cheerleading practice?" Thunder asked.
"Jeez, what happened?" Twiggy also asked. "If there were any mean cheerleaders playing a crude prank on you..."
"No, no crude pranks were had that day." Ada admitted. "It's that... I signed up for cheerleading practice, in the hope that I would further my dream of being a cheerleader. But during tryouts... Something bad happened. My hand slipped off while going for the pyramid, and I took a HARD fall onto the Gym. I dunno what happened, but I musta blacked out due to the intense pain I was feeling in my leg. I had to have a rod put in my leg, and got the sad news that my cheerleading days were over, just before it started."
Thunder was shocked at that realization. "Wow... Sorry, Ada."
"But as luck would have it, the team took me to a club to try to cheer me up. From there, the DJ saw me in my sad state, and invited me to spin some records with him. And from there... My life changed, forever. And soon enough, I became who you see today." Ada said, finishing her story.
"Whoa..." Nicholas commented. "So that's how you became the cutest DJ I know."
"Yeah, I didn't even know you used to be a cheerleader until now." Twiggy commented.
"Hey, I now have a new dream." Ada replied back with a smile. "And I shall further it by winning it for Kade!"
"That's the spirit!" Nicholas commented out loud with a grin.
Drake and Stella were sitting in the cabin, talking about certain subjects.
"So... Don't mind me asking this, but... How did you become interested in singing?" Drake asked.
Stella smiled. "Well, my adopted mom would play gentle music on the radio every night when I was young. And over time, I began to sing some of the lyrics. And one day at school, I comforted a classmate when he skinned his knee with a song, until the teacher arrived to help him out. The song made him feel better, though. And that made me feel good. At that time, I decided to partake singing as pretty much my favorite hobby."
Drake smiled. "Way better than my love for cartoons. I was kinda raised on cartoons, thanks to my mom. That's pretty much it. And over time, I developed an artistic talent."
"Huh. Makes sense." Stella commented.
"Also, I gotta ask. Those star markings near your eyes. How they didn't smear when your face got wet or stained several times during challenges is beyond me... What's going on with them?" Drake asked.
Stella smiled. "I figured you would ask one day. In my family, it's kinda a tradition when we're of age, we get markings underneath our eyes. And given I reached that age, I had it done to me. So, yeah. They're tattooed on."
"Did it hurt?" Drake asked.
"Nah, they were done painlessly." Stella replied back. "And you could figure that I chose the Star marking right from the word go."
"Because you're the bestest shining star." Drake commented with a smile.
"And you're one sweet man." Stella replied, with a smile.
Grace and Heidi were walking through the woods, gathering up fruit.
"So... We still on for tonight?" Heidi asked with a serious tone. "I do trust you with my playbook called life."
"You can bet I'll be there." Grace commented back. "Just let me go through this here brushpile here."
However, when Grace reached for a fruit, it slipped out of her fingers, and onto the ground. Rolling down an embankment, it rolled through some bushes, as Grace gave chase. Eventually, it stopped in a small clearing, as Grace caught up to it.
"There you ARE, you pesky fruit!" Grace said out loud, as she put it in her basket. She then looked up, as she went wide-eyed with shock.
From there, she saw what she would call in her eyes... Heaven.
"Holy Tweek..." Grace muttered to herself. "HEIDI! Come quick!"
Back at camp, Grace was busy peeling off the peel of a rather strange fruit.
"Odd... Never thought I would run into a Rambutan fruit." Grace commented out loud.
"Yeah, talk about the load you brought in." Verna replied back, while examining a starfruit. "Some of these fruits I never even tasted before..."
"Yep, we brought this load in for a touchdown!" Heidi yelled out in glee. "Great find, Grace!"
Grace could only blush meekly.
"And you even found an Akebia!" Verna commented. "Kickass!"
Grace, and Heidi could only look at Verna in confusion.
"Um... What?" Heidi asked.
"I mean... Good job." Verna answered quickly. "We'll see to it you're not voted off if we lose next time."
"Okay... I guess?" Grace replied back. "Still, I thought I had more than 4 guavas. What's going on?"
"Beats me..." Heidi said, shrugging.
From far off, Steph was eating a guava fruit, and grinning.
"Heh... Today you lot just got lucky..." Steph commented. "For I shall be the one left standing at the end..."
Confessional: Orange you glad you didn't grab a banana?
Steph: Yep. This path to the million shall be easy. And since I got that Pokemaniac and that hottie in my clutches... I love being me! If I stated it before, too bad! I'm stating it again!
Grace: Maybe I outta take home some of the seeds from the fruits to plant back at home. Hey, gotta spread the wealth of unique fruits! There's only so many times you can give away apples.
Drake: Interesting... Heck, I'm no stranger to skin art myself; my mom stole one of my drawings to make into a tattoo. She did give back the drawing after it was done, though.
Stella: Hmm... I wonder what symbol fits Drake... -She suddenly realizes- Oh, nothing. Just speaking my mind!
Ada: This party gal's NEVER givin' up!
Nicholas: -Blushes- Ada...
Giggling Griphons
The party has since subsided, and Xantara was waiting outside the bathroom, for Ron to dress himself.
"So, Ron? How does those shirts feel?" Xantara asked.
"They feel rather swell, to tell the truth." Ron replied through the door. "Sure, my feet still hurt and all that."
"Yeah, the glass bit..." Xantara noted. "And your feet may still be scarred... Did Cherri say anything about how long it would be before they healed?"
"About a day, give or take." Ron replied back. "Gee, leave it to the gal with the most shrapnel in her face to be Dr. Mom."
Xantara couldn't help but giggle, as the bathroom door opened up.
He was still wearing his blue jeans, but was now wearing a mauve and green tie-dyed shirt. He also had a headband around his forehead, and even had the peace necklace on. His feet were bare, with some bandages covering up his cuts.
"So... How do I look?" Ron asked.
Xantara inspected her friend's look. "Hmm... I figure its missing one thing..."
She reached deep into her pockets and fished out a pair of shades. She handed them to Ron.
"I found them while walking with Nelson a couple nights ago. I don't think they belong to any of us or the Populars. That, and they were awfully dusty." Xantara commented. "Maybe they were around before the game even began?"
"Maybe..." Ron replied back, as he put them on. "So, is this the missing thing?"
Xantara smiled as she gave a thumbs up. "Perfect!"
Ron couldn't help but blush.
With Moana, she and Cherri were busy looking at various bugs by a stream.
"Cool, look at that one!" Cherri exclaimed in excitement. "Its a pondskipper!"
"Neat!" Moana replied out loud. "It's... a beetle! You know what it is?"
Cherri nodded. "It's your usual Diving Beetle. And a pretty badass one too, if I say so myself."
"Yeah, it is." Moana replied, as the two watched the Diving Beetle swim alongside another fellow Diving Beetle. "Hmm... They seem to be a couple."
"Yeah, tell me about it..." Cherri commented, as she looked at Moana. "So... You've ever been involved in... Well, love?"
Moana nodded. "Yeah... I've have. My little bro found a girl when he was in school. He pretty much helped her out when no one else would have." She then gave off a proud smile. "I'm so proud of my little bro! So, why you ask?"
Cherri smiled as she blushed. "Well... I could be falling in love with our resident blade master, Benny. He's just so awesomer than a butterfly coming outta its coocon!"
Moana nodded. "Even when you've have a love interest, you still have bugs on the mind..."
"So, how should I approach him?" Cherri asked. "I can't just flat out say I love him. That be wrong."
"Well..." Moana replied back. "When my Wiley wanted to win Tilly, he made her a doll. And in the end, it worked, because they went on their first date the next day."
Cherri nodded, as though she understood. "Wow, this Tilly gal must be super-special to Wiley to hook up with him."
The punk entomologist then sighed.
"But how can I find what he enjoys? All I have going for him is swords." Cherri complained. "And I don't think I can find a sword just laying around. None of that crap ever happens at all!"
The two girls then looked at each other.
"Stalking time?" Moana asked. "Give him a little surprise?"
Cherri nodded. "Stalking time."
Meanwhile, Ellis and Marissa were talking about various stuff.
"And that's how Brandon won our Doom tournament!" Marissa said out loud. "Yeah, it was raining, and we all had Dungeon Block, so a short campaign of DnD was nixed."
"Interesting." Ellis replied, as he listened to Marissa's stories.
"So... I mentioned my friends several times, as thus Mirian. You've got any friends at home?" Marissa asked.
Ellis smiled. "Actually, I do. Two of them, in fact. They befriended me after I got framed, and they took me underneath their wing. One of them is Sunny... Who is pretty much a face grader. She pretty much likes ANY face."
"Interesting..." Marissa commented. "I've a feeling me and Sunny would get along."
"And my other friend is Kuro, who's planning a project involving small people." Ellis replied back. "By small, I mean the Mini Status effect from Final Fantasy? Only in some cases, most likely permanent?"
"Neato..." Marissa said with a gentle smile, as Nelson walked past them. "Hi, Nelson!"
Nelson nodded back and smiled. "Hey, Marissa."
Ellis looked at Nelson. "Oh, yeah! Kuro has a character in that project that looks like Nelson!"
That caught Nelson's attention. "Wait, I have a lookalike?"
"Well... Kinda." Ellis commented back. "You're just around 4 inches tall."
"Wow..." Nelson replied, amazed. "And I thought I was small... My counterpart takes the cake!"
Meanwhile, in Olivia's cave, Olivia came back, holding a ziploc bag that contained...
"I can't believe it worked!" Olivia shouted out loud. "I asked for a lock of Sting's hair, and he agreed with me!"
She then opened the bag, and took a big whiff of it.
"Awww... The smell of true love and Manic Panic blue hair dye..." Olivia dreamily replied out loud, as she took the lock of hair out. Stuffing some of the hair in her nose, she took a big whiff, and fainted in happiness.
Benny and Mozart were doing a bit of practicing with their weapons; Benny with his sword, and Mozart with his bo. Unknown to the two, Cherri and Moana were watching the action from afar.
"Make sure to take some notes, Cherri." Moana whispered to her friend.
Back with the boys, GENKI was launching target balloons out of what appeared to be a hand cannon. "Mozart. Benny. Get ready for the next targets." she said out loud. "Pull!"
Two balloons shot out from GENKI's hand, as both Mozart and Benny jumped into action. The two were hitting balloons left and right with their weapons. Once they were done...
"Hm. Tied." Mozart commented. "This is only gonna heat up, dude!"
"You got it, man!" Benny replied back.
Back with Moana and Cherri, the punk entomologist sighed in annoyance.
"Urgh, c'mon!" Cherri complained. "Spill some kinda beans about what you like..."
"Just give it time..." Moana replied back.
Cherri did some thinking, and suddenly an idea sparked in her mind.
'Hey, you still have some of those fries from before the challenge began?" Cherri asked.
"You mean those truth revealing fries?" Moana answered back, as she revealed said food. "Yep! I've even got some on me!"
Cherri was confused. "How did you keep it hidden... Nevermind. Now listen..."
Cherri whispered into her ear, as Moana nodded in understanding. When it was over...
"Oh, you cheeky little bedbug!" Moana commented towards her, pinching Cherri's cheek.
Mozart and Benny were done with another training session, and taking a break, as the two girls came up to the guys.
"Hey, boys!" Cherri said out loud.
"You two look like you're training really hard." Moana also said with a smile.
"Yeah." Benny replied, as Cherri took out a packet of fries.
"So... Want some fries, guys?" Cherri asked.
Benny took a look at the fries, as Mozart elbowed him.
"Dude... Are we sure this is safe?" Mozart asked. "Our food was fried with that bogus serum today. You sure about this?"
Benny smiled. "Eh, I'm sure. Plus it isn't the fries I ate. My steak was served with steak fries. And these are normal fries. Its as legit as you can get!"
"Okay..." Mozart replied. "We'll take the snack."
The sword fan then took a bite into a couple of fries, as Cherri smiled.
"So... I just ask... Besides swords... What else do you like, Benny?"
Benny smiled. "Well, I'm a fan of ancient artifacts myself..." His eyes suddenly went wide. "Wait... Did you use the serum to coax it outta me?"
Cherri shrugged. "I had no choice; where else can I find an awesome sword on the island? Sorry I had to do that."
"It's okay, but just ask next time, okay?" Benny replied back. "But by ancient artifacts... You mean masks, idols, all that jazz?"
"Okay, that's what I wanted to know. Thanks!" Cherri said, as she and Moana walked away.
"Seriously, Cherri... I thought it wouldn't work..." Moana commented to Cherri.
"Yeah... I feel totally ashamed." Cherri replied, as she bit into a fry. "Hey, Moana?"
"Yeah?"
"These fries aren't laced..." Cherri said out loud. "So... All this time, we just needed to ask?"
"I... assume so." Moana replied back with a smile.
Cherri then looked at the fries, and nodded. "Aw, well. At least I won't upset anyone now."
Confessional: Talk about a way through a man's heart through his stomach...
Cherri: I still feel stupid about offering up the serum to try to coax someone into letting out what they wanted. Now, I better shut up before someone tries to bake cookies with the serum, and said consumer asking for a BB gun for Christmas that has the ability to shoot one's eye out.
Moana: Was it cheating? Yeah. But hey, on the bright side, Cherri gets to find a gift for Benny.
Benny: Okay... I gotta admit. The fries weren't laced. I was just playing along. -Winks-
Mozart: -Woodstock is on his shoulders- Talk about a gnarly way to figure out what someone likes... -Woodstock squeaks-
Sting: Um... I was kinda sleeping. How did I lose some of my hair?
Xantara: Yeah, I could see that Ron's aura lightened up a lot. Quite the contrast from the angry guy he once was.
Ron: Okay, I admit... Xantara's one of the cutest gals I saw... She isn't like any of the girls back at home, talkin' about cajun-frying corn... Yeah, me and spicy stuff... Do not agree.
Late that night, at a clearing near the Popular's Camp, Grace was walking over to where Heidi was at. And soon enough, she arrived.
"Heidi?" Grace commented.
"Yep, it's me." Heidi replied back, as the two sat side by side.
"I... guess you're ready to spill your guts as to why you completely dislike mineshafts, huh?" Grace commented out loud.
"...Yeah. I trust you, so it should be easy for me to tell." Heidi replied back. "Anyways, it was a couple summers ago, and I signed up as a Counselor. Anyways, the kids really adored me due to my kind nature and my football lovin' side. But one day... Everything changed..."
"What happened?" Grace asked.
"We took our respective charges into a mineshaft... We let the kids do whatever, while we did whatever... That was when disaster striked. The mine started to shake and collapse... My fellow Counselors... My friends... Perished underneath the hard rubble. I tried to find my charges as well, but sadly... They all died as well, huddled together as they were crushed underneath the rubble... Me included, there were like... 8 survivors in total out of... Well, it was a rather large number. It was a horrible tragedy, and it completely brought Summer Camps to a halt for quite a while..." Heidi answered. "And just being in mineshafts just reminds me of the friends I lost, and the kids I failed to save..."
"Wow..." Grace said, comforting Heidi. "I... never even realized... I'm so sorry."
"Hey, the important thing is that I get to protect you guys." Heidi replied back.
"And that you're more stronger than you look." Grace added.
The two looked at each other, as their hands touched each other, with them giving off a blush.
Confessional: No words needs to be said.
Heidi: I feel like a whole new girl just by exposing my past to Grace... Here's hoping I can protect them.
Isle of Rebirth
It was now morning, and Kade was busy attempting to cook breakfast for her fellow campers.
"Crud... How does Twiggy do this?" Kade complained.
"Do... what?" Lance asked. "Not the first time food was burnt."
"I demand food. Now." Yentoulis ordered out loud.
"Keep your pants on, Yento." Yolei answered back, as Yentoulis gave her a glare.
"Guys, calm down! Food'll be made soon, as soon as I figure out how to use this thing." Kade said out loud.
The mood was soon broken, as a rather loud roar rang out.
"Yento...?" A frightened Kade asked. "Please tell me that's your stomach..."
"The name's Yentoulis!" Yentoulis reprimanded the Party Gal. "And I don't f*****' know WHAT that was!"
"Yeah, man! I was first voted off!" Lance said out loud. "I don't wanna be the first of you guys to DIE!"
Yolei sighed. "You guys are total babies. I'll check it out."
She started to walk over to where the roar was coming from, as she got her answer...
The Mantis has woke up with a deep growl, and was standing on a cliffside, looking out at the sea, seemingly sniffing the air. It then, in an instant, jumped from the cliff onto the sand, the impact knocking Yolei over. It then ran towards the ocean, and started to swim rapidly and away from the island to its destination.
Yolei sighed, as Lance was coming up to her.
"Yolei? You okay?" Lance asked out loud.
"Eh, I'll be fine." Yolei replied, getting back up. "Still... I dealt with rougher stuff. I even managed to fend off against a fake sailor at one point. But that thing..."
"What if it gets to the island?" Lance asked.
Yolei visually gulped.
"...Benny? Please have the guts to take it down..." Yolei prayed.
Back on the Island, on the path where the two camps met, Xantara was busy gathering up some more fruit, as she met Verna, who was starring into the distance.
"Hey, Verna." Xantara said out loud. "You doing okay?"
"Psst... Look right there..." Verna commented, as she pointed at what she was looking at. Xantara took a look as well.
The thing Verna was looking at appeared to be a badly drawn sprite lifted from a sprite comic. It had bright green hair, a blue sweater, orange pants, and brown shoes... And also had some white particles coming off it.
"The hell is this?" Verna asked out loud. "Dude isn't moving. Or blinking. At all."
"Beats me." Xantara replied back. "I can't even get a good read on his or her aura... In fact, I don't think it has an aura, at ALL."
"Also, what's with the white particles emitting from it?" Verna asked. "This is some Missingno s*** right here."
Verna then did some thinking, as an idea cropped up in her head.
"I'm gonna touch that thing!" Verna noted, as she started to make her way towards whatever it was.
"Verna, don't!" Xantara protested. "You don't know where that thing came from. Hell, I don't know where that thing came from."
"It's just gonna be a tap on the shoulder! Besides, it's not like its gonna corrupt my Hall of Fame or anything!" Verna replied back, as she made her way to the sprite. Tapping it once, she was suddenly flung past Xantara, who ducked in time, and onto a pile of leaves.
"Okay... Good idea that we leave it alone now?" Xantara asked back.
"Yeah." Verna nodded as she got up. "Being Seismic Tossed like a rag doll is totes NOT fetch."
"Whoa, boy! WHOA!" A voice yelled out loud, as the two saw a black blur being hurled towards a lemon tree, with Fang running towards the black blur. Pounding against the tree with his back, the blur, now resembling Sting soon fell off, and hit the ground, with the lemons from the tree burying the male, and Fang panting away at the downed Sting.
Xantara knew who the voice belonged to. "Sting! You okay?" She yelled out loud, running towards the cheerful emo, with Verna following. Soon reaching the pile of lemons, she lifted Sting from said pile.
"Yeah, Sting! The hell happened?" Verna asked as well.
"I was only walking Fang, when he just suddenly took me for a walk, instead." Sting noted, as he dusted himself off. "Dude musta really wanted to play fetch."
"My fault, really." Verna replied. "Guess my slang got the best of you. Sorry about that."
Sting smiled. "Hey, it's okay. We got some free lemons to seal the deal, though."
The emo then did some thinking.
"Think I should open up a lemonade stand while I'm here?" Sting asked, as the two girls giggled.
Confessional: Taking Life giving you Lemons to a new level!
Sting: My mom taught me how to make the best lemonade. Its SO good, that it brings a small smile to my friends back at home.
Verna: Well... That happened. And I feel uncomfortable as a result, now. Maybe a Starburst will help? -She reaches into her pocket to grab about a handful of the candy- Um... Did my item slot just fill my pockets with infinite Starburst?
Xantara: I also read up on Verna's aura while I was with her... I could feel she's hiding something deep down...
At the Geek's Camp, Cherri was reading a book on certain bugs, with Ellis by her side.
"Hmm... Think a handmade scarab beetle artifact would be good?" Cherri asked.
Ellis looked at the picture, and smiled.
"Hmm... Lovin' time? Scarab Mating Season?" Ellis asked. "And by that fact, I mean Rowin' Time?"
"I'm wanting to also show off my Egyptian heritage as well." Cherri answered back. "Henceforth a Scarab Beetle tattoo is in the works at a later point in the year. But still... Think I can find one? And by that, a gift Scarab?"
Ellis did some thinking. "Eh, sad to say, I highly doubt it. But I think you can find a different gift for this someone."
Cherri smiled back. "Thanks, Ellis."
"By the way... You never did tell me who you're thinking of finding a gift for." Ellis said, curious.
"Well..." Cherri began to say, as...
"Campers! Please approach Challenge Shore for your next Challenge!" Chris said through the intercom.
"I'll tell you later." Cherri commented. "For now, we have a challenge to beat!"
At the Popular's Camp, Steph was doing a bit of sunbathing before the Challenge, as Drake walked up to her.
"Um... Steph?" Drake asked.
"Yeah, what is it, Drakey-Poo?" Steph replied back with a flirty voice.
"I... didn't like what you made Verna say the other day." Drake said in a stern manner. "What you did... was really uncalled for."
Steph giggled. "Oh, Drakey... Everyone knows its true. You, Me, some bitch out there named Irene... Though not that retarded tree hugger I'm talking about... Face it. Everyone knows that autistics are useless-"
"Steph..." Drake replied, interrupting Steph and giving off a dark glare. "Are you saying I'm useless, then?!"
Steph then did some thinking, until...
"So... You DO have autism, then?" Steph commented, looking at Drake.
All of a sudden, Drake's current confidence was washed away in an instant.
"Uh..." Drake commented out loud.
"And now I know your secret." Steph replied back with an evil grin. "And since you know mine... You are now basically my bitch. You must now do my bidding... Unless you want me to expose your secret. And maybe Pokemaniac's secret just to be a dick. Oops? I think not."
Drake tried to protest, but sighed.
"But... I think I can train you to knock the Autism out, Drakey." Steph said out loud. "Besides, once that blonde, starry bitch knows that you're autistic, she would dump you in a heartbeat."
Drake wanted to glare at Steph for insulting his best friend on the island, but...
"And besides... I don't think that Stella has a good pair of THESE." Steph said, as she reached behind her back, as...
"Campers! Please approach Challenge Shore for your next Challenge!" Chris said through the intercom.
"F***!" Steph cursed, as she started to put her clothes back on. "Just remember this, and do NOT tell blonde starry bitch. Or..." She then got towards Drake's cheek, and gave it a kiss. "Don't let me down, Drakey-Poo, and you'll get more of these!"
Drake could only listen in pure horror, as he sighed.
Confessional: Oh, boy... Someone reviewing the chapter's gonna be upset...
Steph: HAHAHAHAHAHA! To have all the power... Oh, wait? I do! This game is mine, and I ended up with a hottie outta the deal!
Drake: -He is in a panic- I... dunno what to do! If I tell Stella, Steph may expose my secret, or worse... Steph may actually... -He sighed as he braved up a little- No, Drake. Never think about that.
At Challenge Beach, everyone was waiting for Chris to arrive. Being there was no challenge set up, they were concerned.
"Hey, pops!" Thunder yelled out loud. "Where's the challenge?!"
"Hell if I knew." Nicholas replied back.
With Drake, he was still nervous about earlier, as Stella came up to him.
"Drake? You okay?" Stella asked with concern. "You seem very troubled. What's wrong?"
Drake was now nervous, as he looked at Steph, who glared at him back, while giving off the two eyes darting at him motion. He had to think something.
"I... heard they were trying to unperson Derpy Hooves from the My Little Pony franchise! By unperson, trying to delete her from the show, get every Derpy merchandise out of the hands of owners, and even sending hired goons to erase any memories of her outta people's head!" Drake lied.
Stella was confused. "Err... Who's Derpy?"
"She kinda caused a massive storm of controversy when she was shown off... I'll tell you later." Drake replied as Chris came up to the Campers.
"Campers! Welcome to your next challenge!" Chris yelled out in cheer.
"Or a lack thereof." Olivia commented out.
"I was getting to that. Anyways, our challenge will be held in a special place this time, so will you all please board the boat?" Chris asked, as a boat sailed into view. Stopping at the shore, it opened up, allowing the campers to enter the boat.
Confessional: Another outta location challenge...
Verna: Okay, I kinda listened into Drake's conversation with Stella, and... That's not true at all! Though they did tried it once, fan outcry caused her to rise back from the grave, so to speak... Speaking role for our favorite muffin pony in season 5, please?
Along the way, the Campers were just hanging out. Moana was observing the ocean, with a smile on her face and her sunglasses down.
"This is awesome..." Moana said, as she saw something coming up. Her smile faded with an instant. "What the... s***?"
She rose up her sunglasses, as she saw various fish floating on top of the water... half-eaten and dead.
"Okay, this is unnatural." Moana replied, as Sting came up to her.
"What's unnatural?" Sting asked.
"These dead fish floating in the water." Moana answered, as she pointed at the deceased fish floating.
"What the hell happened here?" Sting asked.
"That's what I wanna know." Moana replied, as she looked at Cherri from afar. "Hey, Cherri! What's the reach of your bug net?"
Cherri came up towards Moana. "Well, with extensions, I can make it about 5 feet tall and-" She then looked down at the dead fish and looked back at Moana. "Oh, no no no. I know what you're planning, and I am not gonna have a friend die just because she wants to grab a dead fish."
"But... something fishy, pardon the pun, is happening." Moana replied back. "And I do know that sea animals eat their prey whole. But these dead schools of fish are mostly half-eaten. Name one fish that can do that."
Cherri sighed, as she walked over to the railing. "Sting? Moana? Grab my legs."
They did so, as they held Cherri tight, as she looked down at the swarms of dead, eaten fish. Taking out her bug net, she was hoping to catch one of the fish for Moana to observe.
"Almost got it..." Cherri whispered, as she held onto her net, as she caught one of the fish in said net. "Gotchya! Okay, pull me up, guys!"
The two did just that, as Cherri then laid the dead fish down on a table (After applying a towel underneath the fish in the process) and Moana checked it out as a result.
"Hmm..." Moana said, observing the fish closely. "These bites aren't of a oceanic matter..."
Cherri then looked at the fish. "You know... You may be right. Look, here."
She then took a bug book out, and flipped the page over to what appeared to be bite patterns.
"If my eyes decieve me... These appear to be the bite markings of a mantis." Cherri commented out loud.
"You sure about that?" Sting asked.
"Unless I need glasses, I'm dead positive." Cherri replied back.
"Hmm... Interesting." Moana commented out loud, as she continued to observe the fish.
Confessional: CSI Atlantis?
Cherri: -She is cleaning off her bug net- Yeesh, how long was that fish dead for?
Olivia: My bad boy is hanging with a couple of bad girls that killed a fish?! This is an outrage!
The ride continued on, as one of the contestants saw that an island was coming into view.
"I... think that's our destination?" Marissa asked out loud.
The island looked to be rather tropical, with a forest of trees extending across. There were also some mountains in the distance, with some snow on the top of said mountains.
"Wow, representing all 4 seasons, are we?" Twiggy noted out loud.
Soon enough, the boat stopped at the island, as Chris was waiting for them.
"Campers, welcome to the location of your next Challenge!" Chris said with glee. "And what better way to celebrate by giving a little history lesson!"
"Joy, more kings killing innocents..." Thunder snarked out loud.
"Way back in 1991, a rather infamous green dino was introduced to the world in a game called Super Mario World. His name? Yoshi. He was deemed so popular, he was given his own game, where you had to protect a Baby Mario!" Chris lectured. "That game? Yoshi's Island!"
Korpse grinned. "A true classic, if I say so myself."
"So, do we gotta deliver baby dolls to the finish line?" Nelson asked.
"Well... yes, and no." Chris replied back. "Sure, you gotta deliver babies... But they're not dolls."
At that line, the interns wheeled out six baby carriages, each of a variant shade of both red and blue respectively. They soon turned them around, exposing what appeared to be babies, occupying the carriages.
"Awwww..." Most of the campers cooed. However...
"You gotta be off your bench, Chris!" Heidi yelled out. "We gotta BABYSIT, now? DURING a most likely dangerous challenge?!"
Drake also rose his voice up, to attempt to protest about putting live babies in danger, but...
"Cooo!" One of the babies cooed out.
Drake sighed, as he smiled at the baby looking at the tall male.
"So... What's our task this time?" Moana asked, wiping her hands with disinfectant.
"Nelson has the challenge mostly on the dot. You gotta deliver your babies across the island from here, all the way to the finish line on the other side of the island. And the first team to get all three babies across the finish line wins!" Chris shouted out loud. "But be warned; there are some dangers on this island."
"Let me guess... lions, tigers, and bears?" Olivia asked.
"Oh, my." Stella commented.
"Oh... You'll see..." Chris replied back. "Now, you have 15 minutes to get to know your babies, so get to that!"
Powerhungry Polar Bears
"This is ridiculous!" Steph yelled out loud in protest. "We gotta take care of babies?!"
"Personally, I kinda find them to be rather... cute." Verna replied, as she looked at Drake and Stella play with one of the babies.
"Peekaboo! Peekaboo!" Drake said towards the baby, as he was playing peekaboo with his jacket. The baby giggled at Drake's antics.
"Awww..." Stella commented towards Drake with a warm smile. "You do this kinda stuff often?"
"Well, kinda." Drake said. "My mom's younger sister had a baby about two years ago. She's grown to be quite the kid... Though she is a bit of a catchprase sprouter. It's who I got the inspiration for my little kid character, Sophie Wafflefry."
"Hmm..." Stella replied. "That's kinda cute."
All of a sudden, Stella was brought down by the baby, grabbing onto one of Stella's earrings.
"Ow Ow Ow Ow!" Stella winced in pain, as the baby let go and giggled. She looked at said kid with a smile. "Yeah, we really gotta find his or her rattle. Still, you would make for a good dad."
Steph smirked, as she gave a decapitation gesture towards Drake. Drake looked over at Steph, and shivered a little, before continuing to play with the kids.
"Enjoy your fun while you can..." Steph thought. "But if you get TOO cozy with Stella... You'll BOTH wish you weren't even born..."
Heidi was busy feeding the second baby. Her helmet was off, because she put said helmet on the baby. Grace took notice.
"Er... All for nothing, but..." Grace asked, looking at the baby. "Is that a little too much?"
"Grace, these are live babies on TOTAL. DRAMA." Heidi replied out loud. "I wanna protect our little kids from the sheer hoopla the show throws at us and all that sh- ...uff."
"And besides, when did Chris get his hands on said babies?" Grace asked.
"Who knows... Knowing Chris, he coaxed an orphanage on borrowing babies." Heidi replied back.
"Chris borrowed six babies." Grace joked. "That's less than 6 babies a plausible orphanage has. And that's... borderline terrible."
Both Grace and Heidi giggled at that comment, with the baby giggling as a result.
With Verna, she was smiling at the third baby.
"Aww, who's a cute baby? Who has a cute face?" Verna whispered towards the baby. "You do, oh, yes, you do!"
The baby giggled as a result.
"Now... Let's see what stuff you have..." Verna said out loud, as she reached into the baby's bag. She pulled out what appeared to be a rattle with a Pokeball design on it. She smiled at that fact. "Well, teach 'em while they're young."
Confessional: Who's Your Daddy?
Verna: I also think the kid has three perfect IVs. Still, hope the parents adore him.
Chris: Okay, I had to ask the Producers to borrow their kids for this challenge. Heidi's got the right idea. If any of the babies got hurt...
Steph: Urgghh... Kids... I hate them. It was completely awesome to be an only child.
Drake: That... actually cheered me up a little.
Giggling Griphons
They too, were getting used to their kids that'll be used for the challenge. Xantara was currently feeding one of the kids, as it got done, and let out a rather large burp. She simply giggled at the baby.
"A little loud, are we?" Xantara asked, as the baby cooed back.
"You know, I'm doing what my parents never did to me." Ron replied out loud, holding a rattle. "And that is, taking care of me."
Xantara smiled. "You know, once we get back home, I'm gonna have some words to say to them. Mostly 4 letter words that I am not saying in front of the kid. Then you're moving in with me."
Ron nodded in understanding, as he started to play with the baby.
Meanwhile, one of the campers was confused, as he was holding a crying baby.
"Um... Our baby's, like, broken." Mozart replied out loud, as some of the other campers got close to it... Then stepped back once they realized why.
"Wow, and I thought that dead fish was rank!" Cherri commented out loud, holding one of the babies.
"Phew..." Marissa commented, as she sniffed the air. "Mozart? Your kid has a really severe status ailment involving the... butt region."
"No way..." Mozart asked, as Marissa nodded. "I... gotta change it?" Marissa nodded again. "I may be smart, but I never even attempted this kinda stuff before."
Sting shrugged, as he walked over to the baby, and silently changed the baby's diaper. Once he was done, he handed the now happy baby back over to Mozart.
"Wait... You...?" Mozart asked.
"Yep; I'm a proud babysitter back at home." Sting replied out loud. "Plus, I never did get a younger sibling to play with growing up. Wish I had, though."
"So... What kinda dangers do you think we may face?" Nelson asked, holding one of the babies.
"Who knows, buddy..." Sting replied back.
Confessional: And What Does He Do?
Nelson: If I know Yoshi's Island... We best be careful of any Bandits. Or Kamek. Or a Bandit dressed as Kamek.
Marissa: I would have offered to change it for him, but he's gotta learn how to do this on his own.
Cherri: You know... Maybe there's an ancient temple on this island? Maybe I can find something that Benny likes on here...
Once 30 minutes elapsed, Chris came back up to the Campers.
"So... Having fun?" Chris asked out loud.
"Aside of the fact that one of the babies spewed out milk on Steph's Gachie shoes... We're doing fine." Twiggy answered.
"Sure, you had to bring THAT up." Steph complained.
"Well, your challenge starts now. So bring your babies and enter the woods! There's bound to be some dangerous stuff in there, and maybe a temple or two." Chris commented, as Cherri beamed at that last fact. "So time to channel your inner Kristen from the Babysitters Club!"
Most everyone was confused.
"...Did you guys even read those books when you were kids?" Chris asked.
"Chris, we were, like, toddlers when the series came out." Mozart answered. "Even if I did self-learn how to totally read, that stuff was brutally complicated at the time."
"Fair enough. Now, off to the woods with you lot!" Chris ordered, as the campers went into the woods...
However a few minutes later, the Mantis swam on shore. Looking around, it sniffed the air. After giving off a low growl, it started to silently head off into the woods, all with a meal on its mind...
Whoa... The Challenge just barely started, and the Campers are already in trouble with a monstrous Mantis on the island. If this was an anime, cue unfitting eyecatch here...
Jake (The thing that Verna touched earlier) belongs to SFC.
NEXT TIME: Babysitting Galore! All with Mantis stalking everyone!