Atlantic Anchovies: Leshawna, Max, Staci, Dawn, Brick, Dakota
Pacific Porpoises: Noah, Tyler, Courtney, Sugar
Eliminated: Beardo, Sam, Sadie, Rodney, Katie, Anne Maria, Leonard, Scott, Ezekiel, Eva
"Last time, on Total Drama Redemption...Tyler tried, and failed, to have a social game. After failing to convince Noah to vote out Eva, they went on the offensive. During a flag collecting challenge, Noah and Eva made every attempt to make Tyler look bad. He did, however, find the golden flag and earn his team ten points! Unfortunately, they still lost. When the votes tied, Eva and Tyler had a boxing brawl, where Tyler narrowly won." Chris laughs at his own comment. "I know, we were surprised too. Will the Porpoise team lose, yet again? How will Noah fare without his only friend? Find out right here, right now. On Total. Drama. REDEMPTION!"
An extreme heat wave has hit Pahkitew Island. The Atlantic Anchovies team sits comfortably in the air conditioned luxury suite, while the Pacific Porpoises team is left to bake in the hot sun.
"Uuugh, it's so hot!" Tyler groans, laying across the wooden bench by the fire pit.
"Maybe it wouldn't be so bad if you weren't wearing a track suit." Courtney scoffs.
"Hey! Lindsay loves my track suit!" Tyler retaliates.
"Yeah, if she can remember it." Noah adds in.
"Y'all complain too much!" Sugar shouts from behind her teammates. They turn to look at her, and see that she's covered in mud. "If ya wanna keep cool, just do what my friends back home do!"
"Sugar," Courtney starts. "Your friends aren't pigs, are they?"
"Well I guess that's one word fer it." she shrugs.
"Time for a challenge!" Chris calls through a walkie-talkie. His voice echoes through the luxury suite, irking those inside. Dakota is the first of her team to the door, but she stops when she opens it.
"Ew, I can't go out there!" she cries. "I only sweat in my sauna. Other times it's unattractive!"
"Will you quit complaining and just go?" Leshawna groans. Before Dakota can respond, Dawn steps between the two.
"Dakota, deep down, you know you're beauty lies on the inside." Dawn begins. "And if anyone can make sweating look good, it's you!"
"Really?" Dakota gasps. She grins wide, revealing her still-pointed teeth, and steps out into the heat.
CONFESSIONAL: DAWN
"Last time I was on Total Drama, I think I made the mistake of pointing out everyone's true feelings," the pale girl explains to the camera. "This time, I'm hoping to play on their false realities. It's a bit sneaky, but the money could really benefit the environment. We all live on Earth, so it's good for them too."
Both teams gather around their common enemy, Chris. He sits in a folding lawn chair, one of his nameless interns fanning him while he sips an ice cold glass of lemonade.
"Alright guys, because of the heat, today's challenge is gonna be nice and easy. All you have to do is bring your team's gilded Chris statue to the podium...at the top of this mountain!" he announces, pointing up a path that wraps around a tall, steep mountain. "Before you groan, just listen. Here's how you're gonna beat the heat." Chef appears behind Chris, carrying two massive blocks of ice. He drops them in front of the teams, and they notice their guided Chris statues sealed inside. "Now, you may groan." With the host's permission, the remaining ten teenagers all let out a long, collective groan.
"Now how are we supposed to get these?" Leshawna calls out. Staci opens her mouth to answer her question, but catches herself and stays quiet.
"Relax, both teams get a box of tools that may help them out." Chris explains. Chef drops another pair of giant ice cubes beside the others. Inside these frozen squares are a pair of red, metal toolboxes. Once again, the contestants all groan. "First team to get their gilded Chris to touch the podium wins invincibility! Ready? GO!"
"Well this is easy!" Sugar says, delighted. "All we gotta do is let 'em sit and they'll melt!"
"Yeah, and let them get ahead?" Courtney snarls. "No way. I am not losing another challenge! Everybody grab a rock! Tyler and Sugar, focus on the statue. Noah and I will try and get out this tool box." she commands.
"I don't need a rock!" Tyler declares. "I am a rock!" He punches the massive ice cube, only to freeze and stand motionless.
CONFESSIONAL: TYLER
"Oowwwwwwwwwww" the jock howls in pain, waving his hand around.
Leshawna stares at the ice block and gives it a small kick. It doesn't even leave a mark. "Any ideas?" she asks her teammates.
"Oh!" Dawn exclaims. She whistles softly and the same pink, slightly mutated bird that Dawn and Staci had found during a previous challenge lands gently in her palm. "This is that bird I found, remember?"
"The fire-breathing one?" Brick asks. Dawn nods and holds the bird close to the smaller ice cube, containing the tool box. The bird gleefully starts spitting small flames onto it.
"You guys must've been on one crazy season," Leshawna says. "Don't know how any of you survived."
"You saw what happened to Dakota, right?" Brick whispered. They both look at their teammate, who grins and waves to them, showing off her jagged, razor-sharp teeth. "And then there was Staci going bald, Scott getting paralyzed. There's a reason they got picked for this season you know."
"I'm starting to second guess agreeing to this season," Leshawna worries. Both of them, along with Dakota, copy the other team's plan and start smacking the bigger ice block with rocks. Meanwhile, Max had disappeared from the scene, but has just returned with a lighter, a can of bug spray, some duct tape, and a couple pieces of wood. He immediately begins fastening these seemingly random objects together, with Staci watching over his shoulder, before holding up his masterpiece.
CONFESSIONAL: MAX
"My first evil doomsday device was a flamethrower just like this," he says proudly, displaying what he had created. The flame from the lighter danced at the far end of the board, while the bug spray stood at the other end. The entire contraption was held together with loops of silver duct tape. "I built it when I was only six years old, and I was never allowed in that library again!"
CONFESSIONAL: STACI
"I totally know where Max got the idea for that thing, but I have to remember what Dawn told me about intimidating people. Yah, it's good to have a friend like her looking out for me. I just hope Max doesn't try taking credit from my great great great-"
"Everybody stand back!" Max shouts. "It's time...to EVIL!" After his catchphrase, his team backs away nervously. He slams his index finger down on the bug spray can, sending the mist into the lighter's flame. The spray ignites and sends a bigger blaze onto the frozen target. Water streams down the sides, with Max's plan actually succeeding. To avoid melting the statue, Max allows quick pauses between bursts of fire.
At the other ice sculpture, the Pacific Porpoise team desperately slams their rocks against the ice.
"Are you guys close to freeing that toolbox?" Tyler asks, as he finally starts making a crack in the side.
"Almost," Noah answers.
"I got an idea!" Sugar squeals. She lifts the toolbox's icy crate over her head.
"Sugar, no!" Courtney screams, but to no avail. The pageant queen throws the ice cube against a boulder sticking out of the ground, shattering it into hundreds of pieces. Courtney stares at it, completely silent.
CONFESSIONAL: COURTNEY
Courtney sits in the outhouse, screaming at the top of her lungs. She flails her arms around in frustration while kicking violently at the wall.
"If we lose, you are SO gone!" Courtney threatens.
Meanwhile, Max's flamethrower slowly runs out of ammo. The can of bug killer is empty.
"Curses!" he shouts. "My flamethrower design was supposed to be flawless!"
"Your...design?" Staci whispers, tapping her fingers together nervously. The presence of Dawn reminded her not to announce the inventor of everything she saw. Instead, she kept quiet. Max peels the can off of his makeshift weapon and shakes it a bit. He gives it a few test sprays, getting just a little bit of the liquid inside to release and land on the ice. Dawn's bird sees this, and gently floats over to where Max had sprayed. It spits out a small ember that sets the layer of insect repellent aflame. The fire doesn't last long, but it does melt a fair amount of ice away. Just enough for Leshawna to reach in and rip the golden host from inside.
"Aha! Excellent!" Max yells. "Your bird has a true knack for evil!" he gently pets the bird's head with two fingers. "And it's super cute," he says quietly. Dawn gasps and snatches the bird away.
CONFESSIONAL: DAWN
"This bird is a kind and gentle soul," she explains, cradling the bird. "It just fell victim to the shameful things Chris did to Camp Wawanakwa, and...now it can breathe fire. But I know it's not evil, and neither is Max!"
"C'mon guys, let's get going!" Brick instructs his team as they all dash towards the path ahead. Noah takes this opportunity to rush to their abandoned toolbox. Dawn's bird melted just enough ice to pull it open. Inside is a pair of pickaxes, a battery powered hair dryer, and a magnifying glass. Tyler and Sugar smack the ice with the pickaxes, Courtney holds the hairdryer and Noah magnifies the sunlight with the magnifying glass.
"This is taking too long," Tyler huffs, and hands his pick-axe to Sugar. He presses himself against the ice cube and starts to push. After getting a bit of momentum, he has the ice sliding down the path, while his teammates continue using their tools. The Anchovy team reaches a fork in the path up the mountain. Chris is there to greet them.
"Wondering which way to go?" he asks. "Both paths are identical. The only reason I made two was so that both teams would have to get past the obsticals on their own." Without hesitation, they run off to the left. The Porpoises arrive later, with Tyler trying to catch his breath after pushing the ice cube up the steep path. Chris points them to the right, and they follow his instructions. A stone arch blocks the path for the Atlantic Anchovies. The arch stretches from the flat wall of the mountain over to the edge of the path, and is completely sealed with a wall of ice.
"Great, now what?" Leshawna growls. She notices Staci, who is now sweating bullets, with her lips quivering. "Uh, you okay girl?"
"Uhuh," Staci answers quickly. "I just uh...n-nothing."
"You just what? You know a way past this?"
"No, it's just something one of my ancestors showed the native Canadians. Ya see, this was before they had...uhhh...nevermind!" Staci steps back nervously.
"Uh, okay." Leshawna shrugs. Brick bangs his fist against the frozen wall, making only one crack. Dakota does the same, with her eyes glowing yellow. The crack widens more.
CONFESSIONAL: DAKOTA
"I know Dawn told me to stay calm if I wanna stay pretty and not be a mutant again, but like, I don't wanna disappoint my fans." the fame monger explains. "Follow me on Twitter!" she giggles.
Dawn can immediately see that Dakota's inner mutant is getting the better of her. She lets out another whistle over the side of the mountain.
On the other side, the Pacific Porpoises have just reached the same obstacle. With their original ice cube almost gone, they focus their tools on the cold wall in front of them. The heat and pickaxes successfully soften one spot in the middle. Tyler leans against what's left of the ice cube containing their gilded Chris statue, but, being ice, he slips and sends it sliding into the frozen wall. Both frozen masses crack and crumble.
"Wow," Courtney says, impressed. "I can't believe I'm saying this, but...good work, Tyler!" she picks up the gilded Chris and leads her team onward.
Back on the Anchovy side, Dawn's whistle had finally gotten a response. The team looks down the path in shock at what they see. After about a minute, a grizzly bear smashes through the ice. Riding on it's back are Dawn, Leshawna, Staci, Max, and Dakota. Brick runs behind the others because they can't all fit on the bear's back.
"You befriended a bear?" Leshawna yells. Dawn responds with a quiet nod.
The next obstacle is a curvy bridge, made entirely of ice. The podium at the end is in sight for both teams. At this point, the paths are now parallel and can be seen from each other, but there are two identical bridges. Courtney begins making her way across the bridge, followed by Noah, Tyler and Sugar. Along the other path, the grizzly bear carrying the rival team charges onto the path. The bear, not expecting to step on ice, slides to a stop, causing Brick to slam into it's backside. The weight of the entire team in one small area causes the ice to crack below their feet. Before they can react, the bridge crumbles and sends all of them, including the bear, into the crevice below. The Porpoise team arrives safely and plants their gilded Chris statue on the podium.
"Congratulations!" Chris yells to them. "The Pacific Porpoises win the challenge!" Tyler and Courtney share a high five, while Sugar gives Noah an extremely tight hug, seeming to forget their conflict during the last challenge. Chris walks over to the edge of the pit where the other team fell. "If you guys are still alive down there, you lost!" A long groan echoes from the crevice in response.
"Well, glad to see you're all still alive." Chris says by the campfire. "I think a six way elimination would be a little boring, don't you?" he laughs at his own joke. The contestants, bruised and scratched up, all just glare at him. "Jee, pretty tense tonight. I guess eliminations usually are." he shrugs. "The first marshmallow goes to Max. His flamethrower idea gave you guys an early lead. Too bad you blew it."
"His idea..." Staci wispers quietly to herself.
"Something you wanna share, Staci?" Chris says, glaring at the girl.
"Yah, it's just that his flamethrower idea was totally not original. My great great great-"
"Leshawna, you're also safe." Chris interrupts, tossing Leshawna her prize.
"Dakota. Brick. Also safe tonight." Dawn and Staci both exchange worried glances. Max, from behind Dawn, glares at her, remembering the times she said he wasn't truly evil during previous challenges. "Dawn, your bear buddy is what lead you all to fall and get seriously hurt. Staci, you did absolutely nothing but stand there. And the final marshmallow goes to..."
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"Awwwww," Staci whines. "I was doing soooo good this time!"
As she stands in the oversized hamster ball, ready to depart, Staci shares one more fun fact. "Ya know, hamsters were actually carniverous preditors until they were deomesticated, with help from the hamster ball, which was invented by my great great great great-AAAaaahhh" the ball is sent rolling off the island.
"One more weirdo rolls off the island!" Chris concludes. "What exciting twists will shake up the game next time? And how will the contestants react? Find out on the next exciting episode of Total. Drama. REDEMPTION!"