Atlantic Anchovies: Leshawna, Max, Dawn, Brick, Dakota
Pacific Porpoises: Noah, Tyler, Courtney, Sugar
Eliminated: Beardo, Sam, Sadie, Rodney, Katie, Anne Maria, Leonard, Scott, Ezekiel, Eva, Staci
"Last time, on Total Drama: Redemption..." Chris begins. "A brutal heat wave hit the island, so I treated everyone to a chilly challenge. Max was surprisingly useful in helping his team, but unfortunately, while riding a bear, the Anchovies cracked under the pressure and fell to their defeat. In the end, Staci took the biggest fall of all and was voted out for being totally useless during the challenge. But hey, at least she finally kept quiet." Chris chuckles. "And tonight, the game starts really heating up! Find out what I mean and more on Total. Drama. REDEMPTION!"
The overcast over the island was refreshing compared to the blistering heat that plagued the island before. Dawn stands at the beach, finally releasing the baby turtle she had found into the water. Feeling relieved, she turns around to see the bear and bird she befriended.
"Oh..." she says, surprised. "You know you don't need to follow me around." Naturally, the animals respond with silence. From the bench, not too far away, Leshawna and Brick sit and watch her converse with the animals.
"That girl is something else," Leshawna says.
"Nah, she's harmless." Brick explains. "Sure, she'll say something weird that she read in your aura or something, but there's know way she could really know."
"I dunno," Leshawna shrugs. "She's cool I guess."
"Give that back!" Dakota barks from a distance.
"Never!" Max shouts back, clinging to a hair dryer. "I need it for my latest doomsday device!"
"Uh oh," Leshawna says.
"Time to manage the team again." Brick sighs. The two of them approach their teammates calmly.
"Alright, quit being a creep and give back the hair dryer." Leshawna commands. Brick nervously pats Dakota's shoulder, hoping to keep her calm. Leshawna returns the hairdryer to it's rightful owner and glares back at Max. "Now say you're sorry."
"Evil never apologizes," Max grumbles. Before the conflict can escalate, the host calls everyone to gather around him. Both teams form the familiar half-circle around him.
"I want to take this moment to congratulate all of you," Chris begins. "You have all made it to the merge!" The contestants let out a collective cheer. "But wait! There's more! As I explained at the start of the season, I've hidden a new immunity statue somewhere on the island! But since the island's landscape is always changing, finding it will be a challenge! And, my third announcement is behind you!" The group all turn around to see a boat, suddenly at the dock. A ramp opens and descends to the dock. A previously eliminated contestand makes his way down the ramp.
"Beardo!" Chris announces. "Welcome back!" The shaggy haired teen opens his mouth to speak, but instead immitates the sound of a trumpet fanfare. Chris makes his way through the crowd to greet him. "In the spirit of redemption, we decided to bring back one of our biggest losers! The only contestant to get voted off first twice!"
"What about-" Courtney tries to speak, but is quickly cut off.
"So! Welcome back, Beardo!" Chris continues. "Hopefully ya don't get kicked off right away!"
CONFESSIONAL: BEARDO
"I'm glad to be back," Beardo says in a soft but deep voice. "but everybody here's gotta be a super tough player. I hope I can still fit in."
"Well, I'll be back later for the challenge." Chris says as he exits.
"Hey, Leshawna?" Courtney says. "I think you, me, and Sugar should form an alliance."
"Me and you?" Leshawna gasps. "And her?" she points to Sugar, who is fighting with a bear over a salmon. "Why would I trust you two?"
"Think about it. We're the strongest players here!" Courtney explains. "You could've won the first season if you weren't unfairly voted out! And I was in the top four of season two! And believe it or not, Sugar got third place."
"Well, I guess you got a point...Hold up. You patched things up with Gwen, right?"
"Yes!" Courtney exclaims. "She even dumped Duncan for me! I promise, we're friends again!"
"Alright, any friend of Gwen's is a friend of mine." Leshawna says, sharing a fist bump with Courtney.
CONFESSIONAL: LESHAWNA
"I know Dakota said she'd give me the money if we got to the finale," Leshawna reminds the audience. "but I can't count on just that. I needed an ally."
"Yo, Brick!" Tyler shouts, offering a high five to the cadet. "Glad we're no longer rivals! I'm just gonna say it, I wanna work with you."
"With me?" Brick says, surprised.
"That's right! We're obviously the two toughest guys on this show. Together, we'd be a force to be reckoned with!"
"Heh, sounds about right. You got a deal!" The two athletes shake hands.
The clouds get darker as the day continues. Everyone is roaming around, chatting with their fellow contestants, except for Noah, who is sitting alone, reading a book as usual.
CONFESSIONAL: NOAH
"It really sucks that Eva's gone," he says with a sigh. "I'm definitely going to need to work with someone if I want to win, but who? I can't trust Courtney, Sugar hates me, Max, Dawn and that noise making guy are all weird and annoying. Tyler and Dakota are idiots. I guess there's Brick and Leshawna, but there's no way they'd want to work with me. I guess all I can do is pray for a mental challenge so I can win invincibility."
Chris returns to his cast just as the rain begins to fall. Fortunately for him, he had already set up a canopy with a chair underneath. He confronts the contestants below a series of metal columns. Between each column is a piece of wood, forming a grid of balance beams about ten feet off the ground.
"Welcome to part one of today's challenge!" he announces. He directs their attention away from the grid above them to a wooden rack of battle sticks, each with a rubber handle and two rubber cylinders at the ends of the metal pole. "Wielding these battle sticks, you must all stay on the beams while trying to knock each other off. The last three standing up there can move on to part two!" The combatants gather along the outer beams, now holding their weapons close. A streak of lightning flashes across the sky.
CONFESSIONAL: DAKOTA
"This challenge will be super easy for me!" she squeaks. "Balance beams are just really thin runways! Models like me use them all the time!"
"Are you sure it's safe to be up here in a thunderstorm?" Courtney asks the host.
"Probably not!" Chris responds. "Better make it quick then!" The challenge begins and everyone starts carefully making their way across the now slippery balance beams. Sugar quickly ends up staring down Noah. She charges at him and smacks him with her weapon. He slams into the wet dirt below. Unfortunately, Sugar swung too hard and fell with him, landing right on top of him. Tyler and Brick stand back to back, ready to defend themselves.
"Hah, this'll be easy!" Tyler gloats. Max approaches the duo carefully, but Tyler is prepared. He swings his dueling stick at his foe and easily sends him to the ground, but unfortunately, drops the dueling stick in the process.
"Don't worry soldier," Brick reassures his ally. "I've got you covered! Just stay by me." The pair begin walking along the plank together. Dawn hasn't moved since the challenge began. She isn't fond of violent challenges like this one. Courtney catches her off guard and pokes her with the dueling stick, which is enough to cause Dawn to lose her balance. Before she falls however, several small birds fly to the scene and grab her sleeves, carrying her gently to the ground.
"That's four people out, and two to go!" Chris confirms. Leshawna knows that she can't target Courtney or Dakota without risking her alliance. She moves towards Brick and Tyler. Meanwhile, Beardo shyly approaches Dakota.
"I hope you aren't going to hit me with that," Dakota says, shielding her eyes, or more specifically, her eye shadow, from the rain. Beardo simply shrugs in response.
"Out of my way!" Courtney shouts, pushing Beardo aside and sending him off the beam. He makes a whistling sound as he falls, followed by an echoing explosion once he makes impact with the mud. Dakota nervously backs up, trying to stay out of Courtney's way. Leshawna is closing in on Brick, while Courtney approaches from behind at a quicker pace. With Brick's attention focused on Leshawna, Tyler looks over his shoulder and sees Courtney.
"Brick!" he calls out, trying to alert him. Brick hears this and turns around, thrusting his weapon at Courtney while Tyler ducks underneath. Brick succeeds and sends Courtney out of the challenge, but like a true gentleman, looks down to see if she's okay. While distracted, Leshawna smacks him and sends him into the dirt beside her. He stands up and offers her a hand, but she rejects it and gets up herself.
"Sorry I had to do that," he apologizes, but Courtney just ignores him, frustrated about her loss.
"And it's settled!" Chris concludes. "Tyler, Leshawna and Dakota will move on to part two!" The trio cheer together, only to be startled by a sudden clap of thunder.
The winners of part one gather around a cylindrical plateau with a staircase leading to the top. Chris has one of his nameless interns holding an umbrella over him, while getting wet themselves.
"Welcome to part two!" he begins. "At the top of these stairs is someone so strong and so loud, he even makes Chef nervous!"
"No he doesn't!" Chef argues from the sidelines.
"Whoever can knock this person off the plateau wins invincibility!" Chris continues. He presses a button on a remote, causing the ground around him, the interns, and the seven eliminated contestants to rise until it is even with the platform, giving them a view of the challenge. Leshawna, Tyler and Dakota make their way up the stairs, which sink into the ground once they reach the top. Leshawna and Dakota clutch their battle sticks, while Tyler finally realizes that his is missing.
"Hey, I never got my stick back," he complains. The three teenagers look nervously at the silhouette waiting for them. A burst of thunder and lightning illuminate his face.
"SHA-BAM!" Lightning yells.
"Oh great, it's him." Courtney scoffs from the side.
"That's right!" the athlete shouts. He flexes and kisses his bicep. "Total Drama's best contestant is in the house!" He glares at Leshawna, Tyler and Dakota, holding a weapon to match theirs. "Who thinks they can take me out?" Tyler blindly runs to the center of the plateau. He throws a few sloppy karate chops and does some fake kung-fu poses.
"Yeah, didn't expect to be facing off against a blackbelt like me, did ya?" Tyler taunts. "I don't even need one of those poles! I got this!" Lightning grins devilishly and raises his battle stick like a club. He swings at Tyler and hits him hard enough to make him spin. He then starts smacking his opponent like a hammer hitting a nail. With a final blow, Tyler is sent tumbling off the arena.
"Hah! Too easy!" Lightning gloats. "Who's next?" Leshawna is visibly frightened, but her worried eyes quickly form a glare as she approaches him. Dakota reluctantly follows behind. Leshawna begins attempting to hit him, but Lightning deflects all of her attacks with only one hand. Dakota rushes over to assist her friend, but Lightning just reaches out his hand and pushes her down. "Sha-WEAK!" he yells. "You're more pathetic than that geeky boyfriend of yours!" he insults her.
"What?" Dakota growls. Her eyes immediately turn into a piercing yellow colour. Her skin fades from a light, peach colour to a darker orange. She begins growing taller while scale-covered spikes form at her elbows, shoulders and neck. Her clothes tear a bit and her hair becomes green and spikey, while maintaining it's length. Finally, a tail sprouts from behind her, completing her transformation. Everyone else watches in shock and fear, including Lightning, as she lets out a powerful roar, louder than the thunder and lightning behind her. Chris, however, appears delighted.
"Ohhh," Dawn whines. "I told her to stay calm. If she keeps getting angry like this, she'll never be rid of this mutation." The Dakotazoid wraps her massive hand around Lightning and lifts him up to her face.
"Nobody make fun of Sam!" she roars. She pulls her arm back and throws Lightning off into the distance, sending him screaming the entire way. She turns around to face the spectators, breathing heavily.
"Well," Chris says, pleasantly surprised. "I guess since Dakota beat Lightning, she wins invincibility!" Nobody reacts. Everyone is still in shock after watching Dakota transform like that.
When it's time for elimination, the rain has finally stopped, allowing the fire to burn in between the contestants and the host. Chris holds up the tray of marshmallows and stares down the contestants.
"Welcome to the first merged elimination ceremony." He begins. "You all look happy to be here!" The cast, drenched from the rain, respond with angry glares. "The first marshmallow of the night goes to Dakota for winning the challenge." he tosses the marshmallow over the crowd to the still-mutant girl behind them. "Also safe tonight, is..."
"Stop everything!" a new voice cries out. Everyone gasps and looks up. A blonde woman in a long red dress appears with her own camera man and microphone behind Chris.
"BLAINELY?!" Everyone shouts at once.
"That's right!" she says smugly. She then turns to her cameraman. "This is Blainely, live on the set of Total Drama Redemption!" she says.
"What are you doing here?" Chris asks, annoyed. "besides interrupting my ceremony?"
"Oh relax," she huffs. "I was sent here by the president of the network himself!"
"The...president of the network?" Chris repeats with his eyes now widened. "Did he mention me?"
"Hmm, let me think...NO!" Blainely laughs. "I came to announce their newest reality TV series. A look into the life of the popular girl and her geeky boyfriend, struggling with everyday life, and of course, mutating when she gets angry."
"My...reality spinoff?" Dakota says in her now-deep voice.
"Dakota!" another voice shouts. Sam runs onto the scene, huffing and trying to catch his breath. "Isn't it great? You finally get your own reality show!" Dakota leaps out of her seat, shaking the ground. She picks up Sam and gives him a big kiss and an extremely tight hug.
"Yayyy!" she rumbles.
"You're leaving?" Leshawna asks, surprised. "What about our deal?"
"You can be on show too!" Dakota shouts.
"Uh, no thanks." Leshawna declines. "I still want that million bucks."
"Hold on!" Chris interjects. "Somebody still has to ride in the ball of shame. I didn't buy all of those for nothing! And since Dakota is too big...Chef?" The burly cook appears behind Blainely and thrusts her over his shoulder. He drops her in the plastic hamster ball and shuts it behind her.
"Wait! You can't do this!" Blainely protests. "Are you stil filming this?!" She screams at her cameraman, who silently nods. "You're so fire-AAH!" Chris smacks the lever and launches the ball, and Blainely, out to sea.
"Well," he starts. "If Dakota's leaving, then we won't have an elimination!" Everyone cheers, except Sam and Dakota who are sharing a long kiss. He then turns to sign off the show. "How will Beardo's return change the game? Who will find the invincibility statue? And will Dakota's spinoff tank? Find out next time on Total. Drama. REDEMPTION!"