Contestants: Leshawna, Max, Dawn, Tyler, Courtney, Sugar, Beardo
Eliminated: Sam, Sadie, Rodney, Katie, Anne Maria, Leonard, Scott, Ezekiel, Eva, Staci, Dakota, Noah, Brick
"Last time, on Total Drama: Redemption...Reality TV's number one stalker Sierra paid the final seven a visit, and provided minimal assistance in the Total Drama Trivia challenge. The alliance between Sugar, Courtney and Leshawna once again failed to pull Beardo into their ranks. Courtney and Brick squared off at the end, where Brick was 'really' close to victory. In the end, Courtney pulled off a win and took the chance to eliminate Brick, by taking the sole vote and agreeing to sit today's challenge out. How well will Tyler do without his only ally? Will anyone actually talk Beardo into an alliance, and what scary surprises await the finalists today? Find out right now on Total...Drama...REDEMPTION!"
The sun is setting over Pahkitew Island. Dawn sits alone, admiring some of the plant life. She lays down on her stomach with both feet in the air, admiring one flower in particular. She gently caresses the soft red petals before the ground below it opens and the flower descends, disappearing. Seeing this, Dawn sighs.
CONFESSIONAL: DAWN
"Sometimes I forget that this island is almost entirely artificial." she explains. "Aside from the few animals I've met here, there isn't that much nature around. It almost hurts." the pale girl hugs her stomach, looking almost nauseous.
At the same time, Tyler is out for his evening run. Unfortunately, he does not see Dawn laying in the grass and trips over her, faceplanting on the ground.
"Aww man..." he groans as he sits up. "Oh, sorry Dawn. I didn't see you."
"Oh no, it's my fault." Dawn insists. "I probably should not have been laying on the ground."
"Nah it was me. I'm such a clutz..." the jock sighs.
"Oh, don't say that." Dawn smiles. "You may not be the most graceful, but you're very determined. You put everything you have into whatever you're trying to do."
"Really? Thanks!" Tyler is immediately cheered up. Dawn smiles, but the look on her face quikly turns to terror.
"Do you hear that?"
"Hear what?"
"The cries of one hundred tortured beings...Something is very wrong."
"Uh..." Tyler is unsure of how to reply.
Meanwhile, Courtney and Leshawna are in the luxury suite. They sit side by side in matching leather massage chairs, enjoying tall glasses of soda.
"Thanks again for picking me for your reward," Leshawna says.
"No problem." Courtney says. "Strategically I should have picked Beardo, but I'd rather share it with someone I know and like."
"Hey, speaking of Beardo...Do we need him still?" Leshawna asks.
"What do you mean?"
"I mean there's seven of us left. Between you, me and Sugar, we've got a solid alliance already." Leshawna explains. "Unless Tyler, Dawn, Beardo and Max all suddenly team up, we can just cover each other's backs."
"I guess," Courtney agrees. "But I still think it'd be better to have him, just in case. I'm not sure how much we can trust Sugar."
"Speaking of Sugar, you think she's mad you didn't pick her for the luxury suite?" Both girls look out the window where they see their alliance mate. She grabs the branch of a blueberry bush and rips it off, then dips the whole stick in her mouth. She closes her lips and slides it out, swallowing all the berries and leaves, before tossing the bare branch aside.
"She's fine." Courtney and Leshawna say together.
Elsewhere, Max is alone, practicing his evil laugh. He lets out a devilish cackle, only to exhaust his breath and need to gasp for air. He tries again, but this laughter ends in a fit of coughing. He opens his mouth for a third try before a deep, hardy and slightly creepy laugh is heard. He smiles, thinking it was his, until he realizes it was the boy behind him. He turns around to see Beardo, who smiles and waves.
"How did you do that?!" Max asks with wide eyes. Beardo simply shrugs and does it again. "I insist that you tell me the secret at once!" Max demands.
"No secret." Beardo says. "Just sorta happens." He opens his mouth to do it again, but is cut off but the sound of a loud horn. "Challenge time!" Beardo says, mimicking Chris's voice.
"No Total Drama season is complete without a horror challenge!" Chris says. "Chef, music!" Chef Hatchet presses a button on a small boombox and a peaceful violin solo is heard.
"Sorry, it's supposed to be on side B." the cook says, flipping the tape and pressing play again. Ominous organ music is heard now. Chris presses a button on his remote. The ground behind him opens up, and slowly, stone pillars are seen rising. The grey bricks grow taller and taller until the contestants realize that a massive castle is appearing in front of them. "I present to you, McLean Manor!" A flash of lightning appears behind the castle.
"A manor and a castle are NOT the same thing," Courtney informs everyone.
"Don't start this." Chris silences her. "Today's challenge is fairly simple. Go inside and catch a bat, then bring it back out to me. The castle is filled with tricks, traps and other spooky things. And, all of you must escape before sunrise...OR ELSE!"
"Or else what, exactly?" Leshawna asks, unalarmed.
"Trying to be ominous here." Chris complains. "Courtney, since you opted to take the sole vote, you agreed not to participate today. So, everyone except Courtney can enter the castle now." On cue, Leshawna, Beardo, Sugar, Tyler and Dawn began walking towards the massive wooden doors. Max stands back, shaking in fear and staring up at the building.
CONFESSIONAL: MAX
"I don't do quite well in dark, spooky places. As much as I'd want an evil castle, I'd need one with the lights on..."
Chef Hatchet, tired of waiting for Max to move, grabs the villain and carries him to the front door. He tosses him inside and slams the doors shut behind him and the other contestants.
"So what am I supposed to do?" Courtney asks the host.
"You can watch with us," Chris says, leading her to a set up with a big TV screen and a pair of lounge chairs. "Chef, get her a chair." The surly cook carries over a rusty, metal folding chair. He struggles to force it open, eventually getting frustrated and slamming the char against a tree.
"Forget it. I'll stand." Courtney says bluntly.
Inside the castle, the contestants all split up to search for their bats. Leshawna and Sugar went down one hallway together, Beardo and Tyler went their separate ways. Max stood with his back against the wall, and Dawn, before walking away, turned around to look at him.
"We can go together if you're scared," She suggests.
"Scared?" Max scoffs. "Evil knows no fear!" The sound of howling in the distance causes Max to jump in surprise. "Hmph...I would still rather not go with you."
"That's okay," Dawn says. "But I do know exactly where bats are." she then rushes off deeper into the castle.
"Hey Sugar," Leshawna starts. "Do you think we should still be worrying about getting Beardo to work with us?"
"Heck no!" Sugar says. "We only need you an' me now!"
"Wait, what?" Leshawna says, surprised.
"Everyone else here is weak! And I don't think we can trust Courtney." Sugar explains. "You an' me are the only two strong players left, 'cept maybe Courtney. That's why we gotta vote her out tonight!"
"You wanna blow up our alliance? Now?"
"Courtney ain't competin' in the challenge. If we don't do it now she might beat us to it!"
"Heh, ouch." Chris taunts from his seat. Courtney just glares in silence.
CONFESSIONAL: SUGAR
"Of course I don't think Leshawna's a strong player like me! I'm the real queen here! I just need her to get rid of Courtney while we got the chance!"
CONFESSIONAL: COURTNEY
"I knew I couldn't trust her! Ooh I'm so mad...But the real question now is...can I trust Leshawna?"
CONFESSIONAL: LESHAWNA
"Man, I can't hold on to an alliance like this! Maybe Courtney and I do need Beardo..."
Elsewhere, Max is finally making his way through the castle. Nearby, Tyler opens a door and a pile of plastic bones falls on him. He crawls out of the pile as Max walks past.
"Yo, Max!" he yells. He pulls himself to his feet before rushing over to the evil mastermind. "I need to talk to you, bro."
"To me? About what?" Max asks.
"I want you to vote with me."
"Oh? For whom?"
"Courtney."
"And why would I do that?"
"She got rid of Brick. He was my ally!"
"Ohh? It's a revenge scheme? I like that!"
"Yeah! So I want her eliminated now, while she can't win invincibility again!"
"Ah, kicking her while she's down...I like it!" Max laughs a bit before collecting his thoughts. "Very well, I shall vote with you tonight, if you vote with me tomorrow."
"Uh, sure thing. Who do you wanna vote for?"
"Dawn..." he hisses her name.
"Dawn? Why? She seems totally nice."
"That's the problem! She insists that I'm good...she radiates kindness...it's sickening!"
"Uh, sure thing man. You vote Courtney tonight, and I'll vote Dawn tomorrow." The duo share a fist bump before Tyler jogs off down the hall, only to slip and fall down the stairs.
Outside, Courtney is now pounding on the door.
"They're all dead! SO DEAD!" she screams, knowing that now two more people are plotting to vote her out.
Elsewhere in the castle, Dawn has found her way into the kitchen area. She scans the room, seeing endless wooden cabinets, a few broken dishes lying around, and a massive spider on the counter-top. The spider does not bother her at all, obviously knowing of Dawn's gentle nature. She spots the bat that she could sense from a distance.
"Come with me, my friend." she says to it. "I'm going to get you out of here!" The bat eagerly lands and hangs from her finger. She instantly makes her way towards the front door, but slides to a stop when she hears the bat squeaking. "You're right! We have to free the others first!" she turns around and runs back into the castle.
Leshawna and Sugar have found their way into one of the bedrooms. Sugar opens the armoire and discovers a skeleton inside. She huffs and pulls off one of it's femurs before slamming the door shut.
"This'll work, right?" she asks, swinging it like a baseball bat.
"You know we're looking for the animal, right?" Leshawna asks, confused.
"Oh, sure I knew that!"
Beardo overhears them from the hallway.
CONFESSIONAL: BEARDO
"Man, those two, and Courtney, make me kinda nervous...I think they want me in an alliance or something, but I don't really want to work with them...they're um..." he finishes his thought with the sound of a cuckoo clock. "Especially Sugar and Courtney..."
He makes the sound of a bat, and lets it echo down the hallway.
"You hear that?" Leshawna says. She hurries out of the room with Sugar and down the hall. At the end, they split up and go their separate ways.
Beardo lets out a quick sigh before being startled.
"That was impressive!" he says. "Have you ever considered using your powers for...evil?"
"Uh...evil?"
"Yes! If you can trick people like that, you can rule this game, and then the WORLD!" he shouts. "Well, provided I am not ruling it first." There is an awkward pause. Beardo clenches his teeth, and the sound of a chainsaw buzz is heard.
"Yes, like that!" Max says.
"That's not me..." Beardo replies. They look down the hall and see the shadow of a surly man with a chainsaw, causing them both to scream and flee.
"There's no actual killer in there, is there?" Chris asks his co-host.
"Nah, special effects." Chef replies. "See?" he points to the screen, where, after Beardo and Max left, they can clearly see one of the interns, a heavy boy with glasses, wielding the chainsaw in the low light. The intern smiles innocently and waves at the camera.
"Good, can't afford another close call with one of those."
In the castle's throne room, Dawn arrives. A pair of red and gold, dusty thrones sit in the center of the room, in front of a massive portrait of an old fashioned king and queen. Dawn approaches the portrait. Before she can act, Tyler comes sprinting into the room behind her.
"Oh, Tyler!" Dawn says. "Can you help me move this?"
"The painting? Sure thing!" Tyler says. He grips the bottom of the huge frame and tries to lift it. He succeeds, but the whole picture topples over and slams against the ground. Behind it is a glass window, revealing a big, white room where a hundred bats flap around helplessly.
"I knew it. Those poor, defenseless bats!" Dawn cries. "We have to free them!"
"Not so fast!" Sugar yells from the doorway. "This challenge is mine!" she walks over to the side of the room, where a suit of armour stands. The axe it holds suddenly swings down, but Sugar steps to the side. She grabs the axe and pushes past Dawn to where the bats are being held. With a few solid swings, the glass window smashes and the bats pour into the throne room. "Sweet!" Sugar yells. She thrusts her hands into the swarm of bats and grabs a handful of them. She actually crams two of them into her pants pockets.
"What on Earth are you doing?!" Dawn cries.
"I need these to win the challenge! Duh!" Sugar responds.
"But you only need one to get invincibility." Dawn explains. "And you can hold it gently, let me show you..."
"Step off!" Sugar says, shoving Dawn to the ground and grabbing another armful of bats. "I bet Chris is gonna gimme extra points for bringin' all these!"
"There are no extra points..." Dawn growls. "You're hurting these poor creatures!"
"Who cares?" Sugar scoffs.
"You don't need to be so aggressive just because you were bullied for your weight." Dawn says, getting back on her feet. "I know it's hard to be different."
"Who told you that?!" Sugar shouts defensively.
"It's all over your aura. That's why you started doing beauty pageants, right? To feel beautiful again? And that's why you're so competitive?"
"Quiet you!" Sugar yells. Dawn tries to grab them from her opponent, but Sugar turns around and pushes her away. Amidst the commotion, Leshawna, Beardo and Max found their way into the room. Tyler manages to reach up and catch one bat. Leshawna grabs the helmet from the suit of armour and uses it to scoop a bat out of the air. Beardo makes the same bat sound as before, and manages to get one to land in his palm. Max, being the shortest, has to jump to grab one. He succeeds but it sinks its fangs into his hand. Sugar sees everyone else running for the exit, and chases after them, shoving Dawn back down in the process. With the five other contestants making a mad dash towards the front door, a sudden mist appears in the hallway. The faded image of a young girl appears.
"You can not escape..." it says ominously. "There is no hope..." Everyone stops and stares at it.
"Hah!" Leshawna scoffs. "Nothing but smoke and mirrors!" she says as she runs through the ghost girl. Everyone quickly follows. Leshawna is the first at the door, but it doesn't open. She starts banging her shoulder against the door, trying to get it open.
"It looks like Leshawna is about to win!" Chris announces. "Huh?" Suddenly, the bats all start pouring out of the windows at the top of the castle. Dozens of little silhouettes flash against the full moon, and, just as Leshawna bursts through the doors, followed by the others, the swarm of bats swoops between Chris and Leshawna. When the bats leave, Dawn is standing before Chris, with the first bat she had found. "And Dawn wins immunity!" Sugar pushes her way through her rivals, holding an armful of hurt bats.
"No fair!" she yells. "I brought more than her!"
"Uh, you only needed to bring one." Chris reminds her. "And, Dawn actually brought them all out soooo...tough!"
"Chris!" Dawn shouts. "You have a giant mechanical island, and you still trapped all these REAL bats? Why?"
"Production value?" Chris shrugs. "Doesn't matter. Elimination is in ten minutes!" Chris presses a button on his remote and the castle begins it's descent into the ground again.
"You had a huge castle built here for one challenge?" Courtney complains. "Don't you complain about the show's budget all the time?"
"Hey," Chris says. "We saved some money by NOT building mechanical bats." He walks away to set up the elimination ceremony.
"Yo Courtney." Leshawna whispers. "We need to talk quick before the voting."
"Oh I already saw," Courtney says back, pointing with her thumb to the TV set Chef is carrying away. "You've got my back, right?" Leshawna smiles and nods.
CONFESSIONAL: COURTNEY
"As much as I want to scream at everyone right now, I think it'd be best if I don't tell anyone else that I saw everything they said." Courtney smirks.
VOTING:
LESHAWNA
"I wish I could've kept this alliance a little longer..."
COURTNEY
"You'll regret crossing me..."
MAX
Max draws a big X on an unknown photo before letting out his evil laugh.
BEARDO
Beardo looks nervously at two pictures, though the faces on them cannot be seen
SUGAR
"I'd trust a kitchen rat more than I'd trust you!" she says holding Courtney's picture, with a big, sloppy X over it
TYLER
"This one's for Brick!" he says, crossing out Courtney's face
DAWN
"Someone's competitive spirit is getting dangerous..." she says, voting for someone unknown.
"The votes are in," Chris begins. "The first marshmallow, of course, goes to Dawn." Dawn cups her hands and catches her safety. "Also safe...
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"NO!" Courtney cries out as she watches the last marshmallow sail through the air into Sugar's mouth. "No! No no no! It's not fair!" She falls to the ground and starts slamming her fists in the dirt. "I always make it so far! I get cheated EVERY DAMN TIME!" Everyone looks awkwardly at the girl, throwing a tantrum. "First Harold messed with the votes in season one! Then I had to file a lawsuit just to get back on! Then I couldn't do a tie breaker against Blaineley! Then Mike showed everyone the chart I made and Chris tried to make me eat the ice cream that a bird threw up in, and then-"
"Shut the hell up!" Leshawna yelled. All eyes shifted to her now. "I didn't wanna have to do this, but here..." Leshawna reached into her pocket and pulled out a small, wooden likeness of Chris. "Just stop crying and take this."
"The...invincibility statue?" Courtney said, surprised.
"Yeah, found the dang thing the other day. Now just take it before I change my mind."
"Yes!" Courtney yelled. "In your FACE!" she screamed at Sugar. "I'm not going anywhere!"
"And just how do you know she voted for you?" Max asks.
"I...well..." Courtney struggles to explain herself.
"Leshawna." Chris says, interrupting the awkwardness. "That was a very selfless thing to do."
"I said I had her back," Leshawna explains. "I meant it."
"Well, with Courtney safe, that means you're going home instead!" Chris says.
"You said what now?!" Leshawna cries.
"Nah I'm just kidding!" Chris laughs. "Just love the faces people make! The person going home instead is really Sugar."
"No way!" Sugar cries out.
"Yes way! The ball of shame awaits.
"That's karma," Dawn says, just before Sugar is sent rolling off the island and out of the game.
"Well," Chris begins. "Sugar's gone, and so is the immunity statue! Will Leshawna regret saving Courtney? Will the animal rights people be knocking on my door to defend the bats? And who will make the final five? Find out next time on Total. Drama. REDEMPTION!"