Contestants: Leshawna, Max, Dawn
Eliminated: Sam, Sadie, Rodney, Katie, Anne Maria, Leonard, Scott, Ezekiel, Eva, Staci, Dakota, Noah, Brick, Sugar, Beardo, Courtney, Tyler
"Last time on Total Drama...The final four paid a visit to an old home, where they went looking for a gilded Chris in the sunken ruins of Camp Wawanakwa. Dawn found one, along with a gigantic eel, while Leshawna and Max found Chef Hatchet and a harpoon gun. After an undersea scuffle, Max was the lucky winner, and Tyler won the most awkward date EVER! Only three remain, and now that we're back out west, what perils await them? Find out right now on Total. Drama. REDEMPTION!"
The early morning starts out silent for the final three contestants. With Max and Dawn off doing their own things, Leshawna is left alone, sitting by the beach with a magazine. She looks around and sighs before getting up to find someone else. Not too far away, Dawn is sitting at a half-rotted pic-nic table with a cup of tea and that same mutated bird that had followed her for most of the season, chirping incessantly. Leshawna smiles and sits next to her.
"You're right," Dawn says to the bird. "I'm not sure how a mechanical bird can lay eggs..."
"Hey Dawn," Leshawna greets her. "What's going on?"
"Hm? Oh, I'm just talking to my bird." the aura-reader says. "It's so nice to have found one of the few animals on this island that isn't a robot..."
"Uh, right." Leshawna says, unsure of how to feel.
"I've also been reading my tea leaves." Dawn explains. "It looks like something bad is going to happen today, but when it does, if we give it a chance, it might not be so bad in the end."
"Uhuh..." Leshawna raises an eyeborw and watches Dawn resume her conversation with her bird. She stands up and backs away slowly. Instead of sticking around to chat with a girl and a bird, Leshawna makes her way to the other side of camp where Max is sitting with a few bits of metal, wires, and a wrench. "Hey Max." she greets him. "You wanna hear more about the stuff we did to Heather?"
"As much as I love stories involving throwing people off cliffs," Max begins. "I am far too busy."
"Doing what?"
"The finale is fast approaching..." the villain explains. "After I win today, I'll need my complete arsenol at my disposal to seize my victory!"
"Uhm...okay." Leshawna says. She picks up what looks like a lump of dirt with a button crammed into the side. "So what's this thing?"
"Don't touch that!" Max shouts. As soon as he does, the lump explodes in Leshawna's hand, covering both of them in a thin layer of dirt. "That was version two of my patent-pending dirt grenade..." Max growls. Leshawna glares back at him before she gets up and walks away.
CONFESSIONAL: LESHAWNA
"Man, this sucks." she huffs. "At least if Tyler was still here, we could find something to talk about. Who would've thought this would be the final three?"
"Everyone to the meeting area," Chris announces through his speakers. "It's everybody's favourite time!"
Chris stands before the final three, holding a tablet and standing in front of a panel with two levers on it, both positioned upwards.
"First, I'd like to congratulate all three of you on making it this far. It's the farthest any of you have ever gotten on this show!" This comment is enough to make even Max smile. "Now, for today's challenge...As you all know by now, Pahkitew Island is almost entirely mechanical, except for a few plants and animals. There are three panels, just like this one." Chris points to the two levers beside him. "They all have three levers. You all must go to each one, flip a lever, and move on to the next before you come back here and flip one of these two. Last to arrive goes home in third place." Chris turns his tablet around to show a map of the island, with three red dots scattered about. "These are the panel locations. Ready for the catch?" he grins, almost with an evil smile. He then presses a button on the tablet, causing the entire island to shake. "I've just activated...Chaos mode!" he announces. "The island's landscape will change rapidly and randomly until every lever has been switched. Got it?" Max, Dawn and Leshawna all share a worried glance. "Good. Get going!"
The final three make a mad dash towards the first panel. Trees, rocks and bushes rise from and sink into the ground. A tree rises right below Max, lifting him into the air. Below Dawn, a crevice opens up, making her fall, and giving Leshawna a big lead.
"Yes!" She yells out as she continues her run. Max slowly and nervously descends from the tree while Dawn claws her way out of the pit.
"Need help getting down?" Dawn offers when she sees Max struggling with the last few branches. "I know you're afraid of heights. And the dark, scorpions, and Scar-"
"Silence!" he shouts before she can finish her sentence. The tree suddenly recedes back into the ground, lowering Max. "I have had enough of you!" he yells at Dawn before shoving her back into the hole and running off again.
CONFESSIONAL: DAWN
"Okay, I've tried and tried..." she sighs, but her disappointed look suddenly turns into a surprising glare. "I'm done trying to help him. If he wants to pretend his aura is pure black and darkness, fine!"
A stroke of luck hits Dawn when the ground rises. She suddenly starts sprinting to catch up with the others, swiftly dodging the rocks and boulders that rise from the ground.
Up ahead, Leshawna has reached the first panel. She excitedly throws the first lever down, then starts running towards the next location. Right behind her, the ground surrounding the panel lowers and fills with mud just before Max reaches it.
"Yes!" She yells again. "It's my lucky day!"
"Psh," Max scoffs. "It can't be that deep!" he takes one step into the mud and gets completely submerged. Leshawna laughs quickly before she runs off again. Dawn stops at the muddy moat to look around for a way across. She watches Max drag himself out on the other side, just in time for the moat to drain and disappear. Dawn smiles and immediately catches up with him. They both pull the levers at the same time and run to catch up with Leshawna. The trees beside the racers suddenly open up and unleash blasts of fire that just barely miss them. Rocks fall from the sky, and lightning strikes the ground around them. Max, having fallen behind the girls, grins fiendishly and reaches into his pocket. He smiles and tosses one of his signature dirt grenades. He throws it between them and the blast sends dirt into both their faces. Leshawna and Dawn stop to rub their eyes, allowing Max to get ahead.
CONFESSIONAL: LESHAWNA
Leshawna wipes her face with a napkin and glares at the camera. "That boy is cruisin' for a bruisin' " she growls.
While Leshawna rushes to keep up with Max, Dawn has seemingly disappeared. Max and Leshawna approach the second panel. Before either of them can reach the panel, dozens of groundhogs poke their heads out of the ground. They all focus on Max and Leshawna, then growl as their eyes turn red and start glowing. As they all ready themselves to attack Max and Leshawna, Dawn rides up behind them on the back of a brown bear. The bear stomps on most of the robotic groundhogs and carries Dawn over to the panel, where she pushes the lever down. Leshawna and Max rush out to the panel and pull the levers down before chasing after Dawn.
Trees start falling in front of all three of them. Rocks continue rising and falling. At one point, the ground began to rise until Leshawna, Max, Dawn and her bear were forced to climb straight up. At the top of the newly formed mountain, a line in the ground sinks and fills with water. While Dawn and the bear run down, Leshawna rips the metal bark off of a tree. The wires spark when she does so, but she now has a metal half-pipe that she tosses into the river and jumps on top of. As Leshawna surfs away, Max frantically looks around for a fast way down. Behind him, an alligator rises from the ground and snaps its jaws at him. He leaps backwards, but luckily, a flash of lightning strikes the alligator, causing it to short out and start smoking.
"Yes!" he cries out as he rips the panel off the back of its head. The gator reboots and Max wields the wires like horse reigns. Sitting on its back, he activates the jets hidden in it's feet and flies down the mountain towards the panel. He narrowly passes Leshawna and Dawn and flips the first lever, with them doing the same moments after. Max lets out a diminutive cackle, but it's cut short when he slams his gator into a boulder. Leshawna and Dawn laugh as they run past, towards the final levers.
CONFESSIONAL: MAX
"Curses!" he screams. "I'll need a miracle to win now! It's not fair!" he pouts, folding his arms.
Dawn reaches the final levers and throws one down before hopping off the bear's back. She hugs and thanks it with a smile.
"Dawn wins and secures a spot in the finale!" Chris confirms. "And it looks like Leshawna will be joining her..." Suddenly, the remote control car with the water gun on top that Max had built days ago speeds out of the shrubbery. It releases a stream of water all over the ground, turning dirt to mud. Leshawna, running too fast, slides across the mud and right past the lever, giving Max a chance to catch up. He grabs the lever and thrusts it down, causing the entire island to finally fall silent. "Max! You will be joining Dawn in the finale!" Chris calls out. Leshawna, covered in mud, rejoins the others.
"No way!" she shouts. Chris hands her the same T-shirt that Courtney and Tyler had gotten before her. "I guess third's not bad..." she sighs.
"Just wait until you see the other part of your consolation prize."
Now standing by a recently built dock, Leshawna gazes at the prize, floating in the water: A brand new jet ski. It has a sleek, black and orange design, and she watches Chef spray paint her name on the side through a stencil.
"Sweet baby Jesus!" she shouts as she runs to the end of the dock to admire it. "Ooh I am gonna take this thing out on the lake every day! Lashaniqua is gonna be SO jealous!"
"That's the prize for third?" Max says in disbelief.
"The prize for second must be amazing!" Dawn adds.
"Oh, it is," Chris says. "Trust me."
"This almost makes up for that trailer you destroyed," Leshawna calls back to Chris.
"Hey, I'm bad with prizes, unless they're cash." he shrugs in response.
Dawn approaches Leshawna to say goodbye.
"You played a good game," she says. "Sorry you didn't win." Leshawna smiles and hugs Dawn.
"It's cool, this is almost as good. Just make sure you beat Max for me." she replies. Max scoffs from behind the two. "Hey, c'mere."
Max reluctantly approaches her. "What?" he asks bluntly. Leshawna suddenly shoves him off the dock and into the water. "Hey!" he wines from below.
"Hah!" Leshawna laughs. "See ya, turkey!" she hops on her jet ski and starts it. Before Max can yell, she speeds off into the distance, causing a small wave to splash him in the face.
"Well, that was...way too happy for my show." Chris says. Behind him, Dawn watches as Chef fishes Max out of the water with a hook through the back of his pants. "Anyway, here are your final two! Max, Dawn! One of you will win one million bucks! The other will get the secret, second place prize! We have two strong and smart finalists..." he looks back at the final two. Max is on his hands and knees, caughing up water. A small fish falls out of his mouth and onto the dock. Dawn picks it up, whispers an apology to it, and gently places it back into the water. "Eh...well they made it this far." Chris dismisses them. "Who will take the grand prize? And who will leave with tears in their eyes? Find out in the grand finale of Total. Drama. REDEMPTION!"