Episode 2: Take Your Mentor to Crappy Camp Day, part 2
"Last time, on Total Drama: The Mentorship! Thirteen new campers arrived to Pahkitew Island, and boy are they the most sorry lot I've ever seen. They met their mentors, and some were happy. Others, were not. Sucks to be you Patrick. Hehe… Now they have to honor the first season with the infamous cliff dive challenge. Who will jump? And who will wear the chicken hat? Find out right now, on TOTAL. DRAMA. THE MENTORSHIP."
The thirteen campers stood at the edge of the cliff, and some gulped in fear. "Since the Killer Bass went first last season, I will put their equivalents, Team Rome, to go first. Those who don't jump will have to wear the chicken hat of shame." Chris said.
Riley gave a grin. "Come on guys, I don't think it will be so bad."
Riley: I'm a very optimistic guy. Not everything in the world is bad. The only evil in the world is the price of printed comic books.
"Oh, I forgot to mention! We filled the water with not only hungry sharks, but electric eels! So you better make sure you aim well for the safety zone. Hehehe…" Chris added. The cameras flash to earlier in the morning where the sharks were being added and then a tank of eels being dropped into the water. The sharks and eels proceed to fight each other, but when the unfortunate intern lands outside of the safe zone, they stop fighting and chase after the intern instead. The cameras then cue back to the campers.
Everyone gasped. "You just had to say that…" Patrick groaned.
Patrick: Trying to put on a good face in front of these guys is not going to be easy. Having Katie and Sadie for mentors won't be easy. In other words… This is a real test of my acting skills.
"Well, if you don't think this is going to be so bad, then why don't you jump first?" Leroy said, challengingly to Riley, who was now twisting at his Batman shirt awkwardly.
"Yeah Riley," Crystal added, giving him a seductive wink. "Do it for me."
Riley blushed. He never had a girl look at him that way before. He nodded and took a steady charge and jumped off the cliff. Twelve other campers and the fourteen mentors watched closely… as he landed right on top of a shark.
Riley let out a scream as he swam for his life to avoid the sharks and eels, who with fangs bared, charged after him. He managed to make it safely to the boat.
"Woohoo!" Crystal cheered. "Me next!"
And thus, Crystal took a daring dive, and landed in the safe zone. Leroy, Patrick and Vivian also took the dive, each one screaming their lungs out, but all landing in the safe zone. Primrose was next to go.
"Ugh, I am not doing this!" she groaned and stepped away from the edge.
Primrose: What if, I, like, mess up my manicure and pedicure? It took me forever to get them diamond tipped. –she says this while inspecting each of them and showing off their sparkle tips– Plus, Heather told me to jump no matter what. But I don't like Heather. She's evil. I don't like being here to start with. And I don't want to be evil either.
Stella sighed. "If you can't do it for your team, then do it to avoid elimination!"
"So, are you accepting the chicken hat of shame?" Chris asked teasingly, holding up the smelly rubber hat by Primrose.
Primrose cringed. She did not want to wear that hat either. But a hat wouldn't ruin her hair if she was careful, nor would it chip her nails. "Yes, I'm taking that stupid hat!"
Heather facepalmed. "That girl is so dead when she gets down here!"
"Well, you're one to talk, eh. If I remember, you acted the same way. You only jumped 'cause LeShawna threw you, eh." Ezekiel pointed out.
"Oh, just shut it, homeschool!" Heather said, twisting around so her hair smacked him in the face.
Ezekiel coughed and spluttered. He just hoped that Ben, his pupil, would jump so that way he wouldn't get more retaliation from Heather.
Stella was scared but then tried to think of all the anime shows she watched. Each of them encouraged bravery and overcoming fear. The protagonists wouldn't have made it past the first season if they weren't brave. She thought of Six Piece, Monstermon, Digital Monstermon, Pixie Ball Z… and with that, she took a deep breath, stole her courage, jumped and landed gracefully in the safety zone. Her team, minus Primrose, cheered.
"So, Team Rome now has a high score of 6. That means the whole Team Athens has to jump or else they'll be automatically sent to the campfire tonight." Chris said.
"C'mon Ai… don't let me down…" Gwen whispered.
"Gwen? Are you alright?"
Gwen nearly jumped. It was Trent. She blushed. Lately she couldn't stop thinking about him, and how things were so much better until his number 9 obsession and his obsession with her…
"Oh, uh… yeah, Trent, fine. Nothing at all on my mind! Ehehe…" Gwen tried to act natural, but knew she was failing terribly. It wasn't just her revived feelings for Trent she was feeling. She was feeling the guilt over spending a good year or so with Duncan, and that ended in a total bust. Gwen knew she would never be comfortable in any relationship anymore. She just couldn't trust herself, or anyone else for that matter. It was part of why she had such high hopes for Ai. She wanted Ai to be everything she was not.
"No… you're not. I can tell. You know that we're still friends right?" Trent said, smiling. "So you can talk to me whenever you want. I know deep down you're still that sweet girl you've always been."
"Ugh, Trent, don't do that!"
"Do what?"
"Sweet talk me. I know I was never a sweet girl! So don't say that just to make me feel better. It makes me feel worse about things." Gwen said, walking away from him.
"My offer still stands Gwen, I'm still your friend!" Trent called after her, wisely choosing to stay away…
Cody meantime, had been watching this from a small distance. He knew he shouldn't get involved, but this was Gwen… The only thing getting in his way of trying to help Gwen was Sierra. He didn't like Sierra in the same way that she liked him, and she was easily jealous of Gwen. He would have to be careful if he wanted to avoid Sierra's wrath.
"Alright Team Athens, time for someone to take the jump!" Chris said. "And for your own sakes it better be all of you."
Jenn rolled her eyes. "See you all at the bottom, if any of us come out alive." She then took a jump, screaming all the way down. But she did manage to land in the safe zone.
"G-guys, I have a problem." Ai said, as she was down on all fours, looking over the cliff. Her vision went blurry, and she felt like she was going to vomit.
"What's that?" Raymond asked, pumping some weights. Where he got them from, no one knew.
"I think I'm acrophobic." Ai was received with blank stares. She rolled her eyes. "A fear of heights." she clarified. Her team all went "oooh" as they finally understood.
Ai: Seriously, have these people ever picked up a book to read at any point in their lives? Oh, I'm on a team full of idiots!
Phillip then came over. "Oh, do not fear, Ai. I shall help you with this challenge for your team and get you over your fear of heights at the same time."
Ai narrowed her eyes. "Oh yeah? How?"
Phillip then picked her up as easy as a sack of potatoes. "Wait, what are you doing? Put me down! Phillip!" He then threw over the cliff. "YOU'RE DEAD MEAT PHILLIP!"
"I… don't think that helped." Ben offered quietly.
"Nonsense, little horse lover. She's just saying that. You know as much as I do that she wants my attention very badly." Phillip said, and then proceeded to jump. He landed at the safety zone. But Ai was nowhere to be seen. "Ai? Ai where are you?"
"I'M UP HERE!" she called, her skirt stuck to a branch on the cliff.
Phillip grinned. "Do not worry, for I will save you!"
"No, no! I'll save myself! You've done enough already!" Ai cried in alarm.
"Nonsense!" Phillip said, attempting to climb the rocky cliff to save her, but by that point, the branch snapped, and Ai crashed landed onto him, back into the safety zone.
Phillip picked her up, bridal style. She just growled but decided against complaining.
Raymond: Aww those two are so cute together!
Heather: Why does Phillip remind me of Cody and Sierra only rolled up into one incredibly attractive guy?
When Ai was safely placed in the boat, she felt an uncomfortable chill… and then realized that her panties were showing. "Oh crap!" she said blushing and hid behind Jenn. "Cover me Jenn! This is so embarrassing."
Gwen facepalmed.
"Like mentor like pupil, I always say." Heather snickered.
"Like you can talk, you had your top removed during a challenge once!" Gwen retorted. The two were so angry in general, that this was now the straw that broke the camel's back, and they decided to take it out on each other, in the form of a catfight. It wasn't until Trent and Harold separated them that they stopped and eventually calmed down.
Hana looked down uncomfortably. Ai had such a bad fall, she couldn't bring herself to do it.
"I can't do it…" she said quietly.
Raymond took her hand. "Then why don't we jump together?"
Raymond: I'm also… acro… agro… gah, whatever that phobia was that Ai mentioned. But I can't let my team know, then they'll think I'm a wimp.
Hana gave a smile. "Really? You'd do that with me?"
"Of course! We're a team!" Raymond said, and both jumped. They both landed in the safety zone, but created a huge wave that knocked the boat towards the shore. The campers on the boat got off.
Primrose walked over to Heather, but before Heather could speak, Primrose cut her off. "I know, I know, I didn't do as you told me."
"I told you, no matter how tempting it is to skip out, you had to jump, to save your own skimpy little behind. You have almost nothing to offer on this show!" Heather said, darkly, folding her arms across her chest.
"I did it out of spite really, more so than my good looks. I despise you." Primrose said, returning the gesture, turning away from her mentor. "I decided early on not to listen to anything you tell me. You do a lot of dirty work and deceive people. I never do dirty work. Why should I? Daddy has butlers and maids for a reason, and I, unlike you have good morals."
Heather blinked in shock. This chick had servants? And what was with this lecture on good morals?
Heather: I should have just said no and let Alejandro take care of this one. At least he'd come up with a way to shut her up.
Primrose: I wanted Dakota to be my mentor, but I found out from Sierra's blog that she's still a giant mutant monster. I can't bring myself to like anyone else from this show. They're all nuts in some way, shape, or form. I only signed up to enjoy what I thought would end up being a resort hotel. I hate to say it but I wouldn't mind going home.
"So, that just leaves you Ben. Are you going to jump? Or are you going to be a chicken and cause your team to instantly loose? Cause the score is 6-5." Chris said, holding up another smelly chicken hat.
Ben didn't say anything. He just took a deep breath, and then jumped.
Harold: That guy must have had serious training at someplace like Magic Steve's Cliff Diving Camp. He didn't even scream.
Ben landed in the safe zone, to the cheers of his team. He didn't scream because he knew it would just be a waste of energy, and no one really cared if you screamed or not, as far as he was concerned.
"Our team rules! Not one chicken!" Jenn cried out once he made it back to the boat. Team Rome glared at Primrose.
"Now that we have a tie, it's time for our tie breaker challenge! Meet me at the mess hall in ten!" Chris called out from the top of the cliff by a megaphone.
"Alrighty campers. The tiebreaker challenge will test your teamwork skills. You will have three hours to build an awesome hot tub and water slide. But you got ten minutes to collaborate with your mentors. Go!" Chris said, as he and Chef walked out of the mess hall.
Gwen gave Ai a high-five. "Believe me, I know what it's like to have your panties showing. You handled it well."
"Thanks. Ugh, I just wish Phillip didn't try to impress me so much, though. It's annoying." Ai confided.
"I completely understand." Gwen said, thinking about Cody and how acted in a similar manner.
Meantime Heather was ranting to Primrose about how she has to prove her worth to her team, or else she would be the first one out. Primrose pretended to pay attention, but she really didn't care about Heather or her team.
Jenn was collaborating with Noah about the physics involved with building this hot tub and waterslide. They talked more as collaborators than as mentor and pupil. This was probably due to the fact that both were geniuses and similar in personalities.
It didn't take long for the challenge to commence and finish. Team Athens quickly took charge with everyone participating, and an especially due to Raymond, who could easily lift the heaviest pieces of metal. Team Rome struggled, especially when Primrose didn't help. This time, her concerns were about her nails and her lack of knowledge of building things.
"Why aren't you helping us?" Crystal demanded. "Do you want to go home that badly?"
Primrose was abashed and not sure of what to say. She sighed. "I don't know how to use any of these tools… Nor do I care to learn how. I have money and money can buy me anything."
Crystal suddenly felt sorry for Primrose, and was about to say so, when the sound of cheering was heard. Raymond had just lifted up the last metal piece into place, and Hana had just hammered it into place. The hot tub and slide was finished for Team Athens.
"Looks like Team Athens wins and gets to keep the awesome hot tub and waterslide! Team Rome, I'll be seeing you at the campfire ceremony tonight." Chris said.
Patrick: What was that? That was a terrible performance! Just how lazy is Primrose?
Crystal: I think there's more to Primrose than what meets the eye. Pity that no one else would agree with me.
That night, at the campfire, Team Rome gathered around, waiting for Chris and Chef. Cody, who was being closely followed by Sierra, Katie, Sadie, Heather, Harold, Owen and Dawn came and sat in the Peanut Gallery. Heather was looking most aggravated, since she had a hunch who was going. And if Primrose went, Heather would end up going also. She then noticed Patrick staring closely at her. She turned away, but had to draw her attention back when Chris and Chef arrived.
"Welcome to the campfire ceremony, campers. This is where your fate is decided. Step into the confessional, say whom you want to vote off, and then I'll provide the marshmallows to the winners. The person who doesn't get a marshmallow has to take the Whirlpool of Loserdom." The whirlpool was huge, and went deep below the lake. It did not look safe at all. Everyone gasped.
"Crystal, you're up first."
"Well, I must say. This vote was quite clear. It was in fact unanimous." Chris said. He tossed marshmallows to Crystal, Riley, Patrick, Leroy, Vivian and Stella.
Primrose was satisfied. "Glad you all understand. I was on a silent protest. I came for a vacation, not for a crappy television show."
"Just remember, you can NEVER come back. EVER." Chris added ominously.
"Like I would even consider coming back?" Primrose muttered. She gulped at the sight of the whirlpool, but she jumped in with her luggage, her screams turning into gargles as she disappeared under the water. "Hope you campers learn to get it together. 'Cause now you have the same even number as Team Athens. What advantage you may have had in numbers, you just lost." Chris said.
As they walked back to their cabins, Patrick went over to Heather. "What do you want?" Heather barked.
"I know that you are not my mentor. But I need you. You have brains. My mentors do not. If you mentor me and I win, you can keep my one million dollars. I care not for money, but for the fame." Patrick said.
Heather gave a sly smirk, and soon the two were shaking hands, and laughing evilly.
"Hehe… Things look like they're finally about to get interesting around here! Will Patrick be able to work with Heather and avoid Katie and Sadie? Will Phillip ever win Ai's love? Find out all this and more, next time on TOTAL. DRAMA. THE MENTORSHIP!" Chris said, and the camera faded out to show the credits.