Episode 5: Jennifer on the Rhine
Remaining Campers:
Team Rome: Patrick, Leroy, Stella, Crystal, Vivian
Team Athens: Jenn, Ai, Ben, Phillip, Raymond
"Last time on Total Drama: The Mentorship: The campers put on little plays for us. While many got the elusive and well-rotten Gilded Chris Award (the camera flashes to Crystal and Vivian acting Beauty and the Beast, and Ai pulling the trap door rope on Phillip during Snow White), it was our local comic nerd Riley who took the Whirlpool of Looserdom. Who will go home tonight? Who can handle taking down a wanted criminal? Find out all this and more on TOTAL. DRAMA. THE MENTORSHIP!" Chris says this while pushing a button, activating a bomb in the distance.
The explosion created by Chris ended up waking up all the campers whom were still asleep. Well, almost everyone anyway. Jenn sat up in bed only to hear Ai still snoring.
"You know a bomb literally went off just a few feet away." Jenn muttered. Ai just continued snoring, until Tomato the dog started to lick her face, which woke her up.
"Ugh, what a way to start the day. Tomato, we need a new alarm system." Ai said, wiping the dog drool off her face, which landed on Jenn, who's eyes were now twitching.
"Ai, please get rid of that dog!" she snapped. "For weeks now I've put up with that little thing! Ask Chris to send it home!"
Ai gasped in shock. "Jenn, Tomato protects me from Phillip! I can't just let Chris take him away from me." Ai hugged Tomato who was making whimpering noises in her arms. "I'll make sure Tomato doesn't bother you again."
Jenn didn't look convinced but decided to let the matter drop. She stomped outside the cabin, and as she walked past Ben, he heard her mutter: "First she decides to like that brownie, now she's getting defensive over that dog! Whenever will it end?"
Ben: The only girl that Jenn could have meant was Ai. And I'm sure that when she said "brownie" she meant "brony". So… Ai likes me?
It wasn't long after that Ai came out of the cabin. As usual, there was a book in her hand and she was carrying a small bag, probably headed for the communal washrooms for a shower. But Ben wasn't about to let what he had heard drop. He was going to get some answers.
"Ai! Ai, wait up!" he called. Ai paused, and turned around, a small blush on her face.
"Good morning, Ben. What's up?" Ai asked.
"Ai, I want to know the truth. Do you like me?" Ben asked, looking very determined.
Ai squirmed a bit, clearly uncomfortable at such a question. "Of course I like you, you're one of my best friends here. Ehehe…" she laughed nervously and started to walk towards the washrooms a bit faster. Ben followed her.
"No, I mean like me like me. You know, as more than just a friend."
"W-what would make you say that?" Ai asked, her defensiveness increasing. She was hugging her book tighter.
"I heard Jenn complaining about you and your sudden interest in a 'brownie'." Ben said, now matching Ai's pace.
Ai suddenly smiled, feeling very relieved. "Oh, she meant the brownies that I brought from home. I was uh, very upset that they didn't taste fresh anymore. Oh, look, we're at the washrooms! Bye!" Ai hurried inside, but before Ben could follow her in, the door ended up slamming in his face, knocking him down.
Ben: Now I think I know how Phillip feels every time she hits him in the face with a book…
Meantime, Ai had just finished undressing and had just turned the water on, adjusting it. No matter what she tried it was always too cold. As she waited on the water to adjust, her mind continued to replay Ben's questioning about whether she liked him or not. Why did he seem so upset? Of course, the answer came to her almost instantly: like any other guy she had fallen for, he didn't like her the same way.
Ai: I'm just going to have to avoid him. I don't want these stupid feelings to hurt me anymore!
Ai snapped back into reality, and tested the water again, this time to find it boiling hot. She quickly adjusted it again, and paid closer attention to it this time. But just as the temperature was just right, she heard the speaker system turn on… "Attention all campers, attention all campers. Meet me at the dock in five."
Ai gritted her teeth. "I never get a moment of peace!" she cried out in frustration.
"Remember that bomb that went off earlier?" Chris asked, once all the campers were lined up. "That was merely a test to make sure that all of the bombs planted in our new facility are working. Just think, there are ten of you, and there are ten bombs in that building."
The cameras then focus on a new, ten story building that was put in the place where the bomb had gone off originally that morning.
Jenn: Wow, that's an impressive set up for something that only happened an hour ago.
"So, if you haven't figured it out, this is a tribute to our spy movie theme. There are ten floors in our new facility. Each person will be required to deactivate a bomb hidden on each floor. The team that deactivates the most bombs wins and the losers have to go to the campfire ceremony." Chris said as he was toying with another button that was bright red and marked DANGER.
"Sounds like a simple performance." Patrick said.
"Oh, and just for the fun of it, we have a special guest star who will stop at nothing to make sure you fail in your quest. That's all I'm going to say. Hehehe…"
"You just had to say that." Jennifer muttered.
"Oh don't be such a pessimist. It will ruin the victory we are sure to have over you." Patrick retorted back.
"Like you actually do anything for your team! I at least get them moving!"
Chris cleared his throat and glared at the two rivals. "All eyes on me." He then turned back to the other campers. "The winning team also gets a reward of spending the week on a luxury cruise ship." The cameras then flashed to a state-of-the-art ship. The campers stared in awe at the ship but then turned back to Chris as he cleared his throat. "So, hustle on over to the facility and then I'll start the challenge." Chef then drove a golf cart over, and Chris climbed in, but not before pressing his button and making the opposite end of the dock explode, and causing the other campers to fall into the water.
Once everyone arrived at the facility, Chris had Team Rome take the first five floors, "since you guys lost the challenge", and then Team Athens had to take the top five floors, "but there's no elevator service, so it's the stairs for you".
Jenn hurried up the stairs in an alarming fury, trying to make it to the top floor. Raymond was following after her, effortlessly following. Phillip was taking his sweet time up the stairs, checking himself out in the mirror as he walked. Ai quickly made her way past him, not wanting to talk to anyone right now, especially Ben. Ben seemed to sense she was upset about something, he guessed it was because of their conversation earlier, and therefore didn't make a point of trying to talk to her - yet. He would try but not yet.
Phillip stopped at the sixth floor, but before he could open the door, he heard Patrick try to get his attention. "What do you want, Alexander the Not-So-Great?" Phillip called out suspiciously.
"Phillip, I know you want Ai to be your girlfriend very badly." Patrick said, stepping out of the darkness. "And I want you and Ai to be happy together."
"You do?" Phillip asked, surprised to hear for a change that someone agreed with him.
"Yes, I do. If you want, I can help you find ways to win her heart. She likes books, and I'm familiar with quite a few." Patrick said, his smile growing more sinister.
Phillip seemed to think about Patrick was saying. "You would do this for me, even though we are supposed to be enemies?"
"Of course. I'm an actor, so I'm very familiar with happy endings. I want to see that happen with you. All I ask is a few favors in return." Patrick said, holding out his hand. "Do we have a deal?"
Phillip wasted no time in shaking back, but his grip was so hard, there was a crunching of bone. "Of course! Thank you, kind fellow Roman!"
They both went back to their respective floors, and as they stood in their rooms, a screen with Chris appeared. "Alright, everyone's finally in place, so the hidden bomb is going to set… NOW! Also, may wanna grab some of the stuff in the room. Good luck!" The screen then showed the clock ticking, with 10 minutes showing.
1st Floor: Stella
"Grab some stuff? What sort of stuff? The stuff in these crates?" Stella was confused. She was on the lobby level, and proceeded to open up one of the crates. She grunted as she struggled. "If only… Leroy… or someone… could help!" She finally managed to open the lid, to find straw. She started tossing the straw aside, and found something buried within. She picked it up, and found it was a container of some sort. She opened it up inside, and found it was full of spider webs. She quickly closed the container and buried it back under the straw.
Just then, she felt a presence behind her, causing her to freeze in place. "How dare you toss aside and bury my brethren?" came a voice.
Stella turned around and was going to scream but her attacker silenced her before any noise could come.
2nd Floor: Crystal
"Bomb, bomb, where is it?" Crystal was running around the whole second floor, opening various doors, but these were simple offices, with nothing to be found.
Crystal: I'm pretty decent at scavenger hunts. I wonder if by disarming my bomb, Patrick and Leroy will be impressed?
One door she opened had a lion running right for her. She slammed it shut. The next door had Chef with a meat cleaver. The door after that had Heather. Behind the door after that, was Duncan and Courtney, who making out. By now, Crystal was so freaked out that she slowly closed the door.
3rd Floor: Leroy
"C'mon Chris, make this an easy one." he said, as he wandered around. Like Crystal below him, there were many doors, but Leroy had a better head about what he was doing. He walked past the various doors until he reached a set of double doors which would appear to lead to a manager's office. Leroy opened them and sure enough, on the desk was the bomb. "Now, how to turn you off?"
"Who me?" came a voice. Leroy was unaware that this was the same voice of Stella's attacker.
Leroy looked up towards the ceiling just in time to catch the glimpse of a flash of red, slightly curly hair, before everything went dark.
4th Floor: Vivian
The floor Vivian was on was a storage room. It was full of various boxes. She carefully made her way through the boxes, and almost immediately found the bomb. She had no clue what to do from here, apart from pull one of the wires. But which one, she didn't know. There was a red, blue and green wire, all connected to the same location. If she pulled out the wrong one, the bomb would go off automatically, and who knew what it would do. Whatever she did, she had to be quick and careful. The timer indicated she had seven minutes left.
Vivian then closed her eyes for a few moments, focusing intensely on the bomb and the wires. Then, as if by instinct, she pulled out the blue wire, which caused the timer to freeze. "Yes!" she cheered.
Vivian: I have a gift, that if I focus hard enough, I know what to do instinctively. Dawn says it has to do with auras. Whatever it is, I know that it brings me good luck! Leroy is sure to want me to stay now. (she blushes lightly)
5th Floor: Patrick
Patrick wandered around a small passageway. There were no doors or rooms, just a straight walk. It was very dark, as the lights were barely functional. Just then, he heard a slight "beep, beep" sound, and looked up. The bomb was taped to the ceiling, with 8 minutes on the clock.
"Oh come on!" Patrick groaned. "How am I supposed to get up there? Pity Leroy isn't here, or else I'd use him for a ladder."
He then thought about Phillip, who was just one floor above him. He'd be tall enough and strong enough to boost Patrick up to the bomb and pull out a wire. He spotted a single red wire, which was connected to a separate compartment, so that had to be disconnected. He hurried back to the staircase and made his way upstairs…
2nd Floor: Crystal
Crystal now opened another door, and an angry bear roared at her until she slammed the door shut.
Crystal: Okay, so there I was, worried that the clock was about to run out. And I was wondering where this bomb could be. So I finally reached a bedroom of some sort, and I found it, rather easily, attached to the bed frame, with Bridgette and Geoff making out right there. I mean right there, with the bomb ticking just inches away!I mean, really… I wish I was them, so in love that they can just do that.
Crystal then took a look at the bomb. This one, unaware to her, was different than most of the other bombs, as it had one wire, but connected to the main mechanism. She pulled it out, and the timer, which had 3 minutes on it, froze. "Huzzah, I did it! Now, to find some interesting loot…"
But, for every room she searched, there was nothing to be found. She kicked at a pebble when she reached back at the staircase empty-handed.
8th Floor: Ai
Ai was wheezing by the time she made it up to the 8th floor. Running was not her strong point. But she had not a moment to lose. Her room was a fancy museum-style room, with a Persian rug and the bomb was in plain sight, under a display glass. She walked over to it, rummaging in her shirt (bra) , trying to find something. By the time she reached the display case, she had her small book on how to diffuse time bombs out and open, with her nose already in it…
She quickly then found the right wire to grab, the green one. To her relief, the timer froze. Now, time to find stuff to grab.
7th Floor: Ben
Ben was on a floor similar to Ai's. Persian rug, fancy paintings, and a glass display case in the center, the bomb starting its fateful "beep, beep" sound. His, however, had five wires attached to it, and he had no clue what to do.
He decided to take his chances and pulled out a purple wire. The bomb beeped for a moment longer, but then the timer stopped. Ben took a sigh of relief, and was about to find some loot, when he heard what sounded like a swoop from the ceiling. Then, everything went black, and something sticky was wrapping around him…
6th Floor: Phillip
Phillip was in a room with various animals in cages. "Greetings fair animal friends. Can you please indicate where the bomb is?"
A lioness, whom was attracted to him, pointed towards the opposite end of the room. He found it attached to an empty cage and smiled. "I once built something that looked like this from Pegos back in my youth. It shall be as easy as walking with cake to stop this one from going off and hurting my fair Ai."
His bomb had two wires, both of which were pulsating with heat and light, as if alive. Without thinking twice, he grabbed both wires and pulled them out. Luckily for him, the correct wire came undone first, followed by the second. "My lady is saved for yet another challenge!"
Phillip: I do so much to protect Ai, yet all she can do is scorn me. But I am hoping that my fellow Roman Patrick shall have a way to win her over with these archaic objects called books.
"Phillip? Are you back there?" came Patrick's voice. As soon as he entered the room, the lions and other animals began to growl and make threatening noises.
"Yes, Sir Roman, I am here." Phillip said, stepping forward, making motions to the animals indicating that there was nothing to fear. This silenced the animals, but they still glared at Patrick. "What are you doing here?"
"I need your help, prince charming. I am, unfortunately, too short to reach my bomb, and you are the right person for the role." Patrick said. "I need you to hoist me up to the ceiling so I can disable my bomb."
Phillip seemed to think about this. "You do realize, fellow Roman, that if I am caught by Ai, she will never forgive me for this. We are of different kingdoms after all."
Patrick had a hunch that this would be brought up. But lucky for him, he had already thought of a way out if it. "You know, you should consider asserting yourself more with your team. After all, you are so good looking, that no one, male, female, or animal, can resist you. Why not use it for your advantage?"
"That is not part of the gentlemen's code of honor." Phillip said, looking annoyed.
"I understand, but to win Ai's heart, you may have to break a few rules." Patrick said, trying to think fast.
"Very well, Sir Roman. I shall help you then." Phillip said, and very quickly, Patrick was being hoisted up to the ceiling on the 5th floor, and was lucky to have only one wire so he was able to disable the bomb. He was lucky because there were only two minutes on the timer. "Now, Sir Roman, I want you to help me get some loot…"
9th Floor: Raymond
Raymond's bomb was in a flat-out run from the staircase to the back wall. But just as he took a step forward, a series of laser beams intersected his way. Raymond's eyes narrowed, accepting the challenge.
With a grace that defied his bulk, he was able to dodge the laser beams. He went through a montage of various poses, from balancing on one hand, to jumping and grabbing ceiling lights, swinging to avoid a block of beams.
From the safety of the security tent far away from the building, Chris and Chef were watching in amazement that Raymond had gotten as far as he had. "Where's our Spider-Gal when you need her?" Chris grumbled.
"She's up on the top floor, stalking Grim." Chef said, lazily pointing to the screen.
Raymond finally reached his bomb, and pulled the single wire that was there. He posed with triumph. "Score one for Athens!"
10th Floor: Jennifer
This room was the smallest of all. The bomb was on the wall, one wire. Jenn walked, her heels making sounds that echoed all across the room, giving the perception that it was empty. But just as she was about to touch the bomb, Jenn whirled around, and gave a karate chop to the stalker she knew was there this whole time.
"How did you know I was there?" came the voice.
"I knew that it would not be easy to disarm this bomb with only one wire. I knew Chris would plant the special guest here, specifically for me. Isn't that right, Izzy?" Jenn said, with a proud smirk, as her glasses shined for a moment in the dull light.
The figure stepped into the light, and sure enough it was Izzy. But she was wearing a red and blue variation of her outfit, and from Jenn's close observations, there were small holes in her arms, which served what purpose, Jenn did not know. Izzy seemed more bloodthirsty than ever before, her eyes were also red.
"What happened to you, Izzy?" Jenn asked, feeling a bit unnerved upon Izzy's hungry look.
"When I went into that crate of radioactive material… Looking for the radio… I did not know at the time that the radioactivity had spider venom fumes mixed with it. And as time passed, and after Mal had beaten me up back in season five, I grew ill, and had to be transported away to a hospital. Then… I developed… powers. Great powers…" Izzy said, slowly and darkly. She then shot spider webbing at the Jenn, whom dodged in time.
"Feel the insanity that is Spider-Izzy!" Izzy cried out, laughing, although this was a friendlier laugh.
Jenn was already on the move, trying to draw Izzy away from the bomb. The timer had nine minutes on it. Izzy sensed what Jenn was up to, and quickly shot webbing, which wrapped around Jenn's left arm, sticking it to her side. Jenn tried to keep up the pace, but Izzy was faster. She used her webbing to swing over to the other side of the room. "Hehehe, you cannot win! Spider-Izzy is invincible!"
Jenn then managed to get very close and then gave a powerful kick to Izzy, who didn't see it coming. Izzy fell back further, bumping into something. An automatic light came on, revealing a storage closet. Jenn then spotted something in there…
Izzy got up, looking around for her prey. She headed for the bomb, knowing that Jenn would be targeting that to unplug it. Six minutes remained. Then she heard a whooshing sound, and when she turned, she saw Jenn had freed her left arm, and was wearing and utilizing a jet pack, with a short sword. Izzy shot more webbing out, but with the jet pack, Jenn was able to move much faster. Izzy then lunged, her hackles raised, teeth blaring. The camera went into slow motion, as Jenn held up her sword for defense, cutting part of Izzy's arm (but nothing fatal, only a superficial wound). Izzy crumpled to the ground, and with only four minutes to spare, Jenn quickly unplugged the bomb.
Then Izzy was up, as if nothing had happened. Jenn mentally cursed herself. Spiders had the ability to heal quickly, so now Izzy would too. Jenn then parried with her sword, but Izzy was on the move, dodging everything. Jenn then put the sword onto her belt, going in for a dive with her claws bared. Izzy went and returned the attack, both girls colliding and intertwining as they fought. Jenn managed to kick Izzy off, and got up, turning the pack off. Izzy and Jenn stared each other down, knowing that this was a stalemate. Izzy then held a button of her own. "This isn't over, Jennifer. I will be back when you least expect me."
Izzy then pushed it, and a screen came down from the ceiling on each floor, a new timer with thirty seconds showing appeared. Jenn immediately hit for the stairs, as Izzy's laugh echoed all the way down…
Jenn, Ai, Phillip, Patrick, Vivian, Raymond and Crystal had managed to make it out of the exploding building in time, but barely. Those were still inside the building (Duncan, Courtney, Heather, Bridgette and Geoff) were shot off into the distance, but for what little could be seen, they were all okay. The animals that were in the cages landed in the water, unharmed. Those whom Izzy had captured (Ben, Stella, and Leroy), were already outside, but bound and gagged by webbing. Ai immediately rushed over to Ben, and Vivian to Leroy.
"Are you alright?" Vivan asked Leroy as she struggled to un-gag him. "I was worried when I didn't see you running down the stairs!"
"I'm a little creeped out, but apart from that I think I'm okay." Leroy said. "All I last remember was that some red-haired crazy chick shooting me with spider webbing and then she kicked me outside, just as I found my bomb." Once he was finally free of the webbing, the two hugged, much to the disapproval of Patrick, who was frowning at them.
Patrick: It looks like I will need to gently remind Leroy that he must focus on our alliance and not on crushes. That was, after all, what I cast him to do.
Ai didn't speak as she unbound Ben, and she made a point of not making eye contact either.
"Nice job on ruining our new building, campers. But it would seem, according to our security footage that Team Athens managed to successfully disarm all five of their bombs, while Team Rome only disarmed three." Chris said, walking up to the campers from the golf cart. "So Team Athens wins! Again! And they also won a week on our awesome cruise ship!"
Team Athens cheered as they hurried off to the dock, although Jenn held back for a moment. She looked at the remains of the building, and swore that she saw a shadowy figure escaping deeper into the island…
"Team Rome, looks like we got a little date for the campfire ceremony tonight. Again." Chris said, smirking.
"Well, we meet again, Team Rome. You must really love coming here, since this is your third time."
The five remaining campers just looked down, except for Patrick, whom was overly confident it would not be him. After all, he had successfully avoided Spider-Izzy, and disarmed his bomb. No one knew of his alliance with Phillip either. And he had managed to convince Leroy and Vivian to vote off the most threatening person on the team.
Patrick: I told them, think of the merge. This person is pretty likeable and has a wide range of skills. It was time to get rid of her.
"Well, let's get the voting started."
"I must say, this one is a shocker. Even I didn't see this one coming." Chris said. He held up the plate of marshmallows. Patrick and Vivian got them right away. Leroy was tossed the third marshmallow, leaving the last marshmallow to go to either Crystal or Stella.
"The last marshmallow goes to… Stella!"
The blonde haired girl let out a sigh of relief and a look of thanks to her team. But the dark-blue haired girl was not going down so easily.
"How could you do this to me? I've pulled off all sorts of successful wins for us! You'll lose for sure without me!"
Sierra then stood up next to her pupil, whom she didn't end up mentoring much, thanks to constantly keeping her eyes on Cody. "It's okay Crystal. It's for the better, now you can go home and find your one true love out of however many you have!"
"You're right, Sierra." The mentor and pupil hugged, until Chris cleared his throat.
"Crystal, the Whirlpool of Looserdom awaits you."
Crystal took a running jump and successfully landed into the whirlpool.
"Well, if you thought that was a dramatic episode, wait until you see what happens next time! Right here, on TOTAL. DRAMA. THE MENTORSHIP." Chris said, as the cameras flashed to the closing credits.