PLEASE READ!
I think I should make things clearer, the poll IS still on, and it will still be on until the merge, once we reach the merge I'll explain why I put the poll up (though im pretty sure some of you already know what im planning. But I've decided to make a slight change to the poll, I was originally going to give the top 15 poll responses a special reward (which doesnt help since the majority of the results are the same, 1 camper has 4 votes, everyone else has 1 or 2. I won't force you all to vote, but it would make things easier, and I am also changing the reward a bit, instead of the top 15 choices im cutting it down to 12. But anyway without further adieu., here's Chapter 10!
Chris was at the Dock giving the recap
"Previously on Total Drama Island, the remaining campers took a relaxing canoe trip and hike through the dangerous Boney Island. Meanwhile I let the interns take the day off for some important business. Shockingly though, the Bass surprised everyone with their come-from-behind victory! Leaving Kristen to take a ride on the Dock of shame, but not before letting Michael know about her feelings! Ain't that sweet! 15 campers remain, who will be the next one to ride on the Boat of Losers? Find out right here on Total Drama Island!
It was about 6 in the morning, everyone was still asleep, the only sounds that could be heard were the sounds of nature. Chris walked in front of the cabins, he had a sly grin on his face and a megaphone was in his hands, he turned the megaphone on and began to speak...
"GOOD MORNING CAMPERS! FRONT AND CENTER!" Dutch jumped at the rude awakening and hit his head on the bunk bed (he slept on the bottom bunk)
"Ow! Damn it Chris, can't we just sleep in once!" Dutch complained
Meanwhile in the Gopher's cabin the girls had all gotten dressed and were heading outside, Alyx took the tiki doll Kristen gave her before she left, Alyx thought of it as a gift from a friend
*confessional*
Alyx: Before Kristen left she gave me this weird tiki thing... she said it was some kind of good luck charm. Honestly I um... don't believe in luck, but Kristen trusts me enough to give it to me so... it has to be special!
*end confessional*
Chris had all the contestants gathered in front of the cabins, the interns were also there and they had small bags with sandwiches and juice, they also had some paintball guns and a small box that was closed
"This... is your breakfast!" Chris began, the interns tossed the contestants the sandwiches, some began eating immediately while others wanted to wait until they knew what the challenge was first. "As for your challenge..." Chris continued, he opened the small box which was revealed to contain goggles which were red and green depending on the team, red and green noses, and fluffy deer tails.
"Here's how it'll work half of each team will be hunters, the other half will be the deer, your job is to hunt for the other teams deer, hitting another team's deer will grant a point for your team, hitting your own team's deer will resulting in you LOSING a point!" Chris concluded, he looked annoyed at some of the confused faces from a few of the campers
"Basically you're just playing paintball, but you habe a specific target to aim for!" Johan announced
"Thank you Johan!" Chris said, pleased that Johan's explanation seemed to make the contestants all understand
"Killer Bass, your hunters are Damion, Blake, Corlissa, and Dominic!" Chris proclaimed, the interns handed the 4 chosen campers red goggles and paintball guns with red paintballs
"As for the Gophers, your hunters are Michael, Luis, Astrid, and Viola!" The interns handed the Gopher hunters their gear
"The rest of you are deer, all you need to do is try and stay hidden!" Chef personally handed the deer their tails, goggles, and noses. The Bass had red noses and the Gophers had green to correspond with their team colors
"Now, since the Bass won the last challenge, they get a 10 minute head start, so the deer better RUN!" Chris taunted, the Bass all ran into the woods, the deer ran for safety and the Bass hunters ran to find a good spot to pick off the Gopher deer, Dutch glared at Chris before he left. Luis walked up to Michael...
"Michael, this is our chance to get back at Dutch!" Luis said enthusiastically
"I couldn't agree more little man!" Michael replied, he cracked his knuckles and had an eager grin on his face, Luis was also showing more confidence
Meanwhile Hayden approached Tamara and whispered into her ear
"Once the game starts, stay low and stay quiet, try to find me and we'll look for a place to hide!" Hayden ordered, unbeknownst to them Nikki managed to hear Hayden whisper
*confessionals*
Nikki: Aww, it looks like Hayden and Tamara are getting some alone time together! ... Ha, im only joking, it's probably just a plan for the challenge, but who knows, maybe something will come up between them!
Tamara: Being in this alliance with Hayden has been tough, but I know with him, im safe, he's super smart... and he's kinda cute! *she blushes*
Hayden: Tamara seems to be more and more happy being around me... I can use this to my advantage! If she has a crush on me, then I can use that crush to get her to do some dirty work for me! If she gets caught then she'll take the blame and get sent home! Either way... im safe hehehe!
*confessionals*
Ten minutes had passed and the challenge had begun, Viola was searching for any Bass deer when she hears some rustling and grunting coming from a nearby bush, Viola gets ready to shoot, but she puts the gun down when she finds out that it was just Ruby trying to find a place to hide
"Ruby, don't do that, I almost shot you full of paint!" Viola snaps
"Well sorr-ee!" Ruby hisses back "I'm just trying to find a place to lay low for a while until the challenge is over!" The two don't know they're being watched from a nearby tree above them, the person inside the tree tries to get their attention
"Psst! Hey girls, up here!" The person says, Viola and Ruby look up into the tree, Viola readies her paintball gun, ready to fire, however they breathe a sigh of relief when the person turns out to just be Astrid
"Astrid, this isn't the place to scare us!" Ruby says
"Sorry, but I have an idea, if we're going to go far in this game we need a plan! So I've been thinking, how about we make a girl's alliance!" Astrid proposes
"... Sure..." Ruby reluctantly agrees
"Alright..." Viola approves
"Great, I'll try to find Alyx and Tamara and see if we can get their votes as well!" Astrid says before running off
"So we have a game plan, but we need to keep moving, we cant afford to lose! Stay close!" Viola says
In the intern's cabin, Sapphire had just shaken up a 6-pack of sodas in the fridge and quickly went into the next room discreetly, waiting for the action to unfold, Mike, Briar, Johan, and Nikki entered the kitchen and each grabbed a soda, unknowing of Sapphire's plot. When Johan handed Nikki her soda, their hands touched and both immediately blushed, Briar and Mike saw this and immediately teased the two
"Nikki and Johan sitting in a tree...!" Briar began
"K-I-S-S-I-N-G!" Mike finished, Nikki and Johan began blushing even harder and they glared at their fellow interns
"Come on guys, what are you 4!?" Johan remarked
"Calm down dude, we're only teasing!" Mike said, trying to calm his flustered friend down, he opened his soda and was met with a blast of soda hitting his face, the others quickly laughed at Mike's karma
"Ok, maybe I kinda deserved that!" Mike said, half-laughing, the others opened their sodas and were met with the same misfortune, Sapphire called out to the group from the room she was in
"Gotcha!" She said, the group went to their respective rooms to go change, Ciana, who was not there to witness the prank, took a soda, and also had it splash onto her face, Sapphire laughed again.
*confessionals*
Nikki: Ok, well, maybe I do have a bit of a crush on Johan, he's super sweet, and we have bonded well since I got here! *she begins to blush*
Sapphire: Ah, this prank war is too fun, still kinda wish I was going for the $100,000. I would've won for sure!
Mike: I was only playing with Johan and Nikki, they're cool! And besides, if they do like each other, the least I could do is help right!
Briar: As enjoyable as this prank war has been, I'd like to help Mike with his condition, over the passing days Johan and I have been able to study Mike's alternate personalities, most of them seem like they couldn't do much harm, the only 2 that could be troublesome would be Vito and Mal, Vito can be suppressed and dealt with easily, so long as Mike keeps his shirt on. But this 'Mal' character is just baffling
Ciana: I wonder if Chris would ever let us compete if he ever has another season?
Johan: Ok I admit it, I have a crush on Nikki! *he quickly blushes* And it's not for her body! Even though she is really pretty, I like her because she's just been so nice to me and helped me a lot!
*end confessionals*
Killer Bass
Corlissa and Damion decided to go together to hunt for the Gopher deer, things were going very slowly until they spotted Alyx sitting by a tree
"Sshhh! Look over there!" Corlissa said, trying not to get spotted by Alyx
Damion got the message and went with her to sneak up on Alyx, they were a few feet away when Damion stepped on a twig, Alyx looked up when she heard the snap of the twig and began running.
The 2 hunters gave chase, Corlissa almost had a clean shot at Alyx before she tripped on a tree root and twisted her ankle, Damion rushed over to his teammate and helped her, though this led to Alyx getting away
"Thanks for helping me, but you could've gone after her!" Corlissa states
"I could've but you're more important!" Damion answered with a blush. Corlissa blushed at Damion's responce and hugged him, Corlissa tried to walk it off but she couldn't even keep her balance. Damion handed Corlissa his paintball gun and had Corlissa ride on his back.
*confessional*
Corlissa: Not only was Damion's idea reallyyyy sweet, but it was also pretty smart, if I had 2 guns that means more firepower and a bigger opportunity to kick ass!
*end confessional*
Screaming Gophers
Alyx was still running when she had accidentally run into Astrid, knocking both girls down
"Alyx, glad I found you, I had this idea for a girls alliance, Ruby and Viola are already in, if we have your vote we're safe!" Astrid began, Alyx seemed a little unsure if she should join, Ruby and Viola both intimidated Alyx. Alyx hesitated for a few moments but eventually agreed to Astrid alliance.
"Great, you're a real pal Alyx!" Astrid said before running off, this brought a smile to Alyx's face
However her smile quickly went to surprise when she was hit with a paintball, she tried to look for where it came from but her assailant ran away before she could see them, it is revealed however that Dominic had made the shot
*confessional* (geez there are a lot of confessionals in this chapter!)
Alyx: I'm... making friends! Its gotta be the lucky tiki doll Kristen gave me! *Alyx digs around for the doll before finally realizing she had lost it, she gasps at this realization*
*end confessional*
Killer Bass
Dominic had not been spotted and was taking a break, he caught up with Blake a few minutes later
"Oh h-hey Dominic!" Blake said, blushing a little bit, Dominic smiled at her
"Hey um, Dominic, I was wondering if you would want to stay with me! For this challenge I mean!" Blake stuttered, she expected Dominic to turn her down, but was surprised and overjoyed when Dominic nodded his head in agreement.
As the pair continued, they came across Hayden and Tamara, Hayden was telling Tamara who they would vote for if they lose. Their plotting was soon interrupted when the two were hit with paintballs. Hayden ran as fast as he could and Tamara ran after him. Dominic and Blake high-fived at their score. They smiled at each other, Blake was even about to go in for a kiss, Dominic, looked a bit surprised but he seemed ok with it. However this romantic moment was cut short when Dutch interrupted them...
"Hey lovebirds, stay focused, if you wanna do that, you can do it on the boat ride home!" He taunted, the two glared at him and walked away. Before Dutch could go anywhere he was approached by Lotte
"Oh, hey, whats up?" Dutch asked, trying to sound as cool as possible
"What's up is that this game is probably going to take forever and I don't have that kind of patience!" Lotte proclaimed
"Now you're talking! Where do we start?" Dutch said, eager to get the game over with
"Glad to see you're as eager as I am!" Lotte said with a bit of a seductive tone "Here's what we do..." he words trailed off
*confessionals*
Charlotte: *she sighs* I wonder how Dutch is gonna react when he finds out that Lotte is only a split personality...
Dutch: So Charlotte is hot and cruel... I like it!
*end confessionals*
Back with the interns, Nikki, Mike, and Johan had set up a simple 'bucket on the door' prank, Ciana had just opened the door and was doused in the liquid
"Oh haha guys, tooooootally hilarious!" She said, clearly unimpressed with the simple prank
"Yeah I guess it was pretty weak... or it would be if we actually used water!" Johan remarks, Ciana gets a shocked look on her face
"Please tell me this isn't-" Ciana begins before getting cut off by Johan
"EWW NO! We're not THAT gross!" He says
"So... what is it then?" Ciana asks, still very unsure
"We're not telling!" Mike teased, Ciana pouted at Mike's statement
Screaming Gophers
Tamara had been separated from Hayden and was on her own, she started to get very worried as she had not seen another person in an hour, she was tempted to call for help, but before she could...
"Tamara!" A voice called, Tamsra turned to the direction of the voice and was relieved to see that it was just Astrid
"Astrid, thank goodness! I was starting to get lonely by myself!" Tamara said
"Well you're fine!" Astrid replies, smiling at her teammate "Anyway, the other girls and I are making a girl's alliance, together we can overpower the boys!"
"I - I dont know Astrid..." Tamara answered, not wanting to tell Astrid about her current alliance with Hayden
"Well... why dont you tell me back at the cabin, if we lose we could really use your vote!" Astrid says
Chris then makes an announcement over an intercom system placed throughout the woods
"Attention campers! The game is halfway over, better put it in high gear!" Chris says
"We have to move! Why don't you stick close so we dont get separated!" Astrid suggests, the two then begin start moving again
Just a few feet away from the two, Michiko had found the exact same tiki doll that Alyx had dropped earlier, Michiko inspects the doll a bit before keeping it
*confessional*
Michiko: I don't know exactly what this is, maybe I'll give it ti Mal, maybe he'll let me have it!
*end confessional*
Several hours later, the Gophers had successfully managed to get a few good shots on the Bass deer, but the Gophers had not let up and got in some good hits as well. Though the Bass had a significant lead since Lotte and Dutch appeared to have set traps involving their paintballs and even camouflaging themselves! Eventually Chris got on the intercom again
"Attention campers, report to the mess hall immediately for the final results of the challenge, so get your butts over here pronto!" Chris ordered.
Once everyone was in the mess hall Chris was ready to speak
"Well, I think we can all agree that this was a long and interesting day! The interns and I looked over all the footage from today's challenge. The Gopher's final score is... 12!" Chris stated, the Gophers looked pleased with that score
"And the winner is... The Killer Bass with a score of 15!"
The Bass cheered, while the Gophers groaned and looked down in disappointment
Some time later the Gopher girls were debating on which boy to vote off
"How about we pick off the weakest link first? Plus Luis doesn't look like he could survive this competition anyway!" Viola said
"True, but wouldn't it be better to take out the greatest threat first and then take on the weakest member?" Ruby noted
"Who do you think should go Tamara?" Astrid asked
"Oh! Um... I uh, c-can we keep Hayden in?" Tamara stuttered
"Sure Tamara, I mean seeing as how you like him and all!" Astrid teased, Tamara blushed at this, but she didnt retaliate, unbeknownst to the girls, Hayden had been listening in to their debate
*confessionals*
Tamara: Ok, maybe I do have a crush on Hayden, is that bad?
Hayden: So Tamara has a crush on me? This is perfect, I could use this crush as a way to manipulate her!
*end confessionals*
"So it's settled, we vote off Michael!" Astrid announced, the girls all agreed
Elimination Ceremony
Everyone except the Bass had gathered for the elimination ceremony, Chef had handed Chris the marshmallows
"Oh yeah, thanks Chef for letting me use some of your hunting gear for the challenge!" Chris chuckled
"If I find out that one thing is damaged, you owe me $50!" Chef shouted
"Noted! Anyway, Gophers you know how this works, if I say your name then youre safe... for now!" Chris began
"The following campers are safe!"
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"Michael and Alyx! Interesting choices for the bottom 2! But hey, this ain't my choice!" Chris said
"And the final marshmallow of the night goes to..."
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"Michael!" The girls gasped at their plan ending in failure
*confessionals*
Astrid: But we didn't... how did... how!?
Hayden: Alright I'll come clean! I tampered with the votes, Michael may prove useful with his physical strength, and without him Dutch would kill Luis, who is also needed for his brainpower, having Alyx eliminated wouldn't be too much of a loss
Alyx: * she is crying into her hands* I deserve to go home, I lost my friend's good luck charm, I let her down!
*end confessionals*
"Well Alyx... the boat of losers is over there!" Chris said
"Wait! This has got to be some sort of mistake! None of us voted for Alyx!" Viola argued
"Sorry girls, those are the rules!" Chris replied, he seemed very serious about this
"Can we at least have a group hug first?" Tamara asked, Chris allowed this and the Gopher girls shared a group hug before Alyx was sent off
Later that evening, Michiko went to see Mal about the tiki doll...
"Sorry, I have no idea what this is." Mal asked "You should head back to your cabin, if anyone sees you here they'll get suspicious!"
"O-ok Mal!" Michiko said, smiling at her crush before heading back to her cabin, the two of them didn't notice the doll's eyes glowing when Mal and Michiko spoke to each other. This took effect in Mike's mind, while Mike was sleeping Mal appeared before Mike and the other personalities.
"You! I don't know what youre planning but I wont let you hurt anyone!" Mike warned
Mal simply smiled at his response and he instantly charged at him and the personalities
The others put up their fists, ready to fight, Chester even had a cane ready!
Meanwhile Chris sat at a monitor screen, watching all the action unfold with Chef
"I told ya' getting experimental cameras in the intern's head would be cool!" Chris said, Chef nodded in agreement
"14 campers remain! Looks like love is in the air, but will it blossom? Will the curse of the tiki doll pass onto the Killer Bass? Will Tamara tell the girls that she and Hayden are in an alliance? And what will become of Michiko and Mike or is it Mal? Find out next time on Total Drama Island!
Well there goes Alyx, I enjoyed writing for her, it's always nice to see a shy character open up! Anyway, I know im pretty much beating you all over the head with this, but I really need the poll to get more results, if you have any questions about it, just ask! Hope you enjoyed the chapter! ^_^