Sorry this chapter is a bit late, I was on vacation but I wanted to get a chapter out before the new year started. This chapter will have the first elimination. Enjoy!
Chris stood on the red carpet by the Lame-O-Sine giving the recap.
"Last time on Total Drama Action, 16 contestants arrived at the abandoned film lot and got introduced to our little friend. Hehe. After their encounter with the monster, they had to find the key to our luxury trailer, in the end Hayden won it for the guys! Though this victory didn't past long as a certain monster crushed their dreams. Though as funny as it was, I didn't really ask for that to happen."
The camera pans to Amy who is filing her nails, she looks tired.
"Shut up McLean, can I just go back to bed?" She asked coldly.
"I'm afraid not Amy, we have some work to do, I need you, your sister and Dawn to get everything ready for the challenge today." Chris answered, Amy groaned as she went to get her fellow interns.
"What kind of challenge will the contestants have? Will Hayden pull something out of his sleeve? Will Michiko scare off everyone else? Find out right now on Total Drama Action!"
Johan and Damion sat in front of the girls trailer, they seemed to be waiting for something. Luis exited the boys' trailer and saw the two.
"What are you guys doing?" Luis asked.
"We're waiting for Nikki and Corlissa, they're trying out a new look." Johan answered, the door to the girls' trailer opened, Corlissa and Nikki stepped out of it, they looked completely different from last season.
Nikki's hair was now black with golden-blonde tips that reach her waist in low curls. She now wears a flouncy, pale lavender, long sleeved dress with a high collar and black stockings underneath it. She also had on black fingerless gloves and black ankle-high booties.
Corlissa hair is now shoulder-length with side bangs that cover her left eye. As for clothes, she now wears a coal black leather jacket over a plain white crop top, high waist acid wash shorts and black ankle-high booties. She also has multiple silver dog tags and a black military cap.
"Woah..." Johan said...
"Hehe, how do we look?" Nikki asked.
"Amazing!" Johan answered, Nikki embraced her boyfriend, flattered with his answer. Corlissa gave Damion a hug as well, though in her case it was mostly to comfort him as he was still troubled by something.
Suddenly the loudspeakers by the trailers blared.
"Attention campers, meet me by Studio #2 for today's challenge! Stat!" Chris announced.
Everyone met up with Chris around Studio #2, Dawn and the Twins we're with Chris (they are the interns for this season).
"Everyone here? ... Good! Now before we start the challenge, I've decided that now would be a good time to make the teams! Now if I call your name step forward." Chris exclaimed.
"Ruby, Michael, Astrid, Sapphire, Michiko, Ciana, Hayden and Dutch!"
The 8 contestants stepped forward, Sammy was going to toss them a banner but Amy pushed her and took the banner, she tossed it to Ruby, Dawn saw this and had an intrigued and concerned look on her face.. Ruby opened the banner, it was brown and had a picture of a Rooster on it.
"You will be known as, the Rowdy Roosters!" The Roosters didn't really seem to enthusiastic about their new team name.
*confessionals*
Dutch: Couldn't Chris have given us a cooler team name?
Ciana: I don't care what my team's name is, I'll have to carry them all to victory.
Hayden: *he is smoking another cigarette* I won't make the same mistakes I made last season. I'll have to stay quiet this time, as for now I guess I'll carry the team to victory.
*end confessionals*
"As for the rest of you, you will be known as..." Chris continues, Dawn tossed Johan a green colored cloth, he opened it and there was a picture of a turtle on it.
"The Tenacious Turtles!"
Chris was answered with silence from both teams, some didn't seem happy with the team names or who their teammates were while others seemed happy with it ok with it.
"Anyway, as for today's challenge. Before you can really participate in movie themed challenges, you have to prove to me that you can act! So today's challenge will have you performing a skit, whoever gets a higher score wins!" Chris explained.
"What are the skits going to be about?" Sapphire asked.
"It's whatever you want it to be, just make sure it doesn't suck. Now go and practice your skit, you have 2 hours." Chris said with a hint of a sour tone, he apparently thought the contestants couldn't do it.
With the Roosters
Astrid and Ruby were thinking of an idea for a skit, sadly they weren't having any ideas.
"Anything?" Sapphire asked them.
"Nothing..." Ruby answered sadly.
"Any day now!" Hayden said.
"Don't even say anything Hayden!" Michael hissed.
"We only have 2 hours, we can't afford to waste any time!" Hayden stated.
"As much as it pains me to say this, Hayden's right..." Astrid admitted. "We need to come to come up with something fast!"
"I got it!" Ruby announced excitedly.
With the Turtles
"Do we have the oven ready?" Briar asked.
"Yup!" Corlissa answered.
"What about the plastic turkey?" Damion questioned.
"It's right here." Luis replied.
"Wait, what about the oven mitts? I can't find them!" Tamara said frantically.
"Calm down, they're right on the table there." Viola answered.
"Good, keep them there, that's where they need to be." Johan answered.
"I think we might have this!" Corlissa said confidently, some of the others nodded in agreement while the others seemed a bit unsure.
With the interns
Sammy was in the Craft Services Tent getting a soda for Amy, who unsurprisingly forced her to do it. Dawn had followed her as she needed to talk to Sammy alone, she tapped Sammy's shoulder, scaring her.
"Woah!" Sammy screamed. "Dawn don't do that! You almost gave me a heart attack!"
"Sorry, but I needed to talk to you, it's about your sister." Dawn replied. "Why does she treat you so poorly?"
"Oh, Amy's always been doing this... I better go, I can't really keep her waiting." Sammy said.
"Samey, where's my soda?!" Amy shouted, Sammy ran out of the CS Tent as fast ad she could. Dawn followed Sammy out of the tent. She seemed intent on helping Sammy out.
Two hours later
Chris sat on a Director's Chair, megaphone in hand (even with a beret).
"Ok actors are you ready? ... No? Too bad! Turtles, you're up!" Chris announced.
"You guys ready?" Damion asked.
"As ready as we'll ever be..." Johan replied nervously.
"Why are so nervous?" Nikki asked, holding Johan's hand.
"I'm n-not really good in front of people..."
"Don't worry, you'll do fine, I know you can!" Nikki replied, kissing her boyfriend. The Tenacious Turtles went onto the stage.
"Wait hold on!" Chris said. "I'm going to need two members of each team to explain the skit, like how it's supposed to make us, as the reviewers, feel."
Briar and Corlissa stepped onto the stage.
"Our skit is a comedy skit." Corlissa stated.
"It details the story of a group of children who are helping their parents prepare dinner for their parents who are going to step out for a while. As you can tell, things can only go so well." Briar explained.
The two girls stepped off of the stage and let their team's skit begin. Nikki and Damion were playing the role of the mother and father while Johan, Tamara, Luis and Viola played the role of the children. Nikki and Damion had jackets on, they seemed ready to go outside. They turned to the other 4 contestants.
"Now kids, we're going to be gone for a while, the turkey is in the oven and it needs to be taken out in about 5 minutes." Nikki said.
"Don't forget about the tea either, it should be ready soon!" Damion added, he checked a watch he was using for the skit. "Oh we better head off! Don't forget about the tea and the turkey!"
"Mom, Dad, we won't! Everything will be fine, now why don't you head off!" Viola said, sending the two away. As soon as she did, the kettle of tea began steaming.
"Well that's convenient!" Tamara noted. "Where are the cups though?"
As soon as Tamara said that, things started getting a little crazy, the four of them frantically searched the kitchen.
"Where are the cups?!" Luis shouted. Tamara opened the cupboard and found nothing but plates, she had a perplexed and frantic look on her face. The room was beginning to fill up with steam.
Johan left the room, his glasses were getting fogged up from the steam (this was planned for the skit) he wound up in the bathroom. He saw something in the bathtub, for some reason, it was the cups.
"Guys I found the cups!" Johan called out.
"Where?!" Luis asked in shock.
"In the bath tub!"
"WHAT ON EARTH ARE THE CUPS DOING IN THE BATHROOM?!" Viola shouted.
"I don't know, I didn't put them there!" Johan replied, running back downstairs with the cups in hand. The four of them wasted no time in pouring the tea into all of the cups.
"Phew, disaster averted." Tamara sighed, everyone then heard the ding sound of the oven signaling the turkey is finished cooking.
"Ok good, the turkey. Let's get this done." Viola said. She was about to go get the turkey from the oven but she realized she had no oven mitts.
"Oh here we go!" Luis said, facepalming himself, Viola struggled a bit to ask Luis to stop complaining but she had to stick to the script. Suddenly, the phone rang, Tamara picked it up.
"Hello?" She said.
"Hey Tammy, it's your father. We're coming home a bit early, did you get everything done?" Damion asked.
"We can't find the oven mitts!" Johan cried.
"Just getting the turkey out now! Hehe!" Tamara chuckled.
"Great, we'll be home in a few minutes." Damion stated.
"Ok, bye! ... MOM AND DAD ARE COMING!" Tamara shouted, this put everyone in panic mode.
"There's no more time to wait, we need to get that turkey out now!" Johan yelled.
"But what about the oven mitts?" Viola questioned.
"No time! Luis clear the table!" Johan ordered, Luis did as he was asked, Johan opened the oven and took out the cooked turkey. It burned his hands (this was fake, his hands are just painted red and the smoke that the oven is making is from a smoke machine).
"Move the oven mitts!" Johan screamed, he set the turkey down on the table and went to go tend to his burned hands. The door to the 'house' opened, Nikki and Damion walked in.
"We're home!" Nikki announced.
"Glad to see the house didn't burn down!" Damion added.
"This wasn't to stressful for you all, was it?" Nikki asked.
"Nah, it was pretty easy." Luis answered.
"Yeah, wasn't too bad." Viola added, the curtain closed, signaling the end of the skit. [2]
"So, how was it?" Briar asked Chris and the interns.
"Ehh... I give it a 3." Chris answered, the Turtles looked a bit insulted.
"I disagree, I thought it was entertaining." Dawn responded.
"Me too, I thought it was funny." Sammy agreed.
"Nobody cares what you think Samey! Anyway, it wasn't bad but it wasn't that good either." Amy stated.
"Well, it's my show so I make the scores. Anyway, Roosters you're up!" Chris exclaimed.
From backstage, the Roosters had just finished setting up their set. Sapphire and Astrid were putting make up on Ruby to make her look older.
"Are you sure about this?" Ruby asked.
"Sure I'm sure! The key to a good act is prying at the audience's heart strings!" Sapphire replied.
*confessional*
Ruby: This better work, I don't want to have dressed up like an old lady for nothing.
*end confessional*
Michael and Michiko went up on stage.
"Our skit is a bit of mood whiplash from the previous skit, this one is meant to be more emotional."
"Hopefully that won't stop it's appeal." Michiko added.
The curtain rose again, this set was once again, a house. Though this time Ruby was in there alone, she was sitting in a rocking chair wearing a sweater. The makeup that Sapphire and Astrid applied earlier looked pretty realistic.
"I've lived a good long life, I've loved and laughed but what I miss most of all is my sweet little goat, Shopah." Ruby said with a nostalgic and melancholic tone of voice, she began crying, thankfully not smearing her make up. "Oh... baah baah." [3]
Chris looked visibly moved by Ruby's act. Dawn, Sammy and Amy were crying, even Chef was crying at this!
"Ok enough! Enough, if you can make Chef cry then you've won." Chris said, choking back tears. The Rowdy Roosters cheered while the Turtles looked conflicted about their loss. Who would they vote off?
At the Gilded Chris Ceremony
Chris stood at the podium of the amphitheater, he was wearing a fancy blue suit.
"Welcome, Tenacious Turtles, to the first ever Gilded Chris Ceremony. Here's how the eliminations will work this season. Under your seats are devices that have the faces of the members of your team, all you need to do is tap the face of the person you want to eliminate and it will count for one vote. When you're ready, place your votes." Chris explained.
*confessionals*
Nikki: This is going to be SO HARD!
Johan: Wow, the first elimination and I have no idea who it vote for...
Tamara: Should I do this? Is it right?
Corlissa: I really hope Damion doesn't get voted off, he's already in enough pain as it is!
*end confessionals*
The interns approached Chris on stage, Amy and Sammy wore matching Green dresses while Dawn wore a light blue dress, her hair was also tied up into a bun. Dawn handed Chris a tray of awards that looked exactly like Chris.
"Alright, the votes are in. If you receive a Gilded Chris Award, you are safe. For now! The first contestant safe is... Tamara!"
"Next is Nikki!"
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"Damion!" Corlissa breathed a sigh of relief knowing her boyfriend was safe.
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"Viola!"
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"Johan!"
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"And Briar!"
Luis and Corlissa looked worried, neither of them wanted to be eliminated first, but someone had to go. Damion was worried as well, Corlissa was the only one who knew what happened to him since Season 1 ended.
"And the final Gilded Chris Award goes to..."
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*Corlissa bites her nails frantically, Luis crosses his fingers with his eyes shut tightly, Damion waits with a nervous expression on his face*
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"Luis!" Chris tossed the last award to Luis who caught it. Corlissa and Damion looked absolutely shocked, the other Turtles looked downright guilty.
"Why guys?!" Damion questioned. Chef began to drag Corlissa to the Lame-O-Sine.
"Wait! Who's going to support Damion?!" Corlissa asked as Chef threw her into the Lame-O-Sine. The limo sped off before she could argue.
"And so we have our first elimination! How will Damion cope with having his girlfriend voted off? From how he's been acting, I doubt it. What sort of movie challenge will we have next time? And most importantly, who will be the next one to take a ride on the Lame-O-Sine?! Find out next time on Total Drama Action!"
That's it, it was really hard eliminating Corlissa first but I have some plans for the others. Anyway, how did you feel about the challenge? Also, do you have any ideas for movie challenges? One last thing, I'd like to wish all of you a happy new year!
References:
[1]: A reference to 'Dancing with the Stars'
[2]: Some parts of the skit also happened in an episode of 'Malcolm in the Middle'
[3]: That was Duncan's performance in the original season 2.