Sorry that this chapter took a while to get out. In all honesty, I've been excited for this chapter! I hope you guys enjoy!
"Last time on Total Drama Action, our two teams had a run in with our resident aliens! The Rowdy Roosters are showing that they don't really function well as a team with Astrid, Hayden, and Ciana all fighting for control. The Tenacious Turtles on the other hand, seem to be alright under Viola's leadership! But will it last? In the end, Hayden found the golden movie ticket, which saved him from elimination and gotten Sapphire taken down in his place. But that's not all, after a little fight, Hayden and Michael accidentally crippled a bird, hopefully we won't get any hate mail for that... As for the girls, Viola disbanded from the girl's alliance to lead her team. But can Viola handle being a leader? Probably. But what kind of movie challenge will our contestants do today? Find out right here, right now on Total Drama Action!"
(Long intro is very long)
The contestants were having a reasonably normal day. Chris didn't give them a challenge to complete... yet. They were all in the mess hall eating dinner, Dawn was tending to the bird that had been accidentally injured. All seemed normal until a loudspeaker in the tent turned on.
"Attention everyone! Head over to Studio #4 immediately! That includes you too, interns." Chris announced.
*confessionals*
Luis: It seems a little late for a challenge. Doesn't it? [1]
Hayden: Some of you may be wondering why I didn't have Michael eliminated even though he's a large threat. Well, he could be useful in physical challenges. Now that I think about it though, Ciana and Astrid are on my team so I may not have to worry about that.
Michiko: I wasn't focused on the game last season, but that was only because Mal was there. Since he isn't here, I don't need to hold back anymore! The only real threats right now are Hayden and Ciana. Nobody really likes Hayden so I'm pretty sure that he'll be the first to go if my team loses again.
*end confessionals
Chris was waiting for the contestants, he seemed to be rather excited for the challenge.
"Glad to see you all here, let's keep it simple. Half of this studio is set up like a haunted house, there are two separate entrances for both teams. All you need to do is get to other side." Chris explained, he and Chef then began chuckling.
"What's so funny?" Dutch asked.
"Oh nothing. Also, as you may know, Hayden found the golden movie ticket in the previous challenge so." Chris began, the others glared at him.
"Here's the catch though, i've hidden ANOTHER golden ticket in this haunted house! Same rules apply, if you find it, you're safe! Now go!" Chris announced, starting the challenge. The two teams raced into the haunted house. Chris turned to the interns.
"Now, I need you three to do something important."
Tenacious Turtles
The Turtles were running through a hallway that was adorned with bookcases and framed pictures on the wall that watched the team. Briar looked a bit skeptical about the haunted house.
"So much for this 'haunted house'." She said, rolling her eyes.
"What about these paintings?" Tamara asked "There staring into our souls!" She looked rather uncomfortable.
"They're probably just animatronics." Briar answered, she looked right at one of the portraits.
"She's right, there's no such thing as ghosts, that's just illogical!" Luis added. Nikki took a few steps forward, stepping onto a rug that looked rather out of place. Briar noticed something odd about the portrait, one of the corners was hanging off of the wall. As she was putting it into place, she found the golden ticket! She put it in her pocket, wary not to let anyone catch her. She liked her team, but she didn't want anyone hounding her for the ticket.
"Look, we're wasting time. We need to keep moving!" Viola said, the rug underneath Nikki's feet suddenly sank into the floor, taking her with it. Nobody saw this.
"Where's Nikki?" Johan asked, nobody seemed to know. "Nikki? Nikki?! Are you there?!"
"Johan. She probably just went off ahead. We need to keep moving too." Viola remarked.
"I hope you're right..." Johan replied with an anxious look on his face.
*confessionals*
Briar: The thought of spirits of deceased people returning to haunt the living is purely preposterous! But this golden movie ticket, with it I am assured safety. So worst case scenario, I use this ticket!
Luis: You know, it's nice having another intellectual on my team! Plus Briar is kind of pretty. *he begins to blush*
Damion: Every day were losing more and more people... *he sighs*
Johan: She couldn't have gone ahead, we would have heard her! I really hope she's ok..."
*end confessionals*
Rowdy Roosters
The Roosters were in a very large room however the "floor" was just one path from one end of the room to the other end. This path barely had any room for the entire team to stand on. They were walking as carefully as they could to prevent falling. Ciana was walking in front of everyone, the lights in the room were relatively dim, everything was quiet. Suddenly a cardboard cutout of a cartoonish ghost popped up from the floor in front of Ciana, causing everyone except Hayden and Astrid to scream. [2] Hayden and Ciana just looked annoyed, without any warning, Ciana punched the cutout in two!
"Oh come on you big babies!" Hayden said.
"Shut up Hayden!" Astrid and Michiko shouted simultaneously, Hayden just rolled his eyes. The others looked incredibly embarrassed about being scared by a cardboard ghost, especially Michael and Dutch. Michiko's eyes began glowing, in fit f of rage she kicked Hayden off of the path, letting him plummet into the darkness below, the others were shocked. Even Ciana looked surprised about this.
"What was that about?" Ruby asked.
"Sorry, I just couldn't deal with him anymore." Michiko admitted.
"I know how you feel but, did you really have to kick him like that?" Astrid questioned.
"Who cares, let's just keep moving!" Ciana remarked, moving everyone along. Dutch and Michael looked at each other, shrugged their shoulders, and just kept moving along with their team.
Hayden landed on a soft mattress, he looked around the room he was in and saw Nikki next to him. They were in some sort of office.
"Where are we?" Nikki asked.
"Don't know, don't care." Hayden answered. Nikki gave him an annoyed glance.
"At least help me find the light switch." She said, looking around the room. Thankfully, she found a button that was labeled 'Light', she eagerly pressed the button but the only thing she heard was a clicking sound, the lights didn't turn on. She tried pressing it a few more times but it didn't work.
"If it didn't work once it won't work if you're repeatedly tapping it." Hayden said, taking out his cigarettes and lighter again. Before he got a chance to light it, the two heard what sounded like like a broken music box.
They faced the direction where the sound was coming from and they saw what looked like an animatronic without any costume, just the mechanical parts. They also heard the sound of someone or something running towards them.
The two prepared themselves for whatever was running towards them. [3a]
After about 20 minutes, both teams made it out of the haunted house at the same time. Tamara and Luis both looked shaken up. Chris and Chef were waiting for them, but the interns weren't there.
"A tie?!" Ruby said in shock.
"Yes Ruby, both teams tied in going through the haunted house. But it looks like you're both missing a member." Chris remarked, grinning slightly. Johan looked even more worried as he said that.
"Yeah, we got separated from Hayden." Astrid admitted.
"Darn shame." Dutch added without much enthusiasm. [4]
"Chris, please tell me that Nikki's ok!" Johan pleaded.
"I promise you, Nikki and Hayden are just fine. In fact, they're the second part of the challenge!" Chris announced.
"What?" Everyone said in confusion. From a nearby room in the studio, Dawn and the Twins came out with several costumes. Dawn had a costume that resembled a Teddy Bear, Amy had one that looked like a Fox that had an eye patch and a hook, and Sammy had one that looked like a Purple Rabbit. [3b]
"Here's the deal, Nikki and Hayden have been 'possessed' and it's up to you to cure them!" Chris explained.
"Possessed?" Briar and Luis said skeptically.
"Possessed?!" Tamara said in shock.
"Is Nikki ok?!" Johan questioned.
"Easy! Easy! Physically, they're fine. But they're acting pretty weird, it's your job to cure them. Now hop to it!" Chris answered.
Rowdy Roosters
The Roosters were about to enter one of the rooms (Hayden and Nikki are in two different rooms) Ruby was reaching for the doorknob, she was hesitant in doing so. Suddenly, the door burst open, Hayden came out of it with a big smile on his face.
"Hi guys! How are you!" The possessed Hayden greeted, the others looked pleasantly surprised. Hayden was actually being nice to them! Astrid and Ruby went into the room with Hayden, once the door closed, the others burst into wild laughter.
Possessed Hayden's room was nice, bright and cheerful. He still had genuine smile on his face.
"So Hayden, you're... possessed now?" Ruby asked.
"Oh, my name isn't Hayden, it's Chico! I'm just using Hayden's body." Hayden err... Chico explained.
"Oh well, can you leave Hayden's body?" Astrid asked.
"But I don't wanna!" Chico whined. Suddenly, Ruby's cell phone began vibrating, she received a text message from Viola.
'It feels like someone's complaining over there. Is someone complaining?' ~Viola
Ruby began sending a text back.
'Yeah, Hayden got possessed by this ghost of a little kid I guess? He doesn't want to leave Hayden's body.'
Ruby put away her cell phone to focus on the challenge.
Tenacious Turtles
The Turtles were watching their door with much hesitation, mostly because a cold mist was coming from the door. Johan eventually opened the door, the room was dark and cold, Nikki was laying in a bed that was conveniently there in the room.
"G-guys..." Nikki called out weakly, the others approached her, Johan grabbed her hand in an attempt to comfort her. She looked weak.
"Don't worry Nikki, we're gonna help you!" Johan assured. Nikki's eyes turned black, she then roared at the group in a voice that sounded much deeper and demonic! The Turtles all backed off in shock.
"HAHAHAHA!" The possessed Nikki cackled. Everyone except Nikki ran out o lf the room as fast as they could.
"What the hell?!" Damion said. Viola game him a look for cursing.
"I'm going back in there, I need to save Nikki!" Johan announced, some of the others held him back.
"Are you crazy?! Luis cried out.
"I don't know if we can save Nikki..." Tamara remarked.
"Oh, quit complaining! If the man thinks he can save his girlfriend, then he should go for it!" Viola argued. Johan reentered the room.
"Johan." Nikki said weakly, she still had her possessed voice, Johan stepped a bit closer to her, he was in a cold sweat, not knowing what the Possessed Nikki would do next.
"Closer..." Nikki said, Johan stepped closer to the bed. 'Nikki' placed her hand on Johan's cheek and looked him right in the eyes, her eyes were still pitch black. "It would be lovely if I could... have a...cup...of... TEA!" She shouted, lifting the covers to reveal her (in her pajamas) hiding a tray of tea with cups and sugar. Johan screamed, but his screams quickly died down, he gave Nikki an annoyed look.
Rowdy Roosters
The Roosters had no luck on exorcising Chico from Hayden's body. Chico seemed reasonably nice, but he didn't want to leave Hayden, he was beginning to act like a whiny kid. Viola seemed to be watching the Roosters' room suspiciously.
"What's with you?" Tamara asked.
"Someone's complaining in there... I can feel it..." Viola answered.
The Roosters all exited the room, they all looked annoyed.
"Ugh, as if Hayden wasn't enough of a headache as it is!" Ciana hissed.
"Having some trouble?" Chris asked. Before anyone could answer, Chris continued speaking. "If you really want to cure the contestants, you'll have to recite this incantation to them!" He handed both teams a slip of paper and then left.
"Good luck!" Chris called out as he left.
"Well what does it say?" Michael asked. Johan read it out loud to everyone.
"To perform an exorcism, recite this incantation: 'Hullabaloo, and howdy doo! Musty prawns, and Timbuktu! Yeltsy-by and hibbety-hoo! Kick em' in the dishpan! Hoo Hoo hoo!'" The others looked at him with confused and surprised expressions, Johan himself looked dumbfounded. "Kick 'em in the dishpan? Hoo hoo hoo?!"
"What does that even mean?" Luis questioned.
"What? Just... what?!" Michael stated. Ciana and Johan grabbed the paper and went into their respective rooms again. They tried reciting the incantation but Ciana seemed to be thrown from her room while Johan exited his covered in what looked like ectoplasm.
*confessionals*
Ciana: Oh I am SO getting back at Hayden for that!
Johan: That was just gross! But I'm not giving, Nikki's my girlfriend and it's my job to help her!
*end confessionals*
Interns
Dawn and Sammy were having lunch, Amy was taking a nap so Sammy finally had some free time.
"So Sammy, do you know exactly why your sister is so rude towards you?" Dawn asked.
"Well, maybe it has to do with the fact that she's 17 minutes older than me, or when everyone confused the two of us and she had me shave my head so people could tell the difference between ." Sammy answered.
"That's horrible!" Dawn replied, "Have you ever tried talking to her about it? Perhaps you two can reach some sort agreement?"
"I don't know..." Sammy answered, she sounded a bit afraid.
"Don't worry, I said I'll help. Whenever you need someone to talk to, just let me know!" Dawn assured, Sammy smiled at her fellow intern.
*confessional*
Sammy: It's nice having someone that actually wants to talk to me. Is this what having a friend is like?
*end confessional*
Back with the contestants, the Roosters looked like they were all about to have aneurysms. Johan was putting on a large raincoat and rubber gloves.
"Alright... I'm going in!" He said.
*confessionals*
Briar: You have to admire his fortitude!
Viola: See, that's what this team needs! A player who doesn't give up and is willing to fight for his teammates!
Tamara: It's really brave of Johan to go in there, honestly I only went in once. I couldn't handle seeing Nikki so... scary.
*end confessionals*
Johan barged into the room, he was reciting the incantation, Thankfully he wasn't splattered with ectoplasm again. He managed to successfully recite it and turn Nikki back to normal! [5]
"Hey sweetie!" Nikki greeted, hugging her boyfriend.
"And it looks like the Turtles win!" Chris announced. Chef walked into the Roosters' room and snapped his fingers, turning Hayden back to normal as well.
"Wait... so all we had to do was snap our fingers to turn Hayden back to normal?!" Ruby shouted.
"Nope." Chris answered. "Only Chef could turn him back that way, you all had to do the incantation." The Roosters all looked ticked off. "Anyway, Roosters, get ready to vote someone else off and as an added twist, since Hayden 'volunteered' to be our possessed contestant, he's safe from elimination!"
"WHAT?!" The others shrieked.
"Hey, if it was the Turtles who lost, Nikki would be the one that's safe. Now get ready to vote someone off!" Chris replied
Elimination Ceremony
"Alright Rowdy Roosters, you know the drill now. Make your votes!" Chris announced.
*confessionals*
Ciana: Nothing personal.
Astrid: It honestly wouldn't be fair if you won.
Michiko: You'd probably be the biggest threat if you make it to the merge so...
*end confessionals*
Amy handed Chris the awards, Chef was (thankfully) wearing his regular attire.
"Since Hayden is immune, he gets the first Gilded Me!"
"As for the rest of you, if I call your name then you're safe. For now."
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"Ruby and Ciana!"
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"Michiko"
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"And Astrid. This is definitely interesting, the winner of season one is now in the bottom 2! The final Gilded Chris Award of the night goes to..."
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"Dutch!" Dutch caught his award, but he was still shocked, but nobody was as shocked as Michael.
"Oh how the might have fallen." Chris commented, Michael voluntarily entered the Lame-O-Sine which then drove off.
"And so last season's winner is this season's loser! Hehe. Who's going home next? What movie genre will we use next? And will Hayden get voted off? Find out next time on Total Drama Action!"
Meanwhile, in the girls' trailer, Briar was reading a book. When she was finished reading, she put the golden ticket in the book and closed it, using it as a bookmark and simultaneously hiding it from the others. Once she put the book away, she went to bed.
Yeah... having Michael voted off was hard, but it would be unfair to have Michael win again. Anyway I hope you liked this chapter.
References:
1. A joke about how practically every challenge in Total Drama Island Revamped tool place in the day, the only challenges that had some parts set at night were the Awake-a-thon, the Boot Camp challenge and the camping challenge.
2. A reference to Spooky's House of Jump Scares, a horror game that looks cute but suddenly turns creepy.
3(a and b). A reference to 5 Nights at Freddy's
4. Duncan said that when Chris mentioned that the Killer Bass were missing Katie and Sadie in season 1's camping episode.
5. The Turtles' side of the challenge was based off of an episode of Courage the Cowardly Dog. The Roosters' was original.