Sorry this chapter took do long to get out, I've been working on several other projects that are taking some of my time (you may have already seen one). Anyway, enjoy the chapter!
"Last time on Total Drama Action, our 14 competitors took a trip through our haunted house, Hayden and Nikki happily volunteered to be part of the next part of the challenge. Which was to exorcise their inner demons! Actually, Chef just hypnotized them into believing they were possessed. At the end of it all, the Tenacious Turtles won, and since Hayden was invincible due to being part of the challenge, Michael was the one who took a ride on the Lame-O-Sine. Thirteen remain, what sort of surprises will happen today? Find out right now on Total Drama Action!"
It was a rather cloudy morning at the film lot, Luis was still upset about Michael's elimination. He turned to Hayden.
"This is all your fault!" Luis shouted an a rather rare moment of anger.
"You and Michael aren't even on the same team anymore. Besides, everyone else on my team is just as guilty." Hayden replied, Luis didn't talk back, he knew that Hayden was technically right. He checked up on the injured bird, with some of Dawn's herbal remedies and some time, it was able to walk again, though just barely. Luis patted it on the head and went to go get some breakfast.
*confessional*
Luis: It stinks not having Michael around anymore, he was one of the few boys I really talked to. Though I suppose this does give me a chance to interact with the others.
*end confessional*
Surprisingly, breakfast went on without any interruptions from Chris. The Rowdy Roosters were all looking guilty about voting Michael off, but since Hayden was safe, there wasn't anything they could do about it now.
"Do you think we did the right thing?" Astrid asked.
"I'm not even sure, Michael was one of the strongest guys here. But we can't quit now! If we work as a team then we can do this!" Ruby announced.
"Ruby's right! We just need to focus!" Dutch stated, Michiko nodded in agreement.
"And if we lose again?" Ciana asked, everyone turned to Hayden, who was sitting at the end of the Roosters' table by himself, eating his breakfast.
Everyone soon finished their breakfast and headed back to their trailers. As soon as they got there however, they all heard the sound of police sirens blaring. Suddenly, bags were placed over everyone's heads.
When the bags were taken off of everyone's head, they saw Chris, Chef and the interns.
"Welcome to Studio #5! Today's challenge will be-" Chris began before Ciana cut him off.
"WHAT THE F*CK MCLEAN?!"
Chris gave her an annoyed look and then continued.
"As I was saying, welcome to Studio #5, today's movie genre is: Prison Movies!"
The contestants looked around, the studio actually looked like a real prison. This fact made Ciana feel a bit awkward as she is a gangster and, obviously, isn't too good with the law.
"First off, both teams will need to choose one member to be stuck in jail!" Chris said, pointing to a small jail cell that looked like it could only hold 1 person. "I'll give you both a minute to choose."
Both teams huddled up.
"I think it might be best it we leave Hayden in the cell. That way, if his team loses, he'll be sure to be voted off!" Tamara stated.
"Great idea!" Viola said. "Anything to make sure he doesn't get in our way!"
"So who do you think should get locked up?" Ciana asked.
"Honestly I think we might need to pick Johan, he won the last challenge for his team. Who knows what else he has up his sleeves?" Michiko suggested.
"That is true, anybody have any other ideas?" Ruby asked the others.
"Time's up!" Chris announced. "Roosters, you're first!"
"We picked... Johan." Ciana answered, Nicki gasped in shock.
"Turtles, what about you?"
"Hayden, obviously." Viola replied, glaring at her enemy. Chef took the two chosen contestants by the arms and pushed them into their cells. [1]
"Now, you two need to find a way out of your cells and there will be a special surprise for you two at the end of the challenge. As for the rest of you, follow me." Chris explained, leading everyone else to another part of the studio.
*confessionals*
Viola: Man it feels good to see Hayden locked up!
Nikki: It just doesn't feel right seeing Johan in prison!
*end confessionals*
Chris lead everyone to the courtyard section of the studio, Chef and the interns had changed into prison guard uniforms. There was a small obstacle course that consisted of a mud puddle the contestants had to swing over, a rock wall and an empty field.
"For your part of the challenge, you have 2 hours to make it through the obstacle course and to the safe zone past our guards. If they catch you, you have to start over."
From the other side of the courtyard, Dawn was speaking with Sammy.
"Are you ready Sammy?" Dawn asked.
"You might as well ask a goose if it's ready to be cooked!" Amy responded, making Sammy uncomfortable, Dawn put her hand on Sammy's shoulder and whispered into her ear.
"I don't usually like promoting violence, but if it helps to get some frustration out, just pretend to people competing are your sister."
"Just pretend they're Amy, just pretend they're Amy!" Sammy said to herself. [2]
*confessionals*
Amy: Honestly, Samey is so useless! She's like a spare me! *she gasps* Her name should be Sparemy! I am changing her birth certificate as soon as I get home!" [3]
Samey: Talking with Dawn has honestly made things a bit better around here for me! Chris and Amy may still be jerks, but at least I have someone to talk to.
*end confessionals*
"Everybody ready? ... No? Well too bad! Go!" Chris announced, blowing his air horn.
Johan and Hayden were sitting around in their cells looking for something to break out with. Hayden noticed a nail file on the floor of his cell. Johan didn't find anything out of place except for a poster on the wall that said 'There's something behind here', obviously it was there to make people think that it was just a trick, but just to be sure, Johan checked behind the poster. There was a brick and a large rusty pipe behind it!
Hayden began to chisel away at the bars of the cell using the nail file while Johan busted open the pipe with the brick. The inside of the pipe was full of dirty water, it smelled terrible, but Johan had to suck it up and keep going.
*confessional*
Johan: You know, I noticed that Chris didn't tell us about a golden ticket for this challenge.
*end confessional*
The contestants in the courtyard had easily gotten past he obstacle course, but getting past the 4 'guards' was anything but easy. Mostly due to Chef and, surprisingly, Sammy!
"I have to admit, I didn't expect you to be good at this!" Chef praised.
"Hehe, thanks, I guess I just needed the right motivation!" Sammy replied.
The Turtles huddled together again.
"Ok, we need some sort of game plan." Viola said.
"You need to distract the guards, in the meantime, the others will get past them." Briar suggested. "So... who's going to distract them?"
"I'll do it!" Viola volunteered.
"Me too!" Damion said, raising his hand. "Let's be honest, I haven't really been pulling my weight for a while." Some of the Turtles nodded their head a bit.
"I won't like it, but I'll do it." Tamara announced.
"Count me in!" Luis added, surprising everyone.
"Why?" Briar asked.
"Do you remember the challenge in Season 1 where we were all buried underground? I was the last member of my team to be found, somehow I managed to outrun both Dutch and Michiko. This shouldn't be too different right?" Luis explained. [4]
"Alright Luis, we're counting on you." Viola said.
The Roosters tried to come up with a plan as well (except Michiko, who was fighting Chef).
"Anybody have a plan?" Ruby asked. The Roosters all shook their heads. Suddenly, they all saw Michiko (with her eyes glowing red again) picking up Chef and throwing him to the ground, knocking him unconscious. Everyone was absolutely gobsmacked at this. Taking the opportunity, the Turtles ran for the safe zone, since they all took the interns by surprise, they all managed to reach the safe zone.
"And the Tenacious Turtles score!" Chris announced. The Turtles all cheered. "Hold it! The Turtles just got a score, you haven't won yet! We still need to check on our little jailbirds!" Chris continued, referring to Hayden and Johan.
Everyone returned to the cells, Hayden was already waiting waiting outside of his cell.
"And it looks like Hayden got out of his cell first!" Chris exclaimed, the Roosters breathed a sigh of relief.
Just outside of the studio, Johan crawled out of the pipe that lead to the outside.
"I'm free! I'M FREE! Hahaha!" He laughed, it started to rain, Johan removed his shirt to let the rain wash the dirt off of him. [5]
Chef (who had regained consciousness earlier) got Johan and took him back inside of the studio.
"Glad you could join us Johan." Chris said, throwing a towel at the boy, who was embarrassed as he completely forgot he was on television.
"Now I saw how our two criminals broke out of their cells and the person who did it first was..." Chris said, holding the answer for dramatic effect.
"Johan. This means that the Tenacious Turtles win the challenge!"
The Turtles cheered again, Nikki hugged her boyfriend while Luis and Damion high-fived.
"One more thing! I mentioned that there would be a surprise for you two. However the surprise only really counts for the losing team. Since the Roosters lost and Hayden so graciously volunteered to be in the cell, he's spared from elimination!" Chris announced.
"WHAT?!" Astrid and Ciana shouted, even Viola looked angry about this.
"All decisions are final!" Chris added.
Some time later, Michiko (who's eyes were still glowing red) carefully took a book out from the bookcase in the girl's trailer, the book she took was the one Briar hid the golden ticket. She took the ticket and hid it in her pocket.
"Rowdy Roosters, get ready to vote someone off!" Chris exclaimed.
*confessional*
Michiko: Did Briar really think I wouldn't notice the ticket she was hiding?
*end confessional*
Elimination Ceremony
"Wow, three times in a row! That's gotta suck!" Chris teased, the Rowdy Roosters all gave him a nasty glare. "Alright, since Hayden has immunity, he can't be voted off tonight. So make your votes."
*confessionals*
Ruby: I'm not really sure who to vote for, I planned on voting for Hayden if we lost...
Dutch: Hayden has to be cheating, it's the only logical reason as to how hes always safe!
Michiko: Well if Hayden is safe then I should at least vote for the second biggest threat.
Hayden: I honestly don't know why I'm always safe, I guess I'm just getting lucky. *he takes out another cigarette and lights it*
*end confessionals*
"Oh, this is gonna be good!" Chris teased. "The first Gilded Chris Awards go to Hayden and Michiko!"
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"Next is Ruby!"
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"And Dutch! Astrid and Ciana, I have to admit, I'm a little surprised about these results. But I'm not allowed to interfere or tamper with the votes so the final Gilded Chris Award goes to..."
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"Ciana!" Ciana happily caught her award while Astrid gasped in shock.
"Well Astrid, the Lame-O-Sine awaits." Chris said, Astrid bid farewell to her teammates and left in the limousine.
"And with that, both of last season's finalists have been eliminated! Who will be taking a ride on the Lame-O-Sine next? What will happen to the Golden Movie Ticket? Will the Rowdy Roosters pull themselves actually win? What kind of trouble will Michiko do next? Find out next time on Total Drama Action!" Chris signed off.
And so Astrid takes her leave... writing for her was pretty fun and it feels a bit bad having her eliminated... Anyway though, the next chapter will have a series of episodes that would be shown periodically in the actual series. Hope you enjoyed the chapter.
References:
1. Ever since Total Drama Island Revamped, Viola has hated Hayden.
2 & 3: Both are pretty much moments that happened in Pahkitew Island.
4. A reference to the chapter 'From Beneath You We Scream' from TDAR
5. A reference to The Shawshank Redemption, a very famous movie.
IMPORTANT NOTICE: I NEED A FEW MORE OC'S FOR THE NEXT CHAPTER, UNFORTUNATELY THEY WON'T PLAY A MAJOR ROLE, BUT I WOULD LIKE FOR YOU, THE READERS, TO BE A LITTLE MORE INVOLVED IN THE STORY AS WELL.