Argh, late chapter! It's up though, so enjoy! Any kind of feedback would also be helpful by the way.
"Last time on Total Drama Action, our 13 competitors had a wild time in our prison movie challenge. The Tenacious Turtles beat the Rowdy Roosters again, but since Hayden was exempt from elimination, Astrid was left to take the fall. With 12 contestants remaining, who will be the next to take the ride on the Lame-O-Sine. Stay tuned for more comedy, drama, romance, and best of all... drama! Only here on Total Drama Action!"
Johan, Dutch and Luis were tending to the injured bird (who was healing quite nicely), Hayden entered the trailer, he had just finished brushing his teeth (Damion was currently brushing his), Dutch scowled as soon as he saw him.
"Why are you still bothering with that thing? Wouldn't Dawn be able to help it?" Hayden questioned.
"You're one to talk! You broke it's leg!" Dutch responded. Hayden just rolled his eyes.
In the girl's trailer, Briar was looking through the trailer with a hint of panic. The girls watched her look with a confused look on their faces.
"What's wrong Briar?" Nikki asked.
"Oh, um, I'm looking for a book mark that I must have lost." Briar answered, the others seemed oblivious to her lie, except for Michiko.
"It seems like you're overreacting a bit." Viola noted.
"Well, this bookmark is my favorite and I'd really not like losing it."
"We can help you look for it if you want!" Tamara proposed.
"Oh no, it's fine. I don't want you to concern yourselves over me." Briar responded, she didn't want the others to find out about her keeping the golden ticket.
*confessionals*
Tamara: I can kind of understand how Briar is feeling, it stinks to lose something that special to you.
Briar: Where could that ticket possible have gone?! I know I had put it inside one of the books! Unless... someone already took it! But who?
Michiko: I need to make sure nobody knows I have the ticket, keeping it in a safe space might not help. I mean, look what I did with Briar, so it may be better to keep it on me at all times and keep it out of anyone's sight.
*end confessionals*
Chef then knocked on the door of the girls trailer.
"We're having a meeting, everyone outside! Now!" He shouted, the girls hurried outside, the boys were already outside. Chris was standing in front of them with a checklist in his hands.
"Thanks for getting everyone Chef. Now I have an important announcement to make. To shake up the drama a bit, we're switching the teams around a bit!" Chris announced. "From now on, Tamara and Luis are with the Roosters. Hayden and Dutch, you're on the Turtles now!"
The Turtles groaned when they found out that Hayden was on their team, Viola just growled at Hayden, who didn't seem intimidated, but he kept his distance.
"Now, as for today's challenge, I'm feeling benign today so I'll make this challenge nice for you all. Today's challenge is about romance movies!" Chris said, Nikki and Johan smiled at each other. "Meet me at Studio #6 so we can get this challenge started."
A hour later everyone entered the studio, some of them looked a bit disappointed about the appearance of the studio, especially Ciana.
"What's with all of this granny pink everywhere?!" She questioned. "Are we in Katie Price's... actually, let's not go there." [1]
"And I'm glad you didn't." Chris remarked. "Anyway, here's the challenge. Each team must select two groups to go through our romantic obstacle course and at the end, must share a kiss in our tunnel of love, and before you ask, yes you MUST kiss. We have our interns to see if you do. You have 5 minutes to decide which pairs will go."
While the contestants were deciding which groups would go, Chris entered a room with a number of cameras set to night vision mode looking into a dark tunnel, which is the tunnel that Chris mentioned earlier, sitting at the chairs in the room were Dawn and the twins.
"Girls, I need one of you to keep an eye on the cameras and the other two to help out with the obstacle course." Chris said, Amy immediately pushed Sammy out of her chair.
"No problem Chris, Samey can do it!" Amy said. Dawn went to go help Sammy up, but Chris took this as a sign of her volunteering.
"Ok then, Amy you make sure the contestants kiss, as for you two, you're going to make things a little harder for the contestants." Chris said, taking Dawn and Sammy above the obstacle course.
The teams were deciding which of them would pair up. The Turtles already had a pair as Johan and Nikki quickly volunteered as a pair.
"So that's one pair, now we only need one more." Dutch stated Nikki then grinned, she had an idea.
"Viola, why don't you go with Dutch?" She proposed.
"I'm not too sure." Viola said.
"You don't need to worry Viola, this is just for the challenge." Nikki assured.
"If you say so..." Viola sighed.
The Roosters had a bit of a more difficult time choosing a pair, they didn't have a couple to use as a pair, but Ciana quickly made up a pair for the team.
"Ok, here's how it's gonna go. Scrawny, you go with Red!" She proclaimed, referring to Tamara and Luis, causing the two of them to blush. Before Ciana could pair up any of the others, Chris stopped her.
"Time's up! I want the two pairs for each team to step forward." Chris announced. Johan, Nikki, Dutch and Viola stepped forward for the Turtles but only Tamara and Luis stepped forward for the Roosters.
"What's wrong Roosters? Too chicken to send your second pair?" Chris teased, making chicken noises while doing so. "Hehe, I'm kidding, since you only have one pair and we can't afford to wait for you to make another one, I'll have Hayden paired up with... Ruby!" Some of the girls gasped at Chris' choice, Ruby looked disgusted.
"Alright, no more waiting! Let get this challenge started!" Chris announced, while the contestants were getting ready for the challenge, Chris looked up above the obstacle course and took out a walkie-talkie. "Get ready with the logs."
The four pairs were getting ready at the starting line before Chris stopped them.
"Hold on! This show may have time constraints but we don't need to have all of you go through at once. One pair from each team is enough. No need to rush the challenge. Once one pair has reached the second obstacle, the other pair for that team can begin." He explained, some of the contestants rolled their eyes.
"Anyway, here's an in-depth look at the obstacle course. First is the Skipping Logs, you have to get to the other side of the bridge without getting knocked into the water below and you HAVE TO skip while you do it." He directed everyone's attention to an empty bridge, though it only seemed empty to the contestants. From above, Dawn and Sammy were standing by a number of levers that turned on swinging logs that would knock the contestants into the water under the bridge.
"Next is the Gift Hunt, the boys in the pair with have to go through a small maze to look for a gift for their lady." The maze was relatively small, just as Chris said. There were 4 boxes located at various dead ends in the maze. "As a bonus, the girls are allowed to keep what the boys give them.
"The third obstacle is the Tunnel of Love! Where our lovers must share a kiss in the tunnel that is lit with a nice romantic lighting because it's aesthetic... or maybe it isn't, I don't really care, anyway, the challenge begins... NOW!"
Chris blew his air horn, Johan took Nikki's hand while Luis hesitantly took hold of Tamara's, blushing as he did so. The two pairs skipped across the bridge when they suddenly saw a large log heading right for them. Thankfully they ducked to avoid it.
*confessionals*
Nikki: Y'know, that could've actually been really romantic. Without the chance of getting smacked in the face with the log of course. But it's nice to do a romance challenge with my boyfriend.
Johan: I know I shouldn't really complain, but why did we have to skip? It's just so... embarrassing! I've already had one bad moment involving skipping before...
Tamara: This challenge honestly doesn't seem so bad, aside from the chance of getting a concussion though...
Luis: This is the first time I've really held a girls hand before, it feels kind of nice! *he blushes*
*end confessionals*
The groups managed to cross the bridge with relative eases, the boys then entered the maze while the girls were to stay outside and wait for them. Meanwhile, the other two groups began to cross the bridge. Ruby looked embarrassed and unsettled due the fact that she had to skip across the bridge and because she had to hold Hayden's hand. Dutch and Viola didn't really seem to care about the challenge, they just didn't want to lose.
Back in the maze, Johan and Luis each found one of the boxes, they had a note attached to them. The note read 'Inside this box is a gift that is meant for your princess. Open the box and take the gift to your partner. Show her that you are her compassionate prince.' The boys opened their gifts and tried to find their way out of the maze, it was small, but confusing nonetheless.
After about two minutes, Hayden and Dutch ran into the maze as well, as soon as they did, Johan and Luis found their way out and handed their gifts to Nikki and Tamara respectively. Nikki had a romance novel while Tamara had an emerald necklace.
*confessionals*
Johan: Honestly, I think a romance novel was a pretty good gift. Nikki does collect a lot of books centered around romance. I just hope she's happy.
Nikki: The gift couldn't have been more perfect! I LOVE romance novels of any kind!
Luis: Do girls like getting jewelry? Is it a gift I should always get them?
Tamara: This necklace is sooo pretty! I'm actually kind of thankful that Luis found this for me!
*end confessionals*
The two pairs that had left the maze arrived at the tunnel of love. Before they entered, Chris spoke to them.
"Hold on, I forgot to mention something. The challenge depends on how happy the girls are in the end, AND the miss has to last for at least 5 seconds." He said.
"Why would you tell us this now?!" Michiko and Damion said simultaneously.
"Meh." Was all Chris said in response. The two pairs stepped onto a small raft that led into the Tunnel of Love (which was a small path in the water). Amy was doing her nails when she suddenly received a text. It was from Chris, the text said 'Don't forget 2 watch the pairs. If you don't, you're fired'. Amy rolled her eyes and began watching the cameras, she didn't have to watch Nikki and Johan for too long as they were already kissing.
Tamara and Luis however were having a bit of a rougher time. It took them a little while but they finally kissed, Luis looked as red as Tamara's hair!
*confessionals*
Tamara: The kiss wasn't that bad, in fact, I think Luis might actually be a better kisser than Hayden!
Luis: So that's what a kiss feels like!
*end confessionals*
Meanwhile, Hayden and Dutch had found the two remaining boxes containing the gifts. They quickly managed to exit the maze and give their partner the gift. Dutch gave Viola a pair of admittedly cute shoes while Hayden got Ruby a bouquet of Middlemist Red flowers. [2]
*confessionals*
Viola: I have to admit, these shoes are rather nice!
Ruby: These flowers are actually beautiful! Too bad the person who gave them to me is just awful...
Damion: I really wish I could've done this challenge with Corlissa...
*end confessionals*
Ruby, Dutch, Viola, and Hayden all arrived at the Tunnel of love, just like the previous pairs, they stepped onto rafts and entered the tunnel. Amy was ready to check if the pairs kissed.
Viola and Dutch didn't really have much trouble with their kiss, but they didn't really seem to have much emotion in their kiss.
"Boring!" Amy said, rolling her eyes, she diverted her attention over to Ruby and Hayden. Ruby cringed as she puckered her lips and kissed Hayden. As soon as their lips connected, Ruby pulled away and began coughing.
*confessional*
Ruby: Oh god he tasted like nicotine!
*end confessional*
Once they exited the tunnel, Chris asked the 4 girls what they thought of their 'date'.
"So girls, how was your little date?" He said.
"It was... nice!" Tamara answered, Nikki nodded in agreement, hugging her boyfriend as she did. Viola shrugged her shoulders, a little hint of a smile on her face. Ruby didn't even answer, she was throwing up in a bucket, being comforted by Sammy and Dawn.
"Well... looks like we have our winner!" Chris announced with his usual smile. The Roosters looked down in defeat, Ciana and Michiko looked irritated. "The Rowdy Roosters!"
"What?!" Everyone said in genuine shock.
"The objective of the challenge was to make the girls happy, Johan and Dutch seemed to do a good enough job, but Hayden did not. Luis passed the challenge for his team and since Hayden is a member of the Turtles, he managed to drag his team down." Chris explained. The Turtles all gave Hayden a nasty glare.
"WHAT?! Now THAT is not fair!" Hayden argued.
"Hey, my show, my rules!" Chris responded. "Anyway, Turtles, get ready to vote someone off! As for the Roosters, as a special reward, you all get to have a movie night!"
Later that evening, the Turtles were all seated at the amphitheater. They had already cast their votes and were waiting for Chris to call out who would be getting a Gilded Chris Award for the evening. Chris was looking at the votes and chuckling to himself.
"Hehehe, this is definitely going to be good! The following contestants are safe. Nikki, Viola, and Dutch."
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"Damion."
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"And Briar. So it comes down to Hayden and Johan, I don't think I need to prolong the inevitable. Johan, you're safe!" Chris announced, tossing the award to Johan. "Hayden, looks like you're time is up!"
Hayden, who was smoking the last cigarette in his pack, stood up and walked over to the Lame-O-Sine without turning back. As he went inside, he gave everyone the finger as the car sped off.
"And Hayden has left the game! How happy will the contestants be with him being gone? I'm sure they'll be ecstatic... until the next challenge starts! Hehe! Anyway, stay tuned for the next dramatic episode of Total Drama Action!"
While the Turtles were having their elimination ceremony, the Roosters were watching The Titanic. They all had to share one big bowl of popcorn so it had to be passed around, when it came by Tamara and Luis, they both tried to get some, but their hands ended up touching. Both of them blushed a little bit and continued watching a movie.
*gasp* The antagonist has been voted off so soon?! Yes, he has... we'll kind of. While Hayden is an antagonist, he isn't the antagonist of this season, just like how Heather wasn't the antagonist of the real Total Drama Action. But anyway, I hope you enjoyed, and is there any other movie genre that you'll like to see? Let me know!
References:
1. A nod to one of the videos made by Caddicarus, who I'm a fan of.
2. Middlemist Red flowers are one of, if not THE, rarest kind of flower in the world. The reason I chose this type of flower to use in the chapter is because, well, why the heck not!