After the previous chapter, I became so excited to make this chapter, so I'll keep this A/N short. Enjoy!
"Last time on Total Drama Action, our teams went through a bit of rearranging, the Roosters now have Tamara and Luis, while the Turtles got stuck with Dutch and Hayden. Some interesting things went on in our romance challenge, Johan and Nikki showed us that they're still going strong, but Luis and Tamara seemed to have bonded a bit! The same can't be said for Ruby who had to go through the challenge with Hayden! Hehe. In the end of it all, Hayden took a ride on the Lame-O-Sine while the Roosters got to enjoy a movie night. Things just keep getting better and better, right here on Total Drama Action!"
It was the night of Hayden's elimination, the boys were enjoying the peace.
"I can't believe he's really gone!" Damion said, he seemed a bit more at ease but he sounded melancholic.
"Now all we need to do is get the cigarette smell out of here." Dutch joked. The boys shared a good laugh, meanwhile, the girls were also enjoying Hayden being gone.
"He's gone!" Viola said in joy, "He's really gone!"
Tamara was busy admiring her necklace that Luis gave her during the challenge.
Ciana brought Briar behind the trailer.
"Hey Briar, I need to talk to you about something important."
"Um, sure Ciana. What do you need?"
"Now that Hayden's gone, everyone's probably gonna start picking off the strongest people. I'm strong physically and you're one of the smartest people in the game. If we want to survive, we might have to team up." Ciana suggested. "Plus, Chris hasn't mentioned anything about a golden ticket for a while, I think someone may have found it." Briar looked a bit uneasy when Ciana said that.
"So what do ya' say? Alliance?" Ciana asked, reaching her hand out.
"Ok..." Briar responded, shaking Ciana's hand.
*confessionals*
Briar: Being in an alliance just might be the only way I'm assured safety. I don't have the ticket to fall back on anymore.
Ciana: Ok, so I have an alliance now, but we need to target someone to vote off if we lose again.
Tamara: I... think I might be falling for Luis. He's a sweet guy, he's innocent, and he's been a really good friend to me since last season. But does he feel the same way?
Michiko: I think it's about time I started to show what I can do! And even if my team loses, I'm guaranteed to be safe!
*end confessionals*
"We should make a game plan tomorrow, I'm beat." Ciana said, going back inside the trailer, Briar followed her and everyone went to bed.
The next morning, everyone had awoken and were going to head to the Craft Services Tent, but the boys couldn't get their trailer door open.
"We're locked in!" Johan announced.
"What do you mean we're locked in?! This trailer only locks from the inside!" Luis argued.
"Wait a sec... doesn't Chris have a key that-" Damion began, but one of the windows of the trailer swung open and some sort of smoke bomb was flung inside, knocking all of the boys unconscious before Damion could finish his statement.
Meanwhile, the girls had entered the CS Tent, but they were confused as to why it was empty. Chef wasn't there and neither was Chris.
"Where is everyone?" Ruby asked. Before anyone could answer, another smoke bomb rolled into the tent and knocked all of the girls out.
The teens woke up in some sort of subterranean cavern, they were all groggy from their rough morning.
"Ugh, what the hell just happened?" Ciana cursed. Suddenly, a monitor appeared out of one of the walls in the cave, the monitor turned on to show Chris and the interns.
"Good morning contestants! Sorry for the whole, knocking you out and bringing you to the basement of Studio #7 thing. I just wanted to get this challenge over with. But before I do, I've decided to put Briar on the Roosters." Chris explained.
"Are you kidding me?!" Nikki shouted.
*confessionals*
Johan: Well, there goes our smartest team member...
Ciana: This is perfect! Now I don't have to worry about her team finding out about our alliance.
*end confessionals*
"Eh." Chris answered. "Anyway, today's movie genre is Spy movies. Your first objective is to find a way out of the basement. See you when you get up here!" Chris announced, turning off the monitor.
"Chris, did we really have to do this?" Sammy asked.
"Does it matter? It was kind of fun!" Amy responded.
"It did seen rather... unnecessary." Dawn added.
"It doesn't matter, these competitors are tough and they'll probably take a good err... half hour." Chris stated.
Back in the cave, the two teams were struggling to find a way out.
"What are we even looking for?" Viola pondered. "A button? A switch? Why couldn't Chris give us some sort of hint?!"
"It's Chris, things are never easy with him." Damion noted. A few feet away, Dutch noticed what looked like a light switch that had been painted the same color as the wall. Dutch flicked the switch, causing a part of the wall to open, revealing some sort of elevator. Everyone piled into the elevator and went up into a room that looked like some sort of museum.
"Seriously? It took you guys almost an hour to solve that simple puzzle? You know what, I'm not even going to say anything else. Here's the next part of the challenge. In the center of the room is a glass case with a grappling hook and some zip lining equipment inside. Once you have it, you'll make your way to the building next to this one, where I will personally explain the last last part of the challenge. But, to make things a bit more interesting, you all have 10 minutes to do all of this before before the building you're in now goes boom!" Chris explained.
"You're going to blow us up?!" Ruby said in shock.
"I'll see you on the next building!" Chris exclaimed, the monitor then transitioned to a ten minute countdown.
From a camera room in the next building in the studio, Chris was watching the contestants panic. The interns, including Amy, were visibly upset about what Chris was doing.
"...What?" Chris asked.
"You're seriously going to blow a bunch of teenagers up?!" Sammy shrieked.
"Relax, I have it all under control." Chris assured.
"Are you sure about that, if they get hurt, your but is on the line!" Amy noted, this seemed to worry Chris a bit.
"Hehe, I'm sure they can do it!" Chris said in an unsure tone.
"Chris gave us ten minutes to get a bunch of junk? He must be losing his touch!" Ciana said, laughing a bit. She began to walk towards the case, but Briar stopped her.
"It's too easy..." Briar noted, Johan took out a can of cologne and sprayed the air in front of them, he seemed to catch on to what Briar was thinking about. The spray revealed a bunch of lasers that shocked the group.
"Of course..." Damion sighed.
"Well we don't have time to wait! We need to hurry!" Luis announced, everyone tried to maneuver themselves around the lasers.
In the span of about 1 minute, Dutch accidentally tripped and knocked down Viola with him, thankfully not setting off the lasers. Surprisingly, Viola didn't seem upset about Dutch knocking her over, she even seemed to blush a bit!
"O-oh sorry Viola." Dutch apologized, helping her up.
"Heehee, it's fine. We should get moving." Viola answered, Dutch nodded and the two of them pressed on.
*confessionals*
Viola: I - I can't explain it but ever since the last challenge I've just seen Dutch... differently...
Dutch: Y'know, I never realized how cool Viola was.
Johan: I love Spy movies, they always give the protagonist a number and take away his name! [2]
Nikki: I'm beginning to notice Viola and Dutch getting along, it's kind of cute! I think Tamara and Luis might be getting together too! Eeek! It's so exciting!
*end confessionals*
After a few minutes, Michiko managed to reach the case and grab the zip lining gear. However, the moment she took it, an alarm went off. The lasers turned off, but the timer cut to only 2 minutes. They all ran over to the nearest window and opened it, but Michiko didn't use any of the zip lining gear.
"What are you waiting for?!" Dutch asked.
"Why should I take you guys with me? It'll be easier or us to win." Michiko answered, offending the Turtles.
"Michiko, they may not be on our team, but this is just human decency!" Briar shouted. Michiko pouted and took a little while to think.
"Fine..." She said, she used the zip line gear, helping everyone get to the next building, where Chris was already waiting for them.
"Glad to see you all made it out of there safely!" Chris said with his signature smile.
"You nearly blew us up!" Ciana shouted, getting in the host's face.
"Easy, easy! You were never in any real danger." Chris explained. "You'll see in about 3... 2... 1.. and!"
Suddenly, the building the contestants were just in began smoking and explosion noises could be heard from inside.
"Yeah, we just used smoke bombs and firecrackers, the worst thing that could've happened was you running into a wall, which would've been hilarious!"
"Ugh, whatever! Just tell us the rest of the challenge!" Ciana said impatiently.
"Fine, follow me." Chris said, leading them inside the building.
*confessionals*
Dawn: *she is petting the bird* I knew it wasn't in Chris' aura to take the lives of the others! His aura is dark, but not pitch black.
Sammy: Whew! That could've been bad!
Briar: It's very unlikely that Chris would have actually let us die. If he did, he would have to go through a a barrage of lawsuits.
*end confessionals*
Chris led the teams to two different rooms, from underneath the door the contestants could see an unsettling green blinking light.
"To be a good secret agent, you must know how to diffuse a bomb. Inside these two rooms are some bombs that you'll have to diffuse, don't worry they're just stink bombs. Whichever team diffuses their bombs first wins immunity BUT it will cause the other teams bombs to explode prematurely. Now... go!"
The contestants ran into the rooms as fast as they could, there was a bomb for each contestant that had 7 minutes until detonation.
"Ok, what do we do Luis?" Tamara asked.
"I - I don't know!" Luis replied in fear.
"What about you Briar? Do you know anything we could do?" Ruby asked.
"Give me a minute to think!" Briar answered.
"We only have 7 minutes!" Michiko shouted.
"Wait! If we can cut a certain wire inside of the bomb, it should shut it down!" Luis announced.
"Good idea! Now we just have to find the right wire!" Michiko proclaimed, everyone except Briar, Tamara and Luis went to diffuse the bombs.
"Great idea Luis! You're so smart!" Tamara cooed, hugging the small boy and then helping the others.
"It's a good thing you explained it how you did, I would have most likely made it too complex for them to understand." Briar told him.
"I suppose, we should get going. We can't afford to lose!"
Meanwhile, the Turtles were stressing out a bit more, they no longer had Luis to help them out.
"Does anybody know how to diffuse a bomb?" Viola asked them.
"I'm a musician, not a member of the bomb disposal squad!" Johan shouted, earning a glare from Viola. "... Sorry, sorry. I just don't do well under this kind of pressure."
"It's fine, but we need a plan. We only have... 3 and a half minutes to diffuse these bombs."
"3 MINUTES?!" Dutch shouted, the others started to freak out ad well.
"We're doomed!" Damion shouted, he joined arms with Johan, both looked fearful for their lives.
"DOOMED!" They said simultaneously. [3]
*confessional*
Nikki: It's a little comforting to know that even though are lives might be at stake here, my boyfriend still has a sense of humor.
Johan: Sometimes I wonder, why did I sign up to be on this show? I could have made more money selling propane and propane accessories! [4]
*end confessional*
Viola took a hold of Dutch's hand. "Guys, don't worry! If we keep calm we can get through this!" She said, Dutch blushed as soon as their hands touched, he looked at Viola and smiled at her.
Back in the camera room, Chris was watching the contestants, he asked the interns to go get him some lunch, Chef walked into the room.
"Hey Chris, you seen some of the propane tanks I had?" Chef asked.
"What propane tanks?"
"The ones I had behind the tent." Chef replied, Chris then looked terrified, which Chef took notice of. "You didn't!"
"And you know what else? ... I don't know which team actually has the propane bombs..." Chris admitted.
"...Oh f*ck..." Chef cursed.
Both teams were running out of time, only 2 minutes remained on the bombs. One of the teams' lives are currently on the line. The Roosters had opened up one of the bombs (the bombs are part of a chain, if one goes off then they all will).
"Which wire do we cut Luis?" Tamara asked.
"This is the hard part. I don't know which wire to cut!" Luis admitted.
"Well we have five choices, a red wire, a blue wire, green one, a yellow one, and a white one. We probably only have one shot, so we need to make it count!" Ruby announced.
"Try the-"
"No time to dawdle! We need to end this now!" Michiko called out, cutting off Briar in the process. Michiko tore at the white wire, snapping it apart with ease, this caused the timer to go down a bit faster.
"Oh come on!" Ciana yelled, punching the bomb. Michiko eyes turned red again and she also began punching the bomb.
"Girls stop! If you keep hitting the thing, it'll blow up in our faces!" Briar shouted, holding Michiko back, Ruby held back Ciana.
"We need to pick another wire, and fast!" Luis noted.
The Turtles were trying to find a way to stop the bomb, they were unsuccessful, but Viola managed to keep everyone confident. Eventually, Dutch managed to open up the bomb and find a small piece of paper inside, his eyes lit up as soon as he read it.
"Guys! I found the cancellation code! It's 6 - 2 - 4 - 9 - 3! Come on, let's shut this baby down!" He announced. [5]
Nikki input the code which shut the bomb off, Chris watched as they did. He was holding his breath, anticipating the explosion that the Roosters would have to survive. Chris closed his eyes, he heard the explosion. He didn't want to look, but Chef gave a sigh of relief which gave him a bit of relief. He looked to see what happened, just to be sure.
The Roosters were unharmed, they were the ones that had the stink bomb. Chris turned on a microphone system to declare the winner.
"And the victory goes to the Tenacious Turtles! Glad to see you're all ok, but you should all get out of there as fast as you can. I'll meet you all at the Craft Services Tent."
Later, everyone was at the Tent but the Roosters had to be kept outside since they still smelled horrible.
"Since the Turtles diffused their bomb safely, they win immunity and a movie night reward! As for the Roosters, the interns will find a way to get that stink off of you and I'll meet you at the Elimination Ceremony!" Chris announced.
*confessional*
Michiko: I could try and convict the others that Briar tried to sabotage our team, but I did almost almost keep the bomb explode. *her eyes stop glowing red (they've been red since the challenge started)* Oh no, she's coming out again, isn't she...
*end confessional*
At the Elimination Ceremony, the contestants were all making their votes. Luis glanced at Michiko and Tamara a few times. Briar made her vote as well.
"Traitor..." She muttered under her breath.
When everyone was finished making their votes, Chef handed Chris the awards.
"Oh this is gonna be good!" Chris said in excitement. "Alright, if I call your name, then you're safe for the evening. Ruby."
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"Ciana."
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"Luis and Tamara." The pair caught their awards, smiling at each other as they did.
"So it comes down to this, and the last Gilded Chris Award for the night goes to..."
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"Briar. Well Michiko, looks like it's your time to go!" Chris announced, surprisingly, Michiko smirked.
"I don't think so! I'm not going anywhere because I have this!" She said, pulling out the golden ticket, other Roosters were in complete awe, especially Briar.
""You! You took it!" Briar hissed.
"Well, since Michiko played the golden ticket, the contestant with the second highest amount of votes is eliminated. Which means it's time to go Briar!" Chris announced.
"What?! No!" Briar argued, but it was no use. Chef placed a hand on her shoulder in sympathy and led her to the Lame-O-Sine. [6]
*confessional*
Ciana: Ugh, well there goes my alliance partner... hold up. Maybe there is still someone I can make an alliance with.
*end confessional*
"With Briar taking her leave we are down to just 10! Who will be the next one to take the humiliating ride on the Lame-O-Sine? What is Ciana planning? Will Tamara and Luis hook up? What about Viola and Dutch? And will Michiko blindside everyone? Find out next time on Total Drama Action!"
And that's it! Briar was honestly one of my favorite OC's to use and I hope you all enjoyed her being in the game. But this isn't the last you'll see of her.
References:
1. A nod to the 007 series.
2. Secret Agent Man by Johnny Rivers
3. A joke used in the animated sitcom Futurama
4. A nod to the character Hank Hill from King of the hill.
5. A reference to the video game Syphon Filter 3 (one of my personal favorite games)
6. Briar and Chef get along well, they've had a good friendship since the previous season.