And we're back! One thing I feel I should mention is that after every 4 eliminations, there will be an aftermath episode, since there have already been 2 eliminations already, there will be two more and then the aftermath. The reason I'm saying this is because I need a few more OC's to be guests. Anyway, on with the chapter.
"Last time on Total Drama Action, the contestants showed us their skills in the Spy movie challenge. Ciana and Briar tried to orchestrate an alliance, which looked like it would work out thanks to me putting Briar on the Roosters, bug it didn't last long as Briar ended up being eliminated that very same day. We're down to just 10, and after tonight there will only be 9. What kind of drama will unfold? Find out right now, here on Total Drama Action!"
It was the day after Briar's elimination, it was already getting dark. The contestants were having dinner in the Craft Services Tent but nobody was talking to each other, after least night nobody knew if the could trust each other.
*confessionals*
Ciana: I need to make an alliance with someone, but with Briar being gone it'll be harder to pick someone... I just might ask Nikki to join, and if she does then Johan will follow!
Tamara: After what happened to Briar how can I trust anybody! They'll probably turn on each other like a pack of wolves! What if they go for me next?! I guess Luis is the only person I can trust...
Luis: Michiko has proven to be a very crafty adversary, I may have to keep an eye on her if I am to stay safe.
Michiko: After the stunt I pulled last night, I'll have to do everything I can to stay safe.
*end confessionals*
Suddenly, Chef came running into the tent, he looked uneasy and even a bit scared.
"Everyone quick, there's been a terrible accident! Follow me!" Chef said, the 10 contestants followed him.
Chef guided the two teams to Studio #8, which looked like some sort of old fashioned train station. Everyone boarded the train, once everyone was on board, Amy took out a remote and pressed one of the buttons, closing the door and putting the train in motion...
Chef led everyone into one of the other cars in the train where they found Chris, laying on the ground with a bullet wound in his chest. Samey was crying in fear nearby while Dawn was checking Chris' pulse, she also had a frantic look on her face. Some of the contestants looked horrified, Tamara fainted almost immediately.
"Is he still breathing?! Tell me he's still breathing!" Chef shouted. Dawn shook her head sadly, Chef ran to Chris side. "Don't you die on me Chris! DON'T YOU DIE ON ME!" Chef shouted before finally put his deceased friend down.
"What the hell happened here?!" Ciana asked.
"Chris was setting up the challenge for you guys, he wanted to set it up alone. While he was here someone must have killed him!" Dawn answered, Ciana looked surprised to hear that Chris was working on the challenge by himself.
"So what are you saying? The game's over and nobody can win the money?!" Ciana asked, most of the others glared at her. Chef stood up and wiped a tear from his eye.
"No, we'll finish this game... for Chris!" He said, "First order of business; you two are switching teams!" Chef announced, pointing to Ruby and Damion. As for the first challenge, find out. who killed Chris!"
Almost instantly, the lights shut off. The sounds of gunshots went off, some of the contestants and interns screamed in fear. Once the lights came back on, everyone was shocked to see Sammy on the floor, she wasn't moving, Amy and Dawn were nowhere to be found.
"Quick! Go find who did this!" Chef said, he then ran into the head car, screaming the whole way. Tamara ran in the other direction, she looked completely horrified.
*confessionals*
Damion: I can't say I blame Tamara for reacting like that, death is a very difficult thing for people to deal with. I still haven't gotten over it...
Viola: I better calm Tammy down, she may not be on my team but I need to make sure everyone stays calm.
Ciana: This went from zero to a hundred real quick!
Tamara: First Chris, and now Sammy! Who's going next?! Who's doing this! I really can't trust anybody!
*end confessionals*
Luis and Viola went to go look for Tamara, who was hiding under one of the seats.
"Tammy, are you there? I understand that you're scared, but you don't need to be afraid of us! We'd never do anything to hurt you!" Luis called out.
"He's right Tamara! We need to work as a team and find the person who's doing this! We'll all watch your back, I promise." Viola assured, Tamara slowly got out of her hiding place and joined the two.
"Y-you promise?" She asked hesitantly, the two nodded in response.
As they went back to the others, Tamara took hold of Luis' hand.
"Do you really think things will be ok?" She asked the boy.
"Honestly... I don't know. But I won't ever leave you!" Luis answered, Tamara felt flattered with his response and kissed him on the cheek, making the boy blush.
The three teens rejoined the others, who had separated into their team's to look for clues. The Roosters had already left while the Turtles were waiting for their teammates. Luis turned to Viola.
"Thanks for helping me calm Tammy down." He said.
"No problem, we've already got some psycho who killed Chris and Sammy, we need to make sure everyone stays calm. You should probably go to your team, they may get the wrong idea if they see you two with us." Viola answered, the two Roosters nodded and went to catch up with their team.
"What do you think we should do Viola?" Nikki asked, clinging to her boyfriend's arm.
"What we need to do is stick together, there's power in numbers so we'll have a better chance of survival. Now we should look for clues." Viola replied, Dutch took the moment to speak to Viola alone.
"Hey, you don't need to worry about anything happening to you. I've got your back."
"Hehe, thanks Dutch." Viola chuckled, she didn't need Dutch protecting her, but she didn't seem to oppose it.
Tamara and Luis found the Roosters looking around for clues.
"Where were you two?" Ciana asked.
"I went to go calm Tammy down, she's ready to help us now." Luis answered.
"Good, we're going to need all the help we can get!" Ciana responded, suddenly the lights flashed off, the Roosters could hear the sound of something being cut. Once the lights came back on, they were all horrified to see Damion with several stab wounds in his back.
"Holy sh*t!" Ciana shouted, Tamara began to freak out again, while Ciana and Luis tries to calm her down, Michiko left them, a hint of red glowing in her eyes...
The Turtles were investigating the train car for any signs or clues about Chris' mysterious death.
"That's strange..." Viola pondered.
"What did you find?" Ruby asked.
"The bullet wound looks like it cracked Chris' skin." Viola answered.
"So?" Nikki noted.
"Bullet wounds don't crack human skin." Johan added.
"Exactly, we should keep looking." Viola said, the lights started flickering until they finally gave out and the trains wheels began screeching.
A figure entered the room and grabbed a pipe from the wall and approached Johan, nobody could see the figure with the lights off, nor could they hear them with the wheels screeching. The lights flashed on one final time, revealing a pair of familiar red eyes.
The figure hit Johan with the pipe and ran off as fast as it could. The lights began working again, the Turtles saw what happened to Johan, Nikki screamed in fear.
"No! NONONONO! PLEASE BE OK!" She shouted, Viola checked his pulse.
"He's breathing, he must have only been knocked unconscious." Viola assured her. "Ruby, get Chef or one of the interns over here, we need them to take care of Johan while he's out of the picture."
"I'm on it!" Ruby said, leaving the group.
Meanwhile, Ciana and Luis were still trying to calm Tamara down.
"You're not going to die Tammy, just calm down and we'll get through this." Ciana assured the paranoid girl.
"How can you be so sure?!" Tamara asked.
"Because you guys have me!" Ciana answered pridefully. "If you two stick with me, we'll get through thi-"
The lights went off again, when they came back on, Ciana's head was gone with no explanation, prompting the two Roosters to scream in utter terror.
"We're going to die here. We're going to totally die here!" Tamara choked out. [1]
"If we are going to die Tamara, then there's something I want want to tell you." Luis said.
"What is it?"
"Ever since the romance challenge I've been feeling sort of... different about you." Luis explained, Tamara giggled a bit, catching on to what he meant.
"I've been feeling the same way." Tamara said, the two smiled at each other and went in for a kiss, though the door to the room opened and Michiko walked in, catching the two nearly kissing.
"Oh... did I interrupt something?" Michiko asked with a sly look on her face.
*confessionals*
Michiko: They looked kind of cute together, but I have more important things to worry about.
Luis: D-does this mean Tamara is my girlfriend now?
Tamara: Being with Luis honestly made me feel... safe.
*end confessionals*
Michiko left the room, leaving the newly formed couple alone, as soon as she did though, the lights began flashing again. The mysterious figure appeared in front of them, an unnaturally wide grin plastered on its face. [2]
Ruby was just about to make it to the head of the train when the lights of the room she was in began to flicker uncontrollably.
"Please don't tell me... not now!"
A figure entered the room, it walked toward Ruby slowly.
"Stay back... I'm warning you!" Ruby said, the figure continued walking forward. Ruby tried running past the figure, but this person grabbed Ruby's hoodie. Thankfully, Ruby slipped out of her hoodie and made it to the door of the room. Unfortunately for her, the door was firmly locked.
"Crap, crap crap!" She shouted, she turned to see the figure standing right behind her. It placed a hand on her shoulder...
The other Turtles were waiting for Ruby to return, they had been waiting for about 20 minutes.
"Where is she? It shouldn't take this to get Chef!" Nikki said impatiently. Before Dutch or Viola could respond, the lights in the room popped, leaving the room completely dark.
When the lights came back on, Nikki had vanished, Johan was missing an arm and a leg, and Dutch had a knife in his chest. When Viola saw Dutch, she began to freak out.
"No... NO! Why Dutch?! Why him?! I... I loved him..." She said, holding Dutch's body, her heart broken. In a hidden room at the front of the train, a familiar figure raised an eyebrow at Viola's statement.
The door to the room Viola was in swung open, Ciana ran inside and slammed the door behind her.
"Is he in here?!" Ciana questioned.
"If you're referring to the murderer, then no." Viola answered, choking back tears.
"Good, I don't think Tammy and Luis are with us either." Ciana stated.
"You left them to die?!" Viola shouted.
"Hey, I panicked alright!" Ciana argued.
"You don't seem like the type of person that panics."
"Neither do you, but here you are trying not to bawl your eyes out!" Ciana hissed.
"...Point taken." Viola noted. "Wait, what about Michiko?"
"You rang?" Michiko said, startling the two girls.
The two girls turned to see Michiko, who had entered through the same door Ciana did. The only reason the other two girls didn't notice because Michiko entered more quietly than Ciana did.
"Don't scare us like that Michiko!" Viola said sternly.
"Sorry... what the hell happened here?!" Michiko questioned.
"From what I can see, we're the only ones left alive." Ciana stated.
"Dang... so what do we do? This train hasn't stopped at all." Michiko asked.
"We're going to have to catch the guy who's been killing killing our friends... and Chris." Ciana explained.
"And how do you suppose we do that?" Michiko asked.
"First were gonna have to narrow down the suspects. Chef, Amy and Dawn are in god knows where and were the only people in the game that are still alive. So it's either one of them... or the murderer is one of us." Viola stated, glancing at the other two girls suspiciously, Ciana thought to herself for a minute.
"Hold on a sec, remember when Dawn was telling us what happened to Chris? She said he was setting up the challenge alone." She noted.
"So?" Michiko asked.
"Chris never does anything himself! He's always making the interns do everything for him, I should know, I've had to do everything for him last season!" Ciana hissed, her voice steadily raising in volume.
"What are you saying?" Viola asked.
"I'm saying that this can't be some mass murder, this has to be a challenge set up by Chris to scare us all!" Ciana shouted.
"And the mystery has been solved!" A voice announced, Chris, the interns, and the 'dead' contestants entered the room. The interns had large hoodies on and they had make up that made them look pale with a large bloody smile. [2]
"You mean... this was all just some challenge?!" Michiko yelled.
"Yup, and since Ciana was the one who successfully solved the mystery the Roosters win invincibility!" Chris announced.
"Wait, but what about all of the bodies?" Viola asked.
"They're made of rubber, I'm kind of surprised you didn't realize that earlier. You're still holding onto one for Pete's sake!" Amy answered, sure enough, Viola was still holding onto the rubber body of Dutch.
"Wait, does that mean Johan is fine, too?" Nikki asked.
"Yeah, about that... see that wasn't fake. Johan was actually hit pretty hard in the head and he's resting up in the infirmary." Chris answered, Nikki looked completely mortified at his answer.
*confessionals*
Viola: Chris made me look like a complete fool! Mark my words, I will get him back for this!
Dutch: I heard what Viola said earlier... does she really feel that way about me?
Ciana: I looked like a freaking wuss back there! I had a gut feeling that it was all just a challenge but I actually thought I was gonna die!
Michiko: So she is coming back then... I feel really sorry for the others... [3]
*end confessionals*
"Now then, since the Roosters won the challenge, they get to enjoy a movie night! As for the Turtles, one of you is taking a nice ride on the Lame-O-Sine!" Chris chuckled.
Some time later, Dutch approached the girls trailer. He knocked on the door and was answered by Viola who blushed in embarrassment the moment she saw him.
"Hey Viola, can I ask you something?"
"Sure Dutch, what is it?"
"During the challenge, after I was captured and replaced with the dummy, you said you loved me. Is that really how you feel about me?"
"Honestly Dutch... yes, ever since the romance movie challenge I've just felt... different about you. I can't really explain it."
"Well I've sort of been feeling the same way about you." Dutch said, smiling at her, the two looked at each other's eyes and then kissed!
"Attention Tenacious Turtles, it's elimination time!" Chris announced.
*confessionals*
Viola: Way to ruin the moment Chris!
Dutch: Y'know that kiss felt... nice!
*end confessionals*
A few moments later, the 3 Turtles had gathered at the amphitheater. Chris had already gotten the Awards ready.
"Well Tenacious Turtles, there are only 5 of you left and this vote will bring you down to 4. But first, let's welcome back our friend Johan, who has healed rather nicely from his injury!" Chris announced. Johan had arrived and sat down next to Nikki, who immediately embraced him, he had a bandage wrapped around his head.
"You doing alright Jojo?" Chris asked.
"Yeah I'll be fine, it's nothing too serious. Just a bit of bruising and the brain damage... and the brain damage... and the brain damage. Oh hey Nikki, when did you get here!" Johan answered. [4]
"Great, I can't afford to be sued. Anyway, make your votes!" Chris said.
*confessionals*
Nikki: Oh this is going to be so hard!
Dutch: It's nothing personal, but I really have no other choice...
Ruby: I've seen how strong you are, I know this will really hurt my friend, but she needs to keep her head in the game...
Viola: With your current condition, I don't think it would help keeping you in
Johan: My god this headache is unbearable.
*end confessionals*
"The votes have been counted, the first Gilded Chris Award of the night goes to Viola!"
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"Next is Ruby."
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"And the penultimate award goes to Nikki. It all comes down to Dutch and Johan, and the person leaving is..."
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"Dutch." Chris tossed Johan the award, which hit him square in the face.
"What?! That isn't fair!" Dutch protested.
"I didn't make or tamper with the votes, if you have an issue with you can handle it with your team." Chris said, Chef grabbed Dutch's arm and guided him to the Lame-O-Sine, which drove off once he was inside.
"And so we are down to 9! Will Viola get over Dutch's elimination? Tamara and Luis stop being cute? And what is up with Michiko?! These questions will be answered next time on Total Drama Action!"
End of chapter! I know this chapter seemed a lot darker and I hope that doesn't push the rating up, anyway, I hope you enjoyed the chapter.
References:
1. Owen said something similar to this in the first challenge of season 1.
2. A nod the the Urban legend, Jeff the Killer.
3. This isn't really a reference, but it hints at some character backstory.
4. Dragon Ball Z Abridged, one of the funniest abridged series I've seen.