Episode 7 - Swan Song
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Team Loro had already made it back into their cabin as a loud rolling of thunder struck, hitting the beach. They screamed at how close the storm was and tried to open their lights, but couldn't. Silver wrote on a piece of paper and went to the boys' side of the cabin, "Are your lights working?"
Fredrick, who stepped out, answered, "No. Yours?" Silver shook her head. Sally appeared with a pillow and blankets, ready to share a room with the boys.
"Sally," Silver wrote, "Are we really going to sleep in a place where no lights are working?"
"Yes!" Sally yelled, walking into the boys' room, "We can just sleep!"
"But these cabins are so shitty, what if it breaks overnight?" Drew asks, getting into his pajamas.
"Then at least you made it this far!" Sally says, lying down in a bed.
Christopher walked out of their small bathroom, ready to sleep, "Uh..." He notices Silver and Sally, "What's going on?"
"They're sleeping with us tonight because they're babies!" Fredrick said, chuckling, sitting on his bed, "Does that make you feel uncomfortable Christopher?"
"No," He responds, "But I was thinking of sleeping with Team Tigre tonight...you know, just so that everybody's safe."
Silver smiled, writing that, "I really like that idea!" Christopher grinned at her.
Sally got up, "Excuse me, but I'm not sleeping with the other team!" She opened her mouth as if she was shocked at what Christopher said, "How dare you betray our team just sop you can sleep with your former team! You're a terrible teammate!"
"Stop it Sally," Silver wrote, "It's a good idea!"
"Wow, I thought that there was one fake bitch in this cabin but I guess there's two...how about that!" Sally sits down, flipping her hair, "What has this show come to!"
Christopher frowned at Sally, "A show that only cares about ratings than their contestant's worth." He heads to the door after hearing someone knock on it, "Alice?" Hew grabs her and pulls her into Loro's cabin, "Why were you walking out there in the storm to us? You could've gotten hurt! And you're wet!"
Alice gasped for air, taking a seat on Fredrick's bed, making it wet, "I...I...I wanted to invite you guys to spend a night at our cabin." She was breathing normally now, "That storm is getting worse by the minute, and I was getting nervous about you guys so...wanna come? There'll be music and food and candles. Our lights are out, too."
Sally stood up, "No! I see what you're trying to do, sissy!" Everyone looked at her weird, "You want to be nice to us, but when the going gets tough, you wanna stab us in the back!" Sally turns to her teammates, "Do you see this?! This...this sabotage! And I bet it's because of Christopher!" Alice gasped, "Yep! Christopher! He acts as if he's quiet and ignorant of everything, but in actuality, he's a smart, evil, cunning man willing to murder us if he had the chance!"
Drew grabbed Sally and sat her down, "Are you okay? You're acting crazy! Is this storm changing you?"
"The only thing changing is our chances of surviving because of Christopher!" Sally pointed at the guy, giving off a very creepy smile.
Christopher shakes his head, following Alice, "She likes me." very one laughed as they followed, wit Sally reluctantly following.
Sally: (CONF.) That is an absolute lie! I would never like a man like Christopher! What's so interesting about him anyway, huh? That he's strong, saved Silver in the challenge, and anything else that I don't know about him yet I'm jumping to conclusion to cover the fact that I do like him?! No freaking way!
Alice and Team Loro rushed to the girls' side of Team Tigre's cabin, opening up the door. "Hey guys!" Alice cheered, we've got some guests!"
Aurora and Damien were lying in bed together, eating and talking wis James was playing on his guitar. A table was set up in the middle of the cabin, holding cups and drinks and food that they've accumulated from the hosts due to their win. Fredrick and Drew helped themselves to some chips and salsa and sat to listen to James playing while Sally sat in the corner of the cabin, trying to sleep. Silver and Alice went to sit and listen to James as well. Christopher, after grabbing some soda, took a seat next to Sally, who wasn't yet aware of him being next to her.
"Hey Sally," Christopher started, scaring Sally to open her eyes, "What's up?"
"Don't talk to me," Sally said, covering herself up.
Christopher drank a little, "Sorry for what I said about you liking me earlier. I know you don't like me."
"Exactly, tell everyone who heard that that you're stupid and what you said isn't funny."
"I'm not really someone who does that."
"Then this is your first time! Good luck!"
Christopher smiles and lays his head on the cabin wall, "A girl would never like me."
"Wow, doesn't every shitty guy say that though?" Sally mumbles, starting to laugh.
Christopher breathed in as if he was feeling a bit sad, spoke with his voice cracking a little, "My dad..Nate Washington...he...he served in the Army, Marine Corps, Navy, Air Force, and Coast Guard. He was killed in action during a war. It was just me and my mom when I was born, then one night as we were going home from the movies, some awful criminal killed her in front of me..." He teared up, "Ever since then I've been training physically and intellectually to adapt to difficulties that I may face and...sometimes I suffer post traumatic stress disorder from my mom's death..." He wiped his eyes.
Sally was interested, feeling empathy for him, "I'm listening...it's okay I uh..." She blushed, "I'm listening.
"I hide it though with my lonesome personality. I like to do things on my own and reflect on my past and it's just..." Christopher shakes his head, "It's not hard for me to trust people but still...I fear that woman will reject me because of all the trauma that I've faced because of my mom's death so...I don't make close relationships."
Sally gave him a hug, "I'm sorry I...uh...didn't know you'd open up to me like that. You...your feelings are validated, okay?"
"It's not your fault Sally," Christopher says, looking to James who was finishing up his song, "It's hard holding things in your mind that you can't internalize."
James stopped strumming his guitar, "So, for this awful yet sweet night, does anyone have requests of songs that you guys want me to sing?"
Alice raised her hands, "I have one I have one! Do 'Swan Song' by Lana del Rey. It's good, I swear! We've practiced it in our jam sessions!"
James shakes his head, "Are you sure? Will all those hours of you making me practice them with you work?"
"Yes!" Alice says, "I think you'll do great on your own! Do it! I'll join in when I can!"
With a sigh, James started singing,
(singing)
Put your white tennis shoes on and follow me
Why work so hard when you could just be free?
You got your moment now, you got your legacy
Let's leave the world for the ones who change everything
Nothing could stop the two of us
Let's just get lost, that's what we want
And I will never sing again
And you won't work another day
I will never sing again
With just one wave it goes away
It will be our swan song
It will be our swan song
Be our swan song
It will be our swan song
Alice sang the next verse,
Dive in, dive deep in dark blue suede
Rushing up from the water where the ice meets
And you've been gone so long, you missed everything
The world can change in a day if you go away, but
Nothing could stop the two of us
If that's what we want, we could just get lost
And I will never sing again
And you won't work another day
I will never sing again
With just one wave it goes away
It will be our swan song
It will be our swan song
Be our swan song
It will be our swan song
Alice and James both sang the final parts of the song,
Live your life
Live your life, where you've been
Where you're going to
Say good night
Say good night to the life in the world we live
I'm going to follow you
And I will never sing again
And you won't work another day
And I will never sing again
You won't work another day
It will be our swan song
It will be our swan song
Be our swan song
It will be our swan song
Put your white tennis shoes on and follow me
Put your white tennis shoes on and follow me
Put your white tennis shoes on and follow me
Why you work so hard when you could just be free?
They stopped singing, getting some claps from the contestants.
"Wow," Damien groaned, "I can't believe they actually sang all of that."
"Yeah," Aurora agreed, "They ruined a song with their shitty voices."
Alice turned to them, ready to scold, "Why would you guys say such a thing?"
"Who cares about that?!" Sally mumbled, pointing to outside of the cabins, "Courtney is in the pouring rain on the ground! We have to help her!"
Immediately, everyone got up to check outside and it turned out to be true. Courtney was in her pajamas, soaking wet with blood all over her body.
"What the...oh no!" Sally screamed, getting the blood all over her body, "We have to get her inside now and assess the body, okay?" People agreed and carried her into the cabin, with Drew opening the door for them.
Courtney was laid onto the floor, motionless, soaked with blood. Sally, Christopher, Damien, and Silver started to investigate her body, noticing how the blood came from her chest area.
"She was stabbed," Christopher concluded, "By some knife. Got all over her body."
Alice was in tears as well as Silver, "What will we do?" Alice asks, holding onto James for comfort.
James sighs, "I think I know who did this," He says, pointing to Damien, "It was you!"
Everyone gasped, with Damien walking backwards.
"What are you talking about? I killed no one!" Damien yells.
Aurora nods, tearing up, "I agree! He would never kill anyone!"
Damien: (CONF.) Actually, I'd disagree on that but hey! At least I'm not in the mood for killing right now!
"False!" James yells, running to Damien's closet, rummaging.
"You'd never..." Damien grumbled.
James takes out three knives from the closet, "Evidence number one! He has had these knives hidden in his closet for quite some time now, and I've never questioned it until know! I think that this is the weapon used to kill Courtney!"
Damien defends himself, "First of all, if those were used to kill Courtney, how could have I killed her if I was with you guys the entire time!" Everyone stopped talking for a little bit.
"Wait a minute," Drew mumbles, "Those are my knives!" He yells, "Damien? When did you ever steal them?!"
"Aha! And there you go guys!" James states, "We have more evidence thanks to Drew! Why did he steal them? Well, so that he can murder Courtney!"
"No!" Damien yells, grabbing a knife and shoving James against a wall, "Don't make me actually kill someone here!"
Aurora and Alice grab their respective partners and pull them apart.
"Guys, we can't go on blaming people, we have to get Manny. He may not even know that his girlfriend is dead!" Sally yells, "I say that Christopher, me, Alice, and Fredrick head to his cabin where he's sleeping, Silver and Drew protect the cabin and make sure the body is safe, and Aurora, Damien, and James can check elsewhere!"
"Wait!" Alice exclaims, "I want to be with James! Together, we're a fierce duo! Right, James?" She kisses his cheek, making James blush.
"Fine," Sally says, "Team Tigre can find evidence while Drew and Silver protect the place and I take a shower in the community bathrooms. I'm so dirty with this blood it smells so awful!" She gags, heading out, "Good luck guys."
Damien heads out, "Come on Team. Let's see who can solve this mystery first." Team Tigre leave, with Fredrick and Christopher heading out as well.
Drew yells to the boys, "Hey! Head to Manny's cabin! He could be there!" Fredrick gives a thumbs up and starts running with Christopher in the rain.
Drew wrapped his arms together and sighed, "Wow! Sure wasn't the night that I was expecting! Haha...crazy indeed."
Silver nodded at the awkward conversation. Then, loud thunder rang through the island as the rain kept falling down. It scared Silver, who jumped back.
On paper, she asked Drew, "You wanna head back in? It's much safer."
Drew chuckled, "Sure! Would rather do that then...AHH!" He screamed with Silver standing motionless, shocked at how Courtney's body was no longer in the room while the window directly opposite to the door was wide open, with rain entering the cabin from the window.
Drew: (CONF.) This mystery is getting crazier by the minute!
The cameras now focused on Sally, who was soaked in blood and water and was entering the community showers, where the only showers existed. She took off her dirty clothes and placed them in the laundry so that they could soon be cleaned. Sally then entered the shower and started scrubbing herself as fast as she could with some soap that she found sitting on a table there.
As she was scrubbing, she didn't even notice somebody walk slowly into the shower room with a machete in hand, wearing a black cape and an ape mask.
Sally was singing the 'Twisted Nerve Song' as the person opened up the shower curtains that gave Sally her privacy, raising their machete to stab Sally.
"AHHHH!" Sally screamed, kicking the murderer to the ground, ready to attack, "Fight me!" The murderer got up, dropping the machete and getting into a fist fight with Sally, who was clearly overpowering them.
Sally successfully threw the murderer against a wall, making them fall to the floor. With a quick grab of a towel nearby, Sally made a run out of the showers and towards Manny's cabin.
Sally: (CONF.) If only I had put that much effort in trying to end Silver yesterday!
One could now see Damien, Aurora, James, and Alice, noticing a small shed by the entrance of the jungle. Curious, they headed towards it to investigate.
"I didn't know that there was a shed here," Damien stated, "I guess this is where they keep their equipment and stuff." He slowly opened the shed, entering it as quick as he could with the other people with him so that they wouldn't get soaked.
"Whoa," Aurora exclaimed, "There's so much stuff in here from the challenges!" She looks around the stuff, touching it, "Wow."
"I wouldn't touch it if I were you," Alice said.
Aurora rolled her eyes, grabbing everything that she could, "This is SO cool!"
Alice shook her head and held onto James, who found something interesting.
"Hey," James said, noticing tons of bottles of the same liquid for some reason. He grabbed some bottles, reading out the label, "This product is for...'Fake Halloween Blood? What?" He turned to everyone else, but felt the push of someone as he and Alice fell into a nearby pool of blood.
"AH!" I've got blood all over me! No! Oh my oh my...this killer has killed more people!" Alice yelled, holding onto James, who was getting up.
James wiped the blood on him, noticing how Aurora and Damien were gone, with the door of the small shed wide open, "Don't worry Alice, I think that this mystery isn't as deep as we're making it."
As the two headed outside, they devised a plan, "Well," Alice started, "If what you're saying is true, then we need to go to Manny's cabin immediately and warn them. Oh gosh," She shivered, noticing Sally running towards them, "I see someone! It's...it's Sally! Sally! Over here!" Alice waved her hands in the air, catching Sally's attention.
Sally got to the two, slowing down, shocked at the blood on them, "Uh..." She mumbled, "What happened to you guys? Why are you...covered in blood?"
"It's not what you think it is Sally!" James said, trying to touch Sally's shoulder, although she pushed him back, "Wait..what's wrong?"
Sally was shaking, becoming increasingly scared, "What...you...you...you killed someone! You killed Aurora and Damien and Courtney! I bet you're hiding things, huh? I can't believe I didn't know this considering the fact that you're always together, most likely planning everyone's murder so that only you two can win the million dollars!" Sally started running for Manny's cabin, "I will expose and arrest you two for manslaughter, I swear it!"
"That's not true! Sally! Stop!" Alice yelled, grabbing James, "We have to get to her and let her know what's really happening!" James followed, hoping to get to Sally as quick as they could.
Meanwhile, Christopher used a paper clip that he randomly found his pocket to open the locked doors of Manny's cabin. He and Fredrick entered the cabin, slamming the door behind them.
"So bad out there, man!" Fredrick complained, "When will this madness end?"
"It's only been like, an hour. Not so bad," Christopher stated, sitting by the fireplace to warm himself up, "Do you think everyone else is doing what they need to do?"
"Nope," Fredrick said, taking a seat by the fireplace as well, "They're probably all running to us right now, running from whatever killed Courtney."
"It's good that Sally spotted her outside though, or else we'd never know about it until the morning!" Christopher stated.
Fredrick nodded, wanting to ask a question, "Hey Christopher? When were in Team Tigre's cabin, I saw you tearing up as you sat by Sally...wanna explain that?"
Christopher turned to Fredrick, a bit taken aback at Fredrick's surveillance, "Are you watching me?"
He laughs in response, "No, I'm not! I just thought it was interesting, making that joke about Sally liking you to crying next to her...confusing, right?"
"You don't need to know," Christopher said, getting up after hearing loud knocking at the door, "You never will, as a matter of fact!"
Fredrick: (CONF.) Christopher is a mysterious man indeed...I'm going to have to find out the truth!
Christopher opened the door, with Aurora and Damien entering, "What happened?" Christopher asked.
"The...the...the..." Aurora tried to speak but was tired from the running.
"We caught Alice and James trying to dump Courtney's, Silver's, and Drew's body in a small shed hidden near the entrance of the jungle. How crazy can things get?!" Damien took a seat on a sofa while Aurora sat on the floor.
"Alice and James?" Christopher asked, "There's no way. They are good people and would never do that."
"So?" Damien asks, "They may act nice to you but are slowly dying to kill us all...and you could've been one of their targets!"
Christopher stood there in disbelief, refusing to believe a word that Damien was saying, but felt conflicted.
Christopher: (CONF.) Is it true? What Damien said? Have they been plotting to kill us all? Oh...gosh...
Sally ran into the cabin, screaming, clenching onto the towel that she wrapped around herself after getting chased, "Guys! I just had the worst experience ever! I was in the shower, taking off al of the blood, and then comes this black-caped, ape mask wearing murderer with a machete!"
Everyone gasped.
"I'm lucky that I'm still alive," Sally moans, sitting down, "And the worst part? I saw Alice and James with blood all over them!" Christopher's eyes went wide open, "I'm not lying either!" Sally yelled, "They murdered Courtney, and now I'm here...hopefully they didn't follow me to this cabin..."
"Or we're all getting killed!" Aurora exclaimed.
Christopher pushed his shoe into the ground, making a loud noise, "Shut up! You're lying!" He pointed at Sally, "You, and Damien, and Aurora are all conspiring to make my friends look like bad people so that I can hate them! I'm not letting that happen!"
"We're not!" Damien said, "We're telling you that your friends are murderers and they might try to kill us!"
"Damien!" yelled James and Alice in unison as they appeared in the doorway, soaked in blood.
Everyone in the cabin backed up, afraid of the couple.
"Wait, why are you all stepping away from us? We're not the killers!" Alice yells.
"That's what all killers say!" Fredrick yelled.
"See Christopher? They are the killers!" Sally tells him.
"No Christopher, we're not!" James rebuttals, "We'd never hurt anyone! Who do you think we are?!"
Their words soon ended when somebody in a black cape arrived out of nowhere wearing an ape mask and holding a machete.
Alice jumped into James's arms as James ran towards the corner of the cabin, where everybody else was gathered.
"Oh no..." Alice started crying, clinging to James, who held onto Christopher, who held onto everybody else.
The murderer made its way closer, only to get tripped by Drew and covered by a large, white blanket from the cabin beds by Silver. The murderer struggled as Drew tied the murderer's feet and hands, and once he was done, the murderer gave up, sitting on the floor as everyone else stood up.
"Wait...so..." Christopher started, "Alice and James aren't the killers? What..."
Christopher: (CONF.) I knew that they wouldn't do that to me. Alice and James are as good as they come around! My team...what liars!
Drew smiled, "It looks like Silver and I cracked the case! But first, let's see who has been scaring us this entire time!" He removes the ape mask, revealing it to be Courtney.
"Courtney?!" Everyone yelled.
The 'murderer' giggled, "You guys got me! And I would've gotten away with it too if I hadn't been for you meddling kids!" She winks at the camera, "I had to make that statement or this challenge would've sucked!"
"Challenge?!" Aurora responded, "This was all a challenge?! Why would you put us through all of this?!"
Silver had a big notepad with words already written on it, "It was simple. Once you all left, Drew and I went back into the cabins to see that Courtney's body was gone and out the window. Simply meaning: We knew it was her all along."
Drew carried on, "The window of Team Tigre's cabin goes back to the jungle, so Courtney had to have planned this all out. And when you look at the 'blood' all over her, Alice, and James?" He picks at James's shirt, "You can see that it's just fake blood!"
James nodded, "Exactly! We saw it when Aurora and Damien pushed us into this big pool of the fake blood! Then, they ran away!" Christopher nodded after hearing James's words.
Christopher: (CONF.) I knew that James and Alice were not the killers. They're as good as they come! But Aurora and Damien...trying to hurt my relationship between James and Alice? Not cool!
Silver showed another piece of paper, "So at the end of the day, Courtney has been the one terrorizing us for the night!" She clapped her hands, as if she was done presenting a speech.
"Courtney," Alice asked, "Why would you do this? Making us suffer an hour of worrying that someone on this island was trying to kill us?"
"Well, Manny left after the elimination ceremony because he had to buy some new goods for future challenges, so he told me that if the storm wouldn't allow him to return to the island, then I would have to do the challenge! And I told myself, why not do it during the storm? And in the end, it was fun!" She stood up, "And because Silver and Drew figured it out and caught me, Team Loro wins the challenge!"
Team Loro got together, cheering about a win after four losses in a row.
"Can't believe you did it man, but you did!" Fredrick told Drew, and gave him a hi-five.
Christopher, on the other hand, was glaring at Aurora and Damien for what they told him.
Sally tapped Christopher's shoulder, taking his focus away, "Hey, um, sorry for telling you that Alice and James were the killers. I was attacked in the showers by Courtney, and I was already scared so...whatever I saw I believed...and when you see someone with what looks like blood on their bodies, you can't resist jumping to conclusions!"
Christopher smiled, "You're forgiven. Out of anyone from tonight, I'd definitely forgive you the most," Sally smiled as Christopher added, "And also, you were attacked in the showers? That is pretty funny!" He smiled, then looked to Aurora and Damien, who were talking with their team that lost.
Sally noticed Christopher's eyes, "What's the matter? Are you mad at their accusations?" He nodded, "Well, maybe we could get revenge on them both, for trying to turn you away from your friends."
Courtney looked out the window, "Tomorrow morning, we will be eliminating someone from Team Tigre! And you know who will be voting out Team Tigre? Team Loro!"
People were shocked at the rule that had been just made up.
"Why? That's so unfair!" Alice complained, "What if they have poor judgement and eliminate the wrong person?"
Courtney turned to Alice confused, "Well, wouldn't they save whoever they liked on your team?" She turned away, leaving the teams to rest up for the elimination in the morning.
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(Elimination Ceremony)
The next morning came, with the storm having passed the island. The beach was very wet, but a fireplace was still there and the Bee Boat f Same came to the beach, with Manny on it.
Manny and Courtney hugged, with Manny surprised at both teams being there, "So, how was the storm?"
"Killer!" Courtney chuckled, hitting Manny's back because of the joke, "We did a challenge last night and Team Loro has voted who to send home from Team Tigre, who lost!"
Manny shook his head, heading to the shed, "I really don't want to know the details about the challenge..."
Damien leaned over to Aurora, "Looks like he'll know now..." They both chucked.
"Okay! Time for elimination! In my hands are five sheets of paper with the names of someone from Team Tigre! The person with the most names on these papers will be eliminated! And, if there's anyone to blame...blame the other team! So, the names on the paper include...
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.James! So, James, it looks like Team Loro wants to send you home...bye!"
Fredrick: (CONF.) James was a know-it-all...which actually isn't that surprising considering he's a nerd.
Drew: (CONF.) I'm with Fredrick.
Christopher: (CONF.) *grunts* If only we could've voted out two people from Team Tigre.
Silver: (CONF.) *on paper* It may be surprising, but I sent home James because of his intelligence. He's pretty smart and underestimated...something I don't want to go up against during the merge!
Sally: (CONF.) What happened! I voted to send home Damien for what he did to Christopher! Grrrr...that damn Silver, always messing things up for me!
Alice started crying, grabbing onto James's shoulder as he headed to the Bee Boat of Shame, "I'll miss you so much! Don't forget about me, okay?! I'll miss our duets and time...and the struggles we had and how we overcame them!"
James held Alice's face and kissed her on the lips, "I know. I'll miss you too. Make it far for me, okay?" He looked to Christopher, who waved to him goodbye, "See ya Christopher! Take care of Alice if you can!" James jumped onto the boat, and it sailed away.
Courtney turned to the screen as the teams headed off, "Lots of drama last night, courtesy of me! What will happen next? Will Alice survive without her man? Will Christopher get revenge on a sneaky Damien and Aurora? Find out next time on Total Drama Panganib Island 2!"
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