Episode 11 - Fallen Comrades
This episode was inspired by comments from PRAKNASTY and Silver Writer 0927. Thanks! It's getting down to the wire on the show now!
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The final five had already made it back to the cabin, but were ready to sleep and were simply hanging around outside. Fredrick was reading a book while Christopher and Alice were talking about a mundane topic. Silver was taking a shower in the community bathrooms while Aurora was mysteriously walking in and out of the girls' side of the cabin and was running to the back of the cabin as well.
"What's she up to?" Christopher asked, "She has a plastic bag in her hands that she seems to be hiding from us."
Fredrick chuckled while reading, "She's probably coping from having Damien get eliminated."
Alice nodded, "Yeah, I have a lot of empathy for her...losing her boyfriend while she's still on the show? It's tough!" Alice turned to Fredrick, "But you were smart Fredrick at telling us that Damien was a threat. He always scared me so now that he's gone, I think things will be a bit safer from here on out."
Christopher said, "Yeah, who knows?"
Fredrick: (CONF.) It's pretty cool that Alice and Christopher trust my brains in who to eliminate...who should I eliminate with the help of those two idiots?
Aurora had left the cabins one more time when Christopher and Alice confronted her. She had tears in her eyes, but she was clenching her wrists and holding a plastic bag that had some things in them.
"Hey," Christopher started, "Are you okay?"
"If you need any help from someone, I can help you," Alice says, "I know how it feels to lose someone you love."
"I don't need any of your help," Aurora shoves the two to the side and continues going on. Christopher tried to follow her, but Alice stopped him.
"Leave her be. She'll figure herself out by tomorrow and will work hard to win...but we have to work even harder to beat her," Alice said, with Christopher agreeing and the two heading to go to sleep.
Alice: (CONF.) I really want to help Aurora and have her stay strong, but I have to be strategic as well. Damien was a mean guy and Aurora is like that in a way too. So, helping her could only mean Aurora getting an advantage while I practically get nothing.
Fredrick winked at Aurora, who was returning to the cabins again, "Where are you going?"
"None of your damn business," Aurora mumbled as she walked back into the cabin. Fredrick, getting tired, headed back into thew boys' side of the cabin and went straight to sleep.
Silver had finally finished her shower and got changed in the showers too. She entered the cabin and went off to bed, opening up her drawer to get her notepad, but she got scared when she realized that she couldn't find any of her notepads.
She searched hard for anything that she used to communicate, but it was futile. Silver checked under her pillows and was horrified after seeing her pens having been crushed by a large object. They were all bent in weird ways and couldn't be used.
Silver had no idea what to do at this point. Her only way of communicating was gone because her pens were destroyed and her notepads were missing. There was only one way that she could fix the situation - talking. It pained for her to think that way but she had to do all that she could so that she could make it to the finale.
Alice felt a tug on her shoulder as she groaned, "No, I'm sleepy...urrgh..."
"Alice!" Silver whispered with her actual voice for the first time, "Wake up!"
Alice turned around and opened her eyes, backing up into a wall when she saw that it was Silver speaking, "Silver?!" She whispered, "Did you just talk?!"
Silver nodded.
"You have such a pretty voice!" Alice said, "Why haven't you talked in so long until just now? You could talk to me until I fall asleep! That's how beautiful it sounds!"
Silver blushed immediately, feeling happy that someone actually appreciated her voice. She directed Alice to the pens that were destroyed by somebody, with Alice thinking about the predicament and how to solve it.
"Call me crazy, but I think I know who did it and where your notepad are. Follow me," Alice and Silver silently opened the door of the cabin and shut it quietly as they headed to the back of the cabin.
"Oh my..." Alice mumbled, showing Silver the small that had burnt out behind the curtain and the burnt up notepads that were on top of the fire when it was burning, "Someone is sabotaging you!"
Silver sighs, "Oh no..." She looks to Alice, "What do I do?"
"I don't know, but Christopher and I are going to help you!" Alice says, "We won't have you go home because somebody is trying to hurt you! Christopher will beat them up!" She laughs as they head back into the cabins to sleep. They had no other plans of strategizing that night and went to sleep.
But, they didn't even realize that the window of their side of the cabin was wide open and that Aurora was still awake, now hiding underneath her bed sheets, recording every word that Alice and Silver were saying on her phone.
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It was hot as usual outside, but the water was cool and refreshing. Some of the contestants went into the water to have some fun and relax.
Alice was throwing water at Christopher, and both were screaming from falling over and the water. Fredrick was sitting on the beach, letting the ocean move onto his legs and retreat away from him. He watched Aurora, who was back at the cabins and was glaring at everyone outside.
Fredrick: (CONF.) Damn, she's still pissed off! I'm actually a bit afraid of her!
Silver was out on the beach as well, smiling at everyone having fun. She had nothing to do because her notepads were destroyed, but tried to keep herself occupied. She even grabbed some sticks and drew pictures on the sand.
"Hey Silver," Fredrick asked, "Are you okay? You look sleep-deprived, scared, and annoyed."
Silver heard Fredrick and looked to him. But, she continued to draw on the sand. Fredrick shook his head, disregarding Silver's dismissal of him and watched the ocean.
All of a sudden, Aurora appeared, raising her phone in the air, "I have got something to show you guys!" Everyone stopped what they were doing as Silver and Alice's conversations played out on Aurora's phone, shocking the two girls in the recording.
"Alice!"..."Wake up!"... The unfamiliar feminine voice confused Fredrick and Christopher.
"Silver?!"..."Did you just talk?!"..."You have such a pretty voice!"..."Why haven't you talked in so long until just now? You could talk to me until I fall asleep! That's how beautiful it sounds!"
There was some mumbling sounds but you could hear the sounds of footsteps. Some more words were heard.
"Oh no..."..."What do I do?"
"I don't know, but Christopher and I are going to help you!"..."I won't have you go home because somebody is trying to hurt you! Christopher will beat them up for you!"
Aurora puts her phone down and places it in her pocket, "There you have it folks, Alice and Silver are allying together to use Christopher to take out the rest of the competition...and guess what? Silver has been speaking since the beginning of the season! She's being secretive about it to get sympathy from the TV audience while secretly working with Alice to eliminate the competition! How strategic yet sneaky can those two get?!"
Silver was horrified, looking to Alice, who was just as shocked at the lies that Aurora was spewing. Alice turned to Christopher, whose head was looking down, not knowing how to feel about things.
Fredrick was the first to speak, "Wow Silver...I always knew that you were faking your silence. Now, I have an obvious reason to eliminate you by the end of tonight!" He stares at Christopher, "Don't you agree?"
"I..." Christopher shrugs, "I don't know, to be honest. It feels weird that someone you trust a lot wants to use you as a way to eliminate others for someone else's benefit." He walks off, "I'm not that good of a friend with Silver in the first place."
Alice was starting to get angry and upset for Christopher walking off and not defending them both. Silver was crying, running off to the cabins. Alice then ran to Christopher, who was walking to the community restrooms.
Fredrick: (CONF.) *laughing* Aurora is so fucking awesome! No lie, she's turning me on with this evil shit! The thing is...is what she's saying true?
Aurora: (CONF.) My actions are valid. If you fuck with me, then you're getting yourself in the wrong situation!
Christopher: (CONF.) I don't know how to feel. Alice is a great person...but the fact that Silver can talk...it just feels like what Aurora said was true.
Alice: (CONF.) *sighs* I...am...infuriated!
The cameras cut to Christopher thinking to himself as he was peeing in an urinal in the boy's community bathroom. After he finished, he flushed the urinal and turned around, falling back onto the floor when he was surprised by Alice standing right behind him.
"What are you doing in the boy's bathroom?!" Christopher asked, "It's uncomfortable."
"Fuck being uncomfortable," Alice responded, "How can you actually believe the absolute bullshit that Aurora was spewing? She blatantly recorded Silver and I in the back of the cabin with her phone! Last night, Aurora was walking in and out of the cabins to burn Silver's notepads! She was manipulating US! How could you walk out and not believe what someone who has been bullied by who is making the false claims? Whose side are you on?"
Christopher sighed, "I'm neutral, okay? I want to think about each side and pick the one that I trust most!"
"So you're saying that you don't trust me and Silver?"
"I'm neutral!"
"As Desmond Tutu said, 'If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality.'"
He scoffs, "Does that quote really apply here? You know me - I don't trust others immediately. And Silver? I don't really know her except for the fact that you're cool with her. Am I okay with her? Did you not consider my feelings for once?"
Alice was going to speak but choked on her words. She knew that he was right but was wrong at the same time. Aurora was smart with her moves. Now, Alice didn't know what to do.
"You are an amazing friend Christopher," Alice finishes, "And I won't push you to feel a certain type of way because I've learned how that can be. But, you need to distinguish between supporting your friends and allies and not trusting them. Choose wisely." Alice walks out.
Christopher: (CONF.) I feel bad for Silver, but I don't know...I don't want to damage my friendship with Alice, but I don't want to save Silver just because she can't communicate like she normally does - with paper.
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The contestants were all called to the beach by Manny and Courtney. The two hosts had six seats raised on six platforms that hung over the ocean. Courtney was also meddling with a controller that made the seats on the platform move up and down. It was a cool contraption, and it caught the contestant's attention.
"That looks wild!" Fredrick moaned.
"Sure is! We spent a ton of money on this!" Manny exclaimed, So, we need everybody to climb those platforms with the seats on top of them and to take a seat. There'll be ladders at each platform for you climb."
Everyone started climbing, making kit some kind of race to make it to the top. Christopher made it up first, using his strength to climb the ladders. Soon, everyone was sitting down.
Fredrick seemed queasy, moving around a lot in his seat.
"What's the problem?" Aurora asked Fredrick, "Is it too high for you up here?"
Fredrick looked down, turning away immediately after seeing how high they were, "Absolutely not! Who do you think I am? Alice or Silver?"
Alice and Silver glared at Fredrick's offensive statement. They ignored it, though, and focused on Manny, who was about to start explaining the challenge.
"Today will be a 'Fallen Comrade Quiz!" He started, "I will be asking random questions from the applications that everyone from this season has provided from their applications! If you get a question right, congrats! You won't sink! If you get something wrong or answer too late, Courtney will have the liberty to press a red button that will send you down a certain amount of feet closer to the water! If you get three questions wrong, you'll eventually be submerged in the water, and you'll therefore lose the challenge and will be up for elimination! The last remaining contestant that hasn't sunk under the water wins and gains immunity!"
"That sounds..." Fredrick gulps, "A bit scary."
"Are you chicken?" Christopher asks.
Fredrick shook his head, "Nope! I'm just saying! Let's start the quiz so I can get my immunity!"
Manny shrugged, taking out a notebook filled with questions, "We've got a ton of things to ask you guys, so if you know the answer, press the red button right next to your seat to answer."
Courtney asked the first question, "Which contestant from this competition was a salsa dancer but showed to be an art person on the show?"
Fredrick immediately pressed a button, "Beija!"
"Who?" Courtney asked.
"Oh! Uh, Falcao!" Fredrick reminded himself.
Manny yelled, "Correct, even if you kind of cheated! Next question! Which contestant from this season acts bad, but is really just a soft person underneath!"
Fredrick pressed his button again, "Aurora!" Then, the platform fell about five feet, "AHH!" He screamed.
Aurora burst out laughing, "That's what you get!" She then presses her button, "It's Jamie!"
"Correct!" Manny answered.
Fredrick groaned, "Oh no! I'm gonna lose!"
"Then don't be a dumbass!" Manny yelled, "Next question! Which contestant is a photographer?"
Silver pressed her button, but soon realized that she would be speaking. She turned to Alice, who seemed like she wanted to answer for her, so Silver looked down in disappointment.
"Too late of an answer Silver!" Courtney cheered, pressing the button that made Silver fall down five feet. Silver seemed shocked at how fast the platform fell down.
Alice stood up from her seat, "I'm really confused. Basically, this game will go on forever until one person remains standing. And, no one gets points if they get a question right." Manny nodded his head, "How is that fair? The game would be never-ending!"
"It's fair because we said so!" Manny exclaimed, "Geez, everyone wants answers to everything! Courtney, punish her!"
Courtney pressed the button that made Alice's platform fall down to the level of Fredrick and Silver.
"Hey! Now this is definitely not fair!" Alice said.
"Then keep talking," Courtney stated as she held up her button, "And we'll make it even worse."
Alice: (CONF.) I swear, the hosts are starting to really hate us!
"Now, which contestant is Asian!"
Christopher pressed the button, "That's Sally!"
Manny nodded, "Good! Next, which contestant had a vlog and kept using it during the show?"
No one could remember it for a moment, but Christopher pressed the button.
"Was it...Naru?" He answered unconfidently.
"Wrong!" Courtney yelled, pressing the button. Christopher, Fredrick, Silver, and Alice had all gotten a question wrong at this point while Aurora still hadn't got a question wrong.
"Our next question is...which contestant has an abusive stepfather after having he found out that this person was bisexual?" Manny asked.
Alice seemed nervous at first, but pressed her button, "Me."
"Correct!" Manny responded.
"I deserve a point for at least answering a personal question," Alice stated, but Manny ignored her.
A montage of questions were asked by Manny and Courtney, with most of everyone having answered questions correctly. Aurora had gotten a question wrong and was sent down a few feet, Fredrick answered two questions wrong and was submerged in water, losing the challenge. Silver was able to answer questions that only pertained to the final five since she could point at them, and Alice was eventually put under water after getting too many questions wrong.
It was now down to Silver, Aurora, and Christopher, who only had one more question to get wrong for them to lose the challenge. Fredrick and Alice swam back to the hosts, waiting to see who was going to win it.
Courtney asked the next question, "Alright, which contestant from this season has switched teams twice?"
Christopher presses the button, "Me."
"Yep! Pretty easy questions, huh?" Courtney shakes her head, "Okay, which contestant sings?"
Silver presses the button and points at Alice.
"Right!" Courtney responded, "Here's a good one - which contestant from this season hates destroying the environment?"
Christopher buzzed in, "Me."
"Correct!" Manny yelled.
Aurora groaned, "We've been going at this for lie an hour. Will there ever be an end?!" Christopher and Silver nodded in agreement. They were all getting pretty bored.
Manny grunts, "Fine. Let's settle the winner of this challenge once and for all!" He grabs the button from Courtney and forces the seats to go higher than before, making everyone scream at how high the chairs were from the ground.
"This is way too high!" Christopher complained.
"Well, you guys didn't want to play the challenge so I had to do this! Here is what we'll do to decide the winner of the challenge - climb down the ladder without falling off of it. The first person to make it down first wins!"
Fredrick sighed, "So Alice and I don't even get a chance to participate in this?"
"You guys sure don't!" Manny responded. He blew the horn and looked at the final three people remaining, "Go!"
Aurora and Christopher immediately began climbing down the ladder while Silver struggled.
"You can do it Christopher and Silver! Rock it!" Alice screamed. Christopher smiled while Silver gave a thumbs up. Aurora was annoyed at how she got no support, and started to vigorously climb down.
Silver started to slip from the ladder. She kept her voice in, but accidentally let go of the rungs of the ladder and fell into the ocean. She resurfaced and sighed, realizing that she just lost the challenge. She headed to Manny, Courtney, Alice, and Fredrick who were watching Aurora and Christopher race to the finish line.
Christopher was grabbing onto the ladder and was scaling down at this point. He noticed that Aurora was at the same level as him and he continued to keep going. He then felt his hands starting to sweat more. He tried to keep his hands clenched so that he wouldn't lose his grip, but a strong breeze of win d pushed through the two remaining competitors and Christopher eventually fell, screaming as he landed in the ocean.
"And we're done! Aurora wins the challenge!" Manny cheers. But, none of the contestants seemed happy about it.
Silver: (CONF.) *talks* It sure is a sad day...Aurora can't go home..and I might.
Alice: (CONF.) She won...for the second time in the merge?
Fredrick: (CONF.) Aurora is on fire!
Aurora: (CONF.) *flips hair* I go hard and won't back down without a fight!
Once Christopher made it back to shore, Manny spoke, "Aurora is safe tonight, so nobody can vote her off. For the rest...you guys have a lot of thinking to do! I've seen a ton of drama going on between you all!" He laughs as he heads off to someplace with Courtney.
The final five all look at each other, thinking hard on who to take out next.
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(Elimination Ceremony)
The night was humid but the tension in the air because of what was gong to happen tonight was even more intense. Manny and Courtney arrived at the campfire, watching everyone.
Courtney held out the chicken wings as Manny spoke, "Tonight is definitely going to be an elimination that'll shock us. No matter who goes home, there will be upsets."
"It must've been hard for you all," Courtney asked everyone, "Considering the drama that's been going on since this morning, it isn't easy to think of who could go home, right Christopher?"
Christopher nods, "It definitely was...but I know that I made the right choice." He looked to Silver, who got more anxious by the second.
Manny started announcing the results, "Alright! The people who are safe include Aurora...
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Silver! Fredrick, it looks like your time on the show is done!"
Fredrick gasped, "You have got to be fucking kidding me. Who voted to send me home?" He was escorted towards the Bee Boat of Shame.
"I can't really tell you anything specific, but three people voted you out while two people voted out Silver," Manny read the papers that showed who everyone voted out, "See ya man!"
"I'm not accepting defeat," Fredrick stated as the boat left the island, "I have been suffering on this island for too long to lose to a girl who can't talk, a girl who can't sing, a guy who complicates relationships with his friends, and a girl who can't accept the fact that she can live without her boyfriend!"
The semifinalists scoffed and disregarded Fredrick's insults.
Silver looked to Alice and Christopher, "Thanks guys for trusting me." They nodded and smiled at Silver's compliment using her voice, "You guys really are lifesavers."
Christopher smiled, "Well, what could have we done?"
"Uh, you might've voted to send Silver home!" Alice said, "Christopher...what made you feel like Silver was worth keeping around?"
He shrugged, "I don't know, to be honest. Maybe it was because I realized that I should give Silver a chance and ally with two other girls to eliminate someone who is clearly showing to be really good at challenges. The three looked to Aurora, who glared at them.
Manny looked at the camera, "A very crazy day today for everybody! Now, we're down to our semifinalists - Alice, Aurora, Christopher, and Silver. Who will make it to the end and who will lose very soon? Find out next time on the penultimate episode of Total Drama Panganib Island 2!"
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Thanks for reading! This episode may have been confusing, but hopefully not too bad!
So, we're down to only four people! Congrats to the Fanfiction writers who have their OCs still in the race!
Here are this episode's questions:
1) Were you surprised by the elimination?
2) What do you think about each of the semifinalists? What do you think about their chances of winning and their character development over time?
3) What do you think will happen next?
4) Who do you think will be the contestants in our final 2 ? Or final 3 in the finale? (Not sure if you guys have been expecting a double elimination, but I'll decide what'll happen with that)
Just to let you guys know, from now on, the people who will be eliminated will be the ones who get the lowest number of votes in the polls. This is so that you guys can have a say in who wins rather than my opinion. Lately, there's been a lot of ties with the contestants so I really hope that more people vote to make it easier for me to eliminate people.
Thanks again and see ya next time!