acosta perez jose ramiro: Thank you.
Spectactular Webhead 11: Trust me, it gets grosser. Ever hear of the infamous AleTyler video?
Jss2141: Don't worry, it's not an actual pairing. We'd never put Tyler in that type of relationship.
Guest: Ever since the first season.
Floating Salmon: Jasmine, Alejandro, Cameron, Sam
Confused Bears: Leonard, Tyler, Bridgette, Zoey
Episode 08: Three Zones and a Baby
"Last time, on Total Drama!" Chris began, the capstone theme opening over a long-distance shot of the island before the recap montage began. "The players had a ball," the host said over a clip of all the campers but Jasmine jumping into their respective teams' Turbo Orb, "that quickly rolled into a pit that everyone had to escape!" The orbs were shown rolling into the opening of the pit cave, then bouncing off the ledges and walls as they fell through it.
"Jasmine and Alejandro were forced to work together," Chris continued as the montage flashed to the two falling down while Jasmine hugged Alejandro. "Leonard found a way to shed a little light on things," Leonard was shown putting slugs in a jar to brighten up the room, "while Tyler and Cameron found more than they should've," the two boys were shown walking into an elevator,
"And our contestants showed us how not to win a challenge," Zoey, Sam, Leonard, and Bridgette ran in horror out of the outhouse, "in the most dis-gus-turbingly hilarious way ev-er!" The four were shown with disgust.
"No one went home," Chris said as the montage skipped ahead to Alejandro saying goodbye to his old team, "but I busted out a little McLean evil," Zoey was shown going to her new team with Alejandro taking her seat, "and made Alejandro and Zoey switch teams."
The montage ended there, and the scene flashed to Chris standing by the rear of the cannon. "But, this is today," he told the camera, "and someone will blast away!" he gave the cannon a loving pat. "So hip-hip-hooray, for Total! Drama! Paaaaaahkitew Island!"
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A peaceful, lilting tune played as the scene opened on the Salmons' treehouse, the camera soon zooming in to show a close-up of Alejandro sleeping peacefully on his bed. He soon opened his eyes, yawned, and got off his bed. "It's been a long time since I actually slept properly," he said.
The camera pulled back to show Cameron sitting on his top bed, though he was in his cocoon-like red sleeping bag. "You did have to sleep in a cave before, so I don't fault you on that," he said.
"How come you're in a sleeping bag?" Alejandro looked puzzled.
"I'm used to sleeping inside a bubble, and until I can adjust, I'll have to use this bag as a substitute," Cameron explained as he got out of his bag and jumped to the floor.
Alejandro was about to touch more on the subject until Sam entered the room. "Hey guys," the gamer greeted the boys. "I'm going out to gather some fish. I'll need a Player 2 for this one."
"Player 2?" Alejandro raised an eyebrow.
"I'll be happy to help," Cameron volunteered before taking off his glasses and handing them over to Alejandro. "Alejandro, use my glasses to start the fire."
"It'll be a pleasure, Cameron," Alejandro accepted the glasses and after seeing the two exit, he slumped back onto his bed with a sigh.
Confessional: Alejandro
"Cameron appears to have a very good social game with his teammates. He also has a vast intelligence. This will be a very big threat to my plans if I do not eliminate him soon," Alejandro said with a narrowed gaze.
Confessional Ends
Jasmine slid through the door with a basket of fruit. She took an apple out of it and placed the basket on the top bunk. "Seems you're getting along well with Cameron and Sam. Fruit?" Jasmine offered her apple.
"I'll accept it," Alejandro caught the apple in his hands, though he was still frowning.
"Fruit makes you sad?" Jasmine noticed.
"It's not that. I've just been thinking about who we should vote off next should we lose," Alejandro explained, "and Cameron and Sam come to mind, but we can keep Sam for another day."
"Why do you want Cam out?" Jasmine asked.
"He seems the most… fragile compared to Sam. He's nice and all, but have you ever felt like he'd get seriously hurt in these challenges?" Alejandro asked, feigning concern.
"He's been handling himself fine," Jasmine rebutted.
"But for how long? These challenges will only get more dangerous," Alejandro challenged. "We are almost at the merge, and who knows what could happen?"
Confessional: Jasmine
"Cameron's sweet and all, but Alejandro's right. He's a little too weak for this game," Jasmine claimed.
Confessional Ends
A flash took the scene to the Bears' cave as Leonard entered with a bucket of fruit. "I have returned with breakfast, team!" Leonard called out and laid the bucket on the ground. "I did wash them well."
"Cool. I'll take a pear and banana," Tyler said as he walked over.
Bridgette was about to walk up to the bucket, but stopped once she saw Zoey sitting quietly. "Hey Zoey. Is something wrong?"
"I'm fine," Zoey said. "I just miss my old team. I was friends with them, especially this one girl."
"Who?" Bridgette raised an eyebrow, "Jasmine?"
"No. It's Gwen," Zoey said. "We were getting to know each other well, but then she got eliminated a few episodes ago."
"Gwen? Is she the goth girl? How come you miss her?" Bridgette asked.
"She is moody, but we managed to talk to each other and realize we have things in common," Zoey explained. "She told me a big secret, but I'm not gonna spill it to you."
"I understand, and I won't press the issue on you," Bridgette told the social seeker compassionately.
Confessional: Bridgette
"I once went on a trip to Niagara Falls with my friends, and one of my friends got homesick," Bridgette mentioned. "In this scenario, Zoey's feeling team sick, but I can help her like I did with Betty."
Confessional Ends
Just then, the sound of a blowhorn rang through the air outside. "Attention, my soon-to-be victims!" Chris announced cheerfully. "Your fate awaits at the grand clearing!" The shot cut to the loudspeaker, and then to the opening of the cave as the Bears came out of it. "Last one there eats a rotten e~egg!" the host taunted.
"And I'm not going to be in last place!" Tyler declared and sped off. "Challenge accepted!"
"Wait for us!" Leonard called out as he chased after the jock, and the girls followed suit as well.
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The music rose up into a fast-paced tune usually used for challenges just before the scene flashed to the Salmons racing through the forest, Sam soon running up alongside them. "I wish I had more speed or more grit," he told them with a pant. "That way, I wouldn't have to eat the egg."
"I'm pretty sure Chris is just saying that to make us all meet up with him," Cameron claimed as he turned his head towards Sam.
The camera pulled back just in time to show Cameron running straight into a tree. The rest ran onward, and Cameron groaned in pain.
Confessional: Cameron
"In all honesty, I should have watched where I was going that time," Cameron said. "I'm lucky to have glasses, otherwise, I'd be slamming into trees more often."
Confessional Ends
A flat fanfare played as the scene moved to a checkered starting banner, the camera panning down and to the left to show Chef and Chris standing with the usual TV cart. As the sounds of heavy breathing drew closer he checked his watch, and the camera soon pulled back to show Cameron running up to take his place alongside his teammates with the Bears already there as well.
"Aaaaand Cameron arrives last," Chris announced, a triumphant tune playing, "so! He gets to eat the rotten egg." He turned and nodded at Chef, who walked forward with a smirk.
"This is highly unorthodox!" Cameron cried out in a panic.
"Just eat the stupid egg, kid," Chef said grimly, the shot zooming in as he walked up and held out a foul-looking egg to the bubble boy; Cameron took one whiff of it and recoiled in disgust.
"This is my consequence of arriving late, I suppose," Cameron said, covering his nose with his fingers as he hesitantly took the egg. He gulped, then shoved the whole egg in his mouth...and scrunched up in disgust as an odd sound played.
"While Cameron strengthens his protein levels," Chris said, drawing the short boy's cringing eyes to the right, "the rest of you listen up." The shot cut to the smiling host, and he continued. "Today's challenge is called 'Hush, or Die'." An image took over the screen, depicting an orange arrow and a green arrow moving alongside a line that had been divided into three segments by tick marks. "The teams have to race through three separate and unique danger zones," Chris explained, a bluish logo bearing the number 1, 2, or 3 popping into place as the arrows passed by the corresponding section of the line. The camera pulled back to show the image on the television screen, and Chris raised a trio of fingers.
"Three zones have one thing in common, though," he added, switching to one finger before the on-screen image slid away to be replaced by a standard 'volume' icon with curved lines rippling out of it signifying the noise level. "The noisier you are, the greater the danger becomes." He smiled as an orange-ish skull and crossbones flew out of the on-screen icon.
The shot cut to an arrow-shaped sign with a '1' on it. "Area 1 is called," the camera pulled back and to the right to show several male lions dozing on the various boulders that littered the forest, "the Lion's Lunch. You gotta sneak through a field of sleeping lions. Wake one up," he joked as the camera panned onto even more lions, "and you're lunch! Haha."
"Easy if they're asleep," Zoey told the host.
"Oh," Chris interrupted, "and there are rattlesnakes, too." The camera panned from him back to the television, the live feed now focused on a snake curled up on a rock. It raised its head and hissed at the camera, rattling its tail as well.
"Okay then," Zoey said nervously.
"Um, a rattlesnake's poison is kinda… deadly," Jasmine opened up.
"The venom in our snakes has been slightly diluted," Chris explained. "So, you'll only feel like you're going die! If you make it out of that zone alive," the camera moved back onto the TV, "maybe you'll die in Area 2!" The lived feed cut away from the hissing snake to a pan across an ordinary-looking stretch of forest. "The Pasta Blasta!" Chris announced dramatically. "Make a noise in zone 2, blindfolded Chef will blast ya with pasta!" The feed cut to Chef Hatchet, standing blindfolded with his bazooka by a stack of cans of his own brand of extra-spicy spaghetti. A bird started singing overhead, and the camera pulled back to show him crouching down on the large stump he was stationed at and firing a blast of pasta. It hit the bluebird, plastering it to the trunk of the tree and scattering a few feathers in the process.
"Noodles can't harm or kill people," Alejandro added.
"Truuue," Chris said slowly. "Unless the burning-hot noodles cause you to scream and wake-up the carnivorous Pasta Bear," he pointed out with a grin, a bout of static transitioning the scene to a large cave with several empty pasta cans scattered in front of it, "forcing your team to untangle you before you're eaten alive."
"I take that back," Alejandro said as the shot cut back to the stunned faces of the Salmons. "Carry on."
Another round of static cut the scene to a panning shot of what looked like a snowy mountain trail of all things, the usual arrow-shaped signs still marking the zone. "The last phase of the challenge is crossing the Avalanche Zone!" Chris explained, ending in a dramatic tone as the pan reached the checkered finish line at the very end.
"Avalanche Zone?" Leonard repeated dismissively, the camera pulling back to show him walking over to the television. "No need to explain what that zone is about since you gave it such a blatantly obvious name."
Chris frowned in annoyance and took out a walkie-talkie. "Chef! Give me a shot, 10 o'clock, 73 high, please?" A shot rang off as he lowered his arm, and seconds later a blast of saucy spaghetti sailed down and struck Leonard in the chest.
"Urgh!" Leonard groaned as the camera cut to him lying on the ground struggling with the pasta pinning him down. "It's a good thing this pasta didn't get on my cloak."
"Here's the thing," Chris explained to the campers. "It occurred to me that you kids are young and agile enough to handle this challenge easily. So it would be hilarious if I found a way to turn youth against you!"
The teens all shared worried looks.
"You're worried already," Chris mused, "I like that. Anyway, to make things more fun for me, everyone will have to carry a special something through the entire challenge! It'll make it way harder."
"Okay," Cameron said skeptically, "but what does any of that have to do with youth?"
Chris grinned, and the shot cut backwards to show a shadow slowly moving over the group. "I'm glad you said that. Release the babies!" he commanded as the music rose up dramatically.
Everyone gasped and looked up, and the camera quick-panned upward to show a pair of familiar interns in the basket of a hot air balloon – hanging from the bottom of which were eight babies swaddled tightly in pastel cloth. The female intern pulled a cord, and the babies dropped...
Confessional: Sam
"This show is gonna endanger babies!?" Sam confessed in a panic.
Confessional Ends
A few deep, ringing notes played as Zoey, Bridgette, and Tyler were shown catching their babies with frantic looks on their faces. The camera panned right to show Leonard doing the same, then Cameron, then Jasmine, then Sam, and lastly Alejandro. One of the babies cooed in its sleep, but none of them stirred.
"This is inhuman," Alejandro said, his eyes still wide. "You are pure evil!" The baby in his hands began to cry, and his eyes darted down to it.
Chris gently shushed him, then grinned. "They're sleeping," he stage-whispered. "You wake a lion up with a crying baby, and it's not gonna be a party!"
The shot cut back to Alejandro as he nervously looked down at his crying baby. "It's okay, little one," he said, rocking the baby slightly. "Go back to sleep. I won't let anything happen to you," The baby settled back down into sleep, and Alejandro smiled genuinely.
"Nice one," Jasmine said in a whisper, the camera pulling back to show her and the boys all staring at Alejandro. "I can't even keep Whiskers under control like you do."
"It's all about having the right attitude," Alejandro whispered back.
"Aaand," Chris whispered, the shot jumping back out to show all of the campers looking towards him. "Go!' Chris finished, taking out his airhorn and giving it the slightest of toots.
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The scene flashed to a close-up of Leonard and Tyler cautiously tiptoeing through the first zone as a low, tense trill took over the background music. The camera pulled to show Bridgette and Zoey in the foreground, both looking around nervously at the sleeping lions and snakes but in doing so missing a small twig on the ground in front of them. Zoey accidentally stepped on it and the music spiked; all four Bears froze as the snakes lifted their heads and started rattling.
A close-up showed a lion uttering a growling yawn and opening its eyes; it only blinked them a few times before falling back asleep. Zoey sagged her shoulders in relief, and the focus moved to Bridgette looking her way.
"Watch where you're going," Bridgette whispered. "We can't alert them."
Zoey nodded sheepishly.
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Another flash, and a low-to-the-ground shot showed Alejandro stepping gingerly over a sleeping snake. The camera moved up and out as he sighed in relief, only for a slender and dark arm to reach out of a bush and pull him into it.
The camera immediately cut to the other side of the bush to show all the Salmons there with their babies. "Here's the plan," Jasmine said. "We maintain a lead on them and wake up the danger we've already passed. And then let them deal with the lions. All in?"
"Okay," Cameron nodded.
"Fine by me," Sam smiled.
The others looked at Alejandro. "What about you?" Cameron asked him.
"Hmm...," Alejandro murmured. "It is a little underhanded, but we need to win." He glanced to the side, and the camera quick-panned over to show Leonard stepping around a snake, then slowly stepping backwards. The camera followed him as he unwittingly neared a sleeping lion, but a heavy breath from it caused him to freeze in place.
"It's them or us," Jasmine told him as the scene returned. "They are the enemy after all."
"Absolutely," Sam nodded his head.
Confessional: Jasmine
"I know it's Al's old mates we're slowing down, and I don't want to come off as a tyrant, but I have to do whatever it takes to win that million dollars," Jasmine claimed.
Confessional Ends
"So what will we use to stop the Bears?" Cameron asked.
"We can do just fine with this!" Jasmine smiled, bending down and picking up a stone, then throwing it off to the side. The shot cut to it landing next to a snake, causing it to wake up and start rattling – the camera pulling back to show it staring right at the four Bears.
"Let's go!" Sam told his teammates as the scene returned to them, the music turning tense as they all ran off. The camera lingered in place, however, to show the tree next to the bush they'd been hiding behind descend into the ground with a metallic whir...
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The music spiked dramatically as the scene flashed back to the Bears looking down warily at the snake that was hissing and rattling in front of them. "This isn't good," Tyler muttered in a muted panic.
"Keep calm, everyone," Bridgette whispered. "We've just gotta go around it."
"But where?" Leonard hissed, the camera moving behind them as he motioned to their front and the shot pulling back to show the snake sitting in the middle of a relatively narrow path between two lounging lions. "There's barely any room to walk!"
Zoey gulped as the camera cut back to an angled shot in front of them. "He makes a good point."
"We should split up," Bridgette suggested. "We'd have a lesser chance of waking up that lion if we aren't all trying to sneak past it."
"Good idea," Zoey said.
"I'll be with Zoey on this one," Leonard nodded before tiptoeing forward. Zoey followed him, while Bridgette and Tyler headed off in a different direction; the viewpoint moved above and behind them to show them filing slowly around either side of the snake.
Confessional: Zoey
"It's really cool that Leonard wants to work with me," Zoey said positively. "Wizard costume or not, he's a good person to be friends with."
Confessional Ends
The static cut away to show the Salmons creeping through another part of the zone, Cameron in the back and the others in the front as they headed past another lion sleeping on a rock in the foreground. "Okay," Cameron looked back and whispered, "we're ahead of the other team."
"Good," Alejandro replied. "Just a little bit further and-"
All four stopped in their tracks as Cameron's baby suddenly whimpered. "Uh oh," the wide-eyed bubble boy moaned with wide eyes, holding the baby out at arm's length. "My baby is upset." It whimpered again, and the shot cut to the nearby lion stirring.
"We didn't even do anything," Sam replied. "How did this happen?"
"I'm going to figure it out!" Cameron replied, his voice getting louder. His baby started crying, and the lion awoke with a snarl.
"Ooh, now this is definitely bad," Sam replied calmly, the camera pulling back to show the lion now standing and facing towards them. It roared, and they all screamed.
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A pause sign appeared over the scene as it stopped, and the camera pulled back from the television to reveal it on the left end of an L-shaped desk. Chris was sitting at the outside corner in a tall-backed office chair and his usual smile.
"Will the Floating Salmon be eliminated from the challenge," he asked as the capstone theme played, "and existence right now? Or, will they somehow escape the Kings of the Jungle? And what about those babies, eh? How else are they gonna make everyone's lives more miserable? Find out soon, here on Total! Drama! Paaaaahkitew Island!"
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(Commercial Break)
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TSPI 8 (pt 2)
The episode resumed with a deep note, the camera just behind Jasmine's right shoulder showing the lion growling and readying for a pounce. "We need to back away very slowly," the Outback woman whispered. "And don't make any sudden movements." Another deep note played as the camera moved in front of her as she slowly took a step back.
"If we run, he'll think we're his appetizers...," she said, the shot cutting to Sam and Alejandro nervously backing away as a third deep note played.
The shot then cut to Cameron sniffing his crying baby, then gagging. "I don't like this, but I have no choice," he said to himself, dashing forward with his baby held out in front of him.
"What are you doing?!" Alejandro exclaimed in shock as Cameron ran past the three, coming to a stop just in front of the lion. It stopped mid-snarl upon being confronted with the crying baby, then sniffed the air and cringed.
"This should make you leave, or I'll be dead," Cameron told it, thrusting his baby towards it as it backed up and tried to cover its nose. He took another step forward, and the lion turned and fled.
"Uh," Sam said as the shot cut back to the three shocked contestants, "what was that?"
Confessional: Cameron
"My baby simply needed a diaper change," Cameron explained. "I wouldn't want to be around them if they were smelly and loud."
Confessional Ends
"That was a relief!" Cameron said proudly as Alejandro, Sam, and Jasmine rejoined him. "Now we can pass through."
Alejandro took a whiff of him and his baby, then held his nose. "Not to offend you, but you smell almost as much as the rotten egg from earlier," the arch villain said.
Cameron's baby started crying again, causing the others to wince and quickly attend to their own infants before they woke up. "We're gonna go on ahead," Jasmine told him. "Change your baby's diaper, and you can catch up with us."
"Wait-!" Cameron said in disbelief as the team started walking away.
"Sorry," Alejandro said, "but you should keep your baby calm otherwise we're in serious trouble."
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The pause sign reappeared with a beep, and the camera pulled back to show Chris at his desk again. "Ooh," he cringed mockingly, "Looks like Cameron isn't so hot right now. But since he and his teammates made it through the Lion's Lunch, they are ready for the Pasta Blasta!"
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A deep, ominous riff played as the shot cut Chef loading his bazooka with another can of pasta, and blindly taking aim.
The camera pulled back to show Sam, Alejandro, and Jasmine all looking wary.
"So who wants to go first?" Jasmine asked.
"I'll go!" Sam said, running ahead before his teammates could reply.
Confessional: Sam
"I've watched my fair share of 'Mission: Impossible' to know that you should always make sure the path ahead of you is clear and free of any traps, perils, or hazards," Sam confessed.
Confessional Ends
Sam smiled and held his baby close to his chest. "Here I go," he told his teammates. He ran forward and slid legs-first behind a bush, only to roll forward from it moments later to hide behind a tree. The camera zoomed in as he leaned out suspiciously from behind it, looked around, and nodded. "Okay, the coast is clear," he whispered before tiptoeing back out into the open.
Moments later, he took a step and something honked; it startled the gamer enough that he fumbled with his baby for a second.
"Did I forget to tell you the field is full of booby traps?" Chris asked over the loudspeaker, Sam looking down at his feet and the camera cutting to him lifting his foot off a bike horn. "My bad!" the host finished as Chef was shown firing his bazooka with a grin.
Sam screamed as he was hit with a large ball of meaty pasta, and the camera cut to his front to show him stuck to the trunk with pasta up to his chin, his baby held over his head. "Uh-oh," Chris taunted mischievously, earning a nervous look from Sam, "here comes Pasta Bear!" The camera pulled back just enough to show the left forepaw and hip of a bear standing up, with gold rings on two of its claws and some kind of strap around its waist and back.
The music turned tense as the viewpoint shifted back to the side, Alejandro and Jasmine running up to their unpredictable teammate. "Alejandro, free Sam," Jasmine said. "I'll try and distract the bear."
"I'm on my way," Alejandro agreed, stopping in front of Sam as Jasmine continued running. The latin boy set his baby down on the ground, then started pulling pasta off his teammate.
"Now hold on right there," Jasmine said in a fierce manner. As she spoke, the camera cut to Pasta Bear's running feet, the back outward to show him – scuba tank on his back, gold chains around his neck, and blindfold over his eyes - running clear past Jasmine.
"Did I forget to tell you that Pasta Bear is running on smell?" Chris asked mischievously as the bear was shown running along blindly, pausing to sniff the air, then resuming his run with an excited tongue-lolling grin. "My bad!"
Jasmine's eyes widened. "Alejandro! Hurry up!"
The shot cut to Alejandro and Sam, the former frantically pulling pasta away faster as the latter scrunched his face in confusion. "Hey, that's Bling Bear!"
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"Diaper changing is something I never want to do," Cameron groaned as the scene flashed back to him standing by the Zone 2 sign, holding what looked like a dirty diaper at arm's length with only two fingers. He tossed it away to the right, then turned his back to the camera, bent down, and picked up his baby – swaddled, awake, and smiling. "At least you're not crying anymore," he told it with a smile of his own.
"What are you doing?" Leonard said, the camera zooming out to show him walking over with his own baby in hand. "That baby can sense your own nervousness."
"My baby is back in control, but I'll keep that in mind," Cameron noted.
Confessional: Cameron
"If Leonard was teamed up with Alejandro before, maybe I can get more insight on Alejandro by asking Leonard about his experiences," Cameron told the audience. "That way, I can be sure I'm correct about not trusting Alejandro."
Confessional Ends
Cameron opened his mouth. "Can I ask you a question?"
"Is it urgent?" Leonard wondered.
"No, but I do want to know something," Cameron said.
"As long as it's quick, go on," Leonard said.
"So you know about the team swap, and Alejandro is on my team," Cameron explained. "But how was he like during your team?"
"He was an upright fellow," Leonard smiled. "He gave me advice on how to be myself, and it's because of him that I embraced myself without my cloak."
Cameron's eyebrow rose up. "That's interesting to know. I'd press onto that, but I can't keep my team waiting. Just keep an eye on Alejandro," he told the LARPer, turning around and walking away.
The camera lingered on Leonard as he looked confused, then turned around at the sound of footsteps. "What was that all about?" Tyler demanded, the camera pulling back to show him, Zoey, and Bridgette finally arriving. "Why were you talking to Cam?"
"He told me something about watching out for Alejandro," Leonard replied. "But we should get going," he added seriously before walking off screen, his teammates following suit.
"The Confused Bears are in to Zone 2!" Chris announced over the loudspeaker. "But do they have what it takes to catch up to the Salmons?" he asked the camera as it cut to him at his desk.
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The scene moved back to the Salmons, without Cameron, now running through the zone. "Unless the Salmons figure out their problem soon," Chris continued via the loudspeaker once more, "I'd say yes."
A quick-pan back to the left showed Pasta Bear still chasing after them to the usual tense challenge theme, and the scene soon cut back to the team as they shared a look.
"This thing is like a robot assassin!" Sam said. "Can't someone throw it off us?"
"But then it'd run into Cameron," Alejandro pointed out, "and we won't endanger ourselves."
The three were suddenly launched into the air by a long spring-loaded panel hidden in the ground, screaming as they flew backwards. Pasta Bear came roaring up to the panel and the pit below it, then stopped and sniffed the air. It grunted in confusion, then wandered off to the right.
The music trilled tensely as the shot moved to Jasmine and Sam landing with screams in a bush. Moments later, Alejandro came down in front of it on his feet, arms out at his sides and a smile on his face as he stuck the landing. He gasped in shock as he glanced upward, quickly leaning to either side to catch his teammates' babies in either hand, then his own on his head. "I will need some assistance," he asked as he struggled to maintain the infants' balance, and Sam and Jasmine obliged by standing up out of the bush and taking their respective babies from him.
"Ain't this just a dingo's dinner," Jasmine interrupted as she looked around. "We got launched back to the start!"
"Now we can pay more attention to where we're running," Sam said, charging to the right with Jasmine and Alejandro following shortly after, the music rising in pace and intensity.
The shot quickly cut to them catching up to Cameron, the model sending a shocked look back over his shoulder. "Weren't you guys in front of me a few minutes ago?"
"Originally, but we're catching up," Alejandro replied.
Just then, Tyler ran up to them with the rest of his team right behind him. "See you guys at the finish line!" he taunted as the Bears charged forward.
Confessional: Alejandro
"I have to slow down the Bears somehow, so I'm going to take a page out of Jasmine's book," Alejandro smirked.
Confessional Ends
Alejandro bent down slightly, and the shot cut to him scooping up a bicycle horn up off the ground. He then threw it hard as he ran, and the camera followed it through the air until it hit Bridgette in the head.
"Augh!" she exclaimed as the horn honked and bounced off, landing with another honk. She sent a dirty look back, then stopped in sudden realization and looked forward. The shot cut to Chef turning towards the sound and grinning, then firing off a blast of pasta.
Bridgette screamed as she was hit off-screen, and the shot quickly cut back to her and her baby plastered to a tree by the spicy spaghetti. She groaned as her baby woke up and laughed in delight, and the camera cut to Pasta Bear catching sniffing the air then excitedly running off to the left.
"At least one of us is happy...," Bridgette said nervously as she looked off to the right. The passing Salmons caught her attention as they passed by, and the surfer girl glared at Alejandro.
Confessional: Bridgette
"What is Alejandro's deal? He could have harmed me, and more importantly, the baby I am holding," Bridgette confessed. "If this is what Leonard and Cameron were talking about, I'll have to reconsider my thoughts on him."
Confessional Ends
The music turned slow and tense as the static cut away to show Leonard, Tyler, and Zoey running up to Bridgette.
"I'll free Bridgette. Zoey and Tyler, distract Pasta Bear," Leonard said as he frantically tore pasta off his teammate.
"Got it!" Zoey said before she and Tyler ran off, the camera zooming in on Leonard as he resumed freeing Bridgette.
A tense note was struck as the shot cut to Bridgette. "Remember when you talked to Cameron earlier?"
"I do, and he told me about Alejandro," Leonard said.
"Maybe he did because Alejandro's not so trustworthy," Bridgette said. "He threw a horn at my head and got me stuck in this situation."
"He did that?" Leonard asked.
"I know he's been polite to us and helped you be normal," Bridgette responded, "but it might be a ruse to hide something."
"He probably threw the horn at you to help his new team advance," Leonard suggested as he yanked the last of the pasta off of her, "but I'll keep an eye on him just in case."
Both grabbed their babies. "I appreciate you listening to me. Now let's go," Bridgette said, and the two ran off.
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A flash took the scene to Tyler and Zoey, the tense challenge music rising up once again. The shot cut to Pasta Bear running towards them from the opposite direction, then returned to the duo as they skidded to a stop.
"Zoey, do you have any food from breakfast?" Tyler asked.
"I only have a banana," Zoey pulled one out and gave it to Tyler.
"Hold my baby, cause I have a plan," Tyler said, handing Zoey his baby before turning around and swallowing the banana whole. "Take a whiff of this!" he said, letting loose a loud belch just as Pasta Bear came into view. The shot cut in to the bear's close-up as his head rattled around and he passed out.
"Good idea!" Zoey cheered, giving Tyler's baby back.
Moments later, the music spiked dramatically as Zoey's brow shot up and she pulled Tyler down into a crouch, a blast of pasta sailing right through where Tyler had been standing. "Whoa, that was close!" Tyler whispered. "Thanks for helping me!"
"It was the least I can do," Zoey replied.
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"I think we're back where we got launched," Alejandro whispered as the scene flashed back to the Salmons creeping along together.
"Just keep quiet and watch your step," Jasmine replied.
Moments later, the team was hit with small globs of pasta flying in from the left, causing them to stumble and crash into each other. "What the?" Sam exclaimed, feeling the saucy pasta on his hair. "How did Chef find us?"
Cameron gasped as he caught sight of something to the right. "I don't know, but he's not done!" he said, quickly jumping to the side before a normal-sized pasta blast crashed into the three from the right.
It was then that Zoey and Tyler passed by. "Sorry guys!" Zoey said.
The shot cut to the three groaning in annoyance before panning over to Cameron. "Sorry about that. I should've given you a heads up."
"Just get us out of this mess," Jasmine suggested, and Cameron quickly began working on the pasta that was binding his team together.
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Another flash took the scene to the Zone 3 sign, snow falling around it as the music slowed down. "Looks like the Bears are going across the second finish line first," Chris announced over the loudspeaker as the four members of the team ran across the screen, Zoey and Tyler out front with Leonard and a sauce-splattered Bridgette behind.
"Alright!" Tyler cheered. "We're in the lead!"
"Shh," Leonard hissed. "We cannot get buried!"
Confessional: Leonard
"I could've been nicer there, but Tyler needs to be more aware of his voice capacity," Leonard said.
Confessional Ends
"Congratulations, Confused Bears," Chris whispered, standing before the four in his white parka. "You're in the lead now, and just one more zone to go. First, I need you to hand in your babies." As he spoke, the long-banged male intern jogged over with a red baby carriage.
"Why?" Zoey asked as she handed her baby to the intern.
"Lawyers called Chef and said something about danger, and babies, and lawsuits, bla-bla-bla-la-la-la," Chris explained in an uninterested tone.
"The lawyers have every right to get involved," Bridgette said as the intern pushed the carriage away. "Child endangerment is very criminal."
Chris let out an annoyed sigh. "I know, don't remind me. You're lucky I don't have a replacement ready to keep things interesting."
The Bears sighed in relief, then continued onward. "I'm not the smartest guy," Tyler began slowly and softly, looking around at the mountain they were on, "but I don't remember seeing this place before today."
"You're right," Leonard added. "Things like this don't really pop us."
"Trust me, it's always been here," Chris told them.
The music picked up as the scene returned to the zone 3 sign, the Salmons breathing heavily as they ran up to it and the intern. Jasmine, Sam, and Cameron quickly handed off their babies, but Alejandro paused after holding his up. The shot cut to its eyes wide open, looking at Alejandro with a bright smile and burbling.
"Hand over the baby and let's go!" Jasmine told him.
"If I hand him in now, he'll just begin to cry," Alejandro replied, the intern growing impatient as the latino continued to hold the baby up. The camera moved over his shoulder as he moved to hand the baby to the intern, only for it to tear up and its lip to begin trembling.
"Put it in the carriage. It's not that hard!" Jasmine told him.
"It's okay," Cameron said quickly. "We'll go ahead and let Alejandro calm the baby down."
"Huh?" Sam said in shock.
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"But we need Alejandro or we'll lose!" Sam objected as the scene flashed to the three.
"He can catch up with us," Cameron told him. "I just need to talk to you two in private."
"About what?" Jasmine asked skeptically.
"If we lose today, I say we vote off Alejandro," Cameron said. "Not because he's new to the team, but because I don't trust him. He seems like the type of guy who'd sell his own sibling to get ahead in the competition and life."
"I don't see him in that light," Jasmine claimed. "Competitive, yes, but heartless, no."
"Regardless, he's an athletic and powerful threat," Cameron continued. "If he's still here, we'll be outmatched in the merge."
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A soft, sweet tune played as the scene flashed back to Alejandro, rocking his baby in his arms. "There there, little one," he said with a warm smile. "It's time you go to sleep..."
Alejandro handed his baby to the intern and started to meet up with her team...
Only to stop in his tracks when a loud ringtone rang from the phone in his pocket through the air. A close-up of the snow-covered slope above them showed it trembling, then the music came to a blaring finish as the shot cut backward and the snow fell down onto both teams.
"Whoa!" Chris said in shock as the scene cut to him and Chef standing just beyond the finish line. "I think we finally lost someone!" he said, an excited grin forming as he looked to his assistant.
"Think again!" came the voice of Tyler, Chris looking back to the left in shock before the camera quick-panned over, showing the jock digging himself out of the top of the snow with Leonard and Zoey doing the same on either side of him. Tyler hopped onto the snowy ridge and slid along it on his back, while Leonard and Zoey hauled Bridgette out of the snow before doing the same.
Chris gasped, and triumphant music began to play as Tyler, Zoey, Leonard, and Bridgette all slid under the finish banner. "Confused Bears for the win!" he announced through his megaphone. "Congrats on not dying," he added, stowing the megaphone as the four Bears walked over to him.
The four Bears all cheered and celebrated their victory.
The camera cut back to the snow as the four Salmons poked their heads up out of it. "What just happened?" Alejandro stammered, looking around with wide eyes.
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The static cut away to the usual shot of the moonlit island, the ceremony theme beginning as the camera zoomed forward slightly.
A deep note was struck as the scene cut to the elimination area, the four Floating Salmons seated in the front row and wrapped in full-body blankets – Jasmine on the far left, Cameron next to her, then Sam, and Alejandro on the far right. All four were sending annoyed looks to the right, and the shot cut to Chris standing solemnly by the fire with a tray of three marshmallows in his hands.
"The following campers are safe," he said, picking up the first marshmallow. "Sam," the shot cut back to the campers as the gamer eagerly stuck a hand out of his blanket and caught his prize, "and Jasmine." The camera panned to the side to show the Outback girl claiming her marshmallow.
The static cut to Alejandro watching as Chris announced "And tonight's human cannonball is..."
The camera cut from Alejandro, to Cameron, to Chris holding the marshmallow in his hand with a smirk and back to-
"Cameron," the host announced.
"What?! How am I eliminated?!" Cameron asked in shock.
Confessional: Sam
"I voted for Jasmine, not Cameron," Sam admitted. "Alejandro hasn't been on our team for long, and I want to give him a chance instead of just throwing him away. Nobody should get wasted."
Confessional: Jasmine
"Crikey, why did I do that?! Cameron was one of my friends here and I just ditched him just like that," Jasmine said sadly. "I really shouldn't have done that."
Confessional: Alejandro
"And with that, a threat is executed," Alejandro grinned. "I don't know if Sam voted with me and Jasmine, but that doesn't matter if my plan worked excellently."
Confessionals End
The footage flashed ahead to show Cameron loaded into the cannon. "Anything you want to say before I send you off?" Chris grinned.
"I thought I'd get maimed when I first got here, but now that I made it to this point without any life-crippling injuries, I don't need to go to my bubble ever again!" Cameron said. "Just being alive is a personal victory!" Without warning, the cannon fired him off screaming into the night.
"And being eliminated is a total letdown!" Chris grinned as the shot cut back to him and now Chef at the base of the cannon. "He should know that."
Chef rolled his eyes. "Whatever you say!"
Chris ignored him. "Tune in next time," he told the camera as the capstone theme played, "for more pain, and less fun, right here on Total! Drama! Paaahkitew Island!"
(Roll the Credits)
Floating Salmon: Jasmine, Alejandro, Sam
Confused Bears: Leonard, Tyler, Bridgette, Zoey
Author's Note: Sorry to all the Cameron fans out there, but he had to be eliminated to further Alejandro as a villain. This is why Alejandro switched with Zoey, so he won't be outnumbered. Jasmine being manipulated into voting off Cameron will bite her in the future.
14th: Staci
13th: Dakota
12th: Sugar
11th: Beardo
10th: Gwen
9th: Justin
8th: Cameron