(Saving Private Leechball)
Magic Detective: Yeah, getting rid of Scott was mostly for the sake of weeding out unimportant characters that I only brought in to complete the lineup. He won't be the only one either, there will be a few more.
Ellismskd24: No exceptions unless it adds more drama, at least as far as Chris is concerned.
SuperSonicHeroes: Thanks, I'm glad to see you liked it. I figured Scott being kicked off first would catch people by surprise, but it had to be done, given that he doesn't have much to add in this story. And yeah, Mal has returned. Also nice job catching the Infinity War reference.
Cody Fanatic: Believe me I get it, Scott was one of my favorite parts of the original All Stars, but without his relationship with Courtney he doesn't serve much of a purpose here. Still I'm glad to see you enjoyed the chapter, so thanks.
Frosty Wolf (ch 1): Yep, Duncan eventually learned that lesson, even if it did take a long time to sink in. I'm not going to screw up the relationships I've developed just for the same of drama, unlike certain networks that shall not be named. DJ and Dawn was something I figured would get a fair bit of attention. Glad to see you approve of Alejandro's entrance here, and you do raise a good point about his disappearance. You pretty much took the words out of my mouth with Jo, because frankly I'm not a big fan of her character. Your opinion on All Stars is fair, but I'm going to stick with mine.
Frosty Wolf (ch 2): Oh don't worry, you'll be seeing the last of Jo before too long. Frankly I find her annoying too. Without his and Courtney's plot, Scott doesn't really add anything to the season. Frankly it doesn't make a lot of sense when you think about it. You're not wrong about him getting mauled by Fang either, Total Drama does have a certain tendency to go overboard in that regard. I figured the sleeping legs thing with Alejandro was just him screwing with Heather, but yeah I chose to cut that out.
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Starting with the recap…
In typical fashion, Chris started the new episode with a recap of the previous one on the Dock of Shame "Last time on Total Drama All Stars: Our 14 heroes and villains were sent out to dig for buried treasure, and wound up uncovering a few nasty surprises along the way. Scott took the chance to villain it up big time and tried to sabotage the Heroes, and when he ended up getting caught by one of Mike's alternate personalities, he didn't take it too well. But in the end, that and his history of sabotaging his own team came back to bite him when the Heroic Hawks won the challenge, and he ended up getting sent packing by his teammates via the Flush of Shame. We still have 13 contestants in the running for one million dollars, and the question remains, which one of rhythm will be the next one to ride the sewer system? The only way to find out is to watch right here and right now, on Total! Drama! All Stars!"
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(intro)
Shots of four brand new spotlights popping out, following by the camera zooming through the camp, past the spa hotel and crappy cabin, up to the top of the thousand foot cliff, and then down into the lake below
Dear mom and dad I'm doing fine
You guys are on my mind
Underneath the lake, Anne Maria (also holding onto a can of hairspray) and Courtney are both tugging back and forth on a treasure chest, which opens to reveal Cody inside, along with Mr Coconut and a McLean Brand Invincibility Statue floating out of it and to the surface, while Duncan is lounging in a canoe.
You asked me what I wanted to be
And now I think the answer is plain to see
In a nearby forest, Jo is jogging through and passes a clearing where DJ and Dawn both sit on the ground meditating, hand in hand and surrounded by several animals.
I wanna be famous
Over at a certain river, Heather and Alejandro are riding in a canoe and glaring at each other until the canoe goes over a waterfall, with Alejandro gracefully leaping out onto dry land, but Heather goes over with the canoe. Down below, Brick is standing on a cracked log doing push ups until Heather lands on his back, causing the log to give out and make both of them fall.
I wanna live close to the sun
Go pack your bags cause I've already won
Scott watches Heather and Brick fall and laughs, until Fang comes out of the confessional and starts chasing him.
Everything to prove, nothing in my way
I'll get there one day
Pan over to where Chef is just relaxing in a lounge chair in front of the spa hotel watching all of the chaos unfolding on a monitor, only look over and scowl as he saw Mike and Zoey sitting on the beach gazing longingly at each other… only for the moment to be ruined by Mike letting out a gasp, followed by a bang of his hair coming down and covering one eye, a malicious smirk spreading across his face.
Cause I wanna be famous!
Gwen is sitting at the Dock of Shame and pulls Cody out of the water, the two of them staring into each other's eyes, only for the moment to be ruined by Chris dropping a bear onto the dock with a helicopter.
Na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na.
Pan over to the lake where all 14 contestants (Alejandro, Anne Maria, Brick, Cody, Courtney, Dawn, DJ, Duncan, Gwen, Heather, Jo, Mike, Scott, Zoey) are standing on a series of poorly built platforms holding jousting sticks and all preparing to fight.
I wanna be, I wanna be, I wanna be famous
The teams clash, with Brick and Jo taking each other out, Zoey shoving Scott back, Anne Maria pushing Dawn back, Mike going up against Alejandro, Duncan and DJ pushing each other back, Alejandro pushing Cody back, finally Gwen and Heather pushing each other back.
I wanna be, I wanna be, I wanna be famous
The scene changes to night at the campfire ceremony, with Zoey looking concerned and reaching out towards Mike (with the bang down over one eye), who has his back turned to her, with her attempt to reach out to him being interrupted by Chris popping up in between them.
(Whistling tune as the song ends)
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Night had fallen, and the Villains were settling in for the night, though not particularly pleasantly after their defeat.
"Well this is officially a load of crap." Duncan gave a scowl as he looked around the interior of the Loser Cabin "And to think I almost forgot about how much these cabins sucked."
"Indeed, it is a bit of a downgrade from last night." Alejandro let out a sigh "Let us just hope this is our only visit. Well I bid you a good night amigo." and then he laid back down on his bed and closed his eyes.
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(Confessional)
"Downgrade is a freaking understatement." Duncan let out a groan "First of all I'm stuck alone in here with Alejandro, and the guy is as much of a (bleep) as he ever was. Scott was okay, at least with him you knew what you were getting, even if it was crap. The only other guy I'd put up with having to share a room with would be DJ, maybe Cody, and they're both on the Heroes team. Never thought I'd say this, but maybe being on that team wouldn't be so bad." there was a pause, and then he burst out laughing "Yeah right, as if I'd ever wanna be stuck on the Heroes team."
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Meanwhile, with the female losers…
"Well this officially sucks." Heather shot a glare up at where Jo lay on her bunk "Thanks again for screwing this challenge up for us Jo."
"Hey don't go blaming me for your crap." Jo shot a scowl at Heather "You're the one that had to waste time bitching at me instead of digging."
"Well I wouldn't have had to bitch at you if everyone just shut their traps and did what I told them to do. I'm the one that has the most experience on this team, and you're the one that kept trying to undermine me!"
"I undermine you because you're acting like a little bi-" Jo was cut off by a pillow being thrown at her face, the same with Heather "What the (bleep)?!"
"Guess what blondie." Anne Maria pulled herself out of bed and levelled a pissed off glare at both of them "It's both your faults for bitching at everybody and trying to shove stuff down our throats instead of actually doing crap! Try doing that and shutting the hell up for a change, some of us are trying to sleep!" and then she covered her head with a pillow.
"Eesh, what's up with Jersey Shore down there?" Jo shared a look with Heather, and then they turned to where Courtney was lying in her bed wearing a set of ear buds "At least that one is keeping her trap shut. I figured she'd be bitching up a storm."
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(Confessional)
"Okay to be completely honest, if Anne Maria didn't say it then I would've." Courtney let out a long sigh "I don't like to be so harsh, at least not anymore, but sharing a room with the two of them is aggravating to say the least. At least I have these." she held up her ear buds and ipod to make her point "After everything that happened on Total Drama World Tour, I started carrying around my ipod, using some of my favorite music to calm my nerves. It works most of the time, but some days are harder than others. Like when I'm stuck sharing a bedroom with what I've basically come to interpret as Heather and a more masculine version of my past self. I'm talking about Jo for the record."
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Meanwhile, with the male Heroes…
"Oh yeah, now this is what I'm talking about." Mike let out a content sigh as he laid back on his bed "You know, living in luxury like this almost makes the life-threatening challenges somewhat worth it."
"I know what you mean, this is exactly what I'm talking about." DJ gave a grin as he laid back on his own bed "I could hang in here for awhile. Kinda reminds me of Playa De Losers back in the first season."
"The difference being we have to almost die to get in."
"We had to almost die a bunch of times even back in season one. It kinda reminds me of First Class back on the plane in World Tour, but the whole almost dying thing still applied. I didn't really see it that much."
"I got used to that stuff pretty fast myself." Cody made his way into the room with a toothbrush in hand and laid down on his own bed "I saw a fair bit of this back when I was still touring with the Drama Brothers. Good times."
"Fair enough, though I'd be lying if I said it didn't feel a little bittersweet." DJ glanced over at the empty bed "I do feel kind of bad that Brick can't be here with us. I just hope he's doing okay over on Boney Island.
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Meanwhile, with the exile…
"Okay keep it cool soldier, you can do this…" Brick looked down at the group of bears crowding around the tree he was on, and took a breath to try and calm himself, to no avail "You just gotta hang in there until morning… all alone in the dark…" then the sound of a squirrel chittering next to him on the branch caused him to scream in fear, followed by a sprinkling noise "Oh come on, are you kidding me?!" and then to add insult to injury, the squirrel threw an acorn at his head, which caused him to fall off the branch, transitioning into a swan dive as he fell into the pack of bears below.
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Hours passed, and everyone in the Spa Hotel was fast asleep.
That is, everyone except for Mike (aka Mal), one bang falling over the left side of his face, a devious smirk spreading across his face as he made his way down the halls of the Spa Hotel "Oh yeah, it sure as hell feels good to be back. Downside is I can't control of this body for too long at a time, so I'd better make sure I get used to it ASAP." it was then that something caught his attention, in the form of blue glowing coming from a room at the end of the hall "And what do we have here?" so he poked his head inside, only to find the control rool "Hm, just the control room, nothing too significant. Unless…" then an idea came to him as he slunk his way into the room and sat down in front of the main computer and typed a bit until a certain something came up "Oh good, I can actually get YouTube up." then something else caught his eye, in the form of a poster for the show hanging on the wall "Total Drama huh? Yeah I remember, Mike used to watch that awhile back." he poked his head out the door and peered down the hall to see Gwen making her way back into her room "Well if I'm stuck here during a big TV competition, might as well gather some info on our fellow competitors." and then he turned back to the screen "Let's see here, Total Drama season 1… and play."
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Morning came, and the sun was rising over the skies above Wawanakwa.
"This truly is wonderful." Dawn and the other heroes were taking the chance to enjoy breakfast, the former enjoying a plate of waffles "It's rare that I'm able to enjoy such a delicacy."
"No kidding, the chocolate chip pancakes are to die for, and don't even get me started on the maple bacon!" Cody wasted no time in stuffing his mouth full of the food in question "New plan, let's never lose again!"
"I don't think any of us will object to that." Gwen gave a smirk, then looked over to see DJ grab an apple and stick it into his pocket "What are you doing?"
"Just putting a bit away for now." DJ gave a shrug "I figured Brick would probably need a pick me up after spending the night on Boney Island."
"Oh yeah, good call." she pocketed a hard boiled egg.
"Yeah DJ, that was really sweet of you." Zoey stowed away a piece of toast, then paused as she took a look around "Hey hold on, where's Mike?"
"He left earlier this morning." Cody told him "We got another early wakeup call from Brick's alarm clock, so he said he was gonna go get some air and take care of something, then meet up with us later."
"When was that?"
"About… two hours ago." Cody paused and shared a look with DJ "Huh. I wonder what he's doing out there."
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(Confessional)
"Quick note for those of you who don't know: Mike is NOT a morning person, and by extension, neither am I." Mal gave a scowl as he held up Brick's alarm clock "Label me as a villain on a Saturday morning cartoon however the (bleep) you want, but I do this to represent the feelings of everyone who likes waking up at 5 am, or in the case of normal people, SLEEPING! To all the sane people out there, you're welcome." he then proceeded to crush the alarm clock in his hands and then drop it into the toilet… which was immediately followed by it going off again "Wait, what the FUUUUUUU-" and then the backsplash of… let's call it water… ended up launching him right through the ceiling of the confessional. A few moments passed before Mal, sopping wet, slunk his way back into the confessional "Say what you will about the lapdogs of the military… those little (bleep) definitely know how to make clocks. And on that note I think I'm done for today." he let out a gasp as Mike was given back control, and he took a confused look around "What the- Wasn't I just in the hotel and… Is that Brick's clock?" he peered into the toilet and let out a horrified gasp "Oh no, what did I do…?"
"Attention victims, you got five minutes to meet me for recon in the forest! Over!"
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A few minutes later, with the teams…
"Hey hold on a second." Heather pulled Courtney and Anne Maria aside as the others made their way to the rendezvous spot "I just want to say I'm sorry about last night. Anne Maria was right, if I want you guys to have any sort of confidence in me then I have to do my part, and teamwork is the best way to do that." she held out a hand for them "So what do you say?"
"...Yeah, alright." Anne Maria shared a look with Courtney, then shrugged and shook Heather's hand, with Courtney doing the same, with Heather going on her way after that "Alright, so that happened. I guess."
"Hey hold up guys." and then Jo made her way over to them "You were right before, if we're gonna do this then we all gotta do our part. Teamwork all the way. So how about it, truce?" she held up a fist to them.
"Um… yeah, sure." Courtney caught her in a quick fist bump, then then Jo went on her way "So that happened too apparently."
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(Confessional- Heather)
"Teamwork? Not if I wanna keep the gruel down." Heather let out a scoff "I'm still going to take control of this team, and getting the others on my side is the best way to do it. Anne Maria is one more vote in my corner, and where Courtney goes, Duncan is bound to follow."
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(Confessional- Jo)
"Teamwork? Yeah right, that'll happen when Lightning figures out time travel." Jo let out a loud snort "I'm taking control of this team one way or another, and the best way to do that is to get numbers in my corner. Anne Maria is gonna be another vote in my favor, and where Courtney ends up, Duncan is gonna follow right behind her."
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(Confessional- Courtney)
"Believe me, I'm fully aware of what they're doing. They're trying to get me on their side to outdo each other" Courtney frowned at the thought, then let out a sigh "Though if I'm gonna be honest, it's probably the most positivity I've gotten from any of my teammates the whole season, aside from Duncan that is, and frankly I think that's kind of sad."
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Meanwhile, with the other villains…
"Honestly I think I might prefer the death glares." Courtney shot a glance over at Duncan "I can practically feel Heather and Jo eyeing me like some kind of predators."
"Well in that case, hold on a second." Duncan immediately shot two finger pistols at both Jo and Heather, only he didn't use his index finger, which immediately turned their scowls on him "Yep, there we go." he was immediately met with a raised eyebrow from Courtney "What? I might as well get some satisfaction out of this." he gave a quick shrug and then went on his way.
"Okay then… I guess."
"Perhaps I may offer my own two cents senorita?" Alejandro came to a stop beside Courtney and gave her a smirk "If you were my own girlfriend then I would never let anyone else gaze at you, lest they dare to spoil your etherial beauty. Just call that something to keep in mind." and then he went on his way."
"...Alright, now it's getting suspicious."
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(Confessional)
"I'm fully aware of what they're doing." Alejandro gave a smirk "Heather and Jo both mean to lure Courtney into an alliance to outdo each other, and I fully intend to beat them to it. Then I will be the one that Heather needs. And Jo, Heather and Jo. Yes, that's exactly what I meant to say the entire time."
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At the rendezvous point…
"At ease soldiers!" Chris (wearing a military helmet) met the contestants at the rendezvous point with a quick salute "Before we get into your daily session of torture for money by my hands, I'd like to take the chance to welcome our Heroic Hawk in exile, not to mention the self-proclaimed team captain, Brick!"
Sure enough, Brick (covered in multiple scratch marks and sporting a black eye) was driven onto the scene by Chef in his jeep, and gave his team a quick salute "Team."
"Hey Brick, how are you holding up?" asked Zoey.
"It was like being in a war zone! Excpet with lots more fur and snarling, and claws and teeth that were REALLY sharp. But aside from that it was alright." he gave a reassuring grin… before he hit the ground face first "Ow."
"Don't worry buddy, we brought you some breakfast as a little pick me up." DJ and the others knelt down and smuggled their stowaways into Brick's possession.
"Little gestures like this make me proud to be on your team soldier." Brick gave another salute as he cranked his head up "Though I might need a minute to be able to move again."
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(Confessional)
"Bringing him breakfast after a night in exile huh? That's actually a good idea." Mike paused at the sound of a low growling noise and looked down "I would've done it too if I was actually able to get to breakfast today. Seriously, one minute I'm in my bed in the Spa Hotel, and the next I'm soaking wet in the confessional with what I can only hope is water. I don't get it, what the heck is going on with me?"
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Back to the challenge…
"AHEM." Chris drew everyone's attention back to him as Chef set up a TV screen close by "To get things started, I want to welcome you to our daily experiment with your pain thresholds. I do hope you guys are ready, because I've provided an ingenious twist on the war move challenge from Total Drama Action. We've stashed two caches of weapons in the heart of this forest, with the big one being filled with state of the art paintball weaponry, and the little one having nothing but a bunch of crappy old slingshots. Whichever team gets their first gets first dibs on whichever crate they want. After that, you have to pick off the competition."
"Well that's reassuring." Gwen looked over and noticed some of the villains (Heather, Alejandro and Jo in particular) glaring daggers at her and the rest of her team "So how do we actually win the challenge?"
"Your team will get one point for each opponent you splatter, and the first team to take out all of the members from the other team wins immunity and a night in the Spa Hotel, and one member of the losing team will get a dishonorable discharge via the Flush of Shame."
"Seriously, you're going with paintball again?" Duncan let out a snort "You're running out of ideas aren't you?"
"Oh yeah, that. Turns out one of the conditions of me being on parole is that I'm not allowed to use or be within a certain distance of hard projectiles like paintballs, so we had to come up with a substitute. Instead of paintballs, you guys are gonna be using… leeches!" he had Chef pull out a leech to demonstrate his point, earning looks of disgust from most of the contestants "So how's that for originality?"
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(Confessional- Heather)
"Seriously, he's going with leeches?" Heather let out a scoff "Chris is definitely forcing us to earn the million this year, the little (bleep)."
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(Confessional- Dawn)
"Just when I've come to believe Chris can stoop no lower." Dawn gently stroked the leech she held in her hand "To think he dares to use these creatures and put them through so much pain just for his own twisted amusement. These creatures deserve to live in peace and freedom as much as any others." it was then that it latched onto her hand and bloated up "And this just proves how he's been deriving them of the nutrients they need!"
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Back to the challenge exposition…
"If the tree huggers are done with their whining." Chris ignored the look Dawn was giving him and went back to explaining the challenge "As the team who won yesterday's challenge, the Heroes get a full one minute head start." this was met with a series of cheers from the Heroes and groans from the Villains "Okay, on your mark… get set… and GO MAGGOTS!" and then he had Chef fire a leech from a starting gun… which promptly landed on Brick's face, but this did little to deter him as he and the rest of the Hawks took off running.
"Well isn't this just perfect." Heather's scowl deepend as she looked at her team "Their team has a bunch of athletic survival nuts, and Cody, on their side, along with a head start, so I'd say that we're officially (bleep). Way to go idiots."
"Hey watch it you little (bleep)!" Jo rounded on her in her typical fit of anger "I don't see you pulling your weight or doing anything to slow them down!"
"What the hell do you think a head start is?"
"If I may senoritas, we may not need to worry about that." Alejandro quickly directed everyone's attention to something that caught his eye.
As it turns out, Brick was lagging a fair bit behind the rest of the team as the leech on his head bloated up, and he gripped one leg as he fell to his knees "Oh man, of all the times for a soldier to get a Charlie Horse! No I can do this, gotta power through…"
"Hey take it easy man, we've got you." Mike and DJ wasted no time in wrapping Brick's arms around theirs and carrying him onwards.
All the while, Courtney just let out a sigh as she watched the Heroes leave "Now if only we had something like that going on our team."
"Oh yeah, that's definitely the way to go." Heather made her way over to Courtney and gave a smirk "It's perfect really, work together now and then crush each other later on. Like what you did with the newbie couple on the beach yesterday."
"Wait, what are you talking about?"
"I saw that whole thing with the garbage bomb on the beach after the challenge yesterday, and this whole "redemption" shtick you've had going since we got here. I love how you keep going on about wanting to turn over a new leaf so the others never see it coming. Talk about a whole new level of evil genius."
"But I am serious, and the whole thing with Mike and Zoey yesterday was an accident, I swear it was!"
"Yeah sure, whatever you need to tell yourself." Heather's smirk widened as she gave Courtney a nudge… and then was forced to duck a leech being thrown at her head "Hey!"
"Oops, my hand slipped." Duncan gave a smirk and shot a finger pistol in her direction. Only he didn't use his index finger.
"Alright Villains, your time has come in 3… 2… 1!" Chris motioned for Chef to fire another leech from his starting gun, resulting in a loud cry from Brick in the distance "Huh, two for two from that far away? Nice." he caught Chef in a fist bump as the Villains took off running after the Heroes.
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Meanwhile, with the Heroes…
"Okay, someone probably should've asked this before we started running." Cody looked over at the other Hawks as they made their way through the forest "But does anyone here actually have a clue where the heart of the forest is exactly?"
"Give me a second and I'll go get a better look!" Zoey promptly leapt up into the trees and began jumping back and forth between the branches to get to the top, leaving the other Heroes to look on in awe.
"...Well damn." Cody shared a look with the others in awe "That's just… wow."
"I know what you mean." Mike let out a sigh and looked on in awe "I knew Zoey had a lot of skills, but I've never actually seen them in action like this. It's a real sight to behold when it's up close like this."
"Over there!" Zoey pointed in a certain direction, then leapt back down to the ground and led the team down a certain path through the forest.
It wasn't long after this that Courtney and the rest of the Villains showed up, and she cast a look back at the others "Looks like they're taking the left path, if we go right then we might be able to cut them off."
"Sounds like a plan to me." Jo gave a smirk as she rushed to the front of the group "Go Vultures, yes we can!"
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Meanwhile, with the frontrunners…
"One important aspect of being a soldier… endurance…" Brick lifted his head and could only look on as DJ and Mike carried him "Don't worry about me, I'm only slowing you down. Why don't you guys hurry and get to the weapon stashes and I'll catch up."
"Forget it, we're not leaving you." Mike told him firmly "You wouldn't leave us when we were trapped in a toxic mine with mutant gophers, and we were on the other team. Besides, it's like you say yourself, never leave a man behind." that earned a smile from Brick as they reached a large clearing area with two crates visible.
"There they are, go for the big one!" Cody made the call, and he and the rest of the team made a break for the larger crate, until…
"Bada-bing right over here!" Anne Maria and the rest of the Villains came to a halt right in front of the larger crate, causing the Heroes to stop in their tracks "Gotcha suckers, this one right here is all ours!"
"...Okay new plan, go for the small crate!" Cody then led the group over to the smaller crate and opened it, pulling out a bucket filled to the brim with leeches "Okay, not gonna lie, I didn't think this could get worse than last time I played paintball on this show, and yet it's definitely a strong contender."
"That ended with you getting mauled by a bear." DJ pointed out.
"Says a lot doesn't it?"
"Not just about that either." Mike pulled a slingshot out of the crate, with the other Heroes doing the same, and gave a shrug "I guess this is the low-tech crate alright.
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Meanwhile, with the Villains…
"There you see people, now that's what I'm talking about! We get results when you follow my lead, am I right?" Jo broke in through the cheerings to try and rally people to her side, only to be met with a few of them rolling their eyes.
"Yeah whatever helps you overinflate your ego blondie, now let's do this." Duncan landed a single punch on the crate, opening it up to reveal various paintball guns in the racks, as well as a cannon.
"Okay, so far so good." Courtney looked over the various weapons "Now we just have to figure out-"
"I'll take the cannon! No, I'll take the cannon!" that was when Duncan, Heather, Jo and Anne Maria started arguing over who got to use the cannon.
"...Yep, part of me feels like I should've seen that coming."
"Perhaps we should use the cannon as a team." Alejandro glanced over at Courtney and gave a smirk "I'm sure that you agree, do you not senorita?"
"Well yeah, I think that's pretty obvious." Heather made her way over to Courtney next "You think so too don't you?"
"Oh yeah, that's what I was going to say, go team!" and then Jo followed swiftly as the three of them began to gather around Courtney.
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(Confessional)
"I know exactly what those three (bleep) are doing." Duncan gave a scowl "Heather, Alejandro and Jo are all making a play for Courtney to one up each other. At least they aren't breathing down my neck for once, probably cause they know I'm not a total sucker or sonething. But that's besides the point, Courtney has enough to deal with as it is. Every time any of them get involved it's just another migraine waiting to happen."
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Back with the challenge…
"You know you guys are right, we're supposed to be doing this together. It's either fight amongst ourselves or focus on the challenge. So in that case fire the cannon!" Courtney made the call, which prompted Anne Maria to fire the cannon and unleash a ball of leeches hurtling forward… until it struck an intern off screen, leaving him to fall to the ground in a heap "Um… sorry about that. I guess I'm a little out of practice with actually leading people."
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Meanwhile, in the control room…
"I guess I'm a little out of practice with actually leading people."
"Hey trust me, it's a lot harder than I make it look." Chris gave a wide grin as he shut off the screen in front of him and turned to face the camera "Looks to me like the Villains have gotten off to one hell of a start but the question still remains, which of our two teams is going to make it to the finish? There's only one way to find out, and it's to tune in when we come back, right here on Total! Drama! All Stars!"
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One commercial break later…
"I feel like I shouldn't be surprised by this." Gwen rolled her eyes as she and the rest of her team made their way through the forest with their weapons and ammo "Of course the villains would get freaking machine guns and we're stuck with the slingshots. This is going to suck for us isn't it?"
"Hey don't think like that, we can still do this." Cody reassured her "We just have to wait and listen before we strike, so we can be stealthy and score first."
"Is that an Avatar reference?"
"No. Maybe. What, no good?"
"Actually I think it works here."
"You got the right idea soldier, and now that I've rested I think I can lead us to victory in this challenge." Brick freed himself from Mike and DJ's hold… only for a loud crack to be heard as he fell flat on his face "Ow."
"You okay man?" DJ knelt down and looked him over "It's not broken, just a sprain, so I think you're gonna want to stay off that for a little while."
"No, I… I can manage just fine team, we have to focus on the mission."
"Hey guys check it out, over there!" Zoey directed everyone's attention to where a cave sat a short distance away and quickly led them inside "Brick can rest in here while the rest of us take on the Villains."
"Due respect team, I can't just sit around in a… somewhat dark cave like this… while the rest of you are out risking your lives for the sake of the mission!" Brick tried to stand back up, only to be stopped by DJ holding him back.
"And we're not gonna let you get hurt further just to win a challenge." DJ told him firmly as he sat him down on a rock "Unit, team or otherwise, we look out for each other and don't let each other take any risks because we feel like we have to or anything like that. Stay in here and get some rest for that injury soldier, and that's an order."
"...Sir yes sir." Brick gave a quick salute and stopped fighting as sat back down.
"That's a good soldier." DJ gave a smile and a nod of approval, then turned to the rest of the Heroes "I don't think it's a good idea to leave him alone in a place like this, one of us should stay to guard him."
"I'll do it." Mike took a step forward "I was the only one who didn't bring him any breakfast, so it's only fair."
"Alright, just make sure to be careful." Zoey gave Mike a quick kiss on the cheek, and then she and the rest of the Hawks took their leave of the cave "We have to hurry and find the Villains before they find us. I think we should stick in a group."
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(Confessional)
"Honestly it's probably for the best I'm staying behind." Mike let out a sigh "Ever since Scott hit me in the head at the beach challenge I haven't been able to access my other personalities. It's kind of ironic in a scary way, it wasn't too long ago I couldn't keep them in, and now they won't come out. Unless…" he bashed his elbow into the wall of the confessional "Ow, the dang blasted wall, am I right Chester? No? Okay then, how about this!" he ripped off his shirt "Yo Vito, I got my shirt off and there's a bunch of girls out there like Anne Maria and Zoey! Come and get it while you can! Vito? Anyone?" the lack of response scared him into curling up into the fetal position.
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Meanwhile, with the Villains…
"Okay this is getting ridiculous." Courtney turned to the other Villains as they broke off from their attempts to move the cannon through the forest "Having to move this thing is leaving us way too vulnerable out here, maybe should just ditch the cannon."
"What are you kidding, I haven't even had a turn to fire it yet!" Jo let out a scoff, and then she started cuddling up to the cannon "Isn't that right sweetheart?"
"...Yeah okay. Anyway, I think it would be best if we split up and go off in pairs."
"Sounds good to me Princess, let's move it." Duncan gave a smirk and moved to wrap one of his arms around Courtney, only for it to be swatted away by Heather "Okay what the hell?"
"What do you think? I'm on Courtney's team." Heather stepped towards Courtney.
"Like hell you are, if anyone is going with Courtney then it's me!" Jo was quick to but in, and then the four of them, Alejandro included, arguing over the subject, with Courtney and Anne Maria being forced to watch.
Fortunately, or unfortunately depending on which side you're on, the argument was cut short by a leech bursting onto the scene and latching onto Alejandro's face, much to his dismay "Ay dios mio, I'm hit!"
"Sorry about that, but not totally!" Zoey popped up out of the bushes in front of the group and took off running, managing to avoid the fire from their machine guns as she did so.
"Yeah go ahead and keep running Mary Sunshine, right into a face full of leeches." Jo gave a wicked smirk as she rushed back to the cannon and pulled on the rope, firing out a large ball of leeches… right in the direction of Heather.
"Yo skinny, get the hell down!" Anne Maria grabbed Heather by the arm and yanked her out of the way just as the ball of leeches splintered apart… and one of them latched right onto Anne Maria's hair "(Bleep)! The one time I actually do something nice!"
"Ha! That one makes two for the Heroes and nothing for the Villains!"
"But Zoey only hit Alejandro." Gwen pointed out.
"True, but friendly fire counts. Did I forget to mention that?"
"Next time give us more details you little (bleep)!" Jo immediately received a number of glares from the other Villains "Hey don't give me that look, Tan in a Can is the one who got in the way when I had a perfect shot!"
"You can take your excuses and shove them right up your-" Heather was cut off when a leech suddenly hit her square in the forehead "(Insert a stream of curses)!"
As it turns out, Cody was the one who fired the leech from his place behind a tree "Yeah I would say that I'm sorry but the thing is, I'm really not. Bye!" and then he took off running, avoiding the leeches being shot at him.
"Seriously, right in the face? What the hell is wrong with you?"
"I stand corrected, make that three to zero Heroes!"
"Oh (bleep) off Chris!"
"The hell with this, let's get moving." Duncan gripped his leech gun and took off running into the forest, with Courtney following close behind him.
"Avenge me!"
"Yeah, let me think about that… Nope!"
"Let them take care of that crap, Zoey is all mine." Jo on the other hand took Anne Maria's leech gun and took off.
Heather on the other hand was left to try and rip the leech off her face "Come on you little- Why do I keep coming back on this show?"
"Hey quit complaining skinny legs, at least you ain't got it in your hair." Anne Maria took a step forward, gripped the leech on Heather's face and yanked it off "For the record, if helping you ends up breaking one of my nails I'm gonna raise hell with you."
"Yeah yeah whatever, I'm gonna go wipe the leech off my face." Heather rolled her eyes and started to walk away, but stopped and shot a look back at her "But listen… thanks. For taking the leech ball before."
"Whatever." Anne Maria waved her off and just walked off "Gonna go see if I can get the butler at the hotel to get my nails done."
"Will they even let you in during a challenge?"
"Give me a few minutes and we'll find out."
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Meanwhile, with a certain power couple…
"Alright, the squirt can't be too far around here somewhere." Duncan and Courtney made their way through the forest with their leech guns locked and loaded, and the former cast a quick look over at the latter "Hey here's an idea, pretend that Cody is my kiwis and you'll rip him a new one in no time."
"Wait what?!" Courtney looked horrified at the idea, which immediately caused his joking demeanor to fade.
"Relax, I'm just screwing with you. What's got you so worked up?"
"Sorry, it's just… what Heather said to me before the challenge started. What I did to you at the cliff, and the thing with Mike and Zoey with the trash bomb yesterday, she thinks that I did it all on purpose."
"Yeah I heard all of it, why do you think I chucked a leech at her? Aside from the fact that it was fun I mean. But seriously, you're letting Heather of all people get to you? You gotta relax and quit kicking yourself so much."
"Gotcha!" this was when Cody popped up in one of the bushes behind them and prepared to load a leech into his slingshot… only for it to bounce off and land right on his face and bloat up "You know, I imagined this going differently." and then he fell to the ground.
"...I didn't see that coming."
"Hey it got us a point." Duncan gave a shrug.
"Looks like the Villains finally luck into their first point, but the Heroes are still leading on by three!"
"Fine then bring it on, like there's any more crap you could throw at us we haven't seen like a dozen times already!" Duncan looked back and his expression dulled "I really gotta stop saying (bleep) like that."
"Nothing personal, but don't think I'm holding back." Gwen gave a smirk as she popped out of the bushes behind them and fired a single leech from her slingshot… but the leech wasn't aimed at him.
"Aw crap, Courtney get down!" Duncan leapt in front of Courtney just in time to take the leech for her, leaving it to suck on his ass and bloat up as he hit the ground, much to her horror.
"...I'm gonna guess there's nothing stopping you from avenging him or something?"
"Nope." Courtney promptly turned on Gwen and fired a volley of leeches at her, though only one of them managed to hit her in the head directly between the eyes "But aside from that this isn't personal."
"Yeah I get the gist. Good luck and all that, I'm gonna get Cody out of here and then go throw a bucket of the leeches at Chris." so Gwen plucked the leech off her face, and after shaking off the disorientation, she grabbed Cody by the shoulders and dragged him away from the scene.
"And just like that, the Villains have gained their second point, but the Heroes are still in the lead with four points to two!"
"Yeah we know, thanks for adding insult to injury." Courtney breathed a sigh as she knelt down next to Duncan "I can't believe you just took a leech to the butt for me."
"Meh, better that than the other end." Duncan gave a shrug as the two of them locked eyes… and then the moment was ruined by a leech hitting Courtney in the side of her head.
"Oh come on, did it have to be in my hair?"
"Sorry about that, and this time I'm serious!" Zoey popped out of the bushes and quickly took off running.
"...Any chance you want to help me get this leech out of my hair?"
"That depends, do I actually have a choice?" Duncan shot her a raised eyebrow, followed by a pause, and then he let out a sigh "Hold onto something."
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Meanwhile, with another group of Heroes…
"It's five to two in favor of the Heroes, all the Hawks need is one more point in order to take the win!"
"Ooh, that can't be good." DJ cringed at the sound of that announcement as he discretely made his way through the forest, only for a certain something (or someone in this case) to soon catch his eye "Dawn?"
Sure enough, Dawn was kneeling by the river with a bucket of leeches sitting next to her as she placed a few of them into the water, and then she turned to face him… to reveal that one of them was sucking on her face "Oh hello DJ. I take it you're looking for our opponents?"
"Um… something like that. What are you doing over here?"
"Nothing too nefarious, simply releasing some of these little ones so they can make their way back to their natural habitat." she dumped her bucket of leeches into the river, then rubbed one gentle finger against the leech sucking on her face, causing it to let go and allow her to place him back in the river.
"That's really noble of you, but I gotta ask. Are you okay?" DJ knelt down beside her "That has to take a toll on you, I can carry you back to camp if you like."
"You don't need to worry about me, giving strength to another will cause me no harm." she gave a smile as she pulled herself to feet, only to fall back to her knees "Though perhaps I may have let myself get a bit carried away."
"That settles it, I'm taking you back to camp." DJ didn't bother waiting for a response as he gently lifted Dawn into his arms bridal style "Don't bother arguing or anything, you're not going to change my mind. Just get some rest, okay?"
"I have to admit, there are times when I'd forgotten how fierce and unbreakable your will is when you set your mind to something." Dawn gave a small smile as she rested her head against his chest, which caused DJ to blush a shade of pink. Until the moment was ruined by a certain someone via announcements.
"Yeah, that was cavity-inducing levels of sweet and disgusting, but Dawn was struck by her own ammo, consensual or not, so she's out. That makes it five to three Heroes, so the Villains might actually- Wait, what's that noise?" Chris's exposition was cut short by the sound of a door being opened and closed, and then the sound of footsteps "What the- Gwen what the hell are you doing in here? Why did you lock the door? Why are you holding that bucket? Who's gonna make fun of the contestants getting hit with leeches?! Wait no no no, not the hair, ANYTHING BUT-" and then his voice cut out.
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(Confessional- DJ)
"...Oh boy." DJ cringed as he thought back to that little announcement "Stuff like that is why I'm kind of terrified of most of the girls on this show. I mean yeah there are a bunch of exceptions, like Bridgette or Lindsay. And like Dawn. Yeah, I don't think there's anything she could really do to scare me like that. She's one of those people that just… brings out another side of me, you know? It's been awhile since we saw each other, so I kind of forgot that. I guess now we'll see if that goes anywhere."
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(Confessional- Jo)
"Alright maggots, listen up!" the voice of Chef came through the loudspeaker "Chris is out right now so I'm taking over. Right now we're at five to three Heroes, one more point is all that they're gonna need to win this one!"
"Well that's officially pathetic." Jo let out a scoff "So much for the all power Villains team this season. I'm stronger than the Bitch-In-Training, Alehandjob, Stunkan, the Jersey Shore reject and Old Heather combined. Never thought I'd say this, but if Lightning were here at least he'd be able to keep up with me. Wait, did I say that part out loud?" and then she started reaching for the camera and started grabbing at it "I want that tape back! Give me the tape! How the hell do you open this thing?!"
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And now back to the final showdown of the challenge…
"Smells like old boots and piss… Brick is here." Jo gave a wicked smirk as she made her way into the cave and found Brick sitting on a rock "Speak of the devil."
"Actually I think that would be you in this case." Brick pulled himself to his feet, wincing at the sound of a crack that came from his ankle, but he steeled himself and lookd her in the eye "I had thought we would end up having to confront each other at some point Jo. You're definitely one of the toughest competitors on this island, but you waste that talent for the sake of pursuing your own selfish agendas."
"Hey don't get mad at me, it's not my fault the rest of the blowhards out there don't have what it takes to get the job done, and you can't say that I'm not a team player."
"Actually I can, because you're the exact opposite of what a team player is supposed to be!"
"Alright Brick, way to go…" at the same time, Mike was hiding behind a rock as he prepared to fire a leech from his slingshot "I probably should've kept more ammo when the others left, so I'll only have one shot… Gonna have to make it count."
"It's not just this season either. For as long as I've know you in this competition, you've had such a horrible attitude. You've been arrogant, rude, selfish and everything that a soldier isn't meant to be! You'd rather throw your team to the mutant wolves than put yourself at risk to save them, and you know why?"
"I get the feeling you're gonna tell me either way." Jo rolled her eyes.
"It's because all you care about is being better than everyone else and making sure that everyone knows it, whether they like it or not. You want to have everything all to yourself, but the world doesn't work that way, and you refuse to accept that."
"...Yeah you know what, that's about the sum of me." Jo paused for a moment, then aimed one of her leech guns at him "Not like I really care, because now I've got the chance to take you out for good."
"Funny thing about that Jo, you're not dealing with the average soldier anymore." Brick gave a smirk as he suddenly pulled out his own leech gun "You're dealing with me."
"What the (bleep)? Where did you get that?"
"After you and your team left with the leech cannon my team was still getting our equipment ready for the challenge, I noticed something. There are 7 members of my team and 6 on yours right now, which means that Chris and his people had to prepare the crates with enough ammo and weapons to accomodate for either team, since they didn't know which one was going to make it to the crates first. Just like I thought, they had put 7 blasters in the big crate instead of 6, hidden behind the others, which means that there was one that you guys hadn't taken with you when you left. Now then, I think it's time to finish this."
"Go ahead and try it Piss Pants, I'm about to start evening the odds." Jo didn't waste a second as she fired a volley of leeches at Brick, forcing him to go on the evasive.
"We'll see about that!" Brick wasted no time in dodging the oncoming leeches as he weaved his way around the nearby rocks, only for a loud crack to be heard as he landed on one ankle "No no no, not now!"
"So much for that big speech GI Joke, your ass is mine!" Jo clocked her leech gun and moved to fire at Brick, only to see a leech narrowly miss her and stick to the wall of the cave, which drew her attention to where Mike was hiding "So you got backup, good to know. I'll be sure to get him after I take care of you." so she held one leech gun out towards Mike to keep him at bay as she closed in on Brick and let a series of leeches fly towards him, until…
"Get down!" Mike leapt in front of Brick and pushed him to the ground, leaving him to take the leeches himself to take them, and then he promptly fell to the ground "Ow."
"That makes five points to four, this one ain't over yet!"
"Then what do you say we make it all even?" Jo's smirk widened as she closed in on Brick and prepared to fire… only to find that her leech gun wouldn't fire "Dammit, the thing had to jam on me now?!"
"I guess even your weapons don't want you to win!" Brick gave a smirk as he picked himself up off the ground and glanced down at Mike "I won't let your sacrifice be in vain soldier, that much I can promise you."
"Give it a second and we'll see about that!" Jo grabbed the leech barrel off her gun and hurled it at Brick "Face it Captain Piss Pants, you're screwed!"
"Not while I still have my pride!" in one swift movement, Brick ducked under the oncoming barrage of leeches and fired at Jo with his leech gun, hitting her square in the face "Yes! I have to be honest, I wasn't sure that would work."
"Listen up maggots, with a final score of six points to five, the Hawks take the win!"
"(Insert stream of curses)!" was all Jo had to say.
"Yay…" Mike gave a thumbs up in satisfaction, and then fell back to the ground.
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Nightfall came, and the time for the elimination ceremony had begun.
"Alright villainous maggots, time for another elimination." Chef addressed the Villains once they had gathered by the campfire for the next elimination ceremony "You chumps lost today for the second time in a row, so way to suck."
"Not that I'm complaining, but where exactly is Chris right now?" asked Courtney.
"Apparently someone snuck up on him during the challenge and chucked a bucket of leeches at him, so now he's out of it for the rest of the day. Gonna get to the downside of that once the vote is done. Now get to the confessional, someone is gonna go in the toilet tonight." and that was enough to send the Villains on their way.
All the while, the Heroes had been seated in the Peanut Gallery at the edge of the campfire pit, with Brick sitting in the front looking particularly downcast "Like with war, we may have been able to claim victory, but it was bittersweet."
"Come on Brick, you don't have to worry." Zoey patted him on the back "There's no way any of us would make you go back to Boney Island twice in a row."
"I appreciate the sentiment Zoey, but it's not that. After we returned from the challenge. I found that someone apparently trashed my alarm clock while I was gone. I found the broken pieces on my bed."
"What?! Who would do such a thing?"
"I don't know, but I can't imagine for the life of me why anyone would want to cause harm to my alarm clock." he failed to notice the looks a few of the other Heroes were sharing behind his back.
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(Confessional- Gwen)
"Okay, I'm just gonna say it." Gwen breathed a sigh "I'm not saying it was right to trash Brick's clock cause that's just a dick move… but I'm not gonna lose any sleep over that thing either. I mean that literally, if I got one more wakeup call from that thing I can't guarantee what I'd do to it. Or him."
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(Confessional- Mike)
"His alarm clock is really broken?" Mike look horrified at the thought "I thought that was just some kind of weird dream I was having? What's happening to me? Maybe I just… need a little time on my own to figure things out…" there was a gasp, and then Mal took over "And maybe gather some more info on my competition." he gave a smirk as he pulled out an ipad from behind the confessional toilet and hit it underneath his shirt.
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Now back to the elimination…
"It's probably gonna be any minute now." Cody looked over at Gwen "Which one of them do you think is gonna get eliminated?"
"To be honest, it could be either way." Gwen gave a shrug "Could be Jo, she's a giant pain in the ass from what I heard."
"The same could be said for Heather, from what I've heard they've been at each other's throats since day one."
"Yeah but apparently Jo took her own teammate out in the challenge today. That's a major turn off to the rest of your team."
"That is true. Really I think it could go either way."
"Alright maggots, time to get to it!" Chef motioned for the Villains to take their seats on the stumps by the campfire, then turned to the Peanut Gallery "Votes are in and someone is gonna get stuffed in a toilet, but before that someone is gonna have to volunteer for exile duty on Boney Island. Who's gonna volunteer?"
"I'll do it!" Mike immediately stood and climbed out of the Peanut Gallery booth "I'll spend the night there."
"Wait what?!" Zoey looked at him with a mix of shock and concern "Mike what are you doing, why would you want to go there?"
"Sorry about this Zoey, it's just… I need to get a little time to myself and think. I'll see you guys in the morning."
"But…"
"Alright enough whining, get down to the dock and wait over by the boat, I'll be there to take you to Boney Island after a loser gets flushed." Chef jerked a thumb down at the dock, which sent Mike on his way, and then he turned to the Villains "Blah blah blah you know the drill, you get a marshmallow and you're safe. Courtney, Alejandro, Duncan and Anne Maria, you maggots stay for now." he tossed a marshmallow to each of them, and then turned to the last to "Heather and Jo, you're both on the chopping block for being giant pains in the ass for your teammates and just about everyone else. The only difference being that one of you took out one of your own in the challenge today."
"You can't blame me for that, she's the one who should've ducked." Jo pointed at Anne Maria, receiving a series of dirty looks from the clothes.
"Quit your whining already blondie. Anyway, the one of you that's gonna go in the giant toilet tonight is… Jo."
"What?!" Jo was left outraged by this (not to mention the gleeful smile Brick and a few others had at this news) and immediately rounded on the other Villains "Are all of you out of your freaking minds?!"
"Yeah, for not getting rid of you first. At least farm boy shut up once in a while." Chef rolled his eyes "But before the whole flushing thing, Chris told me he wanted to reshuffle the teams a little bit. Long story short, Gwen, Duncan and Anne Maria are swapping teams." he was met with a series of gasps from the contestants.
"What? Why?" asked Cody.
"Apparently during the leechball match, Duncan saved the whiny CIT girl from a leech, Anne Maria saved a teammate from a leech, and Gwen beat Chris with a bucket of leeches. Also he's still pissed about her blowing up his plane, so the first two switch to the Heroes team and Gwen goes to the Villains or Chris flushes her. That last one is her pick."
"...Oh the hell with it." Gwen breathed a sigh as she climbed out of the Peanut Gallery and turned her attention to Cody "Just remember what we talked about before, alright?"
"Yeah… Yeah you got it." Cody gave her a reassuring smile and was met with a quick kiss on the cheek, but his face fell as she walked away "Yeah, just great…"
"Well it was fun while it lasted." Duncan gave a shrug as he pulled himself to his feet and then gave Courtney a quick kiss on the cheek, and then made his way over towards the Peanut Gallery along with Anne Maria, though he stopped when he met Gwen in the middle "Oh, hey."
"Hey." Gwen gave a quick nod "So yeah, have fun with all that."
"Yep, good luck with being on Team Asshole. Most of them anyway." Duncan caught Gwen in a quick fist bump, and then he and Anne Maria made their way over to the Peanut Gallery, where they were met with uncertain looks from some of the other Heroes"Sup?"
"Hey man, good to have you on the team." DJ was the first one to react as he stepped out of the booth and caught Duncan in a high five and a guy hug.
"Alright this could be worse, at least I'm in some decent company this time around."
"Yeah, it's great…" Zoey on the other hand looked a bit uncertain as she watched Anne Maria sit down next to her "Just great…"
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A few minutes later, by the giant toilet…
"About time I get to be the flush master." Chef gave a giant grin as he and the rest of the Villains (with Gwen in place of Duncan) stood by the Flush of Shame ready to send Jo off "You got any more stuff you wanna say?"
"Let's just get it over with." was all Jo said before the button was pushed, and she was literally flushed away.
"Yep, I sure as hell ain't gonna miss that one." Chef rolled his eyes as he turned to the camera to sign off "Expect a hell of a lot more chaos, drama and probably vomit on the next episode, right here on Total! Drama! All Stars!"
Team Rosters:
Heroic Hawks: Anne Maria, Cody, Duncan, DJ, Mike, Zoey, Brick, Dawn
Villainous Vultures: Courtney, Gwen, Heather, Alejandro
Exiled to Boney Island: Mike
Elimination Order:
Scott- 14th
Jo- 13th
A/N:
With another chapter comes more drama, but not many changes this time around compared to canon. Like with Scott, Jo was a pretty straightforward choice for being eliminated early, since her antagonistic nature is pretty evident, and as it was put so eloquently by Duncan, she's annoying as (bleep) sometimes. On the plus side, I got to give her and Brick a final standoff, with the soldier showing his stuff and proving to Jo why he's the better competitor, with some help from Mike as an added bonus. Also she's one of those that don't really have a purpose in this story, so I had to get rid of her too. There will be one more of those, so keep that in mind.
This chapter also shows off the team swap, the only difference that this time, the one going over to the Villains team is Gwen. I feel bad about this, but I had to have someone swap with Duncan, and I can totally see Chris still being mad at Gwen over her blowing up his plane. Not that she'd feel guilty about it. Also I chose to have Anne Maria get swapped over to the Heroes as well, mostly for the sake of the next chapter, but it's also meant to prove a point I've stated at least once. She's not the nicest contestant, but she's not a bad person like a good number of the Villains on the show.