A/N: the elimination of this episode may cause some backlash. Oh well, my story.
With respect to the reviewers:
Gucci Mane LaFlare: Harold probably will make a full recovery. It'll take time though. Yeah I thought Gwen and Noah got some funny lines last episode too. Amy vs Gwen seemed natural, since her attitude is a lot like Heather's.
Crosshot: Yep the alliance plot is gonna mostly wrap up this chapter. Since Chef didn't get involved until two episodes after he got involved in canon I figured his plot should also go two episodes further. Amber is noticing something is up and that will be addressed this chapter as well.
The recap begins with shots of Sammy, Alejandro, Topher, Gwen and Duncan all hanging from the monkey bars in their respective obstacle course. "Last week on Total Drama Action." Chris is shown shooting the golf ball turret at Topher, Noah is shown falling down the course as it shakes and landing on his coccyx. Then Gwen is shown falling backwards on to an irate Amy. "Our competitors took it on the chin as they faced an all you can eat buffet or deadly natural disasters."
Harold is shown climbing over the wall when he gets hit in the shoulder by Chef's manifesto. Then Harold is shown being wheeled into an ambulance, before being shown with his arm in a sling. "But it was Harold's own feet that tripped him up. Ouch. Harold' broken shoulder means he's probably not gonna be able to much in the challenges." Gwen is shown fighting with Amy and snapping at Duncan. "Meanwhile on the Grips Trent's departure caused a few fights to break out. Especially between Amy and Gwen."
Alejandro is shown talking to Sammy about Chef. Then Chef is shown throwing a worn American football at Sammy. Then the teams are all shown in the submarines. "And Chef turned up the heat on Sammy as he began to target her, and was not as careful as he should be." The submarine is shown filling up with water as the four Grips are shown nearly drowning, followed by the Gaffers in the same position with Ellody surfacing with a gasp, then all of the water being drained out of the Grips submarine chamber. "Luckily we had a submarine tech simulator full of water to cool things down in a waterlogged event that had all our competitors gasping for air."
The contestants are shown around the campfire in their towels. "Sound tough? Get used to it!" Chris is shown with a pointer standing before a chart with a tank and two planes on it a small bunker is behind him, with a lookout tower to the left and a back drop of palm trees. "because this week is all out war! It's a desperate battle for survival, on Total. Drama. Action!"
(intro)
{A standing light pops up on a set with skyscrapers in the background. A hanging light swoops in front of a set with houses in the background, then a camera pops out of a sewer with a rat on it, and another camera pops out of a hole in a tree scaring the raccoon inside. A masculine hand raises up a clapboard and sets it off.}
Dear Mom and Dad, I'm doin' fine;
{The camera's point of view shows a film lot with the two trailers, city background, water tower, and fake hill. Chris drives by in a golf cart, and the camera flies through to the warehouses as crew members push a couple backdrops through, follows by the costume rack. )
You guys are on my mind!
{The camera goes up the fake hill and down into a small pool where Jo is swimming, a shark is behind her. Jo notices it and turns around to punch it in the nose.)
Ya asked me what I wanted to be,
And now I think the answer is plain to see!
(The camera moves out of the water to show Scott on a surfboard held up by machinery. He desperately tries to dodge several seagulls being shot at him. One finally hits him and he falls over.)
I wanna be...famous!
(The camera moves left to show Duncan as the one shooting the gulls from a gull cannon with Gwen right beside, laughing along with him. Duncan turns and Gwen looks at her feet, rubbing her left arm nervously. The camera moves on to show the sastchwawanakwa in a pink dress, matching boa, and straw hat. The door slides open and the camera goes through)
I wanna live close to the sun!
(A beach set is shown with Alejandro and Amber lounging on a beach chair together, a shark sits in a beach chair to either side of them wearing sunglasses.)
Well pack your bags, 'cause I've already won!
(Topher is shown in the make-up confessional having it applied. A hand sprays something in his eye accidentally)
Everythin' to prove, nothin' in my way;
(Trent and Amy are standing on rock pillars with padded poles. Amy hits Trent several times before he hits her back sending some of her hair down.)
I'll get there one day.
(The hair lands in a pot of sludge Chef is cooking. He shrugs and turns to Sammy who looks nervous but determinedly back at him.)
'Cause I wanna be...famous!
(Harold and Ellody are shown standing in front of a set of screens in the security room. Harold presses a random button and causes an explosion. )
(Na-na nanananaa, nanana-nanaa, na-nananananaa)
(We focus in on one screen where a grizzly bear is growling towards Ella. The princess wannabe smiles at him sweetly, the bear smiles back and the two dance. )
I wanna be! I wanna be! I wanna be famous! (N a-na nanananaa, nanana-nanaa, na-nananananaa)
(They dance their way past the lame-o-sine and the back window lowers to show Noah and Crimson inside. The camera continues through the window as camera flashes go off. Chris is shown standing at a podium in a powder blue tux. He opens an envelope.)
I wanna be! I wanna be! I wanna be famous! (Na-na nanananaa, nanana-nanaa, na-nananananaa)
(The scene moves out to show Chef is in a sparkly hot pink dress and matching Chef's hat, along with sliver earrings and necklace. Chris looks a little weirded out. The camera moves back through a large screen then pans down to Geoff and Kitty sitting on a couch about to make out.)
*The sound of the theme being whistled goes through the air *
(They notice the camera and decide not to kiss, the scene moves back to show a small studio with two couches to either side of the one the couple is sitting at. The rest of the cast in sitting on them as the large screen above flashes to the Total Drama action logo. )
(end of intro)
The episode begins in the co ed bathrooms where Sammy and Alejandro are meeting. "Okay. After last challenge you have to tell Chef no. Not doing so could be dangerous, not only to you but to the other competitors."
"I know, it's just I'm scared." Sammy sighed. "You know when I stood up to Amy last season it helped that there were a lot of people there who I knew supported me. But Trent isn't here, and no offense Alejandro but leaning on only you seems like a bad idea."
Alejandro nodded. " None taken. Then perhaps we should tell the team about your situation."
Sammy gasped. "But, what if they think I've been cheating? Or that Chef's been giving us an unfair advantage? I'm also the leader, so how would it look to have gotten into this mess?"
Alejandro pursed his lips. "That is a tough one. Fine then perhaps instead of the whole team, one other member you trust wholeheartedly?"
Sammy paused. "Amber. She's probably my best friend on the team. Maybe even the whole show at this point. If both she and you stood by for support while I talked to Chef, I think I could do it." 6 14
"Then we need to find a way to get Amber alone with you." The Spaniard said.
"How are we going to do that?" Sammy asked.
Before Alejandro could even start to answer, Harold, Ellody, Amy, and Gwen entered the bathroom. "Alejandro? Sammy? What are you doing in here together?" Ellody asked.
"I might ask you the same question." Alejandro deflected.
"Harold might need a little help on the toilet, so just in case I decided to remain just outside in case he needed me to get help." Ellody said.
"I appreciate it, but I'm fine." Harold told her.
"Good luck carrying that sad sack through the challenge." Amy chuckled.
"Amy there's this thing called compassion. You might want to try it sometime." Gwen deadpanned.
"Oh who cares Gothie, compassion isn't gonna get me far in the game." The twin said as she walked into a stall. Gwen rolled her eyes and did the same.
"Well, we will leave you all to your business." Alejandro said as he and Sammy took the opportunity to walk out.
Harold looked around and lowered his voice so only Ellody would hear. "Something is going on with those two. Have you seen how many times they've gone off to the side to talk to each other?"
"More than is coincidental I'll admit." Ellody whispered back.
"Exactly, they're keeping a secret from us." The geek said.
"You don't suppose its an alliance?" The genius asked.
"I don't know what it is, but if they're keeping a secret in this game, odds are it'll bite us big time if we don't find out what it is." Harold said.
"Then I'll have to keep an eye on them." Ellody decided.
"You mean we'll have to." Harold replied.
"Harold."
"I know you're worried, but I have to help."
The genius sighed. "Fine, if you insist."
/
The teams fell into line as Chris walked along them with a green military helmet on and his hands behind his back. "Today we're all about war movies. So look lively you,"
Chef finished the host's sentience dressed in a green army hat, tank top, camo pants, and army boots. "Buckets of horse doo doo!" He barked in Sammy's face.
"So get ready for your first death defying challenge you," Chris continued.
"Disgusting slimy crustaceans!" Chef barked.
"Move it privates! Fall in!" Chris ordered. A chorus of sir, yes sirs followed.
(confessional)
Duncan: I've always wanted to be a marine. They're rough, tough, they wear rad boots, and they say hoohah! No clue what that means but it just sounds so cool. Hoohah!
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The Grips are shown. "Great if the last military challenge is any indication I can expect to end up in confinement again." Noah huffed.
"It's a war challenge, not a boot camp." Duncan rolled his eyes. "You wanna win? Sit back and let me get my marine on! I'm the main course, the rest of you are gravy, as in on the side."
"Less work for me." Noah shrugged.
"And if we lose we can just blame Duncan." Amy smirked.
"Seriously you two? Just because Duncan says he can handle the whole challenge doesn't mean you two get to slack off." Gwen told them.
"Relax Gothie, We'll do what we have to. We just might not have to do a lot." Amy chuckled.
"I'm perfectly fine being on the side." The cynic agreed.
Gwen rolled her eyes.
/
The warehouse section of the film lot is shown as the camera panned up to the sky, a flash transition takes us to a split screen. The Gaffers on top, Grips on the bottom all of them sitting on benches blindfolded. "Okay people remove your blindfolds." Chris ordered. The contestants all did so as Chris entered what looked like the inside of a military plane. "When it comes to making war movies," The host began as the view shifted from over the host's shoulder to in front of him, revealing him to be standing next to a large box with a parachute on it. "Jumping out of an airplane is the most dangerous stunt there is." He finished, opening the box to reveal several parachutes.
"So naturally its our first challenge!" He declared, opening the sliding door to his right. Everyone gasped and the focus shifted to Amber and Sammy.
"Amber, I have to tell you something." The twin whispered.
"Does it have to do with all the time you've been alone with Alejandro?" Amber asked.
Sammy swallowed. "Yes, but I promise it's not anything romantic."
"I figured as much. Topher tried to convince me but I knew you'd never betray me like that. I trust you." Amber told her.
"Good, because I trust you too. Enough that I need your help." Sammy took a deep breath. "Amber-"
"Hey, what are you two ladies talking about?" Topher asked, sitting right between the two of them.
"Nothing!" Sammy gasped.
"Really? Because it certainly sounded like something." Topher pressed.
"Amigo." Alejandro said as he sat beside the blonde. "Sometimes ladies like to have their privacy."
"I'm not doing anything wrong sitting here." the blonde smirked. Alejandro sighed.
"I'll tell you later." Sammy whispered.
"Drop zone approaching." Chris announced from his spot near the door. "Form a line, it's time to partah! Stunt people undergo weeks of training before they parachute." the host explained as all the contestants stood up. Luckily we're gonna skip all that and get to the good ." Chris smirked.
"Are you sure? I feel the need to point out Harold has already sustained injury." Ellody said.
"What's the worst that could happen?" Chris asked.
"Off the top of my head. We could break a limb, end up in traction, rupture an organ, which would lead into internal bleeding, die on contact with the ground, die from the momentum of falling through the air, sustain bad enough brain injury to fall into a coma, and end up paralyzed for life." Amber listed off on her fingers. Everyone looked at her in shocked horror. "What?"
"Wow. And I already thought you were high strung." Gwen deadpanned.
"Parachuting requires training!" Amber retorted.
"It's okay, I just spoke to our research department." Chris said as he closed his flip phone. "There were no parachutes in world war one."
"Then what are we supposed to do for the challenge?" Amy asked.
"Simple." Chris remarked, kicking the chest of parachutes off the plane. Everyone looked horrified. "Who's jumping first?"
Gwen stood up and stretched. "Might as well get it over with." She jumped out of the plane. Duncan followed quickly enough, followed by Alejandro,Topher and Noah.
"If you need to land on my body to avoid further injury please do so." Ellody told Harold. She jumped out next, followed shortly by Harold.
Amber and Sammy stood at the door. Amber swallowed. "Oh I don't think I can do this."
"It is a far jump." Sammy said, shaking.
"I forgot you're afraid of heights." Amber replied. "Let's jump on three."
"Okay." Sammy gulped. "One,two," The two girls were pushed out of the plane.
"Three!" Cackled Amy. She walked to the door. "Break my fall Samey!" She called as she jumped.
The focus shifted out of the plane and when the dust from everyone landing cleared it was to reveal they were all on a mattress, the plane was merely a set, and two large fans had been simulating wind. "Hey, we're alive!" Amber cheered. Everyone else looked in various states of shock and annoyance. Well except Topher who seemed excited.
"Let's roll solders, because the next challenge is gonna blow your minds, and everything else within a fifty foot radius." Chris explained.
/
Chef's arms pull a tarp off of a pile of explosives. The focus moved out to show Chef and Chris were standing to the right of it and the contestants to the left. "You're letting minors handle explosives!" Amber gasped.
"Relax, they're just paint bombs." Chris reassured her. "We've devided the camp into two halves. Most creative and controlled splatter wins."
The Grips are shown as Duncan runs up to the pile of paint bombs. "Talk about a challenge custom made for me! I'm all over this!"
Noah nudged Amy. "Hey if there's one thing we know, it's that Duncan is an expert in vandalism. Destruction of property is his forte. There's no chance of us losing this."
"He's still gonna need help setting up the explosives." Gwen pointed out.
"Whatever, as long as he shows us where to put them it'll be a cinch." Noah smirked.
"As long as you can pick one up." Amy smirked.
"Just don't give me anything heavier than the grenades and I'll be fine." The cynic replied.
/
The Gaffers meanwhile are in another state. "I've got this! I'm a chem expert! What is an explosion other than the chemical reaction of trinitrotoluene decomposing at c 7h 5n 306 3n 2 plus 5 h2o plus 7co? " Harold said.
"Comprensible." Topher smirked.
"Okay Harold. Draw up a plan for us." Ellody told him.
A flash transition later and Harold is handing a piece of paper to Ellody. "Most industrious Harold. I suggest we break into two groups to handle this. "
"I'll go with Amber and Sammy then." Alejandro said.
"But-" Harold protested.
"We don't have time to argue." Alejandro said running off with the two girls mentioned.
"Harold, you aren't in any condition to lift explosives. You've done your part. Topher with me." Ellody told the blonde.
Now by himself, Harold walks off.
A flash transition takes us to Alejandro, Amber and Sammy. They are setting up explosives. As they do Sammy speaks up. "Amber, Chef's been trying to get me in an illegal alliance."
"What?!" Amber gasped.
"And he won't back down until Sammy tells him no." Alejandro explained.
"I can't do it alone, but if you and Alejandro were watching in support I think I could manage it." Sammy said.
"Okay, as soon as we get a break we're doing this." Amber told her.
The focus shifted to Harold who was listening quite a ways off with an ear trumpet. He gasped.
/
Harold returned to where Ellody and Topher were. "Excellent, we've just finished our half. I should check on the others' progress."
"Before you do I have to tell you something." Harold said. "I'm not sure what's going on, but I listened to Sammy, Alejandro, and Amber's conversation. I didn't get much of it even with the ear trumpet but I did hear the words Chef, and illegal alliance."
"You know what this means! Sammy's in an illegal alliance with Chef!" Topher gasped.
"That seems like a stretch." Harold said.
"What other explanation is there?" Topher frowned.
"Hey guys we finished our half." Sammy said as the other three Gaffers returned. All three Gaffers immediately tried to look nonchalant. "What were you talking about?"
The other three Gaffers are saved from having to answer by the arrival of Chris. "Time's up!"
/
Chris stands before the Grips with the plunger. "Grips, are we ready?"
"Time for a little punk rock." Duncan said as he pushed down the plunger. Various explosions of green paint go off in a perfectly controlled manner when the explosion cleared a gigantic skull shaped paint splatter was seen.
"And who says vandalism doesn't pay?" Chris asked Duncan.
"Nice, let's see if the Gaffers can match it." Noah said.
Duncan scoffed. "I saw Harold drawing up the plans for it. No way that nerd can beat me."
/
Chris is back with the Gaffers, Ellody is holding the plunger and Harold has his hand on it. " Are we ready to blow it up?"
"You do the honors Harold." Ellody said. Harold did so. Several explosion of green paint go off in a perfectly controlled manner and once the explosion cleared a gigantic paint splatter that looked like a neutron was shown.
"Wow, both pretty controlled explosion and pretty creative too. In the end though I have to give the win...to the Grips!" The grips were shown cheering.
"Why?" Harold asked.
"Big scary skull beats nerdy science thing any day." Chris said cheekily.
Chris walked to the Grips. "It is my honor to present to your prize: The big trunk of mind blowing secrets." He said as Chef wheeled a red trun with pink and yellow flowers, as well as a large golden handle, to them.
"You'll be defending it with your very lives when we return to more Total Drama Action!" Chris announced.
/
We return from commercial with a shot of Chef standing under two palm trees in a large pot. The focus shifted right to where Sammy, Amber, and Alejandro stand. "This is it Sammy. You have to tell him." Alejandro said.
The twin swallowed. "Okay. You're gonna watch right?"
"Of course. I know you can do this." Amber said.
Sammy took a deep breath and began to walk towards Chef. "I can do this." She muttered repeatedly under her breath.
"About time. I've been waiting for you to get back to me about my offer. Well?" Chef asked.
Sammy glanced back at Amber and Alejandro for strength. Amber gave her a thumbs up. She turned back to Chef. "Chef." Sammy began. "I've decided," She paused, steeling herself. "I don't want to be in an alliance with you."
Silence for a moment. Then Chef began to stomp towards her. "You're turning me down? After all I've done to get you to my side?" Sammy began to quiver as the cook came closer. "I have to say…" He stopped and Sammy looked faint. "I didn't think you had it in ya."
Sammy looked at Chef's smile. "What?"
"Remember what I said at the beginning? I was gonna teach you how to be a true leader. The hardest part about being a leader is standing up for what you believe in, no matter how scared you are. And you just did that." Chef said.
"So, you're not mad?" Sammy asked.
"Furious actually, but I'm also so dang proud of you. I told Alejandro if you said no I'd back down, and I will." The cook began to walk away. "But don't let pretty boy take advantage of you, you hear?"
Sammy's eyes were wide as she turned back to Amber and Alejandro. "I did it." She gasped. "I did it!" She ran to the two and Amber hugged her.
/
Chris stood next to the big trunk of mind blowing secrets, which now had a couple of poles through it. "Contestants, get ready to begin your next war challenge. It's a giant game of capture the flag, except in this case the flag is the big trunk of mind blowing secrets!" Chris said gesturing to the trunk in question.
"There's only one way to learn what's in the trunk and that's to win the challenge. As your reward we'll give you immunity from tonight's vote, and a peek inside but be ready, the secrets inside will blow your brains to bits." Chris told them.
"Being on this show already does that." Noah smirked.
"We'll also throw in a roll of duct tape so you can tape the gray matter back together." The host jokingly replied, pulling out said tape.
/
"Grips this your base camp." Chris said, gesturing to a small structure covered by a white sheet bearing the Grip's logo. "Our set decoration team, wanted to build you guys a towering castle full of defensive possibilities." The host continued as Duncan and Gwen joined the other two Grips holding the trunk up by the poles. "But they went to see a movie instead. So we're gonna give you this."
Chef pulled the sheet off with a flourish revealing a ramshackle shed barely held together. "I think it's a tool shed." Chris said. At that moment the shed broke apart leaving the Grips with nothing but debris, a couple of rakes, a shovel, and a garden hose. "Was a tool shed. Good luck." Chris said before leaving.
Noah turned to Duncan. "Okay mister Marine any ideas how we're gonna defend the 'big trunk of mind blowing secrets?'"
"You do whatever you want. I'm gonna set some booby traps." Duncan told them, walking off.
Noah turned to Amy. "We should probably find a way to protect the trunk."
"Or we could just let Duncan take care of it. He said we were on the side anyway." Amy smirked.
Noah looked like he was considering it when Gwen shoved a shovel into his hands, and another into Amy's. "Don't even think about it. We're gonna dig a pit and cover it with leaves so we have somewhere to lie in wait."
"Who died and made you boss Gothie?" Amy scoffed.
Gwen got right in Amy's face. "If we lose this challenge I will make sure you go home. Now shut up and dig." The blonde glared but began to dig. Gwen turned to see Duncan had set up a net to catch the enemy in. In less good news Noah was attempting to shovel his first bit of dirt but was going at an incredibly slow pace and clearly straining. The goth face palmed.
(confessional)
Gwen: I've had it up to here with Amy and her attitude. How did she make it to the final three last season! And what's up with Noah getting all friendly with her?
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Amy : Let's make this clear I' m not-
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Noah: her friend. I just need -
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Amy: him to get futher in the game-
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Noah: After all Duncan and Gwen are close-
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Amy: too close, I gotta keep an eye on that
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Gwen, Noah, and Amy are digging their hole in the POV of what is clearly a set of binoculars. The focus shifts to show Sammy looking through them. "I'm not sure where Duncan went but the others are digging a hole."
"They likely mean to hide in it." Alejandro said. Topher cleared his throat. "Is there something you need amigo?"
"Yes, Harold overheard some of your conversation earlier. We know about Sammy's alliance with Chef!" Topher confronted.
"What! I'm not in an alliance with Chef!" Sammy argued.
"Then why were you talking about Chef and an illegal alliance?" Harold asked.
"Okay." Sammy took a breath. "Chef did offer me an alliance, but I turned it down. It took a lot of time to work up the courage. That's what we were talking about."
"That would explain what Harold overheard." Ellody nodded.
"Are you kidding me? That's exactly the kind of thing she'd say if she was in an illegal alliance with Chef and we called her out!" Topher protested.
"He has a point." Harold agreed.
"No really. I don't have an alliance with Chef." Sammy repeated.
"Past behavior indicates that Sammy is unlikely to lie about something like this." Ellody defended.
"It's always the ones that seem nice." Topher retorted.
"Moreover she's looking us directly in the eyes which indicates truth." the genius continued.
"Unless she's a really good liar."
"Topher lay off her, she said she didn't take the alliance!" Amber glared.
"Of course you're defending her, you're in on it." Topher said smugly.
"We can discuss this later." Alejandro said. "Right now we need to focus on taking out the Grips. I say we attack before they can finish their defenses."
"I agree." Sammy said. "Charge!"
Alejandro, Amber, Sammy, Ellody, and Harold all ran off. Topher sputtered. "So we're just gonna leave this unresolved?!" Then he ran after the rest. "Wait for me!"
/
The focus is on Noah, Amy, and Gwen's eyes all peeking out of a hole covered in leaves. The Gaffers arrive and pause. "Where are they?" Sammy asked.
"They must have finished their hole." Alejandro said. "We should be able to find it."
"Everyone spread out." Sammy said.
"Look for any sign of discoloration in the ground or leaves where there shouldn't be" Ellody added.
Inside the pit Noah was handing rocks to Gwen and Amy. "I found these while I was digging. Remember Duncan's trap?"
Gwen smirked. "I see where you're going with this."
"I'm just glad I get an excuse to throw rocks at Samey." Amy said.
Outside the hole rocks began flying at Sammy and Amber. "Guys we need reinforcements!" The bookworm cried.
"They're attacking us with rocks!" Sammy called.
Ellody, Topher, Alejandro, and Harold quickly returned. They moved towards the hole. Harold was hit with a pebble prompting Ellody to jump in front of him. Alejandro and Topher nearly got hit in the face causing them to back off as well. The barrage of stones made all six Gaffers step back right into Duncan's trap which immediately went off trapping them in a net. With a cry the Punk swung in on microphone cord and cut the line holding the net up sending them all flying through the air.
When they landed they were back where they started. Everyone groaned. "Well that didn't work." Amber sighed.
"Why doesn't Sammy ask Chef for advice?" Topher said.
"Amigo, we have more important things to think about." Alejandro told him.
"You know Alejandro you're in on Sammy's little alliance too and it's almost like you're trying to distract us from it." The blonde pointed out.
"Nonsense. I merely think we should focus on the challenge. Besides, as Sammy said she didn't take the alliance." Alejandro said.
"Sure she didn't." Topher smirked.
"Amigo, I don't understand why you insist on pushing the point. You're normally far more reasonable than this. It's one of your more attractive qualities." Alejandro said as he took Topher's hand into his own.
"I appreciate the gesture, but you can't distract me." Topher said, taking his hand back. Alejandro frowned.
(confessional)
Alejandro: Topher has been such an ally to me all season. What exactly is driving him against me?
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Topher: Look I like Alejandro, and I still plan to help him become the villain I know he can be but this is too good a chance for drama to pass up.
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Ellody turned to Harold. "Harold, I don't think you should go to the next attack."
"Ellody," Harold tried to protest.
"If one of those rocks hits your scapula it could render any progress in its healing moot." Ellody said.
"But I can't just watch from the side. I have to be a part of the team. If I don't I'm nothing but dead weight! And I vow to be useful to my team no matter what! Or my name isn't Harold Norbert Cheever Doris Magrady V !" Harold declared.
Ellody sighed. "You seem pretty stubborn about this. What I don't understand is why? Logically you should know how dangerous this is."
"Some things are more important than logic." Harold said.
/
Back in the Grip's hole Duncan has joined them. "Nice job getting them in my trap." The punk smirked.
"It was Noah's idea. Though it took some pushing to get him to actually try." Gwen said.
"Typical." Duncan said.
"Hey you said we were on the side." Noah shrugged.
"Well Pasty nice work getting these two losers to pull their weight." Duncan complimented.
"If the two of you are done flirting, we need to move. The Gaffers will be back soon." Amy said.
"Uh no. We don't have time to make another hole. I say we defend this one." Gwen said.
"Yeah and they know right where it is!" The blonde said.
"So what, we should go out into plain sight where we have nothing to defend ourselves with?" The goth retorted.
"Better than staying here just waiting to get picked off!" Amy retorted.
"As much as I hate to admit it, Amy has a point. We used most of the rocks we had on their last attack. At the very least one of us should gather more." Noah said.
"Fine. I'll do it." The blonde said. "You guys just make sure they don't get the trunk in the meantime."
/
The Gaffers are moving in on the Grip's hole. "They're still there." Sammy said. "We just need to get the trunk from them."
"Easier said than done. Those rocks could cause serious damage to my face." Topher said.
"If only I had use of both my arms." Harold sighed, pulling out two yo-yo tied together. "I bet I could knock the rocks away from us. I'm usually a whiz with these numyos."
That was when Amy climbed out of the hole. She took one look at the Gaffers and jumped back in. The focus shifted back inside. "They're here! So what's the defense plan Gothie?"
"Duncan, did you set any other traps?" Noah asked.
"There's a pit trap I made just to the left of here." Duncan said.
"Then I think I know what to do." Noah smirked. He jumped out of the pit and moved in front of the area Duncan had mentioned. "You want to get to the trunk? You'll have to go through me."
"Easy!" Topher declared. Filled with adrenaline, he, Sammy, Harold, and Amber all dove for him landing on the pit trap and falling inside.
"Harold!" Ellody moved towards the pit but Alejandro stopped her.
"We don't have time. We must get the trunk ourselves!" Alejandro said.
But before either of them could make a move Chris popped in. "Time's up! The Grips have defended the chest! Putting them in the winner's circle. That means the Gaffer's will be sending one of their own home tonight." The host said, pointing to Alejandro and Ellody with a smirk.
"And now it's time to reveal to the winners, the mind blowing secrets in this trunk!" Chris declared as a spotlight fell on the chest. "Here's what you were fighting for team." He opened the trunk and both Gwen and Duncan looked inside.
"Wait all this time this is what was in here?!" Gwen snapped.
"All the effort we put forth," Duncan said.
"All the pain we caused the enemy team, and for what?!" the goth asked.
"An empty trunk." The punk said.
"So this is the madness of war." Gwen said.
"Why!" Duncan cried.
/
Chris stood at his podium. "This one's a nail biter. I'd say a lot of you are on the chopping block. Sammy, half your team suspects you of being in an illegal alliance."
"I turned him down." Sammy protested.
" Topher you've been pretty confrontational today." Chris continued.
"And you love it." Topher winked.
"You know it." Chris agreed, shooting him a finger gun. "And Harold you're injured, really just dragging your team down."
"I did my best." The ginger nerd said.
"All right then votes have been tabulated." Chris said as the results were parachuted to him. "So it's time to present the awards. Tonight the gilded Chris goes to Ellody, Amber, Alejandro, and Topher. And now only two nominees left."
Harold and Sammy were shown in spilt screen with spotlights on them. "The final award goes to...
...
...
...
…Sammy." The twin caught her gilded Chris happily.
(Confessional)
Topher: Alejandro wanted to vote out Harold, but I voted for Sammy instead. I gotta make Sammy sweat. What is Total Drama without drama? I gotta take every opportunity to cause it. You think being nice makes you famous on this show?
Static
"I guess I don't blame you guys." Harold sighed. Ellody followed him down the carpet of shame. "Sorry I'm leaving you alone, Ellody."
"No, I'm sorry. The truth is Harold...I voted for you." Ellody admitted. "I'm sorry, but I fear if you continue pushing yourself in these challenges you will be even more injured. I feel bad, but I did what I thought was right."
Harold smiled at her understandingly. "Hey, I'd probably do the same if you were injured." The two kissed and the Lame-o-sine left with Harold.
"And so the injured Harold's journey ends here. But your journey doesn't have to. Catch you next time on Total Drama Action!"
Bonus Clip:
Harold is sitting in the car. "You know I thought I'd make it farther this season. If only I hadn't gotten injured last challenge. At least I got a girlfriend out of it. And here my friends said I'd never get one. Shows what you guys know! I can't wait to go home and rub it in their faces." Harold blinks. "There's an aftermath? Cool! Maybe I can show off my mad skills.
A/N: This was a hard decision for me. I knew either Ellody or Harold was leaving here, because even though Sammy's arc is over her role in the story isn't. So it was down to them.
In the end I chose Harold because he makes it far in the original. The whole point of a shuffled fic is to see what happens with different characters in the same scenarios . With Ellody gone all Harold would have was canon actions and lines. As funny as Harold is in Action I feel it would go against the purpose of the fic to lift them whole cloth from the canon season.
Sammy finally stood up to Chef, Amy and Noah sort of bond, and Topher starts showing he's more than just a simp for Alejandro. Even if he is also that. '
And so ends the second quarter. Next time on the aftermath: Ella reunites with her girlfriend. Trent gets introgate-, I mean interviewed. Harold shows some mad skills, shares some thoughts on the game, and his new girlfriend. And the executive meddling becomes all too apparent.