Peace, Love, Winning

"Last time on Total Drama Underrated," Chef's unenthusiastic voice remained monotonous. "Team Chicken and Team Earth competed in a good old fashion build challenge. As alliances started to form-" Cut to Colleen, Grace and Sandy solidifying their alliance and then to Joshua, Micky, Janet and Asandra together. "-others were already crumbling." Cut to Janae, angry at the campfire ceremony. "Deals were made-" Cut to Ignatius and Lesley shaking hands. "And new bonds flamed up-" Cut to Eun and Brendan in the woods. "-While other bonds are stuck in purgatory-" Cut to Colleen and Lesley awkwardly touching hands. "What will happen next to our remaining victi- … campers. Let's cut this pointless summary and just get started!" He snapped. He then cleared his throat. "On Total. Drama. Underrated."

Asandra paced back and forth as the sun rose behind her. She was by the lake, by the outdoor confession cam.

Confession Cam:

(Asandra) "Last night, I stuck with Joshua and the TDA alliance." She looked restless. "I'm thinking it might have been a mistake! I thought I had power because I was the swing vote, but I think I just voted myself into the bottom of that alliance!" She takes a deep breath to try and ground herself. "What's really scaring me, is that tonight is the third elimination. I'm really anxious about this curse I seem to have. I really wish Carter or Phoebe were here!" She's on the verge of crying. "I feel so alone! This is so much harder than I thought!" She buries her face into her hands.

Luigi and Eun sat next to each other on Underrated beach with their legs out in front of them, looking out into the distance. They sat there for some time without saying anything. Luigi glanced over to Eun a few times, each time his stare getting longer. Eun had her notebook and pen in hand, jotting down notes and scribbling away. Every so often, she would stop scribbling and rub on her red heart necklace.

"I'm trying to think of a good way to get around this." Eun finally said. "I think everyone else on our team is in an alliance without us!"

"So what do we do now?" Luigi asked.

"I've read a lot of SYOC's." Eun said. "We need to do something called finding a crack in their alliance."

"What is a SYOC?" Luigi asked, looking her up and down.

Eun giggled. "It's a submit your own character story! A lot of the fans of the show make up their own seasons that include reader participation. The readers submit a character for the writers to make their own story with."

"Interesting…" Luigi said.

"These are always fun to read!" Eun said. "Every writer is unique in the way they tell their stories. And it's an added level of fun to see what they do with the character you created, especially if they go on to win!" She looks back down at her notes. "We can't write ourselves out of this one. We have to find a crack!"

"What do you mean, my sweet?" Luigi asked her.

"Well, that's going to be the hard part!" Eun said. "We have to find a way to go from the bottom to the top of the elimination food chain!"

"Now I know what you must mean with finding the crack." Luigi said. "It is like they are in an egg, we must find or create a crack that will get them split apart." He then took Eun by the hands and gave them a little rub. "We can do this."

Eun smiled and let his hands go to write more notes. "Do you have any ideas?"

Luigi nodded. "We must get them to turn on each other."

"How?" Eun asked. Luigi just stared at her.

Confession Cam:

(Eun) "Luigi and I have zero things in common but we are both on the outs after last night's vote!" She exclaims. "I didn't expect my second chance to be like this. I hope there's a lot more game left for me to play!"

(Luigi) He is nearly drooling. "I thought Janae was the most beautiful Loli I ever met… Enter Eun." He grins.

Luigi finally spoke. "I say we just… observe the others. And see what happens." He then looked Eun up and down and gave a smirk. "Excuse me, I am going to go lay back down in the tent. The sun keeps bothering me."

As Luigi got up to go back to his tent, he passed Asandra, who he smiled at and carried on. Asandra had been watching the two the entire time.

Confession Cam:

(Asandra) She still looks restless. "I know they're planning something! But what is it? I know I'm technically in the majority but I don't want to underestimate anyone. They know they're on the bottom and that's dangerous." She shakes her head. "Especially in this round… I just have to make sure we win. Then I can break the curse…"

"We really did a great job with this cabin, girls." Grace said to Colleen and Sandy, who were both out of bed and getting ready.

"All about teamwork!" Sandy exclaimed as she tied her long, wavy brown hair up in her neon blue bow.

"We gotta keep it up." Colleen said, working on her green bow. She sprayed some hairspray onto her reddish brown ponytail.

"Speaking of teamwork," Sandy said. "It's so nice that we have a girl's thing going on!"

"It is!" Grace said. "I'm tired of my games revolving around guys."

"I'm all for the female empowerment too." Colleen said.

Sandy jumped up and down. "This is so exciting! Girls till the end! We can even rope the girls on the other side in once we hit the merge!"

"Hopefully they're still there." Grace said. "They got rid of a girl last night."

"Not just any girl," Colleen said. "It was Janae. She was so hard to work with last season."

"Isn't it so weird for you that you barely got a break between last season and this one?" Sandy asked.

"A little." Colleen said. "I was hoping to get to see some fan reception but I have no idea what they think about me!"

"You were liked." Grace said.

"Robbed!" Sandy shouted.

The girls laughed.

Confession Cam:

(Colleen) "I was wondering about that." She giggles. "Because I'd love to become an influencer after this." She mimics taking selfies. "We could all use some more followers and money right? If I don't win, I can just make that up quickly!"

(Grace) "I know I promised Brendan an alliance first, but I love these girls! Colleen is a sweetheart and Sandy Vines is a good sport and huge asset to our team. I got lucky with them. We're together and it's clear who the target here is."

"As long as Ignatius is the first dude to leave our team, I'll be happy." Grace said.

"Oh, definitely." Colleen said.

"Yeah!" Sandy agreed. "That guy's nuts! He for sure has to go!" Sandy finished putting on lotion. "Alright, I'm gonna head to breakfast and see if I can sneak a soda can from Delanie!"

"Good luck." Colleen said as Sandy rushed out. She turned to Grace. "She is too funny."

"She sure is. I'm so happy we're on the same page." Grace smiled. "Ignatius is done."

The shot pans from the girls side to the boys side, where Ignatius had his ear against the wall the entire time. Lesley is sitting up in a bed.

"Yeah, this bitch gotta go." Ignatius said.

"You talking about Grace?" Lesley asked. Ignatius nodded. "What did you hear?"

"The girls have an alliance." Ignatius said.

Lesley chuckled. "It was obvious."

"Trash." Ignatius said. "We'll get em before they get us. They're weak. Grace has got to go, she's like the leader."

"Yeah, that girl is smart." Lesley said. "Do you think Brendan will be down?"

"They're close." Ignatius said. "Idiots flock together." He rolls his eyes. "These girls won't last. They'll find something to dislike each other. You gotta work on Colleen. She's into you."

"You think?" Lesley asked.

"Yeah, she drools every time you step near her. Take advantage of that." Ignatius said.

Lesley grinned and flexed his pecs. "I'll work on Colleen."

Confession Cam:

(Lesley) "If I can fix the rift between Colleen and I, maybe there's still a spark there for us." He flexes his arm. "How could she resist this?"

Brendan sat at breakfast sipping some tea and thinking. His sunglasses were on. Soon, Eun joined him and sat across from him.

"Hey you!" Eun smiled.

"Hey!" Brendan smiled and took his sunglasses off.

"How was your night in paradise cabins!?" Eun asked.

Brendan kept his smile. "It was alright. I still think both teams can fit in the cabin but I guess whatever Chef says goes."

"It's okay!" Eun said. "Pretty soon, we'll each get our own tent."

"Only if you keep losing." Brendan said.

Eun noticed everyone else start trickling in. "I'll go sit with my team now. See you later!"

"Cya." Brendan said.

Confession Cam:

(Brendan) "Yeah. I think I'm into her."

(Eun) "I hope Brendan and I get far together. I love writing buddies! He's a good friend."

Team Chicken and Team Earth could barely get a few interactions or bites in before Chef stomped in, usual getup plus some sunglasses and a megaphone in hand.

"Hey losers!" He shouted into the megaphone, causing everyone to snap their heads at him. Grace, Brendan, Asandra and Joshua physically jumped from the fright. Eun even fell back to the floor. "Do I have your attention?!"

"You're right in front of us." Micky said, hands covering his ears.

Chef just stared at him for a while.

Micky finally covered his eyes. "I'm sorry."

Chef chuckled. He then grabbed a whistle from his pocket and blew on it. On queue, two helicopters flew in. One was brown and the other was green.

"Ooh!" Janet shot up. "You have my attention!"

Confession Cam:

(Janet) "A green helicopter! It's so pretty!" She smiled.

"Let's get this challenge started, wimps! We're gonna get off the island for this one." Chef said. "I don't want any stupid questions until we get where we're going. Now," he pointed at the two helicopters. "Get in."

Janet rushed towards the green helicopter immediately.

Confession Cam:

(Janet) "I was sad, cause I tried to get on the green helicopter because it's so much cuter than the brown one, but then Joshua reminded me that fried chicken is brown, so I went on the brown one. Either way, I love a good field trip!" She licks her lips.

The brown helicopter carried Team Chicken. The seats in the back faced each other. Micky, Janet and Joshua sat on one side while Luigi, Eun and Asandra sat on the other.

Joshua was speaking. "Don't beat yourselves too much about us losing last night." He said. "We are still in this! We are a great team. Without Janae we are stronger, with no divide. Like a true team."

Eun and Luigi looked at each other when he said this. Eun frowned but quickly turned it into a smile. "We can do this!" She exclaimed.

"We HAVE to do this." Asandra said.

"We will do what we have to do!" Joshua said. "Together we can do it."

In the green helicopter, Team Earth was pretty quiet. With the tension of the girls versus the boys, Grace's intense hate for Ignatius, Brendan's general quietness, and Colleen and Lesley's awkward situation, there was a lot going on. The only things that were commented on were the rocky ride from whoever was steering this helicopter.

"Jeez, are we gonna even make it to our destination!?" Colleen commented after some turbulence.

Cut to Delanie in the front, controlling the helicopter with Chef right beside her.

"You do this!" Chef reminded her.

She was clearly annoyed. "Can we just go back to autopilot?!"

The teams finally arrived somewhere on the mainland of Canada. Everyone hopped off or slid off their helicopter. Lesley offered to help Colleen out.

Confession Cam:

(Lesley) He is standing off to the side on a sidewalk for this confessional. "I really need to talk to Colleen and clear things up. I want to be trusted again. She needs to stop playing hard to get." He clears his throat.

"Alright children," Chef said once everyone was situated in front of him. "Today happens to be a special day for me. It's been fifteen years since retiring from service." From this statement nearly everyone applauded him, which made him feel good. "So, to honor my fifteen year anniversary, today's challenge will be something completely non-physical. I'm going to take the day off. Delanie here will explain everything." He said, placing a heavy hand on Delanie's shoulder before turning around and exiting toward the town.

Confession Cam:

(Chef) "I know what you're thinking. Why is Chef not putting these kids into shape? Well think again!" He grinned as he pointed to the camera. "Better to get the easy challenges out of the way first to let the relationships and drama build up early. Then we can put them through the boot camp."

Delanie cleared her throat. "Today's challenge will be a fundraising event!"

Many people groaned.

"Are you for real?" Colleen asked.

"That's interesting." Joshua said.

"Piece of cake." Grace chuckled.

"Listen!" Delanie clapped. "We are just outside Vancouver. All you have to do is go all around the city and get people to donate money to your cause."

Confession Cam:

(Delanie) "No, it's not because half of our budget is going towards my agency and beauty products." She looks at her nails. "Which it so is, but believe it or not, Chef ACTUALLY wants to donate to these causes."

"Team Chicken," Delanie handed Joshua some clipboards. "You will be raising money for more sustainable technology to prevent climate destruction in the event of war."

"Darn it!" Grace said. "That is so up my alley."

"You can help us if you want." Micky said.

Grace rolled her eyes.

"Team Earth," Delanie handed the clipboards to Grace. "You will be raising money for mental health initiatives for PTSD in retired veterans."

"Important!" Sandy exclaimed.

"You will have five hours to complete this." Delanie said. "We meet back here or you risk getting left behind. You are good to go!"

The teams rushed to get taxis to get them into town. Lucky for them, there was a taxi place nearby. "Only four can ride at a time." Said the receptionist.

"Let's go team." Joshua said to Micky, Janet and Asandra. They got into one cab.

"I'll go with Eun and Luigi then." Grace said.

"Me too." Brendan said.

"So that leaves us four." Sandy said to Colleen, Lesley and Ignatius.

"Great, easy." Lesley said, stepping into the front seat.

"Why do you get the front?" Colleen asked.

"Do you see how big I am?" Lesley asked.

"Brendan, do you want the front seat?" Grace asked.

"Luigi can take it." He said.

"You have it." Luigi said, I'll sit in the back with Eun.

"You go, then." Brendan said to Grace.

"You sure?" Grace asked. He nodded.

The taxis were off! Grace sat in the front seat while Luigi, Eun and Brendan sat in the back. Luigi just stared at Eun and Brendan glanced at her a few times and smiled.

Confession Cam:

(Brendan) "I think I'm falling for Eun. She's so cute, and we connect on so many levels. I just can't stop thinking about her."

(Eun) "Sitting in between Luigi and Brendan is a little weird!" She laughs. "They both just keep staring at me!"

Soon both taxis arrived to a residential area and the teams reconvened.

"We should divide and conquer at some point." Grace said as she led her team one direction. "I have so much fundraising experience. We got this in the bag."

Grace soon stopped at the first house and together with Colleen started speaking to the person who opened the door. As they did this, Lesley pulled Brendan aside.

"Brendan, I'm going to cut to the chase." Lesley said. "The girls have an alliance and we need to team up with Ignatius to make sure we aren't picked off one by one."

Brendan rose an eyebrow. "What? Really?" He shook his head. "That can't be true."

"It's true." Lesley said. "And guess who's the captain of that alliance."

"Colleen?" Brendan muttered.

"Grace." Lesley said.

Brendan shook his head. "Really?"

"Yes!" Lesley said quietly. "I know you're her friend here but the girl's got a big brain for stuff like this. Grace is the biggest threat."

"You really think we should get her out before Ignatius?" Brendan asked.

"Bro, if we get Ignatius out, that gives them the advantage." Lesley said. "They'll pick me off then you."

"So we vote off Grace?" Brendan asked.

Lesley nodded. "When we split up to get the money we should all go with one of them."

"Okay. Sure." Brendan nodded.

Grace came back and smiled as she placed some cash into an envelope. "See? We're already in the lead. I bet none of them have made any money yet."

"We should split up now, right?" Colleen asked.

"We should!" Lesley said. "In pairs, yeah?"

"I'll go with Grace." Brendan said.

Lesley looked at Colleen and she nodded. "I'll go with Colleen."

"That leaves me with Iggy!" Sandy exclaimed. "How exciting!"

Ignatius just looked unenthused the whole time.

Everyone split off.

As soon as everyone was out of sight, Brendan immediately informed Grace about Lesley's comments.

"-And he said we have to team up against the girls. I just don't get how he got this idea." Brendan said.

"Ignatius must be in his ear." Grace said, visibly bothered. "Of course you know I'm working with you. Yeah the girls, we're close, but we aren't in any official alliance."

"We gotta get rid of Lesley." Brendan said. "He's really trying to build this boys versus girls thing."

Confession Cam:

(Grace) "I appreciate Brendan telling me these things. He must really trust me. I guess I know who's going after Ignatius!"

"I need us all to work extra hard today." Asandra said. "We need to win!"

"I hope we're all working extra hard." Joshua said.

"Why don't we divide and conquer?" Asandra suggested. "Look at Team Earth! They've split up!"

"You think this girl can convince anyone to donate money to her?" Micky pointed at Janet.

"Maybe it is better if we stick together as a team." Joshua said.

Asandra started to panic. "But, but, but they can get more money that way! We don't want to lose again, right?!"

"No." Luigi chimed in.

"What's up with her?" Micky asked Joshua, who shrugged.

"She has a point." Eun said. "It might be best to split up."

"No way." Joshua said. "We're better in numbers."

"Let them go." Micky snarled. "I can sell for sure without them."

"We can do this." Eun said, trying to make Asandra feel better. "Let's go make some money!"

Eun made sure her and Asandra were off together. Joshua, Janet and Micky stuck together and Luigi seemed to disappear…

Cut to an older lady opening her door and screaming at the sight of Luigi. "I need you to give me money." He said and presented a clipboard for her to sign, which she quickly did just so he could get out of there.

There is a montage of the groups all knocking on doors and asking for money, explaining their causes, and some get money while some are unsuccessful.

Sandy had just collected a check from someone outside of a local department store. "THANKS! Woohoo!" She handed the check to Ignatius and backflipped. "ANYONE ELSE WANNA DONATE TO SOME MENTAL HEALTH INITIATIVES?" She shouted out. "MORE TRICKS IF YOU DO!"

Ignatius was on the side holding a bunch of checks. He was also playing with his lighter in the other hand.

"Ignatius!" Sandy snapped at him. "I told you no using your lighter while the money is in your hand!"

"And I told you, why are we even doing this anyway? That goody Grace will probably raise the most money out of anyone alone." Ignatius rolled his eyes. "We should just take this money and get ourselves something nice." He put the lighter in his pocket and took out some matches.

"I'm working twice as hard and this is the thanks I get?!" Sandy asked him.

Ignatius handed her the envelope with the checks. "I'm gonna go get a snack. Keep working."

"That's not fair!" Sandy exclaimed. "You have to help too!"

"Whatever you say, crazy girl." He said as he walked inside.

"For the millionth time, I'm not crazy! I'm just Sandy Vines!" She yelled back at him. She then turned around to a group of people in front of her, startled from the yelling. She smiled. "Hi everyone! Wanna see me do a cool trick?"

Asandra and Eun were standing at the front door of an older gentlemen who promptly slammed it back in their face. Asandra dropped her face into the palm of her hands and started sobbing. "That's three in a row! I'm so bad at this!"

Eun patted her on the back. "I get so sad when I see you cry, Asandra! Please don't cry!"

"I can't help it!" Asandra said. "This is the third elimination of the season!"

Eun gasped. "Of course! You're upset about the implied curse of you getting eliminated third each time you play!"

"I'm losing it, Eun!" Asandra said. "I thought I was doing so good, but I don't know if I'm going to make it past tonight's elimination and that terrifies me!"

"You will make it!" Eun hugged her. "We're gonna win this challenge and you will make it."

"I've never had a real chance!" Asandra sobbed. "Chris threw me out the first time and my team was so quick to throw me out last time."

"That won't happen this time, Asandra." Eun said. "You have Joshua on your side."

"It doesn't matter if this is a curse." Asandra wiped her tears.

"Those are just theories." Eun said. "Little fun ideas for fanfiction. You're here now. The story isn't over."

"It will be if we don't raise money!" Asandra snapped. "Why are we even raising money for better technology for war?! We should be raising money for peace! This whole challenge feels so American! Why can't we just sing for peace?!"

"We have a lot more in common than we realize," Eun said as she comforted Asandra. "We both are passionate about something. You with music and I with writing. We both try to be positive and happy. We're both super underrated. But we both need to fight for this challenge. We gotta keep going!" She smiled. "Let's go to the next house!"

"You're right." Asandra sniffled. "I can't give up."

Confession Cam:

(Asandra) "I'm clinging on to hope, but having Eun here with me helps. I don't feel like I'm being judged." She loudly sighs, then starts softly singing, "peace, love, winnnnnnnniiiiiiinggggg."

(Eun) "I feel bad for Asandra. She's really not doing well… I just hope she gets better soon." She scribbles down in her notebook.

"How much do we have now?" Joshua asked Micky, who held all the checks and cash.

Micky was shifting through the money and checks. "Over $700 for sure."

"Not bad for amateurs!" Joshua exclaimed.

"Can I have some dollars to get something from that food truck?!" Janet asked.

"Seriously?" Micky asked.

"Hey, so, um," Janet was clearly struggling with this challenge. "We are raising money for- what are you cooking in there?! It smells so good!" She stepped inside much to the horror of the lady she was pitching to, causing Joshua to run in and get her.

"She is useless." Micky rolled his eyes at her. "I'm too good for this team."

Joshua came back with Janet and the lady slammed the door behind them.

"Maybe it's better if we all do it together." Joshua said.

"It's too many people in their face." Micky said. "And this girl almost counts as two!" He pointed at Janet.

Janet laughed. "Maybe that was before, but I lost weight!"

"You did." Micky said just to get her to smile and be quiet.

"You are right." Joshua said. "We'll keep taking turns, and Janet you can just be along for the ride."

"I'm fine with that!" Janet smiled. "But are we gonna have a lunch break soon?"

"Is that up to us?" Joshua asked.

"It's up to you." Micky said.

Confession Cam:

(Micky) "I may be little but I'm the smartest person here without a doubt!" He laughs. "But I'll just let Joshua keep thinking he's running this team." He crosses his arms. "Janet is wrapped around his finger but little does he know that I can easily get the other girls to get him or her out. I can make sure anyone I want to leave, goes." He laughs diabolically. It's very comical. "I love getting a chance to play the game!" He cheers. As he celebrates, he unknowingly rips the bottom of the envelope containing all the checks and cash they had made so far.

Grace had been working hard for the money as Brendan collected and counted every donation up. "Where are we now?" Grace asked.

"We're at $650." Brendan said.

"That's not bad!" Grace smiled. "It's been what, like two hours?"

"Something like that." Brendan said.

"We need to do better." Grace said, picking up the pace. Brendan trailed behind her.

Back to Sandy. "THANKS! Woohoo!" She repeated her routine of backflips for each donation received. "I'm killing it!" She cheered.

The store's alarm sounded and Ignatius promptly ran out and grabbed Sandy by the arm, dragging her along with him.

"Huh?!" Sandy questioned but ran alongside him.

"Run!" Ignatius ordered. As they ran he lit a match and threw it at a nearby tree.

The two ran for a little while before finally stopping in an alley. "What the heck, man!" Sandy exclaimed. "What happened back there?"

"Well, I grabbed this for you." Ignatius said as he presented her a can of soda.

Sandy's eyes instantly widened. "No way!" She took the soda and cracked it open. "I've been waiting for a moment like this!" She gave him a big squeeze that he unsuccessfully tried to get out of. She then chugged the soda down and swung her pony tail around.

"I've awakened the monster." Ignatius smirked.

Sandy started jumping and flipping around. "Now I can make us money double time!"

"Exactly." Ignatius said. "Maybe girls are good for something."

"What?!" Sandy exclaimed.

"Nothing, I take it back." Ignatius said.

"You know, Grace is targeting you!" She said in her hyper state.

"I know." Ignatius said. "She can't get over it. Typical female."

"She won't until you're out of here, mister!" Sandy laughed.

They were on the move to their next public area.

"And you're in on it too, aren't you," Ignatius stated.

"What?!" Sandy did a double-take. "No way! If we lose, I'm voting out Grace. That would be your plan, right?!"

"You would just go along with what I want?" Ignatius asked. Sandy nodded.

Confession Cam:

(Ignatius) "This bitch is ridiculous if she thinks I'm falling for that."

(Sandy) She's pacing around. "It doesn't matter what I reveal at this point. We're winning! And we have the numbers anyway… But, but, if it's up to me, we just keep winning all these challenges until we hit the merge! Maybe we can have a big merge meal with soda! Lots and lots of soda! I LOVE SODA!" She drools a little and chugs another can.

Cut to a montage of Asandra and Eun both trying to earn money for their team, with a lot of doors being slammed right back in their faces. Each time a door is closed, Asandra gets more and more flustered about it.

Then a middle aged man opens the door to Asandra singing.

"We're raising money for a great big cause a cause that's really great!" She sang as he tried to close the door, but she put her foot in the way. "Technology! To prevent climate destruction! Please donate something!" She shoved a clipboard in his face.

Eun gulped as the man shoved Asandra away from the door and slammed it.

"This is horrible!" Asandra cried. "We're doing terrible!"

"At least we have something." Eun tried to be optimistic.

"Yeah, only $58." Asandra groaned. "If we lose, I'm toast."

"Take a deep breath." Eun said and took it with Asandra. "Even if we lose, I'm sure I'll be going home before you do."

"The curse will find a way." Asandra said.

"Nobody asked me to work with them except for Luigi." Eun said. "I'm pretty sure I'm the one that's toast."

Confession Cam:

(Eun) "I feel bad for Asandra, she's all in her mind, but I think she'll be fine even if we lose!"

(Asandra) "I can't believe I'm cracking like this…" She shakes her head. "Get it together, Asandra! You've been given a third…" Her voice cracks. "Chance."

Lesley and Colleen weren't doing so bad. Colleen was counting how much they had made so far.

"We're already at over $300." Colleen smiled. "I think if you keep up your sensitive giant schtick, we'll get the most money in no time!"

"Game's already over." Lesley smirked. "You got Lesley Vincel on your team."

Colleen shook her head and let out a small chuckle. "Let's keep going."

"Wait." Lesley stopped. "First-"

"What?" Colleen sighed.

"We need to stop dancing around each other." Lesley said.

"We're literally working together right now." Colleen said.

"You know what I mean." Lesley said. "Why can't it be like before?"

"You know why." Colleen crossed her arms and looked away.

"It's not my fault you got jealous." Lesley said. "I mean, we had nothing to do with each other."

Colleen laughed. "What?! Seriously? You're such an ass."

"I can't help the way I look." Lesley said, rubbing the top of his head with his arm while flexing the muscle.

"Why are you so cocky?" Colleen asked.

"Cause I'm this good." Lesley said as he pulled out a small canvas with Colleen's face on it. Her jaw dropped as he handed it to her. "It's all I got."

"Lesley…" Colleen just stared at the art in front of her. "This is so sweet of you."

"Don't mention it." Lesley said.

"I- I don't even know how to react to this." Colleen frowned.

"It's for you." Lesley said. "Free of charge, nothing in return required."

"This is so not like you." Colleen said. "Are you okay?"

"I'm multitalented and I got more than one emotion." Lesley shrugged.

"Are you really sorry for being a dick to me?" Colleen asked.

"I was a dumbass." Lesley said. He rolled his eyes. "And I hate that I have to admit that."

"Well this is a really sweet gesture." Colleen said. "I'll consider it. Thank you."

They nodded at each other and carried on.

Confession Cam:

(Colleen) She has her arms crossed. "Lesley Vincel? Being vulnerable? On international TV? That's new."

(Lesley) "I think I got her right where I want her." He smirks. "She's hot, and she'll be mine in no time."

Joshua, Micky and Janet were all sitting at a booth in a diner with some plates in front of them. Janet had about five plates in front of her. She was chowing down on a chicken wing and some fries.

"Was it a good idea to stop for food?" Joshua asked. "I feel like we should keep working on it."

"It's never a bad idea!" Janet was super happy. She sipped some cola through a straw.

"We've been doing pretty good." Joshua said. "And with the girls working on the other side of town too, we're sure to win! How exciting!"

"Yay!" Janet cheered.

"How are we doing so far now?" Joshua asked. "Last time we had over $700, right?"

Micky looked in the envelope and his demeanor changed. "Uh, it's a lot. I'd rather count it after lunch."

Confession Cam:

(Micky) "Crap. I lost all the money we made so far. There's a hole at the bottom of this envelope!" He holds it up to reveal the hole.

"So…" Micky gulped. "What are we gonna do if Team Earth beats us out?"

"We're going to have to vote someone out again." Joshua said.

"We're going to target a weak player, right?" Micky asked. "Someone who drags us down."

"Yeah." Joshua said. "Unfortunately it might be Eun's time to go."

"Don't you think there are weaker players?" Micky glanced over at Janet, who was so into her food that she wasn't paying any attention to the conversation. She let out a small burp and kept eating.

"Well, we do have our Adventure alliance. We can't turn on each other," Joshua said. "Between Eun and Luigi, Eun is weaker. But it shouldn't matter because we need to be a team."

"We need to win." Micky said. "What about Asandra? She was on edge earlier. She's been acting fussy all day."

"Must be the third one out curse she keeps mentioning." Joshua said.

"And Luigi?" Micky asked.

"He's an asset. He's big and can be useful." Joshua quickly said.

"He's quiet and weird." Micky replied.

"Let's save the talks for after we lose. Which hopefully isn't today. We have work to do!" Joshua glanced over to Janet, who was on her third burger. He tilted his head with concern. "Where does all that food go?"

Confession Cam:

(Joshua) "Why does Micky keep asking about all the people on our team? Why can't we just get out there and win?"

(Micky) "I'll let him keep thinking he's the one in charge here, but his teamwork mentality is getting on my nerves." He rolled his eyes.

"What a day!" Sandy exclaimed as she did front flips down the sidewalk while Ignatius walked after her, clearly annoyed. "We've had so much fun together, Iggy!" She giggled.

"Why did I agree to come back?" Ignatius groaned.

Up ahead, Joshua, Janet and Micky were leaving the diner. Micky's seen handing the envelope to Janet and Joshua is at the front of the pack.

"Woo!" Sandy screamed from a few yards down and as the other three turned to face her, she crashed right into them and right on top of Joshua. They both fell to the floor and accidentally shared a kiss that lasted a couple seconds and caused Sandy to blush and Joshua to get wide-eyed.

"Whoa!" Joshua got up and stepped back.

"Whoa indeed." Micky chuckled.

"Wow." Sandy covered her eyes.

Confession Cam:

(Sandy) "Wow!" She exclaims as she runs her fingers on her lips.

"This is so dumb." Ignatius said. "It's been hours and I'm over it!"

Suddenly, two taxis pulled up next to them. The challenge was finally over and it was time to count up what each team had made for their cause.

"I've never been happier to finish a challenge." Micky said. "Janet, how much money do we have?"

"I hope it's good!" Asandra said. "We only made $176!"

Janet smiled and stuck her greasy hand into the envelope, only for it to come out the hole on the bottom. Joshua, Eun, Luigi and especially Asandra all stared in horror.

Confession Cam:

(Micky) "So I blew it.. Again. But nobody has to know that!"

Asandra took the envelope from Janet and ripped it open. There was nothing inside. She looked over at Janet, then Micky, then Joshua and then Eun. She nearly cried.

"What happened to out money?!" Joshua asked. "We made so much!"

"Don't you see the hole?!" Asandra cried. "This is not good. Not good! Luigi! How much did you make?!"

Luigi handed over $350.

Grace counted all the money up for Team Earth. "$2,765." She proudly proclaimed and handed the envelope over to Delanie.

"Well, it looks like Team Earth won the challenge!" Delanie exclaimed before running to cover her hair as dust whisked around in the air as the helicopters landed. Chef jumped out of one.

"So who won?!" Chef asked.

"We did. Again." Lesley smirked.

Chef looked at Team Chicken. "…Losers."

Confession Cam:

(Eun/Asandra/Joshua/Micky) "Here we go…"

(Asandra) "Let the scrambling begin."

Back on Underrated Island, Team Earth enjoyed their cabin while Team Chicken got back to strategizing.

"Janet was useless today and lost all the money, but if you want Eun to go, we can have her go." Micky said to Joshua.

"Don't call Janet useless! She's an asset!" Joshua said. "Just like you are."

Micky rolled his eyes and walked away. Asandra quickly grabbed him and pulled him to the side.

"Micky!" She whispered loudly. "I really need you right now. I need you to keep me here!"

Micky pulled away from her. "Relax. We're voting out Eun."

Asandra quickly nodded. "Yes! Eun! Perfect. I'll vote her out too. I'll vote out anyone you tell me to vote out!"

Micky raised an eyebrow. "Really?" Asandra nodded. "Hmm." He nodded as he walked away.

Afterwards, Eun came to Asandra. "Am I going home?" She frowned.

"I think everyone is voting for you." Asandra said. "I think Joshua and Janet and Micky are really tight. They're voting together for sure."

"At least it won't be you." Eun sighed but then smiled. "You'll break your curse. Happy for you for that!"

Asandra smiled but then frowned. "I don't want you to go!"

"It's either me or you, I guess." Eun said.

"Wait!" Asandra got wide-eyed. "What about Luigi?!"

Confession Cam:

(Asandra) "I don't want to go! I don't want Eun to go! She took care of me today." She tears up. "I promise I'm okay! I'll be better once I get through this elimination."

Asandra ran up to Micky again, who was getting ready for the ceremony. "Micky! One last thing!"

"We're about to go vote Eun out." Micky said. "What more do you need?"

"Eun worked really hard today." Asandra said. "We should get rid of Luigi."

"What?" Micky asked. "I forgot he was even on our team."

"I'm going to vote him out." Asandra said. "And so is Eun. All we need is your vote!"

"And why would I do that?" Micky glared at her.

"Do you really want Eun out or does Joshua?!" Asandra snapped. "I'm sorry, but you have me and Eun with you 100% if you do this for us. Please think about it. All we need is you."

Confession Cam:

(Micky) He laughs.

Micky, Joshua and Janet were sitting together in a tent. "So you're telling me you want to vote Luigi out now?" Joshua asked.

"It's Asandra." Micky said. "She won't change her vote."

"But she chose who to vote out last time!" Joshua complained. "Maybe if I talk to her-"

"No." Micky interrupted. "There's not enough time."

"Luigi is kind of weird." Janet said.

"But he's tall. He's stronger than Eun." Joshua said. "What if we flip it on Asandra? If she doesn't want to be a team player with us, maybe she should be the one that goes."

Micky laughed. "Actually, Asandra going out third for the third time on her third season would also be very hilarious."

Joshua frowned and Micky noted that they had to leave now. Janet just shrugged.

Confession Cam:

(Joshua) "This whole scrambling around thing has been a mess. I've heard about 300 different things from everyone!"

The six members of Team Chicken took their seats on the same stumps of wood as last time. Chef was already waiting for them at the podium, annoyed. Delanie had the tray of marshmallows.

"You're late." Chef said calmly. He was trying.

"Sorry!" Asandra said. "We were all over the place!"

"Yeah, let's get right into the discussion." Micky said. "Asandra, the only person all over the place today was you."

"It's not my fault!" Asandra said. "You don't know how hard today was for me!"

"Do you need anything else?" Micky retorted.

"Don't be mean!" Eun said. "Asandra was trying her best. I was right there with her."

"Yeah, and we aren't the ones who lost the money!" Asandra said.

"Let's not fight." Joshua said. "We have to leave today's ceremony stronger as a team."

"I agree." Micky said. "We all need to be on the same page."

"What if we aren't?" Asandra asked nervously.

"We'll just have to work better, together, next time." Joshua said.

"Can we get this vote over with?" Asandra asked.

"You really want to do that?" Micky asked.

Asandra nodded and looked at Eun.

Chef shrugged. "Yeah, you were late anyway. Go."

One by one, each person went to vote.

Confession Cam:

(Asandra) "I really hope this works."

(Micky) He smirks.

(Joshua) "I hope this is the right decision for me."

Chef nodded at Delanie. "Janet, you are safe."

Janet cheered and ran up to grab her marshmallow.

"Joshua and Micky… You are safe." They both caught their marshmallows and handed them over to Janet.

"Eun… Luigi… Asandra…" Chef slowly walked up to them. "One of you will be the third person home tonight!"

Asandra shuddered and shut her eyes.

"You CAN'T come back here!" Chef said. "EVER!"

"I'm on the edge of my seat." Micky said sarcastically.

Chef glared at him and he promptly shut up and looked the other way.

"Eun, you'll get the next marshmallow."

Eun let out a small gasp and ran up to retrieve hers. She smiled wide and admired her marshmallow before tossing it in her mouth.

"Asandra, Luigi, you both received votes. One of you will have to leave underrated island and you can't ever come back. Your last chance is done!"

Asandra still had her eyes shut but she was starting to tear up. Luigi looked a bit confused.

"The last marshmallow goes to….."

Asandra was trying really hard not to sob.

"Asandra." Queue the waterworks. She didn't even catch her marshmallow and it wasn't long until Janet scurried over to grab it from the floor.

Luigi didn't really budge or change expressions. "But I thought I was doing so good." He said.

"I'm sorry, buddy." Joshua said to him.

Delanie led him to the trapdoor of shame but he just looked back at the team. "My sweet!" He called out to Eun.

Before anything else could be said, Delanie pressed down on the remote in her hand and Luigi quickly dropped down. "That won't get old." She chuckled.

"Alright, losers!" Chef commanded. "Back to the campsite! I was supposed to have tonight off!"

Micky, Janet, Joshua, Eun and Asandra hurried off.

Confession Cam:

(Eun) She's all smiles. "This is great! I wasn't voted out!" She pauses. "Sorry to Luigi, but I still want to play! And now I think I have an ally in Asandra!"

(Micky) "I'm great! I convinced Joshua to vote out Luigi! Now who's boss?!"

(Asandra) She is relieved. "I can't believe it! I made it! I MADE IT!" She screams. "I beat the curse!"

Chef looked at the camera. "Cya next time."

NEXT TIME ON TOTAL DRAMA UNDERRATED…

Joshua talking to Asandra. "I hope we're on the same page now."

Ignatius lighting Brendan's notebook on fire.

Grace furious, stomping towards someone.

Sandy in confessional. "What's wrong with Grace?"

The teams are both on platforms on the beach, looking over at each other.

Janet going through a small fridge. "What are you doing?!" Delanie says angrily.