"Last time on Total Drama: Action! Our two teams became one with the merge being suddenly sprung on our contestants! Wayne's dreams were crushed as Chef and I revealed the challenge as not a military movie, but a zombie movie challenge: to the delight of Axel. In the challenge, Bowie and Julia didn't have much luck finding any zombies: but they did strike gold when they reluctantly formed an alliance to boot MK! However, their dreams were destroyed when MK won immunity in the challenge by betraying Axel's trust and letting her prized possession get eaten by a zombie!" The host explains as clips of the final brawl between Axel, Caleb, Lauren, and MK play.

"Despite everyone thinking Axel was going to kill her, she spared her… pfft, lame! In exchange, Axel made MK listen to her idea of joining Caleb's alliance, to which MK promptly went back on her word and voted for Scary Girl instead after overhearing Bowie and Julia's alliance plan. In the end, Scary Girl was sent packing in the new limousine of shame with her new boyfriend!" He then chuckles as the clip of Shawn getting shoved in the limo with Lauren plays.

"Who will prove themselves as the most skilled movie star this time? Find out right here, right now, on TOTAL. DRAMA: ACTION!"

The theme song plays and ends

The camera shows all of the contestants walking back from last night's elimination ceremony. MK is lagging behind the others by a few feet and trying to look small.

MK in the confessional: "Do I feel a bit guilty for betraying Axel and Caleb? I mean, I guess." She comments, trying to brush it off, "I feel sorry for Axel that is, not Caleb! Caleb thinks he can sneak around and play all of us? That's my thing! And besides, voting off Scary Girl is a much better decision than Damien: she's a total wildcard. I hope Axel comes to her senses, but for now, I'm gonna have to lie low."

Caleb sulks along with his body weighed down near the middle of the pack. Wayne walks along with a paranoid looking Damien before turning to see Caleb.

"Hey, why so glum?" Wayne asks him.

"Oh, it's nothing… I'm just a bit sad that Lauren got booted."

"Oh… you mean Scary Girl?"

"Yeah, I guess that's what you guys called her. But she was my best friend." He says in an exaggerated tone before crying into his hands.

Wayne responds awkwardly, yet with sympathy, "Yeah, I know how that feels. I miss my buddy Raj…"

Bowie side-eyes him from the front of the pack and grumbles, "He could have avenged his buddy if he let us lose the challenges."

Julia notices and comments quietly to him, "I see your frustration. Now let's use it in the next challenge!"

The camera pans back to Caleb and Wayne. Caleb continues crying softly as Wayne pipes up with a shaky tone, "Uh… there, there?"

Damien's arm pops into frame, and Wayne yells, "Oof!" as Damien grabs him and drags him away from Caleb.

Caleb stops sobbing and looks up, "Was it something I said?"

Caleb in the confessional: "Lauren wasn't that bad, but we're definitely not best friends or anything. I'm just ticked off that she's gone! Somebody must have betrayed our alliance." He explains as he crosses his legs and leans back, "And my bet is on Nichelle, since she seemed a bit nervous during our alliance meeting and she's close to Julia. I thought she'd be fed up with Julia by now, but I guess I miscalculated."

Wayne balances himself as Damien looks the other way and whistles.

Wayne asks with concern, "What's up, Damien?"

He whispers back, "I don't trust him at all. He's probably the one who got everyone to vote for me. Keep an eye out for him!"

Wayne looks a bit confused, "Are you sure he's the leader of the team? He's about as smart as me."

Damien chuckles, "At least you're self aware."

The camera swaps to the four remaining male contestants in their trailer getting ready to sleep.

Bowie yawns while stretching as he lies down in his bed, "I hope Chris McLame will spare us for once and let us sleep, I am so tired!"

Wayne wanders over in his owl pajamas, "Don't worry Bowie, I'll make sure to wake you up in time with my alarm clock!"

He then starts playing Sonata no. 5 by Beethoven with his armpit.

Bowie flinches up and winces, "Uh, I think I'm good… I can go without the armpit fart wake up call, but thank you."

Bowie in the confessional: "Staying in the boys trailer is honestly GROSS! The only reason I stayed there before was so Raj and I could be together, and after he left, I didn't really feel up to staying with MK of all people."

Wayne begins again, "I wonder what makes the armpit fart such a great musical instrument?"

Damien walks into frame and begins spouting proudly, "The simulated sound of flatulence is created by…"

Bowie covers his head with a pillow, "No, we are not doing this."

Damien snaps back slightly, "Will you let me finish?! Ahem.. the escape of air caused by the hand motion with the combination of a lubricant allows for convenient audio access!"

Wayne responds with amazement, "Wow… cool!"

Caleb comes over, "Can I get in on this action?"

Damien glares at him subtly from behind as Wayne replies happily, "Sure!"

Both of them go ham on their armpit solos, causing Bowie to grab his pillow and storm off, "That's it, I'm out!"

Caleb responds, "Huh... tough crowd."

The camera swaps to Bowie entering the girls trailer, "Hey girls, I'm heeere-"

He gets interrupted by the sound of Axel and Julia yelling at each other as they stand on opposite sides of the trailer, tape separating both sides. MK sits on Axel's side, and Nichelle sits on Julia's.

"Do NOT talk to a Total Drama Goddess like this! You agreed to keep your disgusting items on YOUR SIDE!"

Axel scoffs, "It IS on my side, princess! And what's wrong with my weapons being on the ground? There's nowhere to put them!"

"Because it's ZOMBIE COVERED and DISGUSTING and…" Her eyes catch Bowie in the corner before she starts speaking in a nicer tone, "Bowiiiie! So nice of you to stop by!"

Bowie looks completely unimpressed as he picks his bag back up, "Yeah. I'm out. I'll take the armpit symphony over this."

Julia grabs his arm, "No wait, staaay, Axel and I are just being gal pals!"

Axel retorts, "If we were in the zombie apocalypse, I'd probably sacrifice you as sustenance."

MK pipes up, "With those tapeworm-filled bones? I'll pass."

Julia looks upset at the peanut gallery's comments before continuing, "Please don't leave me with them… we can outnumber them!"

Bowie gripes as he pulls his arm out of Julia's grasp, "I think I just remembered I'm allergic to you guys, so I'll just sleep outside or something…"

Bowie in the confessional: "Usually I would be all over that drama! But ever since Raj's elimination I'm all serious and no fun and games…." He explains before chuckling, "But wasn't it funny how they were fighting? MK roasted her… NO, she's the enemy, Bowie: GET IT TOGETHER!"

MK in the confessional: She has Julia's phone and laughs as she replays Bowie praising her over and over again.

The camera swaps back to the boys trailer, where Damien is chatting to Wayne as he sits on one of the bottom bunks: "Is it true that one of the past finale's had an active volcano?"

Wayne leans his head down from the top bunk to look at Damien, "Cha', dude! That finale was wicked crazy! I just wish Tyler made it further, he was my favorite."

Caleb pipes up from the opposite bunk, "Yeah, Alejandro was my personal favorite."

"Why would he be your favorite? He was totally evil!"

"Oh, I mean… Maybe I just mixed him up with someone else. But y'know, I just like him cause he's handsome." He says calmly before backtracking in a panic, "I mean, because I appreciate his grooming habits! He's like me!"

Damien raises an eyebrow, "Hmm… interesting."

Caleb snaps back, "Hey, there's nothing wrong with two in-shape attractive guys-"

"No, that's not what I was… ugh whatever." Damien gives up as he buries himself in the covers.

Just then Bowie rushes into the trailer and slams the door behind him. Julia can be heard banging on the door outside, "Bowie, open this door right now!"

"Go home Julia, you're tipsy!" He yells as he goes to sit down on his bunk, "Now… where were we?"

Wayne leans down to look at Bowie from the next-door bottom bunk, "Why are you back so soon? I thought you were gonna stay with the girls, ey?"

"That plan was a bust. Axel and Julia were about ready to bite each other's heads off. But I've had enough of that, so I'm going to sleep."

Damien begins whispering to Wayne, "I know we're friends and all now, but if we get to the final two I won't be going easy on you! Now that I know how the game works, I'm bringin' the heat to the kitchen, ah yeah!"

"SSSSHH!" An annoyed Bowie let's out.

Wayne teases him, "I know your real motivation for winning. And it's spelled P, R, E… um…"

"Go on, you got this."

"Um... Well it's because of Priya! You guys are in looooove."

"Well yeah, I mean she is the most amazing, beautiful, smart, and athletic girl of all time so…" He manages to get out as he becomes flushed and flustered.

"HAHAHAHHA!" Caleb laughs from the other side as Wayne and Damien look on with concern, "Oh, um…" He then lets out a couple sad sounding coughs.

Wayne continues with a dreamy tone, "You know who else is hot? Julia."

Damien responds with offense, "Man, you cannot be serious!"

Bowie groans and gets up, "You two need to SHUT. IT!"

Caleb looks fed up and frowns before walking over to Bowie's bunk, "Y'know, I would shut it, but I need to make up for my lack of screen-time last season!"

Bowie groans and turns over to face him, "And how is that my fault? Maybe you shouldn't just rely on your... dreamy looks." He says in a trance.

Damien gets between them, "Hey, hey, let's not get into something we might regret!"

Bowie giggles and replies with venom, "Yeah, I'm sure your girl Priya regrets getting voted out by you."

"What?! How did you know about that?"

"Julia told me, of course. That's a cold move... and I thought I was vicious!"

Damien seizes up with anger as his cheeks fill with hot air.

"FIIIIIGHT!" Caleb yells as he gets into a battle stance.

Wayne slides between the three of them, "HEY! This is NOT how I raised you boys!"

Bowie replies with puzzlement, "Um, excuse me?"

He continues, "I'm sure we've got a challenge tomorrow, so let's all just get a good sleep!"

"Yeah, you're right Wayne." Damien responds with a smile.

The camera swaps to a few minutes later, where Wayne is finishing tucking Damien into bed as the other two sleep soundly, "Phew!"

Wayne in the confessional: "What? You've never seen a super manly muscle-bound man like me do something like that?" He boasts as he flexes his average biceps, "I'm always used to tucking in my younger siblings back home. All five of them!"

"Aah... this is the life." Wayne squeezes out as he shimmies himself into his covers.

Wayne's resting doesn't last long, as his eyes shoot open as a loud blaring sound comes from outside.

The camera swaps to the girls trailer, "OW!" MK yells as she flinches up and bangs her head on the top bunk.

Axel flings herself down onto the floor and runs out, "This is NOT a drill, everybody get out!"

MK looks annoyed as Nichelle comes stumbling over dizzily, "Why... why is the angry woman yelling?" She then falls onto the floor and back asleep.

The camera swaps to all of the contestants outside with Chris and Chef as the moonlight shines down on them.

"Greetings contestants." The host mocks before laughing.

Julia snaps, "You better have a good reason for not letting us sleep! How else am I supposed to get my beauty sleep?"

"And she really needs it..." Nichelle gets out before Julia glares at her, "Kidding!"

Nichelle in the confessional: "I wasn't kidding. Have you seen her eye bags?"

Chris begins speaking, "I thought today's challenge would be much more whimsical if we started at midnight, for today's challenge..." His phone then starts ringing as it plays the original Total Drama theme, "Ugh... I've gotta take this. Chef, please explain the challenge!"

MK speaks intermittently, "Yeah, you take your time, I'll just..." She then plops on the ground and begins snoozing.

Chris walks off, "No, I do not care if Scary Girl swore vengeance on us! Wait... she found Ezekiel?"

Chef looks a bit worried before piping up, "All right contestants, today's movie genre is the musical! We will..."

Several of the contestants can be heard whispering before Chef asks them, "Alright, can you guys please give me your undivided attention?"

The contestants stop whispering for a moment, "Alright... today's challenge will consist... Will you guys STOP TALKING?!"

Axel snaps back, "Just wait for Chris to come back!"

"Ugh... ungrateful kids... shmer..." He grumbles as he brings out a chair and sits down.

Nichelle responds, "Oh, I'm so tired... I'll take a chair too!" She then clumsily trips and falls on her face.

"Ah, let me help you up!" Wayne then helps her get up and she stares longingly into his eyes, "Uh... you okay?"

Nichelle in the confessional: "Wayne is SO into me! I've got him AND Caleb crushing on me! I am running this game like an Olympian and they're all just my pawns! I would have Damien and Bowie too if it weren't for Damien's love for Priya and Bowie's... uh, eccentricities."

Axel whispers to Caleb, "Psst... why did Damien not get sent home? I will destroy who betrayed us!"

Caleb giggles a bit, "You don't need to go that far. But my bet is on Nichelle, didn't she seem a bit tense during our alliance meeting?"

"Hmm, that's true. I will confront her!"

"That's not a bad idea, but I think we should wait to see what she does."

Chris comes back and composes himself, "Alright, now that the challenge has been explained, let's get a roll on!"

"Uh, Chris, I didn't get to explain the challenge... They kept interrupting me."

"Then just yell over them!"

Chef makes himself look small, "I'm so ashamed..."

Chris continues, "No worries, I'll explain the plot of today's musical challenge by showing off our play performed by original Total Drama contestants!"

The camera swaps to all of the contestants sitting in an outdoor theater in front of the stage from the first episode.

Nichelle asks Chris as he stands on stage, "Isn't this the same stage from the first episode?"

"Yes, and? We've got to re-use assets, money doesn't just grow on trees y'know. It grows in my bank account as interest!"

Chris then gleams a smile as the contestants give no reaction whatsoever.

"Ugh, an old people joke." MK sneers.

Chris shoots daggers at MK before continuing, "If I am bringing you here to treat you to a nice show, the least you can do is respect me!" He then charges off stage.

Chef walks up and clears his throat before announcing, "Welcome contestants! Today you will be shown a viewing of la voix silencieuse de la princesse, which translated into English means the silent voice of the princess!"

Wayne nudges Damien's shoulder, "I totally knew that."

Chef walks off stage as the curtain opens, revealing a former contestant with a pink dress and short ebony hair.

"Hey, it's Ella!" Axel cheers before noticing everyone staring at her, "Ahem.. I mean, who?" (Closet Pahkitew fan lmao).

Ella begins singing as she holds some buckets, "My prince, my prince! He makes my heart wince, but I haven't seen him since!' She then falls to the ground and speaks, "...Since the evil witch took him away."

Wayne shouts obnoxiously from the audience and spews popcorn on Julia, "Woah! I wonder who the witch is?"

Julia gets up and walks to a different seat.

On stage, a prop tower comes sliding in that houses another former contestant, one from Revenge of the Island. He begins singing with an operatic and booming tone, "My sweet princess, I know she is the best! But alas, I am still trapped in the west." He then stops singing and speaks, "...tower!"

"Ugh, this is lame." MK comments from the audience, "They can't even write the songs properly so they just end every line with speaking!"

Axel interrupts, "Look, It's Brick! His voice is amazing..." She swoons, before noticing that some of the other contestants are eyeing her, to which she promptly goes back to her normal resting face.

Just then on stage, ANOTHER original contestant looks through the window and begins sneering, "It is I: Queen Courtney! And you shall NEVER get back your prince!... Because now he's mine!"

"Oh my!" Ella calls out in shock before just standing in silence. A cough can be heard in the audience.

Courtney whispers angrily, "Ella... your line?!"

"Oh, mmhm... You will NEVER take my prince from me!" She yells before throwing both of her buckets right at Courtney, causing her to fall down to the stage floor and begin groaning.

Ella looks worried, "Oh my, Courtney! I'm sorry, it's just what's in the script!"

Chef and Chris come on stage. Chris is laughing and holding back his tears while Chef looks upset, "You two ruined my musical! I wrote the plot and dialogue all by myself and you guys messed it up!"

Brick walks into frame next to Ella, "We're sorry Chef, but-"

Chef interrupts, "I don't want to hear it! Thanks to you, the contestants now also don't know what the challenge entails."

Chris finally stops laughing, "Actually, there were only two lines after this part anyway, so I think they all got the gist."

Brick jumps down from the stage and stands in front of the contestants, "Hello troops! I hope all of you are playing the game honorably and fairly!"

Axel gets out of her seat and walks closer to him, as Nichelle follows her.

Axel just stares with stars in her eyes as Nichelle asks him, "How did you learn to sing like that? It was amazing!"

He blushes and replies modestly, "Oh, well, I'm not that good... I just got into opera singing once my fashion school dream didn't go so well."

Chris walks to center stage and begins, "Today's challenge will be-"

He is interrupted by Chart-ney, "Chris! I told you a million times that I didn't want to play the evil witch... it doesn't fit my likeness."

Chris shoo's her off the stage, "Excuse me miss lawyer CIT, but your part in the challenge is over. That goes for you too, Brick!"

"Sir yes, sir!" He salutes before walking off with Courtney.

Chris walks next to Ella and begins explaining to the contestants, "Ella here will be the princess you must save during the challenge! Your challenge will consist of several different areas and obstacles that will stop you from getting to the castle that holds our special damsel. However, there is a catch..." He admits as he smirks.

"Alright man, just get it out..." MK groans.

"Well, since this is a musical challenge after all and we didn't want it to be too similar to the challenge from the previous Action season, we've decided that we're gonna combine a crucial aspect from World Tour into this challenge?"

"We get to travel the world?!" Nichelle asks with glee as she happily gets out of her seat.

"Noooo... during this episode, when you hear THIS classic sound," He smiles as the dinging sound from World Tour plays, "That means you must sing during the challenge! It doesn't matter what deadly scenario you're in, because everyone still participating in the challenge must sing to stay in the challenge! And we MEAN IT this time!"

MK groans before the camera pans to an excited looking Nichelle.

Nichelle in the confessional: "Finally, I get to show everyone my beautiful voice!" She then clears her throat before screaming in head voice, "HAAAAAAAAAA-" The camera then cracks from her high pitched shriek.

Wayne in the confessional: "Alright! I'll finally get to avenge sport bros like me and Tyler! Ah yeah, nothing bad can happen to me this challenge."

The camera swaps to the contestants with Chris in front of a large man-made indoor cave: "I hope you guys aren't too afraid of enclosed spaces, cause caves are full of them."

"Thanks grandpa," MK replies sarcastically, "I didn't know caves had enclosed spaces."

Chris glares at her before lifting up a walkie talkie and speaking to it, "I know I said I wasn't gonna do this... but unleash the dragon, please."

A couple of the contestants gasp, "Way to go, MK..." Julia growls.

MK in the confessional: "My and my big fat mouth, right? You'd think I'd learn by now..."

"Alright movie stars, here's the deal: get smoked by the dragon, and you're out of the challenge! One of the paths leads to the exit where you may continue to the next part of the challenge. However, most of them lead to dead-ends. And you'll have to do all of this while avoiding the dragon!"

Damien cowers behind Wayne and shivers, "D-dragon? First raptors and now d-dragons? They aren't even real!"

"This is a fairytale musical, anything can happen!" Chris gleams as he raises his air horn.

Julia runs into the cave and yells, "We get it, the challenge is starting, now put that thing down!"

"Ugh... FINE!"

The rest of the contestants then reluctantly follow Julia in, with Damien being dragged by Wayne.

The camera swaps to all of the contestants deeper in the cave, with three paths in front of them.

"Wooow, this cave is really big." Caleb comments with his exaggerated tone.

Julia replies, "Drop the act already..."

"Whatever do you mean?"

"Ugh... whatever. Nichelle, which way should we go?"

"Wow, you really want my opinion?"

"Yeah, your dumb luck is sure to get us through the right path!"

"Oh, Thanks..." Nichelle grumbles, displeased.

Just then, some boulders from the ceiling fall and cave in on them, causing them to be separated into three groups.

The camera lingers on the group of Axel, Julia, Caleb, and Bowie.

Julia coughs from the dust before getting up, "Oh look, all of the villains are together!"

Caleb questions with suspicion, "Uh, what do you mean villain?"

"I second that," Axel weighs in as she gets her shovel out and attempts to move some of the heavy boulders, "Grrr... a little help over here?"

"It's no use, we've got to get out here before that dragon smokes us!" Bowie cries.

Just then, a menacing reptilian figure looms behind them. Bowie turns around and screams, "YAAAAAH- WHAT IS THAT THING?"

The reptilian moves out of the shadows, allowing it to be seen clearly as one of the raptors from the first season holding some gun-like object.

Three of them cower in fear as Axel steps up, "Pfft, why are you guys so scared, it's just some stupid lizard!" She then smacks it with her shovel, which causes it to growl and press down on the trigger as flames come hurdling towards the contestants.

"Woah!" Axel yells as she dodges the flames and books it, "EVERYONE FOR THEMSELVES!"

Axel in the confessional: "I didn't like the thought of getting separated from MK by the boulders. I am still super mad at her..." She explains as she clenches her fist, "But I want to keep an eye on her during the challege to make sure she doesn't pull a stunt. And, it is true that she has been helping me calm down some of my uh, tendencies, even if she is shady. And besides, who couldn't trust a kind face like this!" She exclaims as she shows an unflattering picture of MK to the camera. "Don't ask why I have this."

The raptor chases after Axel as Julia pipes up, "Now that she's distracting the raptor, it's our time to move!"

The camera swaps to MK and Nichelle in a different section of the cave due to the boulders crashing down. They both cough as they stand to their feet.

"Oh, brother..." MK groans, "No offense, but you are not the person I wanted to be stuck with."

"Hey! What's so wrong with Nichelle Ladonna? I can do my own stunts now!"

"Ugh, whatever, let's just find the exit FAST!"

The camera swaps to the last team to be separated.

"Phew..." Wayne says as the dust clears, "Are you okay?"

"Yeah, I'm good... b-b-but that dragon could still be around here ANY SECOND!"

"Relax, it'll probably eat Julia before us." He replies, which calms Damien down before he laughs,

"Yeah, that's true, or Caleb since he's like four of us packed into one person."

Damien continues laughing as Wayne's face goes cold, "D-D-Damien?"

"Yeah, I know! That's how he's gonna be stuttering when he sees the dragon! HAHAHAHA!"

Wayne points behind him, "T-turn around."

Damien turns around and faces directly at the raptor, "Oh... hello."

Wayne and Damien scream and run in terror as the raptor chases them, trying desperately to roast them.

Damien yells, "THIS DOESN'T EVEN MAKE ANY SENSE! That's just a raptor with a flamethrower!"

The camera swaps back to MK and Nichelle walking through the cave. Nichelle begins speaking, "Y'know, you should be nice to me since we're in the same alliance!"

"Which one of them?"

Nichelle stops walking as her eyes go wide, "W-What do you mean?"

MK walks back to her, "Duh, I saw you in the trailer with the others, I know you're playing both sides."

The panic sets into Nichelle's face, "What? How did you see that? I closed the door!"

"Windows exist."

"Well don't tell the other alliance I voted for Damien!"

"What? You voted for Damien?"

Nichelle sits in awkward silence for a bit, "Oh, you didn't know that?"

"Hah! Nice job loud mouth! I would never reveal my secret voting!"

"Oh, so you did a secret vote, huh?"

MK sweats and looks around nervously, "No- But- I- okay, yes I did... I voted for Scary Girl when I overheard you guys talking about it."

"Ahah! Look who's the loud mouth now!"

MK crosses her arms in anger as Nichelle looks proud. Nichelle then suddenly hugs her very tight, "Don't worry girl, your secret is safe with me! Just as long as you keep mine."

"...Deal." MK squeezes out with barely any lung capacity left.

Nichelle unleashes her, "Alright, now let's go win this challenge!"

Just then, the musical queue comes on screen as the contestants hear a "ding" sound.

"Ugh... do we really have to sing?" MK complains as the camera shows a split-screen of all three groups.

Chris responds from the speakers in the cave, "Yes, MK, you all have to sing. If you want a shot at immunity that is!"

Slow piano jazz music starts playing

Nichelle starts elegantly dancing to it before beginning to sing in an operatic style.

"Uh, what are you doing?" MK asks with concern.

Nichelle: All my life I've been successful!

"Stop it..."

Nichelle: Until I fell on my butt and my life became stressful...

"I think if you just sang one line you'd be good-"

Nichelle: Now all I want is for a special someone...

"I don't like where this is going."

Nichelle: A special someone... "To just sing!"

"Ugh..."

MK: If I don't sing then I'm out, so I'll just mess about, and sing a line or two!

"Yeah, you've got it MK!"

The slow jazz music turns into a rock ballad, with multiple guitars coming in

Nichelle: I lied about the vote... so now I must choke.

"Uh.. you don't have to do that!"

MK: Cause we'll get through this togeeeetheeeeer!

"That's the spirit MK!" She chants as her and MK run across the cave floor, "Look, I think I see an exit!"

The camera swaps to Wayne and Damien being chased by the "dragon."

Damien: I'm not sure if we'll make it out alive!

Wayne: But we have to cause Raj wants to see me survive!

Damien: This dino has a flamethrower and it doesn't make sense!

"Don't worry bud, I'll get us out!" Wayne: Cause I'm going on defeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeense.

Wayne holds the note out for a ridiculously long time as the raptor just sits and stares in confusion.

Damien comes back into frame, "Dang, you've got serious pipes in there!"

"Thanks bro!"

The raptor rolls its eyes and scorches the two with the flamethrower.

"YOW!" Wayne eeks out as he and Damien lay on the floor, covered in ash.

Caleb's screaming can be heard from the other room, which causes the raptor to run in the direction of the sound.

Wayne: That was clooooose

Damien laughs a little and smiles, "We're out of the challenge now, you don't have to sing."

Wayne: But I like iiiiiit!

The camera swaps to Bowie, Julia, Caleb, and Axel in the other room. Caleb is stuck under a pile of rocks.

Julia: Just get out, it's not a big deal! Use your muscles to make an appeal!

"Don't you think I'm trying?" He yells back in frustration as he struggles.

"Ugh... this is dumb." Axel gets out.

Bowie: Hey Axel, you've got to siiiiing your lines!

She sighs before continuing,

Axel: I'm not much for singing, but I am much for blinging! So I'll sing a bit to get that million dollars, but for now, let's just save this scholar.

Axel pulls with all of her might to get Caleb out of the rubble and succeeds in doing so.

"Phew..."

Caleb: Looks like Axel is my only true friend!

The music stops

Bowie praises himself, "No, no, no... I was just about to help you out, but Julia got in my way."

"Um, ex-squeeze me butt-knuckle? You got in MY way!"

"Says the girl who just yelled at him to help himself." He taunts as he walks further into the cave.

"Pfft... whatever."

As they walk further into the cave, the raptor jumps in front of them and flashes his beautiful teeth.

The contestants look frightened and slowly back up before Julia comments, "EW! Nasty! I don't like that these things are back..."

The raptor then roars and begins spraying the area with fire.

"FOR ONCE IN YOUR LIFE, DON'T INSULT SOMETHING!" Bowie yells as they all avoid the flames.

The camera swaps to Nichelle and MK running out of the cave.

"Woohoo! We're the first ones to make it, MK!"

"Wow, so exciting... not like it really matters."

"But shouldn't we get like... a prize or something?"

Chris walks over with Chef, "Nope! Just as long as you didn't get toasted by the giant lizard then you're good!"

MK replies, "Oh, yeah, we didn't even see it once."

Just then, Wayne and Damien come running out of the cave, looking tired and dizzy.

"I've got... a million reasons... why I should win the million dollars!" Wayne manages to get out in a wobbly tone before falling to the ground.

"Yikes, what happened to them?" Nichelle asks as concern paints her face.

Damien pants but then catches his breath, "The dragon in there is just one of the raptors with a flamethrower, and he almost killed us. Twice!"

Chris chuckles, "Yep! Which means Damien and Wayne are out of the challenge!"

"Aw, man... Priya would be so disappointed in me."

Chef comes over and consoles, "Don't be too sad Damien, there's a really cool twist for the ones who get out of the challenge early."

"Cheeef?!" Chris whines, "Why did you tell them now? It was supposed to be a surprise!"

"Ooh, I love surprises!" Bowie exclaims as he and the rest of his group mates walk out of the cave.

Axel complains to Chris, "What the heck is wrong with you? Raptors are already almost as dangerous as zombies and then you give it a flamethrower?!"

"I know right, isn't it genius! I didn't even know those things could hold weapons, considering the stubby arms and all."

Damien pipes up with slight worry in his voice, "Uh, Chris... What's our surprise?"

"Thanks for reminding me, Damien, before I was so RUDELY interrupted!" He yells as Axel crosses her arms in response. "Since Wayne and Damien are out of the challenge, they obviously can't compete in the next sections. However, if they choose to, they may interfere with the competition from the sidelines!"

"Ah, sweet..." Wayne eeks out as he gets up and starts wobbling around.

Damien catches him to hold him steady as Julia complains, "Hey, no fair! They're obviously gonna target me since I'm so beautiful and talented." She explains as she then winks at the two guys, signaling that she's just acting.

"Please don't flatter yourself." Damien replies coldly.

Julia glares back at him and he responds with an innocent smile.

The camera swaps to the six remaining contestants and Chris in a half-open room set filled with six chairs. Wayne and Damien watch on from the sidelines on a moving cart as they chomp down on cookies.

Nichelle looks longingly at them, "Aw... I want a cookie."

Julia leans to her and whisper-yells, "Nichelle! Stay focused. We need to band together and win this challenge! Although I guess it doesn't matter since our alliance is so tight-nit and powerful."

"Yeah... yeah, true!" Nichelle responds nervously as she sweats.

Julia in the confessional: "Don't think I haven't noticed how weird Nichelle has been acting lately... I'll get the truth out of her."

Chris begins announcing, "Next round will be an exciting game of musical chairs! Except... with a dangerous twist!"

"Oh wow, how shocking," Julia spits out quickly, "Just get to it."

"Well, since you're so eager, I just won't tell you the twist so we can get right to it! You know how musical chairs works, right?"

Bowie responds, "Uh, yeah, but why are there six seats if there's six of us then?"

"Oh... you'll see. I'll let Wayne and Damien control the music!"

"Ah yeah!" Wayne cheers as Chef wheels over the turn-table to them, "Don't worry, I'll go easy on you guys!"

"All you can do is start and stop the music, it's not that hard." Julia scoffs.

Damien glares at Julia before starting the music. The contestants look at each other nervously and with embarrassment before they start walking around the chairs.

Axel complains, "Chris, why are we playing a game for children? We look stupid..."

"Oh, don't worry, it'll get interesting right about... now!"

Right as Chris says this, Chef stops the music from playing.

"Hey!" Wayne calls out, "I wasn't done bopping to the music yet."

The contestants all sit down in one of the chairs.

MK looks around before commenting to Chris, "Uh... what are we?-"

ZZZZZZZZZZ! MK gets electrocuted by the chair she's sitting in. Smoke appears on her clothes as she looks out of breath.

"Good job MK! You got shocked! But you're still in the game, since the goal was to knock you out of your chair."

"This... Is... ugh." MK manages to get out in her dazed state. She sways from side to side and almost falls off her chair before being held up by Axel's arm.

"T-thanks Ava..." MK gets out in her electrified stupor.

"Uh... you're welcome?"

"Time for another round! This time we'll add another special surprise..." Chris says as he drags one of the chairs away.

He then makes a signal to one of the interns, who winks back as they hold up a mysterious crate full of helmets. Wayne begins the music again.

The contestants get up again and begin walking around the chairs.

Julia leans to Nichelle, "Hey, you look pretty nervous. Worried about getting shocked perhaps?"

"Oh, uh... yeah! That's it!"

"Of course, I hope you're not keeping a secret from me. That's not what besties would do..."

"Of course not!" Nichelle eeks out as she sweats.

"Ever." Julia replies back in a threatening and serious tone.

Nichelle looks more and more worried, and MK notices, "Heh, you're lookin' pretty worried there. The shock isn't that bad though!"

Nichelle stops walking and puts her hands on her head in a panic.

Julia bumps into her, "UGH! Nichelle?"

She then screams, "I VOTED FOR DAMIEN AT THE LAST ELIMINATION CEREMONY!"

"WHAT?!" Julia screams back.

Wayne and Damien are shown off to the side shoving popcorn and cookies into their mouths in anticipation.

"That... is SO not bestie behavior!" She exclaims as she then begins to fake-cry into her hands.

"Oh please..." Bowie replies, "Stop trying to out-act the literal actress."

Axel looks deep in thought, "So, she did actually vote for Damien?"

The music then suddenly stops and Julia instantly stops crying and hops herself into a chair, "YES!"

All of the contestants follow Julia's lead and find a chair, except for...

"Axel! Looks like you weren't able to find a seat! That means... you're out!"

Axel is still sitting their thinking, "Does that mean...?"

Chris comes over and waves his hands in her face, "Hellloooo? Earth to Axel?"

"Oh!" Axel snaps back to reality before looking around and noticing everyone else found a seat, "URGH!" She grunts in anger as she kicks the ground.

"This means, you're ou-"

"I get it!" She yells in defiance as she goes to crouch herself down next to Damien and Wayne so she can scarf down cookies.

MK looks on with guilt as she rubs her arm as Caleb takes notice.

Caleb in the confessional: "Of course! It wasn't Nichelle, it was MK..." He explains as he narrows his eyes and puts his fist in his hand, "That shrimp's got it comin' her way."

Caleb glares at MK and she notices, before she avoids eye contact.

Just then, the intern that previously held the crate full of helmets comes out and begins putting them on the contestants, starting with Nichelle.

"Uh, what is this for?" She asks with concern.

Chris begins announcing, "Before we start the next part of the challenge, I've decided I wanted to add a nice surprise to make it more interesting. Those helmets are infested with a rare breed of lice that itch like CRAZY, so I think it'll add a nice touch. You can't take them off though, or you'll be out of the challenge!"

Before Chris finishes, all of the contestants have already gotten their helmets strapped onto them.

"Gross!" Bowie cries, "Chris, these things are gonna totally mess up my new hair growth!"

"Not my problem... but you'll have another thing coming your way!"

Just as he finishes, the musical sound effect plays and the decal shows on screen.

"Ugh..." All of the contestants groan in unison

Playful and upbeat violin music begins playing

Bowie: Chris is so getting sued for destroying my edges.

Caleb: You're telling me, he's gonna ruin my beautiful hedges!

Julia: You guys need to stop whining, it's just pathetic. Nothing you can't fix with a couple cosmetics!

Bowie: "Really? Because to me it seems..." Like your ally wouldn't agree!

Julia: My ally learned her lesson, and now she won't betray me! "Right Nichelle?"

Nichelle: Haha, yeah! Because I couldn't leave behind my bestie!

MK: Seems to me you're getting testy!

Caleb and Julia both glare at MK as she stops to itch her head.

Chris begins announcing quickly as the music continues, "Follow me to the next part of the challenge and don't stop singing!"

The contestants follow him as Chris brings them to an elevated part of the building that leads to a narrow rope, which leads to the other side.

MK: I've always wanted to die from a narrow rope! "Chris is so kind to acknowledge my wishes."

MK begins crossing the rope as she holds her arms out as Julia follows, with Nichelle waiting behind her.

Bowie: Make sure your ally doesn't knock you off, you wouldn't want to have to vote her off!

Julia: Cough, cough... careful: you wouldn't want to fall off!

Nichelle gets on the rope and walks as Bowie follows her.

Caleb: One day I'll get to actually walk the rope.

MK reaches the other side and celebrates, "Ah yeah!"

MK: If your beefy body doesn't make you choke!

The music dissapears

Nichelle starts wobbling, "WOah-wOaH-"

Caleb reaches his hand past Bowie and holds her steady, "Gotcha!"

"Ugh, laaaame." Bowie sighs as they all reach the end and hop off.

"Aw, thanks!" Nichelle responds to Caleb's kind action as she looks smitten.

"No problem!"

Julia seethes with anger.

Julia in the confessional: "Why does Caleb think he can just take Nichelle away from me, huh? She's MY bestie! I've always treated her well!"

Julia comes and puts her arm around Nichelle, "Heeey bestie, I would have saved you but I was too far ahead!"

"Uh... you were right in front of me."

Bowie smirks at Julia with smug satisfaction as Chris comes over, "And with the power of movie magic, I now appear on the other side without having to cross the rope!

Wayne comes from behind Chris and starts singing, "AAAAAAH-"

He is interrupted by Julia's hand covering his mouth, "You're out of the challenge, no singing for you!"

Wayne pulls away from Julia and gives her a goofy smile, which causes her to scoff and walk away.

The camera swaps to the five remaining contestants in a half indoor, half outdoor area. The outdoor area has five large balloons, that each match a specific color from each player's clothing: red (MK), pink (Caleb), cream (Nichelle), white (Julia), and purple (Bowie).

Chris begins announcing, "Welcome to the semi-final challenge! This one could be considered a pop quiz."

Chris motions to the contestants with a smile, expecting them to react.

"Cut it out, grandpa!" MK shouts back, "I've got a comp to win..."

Wayne pipes up from the sidelines, "Ooooh, because there's balloons! I get it now." Wayne says as a satisfied smile paints his face. Damien just sighs in response, and Axel tries to ignore his statement.

Damien in the confessional: "It's really uh, unique, having a friend like Wayne. I've only ever been friends with people who were super smart in the nerdy way like me, guys like Wayne would usually just bully me." He admits as he looks a bit uneasy, "But he's really nice! It'd be cool to go to the finals with him. At least compared to everyone else here..."

Chris tucks his arms behind his back as he paces around and explains, "Since you guys have eyeballs, and supposedly brains, you'll be able to see that the next competition involves five balloons, all color-coded to match each of you still left in the competition."

"Isn't it weird how we wear the same clothes everyday?" Nichelle questions Caleb as she scratches under her helmet. He just shrugs in response.

Chris continues, "Each balloon is reinforced in several layers, meaning these balloons are a LOT more sturdy than your average joe. It would take several punctures to pop the whole thing. And because of that, your challenge will be to pop the other players balloons while protecting your own!"

Nichelle looks puzzled and asks Chris, "Wouldn't it be really easy to just team up on one player?"

"It would be, Nichelle. However, you will be armed with a harpoon gun AND shield in this challenge, meaning there will be some strategy added by timing the harpoons and shields right! Only one player can lose this round, so the first one's balloon to pop will be taken out of the challenge."

MK walks over to the panels where the contestants stand for the challenge and looks at the harpoon gun, "Cool! So we just press this button here for the shield to come up?"

"Yep! Not only that, but Wayne and Damien will also get their own harpoon gun! Meaning if they want to interfere in the challenge, they can."

Wayne and Damien look a bit unsure of what to do as they stare at Chef wheeling in their harpoon gun. MK can be seen in the back playing with all the shields.

Caleb in the confessional: "I'm sure Mary Shield Kate would be happy to target me in this challenge since she's so against being in the alliance, it seems." He says with a level of contempt in his voice.

All five contestants are sitting at their stations as they get ready.

"Couldn't we just hold up our shields indefinitely?" Bowie asks, suspicious of Chris's challenge-making skills.

"I was hoping you'd discover it during the challenge, but there's only a three second window where you can hold the shield up before it will automatically drop. So you'll have to take your hand off the button and then press after a second or two."

Chef waddles over, "Chris, I've got to get back and cook dinner for the crew, can't we wrap this up faster?"

"I was just thinking the same thing! Contestants... GO!" He yells as he blows his infamous air horn.

Julia covers her ears, "Will you knock it off?!"

Nichelle shoots a harpoon at Julia's balloon and it pops a layer.

"What?!" Julia exclaims in shock before she slams her button down to put her shield up.

4 harpoons bounce off of her shield, as every single contestant aimed for her when she was distracted.

"Are you kidding me?!" She asks all of them, causing some of them to look embarrassed.

Bowie responds, "Sorry girl, it's just strategy!"

Julia growls at Bowie and then fires a harpoon over at MK's balloon.

MK puts her shield up in time to reflect, "Woah!"

She then aims her harpoon to the left and pops a layer of Caleb's balloon, "Ah yeah, got one!"

Caleb gives her an angry side-eye before popping her balloon, "Now we're even, let's keep it professional, teammate." He finishes with a harsh tone.

MK looks a bit guilty and nervous.

MK in the confessional: She checks confessional footage from her phone, "Just as I thought: pretty boy knows I'm against him! I bet if I pop his balloon he'll get really mad... hehe."

Nichelle sends a harpoon hurdling towards Bowie's balloon, to where he tries to put up his shield but doesn't get it in time, "Ah yeah! Another point for President Ladana!"

Nichelle in the confessional: "I still have quite a lot of funds saved up from when I was actually famous. But I bet if I win the million, I could have enough money to be president!"

Bowie grumbles a bit to Julia, "Looks like your ally isn't too keen on staying with our alliance."

"Would you be quiet about that? She's just trying to win and-"

Bowie retaliates cheekily, "Maybe that tapeworm is getting to your brain!"

Julia growls at him and speaks in a serious tone, "For the last time... STOP BRINGING UP THE TAPEWORM!"

Tapeworm in the confessional: "I don't why she's so ashamed of me, we had something special!"

Julia let's go of her harpoon gun and looks ready to lunge at Bowie.

"Uh oh..." He manages to squeeze out before Julia tackles him and they start getting into it as a cartoonish dust cloud appears.

"Woah, friendly fire!" MK mocks to them as she smirks at the scene.

"Welp..." Nichelle says before she begins to aim in the direction of their balloons.

Wayne and Damien look a bit conflicted on the sidelines as they man their harpoon gun. Wayne pipes up, "Who should we go for?"

Axel pushes Wayne out of the way as Damien looks on with fear, "Leave this to a real team leader!"

Axel then launches several harpoons at Bowie's balloon. Bowie's balloon pops every layer quickly with harpoons coming from both directions.

"Ah, nice job Axel!" MK cheers as she raises her arms in victory. Axel crosses her arms and avoids eye contact. MK frowns in response and lowers her arm.

MK in the confessional: "That cheer right there was more energy than I've given for like 95% of my life, and she's just going to ignore me? I guess she's still mad about the doll thing..."

Bowie gets up from the rumble looking dazed before shaking his head, bringing him back to reality: "Wha... I lost?!"

Chris comes over, "Yep, seems like it! Looks like Nichelle and Axel took down your balloon when you were busy with your uh... situation."

Julia brushes the dust off of her shirt as she gets up, "That's what you get! Next time, don't mess with the queen!"

"Whatever Julia, our alliance is OFF!" He yells at her in a fit of rage before realizing what he just said, causing him to gasp.

Bowie in the confessional: "Maaaaybe not the smartest thing to say out loud."

"Ooh, nice!" MK responds to this juicy drama as Caleb glares at her.

Julia seethes with anger, "Oh, what? You're just gonna drop me that easily? Then consider yourself E-LIM-I-NA-TED!"

Chris comes over and puts his hands on both of the contestants shoulders, "Listen guys... this new season is about putting past rivalries behind you... but this is SO much better! Haha!"

The camera swaps to the four remaining contestants in the last part of the challenge, as they stand in front of a drawbridge that leads to the final castle.

"This here contestants is your final challenge! It's veeeery simple: just cross the bridge, get past the DRAGON, and save the princess!"

Damien and the rest of the stragglers come up behind them, "What? The dragon's back?"

"Yep! He doesn't get paid hourly, so we might as well get use out of him! Oh... and one more thing: if you get burned by the dragon or fall off the bridge, then you're done!"

Chef comes in cheerfully as he brings plates of food, "Chris, is the challenge done yet? I've finished the- WHAT?!"

The raptor with the flamethrower jumps up from the ravine and lands itself at the end of the drawbridge.

"Chris! That's the dragon?! It's just holding a flamethrower?!"

"Yep! We've gone over this chef, the raptor has surprisingly good dexterity."

"But you can't let the kids get singed by a flamethrower, don't you think that's going too far?"

"Wayne and Damien survived alright!"

Wayne then coughs up some soot and smoke.

Damien puts his arm around him, "Uh, yeah, we might have lung cancer for the rest of our lives but we're fine!"

Chef just stays silently as he looks angrily at Chris, who smiles back.

MK wanders over to the losers, "Hey Axel, mind if I-" She proposes as she reaches for a cookie.

Axel slaps her hand, "No! These confectioneries are only for winners."

"Uh, didn't you guys lose the challenge though? Hehe..."

"Pfft, whatever..."

MK looks a bit disheartened as she walks away.

MK in the confessional: "What's wrong with Axel? Has she found out I lied about the vote? I can't find anything in her confessionals: in the last one she seemed to be pretty positive about me... she must have found out I was the one who voted Damien."

The camera shows all four remaining contestants lined up at the starting line as they share competitive glances.

"Hold on Chris... can we take these stupid helmets off?" Nichelle asks in frustration as she shuffles her helmet around to itch the best spots.

"No!"

Caleb in the confessional: "My plan for this last bit is to knock out Julia and MK so it can be me and Nichelle in the castle together! Then, I'll make a fool of myself as everyone watches so I can let Nichelle win. If I let her win, she'll be grateful to me and kick Julia out for good. Plus, people will see I'm not a threat once I flub the last challenge!"

"Ready, set, GO!"

The contestants rush across the bridge, with Julia in the lead.

"Hah, suckers!...Wah?" She originally taunts them before turning to see flames hurdling her way, "AAAAH!" She squeals as she ducks down, narrowly avoiding the flames.

Nichelle yells out as she rushes to Julia, "Julia! Are you okay?"

MK looks on and freezes so she can calculate her next move, "Alright, just gotta sneak past and..."

She is interrupted by Caleb, who body-slams her over the bridge.

"GAH!" She manages to get out as Caleb smirks at what he's done, before he walks off whistling. Julia and Nichelle were too busy avoiding flames to notice this.

"MK is out of the challenge!" Chris announces as he leans over to see a groaning MK in the ravine, "Maybe permanently..."

The peanut gallery watch on as they eat their snacks, "Woah! Did you see that?!" Damien asks Wayne with intensity.

"Yeah, it looks like Caleb just pushed MK off... maybe it was an accident?"

"No way," Bowie responds, "I knew there was something fishy about him, he's not stupid and nice like he pretends to be. Back during the rope course challenge, he cut the ropes when me and Raj were holding on for dear life!"

Axel looks on with concern.

Axel in the confessional: "Is it true that Caleb is putting on a facade? Ugh... I can't seem to stop being taken advantage of. Am I really that desperate?" She asks with desperation as she looks as if she's about to cry.

The raptor continues hurling flames at the contestants as they all dodge, causing it to look like they're playing jump-rope.

Caleb leans to Nichelle, "We have to take out Julia! It's the only way we can make it to the final 2 in this challenge."

"But she's my bestie. I-I think?"

"Would a bestie really treat you like this?" He asks seriously as Julia can be heard screaming in the background.

Nichelle pauses for a bit, "I'll think about it." She manages to get out before avoiding the flames coming her way.

Chris speaks up from the starting point, "Hmm, seems like this isn't entertaining enough... How about..."

DING! The music sound begins and the contestants groan.

High-fantasy sounding music begins playing.

Julia: This lizard can't get the best of me!

Caleb: Do you really think that honestly?

Julia glares at Caleb as Nichelle is a bit far behind them, she turns to the camera as Caleb and Julia can be seen fighting in the back.

Nichelle: Which one do I pick? I want to help one, but they're both just STICKS! "In the mud!"

The camera shows the peanut gallery watching.

Wayne: You want us to vote Caleb now?

Bowie: It's the only way how!

Damien speaks, "You really don't have to sing, guys..."

"SSSSH!" They both exclaim in unison.

Nichelle: Julia is famous, but Caleb is the best-est!

Julia: Nichelle, come help ME!

Caleb: No, me!

Nichelle watches on with fear as the music stops.

"I-I can't!"

"C'mon, are you gonna pick the queen of Total Drama, or some faker?" Julia asks as she and Caleb tussle, with her being on the ground and Caleb above her.

"Funny, I seem to remember that being your entire thing last season!" Caleb taunts her.

Chris pipes up through a loud-speaker, "Guys, this is getting way too boring! So change of plans: whoever gets to the door last will be out of the challenge! Dragon... you can go home now."

The raptor puts down the flamethrower and walks off as it sulks.

"No raptor, no problem!" Julia exclaims as she kicks Caleb in the face and runs off, "I'm coming for that immunity!"

"Oh no you don't!" Caleb yells as he chases after her, eventually coming side-to-side with her.

"Oh, crap! I'm falling behind!" Nichelle cries as she then gets onto the side of the drawbridge and makes a great leap, landing her right in between Caleb and Julia as she starts to run with them, "Oh, hi guys!"

Caleb whines to her with importance, "Nichelle, you have to make a decision NOW!"

"What decision?!" Julia retaliates.

Nichelle in the confessional: "I had made a decision: I wanted to sabotage Julia in the challenge! But I didn't want her to be mad at me, I had no idea what to do!"

Nichelle runs along with them as she notices a plank ahead that is askew, looking like something one could easily trip over.

"Here goes nothing..." Nichelle whispers to herself as she slyly puts her leg out in front of Julia, causing her to faceplants directly onto the bridge.

"UGH!" Julia screams in pain as she lifts herself up from the bridge, revealing several splinters lodged into her skin, "You will pay for that, Caleb!"

"I don't care!" Caleb retaliates, "Because I'm the first to reach the castle!"

Nichelle then touches the castle wall, "And it looks like Nichelle is the second! Which means, YOU'RE OUT!" Caleb taunts to her as he flexes.

Julia growls in frustration.

"Woah!" Nichelle comments as she points at Julia's face, "Your... your face!"

"Wha-What's wrong with my face?" Julia asks as she feels around her face before pulling out a compact mirror from her pocket, "AAAAAAAAAAAH!" She screams as she notices her red and inflamed face.

"Woah!" Chris exclaims as he walks over, "Looks like Julia's out due to a little bit of sabotage!"

"Chris, you should DISQUALIFY Caleb for that! I know it was him!"

Nichelle pipes up, her voice shaking: "Uh, actually, it was that plank over there."

Julia turns around to see the broken piece of the bridge that supposedly "tripped" her.

"Chris, you need to get your props tested! Thanks to that I just LOST!"

Chris shrugs, "Not my problem. Go and enjoy some snacks with the peanut gallery, maybe makeup can fix your face too!"

Julia stomps off as smoke comes from her ears. She sits with the peanut gallery, "I am not touching a SINGLE snack until makeup comes!" She lied though, as she grabs a cookie and begins munching furiously.

"Hahahah!" Caleb laughs as he wipes a tear from his eye, "You made the right choice." He says to Nichelle quietly.

Nichelle smiles back nervously.

"Well final two, there's still one more challenge you must face!" Chris announces as the giant doors open inwards to reveal Ella standing in a jail cell on the farside of the castle, with Courtney and Brick both standing near the middle.

"Oh, hey guys!" Brick greets them.

Courtney coughs, "Brick, we're supposed to be in character right now!"

"Oh... right. I mean, I am under Queen Courtney's control and must destroy anybody who tries to save the princess!"

Nichelle asks Chris, "I thought you said their part in the challenge was over?"

"Oh, yeah, I lied! Well, not entirely: I just needed to switch the challenge up since it wasn't going as I expected."

"Let's get this over with," Courtney groans, "This evil queen's gotta go answer some very important emails!"

"Oh, alright, then... go." Chris motions awkwardly to the contestants.

"Here goes nothing!" Nichelle exclaims as she charges forward, "I won't go easy on you just cause you're hot!"

"Oh no, don't win Nichelle..." Caleb calls out sarcastically as he wanders over at a leisurely pace.

Nichelle runs up to Courtney and Brick and then stands still, "Uh... I didn't really think about what I'd do when I actually got here."

"Oh you're going DOWN!" Courtney yells as she gets into a battle stance.

Nichelle dodges her attacks and the two of them get into a fight.

"Caleb! Help!"

He whistles as he casually strolls, "I'll be there in a second, Nichelle!"

Suddenly, Julia pipes up from the door: "Lookie here, I come to spectate the competition and Mr. Brains has suddenly given up!"

Caleb looks slightly annoyed as he turns around, "I just hurt my ankle!"

"Oh, yeah, true... I guess it's better your ankle instead of your brains. Oh, whoops, you don't have any!"

"Knock it off Julia, seriously!" He grits through his teeth, looking more and more fed up.

Caleb in the confessional: "I've HAD IT! I can't keep up this persona for much longer."

Caleb and Julia glare at each other as Nichelle's screaming and grunting can be heard in the background.

"I'm sure we'll just enjoy voting you out at the next elimination ceremony once Nichelle wins immunity!"

"That... Is... IT!" He screams as he turns around and charges past Nichelle.

Courtney and Nichelle stop fighting as Nichelle asks, "Woah, what happened to him all of a sudden?!"

Caleb gets to the jail cell that holds Ella. He looks down and starts fumbling with the lock, "C'mon, c'mon, c'mon..."

Ella swoons, "Oh my prince, you've come to-"

"SHUT UP, I'm trying to unlock this stupid thing!"

"Oh my..."

Brick comes up behind Caleb and casts a shadow, "It's about time someone showed you some manners."

"CHAAAAARGE!" He yells as he barrels toward Caleb.

"Oh give me a break," Caleb complains as he holds his fist up, causing Brick to run right into it: "Easy!"

"Please call my mom..." Brick manages to squeeze out before he collapses to the ground.

"Not. So. Fast!" Nichelle dramatically exclaims as she stands behind him and poses, "You shall not pass! I will take you down as my last enemy and- Uh, WAIT! My head itches so bad!" She yelps as she throws the helmet off her head.

Her monologue is interrupted by Caleb carrying Ella, "It's too late, I opened it like 10 seconds ago."

"Oh..."

Julia walks up, "Look here, doesn't seem like Caleb is so dumb and kind now, is he?"

"You know what Julia? I HAVE been pretending to be nice and stupid this whole time! But I'm actually a GENIUS, VERY STRONG, and I am COMING FOR THAT MILLION DOLLARS!"

Julia gasps at the sheer volume of his voice, "Wow... I mean, I knew it this whole time of course but it's still shocking to actually hear you say it! Looks like you'll be voted off the second you lose immunity!"

"I don't need to win immunity, I can play all of these suckers like a violin!"

Just then, Caleb looks over Julia's shoulder and notices Chris standing with all of the peanut gallery.

"Oh... Hey guys, I didn't see you there! I saved the princess." He says innocently, still carrying a frightened looking Ella in his arms.

"Uh... we heard everything you said, dude." Wayne replies.

"Oh... you did?"

"Yeah, alright!" MK cheers, "I knew there was something off about him!"

Julia begins texting, "My followers are gonna LOVE this!"

MK in the confessional: "With Caleb being exposed like this at a perfect moment, it keeps the target off my back. As long as I hide behind everyone else and keep surveillance of the confessionals, I should be golden!... I should probably also try to repair my relationship with Axel. Not because she's like my friend or anything stupid like that, but because she's a good ally."

Caleb sighs, "Yeah, whatever, I guess the jig is up. I was putting on a persona, we've all done it!"

"I'm kind of scared of you now man," Wayne replies with a twitch in his voice, "You're an entirely different person!"

"I'm still the same old me! Just not stupid this time."

Wayne, MK, and Damien give him a suspicious look.

He sighs and weighs himself down, "I'm toast..."

Chris comes over, "Well since you rescued the princess, you'll be safe for tonight at least! Now please, go shower before the ceremony, you all STINK!"

"Can we at least sleep first?" MK complains, "The sun is gonna rise in like three hours!"

"Nope, you can sleep afterwards!"

All of the contestants groan in unison as they look tired and defeated.

The camera swaps to Julia sitting with MK in the trailer, "MK! We have got to get rid of Bowie!"

"Yeah, I'll vote for him. But NOT because you said to, only because I was going to anyways."

"Alright, awesome! But where is Axel?"

MK ponders, "I'm not sure, I haven't seen her anywhere?"

The camera swaps to Axel high up in one of the trees near the trailer set-up.

She sighs, "Huh... I guess I'll just have to go it alone now."

Axel in the confessional: "I'm used to being alone, it doesn't bother me."

The camera shows Caleb sitting with Nichelle alone in the craft services tent.

"Caleb, are you sure I can trust you?"

"Yes, 100 percent! You have to have some empathy for me, I got voted out first last time just for being perceived as a threat when I didn't even do anything!"

"Hmm, alright. I'll stick with you for now..." She says to him before pausing, "... I want to vote out Julia!"

"Why? I mean, that's exactly what I was gonna say... but why?"

"Cause I'm sick of her treating me like garbage! I don't even need the fame anymore, I've lasted till the final 8, I'm sure there will be tons of movie deals for me when I get back!" She gloats as Caleb smiles back at her.

The camera shows the contestants walking to the elimination ceremony as suspenseful music plays. Bowie and Julia are leading the pack with confidence as Caleb stares at Nichelle flirtatiously. Axel is the last one in the pack, falling slightly behind everyone else.

"Welcome movie stars to another elimination ceremony! There is quite a lot of tension with our remaining contestants, so I'm sure Caleb is looking to be pretty happy right now with immunity." Chris gleams as he tosses a gilded chris to Caleb.

"Before we before voting, Chef has some words he'd like to say."

Chef walks to the center stage, "Wayne and Damien, you two were instantly smoked in the challenge!"

"What does that have to do with the voting?" Damien asks with concern.

"Maybe people just thought it was so pathetic they'd take you out right away."

Julia texts on her phone, "Lol."

"Julia! Don't think I forgot about you: you fought with Bowie during the challenge and that cost him from moving on further. He might be pretty mad at you about that!"

Julia glares at Bowie as he smirks.

"Thank you, Chef! Now, go ahead and get voting!"

Bowie in the confessional: "Bye bye Julia! My vote + Wayne and Damien = 3 votes! And I'm sure Nichelle and Caleb had the same idea. I'm safe!"

Axel in the confessional: "I'd rather just not vote tonight."

"When I call your name, you are safe and may claim your genuine Chris statue... First non-immune player safe is... Damien!"

Damien catches his gilded Chris with relief.

"Awesome dude, are you gonna share?!" Wayne asks like a puppy.

"Uh... I don't think that'll be necessary, hehe."

"Also safe are... Wayne, Nichelle, Axel, and MK!"

All four players catch their gilded Chris statue. Axel grabs hers without saying a word and avoids looking at MK, who is sitting close, but not right next to her.

The camera shows a split-screen of Bowie and Julia.

"Bowie, Julia... you two are both in the bottom. And only ONE player can be safe... The player safe with 3 votes against them IS...

...

...

...

...

"Bowie!"

"Suck it Julia!" Bowie exclaims as he catches his statue.

"What?! Blondie should be going home, not me!"

Chris snarks, "In case you haven't noticed before, both of you are blonde."

"This is an outrage! I should be kept on the show cause I keep the ratings up, Bowie just makes people wanna change the channel!"

"Hmmm. You're right Julia, I will send Bowie home, because this is a double elimination!"

"WHAT?!" Bowie and Julia question loudly as MK and Caleb look pleased in the background.

"I guess you guys haven't been paying attention. This is episode 9, we've got to start cutting some people!"

The camera swaps to Julia and Bowie walking out on the red carpet of shame as the contestants come watch to see them off.

Julia turns around, "Oh please, you guys really want to see us off?"

"Of course!" MK responds happily, "It's always fun to see people you don't like get dragged off by a helicopter cable!"

"Oh, I guess none of you saw the last elimination." Chris comments suddenly, "Merge players get to ride in the limousine of shame!"

"Hah!" Julia teases as the limo pulls up, "You guys thought you did a good thing of eliminating me, but now I get to ride in luxury like I deserve! But Caleb, you better watch your back. People know the real you now and you'll have to fight extra hard!"

Caleb whines, "What real me? I just did what I had to!"

Bowie pushes Julia into the limo and gets in after her, "Let's go drama queen, your time is up."

The limo drives off as Bowie sticks his head out the window, "I just want to say: I was ROOOOOOBBED!" His voice getting somehow louder despite the further distance.

Chris steps in front of the camera, "Two major powerhouses have just been voted out and Caleb has revealed his new evil persona!"

"I'm not EVIL!" He yells off-screen.

"What will happen next episode? Find out, on TOTAL. DRAMA: ACTION!"

Author's Note: This episode took me SO long to write, as it's the longest by far at this point in time (11,923 words before this outro I'm doing). I really hope you guys like Caleb's persona reveal, Nichelle's secret betrayal of Julia, and Axel's dilemma and new lone-wolf mindset. Also the musical aspect! It would be really funny if there was a singing episode but that's never going to happen... This chapter was really difficult to write as well, as I wanted to make sure that all of the big turning points in the episode were properly developed. Please read and review if you're havin' a good time! Only 6 competitors left!

Extra fun note: There is a poll on my account that asks you which contestant left you want to win this series! The poll results won't change my plans, I'm just really curious as to what the people think.

Confessional Count:
MK - 34
Bowie - 26 (Eliminated)
Nichelle and Caleb - 22
Axel - 19
Julia - 18 (Eliminated)
Lauren - 17 (Eliminated)
Damien and Wayne - 14
Priya - 9 (Eliminated)
Zee - 9 (Eliminated)
Millie - 8 (Eliminated)
Raj - 5 (Eliminated)
Chase - 4 (Eliminated)
Emma - 2 (Eliminated)
Ripper - 1 (Eliminated)
Chris - 1
Freckles - 1
Tapeworm - 1