"Last time on Total Drama: Action!"
"Our final five got a taste of what the eliminated contestants thought of them when they witnessed their alumni voting for who they think should win immunity." Chris explains as clips of the cast watching the Playa Des Losers voting play, "The votes were evenly split between Damien and Wayne, who would have had a peaceful battle, if not for MK's manipulation."
Clips of MK doctoring the fake video of Wayne in the confessional and planting Julia's phone on Damien while he sleeps play.
"Thankfully for Damien, Wayne's lack of awareness while playing tic tac toe led to his victory, giving him instant immunity in the challenge: but of course, I still made him participate!
"Sadly, Nichelle wasn't as lucky, as in the sudden death challenge that tested our movie stars acting abilities, her flair for dramatics was taken advantage of by MK, leading to Nichelle taking the red carpet of shame home. Not only that, but Axel seems to be on MK's trail…"
"Will Wayne and Damien make-up? Will Axel and MK make-out? Find out right here, right now, on TOTAL. DRAMA: ACTION!"
The camera shows Damien and Wayne waiting outside of their trailer in the morning.
"You better hope Axel's got something reeaaally good to show us." Damien gripes as he avoids eye contact with Wayne, "It'll take a miracle to forgive you for what you said about me."
"I never said anything about you…" Wayne sighs as he tries to look at Damien, "But it seems like you're not the person I thought you were."
Damien whips around, "I SWEAR the phone was just there when I woke up! It seems like you're just butthurt that you got exposed. If anything, you're probably the one who planted it on ME!"
Axel walks up to them with something hidden behind her back.
"Hey, guys, I've got what I need to show you!"
The two ignore Axel's entrance as Wayne shouts back, "Oh yeah, while you're, you're…. A BUTTHEAD! And so is your face!"
"That doesn't even make sense!'
"GUYS!" Axel screams as she gets in between them, causing them to both jump and step back a bit.
"Woah, Axel, don't sneak up on men when they're having an altercation!" Wayne yells goofily as he balances himself.
Axel rolls her eyes and begins digging in her pocket, "Stop scrapping for two seconds and look at… THIS!"
She pulls Julia's stolen phone from her pocket and shows it off while she flashes a smile.
"One of the phone's from the last challenge?" Wayne questions as he and Damien get a close look at it.
"No, it's the phone that Damien found the fake footage on." She insists as she waves it around in their faces.
Damien scowls and crosses his arms, "Don't play with my emotions like that, that's just one of the selfie phones!"
"No, it's not…" She pouts quietly as she begins inspecting it.
"It's the exact same color."
"No it's not!" She snaps back with confidence, "The selfie phones were mutant flesh green, this is obviously toxic swamp green!... Amateurs."
"Well if you're just here to waste our time, then my arch enemy Wayne and I will get back to arguing." Damien responds casually with a self-satisfied tone.
Axel taps on the phone a couple of times and then shows them the screen.
The doctored video begins playing once again, "Yeah, Damien is my best friend in the competition you could say… If it was possible for me to be friends with some-"
"NO!" Damien yells as he covers his face, "I don't want to see it again!"
Wayne looks morose, "I don't remember saying any of these things!"
"Yeah, that's because it's fake." Axel replies, "She used a deep fake program to mimic your appearance and voice by downloading videos from the Total Drama website. All of the files are still on the system, see!"
Axel shows them the phone's files as they both look shocked.
"She didn't even delete her internet history," She scoffs, "Rookie mistake."
Axel in the confessional: "ALWAYS delete your internet history!"
Wayne takes the phone from Axel, "Look, there's files with each of our names on them."
"Those are the confessionals she's been downloading." She explains with cold eyes, "She's been able to spy on everything we've said in there through that."
Wayne taps his folder, which plays one of his crying confessionals from last episode as Damien watches over his shoulder.
"I hope you guys know the truth now."
Damien and Wayne turn to each other as Damien stutters, "I- I didn't know it was fake. I… was just so caught up in my past that I-"
Damien's eyes go wide as Wayne holds him tight.
"OH, BUDDY!" He cheers as he squeezes him tighter, "You don't even have to say sorry, I forgive you!"
"Okay- just- let me go…" Damien squeezes out as he eeks out a smile.
Wayne in the confessional: "YES! It was all just a big misunderstanding…" He pauses for a second, "Wait, I forgot I'm not supposed to use the confessional!"
Wayne lets Damien go and asks Axel, "How did you get the phone from MK?"
"We just had a civil conversation."
The camera swaps to MK tied to a chair in the girls trailer.
"And I got the phone back from her!"
Damien raises his eyebrow at her, "Cool, but how do we know you won't just do the same thing with the phone?"
"Easy." She replies before crushing it in her hands, "Done."
"Well that's one way…"
Damien in the confessional: He breathes deeply and stretches, "Now that the phone is destroyed and my relationship with Wayne has been repaired, we can go all the way to the final two! I just hope the next challenge isn't sport related." He says as he smiles with wide eyed innocence at the camera, "You hear that Priya? I'm goin' all the way!"
The camera swaps to Chef on the phone in the empty craft services tent.
"Yes, I have been keeping a leash on Chris… Well nobody got hypothermia, did they?!... That's what I thought."
"Welcome movie stars!" Chris exclaims as he runs into the tent with streamers and balloons.
He inflates his party blower as he looks around excitedly, before stopping to realize the empty room.
"...Where is everybody? You're telling me I gave all that energy for nothing?"
"The kids haven't been here all morning! I made them muffins and everything!" Chef explains as he brings up a basket full of muffins with a mysterious green smoke coming from them.
Axel walks into the tent with Wayne and Damien in tow.
"Good morning, McClain!" She greets, more cheerful than usual: "What's for breakfast?"
Chef begins responding happily, "I made muf-"
"Nothing!" Chris shouts, "You guys are laaaate!"
"I didn't know there was a time limit for breakfast." Damien scoffs.
"Well there is now!" The host whines as he turns to face away from them, "I made a cake for the final four and everything and you can't even show up on time."
"But-" Chef spits out, "I made the cake."
"The details are not important." Chris replies swiftly, "I will be taking this cake to my quarters instead so I can enjoy the fruits of my labor."
"Why don't you feed the starving interns?" Wayne asks.
"They're fine! I gave them a snack table last night."
The camera swaps to Lanky, Ginger, and Freckles as they pick vegetables up from the floor of their quarters and look at them suspiciously.
"Now where is the short one?" Chris asks with impatience.
Axel chuckles and responds, "Who?"
"Y'know, the scheming one, with an attitude?"
"You mean MK?" Wayne asks innocently, before being elbowed by Axel.
"Oh- I mean- I think you're mistaken, hehe."
Damien follows up, "Yeah, she went home already. It's the final three actually."
Chris turns to Chef and accuses, "Did you forget to update the calendar?"
"I- No! I always update it every night!"
"Likely story!"
As Chef and Chris continue arguing, MK, still tied to a chair, comes hopping into the entrance.
"Well, well, well-" She begins exclaiming before panting, trying to catch her breath: "Just… give me a moment."
"Look who the trash brought in." Wayne mocks, "And it's- it's got a stupid hat!"
"Thank you. That was really good." MK replies sarcastically as she looks unimpressed, "Now please, GET ME OUT OF THIS CHAIR!"
"Maybe after you lose the challenge." Axel replies cheekily, "Without your little tech shenanigans you can't do anything in this game. That's why I had to carry you through all the challenges. Talk about chronically online."
MK shoots daggers, "Oh, please. If it weren't for me you'd have given yourself a concussion by now and have to be medevaced."
"Oh good, you're here." Chris says enthusiastically as he wheels the cake out, "Now you get to see the cake you don't get to eat!"
Chris exits as MK watches him.
"Hey, Chris, get me out of this chair! This is against the rules!"
"What rules?!" He calls out from a distance, causing MK to sigh and weigh her head down.
Axel begins laughing, "This is priceless."
MK whispers as she shifts her eyes around, "Listen, Axel, buddy… If I get eliminated in this round then you'll be in the finale with the two best friends! Doesn't sound like a fair match-up. So please, stick with me for just one more round!"
"I can take down those Bahooba's with my hands tied to a chair." Axel mocks as she smirks down at her.
"What? Bahooba? What is that?"
"The fact that you have to ask makes you the biggest Bahooba."
MK scowls, "Oh… I see. You think this is funny!"
MK in the confessional: "I carry her through this entire game and she steals my joke? She is going DOWN!" She asserts before falling down in the confessional with her chair.
MK begins shaking violently in her chair to try and move as Axel just laughs.
"When I get out of here you are SO getting eliminated!" MK screams before falling onto her face.
Axel laughs even harder and points at her misfortune as Wayne and Damien walk up behind and begin chuckling.
"Not so high and mighty now, huh?" Wayne mocks before trying to take a bite of one of Chef's mysterious muffins.
Damien puts his hand over the muffin and lowers it back down, "I wouldn't eat that if I were you… It's probably better to starve."
He replies, "Haha, yeah."
MK throws her arm into the air and yells, "Stop LAUGHING at me!"
"We're laughing at Chef's muffins!" Damien snaps, "Not everything's about you!"
MK in the confessional: "I'M supposed to be the one laughing at people's failures! But it doesn't matter, once I win this game, Axel will have no choice but to admit my awesomeness and accept my friendship! I MEAN, accept defeat!" She backtracks before the sound of Chris can be heard over the speakers, "Final four, please report to the high school set!"
"Ugh… this will take a while."
The camera swaps to the top of the hill that houses the school building, as MK is the last to arrive, hopping along in her chair.
"Don't count me out just yet." She jokes, "I'm getting used to my new form."
"Uh, what happened here?" Chris asks.
"Axel tied me to a chair and won't. Let. Me. Out!"
Damien looks a bit guilty, "Yeah… we should probably untie her now."
"No way!" Axel insists, "This is peak strategy."
MK sways back and forth, "Chris, make her untie me!"
He shrugs, "Well, there's nothing in particular in the rules that says you can't tie your opponent to a chair."
Axel chuckles once more as MK whines, "This is unfair! I can barely even move in this thing."
"Maybe you should have thought of tying Axel to a chair first." He replies nonchalantly, "Now everyone inside!"
Everyone walks into the school building as MK lags behind, hopping as she scowls.
Chris and Chef lead the contestants into the school's gymnasium, with several soccer balls, footballs, and bowling balls lying in individual wire baskets.
"Welcome to your humiliating penultimate challenge! Based on… sports anime!" Chris announces before motioning to Chef, "Coach Chef will be monitoring you to make sure no cheating happens."
MK groans, "Oh, so NOW there's rules?"
"Having a contestant tied to a chair for a challenge is great TV." He replies, "You should try to be more tuned in."
Wayne's eyes light up, "Is this a land hockey challenge?!"
"Um… yes?" Chris replies with befuddlement, "If soccer is considered land hockey, then yes."
Chef steps in front of the contestants and blows his whistle before continuing, "This challenge will test your physical strength and strategy! The first one to score three goals in the net wins the challenge and will have the sole vote for elimination!"
Wayne puffs his chest out, "Really, that's it? Sounds easy." He teases as he elbows Damien.
"Well someone has to be the goalie, right?" Chris asks smugly before bringing up a remote control, "Everyone, meet Jeremy: the soccer-playing gorilla!"
At the press of a button, a cage comes up from the floor and opens, releasing the large gorilla in a soccer jersey.
"Jeremy is one tough Gorilla!" Chef explains as the camera shows the monkey breathing heavily, "Scoring a goal against him is not gonna be easy… Wayne!"
"Great," MK complains as she hops over to Wayne and tries to look threatening, "Maybe if you didn't open your big fat puck-sized mouth we could have avoided this mess!"
"Don't blame him!" Damien defends as he steps between them, "Chris was gonna do this anyway! When has a challenge ever been so simple?"
"You know what? I think somebody needs to deflate that big head of you-" MK begins threatening before Axel walks over nonchalantly and pushes her over, leaving her flailing on the floor.
"Uh- Ugh- Pick me back up!" She demands as she squirms on the ground.
Chris laughs, "Haha!- As entertaining as it is to watch MK struggle, Chef has got to explain the rest of the challenge."
"Thank you, Chris…" Chef says as he steps in front of the contestants once more, "Each contestant will have 1 shot in each round to try and score a goal! With each round, the balls will get progressively harder to kick: starting with normal soccer balls, then onto footballs, and finally, bowling balls. Like Chris said, first to three points wins!"
"Who gets to go first?" Axel asks suddenly, "Do we get to fight for it?!"
"Great idea!" Chris exclaims as he pops into frame, before being shoved out by Chef.
"Nope! We'll decide by picking straws." He explains as he pulls out four straws from his pocket, "Longest straw gets to go first and pick the order!"
"Pfft… lame." Axel groans as she, Wayne, and Damien pick straws.
MK begins hopping towards them, "Eh- EH! Hold on, almost there!"
Axel grabs the last straw and throws it at her.
"There, no waiting needed!"
The contestants compare their straw proportions.
"Ahah, I've got the biggest oooone!" Wayne cheers as he waves it around.
"Ugh…. you've got to be kidding me." MK complains, "These three are obviously gonna team against me! There has to be a rule against this, right?"
Chef gets out his glasses and handbook and begins skimming, "I don't see anything that says that's illegal… so that'd be fine."
MK glares at Chef as Wayne gets up off of his knee, "Alright, Damien will go second, Axel third, and MK fourth!"
"Great order," Chris chimes in with a smirk, "Now, Wayne gets to go first against Jeremy!"
Chris laughs as Wayne peers over his shoulder to look at the deviously smiling gorilla.
Wayne in the confessional: "I shoulda known I should have picked the left straw instead of the right one! Strategy is really hard."
Wayne falls to his knees, "Why do I have to be so skilled at everything?!"
"Oh please…" MK snarks, "It was a game of luck."
Wayne plants his hand on her shoulder as she looks at him with spite, "It's okay MK, you don't have to be so humble."
"Please just get this over with quickly so I can leave this film lot with zero dignity."
Chris begins announcing as he looks at his watch, "I did have someone scheduled to demonstrate the challenge but it seems he's a no-show. Wayne, you're up!
Wayne stands with his soccer ball in the center of the gym's field.
"Alright… focus, focus…"
Jeremy narrows his eyes at the hockey player and begins beating his chest.
Damien in the confessional: "I feel terrible for falling for MK's manipulation." He admits as he rubs the back of his neck nervously, "That's why I'll do everything in my power to make sure Wayne wins this challenge!"
"Okay, big lemur!" Wayne shouts as he begins winding himself into a kicking position, "No more bananas for YOU!"
As Wayne launches the soccer ball, Damien grabs one of the footballs and throws it at the gorilla's head, causing it to miss the opportunity to block the soccer ball.
"HOOOT HOOOOOT!"
Wayne in the confessional: "And that's how a snow owl does it! I'm bringing home the big bucks, Raji!"
"And that's a point for Wayne!" Chef cheers as the scoreboard on the wall lights up.
"Nice job, Wayne!" Damien cheers before MK pipes up,
"Hey! Damien cheated! Did you not see that, coach?"
"I didn't see anything."
"There's a football laying right next to the net!"
Jeremy grabs the football and chews it up aggressively before Chef turns around to see.
"All I see is an angry gorilla." He shrugs.
MK glares at Damien and sneers, "...I'll be keeping my eye on you."
Damien begins laughing, before she responds: "Hey, what's so funny?"
"I just - Heh - can't take you seriously with that - HAH - chair!"
Chris takes Chef's whistle from his neck and blows it.
"Damien, your turn! We're on a schedule."
Damien in the confessional: "Wayne killed that shot! How hard could it be?"
Damien kicks the soccer ball and falls down, as the ball slowly rolls toward Jeremy.
"Ah, too bad Damien." Chef sighs, "Axel, you're up!"
Axel walks up with a soccer ball as Wayne consoles Damien in the background.
Axel puts the soccer ball down and takes a few steps back, "One, two…"
Jeremy looks at her confusedly before she charges toward the ball, "THREE!"
Axel kicks the ball, sending it flying into the net at lightning speed as Jeremy jumps, but fails to block it.
"And that's another point for Axel!" Chef exclaims, "It's one all… except for Damien." He finishes as Damien sulks.
MK hops over, soccer ball in her lap.
"One last chance to get me out of this chair, McClain!"
"What was that? I can't hear you over all the ratings ringing in my ear!"
"Ugh… stupid show… stupid host… stupid competitors." She groans as she carefully leans the soccer ball over onto the floor in front of her.
"Alright… focus. I can still do this, I just need to hit it at the right angle aaaaand…"
MK falls over onto the soccer ball, causing it to roll slowly toward the goal.
"Oh come on!" She yells with a muffled tone as she faces the floor.
Jeremy laughs as the soccer ball comes rolling in front of him, before hurling it back in the contestants direction.
"TAKE COVER!" Axel shouts as she dives behind the wire crates.
The soccer ball slams into MK, causing her to be knocked all the way back into the wall.
"Woah!" Damien exclaims, "We should go check on her, she could be seriously injured."
Axel shrugs, "Ah, it's fine, the medical staff will handle it."
Wayne and Damien look back at her with raised eyebrows.
"What?!"
Axel in the confessional: "Those two should be grateful to me. I mean, I was the one who repaired their friendship and exposed MK's true colors! Well, not really true colors… everybody knows she's no good. I just revealed her evil plans…. What did I come in here for again?"
"Ugh… my head…" MK groans as she holds her head and gets up, "...Hey, I'm out!"
Chris walks over and scolds, "What do you think you're doing? Get back in the chair and make some TV gold!"
"I think the viewers would like to see someone with actual gameplay win for once!" She snaps as she walks over to the rest of the contestants and stares at Wayne and Damien, "Let someone cool win for once instead of someone boring."
MK in the confessional: "Be honest, who would you rather win: the intelligent hacker who sneakily breaks the bonds and messes with all the heads around her, the chem nerd, the dumb jock, or Axel? Yeah, that's what I thought."
Axel gets close to MK and threatens, "The only thing boring here is you re-using the strategy you already used last season. It's old, we're BORED!"
"I take opportunities when I see them, it actually worked this time... mostly. Maybe because my fellow competitors weren't smart enough to catch on before it was too late." She teases with a smug look.
"You little… AUGH!" Axel gets out as she jumps toward her, getting held back by Wayne and Damien, "Let me get her, she deserves this!"
"Resorting to violence because your feeble mind can't stand that I'm right. Typical."
"You are so awful…" Damien squeezes out as he looks at her with contempt.
"Not the word I would use." She replies as she ignores the danger in front of her, "If people are gonna treat me like I'm awful, then I will be!"
MK in the confessional: "16 years of being neglected or bullied turns one into quite the bully themselves. But I much prefer it this way than just being the shy kid in the corner who can't say anything."
Chef blows his whistle before calling out, "Wayne, you're back on the field!"
Wayne carries his football along and awkwardly places it on the ground.
"Am I supposed to... kick it?"
"Use your creativity." Chris responds nonchalantly, "Just as long as it gets in the net."
"Uh... okay." He replies awkwardly as he takes it into his hands, "One, two, three... GO!"
Wayne throws the football upward, hitting the ceiling and coming crashing back down onto him.
"OUCH!" He shouts as he holds his head, "...Can I get a do-over?"
"Nope." Chris comments coldly, "Next!"
Wayne in the confessional: "I told you guys I'm not a footballer!"
Damien walks up with football in hand.
Damien in the confessional: "If Wayne isn't good with the football, maybe I can pick up the slack!"
"Well... here goes nothing." He eeks out before throwing the ball with all his might, "Ah yeah, it went super far!"
The camera zooms out to show the ball 20 feet away from the goal as it limply bounces around.
"Oooh, sooo close." Chris teases, "Better luck next time. Maybe we need to get you a ball that's rocket powered."
Damien goes to stand by the others and grunts, "Hmm... stupid sports."
Wayne puts his hand on Damien's shoulder, "No biggie bro. I'm sure you can bounce back."
"How?!"
"Take Chris's advice and build a rocket powered ball, it's fool-proof!"
"With what fuel source?"
"Uuuh... I don't know, I didn't think that far."
"Well if you've got some tape and a 2 liter bottle of soda, maybe I can make that dream a reality."
Chef blows his whistle at the boys, "You two, quit talking during gym class! Axel scored a point while you were busy talkin'."
Wayne and Damien peer over his shoulder to see Axel as she smugly looks at MK. The path the ball took has left a smoke streak in the air.
"Axel is the first one to score two points!" Chris cheers, "Only one more point and Axel has won herself the sole vote! Who will she possibly vote for-"
"MK! I vote for MK!" She asserts as she gets in his face.
"Calm down, you haven't won anything yet! Get back in line!"
Axel in the confessional: "I have to win the sole vote and get MK OUT of here! I don't trust the bro-friends to make the right decision."
Jeremy begins howling as he looks at Axel angrily.
"Uuuh, what's with the monkey getting angry?" MK asks to the host.
"Oh, that's nothing." He comments calmly before winking at Chef.
"What? Why are you winking? You said the gorilla was civil!"
"Relaaax, it is! Until it starts to lose. Then you do not wanna see what happens."
"Not like I'll score a goal anyway." She groans as she rolls her eyes and readies her arm.
MK in the confessional: "If Chris's hint about the gorilla is anything to go by, then maybe I can make this challenge a liiiittle bit more interesting."
"Ready, steady... HYAH!"
MK launches the football as hard as she can, but it lands 5 feet in front of her.
MK in the confessional: "AGH, I was supposed to hit the gorilla in the head to make it angry!"
Axel slow claps, "Amazing work MK. You're sure to go pro with moves like that."
MK walks back into line and blows a raspberry at her.
"Reeeal mature."
"Yeah, because tying people to chairs is the peak of maturity."
The two butt heads physically and growl at each other before being pulled apart by Damien and Wayne.
Wayne looks at the two girls with a face of realization before turning to Damien, "Wow, these girls are really distracted, aren't they?"
Chef blows his whistle once again, "Enough fighting you two!"
Chris chimes in, "Yeah! Leave the fighting until you're in possession of the bowling balls!"
The camera flashes forward to Wayne at the center line with his bowling ball.
"Please be careful with that thing." Damien grits through his teeth as he watches from afar.
"No problem, Damien! Me and Raji used to go bowling every summer at Cardinal Lake."
Jeremy begins hopping up and down as he grunts out vaguely human sounding words, "Raj... sucks."
Wayne gasps loudly as the players in the back look confused.
"NOBODY says that about MY best bud - ERGH!"
Wayne throws the bowling ball hard enough to ram into Jeremy and send both him and the ball flying into the net.
"That'll teach you to mess with a snow owl!"
"And that's two points for Wayne!" Chris cheers before being stopped by Chef,
"Wait, quiet!"
The camera focuses on Jeremy as he emerges from the net, releasing hot air through his nose as his eyes glow red.
"Oooh, that's not good..." Chef lets out as he tiptoes over to the gorilla.
"Sure, try to stop anything interesting from happening." Chris snarks.
Chef begins to slowly inch toward the gorilla, "Easy, easy..."
He pets the angry primate and lets out a sigh of relief, "Phew... now everyone, as long as we stay silent for a while, he'll calm down from his rage and we can aaaall be safe."
Just then, a man with a red sweatband barges through the doors, carrying plastic cups, snacks, and soda.
"I got the celebration snacks just like you asked, Chris! Sorry for being late!"
The gorilla begins to breathe heavily again and stands on its hind legs as Chris replies smugly, "No worries Tyler, you just made things interesting again, hehe."
"Uh oh..." Chef creaks out before jumping out of the way of the rampaging gorilla, "EVERYONE FOR THEMSELVES!"
Jeremy makes a huge leap toward Tyler and the contestants and begins chasing them as they scream. Axel, Damien, and Wayne run in terror as MK sneaks behind one of the wire crates.
"Chris!" Chef yells as he runs up to him, "We've got to get ourselves and the contestants out of here before someone has to go to the hospital again!"
"Relax, we'll be safe." Chris responds calmly as he presses a button on his remote control, sending both of them up onto a raised platform out of reach of the primate.
"Chris?" Chef asks angrily, "Did you know this was gonna happen?"
"Whaaaat? Why would you accuse me of something like that? This was a complete accident!" He finishes with a smirk before yelling down to the contestants, "Hey, you four! You better not be slacking! The game still continues whether Jeremy's on a rampage or not! And forget about turns, it's a free-for-all!"
MK in the confessional: "This is exactly what I hoped for."
Wayne, Axel, and Damien duck in between the bleachers on the far side of the room as Jeremy chases Tyler.
"AAAH- STOP LARGE MONKEY! You can have some of the snacks too, I promise!" He yells as the gorilla begins flinging him around.
"Ouch! That's gotta hurt!" Damien flinches, "Hey, where's MK?"
"She's over there by the soccer balls!" Axel asserts as she points at MK sneaking around and picking three soccer balls out of the crate.
Tyler continues screaming, "Somebody help! I've got two kids at home who need me!"
Axel is about to get up and chase after MK before Wayne grabs her wrist, "Wait! We need to save Tyler first!"
"And let MK get the sole vote? Not a chance!"
Axel gets herself out of his grip and charges in MK's direction.
"Ah, she's a goner, eh? C'mon, let's go save Tyler!" He asserts as he gets up and runs off-screen.
"Are you crazy?! We're gonna get mauled by that gorilla!"
Wayne pops back into frame and pulls Damien out of the bleachers.
"Stand down, beast!" Wayne shouts as he holds his hands up to the gorilla.
"What is that gonna do?!"
"Force field, duh!"
The gorilla launches Tyler onto the floor, "Wait!... Save the soda first!"
Wayne and Damien turn their eyes to the grocery bags a few feet away.
"Ahah! Light-bulb!" Damien shouts with glee as he grabs the grocery bags, "Wayne, you save that guy somehow- I'll win this challenge for us!"
Damien runs toward the soccer ball crate as Wayne shouts, "You got this, buddy! Do whatever it takes to win even if it means playing dirty!"
He turns his head around and whispers to himself, "Hmm? Really? Wayne wants me to play dirty?"
Wayne in the confessional: "What? It's not like this is hockey! If MK and Axel are gonna play that way than anything is fair game!"
"Just- LET GO!" MK grunts as her and Axel tug on one of the soccer balls.
"No, you let go!"
"Okay!" MK says smugly as she lets go of the ball, causing Axel to pull it back and hit her face, "See ya!"
MK runs off with the three soccer balls tucked in her jacket as Damien arrives at the soccer crate.
"Ouch, Axel, do you need help-"
"GET BACK HERE!" She yells as she stomps after MK.
"I guess not..."
Damien grabs multiple liters of soda from the bags and begins shaking them back and forth.
"This is SO stupid, and there's NO way this is gonna work, but it's worth a shot!"
MK runs along as Axel follows closely behind, inching closer: "THIS IMMUNITY WIN IS MINE!"
"Crap!" MK whines as she fumbles one of the soccer balls out of her jacket, throwing it as hard as she can into the net.
"And that's a point for MK!" Chris announces excitedly, "And she's on her way to scoring all three!"
"WoAh-wOaH." MK spits out shakily as the soccer balls fall out of her jacket and onto the ground, causing her to trip over them right at the net.
"Nowhere to run, nowhere to hide." Axel threatens as she looms over her.
MK in a frenzy smacks one of the balls into the net.
"And that's another point for MK! Just one more and she could win this whole challenge coming back from zero points!"
"Not on my watch!" Axel angrily shouts as she grabs onto the last soccer ball the same time as MK.
"LET IT GO!" She grunts out at her shorter opponent, "How did you get so strong?!"
"Having to hop... around while tied to a chair... builds muscle!" She eeks out with pauses of grunts in between.
"MK and Axel are neck and neck! Both only need one more point to win! Who is it gonna be?!"
Axel lets out one last grunt as she tears the ball from MK's hands.
"Ahah! I got it! I win-"
She gets interrupted by a stream of soda flying through the air as 3 soccer balls propelled by the stream land into the net.
"HUH?!" Axel questions with force as she looks around, "Did I do that?"
"No, genius: look!"
MK points toward the other side of the gym, with Damien looking dazed as he's pressed against the wall with multiple liters of soda nearby.
"Damien WINS the challenge and the sole vote!" Chris cheers as his lift descends to the ground.
Damien gets up from his daze as he holds his head, "Wait... That actually... worked? I won?! WOOOOOHOOOO! Did you see that, Wayne-"
He turns to see both Wayne and Tyler getting pummeled by the gorilla.
"Oh shoot, I forgot! CHRIS, can you call animal control or something?!"
"Ugh... FINE, I'll do something about Jeremy the soccer-playing gorilla." He groans as he presses a button on his remote.
The gorilla powers down as it makes robotic noises.
Chef goes wide-eyed and looks at Chris, "You're telling me that Jeremy the soccer-playing gorilla is just a robot?! My whole life has been a lie!"
"Relax, this is just a prototype replica I made of Jeremy. No way would I hurt animals on this show, I'm not a monster."
Damien runs over to Wayne, "Wayne? Are you alright?"
"Yeah, I'm good... I might not be able to play the Super Bowl though..."
"Yeah, he's not alright." MK snarks as she walks over, "And to think, your friend Wayne wouldn't be so injured right now if Axel just stayed to help control the gorilla... Really makes you think."
"How is that my fault? I was trying to stop YOU from winning so I could kick you off of this film-lot once and for all! You've been nothing but a thorn in everyone's back. There's no way that Damien doesn't pick you to go!"
"Well, Mr. Physicist wouldn't be so smart if he let a survivalist like you into the finale, would he?"
"YOU KNOW WHAT-" Axel begins yelling as the two face off.
The camera focuses on Wayne and Damien in the back as the two bicker,
"Wow... they are really going at it. But which one should I kick off? As much of a backstabber as MK has been, she's not nearly as athletic."
Wayne turns to Damien and looks him in the eyes earnestly,
"Uh... you good?
"Damien, I trust you to make the smartest and most necessary decision to secure your win in this game. For me, for Priya, and for yourself!"
"Um... yeah, I will."
Damien in the confessional: "I have no idea what Wayne is talking about but... Ooooooh!" He gasps and covers his mouth with his hands, "Really? Is that what he meant?"
"Congrats Damien! One of Axel, Wayne, or MK will be going home tonight due to Damien's sole vote. And because this will be the last elimination ceremony, please wear your finest garments."
The final four walk to the elimination ceremony in their fancy clothes as suspenseful music plays. Wayne and Damien are standing in between MK and Axel in line while Axel leads. Wayne is dressed in his normal clothes but with his signature tie. Damien is dressed head to toe in a black tailored suit. MK dons a red pantsuit while still wearing her beanie. Axel is dressed the exact same as usual.
"Greetings final four! It's been a long and tough game filled with grueling challenges, backstabbing, manipulation, and lots and lots of tension." Chris gleams before pausing to look at the contestants, "Axel, why are you not wearing your fancy attire?"
"I didn't bring any! You think camo dresses just grow on trees?"
"Nevermind, I'm sorry for asking." He replies swiftly before tossing a statue to Damien, "Damien is the only one to receive a statue tonight, as he has the sole vote for elimination, which also means he chooses which two competitors will enter into the finale with him."
Damien and Wayne look at each other with worried looks as Axel and MK look over in desperation.
Axel in the confessional: "If... uh... that guy is smart then he'll make the right decision and vote out the traitor in our midst! You can't just let her weasel her way into the finale!"
Wayne in the confessional: "I'm putting aaall my trust in Damien right now to make the best strategic decision."
"I choose to eliminate..."
"Wait, wait, wait!" Chris snaps, "I wasn't done yet!... Now, please walk onto the stage to make your final, irreversible decision."
Damien walks onto the stage and gulps before waving, "Hah... hi. Um, since I received immunity in the challenge I've gotten the chance to choose who goes to the finale with me."
"ELIMINATE MK!"
"No, eliminate Axel! Her pit stink is getting way too severe to keep around."
Damien pauses and looks at Wayne from the audience as he gives him a thumbs up.
"I've made it through this far due to several factors, one of which includes my new best friend, Wayne! Because of my past trauma being bullied by jock types, I never thought I could be friends with someone like him, but he proved me wrong."
"Ugh... can he just get on with it?" MK groans quietly, "We get it, friends or whatever... gross."
Damien continues, "And Axel and MK of course, who have been feuding for quite some time now. I really hate to see their anger poured out on each other... because they got issues, both of them! But even then, I am choosing to eliminate...
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Axel, MK, Chris, and Chef gasp.
"Woah, I did not see that coming!" Chris gasps.
"Wha- what- but WHY?" Axel asks from the audience as she shoots up, "He's your best friend! You can't just betray someone like that." She then shoots daggers at MK as she finishes her sentence.
Wayne runs up on stage, "I knew you would make the right decision!"
"Huh?" MK and Axel let out simultaneously.
The camera switches to Wayne getting into the limo of shame as the final three come to see him off.
Wayne sticks his head out the window and begins panting like a dog, "I'm rooting for you Damien! HOOOOT HOOOOOT!"
"HOOOOT! HOOOT!" He responds as he cups his hands around his mouth, "Wow... I cannot believe I just did that!"
Damien in the confessional: "I am SO glad that went well! If I misinterpreted what he wanted from me, that could have turned out real ugly, real fast. Now, I get to be in the finale with two compromised contestants who want to chew the heads off of each other! It's the perfect plan! Hello million dollar prize!"
"What's the big idea, here?" Axel interrogates him.
"Wayne wanted me to eliminate him cause he wanted me to have the best chance of winning!" He cheers as he brings the two in for a hug, "I wouldn't worry too much about it, we've got to sleep for tomorrow's challenge!"
Damien rushes off as fast as he can back to the trailers as Axel glares at MK from the side of her eyes as she tries to sneak away.
Axel in the confessional: "I bet Damien thinks this is reeeeaaal funny, huh? Keeping me and MK for the finale, I see what he's doing..." She says confidently before pausing, "He's trying to torture me!... Hey wait, I remembered his name this time! And I won't forget it."
Chris gets in between the two girls and once again pulls them into a group hug.
"Who will win the one MILLION dollar prize next episode and proclaim their throne as the WINNER of TOTAL. DRAMA. ACTION!"
Author's Note: WOOOO, okay, it's finally out! I've been working hard on this one and trying to gather up all the plot points so they can conclude in the epic 3-person finale. Please let me know what you thought about this chapter, Wayne's elimination, Tyler's short cameo, Jeremy the soccer-playing gorilla (icon), and more!
Extra Note About the Finale: There will be an "official" winner but I will also write a short alternate ending for the 2nd place contestant as a separate chapter after the fact.
Who will win the one million dollar prize and become the second winner of the reboot? - MK, Axel, or Damien?
SPOILERS FOR EPISODES 1-12:
16th: Ripper (VV)
15th/14th: Emma and Chase (MOTS - VV)
13th: Millie (MOTS)
12th: Raj (VV)
11th: Priya (MOTS)
10th: Zee (VV)
Merge
9th: Scary Girl/Lauren (MOTS)
8th/7th: Julia and Bowie (MOTS - VV)
6th: Caleb (MOTS)
5th: Nichelle (MOTS)
4th: Wayne (VV)
Cameos:
Anne Maria (3)
Scarlett (4)
Harold (5)
Sierra (6)
Gwen (7)
Shawn (8)
Courtney (9)
Brick (9)
Ella (9)
Justin (11)
Tyler (12)
Confessional Count:
MK - 55
Axel - 32
Nichelle - 29
Caleb and Damien - 28
Wayne - 27
Bowie - 26
Julia - 19
Lauren - 17
Priya - 9
Zee - 9
Millie - 8
Raj - 5
Chase - 4
Emma - 2
Ripper - 1
Chris - 1
Chef - 1
Freckles - 1
Lanky - 1
Ginger - 1
Tapeworm - 1