That night..

Ellie, Winnie, and Sydney were painting their nails in the girl cabin. They were giggling, and Ellie was trying to figure out how to get Winnie to forgive Tyson.

"Hey Winnie, can we talk?" Ellie asked. Winnie nodded reluctantly, and the two walked out.

"This isn't about Tyson, is it?" said Winnie. Ellie winced, and smiled at Winnie awkwardly.

Ellie replied, "Well, he told me to tell you he's really sorry, and he really wants you to forgive her.."

Winnie sighed. She had no idea what to do…

Meanwhile, Kevin and Debbie had notebooks out, and were sitting on a plump rock in the forest.

"So you saw a flu mask in the forest.." Kevin said. Debbie nodded, recalling the incident.

Debbie added, "And you saw The Chaos Star in the dirt, drawn like it was drawn by a knife…"

"Maybe Faith did it, she's a bit psycho," Kevin suggested.

Debbie pointed out, "Or Kahil. He's been angry since Brynn left."

"But why?" Kevin asked. Debbie thought for a moment..

"It's a sign," Debbie stated, and Kevin could not deny. "Let's go further and find some clues."

Debbie and Kevin took deep breaths, then walked into the deepest part of the forest.

Kevin looked around, his senses catching every sound and sight. "I don't see anything.." Kevin mumbled. "But I do see pokeweed! Stay out of that bush!" Debbie froze in her place, and looked the other way. Just then, they heard rustling from the bush.

"Is anyone there?" asked Debbie. A hand bashed out of the bush, moving around.

"Help! Help!" the voice said from behind. Kevin screamed, and fell down to the ground. Debbie took Kevin's hand, pulled him up, and then grabbed the swelling hand, bringing a girl with pink hair that went down to her shoulders, pale skin, and blue and green eyes out of the bush.

"Are you okay?" Debbie exclaimed. The mystery girl dusted off her outfit, then panicked. "Am I swelling? Am I swelling? Where's Dennis?"

Kevin pondered. "Dennis…Who's Dennis?" he asked.

The girl panicked more, starting to cry. "I'm so sorry! I shouldn't have said that! Am I swelling? Please tell me!" Debbie grabbed the girl's hand, trying to calm her down.

"Calm down…it's okay. You're swelling, but nothing deadly. Who even are you?" asked Debbie.

The girl relaxed, and smiled. "I'm Brittany, an…intern!"

Kevin asked, "Why are you an intern if you don't know what pokeweed is?"

Brittany sighed. "I was with another intern, Dennis, and we were looking to see if any campers snuck out since we don't have the right to go into camper's cabins. Dennis continued looking, but I stayed back to investigate a moving bush. I was so leaned in that I fell in and got stuck.."

"Oh no..how about we help you find Dennis?" Debbie asked.

Brittany said, "No thanks. You two go and get to bed." Kevin and Debbie left the forest, and Brittany went further into the woods, smirking. "Fooled."

As Kevin and Debbie went back into their own several cabins, Wesley knocked on the cabin door of the Iguanas.

"Hello? Can I talk to Kahil?" Wesley asked, rolling his eyes due to the unpleasant feeling of asking. Luckily it didn't last for long, as Kahil opened the door quite quickly.

Kahil asked, "What is it?"

"You need to keep what I'm about to tell you VERY secret. Okay?" Wesley asked.

"Oh yeah, I TOTALLY will!" Kahil said in a sarcastic tone.

Wesley said, "I'm being serious! I hacked into the confessionals, and-"

"WHAT?" Kahil shouted. "YOU-"

Wesley said, "Be quiet be quiet! Someone's gonna hear! I found a confessional from the talent show. Remember when Alex agreed to your houdini stunt?"

Kahil nodded, remembering the exact moment. "And what are you trying to prove to me? I already don't like Alexander."

"I saw a confessional from him saying, 'Who says KILLING isn't the answer?' He tried to KILL YOU!" Wesley exclaimed.

Kahil shook his head. "You're lying. Alexander supported me before the talent show for some stupid reason…"

Wesley retorted, "That's what makes him so goddamn smart! He would MAKE you say that, so if someone found out, he'd have a case for himself!"

"You're right.." Kahil mumbled. "That son of a bunny's gonna get what he deserves," Kahil said, storming over to the Walrus boys cabin.

Wesley asked, "Wait! Where are you going?"

Kahil snuck into the walrus boys cabin, Kevin now fast asleep. Kahil, on his hands and knees, looked around to see if Trenton forgot his bag. He looked up to Trenton's bed, and sighed in relief discovering he did forget. Kahil found Trenton's shaving razor, and snuck it into his pocket, running out of the room.

Kahil ran into the cabin, and turned on the razor, starting to shave Alexander's hair. Everything was going well, until Alexander woke up.

"WHAT THE HELL?" Alexander exclaimed, waking up with the left side of his head completely bald. "KAHIL JAZIRI!"

Kahil smiled awkwardly. "Nice..haircut?" he asked, trying to get the blame off of him. He ran off, Alexander right on his tail.

"GET BACK HERE!" Alexander exclaimed. Kahil panicked, since although he had endurance, Alexander was catching up.

Kahil, seconds away from being medically evacuated, remembered a moment from his past.

Flashback

"Do it! Do it!" Nalia exclaimed as she waited for her older brother to beat up her bully.

Kahil took a deep breath, and jumped above the bully, kicking him in the face as he leaped over him.

Nalia watched as the bully fell unconscious, then looked up to her older brother. "Yay! I love you so much!" She ran to her brother and hugged him.

It was the best moment of his life.

Reliving the memories he made, Kahil mumbled, "this is for you Nalia." he jumped up, kicked Alexander in the face as he leaped over him, and ran into the cabin.

Kahil jumped under the covers, planning on hiding there for the whole night.

At Breakfast

"It's gonna be merge soon, right?" Sydney asked Avia.

Avia nodded. "There's 13 people left. Most of these new total drama seasons don't pass the four people mark."

Sydney said, "I wonder what today's challenge will be.."

Just then, Raina danced into the room, wearing a sequin jumpsuit, posing flawlessly.

"NO!" Everyone screamed. "NO DISCO!"

Raina laughed. "No, no disco. I was using the element of suprise on you. But you're gonna have to learn about how to react to different environments! Because today, with the help of my sister Michelle, we're gonna do a…GO KART RACE across the forest! And here's the thing- top thirteen make the merge!"

Everyone paused for a second, before Faith asked, "So nobody loses?"

"You'll see, I have a plan," Raina said. "And lucky for you, Michelle gave you all go-karts based on your personality! Come to the top of the cliff, to find out what yours looks like!"

At the top of the hill

"Holy crap!" Faith exclaimed, looking at her pink, blue, and red go-kart with chaos stars all over it.

"Told ya," Kevin whispered to Debbie as he examined his blue go-kart, with anime characters and puzzle pieces all over it.

Debbie responded, "I'll try to watch out for her," as she saw her red, black, and golden go-kart, with "Go Gryphons Go" being printed on both sides.

Gage saw his green and grey go-kart, with spikes on the wheels. "I've never ridden on one of these before, but they must be cool!"

Wesley felt the smooth texture of his orange and white go-kart, but leaning in to see the interior, he saw a big rat on the steering wheel. "STEREOTYPING MUCH?" he asked angrily.

Meanwhile, Winnie grinned as her go-kart was teal, and had the elements of the periodic table scattered around. "I love it!"

"I love mine too!" Avia said, seeing that hers was black, and had owls and fireflies all over it.

Sydney grinned as she saw the magic sparkles over her navy blue go-kart, but confusingly pondered on why there was a small firefly on hers.

Meanwhile, Ellie was looking all over her white go-kart, noticing that all of the characters she cosplayed as was on the kart!

"Am I really that bland?" Tyson asked when the only thing on his shiny red go-kart was a dust speck.

Glenn oohed and awed as he saw paw prints all over his blue go-kart. "Aw..I love this! Thanks Michelle? Wait, where's michelle?" Glenn asked.

Kahil's light blue go-kart had little trinkets all over it, and even a dramatic face. Kahil sighed, remembering Brynn.

Alexander's, however, was FILLED with drama faces. That, along with money, smirks, and a shaving razor. "Ugh."

—-w-h-o-p-p-e-r—-

"In order to make it easier for the writer, there's gonna be 2 groups, each with 7," Raina explained. "The losers from each group will battle it out!"

Faith pointed out, "But there's only 13 of us. Are you gonna bring in someone to come back?"

"Yes. Yes, I am," Raina said. "DRUMROLL PLEASE!" The group made a drumroll, as Raina pointed out to the shadowy figure.

"No..please not-" Winnie was interrupted by a skid of a white go-kart, with medical equiptment stickers all over it.

Raina said, "Nelson Alright's coming back, baby! Or at least trying."

Winnie: "NO NO NO NO NOOOOOOOOOOOO WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!"

Nelson: "After I got eliminated in the tiebreaker, I healed quickly. Now, I'm back to try and earn a second chance at the money…"

Debbie: "I think we're ALL feeling the pressure of having our spot taken away from us. Hopefully I'm in the same group as Kevin, so he can help me out."

Group One: Faith, Kevin, Avia, Tyson, Alexander, Debbie, Wesley

"On your marks.."

Faith smirked, ready to get first.

"Get set…"

Alexander sighed as he saw Wesley laughing at his half bald head.

"GO!"

The race begun, with all seven of them racing down the hill. The hill was so steep, and so long, that Tyson's vehicle almost flipped!

"Come on!" Tyson exclaimed, trying to maintain balance. He looked to his left, and saw Faith heading right towards him. "Shit!"

Tyson accelerated ahead of Faith, causing Faith's veichle to narrowly miss Tyson's.

Kevin was keeping it slow and steady, having a conversation with Debbie as they both slowly got onto stable ground and off of the hill.

"That was steep, eh?" Kevin asked.

Debbie nodded. "Yeah, very steep. Hey, follow Faith!" She pointed to Faith, who was following Wesley, who was following Alexander, who was following Avia, who was following Tyson.

Avia was inches away from Tyson, she just needed that…boost. She pushed her foot on the button, and caught up to Tyson. "I NEED…TO…WIN!" Avia exclaimed.

Tyson retorted, "I..NEED…TO….WIN…MORE!" They both pointed their veichles at eachother, making a huge explosion. As the smoke turned orange, Alexander rid right through, Tyson and Avia startled.

"This sucks," Avia said, getting out of her kart and pulling it out. Tyson, however, wasn't so lucky.

Tyson sighed, "Now I gotta RUN to the finish line?" He started to run, but Wesley stopped.

"Bros help bros! Get on," Wesley said. Tyson got into the passenger seat.

Wesley: "I only help others if It benefits me. My benefit? People who wanna keep me around."

As Debbie and Kevin maneuvered the trees, Debbie's steering wheel started to lose control.

"WHAT?" Debbie asked. "Kevin, what do I do?"

Kevin replied, "Don't ask me! Just try to stay on the road by leaning!" Debbie nodded, and used her weight to direct herself.

"It's working!" Debbie exclaimed.

Meanwhile, Alexander, who had just taken the lead, could see the finish line, but the road was starting to get bumpy. "Come on Alex, win this!" Alexander said to himself. He looked back, and noticed everyone else was out of sight except for faint shadows of Debbie.

Just as Alexander was about to cross that sweet, sweet, sweet finish line, a big rock caused his go-kart to fly into a nearby bush. Alexander braced for impact, as the go-kart got tangled in the bush.

"Help? Anyone? Anybody?" Alexander asked. "ANY HUMAN OR FAITH THAT CAN HELP?"

Speaking of Faith, Faith was catching up to Debbie, who had a temporary lead.

"Hey DEBORAH," Faith said sarcastically.

"SHUT UP!" Debbie exclaimed. She watched as Faith passed her, and Wesley was catching up.

As Wesley and Tyson caught up to Debbie, he saw an opportunity and grabbed his camera.

"SMILE!" Wesley said to Debbie. Debbie looked over to Wesley, and gave her fakest smile.

Debbie asked, "Where's that going? Your Photo Book of Hot Babes?"

Wesley smirked. "Nah, I'm not THAT much of a pervert," he exclaimed, passing Debbie. Tyson cheered, but pondered about why Wesley would want a photo..

Kevin, now at the back, looked towards Avia, the closest person to him.

"I wanna win.." Kevin mumbled. He accelerated over to Avia, focused on getting closer to that finish line.

"Kevin, please let me win.." Avia cried. "I need this victory..I need this spot in the merge! Just…PLEASE!"

Kevin, for one of the first times, looked into Avia's eyes, and cried. "I don't wanna let anyone get eliminated..but people always underestimate me based off of my autism, saying I'm annoying, a brat, and spoiled because of what I have to do. You were born normal….I wasn't. I was born with a stereotype." Tears in his eyes, he passed Avia and looked towards the future.

Avia: "Oh my god….I feel like I really gotta win now."

Faith easily crossed the finish line, getting out of her go-kart and looking towards the bush, Alexander still struggling to get out.

"Very assumptious of you to say you'd win," Faith said, smirking.

Alexander screamed out from the bush, "I HEARD THAT! I NEVER SAID THAT! NOW HELP ME OUT!"

Meanwhile, Wesley and Tyson cheered as Wesley's go-kart passed.

"Is that allowed?" Raina asked. "HENDERSON!"

The intern ran over to Raina, and asked, "Yeah?"

Raina said, "I need the rules for this challenge. Is carpooling in someone else's go-kart allowed?"

The intern clearly knew that it was against the rules, but she wanted to cause some chaos and drama. "Oh yes, it is allowed. Don't worry!" The girl ran off again, looking for her intern friend.

Debbie's go-kart was almost at the finish line, when a wheel got stuck on a rock. "No!" Debbie exclaimed. She looked to the back, where Kevin and Avia were catching up, then looked at the bush, where Alexander was finally untangled, and he was getting his go-kart out.

"Come on, come on.." Debbie mumbled to herself.

Kevin looked over to his friend, and said, "PUT THE GO-KART TO THE LEFT!" as he passed her.

Debbie got back into the go-kart, and steered it left, getting out of the rock. She went full beast mode, passing Avia and getting into the merge.

"We did it!" Debbie exclaimed to Kevin, who had just passed her.

Alexander was back in his veichle, and was dashing to beat Avia. In a split second, he looked over at Avia, and smiled, crossing the finish line just before her.

Raina exclaimed, "And Avia is going into the race off! But who will be her opponent? Find out..after the break."

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Group 2: Gage, Winnie, Sydney, Ellie, Glenn, Kahil, Nelson

Nelson was prepared to get back into the merge- and not by a race-off.

"On your marks.."

Sydney looked to her pack of cards, hoping she would get to use them.

"Get set!"

Gage was ready to eliminate any threats at all costs.

"GO!"

Winnie took a quick lead, her tractor skills paying off for once.

"Woo hoo!" Winnie cheered, her face being hit by the wind. "This rocks!"

Ellie was not as happy as Winnie was, frantically screaming. "I HAAATE THIIIS!" She would cry.

Once down from the hill, Nelson was scared about what to do next. "If I turn the go-kart 270 degrees, then stay in that position for 3.4 seconds before turning the extra 90 degrees, I'll be in the lead!" Nelson did what his equation told him to, and skid right in front of Winnie.

"That's for the boot!" Nelson said, looking back towards Winnie.

Winnie laughed. "It's okay, I deserved that! All good?" Nelson gave Winnie a thumbs up, before they both continued racing.

Meanwhile, Kahil was dodging tree after tree after tree.

"Uh, Kahil, can you..maybe not have bad luck?" Glenn asked after one of Kahil's falling tree narrowly missed his head.

Kahil sighed. "You know I can't help it!"

Glenn groaned as he watched Sydney pass him, then Gage.

Gage: "I had a bad start, I admit it. But I'm not letting Nervous Nelly get in the way of my victory! He's going down!"

As Sydney looked towards Kahil, she grabbed her deck of cards, and used a special technique to fling it right at his face.

"AAAA! CARD IN MY FACE!" Kahil exclaimed, his hands flying off the steering wheel and his car leaning towards the left. By the time Kahil had gotten the card off his face, Sydney was far ahead of him. Even Ellie had caught up to Kahil.

"Oh my god, that hill was terrifying!" Ellie said to herself again and again.

Meanwhile, Gage was looking towards Ellie, smirking. He turned around his go-kart, and headed right towards Ellie.

"AAAAA-" Ellie screamed, as her go-kart got WHAMMED.

Gage laughed as Ellie's veichle slowly rid instead of quickly, then continued his victory chase.

"This is actually really peaceful!" Glenn said, as he was at top speed, catching up with other campers.

"I know, right?" Kahil asked. "I fell back due to a CARD."

Glenn chuckled as Kahil gave him the coldest stare.

"Okay, okay," Glenn said.

As they continued going along, Nelson was close to the finish line.

"YES!" Nelson said as he crossed the finish line - in record time.

"NELSON REJOINS!" Raina exclaimed. Nelson stepped out of his go-kart, and went to the side to support his friends.

Ellie was slowly continuing her ride, not giving up.

"YOU GOT THIS ELLIE!" Nelson exclaimed. Ellie looked over to him, and smiled. She continued driving, confident and happy.

Behind Ellie, Kahil and Glenn were catching up. "We're almost there! Don't worry!" Glenn exclaimed.

"Yeah!" Kahil agreed. They both continued driving, until Glenn's veichle stopped.

Kahil raised an eyebrow seeing Glenn stop. "Glenn, why did you stop?"

"I stopped?" Glenn asked himself. He got out of the go-kart, and looked down. "Not stonesand!" He exclaimed.

"What's stonesand.." Kahil mumbled.

Glenn replied, "It's a type of mud that turns to a solid after something big enough touches it! I gotta get it out before it turns to stone!" Glenn frantically pulled to get the go-kart out, while not touching the fluid itself.

Kahil said, "See ya! Goodluck!" and continued riding.

Meanwhile, Winnie and Gage were fighting for second place, metres away from the finish line.

"You got this!" Nelson cheered to both of them.

Winnie's mind blanked out for a moment as soon as those words blurted out. She had the same feeling as she did when Tyson kissed her. Except it wasn't romantic love.

It was the feeling that she was loved.

Winnie, her self confidence high and her mind happy, blasted in front of Gage, placing second.

"YEAHHH WINNIE!" Nelson cheered, but Winnie's mouth was open, along with Gage's when it sunk in that he got third.

As the top three were crowned, Ellie was going for fourth. Almost at the finish line, but Sydney's speed was catching up.

"Please please please…" Ellie begged. She crossed her fingers and closed her eyes as she waited for the moment where she was passed to end.

Raina exclaimed, "ELLIE AND SYDNEY TIE FOR FOURTH AND FIFTH!"

Ellie's eyes opened wide. She looked over to Sydney, and smiled.

Meanwhile, Kahil looked back to see Glenn, still struggling to get his go-kart out.

"Sorry bud," Kahil said, speeding up and claiming sixth.

Raina gasped. "AND GLENN IS LAST! Which means he'll be going up against Avia for a spot in the MERGE!"

Glenn sighed after hearing he would have to go up against Avia, and decided to just forget it. Glenn walked away from the go-kart, walked up to Raina, and frowned.

"Let Avia win, let me get eliminated," sighed Glenn.

Kahil gasped. "But dude, I-"

Glenn's sniffles turned to tears. "I loved it here. I really did. But everyone here deserves it more. Much more.."

That Night

Kahil was laying in his bed, the last day of this room arrangement until the new ones.

"You're gonna be dead before you beat me again," Alexander mumbled.