It was the morning of the next challenge at the mess hall and the contestants were sitting down at the tables tucking into the breakfast as some had some awkward looks. "So... This is it... Our first challenge with everyone actually competing against eachother. For what is worth; I am glad that I got to team with you and still hope we can remain friends after this..." Lincoln told the others after taking a deep breath as Ezekiel then almost strangled lincoln with the tight grip he put around his neck as Ezekiel smiled with his free arm up in the air obliviously.
"Bros for life we will be! I know that you said that you had a best friend but I bet that you have come to see as close footing as your other best friend!" Ezekiel cheered out loud as some rolled their eyes as Gwen had to get Ezekiel to let him go.
"Sure Ezekiel... Just hope that Ronnie Anne doesn't take it personally that she has been replaced by you..." Lincoln told him sarcastically with his arms folded but Ezekiel looked oblivious.
"You really think that Lincoln would replace one of his best friends with you; not only with such little time comparably I bet but with how much of an idiot you were with your first impression. I mean let's compare; Lincoln how about your first impression with Ronnie Anne?" Courtney asked amused and looked to Lincoln who looked hesitant and turned his head.
"Well... She was a big bully that I couldn't stand so... Okay; Ezekiel... You had a better first impression to me but which is not something I thought I would say with how much of a sexist idiot you made yourself out to be..." Lincoln said and Ezekiel looked in glee and started dancing on the spot as everyone else blinked at his words.
"Well back to the previous topic; I want to state that I thank all of my teammates for helping me get to this point and I won't mind remaining friends and I will be sure to give you all credit once I give my acceptance speech after winning." Courtney said as Gwen rolled her eyes at her being presumptious.
"I for one am glad that Lightning doesn't have the Beavers dragging me down anymore! Sha-score! Lightning can finally start winning every challenge by himself and not have to worry about him losing through no fault of my own!" Lightning boasted posing with his muscles.
"Okay Lightning but brawns can only take you so far without brains to back it up. It will be through my intellect that I will emerge victorious!" Courtney retorted but glared at him as he started laughing. "Something funny?" Courtney asked raising an eyebrow.
"How has your intelligence helped you so far with the challenges? Who was the only person wearing a chicken hat after your first challenge?" Lightning answered and Courtney got angry.
"All your auras are tense and you should really reserve your strength for the challenges ahead." Dawn said trying to break apart the tension but then there was the sound of a cowbell being run as they looked at Chef in the counter.
"All right; you're first challenge after this merger is starting so all of you go to the campfire pit!" Chef shouted as they all started running out.
The campers were sitting at the campfire pit as facing them was a handsome muscular brown haired man in a light coloured jacket and jeans. "Ooh... Chris... Did you get some work done... You had a shave right?" Lindsay asked with her arm up.
"Lindsay; that's not Chris. Hey; aren't you that guy from that other reality competition... The one where all these teams of 2 race around the world for a million dollars?" Courtney asked recognising him.
"The Ridonculous Race; my big sister Carrie is a huge fan and hopes to one day be on the show with her best friend Devin." Dawn spoke up as the man nodded.
"Thank you for that and I am indeed Don the host of the popular Ridonculous Race. Your regular host Chris is off hosting an award's show so the studio has chosen me to replace him for this episode. A special Ridonculous Race edition of Total Drama Island." the man introduced as Lindsay looked confused.
"I thought that she was Dawn?" Lindsay said pointing to Dawn but Don looking amused shook his head.
"Oh no; I am Don as in D-O-N not D-A-W-N. Now please let me explain how this is going to work." Don clarified as he then showed a box with a red button near the campfire pit that looked like him. "This is a Don Box; You see pressing the button will give you a Travel Tip that tells you where you will need to go. Another thing; while the 2 bigger teams have been disbanded... For this episode you will be broken into 4 sets of teams with each teach having 2 campers. You will have to take part in the challenges that your travel tips gives you; after the last one you will have to race to the Chill Zone where I will be waiting to give you your place. The last team to arrive at the Chill Zone will be the only 2 campers will will be elligible to be cut from the competition by your votes." Don explained as they took this in and Lincoln put his arm up and Don nodded at him as if to say that he could answer.
"So Don is it? Is there any incentive to make sure that our team is the first ones to reach this Chill Zone?" Lincoln asked and Don nodded.
"Good question Lincoln; the team that gets first place in tonight's episode gets to spend the next 2 days at a 5 star resort and spa where they will be pampered, eat gourmet nosh, gets treated for anything that they may have caught on the island and will not have to stay here and eat Chef's cooking." Don answered as they took this in.
"I know that I haven't been super into winning these challenges but... After staying here for all this time; I think that I deserve to be pampered as the princess that I am!" Lindsay said looking serious in the confessional.
"Okay here are the teams: Lincoln and Courtney will make team 1, Dawn and Ezekiel will make team 2, Lightning and Gwen will make team 3 and team will 4 will consist of Lindsay and Sadie." Don called out as they started going into their pairs.
"Uh... Can we switch because I would prefer to be with my bro aye." Ezekiel asked looking dissapointed but Don shook his head.
"Don't let your aura be all negative Ezekiel as I am sure that will do great together as a team!" Dawn assured him.
"Lightning has to be on another team? Well you better be able to keep up with these." Lightning told Gwen sternly as he plexed his muscles and kissed him causing him to groan.
"Wow; I get stuck with you..." Gwen groaned as Courtney went up to Lincoln sternly.
"Okay Lincoln; we are on a team again and I really want to spin that trip so..." Courtney told Lincoln but he looked serious as he interrupted her.
"Do what we can to win this race, beat the pants off the other teams and win that trip?" Lincoln had said and Courtney's eyes widened. "What? 2 days being pampered without having to swat away all sorts of insects and not dealing with the pillows and covers that I am sure has never seen a laundry day... Off course I want that trip!" Lincoln had said looking competitive as Courtney grinned at his enthusiasm.
"Been so long since I got a chance to be at a resort like that; my family went to one when I was 11 but we got kicked out. My sisters and I thought that we had got us kicked out and felt super guilty but it turned out that it was my parents fault. They went streaking in the pool at night; Lucy ended up overhearing them talking about it. She has a knack for showing up when you don't hear her coming." Lincoln explained with his arms folded.
The teams got ready; "With your big strong arms Sadie; I am sure that we are going to win that trip... Right?" Lindsay asked Sadie with the last bit sounding like a threat and Sadie gulped.
"One your marks. Get set and... The Total Drama Ridonculous Race is on!" Don called out as they went rushing to the Don Box with Lightning getting there first to push the button to get the Travel Tip.
"To the beach..." lightning called out after reading it and began dragging Gwen away unexpected by pulling her arm.
At the beach Don was by 4 canoes that each had a paddle, in the water there were 4 inflatable Dons. "One team needs to paddle into the water; the challenge is for 1 team member is to paddle while the other needs to reach out and grab one of the Travel Tips attached to the handsome inflatable Dons in the water." Don explained as there came Lightning dragging Gwen and threw her right into a canoe as he went int and started paddling.
"You be sure and grab that tip!" Lightning told Gwen as she got up with him paddling at top speed.
"How exactly the Screaming Beavers dealt with having him on the team; I will never know..." snapped Gwen with her arms folded in the confessional glaring at the camera.
"GRAB IT! GRAB IT! GRAB IT!" Lightning was yelling at Gwen as he was circling an inflatable Don on the canoe so quickly.
Courtney was paddlingon her boat as Lincoln went as close as he could reaching out of the canoe and then grabbed the Travel Tip. "I got it Courtney!" cheered Lincoln as Courtney cheered as he went in and they high fived before Courtney started paddling back.
"You can do it Ezekiel; don't let your nerves hold you back." Dawn told Ezekiel soothingly as she was paddling the canoe as he then decided to leap out and grabbed onto the inflatable Don. and got the Travel Tip. He almost ended up falling in before Dawn reached out and caught him as she put him back into their canoe.
Lightning finally got Dawn close enough for her to reach her arm out of the canoe and grab the Travel Tip. Lindsay looked nervous as Sadie was trying to steer them towards the last inflatable Don; "Come on Sadie... The other teams have their slips!" Lindsay called out to Sadie trying to sound assuringly as Sadie was paddling.
However their canoe started being rocked and Lindsay ended up falling into the water; "Oh! I am so sorry Lindsay... Some animal much have rocked the boat..." Sadie called out to Lindsay helping her in but the camera caught a redheaded figure sticking her head out from the water.
Onto the beach with her surprisingly strong steering; it was Dawn who got her canoe back to the beach first with Ezekiel to be followed by a glaring Courtney with Lincoln in her canoe. "Okay... We have to go to the woods for an All-In?"
"All-In is when both team members have to take part! At this table in the woods there are all these jars of sauerkraut. They have to eat their way through in hopes of finding a laminated Travel Tip at the bottom. Sure glad that I don't have to take part." Don's voice narrated as it showed tables in the woods with the jars.
The first 3 teams came up as Lightning looked disgusted as he opened up the first jar with Gwen looking like she was going to puke.
"Okay Lincoln... I have my iron stomach so how about you sit this out and let me do..." Courtney called out to Lincoln picking up a jar only for Lincoln to pass out a Travel Tip to her causing her to blink. They all stared at Lincoln licking a bit of sauerkraut from his lips as he was holding 3 empty jars already.
"That was delicious; only wish we had peanut butter as they go together to make the best sandwhiches!" Lincoln said happily as they just stared open mouthed at him. He then looked at the Travel Tip and read "Botch or Watch?"
"A Botch or Watch is when one team member takes part while the other watches. In this case whoever wasn't paddling in the first challenge has to jump down from this specially made tower and get the Travel Tip from Chef there. Don't worry they get helmets." Don narrated showing that Chef was waiting by a large tower with a high ladder with 8 helmets nearby.
Lincoln and Courtney arrived at the tower and gulped as they looked up and started hesitatingly climbing the ladder.
Back at the woods for the sauerkraut eating challenge Gwen finally got a Travel Tip and was ready to barf when Lightning dragged her away by the arm. "Come on Sadie! We need you to keep at it... I would help but I have a sensitive stomach... You understand right?" Lindsay asked as she was sitting down by a tree watching as Sadie was making herself sick eating the sauerkraut. However from the trees poured down liquid and a jar fell down breaking it as Lindsay jumped screaming.
Ezekiel and Dawn smiled at eachother as Dawn finds a Travel Tip but covers their noses as they smell Lindsay who was freaking out. "What am I covered in?" Lindsay cried out.
"You know; I think that this was the area where the guys at the Hamsters had our hunt on the first early morning of the competition or was it night? Anyway Owen decided to mask his scent by filling up a jar with his pee aye; I don't think that it was recovered so the jar must have remained there." Ezekiel said in the confessional.
At the tower Lincoln was yelling as he was bungeeing down as Lightning and Gwen arrived; "You know what... You slow us down enough!" Lightning yelled at Gwen pushing her aside and climbing the ladder with his helmet and bungeeing down as Lincoln finally managed to catch the Travel Tip from Chef as Lightning then snatched his as he soon got down.
Lightning got back down first dragging Gwen away; "I got the location of the Chill Zone! Spa Prize here I come!" Lightning yells out victoriously as he drags Gwen away with Lincoln looking open mouthed as he got down the ladder with Gwen.
"This here is the Chill Zone and the end of today's race!" Don said in the middle of the Chill Zone circle set up at the campsite; there was Lightning running while dragging Gwen using his free hand to put up in victory as his eyes are closed.
Lightning then cheered out "LIGHTNING WINS! SHA-WINNER! LIGHTNING GETS..."
"A 20 minute penalty, get back there!" Don said sternly pointing to the cabins as Lightning and Gwen's eyes widened. "Gwen was the one who was supposed to go bungeeing down to claim the Travel Tip; I would have made it just 10 minutes but I know the apalling way you have been treating your partner for the entire day so..." Don said making them stand by the cabins as a 20 minute clock was set.
"Serves you right..." Gwen muttered to Lightning furiously as Lightning was fuming with his arms folded.
"As the leading team waits out their penalty; the other teams have all finsihed the sauerkraut challenge." Don narrated as at the tower Lindsay forced herself to climb up the ladder and looked down from the platform to see Dawn and Ezekiel off with Ezekiel holding their Travel Tip.
Lindsay thenangrily jumped down and screamed as she managed to get the Travel Tip but coming back up she ended up falling down and landed with a thud. The camera shows that holding onto the actual tower midway through was a smirking Zoey holding an axe used to cut the bungee cord.
Lightning was watching as the time for the penalty was almost up; he blinked as he heard Lincoln and Courtney yelling as they were running to the Chill Zone. Lightning was open mouthed and nervous as Lightning and Courtney got close. Lightning grabbed Gwen by the wrist and went running as the penalty timer was done with Lincoln and Courtney running as welll...
"First place... to Lincoln and Courtney! Second place Lightning & Gwen." Don called out as Lincoln and Courtney excitedly high fived eachother as Lightning was on his knees dumbstruck.
"Serves you right... You know I am glad that we lost... After you dragged me along the entire day, you don't deserve this prize! Plus no spa trip is worth having to share it with you! I hope after all this over I never have to be a on a team with you again... Scratch that, I hope that I never have to see you again period!" Gwen snapped as Lincoln went to put his arm around her shoulder to and held her to soothe her as they smiled.
Dawn and Ezekiel went running to the Chill Zone and dragging a limp Lindsay was Sadie who managed to get it. "Third place to Ezekiel & Dawn, last place to Lindsay & Sadie." Don said as Lindsay groaned. "Lincoln and Courtney gets the resort trip and sorry to Sadie and Lindsay but one of you is getting cut out of the competition!" Don exclaimed.
"Bad luck Lindsay... Sorry..." Sadie told Lindsay apologetically but Lindsay angrily just pushed her back back.
"Sorry? Sorry? SORRY? I get the worst day I have had since I got here; thrown into the water, gets covered in pee and dropped to the ground and I don't get a spa trip which I rightly deserves! You should have pulled your weight more Sadie since you have plenty to spare!" snapped Lindsay as they all gasped out loud especially Sadie.
"Come on now Lindsay; that was out of line!" Lincoln told her shaking her head as Dawn was looking like she was pondering something.
"Ah stuff it you dork; you don't deserve that trip! Maybe if we were on the team together and I could get you to be my waiter; if only Cody was still here and he would have done everything I had asked no problem! We could have won... You were good for being a brother that I could push around... You weren't bad at kissing but I don't see why you should get 2 girls willing to both date you!" Lindsay snapped as their eyes widened.
"Lindsay; we agreed not to say anything!" Courtney scolded shaking her head as Lindsay continued walking in circles.
"Let's just say to those watching: Lincoln confessed to Gwen and Dawn and they did the same! Not a surprise why they were still available; who would want to date a freaky goth or some tree hugging hippie! You for some reason but maybe because you were desperate; still it was fun using those pictures to mess with you! Letting Dawn and Zoey see that Dawn drawing and letting Cody and Gwen see that Gwen one! You ruined my soap by getting off camera to resolve it!" Lindsay snapped as their eyes widened.
"...So the grey in your aura... A sweet scatterbrained girl hiding a darker force..." Dawn muttered shaking her head.
"You were using us? Just wow Lindsay... You know Lightning; I now prefer you over Lindsay... I kind of wish Heather stayed on, at least with her then I knew where I stood with her!" Gwen snapped.
"You told me that no one else saw those drawings! I thought that you were helping me out as a friend and yet you were using me!" Lincoln said looking hurt and betrayed.
"Yep; the snake finally shows her true colors." said a voice as down from the trees landing on a cabin and to the ground was Zoey as they all looked at her.
"ZOEY?" They shouted surprised taking her in.
"I thought I had seen you in the trees when I fished..." Ezekiel muttered.
"So I wasn't imagining you while I was drunk; was that dolphin driving the truck real?" Lincoln asked.
"Glad everyone finds out; Tyler found out first and Lindsay to hide it allowed him to be knocked out in the night to be found by the bear before he could warn us. Lincoln revealed her deception to me unwittingly and I chased Lindsay when she went to hide; I was thrown into the dirt and I turned my sadness at being used and knowing she was out there still manipulating my new friends into anger and motivation! Training myself for my vengeance! Decided to strike at you Lindsay after I put in the first taste at the awake challenge! I didn't want you to go just yet so I made sure you were still in before I could exact my revenge!" Zoey explained still looking stern.
"...So it was you who helped vote off DJ!" Dawn pointed out in realisation; she then went to hug Zoey saying "So glad you were safe... Worried about my best friend..." Zoey hugged back a little but then had her let go as she was weirded out.
"Glad you are all safe and sound Zoey; so you were out there training? The arrow that almost hit Lindsay? That was you?" Lincoln ended up asking and Zoey nodded.
"Glad to have you here to take your place again Zoey; no elimination at the campfire so technically speaking you were still in the game. You get to help vote off either Sadie or Lindsay." Don said to Zoey as they looked pleased at that as everyone then started glaring at Lindsay.
"Going to so enjoy voting you off Lindsay!" Lincoln remarked.
"I don't like to be messed with, not my emotions or those that I manage to care about..." Gwen glared at Lindsay.
"I finally made human friends and you were playing us Lindsay; goodbye forever you scoundrel. May the Earth Mother make sure that we never cross paths again!" Dawn stated giving an uncharacteristic glare.
Lindsay shook her head saying "Whatever; this was fun while it lasted and besides not like I would last longer or could keep it going for much..."
"Vote me off!" Sadie called out and they all looked at her in surprise.
"You have lost your mind; haven't you?" Lightning asked.
"No seriously... I loved my time here and getting to meet new friends but I I gave it my all and besides... Doesn't Lindsay deserve to suffer more? She would be stuck still in the competition with people that now sees her true colors and hates her. More than that; even if she gets eliminated on the next challenge... She still has to stay on the island for at least 2 more days with Zoey..." Sadie explained as Lindsay was slowly looking in horror as Zoey grinned her way.
"Are you sure Sadie?" Dawn asked hesitatingly as Sadie smiled nodding her head.
"No... No... NO! I am a horrible person who deserves to get kicked out; let Sadie stay here in my place... Please... Please vote me off..." Lindsay cried out on her knees as they looked her way.
At the restored Dock of Shame; the contestants after having their marshmallows were saying their goodbyes to Sadie as she was about to board the Boat of Losers with Katie there to meet her. "You take care Sadie..." Gwen told Sadie as she got onto the boat and embraced Katie happily as it went off.
Also porting was the cruise ship to the resort; "You are going to get pampered like a Princess with me..." Courtney told Brittney in a cute voice as she was holding her with her bags standing with Lincoln with his bags.
Gwen and Dawn went up to him; "You are going to be fine with everyone knowing about us now?" Gwen asked and Lincoln nodded.
"Will deal with it later; still can't wait to see you both again..." Lincoln said as Gwen went and took his face to kiss and Dawn did the same.
"Relax and enjoy yourself Lincoln; it has been a tense day with revelations and your aura definitely shows that you need this trip. Come back to us all 100% and we won't have to hide anything from the cameras anymore." Dawn told him sweetly.
"You two sure that you won't miss me too much?" Lincoln asked as they looked and sighed.
"It will be bearable as long as we both know that you are coming back to us." Gwen replied as Ezekiel went to give him one last hug.
"Gonna miss you bro but I think we can bear; especially since we will have plenty of entertainment..." Ezekiel said and pointed to Lindsay looking terrified at Zoey as Lincoln waved to her and Zoey gave a little wave back. Lincoln giggled along with the others as he boarded the cruise ship along with Courtney.
"Sleep with one eye open..." Zoey whispered to Lindsay as she got to her knees and was frozen with fear.
Been watching the Ridonculous Race online and I couldn't help but notice how Carrie looked similar to Dawn so I made them sisters.