"During the last episode of Total Drama All Stars! We decided a reintroduction of a classic challenge: 'Paintball Deer Hunter!'" Chris narrated, showcasing a scene with a colorful array of paintball guns. "Each team was split in half as some became hunters, and others became prey!" A montage of several hunters and prey were shown respectively, "The goal of the challenge? The first team to lose all of their prey members to the other hunters loses the challenge!" The next few scenes showed some prey getting shot; mostly Dave, Harold and Leshawna. "In the end, it all came down to Brick as Jasmine pinned Jo to the ground and gave Brick easy access to win the challenge!" A scene of Jasmine and Jo wrestling with each other fiercely was shown, "In the end however! In a shocking turn of events, Brick shot his own teammate Jasmine! Earning him immunity while the rest of his team was forced to attend the bonfire ceremony!" Brick is shown stunned at what he had done. "In the end, one of Jasmine or Shawn was supposed to get the axe, however, Cameron came out of left field and quit the game in a desperate attempt to fix his team's synergy!" Cameron is shown declaring that he will leave the game, despite the protests of his teammates. "Did Cameron's attempt to reunite his team succeed? Or did it just add fuel to an already building fire!?"

"Tune in to find out what happens in this episode of TOTAL! DRAMA! ALL STARS!"

(Theme Song)

The first scene first focused on Owen waking up as he yawned loudly and wiped the sleep out of his eyes. He looked around as he licked his lips. Cody's bunk was empty and Cameron wasn't here anymore. He briefly wondered what Shawn was up to, but remembered that he would refuse to sleep in the cabins due to… Zombies…

"Do zombies like pizza?" Owen thought aloud. He was surprised when someone replied to him!

"Probably not…" Brick groaned into his pillow, trying to bury himself in his sheets. His failure from yesterday was taking its toll on him, and Cameron's elimination just made him feel worse than if he had been rightfully eliminated.

"Oh." Owen muttered, "Why hasn't your alarm gone off?"

"Because I turned it off."

"Why?"

"Because I wanted to sleep in and weep in my despair!"

Owen bit his lips nervously as Brick began sobbing into his pillow. He got up from his bed, quickly changed into his daily attire, and sat on Brick's bed, causing it to creak slightly but not fall. "There, there buddy! C'mon! You can tell me why you're upset!"

The assuring words just cause Brick to cry even harder. Owen gulped, thinking he was the one making things worse. "There, there…" Owen's eyes lit up with inspiration, "Oh I know! What you need is a cuddle buddy! Here! You can have Beary!" Owen took his stuffed bear from his bed and delicately placed it in front of Brick's face, "I'm gonna go now… But be sure to give Beary lots of hugs!"

Owen left the cabin, taking a quick peek inside. He giggled in joy when he noticed Brick hugging Beary and left him to his cuddle time!

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Confessional: Owen (Heroic Horses)

Owen clapped his hands as his eyes shone in hope, "Brick was very upset this morning. I have a bit of a hard time cheering people up sometimes, but I knew Beary could make a difference!"

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Confessional: Brick (Heroic Horses)

Brick's face was stained with tear stains as he was still cuddling the stuffed toy, "I've never had a stuffed toy before…" He wiped his eyes with his hand and smiled tearfully, "My pa always used to tell me that toys were for girls and that sports were for boys. I was too sensitive for a boy, my pa would tell me, and he would always send me to some boot camp ever since I was eleven." Brick sighed depressingly, "I came to appreciate boot camp eventually, even if it meant my comrades bullied me for three years. Didn't get my growth spurt till I was fifteen! I hadn't been picked on because I was large and in charge!" Brick grimaced, "That was until I met Jo…"

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The next scene cut to Sammy and Zoey, the girls in their bathing suits as they decided they wanted to go for a swim.

"Eek! It's cold!" Sammy shrieked as she tentatively kept trying to put her toe in the water.

Zoey was already floating and gave the girl a reassuring smile, "It's cold at first, but you'll get used to it."

Sammy took a small breath, psyched herself up, and quickly got into the water while shivering the entire time. "You'd think the water would be a little warmer!" She couldn't help complaining.

"I could keep you warm if you so desired?"

The girls turned their heads to see Alejandro in his bathing suit. Sammy in particular turned beat red as Alejandro gave one of his most charming smiles and dived elegantly into the water, swimming towards the girls, "If it isn't of much inconvenience, I would love to keep both you lovely ladies company."

Sammy was giggling to herself a bit goofily, a little blinded by how attractive Alejandro was. Zoey however was a little more cautious, despite the fact that her friendly nature made it difficult to turn people away. "It's public for everyone to swim, help yourself!" She said good naturedly.

Alejandro smiled appreciatively and relaxed with the girls. He decided that Sammy was a more effective target between the girls and began speaking with her, "If you don't mind the intrusion, who was the unfortunate soul who got voted off?"

Zoey and Sammy exchanged an awkward look with each other, should they be talking to the enemy like this?

"Technically… Nobody got voted off." Sammy said unsurely.

"Que?"

"I-I m-mean…" Sammy stammered, quickly becoming tongue tied. She had never spoken with a boy nearly as attractive.

"Cameron ended up quitting." Zoey intervened, saving Sammy from further embarrassment, "It was really sad, but I think he just got a little fed up with Total Drama if I remember right…"

"So it must have been a unanimous vote then yes?" Alejandro inquired curiously.

Zoey and Sammy exchanged another awkward look. Why was he asking all of these questions?

"Well, not exactly-"

"I don't feel like we should be telling you, our team wouldn't appreciate it." Zoey quickly cut Sammy off, covering her mouth with her free hand. "Thank you for keeping us company Alejandro, but Sammy and I need to dry ourselves before the challenge!"

"We do?" Sammy questioned, to which Zoey quickly nudged her, "Y-yes!" She stammered, clutching the spot where she had been nudged, "We do! Thank you for the company Alejandro! You were lovely!"

The girls quickly swam to shore with Zoey directly taking Sammy's arm and dragging her towards the communal bathrooms. Alejandro quickly got out of the water and stroked his chin in thought.

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Confessional: Alejandro (Villainous Vipers)

"That was truly insightful," Alejandro commented as he leaned back casually, "Despite a former winner quitting it wasn't a unanimous vote. I wish I could have probed a little further but that pesky red headed girl managed to deflect most diplomatically. It was both interesting and frustrating." Alejandro sighed, before a dangerous glint entered his eyes followed with a smirk, "The blonde twin girl, Sammy though? She's worth pursuing strategically."

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Confessional: Sammy (Heroic Horses)

"If so evil, why so hot?" Sammy couldn't help whining as she huffed in her confessional, fanning herself with her hand.

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Confessional: Zoey (Heroic Horses)

Zoey was clutching her arm nervously, "I was a little anxious when Total Drama's most notorious slime-ball approached Sammy and I." Zoey bit her lip, uttering a quick apology for her insult, "I don't really know if I did the right thing, but all of his questions just felt… Intrusive? Should I tell someone?" She asked herself anxiously.

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The next scene panned on over to Jasmine and Leshawna having a private conversation inside of the hero girl's cabin, taking advantage of the free space. Both girls had glares on their faces as they faced each other.

"How did Shawn and I get the most votes if you were working with us?" Jasmine questioned intrusively. She was doing her best not to lose her temper, but to say she was angry would be an understatement.

Leshawna was just as equally ill tempered, but tried her best to remain calm lest anyone else heard their screaming match. "Look I admit it, I voted for Shawn! But you guys have been alienating yourselves from this team since day one! I don't wanna hear any crap about you guys being excluded on purpose when you're doing it to yourselves!"

"But you said you would work with us!" Jasmine seethed, "It isn't exactly working with us when you try to vote us off!" She pointed out in a mixture of anger and sarcasm.

"I said I would work with 'you'" Leshawna emphasized the last word hotly, "And to protect you I voted against your boy who has been dragging your game down cuz you can't help defending him when he puts a target on his back!"

Jasmine threw hands in the air, completely frustrated, "Well what am I supposed to do!?" She yelled exasperatedly, "I'm his girlfriend! I'm supposed to protect him!"

Leshawna huffed slightly, but softened up a bit when she noticed how upset and vulnerable Jasmine really looked. Truthfully, she was being a little hypocritical towards the taller girl. While she doesn't defend Harold nearly as much as Jasmine defends Shawn, the parallels of their relationships weren't lost on her.

Leshawna pat Jasmine's back, her temper decreasing as her head was clearing. "Listen, I don't know what's going to get you and your boy through this game, I don't." She started, "But if you want advice from me? Don't take the leadership role when this fraud hero team is using that exact reason to pin any inconvenience on you."

Jasmine seemed a bit confused, but she was interested. "How else can I prove my worth to the team?"

Leshawna laughed and gave her a friendly nudge with a bit of an eye-roll, "Seriously?" She questioned with mirth in her voice, "You've already proved it. Let Gwen take the leadership role, give her a taste of her own medicine," Leshawna advised wisely, "Gwen's been dishing it out as a bystander, but let's see how she handles the pressure when she's the one in charge. Love the girl, but her attitude has been downright nasty, even I can agree with that."

Jasmine gave Leshawna a side-hug as the two girls hugged it out. "Thanks Leshawna, I really appreciate you backing me up."

"Anytime girl, I'm gonna freshen myself up, but come look for me if you ever need to chat you hear me?" Leshawna winked as she walked out of the cabin.

Unbeknownst to both Leshawna and Jasmine however, Shawn had been eavesdropping on the conversation and was only hiding outside the cabin window.

Shawn was mad.

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Confessional: Shawn (Heroic Horses)

"Oh yeah," Shawn said in an angry voice, "Leshawna's going to regret voting for me. I can't BELIEVE she would manipulate Jasmine like that!" He exclaimed, banging the side of the confessional booth with his fist, "Forget Gwen! Leshawna's the one manipulating the team and if we're gonna get back any power? We need to vote her off pronto!" Shawn smirked smugly, "Luckily, Leshawna's a chronic trash talker, I'm sure I could convince Owen and Cody to vote against her if I really needed to."

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Confessional: Jasmine (Heroic Horses)

"I'm weary of Leshawna for sure." Jasmine admitted with a thoughtful look on her face, "But there's something really honest about her that I like. I want to try working with her again, maybe I could organize something with her, me, Shawn and Sammy?"

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Confessional: Leshawna (Heroic Horses)

Leshawna seemed exhausted as she leaned her head against the confessional booth, "I'm trying my hardest y'all, but this is a tricky situation I need to play around." She confessed aloud, "I wanna work with Jasmine, but her scruffy little boy-toy is really annoying to deal with. I'll act nice for now, but boy's gotta go at some point."

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Gwen was taking a stroll through the forest by herself. The last elimination ceremony had really ticked her off. She hadn't known Cameron for very long, but she had considered him one of the most tolerable members of the team, though she was admittedly more angry at the fact Jasmine had narrowly escaped elimination due to unfortunate circumstances.

She needed to cool off.

She was curious though when she heard voices coming from the medical tent she was nearby.

"How long's the turd been unconscious?"

"You're one to talk!"

Yup. That second voice was undoubtedly Courtney. But who was she speaking to? Gwen glanced stealthily into the tent and had to muffle a gasp as Courtney was sitting with Duncan! What were they doing together!?

"I can't ever say anything without you yelling at me, can I, princess?" Duncan snarked bitterly.

Courtney herself was annoyed and wasn't in the mood to entertain his delinquent tendencies. "Maybe if you had anything worth saying I wouldn't yell at you!" She unironically yelled. She huffed as she crossed her arms after checking the temperature of a redheaded guy that Gwen couldn't remember the name of. "What are you even doing here?"

"I'm bored." Duncan shrugged, "Besides teasing you is fun."

Was Duncan… Flirting with Courtney? Gwen narrowed her eyes as she laid on the ground and tried to eavesdrop.

"You better behave yourself." Courtney warned assertively, "You overstep any boundaries and I'm telling Gwen."

Duncan was taken aback by how hard her voice was. He was also getting agitated that she was bringing Gwen into the conversation for some reason. "What do you mean you'll tell Gwen? We're not in elementary school here, you don't even like her!"

"No." Courtney confirmed, "I don't."

Gwen cringed when she heard that, but continued to listen anyway.

"But I've also come to realize that it was a mistake taking out my frustrations on Gwen." Courtney admitted guiltily, which took both Duncan and Gwen off guard, "Is she a lying, two-faced, backstabbing, sentimental-weaponizing piece of trash that I wish I could incinerate over and over and over again…? Yes."

Gwen scoffed quietly, muttering her own obscenities to herself before Courtney continued.

"But at the end of the day, she was the side chick." Courtney said carelessly, before levelling a glare at Duncan who had seemed unnaturally meek throughout her rant, "You were supposed to be my boyfriend Duncan, and you cheated on me. My only regret was that I didn't give you more flack for it than Gwen." Courtney sighed, "Maybe I just wasn't surprised with you. Gwen was the one who caught me off guard."

"Gwen was the one who caught me off guard."

For some reason, that particular sentence really bothered Gwen. Did Courtney hold Gwen to a higher standard than her own boyfriend at the time? Why was Gwen the one who got put on a pedestal of expectations when Duncan was the worst offender within the affair? This irked Gwen badly, but before she could stew in her own feelings she panicked when she saw Duncan walking towards her. Thankfully he hadn't seen her, but she could see his face clearly.

Panic? Conflict? Regret? Anger? His face went through a slew of emotions, unable to rebuttal any of Courtney's points.

Gwen was given a lot of things to think about.

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Confessional: Gwen (Heroic Horses)

Gwen was massaging her forehead as she tried to process everything she had heard and witnessed, "How is this fair?" She muttered to herself, "I thought I was finally done with feeling guilty when Courtney relentlessly attacked me during World Tour, but hearing her say all of that?" Gwen questioned dejectedly, "I feel like a jerk all over again."

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Heather was wordlessly tanning on the beach. She wasn't particularly bothered to talk heavy strategy with anyone, and to be truthfully honest? She hated her team. At least she could control the Gophers to a degree. At least she could control the Gaffers to a degree. At least she could control Amazon to a degree. Here? She's been given no leeway on this team. She'll have to play a little more opportunistically than she would prefer, but while she hated to admit it, she was arguably in the worst spot on the team.

"Heather, fancy seeing you here."

Heather lazily opened her eyes to see Cody occupying a chair next to her. "Twerp." She begrudgingly acknowledged. He was generally worthless and unremarkable, but at least he knew that and Heather always had respect for people with self-awareness to know their place.

"Seems like Alejandro's flirting with some of the girls on my team."

Heather sighed through her nose. Just because Cody was self-aware didn't mean he was always tactful. "Gee, Alejandro, he's the exact person I want to talk about." She said sarcastically.

Cody shrugged. "I was just curious. That isn't a coordinated effort between you guys?"

… What?

Heather leaned forward from her chair and flicked Cody's forehead.

"Ow!" Cody whined as he rubbed his forehead sensitively, "What was that for!"

"That was for asking a dumb question!" Heather snapped, "I don't know what sort of interrogation you think you're staging here but you're doing a miserable job at it!" She moved her legs so that she was facing Cody, "Let's make a deal. You dish dirt on your team and I'll dish dirt on mine. You're interested, right?"

Cody only confirmed Heather's suspicions with a sheepish smile.

"Sounds like fun! Let me join in too!"

Heather and Cody looked towards a nearby Sierra who had managed to sneak up on the two of them.

"Sierra? I thought you were in the motel?" Cody questioned.

Sierra gave him a silly smile and ruffled his hair affectionately. "I was! But I wanted to spend more time with you! Then I heard your conversation with Heather and-"

"You want in?" Heather smiled wickedly.

Sierra rubbed her hands mischievously, "I've got dirt on pretty much all of the teams if you're interested in?"

Heather raised a brow, "How did you…" And then she remembered who she was actually talking to and shut up. It was Sierra. Of course she had dirt on everyone.

"Well then!" Sierra clapped her hands cheerily, "I'll start with the heroes! You don't have to worry about a thing Cody! You haven't made any enemies, as long as you keep doing what you're doing you'll make it pretty far I think!"

"Uhh, thanks?" Cody shrugged.

"Wait," Heather interrupted with a raised hand, "What are you basing this off of?"

Sierra wagged a finger as she giggled manically, took a piece of paper out of her bra and unfolded it to show Heather and Cody. "You'll see in my diagram here the relationships between the teams!"

In the middle was a picture of Gwen and Jasmine, Gwen leaning towards the left whilst Jasmine leans towards the right. "The biggest drama happening is between these two factions!" Sierra explained, "Which serves as the grounding structure of loyalties."

Sierra pointed at Shawn and Sammy's pictures, who were on Jasmine's side, but far away from each with Shawn on the top row and Sammy on the bottom row. "This here explains that while Shawn and Sammy both value Jasmine as an ally and are part of her faction, their personal relationship with each other is only through Jasmine."

"Take note of that Cody." Heather teased, "It could be a good way to start conflict if you needed it."

"Heh heh."

Sierra then pointed at Owen and Cody's pictures who were on Gwen's side with Owen on the top row and Cody's picture behind Gwen. "You guys are firmly in the Gwen faction, though Owen is clearly fascinated with Shawn which is why I've placed him on the top row."

"So what does it mean that I'm directly behind Gwen?" Cody asked curiously.

"That Gwen is directly your meat shield if I have to guess." Heather commented.

Sierra hummed to herself, "You're partly right." She admitted, "But also Cody's relationships on his team are very open, which is why I've put him as close to the middle as possible." She then pointed at Zoey's picture who was part of Gwen's faction, but very close to Sammy's portrait on the bottom row, "Zoey here will undoubtedly side with Gwen after Shawn and Jasmine snubbed her during the Awakeathon." Sierra explained, "Though she seems to have fondness for Sammy despite being on opposing sides."

"Okay, so why is Leshawna a question mark?" Heather asked as she noticed Leshawna's portrait directly in between Gwen and Jasmine's.

Cody pointed at Brick's portrait, which was parallel to Leshawna's portrait, "What about Brick too, why is he a question mark?"

Sierra shrugged, "Truthfully I just don't know where they stand. I could make an educated guess that Brick sides with Zoey, but otherwise I just don't have enough data to correctly know where they will vote."

"Meaning if you wanted to target Leshawna, it might not be the worst idea." Heather offered Cody with a pleasant voice, although her ulterior motives weren't lost on him.

"Hardy har." Cody said sarcastically, "I could never do that, Gwen would never go for it."

"Are you interested in your team's dynamics Heather?" Sierra asked as she placed her heroes diagram back into her bra and pulled out the villains diagram.

"Let's see it." Heather demanded, making sure she had a clear view of the paper when Sierra unfolded it. Unlike the heroes however, the villains diagram looked very scattered. "What is this supposed to be!?" Heather asked indignantly, "I can't make sense of it at all!"

Sierra shrugged. "You guys are villains, so unlike the heroes you guys don't have a structure." She admitted, "But I have taken notes of some smaller factions." She first pointed at Duncan and Lightning., "Duncan will consistently work with boys, and if I had to take my bets on who he's loosely aligning with it's Lightning." Sierra guessed as she pointed at the athletic overachiever.

Heather scrunched her nose when she noticed her portrait had heart eyes alongside Alejandro, though he had arrow's pointing at Courtney, Jo and Scarlett. Alongside the girls, there was a blue circle surrounding Alejandro and Topher signifying their alliance. "What does this mean?" She demanded.

"It's who I've noticed Alejandro put effort into," Sierra snorted, "He likes to think he's subtle, but he really isn't."

"Get to the point!" Heather snapped, causing Sierra to look down at her notes again.

"As you can see Alejandro's attempts at allying with Courtney simply aren't effective due to her connection with Scott here." Sierra explained as she circled Courtney's and Scott's portraits. "Scarlett here's a mystery which is why I've drawn a question mark around her." She said which was true as Scarlett seemed noticeably isolated compared to everyone else, "And though I don't have any proof, he'll try to ally with Jo to get under your skin."

"Brilliant." Heather huffed sarcastically. "Mind if I keep it?"

Sierra happily handed the diagram over to Heather, who tucked it carefully into her own shorts. "I won't tell you what I think you should do, but I hope the diagram helps!"

"What about my diagram Sierra?" Cody questioned, "Can I have mine too?"

"Nope!" Sierra said cheerfully, "I'm giving Heather her diagram because she'll need to study it, but you're in a good position, when you're not in a good position I'll help you strategize when you need it!"

"Well then." Heather said as she stood up, "This has certainly been a conversation, but I've got a shower I need to take."

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Confessional: Heather (Villainous Vipers)

Despite her calm demeanor earlier, Heather was wide-eyed as she sat in the confessional booth cross legged. "I knew she was good, but I didn't know she was THAT good…"

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Confessional: Cody (Heroic Heroes)

Cody seemed a little disappointed as he sighed, "I was kind of hoping to have a conversation with Heather without Sierra butting in, it's like Sierra can do anything I can do but better…"

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The remaining villains of Jo, Lightning, Topher and Scarlett were sitting around the dining room. They were the only ones there, so Jo took the opportunity to strategize and confront these backstabbing losers.

"So, do I get an explanation for why you did me dirty or what?" Jo asked testily.

Topher and Scarlett exchanged glances, the former looking nervous while the latter looked a bit rudely unbothered. Lightning was really the only one who looked a little confused and made his confusion known.

"Since when has the Lightning ever gotten dirty with you she-guy?"

Topher immediately burst out laughing much to Jo's growing anger and even Scarlett had to muffle an amused smile to force her neutrality to remain intact.

"THAT IS NOT WHAT I MEANT MEATHEAD!" Jo shouted with angry embarrassment, "I mean why did you vote off Cheersquad when we had a clear shot at Oldhag Heather!?"

Lightning rolled his eyes when he finally realized what Jo was talking about. "Oh that? The Lightning voted Heather." He shrugged. Whilst it was in Jo's nature to suspect anyone and everyone, she could at least see Lightning was probably telling the truth.

She then turned her attention to Topher and Scarlett. Topher quickly quietened his laughter after Jo glared at him fiercely. "S-she did it t-to he-herself!" He claimed sporadically, "She w-was m-mouthing off and-!"

"She was planning to turn the team on you after eliminating Heather," Scarlett lied naturally. Topher just stared with his mouth hanging open as Scarlett kept talking, "After speaking with Topher we decided it was in our best interest to eliminate Amy since there was more incentive to protect your position than there was Amy's."

Jo regarded Scarlett's story suspiciously, "Okay, and why exactly didn't you tell me?"

"Topher was afraid that you would cause a scene. Isn't that right Topher?" Scarlett asked sharply, her message pointed as she laid the groundwork for him to lie.

Due to how naturally Jo intimidated him, Topher looked towards the ground sheepishly as he shuffled his feet awkwardly. "That's… Right…" He played along, "If we told you what Amy was doing… You would confront Amy… And she would do what she does best… Use her crocodile tears to get you to believe her…" Topher explained guiltily, "I know it doesn't excuse us leaving you out, but please believe us! We really did have your best interest at heart!"

Jo regarded the duo suspiciously. Topher was sweating bullets. Meanwhile Scarlett sipped her cup of tea nonchalantly. "Aight, I forgive you, but don't you EVER leave me out of a vote again, got it turnip?"

Topher nodded, losing his ability to speak.

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Confessional: Jo (Villainous Vipers)

"I don't believe them for one second!" Jo exclaimed with a mocking laugh, "Turnip's got the poker face of a baby! Scarface though, gotta hand it to her, she's a natural liar." Jo complimented with a nod of respect, "Her mistake? Relying on a bad liar to add credibility to the story, it completely ruined what she was going for."

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Confessional: Topher (Villainous Vipers)

"UGH!" Topher screamed in frustration, "Why did Scarlett put me in that position!? This is the same kind of crap she pulled in Pahkitew Island! Next step? Vote off Scarlett!" He said with determination.

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The wildcard boys were enjoying their breakfast, none of them used to the fancy accommodations.

"This is really good!" Mike moaned in delight at his syrup dipped waffle, "I've been craving some waffles, just wish I could have shared them with Zoey."

"Might as well enjoy it while it lasts," Dave said sardonically, who had taken to drinking his bitter coffee, "The likelihood of us getting this motel back to back is low."

The mood was immediately brought down.

"I've never known anybody who brings the mood down as much as you do." Noah started with a glare. He was one for realism, but Dave was intentionally being a good-for-nothing whiny bitc-

"Where are the girls anyway?" Harold interrupted, "It feels weird not to have any of them around."

Dave snorted, "Sky and Lindsay were more interested in manicures and pedicures." He rolled his eyes condescendingly, "Only Sierra knows where Sierra is, and Dawn's somewhere."

"Descriptive," Noah jabbed sarcastically.

"Well, we shouldn't waste our entire morning on breakfast." Mike said, getting up from his seat, "I want to take advantage of the hot showers while we have them."

With Mike leaving the room, Harold spoke up. "Well, did you guys know that chameleons-"

"I'm using the bathroom." Dave said abruptly, getting up from his seat.

Noah scoffed, getting up from his own seat, "Ditto."

The two boys were quick to exit the room.

"GOSH!" Harold wheezed out with annoyance, "Well then B would you like to-"

B was already gone.

The only thing Harold could do is roll his eyes.

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Confessional: Mike (Wildest Weasels)

"We're a total mess!" Mike moaned, putting his hands into his face, "Nobody on this team wants to even make the effort to get along with each other. It speaks volume when the only notable friendship on this team is Sky and Lindsay." He just sighed to himself, "I miss talking to Zoey everyday…"

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"CHALLENGE TIME CAMPERS! MEET ME IN THE DINING HALL!"

A quick flash forward showcased all of the teams sitting at their respective tables, with a third one placed specifically for the Wildcards.

Chris was sitting at his own table with nice décor with Chef unusually sitting next to him. He placed his hands on the table and began to explain the next challenge, "With each team losing a teammate,'we' felt, and by 'we' I mean production." Chris rolled his eyes in obvious annoyance, "That there was a bit of broken trust amongst you all."

There were reluctant murmurs of agreement between the campers.

"Which is why this next challenge is called: Cooking Companions!" Chris exclaimed ecstatically, "With nine members on each team, we'll be splitting you guys up into three groups of three! One group will prepare appetizers, another group will do the main dish and of course the last group will make dessert!" Chris coughed into his fist, "Groups on each team have been predetermined, but it's up to you guys which group does which course! Any questions?"

"Yeah," Heather asked skeptically, "Is Chef our judge or what?"

"YOU GOTTA A PROBLEM WITH THAT GIRLIE!?" Chef growled, veins popping out of his neck. Then he turned his glare on the rest of the campers, "ANY OF YOU GOTTA PROBLEM WITH THAT!?"

"No sir!"

"Not at all!"

"Love it!"

"Well then!" Chris said happily, "We'll give you your groups, just make sure you decide quickly who's doing what! And don't worry about being thematic, I don't care."

Appetizers

Heroes: Brick, Gwen, Jasmine

Villains: Jo, Lightning Scarlett

Wildcards: Dave, Dawn, Noah

Gwen and Jasmine were predictably unenthusiastic being put in a group together, and neither of them cared much for Brick who happened to be the third member.

"Well ladies?" Brick asked hopefully, "Any plans on how to tackle this challenge?"

"We should definitely do something simple." Gwen took the lead, "In my experience, it's better to make something simple and make it taste good than do something complicated and it tastes weird."

"Sounds reasonable," Jasmine nodded her head, "I agree with that."

A bit of silence overtook the group as Gwen and Brick stared at Jasmine in anticipation, waiting for her leadership. Jasmine, taking Leshawna's words to heart, shrugged. "I'll follow your guys' lead, I'm guessin' Chris ain't gonna like any of the Australian cuisine back home." She joked good naturedly.

Gwen was taken aback by Jasmine's cool display, "W-well," She stumbled over her words a bit, "Have you guys ever tasted caramel corn lollipops?"

Brick and Jasmine had never heard of such a thing before.

"It's basically like a bunch of popcorn scrunched together on a lollipop stick dipped in caramel." Gwen explained, "It sounds complicated but it's surprisingly easy to make, what do you guys think?"

"Well when you put it like that it sounds simple enough," Jasmine agreed, liking the idea. "It doesn't border too much as a dessert though, right?"

"Nah," Gwen dismissed with a wave of her hand, "I know it isn't exactly conventional, but I make them a lot back home."

"Let's get to it then! To the heroes!" Brick hollered!

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Confessional: Gwen (Heroic Horses)

Gwen was in a surprisingly good mood as she leaned against the booth wall with a wisp of a smile on her face, "I have to say I'm surprised at how much I liked Jasmine this challenge," She confessed, "Like, we even made jokes to each other! When she's not focused on her boyfriend she's surprisingly chill."

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Confessional: Jasmine (Heroic Horses)

"I think that went okayish?" Jasmine questioned with an awkward shrug, "We didn't fight at all, for a start, so I guess that's good?"

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"Where have you been Scarface!?" Jo asked impatiently as the brainiac walked through the door, "Unless you haven't noticed, we're in the middle of a challenge!"

Scarlett breezily answered Jo's question, "I was confirming with both Chris and Chef that they do not have any allergies. The last thing we want to do is disqualify ourselves from the competition because we nearly poisoned our host and his residing chef."

"Yeah yeah." Jo waved off, "Just tell us what to do, I don't cook and I bet Brightening isn't one for cooking either."

"So long as it has protein the Lightning will sha-eat it." Lightning claimed a proud smile and puffed chest.

"Firstly, we have to consider the type of cuisine Chris would appreciate." Scarlett began explaining, "Our food choice is important, however, we would be foolish to dismiss decorating extravagances."

"Your point being?" Jo asked impatiently with crossed arms.

Scarlett's face fell flat, as she simplified what she was getting at. "Leave our choice of cuisine to myself. All you and Lightning have to focus on is finding suitable décor. Preferably something from the 1920's as that will compliment what I have in mind. Don't worry if you can't."

"Wait, wait, wait." Jo questioned harshly, "What do you mean you're doing all of the cooking? This is a team challenge, not a 'I'll do everything by myself challenge!'"

"We are functioning as a team!" Scarlett raised her voice slightly, "You and Lightning have self-admitted to having no experience in the kitchen. If I do an unsatisfactory job I accept full responsibility and accept my elimination with grace. Is that enough to satisfy you?" She questioned dryly, thinking it was unrealistic for her to fail but entertaining it for Jo's sake. "Besides, it gives you more free time to do whatever you like, throw flour at Lightning for all I care!"

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Confessional: Jo (Villainous Vipers)

"Snarl-lett better watch her tone," Jo warned with angry eyes as she slammed her fist against her leg, "Just because she knows what she's doing doesn't mean she gets to act superior to the rest of us, who the hell does she think she is!?" Jo huffed as she leaned back slightly, "At least bubble boy knew how to be humble, I'd take him over Snarl-lett any day of the week!"

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Confessional: Lightning (Villainous Vipers)

Lightning was covered in flour, staring dizzily into the camera lens as he coughed up flour from within his mouth.

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Noah, Dave and Dawn were silent with each other as they thought about what to make. None of them were keen chefs and so brainstorming was proving to be a little difficult. They wanted to make something they could actually make, they just didn't know what.

"How about an organic salad?" Dawn suggested absentmindedly, caring very little for this challenge as she lacked any notable culinary skills.

Noah frowned, his eyes slanting into a glare, "It's almost like you want us to lose." He couldn't help commenting sarcastically.

"What's the difference between organic and inorganic salad?!" Dave questioned incredulously.

"Actually, the groups are called organic and non-organic, to call a food group inorganic would imply-"

"Shut up Harold." Noah mocked, which managed to get a small snicker out of Dave. "Suppose he'll eat toast and beans and call it a day?"

"We're doing appetizers, not breakfast." Dave pointed out. He furrowed his brows slightly as an idea came to him, "Hey, Noah, did your parents ever teach you how to make any Indian food?"

Noah shrugged, skeptical. "I'm the youngest of nine siblings, my parents didn't teach me squat." He said a bit passive aggressively with an eyeroll, "But I do know how to make a basic Indian tomato soup, it isn't anything fancy but I know how to make it."

"Well why not make our appetizers Indian themed?" Dave suggested with expectant brows, "As long as we make simple dishes and make them taste as western as possible, it's a culturally diverse choice that Chris won't criticize because it would come across as culturally insensitive."

"And we all know Chris's self-image is of top priority to him." Dawn lamented with a skip in her leg.

Dave shot a finger gun in her direction with a grin, "Exactly, we don't have to come in first, we just can't come in last. What do you think?"

Dawn nodded her head absentmindedly whilst Noah shrugged impassively. "Don't really care."

"So if Noah makes the soup, I can make paneer pakora and Dawn can…"

Dawn pursed her lips awkwardly, "I suppose I can make an indifferent herbal tea?"

"You do that." Dave encouraged awkwardly.

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Confessional: Dave (Wildest Weasels)

Dave sat awkwardly in the confessional booth as he gathered his thoughts. "Dawn seems a bit airheaded today?" He questioned unsurely, before shaking his head, "No, not airheaded… Distracted might be a better word." He couldn't help sighing "I wish I knew how to cheer her up, but I don't really know anything about her except for her hippie lifestyle."

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Main Course

Heroes: Cody, Sammy, Zoey

Villains: Alejandro, Heather, Topher

Wildcards: Mike, Sierra, Sky

"So guys, what should we make?" Zoey questioned. Admittedly, she wasn't much of a cook. If she wanted something to eat she would usually make a ham sandwich or order takeout if she was feeling lazy.

Similarly, Cody also wasn't much of a cook. "Sorry, I don't really know much about cooking either." They looked at each other dejectedly, although Cody soon noticed that Sammy was organizing some ingredients as she laid out a cooking board, grater and a pan. "Whatcha got there?"

"Oh." Sammy stopped, suddenly feeling embarrassed, "Umm, I was going to make a casserole. I'm used to cooking when I'm at home so I was wondering whether we had the ingredients for it and…"

"I say we go for it!" Zoey encouraged, "Casserole is very homely, and who doesn't love a good family dinner? We will need some other ideas since we're the main course…"

"About that!" Sammy brightened up, "If I give you step by step instructions, do you think you could make leek and potato soup? You just need to prepare the ingredients properly and the rest should be history!"

"Um, sure?" Zoey agreed hesitantly.

"What do you want me to do? I'll do anything for you!" Cody questioned expectantly.

"I'm giving you the most important job," Sammy said as she leaned down to whisper into his ear. "I need you to make me some bread rolls."

Cody's eager mood turned a bit off when he heard that. "You want me to make bread?"

"Not just any bread!" Sammy joked lightly, not sensing Cody's shift in mood, "But bread rolls, it'll be good if the judges have something to dip into the soup when it's done!"

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Confessional: Cody (Heroic Horses)

"Bread rolls." Cody lamented. "I got stuck with bread rolls."

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Confessional: Sammy (Heroic Horses)

Sammy shifted nervously as she twiddled her thumbs, "Truthfully, I can get a bit possessive in the kitchen." She said nervously, "I don't like anybody making my food, whenever mom would make something for me it would have some sort of drug in it like laxatives or benzodiazepines." She widened her eyes when it came out of her mouth, "N-not that I'm accusing my mom of drugging me! It was always Amy! My mom was just… careless." She shuddered, "Ever since those incidents, I only eat what I've prepared. I refuse to eat anything made by other people unless I've seen them make it themselves."

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Unlike everyone else so far, Heather was already at work as she rolled some dough with her rolling pin. She had told Alejandro to work on tenderizing the meat whilst ordering Topher to get some makeup from her cabin. If she was going to be forced into a stuffy kitchen, she was going to look fabulous.

"Would now be a good time to ask why you never called me?"

Heather stopped rolling, an immediate glare as she sharply turned her head. Unlike the usual times where Alejandro would give her an amused look to get under her skin, his face was a little bit more serious. She clicked her tongue, turning her head away immediately.

"Why would I bother doing that!?" She answered testily, "It's not like anything was going to happen between us anyways."

Alejandro actually looked somewhat angry at her answer as he advanced towards her slightly, "How could you say that!? I declare my love for you and you somehow think nothing is happening between us!?"

Heather rolled her eyes heavily, stopping what she was doing as she faced Alejandro and raised her hands into the air. "I PUSHED YOU OFF A VOLCANO!" She shouted angrily, "Of course I thought nothing was going to happen between us! I basically ruined any chance of that happening so why on earth would I call you when I'm the last person you would even want to talk to!?"

"BECAUSE I LOVE YOU!" Alejandro shouted in frustration with clenched teeth.

"DON'T LIE TO ME!" Heather shouted right back, "I know your game Alejandro! I'm not falling for any of your freaking mind games! If I did then I would be the desperate girl who gets heartbroken on national television!"

"Game!?" Alejandro questioned incredulously, "You pushed me off a volcano, I was in a robot suit for a WHOLE year, and your main concern… Is that I'm playing a game?" He seemed genuinely hurt as he tried to get through to Heather, "There is a time and place for mind games and manipulation, but I don't wish to do that to you Heather. Not when my feelings for you are at stake."

"You know what?" Heather questioned with a bitter laugh, "If you're playing some sick mind game with me right now you're insane. If you're really that desperate for me though? You're just pathetic." She took a step towards him as she was inches away from his face, "Because why would anybody date someone who pushed them into a volcano unless they were just a loser?"

They stared at each other for a bit, daring the other to blink first. This carried on for a few uncomfortable moments before Heather made the first move and bit her lower lip. This was all the confirmation Alejandro needed as he smirked and grabbed her hand.

A few minutes after that interaction, Topher had come back who had been running an errand for Heather. "Hey I'm back, how's… Where did they go?"

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Confessional: Alejandro & Heather (Villainous Vipers)

Alejandro and Heather were passionately making out from within the confessional booth, any hostility for each other immediately evaporating as the only thing they cared about in that moment was each other.

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Confessional: Alejandro (Villainous Vipers)

"HA!" Alejandro barked out with a wicked grin, "A relationship with Heather? Don't make me laugh! She sullied the name of Alejandro Burromuerto!" He exclaimed with intense rage. "I will make sure she is utterly humiliated before she has ANY chance of dating me!"

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Confessional: Heather (Villainous Vipers)

"Please," Heather said in disgust, "I know Alejandro's just trying to get into my head. That kiss didn't mean anything." She flicked a bit of hair to fall behind her back, "He probably thinks he's got me eating out of his hand like some mangy mutt!" She smirked mischievously, "I've humiliated him once, I can do it again!"

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"Okay guys, we should brainstorm some ideas before doing anything." Sky encouraged as she faced Mike and Sierra, "The other teams are going to be trying their hardest, so we can't slack off whatsoever!"

Mike shrugged sheepishly, "Sorry, I don't eat a lot of cooked meals."

Sierra raised a brow at this revelation, "You don't?" She questioned suspiciously, "How come? As far as I know your personalities don't interfere with that."

Mike quickly glared at Sierra's intrusive questioning, "Well believe it or not you don't know everything about me, so stop pretending like you do."

Sierra raised her hands defensively, "Woah, aggro much? I was only asking a question."

"Okay!" Sky said with a forced smile as she stepped in between the argumentative duo. "I get that we all have different personalities."

Sierra bit back a laugh at Sky's phrasing as she pointedly stared at Mike, who had finally lost his patience. "Dag nabbit! Aren't you women supposed to be cookin'? Get to it will ya, all ya good's for in the kitchen."

Sky's brow visibly twitched at this as she thought Mike was just being sexist on purpose and was visibly contemplating whether to whack him with a nearby rolling pin, however it was Sierra who caught onto the personality change quickly.

"Ooh~ Chester!" Sierra exclaimed happily, clapping her hands as she went full on journalist. "I've been meaning to ask! Do you remember the year you were born?"

"Wazzat? My hearing's a bit off!"

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Confessional: Sky (Wildest Weasels)

"I wasn't excited at all when Chester came out," Sky admitted in an annoyed tone with her brows furrowed, "And Sierra losing focus just made this challenge so much harder than it needed to be! I'm an athlete, I prep my meals so that it's compatible with my diet! I didn't know what I was doing at all!"

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Confessional: Mike (Wildest Weasels)

Mike looked unimpressed as he was hunched over, "Yeah, Sierra's starting to get on my nerves."

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Dessert

Heroes: Leshawna, Owen, Shawn

Villains: Courtney, Duncan, Scott

Wildcards: B, Harold, Lindsay

"Look," Shawn began as he was grouped with Leshawna and Owen. He wasn't particularly worried about Owen steamrolling his leadership, but with the knowledge that Leshawna voted against him at the last elimination ceremony, he wanted to convince her to let him take the lead subtly to prove his worth. "I know I'm not super respected or anything, but I can make a mean cake, especially with my icing decorations."

Leshawna raised a brow immediately in disbelief, "You wanna bake a cake? Honey, I love cake as much as the next girl, but that's some basic white girl cookin', I suggest we make a s'mores pie, it's an original choice and in theme of Camp Wawanawkwa!"

Shawn was now annoyed. "But that's such a time consuming choice, if we don't get it right we instantly lose."

"We won't lose!" Leshawna rebuffed firmly.

Both Shawn and Leshawna turned towards the most uninvolved member so far. Owen had been drooling at the idea of both making a cake and a s'mores pie! His eyes sparkled in inspiration as he suddenly came up with an idea.

"Why don't we make both a cake and s'mores pie!?" Owen suggested eagerly.

Shawn and Leshawna were skeptical of the idea, but one look at the other made Owen's suggestion the most ideal. "Whatever."

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Confessional: Leshawna (Heroic Horses)

"What is that scruffy white boy's problem?" Leshawna huffed in annoyance with an arm on her hip, "A cake? Is he for real? I stand by the fact that cake is too basic of an option! Not that he would actually listen to reason!"

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Confessional: Shawn (Heroic Horses)

"What is her problem?" Shawn questioned incredulously, "Making a cake is the best thing we could do! Yes, it's a basic choice, but the fact it's so basic is why it's so effective! We could have decorated it to our liking! A s'mores pie?" Shawn clicked his tongue, "What on earth is a s'mores pie in the first place?"

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"What are you doing?" Scott questioned with curiosity.

Courtney had been creating multiple balls of pastry and lining them up on a baking tray. "I'm creating pastry puffs," She explained patiently, "A classic croquembouche can never go wrong."

"Oh yeah, pastry puffs worked out so well in season one." Duncan pointed out boredly. Courtney adamantly made sure Duncan was nowhere near her and told him to basically sit and do nothing. Honestly? He was actually somewhat fine with this arrangement.

"Shut up, I was given inadequate assistance. Just like everything else in my life, I need to do everything by myself if it's going to turn out right!" Courtney explained snobbily.

Scott looked between Courtney and Duncan. The former as usual seemed pretty fed up with Duncan's entire existence, the latter however… Almost seemed to be yearning for Courtney's attention. It wasn't necessarily in a flirtatious manner, but kind of like a child trying to get his mother's attention through misbehaving.

Scott smirked devilishly.

"Courtney," Scott said, getting the girl's attention, "If you do it by yourself it's going to take forever, and I know I could never make the pastry balls as well rounded as you do, but…"

"But?" Courtney questioned. Scott chanced a glance at Duncan, the delinquent had narrowed his eyes into daggers, from the way his pocket knife was scratching the wooden table was very telling that he was getting under his skin.

"... Could you show me how to do it?"

"Sure," Courtney replied quickly, "Wash your hands though, I know firsthand your hygiene isn't your strongest suit."

Duncan snorted at the insult, getting Courtney's attention, "What are you laughing at?" She questioned sharply, "At least he's making himself useful, what are you doing besides sitting there vandalizing that poor table?"

"Well, you argued earlier that me doing nothing was the most useful thing I could do." Duncan pointed, "Just following the princess's demands."

Courtney rolled her eyes, "It's called being rhetoric, I just don't have any expectations for you anymore."

Scott finished washing his hands and held them up to Courtney, "All washed! You can sniff them if you like!"

To Duncan's surprise, Courtney actually entertained the notion as she tentatively sniffed Scott's hand. She pursed her lips as she nodded her head, "Yep, smells like bacterial repellent, well done Scott!" She praised sarcastically.

Scott looked Duncan straight in the eyes with his next reply. "Anything for the princess."

Courtney shifted a quick glare at Scott, the nickname unappreciated. But quickly regained focus. She had a challenge to win and she wasn't going to lose it because of petty boy drama.

"Hey," Duncan said, getting up as he got in Scott's face. "What's your problem, redneck?" For some reason, Scott was challenging him. He was the only one who could use Courtney's nickname after all, it just felt icky coming from him.

"Duncan, stop." Courtney intervened, forcing Scott behind her as she faced Duncan herself. "I don't get what's happening between you two," She pointed out between him and Scott, "But whatever it is, it needs to wait after the challenge."

Duncan rolled his eyes as he pushed Courtney to the side, garnering a yelp from her as he grabbed Scott by the scruff of his wife's beater and lifted him off the ground. "Watch what you say to me punk, I'm the last person you want as an enemy."

Scott could only grin, enjoying the fact he was getting under Duncan's skin. He grabbed Duncan by the ear and yanked it closer to his mouth so he could whisper out of Courtney's hearing range.

"How's Gwen been?"

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Confessional: Scott (Villainous Vipers)

Scott sat in the confessional booth holding an ice pack to his right eye with the widest Cheshire grin he could muster, "A black eye in exchange for making Duncan look bad?" Scott questioned innocently, "I'll take it." He smiled bashfully, a little more genuinely afterwards, "Besides, Courtney's always touchy with me when I get injured, so it isn't all bad…"

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Confessional: Duncan (Villainous Vipers)

Duncan sat in the confessional clutching his kiwis. "Yeah," Duncan couldn't help uttering, a tear of pain rolling down his face, "Take a guess who did this… Sonuvabit-"

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"OH! EM! GEE!" Lindsay squealed as she held up a bottle, "Look what I found!"

Harold and B walked on over, with the latter widening his eyes as he inspected the bottle a little. "Holy- Is that tequila!?"

Lindsay unscrewed the cap and drank straight from the bottle, her face scrunching up in disgust. "Eww… I totally forgot!"

"Wait, Lindsay, what are you-"

Lindsay hummed loudly over Harold's nagging as she got a grapefruit soda bottle, a champagne glass, mixed in the grapefruit soda and tequila into the champagne glass before taking another sip. "YES! Oh this is what I'm talking about! We should totally make a tequila grapefruit sundae! How fun would that be!?"

"Should we even be mixing alcohol?" Harold questioned uncertainty, "I mean, it seems a bit unethical for a cooking challenge."

"Harry." Lindsay said innocently, "Where did we find it?"

"Umm, in the kitchen?" Harold questioned stupidly.

"That means it's totally legit to mix alcohol! You agree, right? Bumblebee?" Lindsay pleaded as she battered her eyelashes at B.

B tapped his chin in thought, before shrugging in defeat and nodding.

"Well, fine." Harold huffed, "At the very least can we make it a grapefruit vanilla shortbread? I don't think any of us know how to make sundaes. Not to mention we don't even have the proper equipment to-"

"I could TOTALLY go for a grapefruit tequila sundae!" Lindsay complained loudly and distractedly. "One time, I went to this bar with this girl, Vera Minta, and you shoulda seen how many tequila shots she could take! She ended up barfing on this cute guy, Gaylord, and after she made out with him for like, ten seconds max! She was SUPER embarrassed, like, oh em gee, super embarrassing right? Afterwards she made me promise not to say anything and OF COURSE I said I wouldn't, because like, that's mega embarrassing. So yeah, I've literally never told a soul since!"

Harold and B blinked rapidly as Lindsay finished her first drink and began pouring herself a second one, innocent of what she just told the entire world.

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Confessional: Harold (Wildest Weasels)

"Lindsay's what you would call a special girl." Harold nodded his head up and down awkwardly, pursing his lips. "Yeah, I got nothing."

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Confessional: Lindsay (Wildest Weasels)

"-Another reason it was so embarrassing is because he happened to have a boyfriend!" Lindsay explained giddily, a tequila drink in hand, "Like oh em gee, like, how crazy is that? We thought he was eyeing Vera Minta because she was SUPER HOT, but it turned out she had toilet paper stuck to her bottom and he had been trying to get it off all night AND THEN SHE TRIES TO KISS HIM AHHHHH-" The confessional cuts off Lindsay's squeal.

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With all the teams established, a long, drawn out montage was played of each team's progress

From the heroes Gwen, Jasmine and Brick were working together very well. Gwen was instructing on how to make the popcorn lollipops for Jasmine and Brick, with the former doing them perfectly and the latter occasionally crushing them a little too hard. Whilst they worked on the lollipops, Gwen got to work on the caramel. It was overall going decently. Sammy, Zoey and Cody all worked quietly, with Zoey occasionally checking in with Sammy to make sure she was making the soup right. Cody looked on in yearning and jealousy as Sammy only checked on his progress twice throughout the entire time they were cooking. Finally, the most confrontational group was with Leshawna, Shawn and Owen as the former two butted heads multiple times in the kitchen, barking orders at Owen who was doing his best to assist his teammates but getting winded quickly. Leshawna spilled chocolate sauce on Shawn accidentally, prompting Shawn to throw flour on Leshawna purposefully. It was overall very chaotic as Owen tried his hardest to stop a physical confrontation from taking place.

From the villains Scarlett had managed to finish her course in record time and already had her secret course hidden underneath a cloth table. Because of how quickly, she made a trip to the camp shack where she found a presentable dress for herself and a dashingly handsome suit for Lightning. She also found a bunny costume, but knew that attempting to convince Jo to get into it might push her a little too hard. Heather and Alejandro outwardly flirted with each other, much to the discomfort of Topher, who had to witness Alejandro get behind Heather and help her roll the dough like they were in some cheesy pottery class. Topher, thinking about how he could sabotage the other teams, pocketed multiple packets of salt. It wasn't a laxative, but he was sure he could make it work effectively. Finally it was mostly Courtney doing the work as Scott was tending to his bruised eye whilst Duncan was in no mood to help with the challenge.

Dave, Noah and Dawn did nothing noteworthy for the Wildcards as they mostly kept to themselves. A few biting remarks from Noah towards Dawn about getting distracted, but otherwise it was peaceful. Sky forcefully made Sierra help her with the challenge as she pushed Chester out of the kitchen, much to his complaint. The girls had decided to go with a pink salmon with salad for a nutritious meal, despite Sierra's reluctance, Sky was unwilling to make anything too unhealthy. At the very least, Sierra was sure to prepare a bloody mary, knowing it was Chris's favorite alcoholic drink. Sky disapproved of that choice immensely, but this was something Sierra wasn't willing to relent from. The most surprising group was B, Harold and Lindsay. B and Harold, with an idea in mind, worked effectively together as Lindsay's bare contribution was pouring the tequila in as soon as the boys had made enough progress. The boys didn't hold it against Lindsay though, they preferred she did nothing and stay happy than mess up and turn anxious.

And before everyone knew it, the time for judging was to commence.

Chris sat in the middle of a three seat table, wearing a dashing black tuxedo and smiled into the camera, a charming grin on his face. "With enough hours gone by, the contestants are ready to present their dishes! But what is a cook without judges to be judgemental!" Chris laughed loudly, before focusing again, "Our first guess of the evening is… Chef!" Chef entered, sitting to the left of Chris.

The most notable thing about Chef was the glittery pink dress he wore from Total Drama Action. Accompanied with the dress was a pink wig and white gloves to finish the look.

"What's with the outfit?" Chris questioned.

"Anybody who asks about my dress is getting points docked." Chef growled, sending a deadly look into the camera.

"Nice…" Chris chuckled. "And since this is our cooking challenge! I decided a cameo was in order! So please welcome… DJ!"

A loud applause from somewhere could be heard as DJ entered and sat on Chris's right! "Thanks for having me Chris!" DJ couldn't help blanking as he saw Chef, "What's with the dress?"

"Why aren't you in one?"

DJ blinked a few times, before recomposing himself, "If I see any dishes like I did in Revenge of the Island, I'm walking away."

"Dude," Chris said, "If it helps, you aren't being force fed. Anything you don't try, you can give a score of zero."

"Really?" DJ questioned, surprised. "Sick."

"With our guests in place!" Chris announced, "Our first first presenter of the evening will be… Gwen!"

Gwen shuffled into the room nervously, public speaking not being one of her strong suits. "W-welcome." She stuttered, cringing, before locking eyes with DJ and instantly relaxing. "For your appetizers, my group decided to create popcorn lollipops with a bowl of sticky caramel to stick it into!"

Jasmine carried a silver platter of popcorn lollipops in one hand, and a bowl of caramel in the other. As she placed everything down, Brick was quick to place down water with ice in them.

"Why are you in a dress sir?" Brick questioned Chef confusedly.

Chris had to bite back a laugh as Chef glared at him. "None of yo' damn business!"

Brick uttered a quick apology, walking back with prompting from Jasmine as the trio waited in anticipation.

Chris inspected the dish in front of him as he picked one up, "First impression? Doesn't entirely look filling. Thoughts?"

"Very safe choice," DJ admitted guiltily, "Maybe I shouldn't judge a book by its cover, but I'm underwhelmed."

"This is candy." Chef deadpanned.

Gwen, Jasmine and Brick all held their breath as they each tried it, dipping it into the caramel.

All three judges chewed carefully, all with pondering thoughts on their faces. "I expected something a little more generic," DJ admitted, "But even without the caramel there's a sweet taste to it I can't identify. I give it a solid 7!"

Chris nodded his head in agreement, "I think you're overexaggerating how nice it tastes, but I have to agree it's nicer than I expected. 5 for me. Chef?"

"4."

"Tallying all that up, that is a solid 16 points for the heroes! Congrats guys, I'm impressed."

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Confessional: Gwen (Heroic Horses)

"Probably my favorite challenge yet," Gwen admitted with a content smile, "Could I have done better? Yeah, but, it felt nice and I got to see a side to Jasmine I didn't think existed!"

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Confessional: Jasmine (Heroic Horses)

"Did it pain me not to take over at some point?" Jasmine asked rhetorically, "A little, but, I promised Leshawna I would try to be more relaxed and it wasn't a bad experience. It could have been a BETTER experience if I had taken charge, but letting Gwen lead the challenge wasn't so bad."

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"Our next presenter is from the villains! Please welcome... Scarlett!"

As soon as Scarlett walked into the room each of the judges held their breath, completely caught off guard. Scarlett wore a red strapless dress, using a dark shade of red as a belt so that the dress clung to her body and didn't drape on the floor dangerously. The most off putting thing about Scarlett however was the fact she had styled her hair into a waterfall braid and the makeup she wore looking noticeable and subtle at the same.

She looked beautiful.

"Don't mind me saying, but you look very beautiful." DJ complimented out of courtesy, with Chris and Chef too shell shocked to actually say anything comprehensible.

Scarlett politely contained a smile and courtesies, "All the better to make your experience." She said with a hint of humor. "I would like to present to you your appetizers…"

At that moment, Lightning walked in wearing a fancy black suit, pushing a silver trolley that covered the contents. It was a little bit of a downgrade, but it didn't stop DJ commenting on his appearance regardless. "Looking snazzy my brotha!"

"SHA-THANKS!" Lighting said a little too loudly, causing Scarlett to elbow him slightly. Lightning winced, "Sha-thanks." He rephrased, getting a nod of approval from Scarlett.

Lastly was Jo, who walked in with her gray sweats and a bit of a scowl on her face.

"Why ain't you wearing a dress?" Chef demanded to know, a little peeved that some of them had made the others while the girl hadn't.

"Why're you?" Jo retorted.

"Presenting to you," Scarlett said quickly before Jo could carry on, "I would like to present our very own homemade… Shrimp cocktails!"

As Lightning removed the cloth, rows of shrimp cocktails could be shown, each one with a subtle design difference.

DJ couldn't help whistling as he picked one up and looked inside it, "Holy- the effort that went into this was immaculate!"

"Very impressive!" Chris commented simply, a bit awestruck, "I didn't think you had the ingredients to make it!"

Chef said nothing, but he did admire the work that had gone into it.

DJ took a sip, pressing his lips together as he tried to taste it. "Hmm, I'm surprised at the lack of flavor."

Scarlett's eyes widened in horror at the comment, not expecting that. "Please try another cocktail, sir." She replied, a little too hurriedly for her liking.

DJ shrugged, taking another cocktail and sipping the contents, "Okay, I can taste this one. Much better!"

"Shrimp's good too!" Chris said, "And if I'm not mistaken, you've put a bit of vodka into this haven't you?"

Scarlett simply said nothing as Chef silently tried his again.

"I'm giving this an 8." DJ said, "Despite the fact I couldn't taste the first one I tried, it's clear to me that loads of effort went into this

"I'll give it 9, I really like shrimp cocktails." Chris couldn't help admitting impishly, "The vodka helps, Chef?"

"6."

"And with that, you have a rocking score of 23! Congrats you guys!"

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Confessional: Jo (Villainous Vipers)

"Snarl-lett completely showed off that challenge!" Jo raged, "I didn't even get to do anything, ugh, this is so annoying!"

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Scarlett sat in the confessional with crossed arms and a triumphant look on her face. "There wasn't any vodka" Was all she had to say.

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"And our final presenter for the appetizers from the wildcards is… Dave!"

Dave shuffled on awkwardly, similar to Gwen as he stuck his hands into his pockets. "Uhh, since Noah and I are Indian, we wanted to incorporate our culture into these dishes. So we present to you: paneer pakora, soup and herbal tea!"

DJ and Chef were curious about the dishes whilst Chris shot daggers at Noah. Noah couldn't contain his smirk as he heard DJ admiring the meal, and Chris grimacing as he struggled to swallow. Seemed like he didn't like it very much.

"It's very ambitious!" DJ complimented, "Admittedly, I'm not used to tasting this much spice, but I liked it a lot!" He then looked at Dawn and gave a comforting smile, who didn't look extremely happy. "The herbal tea was appreciated too. I'm giving this an easy 9 for me."

"7…" Chris muttered with a forced smile. It wasn't reflective of his personal feelings towards the dish, but he had to remain accommodating since it was a cultural specificity.

Chef shrugged indifferently. "5. It's a weird combination for me."

"And with that!" Chris announced in relief, "That is a score of 21! Meaning The villains are currently in the lead, the wildcards are in second and the heroes are gonna need to catch up with their next few dishes if they want any chance of catching up!"

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Confessional: Noah (Wildest Weasels)

"That worked out pretty well." Noah shrugged noncommittally.

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Appetizers

Heroes: Brick, Gwen, Jasmine - 16

Villains: Jo, Lightning, Scarlett - 23

Wildcards: Dave, Dawn, Noah - 21

"Our first presenter for the main dishes is… Samey!"

Sammy walked on nervously, twiddling her thumbs. Under normal circumstances she would have corrected Chris, but considering he was determining whether she won the challenge or not she held restraint. "H-hello! I'm Sammy! And today I wanted to say that the dish we made, we wanted to remind you of home! And I-I know we all have different ideas of what h-home tastes like, so this is what home means to me!"

Cody and Zoey, the former carrying the soup and bread rolls while the latter carried the freshly made casseroles.

DJ was instantly enamored, liking the cozy atmosphere of the dish. Chris's face remained neutral. Chef seemed a bit disappointed by the dish, raising a pointed brow at Sammy. Chef's look made Sammy's hands a little clammy as she felt herself holding her breath.

"I really like it!" DJ said, taking multiple bites of the casserole, "Soup's a little too salty, but the idea's there. And of course it tastes amazing when you dip the bread into it! Clever choice! I'm overall giving this a 10! I genuinely don't have any major issues with this dish!"

"Not really my thing." Chris started off saying, "But I can't deny that for a main meal you guys rocked it, I'm giving this an 8. Chef?"

"6."

"And with that! Samey, Zoey and Cody manage to get the heroes back on the scoreboard with an overwhelming score of 24! The highest yet!"

"T-thank you!" Sammy smiled weakly, wiping a tear away as Zoey quickly comforted her friend.

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Confessional: Sammy (Heroic Heroes)

"That was, I just-" Sammy couldn't finish her sentence as she was too happy to speak.

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Confessional: Topher (Villainous Vipers)

"So much for the salt sabotage." Topher whined, holding up an empty packet of salt.

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"Our next presenter from the villains… Heather!"

Heather strutted into the room confidently, addressing the judges with sharpness and finality. "Judges. We will present to you a steak pie with a variety of vegetables and rich gravy!"

Alejandro charmingly placed two platters in front of Chef and Chris whilst Topher clumsily placed a platter in front of DJ.

"Really?" Chris questioned playfully, "I expected something a little more… Up to your standards, Heather."

Heather glared, making Chris take a spoonful of steak pie. "Eh, not bad. Guys?"

"The steak is weirdly hard to chew." DJ couldn't help admitting, cowering under Heather's glare, "I'm also having a hard time swallowing it. I can't give this anymore than a 6."

"Crust is a little burnt, I'm giving this a 4." Chef said. "No complaining missy!"

Heather clicked her tongue as Chris gave his final verdict. "I'm giving this a 5. Meaning the overall score is 15! I have to say, Heather, I'm disappointed."

"Ugh, whatever, bite me." Heather retorted, rolling her eyes.

"I think you've been bitten more than enough, wouldn't you agree?" Chris teased as he leaned forward, causing Heather and Alejandro to blush madly.

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Confessional: Heather (Villainous Vipers)

"You're a real sicko Chris!" Heather scowled, her face blushing like mad. "You of ALL PEOPLE should know that I'm only taking advantage of Alejandro's interest in me! That is private information! That is-"

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Confessional: Alejandro (Villainous Vipers)

Alejandro sat in the confessional booth, a sigh of relief escaping his lips as a content look was put on his face. "I can always get my revenge on Heather anytime I feel like it, today wasn't so bad."

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"And our final presenter from the wildcards is… Sky!"

Sky nodded as she entered, a friendly look on her face. "We wanted to make our main dish have nutritional value! Which is why today we have prepared a pink salmon with a delicious salad!"

"And a bloody mary!" Sierra whispered.

"... And a bloody mary…" Sky added on awkwardly.

"Where's Mike?" Chris questioned, noticing the man's disappearance.

"Mike is…" Sky said, struggling to figure out what to say.

"Not Mike." Sierra finished. She earned herself a harsh look from Sky, if she could, she would have scolded Sierra in that moment.

Chris shrugged. "Whatever."

"I wish you had put a little more spice in it." DJ admitted with a frown, "I totally get your point about making a nutritional meal, but this just tastes sorta bland. I hate to say it but I'm giving this a 4. I'm disappointed by it."

"I'll give it an 8. Two for the actual meal, but six for the bloody mary! This is some good stuff!" Chris grinned. Sierra gave a smirk to Sky, who rolled her eyes in response.

"4." Chef said.

"And with that! The wildcard's main dish ended with a score of 16! Hey, better than the villains, I would be grateful!"

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Confessional: Sky (Wildest Weasels)

"Today wasn't an easy day." Sky admitted guiltily, "I'm relieved my team overall did good! I really struggled with my group, especially with Mike and Sierra! Future note, keep them apart if possible…"

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Main Dish

Heroes: Cody, Sammy, Zoey - 24

Villains: Alejandro, Heather, Topher - 15

Wildcards: Mike, Sierra, Sky - 16

"Now onto the most exciting meal! The dessert! First up for the heroes is-"

Leshawna quickly burst into the room, heaving heavily as she clutched at the tables the judges were on, catching all three men off guard. "Please, let us go last! We still need some, uhh, final preparations!" She laughed nervously, the stress on her face clear as day.

Chris looked on in a mix of amusement and disbelief. "I'll allow it, but I'm docking your dessert a few points for the lack of punctuality. Tsk, tsk."

Leshawna didn't seem bothered in the slightest as she ran back into the kitchen, she was definitely yelling at someone, but the exact words she was saying were hard to hear.

"Well." Chris said, "A little earlier than I expected, but… Welcome Courtney!"

Courtney, who had been listening in, pushed her trolley through the doors carefully.

"Where are both of your teammates?" Chris questioned, a little incredulously.

"Umm," Courtney muttered a little sheepishly, "They had some accidents they had to take care of?"

Chris just sighed, not entirely surprised by the lack of attendance. "Well then, Courtney, I hope you have something good to give."

"I do!" Courtney said, a little too over eager as she removed the lid from the platter, revealing a mini croquembouche. "It's not as big as I would have liked it to be, but it was carefully decorated and I'm sure it tastes great!"

"You haven't tasted it yet?" DJ joked with a laugh, "Rookie mistake sister, why don't you try it with us?"

"Umm…" Courtney said, a little unsurely.

"Sure, I don't care." Chris shrugged. They each took a pastry puff and took a bite into it.

"Mhm! Really good stuff Court, I'm impressed." DJ complimented genuinely, "I think this is a solid 7. The chocolate drizzle is amazing and the cream inside tastes heavenly!"

"I'll give it a 7." Chris said, "I remember your custard pastry from the first season, and I can say that THIS tastes better than THAT! Only by a smidge though."

"I'm giving it a 4, ain't bad at all, but gotta punish your teammates." Chef clarified.

"I like it." Courtney said, happy with what she's done for once.

"And that is a score of 18! Meaning the villains overall score is 56! Coulda been better, coulda been worse!"

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Confessional: Courtney (Villainous Vipers)

"I'm proud of myself today." Courtney said with a look of genuine happiness on her face, "I can't remember the last time I said that to myself, really."

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"Next in the line are the wildcards with Harold as their representative!"

Harold stopped picking at a booger as he wiped it off on his shirt, "Thanks for having me Chris, today my group created something you would really like! We made a grapefruit vanilla shortcake with a hint of tequila dropped into it!"

"That was totally my idea!" Lindsay giggled dramatically, looking a little intoxicated. Chris was very amused.

"How many drinks have you had Linds?" Chris grinned as B quietly set the meals down for everyone.

Lindsay brought a hand to forehead as she tried to think, "I wanna say like, one zero?"

DJ glanced at Chris, "I think she means ten." He said, a little unsurely.

Chris snorted, taking a bite of his shortbread, not really tasting it as he couldn't keep his eyes off of Lindsay. "Well if that's the case I'm giving this a 10! No other group has had the ingenuity to add alcohol into their meals today."

"Sierra literally did that last round-"

"AND BECAUSE OF THAT! You get a 10!" Chris finished, earning himself a cheer from Lindsay who jumped up and down in delight.

"Thank you Chip!" Lindsay clapped as she hopped up to Chris and kissed him on the cheek, "That's my little reward for you, teehee~"

All Chris could do was give a stupid grin as Chef gave him a judgmental look. "Really?"

"Shut up Chef, she's legal." Chris replied, earning himself a disgusted snort from the man.

"This is good stuff," DJ nodded along, "I'm gonna take a point away because I think there's too much tequila in here, but otherwise I give you a score of 9!"

"6."

"Meaning that you guys got an overall score of 25 WHICH MEANS WILDCARDS HAVE AVOIDED ELIMINATION WITH A FINAL SCORE 62! It now comes down to heroes vs villains!"

Lindsay and Harold cheered with each other whilst B gave a cool nod.

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Confessional: Harold (Wildest Weasels)

"BOOYAH!" Harold pumped his arms in victory, "That's how it's done!"

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"Would the heroes happen to be prepared!?" Chris asked condescendingly, noticing that nobody had yet to make an appearance. Leshawna walked in solemnly, with Shawn and Owen behind her equally solemn.

"Chris." Leshawna started, shame crossing her face, "I hate to say this, but… We don't… Have anything to show you."

Chris blinked.

Chef blinked.

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"You're joking, right?" Chris asked, laughter erupting from his stomach, "Y-you have got to be joking, oh my god, haha, hahaha, HAHAHAHA, HAHAAHAAHAHA!"

Chris laughed for a few more minutes as the heroes stood in awkward silence. "Owen ate everything." Leshawna said for an explanation, a dangerous edge to her tone.

"I swear I only ate the cake!" Owen cried, stress visible on his usually happy face, "I'm sosososososo sorry about the cake! But I swear to the man above us and the cameras watching us that I didn't touch your pie Leshawna! I really, really, didn't touch it!"

"SHUT UP!" Leshawna shouted, shaking in anger as she lost her temper pointing an accusatory finger at Owen, "WE LOST THIS CHALLENGE BECAUSE OF YOU! YOU LOST US THE CHALLENGE IN SEASON ONE AND YOU COST US THE CHALLENGE AGAIN! YOU'RE DONE FOR, BIG GUY!"

Chris's laughter stopped immediately as DJ and Chef were speechless, gas could be seen coming out of Leshawna's ears from anger, and Shawn was very apprehensive, a noticeably guilty look on his face that nobody was watching.

Dessert

Heroes: Leshawna, Owen, Shawn - 0

Villains: Courtney, Duncan, Scott - 18

Wildcards: B, Harold, Lindsay - 25

Final Scores

Heroes: 40

Villains: 56

Wildcards: 62

Shawn had gathered all the boys into the boys cabin as he wanted to discuss the vote with them. "Okay guys, I know what Owen did looks insanely bad," Shawn started, "However, Leshawna was completely out of line today. I think we should band together to vote against her to protect Owen!"

"I don't want to vote against Leshawna…" Owen sniffled, wiping away a tear.

"It can't be helped!" Shawn said, a little too forcefully, "You know she's getting all the girls to vote for you right? Luckily, Gwen would never vote for you and I'm sure Brick could convince Zoey! If all of us and Zoey vote for Leshawna, she goes and we all leave happy!"

"I hate to say it, but I see the logic." Cody admitted guiltily. His conversation with Heather and Sierra on the beach hadn't escaped his mind and knew that voting off Leshawna would improve his position on the team, "I think all the guys are really solid, it isn't fair for us to get kicked off just because one chick out of five is ticked at one of us!"

"Leshawna's not exactly being unreasonable though." Brick pointed out, earning himself a few glares, "I-I'm not saying Leshawna's reaction wasn't e-extreme, it's just that… I don't really blame her."

"Well then who do you blame?" Shawn challenged, a nasty glare on his face.

That managed to shut Brick up for the time being.

"That's what I thought. You'll talk to Zoey and have her vote for Leshawna, right?" Shawn questioned, "It's for the good of the platoon as they say in the military."

Brick nodded slowly, a thoughtful look on his face. "I'll get Zoey to vote for Leshawna, do not worry Owen, you'll be safe."

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Confessional: Brick (Heroic Horses)

"I'm making an executive decision today." Brick said with a stern look on his face, "That boys meeting was the ugliest thing I've ever experienced in this game. I was condescended, I was bossed around and I was treated as nothing more than a pawn. I know exactly who I'm voting for."

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The Heroes took their seats around the campfire as Chris held a platter with eight marshmallows on it. "This is a symbol of safety. If you receive a marshmallow, it means you're safe. If you don't? You must walk down the dock of shame!"

Chris clicked his tongue, noticing the gloomy atmosphere which was prevalent again at this ceremony. "I have to say, I think Cameron would be very disappointed in all of you right now. He quits and this is what he has to see on TV? Pathetic really."

"Shut up!" Gwen snapped, a defiant glare on her face, "We actually did good today!"

"Just some people couldn't hold their appetites, could they?" Leshawna questioned testily, directing the question at Owen who only trembled in fear.

"That wasn't what I meant!" Gwen defended, directing her glare onto Leshawna.

Leshawna held up her hands in mock defense. "Girl, you know who I'm voting for today, don't act all shocked."

"It's a mistake and you know it!" Gwen replied hotly, she looked at Owen and then boldly declared, "I refuse to vote against Owen!"

"And you're a dang fool for it." Leshawna huffed, her arms and legs crossed.

"Well then." Chris said, "I would let this continue, but I need to get this show running! I'm going to start throwing some marshmallows…"

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"I have two marshmallows remaining on my plate." Chris declared, looking at the failures of Leshawna, Owen and Shawn who ruined the challenge today. "Leshawna, seems like people aren't a fan of the temper tantrum."

"It ain't a tantrum if I'm right." Leshawna rebuffed, "Owen messed up, so for the good of the team, he's gotta go."

"Owen, accused of eating a cake AND pie, what do you have to say to that?"

"I… D-don't mind r-receiving votes." Owen admitted guiltily, "I k-know I was in the wrong! BUT I SWEAR! I DIDN'T EAT THE PIE! Okay! I admit to eating the cake! But I couldn't help it! It just looked so good and-"

"Shawn, why do you think you're receiving votes?" Chris questioned, cutting off Owen's excuse.

Shawn shrugged. "I assume it came from Gwen."

"It did." Gwen said, rolling her eyes with crossed arms.

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"WHAT!?"

Was the collective chorus of the group as everybody looked shocked at the result, a few eyes had widened into saucers.

"But how!?" Shawn questioned in shock, "Leshawna was supposed to be the majority!"

"What!?" Jasmine questioned, a glare on her as Shawn shied away from looking at his girlfriend.

"No!" Leshawna countered, "That was supposed to be for Owen!"

"... I'm COMPLETELY lost right now!" Owen blinked rapidly, confused at how the results had happened.

"Well, for now, that doesn't matter, we need a tie-breaker!" Chris declared, laughter erupting from his mouth, "HA! This has to be one of the greatest votes ever! Here's how we're gonna do things, rock paper scissors bracket style! Basically, whoever comes in last loses! And for the sake of time, you each have a single round unless it draws."

"And if it ties again?" Zoey questioned apprehensively.

"Well if that happens, we're simply going to rely on luck." Chris said impatiently.. "First round will be between Leshawna and Shawn!"

Leshawna and Shawn got into position, their hands drawn as they glared at one another. "I know you voted for me." Leshawna said, a look of determination on her face.

"You voted for me too, last round." Shawn challenged, his own glare leveled.

"You deserved it."

"So did you."

"3… 2… 1… DRAW!"

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"Leshawna wins round one!"

"Damn." Shawn cursed, clicking his tongue.

"And that's how I roll!" Leshawna bragged, a smug look on her face.

"Next round will be between Leshawna and Owen!"

Owen and Leshawna got into position. Leshawna wore her determined look again whilst Owen was sweating bullets.

"3…2…1.. DRAW!"

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"HA! SUCKER!" Leshawna trash talked, pointing a finger at Shawn, "That's what you get for voting against me, fool!"

"You voted against me at the last ceremony!" Shawn accused, his anger rising.

"And I'll do it again if you booty ain't outta here today!"

Chris sighed in disappointment, the man was clearly rooting for Owen. "Leshawna wins both duels and will remain in the game."

"Congrats Leshawna." Zoey muttered meekly, the atmosphere suffocating but wanting to show her a bit of friendliness.

Leshawna just pat Zoey's shoulder in a friendly manner, "Thank you, sugar."

"Sugar…" Shawn muttered to himself, a look of realization dawning on his face as he overheard Leshawna, "What would Sugar do…"

"The final duel will be between Owen and Shawn." Chris declared, "Whoever loses must walk down the dock of shame. 3… 2… 1…"

"WAIT!" Shawn said frantically, "Just a moment, please!"

"What now!?" Chris grumbled, as he sighed.

Shawn took a bit of a gulp and put on the most genuine look towards Owen, "Listen to me buddy, I'm going to throw down paper, okay? So all you have to put down is scissors to win."

"Don't listen to him!" Gwen seethed, pointing an accusatory finger, "He has to be lying!"

"SHAWN!" Jasmine yelled, completely in shock at what she was witnessing, "What are you doing!?"

"I'm doing the right thing." Shawn said solemnly, "It was a mistake for me to target Leshawna out of anger, so the only thing I can do to make things right is to let Owen win."

"What a load of crap!" Leshawna spat, "Gwen's right, he's totally lying!"

"Please Owen," Shawn pleaded as he looked into Owen's panicked face, "I just want to make up for my mistake! You have to believe me!"

"I don't know! I don't know!" Owen stressed, clutching his head as his breathing became heavy. "Is he lying? Is he not? I can't figure it out!"

"Owen, if I might interject." Brick stated, running up as he lifted his shirt and took something that had been tucked safely away, "I kept Beary safe, and I think you need him now more than anything. I have my own opinion on whether Shawn is lying or not," He chanced a glance at Shawn, who to his credit kept his face neutral, "But the person you need to listen to is yourself, and if that's in the form of Beary? So be it. Listen to your gut, nobody else, you hear me soldier?"

"Loud and clear!" Owen shouted, saluting with a smile on his face, "I know what choice I want to make. Let's finish our game, okay Shawn?"

Shawn blinked, mildly surprised at the conviction in Owen's voice, "Of course…"

"FINALLY!" Chris yawned, looking at the watch on his wrist. "3… 2… 1… DRAW!"

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"You evil FREAK!" Gwen shouted, completely pissed off! "WHAT WAS THAT!?"

"What the hell!?" Leshawna continued, glad to be back on the same page as Gwen "Where was all that crap about doing the right thing, huh? WHERE IS IT!?"

"That's uncool." Cody commented in disgust.

Jasmine, Sammy and Zoey were too stunned to even speak.

"Just doing what I had to do." Shawn shrugged uncaringly, much to the chagrin of Gwen and Leshawna who were closing on him, "What did you expect me to do? You guys have been trying to get rid of me since forever ago! I'll take this result!"

"Oh I'll show you what I have to do." Leshawna said, rolling up her sleeve, "I've seen a lotta greaseballs before but you really take the cake!"

"I'm better than your pie at least!" Shawn retorted, who was starting to back away from the oncoming girls.

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Everyone paused as Owen yelled louder than anyone else left, "JUST STOP! I knew he was lying to me."

"You did?" Gwen questioned with uncertainty.

"You did?" Shawn questioned, shame immediately crossing his face.

"Owen did it on purpose." Brick clarified to everyone, "I don't know your reasons, soldier, but I respect you too much to question it."

"Why I did it was simple." Owen said with an unhappy smile, "It was my fault. I don't know what happened to the pie, but, it doesn't change the fact I ate the cake and it caused all of this fighting and… I realized Total Drama's not the same anymore." Owen chuckled, "If it isn't too much trouble, could I just have a marshmallow before I leave the island forever? For old time's sake?"

"Have mine baby," Leshawna offered, grabbing a marshmallow from the silver platter, "It's the least I can do for how I treated you, I want you to know that me voting for you was never anythin' personal, you hear me?"

"Loud and clear!"

"I say this with deep sadness, but Owen, you must walk the dock of shame." Chris said solemnly, who seemed the most affected by this elimination out of anyone. "Total Drama wouldn't be Total Drama without you Owen, as the host, I want to thank you for what you've done for us. You will always be our OG winner."

"Group hug? For Owen?" Zoey asked tentatively.

Everyone was receptive to the idea as everyone enveloped Owen in a huge hug.

"I'll miss you big guy, you've made a real impact on me." Brick said, trying not to tear up.

"Here," Owen said happily, giving Beary back to Brick, "Beary helped me come to terms with what I wanted to do, maybe he'll do the same for you?"

"Maybe he will."

"Before Owen goes…" Chris said.

"WHAT NOW?!" Gwen asked irritably, a hand on her hip.

"I wasn't going to reveal this," Chris said, a devilish look forming on his face, "But with the goodness of Owen's heart taking him out! I wanted to share this interesting clip! Please watch!" Chef wheeled in a huge TV and Chris clicked a button on the remote.

It was a clip that showcased Shawn alone in the kitchen with the pie and cake both seen. "Ha! This is a s'mores pie? Why did she even bother?" Shawn clicked his tongue. "Well, we do have two desserts, so maybe it wouldn't hurt to try it…"

Shawn took a forkful of the s'mores pie.

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Shawn had taken multiple forkfuls of s'mores pie and before he knew it, the pie was completely gone! "Oh crap what have I done!" Shawn panicked, a look of genuine fear in his eyes, "We still have a cake, maybe if I get rid of the evidence it'll get swept under the rug?"

Shawn promptly left the kitchen at the same time Owen entered, where he then proceeded to eat the cake, none the wiser that he was eating their last chance of victory.

Everyone's mouths were wide open as they all circled around to send a glare at Shawn. Even the nicer people such as Sammy and Zoey were glaring incredibly hard at the guilty Shawn.

"It's… Not what it looks like…" Shawn gulped.

"What's it supposed to look like then?" Leshawna asked, her hand on her hip, "Because what it looked like to me is that you let Owen take the blame for something you did, ALL DAY, to save your behind!" She snarled.

"Wow Shawn, I really didn't expect that." Gwen said, completely turning away from the situation.

"Jasmine?" Shawn asked, noticing that his girlfriend was looking away from him, "Jasmine, look at me."

"I can't." Jasmine said, a subtle crack to her voice, "Because I'm too ashamed to even look at you right now."

"Jasmine I didn't mean for it to go this far!" Shawn pleaded, his desperation getting the better of him, "I was trying to look out for us!"

"You were looking out for you!" Jasmine spat, catching Shawn off guard, "Don't spin this like you were looking out for me, because this was ENTIRELY for you and no one else."

"As for the final twist…" Chris teased, "Since what Shawn's done here was clearly not very heroic, I'm officially sending him over to be with the Villainous Vipers!"

"WHAT!?" The rest of the team, including Shawn, yelled out in complete surprise.

"Well, you let a teammate take the fall for a mistake you made, tried to turn the vote on Leshawna when she was upset at Owen for costing you guys the challenge, AND THEN TRICKED THE VERY SAME TEAMMATE YOU WERE TRYING TO SAVE SO THAT YOU COULD STAY! I say that warrants villain credit, wouldn't you, Shawn?"

"I…"

Giving Shawn no time to process what had happened, Chris turned towards the camera with a handsome grin. "With the heroes losing two teammates at singular elimination, can they recover? How will the villains react to their new comrade? Will Shawn be able to repair his relationship with Jasmine! As our most dramatic elimination ceremony yet, you won't want to miss the next episode of TOTAL! DRAMA! HEROES VS VILLAINS VS WILDCARDS!"

Voting Confessionals:

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Brick: "I vote for Shawn. I didn't see an honorable soldier during that meeting, I saw someone trying to stab an ally in the back for personal gain."

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Cody: "I vote for Leshawna, she's been vocal about getting out Owen all day! You did it to yourself!"

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Gwen: "I'm throwing a vote on Shawn, sucks that Owen's probably getting voted off, but Leshawna is MAD creased today."

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Jasmine: "My vote is for Owen, lovely bloke, but I really need him out of the game!"

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Leshawna: "Ain't no way you made the same mistake twice! The first time you got lucky, this time? Not so much. I vote for Owen."

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Owen: "I vote for Leshawna! She was really mad at me today..."

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Sammy: "Sorry Owen, I can't ignore you losing us the challenge."

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Shawn: "Please let this work! I vote for Leshawna!"

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Zoey: "Brick told me to vote for Shawn. Honestly? I was going to vote against him regardless."

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Votes for Leshawna: Cody, Owen, Shawn (3)

Votes for Owen: Jasmine, Leshawna, Sammy (3)

Votes for Shawn: Brick, Gwen, Zoey (3)

Heroic Horses: Brick, Cody, Gwen, Jasmine, Leshawna, Sammy, Zoey (7)

Villainous Vipers: Alejandro, Courtney, Duncan, Heather, Jo, Lightning, Scarlett, Scott, Shawn, Topher (10)

Wildest Weasels: B, Dave, Dawn, Harold, Lindsay, Mike, Noah, Sierra, Sky (9)

Eliminated: Owen

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30th: Sugar

29th: Amy

28th: Cameron

27th: Owen

A/N: Wow... Umm, this easily my longest chapter to date. I'm genuinely shocked by it. I know this chapter took forever to come out, but I hope it was worth it! I put a lot of thought into this elimination as well as setting up future subplots!

Owen was a very difficult character for me to eliminate. I like Owen a lot and I definitely knew he wasn't going to be the first elimination, but this was a SUPER necessary move to set up future subplots. This chapter was very much dedicated to Shawn and how he screwed up, he was always going to switch over to the villains this chapter, and what better reason to switch him over than to screw over the most LIKABLE person you could meet in Owen? I wish had done more to foreshadow Owen's elimination, but I really like what I went with and even though I think the elimination was a little predictable, the circumstances surrounding it completely shocked everyone! (I hope)

So yeah! I'm surprised I took so much time writing the challenge, it was originally a lot shorter, but I felt it would have been a disservice to the villains and wildcards to hide what they were up to, so I hope you enjoyed the random little bits! Oh and just to clarify, Not ALL of my chapters are going to be this long, but when they are, expect a crazy as hell ride!

LaCuevademisgustos: "We'll have to see if Sky keeps to her promise! But for now she took a bit backburner this chapter for obvious reasons! Don't get me wrong, there are certain aspects in ways that Courtney screwed over Duncan, but I think Duncan did just as much damage to Courtney, it just wasn't physical like Courtney was with Duncan. Well! Jasmine's and Shawn's relationship is now obviously damaged, it's just that Shawn was the one who damaged it instead of Jasmine! Yup! He might be Jasmine's boyfriend, but that doesn't mean Sammy won't vote against him just because of that. We'll have to see how Noah's words effect Dawn! It was a little more subtle this chapter, but it was there. Looks like Sierra lives another day... For now.

Egor1580: "I'm glad you enjoyed this chapter! I wouldn't necessarily say Jasmine and Gwen are like Duncan and Harold. With Duncan and Harold it's a little more shallow with Duncan simply not liking or respecting Harold and it being in his nature to just bully those who he thinks deserves it. Whereas with Jasmine and Gwen however, while it is a little shallow, the core of the conflict isn't on the surface of immediate dislike towards one another, but dislike towards each other's actions. I'd say it was less of Dave being an active player and more Dave wanting to shoot some people and throwing a tantrum when he didn't get to. Dawn is a lot more complex than I think stories give her credit for and I want to write her as her own individual character and not just a vessel to develop other characters like she's often used in most stories. I'll have to disagree on your take with Noah, I don't think his core character is being a "truth teller" he just so happens to be telling the truth when he's being snarky towards someone because Noah's a malicious person when he wants to be. Think of someone who says "I'm just being brutally honest" the person saying that is usually focusing more on the brutality and not necessarily the truth, which is how I would define Noah.

Gucci Mane LaFlare: "I'm glad you're appreciating the Scott and Courtney moments! And yes, Gwen was most certainly gunning for Shawn this chapter, just not in the way she expected! I get why Dawn's popular, I think that popularity would be more deserved if there was a better grasp of her character and not the idealized version which is often portrayed with her character. She can be just as equally petty and stubborn, which is more often than not ignored. Sierra wouldn't be Sierra if she didn't hate on Gwen~

SuperSonicHeroes: "I completely get what you mean! I hated doing my boy Cameron dirty like that, which is why I HAD to give him a dignified exit where he DOES NOT go back to his bubble. It's really hard to write Cameron in an All Stars season when his arc in Revenge of the Island just ended so nicely! Cameron would be much more popular if Revenge of the Island was his only season. I love Gwen and Jasmine too! Just because they were friendly this chapter doesn't mean they're friends just yet... Last vote was incredibly shaky since it was obvious Jasmine ruined the challenge for the team, which is why some people such as Leshawna, Sammy and Zoey defaulted into voting against him in order to try and save her. B getting revenge on Scott was also my personal favorite too! The Courtney/Duncan/Scott/Gwen plot is going to be a MESS and I cannot wait for when it blows up (because it will, spoilers). I'm glad you feel that way about Jo, because it means I wrote her in character. I feel like that extremity is very much how Jo would react to a situation like that, which is why I wrote it the way I did.

Shadowguy015: "Thank you!"

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