The scene at the Loud House in Royal Woods was bursting with energy and excitement for the Loud House and their guests had been looking forward to this particular episode of Total Drama the most since the very first episode. "Here it is... The first one with Sammy in charge and without Chris and Chef!" Lynn Jr said beaming with everyone excited as they had their snacks with them.
"I feel like I am able to breathe again and not have to worry about Lincoln too much now..." Rita sighed with content along with her father and her stepmother.
"I still remember how hard it was keep a straight face as we watched the last one with the familia... It was like how you all watched it!" Bobby said with Lori and Ronnie Anne nodding along with his words.
"Abuela said that Estrella predicted the morning that the episode aired that good things were due and there it was!" Ronnie Anne said with a big smirk.
"Let's see what the cheerleader has in store for Lincoln and the others..." Luan said as they saw it starting...
"Last time on Total Drama Action... The contestants got a big fright as they awoke to the site of the pirate movie challenge where they had race through a small obstacle course and had to try save as I was being held on the plank underneath sharks... Still a bit freaked out to be honest... While Gwen was continuing to show her concern to boyfriend Lincoln over his alliance with Courtney; this challenge was the last straw for Bridgette who decided to swim into the shark infested waters to catch me. Not very safe and it got her disqualified but super nice and sweet of her! Through a cannon Lincoln sent Chris into the waters basically winning him the challenge and invincibility and Bridgette helped convince me to stand up to Chef as he was sent to the waters himself. While having to say goodbye to my new friend Bridgette at the Awards Ceremony; Mr Draven the show's executive producer came to inform us all that I was to take over as the host for the rest of the season! They were all so happy for me and I can't wait to show you the changes that I made... Well 1 is walking the Walk of Shame and the rest are going to the double elimination semi finals episode... Who will it be? Find out on... Total... Drama... Action!"
The opening is shown.
The next morning; the final five contestants were getting out of their trailers fully dressed to walk to the food tent and Zoey was giggling to herself all excited. "Okay I will bite; what's got you in such a chipper mood? Is it because that we don't have to deal with Chris or Chef for the rest of the season?" Gwen asked and Zoey then shook her head.
"Could you blame her if that was the case?" Lily asked and everyone just shook their heads at once.
"Oh no... Well that is good news but it's occured to me... We are all in the final five together... Isn't this all exciting?" Zoey asked and they just stared at her oddly causing her smile to drop. "What?" Zoey then aske as Lincoln took a deep breath.
Some blinks from them as well.
"Zoey... You were in the final five last season as well... In fact you were in the final two! The runner up, 2nd place, silver medal..." Lincoln reminded Zoey as she nodded.
"I know Lincoln but this season; I managed to legitimately stay on the show through all the challenges and make it this far! Remember I spent some episodes away plotting my revenge on Lindsay?" Zoey brought up and they all realised her point.
"Think they went through this though..." Ronnie Anne said remembering them discussing that as they thought about it.
"Still; it's nice to think about managing to do it more legitimately." Myrtle said with some nods.
Courtney walked to the lead and said "I am sure that I would have made it to the final five if..."
"I bet that I know what she is literally going to bring up..." Lori sighed wondering if a broken record would have actually broken down by now compared to this.
"If it wasn't for everyone at the result voting you off and getting you eliminated for no fault of your own; you have only reminded us about... Five hundred freaking times so why not make it five hundred and one times?" Gwen intterupted with her arms folded and Courtney glared at her with Lincoln about to get between them to stop any fight when they reached the tent.
"Would get annoying hearing the same point being brought up; if how legit it is..." Lynn Sr pointed out as there was blinks from some others among them.
"How long is it going to take before those 2 have their big blowout?" Lucy asked concerned thinking about Gwen and Courtney and they just gulped at the thought.
They looked inside and their eyes widened as they saw the tables filled with boxes of fast food pizza. "A delivery for the TDA finalists; compliments of host Sammy..." said a delivery boy and they all jumped at the boxes.
There were jealous hungry looks from most of them; "That looks amazing..." Lana drooled and Lola hated to admit that she was close to being like her twin like this.
"Sammy is so amazing doing this!" Leni squeald and they did wondering what that must have been like.
"It was like the feast before the sleeping challenge last season all over again..." sighed Lincoln happily in the confessional.
"Without it turning out to be a big scheme by Chris." Luan pointed out and they shook their heads at one of the most sadistic challenges that Chris had pulled off in this show which made them miss him less if that was even possible.
"If I knew this was going to happen then before voting off Lauren; I would have had her cause an accident to have Chris and Chef replaced by Sammy earlier!" Gwen sighed with content in the confessional.
"Good idea Gwen but I would hate to have you all get into trouble for doing that..." Ronnie Anne laughed along with the others.
"After everything we have had for breakfast and dinner all season... The fast food pizza tasted like a slice of the clouds up in Heaven..." Brady said in the confessional with a smile.
"I bet!" Lynn Sr agreed with everyone nodding; he was thinking about he could do without having to see Chef's disgusting food on the show ever again.
The tent was now littered with empty boxes with the contestants all filled up; "Good morning finalists and I hope that you all enjoyed the breakfast that I set up for you. Being host now meant that I had access to parts of the budget and so moving some from the remains of Chris' clothes cleaning funds to the previously non-existent contestant food fund and then the challenge safety funds. Yes I want to treat my clients well!" Sammy said entering the tent with a big smile while wearing the suit that she wore as Mrs McAuley.
They were smiling and cheering for her but then something about what she said caught the ears of one of them. "Sammy called them 'clients'." Lisa pointed out and they raised eyebrows at that.
"Well she is dressing fancy... Maybe something related to the show?" Rita asked as at firs thtey didn't think twice about Sammy being dressed like that; putting it as pat of her new role but then again Chris was dressed rather casually on the show as well...
"Wow; you definitely look the part of host now Sammy and it suits you." Lincoln complimented her as she smiled on the spot and Courtney's eyes widened.
"Careful about what you might tell her Lincoln or it could lead to you having a 3rd girlfriend." Lynn Sr teased with Ronnie Anne and Lynn's sisters laughing wondering about the idea.
"Hang on a second... You just called us clients?" Courtney said as Sammy's smile became more wide.
"Yes and why I chose to dress like this is because I will also be acting as your agent and manager for you since today is the rock star movie challenge!" Sammy explained and Lincoln got especially excited.
The excited squealing that resulted from Luna and Sam caused everyone there to have to hold their ears and then the shouting of Mr Grouse from next door to tell them to keep the noise down. Luna and Sam looked embarassed as they got looks as it died down.
"This is going to be epic!" Luna told Sam as she nodded.
"Ant without Chris's filthy hands on it!" Sam said as they two girlfriends high fived eachother to amusement from most of those gathered.
"Indeed; we will be exploring a sample of the rock star life and not the fame getting to your heads causing a downfall to make a comeback, the downward spirals caused by addictions and the early deaths. I have also been asked by Mr Draven to make it clear to the audience not to try any of what I had just mentioned at home." Sammy then said seriously facing the camera for the last statement.
"As if anyone would be stupid enough to actually try all that..." Lola scoffed as she got looks from the older ones.
"You would be surprised..." Albert said with frowns at that.
"Should be cool... I prefer more punk rock music..." Gwen stated as Lincoln jumped. "Oh yeah... I think you mentioned after last season ended that one of your sisters is the lead of her own rock band?" Gwen said as Lincoln beamed as he then jumped on the table and made a pose.
"Link told Gwen about me!" Luna said as the Loud sisters then began wondering about what Lincoln said to his girlfriends about them to the amusement of everyone else.
"This challenge is for you Luna!" Lincoln said headbanging.
A huge grin on the face of Luna as she repeated the gesture with everyone else smiling at the display.
"He told me about that as well; when we were bonding at the resort last season. I told him about my old rock band but we broke up before our fist gig because apparently you can't have a band with 5 leads and no back up." Courtney then pointed out and eyed Gwen for a second.
Blinks at this and Luna and Sam were just speechless about that.
"Gwen is starting to get on my nerves with how much she is criticising the completely platonic and not all unevent partnership and friendship that I have with her boyfriend. Lucky for her; I am still not at the point to target her for elimination. Thinking about Zoey to get rid of the runner up from last season..." Courtney stated in the confessional looking agitated and then more serious.
Frowns at this; "Again there is a point where we have had enough..." Lynn Jr then said with looks of agreement from several of the sisters and Ronnie Anne.
"Zoey is nice..." Leni muttered to herself with a frown.
At the awards theatre the contestants met with Sammy at a rock star type backdrop with speakers. "Welcome to your stage rock stars for your first challenge where you get to rock out on your guitar! A special color coded one where the notes will be represented on the screen!" Sammy explained pointing to the screen which had changing colors on the picture of the guitar as a stage hand came to give Sammy the guitars. "Thank you very much for your help." Sammy smiled at the stage hand.
"So it's like a video game and I am pretty sure that our brah should ace this as he have played games like this before with me!" Luna said smiling at the memories and they thought the same about the video game element to it as well.
"It doesn't hurt to treat people with kindness... I kind of hope Amy is taking notes back home..." Sammy said in the confessional.
"How is Amy taking all this? I hope she is furiously jealous and bitter..." Lori said with laughs from most of them and not even the older adults could fault them for that.
"Each time you get a wrong note then there will be a buzzing sound you will be happy to note that we had the technicians rework the guitars at the last minute. Chris wanted them to electrocute you if you played a wrong note." Sammy said and their eyes widened.
Looks of shock at this; "If Chris had stayed on... This would actually pain us to watch..." Sam said with a nod from Luna.
"Can someone please give us a copy of our contract... I am pretty sure that something like that wouldn't be covered..." Courtney said as a stage hand came to show Courtney and she looked at it before shaking her head.
"Sorry to dissapoint you Courtney..." sighed Lisa causing others to gulp and be mor egrateful that Chris wasn't there anymore.
"I was in a tub and stung by electric eels last season... I think I would have been able to handle that better." Lincoln stated.
"Thanks Lincoln... I managed to purge that from my memory..." Rita sighed as they cringed at the memory with the Loud parents wondering about if they should scheduled a doctor's appointment for Lincoln to see his physical state after everything he had experienced on the show.
They were now up on the stage with their guitars and Sammy on the ground facing them on her chair. "Please feel free to rock out!" Sammy said as they started playing the guitars as the notes appeared on the screen and the music started.
They were interested to see this play out; especially Luna and Sam.
They were going pretty well with Lincoln being into acting like an energy filled rock star with Courtney smiled with her eyes closed. Courtney really got into it as she played on her knees and then played with the guitar behind her head which left everyone speechless.
They blinked and were stunned speechless.
"Okay... Awesome performances all around but I think that it's clear that Courtney is the winner of this challenge!" Sammy said as Courtney smiled with Lincoln congratulating her.
Even the ones that disliked Courtney the most had to begrudgingly admit that she had clearly won this round.
They were now at a red carpet leading to a set up dressing room with standees of photographers and fans. "Welcome to the next part of your challenge is an obstacle course through the fans and paparazzi and it starts from the Lame-O-Sine then to the crowd and then backstage. Courtney for winning gets a backstage pass and gets to start halfway." Sammy said giving the backstage pass to Courtney.
"Wow... Lincoln really is a famous superstar now..." Luan said amused as they laughed and some felt jealous.
Especially Lola who glared at the screen and imagined herself doing all that for real once she got famous herself; especially after the Ridonculous Race. In her mind; no one else deserved it more in the family...
"Looks like I get to do this part of the rock star life before Luna gets to... Tough breaks sis..." laughed Lincoln in the confessional.
Everyone looked towards Luna who seemed just more amused than anything else.
Courtney is halfway on the carpet and goes running from the camera flashes; signs an autograph for a fan, smiles for a second for a photo from the paparazzi and then somersaults and then gets to the backstage.
They thought that Courtney did it well; especially with her advantage.
Lincoln goes from the Lame-O-Sine down the carpet, signs autographs and then a standee fans' heads and gets to the door. He then makes a rocking pose at the door from behind him and then gets in.
Cheers and appluse at this; especially Luna and Sam.
"I am sure going to win this for us and I think I have an idea on who to target for elimination to make it easier for us since the next episode will land us to the final 2!" Courtney told Lincoln who was surprised but Sammy came up to them.
Blinks and concern replaced the cheers for this; "I am afraid of what she has planned..." Leni admitted with some nodding with her.
"Better keep it quiet for here comes Brady's turn but nice job for both of you!" Sammy told them going through the door as Courtney took him aside to whisper in his ear.
Brady just ran down the carpet and ended up going through several of the standees to get to the door. "Will have to take points and time off from that Brady since I am pretty sure in real life; this would land you a couple of lawsuits..." Sammy told Brady who sighed sadly.
They ended up laughing at this; "A big payday for his lawyers if this was real life..." Lynn Sr said.
"Hope that Beth isn't disappointed in me." Brady said to himself.
Zoey was seen autographing every single standee in the crowd before going through the door. "Such love for your fans but it cost you in the time department sorry to say Zoey..." Sammy told Zoey who shrugged.
"The standard for how all celebrities shoudl treat their fans..." Bobby said with some nodding but Lola was thinking that some shouldn't be too focused on those who were there to follow them.
Gwen just ran down the carpet shielding her face form the flashes and took aside all the standees. "Oh the 'doesn't care' attitude towards the paparazzi; the tabloids are gonna have a field day with this Gwen." Sammy told her who shrugged.
Ronnie Anne found that amusing; "Gwen would be all suited for the 'anger at the tabloids in her face' type of being famous." Bobby said with some nodding.
"Tabloids who don't think that respect for privacy should even exist..." Rita said agreeing with her son in law.
In the dressing room set up; the contestants were met with Sammy; "Your final challenge is to imitate an angry rock star's tantrum in trashing the room. 30 seconds for each of you to destroy as much as you can with Courtney getting an additional 10 for winning the last challenge." Sammy explained as Courtney smirked.
"You plan on doing this Luna?" Lynn Jr asked Luna teasingly who just grunted.
The five then went to work smashing stuff with Gwen kicking the TV, Brady knocking over some food, Zoey messing up some drawers and Courtney doing her best to smash the windows. However Lincoln was whispering to himself and in a flash beagn destroyiing stuff causing them to stop and stare at him with the walls falling down. Sammy ended up catching Lincoln and Sammy told them "You can stop now... Except for Courtney who goes on for 10 seconds." Sammy said as Gwen then took Lincoln's hand to calm down and Courtney then looked around trying to find at least something left to smash as her 10 seconds were up.
They blinked and were now frozen speechless.
"I am kind of scared..." Lucy admitted which was a lot from her and held onto Lily as she needed some comfort.
"Dang Lincoln... How exactly did you put yourself in that state?" Ronnie Anne asked without knowing what to feel.
"How exactly did you do all that..." Gwen asked looking like she didn't know to be impressed or scared as Lincoln looked sheepish.
"I was telling myself to pretend that I was at home and that there were money for my sisters and I to find or that someone was hogging the remote... We have experience trashing our house or other places and I can't believe that I am bragging about that..." Lincoln admitted.
There was laughs from the guests as the Loud siblings were just silent but just got looks from the parents at this.
"Well Lincoln; you are the winner by a longshot as in... Not even close... You have immunity from being eliminated and guaranteed a spot in tomorrow's double elimination semi finals episode!" Sammy announced with Lincoln smiling and Courtney smirking.
"Lincoln better make it to the finals this time!" Lynn Jr swore and some nodded.
To the awards ceremony Courtney dragged Lincoln and Brady away. "You know Brady; I have been thinking and you know Zoey... She could very well be a top contender to actually win if she taps into her Commando persona again and we have a chance to stop her before that happens so what do you say joining us in voting her off?" Courtney suggested as Brady gave a raised eyebrow.
"Why not vote you off Courtney? You have been scheming all season I can tell and I doubt that Zoey and Gwen think highly of you..." Brady replied and Courtney was taken aback but she looked at Lincoln and smirked.
"Good thinking Brady..." smirked Lori and others but it fell as they saw Courtney's own smirk.
"Well if you want to be like that then I guess we can change targets and do you wan to risk Lincoln convincing his girlfriend to help us vote you off?" Courtney asked as Lincoln's eyes widened but a look from Courtney silenced him causing Brady to be taken aback.
Mouths were wide open at this.
"Did she really just..." fumed Ronnie Anne with Lucy not too far behind.
"How low is that..." Luan muttered once she found her voice and most were glaring at the screen.
"Come on Lincoln; are you really going to let her do that?" Show some spine and backbone!" snapped Lynn Jr with exasperation.
At the awards ceremony the contestants were seated down and Sammy was in her dress with the Gilded Chrises as the contestants made their votes and Gwen noticed Courtney giving a nod to Lincoln and Brady. "Votes have been counted and sorry but we are still stuck with the Gilded Chrises... So... Lincoln! Gwen! Brady! Courtney! Sorry Zoey but you are riding the Lame-O-Sine today..." Sammy said and then looked apologetic as she tossed them the Gilded Chrises.
Loud groans filled with the room; "I can't believe that Lincoln let her do that..." Lori said upset with her brother and so was Ronnie Anne.
"Still thinking that we should give Lincoln's 'partner' a chance..." Lynn Jr asked the parents and grandparents and they were just silent; unhappy with what had happened as well. Dissapointed in Lincoln as well as feeling angry at Courtney.
"Thanks Sammy but it's alright... I got to meet you friends and I made it this far. Besides I will get to spend time with my best friend again and speaking of Dawn; I will say hi to her for you Lincoln! I hope that you and Gwen makes it to the final 2!" Zoey said getting up with a smile as she went and hugged Lincoln to his surprise as she waved goodbye while walking to the Walk of Shame.
"Poor Zoey..." sighed Leni as most were glaring at the screen.
Gwen ran up to Brady and Lincoln accusingly as he gulped; "Did Courtney convince you both to target Zoey?" Gwen asked as Lincoln sighed nodding and Brady put his head down.
"Knock some sense into him Gwen!" Ronnie Anne shouted with others nodding.
"Courtney said that if I didn't then Lincoln could convince you to to eliminate me." Brady admitted as Lincoln took a deep breath as her eyes were on him.
"Gwen... Sorry... She suggested that out of the blue and I was going to respond but she... I wouldn't know what to say at the moment..." Lincoln said apologetically as Courtney got over to glare at Gwen.
"A spurn of the moment but son sometimes we need the courage to speak out..." Rita said softly as they watched the display intently.
"Look; Zoey knew that it was no hard feelings and you should just accept that Lincoln and I are partners in an alliance while you are making us to be a minion and his boss!" Courtney told Gwen in her face as Lincoln tried to get between them.
"Are you in denial about what this is yourself Courtney?" Lisa asked as some shook their heads.
"Lincoln..." Gwen told Lincoln as she sighed taking a deep breath. "I know that you wouldn't have thought or be happy with Courtney pulling that but... This so called alliance could be turning you into just her lackey and I want you to have a think about this alliance and if it's going too far. I am just afraid that it's changing you and you won't be the boy that I fell in love with." Gwen told Lincoln softly as she walked away leaving him stunned silent as Courtney had to literally drag him away.
They blinked at this.
"Are... Are they... Are they breaking up?" Leni asked praying that it wasn't so.
"If they are... I want to introduce Courtney to my fists..." Ronnie Anne swore as Lily was crying to crying as she had to comforted by her nearest siblings.
Lincoln was in the confessional and just staring at the camera silently for a minute.
"I need to blow off some steam..." ROnnie ANne said running out of the room with her brother chasing after her.
"I am going to find a baseball and bat to do the same..." Lynn Jr then said.
"So... What is going to happen?" Lana asked as the older adults didn't know what to say; they hoped that they ended up having this sorted out. Especially the Loud parents who would hate to have Lincoln and Gwen break up before they even get a chance to meet Gwen themselves.
"Man this episode was rocking but the ending ruined it on a dour note..." Sam sighed with Luna nodding.