Challenge Idea Credit: Obsidian Champion
Day 4, 8:30 AM
Hosts' Dorm (Brea & Blaineley)
Blaineley woke up to the sound of loud laughter.
"Breaaaaa…" she groaned. The hostess was currently in a red nightgown.
Brea was now seen emerging from the bathroom in her casual attire, talking to someone on the phone.
"Alright, I'll meet you on the lobby, see ya!" Brea grinned as she hung up.
"Who was that?" Blaineley groggily asked.
"Epi. He's already on the lobby with Chris, Chef, and Don." Brea answered.
"Are you talking about Kahlil Lowell? You know, the guy with the long black wavy curly hair-"
"Blaineley, Kahlil and Epi are just the same person." Brea rolled her eyes. "Are you stupid?"
"Well, maybe I won't be so stupid if you didn't wake me up using your horrible laughter!" Blaineley raged.
"I'll just take that as a compliment." Brea sighed and left the dorm.
Lobby
"Well, here comes Brea and Blaineley." Don noted as out as he saw both hostesses exit from the elevator.
"Hey, Epi! Nice to see you!" Brea grinned as she and a man in his early 20's shared a high five.
Epi was a bit taller than Brea, standing at 5'5 ft with fair skin tone and a lean, fit body.
Like Blaineley said, he had long black wavy curly hair, a light stubble, a mustache and soul patch. There were noticeable multiple beauty marks on his arms and chest. He also has chocolate brown eyes with bags under his eyes (due to sleeping late and focusing more on his writing). And lastly, he had an old small cut scar under his left eye.
He wore an unzipped blue plaid hoodie, a black tribal Yggdrasil shirt, light gray ripped jeans with a black sash tied around his waist, and blue sneakers. There was also a wood cross necklace on his neck, and a leather wristband bracelet that has the flag of Puerto Rico on it. And lastly, he had small rimmed black glasses.
"Wait, you call him Epi?" Chris idened his eyes in disbelief. "Then… how come we keep on calling him Khalil?"
"It's probably because I never told you about my nickname." He chuckled, and the others followed suit.
"So Mr. Future Narrative Designer… are you ready to guest in this episode?" Blaineley gave him a smirk.
"Of course, why would I be here then?" He asked.
Chris snapped his fingers. "Because we're all ready to witness another episode of-"
"Total Drama Act II: Musical Power!" They all said in unison.
"That sounded more like an outro than an intro." Blaineley commented before the screen fades to the theme song.
*Opening Theme #1*
Dear mom and dad, I'm doing fine
The camera zooms into the dance practice room where Lyle was practicing his ballet. May and Sami were watching him and applauded as he landed on his plié successfully, while Arabelle on the other hand, watched with disgust.
You're always on my mind
The camera leaves the room and heads to the auditorium where we can see Beatrice masterfully playing the piano until Antoinette sits on the keys smirking, causing several off-key notes being played. Ryder sees this and pushes Antoinette off the piano, causing her to land face first to the floor and Ryder and Beatrice high-fived.
You asked me what I wanted to be
The camera zooms under the high-five and next thing we see is that we are in the bedroom of one of the teams' houses, where Janice was writing in her diary. Toxa was standing right behind her, rubbing her hands as if she had a plan. Toxa then turns back, only to find Misha crossing her arms. On the window however, we can see Pierre trying to get a peek of the girls.
And now I think the answer is plain to see
The camera warps to the other house's living room, where we can see Rival and Therion doing their handshake. Mara is then seen in the window waving at them causing Therion to blush but then scowls when he sees Mara taken away by Ulysses. Both boys however, ignored Alec, who served them a plate of cookies, with a shocked expression on his face.
I wanna be famous
The camera zooms into the cookies and warps to the backstage where we can see Carter and Mag arguing, with Nash trying to break them up, by throwing his lasso at them. Lee on the other hand, freaks out as he sees this, and runs away from them instead of telling them something important.
I wanna live close to the sun
We then get a view of the storage room, where Gordon and Vanessa were looking for something. Colin opens the door, scaring the two, but leaves after that with a downed expression.
Go pack your bags, I've already gone far
The camera then warps again to the dressing room, where we see Adala and Zack comforting Sybil, who looked as if she were crying. It then pans onto ELV on the other side of the room, who happens to pass by and (unintentionally) begins to eavesdrop.
Everything to prove, what can you say?
We now go to the cafeteria where we can see Holly, Evan, and Leticia chatting. Arreis and Kimmie have plates of food in their hand but Kimmie accidentally drops the food on Holly, making her mad. Mairead was on the other table, laughing, while Gabe didn't look too pleased.
I'll be there one day
The camera quickly zooms into a small library where Dustin, Oli, and Robert were playing cards. However Maya comes in and slams the table, causing all cards to fall off, getting glares from the three boys.
'Cause I wanna be famous
The scene then swaps to a camera room, where we can see Brea, Blaineley, Chris, and Chef arguing. Don then arrives and stops everyone but is stopped when Enrique starts scolding them.
Na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na!
The scene switches to the office room where we can see Chris holding a bunch of papers, then leaves his office with a note that says "NO TRESPASSING" in big red letters.
I wanna be, I wanna be, I wanna be famous
The first "I wanna be" shows the Sopranos (Janice, Sami, Toxa, Beatrice, Kimmie) against the Tenors (Alec, Colin, Zack, Lyle, Oli). The second "I wanna be" shows the Mezzo-Sopranos (Vanessa, Misha, Adala, May, Mairead) and the Mezzo-Tenors (Gordon, Pierre, Therion, Nash, Robert) shaking hands. The "I wanna be famous" shows the Altos (Arabelle, Antoinette, Mag, Sybil, Arreis) and Basses (Rival, Ryder, Carter, ELV, Gabe) sharing a group hug.
I wanna be, I wanna be, I wanna be famous
The fourth "I wanna be" shows the four interns standing there with mixed expressions. The fifth "I wanna be" shows the five judges with different reactions from different performances. In the second "I wanna be famous" shows the five hosts crossing their arms with smirks on their faces.
*whistling in tune*
The whole cast can now be seen on the stage, bowing as the audience applauds them loudly. Flowers were being thrown to the stage as the curtain closed, revealing the season's title, "Total Drama Act II: Musical Power" in gold letters. The episode title, "Episode 7: Blank Sided Coins" can be seen written below, in silver letters.
*End opening theme*
Episode 7: Blank Sided Coins
"Whatever you do, don't make a sound."
Major A Room (Major House)
May and Beatrice were seen opening the door, revealing no one other than Vanessa, who had her stuff on hand. Everyone at this point was already awake and the fact that Antoinette was moved down to Minor relieved them.
"Welcome!" Beatrice grinned as she and May helped Vanessa with her stuff.
"Thanks guys." Vanessa smiled back as she settled her stuff near the place where Antoinette used to sleep. "So… where are the others?"
"Honestly, I have no idea." May shrugged. "They were gone as soon as we woke up."
"That's too bad." Vanessa said, climbing up on the bed, resting her head on the pillow.
As soon as everything was settled, Beatrice grabbed May's hand.
"Hey Vanessa, we'll be back for a sec if you don't mind." Beatrice told her.
"Alright, you guys do your thing." Vanessa nodded, as both girls turned to leave the room.
Beatrice and May both entered the bathroom. Luckily, no one was in it so they had time to talk.
"What's this?" May asked her, not knowing what in the world was going on.
Beatrice shushed her. "I have a plan. We could form an alliance. Us two with Vanessa. She seems like a pretty good ally."
"Better than Arreis, I guess." May shrugged. "But hey, won't Colin be a bit skeptical about this? Because, you know, he probably knows Vanessa and all."
Beatrice stopped in her tracks. Does this seem like a risky decision? There's a chance that one member from their team could step down, and alliances like these will really help on the other hand.
"We have to try. I'm not sure if anyone else besides Ryder will side with us." she sighed.
The two exit the bathroom and head back to their room to see Vanessa unpacking her stuff.
"Hey Vanessa!" May greeted as Vanessa returned the greeting with a chuckle.
"What's up?"
"Well…" Beatrice inhaled deeply. "May and I are thinking of an alliance. All the way until post-merge of course. So… I'm asking you this… from one pianist to another."
Vanessa thought of it for a moment. She currently had no allies on the team she was on, but at the same time, she doesn't know if she could trust them or not. But maybe, just maybe, she thought, they don't seem so bad after all.
"Alright, I'm in." She nodded. The two girls sighed in relief.
"Nice!" May cheered.
"So, who's our target?" Vanessa asked. The three girls sat in a circle and began discussing.
Dance Practice Room
The camera pans to the dance practice room, where we can see Colin and Ryder looking in every single nook and cranny.
"Where do you think it could be?" Ryder asked his friend.
"'Course it had to go missing right when we performed." Colin facepalmed himself. Things were definitely screwing up. "We don't even know what it does, and who has it."
Ryder turned to him. "Let's trace back to what happened yesterday. Our team sat towards the back so… which team sat closest to us?"
Colin pondered on the thought. He didn't really pay much attention to who sat where, but a guess came into his mind.
"Definitely one of the Minor teams. Major B sat in front of us."
"So all we have to do is to ask them if they have it. There, problem solved." Ryder concluded.
"But that's risky."
Ryder paused for a moment. He was right. Does it seem a bit fishy just by asking them about a certain item? They could easily say no and keep it to themselves.
"You're right." Ryder commented, before leaning against the wall and sighed.
This was gonna be an incredibly long day.
Library
Adala, Arreis, and Sami were currently in the library. Arreis was reading a non-fiction book about animals. Adala was listening to some music on her phone, and Sami was drawing.
"I wonder what the challenge is for today." Adala perked up, taking off one of the earbuds in her right ear.
Sami was erasing a mark she made in her drawing. "I don't know… I for sure know that these non-musical challenges are getting a bit diverse."
"That's not a bad thing actually." Arreis replied. "Last season lacked diversity when it came to challenges, so this was kind of a fresh start."
"Well, you were eliminated early to begin with." Adala reminded. "There was the hide and seek challenge in the first season with the final seven."
"Oh yeah. That." Arreis rolled her eyes. "I would've gone so much farther if I just left those apps on the ground."
Sami shook her head. "I think you did a good thing, honestly. It's just that Chris doesn't see it."
Arreis clenched her fist and smacked the table, startling the two. "You know what, if I get eliminated in an unfair manner again, they don't know what is coming."
Sami and Adala stared at a completely neutral expression, but they were internally concerned for the well being of Arreis, even though she wasn't their teammate.
Minor B Room (Minor House)
The day has now hit noon. Everyone has gone back to their respective rooms at this point since there was no announcement regarding the challenges yet.
"It's past lunch time already and there's still no challenge." Oli commented, resting on his bunk.
"Maybe they're giving us a day off." Janice answered, while writing something in her diary. Little did she know that Arabelle was trying to peek from the other side.
"What are you writing in there?"
Janice widened her eyes as she clutched her diary closer to her chest. "Nothing that concerns you."
"Wow, first you try to ruin our lives and now you're invading someone's privacy?" Gordon snarked.
"None of your business." Arabelle spat.
Lyle sighed as the two bickered. He then gestured to Antoinette who has been seemingly quiet ever since she got into the team. He decided to not peak with her at all and headed for Oli.
"Hey," Lyle greeted as he sat down next to him.
"Hi." Oli greeted back. "So, what brings you here?"
"I was going to say, maybe we could form an alliance." Lyle whispered to him. "You, me, and Gordon?"
Oli nodded at his offer. "I was gonna say the same thing."
Hallways
Toxa, Misha, Gabe, and Robert were on the hallways just sitting around, getting to know each other.
"So I heard you guys just lost some teammates." Gabe sympathized with them. "Must be hard to lose two members at once."
Robert and Misha both looked down at his statement. They both had a connection to Kimmie and it was hard to have someone close to you be gone so early in the game.
Toxa also had a connection to Alec who was another ex-competitor, but she was silently thinking to herself if he had an idea of what she was planming to do to him behind those scenes.
"Thanks Gabe, but we'll carry on. Right guys?" Robert turned to both punk girls. They glanced at each other before nodding in agreement. "This is just the beginning, and there's no way that we'd all be giving up so easily."
"You're right." Misha balled up a fist in determination. "Let's get this motherfucking show on the road."
Toxa (Minor A): "Gabe and Robert are both potential allies and with their veteran statuses in the game, this may get much easier…" she smirked. "You're not recording this, right?"
Garden
Mag was sitting on the gazebo, silently thinking to herself whilst looking at the sunset. All the clues she had gathered towards her past were not fitting together, or at least for her-
"So, have you put two and two together now?" Carter asked, standing right in front of her.
"Jesus Christ Carter, you nearly scared the living hell out of me." Mag retorted to him and crossed her arms. "And mind you, I am not thinking about this problem."
"Well I am." Carter said, leaning on the gazebo's railings. "I'm one hundred percent sure that it was your biological father who was with my mother on that night."
"Can we stop with this mess?" Mag stood up and narrowed her eyes, in which you could tell the anger was already present. "That has nothing to do with me. And besides, that man's child already died. That identification card is documented and you can't change that unless you're planning to do something illegal."
Little they knew that Nash was chilling on the side, but unintentionally ended up listening to their whole ordeal. He didn't want to intervene and left.
"I'm serious Mag. Just try and think this through." Carter suggested.
"No." Mag spat.
"Fine, as you wish." Carter sighed and left.
Nash (Major A): "Something's definitely wrong with them, partners."
Music Room
Sybil was sitting on the piano bench, lightly brushing her fingers towards the ebony white piano keys of the grand instrument in front of her. She never played piano before, but something always comes up on her mind just by hearing piano music-
"Hey," said a voice from behind her. She automatically knew who it was, but decided to go along with it this time.
"Hey Pierre," Sybil said softly, not taking her eyes off the piano but decided to speak up. "Um, well… since it's only the two of us in here, do you want to talk about…"
"About what?" He asked. Sybil gained the fourage to look at him in the eyes even though she hated him, but the hate somehow subsided...
"Us?"
Just right by the glass window, Zack happens to be listening to their conversation. Sure he didn't want to intervene but something does not seem right.
"No. You hate me and that is final." Pierre shook his head. "Remember that nearly fatal car accident you had last year? That was the reason why we break up. You never even cared for me anymore so I just ended up going with someone else to get over you-"
Zack widened his eyes at what he had just heard.
Zack (Major B): "Car accident? Last year?" He ran a hand through his hair. "Forgive me if I'm overthinking a bit too much, but what if Sybil's car accident has to do something with Sami's car accident? I… honestly sense a huge fight coming. I don't know."
He decided to not listen further and sauntered further into the hall.
Minor A Room (Minor House)
Night arose throughout the islandas dinner was finished for the day. Rival was alone in the room, laying in his bunk while staring up into the ceiling until a knock was heard. He jerked up and quickly answered by opening the door-
-revealing no one other than Therion.
"Oh… hi Therion." Rival waved a bit towards him, trying to keep up his cheerful self even though he recently had a fight with him.
"Um… hi. Do you have a minute?" Therion asked him. Rival motioned him to enter the room, sitting on a nearby bunk bed.
Therion took a deep breath. "I just come here to say… I'm sorry. I realized that I overreacted too much about losing Mara, but I just realized as well that you're the only one I can talk to about this… besides, we both know her after all."
"Well, I'm sorry as well. For intervening into your problems when I shouldn't." Rival apologized with a sheepish chuckle.
"It's fine. You were just trying to help me after all." Therion nodded. "So… friends?"
He held up his hand for Rival to shake but instead, the redhead puled him into a brotherly hug.
"Good to have you back."
"Same here."
Suddenly, announcement was heard from the speakers.
"Attention, performers! Meet us at 11:00 PM in the parking lot! We'll be heading somewhere else for the challenge!" Chris announced.
Rival checked the clock, it read: 9:45 PM.
"Looks like we've still got time to prepare." Therion commented.
Parking Lot, 11:00 PM
Right now, the teens were seen boarding the bus. The hosts, plus Epi, have gathered on the trailer for the hosts.
"Are you sure about this challenge, though?" Epi asked the hosts.
"Well-"
"Of course we are, Khalil. This won't be too hard at all." Chris immediately answered, interrupting Brea.
"Fuck you." Brea muttered, sitting down on her seat.
Blaineley saw the commotion happening as she, Chef, and Don all sat next to each other, the latter placing a GPS in front of them.
"Let's just go."
Night 4, 12:00 AM
CHALLENGE 3.1: The Escape-ade (Location: Abandoned Building)
One hour later, the bus had parked a few yards away from an abandoned building. Everyone all exited the vehicle and looked at the completely secluded building that stood in front of them, completely astonished.
"Are you sure we're in the right place?" Blaineley asked her fellow co-hosts.
Much to a response, Don whipped up a GPS and took a gander at it. "Yup. This is it, everyone."
The building was wide and was about three storeys tall. It looked like it was in good shape on the outside, but peeking from the windows, everything was pitch black. However, some broken parts of the building were also seen from the sides as if there was a terrible earthquake that happened.
"So… this is what Musimental University looks like, huh?" Brea turned to the hosts.
Epi cleared his throat and began introducing himself to the cast. "Hello, contestants! I'm Khalil Lowell, but you may call me Epi! I'm the guest for these couple of episodes, and I'm also a future video game writer!"
The contestants all waved friendly towards him, with exceptions from some of the most obvious ones who aren't so delighted to meet new people.
Epi whipped up an iPad from his bag. "Anyway, I should probably give a background to what building is this… hmm… according to this article, it says here that Musimental University had a massive shootout and bombing back in 2009." His eyes continued to skim through the article. "There were also rumors of ghosts and bodies laying around in the school. And due to its location, it was said that only a few locals knew about this school's whereabouts and remains somehow unknown up to this very day but also…"
As Epi didn't finish his sentence, Chef raised an eyebrow.
"Also…?"
"The article stops there." Epi shrugged.
Brea had a disgusted look on her face. "Who the hell publishes an unfinished article in the internet?"
"Well…" Epi scrolled down through his iPad. "It says it was last edited on… July 15, 2018."
"That's like, two years ago. The editor of the article probably died for all I care." Chris snorted. "Alright teens! Your challenge for tonight is going to involve escaping and making it out alive. Basically, we'll have one team enter the building, find some keys to the exits and try to escape without getting caught."
Oli raised his hand. "Are there any killers?"
"Maybe…" Chef answered with a smirk, causing the teens to worry. "Anyway, once an hour has passed, we will send another team, then so on and so forth until all teams have gone."
"The team with the most members that manage to escape alive gets an advantage for the next challenge." Blaineley added nonchalantly.
Oli raised his hand again. "So does this mean we could die?"
"That is, if those killers don't catch you." Chris chuckled.
"But-"
Chris immediately interrupted him. "Killers, murderers, assassins, Valak, or whatever the fuck you want to call them, will try and get you, okay? I swear Oli, if you have another question-"
"Anyway," Blaineley butted in, holding up four straws with both of her hands. "Arreis, Oli, Robert, and Gabe, since you four are the only veterans in each of your teams, you four have been nominated by me to take a straw. Whoever draws the shortest straw, their team is the first to go."
"Riiiiight…" Arreis nodded, a look of concern on her face.
The four veterans were all drew their straws, with some of the other teens anticipated for the worst.
"Gabe, you got the shortest straw so Major B is going in first." Chef observed. As the team all cautiously lined up on yhe entrance after a few accusing glares towards Gabe, Chef tossed Sami a small box of matches and a candle, in which she almost failed to catch.
"What's this?" She asked.
"Light source." Chef plainly answered. "Just don't use up all the matches."
The team all looked at each other in fright.
"Go."
They entered the building, wondering what will happen to them in these next hours...
MAJOR B FOCUS CAM
Time Elapsed: 00:10
Ten seconds had passed.
"Light it up." A female voice was heard, presumably Adala's.
"On it." Said a higher pitched voice, most likely Sami.
Soon, we see one of the matches being lit by Sami, as she grabbed the candle and lit it up. She blew the flame away from the match and threw it off to the side.
Sybil was staring at her.
"What? I don't see a trash bin anywhere…" Sami chuckled nervously.
"But-"
Carter decided to butt in the conversation, interrupting Sybil. "Let's just find those keys and get outta here."
The group nodded at his conversation as they started walking on the incredibly dark hallway-
THUMP THUMP THUMP.
Zack turned around. "W-what was that?"
THUMP THUMP THUMP!
"Maybe this is the 'killer' they were talking about…" Therion gasped.
"But where's it coming from?" Adala asked everyone, prompting them to stop walking.
Suddenly, they see red light emerging from the far corner of the hall.
"S-should we run?" Gabe asked in fright.
"Um… no?" Sybil said unsurely.
The red light was now facing towards them, and there stood a dark figure holding a knife. The room was so dark that they weren't able to see who it was.
Then, it started running towards them.
THUMPTHUMPTHUMPTHUMPTHUMP
"RUN!" Adala shouted as she grabbed Sami's wrist, signalling the whole team to run. The fandom girl was so surprised that she almost blew out the candle she was holding.
They made a sharp left turn as soon as they reached the end of the hallway. Before they could do so though, the flame of the candle Sami was holding was blown out, partially because of the air movement as they all ran.
But since it was so dark, they didn't know that some of them ended up going in the other way.
"Uh-oh." Sami nervously said after they ran a few meters from the turn, outrunning the killer. "Um… are we missing anyone?"
Adala was the first to answer. "Well, I'm still holding your wrist, so I'm still here."
Carter's voice was also heard. "Same here. Someone's stepping on my foot."
"Oh wait, that was your foot? I'm sorry, I accidentally stepped on it." Therion added with a sheepish laughter. "I couldn't see."
"Well, we all can't see anymore." Adala sighed. "Hey Sami, you still have that box of matches?"
"Yeah, I have them right here." Sami answered, grabbing the small match box from her pocket. She flicked it on, and placed the flame on the candle.
"You might want to save those up." Carter told her. "We don't have a lot of matches."
"Okay." Sami nodded and Adala did also agree, but Therion was looking worried.
"Where are Sybil, Zack, and Gabe?" He asked, looking around the hallways.
Adala was also getting worried. "We should find them. But let's hope that we find some keys also, as well as the exit."
"Good idea." Carter nodded, as Sami and Adala began leading the way.
Time Elapsed: 15:06
It has been fifteen minutes since Major B had split up by accident. The camera was seen adjusting a bit, before we get a rather dark (but somewhat clear) view of Sybil, Gabe, and Zack. The trio were in some sort of classroom.
Clink!
"I think I stepped on something." Gabe called out. "Oh, I hope the others are safe though." He added, feeling his hand on the floor until he grabbed something.
"What is it?" Zack asked, trying to find him. There was a small light coming from the hallway, so that was their only source of light. Still though, it was difficult to see.
"I think it's a key." Gabe answered, until he felt someone accidentally bump him.
"Oops, sorry Gabe." Sybil was heard. "I tripped on something-"
"It's alright, Sybil." Gabe assured. "Gosh, let's hope that this key works."
Gabe looked at the two before leading them out of the classroom. The trio looked left and right in case there were any signs of the killers… or even their teammates.
"Let's go." Gabe said, as the three went hand in hand in order to not get either of them lost.
The three made a left turn around a corridor. They kept walking cautiously on the halls-
-until a figure in a black mask with green glow-in-the-dark trims was seen on the left.
"OH SHIT-" Gabe squealed and the three instantly broke out into a run, their hearts beating over a hundred miles per hour.
"WHATDOWEDOWHATDOWEDO!" Sybil shouted, clearly panicking herself off.
"JUST RUN!" Zack yelled. He ran a bit faster than the two and saw a door on the right. He jiggled the door handle, opened it, and quickly motioned the other two to get in, shutting the door right on the killer's face. Right next to the door was a light switch. He flicked it on and almost flinched as the lights went on successfully.
They were in some sort of storage room, as lots of boxes were seen.
Numerous thumps were heard on the door, as the three jumped in fright and rushed backwards.
Gabe was getting nervous. "H-how are we gonna get out?"
"Is there another door?" Sybil began freaking out, looking all around the room.
"I don't think so. I think we'll just have to wait for him to go away…" Zack told them, seemingly a bit calmer than the other two.
Time Elapsed: 25:47
Ten more minutes later, we now go back to Adala, Sami, Therion, and Carter, who were still looking for an exit.
THUMP THUMP THUMP-
"Guys, I think he's coming." Therion pointed out.
"Quick, over there!" Carter whispered frantically as he pointed to a nearby staircase and the four quickly ran up to it. They climbed up a few steps away from the ground floor.
"Turn the light off." Adala ordered.
"But-"
"Do it." Adala shot back, interrupting Sami's protest of running out of matches. The fandom girl quickly blew the flame away just in time as they could see red light sauntering past them. As soon as the red light disappeared into the other side, the four sighed in relief.
"He's gone… right?" Therion asked the remainder of his team.
Carter was in one of the lower steps so he started to peek on the walls. He looked on the right side. No one. He then looked at the left-
-and there he was, about to swing his knife towards the untrusting boy. Luckily he ducked just in time, barely dodging it as the knife swooshed past him about a millimeter above his hair.
"UP UP UP UP UP UP UP!" Carter shouted as fast as he could and the other three ran up the stairs into the second floor, pure fright written on their faces.
Now they were deciding on going up to the third floor to outrun and confuse the killer.
"UP!?" Therion gulped.
"YES! UP TO THE THIRD FLOOR NOW!" Carter shouted.
"WHERE!?" Sami shrieked, attempting to light up a candle on the way so that they could see, only to fail as the match snapped in half. The fandom girl hissed and tossed it aside, slightly slowing down from the other three.
"IDIOT, WE'RE GETTING FARTHER AWAY FROM THE EXIT!" Adala shouted towards Carter who was leading the way through the third floor via running faster than them. (Now that's how you lead, folks. lol)
"JUST SHUT UP AND RUN!" Carter retorted intensely.
Time Elapsed: 44:56
After almost thirty minutes of hiding in the storage room, Sybil, Gabe, and Zack were finally deciding to head out.
"Are we really gonna head out?" Sybil asked nervously.
Gabe placed a hand on her shoulder. Of course we are. Can't stay in here forever, you know."
Zack had a hand on his chin. "What's the plan, though?"
"Easy." Gabe answered. "If there's a killer, I'll hold it off while you two run."
"Wait, WHAT!?" Sybil shrieked. "You can't just sacrifice yourself for us!"
"Please, Sybil. It's just a challenge. It's not like we're really gonna die anyway." Gabe said with a little chuckle.
Zack seemed to also side with Sybil, judging by his concerned look. "I don't know, Gabe. What if they're real though?"
"They're not." The veteran looked at them. "Trust me. Act I was worse than this."
"Well…" Sybil bit her lip. "I don't know, you guys were placed in a life-threatening situation last season…"
"We can do this guys. All you have to do is believe." Gabe said in a terribly cheesy way as his hand was on the door handle. He opened it up, and looked at the right.
Coast was clear.
He looked on the left.
"AKXYBEKWDUHWIDNRH!" yelled the masked killer.
"WHY DOES IT ALWAYS HAVE TO BE ON THE GODDAMN LEFT!?" Gabe shrieked, as he was taken away by the masked killer.
"NOOOO! GABE!" Zack called out, but instead, Gabe tossed him the key.
"RUN!" Gabe shouted as he was being captured. Zack grabbed Sybil's hand and ran, with Sybil avoiding to look back.
Time Elapsed: 57:28
"WHERE ARE YOU GUYS!?" Therion was heard shouting. It already seemed like this group of four got separated. A scream was heard off to the distance, but he couldn't process with who that was.
As he didn't receive another answer, he groaned in frustration.
"Therion!" Another voice was heard.
It was Adala, and she managed to light up the candle again, instead of Sami.
"Thank gosh, you're here." Therion sighed in relief as she ran up to him. "Where are Sami and Carter?"
Suddenly, a door opened, revealing it to be Carter. "Quick guys!" He said in a whisper, motioning them to come in and the two quickly entered.
Once Carter closed the door, he flicked the lights open. They were in another classroom.
"Where's Sami?" Therion asked instantly.
"She's captured." Carter answered. "If you guys heard that scream, it was probably her. We're probably the only people up here on the third floor and we don't know where the other three are at."
KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK!
"Shit." Adala cursed through her breath as the three stood back. "Who's that?"
"Guys? It's me and Zack!" Sybil's voice was heard from the other side.
Carter quickly ran up to the door and opened it, allowing the two teens in.
"Where's Gabe?" He asked.
"He got captured." Zack answered sadly, but showed him a silver key. "But we found this."
Adala's eyes lit up. "You found it!"
"Thing is, we don't know if it works." Sybil added sadly.
"Well, we haven't found an exit yet." Therion facepalmed. "This is gonna take forever."
Time Elapsed: 1:00:00
"IT'S TIME!" Chris was seen shouting from the outside, towards the remaining three teams that haven't got in yet. He then took out a walkie-talkie. "Hey Chef, has Major B come out alive yet?"
"Still no sign of Major B, Chris." Chef was heard on the other line. Clearly, he was waiting on one of the exits, patrolling towards every exit in the building to see if they're still indeed alive.
This earned worried glances from the other teams.
"Alright. Arreis, Oli, and Robert. Let's see who gets the short straw." Don said and handed them three straws.
"Oh shoot." Robert was heard swearing as he had the short straw. Minor A all gulped as they went to the front door, with a box of matches and a candle being given to Mag.
Major A and Minor B all sighed in relief in unison.
MINOR A FOCUS CAM
Time Elapsed: 1:00:05
It barely passed five seconds and the team of six were already starting to feel scared, especially at the fact that Major B hasn't come out yet. They were secretly hoping that they would find them and escape this shit altogether.
"C'mon Mag, be a thug about it. Be a fucking thug about it!" Mag was heard trying to braven herself up while lighting up her candle with one of the matches.
"Why are y'all scared?" Toxa chuckled. "We're barely a freaking inch away from the entrance."
"Easy for you to say if you're a horror fan, you rainbow." Pierre retorted as he started shivering, but managed to come up with a stupid insult towards Toxa's multicolored hair.
The group then kept on tiptoeing away from the entrance, but Toxa was there casually walking in front of all of them.
Pierre kept on shivering in fright as he began to sing a song to cheer himself up. "Rainbows are purple… rainbows are green…"
Misha and Mag were raising an eyebrow at his song as they glanced at each other in pure confusion.
"Rainbows are yellow… and that's the color of…"
Everyone stopped walking and began staring at Pierre as if he were an idiot.
"...pee…"
Rival suddenly burst out into laughter about how terrible the song came out.
"That was honestly a good one!" Robert then smacked the redhead's head. "Ow!"
"Shut up, they're gonna hear you!" Robert told him and sighed afterwards. "Guys, we're never gonna find those keys and find our way out if we all keep on walking in baby steps."
A few minutes later, they heard some sounds from the other side of the hall. Some sounds like someone dragging someone.
"You guys hear that?" Mag asked them, cautiously placing her candle up front to lighten up the path in front of them.
Nothing was seen but the hallway leading forward.
"I'm glad I wasn't the only one who heard that." Misha answered. "That shit creeped me out."
"Joining this season was a bad idea, I think I wanna quit." Pierre commented nervously.
"Are you trying to do a 180 based on your attitude back in Episode 1?" Robert smirked towards him. "Because if you are, then that was a terrible attempt."
Suddenly, they heard a bunch of feet running and a bunch of screaming.
"I'm honestly getting worried." Rival said with concern. "You know what if they get caught?"
"Exactly!" Pierre agreed with him. "Music and death do not go together in the same sentence, let alone in the same season!"
"It's Act II, what do you guys expect?" Robert asked them. Because jeez, these veterans are being too chill.
Time Elapsed: 1:09:47 (Major B)
We cut to Major B, who were seen running away from the masked killer and the killer with the red light. Only Adala, Sybil, Zack, Carter, and Therion were left. Carter was leading the way as he had the lit candle instead of Adala. Adala was running just behind Carter as she held hands with Sybil so that the latter could catch up with Therion just behind them. Zack however, was lagging behind.
"Therion! Catch!" Zack yelled to the gamer, tossing him key. "I don't think I could catch up! You guys run, I'll hold him off!"
"ZACK!" Therion shouted but successfully caught the key.
"Not you too!" Sybil turned back, only to see Zack being captured by the masked killer. However, the killer with the red light looked at them, and ran again even faster than before.
"SHIT!" Carter yelled before seeing double doors just on the left side. Both handles were chained and had a padlock to them. "OVER HERE!"
Therion, Adala, and Sybil quickly ran up to him. The gamer grabbed the key and attempted to open the lock with his shaky hands.
"Faster!" Adala panicked.
"I'm trying!" Therion shouted.
"He's coming!" Sybil yelled as the killer was about a few meters away.
"I GOT IT!" Therion declared, breaking the chains as Carter helped push both doors. The four quickly ran out and exited the building just before the killer could reach them.
The four stopped and breathed a sigh of relief once they'd reached the dark outdoors. They turned to see Chef standing near them.
"Congrats on making it out alive!" Chef applauded them.
"CHEF, WHAT WAS THAT!?" Adala shouted on the top of her lungs.
"It's the challenge. Don't ask me, ask Brea." Chef deadpanned as he got out his walkie-talkie. "Hey Chris. Four out of seven Major B members have escaped."
"Alright." Chris nodded from the other line. "How about Minor A?"
"Nope." Chef shook his head and ended the call, turning to face the four. "You guys took about… 1 hour, 11 minutes, and 8 seconds to get out."
"Wait, are you saying Minor A was in the building as well?" Therion asked.
"Yup." Chef nodded. "Anyway, just sit in the grass or something."
The four did as he was told. Carter laid down on the grass as he looked up on the cloudless dark sky.
"What a challenge." He rolled his eyes.
Time Elapsed: 01:21:54 (Minor A)
The six teens of Minor A were doing pretty good so far. At this point, they've found two keys; one from the ground, and another in the edge of the hallway. Currently, they were in a large room, seemingly a multi-purpose hall, looking for more keys.
"So we're just gonna look for more keys and find out which one works?" Rival asked.
Toxa nodded. "Well, that's the plan."
"Um… guys?" Mag widened her eyes, pointing to the door where they came from.
"Didn't we close that door?" Robert asked, narrowing his brown eyes in contrast to the vengeful girl's mismatched eyes.
Just as he said that, they heard another door opened at the far right of the multi-purpose hall.
"BITCH, THERE'S MULTIPLE DOORS IN HERE!" Misha shouted, freaking out as the rest of her team gasped in fright. They all ran backwards, anticipating the worst. They then found a long table donned with an off-white, dusty long tablecloth and hid under it...
Mag blew the candle, causing the light to blow out.
Boing! Boing! Boing!
"What kind of footsteps are those!?" Robert questioned the logic via whispering.
"I don't know! You peek and see who it is!" Pierre whispered back, since Robert was closest to the edge of the table.
"Robert, whatever you do, don't make a sound." Mag whispered to him.
Robert slightly gulped, but opened the tablecloth slightly, allowing him to take a small peek. He widened his eyes as he saw the figure. It looked like…
...a clown?
"Holy shit." He closed the table cloth again as he swore silently. His eyes were still wide.
"Who is it?" Toxa asked him quietly.
Robert took a deep breath before he answered. "He kinda looks like Pennywise."
"Pennywise?" Pierre gulped. "Oh fuck…"
Rival shook his head. "Well, looks like IT came back to life."
Boing! Boing! BOING!
"Shit, he's getting closer." Mag panicked quietly, hearing the footsteps get louder.
"Please don't look under the fucking table-" Misha said, trying to calm herself down.
BOING! Boing! boing!
"He's going away, thank god." Toxa pointed out as she sighed in relief, safely assuming that the clown was leaving...
boingboingBoingBoingBOINGBOING!
He was coming back. And this time, he's running.
"AHHH! NOOO!" Robert shouted as he felt the clown's hand enter the table cloth and was able to get a hold of him, capturing the first Minor A member.
"ACTUALLY, I TAKE BACK WHAT I SAID, RUUUUUUUN!" Toxa screamed as the whole team ran in separate directions, with no light sources whatsoever to guide them out of the room…
Entrance
Brea crossed her arms, huffing in frustration. "I'm actually wondering how we will know what they're up to." She rolled her eyes. "I don't think we have any cameras."
Epi jutted his chin. "I don't know about that, I just saw some cameramen while I was walking around the building."
The hostess widened her eyes. "Cameramen? But only the cameraman present here is Dela Rosa." She answered, pointing to the camera, or more specifically, Dela Rosa.
"Wait…" Epi narrowed his eyes as he put two and two together. "So are you saying that I saw a ghost?"
"Did someone say ghost?" Chris asked, approaching them with a bemused smirk. "Oh you guys would want to see this."
"See what?" Brea asked, but Chris led her and Epi to the trailer, where we could see several screens and a laptop. Blaineley was present in the trailer as she stared at the screens with a rather concerned look. Next to her was a small meter with red illuminating lights.
"You guys need to look at this." Blaineley turned to the other three and examined the screens.
"I don't get it." Epi squinted his eyes in search of anything suspicious, but nothing seems to catch his attention.
"Look at this-" Blaineley pointed to one of the screens, which showed Minor A running away from the clown. A blur was seen on the left side of the screen, moving towards the right, and then… it disappeared.
"What?" Brea had an eyebrow up. It was obvious she didn't get it either.
"Brea. There's a ghost in the building." Blaineley told her in a very serious tone. Epi and Brea exchanged worried glances while Chris' smirk got even wider.
"Is this another one of your tricks, McLean?" Brea huffed, crossing her arms. "Because if it is, you're not getting a suspension, but I'm terminating your contract."
Chris held his arms up defensively. "Whoa whoa whoa. I do not control anything paranormal-related to this challenge! After all, whose challenge idea was this anyway?"
Brea rolled her eyes. "Whatever."
Epi looked towards the exit. "We should get the medic ready in case if someone gets seriously injured." He says.
Looking at each other in agreement, Chris, Brea, and Epi exited the trailer and left Blaineley to investigate.
Time Elapsed: 01:47:31
Toxa was currently in a small room. A dark one. She had no source of light, but in her hand had one of the possible keys to the exit.
She sighed to herself as her hand slithered up to the doorknob. Having second thoughts, her hand subconsciously turned the doorknob. Stepping aside, she pulled the door open and allowed herself to take on the dark hallways.
Suddenly, she let out a loud scream as she felt a hand placed on her shoulder.
"Whoa! Chill! It's just me!" Rival yelled, raising his arms up defensively.
Toxa sighed in relief but broke into a scowl. "No one gives Toxa a heart attack. Kapeesh?"
"Uh, yeah. Ka… peesh. Whatever. Let's just go find the others." Rival suggested as Toxa nodded at his response.
The two began sauntering around the dark hallways, feeling the walls with their hands for support.
"So… can I ask you something?" Rival turned his attention to her.
Toxa raised an eyebrow. "What?"
"You didn't vote for Pierre last night…" he sighed about the fact that she had dropped their plan. "Why?"
Toxa gritted her teeth, though it was so dark so it didn't really get caught on camera. They knew about it all along and she's been caught red-handed.
"Strategy." She answered. "But do me a favor. Do not let Mag know of this."
"Isn't that suspicious though?" Rival asked, pressing the matter further.
"JUST DON'T." Toxa sneered at him.
Suddenly, they heard a faint scream.
"What was that?" Rival whispered.
Rushing footsteps were heard as a voice yelled. "GUYS!"
"Misha?" Toxa widened her eyes as she almost got bumped by Misha, followed by Pierre who was right behind her.
"Why are you guys-" Toxa was gonna ask, but as red light was now seen on the screen, the four broke out into a run.
"I WANNA FIND MY WAY OUT OF THIS FUCKING BUILDING BEFORE I FIND MY WAY TO HEAVEN!" Pierre shouted at the top of his lungs as they ran.
Time Elapsed: 01:58:32
Remember that they had found two keys before they ran out of the multi-purpose hall? Toxa has one, and the other one is with Mag.
Mag stared down on her hand and examined the key. The key looked a bit rusted, but she sighed. Will this even work? Well, she was currently alone right now, and she has no idea of where the exit could be.
Walking cautiously on the dim hallway, she looked left, right, above, below, and behind her for any clues.
And as soon as she looked forward, she saw the masked killer. However, he wasn't facing forward, so she sighed in relief as she wasn't seen.
Turning towards the left corridor, she found a door, which seemed like an exit.
"I hope this is the way out." She muttered to herself, before looking cautiously back at the masked killer who seemed to be a few meters away, and gasped.
He was running after her.
"Oh fuck-" Mag swore as she ran to the door as fast as she can, unlocked the padlock with her shaky fingers, and threw away the chains that prevented the double doors from opening. Just a few inches away from the masked killer, she pushed the doors and got out.
As soon as she got outside, she could see Chef and some of the Major B members with surprised expressions.
"You're the only one who got out!?" Adala gasped.
"Listen! We were separated! I don't even know where they are anymore!" Mag retaliated. "At least I found the exit right before I even got caught!"
"Well, that took you long enough." Chef declared, glancing at his watch. "Stand there with the rest, Maggot."
"As you wish." Mag sneered towards Chef as she went over to Major B.
Time Elapsed: 02:00:00
Meanwhile, back at the entrance, Chris was seen talking with Chef on his phone on speaker.
"One Minor A member got out." Chef said.
"Who?"
"Mag."
Chris nodded at his response. "Well, what happened to the rest?"
"They got separated along the way."
Chris widened his eyes in realization. Was this challenge going a bit too far for them?
His widened eyes soon went back to normal. "Alright, we're sending in the next team. Oli and Arreis, time to decide which team is going in via a game of rock, paper, scissors."
Arreis and Oli looked at each in worry as they began playing.
"Rock… paper… scissors!"
The two held their hands out as Oli got rock while Arreis got paper.
"Looks like it's Minor B's turn to take in the spookiness." Chris cackled, giving Oli the candle and matches. "Try not to argue while you all are in there."
As soon as he said that,Antoinette and Arabelle scowled towards him, but was interrupted by Lyle.
"Will do, my good sir." He said in a formal manner as he opened the doors to the entrance. As they entered, everyone could hear some ambulances coming near the building…
Time Elapsed: 02:00:05 (Minor A)
"Hurry up!" Toxa shouted towards her remaining team members as they found another exit.
She, Misha, Pierre, and Rival all halted themselves up near another exit door, different from where Mag and Major B exited earlier. It seems as though they were still trying to outrun the red-light killer.
Toxa grabbed her key and placed it on the padlock, but unfortunately, it was too big.
"Shit! It doesn't fit!" Toxa shouted. "WRONG KEY, WRONG KEY!"
"Well, what do we fucking do!?" Misha yelled as she pointed to the red light that was after them. "That bitch is gaining on us!"
"Let's just run somewhere else or something!" Rival quickly answered them as the four ran out of the door to find a place to hide.
Along the way, however, Pierre accidentally tripped on something.
"Ow! My knee!" He cried, as he was lagging behind. "Just go on without me!"
None of them said a word towards him as they ran away, though they seemed to be slightly worried for him as they knew he was gonna get caught.
"In there!" Misha shouted, pointing to a door. The three of them quickly went in, as Toxa pushed the door shut with a loud thud.
Rival on the other hand, found a light switch and turned it on, green light illuminating in the room.
Toxa looked at the door, but something caught her eye as she hissed.
"What the fuck is it now?" Misha asked her.
"There's no doorknob in the door." Toxa answered. "And… the door's closed."
"So you mean we're trapped in here?" Rival asked, which earned him a worried nod from the other two girls. "Oh crap…"
MINOR B FOCUS CAM
Time Elapsed: 02:01:00
One minute has passed since Minor B had entered. Things were going good so far as there were no killers seen, and best of all, no arguing was heard.
As they got further and deeper into the hallway, Oli lit up the candle with his match.
"This is getting scarier." Janice commented as she shivered a bit, starting to get goosebumps.
"I wonder how some of the others managed to think through this atmosphere." Oli commented.
Arabelle just rolled her eyes. "Come on. This is not even scary. What the hell are you all thinking anyway?"
"Oh, no wonder why you guys have the worst bond out of all four teams." Antoinette smirked to herself, straightening out her sweater.
"Says you." Lyle snarked. "Things will only get worse because we have the most snobbiest people here in this team. Namely you and Arabelle."
"Um, excuse you!?" Antoinette raged. "I am not snobby! At least I have the guts to perform unlike your dead weight here!" Her eyes were already filled with rage as she gestured to Arabelle as the dead weight.
"Thank you so much for the compliment. It was well APPRECIATED!" Arabelle spat in front of the diva.
"Oh please, you just think you're the hottest chick alive." Antoinette scoffed. "Wait, who's that?" She asked, pointing a few meters behind her.
"Who's that?" Arabelle pointed behind her, without even looking behind where she pointed. "Oh, that's just probably one of our most useless teammates-"
"No, you fucking bobo! I'm serious, who is that!?" Antoinette asked in shock, drastically changing her attitude as she pointed to a floating, female figure wearing a long white dress with blood splattered all over it. Her face looked like one of those you see in horror movies, and her black hair was tousled up everywhere. She was floating a few meters away from Arabelle but began to float even closer and faster.
"OH SHIT-" Arabelle was going to say but the female figure scooped her up and roared at her face. "No! P-please! Just spare me-"
Then, Arabelle disappeared into thin air.
"Where did she go!?" Gordon yelled to the ghost.
"FUCKING MAKE A RUN FOR IT!" Antoinette ordered as she, Janice, Lyle, Gordon, and Oli sprinted away from the female ghost as she began chasing them.
"Where!?" Lyle asked them. They immediately turned right in the first corner they saw, and ran into a room. They all shut the door so loud as Gordon locked it by pressing the button on the doorknob, and leaned on it as he panted heavily.
The five all tried regaining their breath as they leaned on the walls. They are so close to being done for.
"Do you think... Arabelle's... still alive though?" Janice panted but fear crept up on her eyes.
"We don't know for sure." Antoinette shrugged on the other girl's question.
"Uhh… I think I peed a little-" Oli commented, his hand shaking as he held the candle.
Gordon placed a hand on Oli's shoulder. "That's natural."
Suddenly, they heard thumps coming from the other side of the room, specifically on the walls, causing them to jump in surprise.
Thump thump thump
"Hey!" A female voice was heard from the other side.
"Who's that?" Lyle asked, rushing towards the wall where they all heard the noise. "Who's there?" He asked again.
"It's us!" The voice shouted. "Me, Rival, and Toxa!"
"Misha?" Lyle widened his eyes in realization as soon as he recognized the voice. "Wait, what are you all doing in there?! What happened to the other Minor A members?"
"We're trapped." Toxa answered from the other side of the wall. "Robert and Pierre got captured earlier, and we have no idea where Mag is right now."
Janice began to perk up. "Well… if it makes you all feel better, we heard from Chris and Chef that Mag managed to escape."
"Phew." Rival was heard sighing in relief. "At least we get a point, nonetheless."
Oli began jutting his chin. "How did you guys get trapped, though?"
"We have no idea how to get out since the door here doesn't have a fucking doorknob." Misha answered, sighing in defeat.
"Yikes." Gordon commented. "That sounds tough."
Minor B all fell silent at the moment, not knowing what to do, while looking everywhere around the room.
"I have an idea." Antoinette suddenly said, surprising the others as her eyes landed on an axe laying on a table. The diva grabbed it firmly, almost stumbling to how heavy it is but managed to hold it properly. "We're breaking the wall and getting them out."
"Uhh, I'm not so sure about that-!" Oli gradually yelled in a concerned tone, while Lyle was standing next to him, was shocked about Antoinette's sudden change of demeanor.
Lyle (Minor B): "Maybe Antoinette wasn't so bad as I thought she would be after all…"
"STAND BACK! NOW!" Antoinette shouted at the top of her lungs as she swung the axe around with all her might, hitting the wall. The wall cracked a bit, since her force was not enough.
Gordon saw two baseball bats from another table, and gestured to Lyle for him to grab them. The ballerino tossed him one of the baseball bats, and the two joined Antoinette in demolishing the wall.
Meanwhile on the other side, the three were witnessing the demolition of the wall. The wall was about to break soon, as more thumps and thuds were heard.
"Guys! Duck!" Rival shouted as the wall finally fell apart. The three of them all ducked in a nearby table as some debris went flying along with some dust.
Both teams coughed violently at the amount of debris and dust flying everywhere as the wall now had a huge hole in it, big enough for them to get out.
The three Minor A teams all leaped from their room to the other.
"Hey, thanks." Toxa sighed in relief once the Minor B team helped them out of the other room.
"No problem." Lyle gave a nod of approval. "Let's get out of here, shall we?"
"Let's go, bitches." Misha grinned as she was the first one exiting the room, with the others following suit.
Entrance
"Looks like they're teaming up." Blaineley pointed to the screen as the other hosts, plus Epi, entered the trailer.
"Who's teaming up now?" Chef asked the hostess.
Blaineley tapped her fingers on the table, simply answering, "Both Minor teams."
Brea nearly hung her mouth open. "Really, huh? Never expected some dynamic from those two teams all of a sudden."
"Booooo, I was expecting a dramatic argument." Chris pouted, huffing and crossing his arms.
"Of course you were." Don retorted.
Epi decided to barge into the conversation. "Well, this is coming from someone who doesn't know both teams that much, but I was expecting them to help each other sooner or later anyway."
Brea nodded, an unenthusiastic expression forming her face. "Yeah… fair."
Time Elapsed: 02:26:08 (Minor A & Minor B)
Both teams were still walking together on the dark hallways as Oli led them by shakily holding his candle. The veteran wasn't too confident in leading the whole pack, but he had to do so, for the sake of the light.
"So… where to now?" Misha asked the whole group. "It's been ten fucking minutes."
"We've been trapped inside that room for more than ten minutes, though." Rival reminded her.
Thumpthumpthump
"Oh, not again-" Toxa sighed as they could see red light off to the distance heading for them. "Oh shit- RUN!"
Everyone all followed her lead as they ran up a staircase and into the second floor. They ran across the dim hallway, but the red-light killer was gaining after them.
"HAS THIS BITCH BEEN WORKING OUT!?" Misha shouted, flailing her arms about as she looked at the whole group. "Where's Lyle!?"
The group ran into what seemed like the females' restrooms and locked the entrance. Standing back and away from the door, they flinched as loud knocks were heard.
"What do you mean Lyle's gone!?" Antoinette widened her eyes at the sudden shortage of her team. "Oh great, first Arabelle, and then Lyle. Who's next?!"
"Up there!" Gordon pointed above the group. There was an air vent just on the ceiling above the hand dryer.
"Bitch, don't tell me we're gonna go up there and fall back down like what happened to Faith, Olivia, and Brea last season!" Misha sneered towards him.
"Uhhh-" Janice nervously pointed towards the door, in which it seems like the killer was breaking itself in.
"We've got no choice!" Rival shouted towards the rest, motioning them to go up. "Go go go go go!"
Gordon quickly leaped up with the help of the hand dryer and hoisted himself up into the air vent. Janice went after him as he held her hand, hoisting the girl up as well.
"Guys, hurry the hell up!" Gordon yelled as he also helped Toxa up, followed by Rival and Misha.
As Antoinette quickly got herself up, Oli tossed her the candle and the box of matches.
"Um, WHAT THE FUCK, OLI?!" Antoinette shouted at him.
"I-I'll hold them off!" Oli declared, trying to act brave but failed, because as you can see, his hands were shaking.
"No. You're coming up here, or else-"
"Save it, Antoinette! Just get us the point!" Oli scolded her as he ran to the door, in which the diva was taken a back a little bit due to the veteran's sudden aggressiveness.
"But-"
"GO! GET OUT OF HERE AND HURRY UP!" Oli shouted as he tried to keep the door in place.
Antoinette sighed in defeat but yelled to the rest. "You all heard him! Let's get out of here!"
This gave the cue for them to crawl as fast as they can, until the door couldn't hold off anymore as Oli was captured.
Time Elapsed: 02:48:30 (Minor A)
A few minutes passed as the group kept on crawling in the air vent. But since it was so dark, the group actually had no idea that they were separated again, but this time, they were back into their respective teams.
"Where are they?" Toxa asked.
Rival looked behind him and see that there was no one. "I guess we got separated again."
"Fuck." Misha hissed as she kept crawling, but felt something below her. "What the hell is this-"
She gestured to a padlock, and just below her looked as if it was an exit hatch.
"It's a hatch guys, this might be our ticket out of here." Rival answered. "Hey Toxa, you still have that key?"
"Yeah, let's see if it works." Toxa said, testing the key on the padlock. Their eyes widened as Toxa managed to turn in the key into the padlock, unlocking it.
Suddenly, the hatch below Misha opened up, sending the pink-haired girl plummeting down.
"AHHHHH!" she screamed as she fell down into the darkness below.
THUD.
...
"OH SHIT, WHAT DID YOU DO, TOXA!?" Rival yelled at her.
"I JUST OPENED UP THE PADLOCK LIKE YOU SAID!" Toxa yelled, almost on the verge of tears due to the horror happening in front of them.
The two looked in worry as they looked down to where Misha fell. It was foggy down below so they weren't able to comprehend anything present below them.
"I'm okay!" Misha's voice was suddenly heard.
"Oh, thank god." Rival sighed in relief. "Sorry for yelling at you, Toxa."
Toxa sighed along with him. "Don't do that again."
"Hey guys!" Misha hollered. "I'm in some sort of dumpster so I think we should be fine! It's just that this thing is quite hard so I hope you assholes don't end up breaking your bones!"
"If you say so!" Rival yelled. He squinted his eyes shut as he made the fall, successfully landing in his feet. "Hey Toxa! There's nothing in this dumpster so you don't have to worry about being smelly!"
"Whatever." Toxa rolled her eyes as she fell as well, without any sign of emotion on her face.
Right after she fell, the three got out from the dumpster, only to be met by Epi.
"Hey, congrats on getting out!" Epi greeted to them.
"What kind of fucking challenge is this!? I demand an explanation!" Misha demanded to him.
"Chill, I'm only a guest!" Epi raised his arms up defensively. "Let's just get you three to where the others are at…"
Time Elapsed: 02:55:32 (Minor B)
"Uhhh… where are they…?" Janice asked, obviously frightened at the fact that the others were missing.
"They probably found their way out while we're still lost." Antoinette muttered to herself.
"Can we just try and find a way to escape? There's literally the three of us left and we have no idea if the rest of our team are still alive!" Gordon yelled towards them.
Whoosh! Whoosh!
"W-what was that…?" Janice asked shakily.
"Ummm… Janice… just… don't look behind you..." Antoinette pointed as her eyes widened. Gordon saw this as well, so he gasped.
There was a dark purple mist forming behind Janice, or at least that was what Antoinette could comprehend just by shining the candle in front of them.
"Janice… just grab my hand…" Gordon said softly to her as the younger girl shakily took his hand.
"T-there's s-something behind me now, i-is there?" Janice asked again, her lips were already quivering as she was on the verge of crying.
"NOW!" Antoinette ordered as she and Gordon violently pulled Janice towards them. The purple mist was about to pull the younger girl away but Antoinette pushed her, causing the mist to aim for her instead.
"AAAAH!" Janice screamed as she was being pulled by Gordon.
"JUST GET OUT OF HERE!" Antoinette yelled towards the two before the mist enveloped her.
"ANTOINETTE!" Gordon shouted, as the diva vanished into thin air along with the mist, similar to what happened to Arabelle. The two looed at each other in fright about what had just happened. "ARE YOU KIDDING ME!? WHY ARE THERE SPIRITS NOW!"
"Let's just go!" Janice yelled towards him as the two quickly crawled away, hoping that the mist won't catch up to them.
Time Elapsed: 03:00:00
"So… I just found Misha, Toxa, and Rival in the dumpster." Epi's voice was heard from Chris's phone.
"Well, that's good. Hopefully, the interns would be able to find the captured teens soon because Blaineley said that she was sensing something paranormal in the building…" Chris responded, a slightly worried look was seen on his eyes. He then hung up on his phone and glanced to Major A. "Major A, it's your turn. And… try not to die."
The teens looked at each other in concern before Don gave Colin a candle and a box of matches. The team all lined up as they entered the building, not knowing what will happen to them.
MAJOR A FOCUS CAM
Time Elapsed: 03:01:00
"Ooh, creepy~" was the first phrase that came out of Arreis as the team walked through the dark halls of the building for a minute.
"I have a bad feeling about this…" May squeaked, looking at the walls of the building.
"Let's just try and keep close to each other." Ryder suggested.
"Well, I'm sure everyone has done that and probably failed because of how hard this seems." Colin chimed in, without a trace of emotion in his face.
Ryder slightly nodded at Colin's comment. "You have a point, though…"
Whoosh whoosh…
THUD.
"WHOA, PARTNERS! DID Y'ALL HEAR THAT OR SOMETHING!?" Nash suddenly screamed the life out of him.
"Yes we did, Nash. You don't have to scream it all out, though. You nearly gave us all a heart attack!" Beatrice scolded him as she held May's hand.
"Sorry, partners. I just couldn't help myself for darn toothin'-"
THUMP THUMP THUMP THUMP
"I suddenly wish we weren't the last ones anymore-" Vanessa sighed.
"We should probably find the keys quick before any of these creatures find us." Arreis announced as she waved the candle in front of her to lighten up some places.
"Oh, I'm not so sure about that~" said a familiar voice.
"What?" Colin raised an eyebrow in utter disbelief as he looked around. "Why did that sounded like-"
"Me? Oh yes, it is me, the person you all voted out on the team~"
A female figure was seen just a few yards away from them in the hallway, sensually flipping her hair.
"Antoinette?" Ryder widened his eyes in realization.
"It's not funny, Antoinette!" Beatrice shouted towards her. "Cut it out!"
"I don't think so~" 'Antoinette' grinned, puckering her lips a bit as she approached Ryder.
Colin and Nash both exchanged worried glances as Beatrice held May's hand tighter in order to protect the smaller girl. Arreis' hand was already shaking as Vanessa covered her eyes.
Ryder tried to back away from her until he hit the wall. "W-wait, Antoin-"
"No." 'Antoinette' winked towards him, before cupping his face with her hands and began kissing him, much to Ryder's surprise.
"Oh my god-" Vanessa hissed. Beatrice and May both looked extremely disturbed by the sight.
"Antoinette!" Ryder breathed as he managed to pull away from her. "S-sto-"
Too late. 'Antoinette' kissed him again, attempting to unbutton his shirt with her hands.
"OKAY PARTNERS, I THINK NOW IS THE RIGHT TIME TO GET OUT OF HERE, SEE YA!" Nash yelled quickly as he high-tailed out of the scene, followed by Beatrice and May who weren't able to cope up with the sight. A few seconds later, Arreis ran away as well.
"COLIN, LET'S GO!" Vanessa yelled at him.
Colin ignored Vanessa and narrowed his eyes, specifically at 'Antoinette'. Something was wrong with her…
The downed boy quickly pushed 'Antoinette' away from Ryder. "Stay away from Ryder." He sneered towards her.
"No, I'm never gonna stay away from him~" 'Antoinette' winked again. This time, Colin widened his eyes in realization.
Why were her eyes purple?
He then looked back at Ryder, only to gasp.
His eyes were purple too.
Is this some kind of-
'Ryder' and 'Antoinette' looked at each other with some unknown hunger written in both of their eyes. The two moved closer to each other and-
"FUCK IT, COLIN! LET'S GET OUT OF HERE!" Vanessa grabbed Colin by his wrist and the two ran away, leaving the two possibly possessed teens alone.
Time Elapsed: 03:17:36 (Minor B)
"G-Gordon?" Janice meekly squeaked. The two were still crawling at the air vents at this point, with nowhere to go.
Gordon sighed and sat down. "I have no idea where we're going, honestly." He squinted his eyes shut, resting his head on the wall.
"What if we can't find our way out?"
"Then we'll just have to-" Gordon stopped himself as Janice covered her mouth. "What?"
The boy turned around, only to be met with the purple mist. He had no time to react as the mist enveloped him.
"NOOO!" Janice screamed in fright and quickly crawled away towards the opposite direction. She found a hatch, crawled on top of it and tried to unlock it open. Twisting the lock, the hatch opened up and she fell off from the air vent, and into the cold floor with a thud.
She suddenly felt slightly weaker but managed to stand herself up and ran into the dark halls. Turning into a sharp right, she felt someone grab her arm and screamed.
"AAAAAH!"
"Shhh! Janice, I got you!" Lyle told her. He saw her instantly burying her hands in her face, shaking in fright. "What happened?"
"I-I thought you were gone… the rest of our team got captured… I…" Janice choked up and began sobbing. Lyle widened his eyes in realization but tried his best to comfort by hugging her.
"Shhh… there now, we still have to find a way out of here. Just be glad you're not alone anymore." He said reassuringly as he rubbed her back.
"B-but… where were you?" Janice asked as soon as she calmed down a little.
"Well, I got lost on the way but I found this." He showed her a silver key. "Let's try and escape, then we'll tell the others what happened."
"S-sounds good." Janice nodded as the two began walking in the hallways in search for an exit.
Time Elapsed: 03:25:09 (Major A)
We pan into a corner of a hall. One second later, Nash's head popped out from the corner, followed by Beatrice, May, and Arreis. They seem to be on a lookout for something.
As the camera turned its view, we can now see what they were being so cautious of:
The clown.
"Is that Pennywise?" Beatrice whispered to them. "How the hell did he get here?"
"Probably just an intern." Arreis answered plainly. "Why would this be a challenge then?"
"You've got a point, partner." Nash nodded. "But we have one way to find out…"
"Wait Nash, what are you gonna do-"
Before May was even answered, Nash sauntered his way up to the wandering clown, his lasso in hand.
"PREPARE TO FACE MY LASSO, PARTNER!" Nash shouted as he began lassoing, much to the surprise of the others.
"Oh no… I think this is gonna be some kind of choking attempt-" Beatrice sighed.
"YEEEEEEEEE-HAAAAAAAAAW!" Nash yelled as his rope flew towards the clown and secured its neck. The clown screamed and flailed about causing him to go rowdy.
"This is not gonna end well…" May sighed.
The clown went crazy, and as it did, Nash accidentally let go of his lasso.
"Uh-oh." Nash yelped as the clown raged at him, thus capturing him, taking him away from the halls.
"OH NO!" Arreis screamed as she went to go after it but Beatrice and May pulled her back.
"NO, ARREIS! WE DON'T WANT YOU GONE TOO!" May shouted in complete fright. "PLEASE, JUST STAY WITH US!"
Arreis gritted her teeth. "I swear, we are going to get them all back soon…"
Time Elapsed: 03:39:58
"Did you see that!?" Colin said towards Vanessa as soon he caught up to her.
"See what!? You sounded like you were trying to intervene or something!" Vanessa retorted.
"No, you fool!" Colin spat. "They are possessed. Clearly possessed. Did you even see the look on their eyes?"
"Listen, Colin." Vanessa flicked her tongue in disappointment and looked at him. "You're just being paranoid. It's probably the reason why you were rejected by so many people in the first place."
Colin balled up his fist. No one was going to believe him? Seriously?
"No. We're running out of time. We have to find the others and figure this out." Colin shook his head and sauntered forward. "But who cares, we're gonna get caught anyway…" he immediately thought.
Vanessa followed him in the hallways and gasped a little as she accidentally bumped into something. It was smooth in the bottom, but gradually going up it turned… leafy?
"Whoops, sorry plant." Vanessa apologized.
"You're seriously apologizing to a plant?" Colin eyed her.
"What? Can't help it." Vanessa shrugged but widened her eyes as she saw something on the corner. "Hey, look! A flashlight!"
The two quickly ran to where Vanessa saw the flashlight. There was indeed a flashlight. Vanessa quickly picked it up, shook it a bit, and turned it on.
"Well… it looks kinda dim, but this will have to do." Vanessa said. "Let's just try and catch up with the others."
"Deal." Colin nodded, although he actually felt worried for Ryder.
Time Elapsed: 03:50:16 (Minor B)
Both Janice and Lyle quickly ran on the hallways, still searching for an exit.
"Over there!" Janice pointed to a door, which could possibly lead to the exit due to the dark outdoors seen through it.
"Let's go." Lyle commanded. As the two were now near the exit, Lyle grabbed the key from his pocket and twisted the lock.
"Um... Lyle? I think someone's coming…" Janice pointed out.
"GUYS!" May yelled as she, Arreis, and Beatrice came up running to them.
"Oh my god, guys. Thank gosh you're safe." Beatrice squealed as all the girls shared a group hug while Lyle continued on working his way to unlocking the door.
"Got it!" Lyle declared to them as he opened the door.
"WAIT!" Arreis stopped them.
"What?" May asked.
"We have to get the rest of them back." Arreis told them.
"Arreis, we can always report it to the hosts-"
"No." Arreis shook her head. "I don't trust them. We should be the ones getting them out ourselves."
Lyle turned to Beatrice, then May, then Janice, then back at Arreis. He sighed as a thought ran in his head.
"Beatrice, May, Janice, you three go on ahead. Arreis and I will see if we can get into the bottom of this." He declared.
Janice sighed sadly. "Just… be safe."
"Guys, we don't want you two to get hurt in there, but good luck." Beatrice told them.
"Come back in one piece, guys." May waved towards them sadly.
"We will. Now go find the others and warn them!" Arreis said and she and Lyle took off in a different direction.
Time Elapsed: 04:01:20
"You know, we're honestly lucky that we have a candle and a flashlight at the same time." Vanessa commented as the two searched for some keys inside a classroom.
"I don't think that's luck." Colin sighed. "Oh look. A broken key."
"You found a key?" Vanessa quickly rushed over to the desk where Colin was at.
"It's broken, Vanessa. Did you not hear what I said, though?" Colin asked her.
Vannessa gave a sheepish chuckle. "Probably not. But it never hurts to try, right?" She said, grabbing the key. "Let's go see if this works."
The two were about to exit the classroom, but all of a sudden, the door slammed right in front of them, locking it shut.
"Oh, what now!?" Vanessa grunted, rushing up to the doorknob in an attempt to open it. But… no luck.
"Oh great. Of course we're gonna get trapped in here-"
"STOP BEING SUCH A DOWNER AND HELP ME FOR A SEC!" Vanessa shouted towards him, trying to get him to snap back into his senses. "COLIN!"
Colin didn't listen, however, he glanced towards the window.
"We could break out by using the window." He suggested grabbing the flashlight he had used earlier.
Then, darkness crept upon them once more.
"Looks like the battery died." Colin sighed. "Oh well, here goes nothing. Stand back."
Vanessa didn't know what he was going to do, but complied anyway. Colin took a step back as well, and with great force, he threw the flashlight towards the window, shattering it completely. Fragments of glass fell off from the window and into the floor.
"Let's get out of here." Colin said running towards the window with Vanessa but soon stopped.
"Wait… it's too high up."
They were on the second floor. It seems as if the fall was too high from where they were at.
"It's the only way. Unless you wanna get trapped here forever." Colin snapped.
"But how are we gonna get out?"
The two looked around the room. They found a drawer, and in it were about three scarfs.
"We could tie these up." Vanessa suggested.
"No, that will break."
"Colin, we have to try." Vanessa eyed him. "You want to get out? Then try doing this." She grabbed all three dusty scarfs and tied them up into knots, creating a long 'rope.' She then lined it up from the window sill and looked down.
"It doesn't reach the ground." Vanessa sighed.
"See?" Colin retorted. "It's too high up. We could just-"
THUMP THUMP THUMP
Three thumps were heard from the door.
"Or we could just do that. Either way, we'll die-"
Vanessa facepalmed as she tied the long scarf on a sturdy spot in the window. "Let's just go. Follow my lead." She commanded, going up in the window and began climbing down.
Colin looked back at the door, to see it slightly breaking. "Uhhh hurry up!"
"I'm trying!" Vanessa yelled back as she climbed even lower. "I think it's safe for you to come down now!"
As soon as he saw her halfway down, he began climbing down also. "Will this even hold!?"
"Yes! Now just stop being a downer and climb down!" Vanessa yelled, getting closer and closer to the ground, only about five meters remaining.
Colin was about halfway down as well…
...until the unexpected happened.
Riiiip!
The scarfs ripped from the window sill, sending both teens falling down.
Thud.
…
A few minutes have passed. Beatrice, May, Janice, and Brea were seen walking from the side of the building to get to the other side when they saw something.
May pointed ahead. "Uh, is that-"
"Oh my god, it's Vanessa and Colin!" Beatrice yelled frantically and the girls ran up to them.
"I'll call the hosts." Brea said and quickly dialed in her phone.
"Are you guys alright?" Janice asked as she and May helped Vanessa up. While Beatrice helped Colin up.
"Just dizzy from a fall, that's all…" Vanessa responded, her head feeling light all of a sudden.
"I have a headache." Colin wheezed a bit, clutching his head.
Brea hanged up her phone. "We'll get you two to the medic. Come on." She ordered as they went ahead back to the entrance.
Time Elapsed: 04:34:57 (Entrance)
"What!?" was the first line heard in this scene as the screen now showed Chris on his phone. "So you're saying you saw Lyle and Arreis head back to try and find the others?"
"Yes!" Epi's voice can be heard on the other end. "What do you suggest we do? We already have some of the interns on the lookout for the other cast members."
"Yeah, well-" Chris suddenly saw the medic on the rush. "Wait, hold on." he quickly said as he placed the call on hold.
He rushed on to the ambulance, where Brea was present along with Beatrice, May, and Janice. Vanessa and Colin were both being placed in stretchers.
"What happened?"
"We found them laying down on the other side of the building." Brea explained. "It must've been a fall."
Chris jutted his chin, thinking of what to do. "This has gone too far. Actually, let's do this. Beatrice, May, and Janice, you three go along with the medic and head back to the theater so you three could keep a lookout for Vanessa and Colin. We're gonna try and round everybody up and head back there before dawn."
"Got it." Beatrice nodded. "Come on, guys."
The three then went in the ambulance with some of the medic staff and the two teens in the stretchers.
Blaineley came rushing towards the other hosts with a laptop on her hand.
"Guys, it says that the paranormality level of the building is skyrocketing even higher." She informed. "We have to get out of here."
"I was just thinking about how terrible of a plan this is. Brea, try and call the interns. I'll have Epi bring everyone in the bus." Chris ordered.
"On it." Brea nodded and quickly dialed her phone.
No answer.
She dialed again.
Still no answer.
"That's it, I'm going in." Brea sucked up all her reservations and headed into the building, without anyone else knowing.
Time Elapsed: 04:52:38
At this point, both Lyle and Arreis have reached the third floor.
"Where do you think they are?" Lyle asked the veteran.
"For sure, they couldn't have gone far-"
All of a sudden, footsteps were being heard rushing upstairs.
"Hide!" Lyle commanded and the two scrambled around to find a hiding spot, which was a huge potted plant.
Light was now visible as a figure emerged from the staircase. "Hello!?"
"Brea?" Arreis widened her eyes as soon as she heard the hostess' voice.
Brea turned to the source of the sound, which was Arreis. She then gave off a sigh of relief, before scolding them. "What were you two thinking of going back in here!?"
"It was Arreis' plan!" Lyle immediately answered.
"Yeah, but-"
Brea shook her head, interrupting the veteran's answer of defense. "Suck it. The hosts wants everyone back at the entrance. Now."
The two sighed and followed her back to the entrance.
Time Elapsed: 05:34:32
At this rate, the sun was beginning to rise, which caught the attention of the beings inside the building. The interns came back with the lost contestants (Nash, Ryder, Sami, Zack, Gabe, Pierre, Robert, Antoinette, Arabelle, Gordon, and Oli) as medical staff came in and accumulated the teens. They were also sent into their own stretchers and into the ambulances.
The rest of the contestants, (Arreis, Adala, Sybil, Carter, Therion, Toxa, Misha, Mag, Rival, and Lyle) and boarded back on the bus along with the interns and staff members.
All vehicles that were surrounding the building were departing as of now, since they were no longer able to cope up with the situation of the building.
Brea rolled her eyes. "This was the worst challenge ever. We got like, half of the cast injured! This is definitely gonna give us some negative feedback-"
"Well, it was for the drama-"
"Save it, Chris!" Brea spat. "This challenge was your idea in the first place! I don't even know what the fucking hell is gonna happen now that there is a huge possibility that half of the cast would get eliminated due to medical concerns!"
As the hosts were arguing, Epi took the time to announce the challenge results. "Major A managed to get 5 out of 7 members out, while Major B had 4 out of 7 members out. Major A gets an advantage."
Arreis nodded in understanding as she was the only Major A member present.
"Minor A got 4 out of 6 members out, and Minor B got only 2 out of 6 members out. Minor A, you guys get the advantage." Epi continued.
Misha, Mag, Toxa, and Rival all nodded approvingly towards the result.
As everyone went silent, Don decided to do the outro by himself.
"So everyone, we have just witnessed a very alarming situation, but what will happen to the rest of our contestants? And who will be eliminated in the next episode?" Don announced with less enthusiasm. "It's weird being the only one doing the outro, but we all hope to see you soon in Episode 8 of Total Drama Act II: The Second Sonatine!"
End of episode.
TEAMS:
Major A: Beatrice, May, Vanessa, Colin, Nash, Ryder, Arreis
Major B: Sami, Adala, Sybil, Zack, Carter, Gabe, Therion
Minor A: Toxa, Misha, Mag, Pierre, Rival, Robert
Minor B: Janice, Antoinette, Arabelle, Lyle, Gordon, Oli