A/N: I love this episode. Great mystery and tons of fun character interaction.
With respect to the reviewers:
Gucci Mane LaFlare: Yeah Alejandro won't be in the dark for long.
Crosshot: Yep, that's the thing about Ella. She's so nice it can get in the way. I hope you like what I do with the plot.
An overview of the prison set is shown as Chris begins the recap. "Last time on Total Drama Action!" The clips of Chris telling the teams they were to select a prisoner from the other team is shown, Followed by Chef leading Trent to one of the cages, then both Trent and Alejandro in said cages. This is followed by the cart of gross food, Topher dropping cockroaches into the Gaffer's concoction, then both Trent and Alejandro trying to eat their disgusting meals. "Imprisoned in a world they didn't create, forced to ingest deadly foods, and even taste them twice."
The teams are both shown digging through the ground, Ella is shown following the prairie dog into its hole, then the Grips are shown coming up from under a rock, only to see the Gaffers already there. Noah is shown talking to Duncan, followed by Amy and Trent's shocked faces at elimination, and Ella walking the red carpet of shame. "Nonetheless the two courageous teams clawed their way to freedom, but an ill advised shortcut from Ella caused the Grips defeat. Leading Noah to convince Duncan to vote for Ella much to the surprise of Amy and Trent. So it was the princess who walked the red carpet of shame."
Chef is shown talking to Sammy in the kitchen, followed by Alejandro flirting with Topher and winking at Amber who smiled back weakly. Then Sammy is shown trying to sneak away and Alejandro is shown looking suspicious. "Meanwhile Chef made a move to try and sway Sammy's allegiance from Alejandro, and there seems to be trouble in paradise for Amber."
Chris is shown in the security room. "Will Alejandro's flirtatious ways catch up to him? Will he figure out what Chef is trying to do? And now that Ella's gone, what chance does Amy have in the game?" Chris shrugged. "Find out now, on Total Drama Action!"
(intro)
{A standing light pops up on a set with skyscrapers in the background. A hanging light swoops in front of a set with houses in the background, then a camera pops out of a sewer with a rat on it, and another camera pops out of a hole in a tree scaring the raccoon inside. A masculine hand raises up a clapboard and sets it off.}
Dear Mom and Dad, I'm doin' fine;
{The camera's point of view shows a film lot with the two trailers, city background, water tower, and fake hill. Chris drives by in a golf cart, and the camera flies through to the warehouses as crew members push a couple backdrops through, follows by the costume rack. )
You guys are on my mind!
{The camera goes up the fake hill and down into a small pool where Jo is swimming, a shark is behind her. Jo notices it and turns around to punch it in the nose.)
Ya asked me what I wanted to be,
And now I think the answer is plain to see!
(The camera moves out of the water to show Scott on a surfboard held up by machinery. He desperately tries to dodge several seagulls being shot at him. One finally hits him and he falls over.)
I wanna be...famous!
(The camera moves left to show Duncan as the one shooting the gulls from a gull cannon with Gwen right beside, laughing along with him. Duncan turns and Gwen looks at her feet, rubbing her left arm nervously. The camera moves on to show the sastchwawanakwa in a pink dress, matching boa, and straw hat. The door slides open and the camera goes through)
I wanna live close to the sun!
(A beach set is shown with Alejandro and Amber lounging on a beach chair together, a shark sits in a beach chair to either side of them wearing sunglasses.)
Well pack your bags, 'cause I've already won!
(Topher is shown in the make-up confessional having it applied. A hand sprays something in his eye accidentally)
Everythin' to prove, nothin' in my way;
(Trent and Amy are standing on rock pillars with padded poles. Amy hits Trent several times before he hits her back sending some of her hair down.)
I'll get there one day.
(The hair lands in a pot of sludge Chef is cooking. He shrugs and turns to Sammy who looks nervous but determinedly back at him.)
'Cause I wanna be...famous!
(Harold and Ellody are shown standing in front of a set of screens in the security room. Harold presses a random button and causes an explosion. )
(Na-na nanananaa, nanana-nanaa, na-nananananaa)
(We focus in on one screen where a grizzly bear is growling towards Ella. The princess wannabe smiles at him sweetly, the bear smiles back and the two dance. )
I wanna be! I wanna be! I wanna be famous! (N a-na nanananaa, nanana-nanaa, na-nananananaa)
(They dance their way past the lame-o-sine and the back window lowers to show Noah and Crimson inside. The camera continues through the window as camera flashes go off. Chris is shown standing at a podium in a powder blue tux. He opens an envelope.)
I wanna be! I wanna be! I wanna be famous! (Na-na nanananaa, nanana-nanaa, na-nananananaa)
(The scene moves out to show Chef is in a sparkly hot pink dress and matching Chef's hat, along with sliver earrings and necklace. Chris looks a little weirded out. The camera moves back through a large screen then pans down to Geoff and Kitty sitting on a couch about to make out.)
*The sound of the theme being whistled goes through the air *
(They notice the camera and decide not to kiss, the scene moves back to show a small studio with two couches to either side of the one the couple is sitting at. The rest of the cast in sitting on them as the large screen above flashes to the Total Drama action logo. )
(end of intro)
The episode begins with a shot of an owl perched in a tree at night, It's circuits fry, revealing it to be a robot as its head springs off. The focus shifted to show all of the contestants, save for Sammy, walking into the trailer area, clearly headed for bed.
"I can't believe you guys would vote out Ella!" Amy snapped at her team.
"How do we know you didn't rig the votes against her?" Trent glared.
"She's my best friend, I would never do that to her. Never!" The twin snapped in his face.
"Guys can't we just chill?" Gwen tried to mediate.
"Besides, princess would have only held us back." Duncan added.
Amy turned to yell at him too, when Topher chuckled. The focus shifted to him. "Man you guys are a mess. The ratings are gonna be wild.":
"Seriously Topher, does schadenfreude completely override empathy in your mind?" Amber scoffed.
"He is a fan of this show, which makes entertainment out of others misery, so It's not that surprising." Ellody replied.
Topher yawned. "Anyway Alejandro and I need our beauty sleep." He tried to open the boys trailer only to find it locked. The focus shifted to Gwen trying to open the girls trailer with the same results.
"Chris, if this is some kind of sadistic challenge can it wait til morning?!" Gwen called out.
A siren went off, and an ambulance drove through the area, dropped off a covered gurney and departed. Everyone approached the gurney. "Do we want to know what's under there?" Noah deadpanned.
"Maybe it's a zombie." Gwen smirked.
The cover shifted as Chris rose up from the gurney books underneath him. "Boo!" He said towards the gaffers, causing Harold to jump to Ellody and wrap his arms around her in fear.
"Calm yourself, no one's dead yet." Chris told them. "I'm here to prep you fluffy ducks for our most awesome challenge yet." He lifted up one of the books on the gurney. "These textbooks hold the sum total of eight years of med school, and each one of you gets one," He said throwing one to Duncan." Cause tomorrow we're gonna play doctor." Duncan rolled his eyes.
(Confessional)
Duncan: I hate doctors, they get off telling people stuff they don't want to hear, like don't pick at that scab. Or if you eat nothing but pickled eggs you'll die. Hey don't tell me what I can't eat. Now playing doctor, playing doctor I can handle.
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Harold: I could be a doctor if I wanted to. I have plenty of hands on experience because I've contracted more than 300 known diseases, and I've been cured of nearly all of them.
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Amber: There is no way that textbook contains eight years of med school. It's way too short.
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Everyone is holding a textbook as Chris continues to explain the challenge. "To win this challenge, you're gonna want to memorize the entire contents of these textbooks. By morning."
"An excuse to study all night? Yes please!" Ellody said happily.
"But it's so late!" Amy snapped.
"You got that right." Chris said as Chef drove a golf cart with a slice of pizza on top of it, in to the area. "What med school all nighter would be complete without pizza?" Chef handed a stack of boxes to Trent. .
"Dude that smells good." The guitarist said.
"Es Imposible!" Alejandro gasped.
"Okay, who are you and what have you done with Chris?" Gwen asked.
"Think of it as method acting, Med school interns consume eight hundred and fifty percent more pizza than the average human." Chris continued.
"That is a statistical impossibility." Ellody noted.
"So dig in, cause there's plenty more where that came from." The host concluded, ignoring Ellody as he hopped on Chef's golf cart and it drove away. .
The focus shifted to show Duncan was holding one of the slices of pizza. "It looks okay. It smells okay, Tastes." He took a bite. "Pretty good." He gasped.
"So Chef can cook good food, and is just choosing not to?" Topher smirked. "Awesome!"
Alejandro frowned as he looked around. "Has anyone seen Sammy?"
/
Chef is spinning dough as Sammy walked in. She took a deep breath. "Chef, I'm here to tell you-"
"Good you're here! I've been working my butt off to make and deliver these pizzas!" The cook pushed Sammy to a counter at which two pizzas are cooling. There is a canister of what appears to be cheese next to them. "Sprinkle some of that cheese on each one!"
"But-" Sammy tried to protest.
"I don't have time for buts girl! Sprinkle the cheese!" Chef barked, turning back to his pizzas. Sammy sighed and began to do as she was told.
/
The Gaffers are shown inside the crafts and service tent studying.
"I'm gonna regret eating this pizza, but I have to try some of Chef's best cooking!" Topher said eating a slice.
"I'm not gonna waste the chance to eat real food." Amber agreed, taking one for herself. She glanced at Alejandro. "Aren't you having any?"
"I prefer to eat healthy, but go ahead and partake, chica. I'm still wondering where Sammy went." The Spaniard admitted.
Sammy stepped into the room at that moment. "I was just, going to the bathroom."
Alejandro's eyes narrowed as she sat down.
The focus shifted to Harold and Ellody across the table.
"So how much medical knowledge do you have, Ellody?" Harold asked as he took another bite of Pizza.
"I know a lot of stuff, but a refresher wouldn't hurt." Ellody smiled. She looked at the ground nervously. "You know studying in groups has proven helpful in retaining information. So I'd like to propose we team up for this endeavor. You know, if you want to."
"Sure, we can like, take turns reading and stuff." Harold agreed.
(Confessional)
Ellody: Aside from my best friend Mary, no one ever wants to study with me! Harold's so sweet to agree to it. In fact, lately I've been experiencing sweaty palms, an increased heart rate, and mild nausea. All of which are physical manifestations of heightened emotion.
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Harold: No one ever asks me to study with them, unless it's to make me do all the work. And Ellody asked me! (He fist pumped.) Yes!
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Meanwhile the Grips are studying outside the trailers. "This pie is rad! Who knew Chef could rock the sauce?"
"Aren't you gonna have some Noah?" Gwen asked. Noah sighed.
(confessional)
Noah: As much as I would love to, I don't know what's in that pizza. I have life threatening allergies so it's not worth risking it.
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"Well no pizza for Noah means more for the rest of us." Duncan smirked.
Noah flipped through the book quickly and closed it. "Done."
"There's no way you finished that quick!" Amy protested.
"It's called skimming. Trust me there isn't anything in this I don't already know. Besides, tomorrows a reward challenge." Noah said, standing with a stretch.
"Nerd's got a point." Duncan agreed standing up from his chair. "You gonna hit the hay pasty?"
Gwen opened her mouth to answer when Trent grabbed her hand. "Please don't leave me alone with her." He whispered, inclining his head towards Amy.
The goth sighed. "Maybe later."
(Confessional)
Gwen: Trent's a nice guy. He doesn't deserve to be left alone with Amy. (She rolls her eyes.) The things I do for friendship.
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Inside the boys trailer Duncan turned to Noah. "You know, I was thinking what if we formed an alliance."
"What would the terms be?" Noah asked.
"Let's keep it simple. We vote together and we don't vote for each other."
Noah shrugged. "Fine, but don't expect to intimidate me into voting with you."
/
The focus is on the warehouses as we cut inside one. Everyone is tired with the notable exception of Noah and Duncan. Alejandro seemed less tired than others however.
"So tired." Harold groaned.
"The energy crash after the thrill of a night studying is potent." Ellody agreed.
Duncan sighed happily as he looked at everyone. "Nothing like a good night's sleep, am I right?"
Gwen smirked tiredly and drew a finger across her throat as she looked back at him. Duncan smirked back.
The door opened as Chris came out of the room in front of them. "Morning competitors! Or should I say doctors!" WIth that the host pulled out a handcannon and began to shoot the old light reflectors doctors once wore at the heads of the contestants until they all had one. "Ready for today's new challenge?"
"Well some of us are." Amy glared at Noah.
"I regret nothing." He smirked back.
"Ooh, tension. My favorite." Chris chuckled. He pointed over his shoulder into the room behind him. "Let's take it inside."
/
A large overhead light is shown before the focus quickly moves out to show the two teams standing on either side of Chris. Gaffers on the left, Grips on the right. On each side is a large vat of green fluid, a ladder leading up to a bungee cord, and two large slabs with outlines of a certain host on them. "Today's reward challenge is called 'visiting hours'.'" Chris began. "And only one member of the winning team will get to enjoy the reward."
"If only one of us gets the prize, why even bother trying to win?" Duncan asked.
"Because I stayed up all night studying." Gwen yawned. "A win would ease the pain."
"But if we win, how do we determine who gets the prize?" Noah asked.
"Whoever does the most obviously!" Amy smirked.
(Confessional)
Amy: Which will be me of course.
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"Chris, you haven't told us what the reward is yet." Harold pointed out from the Gaffer's side.
"You're very perceptive Harold, let's see if that'll help you and your team assemble: a cadaver!" Chris announced.
"Like a dead body?!" Sammy gasped.
"No," Chris responded. "Like a giant dead body! These tanks," The host pointed to them as he continued, the focus shifted from the tanks up to the bungee platform, then down to the slab. "Contain the dismembered parts of two identical cadavers. Each player will climb their respective team ladder, strap on the bungee cord, and jump into the tank with hopes of retrieving a body part. Any body parts you find will be snapped in place on the platforms." The focus shifted up the chain to two large electrodes which sparked electricity between them. " Use those chains to raise them all the way to the roof. Where they'll be reanimated by a blast of lightning.
"First team to bring a Frankenchris to life wins." Chris concluded. "First crack goes to who can tell me how it treat someone with a bean up their nose."
"Administer two cc's of pain meds, and probe the affected area with a sterile swab." Ellody answered quickly.
"Correctamundo!" Chris said.
A flash transition takes us to Ellody strapping on the bungee cord and jumping into the Gaffers tank. When she comes out she is being shocked by an eel. She grabs onto the diving board before she can fall back in. "Chris you forgot to informs us of the electric eels." She noted breathlessly.
"Less forgot to, more like deliberately didn't mention." Chris replied. "Three zaps and you're out."
Ellody jumps back in, coming up with a leg. "Catch it!" She called. It headed straight towards Topher.
"Not the hair!" The blonde cried, ducking. Amber rolled her eyes and caught it placing it on the slab.
"Okay next question." Chris continued. "Your patient has an itchy red inflammation on their butt. Diagnosis?"
"Diaper rash, apply salve repeatedly to achieve humectant dispersion." Gwen replied.
"Yes." The host confirmed.
A flash transition later and Gwen his jumping into her team's tanks. She comes up being shocked by eels. "Oww! Stupid eels!" She went back in this time pulling out a foot. "Got it!" The goth said as she threw it to Duncan.
"Nice work pasty." He called as he placed the foot on the slab.
"Next question," Chris began again. "Your patients got a white tongue, red eyes and their oozing gooey crud ?
"Conjunctivitis. Usually, an anti-inflammatory takes care of it." Noah smirked.
"Nope." Chris smirked back. "Gaffers?"
"Pinkaicus Eyeaicus. Treat with two rounds of floppity gibbets!" Topher replied.
"Absolutely correct!" Chris replied, his eyes shifted to the audience, and he cupped his mouth. "I messed around with some of the terms in the textbook."
A flash transition later Topher is looking at the tank nervously. He took a deep breath. "I hope this washes out of my hair." He jumped off the platform and came out with an arm. "Get it away from me!" He called as he threw the arm to Harold who put it on the slab.
Chris approached the Grips. "Smells like earwax?" He asked.
"Pinappleitits!" Amy replied.
A flash transition shows her jumping into the pool and getting shocked by three eels.
/
Another flash transitioned to Chris asking another question. "Fur between the toes?"
"Stick two horse feathers up the whizzbang!" Sammy replied.
A flash transitioned to Sammy jumping into her team's tank and pulling out a torso. Then a series of flash transitions showed Trent putting another foot on to his team's slab. Alejandro placing the hips on the Gaffers slab. Gwen placing a leg on the Grips slab. Harold saying "Wakka wakka 2x4." Amber using a stethoscope on Chris and saying. "Sissypants Megee!" Duncan bungee jumping and hitting an eel with a bat, then finally Trent jumping in to pull out a head. Noah placed it.
"The Grips are ahead by a head!" Chris proclaimed as the Grips slab was shown to have all but a leg and a hand on it, while Gaffer's table was shown with all parts but a leg, hand and a head.
Amy was shown jumping into the tank again and being shocked by eels twice before she finally got the hand which she tossed to Trent. "That's all but the leg. No thanks to you." The guitarist said with a look towards Noah.
"Fine, I'm helping. I'll go check on Amy." Noah rolled his eyes. He approached the tank as Amy got out. "So how's it going?"
"How do you think? My only friend is gone, I've been shocked by eels multiple times today, and I'm covered in gross green sludge." Amy snapped.
"Sounds like you need help. I was thinking, what if we team up?" Noah suggested.
Amy scoffed. "With you? Please. My standards aren't that low."
"Fine, I can wait." Noah replied.
(Confessional)
Amy: Wait for what? Pigs to fly? Because that's the only way I'd ever team up with a loser like him.
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Duncan is shown jumping in the Grips tank and pulling out the leg. "Last Piece!" He called, as Noah caught and placed it.
"The Grips have their cadaver! Time to start yanking some chain, and be quick about it cause the Gaffers are right behind you!" Chris told them. The Grips began to pull on their slabs chain to raise it.
Meanwhile Amber threw the Gaffer's last piece, the head , Alejandro who quickly placed it. "Everyone pull!" Sammy ordered as they Gaffers began to hoist their own slab.
"The Gaffers are still in this." Chris said. "Who's cadaver will hit the roof first? Make sure you come back for all the Total Drama Action!"
/
Returning from the commercial break we see the Grips are getting close to bringing their cadaver to life, when Gwen burped. "Eww!" Amy complained. "And why does it smell like lemons?"
"Wait, that's not normal." Trent noted, placing a hand on Gwen's forehead. "You're burning up, and is that a sore on your arm?" He asked, examining it.
"Wait, red sores, fever, lemony burps? Weren't those symptoms of one of the diseases in the book?!" Amy gasped.
"Page seven hundred and fifty three. Mordistical crumples disease and its fatal!" Topher gasped.
Everyone dropped what they were doing in shock. "Mordistical crumples disease isn't just fatal, it's highly contagious!" Amber panicked.
"Okay," Chris said, backing away with his hand in front of him. "Looks like its quarantine time. See ya, wouldn't want to be ya!" With that Chris ran out the doors to the room and the sounds of him boarding the place up can be heard as everyone watched on in shock. The focus shifted outside to show Chris nailing up a red sign with a yellow skull and crossbones on it, The eyes of the skull are X's. The host turns to the audience. "There's more to this disease than either team knows." He chuckled.
/
Back in the warehouse the teams are shown facing each other. Alejandro looks confused. "What are the chances of Gwen contracting a fatal disease? "
"I know. It's seriously weird." Duncan agreed. "How you holding up pasty?"
"Oh you know, I just found out I'm going to die. No big deal." Gwen deadpanned sarcastically.
"Quarantine Gwen stat!" Harold said.
Amber blew up a pastic bubble with a quarantine sign on it. "Get inside before it spreads!" She ordered. Duncan gently placed Gwen inside the bubble.
"There's another sore on Samey!" Amy accused pointing to her sister. For once she wasn't lying, Sammy did have a sore on her arm.
"What? No! No this isn't happening!" Sammy panicked.
Amber began blowing up another bubble as Gwen huddled on the floor of her bubble, beginning to hyperventilate. "I know it had to be done, but I'm claustrophobic! Oh, is there enough air in here?"
As Harold and Amy shoved Sammy into another bubble, Amber replied. "Yeah, there should be. These bubbles are meant to contain people for an extended period of time."
"We need to confirm no one else is infected." Harold told everyone. "Symptoms of Mordistical Crumples disease include explosive diarrhea."
Amber ran into a porta potty. "Oh no!" She groaned.
"Itchy lips," Harold continued.
"My lips! My lips are on fire!" Topher screamed as his lips swelled up.
"Sudden Hot flashes."
Ellody began to pant and sweat, her face red.
"Sea sickness,"
Amy's face turned green and she threw up.
"Speaking in tongues."
Trent began to speak gibberish.
"And temporary blindness. Anyone?" Harold asked. No one responded. "Well that's a relief." He turned and walked right into Ellody. His pupils contracted. "I'm blind!"
(confessional)
Noah: The disease came from that textbook, which I know Chris messed with. Something's up.
Static
Alejandro: During the slasher challenge Chris was immediately concerned when it looked like Amber might actually die. So I know he wouldn't leave us to die. Probably.
Chris is shown in the security room. "You'd think we wouldn't but imagine the ratings!"
/
The focus moves from right to left over all the sick members of the cast now on gurneys all groaning. The focus is placed on Amber on her gurney. Alejandro approaches her with a glass of water. "Here you need to stay hydrated." He said tilting her head up and helping her drink it.
Next to her Topher speaks up. "My lips. I can't have them so swollen on TV!"
Alejandro turns to him. "Worry not my friend, your beauty transcends such flaws." Amber groaned loudly
The focus shifted to Duncan and Gwen. The goth is in the fetal position. "I'm gonna die. If the disease doesn't get me the lack of oxygen will."
Duncan nodded sympathetically. "Relax pasty, I'll figure this out."
"Hey Duncan," Duncan turned and walked over to Noah. "This is more fishy than a salmon glazed in fish oil, marinated in tuna water."
"Have you noticed that aside from Alejandro we're the only ones who didn't study all night and we're the only ones not sick?" Duncan pointed out.
"I didn't study all night." Alejandro interjected. "I'm used to studying for long hours, so I paced myself. I took a five minute break for every hour of study."
"So none of us studied all night, and on top of that I've never heard of Mordistical Crumples disease." Noah said.
"Nor have I, I only made it about two thirds through the book, so it must be in the third I didn't read." Alejandro noted.
"And with the nonsense those guys were spouting the textbooks were definitely messed with, we need to get our hands on one." Noah said.
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"Good Idea except Chris sealed off the only exit." Duncan pointed out.
"Not the only exit." Alejandro and Noah both replied, giving each other an annoyed look as they pointed to a hole in the ceiling with a chain connecting a slab that previously held a cadaver.
"I'm not a fan of heights." Duncan said.
"Fine, you can stay here and keep an eye on everyone." Alejandro told him.
"No way are you taking my numbers advantage, Duncan get over here!" Noah ordered. Reluctantly, Duncan joined them and between he and Alejandro they got out of the room.
"Okay, let's go get those textbooks." Duncan said, as Alejandro sneaked off in the other direction.
Noah nodded. "You go ahead, I'm following Alejandro." .
(confessional)
Alejandro: Chris only ever gives us good food if its some trick.
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Noah: If someone who's normally sadistic is suddenly nice, there's a reason for it. Usually a bad one.
Static
/
Back in room Gwen is still panicking in her bubble. In the other bubble Sammy sighs. "Of all the ways I thought I'd die, this never crossed my mind."
The focus shifted to Ellody and Harold on their gurney's. "To think I would die of a rare fatal disease. I hope Chris donates my body to science as I requested."
"Ellody, I just want to say, you mean a lot to me. I need you to know that before I die." Harold groaned.
"And you to me Harold, aside from my best friend I've never felt closer to another person." Ellody smiled.
In the corner Amy is writing something on a paper. "I leave all my belongings to Ella. I have one final request," Amy puked into a bucket next to her. "Make sure I get a bigger tombstone than Samey.
The focus shifted to the doors of the room as Duncan, Noah, and Alejandro burst in. Duncan holding a textbook, and Alejandro both holding a canister of cheese. The rest of the room is shown before the focus shifts to Amber on her Gurney. "Alejandro? Is that you?"
"Relax everyone," Duncan told them. "As someone who had extensive experience with forgery Trust me, this textbook and everything in it is a total crock," He removed the cover of the book. "The book covers are really just old cereal boxes." His stomach gurgled. "Uh oh!" He gasped running to the porta potty.
"It can't be a crock, no one's pretending to be sick." Harold said.
"Not intentionally no, and some symptoms are legit." Noah explained "I suspected something was up with the pizza so I went to investigate." He scowled "unfortunately Alejandro got to it first."
"Indeed." Alejandro smirked. "I found this in the kitchen." He said holding up a canister of cheese.
Sammy looked nervous from her bubble. "What's in that canister I've never seen in my life?"
Alejandro gave her a suspicious look as he peeled the cheese label off to reveal another label with one arms about to itch another. "Itching powder and laxatives!"
"Probably some with a delayed effect so it'd happen during the challenge." Noah noted.
Duncan came out of the porta potty with fumes leaking out of it. "That explains the diarrhea and itchy lips."
"And I'm unaffected since I never ate any pizza." Alejandro smirked. "I assume Noah didn't either." Noah nodded.
"What about the sores on Gwen and Sammy?" Ellody asked.
Noah walked over to Gwen's bubble and popped it with a needle before peeling the 'sore' off. "It's a piece of pepperoni "
"Air! Sweet air!" Gwen gasped breathing in as much as possible. "I'll never take you for granted again!"
Sammy peeled her sore off and ate it. "It really is!" She gasped.
Alejandro popped Sammy's bubble. "I'm so happy to be out of there!" The twin said.
"What about the other symptoms?" Amber asked.
"Well you're all sleep deprived and spent the night reading about diseases. It wouldn't surprise me if it caused a placebo effect." Noah replied.
"So it's in our heads." Trent said.
Harold's pupils dilated to normal. "I can see! I can see!"
Chris began to lower himself into the room.. "Congratulations Killer Grips! You just won the challenge!"
Alejandro looked shocked. "But I found out what was causing the actual symptoms!"
"True, but since the Grips had two members figure out something was up, and opposed to just one they win." Chris smirked as Alejandro's face grew infuriated. "And for their reward-" Chris paused. "I knew I forgot something." Chris went back up.
Alejandro turned to Sammy. "I don't want to think you would deliberately sabotage your fellow competitors, but I saw you exit the kitchen last night."
Sammy swallowed. "I swear I didn't know what was in that canister. Chef kinda forced me into doing it,"
"And why were you in the kitchen in the first place?" Alejandro asked.
Sammy sighed. "Chef wants me to form an alliance with him. I was trying to tell him no but he won't listen."
"Thank you for bringing this to my attention." Alejandro told her.
(Confessional)
Alejandro: So Chef is trying to force Sammy into an alliance. If he thinks I'll let him do as he wants he's deluded. There is the chance Sammy's lying, but I don't think it's in her nature.
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Chris came back down with a covered tray. "As I was saying, for your reward." He removed the cover to reval five framed pictures.
The first was of a tall pale girl with a sharp chin and dark indigo purple hair. Wearing a sleeveless black corset shirt. Then a boy with long brown hair that had bangs that covered his eyes. Wearing a band shirt. Then a blonde woman with blue eyes wearing a red dress, Then a man with spiky brown hair, narrow blue eyes and a very defined chin wearing a light business shit with a slightly darker blue tie. Finally a girl with a very large forehead, long brown hair in a low ponytail, half lidded brown eyes and a familiar smirk. She wore a bright red cardigan.
"That's my friend Pixie Corpse!" Gwen gasped.
"And my jam mate Lucas!" Trent cheered.
"My favorite sibling?!" Noah asked in confusion.
"Yep, one of you gets a whole spa night away from this cruddy studio with your best friend." Chris said. "So who's the lucky stiff?"
Amy began to argue with Duncan and Noah.
"Well obviously it should be Duncan or Noah. They won the challenge for us." GWen said.
"I agree." Trent nodded.
Duncan and Noah turned to each other. "How do we decide?" Noah asked.
Duncan dug a coin from his pocket. "You call it," He flipped the coin.
"Tails!" Noah said.
Duncan caught it and checked. He smirked. "Well have a good time you lucky SOB."
"Don't insult my mother that way." Noah smirked back. Two interns dressed like nurses pushed him out the door. One with blonde hair and one with black hair.
The focus shifted to the red carpet of shame as Noah walked to the limo, rather than entering the door flew open and he was dragged in. The focus shifted to the interior where the tan woman with brown hair and eyes was giving Noah a noogie. "I haven't seen you in ages! We have so much to catch up on! Starting with that girlfriend! Who knew Noa Boa would snag a hot goth chick!"
"Esther, I told you not to call me that." Noah groaned.
"And as your older sister I ignored you." Esther smirked.
"Hey, being serious, there's something I want to talk with you about." Noah admitted. The scene froze and Chris was shown watching from the security room.
"I wonder what he's gonna talk about?" Chris chuckled. "Will we ever find out? Can Alejandro help Sammy? What will Amy complain about next? Find out the answer to some of these questions next time, On Total, Drama, Action!"
A/N: Not much to say on this one. I didn't want to winning team to be quite as obvious as canon so I had three people end up not siok. Duncan is canon, no way Noah's gonna try that hard for a reward challenge, and Alejandro refusing to eat pizza because he's a health nut, plus knowing to pace himself when studying seemed in character to me. We've developed several plot points, with Sammy and Chef's plotline being the standout. Canonically DJ confesses and gets voted out next episode.
As for Noah's winning of the prize it will come into play later, but the results won't be the same as canon I can tell you that.