Day 16, 9:00 AM
Lobby
"Uhh…" Topher's voice rang from the lobby.
Almost all the hosts already looked sleep-deprived, judging by the looks on their faces, and not to mention, the dark circles on their eyebags.
"Are we still seriously doing the intro?" Brea groaned frustratingly. "Why can't we just sleep it off then film the intro later?"
"Because we'll end up messing with the time, you dunce." Blaineley sneered at her.
"Oh okay, why don't you-"
"LADIES!" Topher shouted at both hostesses. "Intro now, yell later. Okay?"
As soon as he didn't receive any answer from the two females, Don cleared his throat and took the lead, starting off with a sleepy yawn.
"Last time on Total Drama Act," he began. "We were supposed to be doing a hide and seek challenge but somehow and for some reason, the challenge became more of a life or death situation."
"Whoever decided that we should go there is a huge asshole." Brea rolled her eyes.
"Says you." Chef responded. "Anyway, our last Act I veteran, Arreis, has been eliminated last time, leaving us with a veteran-less roster amongst our cast."
"Who will be the next to go home?" Blaineley asked the camera. "Well don't switch into any other channel because we will be finding that out right now in-"
"TOTAL DRAMA ACT II: MUSICAL POWEEEEEEEER!" The hosts yelled, mustering up much enthusiasm as they can.
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 15: My Life Is Rosy" can be seen written below, in silver letters.
End opening theme*
Episode 15: My Life Is Rosy
"You can't keep secrets forever."
Medical Room
Sami fluttered her eyes open. Her vision blurred at first and all she could see was a bunch of white, as well as only a few colors swirling into her view. It took her about a few blinks before her vision cleared.
As soon as it did, she could see that she was in a bed inside the medical room. Gordon was also on a different bed on her left. Vanessa, Colin, Pierre, and Carter were all present inside the room as well, smiles growing on their faces seeing one of their teammates awaken.
"Hey, Sami!" Vanessa grinned, carefully sitting next to her in the bed, followed by Sybil. "How are you feeling?"
"Pretty good. My arms still feel weird but I can manage." She quietly answered. She grinned for a bit, feeling less pain on both of her arms now.
"That's nice." Sybil nodded in agreement.
The three girls shared looks of relief at each other.
"Hey look, Gordon's awake." Colin pointed out. He, Carter, and Pierre all approached Gordon's bed as well. Vanessa also went towards him as Sybil kept Sami and company.
"Good morning." Carter joked. (Or not, since it's literally morning)
"Yeah, good morning." Gordon followed along as the boys shared a chuckle.
"How's the leg?" Pierre asked.
Gordon moved his leg a bit, but groaned slightly. "Still kinda hurts but I should be fine."
Two nurses from the medical team entered the room, holding a few clipboards containing some medical records.
"Alright, Sami will be good to go but we'll have to cast her right arm. As for Gordon, he might have to use some crutches for a few days.
Gordon groaned. "So I guess I'm doomed if a physical challenge is up next?"
"Maybe."
Everyone raised an eyebrow towards the nurse.
"I mean… if you can sit out, then do so. We'll try and bring this matter to the hosts. If we can't then, we have to send you out of the game." The nurse responded.
"Great." Sami sighed. "Looks like it's possible to lose someone right now."
She looked at Pierre, in which everyone else followed.
"No offense but, out of everyone here, you're kind of… the lower kind." She said.
Carter sighed. "I honestly agree. You're just… yeah."
"Okay then." Pierre just shrugged, thinking of something in the back of his head.
Major House - Dining Area
Beatrice, Mag, May, Misha, Ryder, Therion, and Rival were all in the dining area eating breakfast. Misha looked as if she just had came back from outside while the rest were all in their sleepwear.
"I can't believe these idiot-for-brains hosts have us go 'hide and seek' in that fucking village last night." Misha ranted. "Like, robots? The fuck?"
"Can you stop saying 'fuck' for like, the millionth time in this season?" Mag sighed. "It's getting pretty old."
"Can't blame her if she's mad though." Rival pointed out. "Like, we all have a reason to be mad at the hosts at this point."
"I swear, if this next challenge tries to suck the life out of us, expect me to quit at the elimination ceremony." Ryder declared, causing May to frown a little.
"Quit?"
"Yeah…"
"Oh."
Beatrice sighed before taking a sip of her milk. "Well… if that's the case, then this will be the last time we'll be getting an advantage for this challenge."
"True." Therion nodded in agreement to Beatrice's statement. "I guess it was nice working with all of you."
Everyone also agreed to what Therion had just stated. Time was already running out in the competition and there is no doubt that they will all be merging soon.
"Who do guys think is going out next?" Rival asked everyone to keep the conversation going.
"Maybe someone from the Minor team?" Therion answered. "I mean, they do lose quite a lot."
"Or maybe it's probably because the production team are more in favor for us." Mag shrugged. "Some people say that it's unfair."
"From a viewer's point of view, you may be right." Beatrice pointed out. "They just don't see it."
Misha rolled her eyes. "Well, who the fuck do you guys think is behind this? I may have some suspicions but I was never right in any shit so what do you say?"
"Probably Brea." Ryder answered. "She took part in this season the most, and she's the producer for crying out loud."
"Once this show's done, some people are probably going to be suing her." May said.
Day 16, 2:30 PM
CHALLENGE 7: Rosy Secrets (Location: Dance Practice Room)
At that time of the day, everyone had now entered the dance practice room. Only to wonder why everything was placed in such a way.
Most of the things that were usually there such as some drawers and tables were nowhere to be seen. The mirrored walls all had curtains covering them. And lastly, there were fourteen chairs all facing back from each other, placed in a circle.
"Ah I get it. We're playing musical chairs now, aren't we?" Vanessa joked. Some others like Misha and Sami snickered at the joke.
"Musical chairs? Then… why have the mirrors covered?" May asked.
"And…" Therion walked towards one of the chairs, which had a rubber ducky sitting on it. "What's this?"
Carter could only hold in his laughter as soon as he saw the rubber duck. "Are we playing some sort of children's game?"
Beatrice heaved a sigh. "I think I know where this is going to."
Rival, Gordon, and Ryder all saw her expression and now was expecting something worse.
"We're all going to lose." Colin unsurprisingly stated.
"Yup." Pierre nodded.
"Quiet!" Brea ordered, prompting instant silence from everyone. "I hope you all remembered your very first challenge. Because this challenge will serve as some sort of… sequel to it."
Blaineley grabbed the rubber ducky from Therion. "Okay, listen. Everyone will sit on these chairs, with their eyes closed. I will throw the rubber duck towards you. If it hits you, you have 30 seconds to think about a secret you have learned from your castmates. Once those 30 seconds are up, you are to tell the secret in front of everyone. If that person admits that that is their secret, your team has a point. But if you fail to come up with a secret, the opposing team gets a point. If they don't admit it or they deny it, your loss."
Everyone couldn't help but feel uneasy with the challenge they were going to do.
They all positioned themselves on the chairs with the Major team seated on the right half of the circle with the Minor team taking the left half.
"Alright performers, close your eyes." Blaineley commanded.
As soon as everyone had their eyes closed shut and all they could see was utter darkness, Blaineley had a smirk on her face as she tossed the rubby ducky she was holding onto the cast.
T honk!
A quiet grunt was heard from the teens as the hosts stifled up several chuckles.
"Okay, 30 seconds start now."
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Some of the others began to grow extremely nervous with who could it be.
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Others were just… plain excited.
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Yet some had no reaction at all.
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As the timer from Blaineley's phone kept on ticking, the hosts got even more excited for the outcome.
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The person who got hit though was still thinking about what secret to reveal...
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"Time's up." Blaineley declared as her phone alarm went off. "Everyone, open your eyes. The person who got hit by the rubber ducky, stand up and spill a secret."
The teens all looked around frantically amongst themselves, thinking who on earth got hit by the toy.
Until after a few seconds, someone quickly stood up, eager to get this over with.
"Alright Ryder, time to spill." Brea ordered.
Ryder cleared his throat, an uneasy look quickly spreading on his face.
"I'm sorry." He took a deep breath. "But… there was this one time when Colin and I found the Eighth Note and he hid it until he lost it one time and we had absolutely no idea how on earth did it got to Oil and turned into a Time Signature."
Everyone seemed quite shocked at the reveal, but Colin seemed to be the most surprised one out of everyone for obvious reasons.
Colin (Minor): "So I guess this is how it ends. Of course no one will trust me now because they'll obviously think that I was the reason behind Oli's elimination."
"Yes, that is true." Colin finally said right before Don was about to ask him to do so.
The host nodded. "Alright, Major gets one point! Ryder, you're done so you can stand off to the side for a while."
The teens of the Major team silently cheered amongst themselves as it was too early to celebrate.
"Wait, that's it?" He asked the hosts with disbelief, thinking that this could've gone longer.
Blaineley confirmed by giving him a nod.
"Yes."
"Okay, that was easier than I thought it would be." Ryder stated with a chuckle as he made his way to the side of the room.
The Minor team however, did not gave up as they closed their eyes once more. The Major team followed suit until-
Thonk!
"30 seconds!" Chef hollered. "And I hit you guys by the time you close your eyes to save up some time."
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"Who got hit?"
Sami stood up to face Brea. "I did. Don't do it again, that hurt." She added, rubbing her forehead in the process.
"Okay then, spill." Don commanded to the fandom girl.
She took a deep breath. There weren't really any secrets revealed to her. In fact, the only two secrets that she kept both have to do with Sybil: one was the accident that she didn't want to think of again and two was, her friend's pregnancy.
She sighed. Having no more choices left going into her mind, she spoke up.
"I… I'm sorry, I don't know."
These words that came out of her caused her teammates to let out another sigh of defeat. Things weren't really going anywhere for them.
Brea smirked upon Sami's response. "No one gets a point. Sami, you can go on ahead to the side with Ryder."
The velvet-haired girl sighed as she did so. "I'm sorry guys. I just don't like revealing anything that could cause betrayal or something."
Sami (Minor): "I feel bad, but… I'll feel even more bad if I did end up revealing something I shouldn't… I guess it's better to risk elimination."
"Hey, that's fine." Ryder assured her. "Spilling secrets about someone else is not an easy task to do especially if you're friends with that person."
"I know, I just keep feeling that I'll get paranoid about being eliminated if I do so." Sami sighed, thinking that she has the potential to get eliminated if her team ends up in the losing spot.
"That's understandable, but there are other targets, don't forget that."
"I know."
Everyone got back into their positions as the third round was about to commence.
"Okay, I'm throwing this in three… two…" Don counted as he clutched the rubber toy in his hand, preparing to aim at the teens. "One."
Thwack!
"Wow, no one flinched." Blaineley let out a chuckle. "Anyway, 30 seconds starts now for the person who got hit."
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By the time the halfway mark has been hit with fifteen seconds left to spare, the person who got hit already had a secret in mind, but an expression of uncertainty can be sensed within them.
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"Alright Misha, spill the secret." Don commanded.
Misha took a deep breath. "Okay, two fucking things to get down to: one, I was chosen to be the newcoming host for the season after this BUT, that's not my point. The shit is, just a while ago, I got access from Hali to some of the files for Act III present there in the goddamn basement basing on the last time I checked, some files were missing."
What happened earlier off-camera…
It was still morning. The hosts and mentors have just exited out of the library, presumably as they came from a meeting.
"Hey Hali, didn't expect you to invite to this.. host meeting shit." Misha chuckled.
Hali shrugged in response. "Well, you are going to be a part of the hosts in the next season so it's best for you to attend meetings regularly to get used to it."
"Even if I'm still in this damn game?"
"Well I guess you don't have to attend if you don't want to." The mentor answered, twirling a set of keys playfully on her fingers.
"What's that?" Misha pointed towards the keys she was twirling as curiosity striked her facial expressions.
"This?" Hali asked. "Oh, these are just keys to the theater's basement."
Misha widened her eyes. "There's a fucking basement in this goddamned theater?"
"Yes." Hali nodded. "Ever since it got renovated after what happened to the theater back in Act I, the engineers and construction workers decided to add the basement onto this for… dfferent purposes. It's also where we stored the files of the contestants, hosts, and judges so that they won't go missing like what happened last season."
"Different files, huh?" Misha smirked. "Think you could lead me to them?"
"What? Fuck no, you're gonna be using those to your advantage." Hali snarked.
"Whoa, chill. Don't jump to shitty conclusions already. I just need to see if my damn fucking files are still there because I kind of want to know why am I out of all people have been chosen to fucking host the next season." Misha countered.
Hali thought of things for a moment. The mentor didn't really have that much trust and faith place on the pink haired girl that was soon to become a host, but judging by the determination written on Misha's face, it looks as if she had no choice.
"Fine. Just… this stays between us. Don't even let anyone else know that I'm letting you access the basement." Hali sighed. "Follow me."
The mentor had the contestant follow her towards the basement.
Hali and Misha now arrived at the back of the theater that had the door leading to the basement. The mentor unlocked the first door, leading a staircase going downwards to another door. The mentor however, widened her eyes at something.
"That's weird," Hali said as she turned the doorknob with no problem. "The door's open."
"Maybe one of the hosts went here earlier?" Misha asked.
"Impossible. This door has been locked since we started the season. This is only my second time coming in here and it was locked for sure the last time I went here."
"Strange…" Misha said.
End scene.
"Okay, wot." Brea raised a suspicious eyebrow. "I know Hali has access to them as she is a mentor but I never told her to give you access to them."
Misha sighed as a million thoughts were running through her head. "I fucking asked for it. I was just so fucking curious about why all these shitty challenges are happening plus there's no fucking evidence to find out why the judges even got the goddamn opportunity to just send someone off like, what the hell?"
Brea facepalmed as everything was already going down to the plate. "Well, did you see who stole those files anyway? Were these even caught on camera because I doubt it got filmed."
"I don't fucking know." Misha shrugged. "But last time I checked on the cameras, I saw two people heading towards the basement the other night when I reversed the timeframe on the camera. It happened like, in the middle of the other fucking night and those two turned out to be Vanessa and Gordon arguing about some shit."
A few of the hosts namely Brea, Don, Chef, and Blaineley (actually all of them except for Topher) looked accusingly towards Gordon and Vanessa.
"Are you two trying to pull off a Hah with the missing files scheme like last season?" Brea asked them whilst pointing a finger at the couple.
Gordon stood up ready to stand up for himself and admit everything. "I'm glad that I'm not the only one who thinks Antoinette's elimination was suspicious. Because you know what, Vanessa and I have been looking at the files of the judges the other night-"
"You mean yourself?" Vanessa sneered at him. "I was never even a part of your plan anyway!"
"Stop." Brea sighed before the two bicker any more further. "Either way, that's another point for the Major team."
Misha nodded and made her way towards where Sami and Ryder were standing. But truth to be told, even though the Major team had points, they still felt quite uneasy because most of them so far were bound to arguments that could last for days.
The rest of the contestants all remained silent as they sat down again squinting their eyes shut.
Don got ready to throw the rubber duck toy towards them and so he did.
Thonk!
"Ow!" A voice shouted, which belonged to Carter out of all people. "I mean-"
"Well, Carter. Looks like we know who's spilling." Blaineley smirked tauntingly. "30 seconds for you to think."
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He took a deep breath.
"Sorry to those who I will mention in advance." Carter declared. "I did not really learn this secret but this was pretty obvious due to the actions these specific people were doing. Back in the first week, it has been mentioned a couple times that Therion had an affair with one of the interns."
Therion widened his eyes upon the mention of his name.
"About sometime during that week," Carter continued. "I figured they may have broken up due to the fact that neither of them mention each other. But then again, they're both pretty quiet and introverted so I could be wrong."
"We made up though." Therion said.
"I don't really think so." Carter shrugged. "Ulysses still seems to have some sort of vendetta against you so that he could have Mara to himself. And as you noticed, even the interns were divided with it. Maya was obviously on Ulysses' side while Eden and Dustin were on Mara's side. So don't even think that Mara made up with you even if she said so so you might've had Rival and our previous guest Erin to back it up."
"You put your nose back where it belongs, Carter Kane." Rival stood up rolling up the sleeves of his jacket up to his elbows and clenched bpth of his fists threateningly as he gave the untrusting boy a death glare. This caused some others like Misha, Mag, May, and Beatrice to hold him off before he could do anything.
Therion tried to stop him. "Rival, don't get into this-"
"Alright be quiet! Minor gets a point now just to be fair and so that no fighting will happen." Brea declared frustratingly. "This challenge wasn't even supposed to be dangerous yet you guys looked as if you all wanted it to."
Everyone quickly settled themselves down before things got out of hand.
Next thing they knew, someone else already got hit by the toy.
"Hey, what gives?" May said. "I mean, we didn't even closed our eyes yet-"
"I got hit." Pierre stood up and took a deep breath as he prepared to reveal something... revealing. "I've learned something regarding Mag and Carter's situation from the hosts and you guys aren't going to like this."
This caused the hosts to widen their eyes in realization as someone already knew the incident behind Chris' suspension.
"What did they tell you!?" Mag shrieked from the top of her lungs. Literally everyone was present (and almost as quiet as mice) during that time. It was pretty difficult since no one had seen her in this state before.
"They didn't tell me, I overheard it for god's sake!" Pierre retaliated.
"You can't keep secrets forever, Pierre." Carter also countered.
At this point, Pierre felt pressured. Even Chef gave him a scowl from afar, which only caused Sybil to worry that her condition will be revealed to everyone.
Pierre closed his eyes shut, having enough. "Fine then! I'll say everything!"
Everyone started to brace for the words that were about to escape from his mouth as if the teens were about to get hit by a monster truck.
"During the night when Toxa, Zack, and Antoinette got eliminated, I overheard the hosts saying that Brea terminated Chris' contract as being the host." He began.
Brea (Host): "Wait, so he was listening!? What… WHAT KIND OF FUCKED UP SORCERY IS THIS!?"
"Hey, who told you to eavesdrop?" Brea asked angrily, accusingly pointing a finger at him.
"Let me finish! This is for the challenge! Jeez!" Pierre shot back. Brea rolled her eyes and let this slide as this was part of the challenge after all and she had no right to stop him whatsoever. "So the reason why Chris was suspended for the whole season is because he violated one rule in the contract."
"And that is?" Carter asked him, really intrigued by the topic.
"Chris is related to one of us contestants and he is just hiding it." Pierre continued. "And that person he was related to is… no other than his daughter, Mag."
"WHAT!?" Both Mag and Carter stood up.
"Pierre, you make no fucking sense, what the hell!?" Mag got into his face.
"HEY LISTEN! DON'T YELL AT ME, YELL AT BREA!" Pierre shot back at her.
Carter approached him as well. "Is this that "super-duper important thing" that you were trying to tell me?" He grabbed him by the collar threateningly. "If that's the case, I don't believe you."
Pierre was getting frustrated. "Just… why!? I don't get why do you all hate me so much! I don't get why I'm getting blamed for the work I'm trying to do when all I did was do my best! Of course there were mishaps and downsides that I did like spilling out obsceneties back in our first week and accidentally getting Sybil pregnant, but that doesn't mean you all should just hate me as if I were some stupid abnormal being with no life! You don't even know why I even end up joining here but I'm not going to say it because for sure, no one in this damn world cares anyway! I keep wanting to say that I regret everything, but you know what!? FUCK THAT! YOU THINK I AM ALWAYS MESSED UP IN THE HEAD! YOU THINK THAT I'M JUST SOME PIECE OF HORSESHIT THAT JUST HAS OBSCENE DREAMS THAT SHOULDN'T BE SPOKEN OF! YOU ALL PROBABLY THINK I'M NOTHING, BUT YOU'RE ALL FORGETTING THE FACT THAT I'M A HUMAN BEING TOO! YOU ALL ARE JUST LIKE MY WHOLE SO-CALLED FAMILY WHO KEEPS ON CALLING ME A SLUT-BOY!"
Everything was up on the air. The contestants all had shocked looks on their faces. But there was one thing that was off.
"Pierre…" Beatrice meekly spoke up. "You… you did what to Sybil?"
He sighed. "You all… you all don't even care what I just said and just cared about the bad things I've done? Fine! Sybil and I made out, got together again, did something we shouldn't have done, and kept her whole pregnancy a secret because we're both scared of what's going to happen. There, happy!?"
"You… I…" Sybil's weak voice was heard. "You… s-said that you would keep this a secret…?"
Pierre gasped as soon as he heard her. The boy turned to face her with widened eyes. "...I… wait-"
Sybil went up to him and harshly slapped him in the face. Some of the others gasped at what happened while a few of the others were… honestly expecting this whole ordeal to happen between the two.
"YOU LIED TO ME! I THOUGHT I COULD TRUST YOU IN KEEPING OUR SECRET!" She choked up as tears began streaming from her eyes.
"Well, did you even keep it?" He asked her back. "Did you let anyone know?"
"Yes." Chef stepped forward. "I knew about it. She was with May last night and she looked sick and Sybil herself admitted it."
"The hell!?" Brea shouted, obviously surprised about the whole thing. "You knew about this too?"
"I knew it because I was the one who found them while you, Blaineley, Topher, and Don were checking out that fire." Chef quickly answered her.
"Oh I see."
Sybil choked up and sobbed even more as she heard the reveal. "Pierre… you… I- I HATE YOU SO MUCH! YOU ACT LIKE YOU CARE BUT YOU DON'T! I THOUGHT YOU WERE GONNA HELP ME GET THROUGH THIS, BUT NO! TU ES UN PUTAIN DE LÂCHE! TU ME DÉGOUTE!" She yelled the last parts in French (translated to "You're a fucking coward." and "You disgust me." respectively), as she was attempting to land a punch onto him but she suddenly felt extremely weak. Her stomach churned and pain started up on her. She suddenly found it hard to breath until she collapsed.
"SYB!" Pierre shouted as he quickly caught her before she fell to the ground, unconscious. "Oh shit Sybil, I-"
"Medic!" Blaineley ordered loudly as some of the hosts, namely Brea and Topher, rushed out of the room to find the medical team. Don and Chef ran up to the fallen team as the rest of the contestants were shocked by what just happened.
"Pierre, you're such a sick bitch." Mag accused him, tears already rimming her eyes before she ran out of the room. Carter looked at him threateningly before trying to catch up to her along with Rival and Therion behind him.
Beatrice got onto her knees, thinking that this was her fault that she let her words slide. Gordon, Vanessa, Ryder, and May rushed up to her as she buried her face into her hands and cried. May and Vanessa gave her a hug as Ryder patted her back with Gordon sympathizing with them.
Colin, Sami, and Misha helped direct the medical team to where they were at. The three of them all sighed and glanced at each other as everything was becoming a mess.
Beatrice (Major): She frustratingly hits her head against the table. "I shouldn't have asked that! Time was telling me not to because it will cause the tables to turn but look what I have done now… and… how did May know about this?"
Pierre (Minor): He quickly rubbed his eyes to look as if he wasn't crying (but he is) and looked on the ground. "Sybil can hate me all she wants but Mag? ...Why? I just… I just don't get it..."
"Okay, we are stopping this challenge right now!" Brea ordered. "Everyone gather later at the auditorium by eight as no one is safe tonight."
"Make sure to fix yourselves up." Blaineley added as the medical team along with Don, Chef, and Topher exited out with Sybil in a stretcher.
By this rate, everyone left the dance practice room to get everything sorted out.
Outside the Medical Room
Pierre was waiting anxiously outside the medical room, pacing back and forth until Don went out of the room.
"H-how is she?"
"She hasn't woken up yet." Don answered. "She's going to be brought into a nearby hospital."
"Wait so… does this mean-"
"Yes." Don confirmed. "She's medically evacuated."
Pierre felt like his heart was going to explode, in a bad way. "C-can I at least see her-"
"No, the medical team forbids you to do so. Sorry." Don answered.
Pierre hung his head low. "Great job, Pierre…"
"I'll go to the auditorium and find Blaineley and Brea. You need to get ready for elimination." Don commanded before leaving him alone in the hallway.
Pierre sat down on the floor, not knowing what to do.
"Hey." said a voice. He could feel this person sitting next to him.
It was Colin.
"What do you want?" he asked, choking up a bit on the end but controlled it anyway.
"Well…" Colin sighed. "You're definitely not gonna believe me or trust me with this, but here."
The ragged boy gave him the Eighth Note figurine.
"And why should I keep this?"
"Because you're obviously a target." Colin shrugged and left.
Colin (Minor): "I'm going to get eliminated for getting rid of that Eighth Note again..."
Hallways
Mag was walking quickly on the hallways, masking the tears that streamed from her eyes before anyone could see them. She honestly was having a really hard time accepting the fact that Chris could possibly be her biological father but she just wanted to believe that it was a lie.
"Mag? Hey, wait up!"
She heard that familiar voice. It was no other than Carter Kane.
She sauntered quickly as she could, soon breaking out into a run. But she stopped as she saw the door leading to the other hallway locked.
Carter finally caught up to her.
"Hey, wait-"
"You… just… no, stay away from me!"
"MAG, SERIOUSLY! JUST LISTEN TO ME FOR ONCE!"
She finally stopped squirming and looked at him.
"Listen. I'm really sorry for accusing you the way I did these past few weeks. I guess it turns out that I was looking for someone else."
She didn't say anything.
"Look Mag, you have every right to be mad at me. Really."
Mag looked at him for a few seconds, before letting out all her feelings and succumbing herself into a breakdown.
Carter sighed and did something he wouldn't do. He embraced her in a comforting hug and patted her back in attempt to comfort her. Mag couldn't help but sobbed into his arms as she did so.
Maybe he could trust her after all.
Cafeteria
Beatrice was in the nmbenches as May and Ryder tried their best to get some sense into her.
"Beatrice, it's not your fault that Pierre and Sybil fight. Please stop blaming yourself." Ryder said as he rubbed her back.
"Yes Beatrice, please stop." May sighed.
The timid seer wiped her face with a hankerchief. "I-I don't know… I just feel like it was my fault for some reason…"
"Speaking of which…" Ryder stared at the two girls. "Should we get rid of Pierre?"
Beatrice quickly shook her head no. "No… not yet. I want to apologize to him first before he goes home."
"Then… who should we vote for?"
She suddenly had an idea of who to eliminate tonight. It really pained her to think about it, but she thinks there's no choice as this person probably needs it.
Night 16, 8:00 PM
ELIMINATION CEREMONY #6 - All
Everyone was now in the auditorium, anxious as hell. Someone expected could go home, from the perspectives of some others, but there is also a slight chance that someone else goes home, not as planned.
It was the first elimination ceremony where everyone has to cast their votes for elimination so they all couldn't help but worry for themselves. They will all be merging soon as they are only thirteen left, but who knows, honestly.
"Before we start though, we're just going to announce that Sybil has been medically evacuated and will take 14th place for this episode." Brea announced. "This will have no effect on the elimination ceremony, however."
Everyone expected the announcement, but groaned as now they had to lose someone else.
"Everyone will be voting for anyone left in the game, so please line up and cast your votes." Chef ordered.
The teens all lined up from the voting booth with anxiety levels rising.
VOTING CONFESSIONAL #10 - EVERYONE
Beatrice: "I… I am really not sure on who to vote for. Pierre because he kinda made Sybil eliminated and look where Mag is now, but it was all for the challenge so I don't know… but Mag… yeah, I kinda also agree that she needs to go home, NOT BECAUSE WE DON'T LIKE HER, but she has to recover…"
Carter: "Honestly, none of this would've happened if Pierre never spilled anything so my vote goes to him as he definitely cannot be trusted."
Colin: "I gave Pierre the Eighth Note, so he will be eliminated for sure. But then again, things would go into a 180 so my vote will be pointless."
Gordon: "I don't know… there are really good reasons to vote of Pierre but when you see someone who needs to recover from their mental state like Mag, then that's a reason too… I'll just go with Pierre.
Mag: She just sat there, unable to speak.
May: "I'm not sure, but… I'm sorry Mag, but I'm voting for you because I care about you and your health."
Misha: "I'm with some of the others on this one. Pierre has to go since Day 1 and I don't even know why the fuck is he still here!"
Pierre: "Mag, I'm sorry. I know I should've said no but… you and Carter needed to no this, and plus, this is for the challenge. And… I can't just let you and Carter not know about this, right? It just feels wrong if I kept it to myself. So again, I'm sorry."
Rival: "Ugh… this is so hard… but then again, this is mostly Pierre's fault so… let's just hope that Mag would get some time to recover even if it means elimination."
Ryder: "Sorry Mag, you're great and all, but I agree with what Beatrice and May told me earlier and that you need to recover by forgetting about this show. We'll take out Pierre for you in the next episode, we promise!"
Sami: "When you're concerned about someone's health, you know it's best for them to stay away from this game for a while, similar to what happened to Sybil. So Mag, I'm sorry but we all want you to feel better and forget about this."
Therion: "I'm… kind of neutral towards both of them. I mean, they both have their downsides and there is a reason for both of them to be eliminated, but since Rival is voting Pierre, then I shall too."
Vanessa: "Mag, you're a really good friend and we're sad to see you in this state, but… this is for the best."
End voting confessional.
After the votes were casted, everyone went back to their positions on the podiums.
"Alright then," Don cleared his throat, getting the votes of the ballot from the box and counted them as fast as he could. "From the looks of these votes, safe with none against them are Beatrice, May, Misha, Ryder, Carter, Therion, Rival, Sami, Vanessa, Colin, and Gordon."
Beatrice, Sami and Misha smiled as they caught their marshmallows from the Chef who threw the marshmallows to them from the sides. Carter and Colin simply showed no emotion or expression whatsoever. Gordon, Vanessa, May, and Ryder all held hands with their significant others as they sighed in relief. Therion and Rival both did a fist bump with each other.
Only Mag and Pierre remained.
"Talk about expected and unexpected at the same time." Topher commented towards the bottom two. "Expected because… Pierre, but slightly unexpected because of Mag. Honestly, there are reasons why you two are the current bottom two and these reasons are not invalid, so let's go ahead and see the results."
Pierre glanced at everyone with a worried expression while Mag on the other hand just looked at the ground, seemingly still trying to process everything that just happened.
Topher continued to stare at the results. "With an extremely narrow result of 7 votes versus 6 votes, the 13th placer of Total Drama Act II: Musical Power is…"
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"WAIT!" Pierre shouted, clapping twice loudly as he did so causing the hosts to turn their attention to him.
"Do you have an item you wish to use?" Topher asked.
Pierre nodded, fumbling in his pockets until he found a figurine.
It was the Eighth Note.
And not a Time Signature.
Colin (Minor): He had a pure shocked expression on his face. The plan he had suddenly failed on the spot. "What… what!? That… that was supposed to be a Time Signature! I… I'm going home, no doubt." He ended with his usual sigh.
"Oh… an Eighth Note." Brea cleared her throat as she faced the remaining contestants. "I hate to break it to you all but… the Eighth Note isn't real. Look at the tip, it's a Quarter Note. The upper tail looks fake."
Pierre gasped and widened his eyes as he looked at the figurine. He tried to confirm if what Brea said was true by snapping the tail of the so-called Eighth Note and then, it came out clean without a scratch, signifying that what he was now holding was a Quarter Note.
"What?"
Blaineley sighed. "Oh, just use it."
"What does it do?"
"Cancels all votes against you." Don answered, to which Pierre responded with a nod. "Very well then. Our new place holder for 13th place is now… Mag."
Mag quickly stood up to leave but May embraced her in a hug. "Mag, we're so sorry, we-"
"That's fine." She said, briefly returning the hug. "It's not your fault."
She then walked up to the person she raged on the most.
"Mag, I'm sorry, really!"
"No!" She shouted, sending a kick to him in the balls and a punch on his face. The boy rolled down on the floor in pain as the contestants once again were shocked at what happened.
"Interns, please escort Mag out of the theater." Chef said. "Before she causes any more kicks…"
Eden and Maya went up to escort her, but Mag just let go of them.
"Yeesh, you weren't like that when I first competed against you." Eden commented.
"Whatever." Maya rolled her eyes as they let her out of the theater while the others waved goodbyes at Mag.
Once everyone was silent, Brea took the chance to stand in front of everyone, ready to announce something.
"As of this rate…" she began. "There will be no more teams. So congrats to all of you for making to the final twelve, and the merge."
Some others were relieved while others were pretty neutral about it.
As soon as no one else reacted, Chef shouted, "Alright… what are you all waiting for? Scram!"
The teens all walked out of the auditorium just as they were told, leaving the hosts by themselves.
"Haven't you say that before?" Blaineley asked.
"Yeah. He did." Topher pointed out before turning to the camera. "Anyway, I guess this ends our rather… overwhelming episode!"
"Yup." Brea nodded. "Next episode is the anniversary episode! So you guys know the drill: send in those truths and dares for our cast!"
"What will happen next episode?" Don asked the cameras. "Or better yet, the anniversary episode?"
"How will everyone cope up now that more beans have been spilled up on the air?" Blaineley added. "Find out next time on-"
"TOTAL DRAMA ACT II: MUSICAL POWER!"
Lobby
"Chris? Being my father? That's just-"
"Mag."
"What is it now, Carter?"
Mag was about to leave the theater, only to have a slight scowl on her face.
Carter sighed. "Just… look after yourself. And try your best to recover. I know it's not easy to accept it but that's life. Also… yeah, it's fine if you don't forgive me for accusing you from the start."
Mag just nodded at him. He nodded to her as well in return, before leaving the theater with a small smile on her face.
End of episode.
REMAINING MERGED CONTESTANTS: Beatrice, Carter, Colin, Gordon, May, Misha, Pierre, Rival, Ryder, Sami, Therion, Vanessa
ELIMINATION VOTES: All remaining contestants
Votes against Pierre: 7 (Carter, Colin, Gordon, Mag, Misha, Rival, Therion)
Votes against Mag: 6 (Beatrice, May, Pierre, Ryder, Sami, Vanessa)
*Quarter Note was used by Pierre
Eliminated: Sybil (Medical Concerns), Mag (7-6, all votes against Pierre are nullified due to Quarter Note [Formerly Eighth Note])
ELIMINATION TABLE
30th (EP3): Mairead Charlotte Kavanagh (Code: MS5), The Preppy Socialite [4-4 tied vote; double elimination]
29th (EP3): ELV (Code: B4), The Emotionless One [4-4 tied vote; double elimination]
28th (EP5): Kimberly Hobbs (Code: S5), The Dreamer [3-3-2 tied vote; double elimination]
27th (EP5): Alexander Knight (Code: T1), The Wannabe Joker [3-3-2 tied vote; double elimination]
26th (EP7): Arabelle Meerer (Code: A1), The Big Ol' Meanie [Whole Rest]
25th (EP7): Nash Bobby Kent Jr. (Code: MT4), The Southern Cowboy [Whole Rest]
24th (EP7): Janice Alexandra Marlick (Code: S1), The Classy Dancer [Whole Rest/5-1 vote]
23rd (EP7): Oliver Greene (Code: T5), The Flirty Bad Boy [Time Signature]
22nd (EP8): Lyle Ray (Code: T4), The Prima Ballerino [Disqualified]
21st (EP9): Adala Harris (Code: MS3), The Intense Improviser [Injury]
20th (EP9): Gabe Johnson (Code: B5), The Easy-Goer [10-0 vote]
19th (EP10): Robert Reeves (Code: MS5), The No Longer Displeased Idiot [Quit]
18th (EP11): Toxa Pexine (Code: S3), The Heartbreaking Punk [9-1 vote]
17th (EP11): Zackary Sanchez (Code: T3), The Loyal Helper [Time Signature]
16th (EP11): Antoinette Mirasol (Code: A2), The Sassy Diva [Judges' Decision]
15th (EP12): Arreis Smith (Code: A5), The Totally-Not-Sierra-In-Disguise [Challenge Placement]
14th (EP13): Sybil Van Tropé (Code: A4), The Intimidating Ingenue [Medical Concern]
13th (EP13): Miranda Lawrence (Code: A3), The Chilled Rebel [7-6/Quarter Note]