"LAST TIME ON TOTAL DRAMA ACTION!" Chris announced from a high scissor lift. "All twenty four of our contestants, new and old, found themselves running after a horrifying creature that crawled out of their nightmares. And once Lauren got captured they had to run away from Monster Chef himself. We saw pre-existing pairs of the exes Chase and Emma, hockey teammates and best friends Wayne and Raj, and childhood best friends Devin and Carrie split up into one of our FOUR- yes COUNT EM FOUR- teams! In the end, it was a plan by two veterans, Zombie nut Shawn and uptight priss Courtney that secured their new team, THE HOLLERING MIXERS, the choice of trailers. So now it's the HOLLERING MIXERS, versus the SCREAMING GAFFERS versus the KILLER GRIPS versus the LETHAL COSTUMERS! What's going to blow? What's going to explode? How will the bottom two teams deal with the worst team? Find out on this episode of Total! Drama! Action!"
Theme Song
"It's so nice to be on the same team again Shawn!" Ella exclaimed. She and the zombie nut were making their way out of the trailer.
"I was hesitant to come back. But it is nice to see some familiar faces here. Makes it a lot easier to do this again," Shawn replied, adjusting his beanie.
"I know. I remember on the Island, we just got thrown in together, and it was sink or swim. I could not imagine what these newbies are going through," Ella mused.
"Leaving your family and meeting basically twenty-three strangers, it'll take a toll on the ill prepared. I know that's how I felt going to Australia to help prepare for the move, but it'll be safer against those Zombies when it does come up," Shawn mentioned.
"Yeah. It was rough leaving home again, but I know my family is behind me, which is helping keep me together.," Ella smiled. "Hopefully I can make them proud of me. Do you have anyone back home?"
"I got Jaz. She really pushed me to come back. I didn't want to leave her, you know. But she believes I can win this, so if she believes, then I'll believe!"
"I'm so happy you two are still going strong! If anything I'm glad she pushed you to come out here. Who knows who the alternative would have been."
"Roman…. Amy…. Scarlett…" Shawn mumbled. The pair shuddered at the thought of any of them returning.
As the pair made their way to the craft services tent, representing this season's mess hall. A massive white tent was placed in the middle of a small clearing, inside there were four tables, one for each team. On the far side there was a metal shelf where Chef was serving his food.
Ella looked around at the campers briefly, noticing that all but one was present. "Hey, I don't see Angelo anywhere. Do you think he got lost?" Ella asked Shawn, as he grabbed a food tray.
"It's our first day, I'm surprised more of us didn't get lost on our way over here," Shawn replied.
"I'll go back and check on him," Ella responded, earning a nod of reassurance from Shawn.
As Ella made her way back to the trailer, she saw Angelo nervously plodding along the paved pathway. "Angelo!" Ella exclaimed, waving the boy over to her.
"Oh hi Ella! I got a bit lost on my way over… and kinda got distracted," Angelo replied, nervously rubbing his right arm as he looked down towards the ground.
"It's okay! It's your first real day here, just relax and everything will be alright," Ella extended a warm gloved hand to the fretful boy.
"I appreciate it. I just want to break out of my shell… but I'm just scared I'll make a fool out of myself."
"Don't be! You're into theater right? Just pretend like you're in a theater performance!"
"I guess I can try…."
Confessional, Ella
This season I really want to strive to put myself more out there. And I feel like I should start with someone I have some rapport with in Shawn. And I do enjoy Angelo's presence as well, even if he is… a bit hesitant.
Confessional, Angelo
I know I am struggling to show it, but I do really appreciate Ella reaching out. It means a lot more than she probably knows.
The camera cut to the Gaffers table, where Carson, Jaiden, and Carrie were all sat together. Carson and Jaiden were talking to each other as Carrie listened with deep interest.
"So DJ and Quentin are bros now, and Tyler and Lindsay are still together?" Carrie asked the pair.
"Yeah. The discord is still popping with all of us there. Though some are more active than others. But even then there's separate channels for the Islanders, Revengers, and Pahkitewers. We all try to remain close together, even if there are a few bad eggs," Jaiden chuckled as she poked at her eggs..
"Trust me I watched the Pahkitew reunion, that group seems to not be as cohesive," Carrie said with a slight smile.
"They'll come around. I mean Jo was our main villain, and she's been okay outside of the game. Far from perfect mind you, but who is," Carson responded. "I know Ryan has said that the rivalries from their season have mellowed out mostly over time."
"That's neat. Does the game really take that much of a toll?" Carrie asked the pair.
"It depends. Obviously for us we weren't around for a lot of the big blow ups so we got out relatively clean. But for someone like Owen from our season, he seems really happy with no regrets, but I know Violet or Mike have some regrets just because they got so close to winning," Jaiden explained.
"I could imagine. I hope that I don't end up like that, you know. At the end of the day it is just a game."
"I said the same thing my first time. But people will end up being emotional and thinking about this as more than just a game. It's inevitable," Carson mused, Jaiden nodded in agreement.
Jaiden took a bite out of the egg. "Hmm, not as good as DJ. I miss that big guy's cooking," Jaiden thought aloud.
"Yeah, now we have to deal with Chef's food. Which seems like it's better than last time but not by much." In response, Carson got an eggshell thrown at his head.
Confessional, Jaiden
It's nice to have a couple people from my season here. Carmen and I got along well, but I never got much of a chance to talk to Carson. And Carrie is just lovely.
Confessional, Carrie
It's wild to me that I am able to play with these icons! And get the inside scoop. Sierra dating Cody? I guess she really does have a type.
The camera cut to Raj who hadn't even touched his food yet, he was staring over in the direction of what looked to be Justin, who was poking at his food mumbling about it possibly harming his perfect abs. Raj leaned over to Tem, who was munching on some scrambled eggs.
"So… uh what's Justin like?" Raj asked the city girl, she turned her head towards him and gave him a perplexed look.
"Uh… I don't know, he's fine I guess. We never talked a lot," Tem replied, stuffing another piece of egg into her mouth.
"I just think he looks really… cool… you know?"
"Yeah I can see that. He's a good looking guy. We just weren't on the same team, so I don't know anything about him," Tem replied with a shrug, breaking off a piece of sausage from her plate.
"Oh… well, I just wanted to ask… he seems like he could be a threat!"
"Sure…"
Confessional, Raj
I know most guys on the hockey team call each other good looking, but something about Justin is just… different.
Confessional, Tem
Is Justin hot? Yes. If he asked me out would I date him? Also yes. Do I blame Raj for his reaction? No. With this all said. I don't know why he asked me about him when we barely spent any time together. Like go ask Beardo, they at least stayed in the same cabin.
"You seriously need to try this hairspray. It is a life saver," Anne Maria said, tossing her empty spray can into the trash. The camera zoomed out to show Anne Maria and Raihan sitting at their table finishing up their food.
"I'm not one for beauty products Anne Maria, I appreciate the advice though," Raihan replied, with a small smile.
"Suit yourself, but when your hair is all tangled after a challenge, don't say I didn't try and tell ya!"
"How hard are the challenges normally anyways?" Raihan asked.
"Depends on Chris's mood. Sometimes he makes them incredibly hard, sometimes he makes them relatively simple," Anne Maria said with a shrug. "All I really cared about was winning, and making sure my poof was alright. That island wasn't for me."
"Right…. I just ask, because I think we could try and prepare ourselves, so we can gain an edge!"
"Just prepare yourself mentally since you can't control others no matter how much you want to," Anne Maria explained. "And if you channel your energy on the challenge you won't blow up on anyone else outside."
"There's no way to make sure you ace the challenge perfectly?" Raihan ran her thumb across her fork's tongs.
"The sooner you realize that's impossible, the easier it will be. Trust me."
Confessional, Anne Maria
It feels nice to have someone I can actually trust for once, Raihan's got something about her that I'm fine with.
"You see those two yappin' over there?" Sugar whispered to Justin. The pair were in the food line, waiting for Chef to finish making another batch of eggs and sausage to put on their food trays.
"Raihan and Anne Maria? They just seem like they're talking," Justin replied.
"They've been inseparable since they met yesterday. It's like they're not even trying to hide that they're a duo."
"We can just keep an eye on it. We haven't even done our first challenge as a team yet."
"Whatever."
Confessional, Sugar
Anne Maria you've gotta realize that you just scream conspicuity, your big poof and your big attitude and your big obvious orange spray tan means you can't hide for long. Feel bad for Raihan, but she made her decision to go for the Jersey chick…. Yes I know what conspicuity means, I'm country, not stupid.
"You look like you want to kill something," Courtney stated. She was staring at Emma who was sitting next to her, who was staring daggers into an unaware Chase's soul.
"Sorry… I just didn't expect to see… him here," Emma replied, shaking her head out of her trance.
"Chase?" Courtney asked, following her gaze.
"Yeah… we have a history. I dumped him like a month before I was set to come here."
"Oh… that's not fun. I couldn't imagine Duncan and I competing on a season after breaking up. We'd probably break down and do things we'd regret."
"Whatever happens to him I won't feel bad… he runs this pranking Youtube channel, and he pulled a prank on me that went way too far."
'What did he do?"
"He cut my brake lines and never told me."
Courtney's face turned from one of confusion to one of concern, and then into one of anger. "HE DID WHAT!?"
"I know right? That's why I can't wait for him to get out of here."
"I don't blame you at all. That is literally a crime. Did he at least pay to get them fixed?"
"The insurance company made him, but to this day, he still does not understand why we broke up or why he had to pay. Because in his mind he thinks it was just a fun prank."
Confessional, Courtney
Duncan… honey…. If I ever catch you 'pranking' me like that, I will hit you in the balls with a massive bone and then throw you off a cliff, and then send a pro boxing kangaroo to hunt you down.
Confessional, Chase
I knew Emma was staring at me. I knew she wasn't over me. And why wouldn't she be? I'm the best thing that happened to her!
"Good morning campers," Chris strode into the mess hall. "Hope you had a good night's rest because the game really starts today! We're starting things off with a classic, time tested genre. The sci-fi long lasting hit, the alien movie!"
"Oooh is there going to be a killer among us?" Chase laughed.
"Cringe," Emma spat her breakfast.
"Don't be mad just because you're the sussy baka," Chase taunted.
"What are you saying?" Devante shouted. "Some of us still haven't finished our breakfast!"
"Finish it up fast, but don't get your tummy upset," Chris handwaved. "Today, you will travel the sci-fi soundstage in search of eggs. The team with the most eggs and the most survivors will have a private dessert party full of astronaut ice cream!"
"What's the catch?" Raihan inquired.
"The catch? Nice to see you cueing into the gimmick of Total Drama! You'll notice I said survivors-"
"Are we going to be killing people through vents?" Lauren's smile grew larger.
"No killing! Just elimination from the challenge. Chef over there will be the mama alien protecting his eggs." The camera cut to Dakota, Sam, and Chef preparing the latter with the suit and weapons for the challenge. "If mama alien shoots you with the gun, you're out. No if ands or buts."
"Can we fight back?" Tem asked.
"Yep, but it'll take five shots in the span of fifteen seconds hitting Chef to take him out of the challenge for as many minutes," Chris explained.
"WE GET GUNS?!" Lauren cackled.
"Not real ones!" Dakota chimed in from the kitchen. "Just water pistols!"
"Dakota and Sam also have the capability to take you out, but it'll take three shots from them to take you out," Chris explained. "Better get a hearty breakfast because this time around the bottom two teams will be sending someone home!"
The contestants balked at the last statement. "A double elimination this early?" Carmen whispered to her team.
"I didn't plan for this," Devante clutched his cup.
Beardo clinked his plate nervously as he and Zee exchanged a nervous look. "Man, why do things have to be so rushed?" Zee complained.
"That means we have to fight harder, man," Beardo sighed. "Which means making enemies and I don't want to make enemies."
"Do you have a plan for this?" Raihan nervously poked at a pancake.
"No," Anne Maria said bluntly. "But you have to roll with it and take it one or two steps at a time."
"But what if-"
"That sounds like four steps," Anne Maria scolded. "If you take too big of a step then you're going to lose your balance."
Confessional, Chase
When you think about it, every game is just trying to betray one another. Reminds me of that time we played an imposter game in a warehouse. Then we got kicked out of a warehouse. Not really that fun.
Confessional, Angelo
This challenge is really intense… I just don't want to be the one to mess things up, you know? I need to show that I can do it… I really hope that I can.
Confessional, Carrie
…are we okay giving Lauren a gun? Am I the only one concerned?
Confessional, Wayne and Raj
Raj: Wayne and I have been on the same team for years! No captain has ever pitted us against each other!
Wayne: That's because if we met as unstoppable forces we'd collide in some big explosion and no one would be safe.
Raj: We're all muscle here, and we know how to fight. I just don't like it being against Wayner.
Wayne: It'll be hard Rajee, but I believe in you.
Raj: And I believe in you too
Confessional, Zee
(He sips his soda) That's some good stuff. (a hand offscreen hands him a piece of paper)
And- now - it -is- available- at- milton- hotels.
Confessional, Raihan
Little steps.. Little steps. Maybe that's what I've been missing all my life.
The twenty four campers lined up at the entrance to the sci-fi sound stage. It loomed over them as the doors opened rather suddenly. The camera caught a glimpse of the maze of walkways and tubes and set dressing that would be the site for their hunt. A brief glance of the vat of eggs let the campers know that it was in the center. As they all took a step in, the giant door slammed shut behind them. "Alright Campers, as you know, this is going to be a double elimination! So the two teams with the least amount of eggs and the smallest amount of people who remain uncaptured will be up for elimination, so you better get to work!"
"Let's go Grips!" Wayne shouted as he thundered down one path.
"We ain't got no plan!" Sugar quickly followed Wayne down the path.
"If they went that way, let's go this way," Courtney pointed to another path. "We can-SHAWN!"
The Mixers suddenly realized that Shawn had already disappeared into the maze. "Well if he's gone I'm gone," Hilde said before Ella grabbed her wrist. The punk fighter stomped off with Ella down a path separate from Courtney and the other mixers.
"We definitely need a plan," Tem rationalized.
"Wayne's plan looks nice," Raj observed.
"He's on the other team," Carmen mentioned. "Necesitamos algo."
"FIRE THE WEAPONS!" Lauren shouted. Chase backed away.
"How about we go for the high ground?" Chase pointed to some stairs. "Let's run before the other losers on the Gaffers take it from us."
Zee cracked open a soda and took a sip, watching the other teams run off. "Should we be doing something?"
"Well we could come up with a plan, and then go," Carson brought up. "Or we could come up with the plan on the fly."
"What about on the mosquito?" Beardo smiled. He and Zee shared a high five.
"I don't know what that means," Devante interjected. "It's better to have a plan. That way all of us can get the eggs and win quite handedly."
"Do we need to win quite handedly? We just need to be safe," Jaiden brought up.
"We're burning daylight," Deviate suddenly realized. "I have a plan. You can come up with something else but I don't want to be held back by you all."
Devante ran off. Following him were Beardo and Zee.
"So how long do you think this challenge will last?" Carrie asked Jaiden.
"Player elimination and we're all competing against each other? Give it two hours of fun," Jaiden smiled. "I'm sticking with you. Carson?"
"Yeah, I'll join," Carson agreed.
Confessional, Carson
What else can I do this time around? Besides polish my gun.
Confessional, Wayne
I'm so built to lead my team to victory! But what direction is victory? In hockey it's usually the goal opposite yours.
Confessional, Sugar
Good thing Justin's on my team, I sure would hate ruining a pretty face like that. Of course it's not a perfect face because Leonard's the only cutie for me. I wish he was here. I bet psychic and fairy beats steel and fighting!
Confessional, Sky
It's better to be on the high ground in challenges like this. Lauren can't climb… can she?
In a brief four portioned split screen all the teams were shown running through the maze of pipes, metal, tubes, and other obstacles throughout the soundstage. Ella and Hilde managed to split up when they came across a hallway that very much looked like a T intersection as seen from above. Lauren scampered into an open pipe cackling all the while. Beardo and Zee provided some background music as they high-fived each other from opposite sides of an out of place pole.
Wayne screeched to a halt and seemed to slam into one of the black dividing lines. "Wait, what are we doing?"
"We're trying to find the eggs," Raihan explained. "Or we could all split up and search for eggs."
"Sounds like a good idea, but we need five shots to get rid of Chef in case he comes around," Sugar quickly counted on her fingertips.
"We'll have to take that measured risk," Wayne nodded. "Does anyone else have any ideas? I'm open for a slapshot into the goal."
"I don't get that," Justin raised an eyebrow.
"Neither did I!" a shrill voice dropped from the ceiling. "But if we split up it'll be more fun to chase!"
Brandishing her pistol, Lauren fired a bullet into Sugar's stomach. The pageant queen doubled over as Justin helped her up. Devin and Wayne jumped off of a walkway down to a lower one. Anne Maria sprayed Lauren in the face as Justin and Sugar ran away. Raihan rushed forward and grabbed Anne Maria's hand to run away in a frenzied rush.
Confessional, Raihan
WHO LET HER ONTO THE SHOW AGAIN?!
Confessional, Hilde
I work best alone, and best without my own soundtrack. But being with others is nice. I hope Ella doesn't get hurt.
On one of the lower walkways Beardo and Zee followed Devante through a tunnel with ominous green glows and weird liquid cases surrounding them. "Let's take a break here," Devante explained, screeching to a halt. "I've counted my steps and my estimate is that we'll reach at least fifteen thousand in our pursuit."
Beardo and Zee took a deep breath, hunched over on their knees, and nodded. "Come on, I'm all good."
Devante sprinted off, unaware that Beardo and Zee were still catching their breath.
"Maybe I should have changed my leg to one of my spares," Zee pulled up his pant leg.
Beardo stood straight up as he tried to think of a response. His mouth dropped as he looked closer at one of the tanks surrounding the two of them. A strange camera pan through one of the tanks eventually focused to show a floating body in the tank. Confused, Beardo pressed a button nearby the tank and caused the liquid within to fall out.
"Wow…" the body started. Beardo and Zee helped her up as she coughed. "I am so sorry that you had to rescue me like that. I really wanted to channel the work from my great great great grandfather Tyrone. He was the first one who discovered that holding his breath under water meant that he could have discovered treasure underwater."
"Staci?" Zee asked. "Right on! One of the funniest characters from Revenge is now in the house!"
"Probably not good," Staci sighed. "I'm here as a cameo and I'm supposed to make things hard for you. Like my great great great great uncle Randy did when he patented waterboarding as a way to surf in the great lakes."
"Makes sense," Beardo asked. "But why are you here?"
"Because I'm a gestating alien siren. I'm supposed to ring this bell and summon Mama Alien to you," Staci pulled out a bell. Staci rang the bell and it began to echo through the building. "You better run like my Uncle Norris did."
"Thanks for the advice Staci," Beardo suddenly grabbed Zee by the arms. The two ran away as Staci chased after them, ringing her bell. After a brief turn around into another corridor Beardo screeched to a halt and started ringing on his own, this time an annoying, horrifying, terrifying bell chime that caused Staci to cringe as she dropped her bell.
"That was really quick thinking Bro," Zee started.
"Yeah, but we better get going…" Beardo sighed. "We have to take this game halfway seriously if we want to win."
"What a bummer," Zee sighed.
The two looked through a glass window in the corridor with a confused glance. Carmen suddenly rushed up to the window, slamming her chest and her face against the material. Beardo and Zee's jaw dropped before Beardo suddenly grabbed Zee's wrist and sprinted off. "You can't focus on stuff like that yet!"
"No windows?" Zee asked as they disappeared offscreen.
"NO WINDOWS!"
Confessional, Zee
(He fixes his leg) Do things have to be this serious this early?
Confessional, Carmen
Ayayay… let me tell you something. No matter how much cardio you do for reality T.V., it's never enough.
(She puts a hand on her chest)
Mis tetas están agotadas
Down a nearby corridor Tem suddenly stopped in her tracks. "What was that?" she said as she backed up into Raj.
"Maybe it's a malfunctioning zamboni. I've heard it melt down while we were waiting for a game intermission to get through," Raj said as he held his gun warily. "Or it could be the alien."
"No quiero ver a nadie," Carmen warned. ¡Vamanos!"
"En Ingles por favor?" Sky asked Carmen.
"¡La comprendiste perfectamente!" Carmen chided.
The Costumers ran through the corridor before stopping in front of a white, sterile room. The quintet adjusted to the light so they could see what was visible. Sky placed her hands on a large operating table in the center of the room and fiddled with a hose available. Carson looked at one of the diagrams on the wall showing a map of several gestation stations. On a nearby desk Tem looked over an obscured tank with a vaguely familiar pink and black stripe on it. As she tapped the case it suddenly cracked open.
"Oh Em Gee!" The 'gestating alien' suddenly inhaled a big gasp of air. "It feels like forever since I was in front of a camera and here I am, like a beached whale! Oh this is going to make those bad rounds"
"Sadie?" Carmen suddenly recalled.
"Yeah, and I'm here to make your life a pain!" Sadie suddenly struck a pose. The camera seemed to focus on her pigtails, which had barely perceptible antenna sticking out, seemingly to sell the alien illusion. "EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!"
Sky grabbed hold of Carmen as they ran through an open door. With his hands over his ears Raj and Tem bumped into each other and tumbled through an open vent. Alone, Chase could only curl up into a ball to try to block out the loud squeal and Sadie's bell before he suddenly saw an opening once Sadie ran out of breath two minutes later.
Confessional, Chase
I'll have to get in contact with Sadie about using her for some of my pranks. Girl can scream.
Confessional, Carmen
You'd think living with Staci and Max screaming for a season would be enough to toughen up my ears. To quote one of Carson's shows, LO HAS ENTENDIDO MAL!
In a brief overview of a retro style three dimensional model, six pink, six orange, six green, and six red dots were shown wandering around the maze of walkways, hallways, and catwalks that made up the stage. A camera effect zoomed in on a pair of green dots before suddenly transitioning to Zee and Beardo. The two dropped down a chute that took them down several feet in front of Chase.
"Ow…." Beardo groaned, rubbing his hair. He put his hand in his hair to pull out the gun. "Zee you alright?'
The camera panned to Zee, who had one of his maroon pant legs flopping, empty. "All good," Zee said. The camera zoomed again to Chase, looking aghast as he realized that Zee's leg was gone. "Hey where'd my leg go?"
"Your leg?" Chase hesitated. "Your… your leg, yeah," Chase stammered. "I think Beardo fell on it. Must be a heavy weight if Beardo can knock it off."
"Naw man, no fat shaming here," Zee smiled as Beardo handed him his leg. Zee fixed the joint to his left leg and stood to his full height. "I lost it in a skydiving accident when I fell into a freshwater pond and slammed into a fish."
Beardo took a slight pause as Chase stood at Zee's leg with awe. Before Beardo could ask, the trio suddenly heard a pair of footsteps from another doorway. Chase held his gun up and fired. "OW DARNIT!"
"It's Sugar," Beardo said as they walked forward into the hallway. "Wait, why are we walking this way? She's not holding any eggs."
Beardo started backing up, making the backing up noise, before he suddenly felt another bullet explode in his back. "Aww man, no acid paintball," Lauren sighed. She stepped out of the shadows as the growing group started to walk down the corridor. "I'll go with you all because I haven't been hearing good, or bad, and I like them both."
"Man we better get going because I saw Sadie from my season on one of them monitors," Sugar frantically explained. "I know I'm good with a gun so I can go first."
"Hah, call me," Chase said. "I'll smoke that pageant tiara off of your head in paintball."
The quintet stopped in front of a room where several doors seemed to split off. "Now that we've stopped, what in blazes was that metal noise?" Sugar asked.
"That might be the soundbox over there," Chase pointed.
"Or me," Zee lifted his pant leg. "Wait wrong leg."
Sugar gasped as she saw Zee's metallic left leg. "My goodness are you a cyborg?"
"Nah," Zee shrugged. "Lost that leg in a fishing trip along the Rio Grande visiting some relatives in Mexico and a fish ate it."
"Darn, that always happens when you least expect it," Sugar sympathized.
"Scary, but not quite scary," Lauren chimed in.
"Just like this," the campers were made aware of Chef's booming voice. The campers looked up to see Chef drop from the ceiling in a green alien outfit. Chef held up a mighty weapon as the outfit's ugly green palette became exposed to the unnatural lighting of the set. The outfit's bulbous head enveloped Chef's own face and the yellow eyes each reflected all the campers in an unnatural tint.
"Hey there's five of us!" Beardo said as they all backed away from Chef's gun. "We should-"
"TAKE ME MONSTER MOMMY!" Lauren ran gleefully into the line of fire, firing wildly as she leaped onto Chef. "Oooh so fleshy and scaly!"
"Run," Chase deadpanned as Chef shot his gun and wrapped a rope with a tag that said 'caught' on Lauren's arm.
The four split up at the next opportunity, but as fate would have it the paths they took soon intersected and they collided in a heap. "This is too easy," Chef said once he caught up to all of them.
Confessional, Chase
Women…. Can't live with them… can't live without them…. Though maybe I can live without Lauren.
Confessional, Sugar
That horror chick screwed up our chances for our team! I can't blame Zee, he's half cyborg, and that's cyborgist.
Confessional, Beardo
(The camera is zoomed in)
Something's not adding up, but I'll let you know what that is once Zee and I get untied from each other.
Confessional, Beardo and Zee
(The camera zooms out to show Zee drinking from a can of soda)
Zee: Oh, yeah, we need some kind of calculator.
Beardo: Cha-Ching.
Confessional, Lauren
I make my own fursuits, scaly suits, and monster suits at home. It's a more "respectable" hobby than [EXPUNGED]
"Attention everyone! Lauren, Sugar, Chase, Zee, and Beardo are now officially out of the competition! That leaves only FOUR Lethal Costumers, FOUR Screaming Gaffers, and FIVE Grips! Sadie, Sam, Dakota, and Staci are going to be on the prowl too!" Chris announced through a sound system. The camera changed from an image of the speakers to an image of Ella listening intently.
"Hmm," she hummed as she started to back against a wall. She looked at the gun in her hand with a sad sigh. "If I must, I shall but I'd rather not do this to any of my pals."
Ella walked down a catwalk with a light step and something of a skip. She looked below her to see an open vat full of gross objects that bubbled at random intervals through the surface. Ella paused for a moment as several more recognizable figures started to pop up. A bust of her own head, several rocks that looked like Chris, some of the outfits made from season one and-
"HOW DID WE MISS THIS?!" Dakota suddenly screeched. "WHY MUST IT ALWAYS BE BELOW OUR NOSES?!"
Ella heard Dakota rush into the room and she jumped off of the catwalk with surprising grace. She seemed to float downwards with a nervous vocalization. Dakota covered the offending vat with a giant tarp as Ella scampered underneath. She ran between the vats and suddenly dropped through an open vent into another room.
The camera cut to a nearby Shawn as he ducked around a nearby pneumatic tube. He looked at Ella scraping herself up. "Ella!" Shawn hastily rushed forward.
"Shawn!"
"Shh," Shawn said as he dragged her to a safe spot with one hand. "I can't stay too long, but I'll tell you. Three lefts, a right, then straight on."
"Isn't the quote Two lefts and a right and straight on til morning?" Ella asked.
"Ella," Shawn snapped his fingers in front of Ella. "The egg, like this one."
Shawn held up his own Egg as Ella's jaw dropped. It was a weird, slimy, fleshy green texture. Most of the egg was a lighter shade than the other and it seemed to bulge at random intervals. Ella poked it and it seemed to jiggle underneath her fingertips. "Three lefts and then a right?"
"And then straight on," Shawn finished. The two nodded and split apart. Shawn ran towards an open door while Ella made it towards another hallway.
"Three lefts and a right…." Justin overheard, suddenly chasing after Ella. His eyes caught sight of the camera. "I have no clue what to do so I might as well follow someone who does."
The camera again shifted to Ella as she ran down a left, then another left, then another left. As she made a right she bumped into another wall of muscle. "Oww… Justin?"
"Yeah," Justin said, clearly out of breath. "How are you so fast?"
"I like chasing after the woodland creatures whenever I get the chance," Ella sighed. "Don't you train running?"
"Not on my workout routine. I have to gear my muscles to a good, somewhat attainable physique. Any guy with a body like mine will tell you the same," Justin explained. "And here I'm advertising the best work of my new trainer."
"That seems excessive," Chef suddenly stomped in the room, brandishing his gun. "Where I did my training I didn't need those fancy weights to get these cannonballs!"
Boom.
Boom.
Two ropes suddenly wrapped around Ella and Justin. The two looked down to see a captured tag on both of them. "Bye!" Chef cackled.
"Attention everyone! Justin and Ella have been eliminated from the competition! FOUR KILLER GRIPS REMAIN AND FIVE HOLLERING MIXERS REMAIN!"
The camera changed to Chris at the front of the door hunched over a control panel. "One Hour and twenty minutes remain…."
"Hey Chris," Shawn said as he strode out a door. "Here's an egg."
"What?!" Chris suddenly staggered back. "When did you get here?"
"Just before you announced Justin and Ella were eliminated. Do I need to do anything else?" Shawn asked.
"No… just… take a seat on the bleachers as a success," Chris pointed to a pair of bleachers. One was flanked by two flags that said 'Fail!' while the other said 'Success'. Shawn took an uncomfortable seat on the success bleachers.
Confessional, Shawn
So… looks like I can't go back and help…. Rookie Mistake Shawn… Always help someone who can join your zombie clique because then you can sacrifice them to the horrors untold.
Devante peered around a portable console with his gun in a ready position. Nervously, he looked through the grated floor while Chef thundered below. Devante held his chest tightly as he turned the corner, bumping into another person as he was knocked off balance. "Who?"
"Oh," Raj answered, stepping out with his hockey jersey now visible. "My name is Raj. I don't think we really had the time to meet."
"...nice to meet you Raj," Devante exhaled. "If you'll excuse me I'm going to need to make a sweep of the hallway you came through."
"Nah I wouldn't do that," Raj shook his head. "I saw Staci over there and I got out of the way just before she started talking to me. Hey, have you seen Wayner around?"
"I think I saw Wayne on the floor below me. You're gonna have to check by taking those stairs," Devante quickly spoke.
"Oh, gotcha. Thanks so much De-zazzle," Raj quickly ran down.
"De-zazzle?" Devante asked himself once Raj left the room. He sprinted down the hallway Raj entered from with a skip before he started running.
"You know it was my great-great-great aunt Samantha who invented skipping. Before her little girls would hop from rock to rock on a covered bridge. Oh right I have to do this!" Staci told Devante off screen.
"WAIT DON'T!"
Devante ran back through the hallway as Staci set off her alarm.
Confessional, Devante
…I JUST MET RAJ! HE COULD HAVE BEEN LYING! …Well now I feel kind of bad tossing Raj to Chef.
In one of the lower, more central portions of the alien set, Courtney grabbed Angelo's hand as they hopped across some precariously placed lids. "Ewww…." Angelo complained as a liquid suddenly sprayed his shoes from an open valve.
"You're going to have to get used to it," Courtney said. "I don't know where our other team is but it's better if we stick together."
"So that if we meet one of the sirens we can fire," Angelo said. "I like having a mean trigger finger."
"That's one of the reasons," Courtney smiled. "I think that door over there has a map on it."
The two walked to a more stable portion of ground as Angelo took a closer look at the door. "So I'm not entirely sure but it says-"
Courtney winced when the door suddenly slammed open, trapping Angelo between the metal wall and the door. "Courtney?" Carmen asked, her hand on her hips and her gun twirling on another finger.
"Carmen?"
"Angelo…" the theater boy weakly held out a hand. Courtney saw his frizzy orange hair stick out as Angelo craned his neck. "What happened?"
Courtney pulled Angelo to his feet. "Carmen over here opened the door unsafely."
"Don't blame me for not knowing that the door would open on that side," Carmen held her hands up. "I was trying to flee from Sam. Lo perdi and I think that you two are in between me and one of those huevos!"
Carmen suddenly pointed her gun towards Angelo as he too drew his pistol with a shaky wrist. Courtney fired her gun in Carmen's face as she dragged Angelo away from the open door. "Need to be quicker on the draw, Angelo!" Courtney shouted as they ran away.
"I know!" Angelo shouted back.
Carmen wiped the liquid off of her face. "I didn't sign up for a facial," she deadpanned.
"What about a backrub?" Chef suddenly shouted from behind her. Before she could turn around she was knocked flat on her stomach as Chef attached a captured tag on her leg. "Shouldn't have stopped running."
Confessional, Angelo
There's so many things that I have to keep track of… I really need to take a deep breath.
A brief camera showed Courtney and Angelo running through a maze of wires before she dropped through a platform quite suddenly while Angelo jumped over the newly formed gap. The falling motion allowed the camera to transfer perspectives to a waiting Carrie and Jaiden, who stood back to back with their guns as they recoiled at a hissing pipe. Then the camera transitioned to an overhead view of Devin and Wayne accidentally running into each other as they jumped over a barrel. The last camera shot showed Sam and Dakota firing their pistols in an intimidating shot before Dakota fired at the camera.
Anne Maria ran into a room before Raihan suddenly pulled her back. "Wait, there could be traps in there," Raihan pointed out.
"Good eye," Anne Maria complimented. She pulled out a can of spray paint from her pants and started to dual wield it with her pistol. Raihan fumbled behind her for a light switch. "If you found a switch, better light that candle!"
Raihan quickly flipped the switch to reveal an almost empty room with only one object. A blue vase stood in the center of the room directly opposing another door. Raihan pointed to one side of the vase and directed Anne Maria to the other side. The two surrounded the vase as Anne Maria put her finger on the trigger. "Wait-" a human sprung out of the vase.
Carson fell to the ground, screaming, one hand covering his face and another protecting the alien egg in his arm. "Carson?" Anne Maria put her spray can down.
Carson kept screaming as he blindly ran out of the room. Raihan sniffed the air and wrinkled her nose. "Still not used to it yet, I think I need at least ten more sprays."
"That's about half a can there," Anne Maria explained. "I saw the track and field nerd with an egg. So if we go through the other door we'll find the egg."
Raihan nodded as she and Anne Maria opened the other door. Their feet stomped against the grated flooring. "If there's grates here that means there must be liquid coming from above, and that worries me," Raihan explained.
"Well your worries are going to go away," Anne Maria pointed downward. Two giant vats full of boiling, blistering, pulsating liquids started to bubble over. The two watched from above as Devante, Raj, Wayne, and Devin skirted around the vats of liquid in order to find a way up. "I think we should let them know."
"More heads are better than two," Raihan agreed. Raihan drew in a large breath as she aimed her mouth downward. "HEY! GET IT FROM ABOVE!"
Anne Maria quickly slammed a hand over Raihan. "Didn't you forget this was supposed to be a stealthy mc-stealth mission?!"
Raihan tumbled to the floor and escaped Anne Maria's grasp. "I had to try something!"
The two looked through the grate as the camera panned to the foursome down by the vat. "Yo they have a point," Raj pointed to the duo on the grates. "I think I saw some stairs on that side."
"Then let's run Rajee bro!" Wayne hooted. The two ran away from the two vats while Devin and Devante looked upward. They watched from below as Chef stomped down from the ceiling just behind Raihan and Anne Maria. Both were helpless to watch as Chef fired his gun into the two of them.
From another vat, Courtney slinked out of the opening. Hesitantly she slid down the outer side of the vat, and found herself landing flat on her face. She caught her breath as quickly as she could before
Both were equally helpless when Raihan and Anne Maria fell into one of the vats and splashed over the side. "ATTENTION EVERYONE! CARSON HAS RETURNED WITH ONE EGG! RAIHAN AND ANNE MARIA ARE ELIMINATED FROM THE CHALLENGE!"
"Let's add a couple more names to that list," Sam suddenly peered out from the shadows. He fired a bullet into Devante and another to Devin. "Those things stack by the way."
"Noted!" Devante suddenly split off from Devin. Devin scrambled up a ladder up to an open doorway.
Sam blew over his gun with a satisfied smirk into the camera.
Confessional, Devin
There are things in life that hurt a lot. One of them is finding out that your girlfriend was cheating on you with HER TENNIS INSTRUCTOR! But this (he holds up his arm to reveal a bruise) really does leave a mark
Confessional, Devante
Why did the others have to follow me? Wayne I get, but it would have been SO MUCH EASIER if I just did it alone!
"Come on… come on…" Wayne slowly hooked his feet around a lower rail on the inside of the vat of eggs. A bit of the liquid bubbled up and exploded in his face. "Oh gross."
"Need a hand?" Wayne heard a familiar voice ask.
"Ah yeah, you can put that hand on my ankles and lower me further!" Wayne barked up at Raj, who was looking down at the vat of eggs.
With their combined length Wayne bent down and pulled up an egg for himself. Raj struggled for a moment but with his strength and Wayne's hand also guiding himself up. "Okay Wayne now it's-"
"Wayne!" Devante shouted. "Stop helping the enemy!"
"He ain't an enemy, he's my number one striker!" Wayne countered.
"Then why is he dangling you over the edge when there's a ladder RIGHT NEXT TO YOU?!" Devante furiously pointed. Devin quickly climbed down the ladder and popped back up with an awkward wave.
"You know that would have been a lot easier," Raj acknowledged.
"And that would have been less of an ab workout," Wayne agreed.
Devante and Raj quickly made their trips into the vat of eggs down the ladder and back up. The four boys quickly spared a glance towards each other as Dakota dropped from the ceiling. "Come on, you're still in the game," Dakota pointed out. She fired her gun at Devin, narrowly missing his head, and that was the cue for the campers to sprint off.
Wayne and Raj quickly turned into one door while Devin and Devante took another door directly across. Wayne and Raj ran past the winding, running corridors as harsh LED lights shone down on them. As they took another turn, Wayne and Raj suddenly collapsed in a heap with another figure. "Owww…"
"Oh Tem," Raj quickly pointed out.
"Yeah, that's me. You two really have a hard tackle," Tem pointed out.
"You have to get pretty sturdy and nimble on the ice," Wayne smiled.
"Oh, Wayne, you have an egg," Tem stated. "Where was it?"
"Tem, it's down that way but we like, took a lot of sharp twists and turns, so I can't remember it," Raj admitted. "But I have the egg so there's no need."
"Okay!" Tem clapped her hands. "Let's go before Chef hits us. You can come along, Wayne."
"That was my plan all along!" Raj cheered.
Confessional, Raj
I was really worried that Wayne would tackle me out of the way, he's a mean tackler, but he plays the game like a true sport.
Confessional, Wayne
So under my control Devin, Devante, and Rajee have got the eggs. Man this is so totally amazing! We'll be handling these challenges like a puck and a slapshot on frosty Canadian ice!
"EEEEEE!" Sadie screeched as she followed a sprinting Hilde down a corridor.
"SHUT UP!" Hilde turned into a room. She threw down a filing cabinet in front of the door as she dove into another doorway. She held her gun tightly as she caught her breath.
"ATTENTION CAMPERS! DEVANTE HAS ESCAPED WITH AN EGG!" Chris shouted to Hilde's annoyance.
Hilde decided to go down the new hallway as Sadie struggled with the filing cabinet. She reached another junction with an open vent. Besides herself, she hopped into the vent, and started to crawl. She looked over a grate as Chef started to stomp around just below. She held her hand over-
"ATTENTION CAMPERS! DEVIN HAS ESCAPED WITH AN EGG!"
Hilde restrained her annoyed grunt as she continued crawling through the vent. The vent lowered to about floor level and she pushed through the grate. A loud, high pitched scream came as she held up her gun. "DON'T' SHOOT ME!" Angelo held up his hands worriedly.
"Dude," Hilde deadpanned. "It's me. Have you been cowering here this entire time?"
Angelo looked around the room. "It's comfy…" he said as he awkwardly held up his gun.
"ATTENTION CAMPERS! RAJ AND WAYNE HAVE ESCAPED WITH AN EGG! AND I DIDN'T THINK I HAD TO CLARIFY THIS, BUT ONCE YOU LEAVE, YOU CAN'T GO BACK IN! EVER!"
"What kind of idiot would leave without an egg?" Hilde asked.
"Chris didn't specify," Angelo meekly stated.
"Come on," Hilde dragged Angelo by the wrist. The two dashed down a hallway almost in lock step even if Hilde had to fiercely drag the ginger. Hilde screeched to a halt when they turned up in another giant room with a lot of doors surrounding them.
"The open door?" Angelo suggested.
"Sure," Hilde agreed. The two sprinted down the open corridor and found themselves above the vats of eggs. "There they-"
Sky dropped from the ceiling in a three point landing. She pulled out her pistol and blew into it. "Well you aren't Chef, and I ruined my dramatic entry with that."
"You like dramatic entries too?" asked Angelo.
"Focus!" Hilde dashed towards the two vats. The three of them looked over the edge to see that the eggs were about three quarters of the way down. Angelo leaned far over and tumbled into the vat with a loud scream that echoed.
The two girls looked at each other before jumping into the vat. A camera placed within the vat showed that Angelo was currently head over heels in a bunch of eggs. Hilde strained as Angelo struggled to come up. All three of them soon grabbed an egg. Hilde turned her head upward as she heard some form of footsteps. While Angelo and Sky talked to each other, Hilde quickly stepped between them. "Sky get your butt up that ladder, Angelo and I can wait."
"Thanks," Sky politely smiled before she started to ascend.
"That's nice of you to do that," Angelo mentioned. "I'll go through the hatch in this vat's wall."
"There's been a hatch this entire time?!" Hilde suddenly twitched. "Come on, out you go. I'll figure it out."
Hilde pried open the door and fiercely shoved Angelo through. "THERE'S A TEN FOOT DROP!" Angelo shouted as he plummeted. The punk fighter followed through the hatch and landed on the rather small actor. "Ow…."
The two suddenly heard a gunshot from high above. "ATTENTION CAMPERS! SKY HAS BEEN ELIMINATED FROM THE CHALLENGE!"
"You go left, I go right?" Angelo suggested.
"Deal!" Hilde suddenly sprinted away.
Confessional, Sky
There are words that I promised Dave I wouldn't say this time around. And every single one of them describes my relationship with Keith. I'll let you fill in the blanks.
Confessional, Hilde
So… I have to play nice with my team. Might as well get some practice with Angelo. The little guy's as thin as a reed, and he definitely needs help. I might as well be one of them who gives it to him. But as the saying goes, you can bring a horse to water, but you can't make it drink.
The camera focused on Angelo as he dived into a tube that led to a vent network. He struggled and strained as he tried to crab walk through the vents. He finally made it to a flat portion where a vent opened into a random hallway. He pushed his way through and stumbled out, finding himself looking up at two familiar faces. "Gophers," he panted. He made a polite bow to Jaiden and Carrie as he finally stood up.
"Mixer," Jaiden politely replied.
"Hey he's got an egg!" Carrie pointed. "If we hop through the vent-"
"I don't think Hilde would like it if-"
"ATTENTION CAMPERS! HILDE HAS BEEN ELIMINATED! ONLY THIRTY MINUTES REMAIN IN THIS CHALLENGE!" Chirs announced.
"Let's deal with her later," Jaiden said as she hopped in the vent. "Cold…."
She held her hand out for Carrie and the two of them started to crawl at a fast pace. Angelo turned around to see that the hallway was rather long but it led to an open expanse. Without much more to do he ran through the hallway, holding his egg possessively.
Confessional, Angelo
If all the challenges are going to be running around like headless chickens I think I signed up for the wrong show.
Jaiden and Carrie screamed as they careened down a vent without control. The vent network they slid down suddenly split in two when Jaiden was sent off to the left and Carrie was sent to the right. The camera followed Carrie for a moment as she dropped through a hole and turned up right in front of Dakota and Sam. Carrie fumbled as she pulled out her gun.
Sam and Dakota fired their bullet each into Carrie, Dakota hitting her in the chest and Sam hitting her in the leg. "That's a minute cool down from each of us!" Dakota shouted when Carrie quickly scampered into a room nearby.
In a cinematic camera shot, Carrie hunkered behind a monitor piece with her pistol. Her breaths became heavy as Sadie slowly peered over her. The camera focused on Sadie as she inhaled and pulled out her bell, preparing to ring as she opened her mouth. "NOT TODAY!" Carrie shrieked as she opened fire, aiming directly into Sadie's mouth.
She ran backwards as she screamed, Sadie recoiling from the impact as her bell rang erratically. Carrie let out a triumphant shout as Sadie fell to the ground. She jumped into a victory dance as she suddenly felt a pistol shot to her back.
"ATTENTION CAMPERS! CARRIE HAS BEEN ELIMINATED FROM THE CHALLENGE! GOOD JOB SAMKOTA!"
Carrie whipped around to see Sam and Dakota high fiving each other as Dakota kissed Sam on the cheek. Carrie exhaled sharply as she stomped off.
Confessional, Carrie
WHEN! (A makeup brush flies)
WILL! (A lipstick rolls over)
IT! (Lip gloss explodes)
BE! (Gel falls down)
MY! (A tube of acne cream falls over)
TURN?!
(She hits the table furiously and make up flies in the air)
Jaiden's vent led her to the bottom of the vats. She looked at both of the receptacles with a nervous gulp. As she took a closer look she found that one of them had an open hatch some ten feet off of the ground. Nervously, she glanced around, finding a metal box that looked sturdy enough.
She moved the box over in a quick motion. Then she leapt onto the box and held her hands up as high as she could. Even on tip toes she couldn't get a grip on the open lower rim of the hatch, but then she jumped and managed to dig her hands into the hatch. She let out a sigh of relief as she strained her way into the hatch.
Confessional, Jaiden
Guess Lightning was right, all that work on my vertical really helped out. Thanks Lightning!
Jaiden tumbled into the vat of eggs. There were only about a handful left. She picked up a rather small egg and started to climb the ladder as fast as she could.
A camera wipe transitioned to show Jaiden running through the maze of sci-fi features undisturbed. Even as she tripped over her own feet she luckily didn't find any obstacle in her sight. The door to escape was now open and free. "AND WITH THAT JAIDEN HAS ESCAPED WITH AN EGG! EMMA AND ANGELO REMAIN IN THE MAZE UNCAPTURED WITH ONLY FIVE MINUTES LEFT!"
The shot of Chris shouting in the microphone changed to a splitscreen of Angelo and Emma running down a corridor. The feed focused on Emma as she made a mad dash through one of the open rooms before she collided into someone familiar. "Owww…."
"Same," Angelo meekly replied. "Emma you don't have an egg?!"
"I got lost because Sadie, Sam, Staci, and Dakota were all up on my tail!" Emma defended.
"Come on, let's see if we can find a way to-"
Staci stomped in the room, "Oh hey ya," Staci said casually as she pulled out her bell. "You know bells were made by my great great great great uncle Dorian. Before him people had to say ding dong every time they wanted to enter a house."
"NO TIME!" Emma shouted as she knocked Angelo to the ground. She sprinted through an open door as Staci ran after her.
"WAIT!" Angelo shouted. "Oh boy…"
Confessional, Emma
One of the things I learned living with my NO GOOD ROTTEN HYPE CHASING CLICKBAITING EX BOYFRIEND is that you have to take actions. And sometimes those actions are knocking over gingers in the heat of battle.
Nervously, he looked at the doors for a moment before he realized that there was a tiny map on one of them. As best as he could he analyzed the map. It was then he found an appropriate route towards the safety of the open film lot air. Then, like he did for the past fifteen minutes, he sprinted.
The camera cut to Chef menacingly lumbering around when he got a call on his personal communicator. Chef nodded as he took off his rubber mask that was meant to be the forehead of the mama alien. "Who really gets paid enough for this?"
Staci looked at her pocket as her own communicator started running. Just as she did so Emma fired a bullet into her mouth. "SO LONG STACI!" Emma cackled. Another brief inlet showed Sam, Dakota, and Sadie grabbing their communicators just as a timer went off.
"Come on…" Hilde balled her fists tightly. Nearby, the other teams were praying for Emma and Angelo not to escape.
"Wait, those are footsteps!" Beardo shouted as he turned his ear towards the door.
Through a winding corridor, Angelo slipped slightly but he regained his balance as he jumped through the threshold of the safe location. "AND ANGELO IS SAFE! AND IT LOOKS LIKE THE ALIENS ARE DEPOSITING THE LAST OF THE CAPTURED VICTIMS OFF RIGHT NOW!"
Carrie tumbled out of a small flatbed truck unceremoniously. She slumbered over to one of the bleachers as she saw Angelo deposit his egg. "So who are we waiting for?" She asked a nearby Jaiden.
"Either Emma or the time limit," Jaiden pointed to the large clock set in front of the soundstage. "Coming down to the wire."
"Come on… come on…" Courtney nervously tapped her feet against the metal bleachers. "Just escape so we can win…."
"Oh bro I sure hope if I don't win immunity then you win immunity," Wayne told a nearby Raj.
"And I hope if I don't win immunity then you win immunity!" Raj cheered.
"So who is going to tell them that neither of us can outright be immune?" Tem asked Carmen as she twiddled her fingers.
"Do you really want to break up a happy bromance this soon?" Carmen retorted.
The clock ticked to a minute as the campers still watched the open door. Suddenly-
"AIIIIIIIIEEEEE!" Emma sprinted down the safe corridor. She face-planted across the threshold as Chase let out obnoxious laughter. On her back was a single bullet shot.
"And would you look at that! Emma, you're the last person to escape! And that faceplant is totally good for youtube."
"Wait, she doesn't have an egg!" Jaiden pointed out, her finger twitching.
"No, no she doesn't," Chris shook his head. "BUT! Thanks to her, four out of six Mixers have escaped the alien's nest while only three of six Gaffers escaped the alien's nest. And in an alien movie, the more survivors the better!"
"HAHA! YES! IN YOUR FACE CHASE! TAKE THAT EGG AND CHOKE ON IT!" Emma danced. The others watched in bile fascination as Emma continued her dance. Once she realized her victory was too long, she stopped awkwardly.
"This means that the top two challenge winners are the Hollering Mixers and the Screaming Gaffers! The Hollering Mixers each win a night at the nearest Milton Hotel! The Screaming Gaffers each gain ten dollars in gift cards for a Milton Hotels spa day! As for the Grips and Costumers, we'll see you BOTH at elimination tonight!"
"Aww man!" Sky yanked the egg out of Raj's hand and kicked it to the sky. It soared high into the air before plummeting hard and fast down onto Chris.
"This doesn't change the fact that whoever is kicked out of the Costumers is in last place," Chris spat out the alien goop. "See you in three hours."
Chris quickly hopped into a kart. Chef drove the kart away while Dakota and Sam collected the eggs. "It was nice meeting you Sadie," Devante offered a small hand out to the chubby girl.
"Aww thanks, sorry it couldn't be under nicer things. I'll see you on discord after this?" Sadie offered.
"Sure," Devante smiled.
"Nice seeing you again Staci," Carson gave a polite wave to the chatterbox. "Shame you're still muted on our chat."
"It happens. I guess that's to be expected when Cameron verifies your family tree and makes a script to filter out lies," Staci sighed. "See you after the season!"
"Bye Staci!" Carmen waved off eagerly.
Confessional, Devante
I was hoping Sadie could have told me a little more about the challenges, but it's nice to make a friend. Not the biggest fan of Discord though, especially with their new updates.
Confessional, Courtney
Double eliminations… you know it hasn't really sunk in until now. This is going to be a very fast season.
Confessional, Emma
BOOM BABY! I'M SAFE! AND CHASE IS NOT! But even he isn't dumb enough to let Lauren stay in this game.
"Can we all just agree that Lauren needs to just go…. For all of our safety?" Sky almost whispered and yelled at the same time. The Costumers quickly looked around before they seemed to get into a huddle.
"Agreed. I don't care if she is the second coming of a super athlete. She is probably legally insane," Tem added.
"Yeah… I'm all for a good prank and all, but hers are actually just a bit… I don't know… career threatening!" Chase exclaimed, earning a couple perplexed looks from the others.
"I don't think those were exactly pranks…" Raj stated, as the others nodded in agreement.
"Then let's just stay away from her and pray we get to the ceremony in one piece," Carmen said. The group slowly began to separate as an eerie quiet fell upon them. Suddenly Lauren burst out of the bushes on what looked to be a go-kart, while driving with one hand she held a chainsaw in the other.
"COME OUT AND PLAY FRIENDS!" Lauren yelled out. The other five campers screamed and scattered trying to stay as far away from Lauren as humanly possible.
Confessional, Lauren
I don't get why they all run away.. I just want to play.
Confessional, Chase
I'm all for pranks. But I get the sense she isn't really joking.
Confessional, Sky
I would rather Scarlett at this point. At least I know she wouldn't murder me…. Right?
"This absolutely sucks," Raihan huffed. Anne Maria rubbed her back as the pair were sitting hunched over a picnic bench nearby the trailers.
"It'll be fine. Losing happens all the time. You saw Pahkitew, Cody, love the poor geek and all, but he had the worst losing streak ever," Anne Maria replied, giving a half chuckle.
"Still doesn't make this feel any better, I came here to prove myself, not fail," Raihan seemed to kick the ground.
"You don't cook a good frittata without breaking eggs," Anne Maria started to shake a can. "You can look perfect all you want and you can look perfect all the time, but that doesn't mean you have to be perfect, amiright?"
"I guess," Raihan took a deep breath. "Really appreciate you sticking out for me. Who do you want to vote for?"
"That's far from the fun part," Anne Maria huffed. "But between the four of them, I think Sugar is our obvious weak link."
"You don't care about the whole being from the same season thing?"
"A little. But at the end of the day I don't want to be back here, and I'd feel better about the three boys than I would her," Anne Maria explained. "What kind of guy wouldn't want to work with two fine ladies like us?"
"I would too, just wanted to be sure," Raihan stood up and started to stretch. "Would the guys want to do that? Would Justin? Him and Sugar seem close."
"Wayne and Devin don't seem to be the brightest, I'm sure we could work something out with them. Meatballs with muscles and all. If he wasn't on the rebound you know I'd be working quicker with Devin. And Wayne's probably Raj-sexual if that makes sense."
Raihan snorted. "Wonder what that flag looks like." Her train of thought suddenly derailed as she heard screeching wheels and a whirring motor. "Is…"
Anne Maria looked where Raihan was pointing to see Lauren and her go-kart ripping and wheeling. The two Grips also caught sight of Tem's brown hair bobbing up and down between several tables. "Tem being chased by Lauren over there?" Anne Maria completed. "I see it too."
"Should we help Tem?"
"She ain't our teammate," Anne Maria shook her head. "Come on, we've got two meatballs to talk to."
Confessional, Raihan
Maybe I shouldn't have put all my eggs in one basket, but I feel safer that way! It'll show future employers that I'm loyal to the end and I'm ready to ride whatever car I'm in into the sunset.
"I'm telling you Justin, those two girls are a duo and we need to take one of them out now!" Sugar pleaded. The pageant girl and the model were walking through some of the many sets with an aerial camera view zooming in on them.
"Then who do you suggest we go for then?" Justin asked, flipping his hair back and out of his eyes
"A-Anne Maria, obviously. She's obviously the better player between the two."
"Wouldn't that make Raihan easier to vote out? It'd weaken the newbies as well," Justin countered.
"Yeah I guess. But Anne Maria is more likely to bring Devin and Wayne together, I don't think Raihan could do that."
"You do raise a fair point. I do trust Anne Maria more in challenges though. And I don't know about you, but I would rather not lose a lot."
"I mean we've competed in two challenges now. Neither has exactly been spectacular."
"I guess. I still would prefer Raihan over Anne Maria. But I think your logic is sound, so I am fine conceding here."
"We'll need to check in with Wayne and Devin, but you know we make a pretty strong team. We could… you know form a duo?" Sugar proposed, grabbing Justin's arm.
"Of course, Sugar, why would I say no to you!"
Confessional, Sugar
Only enough room for one beauty queen on this team.
Confessional, Justin
Sugar is half into me and half trying to manipulate me, it's quite funny really. When you've been in modeling as long as I have, you can see a snake pretty easily… that said Sugar is the most obvious snake I've ever seen.
"Hey Wayne! Can I talk to you for a second?" Raihan exclaimed, waving down Wayne who was wandering around the film lot.
"Of course eh! I've just been looking for that hockey set you know!?"
"Right…. Look I just wanted to ask how you were feeling about the vote you know?"
"Not great! I like all of ya you know. I think I might just vote based on challenge performance," Wayne explained.
"Yeah I totally get it, let me cut to the chase. I talked a bit with Anne Maria, and we were wondering if you would maybe vote for Sugar?"
"I don't know, eh. She's been pretty solid in the challenges so far, seems to know what she's doing you know. I don't know if voting for her is the right call," Wayne hesitated.
"I mean who would you propose?"
"I'm honestly not really sure…. Like I said eh, I like all of you guys!"
"Really? Not one of us you like a little less than the others?" Raihan pressed.
"Nope! We're a team and as a captain like figure I've gotta not have favorites because that's a real bad team there," Wayne mentioned.
"Well… good chat then," Raihan said with an eye roll. She turned around and stormed off, her hands curled into fists and her shoulders hunched in anger.
"Yep! Great chat Raihan!" As Wayne turned around and went back to looking for his hockey studio, he crashed into a pale Chase with eyes wide.
"Hey Chase! How's it going man!" Wayne exclaimed.
"Could be better. You haven't seen Lauren have you?"
"Oh that Scary Girl? No I haven't man, what's wrong, you look like you saw a ghost."
"I'll be one if she gets her hands on me, I gotta keep moving!" Chase got up and sprinted off in a random direction leaving Wayne behind who gave a confused look as he scratched the top of his head.
"Well that was weird. Maybe that's just how all famous Youtubers are."
Confessional, Raihan
Sugar has the manners of a pig and the class of a rat! You cannot tell me she is this big challenge asset when she is clearly the furthest away from being perfect at challenges anyways!
Confessional, Wayne
This is a tough one man, I don't want to leave anyone mad at me, but like I also don't want to keep losing. I guess in a way this is similar to people being cut from the team in hockey, except we do the cutting, not the coaches.
"What're you doing in here Justin? I thought everyone was supposed to run around and talk about the vote? Or at least that's what Carrie told me," Devin exclaimed, as he walked into his team's trailer, seeing Justin using the mirror to check out his looks.
"You're not wrong, I was just making sure I didn't pick up any bruises from the challenge. Can't lose my modeling contracts now!" Justin explained with a million dollar smile.
"Right…. I mean since I'm here, should we talk about the vote?" Devin asked.
"Yeah actually, take a seat. I did want to talk to you about something." Devin nodded, and took a seat on one of the lower bunk beds across from Justin and his mirror.
"What's up?"
"I was thinking about the vote, and I talked to Sugar a bit, and she seems to really want Anne Maria gone. Apparently Anne Maria wants Sugar gone too. I was thinking it wouldn't be a bad idea to side with Sugar, but wanted to see what you thought," Justin glanced in his mirror.
"I'm not against it. I don't feel that close to Anne Maria at all. But I'm also not that close with Sugar either. I would like to at least have Wayne involved so our team is strong going forward."
"That's fine. Who is Wayne thinking about voting?"
"He kind of wants to vote for Raihan, I think," Devin's brow furrowed. "He thinks she is the weakest in challenges."
"Right… I think I could talk him into voting for Anne Maria… Or Sugar if we decide to go that way," Justin adjusted the neck of his shirt.
"When we talked he seemed to really not want to vote for anyone. I don't know if that's good or bad, but that's where his mind seems to be at."
"Good to know. Good talk Devin!"
Confessional, Justin
What is with this team and duos? We got a bromance over here, girl power over there… And that leaves me with…. Sugar… Beauty and the Butterball.
Confessional, Devin
This game is moving so fast, one minute the vote is Raihan, the next it might be Anne Maria or Sugar. What is going on?
"Alright Sugar, you asked to talk, what do you want to talk about?" Anne Maria asked the curly blonde.
Standing up from the picnic bench to meet Anne Maria's eyes, "I wanted to see if we could make some sort of truce. Keep us both safe you know? Can't let the newbies gain any sort of control."
"What are you proposing?" Anne Maria asked, her eyebrow raised.
"Well, Wayne wants to vote out Raihan, and the other two guys seem to be on board for that too. If we put aside our little spat, we can vote out Raihan, and then be returnee strong with Justin."
"Why can't we just vote out Wayne or Devin instead?" Anne Maria brought up.
"And get rid of our challenge strength? Girl that ain't gonna happen."
"Then you can kiss this truce and my big tan butt behind, because I'm not going to just turn on Raihan to sweeten your peaches."
"You ain't making a lick of sense! Don't forget to pack your stuff and slap the donkey on the way out," Sugar mockingly waved.
"No wonder Eva still hates you, you really are a piece of work."
"Stay jealous," Sugar said with an eye roll, strutting off, making sure to kick some dirt up onto Anne Maria who looked on in disgust.
Sugar's dramatic exit suddenly screeched to an anticlimactic end when Raj flew out of the bushes with Lauren in hot pursuit. Blindsided, Sugar stumbled backwards onto the picnic table as Lauren chased after Raj. Raj was screaming his head off as he ran into another set of bushes with Lauren right behind him taking out everything Raj ran through.
Confessional, Anne Maria
I (she claps her hands) have (clap) this (clap) thing (clap) called (clap-)morals. It probably isn't great for a game like this. But I left this game without a million dollars nor attachment to anyone. At least this time I'm leaving with a friend. (Snap, snap snippity snap)
Confessional, Sugar
Your funeral (Sugar gives a massive shrug)
Confessional, Raj
She isn't in here is she? Good…. This is surprisingly easy. I hope the rest of the votes are like this.
"I see you finally found that hockey set!' Justin smiled enthusiastically, walking up to Wayne who was staring admirably at the set.
"Yeah eh! It looks great. Maybe it needs a few updates to be more modernized. But I am satisfied! Hopefully we actually use it!"
"I'm sure there is some sort of sports genre. There has to be," Justin replied, placing a hand on Wayne's shoulder. "I do wish this was more of a social visit, but I do feel we should discuss the vote."
"Yeah I figured… I've been kind of leaning Raihan. I feel she is an obvious weak link you know."
"I get it, I know Sugar and Anne Maria want each other out, and Devin seems to be leaning towards Anne Maria. I was thinking we should also go that route."
"I don't know. Anne Maria and Sugar both seem like fierce competitors."
"Wouldn't that be cause to eliminate one of them?"
"Cause?"
"A reason…" Justin deadpanned.
"Oh right.. I mean I guess. But I know Devin and I talked and he kind of agreed with me about Raihan."
"How about this, since you seem really stressed. I'll tell you right before we go to the ceremony, where the majority is going, so you can just vote there and not have to worry."
"Okay that works for me."
Confessional, Wayne
I'm so confused man, like stop speaking to me in riddles
Confessional, Justin
If I vote with the boys, I get to keep Anne Maria and Sugar feuding with each other, as well as them being two returnees is a bonus, and I get a nice guys alliance with a majority. But I could also risk the two girls hating me, and I barely know Wayne and Devin anyways. Or the secret third option of blindsiding Sugar… which may actually leave no one angry with me. A tough decision all around, but -
(The confessional door slams open
Confessional, Justin and Lauren
Justin: Lauren?
Lauren: Hi pretty boy… don't mind me, just looking for a new toy…. Oooh!
Justin: What? What's that you're-
Lauren: HAHAHAHAHHA
(Justin runs out of the confessional, pursued by Lauren on a Jackhammer)
The camera cuts to Lauren still on her orange jackhammer, chasing now all of her teammates who were screaming their heads off to the elimination ceremony. As the five campers rounded a corner in an attempt to lose Lauren, she managed to head straight into a massive tripwire sending her flying off the jackhammer and straight into one of the Elimination Ceremony bleachers.
Confessional, Tem
I'd like to speak with the producers. I get you guys like drama, but I didn't know you guys liked to cast actual psychopaths
Confessional, Lauren
NO FAIR! I was just having fun
Confessional, Sam
Harold taught me some tricks from his Trapping Steve's Trapping Camp.
Elimination Ceremony
The remaining eleven campers filed into the elimination ceremony where there were two sets of wooden bleachers, each separately labeled with a team logo designating where each team was supposed to sit. In front of the bleachers there was a massive wooden stage lined with red curtains where Chris stood behind a wooden podium.
"Alright everyone. We have twelve people here this ceremony. By the end of the night that'll be ten returning to your trailers," Chris announced.
"We can make that lower," Lauren leaned over Sky. "If we want," she grinned.
"No, no, that's not necessary," Chris waved his hands. "Under your seats you'll find a voting device. Please select the team member you want to go home. It'll only work for the team you're a part of. In addition please type out your voting reason."
Twelve hands pressed a button on their devices. Then twenty four hands started typing their confessions. Once all was said and done a monitor dropped from the rafters of the amphitheater. "The first team to vote someone out will be the Lethal Costumers due to their legendary suckage in the challenge today. I will throw you a gilded Chris if you are safe… I don't think I need to read the votes for you guys. If anyone has an idol they want to play right now I will take it."
There was no movement from the Lethal Costumers. "And… the safe campers are…."
"Carson…." The track and field star clumsily caught the statuette before he sat up straight once more.
"Sky…." With one hand Sky caught the statuette.
"Raj…" The hockey bro cheered as he intercepted the golden chris.
"And Chase!" Chris finished. The monitor zoomed in on the hypester's profile as he struck a supposedly handsome face before he was hit with the golden Chris.
"Now… Lauren and Tem," The monitor changed to a split screen. Lauren had an unsteady smile on her face while Tem was staring at the camera with wide eyes. "Of the two of you, only one of you is safe."
The monitor changed from a split screen to alternating between Tem and Lauren's faces as Chris changed his aim between the two girls. "Tem!"
She let out a breath she didn't realize was that big as slumped in her seat with the golden Chris landing on her lap.
"Really?" Lauren shouted in her shrill voice. "I thought we were having just so much fun! But now I see that our definitions of fun do not run concurrent to each other. It may not be today, it may not be tomorrow, but that ever present emotion of regret is only going to grow and grow like a balloon. And do you know what happens to balloons that get too big?"
Tem backed away from her seat close to Lauren as many of the others in her vicinity did the same. "They float. They float real good, but then they pop, and then they drench you in a coat of blood, a coat of shame, and a coat of horror. Whatever happens will happen. And if I have anything to say about this years from now when you long forgotten who I am I will find you and make you wish you'd never been born!"
Dumbfounded and horrified, the remaining Costumers and the Grips grabbed onto each other tightly. "Bye!" Lauren cutely tittered as she skipped down the walk of shame and got into the lame-o-sine.
"Is she gone?" Chef asked Chris, whose finger was on an earpiece.
"Yes she is," Chris nodded. The two let out a sigh of relief. "Now! We have to eliminate a Grip!" The Grips looked incredibly nervous but they returned back to their original seats.
"Unlike the Costumers, you guys do not have a possibly psychopathic teammate, so I will actually be reading the votes. Which have been printed out onto these nice sheets of paper!"
"Before I read the votes, if anyone has an idol they'd like to play, now is the time to do so!" Chris exclaimed, the Grips all looked between each other, no one made a move to stand up.
"Alright I'll read the votes…."
"FIRST VOTE…. Anne Maria."
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"SECOND VOTE…. Sugar." Sky, Carmen, and Tem all looked between each other, a look of shock on their faces seeing both of the Pahkitew returnees getting votes.
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"THIRD VOTE…. Anne Maria."
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"FOURTH VOTE…. Sugar."
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"FIFTH VOTE….. Anne Maria."
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"SIXTH VOTE…. And the second person voted out of Total Drama Action… Anne Maria." Sugar breathed a sigh of relief, while the Costumer girls had a look of shock on their faces. Anne Maria looked disappointed and Raihan looked absolutely pissed.
"Well that sucks. At least I wasn't first I guess. I can take that at least," Anne Maria chuckled.
"I'm sorry eh. It was a really tough choice," Wayne exclaimed, his head down in shame.
"It's alright. Seriously, I'm just not made for this game."
"NO! It's not alright! Sugar should be going! She is incredibly schemey! You didn't deserve this!" Raihan exclaimed. The Costumers looked between each other, eyebrows raised in curiosity.
"What-" Sugar started, before Justin hushed her.
"Save it, we have an audience," Justin whispered, pointing over to the five Costumers, to which Sugar just rolled her eyes.
"You'll be alright, win this thing for me. And don't be so hard on yourself," Anne Maria said, giving a crying Raihan a massive hug, before she entered the Lame-O-Sine and left the campers. All of them except Sugar waving goodbye to the Jersey girl.
The camera cut away to Chris by himself monologuing "Twenty-Two are left, and with two campers leaving us each episode, the stakes have never been higher. And with idols still out in the wild, how will that affect the gameplay moving forward. Find out next time on TOTAL DRAMA ACTION!"
Final Confessional, Lauren
And I was just getting started with my fun… when I find out what scares each of them I will (The following has been cut out due to being far too graphic for audiences to hear)
Final Confessional, Anne Maria
Out early yet again. You can't say your girl didn't try. I'm just not cut out for these strategy shows, but it's whatever. I'm of course cheering for my girl Raihan, as bleak as her situation is right now. But I don't have much to say, like I stuck true to who I am, and ultimately having some morals out here ain't worth nothing. Peace out!
Confessional, Chris
Had Lauren not been the vote this evening, we would have expelled her from the game due to her antics. She had this whole scary girl scout thing going on in her interview, this… jackhammering, skull loving freak… was certainly something we did not foresee. (He shudders)
Confessional, Sam
Since votes are cast live at the ceremony, I have managed to construct an AI with Cameron's help that perfectly speaks and looks like the players. So everything you see here is an AI that is just speaking what the campers wrote down on their devices. All players were aware of this and provided possible dialogue. The files for this project have been set to corrupt after the season for privacy purposes.
Votes
Carson: …So I'm going with the majority this episode with Lauren!
Chase: I love insanity as much as the next guy but you can put me in death defying situations when it's worth it! Dealing with Lauren, no!
Lauren: Oh boo, one less person to make scream this time around. If it had to be someone, Tem, you don't really have the best screams.
Raj: Can't someone put her in a penalty box or something? I'm voting for Lauren.
Sky: I was medevaced once, and never again. Voting for Lauren will make it easier to ensure that'll never happen. Please goodbye Scary Girl….
Tem: I mean… is there any other choice besides Lauren?
Anne Maria: Gotta fight to the end, hopefully my girly will make it further. Sorry Sugar, at least you went down swinging.
Devin: My first vote! Obviously… I'd vote for Shelly if that two bit clown were here but I'm going for Anne Maria since we really don't need fights this soon.
Justin: Oh Anne Maria, I'm really sorry, but this just isn't your game.
Raihan: So Anne Maria, Justin, Wayne, and I can go for Sugar, and that's what I'll do. I'll vote for Sugar.
Sugar: Justin's easy to look at, but you know I'm loyal to my wizard. Maybe if Justin gets more of the heat I can stay here long. So that's why I'm NOT sorry but I have to go for Anne Maria.
Wayne: Bro, this like, totally sucks pucks. I have to go for Anne Maria. This is harder than I thought.
Reviews
Goodguygary: (Trygve) We shall see, but yeah we wanted to separate the pairs and give them time solo despite being in the same story. We have stuff in store for Raj. Don't worry. And it looks like Carrie and Devin survived one elim.
(Rj): Yeah, separating the pair was one of the main highlights of the previous blended seasons so we thought we'd separate them a little differently this time around. Hopefully you enjoy what we have for Devin and Carrie and Carson.
SuperSonicHeroes: (Trygve) Yep we wanted to give the pairs some time on their own. We ultimately decided to go with a challenge to divide the teams as we wanted a logical way to get everyone introduced and given some story while also at least getting some sort of 3-3 split on each team, so we felt this was the best way to go about it and still use the monster challenge
(Rj): With this opening challenge we wanted to highlight different random pairs and trios so hopefully you enjoyed it.
Nobody245: (Trygve) Well the Gaffers did not go to the ceremony, but the Grips did lol. And yeah we wanted to just give the pairs some room to breathe on their own, despite them being in the same story.
(Rj): Considering there are two opportunities for teams to go to elimination, there could be two team victories in a sense. Hopefully you enjoy the separation plans we have for them.
LordGemini: (Trygve) We shall see how your predictions hold up is all I'll say, but we have a lot in store this season, and although there is going to be some tough eliminations we're going to do our best to build great plot lines between the newbies and returnees, and hopefully we can work well with building 2 season plot lines with the returnees as well.
(Rj): To echo what Trygve said, the eliminations are going to be tough. The team divisions are very flippant in such a small team. And one of your two main picks for the first boot did go home this episode.
Guest: (Trygve) Well I hope you enjoy our rendition of Action. Sadly you were wrong about the eliminations. Maybe Shawn and Carson will still go early. But it's a big cast, so who knows what we have in store.
(Rj): Hopefully you'll come out of this enjoying what we did have planned for the season.
24th: Lauren: 5-1
23rd: Anne Maria: 4-2
Teams
Hollering Mixers: Courtney, Ella, Shawn, Angelo, Emma, Hilde
Screaming Gaffers: Beardo, Carson, Jaiden, Carrie, Devante, Zee
Killer Grips: Justin, Sugar, Devin, Raihan, Wayne
Lethal Costumers: Carmen, Sky, Tem, Chase, Raj
