Pre and post challenge written by Zoryan El Muerto
Challenge written by FreshmEn
"Last time on Total Drama Sakamannano Island!" Drew grinned while pointing at the camera, "Our contestants took a nice trip onto Hack's boat to play a fun murder mystery game!" The camera played footage of Kodi's 'dead' body being found by Will, "Tensions rose as the contestants struggled to figure out who done it, but in the end, it was found out that Kaito was the killer and he was sent home after Flora luckily managed to guess him over Will in the final vote. Unfortunately for Van and Paige, that meant their friend and alliance mate was sent packing and now they're up against the wall! Can they make a comeback? Or is their fate sealed now? Find out tonight on... Total... Drama... Sakamannano Island!"
Intro Start
Multiple cameras popped out from surfboards, tiki torches, statues of Drew, and other objects on the island. The camera then flew past Drew, Pamela, and Hack, with the former two arguing about something and the latter drinking from a barrel of rum.
"Dear mom and dad I'm doing fine, You guys are on my mind." The Camera went up the dead volcano, revealing Kaito setting up some of his stargazing equipment, and Vanessa helping him out.
"You asked me what I wanted to be, and now I think the answer is plain to see." The camera jumped down into the volcano, where Timothy was listening in on Kaito and Van's conversation with a radio. In addition to Timothy being there, Wane was checking the cages of shame for any lost coins or valuables.
"I wanna be famous." Wane dusted off one of the cages, revealing that Alex somehow got trapped inside. Wane tipped the cage over and kicked Alex out, before hopping inside of it to search for valuables.
"I wanna live close to the sun." The camera then made a cut to inside the mess hall, where Kodi was teaching Will how to play Chambers and Beasts at a table, with Will shaking his head and pretending to understand how to play the game.
"So pack your bags, 'cause I've already won." The camera moved outside where Melissa and Beatrice were chatting together.
"Everything to prove, nothing in my way." To the left of Melissa and Beatrice, May was walking until Paige jumped out of the bushes, scaring the daydreamer.
"I'll get there one day." The camera moved towards the nearby Hilahala hut, where Wyatt and Flora were both petting Spirit's belly.
"Cause I wanna be famous." On the other side of the area where the Haaheo mansion was, Klaas and King were playing a match of poker, with almost all of the chips being on King's side.
"Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na." Moving away from the hut and the mansion, Persephone and Sasha could be seen arguing about something.
"I wanna be, I wanna be famous." The camera jumped over to the beach of the island, where an oil-covered Brandon could be seen fixing up an old boat. Behind him, Elizabeth was pretending to be a scarecrow.
"I wanna be, I wanna be famous." Finally, the camera moved over to Becky, who was writing down song lyrics in a notepad. Becky turned around and noticed the camera, elbowing it to the ground for privacy. The shot was then cut to Buck, Mitch, Carlton, and Billy, who all set the camera down for the final shot, as they got the camera in position they ran behind Drew, causing the camera to flash and take a photo of all of everyone previously seen. The screen moved back to show the photo on a postcard that read 'Aloha from Hawaii!" with whistling accompanying it.
Intro End
Van was shown back at the beach, looking off into the distance. Last time Kaito was eliminated hurt her a little, but the last episode was one big gut punch. She sighed as she held the little diving helmet that he wore during the last challenge.
Confessional: Van
"I still can't believe Kae-Kae's gone, even after Paige and I tried to help him win the last chapter. I-I just-" Van sighed and left the confessional.
Confessional Over
Van sighed as she was joined by Paige, "Hey." The archer greeted as Van lifted her head up.
"Hey." Van lowly let out before she sunk her head back down.
Paige then patted her shoulder "I know how you feel, I lost someone really important to me. Sure it was difficult, but I just used that loss to keep myself motivated."
Van tapped her fingers on Kaito's helmet, "You're right Paige, moping around isn't gonna do me any good." She then stood up, "I just have to keep on pushing until the end."
"That's right girl!" Paige cheered.
"I'm gonna rip all these guys' throats out and bathe in their blood!" Van exclaimed as she threw the helmet down and let out a battle cry that caused the birds in the trees to fly away.
Paige reeled back from this and blankly stared at Van.
"Too much?" Van asked while blushing from embarrassment.
Paige winced, "A little."
Confessional: Van
Van adjusted her headband with a confident look on her face, "No more Mrs. Nice Girl!"
Confessional Over
Confessional: Paige
"Man, who knew Van was such great friends with Kaito that her motivation is this heightened with him gone? With her new confidence, my stealthiness and quickdraw, and King's... apathy? We're gonna make it to the end!" Paige formed a grin on her face, "All we gotta do is hope a free for all challenge comes by and Sasha gets herself out!"
Confessional Over
Brandon and Beatrice close up the garage that they've worked at for most of the season, "Well, it took a lot of sweat, tears, and some serious carpal tunnel." Brandon cracked the knuckles in his hand.
"But it was finally worth it to bring your vision to life!" Beatrice clapped happily as they looked over at the complete vehicle.
Brandon walked away from the garage with Beatrice as the two went over to the mess hall, "Yep, can't wait to finally put it into action." The mechanic opened the door to reveal the other contestants getting ready for breakfast as usual, this time being Pamela's breakfast due to the interns still being absent.
Brandon and Beatrice got in line as the camera moved ahead to show Kodi advancing forward in the line as King grabbed his breakfast, "Hey there King!" He greeted with a smile before he was given a cold dead glare from the rich boy, Kodi gulped under his gaze but kept his composure "Um, did I... do something that made you upset?"
King growled as he turned and towered over the young fantasy-loving nerd. "Does the trash really not recall?"
Kodi shrunk under the flaming machetes of King, "Well, we don't really... interact that much directly since you... switched teams. And you don't really... talk to anyone so I Uh... I'll just give you your space." Kodi nervously added as he took his lunch to his table with Will.
Off at another table, Sasha was watching the scene, "Hmmmmm, interesting."
Confessional: Sasha
Sasha tapped her notebook with a pen, "So lately King has developed some personal vendetta against the specimen of cinnamon and fantasy Kodi, I'm quite keen to incline it's something so trivial given King's lack of social interaction. Though I doubt it would change my situation, the Frogs may be together at the moment, but it's quite easy to get them to work with me. I just need to be sure King doesn't get rid of Kodi since he's key to my votes."
Confessional Over
After King got his breakfast, Brandon took his tray over to the drinks at the same time as King. "Uh, morning King." Brandon greeted.
The blonde man smirked, "Mighty thanks, I never got to say this, but you got quite the defensive maneuvers in the second to last challenge."
The mechanic shot his head up at King before looking around for who he might be referring to. Realizing he meant him, Brandon nervously replied since this came out of nowhere, "Oh, uh thanks King. I just... uh didn't wanna... fall in the water."
"Oh really, to keep up with the pinnacle of human perfection with no formal training? Most intriguing." King lightly chuckled.
Brandon blinked as he looked at Sasha, who was just as confused as he was at King's manners. "Um, I'm just gonna sit with Sasha. Uh, best of luck in today's challenge." He quickly sat down with his girlfriend, thus giving King his usual scowl before he ate alone as usual.
Sasha looked at Brandon mind boggled, "Was he just friendly with you, or is the stress of the competition making me go crazy?"
"I don't know." Brandon just shrugged with a surprised look on his face.
Sasha then got an idea, "Hey, since he's so keen on you. Maybe you could possibly get him to vote with us? It's not like he's in alliance with anyone."
Brandon replied "I don't know, what if he just keeps voting himself? Also what if he's just trying to mess with me?"
"It's still something." Sasha reasoned, "In the whole season has he ever had any meaningful interaction with anyone until today?" Brandon shrugged, "That's why we need to take it slow with him, you try and earn his trust. Maybe get to know him, because I tried and could never get a peep out of him. Only time I got close to getting anything out of him, he dropped it a few challenges later."
"Are you sure?" Brandon asked.
"If anyone can get through to him here, then it maybe it could be you. After all, you're the only one friendly, strong, handsome, and hunky enough for the job." Sasha stated.
"Was all that just so you could compliment me?" Brandon asked with a smile.
Sasha laughed, "Maybe."
Confessional: Brandon
"I still don't know if Sasha's plan will work, but she's the smart one of our little group so." Brandon shrugged.
Confessional Over
Confessional: Sasha
"First with Pamela and now Brandon. This doesn't make any sense, King's supposed to be this cold and emotionless robot that is slipping through on sheer luck and has no strong regard for any living thing. I'm gonna have to keep an extra close eye on him." Sasha wrote a few things down in her notebook/
Confessional Over
Meanwhile, Kodi had joined Will and they were strategizing their game plan. "Okay, here's all we know." Kodi set a few pieces up, "You, me, and Flora are basically a party. The other biggest group was the chickens, but Kaito was just eliminated." Kodi knocked over an astronaut action figure that was between an archer, and a cell phone. [1]
"And Sasha is on her own, with Brandon as her main ally, and from what I've seen, Beatrice works with both of us." Will said as moved the mermaid piece away from the car and the purple lady piece. "But overall still pretty close with them... I believe working with those three is our best bet, regardless of what happened with Melissa." Will told Kodi.
Kodi then gestured to a crown, "Only one not in a party is King."
"Whatcha guys doing?" Flora asked as she sat down with them.
"Oh, going over the layout of the competition so far." Will smiled, "This far in me and Kodi should probably figure out what to do during eliminations if we have to do votes."
"I suppose that's a fair assessment." Flora replied as she sat beside Kodi, "Well I'm fine with helping you... especially with my new ally." Flora moved the mermaid towards their pieces.
Kodi's eyes widened, "Woah, didn't know you were doing strategy stuff! Guess all we gotta do is keep it up with Sasha and Brandon, and we can guarantee all of us in the final six!"
"But what if the elimination comes down to a challenge, like with Elizabeth, Wane, or Kaito last episode?" Flora asked.
"Well we're not the most academic or athletically gifted..." Kodi tapped his fingers, "Try not to lose?"
Before the three could continue their strategizing, Drew's voice came on the intercom, "Attention all Malihinis, hurry up to the beach, and by hurry, I mean GET THERE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. No exceptions to this rule!"
"Looks like we should get going." Will nodded as Flora told him and his boyfriend as they got ready to hurry off to the beach.
Confessional: Flora
Flora let out a small sigh, "I was not expecting to have this much stress when I signed up for this show... I just gotta play a little bit longer and I'll be able to be in the finals with my friends and maybe I'll even get to win for Timothy!"
Confessional Over
Confessional: Kodi
"This started as a fun little adventure, but things have become so... territorial with the others. They've made their parties, so it's only fair we do the same."
Confessional Over
Confessional: Will
"I'm almost glad Alex is out, at least he doesn't have to deal with the stress of the middle late stages of reality show gang warfare."
Confessional Over
Confessional: Beatrice
Beatrice twiddled her thumbs, "A lot of strong players left, some have connections and others are physically imposing. But I'm in a spot where nobody wants me gone and I'm useful to alliances... I should be in the clear for now... but Sasha will be a danger soon enough."
Confessional Over
Confessional: Sasha
"This is where planning the right move is crucial, one slip up and I'm going out in a cage. Gotta make sure me and Brandon are the final two." Sasha looked at the camera, "Yes, Beatrice will be in the final three too." Sasah rolled her eyes.
Confessional Over
Confessional: Van
"Watch out islanders the Vanguard is ready to strike!" Van cracked her knuckles.
Confessional Over
Confessional: Paige
Paige drew two lines under her eyes with mud, "Time to go to war!"
Confessional Over
Confessional: Brandon
"Fingers crossed Sasha's plan won't backfire." Brandon took a deep breath.
Confessional Over
Confessional: Nobody
What did you really think King would use the confessional now? Fat chance!
Confessional Over
Drew was sitting in a lawn chair while taking a sip from a mug filled with coffee, next to him was Pamela and Hack as they both held a clipboard with something written them, "Ah, welcome to tonight's challenge Malihinis! Take a seat and get comfortable as I explain the rules to you."
"What was with the urgent message then?" Brandon asked, "You seemed pretty stressed over the intercom."
"Yeah." Kodi agreed.
Drew chuckled, "Oh that? Oh, it's no big deal. It's just that THE INTERNS HAVE GONE CRAZY AND PLACED A BOMB ON THE ISLAND THAT'S GONNA BLOW IT ALL UP IF YOU DON'T GIVE US PICTURES OF THE FOLLOWING BIRDS!" Drew yelled as Pamela and Hack showed the contestants the clipboards, which turned out to be a list of birds that were currently living on the island.
Brandon jumped up, "What!?"
"I don't wanna die!" Will yelled.
"The hell!?" King looked surprised at the sudden news.
Sasha's eyes were wide, "How did you let something like this happen!?"
"Why do they want something very specific!?" Van chimed in at the odd request of the host.
"THERE'S NOT ENOUGH TIME TO EXPLAIN! USE YOUR PHONES TO GET ME SOME GOOD PICTURES OF THOSE BIRDS!" Drew rushed them all away, "AND MAKE SURE THERE'S NO BLUR IN THE PHOTOS!" Drew yelled at the contestants as they all ran in opposite directions. Drew began to laugh as everyone hurried off, "Man! I can't believe they actually fell for that one!"
Pamela rolled her eyes, "Was that really necessary?"
Drew shrugged, "Gotta make them invested in this challenge somehow. Nobody cares about bird photography so this is far more interesting." Drew laughed as Pamela shook her head and even Hack looked worried about the fake threat.
"Ok no need to freak out Kodi, it's just a bomb that's gonna completely destroy everyone on this island and it's up to you to help stop it!" Kodi gripped his head before taking a deep breath, "No no, think of how a knight would act in this situation! They wouldn't cower in fear, they'd do whatever it takes to get those pictures! And after that they'd track down the interns to stop them!" Kodi made his way to the Frogs' shack before kicking the door open and running straight for his room, "I'm gonna be the brave knight who protects the innocent!" While Kodi was looking through his things, his phone chimed to reveal Pamela had sent him a list of all of the 'birds of interest'. The boy put on a makeshift knight costume before checking the list of birds, "A scarlet macaw? I didn't know those were native to Hawaii... I guess I should go looking for that, it'll be easy to find something colorful in the forest!"
Kodi ran out of the shack only to bump into Beatrice, who just so happened to be making her way to the forest as well, "Oh! Sorry Beatrice! I was just getting ready to stop the explosion from happening!" Kodi explained to Beatrice as they both began to run to the forest.
"I can't believe this is happening!" Beatrice freaked as they made it to the forest, "And I can't believe the way to solve it had to be focused on birds rather than fish!" Beatrice tried to joke to lighten the mood but it clearly was not working very well.
"Well at least it can't get any worse than this, right?" Kodi panted as he desperately looked around for any birds.
Beatrice sighed, "Yeah I guess you're right about that." Beatrice stopped when she heard the sound of something breathing behind her. The mermaid fanatic turned around to see a bear was sitting behind her, and it did not look happy one bit, "AHHHHHH! RUN KODI!" Beatrice grabbed Kodi by the arm and practically dragged him through the forest as the bear roared and chased after them.
"We gotta go faster!" Kodi yelped as the bear snapped at his legs. Thinking quickly, Kodi picked a stick off the ground and forced it into the bear's mouth, stopping it from biting down and forcing it to focus on something else. Kodi sighed in relief as he and Beatrice lost the bear and Beatrice let go of him, "Oh thank goodness!" Kodi laughed as he collapsed to the ground, "I think it's gone."
Beatrice looked around for some birds and held her phone camera up, "But the bomb isn't! We gotta focus on that now!" Beatrice reminded Kodi of the danger.
"Right! Let's get back to doing that!" Kodi nodded as the two ventured deeper into the forest to find some exotic birds.
Will panted as he turned around to see he ran to the volcano somehow, "Jeez, the stress of this challenge really threw me off." Will shook his head and took a deep breath, "Ok Will... take a deep breath and try to think rationally. Remember what happened last time when you weren't staying calm." As Will was telling himself to stay calm, he could hear someone moving around in the bushes, causing him to jump up in surprise, "Hey who's there!?" Will freaked out as Sasha pulled herself out of the bushes. Will took a deep breath and smiled at it just being Sasha, "Oh thank goodness, it's you."
"Yeah sorry for scaring you." Sasha brushed herself off, "But I need to pass you by right now, knowing Drew and how he's been, he probably did place a bomb on the island just for rating's sake. So I need to get to the top of the volcano for a good vantage point."
"Well, I think I should go with you!" Will followed after Sasha as they headed up the volcano, "Since I wanna offer you an alliance!"
Sasha raised an eyebrow, "We're practically already in an alliance, though?" Sasha replied, "I feel that you'd just be restating what I already know."
"Well..." Will rubbed an arm and chuckled nervously, "You see, I kinda maybe didn't vote for Melissa back when she was eliminated, I was trying to keep her in the game." Sasha stopped at Will's confession, "But I wanna mend the bridge right here and now by working with you! I mean, Flora and Kodi work with me as well and they agreed that they wanna work together as well, so it'd make sense for us to team up against the three Chickens who aren't with us!"
Sasha lightly grinned, "Yes, that does sound like a good idea Will. Thank you for the suggestion."
"No problemo! But we gotta agree when it gets to us in the final six, it's everyone for themselves ok?" Will asked as Sasha nodded in response, "Great! Now let's get to finding those birds!" Will skipped up the trail as Sasha stuck behind.
Confessional: Sasha
"For tonight's challenge, I need Van or Paige to go home, and then it's curtains for Will." Sasha revealed in the confessional, "He has his own three-person alliance and I can't take the risk of having him stick around, especially since he was one of Melissa's supporters. You may think it'd be idiotic to get rid of an ally, but that's where Paige or Van comes in, I can easily get them to work with me if I have Brandon convince them," Sasha laughed, "Four votes against two against one, and that one will probably be on my side soon... too easy..."
Confessional Over
Confessional: Will
"A ticket to the final six!" Will cheered, "You proud of me Alex? I've been doing great ever since I started focusing on the game again!" Will sighed, "I do kinda feel bad for Paige, Van, and King though... poor guys are getting ganged up on."
Confessional Over
Flora and Brandon happened to be running off together when everybody split up. The two made their way to a part of the forest when they stopped to catch their breaths. "You don't think... Drew is being for real about this bomb thing, right? It's just like a big prank or something?" Brandon nervously let out while looking at his phone to see what birds they were supposed to get pictures of, "I dunno if I can handle stress like this so soon!" Brando wiped a bit of sweat off his forehead as Flora nodded.
"Yeah, Drew wouldn't do something like that, I'm sure he cares about everyone's safety here!" Flora tried to be optimistic but her voice was a bit shaky, "But let's be safe and get some pictures of birds to not find out." Flora looked at her list, "Look at this one, the Hawaiian Hawk! I've never seen one of those before, so getting this chance is pretty exciting!"
"No offense, but I don't really care about birds as opposed to, like, cars or something mechanical," Brandon replied as the two continued through the forest while the sound of something running through the foliage could be heard a little while away, "I would much prefer getting this over with as soon as possible."
Flora frowned at Brandon's lack of an interest in nature, "Oh, well that's a shame to hear, maybe you'll find out you do like animals during this challenge, wouldn't that be n-" Flora was cut off by Van and Paige running past them, with Van having a completely serious look on her face while Paige was trying to keep up, "Oh hey Paige and Van!" Flora called out but was ignored by the two of them, "Huh, I would've expected them to be a little more chatty."
"Yeah, I don't think I've ever seen Van look so serious before, guess this challenge is getting to her," Brandon looked around and spotted a hawk eating a rabbit, "Agh! I think I'm gonna..." Brandon gagged as Flora looked at the sight.
Flora covered her eyes, "Oh heavens! Nature is beautiful but I forget there are some things that aren't very beautiful about it!"
"Wait take the picture!" Brandon grabbed his phone camera as Flora shot up and did the same, but unfortunately for the two of them, the bird noticed them and flew off before they could get a good shot, "Dangit!" Brandon snapped his fingers and groaned.
Flora sighed, "Maybe we should try splitting up? We'll be able to cover more ground then."
Brandon nodded, "Yeah, I'll see you later I guess." Brandon waved to Flora as the two went off in opposite directions.
The camera then cut to Van running through the forest before she spotted a macaw on a tree branch, "Ha! I got you!" Van aimed her camera at the macaw as Paige caught up with her and scared the macaw away, "No! Get back here!" Van chased after the bird while Paige just panted.
"Can you slow down a bit? I can barely keep up with you!" Paige desperately tried to follow after Van before noticing a honeycreeper on a tree that was close to her. The archer quickly took out her phone and snapped a photo before turning to Van. "Van!" Paige whispered, "Look I found a b-"
"Not now Paige, I gotta get this photo before this parrot gets away! I can't let Kaito down now!" Van was still chasing after the macaw as the honeycreeper flew off.
Paige sighed, "I just got a picture of a bird though! You weren't paying attention!"
Van stopped dead in her tracks and turned around, "Wait what? No way did I miss one!" Van looked at Paige's phone to see her picture of the honeycreeper. Van smacked herself in the face, "Dangit! I should've just listened to you!" Van groaned, "Oh well, I won't let Kaito down next time! Go give your photo to Drew, I'll catch up with you!"
"Are you sure you don't want some help? I didn't hear any rules about having someone else take a picture for you and I could probably try sneaking up on a bird." Paige suggested as Van shook her head.
"Drew said the pictures can deactivate the bomb, so try giving it to him first and then coming back! That's a bit more of a priority here." Van told Paige, who nodded and ran off in the opposite direction. "Alright you stupid bird, just stay still for me..." Van mumbled while trying to get another picture of the macaw, who still wasn't staying still for her.
Paige rushed through the forest and practically collapsed when she made it back to Drew, "Hooboy, a lot of running... but I got you the photo!" Paige grinned while giving Drew the picture of the honeycreeper.
"Yeah, that's a good picture of a bird alright." Drew shrugged, "Congratulations you're safe from elimination." Drew sat down in his lawn chair and whistled.
Paige stared at the host blankly, "Aren't you gonna... you know... get rid of the bombs now?"
"Oh they don't exist, I just wanted you guys to get pumped for the challenge." Drew shrugged as Paige slammed her head into the slam, "It's actually whoever's last to give the pictures is eliminated." Drew pulled out his phone and began typing a message to send to the islanders, "Speaking of which... should probably tell everyone that now..."
"Why would you do that?" Paige mumbled through the sand and got up, ready to help Van again.
Drew coughed, "Ahem, where do you think you're going exactly?"
Paige stopped in her tracks, "To help Van get a picture-"
"Nope! The rules are you have to get me a photo of a bird, not your friends. Nice try though." Drew smirked as Paige just groaned and instead decided to wait on the beach for Van to return.
Paige took out her phone and sent a text describing her inability to return to Van before crossing her arms, hoping her friend would finish the challenge soon.
King checked his phone as soon as he got the text from Drew, "Lousy piece of garbage tried to make King Prince afraid." King spoke through gritted teeth as he looked at the old observatory and was gonna find a door when he noticed the window was already broken, "Looks like somebody else already made an entrance for me." King lightly grinned as he hopped through the window and entered the observatory.
The cocky man walked through the abandoned building, having a good feeling about some birds hiding out in there, "They have to be somewhat close..." King told himself as he spotted a group of macaws sitting near a hole at the top of the observatory, "Got you." King quickly grabbed his phone and took a picture of the birds before looking at it.
King frowned at his photo and shook his head, "Any amateur photographer could take a photo like that, that's not how a Prince takes a photo..." King looked at the birds, who hadn't noticed him, and if they did, they didn't really care, "None of these are of interest to me though..." King mumbled before noticing a beautiful gray parrot sitting among the other macaws. After getting a look at the parrot, King noticed a beam of light shining through the hole in the roof and grinned as he got an idea for the 'perfect' photo.
King clapped his hands to scare the birds and get them to move as the gray parrot ended up going in a completely different direction of where he wanted. King gritted his teeth and ran over to the parrot to move it over to the light as Brandon made his way into the observatory.
"Don't think anyone's here." Brandon looked around, not noticing King, but he did notice all of the birds, "Parrots! I can just snap a few pictures of these guys and I'll be safe for the day!" Brandon was about to take a picture as King clapped his hands again to scare the birds, causing Brandon to jump in surprise and snap a photo when he wasn't ready. "Ahh!" Brandon fell to the ground as King noticed him, "Jeez, didn't know you were here!" Brandon pulled himself up as King walked over to him.
"Neither did I. But I assume you're attempting to try and match my perfectionism?" King asked while snatching Brandon's phone from him, "I'd like to see how you've done in this challenge."
Brandon tried to grab his phone back, "Well I actually just needed a p-" Brandon was cut off by King shoving his phone in his face, revealing Brandon accidentally took a picture of all the parrots flying past the light, making it look like a professional photographer took it.
"Impressive... Brandon? Was it?" King grinned, "You're shaping up to be worthwhile in this dull competition. That makes two times you've beaten me so far." King laughed, "I've finally got something to look forward to." King went back to trying to take photos as Brandon just looked confused.
"Uh.. thank you?" Brandon scratched his head in confusion before heading out of the observatory, "Guess I should return these to Drew now." Brandon hopped out the window while King again tried to get the gray parrot to go to the right spot.
Confessional: Brandon
"Uh... I think I got Sasha's plan working out now? I have no clue to be honest." Brandon just gave a blank stare to the camera.
Confessional Over
Will and Sasha made it to the top of the volcano and immediately began looking out for birds. "Well, at least the bomb was just a cruel prank." Will lightly chuckled as Sasha looked around for something to take a photo of, "That makes this challenge a whole lot less stressful!" Will was then cut off by Sasha shushing him before pointing at a small bird that was near where they were standing, "A bird!" Will and Sasha both took pictures of the bird and checked them to make sure it was correct.
"Looked like an 'Akohekoke." Sasha pointed out as the two made their descent down the mountain.
Will laughed at the name, "A what now?"
"An 'Akohekoke, it's a bird native to Hawaii." Sasha explained as they rushed down the volcano, "But more importantly, we've gotta get to Drew before it's too late for us."
"Yeah I got that." Will ran down the rocky hill before turning to Sasha, "But considering today is an auto elim challenge, I feel like there's a chance something goes very wrong for us." Will told Sasha who looked back at him, "It's really hard to control the game with these types of challenges."
Sasha shook her head, "We'll be fine even if one of us loses, we'll just have to make do with a guaranteed final five." Sasha told Will, who gave a slight shrug in response, "But if I lose Brandon or Beatrice my plans will crumble..." Sasha mentally reminded herself as she and Will finally reached the beach. The two-handed their phones to Drew for him to check and got the thumbs up as Brandon also reached the beach.
"I got a picture!" Brandon gave Drew his phone and was given a thumbs up as he sighed in relief, "Still in baby!" Brandon cheered.
Sasha looked around, "Who still needs to turn in their photos?"
Pamela showed a clipboard with some of the islanders' names crossed off, "Flora, Kodi, Beatrice, King, and Van all still owe photos."
"Alright... just need Beatrice and I should be good to go." Sasha lightly grinned as Brandon motioned for her to follow him somewhere else.
"Hey let's go celebrate by getting a smoothie at the bar or something!" Brandon told Sasha, who shook her head in response.
Sasha stood where she was, "I wanna see who else makes it back."
"Suit yourself." Brandon shrugged as he walked by Paige, who looked slightly nervous about Van taking so long.
After a while of walking, Flora finally made it to the other side of the beach, where she noticed a pack of cardinals flying by overhead. "Oh!" Flora juggled her phone and managed to snap a picture in time, "Phew! Just gotta get this to Drew now!" Flora chuckled as she noticed Drew a fair bit away, "I just hope I'm not too far behind." Flora laughed.
The pacifist then made her way to Drew and got her photo checked, getting approval before she made her way to Will. "Hey Will! Where's Kodi gone off to?" Flora asked Will, who happened to still be waiting for Kodi.
"He still needs to turn in his photos... I'm just a little worried about him taking too long..." Will twiddled his thumbs as Flora patted him on the back.
Flora smiled brightly, "Hey don't worry Will, I'm sure Kodi's almost done with the challenge right as we speak, he's just taking a little while to get done!"
Will sighed and smiled, "Yeah, you're probably right about that. A-Anyways..." Will leaned over to Flora and whispered in her ear, "Sasha agreed to be in a big alliance with us, final six here we all come!" Flora's eyes lit up as Will told her the news.
"That's awesome! I can't wait for Kodi to get back so we can tell him!" Flora kept her hands together, "I can't believe we're all gonna make it that far!"
"Me neither." Will rubbed the back of his neck, "But I guess luck's on our side!"
Meanwhile, deep in the forest, Van was mumbling to herself as she looked around for a few birds, "Come on Van... you're going about this the wrong way. You gotta act like Paige and be super sneaky." Van then overheard the sounds of Beatrice and Kodi talking, "Very sneaky..." Van hid behind a tree and began to eavesdrop on the two.
"Yeah, I think a big alliance will do great for us, especially since we'll outnumber the Chickens six to three!" Kodi told Beatrice as the two walked through the forest, a lot calmer now that they knew the threat wasn't real.
"Yeah we'll get rid of the Chickens and then..." Beatrice looked around, "We can get rid of Sasha."
Kodi raised an eyebrow, "Sasha?"
"Sasha?" Van mumbled while watching the conversation.
"Yeah, she's too untrustworthy, plus she's been making all of these big plays recently. I think it's only a matter of time before she turns on the rest of us and we're all out of here." Beatrice explained to Kodi.
Kodi thought for a moment, "Well, I dunno if we should just betray her like that, maybe we should hear what she has to say f-" Kodi stepped forward and fell through the ground and into a cave system that happened to be underneath him, "Ow..." Kodi groaned as Beatrice's eyes widened.
"Kodi! Are you alright?" Beatrice called out.
"Yeah... I just..." Kodi got up and reached for Beatrice's hand, but was unable to grab it, "Grab your hand..."
Van watched the sight and immediately ran over to help, "What's going on?" Van pretended like she wasn't listening in on their conversation, "I heard a loud crashing noise! Is somebody hurt?" Van asked.
Beatrice pointed down at Kodi, "Kodi got stuck down in this cave, I can't get him out either!"
"Well maybe we could use a branch to get him out of there?" Van suggested as Kodi whistled to get their attention.
Kodi hit his chest with his fist, "No! I can get out of here myself, but you guys will risk losing the challenge if you stay back trying to grab me! Go get your pictures before it's too late!"
"Are you sure?" Beatrice asked as Kodi nodded. The mermaid looked at Kodi and Van before sighing and getting up to go find a bird, "But as soon as Im done I'm gonna go get you!" Beatrice told Kodi as Van got up.
Van looked down at the DnD nerd, "Be safe down there man!" Van ran off as Kodi smiled and turned on his phone's flashlight.
"I will." Kodi whispered to himself as he walked through the caves to see if he could find an exit, "I wonder if people used these caves to find gold or as secret tunnels? Or maybe this is where a doomsday device would be hidden if the interns actually were evil." While Kodi was talking to himself, the sound of something scurrying around echoed through the cave, "Huh? Who's there?" Kodi looked around as something began running towards him.
"Uh..." Kodi gulped as the thing running towards him revealed itself to be a very angry ostrich, "WHY IS THERE AN OSTRICH DOWN HERE!?" Kodi screamed out as the ostrich charged towards him and kicked him so hard he flew out of the cave. Luckily for the nerd, he did get a photo of the bird while he panicked, but man, that kick hurt, "At least that solves two problems..." Kodi groaned while rubbing his back, "Ow..." Kodi got up and limped toward the beach, having acquired a pair of black eyes for his trouble.
After a very long amount of time chasing the parrot around, King finally got the perfect shot he was looking for and snapped a photo of the parrot as it flew down to the floor of the observatory. "Finally." King rolled his eyes and looked at the photo, revealing it to be a picture of the parrot covered in light, making it look like an angel of sorts.
"Now I can get back to that idiotic host and get this over with..." King told himself as he got ready to walk out of the building, before he ran over to the parrot and snatched it off the ground, "I'm keeping you." King told the parrot, who he placed on his shoulder as he ran through the forest back to the beach. The perfectionist made his way to Drew and showed the host his perfect photo with a grin on his face.
"You know you only had to bring back a picture of the bird right?" Drew told King, who just scoffed in response.
King rolled his eyes, "This bird isn't for you, you absolute moron, I'm keeping it for myself."
"Yarr! Just like one of my ol parrots back home." Hack laughed as Kodi limped onto the beach.
"What happened to you!?" Pamela expressed concern at the boys injuries.
Kodi covered one of his eyes, "An encounter... gone a little awry..." Kodi showed Drew the picture of the ostrich as Drew laughed.
"I told you somebody would encounter the cave ostrich Pamela! It was a great idea to put it there!" Drew wiped a tear of laughter from his eye as Pamela just rolled her eyes at the injuries Drew caused.
Kodi just limped away and passed by King, who immediately laughed at his injuries. Kodi ignored the laughter and made it to his friends, "Hey guys! I'm still in..." Kodi laughed before coughing, "Ok... it hurts a bit to laugh..."
"Oh my god, are you ok Kodi!?" Will hugged Kodi tightly, who just responded with a muffled 'I am now'.
Flora also looked at Kodi with concern, "Let's get you back to the medical tent so you can sleep it off!" The trio walked away as Drew took out his phone.
"And that leaves two... should probably tell them about their predicament!" Drew grinned as he sent a text to Beatrice and Van, telling them they were the final two contestants...
"Crap-" Van let out as she looked at her phone.
"Gotta-" Beatrice looked around for a bird.
"Hurry!" The two spoke in unison as they ran through the forest, knocking over plants and branches as they both looked for a bird to snap a photo of.
Van searched through the forest to find any type of bird to get a photo of, when she finally noticed one. The influencer grabbed her phone and took a photo of the bird...
Beatrice kept running before passing by something odd, she quickly turned around to see what it was and saw it was a penguin... just standing in the middle of the forest for some reason. The mermaid quickly took a picture and grinned, before looking up to see Van had done the exact same thing as her. Both of their eyes widened as the two rushed through the forest in order to make it to Drew.
"Come on..." Beatrice clenched her fist hard as she passed by a few trees.
"I can do this..." Van told herself as both she and Beatrice made it out of the forest and onto the beach at the same time, where they both spotted Drew waiting for them. The two looked at each other quickly before rushing to Drew.
"Two Malihinis remain in this race to fetch me some bird pictures! Van and Beatrice! Which of these two islanders will get eliminated on tonight's episode of Sakamannano? I can hardly wait to find out!" Drew laughed as both Beatrice and Van were running towards him with pictures in hand.
Sasha was extremely nervous for her allies' safety, "Come on Beatrice… I need your help for my plans..."
Paige on the other hand was praying for Van's safety, "Come on Van, already I've lost Wyatt and Kaito, I can't lose another friend now!"
"I can do this." Beatrice panted while wiping off some sweat on her forehead.
Van didn't say anything, only being focused on surviving tonight's challenge and getting rid of Beatrice.
The two were neck and neck as they raced towards Drew, but eventually, one of the contestants managed to find it in themselves to push forward hard enough so they could make it to Drew first. They charged past their opponent and slammed the pictures into Drew's hands, and the contestant who did this was none other than…
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… "Nice save at the last second Beatrice," Drew looked through Beatrice's photos and confirmed they were correct, "Looks like you get to live another day here on the island!" Beatrice collapsed to the ground as Hack clapped for her immunity.
Beatrice panted, "Never…. Again…"
"No!" Van collapsed to the ground from exhaustion I looked up, "I almost had it!"
Sasha gave a slight grin at Beatrice's immunity, "With Beatrice still in, this game is now as good as mine." Sasha sighed in relief.
"Van! No!" Paige collapsed, "We were gonna make the finale" Paige sobbed as Van got up, "It was supposed to be between us and Kaito!"
Van took a deep breath, "Yeah… I guess after all of this, though, we still lost that chance. But you're still in the game, so it's up to you to win for us Paige." Van lightly smiled at Paige.
"I'll try…" Paige just sighed while looking around at the others, "Guess it's time for you to go as well, huh?" Van nodded in response as the camera cut to the elimination floater
"Oh goodbye cruel world!" Van joked as she stepped into the cage and Paige watched with a sad look on her face, "Oh how I'll miss thee!" Van saluted as Drew closed the cage and sent her off in the floater.
"This isn't fair…" Paige crossed her arms and mumbled to herself about another one of her friends being gone as Van slowly was taken out of sight.
Drew laughed as he stepped into frame, "A tragic ending to one of the most chill contestants we had here! Will Paige be able to cope with this tragic loss? Speaking of Paige, will she manage to cling by with everyone against her now? Or will one of the big groups finally lose a member? Find out next time on… Total… Drama… Sakamannano Island!"
Paige took a deep breath and clapped her hands, "I'm not gonna lose this show now that everyone's counting on me… I'm gonna win this for Wyatt and Kaito and Van and Becky and you know what? Even you Wane and Persephone!" Paige told herself as the camera faded out, ending the episode.
The camera then cut to Mitch laughing as he set down a welding helmet, "Yes… it's alive… IT'S…. ALIVE!" Mitch cackled with laughter as a loud roar suddenly rang throughout the dark room he was in, before a blue eye and an orange eye began to glow in the dark behind him…
FreshmEn: And we're back with another episode of Sakamannano! This one was surprisingly fun to write especially with the, what I assume is, shocking elimination. I'll get to that in a bit but just a quick reminder that it's been six episodes and it's time for another aftermath Send your questions for the six losers (Yes that includes Kaito) and we'll add them into the aftermath, which hopefully will be longer than the last one. And we're in the final eight now, probably means it's time to make your winner predictions if you have any, or predictions on what the interns have been doing this whole time.
Zoryan El Muerto: Always remember to watch out for bird droppings
Reasoning For Elimination: Van was originally planned to leave right before Kaito for a good while, but was changed to be after Kaito when we came up with the among us challenge and having Van help him out there (Funnily enough the original person going here was gonna be Melissa). Her plotline was basically her going too serious in hope's of 'avenging' Kaito and that sort of being her downfall since she was doing just fine being her laid-back self, but it eventually changed to her just not getting lucky in this challenge and spotting a bird. She was really fun to write though and I thought it was pretty funny back in the beginning of Saka when Ruff was adamant she would go early. Well look where she is now Ruff.
Current Merge Cast: Beatrice, Brandon, Flora, King, Kodi, Paige, Sasha, Will
Elimination Order:
22nd ~ Alex Parker - The Pessimistic Klutz (GirlPower54)
21st ~ May Summers - The Daydreaming Genius (Kadachi935)
20th ~ Persephone D'Armours - The Princess (lordgemini)
19th ~ Kaito Kiyora - The Passionate Astrophile (Epifanio Therion) [Returned at Merge]
18th ~ Klaas Driessen - The Gambler (Alexneushoorn)
17th ~ Wyatt Reins - The Animal Caretaker (Nobody245) [DISQUALIFIED]
16th ~ Will Parker - The Happy Go Lucky Influencer (GirlPower54) [Returned at Merge]
15th ~ Rebecca 'Becky' Hellblood Jones - The Hellborn Singer (MTDN)
14th ~ Elizabeth Mikeston - The Scarecrow (BaseballCapClyde)
13th ~ Wane - The Natural Disaster (DaringDF1827 [Formerly Grape Escape's oc])
12th ~ Timothy Francis Hale - The Tattletale (DaringDF1827)
11th ~ Melissa Arroyo - The Athletic Nerd (Thunderstrike16)
10th ~ Kaito Kiyora - The Passionate Astrophile (Epifanio Therion) [Merge Elimination]
9th ~ Vanessa 'Van' Jordan - The Authentic Influencer (Mr. Ruff)
Idol Status:
Immunity Idol: Found and used by Sasha
Vote Steal Idol: Not found
Second Chance Idol: Found and used by Kinga
[1] They technically were never officially an alliance