Pre Challenge written by Zoryan El Muerto
Challenge and Post Challenge written by FreshmEn
Drew pulled in front of the camera in a dark blue convertible, "Now let's catch up to speed with Total Drama Sakamannano Island." Drew did the voice-over as we see the wrestling ninjas do battle the contestants, "Our Malihinis were in for a rude awakening when they faced off against the Super Wrestling Ninjas." We see Flora bobbing and weaving against her ninja attackers, "Some did good." We then see King wiping the floor with his, "Some did great." The clips show Kodi being flung around, "Others not as much." The clips then show Paige and Sasha's convo at the start of the last ep, "The tenuous alliance between Paige and Sasha kicked off as the latter found out that her compadre Beatrice-" clips showed Beatrice's vote at the previous elimination ceremony "-betrayed her." Sasha was then shown confronting the mermaid, "But what stunned Sasha more was the lackadaisical reason."
"I don't like you." A Beatrice puppet said to a Sasha vinyl pop figure.
"Okaaaaaaaaaay..." The Sasha figure turned to the camera.
"In the end, our favorite Little Mermaid fan took her elimination with dignity and grace." Beatrice was then shown looking out at the ocean as she was floated off to the Saka aftermath set. We come back to Drew, "Will Sasha and Paige work together enough till the frogs are all gone? Can Flora and Kodi come back from losing two partners back to back? Will King be even more impressed by Brandon? Has Sasha bit off more than she can chew? And has everyone forgotten the vote-steal idol? Find out the answer to all these questions and more on...
Total.
Drama!
Sakamannano Island!" Drew punctuates with a revving of the Corvette and drives away as the smoke transitions us into the opening theme.
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
Kodi sat on a couch in the frogs' cabin, with Flora sitting across from him with their game world across the coffee table. "Alright, here we're at a standstill. We have a three-sided attack on the Froggy Kingdom. A strategic princess & her knight, a Prince that can break either of us in two, and Paige, who's a wildcard and power player."
Flora rubs her temples, "I thought this was just a neat way to meet people, but now that I made it this far I see why my parents were hesitant of me applying here."
"It's just us two left for team Froggy, and everyone left is either stronger than both of us or has plans for everything." Kodi sighs, "Not even my discord party's quest to the Dark Realm was this stressful, even when it was down to just me and I had one HP left with a bag of mercury dust."
"You know Kodi, maybe we should take a break from Chambers and Beasts." Flora carefully set their world aside, "The stress is getting to us."
Kodi looked outside and saw the clouds passing by the moon, "I guess you're right, we've been at this for so long it's getting dark."
"In times when things would get... a little overwhelming, my parents taught me this technique to clear my head," Flora says as she crisscrossed her legs, Kodi follows suit. "When times are tough I just, close my eyes. Tune out all the worldly distractions, and imagine myself in a place where I feel most at peace."
Kodi takes in a breath as the two start to meditate.
Kodi then opened his eyes as, looking around to see him in a fantasy world where he's riding on a horseback as a knight. "Woah, it worked!"
"Hi Kodikins!" Kodi looked to the side and saw Will also in a suit of armor on horseback. "Ready for a battle against the Evil Dragon Lord?"
Kodi smiles, thinking about Will did make him feel sad, but now seeing the brown-haired Parker twin with the mask he gave him, made him extra motivated to win. "This is fine." Kodi and Will then rode onward to adventure.
Kodi smiles before the camera pans to Flora who giggles at her happy place as her shades fall in front of her eyes.
Confessional: Kodi
"I'm so glad that I have a friend like Flora, even when things are dire she knows how to calm the nerves. We may be two small nerds, but Total Drama has seen miracles." Kodi smiles.
Confessional Over
Confessional: Flora
Flora rolls up her sleeves, "We may be down two froggies, but if me and Kodi keep our spirits up we can pull through. Sure King's a domineering force, Paige is a quick and agile enigma, and Sasha is as sneaky as Beatrice said. But if my dad has taught me anything, is that there's nothing that can be overcome without a positive attitude and a heart full of hope. Sure it's a little cheesy but it's what kept us afloat even after our donation dumps to wildlife conservations and getting underprivileged kids into good schools."
Confessional Over
Sasha paces around her bedroom, after the last episode she had no idea what to do anymore. Beatrice's betrayal was not what she planned for, she came into this show with game plans but most of them have not really panned out great.
Brandon comes by and knocks on her doorframe, "Knock knock."
"Come in Brandy." Sasha sighs as she sits down on her bed, Brandon sat beside her.
"You doin' okay? You've been strategizing all night." Brandon asks his alliance mate.
"I just don't know what to do anymore." Sasha leans her head against his shoulder, "After the last challenge I can't seem to come up with anything, after Beatrice left I've been in a planning slump."
Brandon shrugs, "I know you were set on us going to the final three with Beatrice, and I'm sad to see her go. But there are some things that you can't account for in a show like this."
Sasha sighs, "I know but that's why it doesn't help at all. I feel like I hit the wall."
Brandon then rubs Sasha's head, this causes her to blush and look away with a shy smile, "It's okay Sash, I believe in you."
Sasha sighs before she looks up at Brandon, "Thanks, Brandy." She snuggles up to her grease monkey boyfriend as he caresses her hair, she already felt her stress melting away.
"Besides, you told me Paige is semi-working with us right?" Brandon asks, "You talked to her about voting out Will and reduced the Frogs' alliance."
"Yeah, but I doubt we're gonna see another voting elimination ceremony for a while." Sasha mentions.
"Which means that we'll just have to try harder with each challenge should it be an elimination challenge." Brandon chuckles as he gets up.
"I guess so." Sasha then yawns as she too gets up and they prepare to head off for breakfast.
Brandon steps out the room, "We just need a little bit of luck."
Confessional: Sasha
Sasha giggles, "How did I end up with a guy like Brandon, he's always there to tell me what I need when I burn out while planning. Just having him around makes me feel something no other partner before has given me. He is right that in the stage of the game, some things can't be planned for, I learned that the hard way last two episodes." Sasha groans.
Confessional Over
Confessional: Brandon
Brandon sighs, "Sasha's been working herself ragged since the last ep, I know she wants us to make the finale together but I don't want it to come to the expense of my friends."
Confessional Over
The following morning King was in line for breakfast, "Alright, one bowl of oatmeal with fruit, and two slices of French toast." Pamela hands the rich boy his breakfast.
"Much appreciated Pamela, once again you prove your culinary superiority against your incompetent colleagues," King states before he gets himself some seltzer.
Pamela watches him go, "Whatever you say, King." She then hands Paige a tray of fruit salad and a cup of creek yogurt.
"Thanks." Paige then scavenged for a place to sit, seeing Brandon alone at a table. "Hey Brand, sitting alone today?"
"Yeah, just thought I'd take it easy before today's challenge," Brandon replies as he takes a spoonful of honey nut oatmeal.
"I gotta be honest with ya, I'm not the most trusting of your mate Sasha. No offense." Paige quickly adds.
Brandon waves off the comment, "It's fine, I know she can be scary with her plans."
"Yeah, though I wonder how you do it." Paige notes as she sat down.
"Do what?" Brandon wonders.
"Sasha, Wane, King." Paige lists off, "Almost every bad guy this season likes you, and not for some alternative purpose."
Brandon shrugs and chuckles, "I don't know, though I definitely think Wane is gonna take most of the profits if I let him be my business partner."
"True he's terrible." Paige laughs, "I gotta ask though, what's Shifty Sasha got cooking up this time?" She tosses a grape in her mouth. "If I'm gonna work with you guys, I gotta be in the know. You know."
"Well, I asked her that this morning," Brandon answers as he ate some of his oatmeal. "She said that with things as tense as they are this close to the endgame, she's actually gonna play it by ear."
"Interesting," Paige says as she smirks at the camera.
Confessional: Paige
Paige fist pumps before she grins, "Sasha knows that her constant plays are catching up to her, everyone's out to get her after the two straight Froggy elims. She's desperate, and people are second most likely to make mistakes when they're desperate. Most likely is when they're cocky, but that's unrelated. I knew that if I waited, she'd end up being her own downfall by playing too strongly. Just gotta keep playing as mid as possible, and when the final challenge arrives. Kaboom!" Paige makes a loud explosion sound.
Confessional Over
Kodi was walking to the entrance of the mess hall, running into Sasha coming the other way. Both catch each other's presence and go awkwardly silent.
"Kodi."
"Sasha."
The two then enter the mess hall, with recent events piled onto having spent most of the season in their own groups. They haven't spoken to each other all that much, hoping either of them could break the ice. But not a single word was spoken before they broke off to their little groups, "Kay bye." Sasha quickly mutters.
"Don't wait up," Kodi replies just as quickly.
Confessional: Kodi
Kodi twiddles his thumbs, "I know Sasha was the mastermind behind Will getting booted, but just like Brandon I know it wasn't personal. Though unlike with Brandon who I had a nice friendship with to that point, I don't think me and Sasha had really talked that much. So it's a little different."
Confessional Over
Confessional: Sasha
"Looking at Kodi I can tell he's still hurt by Will's second elimination and I most likely won't have his vote next ceremony. I can at least try and make some sort of peace with him... though who knows how much luck I'll have with that." Sasha deadpans.
Confessional Over
After breakfast, the competitors were called to their next challenge. The final six arrive at the base of the mountain where Drew is waiting for them with the interns, who have a cart full of strange cannons with them. The mountain itself was also covered with bounce pads, bubble wrap, and trampolines, as well as multiple traps."Welcome Malihinis!" Drew greets the remaining contestants, "And congratulations on making the final six... only a few more episodes to go for the rest of you!"
"Yeah, it's pretty exciting!" Flora cheers as the interns give each of the contestants a cannon.
Drew cracks his neck, "Well, today we're going to be playing a game I like to call 'King of The Mountain!', basically an alternative version of King of The Hill! You guys will all have sixty minutes to climb up this here mountain, and for every minute you're at the flag near the top, you earn a point. If two players are both at the flag at the same time, the timer will pause and you will enter a state of contention, meaning nobody will earn points until someone leaves the flag." Drew explains.
"But how are we gonna get the others to leave?" Brandon asks.
Drew laughs evilly, "That is why I've given you these air cannons, they'll be used to knock each other far off the mountain and down onto these fun and safe bounce pads below! But that's not all, on this mountain you'll find many traps and tricks that will be used to keep you from getting to the top spot, so good luck getting around all of that!" Drew stops laughing, "I crack myself up sometimes with these challenges... anyways, we won't be playing for immunity today, we're in sudden death mode, and whoever has the least points by the end of the challenge will be automatically eliminated!"
Sasha raises her hand, "What if there's a tie by the end, or if we all fail to make it to the top due to the traps?"
"Good question Sasha!" Drew grins, "If that happens, I take out this here wheel." He motions over to a giant spinning wheel with all the contestants' names on it, "And I decide by random who's going home based on the people who are in last place. So if everyone ties, everyone is at risk of being eliminated!"
The contestants all gulp at this realization.
"How are we gonna get up the mountain, though?" Paige questions, "It'll take at least, maybe, ten minutes to get up there, and the traps are gonna get in the way!"
Drew shrugs, "gonna have to figure that one out on your own!" Drew hops in an atv with the interns, "Toodles!"
"Good luck~" Carlton waves the group off as Drew and his crew drive away.
Before the group can say anything, an airhorn sound effect goes off, signaling the start of the challenge.
Confessional: Flora
Flora slaps herself a few times, "Alright Flora, you did pretty bad in the raft challenge! This is your time to redeem yourself! Just don't think about what it's like to get hit by an air cannon and you'll be fine!"
Confessional Over
Confessional: Kodi
"Alright Kodi! You can do this! You're in the final six, no big deal. You just gotta go up and shoot the others, not Flora, out of your way with the big cannon!" Kodi hypes himself up.
Confessional Over
Confessional: Sasha
"A physical challenge isn't the worst thing to receive." Sasha notes, "But last episode I nearly got out in a physical challenge, I'll have to be good with my strategizing now if I wanna make it out of this..."
Confessional Over
Confessional: Paige
Paige cracks her neck, "Ok... just gotta traverse some traps. I've climbed this hill before, I can do it again!"
Confessional Over
Confessional: Brandon
Brandon claps his hands, "This shouldn't be too bad, but dang. Everyone left either likes me or is someone I like... this just got a little bit more challenging." Brandon sighs.
Confessional Over
Sixty Minutes Remain
The contestants immediately begin to run up the mountain while King lags behind a bit. The rich boy tosses his cannon aside, "I don't need this." He smirks as he runs up the mountain and sees a giant boot come down and kick Kodi away like a football.
King laughs at Kodi's misfortune as the boot then attempts to kick him,only for him to sidestep it... and then get hit by a different giant boot. "Agh!" King flies to the bottom of the mountain as Paige slides under the boot that hit him. "See ya later King!" Paige waves as she latches on the side of the mountain and decides to scale it instead of taking the main path, "I'll just have to be smart on my way through!"
While Paige is climbing up the mountain, Brandon makes it past the boots and notices the path ahead is covered in mud. "Well this shouldn't be too bad." Brandon carefully walks through the mud, slowing him down a bit. "Just gotta get.. un...stuck!" Brandon pulls his boot out of the mood before noticing a side of the mountain is carved out to reveal a giant ball cannon, "Oh." Brandon stops as a giant bouncy ball is fired at him, not only sending him off the mountain, but also sending him into the forest as well.
"I'm ok!" Brandon's voice can barely be heard through the commotion.
Flora nearly is smacked by the boots of doom as she makes it to the mudpit. "Uh..." Flora looks around and notices a few rocks on the ground, "Aha!" She collects the rocks and makes her own path through the mud with them, making sure to skip from rock to rock so she can avoid getting trapped in the mud and getting shot by the giant bouncy ball.
Once Flora clears the gap she throws her arms up in celebration, "I did it! I-" She's cut off by Sasha blasting her with the air cannon, causing her to fly over to a trampoline which sends her in another direction onto a different trampoline, which then launches her again, and you get the jist she's gonna be in the air for a while.
Confessional: Flora
"That... was..." Flora was covered in leaves, "AMAZING!" Flora laughs as she bursts up, "I've never had so much fun on a trampoline before! Everyone's gotta try this! And you know what? I think I'll help them out with trying it! They're gonna love it!" Flora gives a big smile.
Confessional Over
"Sorry Flora, but I gotta win this!" Sasha yells as she looks ahead for traps, only for the ground beneath her to be revealed to be a trapdoor, leading to her leg getting stuck in the ground and letting a recovered Kodi pass her, "Dangit!" Sasha pulls her leg out of the trapdoor as she carefully avoids any future traps.
Kodi slides underneath another set of swinging boots as he barely manages to stop at a broken part of the mountain that leads to a very big drop. Luckily for Kodi, there's a way to cross. Unluckily for Kodi, he has to jump from trampoline to trampoline and hope that he doesn't mess up any jumps.
The DND nerd takes a deep breath as he runs forward and leaps off the edge and hits a trampoline, which then bounces him over to the second trampoline. He jumps again and sticks the landing as he's thrown to the other side of the cliff. "Not a bad job Kodi!" He cheers as he continues his trek up the mountain.
Meanwhile, Paige was making pretty good progress by climbing, though there were some traps to stop her, like a few cannons aimed at the mountain's sides, and some dispensers that would shoot butter at Paige and make things too slippery for her, combined with the material used to make the mountain safe made for a very hard climbing experience.
Paige stops and finds a good crack in the mountain and uses it to keep herself steady, "Just a little bit farther." Paige pants as she notices a rope that's dangalling right next to her. "Why is there a rope up here?" Paige questions as she pulls the rope.
A loud whistling is then heard as a shadow appears above Paige.
The archer looks up to see a piano falling straight towards her. Paige gulps and holds up a sign that says 'Uh Oh!' before it slams into her and knocks her to the bottom of the mountain, right to where Brandon is at as he passes by her, "You alright?" The mechanic asks.
"Yes..." Paige groans from underneath the destroyed Piano
Flora finally makes it back to the area as well, "Hey Brandon, you wanna fly?"
"Uh, n-" Brandon is cut off by Flora shooting him at the trampoline, leading to him experiencing the same thing she had to moments earlier.
Flora laughs, "Have fun, Brandon! Trust me it's a really good time!" Flora innocently smiles as she continues her path through the obstacle course.
Further up the mountain, we have the trio of Sasha, King, and Kodi, who have already made it past multiple different traps and deterrents. King stops when he notices a smaller cannon pointed at him, "What the?" He questions as the cannon shoots a giant glob of glue at him, thinking quickly, King grabs the nearby Sasha as she's about to pass him and uses her as a shield for himself.
King laughs as he tosses Sasha to the ground, "Well looks like you aren't useless for everything, you make a good shield."
Sasha didn't seem to share that humor, seeing as she immediately sent King flying off the mountain with her air cannon as she was now glued to the ground.
"I hate that guy." Sasha groans as she rips herself off the ground.
Up ahead, Kodi has made the best progress on the mountain, seeing as he was almost up to the flag area. "Come on Kodi! Just a little further-" Kodi stops when he hears a very loud gust of wind, like something was passing through the air quickly.
"Huh?" Kodi looks around before he notices there's something attached to the side of the mountain, and whatever it is, it's moving fast enough to prevent him from seeing it.
"Ok..." Kodi slowly moves forward and stops dead when he sees a giant blob quickly approaching him. Once it's within striking distance, it turns out the blob isn't a blob at all, it's a giant hammer that's moving at insane speeds.
Kodi gulps before putting his hands behind his back and standing his ground, "There is nothing I can do." Kodi mutters as he's sent flying by the hammer, where he then lands on a trampoline which luckily sends him back to the top of the mountain and onto the flag, "Wait what?" Kodi questions as he sees the flag, "No way!" Kodi cheers at his luck. [1]
Sasha drags herself past the giant hammer and spots Kodi, "Oh, this'll be easy." Sasha notes as she approaches the DND nerd and aims her cannon at him, but looks like Kodi is fully content on guarding the flag, as he immediately aims his cannon at Sasha and blasts her off before she can do anything.
"Nice try Sasha! But this knight has to defend his kingdom!" Kodi yells out as he notices the other contestants making their way up the mountain, "Uh oh, gotta think of something quick!" Kodi looks around and spots a nearby boulder, "Hmm..."
Scoreboard:
Kodi: 3 points
Brandon: 0 Points
Flora: 0 Points
King: 0 Points
Sasha: 0 Points
Paige: 0 Points
50 minutes remain
Flora makes it to an area on the mountain where there are three boxing gloves all punching at different times, it looks like she's gonna have to run through at the right moment if she wants to make it through this. "Wait a minute..." Flora looks at her cannon and aims it at the ground while facing away from the boxing gloves, "Lemme just try.." Flora pulls the trigger and launches herself past the three gloves.
"Aha!" Flora cheers as she makes it up the mountain, while avoiding a dodgeball cannon on the way. She makes it to the top and sees nobody nearby, "Looks like it's empty!" Flora walks up to the flag.
"Freeze villain!" Kodi pops out from behind the boulder and aims his cannon at Flora, only to notice it's her, "Flora! You made it!"
Flora waves, "Hey Kodi! Whatcha doing over there?"
Kodi steps out from the boulder, "I figured I'd grab points when there's nobody around, and when I hear someone approaching, I'll hide behind this big rock so I can shoot them off before they can notice me!" Kodi explains, "Looks like that ring painted around the flag is what counts as the zone." Kodi points out a gold circle that's around the flagpole.
"That's smart!" Flora grins, "You wanna team up to win this challenge?"
"Definitely!" Kodi stays behind the rock, "I'll help cover you, go earn some points to make yourself safe!"
Confessional: Kodi
"Whoever thinks you can't win Total Drama with the power of friendship is clearly wrong!" Kodi smirks.
Confessional Over
"Ok... I've had better days." Brandon complains as he makes it to another obstacle, this one being a rotating wheel with beams placed high and low on it, forcing Brandon to duck and jump as he makes his way through the area.
Brandon jumps then ducks as he slowly makes it through the obstacle.
"Hey Brandon!" Paige calls out as she appears behind him, "Think smarter, not harder!" Paige jumps up and grabs onto one of the high bars, only for her to realize her mistake as it's moving too fast for her to tell when to get off.
"Umm... how do I get off this thing?" Paige questions as she can't get the timing right and ends up throwing herself off the mountain.
Brandon lets out a small laugh, "Real smart there Paige." What Brandon doesn't notice, is that one of the low bars is coming his war, causing him to trip and get smacked off the mountain by a high bar, "Agggghhhhhhh!"
King sees this sight and shakes his head, "I would've expected a little bit better from you, Brandon." King shakes his head as he makes his way past the wheel and gets further up the mountain. The next thing in his path is a giant water gun that shoots water with enough force to send someone flying off the mountain.
King takes a deep breath and slides underneath the stream to avoid getting hit. "Too easy." King gloats as he spots Flora at the top, "Speaking of easy." King runs forward to push Flora off the mountain, only for Kodi to pop out and shoot him off the side, "Nice try!" Kodi yells as King is sent bouncing away.
At the bottom of the mountain, Sasha and Paige are both making it past the mudpit from earlier as King falls past them.
"I gotta find a way past Kodi." Sasha tells herself as Paige jumps onto the mountain's side and tries to climb back up so she can get the drop on Kodi again, "And Paige might be the perfect distraction..." Sasha notes as Paige climbs up and she avoids the boots before crossing the trampoline pit, where Brandon was waiting right beside a giant fan.
"How am I gonna get past this?" Brandon questions as the fan shoots a giant gust of wind out at whoever tries to pass it.
Sasha goes beside him, "You have to stick very close to the edge, it's trying to scare you away from going forward."
Brandon gulps as he listens to Sasha and manages to make it past the fan, "Phew." Brandon sighs in relief.
"It's a little scary, but I figured it out earlier." Sasha tells him.
"Definitely." Brandon nods.
Scoreboard:
Kodi: 8 Points
Flora: 5 Points
Brandon: 0 Points
King: 0 Points
Sasha: 0 Points
Paige: 0 Points
40 minutes remain
Paige sneaks behind where Kodi's hiding, "Got you." Paige whispers under her breath before she shoot Kodi out of his hiding spot and off the mountain.
"Huh-" Flora lets out as Paige sends her to the bottom as well.
Paige giggles with joy, "Yes! I got you guys!" She yells out in victory as King makes it back to the top of the mountain and notices her back turned, the Prince goes to take her down with a sneak attack, but Paige hears him sneaking and turns around, "Hey!" Paige sends King into a trampoline which sends him further downhill, "Goe somewhere else, buddy!" She yells at King.
King lands down in the middle of the hill to witness both Brandon and Sasha being taken out by the hammer. He groans as he gets up and dodges the hammer to go take another shot at taking down Paige, while she slowly earns points.
While King is doing that, Kodi and Flora quickly make their way back up the mountain so they can control it again, "Come on Flora, if we go on opposite directions, we can take her down together!" Kodi tells Flora.
"Got it Kodi!" Flora runs to the right while Kodi runs to the left.
Paige stays at the point when she notices King coming from one side, and Flora and Kodi coming from two others, "Oh, crud." Paige deadpans as an all out brawl for the flag breaks out, with Flora and Kodi trying to knock Paige and King off, King trying not to get hit, and Paige trying to get rid of all three of them.
"You stay there, and I'll go from here!" Flora tells Kodi as they knock King back a bit with their air cannons.
Kodi nods as he and Paige shoot each other, resulting in them both flying backwards. While those two are distracted, King picks up Flora and tosses her down the mountain.
"Flora!" Kodi yells out as he recovers and is still facing Paige, who's about to shoot him off. "Agh!" Kodi rolls out of the way and knocks Paige off right as King elbows him off as well, giving King a brief chance to take the flag... though Kodi and Flora weren't far down at all.
"We can still make it Kodi, let's keep going!" Flora helps Kodi up as the two continue on their way to King.
"This... is the worst challenge ever." Brandon groans as a hammer knocks him to the ground. The mechanic gets up and dodges another swing as he makes it to a section that has a fake rock wall meant for climbing. "Come on..." Brandon jumps onto the wall and slowly begins to scale it, dodging a dodgeball cannon on the way.
Sasha makes it to the same area and dodges the hit before noticing something off about the wall, "Wait, Brandon!" Sasha yells out, but it's too late as when Brandon grabs a specific part of the wall, Brandon's hand sinks into the piece and the wall opens up a panel to reveal a boxing glove. Brandon got one good look at the glove before being punched with enough force to go flying down to the bottom of the mountain.
"Brandon, are you ok!?" Sasha yells out to her fallen ally.
"I hate this challenge!" Brandon screams back.
Sasha takes a deep breath as she goes to scale the wall, "Just move slowly and carefully, Sasha." She tells herself as she avoids a trapped part of the wall. Sasha reaches the top shortly before she sees the utter chaos going on at the top of the mountain, "Ok..." Sasha readies her cannon, "Looks like I'm gonna have to fight to earn my spot."
Scoreboard:
Kodi: 8 Points
Paige: 7 Points
Flora: 6 Points
King: 2 Points
Brandon: 0 Points
Sasha: 0 Points
30 minutes remain
Another minute passes as Kodi and Flora reach the top part of the mountain again, and immediately blast King far off before he can do anything to stop them. "We got him!" Kodi yells excitedly, only to be shot off by a recovered Paige.
"Peekaboo!" Paige taunts as she and Flora are now in contention for the flag, she tries to hit the pacifist off the mountain.
Flora responds by rolling out of the way of the hit, but she accidentally rolls out of the flag zone, technically giving it to Paige. The two exchange shots with each other as Paige slides under one of Flora's shots and knocks her to the ground with her cannon, "Got you!" Paige smirks as Flora struggles to get up.
Right as Paige is about to knock Flora off the mountain, the pacifist blasts the dirt with her air cannon, causing a giant dust cloud to form around the two, and making it impossible to see.
Paige coughs as she covers her eyes and escapes the cloud, "Now where did you-" Paige stops when she feels Flora's air cannon right behind her head.
"Tried your trick out for once." Flora comments.
Paige laughs, "Not bad kid."
Flora then knocks the archer far down the mountain with her air cannon, reclaiming the flag, "Victory is m-" Flora's win is cut short by Sasha, who uses a sneak attack to send her off as well.
"Mine, thank you very much." Sasha fixes her collar as she looks around for anyone who's getting up the mountain. It appears that the only person making any progress up the mountain was Brandon. "Looks like I'm in the clear." Sasha notes as Brandon finally makes it to the top of the mountain and too the flag zone, "Finally..." Brandon pants as he drags himself to the flag, "I've been going at this for... I don't know how long!"
"All yours." Sasha motions over to the flag as Brandon goes to the circle and waits a few minutes to give himself points. Luckily for the pair, the other contestants were all still a fair bit away, so it seemed they had a little bit of time to build up some points.
Kodi puts some mud on his fingers and draws two lines across his cheeks with it, "Alright Flora, I'm no soldier expert, but we need a new strategy!" Kodi paces as he and Flora are now very close to the flag zone, but are also hidden behind a rock to avoid any unwanted attention, "It's a two on two, but we have the element of surprise!"
"Maybe I go in as a distraction?" Flora suggests, "I get their attention, and you knock them onto one of the trampolines?"
"Good idea!" Kodi snaps his fingers, "But I should be the distraction, You should have fewer points than me right now."
"Alright Kodi... we'll strike on three." Flora begins to count, "One... two-"
Flora is cut off by Kodi letting out a war cry as he shoots multiple wild shots from his air cannon, "That works too!" Flora calls out to her friend and sneaks around to get a good angle on the pair, "Alright Flora, just aim carefully and you can take them both down..." Flora steadies herself as she pops out, immediately noticing that Kodi's wild shots from earlier knocked the duo off the mountain.
Flora blinks a few times, "Oh. Guess that solves it to-" Flora is then grabbed from behind by King and tossed off the mountain, who then gives Kodi a death glare before sliding his thumb across his throat.
Confessional: Kodi
"W-ww-what did I do to him!?" Kodi shivers in the confessional.
Confessional Over
Scoreboard:
Kodi: 9 Points
Paige: 8 Points
Flora: 6 Points
Sasha: 4 Points
Brandon: 4 Points
King: 2 Points
20 minutes remain
Now it would appear Kodi and King are at a bit of a standstill, King can't go close to Kodi because he'll get launched off by Kodi's cannon, and Kodi can't go close to King because King will probably rip him in half.
The two stare each other down as both wait for the other to make a move. Six minutes pass by with Kodi in the zone as neither party moves yet, and they'd better hurry, as more contestants are getting closer and closer with each minute. King decides to make a move by running forward to pick up a rock on the ground before throwing at Kodi's cannon to disarm him.
Kodi manages to deflect the rock with his cannon, causing the rock to fly back and hit King in the eye. "Urg..." King groans as he grabs his now-closed eye.
Kodi gulps as he still keeps his distance, waiting for King to strike. The rich kid rushes forward and dodges a blast as he snatches Kodi's cannon from him and towers over the DND nerd, "Um... we can talk about this?" Kodi nervously laughs.
A few minutes later, we cut to Paige climbing the mountain.
"Alright, so, there can't be too long left in this challenge." Paige tells herself, "I think my win is assured if I just gain a few more points..." Paige mumbles as a screaming Kodi flies off the mountain behind her.
Paige reaches the top and spots King hogging the flag, "Ok... just King right now, don't see anyone else..." Paige sneaks up behind King and sends him flying off before he can even notice her, "And easy as pie." Paige smirks.
While Paige is celebrating her victory, Brandon pokes his head up from a nearby rock as he preps his cannon. "I know she's an alliance mate... but me and Sasha need the points." Brandon thinks to himself before he pops out and shoots Paige off the mountain, "I'm sorry Paige!" Brandon calls down as Paige is sent back to the beginning of the mountain.
Brandon sighs as Paige hits the ground, "Now I just gotta defend the point a little while longer and the game is ours."
"I can do this." Brandon claps his hands together and takes a deep breath.
Confessional: Brandon
"Come on Brandon, you can capture the zone for your alliance! You can win! You can do this!" Brandon hypes himself up.
Confessional Over
The camera cuts to a minute later, where a bored Brandon is still waiting up on the mountain. Watching the contestants down below he can see everyone was making their way up to his spot, and it was just a matter of time before he'd have to fight off the others to get Sasha her spot.
Brandon cracks his knuckles as Kodi and Flora attempt to sneak up on him, "Not this time!" Brandon grins as he turns around and knocks the two off the mountain. Brandon keeps his grin as points the cannon behind his head at a Paige who was pointing hers at the back of his head, "I know your game Paige, nice try."
"Do you n-" Paige lets out as they both fire and knock each other down the mountain. Well, not exactly down the mountain, Brandon lands near Sasha and King, who are about seven-eighths the way there, while Paige is also knocked back only by a little bit.
Scoreboard:
Kodi: 15 Points
King: 10 Points
Paige: 8 Points
Flora: 6 Points
Brandon: 5 Points
Sasha: 4 Points
5 minutes remain
Brandon groans as he lands in front of King and Sasha, "Come on Sash... time's gotta be running out now."
Sasha nods, "I can make it, I just gotta hurry."
"Really?" King laughs, "I'd say her time has just about run out Brandon. You should be more worried about yourself, I don't think you're doing too hot here, and I'd hate to lose an actually interesting competitor for... this." King mocks Sasha.
"And that's supposed to mean?" Brandon asks as Flora can be seen sneaking past the trio in the background.
"Brandon we need to go." Sasha tries to grab his arm, only for him to pull back.
King scoffs, "Don't tell me you actually see value in worthless filth like her? I knew you slipped up a bit back in the monster challenge, but I didn't expect you'd crack yet agai-" Brandon refuses to let King speak anymore as he blasts him far off the mountain with his air cannon.
"Alright Brandon, we gotta g-" Sasha starts.
"Go." Brandon looks up and notices Flora at the flag, "I don't think we have enough time to get enough points to keep us both out of last. I'll just hold off anyone who tries to get by here."
"Brandon..." Sasha holds an arm out before clenching her fist and listening to him.
The temptress makes it up to the top of the mountain and knocks Flora off as she takes control of the flag point.
Four minutes have passed since Sasha left to go grab the flag, and Brandon has yet to let anyone get by him on the mountain. "Come on..." Brandon mumbles as he blasts Kodi off as he tries to get by.
A now annoyed King makes it to where Brandon was and storms over to him, "What. Was. That-"
Brandon again refuses to let King speak as he shoots him off again, "Being selfless, not that'd you'd know what that is." Brandon shrugs as the timer finally counts down to zero. Brandon takes a deep breath as a loud airhorn is heard, signalling the end of the challenge, he knew he didn't spend enough time at the top to win the challenge, but he seemed content with what had happened.
"Aaaaand it's over!" Drew announced over the megaphone on the island, "And the final point tally goes... Fifteen Points To Kodi!" Kodi grins as his domination in the challenge is announced.
"Ten points to King!" King snarls with nothing but pure unbridled rage at Brandon knocking him down the mountain twice for Sasha.
"Eight points for both Paige and Flora!" Flora wipes off her shades with a grin while Paige just sighs in relief at her own safety.
"And the final safe contestant in the challenge is none other than... Sasha! With seven points!" Drew finishes his announcement as Sasha closes her eyes and imagines who's about to get eliminated, "Sorry Brandon, but it looks like your time on the island has come to an end!"
Brandon sighs as he sits down on a rock and looks off at the sunset, "Well, sixth ain't too bad." Brandon looks on the bright side as we cut to him getting ready to go in the elimination floater as Sasha walks over to him. "Sorry Sash, I know you wanted our finale b-"
Sasha cuts him off by hugging, "I thought... maybe things would work." Sasha should a rare display of affection to Brandon, "I just had this hope that we could make it together."
"Well, looks like I can only root for you from the sidelines now." Brandon smiles as he tells her as she leans forward and gives him a kiss. Brandon's eyes widens as he kisses her back.
"I don't recall us ever officially becoming an item." Sasha rubs the back of her head, "But I think I'm ready to try dating again."
Brandon falls over and laughs, "Oh come on! Now you're gonna make me miss being here more!" Brandon gets up, "But I know you can win this, you've got that big brain of yours. You'll figure something out." Brandon tells her.
Sasha sighs, "I hope I do." Sasha waves Brandon off as he gets in the floater and slowly floats away, "I hope I do..."
Near the Chicken's mansion, King can be seen standing near a tree with a look of rage, "So, the only possibility of a challenge to me just walks away and leaves me with the world's most pathetic bookworm!" King takes a deep breath, "Ok, it's fine... it doesn't bother me, it doesn't bother me... it bothers me, it bothers me a lot!" King then punched a tree that was next to him, leaving his hand imprinted in it, "Fine. I'll just win this worthless show without any challenges, it's not like that piece of garbage could've beaten me anyways." [2]
Drew is seen watching the sight unfold, "Woof, looks like King isn't taking the elimination lightly! How will he fare without his precious challenge? Will Sasha last without her new boyfriend? Will Kodi and Flora secretly turn out to be the ultimate power alliance?" Drew shrugs, "Who knows? Anything can happen! Find out next time on... Total... Drama... Sakamannano Island!"
Fresh: Now ain't this a fun merge episode? No but seriously, this was one of the most fun challenges for me to write, mostly just due to the pure craziness of it all, plus the elimination was fun as well. We're reaching our final 5 which means soon enough, a winner will be decided... I wonder which contestant it'll be? Only time will tell I guess. No idea when the next ep will be up, but hopefully we'll be done with it sooner than later. Not much else to say other than peace out.
Zoryan AN: Huge thanks to those who have followed us on this journey, means a lot. Writing SYOCs is tough, but having a best bro to co-write definitely makes it worth it. So thanks Fresh for letting me bring this rehashing of an idea to life.
Reasoning for Elimination: Be honest, you thought Brandon was gonna be a finalist didn't you? Well, you thought wrong! Yeah we picked Brandon for spot number six because we always figured he'd go down helping a friend (Or in this case, girlfriend) rather than putting himself above them. Plus the plotline between him and King was meant to end anticlimitically, since Brandon would never really go down to King's level of ego and would always stick up for others, something King obviously wouldn't like. We really liked Brandon, though, so it was a little sad to eliminate him.
Current Merge Cast: Flora, King, Kodi, Paige, Sasha
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)
8th ~ Will Parker - The Happy Go Lucky Influencer (GirlPower54) [Merge Elimination]
7th ~ Beatrice Kilmer - The Mermaid Fanatic (Alexneushoorn)
6th ~ Brandon McCallister - The Perfectionist Mechanic (Thunderstrike16)
Idol Status:
Immunity Idol: Found and used by Sasha
Vote Steal Idol: Not found
Second Chance Idol: Found and used by King
[1] Dans mon esprit tout divague, je me perds dans tes yeux
[2] TFS reference... times dos!?