Total Drama Drama Drama Drama Island
POV. Third person
Chris is standing on the Dock of Shame making an announcement (for the last time in the competition), "Welcome back to Total Drama Island. It's been a long time since you last saw our campers slugging it out for the $100,000 grand prize. Since the competition came to a shocking and dramatic conclusion, our campers have had some time to snack on some real food," chef was at a grill cooking. He gave Chris a bad look when he mentioned this, " no offense, Chef. Take a hot shower, get their stuff back, and even peruse their emails from home. There were losers," Chris ducked when someone threw a toaster at him, "okay, lots of losers hahahahaha, but there was only one winner. Geoff, the second son in a family of four, a partygoer by profession and with a strong addiction to the word party. Maybe not the brightest, nor the best when it comes to women. But hey, it was fun to watch him get hurt lol. Despite this, with effort, a lot of luck, a moose and Duncan, he managed to defeat the queen of the eccentric and take the prize. He's planning a crazy party for his fellow campers, followed by maybe nine others, wow, the guy really likes to party... But first, they're gonna move their booties for one final poolside rap party, and tomorrow, everybody's heading for home… or are they?" he winked at the camera, "Find out here on TOTAL... DRAMA... ISLAND!".
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POV. Cody
We were all at the resort having one of the classic season-finale parties. You know, wild and uncontrolled... except Courtney, but we all ignored her.
"When I get home I'm going to join the Mathletes, it's time to see what I've been missing," Tyler would tell Harold and Zeke.
"Alright Tyler, you've come a long way since you became my disciple, I'm so proud of you," Harold said as he wiped away a tear.
Gwen and Trent were sitting on the edge of the pool listening to everything, "Are we really not going to say anything to Tyler?"
"Why? The guy is chasing his dreams," Trent told her.
"But that's not-agh, forget it, I don't even care that much to begin with," she said resignedly.
"When I get back home, I'm going to start training to be the Pokemon world champion, eh," Zeke said, "I even have my first partner," he said, lifting a beaver. Let's see how that ends.
Geoff and Bridgette were making out in the hot tub, that hasn't changed at all. Both still have the hots for each other.
"Ahem," Courtney looked at me with an unimpressed look.
"Hello Courts, is there anything you'd like?" I asked with the most innocent smile I could fake in the situation I was in.
She narrowed her eyes, "Would you mind telling me what happened to you on your neck?" she asked with all the calmness of a lioness on the prowl.
I could feel the sweat running down the back of my neck, I had a very noticeable mark on my neck, courtesy of Izzy.
It's been several days since the final, tomorrow we'd all go home. So Izzy and I couldn't see each other very often... Or at least that was her excuse while we had more than a few affectionate encounters. And I say excuse, because I doubt very much that distance represents a real problem for someone like her. She just wanted to do it without looking like she was the pervert in the situation. Of course I went along with it, did I have any reason not to?
However, right now I'm regretting my decisions in life, as Courtney looks at me ready for another loooong scolding.
"It was a mosquito," was all I could say as I sipped juice nervously.
"Did a mosquito make such a big mark?" she asked me with a raised eyebrow, not believing in the slightest what I was saying.
"Have you seen this island? It was a big mosquito," I don't know where I'm getting at with this. Now I'm just hoping for a miracle.
And a miracle came just in time, "Courtney! Dance with me, buddy!", Izzy hooked her arm to Courtney's and dragged her away.
"What? I don't," she looked at me and I just waved her off, "this isn't over," she said, pointing her finger at me. Izzy, I think I love you a little more.
I got out of there before the CIT came back. I doubt she'll be able to escape Izzy, though.
"I'll win you over, LeShawna! I love you!", I still have no idea what's going on with those two.
Confessional.
Harold
"Yeah, Leshawna and I are pretty tight. I'm sure we'll hook up after the show's over, maybe move in together when we're like, thirty, I'd have to ask my mom first, but I'm sure it'd be all right, maybe she'd let us have the basement", he drank what was left of a soda, "that'd be cool".
End of confessional.
I was walking near the edge of the pool when I overheard a rather interesting conversation.
"Were you asked to model in a magazine?" an excited Beth asked Lindsay.
She nodded her head smiling, "but I rejected them", I had to stop in my tracks when Lindsay said that so casually.
"What!? But you told me that's what you wanted most... as well as going to France," Beth told her.
"Yes... but... I've changed my mind in the last few days... now I want to become a stylist, that's what I want to study after I graduate," Lindsay said with a smile on her face.
"Wow, if so, then I'm not going to cut my hair anywhere else when you have your own place," Beth told her.
"Aw, thanks buddy," Lindsay and Beth hugged.
I walked back now with a smile, someone is growing.
"Stop there huh," Zeke with his beaver in hand stood in front of me, "I challenge you to a Pokémon battle."
"Zeke, I don't have any Pokémon," I told the home-schooled.
"Of course you have, he's there," he said, pointing in one direction.
Kevin was standing over Owen's plate of food while he was chatting absentmindedly with Noah (who had already noticed but wasn't saying anything to Owen).
"Kevin isn't a Pokémon, he doesn't even count as a pet."
"But you're the only one who has an animal to fight with," he told me.
"Maybe, but you don't have anything," I said, pointing to his hands.
"Huh!", in his hands there was no longer the beaver, only a piece of wood, "oh no, Bridgette jr. Where did you go?", Zeke ran off.
I didn't have time to think about the strange name. Since Izzy passed by me dancing the waltz with Zeke's beaver in her arms. I couldn't help but laugh at it.
I went to the buffet table, Duncan and Eva were filling their plates with steaks.
"Do you know what you're going to do when you get back to the juvie and the gym?" I joked with the two people in the competition who could guarantee me a lot of pain.
"Pff, like I'm going to let them drag me back to that place. I think I'll follow Courtney to where she lives. After all, people won't believe she has a boyfriend if they don't see him in person," he said, looking in Courtney's direction.
She squinted at him, knowing he was talking about her.
"I'm going to try boxing as therapy when I get home," was Eva's simple response.
"You should try the men's category, I doubt there's a girl who can beat you," maybe Izzy or Jasmine... But they're not interested in boxing.
"That's a good idea," she said considerably.
"Hahahahahaha, yes, sure, you couldn't beat me," Duncan told her.
*Blow*
Eva was as impassive as ever when she punched Duncan in the chin, knocking out a tooth and knocking him unconscious on the floor.
"Wow... I win... you put up a good fight punk boy," Eva said, dripping sarcasm in every sentence.
I had to bite my tongue to keep from bursting out laughing. Of all the moments you could choose Duncan to be yourself, it had to be this one.
Confessional.
Duncan
He was missing a tooth, "I was caught off guard, that's all."
End of confessional.
"Eva, this seems to be the beginning of a long friendship," Noah who had witnessed it all told her.
"What about you, Noah? You know what you'll do when you get back," I'm curious, how many have changed their plans from the originals because of my presence?
"Well, the first thing I'm going to do is to throw in my brothers' face all the things they said I couldn't do when I signed up for this purgatory," yes, that sounds like something the Noah I know would do, "after that... I don't know," he shrugged, "I'm not thrilled to join a sports team... and at the same time... I don't want to just continue to be just the know-it-all who can't lift a weight," he said, a little disgruntled. I guess it's hard to be the same again after genuinely striving for once in his life.
"Well then lift that weight," Eva told him looking as indifferent as ever, "you can go to the gym, unlike doing sports, you can go at your own pace. Everyone starts somewhere," Eva said.
"..."
"..."
"What?"
Confessional.
Noah
"Wow, she actually spoke to us... and without getting angry."
End of confessional.
I left those two to go about their business and walked over to the sun loungers.
Heather was sitting in one tying her hair into a short ponytail. Yes, it was the same style she had during World Tour. Only this time it was her real hair. She had managed to dye it black again, but since part of her head was shaved, she tied it up so that the rest of her hair covered it. She'd have to cut it off eventually, otherwise it will grow uneven.
She ignored me as I sat on the lounger next to her, "So, do you know what you're going to do when you get home?"
"A complete reevaluation of my life. Contemplating all the bad decisions I've made so far, the most obvious being coming into this death trap," she said sulkily, "And what will you do? Escape with the lunatic into the woods and have sex like rabbits?", it seems that someone was watching our escapades these days.
"She'd better not listen to you, or she might really consider it."
Heather twitched, her face red as she became duly silent. This was all a bit weird (though I'm dating Izzy, so weird is an understatement). Knowing how she feels about me, while still trying to deny it, even when she kissed me once. Well, she was always a very, very, conflicted person.
And Alejandro didn't help her in that aspect, as he enjoyed being in conflict with her. Would it have been different if they hadn't dated? And I say 'dated' because you can hardly say that they were 'a couple'.
And then there are my own feelings, which Izzy technically forced me to accept.
In another life, Heather was my friend and nothing more... But a lot has changed since then. Added to knowing how lonely she was in the future... I guess somehow I ended up getting closer to her to this point.
I don't know how to deal with the fact that I have two girls interested in me who aren't Sierra. I know that as a teenager I didn't want anything else. But you have to remember that I was a fool who didn't know what I was getting into.
By now I know Izzy doesn't care, she's told me so many times, but what about Heather?
She can't even openly say that she likes me, I doubt she'll give me an honest answer if I just ask her. I sighed, there are things you don't learn to deal with even as an adult. I'll just give her time until she can come to a conclusion for herself... again.
She was waving her hand in front of my face, "Hello? Pervert at home? Did you really stare at my cleavage for five minutes?" she asked in a bad mood.
Wow, I didn't realize where I was looking when I got lost in my thoughts, "it's a very cute cleavage", what? Giving her time and messing with her are different things.
She opened her mouth to speak... But he closed it, looking at something beyond me.
I turned around noticing how quiet everyone was. Chris had arrived with a briefcase and a huge, smug smile. Let the trumpets of the end of the world sound. The show is about to begin.
Geoff and Bridgette got out of the pool and approached the presenter. Chef was holding the check for the big hundred thousand. Many watched the presenter trying to drill a hole in his skull.
"Hello campers," said the presenter, totally oblivious to the hateful looks.
"That's ex-campers for you," Duncan told him, when did he wake up?
"Yeah, your twisted game is over, remember?" said Heather.
"We'll see about that," Chris said as he and chef laughed, "congratulations to our winner Geoff. You fought hard, you seduced hard, and you got hit hard... many times hahahahahahaha. But I guess it was worth it since you won the competition because of that. And soon you'll be able to throw the craziest party of all," many began to celebrate for this, just wait for it, "but what I'm about to offer you may change all that. Inside this suitcase," chef lifted it into the air, "is One... million... dollars."
"Cough, cough, cough, cough".
*Blow*
"Thank you Eva," Izzy almost choked by the announcement, but a well-placed blow to the back from Eva unstuck her.
Chris went on to speak to the dumbfounded gaze of the majority, "we had our PAs make a cardboard check of this awesome new prize", some interns dragged the huge, massive, you get it, cardboard check that was much bigger than the entire resort, "We went through a lot of cardboard to make this!".
As for me, as I looked at this check for the second time in my life, I could only think of how dismayed Dawn must be to learn that hundreds of trees were cut down to make something that will be destroyed by the first rain. If she really watches the show, of course.
"Geoff my man, this million dollars could be yours, all you have to do is figure out where we're about to hide it and bring it to the Dock of Shame before anyone else does," Chris told him.
"You're telling us that we all have a chance to win a million dollars?" asked Gwen incredulously. Ambition was more than clear on the faces of many.
Confessional.
Izzy
"To hell with Izzland! Izzy is going to buy the moon! Hahahahahahaha," she laughed maniacally.
Duncan
"On the one hand, putting up with Chris and these losers one more day, on the other... a million dollars, dude."
Heather
"That money would make all of this worthwhile."
Tyler
"Who cares about math? If I'm a millionaire, it's more than certain that Lindsay will notice me again- Woah!", Tyler slipped and fell to the ground.
End of confessional.
"Yep, what do you say Geoff? Will you settle for a hundred G's or... one million dollars?"
Geoff looked hesitantly in all directions. To the chef with the hundred thousand check, to all of us, to the giant check, to... Cake on the buffet table?, and finally Bridgette.
She smiled at him and put her hand on his chest, "it's your prize Geoff, I'll agree with whatever you decide," she told him.
"Huh, is this one of those things where women say one thing and it means the complete opposite?" he said a little lost.
"No."
"Does that mean yes?"
"Geoff!"
"Alright, yeah, I got it."
Confessional.
Geoff
"It's not an easy decision, even though I managed to get this far thanks to other people, I guess it would be fair if they had the opportunity to win as well. Plus, you can imagine how many amazing things I could do with half a million dollars, not to mention how many beaches Bridgette would help clean up."
End of confessional.
"What do you guys think?" asked Geoff, seeking one last opinion.
"It's your money, do whatever you want with it," DJ told him.
"I'll be honest, you should go for the million," Duncan said as he rubbed his hands together in anticipation. Courtney punched him on the arm, "What? he said to be honest."
"We'll all respect your decision Geoff," Courtney told him with a smile.
Geoff smiled, "well let's do it then", threw his hat in the air, "YEEEEEHAAAA~!"
Chris and the chef smiled as the latter tore up the check.
I could see everyone starting to hatch plans in their heads to get the money. I guess I should make my own plans too.
"That's the spirit, Geoff, throughout the day, I'll give you all hints from the loudspeakers just to make sure you're not completely lost," an intern came and took the briefcase.
...
"All right campers," Chris pulled out his cork gun and pointed it at the sky, "the ultimate million-dollar challenge begins... Now!"
*Bang*
"Furious squawk."
"AHHHHHHH! Chris almost hit Kevin with the cork of his gun and Kevin came to get revenge.
"I'm starting to love that bird," Gwen said with a smile.
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POV. Third person
"All right, how about we work together and split the money 50-50?" said Courtney to Duncan. But he didn't accept it right away, he actually seemed to be considering it. What bothered her, "What's wrong?" she asked annoyed.
"I don't know, I think it's a bit unfair to split it 50-50 considering I probably have to do most of the heavy lifting," he cheekily told her.
"Excuse me!?" Courtney asked carefully.
"I would say 40-60 seems fairer to me," Duncan said.
To his surprise Courtney relaxed, "Okay, 40-60 will be then," she told him as they shook hands.
However, she smiled wickedly afterwards.
*BLOW*
Then she knocked Duncan to the ground with a well-executed judo move, "40 for you, 60 for me, and as a bonus, I won't dislocate your arm!" she said glaring at him.
Duncan coughed and spoke, "You know what? 50-50 doesn't sound so bad."
Courtney smiled and went back to her normal demeanor, "Perfect, I'm glad you understood. Now we're going for that million."
Duncan coughed some more.
Confessional.
Duncan
"Well, I'll admit that provoking her wasn't the best idea. I just wanted to see a little bit of that sexy, wild side of her," she said, smiling at the camera.
End of confessional.
...
"Yes! Let's go Team E-Scope!" Izzy told her two new recruits, Eva and Noah.
"Team E-Scope? Like your boyfriend's missing friend?" the know-it-all asked.
"Cody told me that's not her real name, it's a nickname she gave herself, so when we win the million, I'm going to change my name to that... ah what the hell am I going to change it now, call me E-Scope."
Just when Noah thought she couldn't get any weirder. He understands that Izzy is actually quite sexy, but is that worth it to Cody with the craziness of constantly putting up with her? He really just thinks with his other head. Speaking of the Devil, Noah spoke to Courtney, Geoff, and Izzy. In the shipwreck episode, Cody told them something, which, it's a complete mystery, he thought he could get some relevant information out of them, but, though, they couldn't hide the fact that there was something. They didn't say it was that something either. So he was back to square one.
"Hey crazy, shouldn't your super genius boyfriend be leading this team?" asked Eva.
"I was going to invite him, but he disappeared after Chris started the challenge," Izzy said with a shrug of the matter.
However, Noah looked a little suspicious, "You won't believe... He knows where the million is, doesn't he?" despite all the impossible things he's done, what would be the chances?
"Pff, yes, of course, do you think he's a psychic or something? Hahahahaha Noah you're too smart to think of nonsense, move along troop!", Izzy started to move ending the conversation. The other two followed her so as not to be left behind.
...
"Very good apprentices, as an expert junior boy scout. We will move as one under my command. This way finding the million will only be a matter of time," Harold told the two wannabe nerds who were following him.
"Whatever you say, Harold," Tyler said, rolling his eyes.
Confessional.
Tyler
"Advantages of becoming a nerd... the chance to get Lindsay back, disadvantages...", he clutched his head in frustration, "hours and hours of listening to Harold... By the way... Is Lindsay really worth it?... probably."
End of confessional.
...
"Girl, you, me and your guy, the three of us will easily find the money and split it up," Leshawna said to Gwen and Trent, whom she hugged by the neck.
...
Heather watched as Beth and Lindsay argued about teaming up. For a moment Lindsay's eyes and hers met, but they both immediately looked away.
"What's wrong Linds?" Beth asked when she saw her reaction.
"I-It's nothing, let's get the money," Lindsay told her. They both went off into the woods.
Heather was about to choose a path when two smiling people approached her.
"Hey Heather, do you want to join our team?" asked Owen, who had approached her along with DJ.
"You want me to be on a team with you?" she asked, her eyebrow raised.
"Sure, three heads are better than two," DJ said.
"Or one," Heather said, rolling her eyes. They both watched Owen try to lick mustard off his elbow.
"What?"
Confessional.
DJ
"Mom always says everyone deserves a second chance. Besides, Heather has already paid for her crimes."
Owen
"Oh, all the food I could buy with a million dollars," he said dreamily.
End of confessional.
"Okay, I'll be part of your team, but we'll split the million 40-30-30," the queen bee said.
"Wait, that's not fair," Owen told her.
"Well, 20-40-40, better?" she asked.
"Much better," Owen said, DJ slapped his forehead and shook his head.
He and Heather started walking. Owen's eyes widened, "Wait, who gets twenty percent? Guys?" Owen followed them, not to be left behind.
...
"Jajajajaja".
"Ah~ he's so handsome."
"I know."
Katie and Sadie walked behind Justin as they went to get the million.
...
Geoff and Bridgette were making out under a tree.
"Hey, shouldn't we go get the million?"
"We have time," then they continued kissing.
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After two long hours wandering around the island, no one was able to find the money.
To be fair, it was a big island. But it's not as if the money is necessarily hidden.
" Okay, this is pathetic, campers! It's been two hours now and no one has even come close to finding this suitcase! So here's your first clue. It's just hangin' around."
"Did you hear that, Lindsay? The briefcase should be in a tree."
"Or in heaven."
"Hey, how would they hang it from the sky?"
"With a very long rope?" she said, not entirely sure.
"... that makes sense," Beth said, Lindsay smiled.
Confessional.
Beth
"It really doesn't, but I didn't have the guts to tell Lindsay that."
End of confessional.
...
"How many square hectares is this island again?" asked Noah.
"Just keep looking. You wanna win or not?" Eva told him.
"Guys up here," they both saw Izzy sitting on a tree branch, "the suitcase must be in a tree. Okay, to find it, we must think like the tree. We must be tree creatures. Okay, see what the tree sees," she said as she hung upside down.
Noah looked at Eva and pointed his finger at himself as he turned it in a "cukoo" signal.
Izzy walked past them swinging on vines, "Hey, I see the briefcase!" she said.
Courtney and Duncan arrived just then, "oh no, hurry up Duncan, Izzy already knows where it is," Courtney said.
Both groups started a race after the swinging redhead.
...
Hanging from a tree was the briefcase, Lindsay and Beth passed underneath it. But since they were distracted talking, they didn't notice it.
Then Geoff and Bridgette came, but the first thing they did when they arrived was make out with each other, so they ignored it too.
Chris and chef watched all of this in disbelief from a helicopter, "my God, this is ridiculous," the host told the chef.
...
Justin was walking with Katie and Sadie in front of him, talking nonsense. The supermodel had had enough of them.
Confessional.
Justin
"After what happened with Heather, I couldn't help but worry that maybe I had lost my charm. So, knowing that Katie and Sadie are still showing interest, means I still have the touch. But listening to them talk without closing their mouths is so maddening! I need to get rid of them if I want that money."
End of confessional.
Justin managed to convince both girls to go into a cave and wait for him. So, he left to get the money on his own.
Luckily for him, Gwen, LeShawna, and Trent arrived in front of him. Both girls were already looking at him with a dreamy look.
"Hello," he greeted them.
"Hello," they said at the same time.
"And... What areas have you searched in?" the model asked with a smile.
"We covered the entire western end of the island," Gwen said, almost mesmerized.
"We also combed the entire beach area, so don't tire out those beautiful legs of yours walking around there," Leshawna said.
"Thank you," Justin said as he started walking in the other direction.
"What!? Did you just give all our secret information to Justin!?" asked Trent in dismay.
"Aha," was the stunned response from both girls.
"I wanted to be sure," he said sulkily.
Confessional.
Trent
"How does he do it?"
End of confessional.
...
Izzy swung up to the tree that had the briefcase, "sweet," grabbed it by the handle and picked it up, "I've got the briefcase!" she yelled at her allies.
They were followed by Courtney and Duncan, "she's got it, we've got to take it from her," the CIT said.
"Easier said than done," Duncan told her.
"You're not complaining now, are you? Oh sir, I'll have to do all the heavy lifting."
Duncan gave her a grim face.
Confessional.
Duncan
"That woman drives me crazy!" he shouted at the camera, "ah~, that woman drives me crazy," he finished dreamily.
End of confessional.
"Izzy, take the briefcase," Noah told her.
Hearing this, Courtney and Duncan quickened their pace. Just what he wanted.
"Eva," Noah whispered something in her ear.
She stopped and stretched out her arms. Duncan and Courtney slammed their necks into Eva's steel arms. Falling to the ground in a daze, "two out of two punk boy, you really lack practice," Eva told the criminal as she resumed her run.
"Hahahahaha," Noah was laughing at this.
Confessional.
Noah
"It actually worked. It doesn't matter if Eva and I stay behind, as long as Izzy makes it to the dock, we all win."
End of confessional.
"This is your fault," Duncan told Courtney.
"My fault!?"
"You suggested following them."
"Because Izzy knew where the briefcase was. What about you? Didn't you say you could beat Eva any day?"
They both looked at each other hatefully.
"..."
"..."
"..."
"..."
"Wanna kiss?" Duncan asked, changing his mood. Unfortunately for him, that wasn't the case with Courtney.
*Crack*
"Uff," she kneed him in the crotch. Duncan fell to the ground again.
"If you ask me, it seems like any woman can beat you," Courtney told him mocking with better humor.
...
"Attention campers, the briefcase is in a crazy, crazy place" Chris announced.
"Wonderland?" asked Lindsay excitedly.
"I think Chris is trying to say Izzy has it," Beth said.
"Oh right, that makes sense."
"We should move towards the camp, with how fast Izzy is that will be the best place to catch her," the farmer said.
"That's a great idea Beth," both girls headed toward camp.
...
"Izzy has the briefcase, we need to catch her before she gets to camp," Heather said.
...
"So Izzy... I think I have an idea," said the lonely Justin.
...
"We've got to get to camp, if anyone knows how to move through the woods it's Izzy, she'll get there any minute," Courtney said.
...
"Well, disciples, let's change course," Harold said to the other two, then began to walk. Not realizing that there were none of his disciples behind him. Since they had gone astray a while ago.
...
"Pick up the pace guys," LeShawna told the other two.
...
"Come on Geoff, we've got to get to camp," Bridgette told her boyfriend.
...
Everyone (except Duncan) watched the episode of the escape from the woods challenge, so they know there's no way to catch Izzy if she doesn't want to. The best chance of doing so is if you know where it's going to be. And that would be camp. So they all abandoned any strategy and started a mad dash before the real madwoman had a chance to claim the prize.
...
"I can't believe we broke up with Harold huh," Zeke said.
"I did, I did it on purpose after all," Tyler said, "I couldn't stand to hear him talk anymore."
"Well, I was following you, that's how I ended up here."
They both came to a clearing and saw something unusual, a baby moose trying to eat some leaves.
"Oh, a new pokemon huh," Zeke went over to the careless moose and caught it.
"Zeke, what are you doing?" said Tyler, alarmed.
"I'll train him for battle," Zeke told him.
"Crying."
*Exhale*
Zeke felt something breathing down the back of his neck, so he turned around. In front of him was the moose's mother, and she wasn't happy at all.
"Hehehe, hello...", said the frightened farm boy.
"MOUUUUU~", The moose began to run toward the two boys.
"AHHHHHHHHHHH!", both boys ran out and screamed.
"I didn't do anything!" complained Tyler.
...
"..."
"Did you hear that?" said Sadie.
"I told you, I won't talk to you," Katie told her.
"AHHHHHH!", Zeke and Tyler passed by them.
They looked back, a raging moose coming toward them.
"AHHHHHHH!", they ran off along with the two boys.
...
Noah and Eva were running in the direction they thought the camp was. Izzy has long since left them behind.
"..."
"What's that sound?" asked Noah.
*Crash*
Before they knew it, Noah and Eva were hanging from the antlers of a moose chasing Tyler, Zeke, Katie, and Sadie.
These four stopped when they reached the end of a ravine. However, when they looked back, the moose came with no intention of stopping.
"AAAAHHHHHHHH!", the six screamed.
*CRASH*
The moose took them all to the bottom of the ravine with him.
Confessional.
Noah
He had bandages and bruises all over the place, "well, now I know that raging moose don't stop for absolutely nothing," the know-it-all said.
End of confessional.
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On the Dock of Shame, a lone figure stepped out of a hot air balloon, "thank you for bringing me," Cody said to the intern who handled the balloon, he also gave him some bills. He took the balloon from there.
Cody had been watching everything from above, he was surprised to learn that everyone was heading to camp, but it makes a bit of sense. Izzy was in the competition longer, everyone saw what she is capable of, she was a finalist after all.
This translates into, everyone is afraid of her. That's why when Chris announced that she had the briefcase, they put aside any tricks they had planned and now they were going to try to take it away by force.
He wasn't going to interfere, those who made it to camp would be the ones who would participate in the second season.
Since he saw the other six fall into the ravine because of a moose, which means they weren't going to be here.
He just hopes that, just like them, fate isn't trying to settle in again and taking out those who shouldn't be in the following season. Because that would mean anything could happen to him and Courtney.
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Izzy came running to the camp, "Yes! I see the dock!"
Courtney and Duncan jumped off the rooftops of the cabin, where Izzy was passing. She opened her eyes wide when she saw them.
*Crash*
Duncan missed and fell straight to the ground.
Courtney fell on top of Izzy, "take the briefcase," she told Duncan as she restrained the lunatic, "Hey! Stop licking my arm, it's disgusting!"
Duncan got up, grabbed the briefcase, and began to flee toward the dock.
"Hey Duncan look!", Lindsay came out of nowhere and lifted her top (she had a bra underneath, but she's still Lindsay).
Duncan paused dumbfounded, that carelessness was enough for Beth to snatch the briefcase from him.
"I've got it, Lindsay," she told her friend.
"Yes! Thank you, Duncan," the blonde said, then left along with Beth.
"Duncan! Go after them!" yelled Courtney, Izzy took advantage of this to get her off her.
Confessional.
Courtney
"Men," she said angrily.
Duncan
"Worth it," he shrugged.
End of confessional.
Duncan snapped himself out of his daze and finally moved.
*Boom*
And he fell to the ground again, turned around, his shoelaces were tied together.
"That's what happens to you for jawing over breasts, that's supposed to be Cody's job," Gwen sneered from a little further back. She was the one who tied his shoes.
Instead of getting angry, Duncan laughed, "ha, good one, Pasty."
Confessional.
Courtney
"What was all that!?"
End of confessional.
As Lindsay and Beth walked past the bathroom, Owen came out of it, "surprise."
They both opened their eyes, then bumped into Owen sinking into his chubby body, Lindsay dropped the briefcase.
Owen picked it up with one hand as he held the two girls with his opposite arm, "Heather I have the briefcase," he said to the queen bee who came with DJ.
"Well done Owen," she said, "keep it up and I'll raise your share to 25%."
"I don't think so!"
*Crash*
LeShawna tackled Heather and was now holding her, while Trent hugged DJ's legs so he wouldn't move or he would fall.
"Let go of me, I don't even have the briefcase!" an annoyed Heather told LeShawna.
"I know, but I've wanted to tackle you since we met," the big sister told her with satisfaction.
"Gwen, go get the money!" Trent told his girlfriend.
"Leave it to me," she went to Owen. Duncan was taking off his shoes.
"¡Owen run!", said DJ.
Owen let go of the two girls and began to flee toward the dock.
Gwen was hot on his heels. However, something caught the attention of both of them.
Chris's plane flew over the camp, Justin opened the camp door and parachuted in.
...
Chris and chef were watching this from the resort, "How did he get the keys?", the presenter looked at the chef.
He was holding a signed photo of Justin, and looking at it dreamily, "I don't know," the big man said, hiding the photo.
...
Justin landed in front of Owen. Gwen, Lindsay, Beth and he looked at him dreamily.
"The briefcase, please," he told Owen.
"Hahahaha, here you go Justin," Owen gave him the briefcase.
"¡No!", screamed Heather.
"Thank you," Justin said and started walking toward the dock.
"Ha," but Harold arrived at that moment and gave him a karate punch on the hand holding the briefcase. Which didn't do anything to him, but...
"AH! My model hands, no!", Justin dropped the briefcase to check that nothing had happened to his perfect hands.
Harold grabbed the briefcase and was ready to run.
*Blow*
But he did so directly toward Duncan's raised fist. Whoever snatched his briefcase as he fell, "thank you nerd," the shoeless criminal told him.
"AHHHHH!" Duncan's eyes widened as Izzy jumped on him.
*Punch, kick, bite, scratch, wedgie*
Izzy emerged victorious from her attack on Duncan, whom she left pummeled on the ground, "hahahaha, E-Scope wins", she began to run towards the dock again.
"Oh no, we won't be able to reach her," Lindsay said.
"There's still a way out, Owen, throw Justin in front of her," Gwen said.
Owen grabbed the model and threw it a little ahead of Izzy.
He fortunately landed on his feet, then resorted to his secret weapon, taking off his shirt.
Izzy's eyes widened in an instant, but... As she looked at Justin's sculpted body, she also caught sight of something else standing on the dock right behind him, and that something immediately captured her full attention. Causing a huge smile to be drawn on her face.
"¡Cody!" shouted Izzy.
*Crash*
Seeing her boyfriend standing on the edge of the dock, she ran over Justin to get to him. Running over the supermodel in the process.
Confessional.
Justin
"She completely ignored me... Because of Cody!? That shouldn't be possible!" said the model completely dismayed.
End of confessional.
Everyone shared the model's thoughts when they saw Izzy run him over. Including the boy Izzy was running towards.
"She doesn't have any weaknesses now," LeShawna said.
She let go of Heather and started running toward the dock. Everyone else did the same. If no trick was going to stop her, they could only take it from her by force.
Bridgette and Geoff finally arrived, try to guess why it took them so long. They didn't understand what was going on, but they ran along with the rest anyway.
"Cody, look, I've got the briefcase, I'm a millionaire! Hahahahaha," Izzy said as she ran to her boyfriend on the dock.
Cody, on the other hand, widened his eyes at the crowd of wild people (almost animals) chasing her. Kevin, who had been on the dock with him, fled in fright.
"Izzy behind-", the first thing Izzy did when she reached him was to hug him and silence his lips with a kiss, preventing him from warning her of the danger. I look with fear at all those who have been abandoning any kind of rationality induced by money.
"AHHHHHHHHH!".
*CRASH, SPLASH*
Chris closed his eyes as all the campers tackled the couple in a final attempt to get the briefcase. Only to fall into the water afterwards. They emerged looking around.
"Where's the briefcase?" asked Heather.
Izzy raised both hands showing that she didn't have it. Everyone saw it floating in the water.
*Bite*
Until a shark ate it.
"Great, now what?" asked LeShawna angrily.
"E-Scope is sorry, I was going to buy the moon with that money," Izzy sobbed on her boyfriend's shoulder.
"Yeah, you sure did," Cody told her as he rubbed her back.
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POV. Cody
Chef landed the helicopter and Chris got off at the dock, "so… You lost the case, way to go… I didn't wanna have to do this," we both know that's a lie, "but since none of the fourteen of you officially won, you all officially tied, which means that you will all have another shot at winning the million dollars," many began by celebrating, wait for it... "In season two," the host happily concluded.
Confessional.
LeShawna
"Did he just say season two?".
Heather
" Uh-uh. No way, I am not coming back here", She said with her arms crossed.
Lindsay
"Season two? Season two? I'm gonna be so much more famous than I thought! I hope I have a chance to get my roots done first".
Courtney
"Yes! Another chance to win and for a million this time."
End of confessional.
"Oh, forget this. I didn't agree to season two," Duncan complained, yes, you did, we all did.
"Actually, you did. It's called the fine print… Read it, live it, love it," Chris told him arrogantly.
"I hate the fine print," Gwen said.
My only consolation is that I will be able to spend more time with these guys. I don't know if that will be the case later, in the future.
"As for the rest of you, your treasure hunt ends here," until season three at least, "along with all your hopes of ever winning any money off of being on this show. The good news, though? You'll be watching all the action on season two from the sidelines."
The others won't be happy about this at all when they go to tell them in the infirmary.
Look at Courtney in the water. It looks like fate was a bit generous this time. We'll both be part of the next cast.
"Yes, this is so amazing, E-Scope is coming back, E-Scope is coming back," said Izzy who was still hanging from me.
"E-Scope?"
"I took your friend's name... it doesn't bother you, or does it?"
I smiled, "Not at all, really... she'd be glad if you used it," I said, "although, I'd like you to let me call you by your old name from time to time, since I like it, Isabella."
This is the first time I say his real name, to my surprise Izzy had a very curious reaction. She turned totally red, and I could swear that hearts appeared in her pupils.
*Bite*
"Ouch", without warning she threw herself at my neck and bit me. She was also clinging to my shirt tightly.
She does this when she's too excited, I didn't think she'd like it so much that I call her by her real name. She's never used it to begin with.
"Please call me Izzy whenever you want, you're the only one that gets to call me that," she said as she hugged me. It hurts a little, but what are you going to do to it? She's happy.
"Sure."
"In exactly two days, you'll all report to a brand new location for a whole new challenge and the last one standing will receive… one… million… dollars! So don't forget to tune in TOTAL... DRAMA... ACTION!".
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POV. Third person
Later that evening...
Chris was wearing a face mask and was in a robe. He was walking to a secret room inside the resort, he arrived and opened the door, Chef was inside.
"Alright, I was about to relax in the spa, what's so important that I couldn't wait?" he sulkily asked the cook.
"It's not there," said Chef just as bad-tempered.
"What do you mean it's not there?" asked Chris, blankly.
"The million dollars, Chris, it's not there," Chef told him.
Chris's eyes widened, "What?"
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POV. Cody
This morning...
As Kevin attacked Chris, I snuck into the resort before someone asked me to team up.
I started wandering around the inside of the resort. They were all going to start their search directly in the forest.
When Chris did a recap of the season finale at the beginning of the action, he said something very interesting "actually, it's the same money", how would that be possible if he was eaten by a shark, then I realized something else.
Chris initiated the challenge just a few minutes after the intern took the briefcase. Which should be impossible considering where it was.
There are two explanations for this. The first, they hung it while we were looking for it. Or two, the briefcase was already in the tree before Chris arrived at the resort.
And if we add what he said at the beginning of the second season, then we get a background for option two, the briefcase was in the tree, only it was never the briefcase with the money.
This is a theory that is too far-fetched, but I'll be damned if...
My thoughts were interrupted when I saw the intern with the briefcase in a hallway. I quickly took cover. I looked around, no cameras, perfect.
I started following the intern, always on the lookout for cameras. But this hallway had none.
He stopped at a door, looked both ways, then entered a code on a keypad which was 1... 2... 3... 4... Really?
The door opened and he entered. I stared at the door for a while, should I come closer or not?
My curiosity won; I went to the door.
*Click*
But then it opened, I curled up to the side and covered my mouth. The intern left without the briefcase. It seemed like he didn't noticed me. The door was closing, so I put my foot on it.
He stopped. For a moment I thought he was going to turn around.
"Achoo!" but he just sneezed and went on his way.
I let go of the air I was containing, never in my life was I so grateful to be the smallest here.
I stepped into the room, "wow..." It was the surveillance room, from here you could see many places in the camp.
I didn't waste any time, I looked around but the briefcase was nowhere to be found. But there was something else here. A painting by Chris... Of course, I moved it around and... the briefcase was in a space on the wall, are you serious? Has Chris never seen heist movies? Why the hell doesn't he have a safe? Anyway.
I took the briefcase and opened it. The money was here, the million dollars. I knew it, I don't know what he put in the other briefcase, probably blank paper for weight, but it wasn't a real million dollars.
I took a bag from the ones that are all over the resort and put the money in it, it would be easier to take it out like that.
...
After getting out and avoiding the hallway cameras, I put the money among my things in the hotel room and got rid of the bag, not like I had anywhere else to keep it.
This money will be for something I plan to do later, Chris doesn't need it. He can ask for more from producers. They had no trouble replenishing it after Zeke destroyed the million from season three, even though they were supposed to have run out of budget. At the very least, if they bring in another million, Chris will forfeit some of his luxuries to keep the prize, a fair punishment for all his foolishness. And I think it's quite little.
I left my room as if nothing had happened, the others had left a while ago to look for the million, maybe I can find the hot air balloon and give me a ride, I want to see how things changed.
"Squawk."
"You haven't seen anything".
"Squawk."
"Good boy."
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POV. Third person
Chris and Chef looked at the open, empty briefcase in the wall space, "Why didn't you buy a safe?"
"I've said it once, hair gel doesn't grow on trees," Chris said defensively.
"Do we interrogate the campers before they leave?" asked the chef with a baseball bat in his hand.
"Did you get a screw loose? If we do that, we'd be telling them that the briefcase they were fighting over all day was fake from the start, and Courtney would kill us both," the two flinched at the thought of the angry CIT, "we're going to have to ask the producers for another million dollars if we want season two to happen... Even if that means... Give up on... Some of my... privileges," Chris almost chokes himself saying this.
Chef rolled his eyes at the host's priorities, "And what do we do about the robbery thing?" he said, looking at the empty briefcase.
"Well, it seems that in the end a camper will leave this island with a million dollars, and I don't know about you, but if he took so much trouble and had the mind to guess that it was here, then we can say that he won it fairly," the host smiled in anticipation, "and who knows, this could make things more interesting in the future hehehehehehehe."
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POV. Cody
"Achoo, huh, I hope I'm not getting sick," I was arranging my things in the resort room, we're leaving tomorrow and we'll have two days to do whatever we want before we go to the movie lot.
Izzy opened the bathroom door totally naked and soaked, "Hey Cody, do you have shampoo? There's no more in the bathroom."
I didn't look away, but I did turn a little red, "here," I took one out of a bag and tossed it to her, "Can you tell me again why you didn't take a shower in your room?"
"Why? Because I'm already here," was her response as she returned to the bathroom. I'm just wasting saliva, right?
Look at the bag that held the money, should I tell her?... No, she would ask me to buy her a dinosaur skeleton.
I'll get her a gift when we get back to town.
End of Season One.