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Episode 13! Let's do this. I don't really know if I have much to say here, I'm writing this the night before I upload this part, but I hope you enjoy this episode! This has probably been one of the hardest chapters to write if I'm being honest.
Still, I don't want to take too much time away from you guys going into the chapter, so it's time to begin this chapter! See you at the ending authors notes!
Chris smirks at the camera, before starting. "Last time on Total Drama Elemental Islands! We took a break from the drama of the game to talk with the losers of the season!" Footage of the chats with Megan alongside Morgan, Myron and Rory is shown as well as the ten losers standing around the pool.
"After that, we got our ex-campers to compete in a challenge to see how much they wanted to compete again!" Most of the camper's excitement is shown. "While some didn't even try," Katrina is shown jumping off the platform. Most of them tried hard!" One of Tegan and Hannah's many fights is the next clip, specifically when Hannah had stolen one of Tegan's tablets to slot in.
"Eventually, it was down to three and-." Suddenly, a phone begins to ring. Chris looks confused before grabbing it out of his pocket. "Yo, Chris here."
"Hello Chris," A voice from the other side states. It sounds as if it's spoken through a voice modulator. "I wanna play a game."
The host rolls his eyes, an annoyed glare forming. "You should have signed up for the show then. Anyway, I'm in the middle of something," with a beep, Chris hangs up the phone.
"Anyways, in the end, Richard won the challenge and actually said no to competing again! Opting for the ten gra-." Chris' phone begins to ring again, which causes the host to glower, quickly answering it, "Look bud, I don't think you get who I am and what I can do to y-."
"NO, YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND! HANG UP AGAIN AND IT'LL BE A SNUFF FILM ON THAT CAMERA!"
"I'd like to see you try," Chris says, rolling his eyes. The host then hangs up, before throwing his phone into the water nearby. "Okay, so with that dealt with, we have eight campers left in the game? Who's going home today? Will the drama from the end of the pre-merge continue to carry on? Am I going to get any more annoying calls when I get a new phone? Find out on TOTAL! DRAMA! ELEMENTAL ISLANDS!"
Chris then walks away, muttering, "Do I seriously have to do another take?" with an annoyed expression. All the while, a pair of eyes watch him from a bush, commenting in what seems like a walkie-talkie in a similarly modulated voice.
"He didn't listen."
"Then we move tomorrow," another voice says. On that note, the camera fades to the intro.
Opening Guitar Riff:
The intro starts with the rock theme that is known so well to Total Drama fans, before a camera pops out from under some water, a microphone comes from the side towards some ground that hasn't been touched by raging fire around it. A light turns on from the side of a cave, illuminating it and a second camera pops from the bottom of a chunk of land floating, with a gopher holding on to it.
Dear Mom and Dad I'm doin' fine,
The camera zooms past the dock speeding through the elimination area and the cabins before it goes towards one end of the island.
You guys are on my mind.
The camera goes past Chris arguing with Don before it zooms into the sky showing all five islands and zooms to Water Island.
You asked me what I wanted to be
On Water Island, Hannah and Tegan, both in Scuba gear, attack each other angrily. Meanwhile Jake and Nadia find a yellow rock before Nadia turns around and angrily yells at the two fighting above.
and now I think the answer is plain to see,
Inside a cave on Earth Island, Myron, Megan and Carol walk inside, with Carol holding up a comic book and excitedly commenting on it to a not interested Myron and Megan, who look at each other worried about the cave.
I wanna be famous.
Susan writes in a small notebook furiously while making a small smile before she looks at the camera and smiles and waves at the camera.
I wanna live close to the sun,
Inside the confessional, Lauren looks around excited before she looks at the camera and makes a determined smile to the camera.
Go pack your bags, 'cause I've already won,
On Air Island, Bob punches a punching bag clean off what was being hanged, while Jemma watches and writes something on her notepad before Scuba Bear comes out of the bushes and prepares to attack them, which scares both of them.
Everything to prove, nothing in my way
Xavier is seen showing Gary a few costumes, first a cowboy costume where he's swinging his hat on his finger, then a 1930s mobster suit and making finger guns and finally a rapper costume where he pretends to rap. Gary isn't paying attention and instead makes a small smirk
I'll get there one day.
Fire Island appears with Richard standing there bored before he looks at the camera
Cause, I wanna be famous!
Morgan then runs over and pushes him over so he can appear in the camera lens. An angry Rory then runs over and helps up Richard, who just sighs and shrugs.
Na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na!
Back at the dock of Base camp, Alfred looks at the camera, a smug smile plastered on his face before he starts bossing around a couple of interns, including Katrina who was chatting with them before. Katrina and the interns get annoyed and push him into the water, the resulting splash of water covers the camera and the time changes to night.
I wanna be, I wanna be, I wanna be famous (Na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na!)
Rory and Susan look at each other lovingly before they lean forwards, only for Chris to get up and blast his megaphone, making them jump back in surprise, Susan puts her hand on her heart in shock and Rory holds his head, as the camera zooms out to the rest of the campers whistling the closing notes of the song.
I wanna be, I wanna be, I wanna be famous
The episode begins with Susan standing in the bathroom of the victory cabin, staring at her reflection, anger is evident on her face, but after a few moments, she simply sighs in resignation.
Confessional:
Susan:
"Last elimination was very… illuminating, to say the least," Susan admits as she folds her arms, looking downwards. "I know Jake and Carol got bought out by Lauren, so I can't trust either of them now. And it's because I let my guard down," she continues before bowing her head in shame. "Jake, I understand. I voted out his best friend, obviously he'd be mad at me he's the one I'm the least mad at out of the three, but Carol? If I had just kept a closer eye on her, then Lauren wouldn't have been…," she then shakes her head, looking determined at the camera.
"Before… I needed to grovel, get them on my side again to stay in… but now? The kiddie gloves are off. I'm done playing nice, they're all going to pay for what they did last time. teams have to merge today, ten of us have gone. I'm free to take them down."
Confessional Ends:
As Susan closes her eyes and takes a deep breath, a knocking starts at the door.
"You've been in there for like, an hour," Lauren desperately calls out. "Let me in!"
Susan pauses before saying, "No."
Confessional:
Susan:
In comparison to her previous confessional, Susan smirks. "But, if I can get back at them by being petty, then that will at least throw them off…." Susan chuckles before saying, "Before you ask, I doubt it'll get them specifically after me straight away when people like that titanic meathead Bob exist… plus it's kinda fun being petty."
Confessional Ends:
Lauren groans angrily, before saying, "Screw it!" she then runs away.
Sometime later, Jake and Carol relax downstairs. Jake takes a bite out of a piece of toast, a neutral expression on his face. On the other hand, the superhero lays on a nearby couch with frazzled hair and bags under her eyes, looking petrified.
"Do you want to talk, Carol?" Jake questions. Carol simply shakes her head.
"I'm here for you if you want to talk to someone," Jake tells her, before sighing.
Susan takes this chance to step down the stairs, walking over to grab breakfast. Jake looks around, an awkward silence filling the air, as he says "So… uh, Susan…."
Susan simply nods back at the leader. She then says, "Yeah…."
Carol, sensing her chance to talk, quickly rolls off the couch, thudding onto the ground, before standing up in a flash and dashing over to her former friend.
"Hi, Susan! Can we talk for a few minutes!"
The genius simply looks at Carol, disdain on her face before saying, "What do you want?"
"Ah-," is all Carol can squeak out, despair on her face. She then walks back over to the couch and falls back down onto it.
Confessional:
Carol:
The superhero has a terrified expression on her face, the hair fixed, but the bags are still present. "Truth be told, I've never had a friend fully mad at me… I've had jerks manipulate me, people ignore me, heck, before my training, I even got shoved into a locker once or twice… but this? This is a new experience for me, and… I don't like it…."
Confessional Ends:
Jake looks around, grimacing before walking over to Carol, patting her shoulder. "Look, it's alright."
"No, it's not," Carol wails. Susan, watching the scene, rolls her eyes at this before walking away. Unknown to either on the couch, Susan's face breaks into a frown. Carol continues with, "How was I supposed to just… not make either of them mad?"
"I… don't know," Jake admits. "It's… it's hard with stuff like this, but we have to keep going, yeah? It's not a guarantee, but you might be able to make things up with her soon. Now is just… a bit too early."
"But what if I can't?" Carol's eyes widen with fear. "I mean… Susan was crushing on him! That's… that's cruel, but… I couldn't just betray Lauren like that." Jake grimaces at this.
Confessional:
Jake:
"Man, I just feel bad for her right now," Jake admits. "Susan's anger is reasonable… but the way it's affecting Carol? That's the really tragic part."
Confessional Ends:
"It's not fair," Jake admits. "But… that's how people work. Sometimes, when they feel hurt, people take time to want to accept an apology. Even then, they might not do so. It's always hard to have a friend mad at you, and I'm not saying you should be over it, believe me, that's the last thing anyone wants to hear. But well, it might take a while."
Carol rubs her arm sadly, before saying. "You're… you're right… I think at least. We're playing Total Drama, I need to play the game… I guess." With a sigh, Carol continues, "even if I'm still going to try and make it up to her… I made this choice, I need to live with it."
She then stands up without another word, causing Jake to ask, "You alright Carol?"
The girl looks around to make sure nobody is nearby, before whispering, "I'm gonna try and see Bob." The Superhero then runs off, leaving Jake to sit glumly by himself. After a moment, Jake stands up with a sigh, before walking away as well.
The scene changes to outside, as Lauren walks back out from the woods, a far more relieved expression on her face. As she walks back, Gary intercepts her, offhandedly commenting, "you look relieved."
"Ugh, Susan's being pissy, she stole the bathroom from me!"
"Wouldn't there be more of them in the cabin? I mean, it's massive and it's made for a team."
Lauren pauses. "Okay, to be fair I wasn't thinking of that at the time and I panicked."
Gary scoffs, before saying, "Anyways, any ideas on a target today?"
"Well we're probably merging today," Lauren snaps back to serious. "Either we take out someone like Susan as an easy vote off… or my preferred option, we go after one of the better socially aligned people."
"I see what you're saying," Gary begins. "but… we should make sure we have the votes to get the people who do better socially before we actually target them. The whole point of them being better socially is that they're harder to vote off."
"I mean I guess," the girl shrugs. "I don't even have a specific target; maybe Jake I guess? But it's better to take someone like him out now rather than to have to deal with him later on."
"Hmm," Gary pauses. "Jake would be my preferred choice… it weakens the other guys if anything."
"You do raise a good point though, we need to get votes together to get the eyes off of us. Anyway, Jake was just an example, I'd say I potentially have his vote for one more elimination if I'm lucky. No point getting rid of a potential ally at this point in time."
"Then why did you bring him up if he was just an example?"
Before Lauren can answer, the loudspeakers buzzes to life. Chris calls out, "Alright campers! Report to the Electric Tiger's cabin for a few special announcements."
"Well, there goes our chat," Gary notes, sighing.
"We can figure out the details after the challenge," Lauren adds before the two quickly run away.
As everyone begins to travel over, Carol quickly grabs Bob's arm, pulling him behind a cabin.
Bob's confused expression turns to concern as he sees Carol's face. "You alright?"
"Last in here is gonna clean the bathrooms!" Chris adds in. Bob and Carol's eyes widen in fear.
"I'll tell you later," Carol quickly says. Bob nods back.
"Got it."
Carol and Bob quickly rush into the cabins, noticing only five other campers standing there.
"We're not the last one!" Carol celebrates.
"That, would be me…." The pair turn around to see Susan, sighing in annoyance. "Well, where's the brush?"
Chris smirks. "We've got interns for that, I just said that so you could all get here faster." Everyone looks unimpressed at this reveal.
"So I could have just walked here," Jemma notes. "Great."
"First of all," Chris cuts the inevitable complaining from continuing. "You're the final eight; congrats!" With a chuckle, he continues, "As a reward for making it this far, we're doing a one-time thing for you eight. Today, the challenge is cancelled! It's happening tomorrow instead!"
"What?" Everyone questions, surprised by this.
Jake pauses, his face showing suspicion. "Why now?"
At this, Chris pauses, his genuine annoyance starting to break through slightly. "Well, first of all, we have an unexpected thunderstorm on the horizon and since this involves fire…."
Lauren shudders.
"Secondly, considering you all just made the merge, production thought you could use the break."
Everyone freezes at this.
"Did… did you just say…?" Gary begins.
"Yeah, I did," Chris' smirk returns. "I made it pretty clear you were all in the merge before, didn't I?"
"He… kind of did, to be honest," Susan shrugs.
Jemma pauses, before admitting, "I'm more confused about why you dropped the announcement so off-handedly," Everyone else nods along to this.
The host's expression twists to confusion. "I said it at the elimination, no need to have some big theatrics." He then shakes his head.
Morgan shuffles over quietly, handing Chris a cue card, as the host sneers at him. "The free pass for the Tigers to enjoy the cabin, and it's many amenities, are now null in void. Lions can come and go as they wish if they want. Whoever wins immunity gets to stay the night."
The Lions cheer in celebration. The Tigers on the other hand groan in sadness.
"Also, feel free to be on the lookout for some of your loser buddies from before the merge happened to come back to demo some of the challenges after today."
Lauren and Xavier pause at this reveal, interested at this information.
"Alright, that seems about it," Chris shrugs. "I'll come by tomorrow for your next challenge, enjooooooooy!" With the last words in a sing-song tone, Chris takes his leave.
This leaves the eight campers to all look at each other awkwardly.
Confessional:
Carol:
"Wow… it's really sinking in now that… I'm in the merge. I… honestly thought I'd be like, the fourth boot at the latest… I mean, not the first out, but not still in this late."
Bob:
"Yep, I kind of expected to be here… still, it's a cool feeling having made the merge and all that."
Gary:
"I don't know, I'm probably being paranoid, but something about how Lauren's been acting lately… it feels like she's been hiding information from me. Luckily, I know one of her allies, and I'd say they're probably dumb enough to say something to me!" He then stands up, before sitting down, "Oh, yeah, and I'm happy to be in the merge and all that."
Confessional Ends:
Jake quickly steps toward his now former team. Holding his hand out, he states, "It's been an honour, girls." Lauren and Carol accept the handshakes quickly, however, Susan pauses, before nodding and curtly shaking Jake's hand.
Confessional:
Susan:
"The honour's not mine," the brainiac coldly responds. "I'm frankly glad I was right about it nearly being the merge, I can get the three of them out now." Her face quickly flashes hurt, before turning back to her hardened grimace.
Jake:
"Don't get me wrong, I expected Susan to take Rory's elimination harshly," Jake begins, before frowning. "But she's not even pretending to hide it right now."
Confessional Ends:
Meanwhile, with the former Lions, Jemma shrugs. "Well, thanks for letting me get to this point guys!" The joke doesn't seem to land as the guys don't respond. "Uh… look, we were a good team… mostly. Good luck!"
"Yup," Bob simply shrugs. "What she said." Xavier and Gary nod along.
Lauren steps away from her team, her hand up to her chin.
Confessional:
Lauren:
"No challenge?" The fangirl thinks out loud. "This is Chris we heard it from, and he wouldn't be happy about the lack of a challenge. I'd say it's an eighty percent chance he's trying to dupe us."
Confessional Ends:
Xavier taps Bob on his shoulder, quickly asking, "Can we talk for a minute?"
The giant shrugs, before off-handedly saying, "Sure."
Walking to the corner of the room, Xavier quickly stutters before beginning what he was going to say.
"Look… I'm sorry about the last elimination, it was a last-minute thi-."
Bob cuts the method actor off by simply and cooly responding with, "It's alright."
A confused expression forms on Xavier's face. "Wait, it is?"
Bob nods, before adding, "But full disclosure here… I can't trust you in the game anymore." Xavier's eyes widen in sadness, as Bob continues. "I know that the game brings out the worst in people, so I'm fine being friends with you after the game. You're probably one of my best friends." The giant pauses for a moment, adding. "I just I don't think I can trust you in the game at this point."
Dread creeps into Xavier's voice. "Please don't say this."
Bob's hurt expression is clear to Xavier. "You know what Gary did to me though, I don't know what he said to you, but Katrina would have been fine in the merge. Heck, the two of us, her, Jemma, Jake and Carol could have formed a majority to at least survive two eliminations."
Xavier looks downwards as Bob stares at him. "I know it wasn't a personal attack on me, but it… it hurts knowing you voted with Gary again…."
Bob pauses, before saying, "If we vote together from now on… it's gonna be by chance or us having an ally in common." With one final frown, Bob says. "Bye dude, good luck." Bob then turns around as Xavier closes his eyes, looking downwards.
Confessional:
Bob:
"Is this smart for my game?" Bob rhetorically questions. "I don't care, I needed to be honest with him." He then admits. "Yes… I was being honest. I'm at least gonna try to be friends with him after the season."
Confessional Ends:
As Bob leaves, Jake walks over to Xavier, asking. "Are you alright?"
"No…."
Sitting next to him, Jake decides to continue, "Do you wanna talk about it?"
Xavier sighs in defeat as he says, "I screwed up with Bob."
Jake frowns, "I'm guessing it's because of your last elimination?"
The method actor looks up. "Yeah, I broke Bob's trust. I kept Gary around cause I thought he'd get booted easily."
"Breaking someone's trust is pretty bad," Jake looks discreetly in Susan and Carol's directions. Jake pauses for a few moments to think before saying, "Look, Bob doesn't have an issue with me. I don't know if I'll convince him to be happy with you, but I can at least try to get you two to have an honest chat if you want."
Hope appears on Xavier's face as he asks, "You'd really do that?"
Jake smiles slightly and punches Xavier on the arm softly, "Hey, you've done more for me in this relationship, I've got to return the favour, right?"
Xavier's expression doesn't change, but Jake can tell the relief that he's feeling as he says, "Thank you."
"No worries." On that cue, Jake turns around, walking away.
Lauren breaks from her thoughts as Carol walks by. "Hey, Carol!" The superhero turns aorund, an uncomfortable expression on her face.
"Hi Lauren," she quickly says.
Lauren sees her face, asking, "You wanna read some comics?"
"Maybe… a bit later," Carol's tone doesn't instil much confidence in her words.
"Oh, alright?" Lauren raises an eyebrow but lets Carol walk away.
Confessional:
Lauren:
"That was weird," Lauren begins. "She seemed… uncomfortable." Pausing for a moment, Lauren shakes her head. "She's probably just still hurt about Susan, I can still get her vote."
Confessional Ends:
Jemma stares at the campers in front of her, stuck in thought, before a smile forms on her face.
Confessional:
Jemma:
"So my alliance was going to be Bob, Carol, Jake, Xavier and I. At this point though, with Bob and Xavier's argument… Xavier and Jake's slots are up in the air since I haven't really talked with them." She frowns, before saying. "I want a fourth vote to have half, and if it's separate then I can manage. The quesiton is, based on how the eliminations went, who is desperate enough for allies?" The journalist pauses, before her eyes widen. "Simple!"
Confessional Ends:
Jemma taps Susan on the shoulder, asking, "Can we have a chat?" Susan simply rolls her eyes but begrudgingly follows Jemma outside.
"What is it?" The brainiac questions.
"Susan," Jemma starts, snapping her fingers while smiling, "Sue? Can I call you Susie?"
"I hate being called Susie."
"Okay, I guess that's a no then!"
"I'm getting bored," Susan says before turning to walk away.
"Wait!" Jemma cuts her showmanship as she grabs the other girl's arm. "I'll keep this brief then. I want to align with you in the merge."
"We've literally never talked though."
"Which is why nobody would suspect it," Jemma explains. "Anyway, I can feel the doom and gloom radiating off of you. You need some allies, and considering how you're acting… you're an easy merge boot if you don't clean up your act."
This causes Susan to spin around fast, "Are you threatening me?"
"On the contrary actually, I'm being socially aware," Jemma glares back. "Which you don't seem to be." The journalist thinks, sarcastically responding. "Considering you constantly go on about how you're one of the most popular people at your home, you'd think you have that down."
Susan glares, stating, "What, so you're just meeting up with me to make fun of me and drop my ego enough to fit in your alliance?"
"No," Jemma rolls her eyes. "I guess I'll be specific then, I will be in your pocket to vote out Lauren at elimination… as soon as you help me get rid of Gary."
Susan pauses, confused. "Gary?"
"I had an alliance at the start of the game and he systematically destroyed it. Then he forced me to team up with him. Dude's a snake, he's my team's Lauren."
"And you teamed up with him?"
"Out of desperation," Jemma clarifies. "If he went, I was next and he was in a position where he couldn't betray me without completely tanking his game." The reporter pauses, "Look, how can I prove I'm willing to work with you on this?"
Susan pauses, before commenting, "I'll think about it."
"Alright, I guess," Jemma nods. "How about you get back to me?"
"Sure." Susan then walks away, leaving Jemma to roll her eyes.
Confessional:
Jemma:
"I mean… I am in a pretty decent position either way, so if Susan joins or not isn't too much of a worry, as long as I don't fumble the ball after Gary and Lauren go home. But seriously… I thought she'd be playing better in all honesty, I'm fully willing to work with her for now."
Confessional Ends:
As day turns to evening, Gary quickly walks over to Morgan, currently mopping the floor in the victory cabin and putting a wet floor sign on the ground. Behind him sits a box, containing the radars the Electric Tigers won in the previous challenge. The theatre kid taps the perfect guy on the shoulder, asking, "So, hey Morgan, how's it going?"
The egotist turns back, an eyebrow raised. "Fine enough, what do you want?"
"You're a smart guy," Gary begins. "Smarter than me anyway. Using that big brain of yours, I just want to see if you have any information about the other players in the game." Morgan smiles at his ego getting boosted.
"That's more like it, some respect!" He chuckles, before asking, "Why would I tell you though?"
Gary stops himself from rolling his eyes, before making a fake smile and saying, "'Cause I need information, and as someone who is utterly perfect, shouldn't you know what's happening?"
The perfect guy notes what's being said, before saying, "Laying it on a bit thick there, right? Flattery is only going to get you so far." Gary pauses, a nervous expression on his face before Morgan's face relaxes and chuckles, "But still, I'll bite dude, what do you want to know?"
The Theatre kid pauses, a smile returning as he asks, "Do you have anything on Lauren?"
"Aren't you in an alliance with her as well?" The perfect guy looks confused. "You should know more than me."
Gary shakes his head. "Surprisingly not actually. I thought you might know stuff since you're part of the alliance and were on the same team."
"Well, I don't," Morgan responds with a shrug. "I'm perfect, but that unfortunately does not include mind reading. It's not my fault people act dumb."
Gary grunts in annoyance, saying, "That's annoying then, because if I'm in the hot seat, she will be as well by association."
Morgan shrugs, before stating. "Eh, she's got the idol, she seems pretty sa-." Morgan then covers his mouth as his eyes widen.
Gary slowly turns, his eyes wide. "The… idol?"
"I-uh…" Morgan sputters out, before he awkwardly begins to chuckle. "Did I say idol? I meant Isle, as in the islands…?"
"Cut the crap," Gary growls, "She's got an immunity idol? She never told me that!"
Morgan pauses, before sighing and saying, "Fine, yes she does, but you better not tell her I told you, okay? I've already got a deal to get a cut of her profit if she wins, I don't want her taking that away."
Gary raises an eyebrow as he says, "When did she get it?"
"I dunno, the paintball challenge?"
The villain grumbles angrily, before taking a deep breath. "How about this then, I'll give you a cut of my winnings if you help me win the game as well. If you get the two of us to the final two, then either way, you'll win cash."
Morgan pauses thinking for a moment as his eyes widen and a smile forms, "Sure, why not?"
Confessional:
Gary:
"No… I'm not giving him a cut," Gary simply says, barely containing his rage. "This is alllllll going to the Pine household." He shakes his head angrily. "Some ally she is!"
Confessional Ends:
Morgan then quickly turns around, saying, "I've uh… I've gotta go, Chris is making me do some cleaning I think." The duo look down at Morgan's abandoned mop before the egomaniac backs away chuckling.
Morgan steps outside, whispering to himself, "Great, now I have to help Gary too." The perfect guy hears a rustle in the bushes, causing him to look up in confusion.
"Wha-?" He says before taking a step back. "Anyone there?" He then quickly shakes his head and chuckles, "It's just a rabbit or something… y-yeah!" Morgan then sighs with relief before stepping ahead and walking into the woods. Morgan peers around as he steps near a tree.
Sweat starts to form on his brow. "This isn't funny, Chris." He then closes his eyes, reopening them to gulp.
Suddenly, a set of hands grab Morgan's mouth. The scene cuts to the treeline as the perfect guy's muffled yells scare a few birds away.
At the same time, Carol and Jake sit on a couple of beds inside the loser cabins. Through the power of animation, Carol no longer has the bags under her eyes.
"So we'll be sleeping here if we lose?" Jake asks, frowning. "It's a… bit of a downgrade in all honesty."
Carol pauses, before stating. "Yeah, exactly how they were built in the older seasons."
The leader looks up, noting, "Oh yeah, you've watched them all, didn't you?"
"Yeah, they were pretty fun."
"Ah, you're checking the place out?" Xavier asks as he walks over. Since his last conversation with Jake, he seems to be in a much better mood.
"Yeah," Jake chuckles back. "Thought we'd have a look since we aren't seeing this place any other way."
"You hoping to win every challenge?" The Method actor smirks.
"That's the plan."
"Hope you aren't considered too much of a threat then."
"That's so considerate," the two guys stare at each other for a moment.
Carol jumps in, saying, "Yeah, I hope you aren't a threat either, I wouldn't really want you to be targeted." The duo quickly lean away from each other, awkwardly chuckling and blushing. She then looks up before saying, "Oh, did I…."
Xavier quickly says, "It's alright Carol."
Jake then pauses, adding. "Do you think the four of us could be a good alliance? The three of us and Bob?"
Xavier raises an eyebrow, "I hope so. We'd do great together."
"Plus it might help Bob feel a bit better about Xavier," Jake adds. He then turns to Carol. "What do you think?"
Carol shifts in her spot before saying, "I'll uh… think about it, alright? I… don't really want to get involved in an alliance"
Jake, quickly realising how he sounded, says, "Sorry Carol, I don't want to pressure you or anything."
"It's fine," Carol says back before the trio continues to talk.
From a slight distance away, Lauren watches the trio, stuck in thought.
Confessional:
Lauren:
"Okay, so Carol has what I like to call, 'unintentional charisma'. She's not good with people beyond basic stuff and the whole, 'nice equals getting treated nice', thing. But the way she does it is just so darn earnestly done… that it works for her."
Lauren continues to sit, thinking before adding, "Ironically though, this means that nobody really dislikes her. I mean, she's friends with most of the people remaining, or at least was in the case of Susan. Unfortunately for me, that makes her a threat overall. But I don't want to target her for now because… well obviously, she's probably my closest ally right now aside from Gary, and can you really call him one?"
"Anyway, while winning would be cool and I'd prefer to do it, I'm more in for the experience of being the villain. If it's a jury vote at the end and I lose to her, I won't mind too much, so Carol winning in one of them against me wouldn't be… the worst. She just has to stay loyal to me so I can kick everyone else out… which after earlier, I'm starting to get a little worried about… cause I think I might have heard her say 'alliance,' with the guys."
Confessional Ends:
Later, the moon shines over the camp as most of the final eight sit around in the victory cabin, the only exception being Xavier.
Jemma decides to ask, "So… why were we all told to come here?"
"I was asked by Jake," Bob admits, shrugging.
"Probably a teambuilding exercise or something," Lauren shrugs. "Has anyone seen Morgan lately though? He's just disappeared off the face of the earth." She then thinks, "all things considered, I haven't seen any of the interns."
"Eh, he's probably looking at himself in a mirror," Gary says back. "I am starting to get a bit bored though," the actor stands up.
"Good news then!" Everyone's attention is drawn to the door, as Xavier flings it open, his arms filled with DVDs. "Look what I found!"
Jake turns back to everyone, commenting, "Xavier and I found these where Gary hid Bob's plush. Weird that they weren't found when he looked there earlier though." Bob shuffles in his seat uncomfortably at the reference of his plushes.
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Bob:
"Maybe because they weren't there?" The giant comments, confused.
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"Well, okay, what movies?" Susan raises an eyebrow.
"Slash, Bloodbath 2: Summer Camp Reign of Terror, Attack of the Toy Soldiers, some random cooking show for some reason, and Buzzcut: From the Book of Gore."
Lauren raises an eyebrow.
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Lauren:
"Yep, that proves it," the fangirl begins. "It's a challenge. I mean, seriously, Bloodbath 2? That's literally what Gwen and Duncan talked about back in Island." She pauses to think. "Now that I know this is the horror challenge of the season, I need to figure out how is this one going to be different from Island's challenge. That's the real question here."
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"I'm not sure," Susan admits.
"It'll help us all bond," Jemma reasons back.
Susan pauses, before relenting with a sigh. "Alright, fine."
"Sweet!" Xavier begins, walking over to the TV as he says, "Let's start with Slash then, since it's at the top of the pile." The eight then sit around the couch as the movie begins. With a chuckle, he adds in, "if there's one thing I love, it's cheesy horror movies with horrible effects!"
Even later, as the pattering of rain from the previously mentioned thunderstorm booms in the background, the screen shows one of the actors stopping to pant, not noticing a set of eyes behind him.
"Come on Xavier," Xavier gestures at the person on the TV. "Behind you! Look behind you, dude!"
"Isn't it a little weird that the one Xavier put on first was the one where the main guy has the same name as him?" Jemma notes quietly.
Xavier, shrugs, also quietly admitting, "Okay, I put this one on first 'cause it's my favourite. Xavier in this movie is a badass if I can even be a fifth as cool as him on any given day… I see that as a win."
"As you're complaining about him not looking behind him?" Jemma says back.
"We can't be badass all the time," Xavier shrugs.
The camera pans to behind the couch as Bob and Carol, having both stood up earlier, stand next to each other. They quickly look around before going in to hold each other's hands… completely missing, and accidentally smacking each other on the side. "Oh, sorry," they both say in unison before quickly grabbing each other's hands.
Susan turns back to glare suspiciously at Carol, causing the lovebirds to quickly separate. Luckily for them, Susan was trained on Carol's face so they could move their hands away and stop suspicion.
Bob and Carol quickly step away, as the giant whispers, "Okay, I have a general idea what it might be, but what happened?"
"I voted Rory off last time," Carol says with a sigh. "It was either him or Lauren and well… Lauren and I are… probably friends."
Bob, noticing his girlfriend's sadness, puts a comforting arm on her shoulder, quickly saying, "It'll be alright."
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Susan:
"Carol and Bob… something is up there, but I have no idea what."
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As the camera pans past Lauren's queasy face, she mutters, "I hate these movies." The scene then moves over to Gary, having also stood up earlier, slowly steps back, before walking upstairs.
The theatre kid looks around the upstairs area of the cabin quickly, stuck in thought.
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Gary:
"If what Morgan said is right… and on the off chance she hasn't moved it by now, I need to get that idol as a bargaining chip considering how much of a lying snake she is… she actually reminds me of well… me!" He then chuckles, "but not as good."
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Gary steps into the sleeping quarters, commenting to himself, "Okay, so if I was into the show and had to put an idol somewhere discreet… where would it be…?"
He walks into the girl's bedroom. his attention is drawn to the beds, causing him to comment, "Okay…. guess I'm gonna be creepy." Grabbing one of the sheets, he pulls it off, to see a comic.
"The crazy girl Lauren likes, alright then. At least this proves it's the girls' beds." He then goes to the next bed, lifting the mattress up, and finding a golden piece of paper.
"What's this?" He questions, before reading the limerick "Show me to the host?" Gary pauses, "Chris hands it out… interesting… well it's someone's bed anyway." Gary's monologue is stopped when he hears footsteps. He looks around panicked before hiding behind the door, pocketing the paper.
Jake looks into the room, commenting, "That's weird, the doors should be closed." Before he quickly closes it.
Gary sighs in relief, before carefully walking over to the bed. He then thinks a moment before putting his hand on the pillow… and feeling something hard.
"Wait… is this really the-?" Gary successfully pulls the idol out and quietly cheers to himself.
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Gary:
"Lauren you are an idiot!" He cheers. "Rule number one! You don't hide stuff from a professional hider! I hid my English teacher's whiteboard markers from them when I only got a B for my essay and they still can't find them!" With a wry smirk he adds, "It's been eight years!"
After a moment he adds, "Really the only person who's found me out is well… Bob and Carol, and that's just cause the big guy realised I don't have multiple good hiding spots!" With a smirk, he says, "With this cabin on the other hand…."
He then laughs, tossing the immunity idol from one hand to another. "Anyways, I know I'm safe for at least one elimination now if I lose a challenge, and I've got a bargaining chip against Lauren… I told you all I'm not on the bottom."
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Gary puts the idol into his pocket before strolling out of the door of the sleeping quarters. As Gary opens his eyes, he sees Jake, glaring right at him.
"Did you really think I didn't realise someone was in there?" Jake questions him. "I mean, come on, at least try something like this when more than one of us is out of the room at the time."
After a moment, Gary begins to deflect, "Why'd you follow me up here then?"
"Why are you in the girls' room?"
Gary pauses, before saying, "The girls don't know how to set their beds, and I just thought I'd fix them up."
"The door was closed. I was up here earlier."
Gary rolls his eyes, "Well it doesn't matter anyway Officer Jake, I'm out of here." Gary then walks away. Jake stares directly at him for a few moments, before rolling his eyes, ultimately letting him leave.
Confessional:
Gary:
"Jake's looking pretty good as a target right now," the theatre kid nods. "Barring anything else, he's a social threat and in a relationship, that's gotta give him at least a couple of votes." With a chuckle he adds, "Anyway, I highly doubt he's voting with Lauren again."
Jake:
"I can see why Xavier doesn't like him," Jake admits. "He's… slimy, and he was doing something back there. I didn't see what that was unfortunately, he would have seen me if he did, but still."
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After Jake and Gary arrive back downstairs, they go back to the screen, watching as the killer raises a knife over the main protagonist. Everyone pauses due to the investment….
However, the power goes out, plunging the room into blackness.
"Aww come on!" Xavier yells out, "This is the best part!"
"Does the power usually just cut out of nowhere?" Gary decides to ask with a raised eyebrow.
"Never," Carol says back. "At least not while I've been here." She then reaches into her utility belt before pulling out a flashlight, shining it ahead.
"You've had a flashlight in there all this time?" Bob questions her.
"Yeah," Carol admits with a shrug.
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Carol:
"You never know when you'll need to fight crime in a cave!" She then pauses, her eyes slowly widening. "... Like the cave Bob and I were in during that one challenge…." the girl facepalms.
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"Okay, does anyone know how to fix a generator?" Jake asks everyone before suddenly, the window shatters, a rock being thrown in.
"Ahh!" Yelps a terrified Lauren.
Not noticing her, Jake quickly turns around, commenting, "Carol, Bob, let's go to the window."
"You sure about this?" Xavier questions. "Going to a window in a horror movie…."
"We're not in one," Jake reasons. "Though with what just happened it sure feels like one."
Carol and Bob quickly follow Jake, looking to see what broke the window. As Carol shines her flashlight, the trio see a rock with a voice recorder attached.
Jake raises an eyebrow, commenting, "A voice recorder?" The other five walk over quickly.
"Well, we may as well play it," Xavier adds. "It's been thrown in for a reason."
"Play it," Susan nods quickly.
"On it, on it," Jake nods, holding the recorder out before pressing play.
The crackle of the device blasts for a few seconds before Chris begins to speak in a panicked tone
"Look, campers, if you've heard this… I don't think I'm going to make it." The crunch of sticks being broken by his running is heard.
"Someone… or something, is trying to take me out. I mean, ME! THE Chris McLean! I've heard of crazy fans, but this is too far!" A few seconds pass before Chris continues.
"Sorry, I got a little off track there. Look, they'll know you're here, so I'd say the safest spot you can end up is on Air Island. It's probably the place they'd look in last. If you can find out who did it, then maybe you can stop this and save yourselves! I mean, if it WAS a challenge, I'd probably give you immunity based on that, but still!"
The tape gets paused.
"He's actually warning us about a killer?" Jemma begins. "That's… actually pretty caring for his standards."
"Yeah, he actually has a heart?" Xavier questions along.
However, Lauren, currently shaking in worry, mutters out, "G-guys, shut up." Nobody else responds as play is pressed again.
"Look, campers. Good luck out there… if I'M not gonna be able to get out, you're definitely gonna need all the luck you can get!"
Chris stops to catch his breath for a moment before suddenly, footsteps rustle behind him. The final moments on the tape contain Chris, screaming out in fear.
The eight stand in silence, unsure of how to react before Susan looks up. "Looks like we're going to Air Island then."
"Yeah," Gary agrees, shrugging.
Bob looks over at the pair, asking, "Why aren't you two concerned?"
Susan looks around before saying, "It's a clear challenge, right?" She then explains. "We conveniently get a day off, then Xavier finds some conveniently planted horror movies in a hiding place people know about, and then Chris tells us there's a killer on the island. That's way too simple and clean. Heck, Chris even said 'if this was a challenge.'"
Almost everyone nods enough, as Bob admits, "Okay, yeah, that's a good point."
"No, no, no, no!" Lauren steps away, panicking. "You're all being crazy!" Everyone looks at her with confusion.
Susan decides to speak up, asking, "What's with her? The challenge just started."
Jemma adds, "Yeah, she's… not taking this well."
Gary rolls his eyes before saying, "Let me talk to her." he then follows her.
Lauren continues to hyperventilate before Gary meets her out of view of everyone.
"It's a pretty good act," Gary notes, his voice dropped to a whisper. "You're overplaying it a little though. What's your endgame here?"
Lauren flicks her hair back as she whispers back, "Two reasons actually. First of all, I've got a radar now and I don't have to remind everyone else," the fangirl quickly reaches into the box to pull one out, which she puts in her pocket. "Second of all, if I act like I'm a mess then I won't be worth eliminating if I lose. I'd say you should try too but with your 'this is obviously a challenge' play, that's going to be a lot less believable."
The alliance member frowns, before saying, "I haven't watched much Total Drama myself, but didn't someone get eliminated for being the most scared back in the first season?"
Lauren rolls her eyes. "That's why I'm doing it. They won't pull the same trick twice, especially since that was at the final eight as well. Anyway, I'm figuring out the killers, so I'll have immunity at the end of the day." She then says, "Okay, I'll tone it down a little to make it look like you did something to help me."
Gary then pauses, before his voice drops even lower, "One more thing, Lauren. I don't like being lied to."
"Seriously?" Lauren raises an eyebrow, "It's for the challenge? Get over it."
"No, not about the challenge," Gary shakes his head. "About this." The theatre kid pulls out the immunity idol, which causes Lauren to quickly stifle a gasp.
"I figured you had some plan in place to outlast me, so I snuck into your room and found this."
"I uh… I wonder where that came from?" Gary then pulls out the paper,
High in the air and up in a tree
It appears as if you have discovered me
With a large amount of boasts
Show me to the host
And perhaps you can find what you want to see.
The fangirl pauses, unsure how to respond before simply sighing, "fine, you've got me, congratulations."
"You didn't even get rid of it," Gary chastises her. "What if someone who wasn't me found it?"
"I was gonna sneak it out," Lauren grumbles. "And as for why I didn't tell you?" Her glare becomes more evident. "You'd have blabbed in two episodes."
"I'm not that stupid."
"But you've also got an ego," Lauren notes. "You're like a smarter Morgan in a sense… or would you have a bigger reaction to calling you a smarter Alfred?"
Gary glares, before ignoring her comment and saying, "So, the way I see it, I have your power play, and you're not gonna get it back unless I still need you while you're up for elimination. Finders keepers, losers weepers after all."
Lauren pauses, closing her eyes before responding, "Sure… I don't need it," through gritted teeth.
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Lauren:
"I don't need it…" Lauren starts, trying to keep a serious face. It starts cracking into anger as her eye twitches. "… I… totally don't need it." A few moments later, she screams out in anger.
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The stage actor smiles, "Good to know we're both on the same page here. Let's head back to everyone else."
The duo walk back without another word, as Lauren goes back to her scared performance.
Jake nods at the pair. "Good to see the two of you back here, I was just about to discuss the strategy for the challenge with the others. From how Chris described it, it's better if we're all together."
"Plus that's just horror movie 101," Xavier adds. "I mean if we're acting as if this is a horror challenge, with the movies as clues, we have to keep with the cliches."
"Who died and made you two the leaders of the group?" Gary raises an eyebrow.
"Chris, evidently," Jake shoots back.
"Okay, I walked into that one," Gary puts his arms up.
Jake shakes his head. "Anyway, we can go to Air Island, but if we're doing a challenge where we're picked off, then we need to prepare ourselves to get there."
Carol is the next to speak up, "Let's just get this out of the way, what if by some small chance, the challenge is real?"
Gary scoffs, "Katrina's probably cheering in that case, out of the show right as it goes to crap."
"I doubt it's real," Susan notes, her face trained on everyone aside from Carol. "Production would be on it's way to pick us up if they found out."
"And what if they haven't found out!" Lauren yells out.
"It's possible, but I doubt it to be honest."
"Well," Jemma begins. "What if we just stay here?" Everyone looks at her as she explains. "So it's a challenge, right? What's the issue with just spending it here? Sure Chris said to go to Air Island, but we can keep an eye on each other better in here, right?"
Jake pauses, "Fair point, but what if Chris says we all lose?"
"Then anyone can be voted then."
"That'd be pretty boring for the viewers," Xavier notes. "They're gonna try something to get us out of here. It's probably the same issue if we try to trick them and go to Earth Island or something."
Gary rolls his eyes, "Well alright Mr. Horror Movie Buff, what's the rules in a horror movie?"
"The three biggest ones, at least for ones that don't get sequels, is that you don't say "I'll be right back," don't go off alone, and don't make out."
"That's what they said in the movie," Jemma nods back. "But considering what happened in Island, if this is a sequel we need to remember a couple of new rules. Bigger body count."
"Chris and the Interns," Gary nods along.
"Bigger 'deaths.'"
"Probably," Gary nods back.
"And the third one got cut off."
Xavier looks up, "You've watched 'em too?"
"Duh," Jemma snickers. "Viewtune channel, remember? My deconstruction is like, my third most popular video." Her face turns serious. "You've probably watched a lot more Horror movies than I have though, so you're in charge."
"Okay then," Jake nods, stopping the conversation from continuing. "In that case, groups of three at the least, nobody in a relationship should kiss." This causes everyone to look at Xavier and Jake, as the two blush.
"Question," Gary asks, stopping the awkwardness.
Jake nods, "Okay?"
"What if I need to pee?"
He then rolls his eyes, "Then the people with you can look away for as long as you need to pee. I doubt that 'deranged killers' would care about getting a little on them though."
"Fine."
Bob looks up, asking, "What if the challenge is beating the killer then?" Carol nods along.
I mean, that's what happened last time, right?" the superhero adds, before saying, "Well, before the real deal came along anyway."
"That's just repeating things," Gary shrugs. "There has to be some originality somewhere."
"Fair enough," Carol nods back. "Especially since there's eight of us here…."
"That means it's probably finding this killer out then," Susan nods.
"Whoever finds out wins the challenge?" Jake notes. "I can see that."
"And on the offchance it is taking them out," Bob comments, "We need to plan for that too."
"Okay, lets see…."
"You are aware we aren't a team anymore, right?" Gary questions. "I mean, you're acting like we're one big team."
Jake rolls his eyes, "If any of you want to split from the big group, then hey, you can be one of the only ones up for elim-."
Jake's sentence is cut off when the window behind him is opened and Jake gets pulled out before it slams shut. A red splatter lands on the now closed window.
"JAKE!" Xavier yells out.
Susan cringes, before adding, "Geez."
"Is that actually… blood?" Lauren questions.
"Well that's not cranberry sauce," Gary rolls his eyes. Carol walks up, looking at the splatter.
"Actually, it is," Carol notes, running over and putting some on her hand. "Mom makes it, I know it's consistency." She then licks it, spitting it out in disgust, "Not made well though."
While this happens, Xavier sits down, shaken by the sight, before Bob walks over. "You alright?"
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Bob:
"Challenge or not, he's clearly shaken by this, so I can put aside my grievances for one moment to comfort him about this."
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"He's… he's just out… just like that."
Bob puts his hand on Xavier's shoulder, saying, "You'll see him soon, don't worry."
"But why did it have to be Jake first!"
"What do we do!" Lauren yelps, terrified.
Jemma decides to step in and say, "Look, everyone chill out. As callus as this is gonna sound, one person gets taken and we all freak out? Let's just focus on the challenge."
"But what if it's real!" Lauren decides to ask.
"Then we need to find a way to escape, but right now? We're getting our bearings, and we need to at least rule out that this is a challenge before we get properly scared." Jemma then thinks for a moment. "What we need right now, is a horror movie buff to take over, and while I've watched a couple, I'm nowhere near the best here."
Everyone's eyes turn to Xavier, who looks up, caught off guard by the comment.
"Wait, what?"
Jemma grimaces. "Considering how much of a horror movie fan you are, you should take over. Anyway, you and Jake were leading before anyway."
The method actor takes a deep breath before saying, "I… I guess you're right. Still, it's a fifty-fifty thing when people in a relationship are split in these. Either they're a main character, or another victim to pad the body count."
"That gives me so much confidence," Gary rolls his eyes.
"Okay, seriously, can you shut up with the comments?" Susan gives him a side-eye. "I'm all for quips, but you're genuinely just being annoying."
Gary shuts himself up as Xavier adds, "I just hope Jake's doing alright."
"Ow!" Jake sits up, rubbing his head. One of the killers, having thrown him in, walks away.
"And lo and behold," Chris begins, standing over him. "It's our first loser!"
Jake groans in defeat.
"And now you have to watch while the rest of the campers either succeed or fail around you!" The host continues, smirking.
Jake frowns, before looking at the screens, "Good luck, Xavier."
"Okay, we'll make our way over to Air Island in a few minutes; sorry Jake, but they'll make it harder for us if we don't." He then pauses. "We're grabbing stuff to protect ourselves first."
A whisper suddenly rumbles through the cabin, as everyone hears, "No…."
Lauren asks the obvious question, "What was that?"
The voice returns, now louder. "Burly!" A noticeable sigh happens before the voice adds, "Handsome. Burn them out!"
"Yes, Head Honcho!"
The seven contestants look around nervously before Xavier adds, "Alright, I get it, we can go now if you want?"
The seven all quickly run outside, however, Bob pauses, quickly grabbing a fire poker near the door.
"Everyone stick together," Xavier notes.
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Xavier:
"Look, this isn't smart, but they were clearly getting sick of us just being hauled up there, we had to go."
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Five figures watch the seven leave, as the leader comments, "I told you it'd scare them out." With a chuckle, they then add, "It's time to hunt."
Gary and Lauren run at the back of the pack, as Lauren grabs out her radar. She whispers, "Okay, they're about southeast of us, a hundred metres."
"Oh great," Gary mutters before Lauren stops in place.
"I have an idea." She comments, putting the radar away before looking at the hill.
The theatre kid stops in place to ask, "What is it?" Suddenly, Lauren leaps at him, pushing the pair of them down the hill, separated from everyone else.
"WHAT! IS! WRONG! WITH! YOU!" Each of Gary's words is punctuated with him slamming into the ground while rolling.
Reaching the bottom of the hill, the pair lay, sprawled out on the ground. Lauren sits up, holding the still-working radar in her hand. "Ah good, it still works." She then turns to Gary before commenting, "You're welcome."
"How is this in any way something I should be thanking you for!"
"Now we're separated from the pack, and while we won't figure out the killers, we can learn clues."
Gary pinches the bridge of his nose. "Great, so I'm Shaggy now? Zoinks I guess."
"You're not getting the bigger picture here. We survive, we run into them, and we have clues that they don't know!"
"We could have split in any other way!"
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Lauren:
"Yeah, but I sacrificed myself to throw the guy who stole my idol off a hill!" She cheers. She then pauses, before deadpanning, "What? It wasn't a cliff at least? I'd have pushed him off of that, not pulled us both down, I'm not completely crazy."
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Gary glares, before saying, "Whatever, let's just do those stupid clues already." Lauren simply nods, looking down at the radar before smiling as they both run off.
At the top of the hill, two of the five stand at the top.
The figure sighs again, before saying, "You can get them right?"
"Sure can, boss."
"Okay… Handsome."
The main group of campers make it to the pipe to Air Island, as Xavier turns around, noticing their missing members.
"Lauren? Gary?"
"They're not here?" Susan questions.
"Gary's probably going on and on with some rant about how we're all idiots," Bob rolls his eyes.
"And judging by the lack of screaming," Jemma joins the conversation. "Lauren's possibly captured."
Xavier frowns. "Look, they might make it to us, we don't know for sure. Let's get to Air Island, they know to meet us up there."
Xavier, Susan and Jemma all enter the pipe as Bob quickly says, "Wait a second Carol."
"What is it?" The superhero asks.
"I'm not gonna be able to fit both myself and the fire poker into the pipe, can you hold onto it?"
Carol nods, grabbing the weapon before entering the pipe. Bob follows behind her. After Bob leaves, Handsome stands at the pipe, glaring.
After all five reach the top, Carol asks, "So where are we going, anyway?"
Bob shrugs, before saying, "The castle from the paintball challenge?"
"No, probably that conveniently placed house." Susan points at a roof poking through the trees.
"Yeah, that seems to be the set-piece." Jemma nods. "Cool, a cabin in the woods."
"Let's go then," Xavier smiles before the five dash over, running through the door. Several metres away, the campers all notice a shed.
Xavier nods as they all look around. "Okay… uh, so we just stay here, figure out clues and wait for if Lauren and Gary make it here."
Lauren and Gary enter the Air Island pipe, making it to the top as Gary comments, "And we're finding clues by going where everyone else is?"
"Watching from a distance," Lauren responds. "I've got the radar, and if we watch the others, then we're in the clear.
Gary sighs, before saying, "Still don't like this…."
"What's more likely, they target us, hiding, or they target the house with the other five?"
Before Gary can respond, the pair steps on a pile of leaves, activating a net trap. Lauren's radar falls out of her pocket and onto the ground
"Us," is Gary's response.
Lauren struggles on the net, before asking, "How did this happen, we're smarter than this?"
"Apparently not," Gary rolls his eyes.
Lauren pauses for a moment before saying, "Look, do you have something sharp?"
For a split second, the stage actor's eyes lighten up as he says, "Good idea." He then feels into his pocket and then says. "Nope! Nothing sharp in there."
"Nothing?" Lauren questions. "No rocks or something? Scissors? A butterfly knife?"
"Ah yes, let me get out the convenient rock that I carry around with me anywhere. Goes really well with my absolutely essential piece of garlic bread that goes everywhere with it."
"Well gee, I just thought you'd have something, being an actor you probably have a lot of useless props stuff with you."
"I'm not Xavier," Gary responds angrily. "Just cause we're both performers doesn't mean we're the exact same!" The pair continue to struggle as a figure walks out of the bushes, a knife in hand.
"Great," Gary groans, "now we're gonna become this lunk's dinner."
"Hold that thought a moment," Lauren notes, before looking at the knife.
"You like it?" The figure notes, "Figures, I brought it, especially for you." They then stomp down on Lauren's radar, destroying it.
Lauren frowns at the destroyed radar, before smirking. "Haha, that's funny, but how about you get a little closer and say that to my face?"
"Sure," the figure looks straight at Lauren, holding the knife at her. "The boss is gonna love this, she-."
"Thanks," Lauren responds sarcastically before pulling her arm out from the duo's pile and poking the eyes of the figure with two of her fingers. They yelp in pain, one hand clutching their face.
Lauren quickly grabs the knife from the figure's hand and attempts to slash at the net. This is unsuccessful.
"It didn't cut!" Lauren yelps.
"But it's a knife," Gary says back, nervous. "That's literally their job!"
The two then begin to struggle in the net, with the combined weight of the pair causing the rope holding them up to break, sending both to the ground. Lauren lands on top of Gary, causing him to wheeze in pain.
Lauren struggles to her feet, looking down momentarily at Gary before saying, "Sorry bud, you'd have done the same thing! Pleasure doing business with you killer guy!" Lauren runs away with the knife in her hand.
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Lauren:
"And thanks for giving me a gender for your leader as well, dumbass!" She chuckles. "You shouldn't have said she!"
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Gary takes a deep breath, standing up while rubbing his head. "Lauren?" He asks quickly, before noticing Handsome staring at him.
"Uh… hi?"
The figure leaps at Gary, before the scene changes to Lauren, quickly feeling the blade and commenting, "Plastic." Before putting the knife into the side of her shirt.
Lauren quickly runs into the hideout, shutting the door and taking a few deep breaths.
"Lauren?" The fangirl looks upwards at Jemma, Susan, Carol, Bob and Xavier staring at her, the first being the one spoken. "Where were you?"
Lauren stutters in fear, commenting, "G-G-Gary and I got separated from you all and… I think they got him!"
For a moment, the five look surprised before pausing.
"Can't believe I'm saying this," Xavier begins. "But poor Gary."
Gary walks into the tent, an annoyed expression on his face. "Great."
"You've had it coming to be honest," Jake says back.
"How much have you seen on the challenge?"
"Pretty much everything after I got taken." Jake's admission causes the actor to sigh.
"Guess that leaves the six of us," Bob frowns. "Only one of us got taken during the trip… that's actually kinda surprising."
"Yeah, usually they do those types of scenes to trim the fat a little," Xavier adds. "Anyway, Lauren, did you find any clues while you were out?"
"No?" The girl responds. Why would I be looking? I'm running for my life!"
"Okay then," Xavier nods. "We're back to square one."
"Well," Susan comments. "The killer mentioned a couple of other people, 'burly' and 'handsome'."
"And that means we've got multiple killers on our hands," Xavier nods back. "Okay, this is good to know. There's almost always a main and secondary killer in these scenarios, just like how you saw with Slash with Alex and Clear."
"Which means we need to arm ourselves because of there being several attackers," Bob explains. "They're gonna break in here, and what's one fire poker gonna do to stop them?"
"Then we need weapons?" Xavier asks. "Where can we even get any?"
"You want my opinion?" Bob's questions causes the girls to pause, sensing the tension between the duo. "There's a shed out there, we go in there, grab what we can. If it is a challenge, it's clear to me they want us to at least try to fight back, or they wouldn't have put that there."
"That makes sense," Jemma nods back.
"Yeah," Carol adds in. Xavier sighs.
"Fine, but you're taking someone with you, alright?"
"Obviously," Bob scoffs, before turning to Carol, "How about you?"
"But you can't!" Xavier yells out. Lauren and Susan look confused at him as Bob glares. Xavier's eyes widen as he quickly changes tunes, "I-I mean, y-you can take her, sure! But just keep your eyes out, okay?"
Jemma and Susan both raise their eyebrows as Carol looks just as worried as Lauren.
Confessional:
Xavier:
"How am I supposed to tell him that's close to breaking rule three? That's going to reveal Bob and Carol are a couple!"
Confessional Ends:
Carol walks over to Bob, saying, "Well, alright then. The two of us can at least put up a fight, right?" Carol then walks to Susan and says, "Look, I got given this fire poker earlier, and I think Bob and I can fight them decently if we're ambushed. I want you to hold onto it, alright?"
Susan pauses, frowning, before grabbing it, "Alright, you two go off now."
Carol frowns before saying, "Alright, let's go." She and Bob then leave.
Confessional:
Susan:
"A-and if they get eliminated from the challenge, I can target them!" She pauses a few moments, before looking around, a worried expression evident.
Confessional Ends:
After Bob and Carol leave, a window opens, the wind blasting into the room.
"Crap," Jemma looks up, before she and Xavier run over, closing it.
"We need to look around this place," Jemma comments, frowning.
"Sure! I'll uh… I'll go ahead!" Lauren then runs ahead, before smacking into a painted wall. The other three walk up, putting their hands on the painting, creating an optical illusion of the rest of the house behind them.
"Wow they really don't want us out of the room," Jemma notes. She then walks over to a bookshelf. "There may be clues in the books."
Susan and Xavier walk over as Jemma unintentionally puts her hand on a candlestick, leaning on it. This causes the wall to spin, separating the Journalist from the others.
"What the!" Xavier yells as he, Lauren and Susan quickly run over. "Jemma! You alright?"
"Yeah," the writer says back. "Don't know the way out though, didn't see what caused this."
"Well, what's on the other side?" Susan adds.
"I'll check it now, see if I can get you guys in here too."
"If you can't see it, don't go!" Xavier begs, however, Jemma waves him off.
"Don't worry, I'll be right back!"
"W-wait!" Xavier facepalms as the Journalist leaves. "Couldn't she have said any other phrase?"
Confessional:
Jemma:
"Why did I say that specifically?" It's the girl's turn to facepalm this time.
Confessional Ends:
Jemma enters the room, seeing a small staircase. Walking up that, she sees a large library stretching across up to the roof.
"Okay… call me impressed." She looks around, grabbing a book out. She pauses, surveying her surroundings, "No windows, as long as we aren't yelling it isn't obvious we're here…I say this place is pretty good overall."
"Yeah," Jemma's blood runs cold as she spins around. One of the attackers stands near her.
"H-hi," the reporter begins. "Uh… you mind telling me what your name is?"
"Call me Burly," they say.
"You know that's not what I mean," the girl quickly says. "I mean, you just need to turn off that voice changer you have and say your name and this whole challenge can just be done…."
The killer walks towards her, causing Jemma to back away.
"No."
"Well, in that case, I'll be taking my leave!"
"No."
As the figure walks towards Jemma, she looks around, noticing a weapon she can use on her attacker.
The Journalist grabs the weapon, brandishing a foil sword in front of her as she yells, "En garde!" A confident glare on her face.
Confessional:
Jemma:
"Okay so foils aren't technically sharp or anything, but considering they're playing freaky hillbillies that probably spend all their time deep in the woods or a cave, they're not supposed to know that in this context, are they?" She then pauses, "Well okay, they know what voice changers are, but let me just keep with the vibe of the challenge."
Confessional Ends:
The figure walks ahead unperturbed by her weapon as the girl gulps.
"Uh, genius, it's a sword?"
"Stab me then."
Jemma begins to sweat, but stabs it ahead, bouncing off her attacker's chest. They grab the foil, ripping it out of her hand and throwing it away.
"Oh… crap."
The journalist next looks around, her eyes trained on one of the shelves. "All the ammo I need," she mutters.
"Look, I'm not paid enough for this, just let me take you already."
"You're paid?"
The figure stops, pausing for a moment before shrugging. "Eh, you'd have figured it out anyway. It's pretty obvious."
Jemma grabs a book, throwing it at her attacker's face. Looking at her, Burly sees the journalist holding a few books in her hands. "Mom always told me knowledge was power." After a moment, she groans, "that sucked, quips really aren't my thing."
"That's it," Burly yells, "Stupid kids." Before running at her.
"AH!" Jemma yelps in surprise, as she runs to the exit.
Unfortunately for her, Jemma misses the first step, falling through the air and landing on the ground with a thud. Luckily for her, it only slightly dazed her, but unluckily, for her this gives Burly enough time to catch up, grabbing her.
"Why'd they talk me into using Burly as a name?" He questions, grabbing Jemma and carrying her away.
"NO!" The girl screams as she's pulled away.
Jemma's yelps are heard by Xavier, Lauren and Susan, causing the three to gain worried expressions.
"Jemma?" Xavier calls out. "You there?" No response is given, causing Susan to frown.
"And then there were three."
"Woah, woah, three?" Lauren looks up, terrified. "But what about Bob and Carol?"
The scene cuts over to the pair in question, looking in a supply shed.
"Ooh, a machete," Carol notes, pulling it from a shelf.
"That's one weapon at least," Bob smiles at this. "Now we just need… about five more."
Carol pauses, before saying. "Look, thanks for talking to me about Susan earlier, even if it wasn't for long." She then finds a plank of wood to use the machete on.
"No worries," Bob smiles back. "I know this is tough for you, I hope you can feel better about this later."
"Thanks," Carol smiles, giving Bob a quick kiss on the cheek.
Suddenly, a thud smacks against the shed, causing the metal to wobble.
"What was that?" Carol asks.
After another smash, Bob mutters out, "I'd say that's our attacker."
"You've gotta be kidding me!" Carol groans. "It was 'cause of the kiss, wasn't it?"
"That's fine," Bob calls out, "We're probably stronger or can fight better anyway, and we've got the one weapon. We can just make it back to the building at least."
"About that," Carol's voice fills with dread.
"What?"
"You know the machete?" Carol asks, putting her finger on the blade of the weapon in question and holding the uncut plank of wood. "Yeah it's dull, I don't think it could cut grass, let alone whatever they're pretending this is."
"That isn't good," Bob responds, beginning to sound worried, "Anything else?"
"I dunno," Carol snarks, "Let me see if I can find a Golden Chainsaw in my belt."
A third smash into the shed causes the pair to look worried.
Bob pauses, taking a deep breath, before saying, "At least one of us is gonna get immunity tonight."
"What?"
"I'm going to need you to run. If it's fighting the killer I have it, if it's surviving, you get another chance of getting it."
Carol shakes her head. "But I can't just leave you behind! Leaving you behind… it's not heroic…." She then frowns. "You're… you're my boyfriend… I can't just leave you here if I can fight too."
Bob pauses, before looking. "I'll be alright, Carol. You should go back and protect everyone else."
Carol and Bob stare at each other for a few moments, before the superhero looks determined. She quickly goes in and kisses Bob, leading to the pair making out for the next few seconds.
At that moment, the door breaks down, with Bob and Carol screaming, the leader of the group staring intently at the duo. Recovering from the shock quickly, Bob runs ahead, ramming his shoulder into the attacker, pushing the pair out.
"Run Carol!" Bob yells. "RUN!"
Carol quickly runs out behind the pair, yelling, "Sorry!" Before she flees back towards the cabin.
"You're going after her!?" Bob questions, enraged. "You're going through ME first!"
"Alright," they say, getting into a fighting stance. "Bring it on." This is stopped when Bob sends a right hook at the figure, causing them to stumble back, shaken. "Ouch."
"Did you really expect anything else?" Bob decides to ask. "It's a one-on-one fight and I definitely outmuscle you. Did you think I'd let you get the drop on me?"
The attacker simply laughs. "One-on-one? Who said anything about me wanting to fight both of you on my own?"
Bob's eyes widen, however, he's not quick enough to react to two figures grabbing at his arms.
"Thanks!" The main attacker comments, before putting out a tranquiliser gun. "I was told you'd be a tough one. Good thing I have this." They then shoot Bob with one. However, he quickly pulls out of the two's grip.
"What!? They were fast acting?" The shorter lackie questions.
"I've got this." Head Honcho adds. They then shoot Bob five more times, each shot affecting Bob more and more before Bob falls to his knees, and then to the ground, unconscious, a low snore filling the room.
Jemma lands on the ground of the loser's tent, sitting up. She frowns. "Darn it… I'm out."
"At least you're arrival was actually caught on camera for more than five seconds," Gary rolls his eyes, leaning against the wall. "I can see the light showing it's recording, you do know that, right?"
"Keep crying about it," Chris rolls his eyes. The host's eyes light up as he sees another sight in front of him. "Now that's what I'm talkin' about!"
Head Honcho, and the two lackeys, carry Bob's sleeping body into the tent, dropping him on the ground.
"Oh my gosh!" Jemma leaps up. "Is he dead?"
"No, he isn't; we just used the tranquilisers."
Bob is rolled onto his back, showing the six tranquilisers.
"SIX TIMES!?" Jemma yelps in shock. "YOU SHOT HIM SIX TIMES!?"
"He wasn't going down!" The leader defends themselves. "He decked me in the face!"
Jemma quickly pulls the tranquilisers out of the giant's body, as he continues to sleep. "If he's dead you're going to jail, challenge or not!"
"We've all survived a lot worse than this! I'd know!" They then add in. "Plus his punch still hurts!"
The two figures go to leap at each other, however, they're both held back. Jemma by Jake and Gary, while Head Honcho is held back by Burly, being pulled out of the tent. Burly simply comments, "Get over it; we've got a challenge to complete." The other two attackers make their exits.
Jemma pauses as she's let go. "The way they were talking… and the heights… I think I know who these killers are."
"Well too bad, you got caught, you lose the challenge," Chris shrugs. The journalist grimaces.
Elsewhere, Carol runs to the door, quickly dashing through it. Xavier, Susan and Lauren turn around as the superhero catches her breath.
"Where's Bob!?" Xavier jumps in to ask.
"He… he told me to run, save myself," Carol says through her breaths. "No… he can't have been taken."
"Looks like he was," Susan grimaces. "Unfortunate…." She looks away, a slight smile on her face.
"So it's just us four," Xavier sighs. "And I'm the last guy here."
Carol looks up. "Wait, what about Jemma?"
"We heard her screaming, she's been grabbed too."
"Come on, let's just end this stupid challenge already," Susan shrugs. "Stop overreacting, muscle man probably beat an attacker near to death anyway."
"Don't you dare say that about my boyfriend," Carol mutters under her breath. Her eyes widing for a split second after she realises it was out loud.
"Huh?" Lauren raises an eyebrow. Xavier, having also heard this, widens his eyes as he says. Susan having not heard Carol's comment.
"ALRIGHT guys, let's just go through the clues again!"
Confessional:
Susan:
"So the other remaining players are the traitor, my biggest enemy in the game, and a guy I'm pretty sure I've talked to like… one time, when he was holding me hostage." Susan then groans, "Great."
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Carol:
"Whoops," she mutters. "Sorry Bob…. good news is I'm pretty sure Xavier was the only person that actually heard that, and he already knows and wouldn't risk getting Jake mad."
Lauren:
"Did she just mutter…," Lauren thinks out loud. "Okay, an interesting slip there Carol. I'll see what I can figure out after the challenge."
Xavier:
"I'm the last guy and last Frozen Lion left in the challenge," Xavier notes. "Not gonna lie, even with all the cliches… that's a little freaky."
Confessional Ends:
"Sure," Susan shrugs.
Carol looks up, adding, "Maybe we can all win immunity!"
"But what if it's the islands?" Lauren jumps in. "W-what if they're all CURSED!"
"No!" Xavier and Susan yell at the exact same time.
The method actor continues with, "It's creepy, but it sure as heck isn't cursed!"
Carol throws the machete down to the ground, groaning. "This is all we were able to grab, and it's dull." She then gains a determined expression. "But that doesn't mean we're just hopeless here. Figuring out the killer? Fighting them? We haven't singled out either to my knowledge."
"Exactly," Xavier nods.
"Which means we need to decide if we can figure it out," Susan adds. "Let's pick quickly."
"What if it's an actor!?" Lauren comments, staring at Xavier with a suspicious expression.
The man raises his eyebrow. "Seriously, are you gonna be like this the whole time?"
Confessional:
Lauren:
"Am I being a bit over the top? Maybe, but I'm also planning the grand finale… and I'll be swiping that immunity."
Confessional Ends:
"Though if we want to go in conspiracy directions," Xavier begins. "The supposedly 'dead' killer can come back for a scare. So someone we think is 'dead' in this context could be the killer."
"So Chris or Chef?" Carol asks. "That'd be too obvious. Chef was the killer last time, him or Chris would be way too obvious."
"As the main one," Xavier responds. "Burly and Handsome could be Chef and Chris respectively. I mean, one of them is literally named Handsome."
"You really think Chris would get involved?" Susan raises an eyebrow.
"Fair point, it could be Morgan or someone like that."
A flash of lightning illuminates the outside, showing all five attackers standing, their faces still obscured.
"Five of them," Xavier notes. He then pauses for a few moments. "Okay, let's go back to where I was before. There's always a main killer. Someone smart enough to plan it out and be the leader."
Susan nods, "So that gets rid of Morgan."
"Bingo! We're already lowering the suspects."
"Have you guys considered it being an eliminated camper?" Carol questions. "It'd be a surprise for us and it'd be easy to get together, especially since Chris disappeared a day ago."
Susan and Xavier pause, eyes widened, before Xavier admits, "Okay, that's a good catch. Especially after Chris mentioned that this morning." Susan begrudgingly nods along.
"Thanks for the great theories!" A filtered voice from outside yells.
"Who are you?" Carol asks the killer.
"Did you really think that would work?"
Carol shrugs. "Worth a try."
Lauren watches the scene, stepping back, and grabbing the plastic knife. "Eliminated camper? And a girl…." Her eyes widen as a smile forms on her face.
Lauren begins to chuckle.
"Lauren?" Carol steps forward. "Are you… alright?"
"Yeah, everything alright?" Xavier questions.
"No I'm not!" She yells. "Nothing's alright! And wanna know why!?"
"Not really," Susan admits.
"BECAUSE YOU'RE ALL CRAZY!" Lauren ignores the response. "I'm safer out there with the killer! At least she'll make it quick!"
"She'll?" Xavier questions as Lauren flings the door open, screaming and running away.
Confessional:
Lauren:
"Whoops. Ah well, I'm winning immunity anyway!"
Confessional Ends:
Lauren runs into the woods, fear in her eyes, before bumping into something, causing her to stumble back.
"You really screwed things over for yourself, didn't you?" Head Honcho comments, as Handsome walks up next to her.
Seeing her, Lauren smiles, before beginning to laugh. Confusing the duo.
"Don't know what's got you so happy, I'm about to kill you."
"I'm laughing at the fact you can't recognise acting when you see it," Lauren states. "I mean, seriously, you spent a chunk of the game in an alliance with Gary and Xavier, you should know."
Lauren's comment catches the duo off guard. As she explains further. "Because I've figured out that our main killer tonight… is you Katrina."
Head Honcho blinks a couple of times, clearly shocked. "Wh-what?"
"Maybe don't threaten us with plastic knives next time?" The fangirl grabs the knife out. "Oh yeah, and get him to not reveal your gender with an offhand comment?"
Katrina glares at her teammate, "Did you seriously do that?"
The figure next to Katrina quickly defends himself with, "She caught me off guard!"
"Aren't you in an alliance with her?" Katrina questions. "I mean seriously Morgan? You had to lose the knife, you should have known she was gonna trick you?"
"Hey Morgan," Lauren then waves at him. "You trapped me and Gary?"
Morgan simply shrugs, saying, "Yeah."
Katrina pulls off the mask, revealing a purple bruise on her cheek. "Was that seriously the only way you figured me out?"
"Not all of it," Lauren admits. "It had to be someone we know because being a nobody was way too hard for the others and we didn't get a newspaper giving us lore. Carol mentioning the possibility of an eliminated camper reminded me of what Chris said at the merge reveal about pre-merge boots demoing challenges. After that, I assumed it'd be someone who hates Chris enough for his being targeted first to make sense. Then, I noticed that the Frozen Lions all fell early, with the exception of Jake, who is dating a member of the team. That, mixed with my other discoveries led to me figuring you out."
Katrina pauses at this, commenting. "Okay… you've got me."
"So since there's five of you, and you and Morgan are two. I'm guessing your intern buddies are a couple, and then… Chef maybe?"
"Bingo."
"Look, I've gotta take you anyway," Katrina admits. "Let's just get out of here."
"Sure," Lauren shrugs. The trio then walk off.
Lauren, Katrina and Morgan walk into the tent, as Chris turns around. Most of the four previously captured campers standing by as well, though Bob is still asleep on a bench.
"And we have a winner!" Chris cheers. "Lauren wins immunity!"
"YES!" Lauren cheers, however, she looks at the monitors, seeing the challenge. "We're watching it?"
"Yep," Jake notes, staring at her with a frown. "Nice acting."
Lauren looks at the three, before quickly defending herself, "Okay, I really was scared there, the only acting was me not wanting to tell them my clues."
Katrina cuts the conversation off, saying, "Is the challenge over? I could really use some ice for this bruise."
Chris shrugs, before turning to Lauren. "Did you tell those three who the killer was?"
"Nope," Lauren smiles, Chris snickers at this.
"Great." The host then cheerfully says, "The challenge is back on! Someone else can get immunity!"
All of a sudden, Bob's eyes flutter as he wakes up. With a start, the giant sits up, saying, "Wh-where-what?"
"You lost the challenge," Gary simply responds. Bob frowns in the background.
Jake walks over to Bob, saying, "Hey, can you talk to me for a minute after the challenge?"
Bob blinks a couple of times, waking up a bit more, before saying, "Sure."
"Thanks."
Chris smirks as he looks at the camera. "And we're down to three! Who else is gonna win immunity, and who is heading home? You can find out, after the break!"
Remaining Campers: Bob, Carol, Gary, Jake, Jemma, Lauren, Susan, Xavier
1st – 8th: ?
Merge
9th: Rory (The Soft Spoken Jock)
10th: Katrina (The Former Intern)
11th: Nadia (The Hot Blooded)
12th: Myron (The Ungifted Nerd)
13th: Tegan (The Complainer)
14th: Morgan (The Perfect Guy) (Though he isn't off the islands)
15th: Megan (The Quiet Band Girl)
16th: Hannah (The Jerky Contrarian)
17th: Richard (The Incredible Bore)
18th: Alfred (The Influential Rich Kid)
*Turns the light on and dusts away some cobwebs*. Uh, hi everyone! It's been a while, hasn't it? Basically, I really struggled with this episode, which I know isn't an excuse, but this episode has several factors that made it really hard to write, which if you don't mind, I'll cover in part 2, as they are very spoiler-y.
So we're at the final eight! Less than half of these guys remain, and we're slowly approaching the endgame of this season. I still feel like we're in "Act 2" of sorts for the season, but it's still getting there!
So, I think it's probably important for me to say this… I'm really sorry to all the Susan fans that read this story. Even writing this episode, I realise that Susan is… a lot to deal with (you should have seen her before I edited this chapter), but her regressing is important to her plot. I'm trying to not make her unforgivably unlikeable here.
Also! It may have taken me a while, but I have finally noticed that I got a shout-out from "dgxyy" about my setting out at the end of chapters and that they're taking inspiration. So as a thank you for shouting me out, I'm shouting them out back! Go give their story "Total Drama Wawanakwa (2023)" a try! It's pretty good.
At this point though? I'll leave you all for now, and I'll get back to you when I've got part 2 out! Which is probably in a couple days. See you all on the flipside.