Total Drama Blended: Action Chapter 11: SHUTTLECOCK!, a total drama series fanfic

"Last time on Total Drama Action we watched as the final thirteen campers merged into one team. Devin's departure left many reactions, from crying to celebrating, but in the end it didn't matter as we jumped straight into the merge challenge. The DISASTER THEME challenge, triggered by the notorious cataclysm Izzy and managed by emergy Harold services. Following four grueling rounds, Sky managed to come out on top of the other competitors earning herself safety and a spot in the final twelve. Following her win the cast instantly scrambled as Angelo and Beardo quickly became targets to go home. But Tem and Sky's vote throwing plan managed to create a new target in Emma. However in the end it didn't matter as Angelo became the first member of the jury. Twelve are left, find out who goes on the most dramatic episode of the season yet!

Theme Song

As the Lame-O-Sine carried Angelo away to his new place of residency, the campers started filing out of the bleachers, some talking quietly with each other, others moving in silence. However the camera focused in on Emma, her face was a bright shade of red, as she seemed to be puffing out her cheeks in anger.

"WHY ME BEARDO!?" She shouted. All the campers stopped in their tracks and turned around to face the blonde Youtuber,

"Huh?" Beardo replied, his eyebrow raised in confusion.

"Sugar said you and Angelo were going after me! Why me!?" Emma shouted again, Sugar made a motion as if trying to get Emma to stop.

"I don't know. We never really connected at all, and it just seemed like something that would save Angelo and I," Beardo replied quietly, giving a small shrug.

"Then who else voted for me!" Emma exclaimed, waving her arms in the air.

"I don't know, not everyone I talked to voted for you," Beardo replied with another shrug, shooting a small glance towards Sky and Tem, who stood towards the back of the cast.

"I won't forget this!" Emma yelled out as she stormed off towards the girls trailer, leaving everyone looking at each other with various confused looks of shock.

Confessional, Beardo

Yikes

Confessional, Courtney

I did not think Emma was that emotionally volatile… I want to win so bad, so I need everything to be picture perfect, and Emma that was not that.

Confessional, Carrie

I mean it's called Total Drama for a reason…. Oh right Devin… (She sniffles)

As the campers made their way back to their trailers, Tem and Beardo had found themselves next to each other. Beardo held a small frown on his face as his eyes remained on the ground.

"Thanks Beardo," Tem said, patting the bigger boy's back. Beardo turned his head down towards Tem, giving her a small smile.

"For what? I was the one going around saying her name," Beardo replied, shrugging off Tem's hand.

"For not throwing me under the bus, when you could have and had every right to," Tem responded, her eyes softening as she gazed onto Beardo.

"It wasn't your fault that I campaigned, that was my decision. And Emma and I will have to live with that." Beardo let out an exasperated sigh "I hope she calms down after a night's rest."

"Don't get your hopes up, I think the game is starting to get to her."

Confessional, Tem

I feel so bad. Honestly I think Island Tem would have my head for not speaking up during that. But if I want to be an architect, the money has to come first. (She lets out a massive sigh).

Confessional, Beardo

I really needed that.

As the camera faded into the night, it switched to a time lapse as the moon and dark starry night sky was quickly replaced by a bright blue sky and the bright sun. A rooster could be heard crowing in the distance. Although many were still rolling their way out of bed. The camera shifted to the Craft Services Tent panning inside to show Raj, Emma, Justin, and Carmen eating their morning breakfast.

"Why did you want us all here at the crack of dawn again?" Carmen asked, letting out a loud annoyed yawn as she outstretched her arms.

"Yeah I'm with Carmen on this one," Emma added.

"I don't know what you guys are talking about, we wake up early all the time for hockey! It's honestly so nice being able to start your day early!" Raj exclaimed, a bright smile on his face as he glanced at Justin.

Justin rolled his eyes at the two girls. "Like Raj said, waking up early is good for the mind and soul. Besides, what we need to discuss needs to be away from the others, without making it obvious."

"The model has a brain," Carmen replied with a snicker.

"I'm hot, not brain dead," Justin shot back. "Look I think we as a four could work well together in an iron clad alliance." Justin put his fist into the palm of his hand as if to emphasize his point.

"Ooooo like the Beach House but without all the pranking?!" Emma exclaimed excitedly.

"Sure…" Justin deadpanned, Carmen had to stifle a laugh.

"So like… what's our goal for the alliance?" Emma asked. " I for one want to target Beardo… and whoever else voted for me," She huffed.

"Why Beardo? Dude is pretty chill," Raj replied, as Emma shot the hockey bro a glare.

"Let's just play it by ear," Carmen waved aside, diffusing the situation. "Besides us four shouldn't be seen together."

"Why?" Raj asked, his face riddled with confusion.

"Because then everyone else would want to split us up…" Carmen replied, resisting the urge to face palm.

"Oh right!"

Confessional, Raj

WOOHOO! Final four alliance!

Confessional, Emma

Oh we are so back! (She does her happy dance)

As Emma and Raj walked off to a different table, Justin and Carmen were left behind to continue their discussion.

"The old Carmen is coming out you know," Justin said. "The one that is a tad rude and outwardly villainous."

"What? I can't help it sometimes. Some people just deserve it," Carmen replied with a shrug.

"Whatever is up with your personal life… just don't let it seep into here, neither of us can afford that right now," Justin replied, as his hands nervously shifted under the table.

"You mean something you can't afford. We both know you're going to have to manipulate the socks off those two," Carmen said, jabbing her thumb towards Emma and Raj.

"I know. Raj is much easier to deal with… I don't want to manipulate him, but he is far more easy going… Emma on the other hand…" Justin trailed off.

"She's more emotional. We just have to be careful with her. Whether we want to vote Beardo out or not, if she's hard targeting him like that, who knows what could happen later on."

"I know she's a risk, but she's more likable than Sugar… so she's probably our best option," Justin responded.

"I know, doesn't mean I trust her all the way. In my opinion she's number four."

Confessional, Justin

It's so nice having someone that I can actually talk strategy with that doesn't chew with her mouth wide open!

Confessional, Carmen

Seduction is back on the menu! Well at least for Justin, my hips will have to be sidelined for now.

The camera quickly replaced the scene of the Craft Services Tent with a scene of the outside lot, showing a bright sunny day with clear skies and a light gust of wind rustling the leaves. The camera shifted down into the lot to show Carrie, Carson, and Sky walking to the Craft Services Tent. Carrie appeared worried but also sad, as Carson and Sky looked at her with concern.

"Are you okay Carrie?" Sky asked the blonde. "You've looked like you've seen a ghost all morning."

Carrie let out a heavy sigh as Carson placed a comforting hand on her shoulder. "I just really miss Devin is all… Like I knew it was going to happen eventually… just not so soon."

"It's okay, I totally get it. I was the same way after Dave left… even if I got to see him soon after. And I know all the other couples that got split off were distraught, but they all fought through, I mean Lindsay managed to pull off a win," Sky replied, causing Carrie to cheer up a bit.

"Thanks Sky, that means a lot. But the other thing too is I feel like Emma is pulling away from me," Carrie added.

"How do you mean?' Carson asked, shoving his hands into his jacket pockets.

"Like, I feel like she spends a lot more time with Justin and Carmen now. Way more than she ever did before.. I just find it really odd is all." Carrie looked down at her shoes as she tried to wipe the sadness away.

"That is rather odd," Sky mused. "I mean she did find Justin rather attractive."

"Not all that crazy to assume she's boy crazy over him," Carson added. "But hanging with Carmen too is a bit off. Carmen never made any mention to me about wanting to work with Emma when we were on a team together." Carson brought his hand to his chin as he pondered this new information.

"Do you think either of you could ask Carmen about it? You guys were both on teams with her," Carrie said, as Sky and Carson both shot glances at each other.

"I don't know," Sky replied. "I haven't spoken to her a whole lot since we were together initially."

"Same here… she kinda just goes off on her own a lot."

"I guess she just does as she pleases?" Carrie asked.

"Yeah, she tends to do that," Carson replied with a small chuckle.

Confessional, Carrie

I know Emma has been really stressed lately, but I feel like she's been distancing herself from me, and getting ever closer to Justin and I'm just worried. She comforted me when Devin left… and I just don't want to be forced to vote her off.

Confessional, Carson

Carmen, Justin, and Emma are an interesting trio. I bet Raj is with them to… Carmen has her hands in a lot of honey pots. I gotta say she's come a long way from Revenge… UGH I feel the need to make a move, but I don't want to get myself eliminated again.

A loud slam could be heard throughout the film lot, as Sugar left the girl's trailer slamming the door behind her. However instead of shutting and locking like normal it slowly swung back open revealing Courtney and Hilde on the other side looking as though they had seen a ghost. The pair looked at each other in a moment of shock, before turning back to face Sugar who was walking away from them.

"SUGAR! Watch where you're going! You almost gave Courtney and I permanent brain damage!" Hilde yelled out to Sugar as she and Courtney made their way out of the trailer. Sugar stopped and turned around to the two girls.

"I'm sorry y'all. I didn't see you there," Sugar replied sarcastically, giving the two girls an eye roll.

"Anyways," Courtney said, shifting the subject as she shot a glance at Hilde who had steam billowing out of her ears. "Sugar I was wondering, what sort of pageants do you do?"

"Oh all sorts!" Sugar exclaimed, a wide smile on her face. "Mostly the country ones, they're more informal than the inner city ones. And it costs less too."

"I thought most pageants were free to enter? At least initially," Hilde said, her interest piqued.

"Yes and no. Yes you enter for free, but if you drop out you gotta pay a fee, sometimes it goes up to five thousand dollars,' Sugar explained, her southern slang seemingly disappearing.

"That's a load of bogus," Courtney replied. "I feel like that should lead to a lot of lawsuits."

"It should. But it don't," Sugar said solemnly. "But I know all the agencies are gonna come calling after this season! I just know it!"

"You think so?" Hilde asked, holding back her laughter.

"You're darn right. Two seasons on one of the biggest reality shows?" Sugar exclaimed, her smile growing wider. "Who would pass up working with someone famous!"

"A lot of people," Courtney whispered under her breath

Confessional, Sugar

Darn tootin' when this is all over, every pageant in Hollywood will call for my services! I mean look at me (she gestures to herself) I look great on camera.

Confessional, Hilde

She's delusional.

As the three girls split off following their conversation, Sugar towards the Craft Services Tent, and Hilde back to the girl's trailer presumably to blow off some steam from Sugar's antics, Courtney made her way over to the main film lot. Eventually setting her eyes on a building that looked eerily similar to Chris's face..

"I keep coming here, and coming up empty. Chris wouldn't just put a fake building that looks eerily similar to him without using it for something," Courtney mumbled to herself, as she wandered around the building. Like many of the other fake buildings in the Monster challenge this building was essentially 2D with there being nothing behind the door other than more fake buildings, and some fake bushes and makeshift fake cars.

"Hmm, I haven't looked around that car yet, maybe there's something there. I swear if there isn't an idol here, I'll steal Chris's hair gel," Courtney grumbled to herself, as she snooped around a red fake cardboard car.

"Hmm what's this?" Courtney reached into a small hole that was within the front tire of the car. Just wide enough to fit something inside of it. Courtney felt a wooden statue inside, she could barely contain her excitement as she yanked out a wooden bust of Chris McClean. She kept herself from cheering, but gave a silent fist pump as she stuffed the idol inside her shirt as she made her way back over to Craft Services.

Confessional, Courtney

And Duncan said I didn't have the snooping ability to find one of these. HAVE FUN COOKING DINNER FOR A MONTH!

"Attention campers, report to the Craft Services Tent for the challenge debrief. Today's genre is going to be a rip roaring high scoring good time!" Chris announced through the speakers.

"Rip roaring? So like water," Carson asked a nearby Beardo. The soundboard let out a sound of confusion as they started to walk over.

A camera wipe signaled by the blowing of a whistle showed the pairs of feet storming into the craft services tent. Dakota and Sam handed each teen a banana and a bottle of electrolyte juice. Each teen sat at the table and turned their attention to Chris. "Welcome everyone," Chris said. "One of the most dominating aspects of youth culture is sports. Initially used for warriors it is now a good way to stay physically fit."

"Yeah we know that," Sky objected. "Just say it's the sports genre episode."

"Well that would be no fun," Chris countered. "Like every good sports movie you have a coach for tryouts and their assistant. That's what our two cameos will be today."

"So Chef isn't helping out?" Carrie asked.

"No, he's on a special catering duty back at Wawanakwa for the day. He'll be back tonight," Chris explained. "Now, announcing our first cameo…"

Dakota and Sam held up inflatable boom sticks and started to whack them against each other. From the open window a familiar red track suit flew through and rolled just in front of the table. He caught his breath and rose, accidentally hitting his head on the overhanging table. "Hey everyone!"

"Tyler!" Carson cheered. "So nice to see you!"

"And it's just as nice to be back!" Tyler grabbed a clipboard from Dakota. "You've been dealing with some gnarly genres so we're going to take it all easy this time around with some classic sports."

Beardo let out a glum horn sound. "Oh don't worry dude, you'll find your sport," Tyler reassured. "So long as you have fun."

Courtney and Hilde seemed less impressed with Tyler's optimism. "Are we all going to participate this time around?"

"Well we're still going to divide you, I'm just here to keep time with the quick pick me up snack. You have five more minutes and then I blow the whistle and I'll take you to the sports soundstage."

Confessional, Carrie

Oh Tyler was so fun. I loved how he and Lindsay became the first power couple of the season. I think he was somewhat robbed. Who votes someone out on their birthday?

Tyler's whistle echoed just as Beardo finished his drink. The campers walked over to the new soundstage with its massive door raised to the top. "I do have to mention that you have to keep your clothes on, I'm aware we have 'strippers' in the cast," Chris started. "It's competition rules. They take their jerseys seriously."

Raj glanced over at Carmen and Justin as they seemed to both cross their arms. "Spoilsport," Raj sighed.

The most prominent feature ahead of the campers in the door was a mock American football field. In the center were Sam and Dakota holding a tearable paper on either end. "Now announcing our second cameo…." Chris announced as a spotlight started to focus on the paper. Straight in the center was a flexed bicep surrounded by a gold outline. "Making his return to Total Drama after Pahkitew Island…"

A familiar face tore through the paper. He was clad in a usual football uniform with a varsity jacket over the padding. He spiked the football he was holding straight to the fake grass below him and it bounced high above. The athlete took off his helmet and shook his head, revealing a head of blond hair and blue eyes that shone. Dakota handed him a squirtable water bottle and he sprayed his face. He shook his head again and cleared his throat. "You know me, you love me, it's Roman Anthony back in this house!"

Unlike Tyler's warm welcome, the others gave him a smattering of polite applause, even as Roman stood proud, oblivious to the relatively tepid reaction. "WHOOOOO!" Emma cheered.

Confessional, Emma

I know he might have been a tool on his season, but he looks so much better in person. (She fans herself with her hands)

"So what's the plan today?" Courtney, already disinterested, turned her attention towards Chris.

"Since there's twelve of you, we're going to have five events today. You'll be divided into four groups of three each playing a different sport," Chris started. "The one winner from each group will compete in the final event. It's going to be totally random how the teams will be divided."

"And Como se dividiran?" Carmen asked.

"Like this!" Roman suddenly came into frame, wheeling in a football throwing machine. He slammed the button and it fired a football into the air. "Catch a football but make sure it has a sport on it. First sport you touch is the one you'll participate in."

Tyler sprinted onto the scene and made a lucky catch of the football. He stood still for a moment at the football and cheered, spiking the football onto the ground and bouncing it into Roman's face. Tyler flinched as Roman grabbed the football and put it back into the machine. "Not all of the balls will have writing on them, so make sure you have one and take it to the benches for better division," Tyler explained.

"Are we dividing now?" asked Carson.

"Yep!" Roman turned the football throwing machine towards the fake field. A storm of balls started to bounce along the grass as they trampled forward.

"You're really good at working with the machine," Emma strode up to the taller Roman..

"Thanks, it's a lot of practice I picked up on, I have to do it myself sometimes," Roman said. "You might want to get in there to find the sport you want."

A portion of footage showed the campers all scrambling around the field, turning over the footballs and searching for a hint of writing. Carson grabbed a football first and started furiously turning it, only to find nothing on it. He threw it behind him and hit an unknowing Raj in the face. "Sorry," Carson apologized.

"I've taken harder hits," Raj reassured. He jumped high in the air and grabbed a ball flying high above. He looked it over as he tumbled to the ground. "What's bouldering?

Carrie took a hit to her side as she bent over, trying to turn over football after football. A hint of writing caught her eye and she lunged towards the football, almost covering it protectively with her stomach. "Baseball! Very American," she noted.

Beardo and Sugar started to crawl as they turned over football after football. "Hey don't get in my way!" Sugar shouted.

"Move please," Beardo requested.

A football flew through the air and landed in Beardo's afro. Sugar, noticing this, reached through Beardo's hair and pulled out Zee's artificial leg. "What? Why are you having the cyborg's legs?!" Sugar asked.

"He left one in the cabin and said it's to remember him," Beardo wrenched the leg out of Sugar's hands. "It was a gift from a friend." Beardo plunged his hand into his hair and pulled out the football. "Hockey? Very Canadian."

A pile of balls had formed around Tem and Hilde. They started rifling through the top and the bottom of the pile before Emma suddenly ran through the pile. "Hey, the football competition doesn't start yet!" Hilde shouted.

"What? I can't make my way into this pile?" Emma accused Hilde.

"There's more piles out there! Find your own!" Hilde pushed Emma aside.

As the two girls bickered, Tem grabbed a ball at the base of the pile. It collapsed and she held tight to the ball. "American Football, that's ironic," she mentioned.

When the balls finally stopped firing the twelve campers divided themselves into the four groups. "Okay," Tyler tapped his clipboard. "The three Bouldering competitors are Carson, Raj, and Sky The three American Football players are Carmen, Emma, and Tem. Beardo, Hilde, and Sugar will be playing Hockey, and Carrie, Courtney, and Justin will be playing Baseball."

"Why'd you specify American Football, isn't that the only kind there is?" asked Sugar.

"You wouldn't be the first one to make that mistake," Tem corrected. "But the rest of the world calls soccer football."

"Futbol," Carmen corrected Tem's pronunciation.

"AKA a very boring game to watch," Roman added. He took off his jacket and football gear, exposing his decently muscular frame, before he dropped another layer to reveal his rather toned and athletic midsection. He put on the referee shirt in a quick motion. When he put the shirt on he, and the camera, noticed Emma staring. "Hope I didn't distract you."

"No," Emma stammered. "It's fine."

Confessional, Sugar

American football is a lot of physical activity, just like wrangling hogs at the county fair, I've got this in the bag against the stereohead and the punk.

Confessional, Raj

WHY DIDN'T I GET THE HOCKEY ONE?!

Confessional, Carrie

If I can hold a baseball bat like a tennis racket, maybe I'll do just fine.

Confessional, Tem

I have a feeling I'm about to get concussed again, and again, and again, and that'll be added to the growing head pain I've got.

Confessional, Emma

I don't know why people are so turned off by Roman, he's a dreamboat.

A Chef blowup doll drove by on a zamboni as the camera revealed the nine players who weren't playing hockey "Well this isn't regulation size," Raj complained. "It's barely enough for a practice rink for slap shots! You don't even need a zamboni for all of this!"

The camera panned to an overhead shot of what looked to be the hockey rink. It had the same general shape of a rink but only had two faceoff spots on either side of a singular goal. Based on the first appearance it looked as though the goal was on the long side and the three players were on a blue line away from the attacking zone. A quick glance at the three competitors, Sugar, Beardo, and Hilde, revealed that all three were in Red, Green, and Orange padding respectively. Some of Beardo's big bushy hair popped out of his helmet that was hastily strapped around his chin. Sugar's similarly frizzy blond hair had a couple of strands poking out.

"Okay this challenge is simple. You cannot go past the centers of the circles, and you have to hit as many pucks into the rotating trio of nets, Sam rigged up something to keep track," Chris mentioned.

"Hit it with our hands?" Sugar asked. She wobbled briefly on her skates before faceplanting. "Do we need these stupid things?"

"They're the uniform! Respect the blade and the stick!" Raj shouted from just off screen.

"What Raj said," Chris concurred. "And Roman and Tyler will be sure to penalize you if that happens. We'll be releasing the first of four batches of pucks in one minute. You'll then have five minutes to hit as many as possible. Not all batches will be the same size."

Beardo and Hilde nodded as they looked up at the scoreboard. Each of them had a small LED display tallying their numbers. The three digit display for total amounts of pucks soon lit up with the number three-hundred as the first few chunks of pucks bounded on the ice.

Sugar let out a scream as the pucks started to bounce around. The pageant queen reflexively held up her hockey stick and waved it in order to keep her face clean, somehow getting one in a net. Next to her, Beardo held one hand over his helmet as he tried swatting the pucks around. Hilde remained focused as the pucks continued to ricochet around the small rink.

"COME ON! HIT IT HARDER!" Raj shouted from the sidelines. He looked to his right to see a shocked Carmen. "It's hockey, I get really intense with hockey," Raj explained.

"Yo comprendo," Carmen nodded. "Don did take me to a VIP box early when we were dating. Champagne y strawberries and popcorn. Not a good combination, strawberries and popcorn."

"Oh popcorn sucks," Raj agreed. "That messes the skates so much when you accidentally hop on them."

Beardo let out a panicked scream as from the sides a dozen hockey pucks shot into the hockey rink. He ducked his head low to prevent himself from getting hit as Sugar batted the air high around him. Hilde grabbed a puck out of the air and threw it directly into the net. "COME ON! GIVE ME MORE!" the golfer complained.

"So this isn't regulation hockey," Tem said bluntly.

"Nope," Carrie shook her head. "It's like a paintball match. Ever play paintball?"

"Does painting with tennis balls count?" Tem inquired.

"What city has a tennis ball painting studio?" asked a nearby Emma. The three girls started their conversation just as the scoreboard high above the hockey players opened up.

Confessional, Hilde

This is probably the most fun I've had in a challenge… ever. Golf clubs and hockey sticks are rather similar.

Confessional, Beardo

(he digs in his hair and pulls out a rather large hockey puck) How'd that get in there?

Confessional, Sugar

Man, my skin was so flawless before going on this stupid show! Now I look like I've been dragged in the underbrush.

Confessional, Raj

(he takes a deep breath)

THIS ISN'T HOW YOU PLAY HOCKEY!

The clock slowly ticked down from two minutes while Beardo managed to stick out of a heap of pucks that piled around him. Hilde batted away some more pucks into a rotating net with a look of determination on her face. Sugar screeched as she threw another puck into the net closest to her.

"That was the last batch, right?" asked Carson to a nearby Justin.

"No, that was the third," Justin mentioned. "It's moving surprisingly slow isn't it?"

"Well there goes the next batch," Carson pointed to the back of the rink. The pucks rolled towards the three players. Sugar lost her balance as she tried to move her feet in order to get as many pucks in front of her. She hit the ice with a large thud and a crack seemed to form in the ice. "That doesn't look good."

"Sugar?" Justin asked.

"Well I don't think Beardo's doing as good," Sky chimed in. "You can see it in his stance. Hilde's surprisingly confident. I guess golf really did help her out."

In a creative angle the hockey pucks all rolled to the lower half of the screen and the three hockey players hit one final puck, all hitting it into the net. Sugar and Beardo were surprised with themselves and Hilde brushed her shoulder in a confident gesture.

Confessional, Hilde/Beardo/Sugar (All Separate)

That wasn't planned, but I bet it looked good.

"We've tallied the numbers,," Chris said as Dakota handed him a piece of paper. Close behind, Sam, Tyler, and Roman were sweeping up the remaining hockey pucks. "Sugar, you only managed to hit forty-three pucks into the net. With deductions you only got thirty-seven pucks into the nets. Beardo, you did better, but that was only eighty pucks into the net. After you threw six pucks in, that leaves you with only seventy-four pucks. And that means Hilde! You only had four deductions off of your total of one hundred and eleven, meaning you hit one hundred and seven pucks into the net. You get to move onto the finals! As for Sugar and Beardo, you should have had better aim," Chris said. Beardo shook his head and out came a dozen small pucks. Sugar panted heavily on the ice as she slowly slumbered to the exit.

"That was quick," Emma mentioned.

"Not quick enough," Raj actually looked disgusted at the rink. "We don't have to be here again for any serious game any more. Thank goodness."

"Onto the next challenge!" Chris said eagerly.

An image of Chef throwing a baseball at the camera fully covered the entire screen as the baseball grew bigger and bigger. "The old pastime for our neighbors down south, Baseball!" The nine non participating campers all sat on a raised set of bleachers while the three baseballers stood on the baseball field set piece.. There was a net at the furthest point away from the three campers all lined up. "We have another simple challenge right here. All you need to do is hit three baseballs. Furthest distance wins."

"That's all?" asked Carrie, dressed in a green baseball jersey. "Did we really need to change into these uniforms?"

"I don't like the stripes but I bet my butt looks great," Justin said offhandedly in his red uniform.

"Let's just get on with it," Courtney twirled her bat. She rested it behind her neck just under her orange helmet. "I don't think helmets are necessarily professional baseball wear."

"No, but in the batting cage you're going to need to wear a helmet," Tyler explained as he calibrated a pitching machine. He looked over to Roman as the taller jock held a thumbs up. Tyler grabbed a baseball and bounced it off of his bicep as Roman did the same. "All good to go."

"Sam says that the baseballs can be calibrated to find distance once it hits the net. So if you hit the net you're good, wish they made stuff like this for football," Roman grumbled.

"Each baseball will be thrown at a capable thirty-one meters per second, or for Justin and Sugar, seventy miles per hour," Chris explained.

"Why do I need to know this? I'm not even playing!" Sugar heckled.

"They're just using us as a catch all for Americans," Justin said patiently.

"But Hawaii ain't contiguous United states!" Sugar retorted.

"That doesn't matter," Chirs interrupted. "Anyways, let's get going!"

Confessional, Courtney

I'm well aware of the risks involved with baseball, I was in a scouting expedition where we used a bat. If you ask me (she pulls up the baseball bat) This seems pretty light for a baseball bat. Maybe there's some cork.

Confessional, Justin

(He twirls his bat around before it suddenly falls out, breaking in half) Is that cork? It smells like cork.

Confessional, Carrie

All things considered, just like a small tennis racket.

Confessional, Carson

Fun fact of the day. Although corking a bat is illegal in the MLB… it doesn't always help with hitting the ball further, as making the bat lighter does help you swing faster it also removes some mass that would be in the force of that swing… essentially it's a giant math problem that sometimes works out.

The three campers lined up at three identical home bases. The camera feed zoomed over their faces all set in grim determination while the machines whirred to life. Roman and Tyler passed each other a glance and stepped on two buttons at the same time. The first ball fired.

Each contestant hit their ball. Carrie's ball flung to her right and hit Justin's shoulder. "OWW!" the model complained. "How'd you do that?!"

"I wasn't trying to!" Carrie shouted.

Courtney watched as her ball flew into the net a hundred feet away. A small animation of its trajectory eventually yielded a result of an additional one hundred and nine feet away from where it was hit. "Okay, that's good, right?" Courtney asked.

"Secure in the outfield!" Chris announced. "Justin's hit fifty feet along the baseline and Carrie's gotten a record ten feet away from her. If Justin wasn't there the calculations say it would have made it twenty feet and Courtney would have been hit instead."

"Yay?" Carrie questioned.

"BATTER UP!" Roman shouted as he and Tyler jumped on the buttons once again. The second ball flew at the campers at a similar speed and once again all three of them hit their balls.

Each ball hit the net with a satisfying thump. Courtney's ball arced similarly in the air to her first ball just as her distance appeared on the screen as 204 feet. "Hmm," Courtney tutted. "Not too bad."

Justin looked as his ball started to dip down in the animation and eventually revealed a distance of one hundred and sixty feet. Carrie's ball soared for much longer and eventually landed at three hundred and forty seven feet. "Nice," Carrie smiled.

"Carrie has posted the highest distance right now," Chris mentioned. "But Courtney broke two hundred twice. Justin has also breached triple digits. Come on Justin, make your country proud!"

Confessional, Justin

Biting my tongue isn't good for my mouth, but I had to do it since this T.V. show isn't long enough for the Hawaiian-United States relationship political debate

"ONE MORE TIME!" Tyler shouted.

The three balls fired from the three machines. In the blink of an eye each camper managed to hit their balls with a satisfying thud against their bats. In quick succession each ball hit the screen and the animation began to play.

Courtney's ball was the first to hit the ground when two hundred and five appeared over the ball just as it hit the animated ground. Carrie looked at the screen eagerly with her hands resting on her bat when the ball suddenly started to fall. It finally came to a rest at three hundred and thirty three feet away from the home plate. Justin's ball continued for another few seconds and landed on the ground just at four hundred feet. Sam handed Chris a card while the three baseballers waited idly.

"So we have the results!" Chris announced. "With a whopping cumulative six hundred and ninety feet of distance reached by Carrie's balls-"

Tyler snorted.

"Carrie's baseballs," Chris emphasized. "She has qualified for the finals! Sorry Courtney, you were ultimately the least distance spanny of the campers. Justin's whopper of a home run has spared him from a last place finish, which is good since he's American and if he lost to two Canadians our neighbors down south might have rioted."

Confessional, Carrie

Chris is getting oddly political this episode, what's spurring this?

Confessional, Courtney

I LOST TO JUSTIN?! I OUTPACED HIM TWO OUT OF THREE TIMES! I BET WITH AVERAGES I'D STILL BEAT HIM!

Confessional, Carson

As far as I can tell with averages, Carrie and Justin were batting higher averages than Courtney. I overheard her confessional… hope this one goes after that otherwise this won't make sense.

Confessional, Sam

If Chris had any say in the editing process of this show, Carson's confessional would have probably gone before Carrie's in that sequence just for a cheap laugh at Carson's expense.

A video played of Chef walking over with what looked like a bucket. He undid the lid to reveal white powder. He plunged his hands deep and pulled out the white powder, clapping in order to conceal the feed in chalk.

The next set piece seemed to be a three dimensional prism that stood at fifteen feet tall. A small mat about a foot thick surrounded the three sided prism and each side had an identical set of climbing holds with a top out section at the very tip top. "The sport of bouldering is one rising in popularity. Here we have set up three identical climbs from the youth bouldering canadian championships. All you need to do is start properly with the tags and reach the top."

"Is that why we just have these colored placards on our chest?" Sky asked. She pointed to a pink sticker with a maroon triangle on her chest.

Raj looked up at the boulder as he fiddled with his red sticker with a pink square on his chest. "Don't climbers usually have that powder to climb?"

"Yeah, shouldn't we get something like that?" Carson awkwardly rested on the mat of his section with his green sticker square on his chest.

"Yep," Roman dropped a small bag of chalk in front of Carson. "Don't touch it until everyone else grabs them."

An overhead view showed in a clockwise order Raj taking the twelve to four o'clock hours, Sky in the four to eight o'clock hours, and Carson in the eight to twelve o'clock hours. The campers not participating had free reign to walk around the mat and give encouragement. "The challenge is on!" Chris blew into his airhorn.

Sky tested out the bouldering mat with a small fall and caused her chalk bag to erupt in a small poof of dust. She looked at the bouldering problem with intensity. She needed to start with both hands on a start hold close to a small rail that was six inches above the ground. The next move would have her shimmy to the right to an angled rail and vertical rail before she had to make a small jump to a giant jug. From that jug she could put her feet high and move to what looked like a giant gumdrop to balance herself. From that balance point she needed to go to the finish section. She stood up and walked over to the first hold. As she lifted her feet off of the ground - "YOU GOT THIS SKY!" Tem shouted,

The gymnast slipped off of the small rail and tumbled back on the mat. "Sorry," Tem apologized.

Carson strode onto the mat hesitantly and moved the chalk bag closer to him. He made his first step onto the long rail that was merely six inches above the mat. He quickly fell off as he tried to balance with his left hand. He tried to catch his breath to touch the hold with his right hand. He barely made it and awkwardly shuffled to the next hold. Carson looked behind him briefly to see Emma and Hilde watching curiously. He sighed, nervous.

Raj looked behind him to see Beardo, Justin, Carmen, and Courtney watching him intently. He put both of his feet on the low hold and used the leftmost hold to keep him rather flush against the wall. He moved along the bottom hold to the next rail, steadying himself. Then he shimmied up the rail to the vertical one. He cast a look behind him nervously as Beardo and Justin held a thumbs up. He made a jump to the big jug and swung on the hold.

Beardo winced as Raj managed to steady himself and do something of a heel hook to get his feet higher. As Raj cranked Courtney pursed her lips tightly and winced. Raj pressed his left hand on the left sloper and reached his other hand higher and higher before he eventually put both his hands in the finish zone. "AND RAJ IS DONE!" Roman announced. "HE WINS!"

Raj climbed down the small trio of downclimb holds cheering as he high fived those watching him.

Carson and Sky rushed over to congratulate Raj as Chris held a tablet at about arm's length. On the screen was a highlight of Raj starting the climb. Roman and Tyler looked over the screen as Dakota and Sam quickly ran behind them to refill the chalk buckets. "CAMPERS! There was a major mess up!"

Confessional, Raj

…I knew it was too easy.

Raj's face fell as the video feed became apparent on a much larger screen. Sam pressed a button on his smaller tablet and Raj's first ascent appeared on screen. He zoomed in on Raj's right hand as he pressed further into the wall. A small circle appeared around the start hold, revealing that Raj only touched the start hold with his left hand. "Sorry dude, that doesn't count, that's against the rules," Tyler spoke up.

"Yep, so the challenge goes on!" Chris said. "Dakota and Roman have finished brushing the holds so everything is reset."

Confessional, Sky

Them's the breaks Raj, gotta follow the rules.

Confessional, Carson

He broke the rules but I still feel bad for him.

Confessional, Raj

F***!

Raj ran back to the start of the bouldering climb with a reinvigorated shake of his wrist, clearly to get the nerves out. He rushed to the wall and placed his left hand on the left most hold. His feet left the mat and he used his right hand on the foothold. THen he shuffled to the right-

"RAJ NO! YOU HAVE TO START AGAIN!" Courtney shouted. Nearby Justin flashed Courtney a confused glance. "What? If I wasn't going to say it, Roman was going to."

"Yeah," Roman nodded his head.

The camera changed to Carson stabilizing himself on the leftmost start hold intently. "Come on… come on…" he mumbled. He made an awkward upward shuffle to the next hold. "Got it!" He looked at the next hold just above and shimmied to the higher one. He adjusted his feet before his toe grip gave out and he fell to the mat.

"That's gotta hurt," Carmen winced. She looked at her own fingers and started picking at the nails. "How likely is it that you break a nail?"

"Probably very if you ain't used to breaking nails, and you've gotta break a couple to live," Sugar mused.

Confessional, Carmen

Breaking things to live… yeah I see that but I don't want to have to do that anymore! You can count me away from these stupid fake plastic holds.

Sky fell off the wall and landed flat on her back. She recovered her breath as she looked up at the high lights over the bouldering set as one seemed to flicker. Her breath left her in a small huff while she got to her hands and knees, eventually crawling to the chalk bag and covering her hands in it. "Raj and Carson are still failing, you still have time!" Tem reassured as Courtney and Emma joined the latter.

Sky shook her hands as she stood up. She ran straight to the climbing holds and held herself secure on the hand starthold. She fixed her feet before awkwardly moving along the wall and grabbing the first rail. "Come on…" she flexed her hand. She moved to the more vertical rail before making a move onto the big jug.

"Do you think that Sky can make it?" Hilde asked as she walked behind Emma.

"It's a long leap, but she's a gymnast," Emma mentioned.

"And Carson's a track athlete and Raj is a Hockey athlete," Hilde replied bluntly.

"She can make the jump," Tem chimed in.

The camera panned over to Sky gearing her body for a swing. Her face turned to the smaller end jug as she let go of the big jug. Sky's legs flew upward before she managed to get her center of gravity lower. "CHRIS! CHRIS!" Sky called out.

"What?" Chris walked over, confused. "We're on camera, we would have verified you anyways."

"That's not how it is in gymnastics," Sky said as she dropped from the top, rolling into a seated position.

"This is Total Drama," Chris countered. "But that'll do." He blared into the megaphone and summoned everyone towards him.

"And Sky has rightfully won the bouldering round!" Chris announced. "Now one more challenge remains before the final!"

"We still have more of these?" Carrie asked a nearby Tem.

"It works as trailer footage and ratings fuel," Emma surmised. "Let's just get on with it."

Confessional, Courtney

Sky's athletics are admirable, and adversarial… clearly I need to be alert about her aptitude.

From offscreen Chef caught a pigskin. He tucked it deep into his shoulder and ran straight towards the camera before the scene transitioned towards a small American football field.

The small field was only about half the length of a standard football field and seemed to reuse the bleachers from the baseball set. Carmen held her pink and green helmet in her hands as she lined up with Emma and Tem on the middle thirty yard line of the field. Several automated figures were on the side in staggered rows as if ready to run onto the field. "This doesn't seem like regulation football," Emma spoke up.

"Not at all," Roman readily agreed. "I'd be ashamed to even play on this weak field. But that's reality and this is reality TV."

"Hey we can still have a good scrimmage or two on this," Tyler chimed in. "I know my folks used to play their games on non-regulation fields."

"Welcome everyone to our good old fashioned game of American Football!" Chris shouted.

"Why'd you specify American?" Sugar asked.

"Didn't we have this discussion before?" Sky pointed out.

"Yes, and we aren't having it here," Chris interjected. "The goal of the game is to get across the field into the endzone with a football in hand. If you hit the ground you have to head back to start. You'll be taking turns as randomly decided by Tyler."

"How's Tyler going to start it off?" Carmen asked.

"Like this!" Tyler jumped in the middle of the field and spiked a football down. It rebounded back in his face and Tyler sprawled on the fake grass.

"How'd you even get on a team again?" Roman dismissed.

"In this case we're going to go with Tem, then Carmen, then Emma. Tem will have the ball first and Emma and Carmen will be manning the motorized tackling machines," Chris started.

"They get motorized tackling machines?!" Hilde's jaw dropped. "That actually sounds really really cool."

"FOOTBALL!" The campers heard Chef shout from offscreen. The camera panned to show him relaxing on a lawn chair with a small bottle of spray on cheese and drizzling the contents over nachos. "I have to do something this episode besides the weird transitions."

"When did you get done with catering!?" Chris exclaimed.

"Like an hour ago… it's Wawanakwa… how many people did you think would be there?"

"Whatever!" Chris waved aside. "I wanted those jelly filled donuts to myself," Chris mumbled to himself.

Confessional, Tem

Out of all the sports… Why did I get this one? So many concussions and hard impacts, but at least sometimes the refs and medics are cute. And the football players…. Especially the players.

Confessional, Carmen

Lo siento Tem, pero I have a lot of anger and I want to win immunity too.

Confessional, Emma

I didn't get many opportunities to play football, so I might as well charge full speed ahead.

The camera shifted to Tem, now wearing a modern football helmet, which caused her head to sway left and right constantly due to not being used to the weight.

"Are you sure this is safe!?" Tem nervously asked, as she looked out to Carmen and Emma who were standing off to the side with controls in hand that controlled the motorized tackling machines. The machines were metal, but covered from top to bottom in padding. It was on wheels, but had arms and the ability to grab the ball carrier if needed.

"Totally!" Chris yelled through his megaphone. "The machines are completely padded, they can't hurt you!" Tem mumbled something incoherent under her breath but definitely not suitable for TV audiences.

Tem with the football in hand, started making her way down the field, initially at a slow jog trying to anticipate where the machines were going to go. Carmen's machine quickly made a move at Tem, who managed to make a nimble dodge, but thanks to the helmet weight left her off balance, nearly landing flat on her back in the process.

Emma's machine now made a run at Tem, but Emma miscalculated where her machine was supposed to go and completely missed her, nearly hitting Carmen's machine in the back. However Carmen dodged Emma and quickly turned around to go after Tem again. Tem quickly regained her footing and tried to make a dead sprint for the opposite end zone, but Carmen's machine caught up to her, and wrapped her up in its arms, holding her in place as she kicked her legs to no avail.

"Alright, Tem's out!" Chris exclaimed, blowing a whistle.

"Hey!" Tem shouted. "I haven't hit the ground yet!"

"You're wrapped up in the machine's arms and clearly won't be moving anytime soon, I think it's safe to say you lost," Chris deadpanned, causing Tem to hang her head in defeat.

Confessional, Tem

Stupid forward progress rule, stupid machines, stupid hot Roman and Tyler.

Carmen let Tem go, and then handed the remote to her, as Tem gave Carmen the helmet and ball. Carmen seemed incredibly calm as she lined up in the endzone. Determination in her eyes, as she set her sights on the opposing end zone. "Whenever you're ready Carmen!" Chris yelled through the megaphone. Carmen nodded in response as she readied herself, her head slowly leaning to the left due to the new weight on her head.

Carmen immediately sprinted down the middle of the field, Emma and Tem quickly tried to fumble with their remotes as they were caught off guard by the sudden dead sprint from the Latina. Tem finally got her machine to go, as she sent the machine straight ahead after Carmen, but Carmen made a quick athletic juke to the right, sending Tem's robot flying past her.

Emma now finally got her machine working as she sent it after Carmen, taking a banana route to get to the latina as to not make the same mistake the future architect did. However Carmen, using the machine's slow turning against it, managed to slip to the left of the machine and dipped under its padded arms. As she sprinted to the endzone, she got from the forty, to the thirty, and then the twenty, but right at the ten yard line, out of nowhere Emma's machine came flying in sending Carmen flying into a row of water coolers and the ball flying in the air.

"WHY ARE THERE WATER COOLERS, BENCHES, AND CAMERMEN EVERYWHERE!" Carmen shouted, as the camera panned to show her feet dangled over the back of a long metal bench.

"Because then it wouldn't be realistic!" Chris waved aside, as Emma ran over and picked up the helmet and ball from their landing places.

Confessional, Carmen

Bleeped out Spanish cursing

Emma quickly got ready, unlike the last two girls the helmet weight didn't seem to bother her, as like Carmen her eyes were filled with determination. As soon as Chris gave the okay, Emma went into a dead sprint right down the middle of the field. Carmen made her move first trying to tackle Emma, but Emma managed to dodge and then stiff arm the machine causing it to fall over. Carmen scrambled to get it back up, but it just couldn't push itself back up.

Tem then went after Emma, who with a fiery fist of rage stiff armed Tem's machine as well, however Tem's machine did not fall. It managed to stay up and grab ahold of Emma. But unlike Tem, she managed to break loose of the arms, but hitting them right where their arms bent.

Emma broke loose and tore off down the field managing to reach the endzone! Spiking the ball in celebration and doing her signature happy dance.

"And Emma advances to the next round!" Chris exclaimed. Emma started walking back to the group as she gave a wink to Roman, who just gave her a weird stare.

Confessional, Emma

If you're asking where that came from, it's simple. I just thought of the look on Chase's face when I got a hold of that hot blonde man.

Confessional, Roman

She's not quite my type and I don't want to waste her time. She's pretty persistent though, maybe I'll give her a chance after the season.

A giant shuttlecock spiraled into frame before being hit off screen by a large muscular arm. The camera trickery changed to another feed and showed the challenge's eliminated campers resting on green risen bleachers. The four finalists, Emma, Hilde, Sky, and CArrie, stood on opposite sides of an elevated net. Each were holding what looked to be smaller and lighter tennis rackets.

"This isn't a tennis field," Carrie pointed out. "Where are we?"

"It's not a tennis field, it's much better!" Chris shouted. "Welcome to the final stage! We are going to have two matches on the field where legends are made, where stars are born, and legacies are solidified!"

"Legends?" Carson skeptically asked.

"A sport isn't a sport unless it has an amazing movie, starring moi," Chris boasted.

"A badminton movie? That would be seriously lame," Hilde said as she twirled her racket.

"Lame? That's just the word of an ignorant youth," Chris rolled his eyes. "Maybe you just need to hear the actual artistry at hand. Dakota, Sam?"

The two interns walked over begrudgingly and handed Chris a shuttlecock and a racket. The host twirled around the racket and threw the shuttlecock in the air before hitting it into the audience. "Just want you to know you guys are the best darn badminton players I've had the pleasure of coaching. You're beacons of Freedom. Let's go show the Olympic Committee we deserve a shot. Show them it's not badminton, it's GOOD-minton. Heck, it's GREAT-minton. NOW GET OUT THERE AND WIN ONE FOR THE FLIPPER!"

A camera pan to Chef at the base of the bleachers showed a single tear falling from his eyes.

Confessional, Chef

WHY COULDN'T THE OLYMPIC COMMITTEE JUST GIVE THE FLIPPER A BREAK? It was his BIG DREAM?! (he breaks down in tears)

"For this first round, you'll be in pairs. All you need to do is not let the shuttlecock hit the ground," Chris mentioned.

Sugar guffawed. Chris paused for a moment, turning to the pageant princess as she continued cackling. Next to her, Raj awkwardly shuffled closer to Carson as Sugar fell on the floor laughing. "SHUTTLECOCK! WHAT KIND OF BIRD IS THAT?!"

"The teams we chose were-"

"SHUTTLECOCK!"

"Carrie and Emma are the earliest two in the alphabet so-"

"SHUTTLECOCK! SHUTTLECOCK! SHUTTLECOCK!"

"Roman? Tyler?" Chris asked. The two cameos shrugged before they grabbed two water bottles. They handed one to Sugar.

'What's this about?" Sugar asked.

"It got you to stop laughing," Tyler mentioned. "Oldest trick in the book."

"So you're going to have to take the projectile and keep it from hitting the ground," chris huffed. "We play to three points and everyone has to alternate hits, so no hitting it twice."

"Do we get to choose what side we go on?" Carrie asked.

"Heads or tails," Chris suddenly asked.

"TAILS!" Sky shouted almost involuntarily.

Chris threw an oversized coin in the air with his face on one side and a marshmallow on the other. It landed with the marshmallow upwards. "Sky and Hilde get the choice of which side. That means Carrie and Emma get to pick whether they start with it or not."

"With what? The shuttlecock?" Emma asked.

A sudden spray of water coated poor Tem. "SHUTTLECOCK!"

Confessional, Tem

(she wipes her neck with a towel) How much water did she put in her mouth?

Confessional, Carrie

I think I watched the badminton movie once, tagging along with Devin and Shelly as a third wheel… WELL LOOK WHO IS THE DRIVING WHEEL NOW ISN'T IT?!

Confessional, Hilde

I'm an athlete. I'm a fighter, it doesn't matter what sports equipment or weapon. But can't you pick something more badass than badminton?

Confessional, Sugar

SHUTTLECOCK!

A perspective shift showed that the bleachers were on the longer lateral side of the matted badminton court. Chris stood in the middle next to the net closest to the bleachers. Dakota and Sam peered over two identical tablets on the other side of the net. Tyler sat in a high chair with Carrie and Emma on either side of the dividing line. Mirroring the set up were Hilde and Sky on either side of the dividing line for their side and Roman was seated on an equally high referee chair.

"Watch the birdie!" Chris shouted as he tossed the shuttlecock towards the team of blonds.

Emma dove first with her racket held parallel to the ground. She hit the birdie high enough to pass to Carrie as the curly haired blond tossed the birdie to the other side.

Sky jumped high and spiked the shuttlecock back towards her opponent with a triumphant grunt.

Emma quickly recovered and hit the shuttlecock high into the air. Carrie rushed forward and hit the shuttlecock towards Hilde. "LET IT GO!" Sky shouted as Hilde suddenly stopped in her tracks.

An edited line indicated that the shuttlecock barely landed out of bounds. Hilde steadied herself as Roman blew the whistle. "ONE POINT TO SKILDE!" Chris announced.

"Skilde?" Sky asked.

"Sky and Hilde," Roman bluntly stated. "Get with the program."

Sky huffed when Roman took the shuttlecock and tossed it to Emma's side. She pushed her ponytail further back and tried her best to put on a sweet smile for the blond footballer and threw the projectile in the air.

"What a whiff!" Chris heckled. "Now Carrie has to get the serve proper in order to prevent Skilde from scoring off Carmma."

Carrie shook her head to concentrate and threw the shuttlecock in the air. She lightly hit the projectile over the net as Hilde rushed to give it the first hit. Emma quickly recovered with a stunning jump and hit it back over the net. Sky almost tripped over Hilde's feet before she recovered and returned the volley. Carrie managed to hit the next arc and Hilde rushed forward with her racket rather low before a skewed angle caused her to trip onto her face.

Sky hit the shuttlecock high into the air as Hilde stumbled to her feet. Hilde hit it once more before the shuttlecock bounced unceremoniously into the net and onto the ground. "That's a point to Carmma!" Chris shouted while Tyler blew the whistle.

Sky and Hilde shared a look before they both shook their heads. Sky took the shuttlecock and tilted her head just so. "This is match point, whoever wins will be facing the other in a one on one for immunity!" Chris clarified.

Hilde rushed forward as Sky threw the shuttlecock in the air. Hilde feinted a hit just as Sky lightly batted the projectile over the net. Emma rushed forward and hit the shuttlecock such that it flew backwards high into the air. Carrie lied in wait before she jumped up with a hit that returned the rally to Skilde. Emma followed the arc of the shuttlecock as it seemed to fly in front of Roman before Hilde hit it back rather quickly.

Emma barely recovered and moved her racket in front of her face. Carrie swept in and prevented the shuttlecock from landing on the mat. Emma hit it back towards Sky who hit it towards Emma. Reflexively the blond batted the shuttlecock away from her face and-FWEET

"CARRIE, YOU FAILED TO HIT THE SHUTTLECOCK ON THE RETURN BECAUSE EMMA WAS IN YOUR WAY!" Chris announced. "THAT MEANS SKY AND HILDE MOVE ONTO THE FINALS FOR ONE SHOT AT IMMUNITY!"

Confessional, Emma

…perfectly in character, Emma to lose while looking at a perfectly hot guy… I just wish I was out of character enough to actually focus on the task at hand.

Confessional, Sky

Light on my feet, quick to the punch, that's what I've gotta be to get immunity again.

Confessional, Sugar

Okay… okay… I think I'm good…

…

SHUTTLECOCK! (she falls out of sight of the camera, taking with her a set of makeup brushes.)

"This championship match is going to be best of five. First to three is the winner. Hitting the birdie more than five times in a row is forfeiting a point," Chris explained. The camera angle changed to show Emma and Carrie now seated with the other campers on the bleachers. "Hilde heads or tails?"

"Tails!" The punk fighter shouted as the coin flipped in the air. It fell onto the ground with the head facing upwards. "Serves me right, going against my instinct…"

"Sky do you want to serve or do you want to receive?" Chris asked.

"Let's start with a serve, I'm up against a hard hitter," Sky mentioned.

"'Preciate the compliment," Hilde curled her lips. "But let's get going."

"Watch the birdie!" Chris blew his airhorn.

Sky threw the shuttlecock into the air and hit it once with her racket. She watched it arc high before it soared over Hilde's side. Hilde rushed to hit it back and countered with a pair of hits that sent the birdie back. The campers watched with rapt attention as Sky and Hilde both matched each other hit for hit before Sky hit the shuttlecock thrice.

On her fourth hit in a row Sky slightly angled her racket and the shuttlecock barely missed Hilde's racket. It bounced on the ground unceremoniously and flopped as Roman blew the whistle. "One point for Sky!" Chirs announced. "Hilde's up to serve!"

Hilde grimaced as she seemed to set her gaze with a determined look in her eyes. She threw the shuttlecock lightly at first and bounced it three times on her racket before sending it over in a serve. "That was close," Emma commented to an adjacent Carrie.

"Who do you think is going to win this?" Carson asked as his head turned back and forth.

"I'd rather see Hilde win, just so Sky doesn't have too much of a target," Justin replied when his head turned towards Carson, also following the birdie. "I didn't realize how well gymnastics translated to other sports."

"Hilde's got a handle on this, right?" Raj chimed in. "She's giving as good as she gets."

"That's all you can ask for in an opponent," Carson agreed.

Beardo leaned over as he and Tem watched with rapt attention. "I still don't get this sport, but it's mesmerizing," the hairy soundboard mentioned.

"I think Tennis has better sounds," Tem mentioned.

The two's conversation died down as they continued to watch. Idly, Beardo started to imitate the sound of a tennis ball going back and forth in time with the rally the shuttlecock had between Sky and Hilde. Sky hit the birdie roughly and once it hit the ground next to Hilde's feet Beardo let out the sound of a muffled explosion. Tyler held the whistle up to his mouth but before he could blow Beardo imitated the noise of his instrument. "Two points Sky," Chris said. "And Beardo you're allowed to make noises, so long as you don't make it as loud as that whistle."

Beardo gave a bashful thumbs up. Hilde fiddled with the shuttlecock in her hand before she threw it up in the air. She whiffed her first hit. "Welp, Hilde has one more shot to keep herself in the game with this point," Chris commented.

Hilde took a deep breath while she threw the shuttlecock high. In a graceful arc she hit the shuttlecock at the apex of the arc. The projectile traveled in an easily traceable path as Sky rebounded. The two again entered a rather quick rally.

"What's so funny about the term anyways?" Carrie asked innocently.

"Term?" Courtney asked "As in-"

"What the birdie is officially called," Carrie clarified. "Is that really that funny?"

"It's… it's…." Courtney stammered, glancing at Sugar as she drank some water. "It's hard to explain without triggering the censors or Sugar. I haven't laughed at stuff like that since grade school."

"I feel like you're lying about that," Carrie said thoughtfully.

"Once in the locker room I laughed because my coach said 'we need to come in' in a strange voice," Raj said. "I only scored one point in that following game. But you'd be distracted too if Chris said 'we need you all to come on in' while sounding like he was blowing up a balloon."

Briefly the camera showed Sugar still gulping her water before a stray water droplet transitioned into the rest of the rally. Sky miscalculated a hit and the shuttlecock lightly bounced on her racket. She tried to run closer to the net as she hit the shuttlecock again. She bounced the shuttlecock twice before moving to the net. She threw the racket higher to bounce the shuttlecock higher and the racket left her hand, hitting the shuttlecock once more.

FWEET!

"Sky, your racket hit the birdie six times," Chris announced. "You get the next serve but Hilde gets her first point. She's still in this!"

Confessional, Sky

Match point… come on…. I'm not gonna choke…

Confessional, Hilde

I can still win this.. I can still win this…

Confessional, Raj

I guess this is what my grandparents feel when they see me playing hockey. They don't quite understand it but they're excited by it.

A small chill in the air traveled through the campers as Sky threw the shuttlecock to the sky. She swung the racket as the shuttlecock whistled through the air.

Hilde met the projectile and the two continued their back and forth. The shuttlecock seemed to move faster and faster as it caught the lights in the soundstage. Each of them managed to recover even as the shuttlecock barely seemed out of reach for some of the throws.

Hilde hit the shuttlecock twice before it went over.

Sky hit it once.

The shuttlecock bounced on Hilde's racket.

Hilde angled it towards the net.

The rubber glanced off of the net.

Sky made a dive.

The shuttlecock bounced to Hilde's side.

The shuttlecock hit the top of Hilde's racket.

Hilde stumbled back.

She missed.

"AND SKY HAS WON IMMUNITY WITH THREE POINTS TO HILDE'S ONE!" Chris announced. Roman and Tyler rushed to Sky's side as they lifted her high into the air. "YOU CAN'T VOTE FOR SKY, SEE YOU IN FOUR HOURS!" Tyler and Roman put the gymnast down as they grabbed some water.

Confessional, Tyler

It was good to be back, I definitely got to show more of my strength this time.

As the challenge had finally come to a close, the camera closed in on Hillde, Courtney, and Emma who were all chatting in the film lot as they made their way back to the trailers to clean themselves off.

"I'm telling y'all we gotta get Beardo out now before it's too late!" Hilde exclaimed as she slammed her fist into her palm. Courtney shot Emma a sideways glance, but the blonde didn't seem to see her.

"I'm all for it. I don't know who the other two votes for me were, but I know Beardo voted for me, and that's all I need to vote for him," Emma exclaimed, her voice rife with anger.

"Right…." Courtney said, choosing her words carefully. "I'm all for getting some revenge. But we did already vote Angelo out. Is Beardo all that threatening?"

"Whether he is or isn't, I'd like him gone!" Emma voiced, her eyes narrowing, Hilde seemed to roll her eyes at Emma's comment as she turned to face Courtney.

"I mean think about it. We let Beardo slip by a vote or two, and then all of a sudden he's back in safety and we can't vote him out. I just would rather eliminate him now while the spotlight is still on him," Hilde explained, as Courtney nodded.

"I see your point. I remember my season, Heather was someone who was supposed to go early, but managed to weasel herself into a safe position and she got to the final three." Courtney paused as she brought her hand to her chin as if to think.

"Come on Courtney," Emma pleaded. "It'd be such an easy vote too!"

"I mean sure, but there's also nine other people. Let's see where everyone else is at and then regroup," Courtney reasoned. Emma rolled her eyes, while Hilde just shrugged.

Confessional, Hilde

We got the theater nerd out, can we please get the soundboard out now, like come on people!

Confessional, Courtney

I'm starting to wonder if keeping Hilde over Shawn was the right call… she's more stubborn than Duncan, Scott, and Heather combined… and don't even get me started on Emma.

"Be real with me Justin… how is it looking?' Beardo asked the model, as the pair sat across from each other at one of the picnic tables outside of the trailers.

"Not great. Hilde and Emma both really want you gone, and no one else seems to care all that much," Justin replied, his voice clearly a bit sad.

"Do you want me to go?" Beardo asked.

"No not really… I'd much rather see a few other people leave first," Justin said. "Besides I do feel bad that we lost a bit of contact after we helped each other out after Island."

"I know. Look, I know my only shot to stay is to probably go for Sugar, but I don't know where you stand on that given y'all have been allies," Beardo explained. Justin's face seemed to perk up at the mention of Sugar's name.

"At this point…" Justin paused, glancing around. "I wouldn't mind voting her out. She is just so…."

"Annoying and grating?"

"Yeah that," Justin said, flashing his classic smile.

"Would we be able to get the numbers for it?" Beardo asked. "Not that I have much of a choice, but I don't want to drag anyone else down with me."

"I think I could get Carmen and Raj on board for sure," Justin said, pausing briefly, bringing his hand to his chin to think a bit more. "Maybe Courtney or Sky? They seem pro keep the big threats around."

"That would be six. I could talk to Carson and Carrie about it. They're the only two that I have even the slightest connection to that's left."

"That's eight," Justin said, counting out on his fingers.

"Yeah. Hopefully they're all willing to vote for Sugar. I really do not want to head to a tiebreaker against her." Beardo shuddered.

"Trust me, you absolutely don't want to," Justin replied, not at all reassuring the soundboard.

Confessional, Justin

YES YES YES YES YES YES YES!

"I'm so glad I'm immune again," Sky said, breathing a sigh of relief, as she and Tem made their way to the Craft Services Tent to get some food.

"I mean this vote should be simple right? Beardo is the easy target, and he goes for someone else," Tem replied. "As much as I don't want him to go, I can't imagine it being too crazy."

"You never know. Some of these people just give off real snakey vibes you know," Sky replied with a shrug. "Besides, it's never a bad thing to be safe."

"I guess on the vibes thing. I mean I don't think I've been lied to yet… at least I hope not…" Tem said, nervously glancing at Sky.

"I know you're apprehensive about lying, but you know it's the name of the game, you gotta just put up with it," Sky responded, as she kicked a rock to the side. "Besides we got away with the vote throwing last time."

"Don't remind me. I still feel bad for Beardo because of how Emma reacted," Tem said solemnly as she stared at her shoes.

"Then maybe we should try and save him? We could work together to make sure he stays."

"Hmmm," Tem thought to herself for a moment. "Let's see what the others say. I know my morals say otherwise, but we gotta just focus on ourselves."

Confessional, Sky

I get Tem's concern. But at the end of the day we're here for the money. And I'll throw votes and win challenges for as long as I can to ensure I win this thing.

As the camera switched away from the two girls, it panned to another alliance. Justin, Carmen, and Raj were all sitting down in a patch of grass under the shade of a tree.

"Have you guys heard anything yet? I know Beardo's name is once again floating around," Carmen said, as she gazed upon the two boys.

"Heard anything? Like people talking?" Raj asked the two beauties.

"Yes Raj," Justin replied, giving him an encouraging smile.

"Well I overheard Sugar talking about some new Juggie Chunks line…" Raj was cut off by Carmen who rolled her eyes as she corrected him.

"No Raj, like people talking about the vote." Justin facepalm as Carmen explained what she meant to Raj.

"Ohhhhhh. Well Emma was telling me she's dead set on voting out Beardo," Raj explained as Justin and Carmen nodded.

"That would make sense, she's been angry about it since last night," Carmen added. "Justin, what about you?"

"Well Beardo wants to go after Sugar…" Justin paused for a moment. "And I think we should do it too." Carmen's eyebrow raised in surprise.

"Why? She seems loyal," Carmen replied.

"I'd be down to vote for Sugar, she did say some mean things about my bro!" Raj exclaimed with a fist pump.

"Sugar is… unpredictable, and a liability. The longer she remains the more likely she skates by and we get taken out," Justin explained to his alliance.

"So addition by subtraction, I can get with it," Carmen mused.

"Yeah like, subbing out someone bad from the lineup and making it better by just removing them!" Raj exclaimed.

"Yeah exactly," Justin beamed at Raj who blushed at the praise.

Confessional, Raj

Wayne said to watch out for Sugar, and if Justin is saying go for Sugar, then it must be the right call!

Confessional, Carmen

I almost feel a bit bad for Sugar, her number one ally turning on her without her knowing…. Almost.

As Carmen and Raj left the model behind, Sugar walked up to him giving him a toothy grin as she approached. "Howdy Justin!"

"Sugar," Justin replied curtly

"What're you thinking for the vote tonight?" Sugar asked Justin, who tensed slightly, but managed to remain calm.

"I think it's just falling onto Beardo," Justin replied with a shrug. "No one seems to want to save him at all."

"There isn't a second name?" Sugar asked, eyeing the model suspiciously.

"If there is, it'd have to come from Beardo, and as far as I know, everyone is mostly ignoring him."

"Makes sense to me then, now be a good ally and make sure it goes according to plan!" Sugar exclaimed, slapping Justin on the butt and walking off. Justin rubbed his behind and mumbled under his breath as he walked away from the grassy area.

Confessional, Sugar

I don't know why we couldn't just vote him out last round, but whatever.

"I've already talked to Justin, with you two Sugar is for sure gone," Beardo exclaimed to his former teammates Carson and Carrie as the trio sat in the Craft Services Tent at one of the tables closest to the kitchen.

"Who is voting with us?" Carson asked the soundbox.

"Raj obviously," Carrie replied, giving a bit of an eye roll. "The other one is probably Courtney."

"No, it's Carmen and Raj," Beardo replied, raising his eyebrow at Carrie's comments.

"Not Emma? I've noticed those four have been all fairly chummy," Carson remarked, as he stuffed his hands into his pockets.

"She's dead set on voting me," Beardo replied, his voice noticeably tense. "Not ideal, but as long as I have you guys I'll be alright."

"Who is voting with her?" Carrie asked the two boys, as she unconsciously played with her hair.

"Hilde probably," Carson responded nonchalantly. "She's been against Beardo since the swap. And if I had to guess, Sugar will be for it too." Beardo noticeably shrunk at the mention of more people voting against him.

Carrie's eyes softened looking at the soundbox. "Don't worry big guy, we won't let you go, you have my word."

"Thanks guys," Beardo said, a small smile appearing on his face. "It really means a lot."

Confessional, Beardo

This better work, if it doesn't… then well… no it WILL work! I know it!

Confessional, Carrie

Not to say I like Sugar at all… but personally I know I'd rather someone else go out.

As Beardo walked out of the Craft Services Tent, he gave a small wave to Sky and Tem as they entered. Both returned the wave with a small smile, as they replaced him at the table Carson and Carrie were sitting at.

"Hey guys," Carson said to the two girls, giving them a wave and gesturing for them to sit down.

"Did Beardo talk about his plan to vote for Sugar?" Tem asked his former teammates.

"Yeah," Carson replied after glancing at Carrie quickly. "If you guys are on board she'd be guaranteed to go."

"He'd need more than us to get her out wouldn't he?" Sky wondered aloud bringing her finger to her chin as if she was pondering something.

"He said Justin was on board, so that means Raj would for sure be in. Carmen and Courtney are up in the air," Carson explained, to which the two former Costumers nodded.

"So that would be seven votes for sure," Tem said, pausing momentarily to think about what she was going to say. "That should mean Carmen and Courtney would also just vote Sugar." Sky nodded in agreement.

"Hilde's and Emma's vendetta aside, I can't imagine anyone trying to make something happen," Sky added. "However, that does bring into question whether Sugar has an idol or not." The group all seemed to come to a stand still when Sky mentioned the possibility of Sugar having an idol.

"She did have one last season. It wouldn't be crazy to think she could find another one," Carson added.

"Why not just throw votes onto Justin," Carrie said, startling the other three as she finally spoke up.

"Why Justin?" Tem asked Carrie, her eyes staring into Carrie's as if trying to analyze her.

"Big threat and Sugar trusts him, feels like a safe bet to just split on the two," Carrie replied nonchalantly.

"Why not Emma?" Sky asked. "She's drifting closer to Justin and is voting Beardo."

"No," Carrie replied instantly. " I mean… well, Emma isn't really a threat to us."

"That is true, and neither is Hilde really for that matter," Carson mused. "I'd be down to vote for Justin as insurance as long as Courtney and Carmen are for sure voting Sugar."

"Sounds good to me then," Sky replied with a smile.

Confessional, Carson

I know the plan is to use Justin as the back up plan in case Sugar idols… but I think Carrie genuinely prefers Justin to go.

Confessional, Tem

Carrie was all too happy to shove Justin under the bus… And I'd like Justin to stay… for my eyes and…. Uh… I mean for my game… definitely mostly all for my game…. YES HE'S HOT I KNOW!

"I already told you Hilde, I'm voting for Beardo!" Sugar exclaimed to the punk golfer as the two girls and Carmen sat inside the girl's trailer. Each in their own respective bunk bed.

"I just wanted to check in! You can calm down!" Hilde exclaimed, anger rising in her voice.

"Girls calm down," Carmen intervened. "Let's not fight right before the vote and do something we all regret." Hilde frowned as she calmed herself back down while Sugar gave a small smirk to the two girls.

"Carmen is right," Hilde sighed in defeat. "We need to all be on the same page otherwise one of us will bite the bullet."

"Yeah yeah whatever," Sugar scoffed. "Are we voting for the annoying sound box or not?" Sugar demanded, eyeing the two girls.

"Yes… that's what we've been saying," Hilde deadpanned.

"Good, then our work here is done," Sugar said, strutting out of the trailer leaving Hilde and Carmen looking at each other dumbfounded.

Confessional, Hilde

Honestly if Sugar goes home… I will not even be surprised… that said, if I have Carmen, she should be able to pull her allies and boom Beardo goes bye bye. (She waves at the camera)

Confessional, Sugar

I don't know why Hilde wasted time talking to me, like no honey, my opinion hasn't changed in a day!

"What's up Justin, you said you wanted to talk," Courtney curtly asked the model, folding her arms as she analyzed him.

"Relax," Justin said calmly, raising his hands up to his stomach in a defensive pose, before shifting to leaning against a wall to file his nails. "I think you and I need each other."

"How so?" Courtney asked the model.

"I know I'm viewed as one of the bigger threats here. And I think you know it's a matter of time until you're viewed as the same," Justin explained, as Courtney nodded along.

"Say I agree with you, what does this proposal entail?"

"We help each other. You scratch my back I scratch yours," Justin responded, looking up from his nails.

"And how would we be scratching each other's backs here?" Courtney asked, as she kept her watchful eye on him.

Justin returned back to his nails, "I think it's time we vote off Sugar. She's both annoying, and an easy beat at the end."

"Wouldn't that make her perfect to keep around?" Courtney asked, her eyebrow raised.

"Please Courtney, you know better," Justin snickered to himself. "Someone who is an easy beat at the end has a locked seat there. Which for players such as ourselves is not good at all."

"I get your point. I imagine Beardo and Raj are with you on this plan?"

"Carmen was interested in doing it as well, and Beardo said he would get Carson and Carrie on board."

"I see. Then I'll have a lot to consider. But I do agree, we do need to stick together."

"One hundred percent."

Confessional, Courtney

And it appears Sugar has reached the end of her rope. However from the sounds of it, Carrie is pushing hard for Justin, and Hilde for Beardo. All three are great shields for me, just gotta pick which two shields work better for me.

Confessional, Justin

(Pulls out a pair of reading glasses as he holds a piece of paper in his hands) I'd to apologize to all the former Grips I voted out, you deserved better, and keeping that tub of lard over all of you was a massive mistake that I will live to regret. I hope my publicist likes that, apparently being too villainous hurts your chances with some agencies.

"Come on Emma, at least give it a little thought!" Carrie pleaded to the orange vested blonde.

"No!" Emma exclaimed. "Beardo voted for me, and now I want him gone!"

"Emma, we have the votes to get rid of Justin. Probably the biggest player in the game…" Carrie said, her voice getting louder as she was desperate to gain Emma's vote.

"I told you Carrie, my mind's made up," Emma interrupted. "Just vote for Beardo with me, and we can do your plan next time." Emma waved off Carrie's concerns as the pair continued to make their way through the film lot.

"There's nothing I can say that will convince you?" Carrie asked, her eyes beginning to show defeat.

"Yep!" Emma cheerfully replied. "And once that boombox is gone, we can focus on the other two people that voted for me!"

"Sure… I guess," Carrie mumbled, as she hung her head in defeat and stuffed her hands into her jean pockets as the two blondes moved through the film lot in silence.

Confessional, Emma

I don't care, Beardo NEEDS to pay!

Confessional, Carrie

Welp… maybe someone else will flip on Justin? Hilde wants the vets out, maybe she'll do it. Courtney voted Shawn out… all hope is not lost.

As the sun slowly set on the horizon turning the sky into night, the camera shifted to Carmen and Raj who were making their way to the Elimination Ceremony stage.

"Do you really think voting for Sugar is the right move?" Carmen asked the hockey bro.

"What do you mean?" Raj asked, as he looked up towards the blonde.

"Like I know she's annoying and all of that. But she is pretty loyal to Justin…" Carmen said, pausing for a moment, as if waiting for Raj to pick up what she was putting down.

"I don't follow," Raj replied, his eyes blinking in confusion.

"What I mean is. If she's loyal to Justin, which means she's loyal to us, why are we voting out someone that would work with us."

"That's… a pretty good point. But she's really harshing the team chemistry you know. Like in our alliance, and the whole squad," Raj innocently responded.

"So she'll just keep drawing votes like tonight. Better she gets targeted than us. I mean if she goes, who do they target next?" Carmen asked Raj, who thought to himself for a moment.

"Beardo? He keeps getting votes," Raj said.

"Okay true. But after Beardo."

"Well… I don't know, are you suggesting we would?" Raj asked, worry in his voice.

"It is certainly possible. And I think with Sugar around, it could prove to be good for us. But if you don't want to, then we shouldn't. We would be going against a lot of people."

"It's just all so confusing!" Raj exclaimed, gripping his brain. "Maybe we should flip a hockey puck?"

Confessional, Raj

AHHHHHHH! Why does Carmen raise such great points?

Confessional, Carmen

I won't lie, Hilde persuaded me a bit, but in order for me to get Beardo out, I need Raj. This vote is all over the place, Hilde wants Beardo, Justin wants Sugar, and Carrie wants Justin? I'm just at a loss personally. But sniping out Beardo could be a great way to cause even more chaos.

Elimination Ceremony

"Welcome in to another merge ceremony everyone!" Chris greeted, as the final twelve shuffled their way into the bleachers. "Last time you guys voted off your little theater nerd to the jury, let's see who you guys send out next," Chris exclaimed, as Chef made his way through the bleachers, handing out the voting devices. As he did so, some people like Beardo and Sugar instantly made their votes, while others like Raj, Courtney and Tem were far more careful and took their time with their votes. "As you guys know, Sky's picture is grayed out as she is immune again this round," Chris exclaimed, Sky seemed to glow under the mention of her immunity again.

"As you know, after I read the votes, the person voted out will need to leave immediately to the Lame-O-Sine," Chris continued, as he took out the twelve slips of paper from their dispenser in his podium. "If anyone has an immunity idol, now would be the time to play it." Chris paused as he and the other campers all surveyed the cast, all looking at each other with suspicion wondering if anyone would be antsy enough to play an idol at this ceremony. However, no one made a move to stand up, so Chris continued on.

"Alright I'll read the votes."

"FIRST VOTE…. Beardo!" Beardo rolled his eyes, as he shot a glance over to Emma and Hilde. Hilde shrugged, while Emma shot her nose up snootily.

"SECOND VOTE… Beardo!"

"THIRD VOTE… Sugar!" Sugar smiled, as the spotlight turned to her, as she flashed a smirk towards the sound board.

"FOURTH VOTE…. Sugar!"

"FIFTH VOTE… Beardo!"

"SIXTH VOTE… Sugar!" Sugar's smirk slowly started to fade, as it turned into one of confusion and then anger as her emotions quickly shifted between the two.

"SEVENTH VOTE… Justin." Justin's eyes suddenly lit up in fear as his name was read aloud.

"EIGHTH VOTE… Justin!" Justin was now looking at everyone, as he continued to see his name pop out from Chris's hands, his fear of being blindsided again crept into his mind.

"NINTH VOTE… Justin!"

"TENTH VOTE… Sugar!" Sugar and Justin stared at each other now in shock, as jaws were hitting the floor. A massive split vote had occurred and no one had any clue who was for certain being sent to the jury.

"ELEVENTH VOTE… Justin!" Justin had sweat creeping down his face as Chris pulled out the final ballot.

"TWELFTH VOTE…. And the thirteenth person voted out and the second member of our jury…" Chris took a dramatic pause as he surveyed the room, his eyes settling on the individual who would be leaving. "Sugar… It's time for you to go."

"DAMN!" Sugar yelled out, causing the campers next to her to jump up a bit in surprise, fright, or both. "Great blindside y'all!"

"You're not mad?" Carson asked, his eyebrow raised.

"Oh naw honey! You gotta take out the best players before it's too late! I know how this game works!" Sugar exclaimed, receiving several eye rolls from campers. "That doesn't mean I'm not mad though!" Her eyes settling on Justin.

"Some of you got some darn explaining to do when y'all join me on the jury! Toodles!" Sugar exclaimed, as she made her way into the Lame-O-Sine, Chef shutting the door behind her as the camera panned over to a now alone Chris.

"Eleven remain as we have now surpassed the halfway mark. As another veteran bites the dust, will more follow, or will the regularly scheduled newbie purge continue. And what will become of Justin and Beardo now that they have racked up more votes? Will Tem and Sky be found out for their strategy? What will Courtney do with her new found idol? And how will the campers react with six of them all voting wrong! Find out next time on Total Drama Action!

Final Confessional, Sugar

What an exciting way to go! OOOOOOO! That really got the heart goin'. I'm still mad that they voted out the queen, but it's gotta be because I was a threat and I was too awesome to be around. I'm not rooting for any of these muttonheads, they gotta earn my darn vote at the end, because they sure as hell didn't earn it during the game. I was running circles around them! Sorry my wizard I didn't win the cash! But we'll still be happy together if I get that Juggy Chunks sponsorship.

Votes

Beardo: Thankfully you're Heather with zero strategy because you just saved me, thank you. Sugar

Carmen: I've taken your place. Sugar

Carrie: You should've lost that tie breaker. Justin

Carson: Sugar has found an idol before, who is to say she hasn't again. Justin

Courtney: Justin and Beardo are shields, so it seems you've outlived your usefulness. Sugar

Emma: You should never have voted for me. Beardo
Hilde: I want vets out, but Sugar is useless, so I'll vote for the guy with a brain. Beardo

Justin: It's about time I replaced my alliance with Sugar… should have never saved you. Sugar

Raj: Wayne did say you were pretty mean… Sugar

Sky: Being immune is honestly so fun. Justin

Sugar: Your hair is probably covered in dandruff, be gone. Beardo

Tem: I'm not taking any chances, thank you Beardo for doing what you said you would and taking the fall for me. Justin

Reviews

SuperSonicHeroes: (Trygve): Yep alliances are ever shifting, I feel like unlike prior seasons there is no clear power structure of alliances. Obviously you have Justin/Carmen/Raj/Emma but they didn't even vote together here. So hopefully this more fluid merge compared to Blended merges past will lead to a very entertaining and back and forth gameplay that will make the story both make sense and be unpredictable so it can be surprising and satisfactory.

(Rj): As we saw in this episode, the target is moving with the alliances forming and being tested. We definitely want to include more career goals and love lives

LordGemini (Trygve) Hopefully this merge will continue to live up to your expectations, and yeah the challenges this season, major credit to Hopps especially, we've been trying to make them our own while sticking to the main theme of the challenge/genre itself, especially since a lot of Action challenges were hit or miss. And yeah with a large group this time, and having been swapped, it allows for a lot more shifting in alliances, in comparison to Island where they were on the same teams the whole premerge, and ROTI/PI where their merges were smaller.

(Rj): I'm glad you enjoyed the challenges since we went for a wider genre rather than the more specific niches within the genre. Credit goes to Trygve for the vote order because he keeps us on our toes, and I'm glad the Angelo surprise was well received.

24th: Lauren: 5-1

23rd: Anne Maria: 4-2

22nd: Chase: 4-1

21st: Zee: 4-2

20th: Devante: 4-1

19th: Raihan: 4-1

18th: Shawn: 3-2-1

17th: Wayne: 2-2 Lost Tiebreaker

16th: Ella: 5-3

15th: Jaiden: 5-2

14th: Devin: 4-4 Lost Tiebreaker

13th: Angelo: 7-4-2

12th: Sugar: 5-4-3

Merge Team: Beardo, Carmen, Carrie, Carson, Courtney, Emma, Hilde, Justin, Raj, Sky, Tem

Beardo: 3 team immunities, 0 individual immunities, 1 idol played, 8 votes against

Carmen: 3 team immunities, 0 individual immunities, 0 idols played, 3 votes against

Carrie: 4 team immunities, 0 individual immunities, 0 idols played, 0 votes against

Carson: 3 team immunities, 0 individual immunities, 0 idols played, 0 votes against

Courtney: 5 team immunities, 0 individual immunities, 0 idols played, 0 votes against

Emma: 5 team immunities, 0 individual immunities, 0 idols played, 0 votes against

Hilde: 4 team immunities, 0 individual immunities, 0 idols played, 2 votes against

Justin: 3 team immunities, 0 individual immunities, 0 idols played, 8 votes against

Raj: 4 team immunities, 0 individual immunities, 0 idols played, 0 votes against

Sky: 4 team immunities, 2 individual immunities, 0 idols played, 0 votes against

Tem: 3 team immunities, 0 individual immunities, 0 idols played, 2 votes against