Total Drama Blended: Action Chapter 6: One Final Game of Russian Roulette, a total drama series fanfic

"Last time on Total Drama Action, we watched as the campers got into a talent contest over who could sing and who couldn't. Some put their talents to good use, like Angelo and Courtney, even if they were showing off… other's made us question whether having the gift of sight and sound is even worth it. It all culminated in another double boot, where two of our most bombastic campers were eliminated. Devante for his condescending attitude and Raihan… for really just being at the wrong place at the wrong time. Although both votes were unanimous the lead up to each of their eliminations was hilarious. Only eighteen remain and with another double elimination on the horizon, who will go home on this episode of Total Drama Action!"

Pre Challenge

"It's a miracle we haven't gone to that blasted ceremony yet, huh Hilde!" Emma exclaimed, elbowing Hilde as the pair strolled their way to the Craft Services Tent.

"I wouldn't call our skill as a team a miracle. We've just outperformed the other teams," Hilde replied nonchalantly, giving the blonde a shrug.

"I guess… but it was still lucky for us to end up together!" Emma retorted.

"Or maybe we were just the best six at challenges. Either way, the longer we keep this streak up, the better odds one of us has to win this thing."

"Totally. I mean if we want to increase the odds and all of that, maybe we should work together a bit? You know, like one of those duos."

"I'd be fine with that. Just don't do something dumb, and it should be easy for the both of us."

"Riiiiight," Emma said nervously. "Well then, if we do so happen to lose, what are you thinking?"

"Well we won't lose, but if we do, I'd like to see one of Angelo or Ella out the door. They're obviously a pair."

"Yeah, they don't exactly hide it well."

"Which means they're always going to vote together, which makes them more annoying to deal with than anything."

"Yeah, and besides Courtney and Shawn do a lot for us in the challenges anyways, it'd be a shame to lose one of them."

"Yeah we gotta keep the team strong," Hilde replied, opening the flap to the Craft Services Tent.

Confessional, Emma

Hilde has always been a tad intimidating. But I feel like we're more alike than either of us initially thought. So hopefully we can maybe work together moving forward, or even be friends.

The camera switched the Gaffers team together at their table eating their food. They each had some scrambled eggs, some toast with jelly, and a sausage link for their meal.

"I just want to thank you guys for keeping me over Devante last night," Beardo said to the trio.

"Of course Beardo. We like you, and it's not like Devante was exactly pleasant," Jaiden said, comforting the big guy placing a hand on his shoulder.

"He wasn't really great at challenges either," Carrie added, earning a chuckle from the team.

"Either way I am really appreciative."

"I don't know about you guys, but I would rather not have to vote one of you off tonight if it's all the same to you. So let's go out there and try and win this challenge today," Carson said, earning cheers from his fellow teammates..

Confessional, Beardo

(Making a crowd cheering noise) I am so glad to still be here. Devante is gone and I feel like I have a new life in this game that I've never had before.

Confessional, Carrie

It feels good that our team all seems to be on the same page and connected for once. I just pray we don't lose this challenge, I can't imagine voting any of these people out this early.

"Whoop whoop!" Sugar cheered as she woke up from her slumber.

"You seem happier than usual this morning," Devin noted, as he combed his hair to its usually spiky position.

"Four eyes is finally gone! That's why I'm happy! She can't ruin my days anymore!" Sugar yelled gleefully, the camera panned to Justin who peeled away the cucumbers from his eyes giving the camera a massive eye roll.

"Hey don't speak ill of Raihan, she was still one of us!" Wayne exclaimed, spitting out his toothpaste in the sink.

"She's gone now. So what?" Sugar said with a shrug rolling out of her bed.

"It's still not nice to say, especially since she never actually did anything to you," Devin pointed out.

"Whatever, she was a loser anyways, her and Anne Maria were made for each other with how much they sucked!"

"I'm starting to think we made a mistake eh. Cause you have been nothing but rude almost this whole time!" Wayne exclaimed, turning to face the blonde girl.

"Watch it hockey boy, if you're not careful you'll follow those two bimbos out the door!"

"Not if I have anything to say about it!" Wayne exclaimed, as he stormed out of the trailer with Devin in tow. Sugar turned to Justin who just shrugged and rolled over.

Confessional, Sugar

What's their problem?

Confessional, Wayne

I get we have to cut people from the team, and us staying is a good thing. But you still gotta show some respect ya know? And I really don't feel like Sugar has any.

Confessional, Justin

Why did I have to be with Sugar… and I can't even blame production for this one!

"Hey Shawn, I just wanted to check in since we haven't talked in a while," Courtney said to the zombie nut as the pair made their way to breakfast.

"I mean we've kept winning, so I can't say there is much to report that we both don't already know," Shawn replied with a shrug.

"That's fair. I mean I think we both know that the other four haven't been playing the game too hard."

"Yeah, I mean Angelo doesn't talk a lot to anyone, and I don't think I've talked a lick of strategy at all with the other three. Which is fine by me." Shawn shoved his hands into his pockets, and seemed to almost lean back as he strolled.

"Same goes for me as well. You're the only one I really trust at all, just given our original season and how we worked together on that first challenge."

"Oh one hundred percent. I do trust Ella to not vote either of us out, but as far as strategy goes…"

"Yeah, her head is not always thinking that far ahead," Courtney replied, as the pair gave a small chuckle. "Just keep me posted if anything comes up!"

"Will do!"

Confessional, Courtney

Talking with Shawn… I feel like it's fairly obvious that he and I are the only ones that are strong in the ways of the game. Hilde and Ella are far too emotional in their own ways, Emma is off in her own world a lot, and Angelo is far too quiet…. Maybe he should go sooner rather than later.

The camera cut to inside the Craft Services Tent where Carmen and Raj were sitting next to each other.

"I know we haven't talked a whole lot, but have you been thinking about the game at all since we voted Chase off?" Carmen asked the hockey boy, seemingly sliding a little closer towards him.

"What do you mean by game? Like the challenges? I always think about winning those!" Raj exclaimed with a fist pump.

"No like the strategy and voting people off part."

"Oh thaaaaaaat, no I really haven't been thinking about it too hard. No real reason to, if we're not going to a ceremony."

"I guess. But like you have to think a little bit more about it. You know, make sure you stick around long term."

"No you're right, I've just been focusing on having a good time…." Raj seemed to trail off in his voice as he stared off towards the entrance of the tent, the camera followed his gaze which led straight to Justin.

"Raj? Hello?" Carmen questioned, waving her hand in front of his eyes, receiving no response from Raj's now blank face.

Confessional, Carmen

Raj is almost assuredly going through some sort of awakening. What that is I don't know, nor do I fully care. He'll figure it out on his own I'm sure.

Confessional, Raj

Was she saying something?

Confessional, Justin

Don't think I didn't notice Raj's one thousand yard stare in my direction. Trust me I saw it. I didn't take Raj to be into men, but hey I don't judge. I don't personally swing that way, but maybe down the line some sort of allyship could form.

"This all feels rather overly secretive," Ella said, her voice could be heard from behind a row of bushes that the camera zoomed in on. Through the bushes, Sky, Tem, and Ella could all be seen squatting down hiding from view.

"Well we can't let people know that we have an old Gopher's alliance thing going. It'd put a massive target on our backs," Sky explained.

"I know, it just feels really sneaky," Ella said, her eyes and head looking around all over the place, her nervousness was radiating off of her.

"It's the name of the game sadly. We all got outplayed by Scarlett, Ryan, and Trent because they were sneaky on Island, so let's make sure that doesn't happen again," Tem added.

"Anyways, just so you know Ella, Carmen and Raj are fairly trustworthy. But other than that, there isn't a lot to say. Chase and Lauren were just annoying mainly," Sky noted.

"Mhmm. I will say I really trust Angelo, I feel he would be a good ally for us moving forward," Ella added.

"That's good to know. I can't imagine a swap is too far off. So the more allies we all have the better odds we have of surviving a swap," Sky stated..

"Mhmm. But with the returnees, and the four teams, I doubt anyone is going to hold team strong for too long," Tem mused.

"That's a good point. Also Ella, is Shawn doing good on your team? I saw him talking to Courtney earlier," Sky inquired.

"I think so. Him and Courtney are like the leaders of our group."

"That's good. As long as the Gophers are safe, that's what matters!" Sky exclaimed.

Confessional, Sky

I'm glad I made this sort of old Gopher alliance, it's nice to have information coming in from the other teams as well, so in the event of a swap we're not in too much trouble

Confessional, Tem

I know in my original season I mentioned I preferred loyalty and didn't like liars. But after this conversation, I understand why you need to lie…. Like Sky, why did you say we trust both Carmen and Raj. That makes us a group of four. And Ella, why are you saying you and Angelo are basically a duo… like you're not supposed to tell each other that! (Tem facepalms leaving a giant red mark on her forehead).

As the trio split off from the bush, the camera followed Ella as she skipped along, her eyes closed, and humming the Total Drama theme song to herself, she collided right into Beardo, which caused her to fall over, the bigger boy hardly even moved, but instantly reached to help her up as the pair rapidly apologized to each other.

"I am so sorry Beardo, I didn't mean to bump into you like that!" Ella exclaimed.

"No no I'm sorry, I should have moved out of your way, are you alright?" Beardo asked the singer.

"Yes I'm okay. Are you okay?"

"Yes yes. I'm doing okay!" Beardo let out a woot woot sound effect to reaffirm Ella, to which she smiled.

"I'm glad you're still using your sound effects, they've always been a favorite of mine!"

"I'm glad. Outside of Devante, most people have seemed to like them too. How is everything on your team, you guys ready for the challenge?"

"I think so! We've been working really well together. Honestly, I think you and Angelo would get along really well. You guys are really similar!"

"That's neat. You'll have to introduce me to him when you get the chance. I haven't spent a lot of time socializing with people outside of my team."

"S-same here haha," Ella nervously chuckled. "It's fairly difficult when half of them are off talking amongst themselves every night. But that's how the game goes. I'm glad you're still here! I'm sure those two ceremonies were tough."

"They were for sure. If I survive one more I outlast the amount I survived on the Island which I can appreciate. But they've both been nerve wracking. Zee was my closest friend, and Devante targeted me last round. So I really want a win today."

"You'll get one I'm sure!"

Confessional, Beardo

I know I said earlier that I feel I have a new life in the game (makes a heartbeat noise). I know I am still at the bottom of this team. So any new allies are welcomed.

Confessional, Ella

I know Angelo struggles with people, whereas that's something I feel I excel at. So if I can help him even a little bit I'll be happy.

Time Skip: One Hour

The campers, all linked in four long shackles and chains, made a long walk through the soundstages and pavement and set pieces before the doors to one soundstage opened. Dakota opened the door and Chef prodded the rears of the chains, Hilde, Justin, Carmen, and Carson, through the open entryway. Once they were all set up in two neat rows, the Costumers and Gaffers in the front and the Mixers and Grips in the back, Chris clanged open a door and showed up.

"Welcome everyone to today's prison challenge! All of you have been transported here for the crime of being chosen to appear on reality TV, being annoying screen hogs, and mugging the camera," Chris read off of a placard. "This challenge is going to be a simple one. Escape from the Wawawakshank Prison without getting caught."

Confessional, Devin

I can't believe we all WILLINGLY put chains on ourselves and let Chris and Chef imprison us… I thought I was stupid in my relationship, but this takes the cake.

Confessional, Carmen

You know… you would think us returnees would know something was up when Chef had a box full of chains and hooked us up to them… That was rather dumb of us.

"How is that fair?" Hilde shouted. "We have six members and the other teams have four!"

"Sorry, you lost the right to ask questions the moment the chains went on your hands. But we aren't going to be unfair, this is a fake prison after all," Chris shrugged. "The Grips, Gaffers, and Costumers will have to each pick a prisoner currently wandering around the grounds."

"Since Chris didn't explain it I will," Chef stood at the front of the line, wearing a guard outfit next to a similarly suited Fang. "Each team will have one or two people in one of twenty cells. You must escape that cell past the patrol, head outside the Wawawawawakshank-"

"How many ways are there?" Beardo asked.

"YOU WILL SHUT UP!" Chef slammed a baton into the floor. "You will escape into the Wawaskhank-"

"Now there's two?" Sugar asked.

Fang let out a surprisingly loud roar that shut Sugar up. The shark put his glasses on as Chef nodded a polite thank you. "You will escape into the Wawawawakshank courtyard and grounds. Avoid getting recaptured there for the gates to open Then you'll hop into a boat in order to cross the perilous Milton River from one side to the other. The first two teams that do so will be safe."

"If you get caught by either Sam, Dakota, or our two wooly beavers, you will have to start back at the cells!' Chris announced. "Now, we'll release you from the shackles. Chef will drop you each into your cell. Good luck and happy escaping."

Confessional, Hilde

Not sure if I'd describe escaping as a happy thing.

Confessional, Wayne

Honestly, those shackles around my ankles weren't as bad as breaking in a new pair of skates. Thank goodness my leg hair was rubbed off from a ceramic knife team hazing ritual.

Confessional, Sky

Have you ever had a snarky comment that you know is going to be perfect to splice in a confessional? Only to forget it? Me too… me too..

Confessional, Carson

I think I can work with any cameo. Even Sierra. But whether they can work with my team… that remains to be seen.

An establishing shot showed that the remaining eighteen campers were divided in two floors. On the top floor were Courtney, Jaiden, Tem, Sugar, Ella, Sky, Carson, Justin, and Hilde. The lower of the two floors had Emma, Raj, Wayne, Beardo, Angelo, Devin, Carrie, Carmen, and Shawn. All of the cells had the same contents, a bed, a toilet, and a sink, but where they all differed were the contents inside. Each cell had fabrics in their team's colors and a small pillow barely bigger than a foot in each direction. The upper cells had a drain in the center that connected to the lower cell.

"And the challenge is on!" Chris blared into the microphone.

A brief shot showed all eighteen occupants race around their rather small cells. The most active at first was Shawn, who started jiggling the chains on either side of the bed. He shook with enough ferocity that his hat almost flew off. Next to him, Carmen was investigating the sink and turned one of the knobs. Very hot water started spewing out as she backed away. On the other side of the cell block Wayne stuck his hand in the toilet and was openly groaning as his hands swashed. Above Wayne, Jaiden tore apart her pillow only revealing feathers and odd metal bits..

Courtney looked down the drain to see Emma atop the bed as she was jumping around. "Emma!" Courtney hissed.

"Court?" Emma looked up. She stopped jumping and the bed creaked. "Do you notice anything?"

"Yeah! Your chain is shaking! Try going for one of them!"

In the cell next to Emma, Raj quickly ran to the wall where his bed was and looked at the chain. "Huh, this chain is-"

He put his hand on the chain and the chain snapped. The boxspring that was holding the bed up collapsed onto the floor with a clangorous sound. Raj winced but he noticed that there was a hole through the wall where the chain once attached itself to the wall. He looked through it to see Emma looking through her broken chain. Raj tilted his head before Wayne called out to him. "Anything out there bud?"

"Nothing Wayner! The bed can collapse so maybe that'll help us out!" Raj stuck his head through the bar as he turned his head towards Wayne's cell.

"Bummer," Wayne said. "All I found was this key in the toilet head."

"Why can't you head out?" Raj asked.

"This key doesn't work! I think it's like, broken," Wayne complained. "Maybe there's a key in your toilet!"

On the upper floor, Sky worked on unscrewing the base of the toilet. It was connected to the floor of the cell but the screw she was currently twiddling was rather loose. She bent over and started unscrewing faster. Once she unscrewed the cap finally made itself loose, revealing a key. "Huh, that was easy," Sky mentioned.

She rushed over to her door and started to try to unlock it, but the key couldn't fit. She jiggled it as best as she could but after a while she dropped the key. Sky turned around and focused again on the bed. Nearby, Carson witnessed Sky's struggle and found that the key Sky had was next to his door. Curiously, he picked it up and contorted his hands to get to the lock. To his shock his door slammed open. His eyes suddenly went wide as he slammed the door shut.

Below him, Carrie was pawing at the vent trying to see if that fixture could move. "Come on…" she groaned before suddenly losing her balance. "Oww…"

"Carrie, you okay homie?" Devin rushed to the bars.

"I'm fine Devin, how are you holding up?"

"I'm holding up fine but my bed isn't," he joked. Carrie let out a small laugh. "Did you find anything?"

"Not really," Carrie looked up and saw Carson staring intently at her. "I tried the vent but I couldn't reach…"

"Bummer, just keep at it homeslice," Devin cheered.

"Of course!" Carrie perked up. She heard Devin work more on her bed and she moved again to maneuvering her limited props in the cell to create a ramshackle tower. "Carson?"

"Try to get someone to drop one of their keys. Sky's worked for me," Carson tried to explain in a low voice.

"Wait, we have the keys to each other's rooms?" Carrie asked.

"I think so," Carson mumbled. "Try working with either Devin or whoever is on your other side. You might have to exchange something with them. Or steal it."

"Oh…" Carrie mumbled. Stuck again in her thoughts, she fell off the tower with a thud. "I'm okay."

Confessional, Carson

First one to technically break free, but I can't escape that soon, I need to get others out so that way they can be fall guys. Or girls.

The camera again cut above where Sugar grabbed the chains and was wrapping them around the bars. The strange clank of the chain around one of the vertical bars distracted a neighboring Ella. "What are you doing Sugar?"

"Tryn' to escape," Sugar groaned. "And that's what you should be doing too!"

"Oh," Ella looked at Sugar and started moving the chain back and forth. "What kind of gesture is that?"

"It's like cutting trees back home!" Sugar groaned. One bar broke loose and she hollered. "Just focus on you, I'm perfectly fine on my own!" Sugar let go of one hand and hit herself in the face with the other. Ella winced before she turned again to her room. Aimlessly, Ella turned on one of the faucets as she continued crawling around her room.

Tem looked in her sink to see something glinting in the drain. She gasped slightly and tried reaching her fingers down, only to realize that she couldn't even fit her wrists through. Groaning again, she turned to her bed that was still on the wall. She moved to the chain that was closest to the door and tried pulling. To her surprise it managed to come clean off, taking a bit of the wall with her. "Jaiden!" Tem shouted.

"Oh my!" Jaiden rushed to the suddenly appearing hole. "Tem, did you find anything?"

"In the sink, but I can't reach it," Tem sighed. "And I found a dud key from the toilet. Not sure about anything else."

"Well we have to keep looking! We can't tear apart the cell walls! I don't know how Sugar's doing this! But it's working! So we have to find something!"

Tem poked her head through the door. "Do you wanna work together?"

"Sure," Jaiden agreed. "I think the chains are the main solution. Can't be too sure."

"Check your toilet," Tem advised. "Meet back in a minute?"

"Gotcha," Jaiden put her hands on the bottom of the hole that was newly formed. When she moved her hand one of the blocks that made up the hole fell into Tem's cell onto Tem's feet. "Sorry about-"

"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Tem screamed.

Confessional, Jaiden

Sorry Tem…

Confessional, Tem

Why did I talk myself out of buying steel tipped shoes?!

Back in Shawn's cell, he suddenly took pause as Tem's pained screech echoed through the set piece. He paid no more mind when he finally opened the door and found himself standing on the small balcony that overlooked the prison complex. Four timers, each above four exit gates, each started ticking down from thirty minutes. "Uh oh…" Shawn realized.

Carson heard the slam of Shawn's door open and he looked out to see Shawn running through the first open expanse of the courtyard. "That's my cue!" Carson burst out the door, slamming the iron bars on the ground and rushing to the railing. Impulsively he climbed the railings before dropping down to the first floor.

The camera changed to Devin and Carrie again meeting each other at their doors. "Anything Carrie?" Devin asked.

"Now that you ask that I did manage to-"

The two suddenly stopped when Carson slammed into the ground in front of them. "I should have taken the stairs…" Carson groaned.

"What were you saying?" Devin asked. "I found this key."

"I found this key," Carrie held out her hand. "Do you want to swap?"

"Sure but make it quick," Devin agreed. The two put their hands out with the keys in a tight handshake while the two moved their keys between each other. Time seemed to slow down as Devin's gaze went down from his arm to his hands. Carrie seemed to blush red as she realized that they were holding hands again. "Oh homie don't be nervous."

"I'm… not nervous," Carrie stammered.

"You're sweating…" Devin gulped. "Or is that me?"

"I uhh," Carrie sighed. "I have the key now, you can let go."

"Oh, right," Devin quickly snapped his hand back. "I don't want you to get in trouble with your team."

"Don't mention it," Carrie suddenly rushed to the sink and splashed her face with water. She took a sigh of relief before steam started coming off of her face. "HOT!

Confessional, Devin

I've held her hands a lot before, but I've never gotten sweaty, why now?

Hilde took a moment to catch her breath. She thought for a moment before her hands twitched and she grabbed a portion of the bed. She slammed it against the cell wall with a loud clang. Hilde grimaced as the bed broke into shattered pieces but a small hole was now available in the cell. She rushed up to it and tried to fit her torso through, but it was too high off of the ground and her stomach was being jabbed by the remnants of the bar. "MOTHERF-"

"Are we allowed to curse that loud?" Wayne asked himself when the camera suddenly switched to him.

"If you do, you'll get in the penalty box," Raj gleefully chided. "Hey Wayner, do you wanna check the sink again while I check the toilet again?"

"Naw, you check the sink and I'll check the toilet," Wayne replied. "Just get over here."

"How do I do that?" Raj asked.

The camera again switched to Tem as she suddenly felt a little water on her shoes. A confused look appeared on her face as she turned around, seeing the sink overflowing. "Nice…." she exhaled. When she looked at the sink closer she realized that a key was bobbing up and down. "NICE!" she cheered. She trudged through the water, grabbed the key, dried it off, and ran to the door.

She jammed the key into the lock, but nothing. "Nice…" She hung her head down and slammed her head against the bars. Tem suddenly backed up and tripped into the water, key still in hand. As she looked at the bed from her vantage point, underneath there was a once obscured lock. An idea brewed in her head.

Quickly she grabbed the key and jammed it in the upside down lock. It turned and dropped a bigger key. Surprised, she jumped up and took the key to the door. She mimicked the gesture that was all too familiar and the door swung open. "NICE!"

Once Tem stepped out of the cell she ran down the stairs to the main courtyard. "Okay now where do I need to-"

A loud whistle to her right caused her attention to turn to the right. Dakota twirled a baton in her hands and started sprinting after Tem. The city girl let out a scream as she ran through the courtyard.

Confessional, Tem

If I had a nickel for every time I've screamed today. I'd have two nickels. Which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it's happened twice.

An overhead view showed that the courtyard was a rather standard prison yard. There were splotches of grass interlaced with dirt and concrete. On the concrete were several markings like grids, numbers, hopscotch boards, and giant games. Awkwardly placed pieces of gym equipment littered the field. Surrounding the courtyard were small buildings labeled with their main functions. A library, a mess, a gym, a chapel, a rec room shed, and the guard tower were all around the courtyard. Four large exits demarcated the escape to the main field.

"HOW DO YOU HAVE A TASER?!" Shawn hollered when the view of the air changed to a more grounded view. Two chains flew out on either side of Shawn as Fang blocked the exit. "I THOUGHT SHARKS COULDN'T USE ELECTRICITY!"

Confessional, Shawn

Add taser sharks to the list of things to watch out for during the apocalypse.

Carson looked at an unguarded door and glanced back to the cell. Back to the unguarded archway and back to the cells. Others were breaking their way out of the cells. He quickly flashed out his fingers as he thought about who needed to escape. Carrie and Devin seemed to step out of their cells simultaneously. Devin rushed to help Justin on the upper floor while Carrie spotted Carson's blue tracksuit.

"Hey," Carrie said, sliding next to Carson.

The two ducked underneath a picnic table. "We need to find one of the other prisoners to take out of here," Carson explained.

"Yeah, I was there at the debrief," Carrie said. "Where could they be?"

"Come with me and look around?" Carson offered.

"What if the others need help?" Carrie looked back to see Jaiden pleading with Courtney on the top floor of the cell while Emma kept jumping from the floor below.

"Jaiden and Beardo can handle it," Carson explained. "I don't want to get-"

Wayne suddenly screamed as hundreds of volts of electricity coursed through his body. He barely made it five feet from the cell door when Fang, carrying the zombie theorist, fired his taser into Wayne's shoulders.

"Run," Carrie said as they jumped out from behind the picnic table.

Confessional, Wayne

It felt like my muscles were being side checked by a guard from the inside! That was scary.

Raj turned the corner and dove through a stained glass window. The camera cut to the inside of the building where four pews arranged in two rows led up to an altar. It didn't necessarily look like it was any denomination and as Raj stepped up to the lectern he found several books from different faiths. He held one of them inquisitively before putting it back down.

He looked over the room to see one of the cameos bent over at the pew, head tucked in prayer. "Hey," Raj walked up to the cameo.

"Oh right, I'm your cameo," she lifted her head up. She was a rather plain girl with short hair and her attire was way more modest than most of the girls this season. "You're…."

"Raj," Raj said. "And you're… CLEO!"

"...Chloe," sighed the girl. "Alright before I'm allowed to join you, you have to do a small task. Sit with me in silence until I finish my prayer."

"This is a strange acting thing," Raj mentioned.

"It's not acting! At least my prayer won't be. Chris said I could pray as I needed. Knowing the people you've dealt with, I can offer a prayer for you. Do you have any requests?"

"Any request?" Raj suddenly flitted. "I umm, I actually do. Can I whisper?"

Chloe lent an ear to Raj as he whispered. A twinge of blush was on his face. "I'll pray for you. Rest assured everyone deserves to have their prayers answered no matter their race, age, or what they believe or how they act."

"Is that a script or-"

"No," Chloe said bluntly. "It's what the Lord wills. A virtuous and accepting life. But if you talk I have to start the prayer again, it'll take five minutes."

"Okay."

"Starting now."

"Okay."

"Starting now."

"Then start."

"Starting now."

Confessional, Raj

I don't really remember what season Chloe was on. But She seems nice enough.

(Chloe enters)

Confessional, Raj and Chloe

Chloe: Starting now.

Raj: Okay.

Chloe: Starting now.

Raj: I under-

Chloe: Please be quiet, when you speak I have to restart the prayer.

Raj: Okay

(Chloe stares into the confessional and pinches her temples)

"Finally!" Hilde shouted as she stepped out of the cell. She kicked away one of the remnants of the bed off of the second floor before thundering down the stairs.

Another camera shot showed Carmen strutting out of the cage before the piece of the bed hit her atop her head. Hilde bristled past Carmen as Sam tapped Carmen on the shoulder. "Hola," Carmen said.

Wordlessly, Sam pulled out a canister of pepper spray. Carmen made a move to run only to bump into a sprinting Beardo. The two veterans tried to get up only for Sam to spray the two of them. Hilde glanced back and winced as two of her opponents screamed.

Confessional, Sam

What? Pepper Spray is a common meta item in City Wars Two.

Confessional, Carmen

(Eyes bulging red) IT BURNS! IT BURNS!

Jaiden rammed her shoulder against the door one more time and finally tumbled out onto the exposed second landing. She caught her breath before sliding down the stairs. "Cameo, cameo, cameo, cameo," she mumbled as she ran through the edges of the courtyard. Making sure that no other guard was there, she made a mad dash into the small mess hall, or mess shack, and found herself in a room with four tables.

Atop one of the tables one of the other cameos was fiddling with a placemat and several dishes on it. "Come on, come on… no!" the cameo shouted before he dived to catch all of the fragile dishes.

Jaiden walked to the table. "Hey, so what do I have to do to get you to join me…. Topher?"

Topher flashed a winning smile as he ran his hands through his perfectly coiffed hair. "You join me by helping me set up this placemat of Chris' favorite meal! You set the plates and then you get the food and then you arrange them in a way that Chris would enjoy."

"How do you know this?" Jaiden asked.

"He was photographed at a professor's dinner with his wooly beaver friends where they all ate this meal while discussing how best to proceed with Chris' lecture series as a guest speaker," Topher explained. "The paparazzi were there."

Jaiden blinked. "Fine."

Confessional, Jaiden

Two years ago if you told me Chris McLean was a lecturer with a specialty in prehistoric beavers… I'd be inclined to believe you because money does a lot for people. But now, I'd one hundred percent believe you.

"Oh man," Justin walked out of his cell to see the chaos unfolding. He wrung his shirt dry as it clung to his rather defined stomach. He smiled at the camera before he suddenly heard an escaped Carrie screaming. Nervous, he sprinted to the otherside of the cell. Sugar banged her head against the bars of her cell door while a neighboring Ella kept harmonizing as she got on her hands and knees. "What are you doing?"

"You try being next to this stupid chirpy bird!" Sugar snapped. "I tried asking her for help but she doesn't have anything! This stupid key's more crooked than a wheel on an old tractor!"

"Have you tried asking Ella to-"

"Why? I'm a darn rootin tootin independent woman!" Sugar shouted.

"Can I see the key?" Justin sighed.

Sugar handed him the keys, their hands touching as Sugar almost lost her breath. "You better get your plan rolling now!" Sugar said.

Justin walked over to Ella's door with Sugar's key in his hand. "Hey Ella, can I try something real quick?"

"Oh, Justin, are you here to act like a dungeon keeper? Free me from this cute and cozy but quaint cell of a dungeon?" Ella trilled.

"Yes," Justin put the key into Ella's lock. It turned with a click and Justin opened it up. "Now I ask that you give me one of your keys."

"Oh, yeah," Ella smiled. "Thank you sir Justin, how gallant and charming are you!" Ella skipped down the stairs.

Sugar's normally pale face turned a sharp red as Justin turned the keys. "Why'd you help her before me?!"

"I got you out, right? And you get to see Ella run like a headless chicken!"

Sugar snorted. "You know just what to say. You're almost as good a speaker as mah wizard back home! Now we need to find our cameo. I wonder who it's gonna be. They better not be prettier than me!"

Confessional, Justin

Maybe I'd be worried too, but the odds of a cameo being prettier than I are small….

….

Though the winner of last season makes it so that it's never zero. I mean, I have to be realistic.

Hilde sprinted through the maze of small shacks and buildings with an occasional glance up at the timers. As she rounded a corner she took a jump into one of the open windows. A shrill scream came from inside. "Oh, Hilde," Angelo sighed. "I thought Fang managed to jump through."

"You're just staying here?" Hilde asked. "Not running around?"

"I mean, it's safer, right?" Angelo innocently asked.

"Yeah, but Shawn and I are already out there and I saw that Courtney and Emma were making good progress. We could have used the help to break free! At least get another person out there so that Fang, Dakota, and Sam aren't just chasing after us!" Hilde shouted.

"Uhh… I didn't think about it," Angelo gulped. "I was just looking through screens here."

Hilde finally got a chance to look around the room. There was a line of cages on the back and a row of monitors in the front, each showing different angles of the prison set. Raj exited the chapel on one screen and Jaiden was dragging one of the cameos out of the mess on another. Angelo put his hands on a small joystick and angled it towards the cells. "Ella's cell is empty. And Emma is just breaking out now, maybe if we get all together we can-"

"Good plan, now let me have a look," Hilde shoved Angelo aside. The small boy fell onto a button that caused a loud alarm to blare. Three of the cages behind him suddenly clanged open, each revealing a wooly beaver with a pair of sunglasses, handcuffs, and a baton on them. Hilde and Angelo stared at each other before they made a sprint towards the open door.

One wooly beaver threw a baton that hit Hilde first on the back of her head before bouncing onto Angelo's head. The two Mixers ran into each other and collapsed on the ground. "Ow…" Angelo moaned.

Confessional, Angelo

Hilde's… forceful…. I guess that's the nicest way to say it.

Confessional, Hilde

The plan was obvious! What wasn't obvious was the purpose of the buttons!

A wooly beaver burst through the walls of the security guard tower as the other two beavers roughly dragged Hilde and Angelo out of the system. Another overhead shot showed the still captive campers mostly breaking free of their cages and trying to run within the very small system. Shawn escaped again and was rushing towards a growing crowd at the gates. Raj and Chloe exited from the chapel just as Fang entered the building. Sam chased after Courtney but was grabbing at his side.

After the brief overview from above the camera seemed to focus on another building, a library, as Sugar thundered in. "SHHH!" a high voice shouted. "This is a library!"

"Then why are you hollering?" Sugar countered. The camera showed a better view of the library. There were rows of waist high shelves stuffed to the brim with books from Chris' publishings and other studies from his alma mater. On round tables were flyers conspicuously green screened with QR codes that showed links to several communities and milton properties.

The camera focused on the other voice as she stood in the center of strewn about paper and string while a moving corkboard functioned as a backdrop to her. "Sugar, Total Drama Pahkitew Island, one of two double elimination victims," Sierra flipped a pen in her hands.

"Now that I found you," Sugar walked up. "Come on, we've gotta escape and we only have enough minutes for a mile a minute run!"

"Nope," Sierra shook her head. "You're supposed to do a task before I join you."

"Convolution consternations!" Sugar kicked a table. Sierra winced when Sugar started hopping on her foot. "What cockamamie task do you need me to do?"

"I need to finish this connection board for my blog. Once I have the design I can make my code in order to-"

"JUST TELL ME WHAT I NEED TO DO!" Sugar shouted.

"First of all, this is a library," Sierra held up a device that measured the noise level with a sliding scale. "If you go above the red line I have to start over. And you're supposed to be holding the string where I tell you."

"D'ya mind if I test the volume?" Sugar asked.

"Sure," Sirra obliged.

The camera focused on sugar inhaling. Another feed showed Angelo struggling at his cell again. "FUCKING COCKAMAMIE DOODIESHIT!" Angelo tumbled into his cell door.

The perspective shifted again to the library where Sierra painfully rubbed her ear out with a finger. "I'm fine as peach wine," Sugar smiled. "Where do I need to hold?"

Confessional, Angelo

(He's rubbing his head) I don't think I'll ever get used to this place.

A brief montage showed the campers running about the courtyard as the timer continued to tick lower and lower, but not fast enough. Emma collided with Justin as they fled from a beaver and tripped into a hole. Shawn managed to take some of the bed and formed something of a shovel. He threw the dirt he was digging up behind him into Jaiden's face.

Devin screamed as two of the wooly beavers started to chase him into the chapel. He moved a pew in front of the door before a beaver burst through a nearby stained glass window. Devin escaped out another window into Fang's arms. Fang fired his taser into his chest as Devin flailed helplessly.

Wayne managed to break out of his cell again as he made a leap over a stumbling Tem, who was on the run from Sam as his pepper spray came in a cloud just below him. The tech intern tripped over Tem and the pepper spray kept spraying as it flew into Wayne's eyes. Tem struggled out of Sam's grip as Wayne ran back in his cell totally blinded.

Sugar and Sierra stepped out of the library, the former significantly scowling at the latter, before Sugar suddenly pulled Sierra out of sight. Dakota chased after the two of them with a baton that she was twirling high above her head.

Hilde broke out of her cell as Carson and Courtney found themselves dragged to their cells. Hilde jumped over the fence and landed on a hapless Beardo. The two untangled from each other as Beardo dinged a quick victorious bell Hilde smiled awkwardly in response before a beaver started to give chase. Hilde pushed Beardo behind her and the soundboard started to let out an alert scream.

Jaiden and Topher in the Mess shack emerged and started to run to the door before colliding with Carmen. Carmen stepped on Topher's hand as the pretty boy started to scream. Jaiden grabbed Topher's hand as they ran away from an encroaching Sam.

The montage finally came to an end after Raj and Chloe, both holding hands, found themselves in Raj's cell. "I do apologize," Chloe broke the silence. "But you've broken out of here once, and I can help you out."

Raj looked through the cell as an alarm rang through the prison. The four gates started to rise. "We better make it quick," Raj nodded.

In the courtyard, Emma jumped out of a hole that Shawn was digging. "Where are you going?" Shawn asked.

"I have to find the rest of us!" Emma shouted. She ran at full speed into Angelo. "I FOUND ANGELO!"

Dakota looked over the two fallen over Mixers and tapped both with her baton before escorting the two of them back into their cell. Shawn poked his head out of a different patch of grass nearby only to get kicked in the head by a running Beardo. "Sorry dude!" Beardo called back.

Another overhead shot showed Jaiden dragging Topher through the gates with Carson pulling up just behind them. "Do you think we should wait for the others?" Topher wondered.

"We're all going to the same space, and I trust my team!" Jaiden shouted.

"Me too!" Carson agreed with Jaiden. The camera showed that the escape point was beyond a canal with rushing water and rocks to simulate something of a coursing river. "How deep do you think it is?"

"We'll find out when we get in!" Topher shouted. He hopped into the water with a majestic dive, milking it for the camera, before his momentum suddenly stopped painfully. "Not very…"

"Do we even need the boat then?" Carson pointed out. "We can just-"

"Where's Topher?" Jaiden interrupted. The two heard a scream down the canal and chased after the bobbing figure of Topher downriver.

Confessional, Carson

All things considered, still relatively simple. Key word being relatively.

Emma broke out of her cell again and started to slide down the stairs' bannister. She took in a deep breath and started to sprint full speed ahead before Hilde suddenly stepped in her way. The other girl fell over and grabbed Emma's ankle before she could run away. "You need to slow down," Hilde groaned.

"But we need to escape!" Emma complained.

"Look around!" Hilde picked up Emma, frustrated. "Have you seen Ella?"

Emma and Hilde made their way to a picnic table and continued talking. "No!" Emma shouted. "Why do we need to talk under here?"

"I saw their patrols, they can't look underneath or kick underneath. They can go in buildings from what I see. I don't know where Ella is, we have to find her!"

"Why can't we just trust that we'll all make it safely?" Emma countered.

"Because you can only rely on yourself. Now come on," Hilde dragged Emma out from underneath the table.

Another camera feed showed Tem poking through the watchtower. She looked at the patrolling guards as they made their routes. Once she saw an opening in the paths that Dakota and Sam took she pressed a button before sprinting out of the guard tower.

Outside in the courtyard, Courtney and Beardo tried shoving each other out of the way as they barreled towards one of the open gates. The two took a simultaneous leap before the gate suddenly slammed down and the two were met with a metal grate to their face.

Confessional, Courtney

(her face has a mark on it) I don't even know who to blame for this. I know I'm to blame but so is Beardo and whichever tool managed to bring the gate down.

In another gate, Shawn and Sky barely made it outside the boundaries of the prison yard as Fang and Sam stopped chasing them. Shawn sprinted down the hill towards the canal. Further off in the distance Jaiden and Carson pulled Topher out of the water. Sky prepared a boat for her team as she looked up on the hill. "HURRY!" Sky shouted.

The camera changed to Chloe and Raj, the former being dragged by the latter, Chloe stumbled on her feet as Raj tried to help her up. Once they made it down the sheer slope they helped Sky maneuver the boat into the fake river. "Anyone have any experience with rapids?" Sky tried to remain steady as she took the row closest to the stern while Raj and Chloe took the bow. She grabbed onto the tiller as Raj picked up two paddles from the bottom of the hull. The small boat slowly started to drift downriver.

The waves seemed to pick up as the boat started to jostle. "Oh hear us when we cry to Thee, For those in peril on the sea!" Chloe screamed as Raj shoved a paddle in her hand. "Eternal father, strong to save! Whose arm hath bound the restless wave, who bidd'st the mighty ocean deep, in its own appointed limits keep!"

"Is that singing really going to help us?!" Sky shouted.

"It's helping me! Keep singing!" Raj shouted.

From the riverbed closest to the prison Beardo tumbled down the slope before ending up heels overhead in front of Shawn. "Something on my face?" Beardo asked.

"Just a lot of dirt," Shawn shrugged. "Nothing to worry about."

"Cool," Beardo shrugged before he righted himself. He started to run to the boats but was knocked aside when Courtney slammed into his side. "Was that really necessary?"

"Yes!" Courtney shouted. "Hilde, Shawn, let's go!"

"What about Ella, Emma, and Angelo?" Shawn asked.

"They were right behind me, they'll be back here!" Hilde retorted.

Hilde pushed the boat into the water and the three jumped in. The camera focused on their boat drifting downstream before they started to course correct.

Confessional, Courtney

Luckily I still have my expertise as a CIT under one of Camp Manager Steve's outdoor camps. I learned how to white water raft with Harold. Not a fun guy to be around for too long.

The camera cut to the otherside of the river just as Carson, Jaiden, and Topher wound up where the river cut across with one of the walls to the soundstage. "Do we need to get to the boats now?" Topher impatiently asked.

"Yeah, we should have followed the rules in the first place," Carson pointed out.

"Well now we know," Jaiden offered in a neutral voice. "Come on, we have to get to a boat."

From the otherside of the river, Chloe, Raj, and Tem crashed into a set of rocks. Chloe bent over as she caught her breath and Raj wrung out one of his jersey sleeves. "LET'S MOVE!" Sky said, suddenly renewed with energy.

"Was she like this on your season?" Raj asked.

"Wasn't on her team," Chloe pointed out. "I'll pray for your team to have the strength to keep up with her."

"Nice." Raj finished wringing out his jersey and the duo joined Sky at the otherside of the finish line.

"And the first escapees are from the Costumers! And Chloe!" Chris announced through a megaphone.

"Hallelujah," Sky grabbed a water bottle from Chef, who was set up with a cart of refreshments.

"And it looks like Hilde, Courtney, and Shawn are just about here as well!" From the other side of the canal river moat setpiece Tem and Carmen hopped into a boat. Next to them were Carson, Jaiden, and Topher heading into their own boat.

Further back in the prison Ella raced down the hill with a nearby Wayne. "Thanks for the distraction," Ella thanked, somewhat out of breath. "I sure hope that you aren't too injured."

Wayne suddenly twitched. "I've gotten worse hurt from tackles on the ice. A taser isn't anything," WAyne reassured.

The camera angled downward to show Beardo and Carrie scrambling into a boat together. Carrie looked behind her to see Devin stumbling down the mountain. She mouthed a worried 'Are you okay' towards her best friend just as Devin waved her off. Nearby Sierra and Sugar were shouting at each other as they tried to stabilize the boat.

Another camera shot showed the Mixers arriving on the safe shore, rather splashed up. "Do you think it was smart to leave the others behind?" Courtney asked Shawn.

"We're going to the same point, and I think I see them coming down now," Shawn gestured up the hill. She spotted Angelo's red hair running with Ella and Wayne.

"They better make it quick," Courtney muttered as she and Hilde jogged across the line.

"AND THE FIRST THREE MEMBERS OF THE MIXERS ARE SAFE! GOOD JOB HILDE, SHAWN, AND COURTNEY!"

Hilde looked across the river. Wayne, Ella, and Angelo had made it to the other shore, the last ones to do so. Emma was already at the riverbed pulling up the boat. Devin joined Sugar and Sierra on their boat and his presence seemed to help the balance. In the middle of the river Carson was shouting with Topher as they tried to remain balanced even as their boat took on water. Wayne and Justin paired up in a boat.

"Do you know how to paddle?" Justin asked Wayne.

"No but I know how to hold a stick," Wayne clarified.

"Anyone can hold a stick! We just need to get to the other side!" Justin pointed out.

"Right," Wayne nodded. "So do you want to be left or right?"

'Let's just go!" Justin hopped onto the boat into a seated position. The small bench collapsed and Justin groaned.

Confessional, Justin

(His hand rubs his butt) I know this show is a pain in the butt, but a bigger pain in the keister is gonna be dealing with my glute modeling partnership.

Closer to the shore Tem and Carmen beached their boat on the shore.

"Realmente necesitats aprender a manejar mojarte con madera y mantener el agarre!" Carmen shouted, frustrated.

"Sounds good," Tem gasped as she and Carmen finally sprinted over the finish line.

"And Tem and Carmen secure the victory for the Costumers! Only one more team can be safe!" Chris announced.

"Nice," Tem smiled.

"Estamos el primer equipo. Pero no quiero ver ningún de un barra de acero nada más," Carmen groaned.

"Does she speak in tongues often?" a nearby Chloe asked Raj.

"I think that's Spanish, not Tongan," Raj clarified.

Confessional, Tem

I'm not sure if I should learn Spanish to understand Carmen ranting or not learn Spanish to spare my feelings.

Topher scooped up a bit of water and splashed in on Carson. "Was that really necessary?" Carson asked.

"I'm in character as a criminal, I'm supposed to be petty," Topher snarked.

"I can see why you were kicked off," Carson grumbled.

"Keep rowing, we're literally a foot away from the other side!" Jaiden hollered.

The camera zoomed out to show that the trio were spinning less than a meter away from the part of the shore where they could properly beach the boat. Carson and Topher did a unified paddle and brought them to the end of the riverbed. "Well that works," Jaiden said.

Carson helped Jaiden out and Jaiden helped Topher and they ran to the finish line. "TOPHER, CARSON, AND JAIDEN HAVE MADE IT ACROSS FOR THE GAFFERS!"

Confessional, Jaiden

It was nice to meet Topher, even if I don't think I'll seek meeting him again.

Back on the river, Beardo and Carrie's boat collided against the last Grips' boat. "Hey Devin," Carrie waved with a smile.

Devin returned the smile before Sugar smacked him upside the head. "Hey, she tried to sabotage us!"

"Did you say say-boo-tage?" Sierra questioned.

"It was an accident, chill out," Devin retorted.

"I am chill! I am cool as a glaze on a hot summer donut!"

Confessional, Carrie

Wouldn't that make the glaze hot rather than cool?

A small wave divided the boats and splashed Sugar in the face. "At least this water ain't cold," Sugar said optimistically.

"We're so close to the other side! Keep paddling!" Devin shouted.

At the impact Carrie almost fell out of the boat. Immediately, Beardo held out his paddle as he heaved. "Man, am I out of shape," groaned Beardo. "You're not fat."

"I didn't think I was, and thanks for the reassurance," Carrie thanked as she flopped into the boat head over heels. She fixed herself up as she picked up her own paddle again. "Let's paddle."

Way behind Ella, Emma, and Angelo were struggling against the current. They kept paddling as hard as they could but it was tough for them to get some kind of coordination. "Stroke! Stroke!" Emma shouted as she stood at the front.

"Emma, I think it'd be better if you grab the steering stick," Angelo spoke up.

Ella had no response as she seemed to be singing and screaming as the waters continued to ravage the boat. "Ella, can you sing a sea shanty? Or something?" Emma spoke up..

"I can tryyyy" Ella said before another wave knocked her off of the boat.

"Where'd she go?!" Angelo worriedly shouted.

Confessional, Ella

Maybe I should have been focusing on choosing the song before Emma asked me.

Ella flailed in the water as Wayne and Justin's boat pulled up next to her. "Ella!" Wayne put out his paddle. "Come on, get in."

Ella climbed the paddle and found herself in Justin and Wayne's boat. "Thank you," Ella spat out water. "Oh I've dreamed of something like this."

"Well you better help us get to shore otherwise the dream will end for all of us!" Justin gave Ella a paddle.

"Well she's fine," Emma commented as she watched Ella climb into the Grips' boat. "Let's go Angelo, double time."

"Oh man," Angelo groaned.

A camera set up at the finish line showed a boat coming into sight. The occupants spilled out onto the other shore. One looked behind them and suddenly shifted into a higher gear just as another boat pulled up to the other side. Sugar and Devin each grabbed ahold of one of Sierra's hands and dragged her across the finish line. "SIERRA, SUGAR, AND DEVIN HAVE CROSSED THE LINE! IT'S STILL ANYONE'S GAME!"

In the other boat, the two occupants stumbled out. Beardo shook his hair dry of what seemed to be gallons of water. He fished his head to a better, more stable state as Carrie tried wringing one of her sleeves dry. "Let's run?" she asked beardo.

"Let's," Beardo quickly replied just as another boat crashed into shore.

The two seemed to be running in sync and took a large leap over the line. Beardo landed square on his feet while Carrie managed to tumble on the ground. "Ow…"

"BEARDO AND CARRIE ARE SAFE!" Chris announded. "That means the Gaffers will not be attending elimination tonight!"

"You're kidding," Wayne suddenly walked up to the finish line. "We were so close!" Wayne bemoaned.

Raj ran to hug his friend and help prop him up. Chloe helped Raj prop up Wayne while the remaining contestants all congregated around the finish line.

"Costumers, congratulations on your very first victory. Mister Milton is rewarding all of you with a canoe trip in the Milton Lake Resort of your choice. Chloe, thank you for actually being tactful this time. Topher and Sierra, it was nice seeing you again," Chris announced. "As for the Grips and Mixers, I'll see you in five hours."

"...we lost…" Hilde said.

"Oh don't worry Hilde, we'll get through this," Ella put on a sad smile.

"We?" Hilde turned to Ella.

"Yeah, it'll be fine," Emma concurred.

"FINE?! WHEN WE HAVE A CURSED DICE IN FRONT OF US?! MIGHT AS WELL STARE DOWN THE GUN BARREL! GAH WHERE'S THE STINKING CONFESSIONAL? I NEED TO VENT!" Hilde stormed off.

Shawn, Angelo, Emma, Ella, and Courtney stared at each other. Nearby the Costumers mirrored those glances as Hilde stormed off. "I totally get that," Sky nodded, earning herself multiple sideways glances.

Confessional, Hilde

You know what, all things considered. We didn't do that bad….

…

BUT WE COULD HAVE DONE A WHOLE LOT BETTER! I GET THAT THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE SOME KIND OF TEAM CHALLENGE BUT WHEN WE'RE ALL DIVIDED LIKE THIS DO WE REALLY NEED TO BE BABYSITTING THE OTHER TEAM MEMBERS?! WHY DO WE NEED TO DO THAT?! CAN'T THESE PEOPLE STAND ON THEIR OWN TWO LEGS?! WHY IS EMMA SO CONCERNED ABOUT ELLA AND WHY IS ELLA SO CONCERNED WITH THE ANIMALS! HOW HARD CAN IT BE TO JUST FUCKING FOCUS?!

Outside the confessional Raj opened the door to leave his thoughts before hearing Hilde's rant. Awkwardly, he shut the door before he jogged down the stairs. Devin passed by Raj before the hockey striker shook his head. Devin nodded in understanding and the two momentarily left.

Confessional, Hilde

I guess that's all I have to say. I mean… what else can I say besides…

I HATE THIS!

Confessional, Devin

…you know with how Hilde reacted you'd think we're playing one final game of Russian Roulette

Confessional, Sky

VICTORY!

Long overdue if you ask me, I'm so glad we could finally pull it together!

Post Challenge

"It was bound to happen sooner or later," Courtney sighed, as she and Shawn sat beside each other on a random bench in the middle of the film lot.

"Yeah. But here we are," Shawn replied. "I assume we're of similar opinion that Angelo is just kind of the weakest of the bunch."

"Yeah, that's where I'm kind of leaning. His stage fright essentially is getting a bit hard to deal with, especially just in conversation. Ella is the only one that's really gotten him to open up."

"Yeah, I don't think Ella would want to do this, but I do think it's what's best for the team."

"If anything, it'll get Ella to be closer to us again, I think Hilde's outburst today scared her a bit."

"Hilde has a temperament, but she goes hard for the challenges, which I can respect at the end of the day."

"Yeah, and it makes us look better to the other teams when it comes to who they think they can get along with. I can check in with the girls, do you feel comfortable talking to Ella?"

"Yeah I can do that. I'm sure I can chat with Hilde and Emma as well just to see if they tell me something different.

"Sounds good," Courtney replied, giving Shawn a firm handshake before the pair split off in different directions.

Confessional, Shawn

I like Angelo, he's a good kid. But he's just in my opinion far and away the weakest link on our team. And besides I'd like to hold onto this idol if I can, I'd rather not have to use it early.

"Are you doing alright Angelo?" Ella asked the theater kid, as the pair walked around the lot.

"I'm okay I guess. I'm just really nervous is all. First ceremony and I know people will be talking about me behind my back," Angelo replied, fiddling with his hands, looking down at his feet.

"Don't worry about it too much. Even if you go home, you still outlasted six other people, that's more than I did originally."

"I guess. I'm really starting to feel like my anxiety is getting better, I feel like if I go home now, it wouldn't be worth it at all."

"I get that, don't worry you have my vote to stay."

"I appreciate that Ella…. I hate to bring this up, but the way Hilde acted at the challenge kinda freaked me out."

"Yes, although I enjoy Hilde's company, especially since we both enjoy music, I can't say her outburst left me feeling comfortable. I'd also rather not vote Shawn or Courtney since they've done splendidly in the challenges."

"Yeah, and Emma has been rather nice to me. I hate to say it, but I think we'll have to vote for Hilde."

"I can speak to Shawn, but hopefully neither of us go home, even if our vote fails!"

Confessional, Angelo

I genuinely like Hilde, but the anger really scares me. And if she takes it out on someone… that would be really scary

Confessional, Ella

It's truly unfortunate we couldn't keep winning. I don't want to vote anyone off.

"We need to get that hockey boy right up out of here!" Sugar exclaimed to Justin as the pair sat inside the trailer, touching themselves up in the mirror.

"Wayne? Would Devin even do that?" Justin asked the blonde, as he plucked his eyebrows.

"If he doesn't then one of us will just have to kick that boy out of the game ourselves!" Sugar said, running a brush through her thick hair.

"Then maybe we should consider who would be the easier beat."

"Screw that, I want to send his little red cap into the limousine! After today he's clearly disloyal and disrespectful!"

"Right… well let's just see what happens, hopefully Devin will vote with us and it becomes a non issue anyways."

"Yeah yeah, whatever."

Confessional, Sugar

No one treats the queen like that! Down with the hockey bro!

"Ugh this blows so hard man, keeping Sugar was such a mistake. I guarantee you we win that challenge if we didn't cut Raihan from the team!" Wayne exclaimed, throwing his hands up in the air in defeat.

"It really sucks man, but we can make up for it, by voting for her now," Devin replied, as the pair sat down at one of the picnic benches.

"Yeah, you're right. It's just frustrating to be here basically every night."

"I know I know. We do need to make sure Justin is with us. I know he gets annoyed with Sugar, but he's defaulted to what she's wanted twice now."

"There's no way Justin would keep Sugar after all she's done. I gotta believe he's better than that."

"You would hope so. But we should check in and make sure. Worst case it ties and one of us just has to beat her."

"As long as the challenge isn't pageantry I think we'll be alright eh."

Confessional, Wayne

Raihan I am so sorry! You deserved so much better on this team!

Confessional, Devin

I did not think we would suck this much… but here we are. Hopefully Justin is more reliable than Shelly, although the bar is in hell in regards to that.

The camera switched back to Courtney as she was strolling along, her eyes darting around her as if she was looking for something. Eventually she focused her gaze on Hilde and Emma who were walking by themselves.

"Hey guys!" Courtney exclaimed, waving down the two girls jogging over to them.

"Oh hey Courtney!" Emma said, waving back. "What's up?"

"I just wanted to check in with you guys about the vote, see where you guys were at?"

"Well I was just talking to Emma about that, we were thinking that maybe splitting up Angelo and Ella would be best," Hilde replied.

"Yeah, Shawn told me he wanted to gun for Angelo," Courtney said.

"Is that what we're all thinking then?" Emma asked, her voice a tad nervous.

"If you guys are willing, us three could vote together and vote someone else out."

"Who are you thinking then?" Hilde asked.

"I was kind of thinking this might be our best bet to take out Shawn," Courtney said, Emma's eyes widened like saucers, and Hilde's eye brows rose in intrigue.

"Really? Why Shawn?" Hilde inquired.

"I mean we've all been around the guy. He's likable, good at challenges, he's decently smart. I mean if he makes the merge he's going to do well."

"I can see that, he's someone that I have not spoken to a lot, so I've got no issue doing that, what about you Hilde?" Emma stated.

"I mean, I still think challenge strength is something we should consider. If Shawn goes, will we still win challenges?"

"I think so. Us three girls are strong, and besides the other teams will all be at four or three members, we'll still have a numbers advantage," Courtney replied.

"That is true. I know in the last two seasons there were swaps too. So there might be one soon," Emma added.

"Then why not? Let's do a blindside!" Hilde exclaimed.

Confessional, Emma

Well I don't want to vote Angelo or Hilde out… so I'm game to vote Shawn out. Not like we talk that much anyways

Confessional, Courtney

As Leshawna told me before I came out here. If you see a moment to make your position better, you take it. So I am seizing that moment.

"Yo what's up Justin!" Wayne waved to the model, as he joined Wayne and Devin at their picnic table.

"Not a lot, I just talked with Sugar, she wants to vote for you, but I assume we're in on just taking her out now?" Justin said, getting right to business.

"Yeah, that was our plan. At this point she's becoming way more of a liability than anything," Devin mused.

"Yeah bro, like I was hoping that maybe with the two girls split up the chemistry would solve itself. But nope she just started making everything worse you know. L:ike I feel horrible for Raihan, and Anne Maria too," Wayne said, clearly exhausted.

"Hindsight is twenty twenty. No way we could have known Sugar would have dragged us down this far," Justin added.

"Well we're here now. Just gotta deal with it I guess. We're certain Sugar doesn't have an idol right? Carrie told me she found one last season," Devin asked, his hands shifting ever so nervously.

"I doubt it, she wouldn't be this reckless if she had one. I remember watching her season, she didn't start becoming reckless until she didn't have an idol," Justin said.

"That makes sense I guess. I just hope she doesn't have one, because I know it's my neck being cut if she does," Wayne said, his eyes welling up.

"I wouldn't worry. Worst case the fan base will call you robbed and demand your return. Why do you think they made this season with flops?" Justin chuckled.

"I guess so, hopefully she doesn't pull something," Devin said, standing up from the table.

Confessional, Justin

Can I ask to be traded… that's how it works in hockey right? Because this is a nightmare. I have three allies here, and one of them has to go… this was not how my return was supposed to go at all.

"Hey Hilde! I just wanted to check in with you!" Shawn said, jogging up to the punk girl.

"Oh… hey Shawn," Hilde gruffed. "Nothing much going on, I heard that the plan is to maybe split up Ella and Angelo."

"Yeah, I'm thinking we gun for Angelo here. Ella has been helping us a lot more in the challenges than he has in my opinion," Shawn replied, shoving his hands into his pockets.

"I agree with that. I mean quite frankly I'm not opposed to voting both out at some point, just given I don't talk to them that often just due to being polar opposites you know?"

"Yeah I get that for sure. I know Courtney is down to vote Angelo, so if Emma is in too, then it should be easy peasy."

"Do you think Angelo or Ella might have something? I do feel a bit worried they might vote for me."

"U-um… No, I don't think so," Shawn replied, his eyes avoiding Hilde's. "I can't imagine Angelo or Ella to be the type to go idol hunting you know."

"Yeah I agree with that, but it's still a bit of a concern."

"For sure. But I've played with Ella, there's a better chance of Chris handing the idol to one of us than her looking for it."

Confessional, Shawn

The girls all seem on board to go for Angelo. Love the kid, but better him than someone stronger. But I gotta keep an eye on Hilde, I don't need these people knowing about my idol.

Confessional, Hilde

I know I could have thrown Courtney under the bus, but if both Shawn and Courtney stay, I would like to not have either of them pissed at me, especially Courtney. That said I do agree with Shawn that Angelo is a better boot, but he was weirdly defensive of Ella. But with so many plans in place, I think I might be in the power position here.

As Shawn walked away from the punk girl, Emma walked over, she looked a tad nervous, her eyes darting back and forth looking around to make sure the coast was clear. "Hey Hilde, I saw you talking to Shawn, is everything alright?"

"Yeah, he was just talking to me about voting for Angelo, and suggested that we should join him," Hilde replied matter of factly.

"I don't know, wouldn't we burn Courtney by doing that?"

"I mean I like Courtney. But I really don't know if voting Shawn is really our best play you know."

"Angelo isn't that strong of a player. And neither is Ella, why not take out someone like Shawn now, and have Courtney on our side, it's a win win."

"Because, we also need to win challenges in order to actually win win the game," Hilde replied, giving an eye roll and folding her arms.

"I just don't think burning Courtney is the right answer to that though."

"If we vote out Angelo, we could have both Shawn and Courtney on our side with us in the driver's seat, rather than either of them continuing to drive this bus."

"I don't know Hilde. I just don't know."

Confessional, Emma

Hilde… don't overcomplicate things… please!

Confessional, Hilde

This is a rare instance where I do enjoy everyone's company. But now I gotta start playing the game, and I have to think, what is best for me.

"I know you don't want to vote Angelo, Ella. But that seems to be where the votes are shifting," Shawn said to the princess, as the pair were sitting together in the Craft Service's Tent.

"But if you vote Hilde with us, it at least ties it and gives each of them a chance at staying rather than not," Ella said in reply, her head down in sadness.

"That's not how this game works Ella, you can't give everyone a second chance, it'll only hurt you in the long run."

"I know, but it doesn't mean I can't try. I want to win, but I want to do it my own way you know."

"I get that Ella, and I appreciate you trying, but I'm just… I don't know how that'll work in the long run."

Confessional, Shawn

I figured Ella wouldn't go for it, but I do view her as an ally, or even a friend. So I didn't want to completely leave her out.

Confessional, Ella

Well this is… unfortunate. I hope Shawn changes his mind, but I am fearing for the worst

"That Ella girl is so annoying looking all prim and proper all the time," Sugar grumbled, as the camera panned from Shawn and Ella to the opposite side of the tent to show Sugar and Justin chatting amongst themselves.

"She's nice, don't be like that. Look the boys are voting for you, if I vote with you I send it to a tie, so either you go home or you beat Wayne," Justin said.

"I can beat that hockey pansy in anything."

"And if you don't I'm completely screwed. Is there anything that you might not beat him at? Like I don't know… hockey?"

"I'll beat him in hockey, I'll beat him in loving Raj if I have to. Nothing will stop me from whooping his butt, and then beating his buddy Devin. GOT IT!?" Sugar exclaimed, fire dancing in her eyes.

Confessional, Sugar

Just like Roman did to that tall blonde last season, I'm going to destroy Wayne

Confessional, Justin

I have two options. If we swap next round, then I should just vote Sugar out and have a core three alliance. If we don't swap next round, then I should put Sugar into the tiebreaker since I am number three in this trio no matter what, so may as well gamble that Sugar could stay and now I move up a rung on the ladder. So the question is, will we swap or not?

"Courtney, I need to talk to you really fast!" Emma exclaimed, huffing and puffing as she ran over to the former CIT.

"What? We have to leave for the ceremony in like five minutes," Courtney replied, her face of confidence quickly turning to worry.

"Hilde was talking about voting Angelo with Shawn, she wants me to join her, but I'd rather vote Shawn with you."

"Of all the boneheaded… ugh, thanks for telling me Emma. Just keep your vote on Shawn, I'll do the same, hopefully Hilde sticks by her original word and everything will work out."

"Okay that sounds good. She told me she would vote for Shawn after we talked, but I think she still prefers Angelo."

"Ugh that girl is going to get herself eliminated if she keeps playing this reckless. Let's just stay calm, it'll all be okay."

Confessional, Courtney

If Hilde even so much as thinks about flipping her vote at the ceremony I'll send her packing. I can easily vote with Ella and Angelo and take her out of this game. I'm sure she feels that she is in the power position right now, but in reality it's me, I am the power position.

Elimination Ceremony

"Welcome in Mixers and Grips!" Chris exclaimed as the ten campers filed into their respective bleachers. "As the Grips know, you will be voting on these handy dandy devices that Chef is handing out. Mixers as you guys have not been here before, when I ask for you guys to vote, please select the person you are voting for and a small blurb as to why. Once the votes are in I will read them out on these fun printed out pieces of paper. As the Mixers did the worst in today's challenge, they will be read first followed by the Grips," Chris explained, his signature grin plastered across his face.

The camera shifted to Dakota and Sam shoving another row of bleachers into place and hurrying the other eight campers from the other teams onto the bleachers.

"Also this evening the Costumers and Gaffers will be joining us, so hopefully you guys are ready to put on a performance for our guests! Now please vote on your devices," Chris exclaimed.

"Okay. All the votes have been cast. As I said I will start with the Mixers. If any of you have an immunity idol and would like to play it, now is the time to do so!" Chris exclaimed.

No one made a move, Shawn appeared extra jittery but made no pass for the idol that weighed heavy in his pocket.

"Alright I'll read the votes!"

"FIRST VOTE… Angelo."

"SECOND VOTE… Hilde." Hilde rolled her eyes as she shot a glance at Angelo who was biting his nails like a beaver through wood.

"THIRD VOTE… Shawn." Shawn's eyebrows raised in surprise. Sky and Tem glanced at each other with a look of nervousness crossing their faces.

"FOURTH VOTE… Hilde."

"FIFTH VOTE… Shawn." Several campers were looking between each other now, Angelo and Ella looked at each other in shock, several veterans' jaws were on the floor, all the while Courtney looked incredibly smug.

"SIXTH VOTE…. And the seventh person voted out of Total Drama Action… Shawn." Everyone appeared dumbfounded, even Shawn, whose look of horror quickly switched to a look of shock as he stared at Courtney. Courtney returned the stare with a nod, acknowledging her role in his demise.

Standing up from his seat, he let out a massive groan. "Well… that sucks. Stupid idol in my pocket too!" Shawn exclaimed.

It was Courtney's turn to be surprised now, as even more jaws dropped to the floor. "You had an idol this whole time and didn't say anything?" Courtney asked, absolutely dumbfounded.

"Yeah. I thought you were supposed to keep it hidden."

"This absolutely sucks," Sky said, whispering into Tem's ear. "He had an idol and everything." Tem nodded in reply, trying to keep her composure.

"You mind passing that thing to me honey?" Sugar asked the zombie nut. "I might need it tonight!" Sugar shot a glare to Wayne and Devin who returned the favor.

Several glances shot between Shawn and Sugar and then to Chris as if looking for him to give an answer to the question.

"Whether Shawn has an idol or not. If he does have one, he would not be able to give it to anyone else in the game since he's voted out. Speaking of Shawn, it's time for you to go," Chris said.

Several campers looked noticeably sad seeing the zombie nut leave, but their attention was quickly turned back to the ceremony.

"Grips don't think I forgot about you guys. It's time I read your votes as well. If anyone has a hidden immunity idol and would like to play it, now would be the time to do so," Chris said. Devin and Wayne stared directly at Sugar, while Sugar stared at Wayne. Justin looked as though he'd rather be anywhere else.

"Alright I'll read the votes!"

"FIRST VOTE… Sugar." Sugar rolled her eyes in response.

"SECOND VOTE… Wayne."

"THIRD VOTE… Sugar." .

"FOURTH VOTE… Wayne…. It appears we have a tie." Wayne was shocked, Devin stared at Justin in disbelief, and Sugar had a shit eating grin plastered on her face. As the camera panned to the other campers in attendance, it showed multiple looks of shock as they stared at the four very different sets of emotion displayed in front of them.

"Woohoo!" Sugar cheered, throwing a fist pump in the air. "Wayne's you're going down!"

"Really Justin? Really? You saved HER!?" Devin exclaimed, clearly furious.

"I took a gamble. I knew I was the third in your guy's duo, so either way no matter how Sugar goes home, I know I'm out next," Justin replied.

"You don't know that!" Devin replied.

"Oh calm down boys, it won't matter since I'm beating Wayne anyways," Sugar confidently replied.

"No you're not eh! I'll have you know I have never once lost a face off in my life!" Wayne exclaimed, pumping himself up.

"Quiet everyone!" Chris yelled out. "Here's how this will work. There are three stage lights," Chris started as the curtains behind Chris opened to reveal two sets of three lowered stage lights, their ropes tied to what looked to be a wooden railing. "Your goal for this challenge is to untie the rope that these lights are connected to, hoist the lights into position, and then tie them back into place. Any questions?"

"No sir!" Wayne exclaimed.

"Let's hurry it up!" Sugar said.

Wayne and Sugar walked over to the stage, Sugar on the right and Wayne on the left, the pair staring each other down.

"Alright on my mark… GET SET….. GO!" Chris yelled.

The two started untying their knots furiously. However Sugar quickly gained a lead as within seconds she was already hoisting her light into the air.

"I've been tying and untying knots on hogs since I was a baby, I've got this in the bag!" Sugar exclaimed, taunting Wayne.

Sugar was struggling a bit with hoisting the light, as the light was inching its way up the top, in the meantime Wayne had finally gotten his first light untied, and immediately caught right back up to Sugar as he quickly hoisted his light to the top. Both had started to re-tie their lights, Wayne was fumbling his way through the tie, as Sugar quickly zipped through the rope and moved onto her next light.

"Come on Wayne you got this!" Raj cheered for his hockey bro. The camera panned over to Devin and Justin, Devin was cheering for Wayne, while Justin looked as though he had seen a ghost.

As Sugar ripped through her next rope she began to hoist her next light. Wayne finally managed to tie his first light back onto the railing, he started on his next light. Sugar was struggling with her light, the rope constantly slipping through her hands as she pulled it.

"Man, this thing is heavier than I thought," Sugar huffed, wiping sweat from her forehead.

"Not that heavy for me," Wayne taunted, as he managed to get through his next knot and immediately passed Sugar as he yanked his light straight up to the top of the stage and began to start tying his rope back onto his railing.

"We'll see about that! No one taunts me and gets away with it!" Sugar responded back, finding a second wind, likely fueled by rage, her face turning as red as a tomato as she pulled her light to the top. She joined Wayne in tying the rope back on, which again she whipped through, however Wayne was hot on her trail, as both entered the final stage of the tiebreaker neck and neck.

However still bright as a tomato as if she was holding her breath in for hours on end, Sugar pulled ahead getting through her final knot in seconds, and hoisting the light up as if she had found super strength. Wayne had managed to get through his knot, and although he was slowing down, he still was hoisting the light at a quick pace. But it was all for not as Sugar had managed to blast through the final part of the challenge in under a minute.

"AND SUGAR HAS WON THE TIEBREAKER! Meaning Wayne I am sorry but you have become the eighth person voted out of Total Drama Action!" Chris exclaimed.

Wayne froze for a moment as the world seemed to stand still, the camera panned to Raj who looked as though he was about to burst into tears, and then to Devin who was holding his head in his hands, his face not visible to the camera. Wayne shook his head, realizing he was still holding onto the light, he dropped it to the ground. Making a noise similar to a bouncy ball the light bounced up and down before finally settling on the floor.

"Was that a real light?" Wayne asked Chris.

"Nope. Milton had Chef make some new props for this challenge for safety precautions. Weighs like a light, but bounces like a large bouncy ball," Chris replied. He kicked the light almost effortlessly and it bounced out of sight before suddenly rebounding into his head. "Owww…."

Wayne walked over to Sugar extending his hand. "Good game teammate!" Wayne said. Sugar accepted the handshake.

"I still dislike you, but you put up a great fight," Sugar replied, stepping down from the stage, as her presence was quickly replaced by Raj's.

"Wayner no!" Raj said as he and his best friend hugged.

"It's alright Rajee, go out and win this thing for me alright?" Wayne said, as he embraced Raj's hug.

"WE were supposed to win this together! And I need you" Raj said, on the verge of tears. "I think I like guys, I need my best bro to help me figure it out…"

Wayne tightened the hug. "You're my striker, you'll strike out the opposition, and you'll always be my striker because I know you can strike it on your own."

"They knew it was an individual game right?" Justin asked a nearby Sugar. The blond beauty shrugged her shoulders. "Did you hear anything that Raj said?" Sugar shook her head.

"HEY WE'RE ON A SCHEDULE HERE!" Chris yelled. "Wayne you gotta go," Wayne gave Raj one last bro hug, before he made his way off the stage and into the lame-o-sine.

"Now that those two are gone, you all may be wondering why I brought all of you here this evening!"

"Because we're swapping?" Carmen deadpanned.

"Because we're… yes Carmen… Yes we are."

Final Confessional, Shawn

Ugh man, I can't believe I went out so early. Idol in my pocket and everything. I know I'm not as passionate as some others when it comes to the nitty gritty strategy and all of that, but I really would have liked to stay much longer. I was doing good in the challenges, I felt I was being a good leader. I guess Courtney decided it best that I be out of the way. I ultimately respect the move even if it's disappointing. If there is a silver lining in any of this, I hope this means I get to see Jasmine sooner, I've been really missing her this whole time.

Final Confessional, Wayne

Dude that challenge was so gnarly! I loved it! Sucked I got eliminated but I had an absolute blast competing! Sucks that I couldn't compete with my boy Rajee but I really want him to go out there and destroy the competition for me. I know he can do it! I regret not keeping Raihan here, we so would've won today if Sugar wasn't messing with our team chemistry! I wish Justin had decided to keep me, but man I can't be mad, if he felt I was the weakest link then that's his call man! Thanks for having me guys!

Votes

Angelo: I like you Hilde, but you are just too much sometimes. Hilde

Courtney: Hilde you better not have lied to me or else you're dead. Shawn

Ella: You're the only one I don't have a strong bond with. I am truly sorry. Hilde

Emma: I'm so excited! My first blindside! Shawn

Hilde: I still think Angelo is the weak link and he should go. But the zombie nut is crazy too. Shawn

Shawn: Gotta keep the team strong, and my allies here. Angelo

Devin: I already made the mistake to vote out Raihan and Anne Maria, I'm not messing up again. Sugar

Justin: I'm the next gone no matter which way Sugar goes. So may as well give her a chance. Wayne

Sugar: Don't mess with the queen. Wayne

Wayne: You can no longer sneak by by being the coach's favorite anymore. It's time you got sent to the penalty box. Sugar

Reviews

GoodGuyGary: (Trygve): Well you hit the nail on the head with Wayne and Shawn being the eliminations here, but yeah we figured the 2 OCs going out last episode would be a bit of a shock, but we try an treat everyone as if they're all on a level playing field rather than OCs and Canon, so that played a factor in our decision to boot Devante and Raihan early as we felt it worked best with the story we wanted to tell.

(Rj): Good call on Wayne and Shawn. Maybe the interaction Raj had with Chloe would show more light on what'll happen.

SuperSonicHeroes: (Trygve): Yeah I mean as you can see here the team ultimately did regret letting Sugar make it through the Raihan round, we'll see if it comes back to bite Justin or not. But as much as we liked the OCs, we felt they fit the early story better, especially as pre swap narrators, as they really helped fill a role of being big characters right away as we start ramping up some other players. Wayne also falls into that category as well.

(Rj): I would love to make World Tour a musical season but considering we don't necessarily have a voice for most of the other cast coming into World Tour it might not be likely. Glad you enjoyed the songs I picked. Devante has a lot of redeeming qualities but in this season they couldn't really show up. As for Raihan, she was definitely robbed. Had she been on any other team we could have seen her going further, but sometimes that's how it falls in actual reality tv.

LordGemini (Trygve): Devante was more or less intended to be a strategy only type. Think like how Scarlett was, but just way less useful and socially able (which is saying a lot). Like he was an intentionally bad player disguised as a good one. Raihan was rather unfortunate but as you can see here Sugar is still kicking. You were right that Beardo and Raj would be the ones going had their teams lost, but they in fact didn't. Also side note with Trent we've been focusing on PI/ROTI returnees. We may feature some island people but mainly ones who were underedited.

(Rj): Yeah sucks for Devante, but he was playing a bit too hard too fast. And Sugar this time around is just as prominent as she was. I thought the bad singing was more implied but considering most readers are already aware of Sugar singing badly I thought it didn't need to go. The gaffers chose 'our love is god' to stand out, but it didn't really work in their favor. I do like that you seemed to enjoy most of the performances. Trent had a fair bit of screen time but him judging didn't really occur yet. The shuffle didn't quite happen yet, but I hope you enjoy how the teams will sawp in the next episode.

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

Teams?

Remaining Contestants:

Hollering Mixers: Courtney, Ella, Angelo, Emma, Hilde

Screaming Gaffers: Beardo, Carson, Jaiden, Carrie

Killer Grips: Justin, Sugar, Devin

Lethal Costumers: Carmen, Sky, Tem, Raj