Author's Note: Hello everyone. I don't really have an excuse for this one being so late. I was working on it, then got hyper fixated on a bunch of stuff, then tried to come back but a bunch of my files got corrupted so instead of the mostly finished chapter I had, I had to completely rewrite it from scratch. (Speaking of Scratch, ant BG3 fans out there?). So, let's see how long I can keep things up this time. That was... that was supposed to be a joke.
Disclaimer: I don't own Total Drama, the shuffled concept or the (most of) the characters.
And to answer some reviews:
LazloVader9943: I like Jaxon, but he works better as an early boot. Cameron and Rodney aren't really apart of Amy and Scott's alliance. But rather a separate guy's alliance. But it remains to be seen how Lindsay reacts to it.
Derick Lindsay: Honestly, Britney would be okay with Dave leaving as long as it meant he was away from Sky. That said, I'm having a hard time fitting EvaxEzekiel moments into the story. But I'll workshop it these next few episodes. Well Jaxon's All-Star was either gonna be Izzy or Owen because I wanted it to be someone who'd actually be able to stand him.
Crosshot: Honestly I'm surprised Jaxon lasted as long as he did and I write the thing. If it's villainy you're looking for, I think you'll like this one
Gucci Mane LaFlare: Thanks! I let Sierra show off her trivia knowledge because I don't really know what to do with her, so I'm just letting her be good at challenges to justify however long she ends up lasting. And you're right on Jaxon being a perfect pre-merge boot. Every cast needs elimination fodder sadly.
EndeavorT: Just something I threw in for the heck of it. I'll let the readers insert whatever cryptid they think fits.
LittleMermaid: If only I could've stayed on a roll. Trust me, I get it. I lost focus here for over a year. Weirdly, I think Mike would be a good base for Natasha. And I have read your review. I actually re-read it every so often to keep when I get imposter syndrome. Funny, I based the last challenge on season five's Truth or Scare. The Torture one is coming up later. Oh, I'd never sign up for Total Drama either. I can't believe Chris got another cast together. Thanks! I thought switching up the crushes would be interesting. The Sierra Cupid thing is just me throwing things at the wall and seeing what sticks. And you can wait for the Race, I'm finishing this story before I take that on. We'll have to disagree on Zoe from Miraculous though. I mean, I would've liked it better if Chloe's development stuck, but I'm not holding that against Zoe I'm tight-lipped about Eva's past for now I do have a good in in mind for Rodney, but I can't say what it is. Carly's time pressure, totally me from elementary school. Glad you like the way she's developing though. I don't know how the thing of eliminated campers making friends with All-Stars started, but I'm glad I'm doing it.
Guest: He was pretty much made to be an early boot. It's a little weird how close my fourth gen cast is the the canon one (sixteen people, more diversity, LGBTQIA+ representation etc.). I like to use Toffee from Star vs the Forces of Evil for Natasha, but Ennui is a good one too. And I did release my OC's to the public so do whatever you want with them.
Shuffollower: Can't blame you. Jaxon is annoying. I think I'd be more worried about what Britney's gonna do when she finds out Scott's been playing her.
TheChrisanthemum: Silver linings and all that.
haydentrieu5501: Not abandoned. I don't abandon my stories. Long unplanned hiatuses, yes, abandon, no.
zainecooking: Not abandoned. I don't abandon my stories. Long unplanned hiatuses, yes, abandon, no.
Remaining Campers:
Ferrets of Failure: Dakota, Dave, Ella, Ezekiel, Gwen, Harold, Lindsay, Sam, Sky
Llamas of Loserdom: Amy, Britney, Cameron, Carly, Eva, Rodney, Sadie, Scott, Shawn, Sierra
Do you trust these guys?
Episode 07: Trust in Me
"On the last episode of Total Drama," Chris opened, a long-distance shot of Pahkitew Island giving way to a clip of Chef clipping a shock collar onto Dave's neck. "It was a battle to see who had the brains, brawn, or charisma" the host said as the reels landed on Shawn, who gulped as the camera cut to him. "Where the competitors had to tell their team some harsh truths, answer a trivia question about the show," Chef was shown pressing on one of the remotes and shocking the Ferrets, "or complete a scary-slash-disgusting challenge." The next clip showed Gwen twitching in horror. "Failure meant, this would happen," Chris added over another shot the Llamas being electrocuted.
"There were a lot of losers," he said over a clip of Dave chickening out of his challenge; he laughed as Sadie got irritated when Britney didn't recognize her. "But in the end, it was the Ferrets who failed," he added over a few clips of the final round, Jaxon revealing his true thoughts about Gwen and his team getting electrocuted once more. "And Jaxon who was kicked off the island." The artist was kicked into the night, ending the recap montage.
"Will the Ferrets stage a comeback? Do the Llamas have any trust in each other?" Chris asked the camera. "Find out now, on Total! Drama! Reeeedemption!"
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[The opening theme began similarly to the way it did in season six – a shift into letterbox format for a shot of a rocky forest waterfall, a broken stagelight rotating up from behind some rocks and flickering a bit before the light died. Then a rusty spotlight swings down from the unseen branches of some mossy, mushroom-ridden tree. The shot moves to a pond where a brown bear wearing a scuba mask sits in the water glaring at a frog on a lily pad, both animals looking surprised as the lily pad is suddenly lifted into the air by a duct tape covered security camera rising up from below it. A rabbit sitting on a rock on the beach is pushed away by a panel in the rock slamming down on it, another broken camera emerging from within, and a pair of white-skinned hands clap a film slate in front of the main camera.
As the film slate is pulled away the camera flies forward past the camp facilities, and over the top of the host drinking coffee in a director's chair just as the lyrics start.]
Dear Mom and Dad, I'm doin' fine;
[The camera flies through the trees and up to a cliff, peeking over to see the interns swimming away from Scuba Bear.]
You guys are on my mind!
[The camera dives off the cliff and into an underwater shot; a fully-clothed Cameron gagging.]
Ya asked me what I wanted to be,
And now I think the answer is plain to see!
[Cameron frantically swims up and grabs on to the end of an oar. The camera pans up to reveal Eva as the one rowing the boat; she pulls her oar out of the water and is startled to see Cameron clinging to it, and even more so when something starts pulling him back. But with a fierce yet muted roar, Eva manages to pull the oar away from the the thing...and in doing so, throw Cameron high into the sky.]
I wanna be...famous!
[Cameron hangs in front of the sun for a moment before coming back down into the woods. The camera pans down to Gwen drawing on a stump while surrounded by a guitar playing Trent and a singing Ella. Cameron falls from the sky and knocks Gwen down, startling Trent and Ella. The camera zooms out to show Scott watching the scene and laughing, and then again to show Lindsay crossing her arms and pursing her lips at him.]
I wanna live close to the sun!
[The camera zooms to another part of camp, showing Leonard and Gary surfing down a river.]
Well pack your bags, 'cause I've already won!
[The shot pans forward a bit, showing Harold and Sierra also on surfboards. Leonard and Gary arrive on screen, but while the three boys are busy showing off, Sierra's eyes widen and she ducks. She just barely misses getting hit by a low lying branch that the boys smack into.]
Everythin' to prove, nothin' in my way;
[The camera rapidly pans over to the outhouses. Ezekiel opens the door to one and a thick green cloud comes out of it, causing him to look nauseous and pass out. The camera pans over to the craft service tent.]
I'll get there one day.
[The camera moves in past the window to show a smirking Chef, stirring a large pot of something sickly green. He looks behind him to where Sam is sitting and playing on a handheld game console. Dakota is looking over his shoulder as he plays.]
'Cause I wanna be...famous!
[The camera pans left to show Sky and Dave chatting. Britney comes out of nowhere to separate the two and sit on Dave's lap, glaring at Sky all the while. The camera zooms pans left again to the opening of the tent and flashes to an open field. Amy knocks a bouquet of flowers out of a kneeling Rodney's hands, then pushes over Sadie as the the girl bends down to pick up a shell.]
(Na-na nanananaa, nanana-nanaa, na-nananananaa)
[A pan rightward shows Jaxon making a screen gesture with his fingers. He looks from the left to the right and rolls his eyes in irritation.]
I wanna be! I wanna be! I wanna be famous! (Na-na nanananaa, nanana-nanaa, na-nananananaa)
[Another pan to the right centers the camera on Anne Maria spraying her hair. She notices the camera on her and glares, spraying it enough that the thick cloud covers the whole screen.]
I wanna be! I wanna be! I wanna be famous! (Na-na nanananaa, nanana-nanaa, na-nananananaa)
[The cloud dissipates to reveal Carly and Shawn sitting at a campfire in front of a large full moon. They lean in for a kiss but are interrupted by Chris's sudden appearance between them while wearing a zombie mask, startling them both into running away. As Chris takes off his mask to laugh, the shot zooms out to show the other campers also sitting around the fire - Ella, Trent, Gwen, Sky, Amy, Sam, Dakota, Ezekiel, Gary, Scott, and Rodney with Carly trembling behind them on the left; and Anne Maria, Britney, Dave, Cameron, Sadie, Eva, Leonard, Lindsay, Sierra, and Jaxon with Shawn trembling behind them on the right. The zoom continues even further, showing the signboard over the firepit's entrance which now read 'Total Drama Redemption'.]
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A close-up of an empty meal tray opened the episode, and Chef's arm was shown dropping a scoop of a pale green something with the consistency of mashed potatoes onto it. "Today's breakfast," Chef announced as he stuck a straw into the pile, "is a kale-infused protein shake! To replace anything lost from all that electrocution yesterday."
The camera pulled back to show Dakota blankly accepting the tray. "Aren't shakes supposed to be served in cups?" she asked in confusion.
"An intern broke them all!" Chef shouted over a military drumline leitmotif. "You got a problem with that?!"
Dakota paused, peering at her breakfast and not meeting the cook's gaze. "Nope! I'm all good." She dashed away from the counter without looking at Chef, and the giant man could only smirk at her retreating form.
She was shown sitting down with her other teammates, and wordlessly began eating. "Man," Sam said as he looked around the table at some of his team's low spirits, "you guys need to cheer up. It's like a Bleak Hearts game right now."
"Yeah," Dave told him, "it's kinda hard to have good morale when we're the first team to lose twice in a row. That's not a good sign."
"I hate to see everyone so upset," Ella spoke up, "perhaps a song should raise our spirits?"
"We don't need a song Ella," Sky sighed. "we need to win the next challenge."
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"Maybe I'll get lucky and the Llamas will boot Britney," she told the camera. "I'm tired of looking over my shoulder just because I'm friends with Dave."
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Over at the Llama table, Amy was approaching with her breakfast. Just as she was about to sit down, a low growl caught her attention. The camera panned over to Britney sitting nearby with her teeth gnarled and her eyes narrowed; the camera followed the globetrotter's gaze to show Dave and Sky whispering to each other.
Amy rolled her eyes and sat down next to Scott, who was smirking at Britney
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The camera flashed back to show Dave and Britney sitting on a blanket in the woods. The globetrotter was sitting next to the germaphobe and squeezing him tightly. Unbeknownst to the two, Scott was watching from behind a nearby tree
Dave looked at his girlfriend and sighed. "Britney we need to talk."
"What?!" Britney protested, clutching him close to her body. "You're breaking up with me? What did I do wrong?! Was it Sky?!"
"There's no problem!" Dave replied, his voice somewhat muffled. "I just wanted to tell you why I'm spending so much time with her! I'm doing it for us!"
The globetrotter gasped. "For us?" Britney asked, beginning to tear up as she pulled back.
Dave smiled. "Yeah, I figure if I ally with a strong player that means we'll have a better chance of making the merge together." He looked into her eyes. "She's fun to talk to, but I love you."
"I love you too!" Britney gushed, now crying tears of joy. "Go strategize, I guess I should do the same with my team."
Dave got up and ran off to the right, and Scott entered the shot. He groaned and she turned to face him.
"Don't tell me you're falling for that schtick," He scoffed.
"What do you mean?" Asked Britney.
"Look here," he wrapped an arm around her and pulled her close, only to retract it when she glared at him. "When a guy's in a relationship and tells his girl not to worry about another girl, then it's only a matter of time until she gets kicked to the curb."
Britney spluttered and flustered for a few seconds. "You take that back!"
"Fine," Scott shrugged. "Don't believe me, but I'm not the one who'll get dumped if I'm wrong."
The music turned deep and plodding as Britney stared at her feet, then cut to show Amy watching the whole scene with a scowl.
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"What was that dirt farmer talking about with the psycho?" she asked the confessional. "There's no way I'm letting him form a new alliance. Especially not with someone so strong."
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Scott snickered to himself in the confessional. "That should keep the pressure on that crazy," he bragged. "And I bet Amy's gonna 'ruin my progress'" he said with air-quotes. "Too bad she'll just keep proving my point."
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The two teams were shown lined up along the docks, team logos appearing in their respective corners. "So!" the host began. "The last challenge exposed a few Ferret issues," Sky was shown looking between her female teammates and Dave nervously, "aaaand I'm pretty sure the Llamas aren't that put together either" Eva crossed her arms and grimaced, and Scott and Amy glared at one another.
"So," the host continued as each team was shown in their entirety, "today's challenge is gonna be an homage of season one's trust challenge," Chris grinned. "That way, I can milk all this awkwardness for ratings!"
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"Last time I trusted someone," Dakota confessed, "I wound up one of the most hated contestants in the show's history."
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"There will be five challenges that have to be completed by two or more members of your team," Chris explained as Carly began trembling. "And just like last time, you won't get to choose your teammates."
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The footage skipped ahead and the music became tense as the campers were shown assembled at the base of a cliff. "Okay!" the host began as the camera slowly panned upwards. "So for the first challenge, you'll be doing an extreme freehand rock-climbing adventure! Ezekiel and Sky will play for the Ferrets," Chris announced as the camera cut back to his close-up then switched to the Ferrets, "Amy and Rodney for the Llamas."
"Here's your belay and harness!" Chris said, throwing the equipment with a smile. Sky reached to catch them, but Ezekiel stepped in front of her to take them first.
"What?" she asked in offense, "Don't think I can hold you up because I'm a girl?"
"Sorry eh," he told the girl in a genuinely apologetic tone, "but I thought you'd be better at climin' an' stuff."
"I forgot you weren't here last time we did this," Chris interjected, earning a glare from Sky. "One camper pulls the slack through the belay as their partner climbs," he explained while Amy and Rodney glanced at each other. "If their partner falls the belay will stop them from crashing." He demonstrated by pulling the rope through the belay and throwing the slack to Ezekiel, who was shown looking at it closely.
"The catch?" Chris continued. "Both the side and the base of the mountain are rigged with a few minor distractions like," each obstacle was shown in turn, "hidden boxing gloves, slippery oil slicks, mild explosives," several clusters of dynamite were already primed and ticking along one stretch of rock, "aaaand a few other surprises."
"Sounds pretty wicked," Sam said excitedly. "Glad it's not me." Sky slapped the back of his head and he giggled bashfully. "Sorry."
"The person on belay must also harness their partner up," the host said as Ezekiel shot a thumbs up to his partner while Amy and Rodney continued to glance at each other. "It's all about trust people, and, remember, nev-er let go of the rope! Your partner's life depends on it!"
"In that case, I'm glad I got you." Amy said bluntly.
"Thanks Amy," Rodney smiled, "You can count on me. Now put this on." The young woman pursed her lips and raised her arms.
"You got this eh," Ezekiel commented as he began to secure Sky. "You should be a natural at climbin' thanks to your gymnastics thing right?"
Sky scratched her chin. "I don't know if the skills transfer."
The camera cut back to the Llamas. "Okay, that should be good," Rodney said as he stood up. "As safe and secure as I can make it."
Amy looked down and the camera focused on the oddly convoluted system of loops running through and around her harness. "That really isn't very comforting..."
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"At least I wasn't paired with Samey," Amy confessed. "That little brat would've just let me fall."
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The music picked up as the footage cut back to a close-up of a patch of oil just as a slender hand grabbed on to a ledge between them. The viewpoint shifted to show Amy and Sky slowly making their way up the cliff, the gymnast in a slight lead.
"I think... here," Amy muttered as she carefully planned her next move and Sky's lead widened.
"You got this Amy," Rodney called up encouragingly, "But maybe try to speed up a little!" The two competitors were shown again as Sky pulled herself up. To her right, an explosion detonated just above Amy, causing both teens to flinch. Moments later hidden glove appeared in front of Sky, sending the short girl flying backwards. Amy smirked as she watched the gymnast scream and fall.
The camera cut to Ezekiel, who immediately pulled the rope and stopped his partner's fall. "I got you eh," he called out.
"Thanks Zeke!" Sky called back
"I promised surprises!" Chris said, leaning into the shot and showing the camera a large water gun. "Stepping up from season one, we have concentrated Honshu Oni pepper juice!"
The nozzle of the gun was lowered, and a stream of red sauce was fired from it. "Gah! What the heck!" Rodney cried, having been the first to be hit. "I'm blind!" he added, letting go of his rope and attempting to rub the spicy fluid out of his eyes. Amy felt the slack in the rope and looked down worriedly.
"I love this game!" Chris said with a flashing smile. Another stream was shown heading for Ezekiel, but the homeschooler gasped and moved to the side keeping himself out of the juice's path. He sighed in relief and looked back up at Sky.
The camera quickly panned back to Chris, as he dropped his gun in shock. "What the...?" he asked in a whisper.
Continuing with the challenge, Sky was quickly catching up to her slow moving opponent. "Now I know what to look out for!" the gymnast smiled. "Glove, Glove, grease, explosion, glove," she listed off in sequence, getting around each in turn. "Sorry Amy, but this challenge is mine!" She cheered, and sped up.
Amy growled and looked determinedly at the wall above her, and sped up as well. For several moments the two were making good progress on their climb, but the camera cut briefly to a grinning host before showing Amy put a hand down by a hidden cache of dynamite. It exploded, and she fell.
"Rodney, the rope!" She called out to her partner below her. The country boy, however, was paying more attention to the juice in his eyes than to his teammate. Without anyone holding on to the free end of the rope it slipped through Rodney's harness, and Amy hit the ground with a thud. As the camera looked down at her, she groaned and passed out.
Sky made it to the top of the cliff without further issues. "Looks like the Ferrets have won the first challenge!" Chris announced as the gymnast smiled and jumped in the air.
"Oh yeah!" she cheered, raising her arms. "I won!"
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A pair of lights came on in the Craft Tent, illuminating a podium standing between the two tables. And another pair of spotlights illuminated the opposing pairs: first Lindsay and Dave for the Ferrets, then Carly and Shawn for the Llamas. The camera panned up from the paranoid duo, catching Chris floating down on his jetpack and landing behind the podium. He took off the jetpack, dusted his shirt off, crossed his arms, and grinned cockily at the camera.
"And based on a season two issue!" he announced as the camera pulled back to show both pairs watching him. "The Pizza! Cooking! Chal-lenge!"
"Each team must choose who cooks, and who eats," the host explained with a grin.
"I'm only good at desserts," Shawn offered, "you should cook." Carly gulped, but nodded all the same.
"You'll be cooking," Dave said, "we can't afford me messing this up."
Lindsay raised an eyebrow.
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"Purely self preservation," Dave told the camera. "If she wins, we get a point. "If she looses, we get a target."
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"In the kitchen there are three sets of ingredients," Chris announced, "one of them has been sabotaged with all sorts of nasty surprises." Chef wheeled a cart into the scene, on top of which a cannister of cheese sauce had been place. The cook pulled off the label to show the can had actually been itching powder.
Footage of season two's hospital drama episode was projected onto the wall next to the host, who picked up a pointer to assist in his explanation. "Itching powder, laxatives, and a few things even I don't know about have been added. You'll have to trust your teammate to give you the right stuff," Chris said. "Chefs will have to carefully choose their ingredients so they don't serve up something nasty to their team."
Dave gulped, and Lindsay smiled at him sheepishly. "How hard can it be?" She asked nervously.
"I'm doomed," Dave sighed.
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A slice of peperoni pizza on a plate was shown, and Carly grated some parmesan on top. "Finished!" she said after she let out a breath and wiped her brow.
"Done over here!" Lindsay said from across the room, holding up a slice of her own. "Hope you like it."
Carly smiled and pushed the plate over to Shawn, who picked up the piece hesitantly. Chris and Chef were shown watching with anticipation as the survivalist slowly took a bite of the piece, chewed it, and swallowed. He looked around, and grinned. "That's amazing!" he said, giving his partner two thumbs up.
Chris and Chef looked over at the other team as Lindsay handed her plate to Dave. "Your turn!" she said in a nervous tone.
The camera focused on the slice on the plate, looking somewhat burnt but still edible. Dave held the slice up to his face. He took a whiff and stuck his tongue sighed in resignation. He took a bite, chewed it for a bit, then swallowed. "Not bad," he said after a moment.
Then his stomach gurgled, his eyes watered, and he began scratching at his lips. "What happened to the pizza?!" he asked his teammate.
"About that..." Lindsay scratched the back of her head bashfully." Turns out chemistry knowledge is not a substitute for cooking skills." She shrugged. "Who knew?"
"EVERYONE!" Dave shouted. "Uh-oh," his cheeks bulged and he vomited before passing out, earning an 'Ewww," from the ditz."
"Yeah...," Chris told the campers as Carly and Shawn rushed over to see, "the bad peperoni was made with the leftover Juggy Chunks from season six soooo... we're just gonna run Dave to the infirmary and get him a stomach pump."
"The teams are tied at one a piece!" Chris announced to the camera as the capstone music began to play. "Will Amy and Dave recover from their injuries?" He pointed behind his back as Chef carried the boy over his shoulder. "Find out when we return."
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(Commercial Break)
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The sun was shown high in the sky before the camera panned down and out. Carly and Shawn were climbing up a tree together, smiles on their faces.
"You got this Carly!" Shawn said, taking the lead and hauling himself up onto a branch. Carly followed shortly, and the two sat next to each other.
"Thanks for helping me get over my fear of heights," Carly said as touching music played in the background. "And... thanks for eating the pizza."
"I wasn't worried" Shawn told her. "I knew I could trust you. I'm just glad you finally trust me."
"Yeah," she smiled and blushed. "I do..."
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"Good news!" Chris announced as the camera panned down from the treetops to show the remaining members of both teams lined up before the host. "Your teammates should be fine before the end of the day!" The host smiled, and the camera passed over the campers as they reacted to the their next task. "But for now it's time for some knife throwing."
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The footage flashed ahead to show Cameron wearing a pair of shades similar to what was used during the paintball challenge, then panned out to show the boy had been strapped to a wheel. "Like legendary circus performers of old," Chris explained as he idly twirled a knife in his hand, "you'll be throwing knives at your teammates."
"THIS IS HIGHLY ILLOGICAL!" Cameron cried out.
"Shush!" Chris interrupted. "Also," he spun around on his feet, "the wheel will be spinning!" Cameron made an alarmed sound and his teammates edged away from him.
"The person who gets the closest to their target without hitting them," the host explained, getting into a throwing position, "wins." Chris let lose the knife, which went high into the air. A grunt of pain was heard from somewhere off-screen and all present winced.
"Oops!" Chris said, unapologetically. "Cameron and Sierra, you'll be one team," he said as the blogger jumped up and down in excitement, "Dakota and Sam, you'll be the other."
The two Ferrets looked at each other. "You throw, you should have better hand-eye coordination from being a gamer," Dakota said.
"Okay!" Chris said, pumping his fist. "Let's rock and roll!"
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The scene cut to Sam with safety glasses and a knife in hand, panning over to show Sierra in a similar situation. Across the clearing was Cameron and Dakota, already strapped to their wheels, while Chris and the other campers stood to the side. Both throwers threw their first knives; Sam's came up short and hit the ground before reaching its target, while Sierra's landed close to her teammate's hand.
"You can do it Sam!" Dakota called, and the throwers prepared their second volley.
"I'm sorry, I just don't want you to get hurt!" the gamer told the heiress as he made his second shot, Sierra following shortly after. Sam's shot went high this time, while Cameron was almost struck in the shoulder.
A knife was shown twirling through the air after being thrown by Sam, and it was soon joined by Sierra's third. "You...!" Dakota began to say, yelping as the weapon almost hit her in the arm. "You can do it! Don't worry about me, I'll be fine!"
Sam nodded and continued to throw, as did Sierra who was beginning to purse her lips. Several more knives were shown hitting the wheels and missing the two targets in quick succession and Cameron was looking worried at how close Sierra's knives were.
Eventually, Sam steeled himself and let one more knife fly. The camera followed it in slow-motion as it soared through the air and impaled itself less than an inch away from Dakota's face. Cameron saw this and shouted. "Uncle! Get me out of here!" The Ferrets cheered and Sierra huffed and crossed her arms.
"I coulda beaten that." she complained.
"Oh man, are you alright?" Sam said, rushing over to his teammate to release her. "I didn't scare you with any of those, did I?"
"Oh, I'm fine," the blonde said with a slight blush, rubbing her arm nervously. "Besides, you did it! You won this part of the challenge!"
Sam smiled. "Yeah, you're right! I did!" The two high-fived, and rejoined their cheering teammates.
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The next part of the challenge had the host and campers assembled in front of two large cannons. "And now," Chris announced, "the Human Cannonball!" The Llamas gasped.
"You two," Chris said as he pointed to Gwen and Eva, "will be shot out of these canons while your partners set up nets to catch you." The two girls looked warily at their assigned partners Ella and Sadie.
"What happens if they're wrong?" Gwen asked nervously.
"I get to laugh at your pain!" Chris said happily.
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The scene skipped ahead to show the two girls' heads sticking out of the cannons, Gwen wearing safety goggles and a green helmet, and Eva with goggles and a red helmet. The shot cut to their teammates with nets set up and both looking nervous.
"Gwen, you're first," Chris told the goth as he readied a green button with a single remote. "Are you ready?"
"Wait!" Gwen cried as she looked down at the host. "Why am I-" Chris pressed the button, "FIIIIIIIRRRRRST!"
The camera cut to Ella looking up in shock at the sound of her cousin's screaming. The singer followed the goth with her eyes, and it was clear she set up the net far too close. The singer winced as Gwen flew overhead and cringed at the sound of a thud. The camera cut to Gwen buried face-down in the ground.
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"Math has never been my strong suit," Ella confessed sheepishly. "Once they added letters, I just stopped getting it."
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"Okay Llamas, your turn!" Chris continued with a smile. Eva was fired from the canon and sailed through the air calmly.
"Okay Sadie," the former sidekick said as the camera cut to her, "If I'm right she should land right here," she pointed to the net. "I really hope I'm right!"
To her visible and audible shock Eva landed in the net. At the very edge and almost falling off, but in the net all the same.
"Looks like that's another point for the Llamas of Loserdom!" Chris announced.
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"I can't believe I got it right!" Sadie cheered. "Maybe my teammates will actually remember me now!"
She frowned. "Which sounds really sad when I say it out loud."
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The footage cut back to the infirmary. A "Guys it's not that big a deal!" was heard as Gwen was escorted inside by Ella and Sky. They sat the goth on one of the beds next to a waking Amy, and Ella noticed somebody off-camera.
"Oh, hello Britney!" the singer greeted as the camera panned over to show the globetrotter spoon-feeding Dave on the other side of the room. "How is Dave?"
Britney scowled, then put her hands on her hips. "My boyfriend," she said venomously, "is still in bad shape after his team poisoned him. Was it a plot to get him away from me?"
"You need to chill out!" Sky growled as she got in Britney's face. "No one here is after Dave. In case you haven't noticed, most of us already have boyfriends!"
Britney narrowed her eyes, "Like you did when you kissed Victor?"
The camera cut to each of the other girls as they gasped. First Gwen, then Ella, then Amy, then finally Sky. "That was a complicated situation," she explained through gritted teeth. "But I'm done trying to convince you. Think whatever you like!" she shouted as she left the tent.
Britney scowled at the gymnast as she left. "I see she never denied it. But don't worry Dave," she turned back to the germaphobe, caressing his cheek. "I'll make sure no one will ever come between us. Then we can be together forever."
As the globetrotter began to giggle maniacally, the camera panned over to Gwen and Ella who gave each other worried looks.
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"Didn't Chris say something about psych screening?" Gwen asked the confessional. "Because I'm curious how Britney managed to pass."
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A pair of go-karts had caught the eyes of the remaining campers as Chris began to explain the final challenge, everyone standing in front of a widescreen television. "And now, the final leg!" he said grandly. "The Go-Kart Race!"
"This one looks fun!" Harold said, rubbing his hands together in anticipation.
"Each team will have a driver, and a navigator," the host explained, and the camera panned over the fifteen campers. "The driver steers, while the navigator gives them directions. Oh yeah! And the driver will be blindfolded!" Carly, Cameron, and Shawn gasped.
"Looks like we're down a few," Chris noted as he looked over the campers. "Probably shoulda done this last episode." He scratched his chin. "Oh well. Ah...Harold and Sky, Scott and Britney." The two pairs looked at each other.
"Uh, you okay over there?" Scott asked his partner.
"No," Britney spat. "I'm stuck doing this challenge while Sky can get her claws into Dave."
"Uh, Sky's doing the challenge with us," Scott pointed out.
"That saves me now," the globetrotter sighed. "But what about tomorrow? Or the next day? How am I supposed to protect our love?"
The schemer's brow furrowed. "You wanna know what I think?"
Britney raised an eyebrow.
"If you made a show of dominance," he explained. "The other girls would think twice before makin' a move on your guy."
"You're right!" Britney gasped. "Thanks Scott, you always give the best advice!"
She vigorously shook the schemer's hand, and the camera pulled back to show Amy glaring a the two.
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The non-competitors were briefly shown standing behind the finish line as the camera panned over to the highest cliff in the area. "This is it, Sky!" Harold said, looking down over the course. "The final challenge of the day, and the last chance to prove our skills! I have total faith in you, my former team captain."
Sky turned around and smiled. "Thanks Harold, I needed to hear that."
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The footage cut to Sky standing next to a green kart driven by Harold, the dweeb wearing a blindfold and both wearing headsets. "On your marks!" Chris said as he walked past the Ferrets and over to the Llamas, showing Scott blind in the kart with Britney behind him. "Get set!" Chef wheeled in a television screen, and took out an airhorn. The shot zoomed out both teams, and as the cook blew the horn the two drove off.
The music became fast-paced and hectic as Harold sped down the hillside. "Left! Right!" Sky's voice called. Harold moved the kart according to the directions and passed behind a large tree, allowing the footage to transition to the other kart.
"Right!" Britney called, and Scott drove away from the camera. "Watch out for that tree!" Scott drove the other way, and the perspective changed to a top-down view, showing him pointlessly glance back at the tree he'd just dodged before the camera panned forward to show Harold hitting a sloped rock.
"Why don't I feel the ground anymore?!" Harold cried as he ramped into the air.
"Trust me!" Sky answered. "And get ready to land!" A splash was heard, and the dweeb was shown to have landed on the river. He quickly went over a waterfall, hitting a log lodged between two rocks and springing back into the air.
The navigators were shown for the first time, Sky smiling and Britney scowling. "Okay, Britney," the globetrotter told herself, "this isn't working. At this rate, I'll lose Dave!" Sky was heard cheering, prompting Britney to frown. "Time to get desperate!" The background music struck a dangerous note as the globetrotter pulled a baseball bat out of her bag and glared at her opponent.
"Why do I suddenly feel like I'm in-" Sky started before seeing Britney charge after her. "DANGER!" she screamed and ran away, prompting Britney to give chase.
"GET BACK HERE YOU HOMEWRECKER!" Britney yelled out.
"GET AWAY FROM ME!" Sky yelled as they passed back in front of the camera.
"Britney! I didn't mean do it now!" Scott yelled as the camera cut back to him. As he raced down the hill, the perspective changed again to show Harold landing a ways ahead of him.
"Sky?" Harold said as trees sped past behind him. "I need to know where to go!"
"Seriously!" Scott said in alarm. "I need directions!" Suddenly, an explosion went off just to the left of his path, and Scott looked around in shock.
"Was that an explosion?!" Harold asked in a panic.
The scene cut to Chris, holding a blasting machine, smiling as he depressed the plunger. "I wasn't gonna do this," he explained to the camera as another explosion was heard in the distance, "but why should Britney get all the fun?" He detonated another explosion, this one going off near Harold. The two karts were shown barely dodging the blasts, until another one hit close to Scott and jostled him enough to dislodge his blindfold.
"That's the game huh?" he snickered to himself before putting his blindfold back on.
"Sky?!" Harold cried. "SKY!" An explosion barely missed him, and the boy's kart quickly spiraled out of control. another explosive finally hit him directly, sending both dweeb and kart flying apart as the scene cut to the finish line.
The Llamas were cheering loudly, while the Ferrets looked mostly stunned. The racing music reached it's triumphant conclusion as Scott drove into the tape stretched across the finish line, breaking it and winning the challenge.
Harold landed on the ground shortly after. It was then that Sky and Britney finally rejoined their teams, both clearly too tired to do anything."
XXX
"That does it!" Sky shouted. "I'm sorry Dave, but maybe if I vote you off Britney will finally leave me alone!"
XXX
As the camera panned over the campers, Amy, Dave, and Gwen, were revealed to have rejoined their teams. Gwen and Amy had a few adhesive bandages on their faces but looked fine otherwise, while Dave was confined to a wheelchair.
"And the Llamas are the winners of the Go-Kart race!" Chris announced, to the ten teens' delight. "Unfortunately, Scott took off his blindfold during the challenge. So they forfeit."The Llamas gasped and the Ferrets perked up. "That means the Ferrets of Failure win today's challenge!" He walked away, and the Llamas turned and glared at Scott.
"You took off the blindfold?" Sierra accused. "Why would you do that?!"
Scott rolled his eyes. "It was an accident. And accident that wouldn't have happened if Britney hadn't gone all Fatal Attraction on Sky." The globetrotter gasped in indignation.
"That was your advice!" she cried. "You told me it was the only way to avoid her stealing Dave from me! Did you set this up so we'd lose?!"
"Come on, you don't really think I'd try the team killing thing twice?" Scott asked the backs of his teammates. "Do you?"
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The logo of the Llamas of Loserdom appeared in the top right corner of the screen as the elimination began, the camera panning from the ten members of the team to the smiling host and his plate of marshmallows. "Wasn't that a fun day?" he opened. "Nothing like some trust build exorcises to really-"
He was interrupted by a groan from Amy. "Can't you just get this over with?"
Chris scowled at the girl, then huffed. "Fine, we'll skip the dramatic intro this time. The following campers are safe: Shawn! Carly! and Eva!" The survivalist and pantophobe smiled upon catching their treats, but the iron woman just pursed her lips and let it fly over her head.
"Up next is Sadie... Rodney... and Sierra!" He tossed three more of the marshmallows across the fire, and the two girls happily caught them in their mouths. "Cameron... and Amy," you're safe. The bubble boy and cheerleader each caught theirs with a pensive expression.
"Looks like we only have one left," Chris said as the view moved to the remaining campers. "Scott and Britney," both glared at each other, "the final marshmallow..."
"...Britney." the host said after another pause. The marshmallow he shot bounced off the young woman's forehead, and she smiled.
Amy let out her breath, then stood up. "Sorry," she said brattily, "but I can't let him go home just yet." Scott's grimace at the remark went unnoticed. Amy walked up to the host and gave him the idol she'd found. "I'd like to use this idol to save..." she gagged a bit, "Scott."
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"As much as it makes me wanna puke," Amy explained. "I still need that dirt farmer. Plus I don't think I'd get a better chance to get rid of Britney."
"And besides," she smirked. "Now he knows that he's only here because I saved him."
XXX
"Guess I owe Princess for savin' my butt back there," Scott complained. "I wonder if she'll let it go to her head?" He snickered deviously
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"Now that's a shock," Chris said happily, accepting the idol. Chris turned his attention back to the globetrotter. "Britney!" He said to the shocked girl. "You're out!"
"No!" a voice shouted, catching everyone's attention. The camera cut to show Dave running over to his girlfriend. "Why you?!"
"This is my fault," she said while audibly holding back tears. "This always happens. I meet a guy I like, I get obsessed and then, I get crazy." She sighed. "I guess you'll want to break up with me now."
"Why would I want to break up?" Dave asked. "Do you know how happy I was to find out about this side of you?"
"Happy?" Britney asked hopefully.
"Yeah!" Dave smiled. "I've been holding back this whole time because I was afraid you'd break up with me if you knew how intense I could be. I told you Britney, I love you."
"I love you too!" Britney cried, wrapping him in a hug and kissing him.
The camera cut to the watching Llamas. "This is weirdly heartwarming," Shawn said to himself. Sadie and Sierra nodded their agreement.
"Okay Chris," Britney said after the kiss. "I'm ready to go now."
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The screen flipped around, transitioning the scene to the Boot of Shame with Britney already loaded in. "Goodbye everyone," she said as the sombre farewell theme played. "If for some reason Dave doesn't win I hope one of you do!" she said, closing her eyes and smiling. "Except Scott and Amy," she added as an aside.
"Time to go," Chris said simply as the shot cut to him pressing the button on his remote. Britney was kicked off into the night with a yell of 'I love you Dave!', and the shot cut to her former teammates and Dave watching her leave from the edge of the elimination area.
"Well, that's another episode for the books," Chris said smugly as the shot cut back to him, shrugging as the opening beats of the capstone theme played. "There's an even eighteen left. Who's the next one for the boot? Find out next time, on Total! Drama! Redemption!"
(Roll the Credits)
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(Bonus Clip)
The clip opened with Britney safely floating on-screen in a makeshift parachute. She looked around at the hotel she landed at and sighed. "This is nice," she said dejectedly. "I guess."
"Hey Britney," a familiar voice said cautiously. Bothe she and the camera turned to see Courtney awkwardly rubbing her arm.
"Courtney," Britney sniffed. "I guess you're here rub it in my face about losing?"
"No, I'm here because I never got the chance to apologize for what happened last time," the prep explained.
"Well don't," Britney said. "Turns out you were right."
"But I wasn't," Courtney said. "I shouldn't have tried to keep you two apart. And I'm sorry. I'm also sorry you got kicked off so soon. At least you still have Dave?" She said in an attempt to cheer Britney up.
"How do you know he didn't dump me?" Britney asked.
"Because I was there when you two met," Courtney scoffed playfully. "Trust me, pigs will fly before Dave thinks about leaving you."
For the first time in the clip, Britney smiled.
Author's Note Post Script: So I juggled the next three eliminations around a lot this past year I was off. But I finally decided on Britney. Why her? Well of the three candidates I felt this would be the best way to open up the second quarter. A nice dramatic elimination that shakes up the status quo. I knew the Protection Idol would come into play for one of the two, and while I struggled to figure out the other idea, this one was pretty straightforward. Amy plays the idol to save Scott as a sort of power play to show that she's in charge of their alliance and Britney gets the boot in his place
I hope her and Dave's last conversation conveyed what I wanted it to. Basically, Randomverse Dave is no different than can Dave. He's just been holding back out of fear he'd drive Britney away. Of course, finding out that she's just as obsessive as he is was a bonus in his eyes. So Brave shippers rejoice, those two are in it for the long-haul
We saw a little more of Sharly and Samkota, but I kinda knew they'd take a back seat for the Britney thing. I've talked about her a lot this note.
The bonus clip? Well I think it was a nice way to tie up Courtney's arc by having her apologize to Britney for her actions.
And as always I'm sure I'm forgetting to mention something.
I hope you all enjoyed the episode, or some part of it.
And I'd also like to remind you guys that a TVTropes page for this series does exist and needs you guys adding to it.
With that I'm signing off
-TotalDramaFan14
RDR ELIMINATION TABLE:
24th Place: Gary
23rd Place: Anne Maria
22nd Place: Leonard
21st Place: Trent
20th Place: Jaxon
19th Place: Britney