The camera fades in to reveal Camp Wawanakwa, with the classic Chris Mclean getting ready to recap the events of the last episode.
"Last time, on Total Drama, Bryce, and to an extent… Daniel, were in hot water with Zhang, and the rest of their team after Zhang spilled the beans." The host said.
Flashback to Zhang shoving Bryce into the wall. And him running off in the middle of the night to look for the idol.
The challenge was an embarrassing question trivia challenge! I asked the player's personal questions about their lives, questions about things they'd never want uttered out loud, Zhang tried a few sneaky moves, which I let slide because it caused maximum drama." Chris said dramatically.
Flashback to Zhang pressing Bryce's buzzer to avoid answering compromising questions.
"I promise I'm still professional! Regardless, the Sharks won the challenge, sending the Fearless Falcons to the elimination ceremony. Felix was under some major pressure from Andrea, who wanted Jack gone. But Felix disagreed, and flipped the vote, causing another tie between Olivia and Jack." Chris Mclean said unenthusiastically.
Flashback to Jack and Olivia seated in the tiebreaker challenge.
"For the tiebreaker challenge, I had Jack and Olivia compete against each other in another round of embarrassing questions, and in the end, Olivia lost, meaning that she got the boot." Chris explained.
Flashback to Olivia crying as she was picked up by the drone of despair.
"Now that the teams are even at 5 each, and Andrea and Felix's alliance possibly fractured, how will events unfold? Find out on an all new episode of Total, Drama, Island!" Chris announced, hands in the air for extra effect.
Camera Fades out.
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Intro Plays:
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Falcon's Cabin - On The Porch
The five remaining Falcons walked towards their living quarters after the elimination, it was very late, and everyone else had gone to bed. Jack and Logan sleepily opened their door and entered their cabin, clocking in for the night.
Andrea stopped on the porch, and waited for Felix, she was furious. Once Felix came into view, he could tell just as well as anybody, that this was not going to be pretty.
"Listen-" he began, but Andrea stomped over to him, cutting him off. "I told you not to let me down! But noo you're doing what's best for the team right?"
Felix backed away when Andrea started rambling. "This isn't over," Andrea yelled at Felix, "you can consider our little alliance over!"
Felix crossed his arms and scowled, "Fine! I don't need you anyway, I can always find new people, for example, Jack and Logan." He taunted.
Andrea gasped, "you wouldn't dare!" She hissed, running to grab Felix, but he was too fast, and he slipped inside and closed the door, locking it behind him. Andrea banged on it trying to get him to come out, but he ignored her and walked over to his bed.
"Uhhh…" Logan groaned, "what's that noise?" He grogilly asked anybody who would listen.
"I made somebody upset." Felix explained. "It'll all blow over in the morning, trust me." He added, but he was uncertain.
"It better blow over," Logan added, "my friend was almost voted off."
Felix looked down, "I know, but I didn't vote for him, I promise." He said, but Logan was too tired to care, he merely rolled over and closed his eyes.
Andrea also seemed to leave, as the pounding on the door ceased.
(Confessional: Felix)
"This complicates things, as I do like Andrea. But…"
He trails off, looking to the side.
"She was using me, I always kinda knew, and I wasn't mad. But now that she blew up on me like that, I know where she stands."
(End confessional: Felix)
—-
In the morning, Harmony was rudely awakened by Andrea brushing her hair violently, almost as if she couldn't feel the pain that brushing one's hair this way would cause.
More than likely, she was probably ignoring it. "What are you doing?" Harmony asked, looking at Andrea and sitting up.
Andrea turned to look at Harmony, a crossed expression flushed on her face, "I'm preparing." She said.
"Preparing for what?" Harmony asked, very confused at her vague answer.
"Preparing to fight as hard as I can in the challenge" Andrea explained, "Felix said he's going to Jack's side, and that's the enemy on our team, so as far as we know, it's 3 to 2. That puts us at a numbers disadvantage, and you better believe I'm their first target."
Harmony widened her eyes, "oh, that's right, he lied about the vote, didn't he vote for Olivia last night?"
Andrea nodded.
Harmony narrowed her eyes, "That snake! I should confront him!" She said angrily, but Andrea shook her head.
"We can't let him know about this alliance we have, don't say anything about this to him." Andrea told Harmony, who nodded.
"Okay, I won't."
—-
Daniel awoke from a deep sleep. Last night, he wasn't plagued with nightmares of people, or things he didn't like, instead, he smiled and sat upright in the bed, noticing Zhang in the room, still asleep.
(Confessional: Daniel)
"So, instead of dreaming of Zhang, I dreamt of a challenge? At least, I think it was a challenge. It involved finding a key to unlock some… prison cells?"
Daniel thinks for a moment.
"Yeah, I'm just as confused as you are."
(End confessional: Daniel)
The screen flicks to Bryce as he walks back from the woods. Exhausted, he lets his hands fall loosely to his sides, walking sluggishly back to the cabin, where he was met with Felix looking at him curiously from his cabin.
"What are you looking at?" Bryce spat at him from his cabin, while Felix merely smiled, and clasped his hands together on the porch railing.
"I've figured it out." He said, clearly impressed with himself. He let out an almost playful laugh. Bryce crossed his arms.
"Hahahahaha..." Bryce mocked him. "Figured out what?"
"Figured out why everyone keeps heading into the forest!" Felix said, "surprised it took me so long, then again, my team's not the brightest…" He added.
"Oh yeah? What is it?" Bryce asked him in an unfriendly, snooty tone.
"There's an idol hidden somewhere in there, isn't there?" Felix asked Bryce, who was actually decently taken aback when he heard that Felix wasn't kidding. He tried to hide it, so as not to confirm Felix's suspicions, but it was too late.
"There is!" Felix announced, but Bryce wasn't going to let Felix have his fun.
"It's probably already been found, you think that it's still there after nearly a week of being searched for? You're crazy."
"Maybe it has, maybe it hasn't," Felix began, "but I do know one thing, I need it."
Bryce raised an eyebrow, "what, your team hates your guts, too?" He asked him. "Welcome to the club." He said sarcastically as he began walking away, towards the mess hall.
(Confessional: Bryce)
"I'm in a really bad mood today, probably something to do with the fact that the Chris Head seems like an imaginary object at this point."
Bryce rubbed his forehead.
"My only reliable chance of surviving it to the long game now, is if my team wins the challenge, and the merge is after that. Then Daniel and I can flip to the other side, get out Zhang and his two pawns, and then hope that somebody else slips up."
Bryce looked down at the ground in dismay.
"AKA, I'm probably screwed."
(End confessional: Bryce)
Bryce huffed in annoyance, and he walked away, Leaving Felix amused, standing there on the porch.
(Confessional: Felix)
"So, Bryce thinks I'm just guessing about this idol?"
(End Confessional: Felix)
The scene cut back to Daniel in the cabin. He stood up from his bed and stretched, noticing that most of his team was already out. He was about to head out himself when Zhang stirred, slowly waking up.
Zhang blinked his eyes open, glanced over at Daniel, and then quickly looked away, as if pretending Daniel wasn't there. Daniel, feeling a little awkward, gave Zhang a small wave.
Zhang said nothing. He stood up, turned on the light and walked out, leaving Daniel behind, scratching his head in confusion.
At the mess hall, Andrea sat alone at one of the tables, her face hardened with determination after her argument with Felix. She chewed her food slowly, keeping her eyes down. Jack and Logan were chatting loudly at the end of the table, completely ignoring her. Felix entered and spotted Andrea. After a brief pause, he decided against approaching her and sat at the other end of the table with Harmony instead, which also made Andrea mad.
Andrea flung her fork and glared at Felix without saying a word, Harmony also looked annoyed at Felix, causing him to raise an eyebrow.
"You too, huh?" He asked Harmony, "since when did you care about strategy?"
This irked both Andrea and Harmony, "what's that supposed to mean?" Andrea asked him meanicingly.
"What I mean is, Harmony never really came to me about strategizing, I'm just surprised is all, I made a decision, and one that I think helps the team." He explained.
"You're a-" Harmony angrily said, but she stopped herself from slipping up. Felix raised another eyebrow and looked over at Logan and Jack, who were sitting at the end of the table.
"Come sit with us, brah!" Jack said, beckoning for him to join. Logan nodded in agreement. "Yeah, come on!" He said.
Felix's gaze shifted from Jack, to Andrea, then back to Jack. He stood up, and went to sit with the other boys. The three of them began to chat.
Bryce came in shortly after, heading straight to the food counter. He didn't bother with pleasantries, giving Jade and Starr only a cold glance before moving on. Daniel entered right after him, noticing instantly that Zhang was now absent from the meal.
"Skipping again?" He said, confused. "How does he find the energy for the challenges?" Daniel added.
Jade and Starr shrugged.
(Confessional: Starr)
"I'm sad that Daniel went all weird and obsessing over Zhang, I really thought we had something for a moment, but I guess not."
Starr sighed.
(End confessional: Starr)
Meanwhile, in the forest, Zhang was wandering through the trees, stopping occasionally to look around. His eyes narrowed as he scanned the ground.
(Confessional: Zhang)
"I'm beginning to think that the Chris Head's been found, but I need to know who found it. I'll go back to the cabin and…"
Zhang realized something, and then smiled devilishly.
"Hold on."
(End confessional: Zhang)
Zhang walked back the other way through the woods, where he came across a strangely placed rock, he kicked the rock over, and peered inside, grinning weirdly. The camera doesn't reveal exactly what's inside the little hole under the rock. But it's clearly important.
Zhang grins wide, his eyes crinkling at the edges. "This'll shake things up… like a snow globe! Just a little sprinkle of chaos, and everything will fall apart." He said, before bending over the hole, and scooping up the contents, he then ran off.
(Confessional: Zhang)
Zhang did not say a word, instead he merely smiled, staring at the camera, swaying his legs as he sat in the confessional.
"This'll be fun."
(End confessional: Zhang)
The scene clips to Zhang entering the mess hall, where he was met with lots of unwanted attention.
His team stared at him as he got his food and sat down. Daniel looked worried and sad, while Bryce scowled.
"Why're you always coming in so late, huh? Got something to hide?" Bryce asked him threateningly.
Zhang smiled, "what? No! I'm just doing what everyone else on our team is doing, looking for the idol." He said loudly, clearly trying to announce it.
The room went silent. And everyone on the Falcons looked at the Sharks. "The idol?" Logan said. "I didn't know there was an idol."
Felix jumped up, elated. "Aha! I knew there was an idol! I knew it!" He exclaimed. But his team wasn't happy at that, and looked at him.
"You knew?" Logan asked him. "You knew, and you didn't tell any of us? That's really selfish."
Felix leaned back in his chair. "Well, I had to be sure before I sent everyone on an idol hunt frenzy." He defended.
"You sounded "sure" enough to me." Harmony said. And most of the team nodded, all except Jack, who looked around curiously, as if he was unsure exactly what was happening.
"Why would you announce that?" Bryce hissed at Zhang, who stopped smiling and switched to impassivity.
"You're the one who questioned me," He said, shrugging. "Besides, it's not like you haven't been looking for it, so stop acting like you're innocent."
Daniel stepped into the argument. "That doesn't mean you have to blow up our reward, you idiot!" He said angrily, but Starr stepped in.
"Okay, okay, enough with the 2v1, for once!" She scolded the two, "all three of you are obsessed with one thing or another, and none of them are good things, so none of you are innocent."
Bryce and Daniel looked at each other, somewhat surprised. Zhang, on the other hand, grew angry after not getting the response he wanted.
"Oh…really?" Zhang questioned her. And Starr turned towards him. "Yes, really. Now I'd like to eat in peace."
Starr turned back to her food, and Jade looked at her tiredly as she sat back down. "What's up with you?" Starr asked her, "you've barely spoken today, is something wrong?"
Jade shook her head, "no, I'm just exhausted, I think that electricity did something to me, it feels like I can't think right." She explained.
"I feel like that all the time, even right now!" Jack interjected from the other table, this awarded him weird looks from everybody, including Logan.
Daniel looked back at Jade, "I'm sure it's temporary." He attempted to reassure her, but it failed miserably, Jade glared at him, upset.
"I wasn't talking to you!" She snapped.
Daniel sighed heavily, and went to throw his food away, but was startled when the announcements turned on.
"Campers, it's challenge time! Meet me at the clearing in ten!"
The announcements turned off, and the campers perked up, glancing around uneasily. The Falcons all got up at once and walked out of the mess hall, while the Sharks sat uneasily.
—-
As the campers arrived on the challenge site, they were all quite surprised. The ground was cleared of grass, instead made of tuff dirt and compacted sand. The challenge area was a large oval, with team colored mats at opposite ends and sides of the oval. In the middle of the oval, was a long fence that divided both sides of the challenge, red and green flags hung from the divider, as well as from poles on the outside of the challenge.
But what was most strange of all, was the two wooden horses that were on both of the team colored mats. Both of them rested on a mechanical track, almost like a train. The saddles were also in team color.
Chris stood next to the divider, awaiting the campers' arrival. Once the campers arrived, Jack began looking around eagerly, while Felix and Jade looked more anxious.
Chris cleared his throat as he began explaining the rules. "Alright, here's how this is going to go down, knights and… not-so-knightly folks."
The camera clipped to Jack, who's smile faded.
"In Part One of today's challenge, we're jousting! You'll each get to mount these lovely fake horses," he pointed at wooden horses set on wheels, "and charge at your opponent with these wooden lances." He held up a comically large wood lance to demonstrate.
"Two contestants will face off at a time. The goal is simple: knock your opponent off their horse to win a point for your team, the first team to score three points wins an advantage in Part Two of the challenge. Sounds simple enough?"
Some of the contestants nodded hesitantly.
"Now," Chris continued, "if you fall off or get knocked out of bounds, you lose that round. No exceptions. Got it?"
He glanced at Zhang, who didn't make eye contact.
Everybody nodded their heads now, Andrea looked thrilled to compete in a physical challenge, while Starr looked anything but thrilled.
"One last thing," Chris added with a dramatic pause. "If neither player gets knocked off by the time they reach the end of the lane, it's a draw. So make sure you hit hard, but keep it clean!"
"Let the jousting begin!" Chris declared, motioning for the first contestants from each team to step forward.
Daniel got on his wooden horse, and he shifted uncomfortably. "These things hurt to sit on!" He exclaimed to the host.
"I know, that's the point." Chris replied.
On the Falcons, Andrea stepped up, she hopped right onto her team's horse, grabbed a lance, and got ready for the attack.
Daniel gulped as he held his lance tightly to his chest as if it were a teddy bear instead of a weapon.
Chris smiled, and pulled a lever, "CHARGE!" He yelled, signaling the start of the challenge.
Daniel flew as his horse was pulled along the track by its wheels. However, Andrea held tight with her legs, and she gripped her lance with laser-focus on Daniel.
The two reached each other within seconds, and Andrea swung her lance as hard as she could, hitting Daniel in the stomach and making him totter off of his horse, and collapse on the ground.
"Ugh!" Daniel said as he hit the ground. He bounced up for a moment, before sitting upright, clutching his abdomen as slowly stood up and wattled back to his team.
"That's one point for the Falcons!"
Andrea raised her lance in victory, flashing a smirk at Daniel as she rolled her wooden horse back to her team. Felix clapped, while Jack patted her on the back, clearly impressed by her performance.
"Ew, don't touch me!" Andrea scolded Jack, who frowned.
Meanwhile, Daniel rubbed his stomach and groaned as he limped back to the Sharks' side. Starr rushed over to help him, but Bryce just scowled.
"Geez! Are you okay?" Starr asked him, but this didn't have the intended effect. Daniel frowned and glared at her angrily. "Why do you care?"
Chris stood in the middle again, megaphone raised. "One point for the Falcons! Next up, who's going to joust?"
"I'm up." Logan said as he got onto his horse. He lifted the lance close to his chest, and waited for the round to start.
"Zhang, are you going to go?" Starr asked, but she got no response. She sighed, "fine, I'll do it." She said as she got onto her horse.
"You sure?" Jade asked her, concerned. "I'm not sure that…"
But Starr cut her off, "you're clearly tired for some reason, I'm not gonna make you do it, and besides, you think he's gonna do it?" Starr pointed at Bryce, who scoffed.
"Fair point." Jade agreed as Starr got into a semi-comfortable position on the horse.
Chris blew his whistle and pulled a lever, signaling the start of the next round. Logan and Starr speeded towards each other very quickly. Starr held on tightly, as to not fall off and lose another round for her team.
Logan looked deep in thought, and he frowned,when he reached Starr, he swung his lance weakly, hitting her in the shoulder. But Starr swung much harder, hitting him in the upper body, knocking him off.
Starr got off her horse when it came to a stop, and walked over to Logan, who rubbed his head in pain.
"Ah! I was going easy on you! What gives?" He asked her.
"Underestimating me?" Starr asked as she held out a hand to help him up. Which he accepted with a sly smile.
"Maybe…" He said playfully, "but it won't happe-"
"Logan! Let's go!" Andrea yelled at him, clapping her hands for extra effect. Logan wiped his clothes before joining his team, and Starr walked to her's.
"The scores are tied 1-1!" Chris announced, "who's going next?"
The teams looked amongst themselves for a moment, the Falcons talking more in depth than the Sharks.
Jack stepped forward, "I'll go next. Show them how it's done." He said, flexing his bicep. He looked like he was trying to either impress or intimidate the other team, but it clearly didn't work, most of the girls either giggled at him or cringed.
Bryce rolled his eyes at his display, "I guess I'll do it." He said. Much to his team's surprise.
"You will?" Jade asked him.
"Did I stutter?" Bryce snapped, "yes, I'll do it."
Both of the boys mounted their wooden horses, one hand gripping tightly to their lance, the other wrapped around the neck of the horse for balance.
"CHARGE!" Chris announced as he pulled the lever, and the horses were off…
Jack had an immediate advantage over Bryce on paper, as he was taller and stockier than Bryce, who was shorter and thinner.
Bryce hid behind his lance as the Horses drew closer and closer to each other. Jack swung his lance and connected right into Bryce's face, who crumpled to the ground.
"Ahhhh!" Bryce moaned, face buried into the dirt.
Jack looked back at Bryce, guilt plastered all over his face, unfortunately, he failed to notice that the Horse was nearing the end of the track, and when the Horse suddenly stopped when it reached the end, he wasn't expecting it, and his face went right into the wood.
"Uhg!" He said as his face smacked against the Horse. He rubbed his nose as he stumbled off of the Horse, and back to his mat.
"Falcons score their second point!" Chris announced into the megaphone.
Bryce reached the mat as Zhang was sent out onto the Horse, although he wasn't too happy, he didn't protest.
Felix looked eager to participate, "I'll do it! I'll do it!" He exclaimed to his team. Who most just shrugged.
"Felix it is." Logan said. "Careful, some of them play dirty."
Felix mounted the Horse, and held his lance as if it were a baseball bat, ready to swing into somebody's chest… or face.
Zhang on the other hand, narrowed his eyes, and held his lance as if it were a knife. Ready to stab. Felix widened his eyes, and re-adjusted his lance. The two attacked each other as soon as they were in reach, Felix bashed his lance into Zhang's chest, while Zhang stabbed Felix with the lance in the shoulder and collar bone.
Both boys yelled in pain, and fell off their horses. And since Zhang was bigger than Felix, he hit the ground about half a second before Felix.
"And the Falcons score again! That's 3-1, boys and girls! The Falcons win part one of the challenge!"
The Falcons cheered quietly, Felix rubbing his neck as he joined them. While the Shark's scowled furiously, Zhang glaring daggers into Felix's soul.
"Jesus, you're all salty," Logan said, slightly concerned. "What's the matter with you guys?"
No response. This concerned the Falcons even more.
"Okay, Falcons, for winning part one of the challenge, you get an advantage in part two. I promise you it's worth it." Chris explained to the Green team.
"Well, what's the reward?" Andrea asked the host impatiently.
"You get one key!" Chris said as he tossed Andrea a small, golden key. She fumbled it in her hands as she tried to catch it in mid air.
"We get a key? What's that supposed to mean?" Logan said.
—-
The camera clips to Logan behind bars. A jail cell closing sound effect played for dramatic effect. Logan wrapped his hands around the steel metal bars and pressed his head against the cell door. Chef locked the prison cell.
"Well, this isn't what I expected." Logan said as Chef walked away, leaving Logan all alone in the cell.
The camera panned away from Logan's cell, revealing a long maze of fake stone walls and jail cells.
There were six cells in total, and every one was occupied by a camper. Outside the jail, stood Zhang and Daniel for the Sharks, on the Falcons, Jack and Andrea looked at the jail.
"For part two of your challenge, we're going to play: Dungeon rescuers!" Chris announced.
"Three of your team members are locked inside of these here dungeon cells, your job? Find the keys required to unlock the cells and free your teammates."
Andrea looked at the key in her hand. Then at Chris.
Chris resumed his explanation. "Since the Falcon's won the first part, they get a one key head start, once Andrea unlocks her first team member, the challenge will begin, also, you can only use a key once, so remember that. Andrea?"
Andrea walked into the jail, and looked at her options, there was Harmony, she'd be useful.
Andrea thought for a moment, and looked at her other two options, Felix peeked his head out of his cell to stare at Andrea as she thought.
"Pick Logan!" Jack yelled from outside, "please!?"
Andrea looked back at Jack, scowling, but then she looked at Logan, who was giving Andrea big, shiny puppy dog eyes.
Andrea scoffed like she didn't care, "don't look at me like that!" She instructed Logan, who didn't back down, he stared harder at Andrea, puffing his lip out.
Andrea sighed, "fine." She gave in, and put in the key, unlocking the lock. Logan smiled, and opened the cell door, "thanks." He said.
"Andrea! You idiot! I could've picked the locks if you'd have let me out!" Felix angrily said to Andrea. She threw the key on the ground and held out her hand, motioning for Felix to hand over something.
"Give." Andrea said. But Felix shook his head. "Nuh uh, no way I'm giving you my lockpick, you'll lose it. Besides, you don't know how to pick a lock!"
Andrea scowled, and grabbed Felix's baseball cap off of his head before he could react. Felix gasped in surprise, and tried to swipe at her through the metal bars.
"Hey! Give that back to me! My grandpa gave that to me!" He pleaded, reaching for the hat, but Andrea stepped away, making it impossible to grab.
"Give me the lockpick, and I'll give you the hat, it's a fair trade." Andrea said as she held out her left hand, waiting for Felix to make a decision.
Felix grumbled something under his breath as he reached into his butt pocket, and he threw a lockpick at Andrea, it clattered to the ground as Andrea gave him his hat back, which he promptly placed back onto his head.
"Andrea, come on!" Jack said as Andrea turned away, she and Logan exited the jail, and Chris blew an airhorn. "Start searching!" He said.
Zhang and Jack ran off, while Daniel and Andrea stayed behind. "Where do we look?" Daniel asked the host.
"Anywhere, really, the keys are hidden all over the island, at least 30 of them are hidden. They're not easy to find, though. So I recommend getting to it." Chris explained.
With that, Daniel ran off, leaving only Andrea and a confused Chris. Chris grew even more confused as Andrea headed back towards the jail.
"Uhh, Andrea? You've got a challenge to win, girl. What're you still doing here?" Chris asked her as he followed her into the jail.
Andrea went to Harmony's jail cell and inserted the lockpick into the keyhole, having no prior experience, she shook the lockpick about frustratingly.
"Yeah, if you think that can work, you have another thing coming." Chris said. "Those things are major lockpick proof, cost us a fortune, but it was worth it."
"Andrea, it's probably not going to-" Harmony attempted to say, but Andrea shushed her.
"I'm doing it anyway."
"Whatever, your funeral, I guess." Chris said as he started to walk away, leaving the locked team members, (and Andrea) in the jail.
Felix sighed, "get something to hold the lock piece, make sure it doesn't twist…" He instructed her.
"Like what!?" Andrea yelled back, "I don't have anything to hold it with!" Felix looked around, unimpressed and reached under his sweatshirt to fidget with his toolbelt.
"Well, normally I'd use a ziebart, but I don't have one on me right now, and none of these…"
Felix took off his toolbelt, and sorted all the tools into categories on the ground. He skimmed over his tools quickly, but stepped back towards the bars.
"…would work." He finished. "They won't fit."
Andrea was not happy, she threw the lockpick on the ground in frustration, and it clattered to the ground.
"Hey!" Felix shouted, "Give that to me, right now!"
"Get it yourself." Andrea told him as she stormed out of the jail. She muttered obscenities under her breath as she ran into the woods to find Logan and Jack.
"Wow, that girl's a full package, huh?" Chris asked Felix from outside the jail, as his cell was closest to the exit.
"Yeah." Felix responded, face pressed against the bars.
—-
Daniel and Zhang were inside the scrapyard, of all places. The metal forts were still standing(albeit one had a metal sheet with a cutout of a rectangle attached to the doorway...)
Daniel glanced at Zhang as he strolled around the scrapyard, looking at every little thing. Daniel sighed as he ran inside the Shark's old fort.
He looked around the small, cramped area, and he reached inside a tire, pulling out a golden key.
"I found it! I found it!" Daniel exclaimed as he ran back towards Zhang. And the two ran towards the jail.
—-
The Falcons were in the forest as they looked for a key, this side of the forest was near the boathouse, Logan ran ahead of Andrea and Jack, and entered the boathouse, leaving the door open.
Andrea sifted through a tree. Reaching deep inside a knothole for anything of value, but all she got was an acorn, and a very angry squirrel.
"I'm not scared of you." Andrea told the squirrel as she chucked the acorn into the distance. This made the squirrel even angrier. It made a whistling noise, and then many squirrels from neighboring trees began to file out, forming an army of squirrels on the ground.
Andrea looked at the army of squirrels, unamused. "You think you can scare me?" She taunted. Jack nervously looked at the display. "Uhh, Andrea? I wouldn't do that." Jack warned her, but she told him off.
Then, the squirrel army charged at Andrea, and her smirk washed away off of her face, she quickly turned around and ran the opposite direction, pulling Jack along with her.
Andrea and Jack ran into the boathouse, slamming the door behind them, Logan looked confused for a moment, staring at the two panting teenagers.
"Wha-" He started to ask, but he was interrupted by the angry chittering of hundreds of squirrels. He peeked out the window in the door of the boathouse, and he yelped in surprise.
"Gah!" Logan yelled out,
He backed away from the door, settling against the wooden wall of the boathouse. "what'd you guys do?" He asked the two.
"He did it." Andrea pointed at Jack.
"She did it." Jack pointed at Andrea.
Logan looked even more confused, as the three were now trapped in the boathouse. Jack shuffled through some buckets of bait, and pulled out a golden key, smiling wide.
"I found one!" Jack announced.
"Good job," Logan replied sarcastically, "if only we could actually get out to use the key…"
Jack looked down at the ground. As he realized, they were all trapped.
—-
Daniel ran into the jail just before Zhang, as he was faster, and he made a beeline for Bryce's cell.
"Zhang's right behind-" Bryce started to warn Daniel. But it was too late, Zhang body checked Daniel to the floor with an "OOF!" He then snatched the key from him and used it to unlock Jade instead.
"Hey!" Bryce yelled at Zhang as he let Jade out of her cell. She looked rather confused. "Uhh, thanks?" She told Zhang as the two got up and ran out of the jail to look for more keys. Daniel stood up and wiped himself off, and went over to Bryce.
"Sorry about that." Bryce apologized to him. "That looked like it hurt."
"It did." Daniel grumbled as he ran off to find a key. Bryce turned to look at the cell next to him, and he saw Starr staring at him.
"What're you looking at?" Bryce chastised her from his cell, Starr turned away.
(Confessional: Bryce)
"How brain dead are the people on my team? Do they just ignore what Zhang does? It doesn't make any sense! Jade and Starr are clearly siding with him because they're just as bad."
Bryce paused to think for a moment.
"Then again, Starr seems to show some guilt here and there… Maybe I can exploit that? I hope so."
(End confessional: Bryce)
—-
Logan, Andrea, and Jack were looking for a way to escape, they didn't have to look far, there was a large square hole inside the boathouse that led underwater, and eventually outside. The only problem was… there were no air pockets.
"This." Andrea said as she walked over to the cutout. "We'll use this."
Logan nodded his head in agreement, "I second that. What do you say, Jack? Are you up for it?" Logan got on his knees to get a better look at the cutout.
"But… but…" Jack stammered.
"But what?" Andrea pressed him, already short with Jack. "Finish your sentence so we can leave."
"I can't swim!" Jack confessed, a blush crept across his face as he hid behind his hands. "Ughhhh… That hurt to say."
(Confessional: Jack)
Jack looked very embarrassed. His face was red.
"You know how hard it was to say that… In front of the girl you like?"
Jack groaned.
"I'm gonna get made fun of so badly… Again."
(End confessional: Jack)
"So what if you can't swim?" Andrea asked him impatiently. "It's either you get out with us and we win the challenge or you're being left behind."
Jack gulped at the thought of the ultimatum. "Uhhm…." He thought.
Andrea's face was hard and splashed with impatience, while Logan softened his face at the sight of his friend under pressure.
"Don't worry, we'll help you!" He said as he put a hand on Jack's shoulder. The two smiled for a moment, before Andrea broke the silence.
"We will?" She asked him, looking awfully confused at Logan. Logan began to steer Jack towards the cutout in the boathouse.
Jack began to breathe heavily as Logan and him hovered over the water connecting them to the outside, and away from the angry squirrels.
"Three." Logan began as he readied himself to push Jack into the water with him. Andrea rolled her eyes but joined in on the count down.
"Two." Andrea and Logan counted down. Jack began to hold his breath.
"One!" Everybody announced at once, and all three of them plunged into the water, and began to swim under the boathouse to reach the surface.
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The camera clipped to behind the boathouse, the water bubbled for a moment, before Jack, Logan, and Andrea bobbed up, gasping for air while clutching each other.
Jack broke free from their grip, and the three swam (or awkwardly pattled to shore like an injured dog). Jack grapsed at the sand as he pulled himself out of the water.
Logan and Andrea walked up to him. "Where's the key?" Andrea asked him in a hurry. Jack fished around in his pocket, but he shrugged.
"What! Are you telling me you lo-" Andrea began, but she was interrupted by Jack, who stood between the two.
"Relax brah, I got the key." He said as he pulled out a large, golden key. Andrea smiled, and the three made a beeline towards the jail.
—-
Felix sighed relief as the three entered the jail, and he stepped up to the bars. Andrea wanted to unlock Harmony, but Logan was in possession of the key now, and Felix was freed from his cell.
"Thanks." Felix said to Logan, who nodded, and Felix, Jack, and Andrea ran off.
Logan stayed behind for a moment, where he noticed the people who were still yet to be freed. Harmony, Bryce, and Starr, who sat in her cell in a fetal position, mp3 player in her ears as he sat.
"Hey." Logan said as he tapped the bars. "You're kinda easy to underestimate when you sit like that, y'know." He teased.
Starr sat up and turned her mp3 player off. She looked at Logan. "We're on different teams, y'know." She started, "what do you want?"
"I wanted to thank you." Logan said.
Starr stood up and walked towards the bars. "Thank me? For what?" She asked him, puzzled.
"For helping me up and being a good sport." Logan answered, "you didn't have to do that, but you did anyway. Not sure many other people would do the same."
"Uhh, thanks?" Starr said. And the two stared at each other for a moment.
(Confessional: Starr)
"Well, that was kinda awkward…" Starr said as she stared into the confessional.
"Does Logan… like me? No… that can't be right, we're on different teams!"
(End confessional: Starr)
Logan did eventually run off to join his team, wherever they were. Starr went back to her music.
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The Savage Sharks were walking near the waterfall, rummaging around inside of stones and trees. Jade walked near an incredibly tall tree, so tall that it cast a large shadow over everything around it.
Zhang stuck his hand into the waterfall, but quickly pulled it out, as the water was very cold. He looked at Daniel, who was searching for something in a bush.
Jade dug around near the base of the tree, looking intently for a key, she was disappointed when she didn't find anything, and she huffed. However, she wasn't dissapointed at all when she stuck her hand into the large tree's knothole, and she gasped quietly.
Jade was holding the McLean Brand Chris Head in the palm of her hand. She quietly looked around to see if anyone was looking at her, and she saw Zhang staring at her with big, wide eyes.
(Confessional: Zhang)
"That's Mine. No need to bring attention to it, that'll make things more complicated…"
(End confessional: Zhang)
Jade twisted around the tree to the opposite side from everybody, and she stuffed the Chris Head inside her left leather jacket pocket.
The camera panned to Zhang and Daniel, Daniel was still sifting through the bushes, while Zhang looked like he was staring through the tree, into what was on the other side.
Suddenly, it was Daniel's turn to gasp, he had found another key.
"I'll take that." Zhang told him as he snatched the key from Daniel again, and he started running towards the jail, more than likely to release Starr. "That's it! I'm taking that back!" Daniel yelled at Zhang as he sprinted after him.
This chase lasted until right outside the jail's front entrance, where Daniel jumped on Zhang's back. Although he was skinny and didn't weigh very much, he was able to take Zhang to the ground.
The two had a quick scuffle on the dirt, with all the locked up contestants able to see the chaos.
"Stop it! Stop it now!" Harmony yelled from inside the jail, causing the two to stop attacking each other. "What is the matter with you?" She added.
"He-" Zhang began to accuse, but Daniel was quick, and ripped the key out of Zhang's hands, and before he could react, he unlocked Bryce.
Zhang ran over, ready to tackle Daniel again, but Bryce stepped in between the two, blocking him.
Starr watched as Zhang muttered something under his breath in defeat. But Harmony had something to say.
"What's wrong with you? Why'd you do that?" Harmony asked him angrily from her cell. But Zhang merely stared at her.
"You shut your mouth." Zhang instructed Harmony, who gasped. "Excuse me?" She asked him in disbelief.
Zhang turned to Harmony with a dark expression, his eyes narrowing. "You heard me," he said coldly. "Stay out of things you don't understand."
And with that, Zhang was off, leaving everyone confused and frustrated. Bryce shook his head in frustration. "Whatever, we don't have time for this. Let's finish the challenge and win this thing."
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The camera flicked to the Falcons, and the 4 of them were looking inside the communal showers for a key.
"This is so gross," Logan muttered. "Why are we even looking here?"
Andrea, annoyed, snapped back, "Do you have a better idea? We have to find that key to get Harmony out!"
Felix, more focused, tapped on a section of wall. "Chris hides things in the weirdest places. Could be anywhere."
"They're not hidden in the wall, Felix!" Andrea shouted at him, although one might be…" She trailed off, her face freezing.
"In what?" Jack asked her.
"I can't believe I'm saying this, but… check the drains." Andrea instructed.
Meanwhile, over in Chef's Kitchen, the Sharks were facing a more chaotic situation. Zhang, Jade, Daniel, and Bryce were dodging Chef Hatchet, who was not thrilled to have a bunch of campers tearing through his kitchen.
"I swear, if any of you touch my food again, I'll serve you up for dinner, maggots!" Chef yelled, chasing Daniel with a frying pan.
Jade was rifling through cupboards, while Daniel ducked under tables to avoid Chef. Bryce was standing off to the side, rolling his eyes at the chaos around him. "How is this supposed to help us win?"
"Are you seriously not going to help us?" Daniel asked Bryce.
Bryce rolled his eyes again, and he opened a random cupboard, without even looking at what was inside it, he merely shrugged. "There, helped."
Back in the Shower, Andrea knelt down by a drain, squinting her eyes to get a better view at what was inside.
"Everyone, look in a drain, these can come off really easily, so if there's a key in there, it should pop off and we can grab it." Andrea instructed.
Jack, Felix, and Logan knelt by a drain, and peered inside.
The scene shifted back to Chef's Kitchen, where Jade finally noticed something shiny glinting from behind a stack of dirty plates. Without hesitation, she lunged forward and grabbed it—a key.
"Got it!" Jade shouted, holding the key up triumphantly. And Jade booked it outside.
In the showers, Jack gasped, and popped off a drain. "Got it!" He announced, and the team began to run out of the communal showers.
Both teams made a mad dash for the jail, Harmony and Starr were awaiting rescue, one team made it there just before the other…
The Sharks unlocked Starr right before Andrea could reach Harmony. Starr smiled and high fived Jade as Chris walked in with a loudspeaker.
"And the Sharks win immunity! Falcons, I'll be seeing you at the elimination ceremony, where one of you will be going home tonight."
The Falcons groaned, while Andrea scowled deeply.
(Confessional: Andrea)
"I can't believe we lost that, we were so close! But now that I think about it, there are so many good options to eliminate on my team…"
(End confessional: Andrea)
(Confessional: Jade)
Jade looks into the camera nervously.
"So I found the Chris Head, which is great, but what isn't great is that another person knows I have it… I hope he doesn't tell anyone."
(End confessional: Jade)
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At the elimination ceremony, the Falcons looked defeated, some were damp, while others looked plain tired and sad, Andrea tapped her foot impatiently as Chris held out 4 marshmallows on a plate.
"You lost the challenge, Falcons." Chris started, "voting booth's open, you may begin." Chris pointed towards the outhouse when he said this, and the team sighed.
(Confessional: Jack)
Jack fidgeted in the confessional, clearly not knowing what to do.
(End confessional: Jack)
(Confessional: Felix)
"I know there are some people on my team who I don't like right now, but I'm voting for you because you don't benefit me to keep around, you're also kind of a physical threat."
(End confessional: Felix)
(Confessional: Andrea)
Andrea sat in the confessional, mostly with a hardened face, but there was a tinge of remorse in there.
"I know we bonded at the challenge, but I still don't like you, and that's why you have to go. Goodbye."
—-
Chris held out the first marshmallow. "Logan, you're safe. Come and get your marshmallow."
Logan caught his marshmallow, and ate it whole. "Thanks, yo." He said.
"Harmony, Andrea, you two are also safe with no votes." Chris announced, tossing a marshmallow to both of them, the two ate their marshmallows in relief.
Felix turned his head slowly to face Jack, while Jack did the same to face Felix, both boys looked very worried, as one of them would be eliminated.
"Felix, Jack, this is the final marshmallow of the night. The person eliminated is…"
"Jack!"
Chris tossed a white, gooey marshmallow to Felix, who sighed in relief, while Jack buried his face into his hands.
"Awwwughhh." Jack groaned as he realized he was eliminated. He stood up, arms flopped to his sides. "Sorry, bro. You got three votes. You're out." Chris said to him.
Logan flashed anger at his team, clenching his fists when he found out his friend was going to be sent to Playa Des Losers.
Jack looked at his team. "Andrea? I thought we were friends now… why?" Jack asked her. But Andrea looked away, and chewed her marshmallow in silence.
"Drone of despair is over there, man." Chris motioned towards the dock, where Jack walked slowly and sadly to the small green device.
"Bye, Logan." Jack said, waving at his friend. Logan returned the gesture with a nod, before the Drone of Despair activated, and grabbed Jack up by his thick black hair.
"OW! That hurts!" Jack yelped as he was carried away. "Not cool brahhhhhhhhh!"
Chris waited until the sounds of Jack's voice faded away to nothing before walking back to the elimination area.
"Congratulations on not being eliminated… yet." Chris said to the Falcons, who were already stepping up to leave. "I have a surprise for everybody tomorrow, so I guess that'll give you something to think about, goodnight."
The Falcons walked off screen.
"Well, that's 10 no more! We're into the single digits as we narrow everything down! What's in store for the teams next time? Who's going to be voted out next? Find out on an all new episode of: Total, Drama, Island!"
Camera fades out.
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Editor's note:
This was another long one! Didn't expect that! My target is usually at least 5000 words. Well, like Chris said, we ARE down to single digits! Since Jade found the idol, and Zhang knows about it, she's going to have to play this VERY carefully if she wants to keep the idol. As for the elimination, the episode had several different iterations, but one thing led to another, and Jack ended up getting the short end of the stick, and for good reason, too. While I did like him, I couldn't really see him getting much more development. While on the other hand, Logan really needed it, and he'll start becoming more of a main character from now on. And for the "surprise" next episode, it MAY not be what you expect. Could it be a merge? Yes! Could it be a team swap? Yes! Could it be a double elimination? Also yes, you'll just have to wait and find out.
Fearless Falcons: Felix, Andrea, Harmony, Logan
Savage Sharks: Zhang, Daniel, Jade, Bryce, Starr
Placements:
14th - Ace - "The Midshipwoman"
13th - Hayden - "The Burnout"
12th - Tiffany - "The Melancholic Girl"
11th - Olivia - "The Fashionista"
10th - Jack - "The Bro"
Votes:
Jack: 3(Andrea, Felix, Harmony)
Felix: 2(Jack, Logan)