So... my view count froze when I released last episode so no clue how well that did (Thanks a bunch fanfiction). But looking at the reviews, think it went down well. Anyways, new week, new episode, all that fun stuff. I kinda enjoyed how bonkers this challenge went in the original with just how much everyone hated each other, and then Zee was just having the time of his life. Honestly if it weren't for the elimination, I'd have that episode probably in my top 3 of Season 1.
WheelKirby: MK has played a good game, very solid and calculated, especially since she started off as an outsider of the Frogs since episode 3. We'll see if it's enough for her to go all the way.
Cody Fanatic: Yeah Chase was definitely the weakest link plot wise out of the group. I wanted to see his and Emma's relationship through for a few episodes though since the show I guess wanted this gag of them breaking up and getting back together again and I think it deserved more than that.
Colin Miller: Harvey was proven right about Chase but things can still fall apart with the whole thief debacle and his secret deal with MK. Interesting boot list though, thanks for sharing. Appreciate the follow up review saying you've enjoyed the story so far too. Season 2's something I definitely have plans for.
Fireball88: Honestly the Priya and Zee theory woulda made for a fun plotline. Bowie's someone who has a lot of strong opinions and he's well aware so he tries not to let them show too much. But if he feels like he has to say something, he'll always say it. Emma's someone who tries to find the good in all the bad and just misses her old life since it did bring excitement. And yeah, despite MK being the most openly anti social person on the cast, it just makes her interactions that much more interesting.
CodeTransformers: Yeah, not exactly a big shock for Chase to leave or going out the way he did. I was worried I was making MK and Cassidy too alike as far as the story went but it is exactly like two sides of the same anti social coin. I know it was mentioned at some point that MK was a gamer in Season 2 as well which for me, definitely played a factor. But Cassie's last three episodes were definitely her strongest from my point of view and shows that there's more to come out of something like Total Drama than just the million dollars.
REMAINING PLAYERS.
Bowie
Emma
Harvey
Julia
MK
Priya
Zee
EPISODE 12: PADDLE BRAWLING.
"Last time on Total Drama Island! Our traditional Total Drama Eating Challenge made it's return, and everyone had to face some of what Chef calls food. Bowie puked, Priya puked, Harvey puked and Zee puked when he found out milk came out of cows. Emma puked on Chase like couples do. And lastly Chef made everyone puke just a little bit more. MK bailed right out of the gate, being that confident that she was safe. Chase was the favorite coming in to this thanks to his background in eating grossosities, but it was Julia who won immunity after gulping 26 feet worth of tapeworm. That'll make you popular with your followers. After he lost immunity, Harvey was sure it was game over, but a slip up from Chase badmouthing Emma caused them to once again cut the brakes on their relationship, and Chase got sent packing. Wow, these Trout suck even when they aren't playing in challenges. So grab a bucket because there's plenty more fun coming all the way back up, here, on Total Drama Island!"
CAMPFIRE: NIGHT #22.
Almost everyone had went to bed. Harvey was still up, glancing down at the marshmallow he had caught a few hours ago after Chase got eliminated.
"Oh... uh... hey..." Harvey looked up at the voice and saw Emma who was standing across from him with something clutched with her fist, not expecting anyone else to still be up. "Can't sleep?"
"What gave it away?" Harvey laughed dryly. "What are you doing up?"
"I just needed to do something, but it can wait." Emma went over and took the seat next to him.
Things remained quiet between the two before Emma spoke up again. "I really thought he changed, that he felt bad. And, well, maybe things could just go back to the way they were."
"People are confusing sometimes." Harvey shrugged. "I know I've trusted people too easily before."
"I really should've believed you. I don't know why I didn't, I just..." Emma started before Harvey stood up.
"It's okay, really. Love makes people do stupid stuff sometimes." Harvey tried reassuring her. "At least you found out before it was too late. All I really want is for us to just be cool with each other again."
"Me too." Emma nodded. Harvey could tell though that she was still feeling down about herself.
"Say, how's about you, me and Bowie raid out the vending machine tomorrow? Think we all deserve a break from Chef's food." Harvey suggested, hoping this idea would cheer her up.
Emma's eyes light up at this. She's been saving her drama dollars up but she feels like she's earned a break. "Sure. That sounds really nice. I just hope you can trust me again."
"Honestly, it might take some work on my end." Harvey admtted, causing Emma to look down in disappointment. "But I'm all for starting fresh."
"Great! And let's promise each other something. No more secrets." Emma stood up. Harvey nodded as the two shook on it.
"You heading back to the cabins?" Harvey asked, finally eating his marshmallow.
"In a minute. I'll see you tomorrow." Emma waved good night to him as he left the area to go to bed.
After he left, Emma sighed to herself and took out a familiar looking note, her valentine's letter to Chase. With clutched hands, Emma dropped it, letting it fall and burn up in the open flame in the middle, and walked away.
GIRLS CABIN: DAY #23.
As everyone else was out to breakfast, Priya was working on putting her blindfold on whilst Zee was just standing there, with a broomstick.
"Uh... what am I supposed to be doing with this again?" Zee looked at the stick, as if it was his first time holding one.
"Stay focused, Zee. You're gonna try and swing that broom at me, and I'm gonna see it with my ears." Priya explained to him whilst preparing herself.
"Woah! You can see with your ears? Wicked! No wonder you wanna go to med school." Zee said which got Priya to laugh a little before regaining focus.
"Stop joking around! Now come on! Swing at me!" Priya ordered him.
"Uh, okay." Zee cringed at her raised voice, not being as big on violence as the others left in the group. He slowly lifted the broom up and gently lowered it, not wanting to hurt Priya as she dodged out the way. "Wow, you're really good at this."
CONFESSIONAL: PRIYA
"Okay, I'll admit it, sometimes my Dad's tone can slip out sometimes. But I've been running out of people to train with! I've got to keep up with my schedule if I have any shot at talking my parents in to going to med school." Priya sighed, starting to feel exhausted from the constant training.
MESS HALL: DAY #23.
MK arrived at the Mess Hall and were surprised to see Emma, Harvey and Bowie all sitting there together, seemingly waiting on something.
"What's with the crowd? Did Julia tell you guys to come here too?" MK asked them, taking a seat.
"Why would she wanna speak with us? She's the one who's been messing with us the other day." Bowie wondered, not getting over Julia elbowing him.
"Oh hey! If it isn't my favorite teammates!" Julia announced in a fake cheery tone from outside the hall. She closed the door and went to sit at the head of the table.
"You can stop with the theatrics, we know your deal." MK et her knowl, feeling bored about this already.
"Where's Zee and Priya?" Emma looked around, noticing they hadn't turned up yet.
"Last I saw, Zee was hitting her with a broom while she was blindfolded." Harvey explained to her which got Emma to give him a funny look. "Don't ask."
"And back to me." Julia regained the others attention. "I was just thinking how hard we all worked together on the Frogs of Death, and it'd be a shame if we let Zee or Priya of all people make it all the way to steal that million dollars. And a 5 person alliance is a lot stronger than whatever mess you three had going on." She explained while pointing at Bowie, Emma and Harvey.
"Do you really think we'd let you work with us after everything you've done in the last few days?" Emma crossed her arms and glared at Julia.
"Meh, I'm cool with it." MK shrugged, not seeing many cons to having Julia team up with them.
"Uh... can you give us a minute?" Emma asked and signaled the group minus Julia for a quick discussion without even waiting for a response as they got up to stand by one of the windows. "You guys know Julia can't be trusted."
"Think about it, if Priya and Zee got the common sense to team up. They'd go for the person they like the least." MK brought up. "And who's public enemy number 1 now?"
"Well it was me for a while..." Harvey joked but also remained skeptical about this. "But yeah, you have a point."
"Oh they'll want her out, for sure." Bowie reassured him.
"Okay, fine. I'll play ball. But she better be the next one gone after." Emma made the group promise.
"Alright, we're interested. What do you suggest?" Bowie asked as the group split apart and rejoined her at the table, seeming mildly interested at the proposition.
"Simple, at the next elimination, we vote out Zee." Julia laid out the plan which left more confusion than answers.
"Zee? Isn't Priya the bigger threat?" MK raised an eyebrow to this, thinking Priya and Zee to be completely different players in terms of capability.
"Did you see how well he did in the eating challenge?" Julia argued back, determined to get her way. "I think he's been putting on an act this whole game. I don't trust him."
"Come on, Julia. We don't even know how strategy works on Zee's planet. I mean look at him." Bowie pointed towards his table where he just arrived. He was by himself, picking his stomach and pulled out a stray piece of macaroni.
"Awesome! Free belly button snack?" Zee chucked the pasta up in the air and caught it in his mouth.
The others all cringed at the scene and looked away.
"I dunno guys, I don't feel good voting out Priya." Harvey admitted, shrugging his shoulders.
"Okay, fine. We'll target Zee. Happy?" Emma asked Julia who seemed more than satisfied.
"Awesome. Welcome to team Julia." Julia declared.
"Yeah... that's not what I'm calling this alliance." MK got up to leave the others.
CONFESSIONAL: MK
"Julia's playing desperate, it's kinda hilarious." MK let out a small laugh. "Sure I'll go along with her for now but if Zee just so happens to win immunity tomorrow, then I guess it's time for Julia to get blocked from the island."
BOYS CABIN: DAY #24.
Bowie and Harvey were both out early, so Zee remained in the guys cabin with Priya approaching the entrance, her mind racing with different training ideas for her to try out. She gave the open door a knock. "Hey Zee, I was thinking you could time my forest jog today!"
"Huh? Oh, I'm kinda held up here." Zee explained to her.
Priya glanced down and saw a bunch of different coloured balls of string on the floor. "Are you doing arts and crafts?"
"Oh, nah. I'm doing one of those arm rope thingies for my sis." Zee held up the ball of purple string and was deep in thought. "She does like purple..."
"Oh! You mean a friendship bracelet?" Priya's face lt up at the revelation. "I used to make those all the time in my room!"
"I'm worried that I won't have enough to get her that elephant." Zee said, being only 5 drama dollars short.
"I'm sorry, I really want to give you mine but I'm trying to save up for something I need." Priya apologized to him.
"No sweat. You want something from home, don't you?" Zee pointed out to her which she slowly nodded.
"Before coming here, I sent an application in for med school and today is when they start sending out their letters to everyone who's applied to see if they got in." Priya started, sitting down on the bed opposite Zee. "So my parents are gonna know I applied, and I don't know how they'll take it."
"Why wouldn't they be stoked for you?" Zee wondered, not entirely aware of Priya's situation at home.
"It's not exactly their dream for me. They've been looking in to other reality shows. They wanna cash in on my 'exposure' to Total Drama and have me do more competitive reality shows." Priya outlined the word exposure. "Being here is nice and all, but I just want my parents to let me make my own decisions."
"Totally. I mean my mom would never let me and sis go to the park by ourselves, we always gotta do chores and stuff." Zee took a big sigh. Priya could tell that all he wanted to do was have fun with his sister.
"What's your sister up to now?" Priya put her head on her hands as she leaned forward slightly.
"She's got a new job, not exactly big on it but said she needs the money." Zee leaned back, sitting against one of the bed posts as he told Priya. "She does tell these funny stories about guys trying to hit on her. But that's never been her style. Any guy who can keep her attention for a few seconds might as well be good at everything."
"Is that what you wanna do with the million? Help her out?" Priya continued with her line of questions.
"I guess that'd be nice. My folks back home always work a bunch so they're never around. Would be cool to get us all together for a change." Zee thought about the possibilities. "I wonder how many soda cans I can get with a million."
Priya let out a light hearted laugh, glancing yet again at the floor. "I got it! Let me help you with the bracelet. I made 50 of these in case I made any friends."
"Woah, that's awesome! How many do you still have?" Zee asked rather randomly.
"Uh... 50." Priya answered with her typical social awkwardness. "Uh, anyway. Here's how it's done."
CONFESSIONAL: PRIYA
"Zee and I are the only Ferocious Trout members left. We've never really talked since he had Chase and Ripper around and they were always coming after me. He's not really the brightest bulb, but I love how much he cares about his sister. He has someone at home he enjoys being around..." She pauses for a few moments, letting those last few words sink in. "I just hope he doesn't get voted out like all my other friends."
"Keep twisting, and... done!" Priya presented the finished product which were purple and blue alternating arrow patterns going all around the bracelet.
"Wicked! Thanks Priya! I'm sure my sis is gonna dig this!" Zee brought her in to a hug which caught her by surprise but she was happy to return.
MESS HALL: DAY #24.
Julia was busy on her phone, on the way to the Mess Hall, raising it up and down. Her online streaming camera was starting to lag.
"Ugh! Why can't I get a signal at this cruddy campsite?" She ranted to herself as she held the phone up, pointing at the roof of the Mess Hall where her phone's camera froze on a certain frame, where on the top of the Mess Hall's roof, she spotted a familiar looking Frog Statue. "*Gasp* No way!"
CONFESSIONAL: JULIA
"Ugh! Are you kidding me? I've spent days, no, weeks! I spent all my drama dollars for clues on that thing. Did Chris seriously move it from the forest to torture us? What kinda hiding place is that?" Julia complained to the camera, more angry that her drama dollars went to waste.
She spent the morning trying to climb the roof to the top where the statue was perched, her hand getting closer to it. "Just a bit more, come on..."
"All campers report to me for your punishment!" Chris yelled out from his megaphone, making Julia shake and fall off the roof, barely missing the statue. "Haha, I mean the challenge."
"Ugh..." Julia groaned, staying on the grassy fall, feeling the impact of her falling off the roof.
THE FIELD: DAY #24.
Everyone was currently waiting on the host and Chef to arrive on the field, except for Julia, who turned up already looked pretty beat up from climbing and falling off the roof.
"Wow, what happened Julia? Was it a bear you insulted this time?" Bowie taunted her with a laugh.
"Oh I can't wait to crush you at today's challenge." Julia seethed through her teeth, shooting glares at Bowie.
"Ahem, before we begin, it seems the network felt the Cassowaries were too dangerous, and the Wheel of Vomit was 'too gross'. Chris complained. "And it took us all day to clean the paintballs off the Mess Hall after that Hide and Seek challenge. So they asked that today's challenge be *sigh* less menacing..."
Some seemed more relieved at this news than the rest, with those still holding doubt that Chris was tricking them.
"The challenge is just a simple canoe ride down this calm stream, followed by a pleasant jaunt through a lovely field until you reach honey mountain. There, it's a leisurely hike to the top where you'll find the bell of tranquility. Just a nice, easy, challenge." Chris explained while rubbing his hands together. "First camper to ring the bell, wins immunity and is safe at tonight's elimination ceremony. So grab a helmet, a life jacket and pick a canoe! Go enjoy yourselves! On your mark! Get set! Go!" He announced with his smile growing.
The group were somewhat thrown off by the simplistic explanation but shrugged and ran off towards the canoes.
CONFESSIONAL: ZEE
"I've got a good feeling about this challenge. And when I have a good feeling about something? It usually goes great!" Zee stated before thinking more and getting nervous. "Or, really, really bad. It's about fifty fifty."
Everyone reached their canoes at around the same time, got them in the water and started rowing towards the next area with Priya hanging back, feeling more and more cautious about what's ahead and not wanting to take the lead too early.
"You doing okay?" Harvey asked her, him also falling behind. "I thought you'd be lapping the rest of us, besides, this challenge is supposed to be easy."
"Are you kidding? This'll probably be the worst one yet! When Chris said it'd be a nice, easy challenge, he rubbed his hands together. That's a sign of glee." Priya explained to Harvey which got him slightly nervous. "He was imagining something, and what makes Chris gleeful?"
"Seeing us get hurt?" Harvey gulped, slowly figuring it out for himself.
"Right, then he said 'go enjoy yourselves' then the corner of his mouth turned upward. That's what someone who has a secret does. And what does Chris like to keep secrets about?" Priya asked again, getting Harvey to realize her view.
"The way he's gonna hurt us?" Harvey cringed at the thought, struggling to think how fast this will go downhill for everyone.
"Yeah... this is gonna be bad." Priya then snapped out of it and noticed how much they had fallen behind. "Come on! We gotta catch up!"
"They got all kinds of pain coming their way, don't they?" Chef asked the host as he took a seat with a drink, joining him in watching the monitor.
"Absolutely." Chris sat back and relaxed, ready for the show to begin.
The group continued cannoning, starting to unexpectedly pick up speed as the sounds of the rushing waters grew.
"Hey, is this water getting faster?" Emma tried to slow down but with no luck as she stared ahead in horror at the downward hill.
Chris burst out laughing as he watched everyone scream their way down the hill, hitting many rocks along the way.
"Well, I better order more medical supplies!" Chef eagerly opened his phone.
Everyone continued having a rough time with the tide with Harvey crashing in to a rock and Priya getting swept underwater. The only person who looked like they were having fun was Zee as he shot up in to the air with his canoe and re-emerged from the water, holding on to the canoe as it was poking up sideways.
CONFESSIONAL: ZEE
"Woah! My entire life flashed before my eyes!" Zee explained, still feeling the rush of the moment until he realized something. "I have not eaten one vegetable..."
Julia sat up, feeling dizzy from her ride down the hill as she looked around, sighing in relief as the rapid waters came to a stop and noticed that no one was ahead of her.
"Ha! it'll take more than some extra fast water to stop me! Haha- ow!" Julia's brag fest got cut short by a stray fish flying out and hitting her across the face. "Oh that is it!"
Fish kept firing out of the water like a canon as Julia stood up and deflected the incoming sea life with her oar, even spinning it like a baton until another canoe came incoming and knocked her back down.
"Oops, sorry. My bad." MK excused herself in a sarcastic tone. "I guess Ripper was right. Human shields are useful!"
"Hey! Watch it bean bag!" Julia yelled back at her before getting struck by more fish, covering her head in defense.
"Later shark bait!" Bowie taunted as he took the lead with Emma following closely behind.
"Bowie and Emma take the lead!" Chris narrated from his seat as Bowie and Emma now faced the fish storm. "But paying a serious price to stay there."
"Ugh... ow! This is- oof! Impossible! They're flying in from both sides!" Emma yelled as she was struggling to deal with the army. Harvey was catching up with the duo until he got an idea.
"I got it! If we keep our canoes together, you can block one side, and I can block the other!" Harvey called out to her.
"Good idea!" Emma nodded, slowing down to let him catch up so their canoes were even.
"Okay, you got this Harvey. All those times your father forced you in to watching baseball..." Harvey talked to himself as he batted a fish up in the air and could only cringe as he watched it fly up and land through Emma's canoe, making a big hole, filling with water.
"Gahhh!" Emma screamed as she fled her canoe and dove right in to Harvey's. She then folded her arms and glared at him.
"Okay, this can work out, two people in one canoe will help us go faster!" Harvey suggested only to get struck by the same fish that Emma threw at him. "Okay, I deserved that."
"And just as Emma scored a canoe date with Harvey, her lead is quickly evaporating. But you know, sometimes you need to slow down and enjoy yourself." Chris narrated as the campers were now reaching the end of the first part of the canoe ride with MK out in front.
"Wait a minute... that smell... don't fish attract..." MK's train of thought got cut off as she felt a heavy weight on her canoe, turning around to see a brown bear enjoying the salmon leaning on the backside of her canoe. "Bears!"
"Get lost bear! I don't have time for this!" Julia yelled as she used her oar to hold back the raging animal. But then another one leapt up and started pouncing on her as she let out screams like a squeaky toy. Bowie was hiding behind a rock with his canoe, cringing at the scene but couldn't help but keep watching.
CONFESSIONAL: BOWIE
"Don't wanna get too close. I'll have everyone else take care of the animals, and then when that immunity bell is in sight? Then I'll step over Julia's broken body and ding! ding! ding!" Bowie explained his strategy, finding enjoyment in other people taking care of the dangers of the challenge for him.
Emma and Harvey kept rowing until a bear appeared from underneath their canoe and tossed them to shore. They got up from the sand and brushed themselves off, assuming they were in the clear but was cut off when they saw a trio of bears circling them.
"Okay, this could be a problem." Emma looked around and couldn't seem to find a way out, making her all the more nervous with the bears closing in on her and Harvey. They both held each other and let out a combined scream.
Zee saw the predicament the two were in and glanced down at the fresh salmon he caught on his canoe, he ran towards the scene, ready to throw it. "Salmy! This is an important mission! Save my friends!"
He ran up and threw the fish over the bears, causing them to switch their moods quickly as they all raced towards it, leaving Harvey and Emma a way out.
"Okay, I think they're gone." Emma let out a huge breath.
"Phew! Thanks Zee!" Harvey called out to him. "Uh... I think we can let go of each other now."
The two quickly released from each others gasp, with a brief awkward atmosphere. Zee waved out to them, thankful they were safe while Julia glared daggers at him.
CONFESSIONAL: JULIA
"See? I knew he was just acting. He's trying to buddy up with Emma and Harvey so they don't vote him off next." Julia pointed out before laughing to herself. "Oh it is on. Mark my words, I will get him out. I don't care how smart he is."
CONFESSIONAL: ZEE
Zee glanced around for a while with a blank stare. "I forgot why I came in here..."
"Our resident canoe buddies Harvey and Emma have retaken the lead, but it's not by much." Chris watched on as the duo continued their rowing.
"You know, I missed doing this. You know, us getting to do challenges together." Harvey turned back towards Emma with a smile.
"Yeah... listen, Harvey. I was wrong for yelling at you about Chase, I should've known he wasn't going to change." Emma opened up, not sure how to put this. "I still wasn't happy about you not trusting me enough to tell me, but... I get it. You know?"
"It's not that I didn't want to tell you or anything, it's just... woah... what's that sound?" Harvey wondered to himself.
"I know, right? Us talking things out, who woulda thought, right?" Emma joked.
"Shh." Harvey told her which got Emma slightly irritated.
"Hey! Don't shush me!" Emma defended, wondering where this was coming from.
"Listen! Sounds like a... waterfall!" Harvey yelled as him and Emma saw the vertical drop approaching faster. They both screamed and held on to each other once again as they fell straight down, carried by the water.
"Uh, where'd they go?" Julia turned to Bowie and MK who shared the same thoughts.
"Look out!" MK yelled, pointing at the cliff as they all screamed their way down the waterfall. Right behind them were Zee and Priya bringing up the rear.
"Man, this is kinda nice. I've never gone canoeing before." Zee took a deep breath as he took in the views.
"Uh, Zee?" Priya looked on, noticing they were starting to run out of river.
"I was on a boat once, went cannonballing off a cliff." Zee brought up, remaining unaware of the waterfall.
"Zee?" Priya repeated, trying to gain his attention.
"Did I tell you that was how I lost my leg?" Zee turned to her, completely ignoring the cliff.
"Zee! Scream!" Priya screamed as she dipped off the cliff followed by Zee.
"I think this stream's broken down!" Zee continued rowing at air as he was falling straight down.
A few seconds have passed and everyone managed to recover from the big drop and were out of their canoes as they looked around.
"I can't believe we survived that." Emma said, still recovering from the aftershock.
"At least they can't make the challenge more difficult, I mean how do you top a waterfall?" MK wondered out loud, almost challenging the hosts.
"They always say that, and it hurts!" Chris cringed as he turned to Chef. "Don't they know me at all?" He then felt a ringing come from his pocket, reaching in to pull out a comically large crocodile alarm clock. "Oh look at that! It's crocodile lunch time!"
"Why are you like this?" Chef slapped his forehead.
Right on cue, crocodiles appeared from below the water as they glared at their prey.
"Careful, crocodiles have the strongest bite of any animal." Priya warned the group as she backed up.
One of the predator's came forward and roared at Julia. She let out a high pitched scream before jamming her oar in its open mouth.
"Ha! Now get out of my way, water lizard! I have a bell to ring!" Julia continued provoking it, fueling its rage.
CONFESSIONAL: BOWIE
"You know what's stronger than Julia's broken canoe paddle? A crocodile's tail." Bowie folded his arms and smirked, as if this was something he's been looking forward to for a while.
"Move!" Julia growled which the crocodile obliged and went back underwater only to catch her off guard by tossing her backwards with its tail.
"Oh that's a shame." Bowie smiled as he and the others continued on their way as Julia continued to act as a tennis ball between two crocodile tails.
"Thanks for keeping them busy Julia! You're a real trooper!" MK called out to her as everyone passed her.
"Wow, those crocs didn't even try!" Chris ranted at how quick everyone else was able to get past. "Guess I shouldn't have given the sharks the day off. Lesson learned."
The campers were now on dry land as they took off their life jackets and looked forward to see how much of the challenge was left.
"Wow, honey mountain is actually... beautiful?" Emma felt speechless at the not so difficult looking path up the hill.
"Careful, you don't wanna get catfished by a mountain." Bowie warned her, looking skeptically at the mountain.
"Don't be fooled, this is Chris! It's definitely more dangerous than it looks." Priya added as she glared at the path ahead.
"So what's in the field, huh? Bear traps?" Chef asked Chris.
"Chef! Of course not! That could hurt one of the bears!" Chris defended with a smile as they continued watching.
Everyone started running towards the mountain only to notice puddles on the ground as they were passing by.
"Why is the ground wet..." Priya mumbled as her and everyone else froze to feel the rumbling floor. "*Gasp* Geysers!"
Everyone froze as Harvey got launched in to the air by a Geyser as he yelled for dear life.
"Geezers? They have old people here?" Zee looked around curiously.
"No! Geysers! They're small water volcanoes from the ground." Priya specified with Harvey coming crashing down with a large thud.
"How did you get geysers on this island?" Chef turned to Chris who still had a smile on him.
"I had one of the interns do some maintenance, then had it tested on her." Chris explained as if it wasn't a big deal.
The intern in question was shown in the infirmary in a full body cast. She was cursing out loud only to be muffled by the bandages.
"Stick to the dry ground. If it feels wet beneath you, move fast!" Priya advised Harvey and Zee as they steered clear of all the wet patches of ground.
"Heh, where did you learn that, Geyser camp?" Harvey joked, getting used to Priya's stories by now.
"No! It wasn't a camp, it was more of a... week long retreat in the... wilderness." Priya stuttered as she explained, feeling awkward about this.
"I got it! Run fast so the water can't find you!" Zee ran past the two of them as he laughed, managing to dodge multiple Geysers.
"See? I told you he was acting. He knows what he's doing..." Julia told MK as she glared at Zee.
"Oh sure! I bet he knows everything! Maybe he'll be a crazy scientist in a lab! Maybe write an award winning novel called "Inside my brain." MK sarcastically listed off as Julia rolled her eyes.
"Forget this! I'm going for the bell!" Julia ran after Zee, using his strategy of running through the area.
CONFESSIONAL: MK
"Trust me, I've looked through Zee's confessionals. They're not exactly digging for gold..." MK trailed off as she plugged in the phone and loaded one of his confessionals.
"I know I had a reason for coming in here..." Zee remained blank for a while.
"He says nothing for the next 5 minutes then just leaves." MK specified, proving her point.
Julia continued running, ignoring where she was actually going as a stray blast of water shot her upwards, crash landing in to the same spot before the cycle continued. Priya attempted to overtake her but crashed on the floor as Julia landed on her.
"Ooh, you guys okay?" Zee stopped in his tracks to help them back up.
"Back off! I know who you really are. You're a lot sneakier than I thought, you know?" Julia pointed at him, refusing his help. "You knew I'd copy your strategy so you baited me in to that water hole!"
"Uh... I don't know what you mean." Zee scratched his head.
"Yeah, right. You're going down!" Julia let him know before getting blasted by another stray geyser.
CONFESSIONAL: ZEE
"I really don't know what she means..." Zee admitted with a shrug of his shoulders.
"Bowie is the first one to begin the climb up honey mountain! But Julia is right on his heels!" Chris commentated as Bowie started jogging up the mountain as Julia, still fresh from all those launches in the air, tries her best to catch up.
"Hey guys! Check this out!" Zee called as Priya, Emma and Harvey all looked back and saw him get launched up in the air, screaming as if he was on a rollercoaster as he crashed in to the nearby bush by the mountain, overtaking all of them as he emerged with berries in hand. "Free berries! Sweet!"
"Come on guys, remember the game plan!" MK overtook the trio who were falling behind as Priya looked confused.
"Game plan? What are you..." She looked puzzled for a second as a geyser went off right next to her. "Woah! Catching up now!"
CONFESSIONAL: PRIYA
"Game plan? Did they already talk about who to vote?" Priya wondered before realizing her spot. "Crud! I might be in trouble again!"
Zee was beginning to catch up on the frontrunners as MK tried keeping up with him. The three behind them were also starting their trek up the mountain until Emma noticed something.
"Do you guys hear that?" She looked around, concerned.
"Hear what?" Harvey asked her as he was trying to stay concentrated.
"Sounds like a humming. Almost feels like this mountain is a..." Priya trailed off before noticing the amount of dripping honey and bees surrounding it.
"BEEHIVE!" The three all yelled.
"Yup, the reason it's called honey mountain is because it's actually North America's largest known open air beehive. Home to an estimated 8 billion angry, angry bees." Chris explained within his beekeeper outfit. "Fun fact, part of our budget this season was selling our honey online. Call now if you want to place an order of Total Drama honey, all proceeds go to bigger and more brutal challenges for our campers."
Swarms of bees started to shoot out from the mountain, heading towards the two frontrunners.
"Bees!" Bowie yelled as he crouched to avoid them.
"Gah! Get away from me!" Julia yelled, muffled by the sound of bees flying around her face.
"Ooh, wish I could help but gotta stick to our game plan!" Bowie excused as he continued ahead while Priya, Harvey and Emma all get held up with their own groups of bees on their tails.
"And Bowie is the first camper to reach the top!" Chris turns to see Bowie arrived as he saw the bell in sight.
"A clear path straight to the bell? Nicely done Bowie." He took a moment to pat himself on the back as before he ran ahead to the finish, someone's voice caught his eye.
"You!" Julia yelled from behind Bowie, standing on top of one of the rocks with her top half all covered in stings.
"Yikes, something is very not right with your face." Bowie pointed out her swollen and beaten up face.
"Admit it! You don't care if Zee wins! You just wanted me to lose!" Julia accused him while glaring through her puffed eyes.
"What? Was that not obvious enough?" Bowie laughed, not treating this as a big surprise. "What can I say? You're a threat."
"Oh it is so time for some payback!" Julia threatened him, pounding one fist in to her other hand.
"Ooh, you look like you can't afford to pay anyone back." Bowie continued.
This set Julia off as she leapt off her rock to attack him, Bowie screamed and tried to escape but was a few seconds too late as the two started brawling.
Priya ran ahead while Harvey and Emma both stopped outside an entrance to a cave.
"Come on! This can be a shortcut!" Emma told him as she ran inside.
"Emma! Wait!" Harvey tried warning her but sighed to himself as he slowly followed her in.
CONFESSIONAL: HARVEY
"If there are two things I try and avoid, it's beehives and caves. I tried a beekeeper job once, one of the hives somehow fell on me while I was looking through a small cave. I heard buzzing for the next 3 weeks. Most time I've spent in a hospital." Harvey recapped as he shuddered at the memory. "If I follow Emma in to that cave, I might be bee food, but if I don't? She'll probably think I went behind her back again. No better time to face your fears, right?"
"Okay, guess they don't like intruders..." Emma looked around and saw a bear and a goat trapped in honey prisons of some sort. She looked behind and saw Harvey following her while visibly shaking. "Are you okay?"
"Huh... Wha... yeah... yeah! I'm okay! Legs are just giving out from all that running, that's all." Harvey took a deep breath and walked faster. "Come on, the faster we get out of here, the less bees I have to worry about."
"Okay then..." Emma watched him with a raised eyebrow before continuing on.
CONFESSIONAL: EMMA
"I don't get it, is Harvey scared of bees? Why didn't he tell me, does he not trust me?" Emma thought to herself. "I thought things were cleared up between us but maybe I got my hopes up too quick again. No, it's fine Emma, the two of you are completely fine... right?"
Priya caught up with MK as the two of them neared the top of the mountain.
"What did you mean back there when you said you had a 'game plan'?" Priya asked her, still worried about being left out of it.
"Well duh, making sure Julia doesn't win the challenge so we can vote her out." MK explained to her easily.
"Oh, that makes sense. I was just worried you guys were planning to get me off instead." Priya told her with a nervous laugh.
"Oh that's what Julia thinks. But I'm trying to get the votes together to keep you around." MK continued as Priya thought to herself.
CONFESSIONAL: MK
"Pfft, as if I was ever going along with Julia's dumb plan, she's the only one left who's on to me after voting Chase out. If Priya and Zee think I'm saving them and Harvey still in my debt for saving him, that's enough for me to run the table." MK laughed.
"I am done playing nice!" Bowie declared as he was tired of fending Julia off as he landed a kick which knocked her back on to the floor. Bowie laughed as he continued running towards the bell.
"Oh no you don't!" Julia yelled as she threw honey at one of his shoes to trap him in place and tripping him up. "And that's the difference between you and me, I never play nice!"
"Hey Julia! Catch!" Bowie called out as he flung the honey at her face, distracting her as he yet again overtook the lead. "I ring the bell, you get a mask for your face, it's a win-win!"
"Over my dead body!" Julia retorted as she tackled him in to a nearby honey pit, trapping them both.
"Just when you thought honey couldn't get any sweeter!" Chris watched as they tried and failed to get themselves free. "The question now is can either of them get out before someone else reaches the to-"
"Chris! My man! Is this the top of the mountain?" Zee asked the host as he looked around.
"Well unless the rest of it is invisible..." Chris quipped, still surprised he had to explain this.
"Awesome! I win humidity!" Zee cheered with his hands raised, assuming he finally won a challenge.
"It's immunity, and first you have to-" Chris started before getting cut off again by the two honey pit brawlers.
"Zee! Give me your hand!" Bowie called out as he managed to keep his head and hands above the honey.
"What? No! Zee! Help me!" Julia argued as she held her own hand out, pushing Bowie aside.
"Oh you want some more?" Bowie held up his fist as the two of them continued their fight, not giving their oxygen much thought as they started to drown in the honey.
"Oh no! I gotta get help!" Zee looked around frantically before noticing the bell. "A lifeguard bell! Perfect!"
Chris just watched as Zee ran over and frantically rang the bell to get the host's attention.
"Chris! Bowie and Julia are drowning! You gotta do something!" Zee told the host as he ran back over to the honey pit.
"Zee wins immuni- and he's gone again." Chris sighed that his announcement was once again cut short.
CONFESSIONAL: ZEE
"I was pretty worried that I'd save one of them and leave the other one, but then I remembered 'Yo Zee! You have two hands!'" Zee held up both his hands triumphantly.
Zee reached down and managed to grab both Julia and Bowie, lifting them up as they coughed up some stray honey. Before Julia was able to get up, Bowie kicked her to the side and walked towards the bell.
"After I ring this bell, I'm sending you home! Oh, and one more thing? 95% of your social media followers... are bots!" Bowie laughed which made Julia livid.
"TAKE... THAT... BACK!" Julia screamed at him, slowly getting up as her adrenaline was at an all time high.
CONFESSIONAL: BOWIE
"I went too far." Bowie cringed at his comment.
The next thing Bowie knew, he was launched in to the giant honey hole by Julia as she laughed, running over to ring the bell, not even waiting on Chris's input.
"Yes! I win!" Julia cheered as she snatched the megaphone from Chris and started to speak in it. "You hear that, butt knuckles? I win the challenge! I'm not going anywhere! Bow down to the queen of honey mountain!"
"Seriously? She won again?" MK complained as her and Priya reached the top, only now realising that they were too late.
"Oh, this is not good." Priya cringed but noticed Chris was even more annoyed.
"If I can get through one speech without getting interrupted!" Chris took back the megaphone and revealed the actual results. "You would've won immunity if you were the first one to ring the bell. But Zee was the first one to ring in while you and Bowie were honey wrestling! Meaning he wins immunity and the rest of you are all up for elimination! Including you!"
"What? I- I lost?" Julia stuttered, not believing she lost to Zee of all people.
"Wow, sucks to be you right now." MK folded her arms and smiled. Her and Priya both laughing at this unexpected outcome.
"Hey Julia, glad you're okay." Zee spoke from behind her. Julia turned around with flames in her eyes, visibly livid.
"YOU!" She pointed and yelled as she started charging towards him.
"GAH!" Zee screamed, crouching down thinking that would be any help.
Before Julia could reach him however, she tripped over a stone that sent her flying off the top and in to a beehive. The bees all swarmed her as she yelled and ran away off the edge of another cliff, landing head first in to one of the open geysers which blasted her to the top of a waterfall.
"Ugh... that could've gone worse..." Julia rubbed her head before noticing the edge of a waterfall which sent her falling. "Oh crud!"
MESS HALL: DAY #24.
Julia slumped in to her seat in the Mess Hall as she glanced at her food, having a good feeling that it'll be her last meal.
"Need help getting fed?" Bowie passed her with a grin with his own meal in hand.
"Ugh, shut up. If I was at full strength right now, I'd throttle you." Julia shook her fist in frustration. "At least I'm heading home with my phones."
"You know, I was meaning to ask, how did you find out where those phones were?" Bowie asked, sparing her a moment of curiosity.
"MK mentioned the control room during the flag challenge and... oh my gosh." Julia paused in her own tracks, thinking back on past events and how they could have played out.
"What?" Bowie raised a brow as he sat down, knowing that look of Julias.
"I'll be right back." Julia got up and stumbled her way out the Mess Hall, still held back from her injuries. Bowie merely shrugged and went back to eating.
CAMPFIRE CEREMONY 12: NIGHT #24.
The final 7, soon to be 6 all made their traditional trek to the campfire area, some more beat up than others. Chris awaited them all and waited for them to take their seats before his usual speech. "Campers, as much fun as today was, tonight you have a job to do. Decide which of you is being eliminated. And like with every other ceremony, you all have your reasons. Now, Zee has immunity and is off the table. Let's see who's in the firing line tonight!"
"Harvey, in wanting to show off your non existent baseball skills with a fish, you ended up sinking Emma's canoe." Chef began.
"Are we still cool after that?" Harvey turned to Emma, hoping she wasn't still upset with him.
"Depends..." Emma trailed off before getting cut off by Chef who glanced over at her.
"Emma, you led Harvey in to a bee infested cave even though he's scared to death of them!" Chef turned to her. "You both fell behind early and cost yourselves a shot at the bell."
"Yeah, we're cool." Emma confirmed almost instantly, avoiding eye contact.
"Bowie, you said 95% of Julia's followers were bots. And you said it in your outside voice." Chef reminded Bowie who looked over as Julia shot more glares at him.
"Do I regret saying it? Yes. Do I regret saying it to her? Not at all." Bowie spoke in confidence.
"And Julia, you accused Zee of being this mastermind genius and then tried attacking him after he saved you from honey drowning." Chef finished his shortlist off with her as he had almost little to no reaction out of this.
"Wait, you thought I was a genius? Not cool, Julia." Zee shook his head and crossed his arms at her assumptions.
"Well I think we've covered everything." Chris said, about to start the voting process until Julia stood up.
"Oh really? Have we?" Julia stood up with her arms folded, looking forward to what was about to come.
"Uh... yes?" Chris scratched his head, wondering what the hold up was.
"Because I have something to say. You guys were all wrong, it wasn't Cassidy who stole from you." Julia told the group who all looked at each other.
"Weren't you the one who accused her?" Bowie pointed out in which Julia promptly ignored him.
"Doesn't matter how it happened, but it wasn't her, it was MK!" Julia accused while pointing at the pick pocket who raised an eyebrow to go with her deadpan expression. "She's been stealing all of our stuff!"
"Wow, that's the best you can do?" MK laughed, managing to maintain a poker face. "Not gonna lie Julia, I was expecting a bit more. I'm disappointed."
"You've been bragging about finding that control room at the capture the flag challenge, so when I went there and found one of my phones missing, I decided earlier to make a little trip to the cabin before the elimination. And look what I found under your bunk." Julia reached in to her pocket and pulled out a familiar looking phone, catching MK off guard which Julia noticed. "See? She's guilty. And guess what else I found? All of our confessionals downloaded!"
"Wait, what?" Harvey looked up, remembering the MP3 player filled with Cassie's confessionals.
"Ahem, everyone ready to vote?" Chris looked up from his own phone, just waiting for the whole thing to pass by.
"Okay, just for the record, I've never seen any of this stuff before. And Julia is the one who just showed up with it." MK folded her arms, lying through her teeth and managing to regain her composure. "And who's phone were those confessionals on?"
"Alright, then how did I find this?" Julia scrambled through the videos and found the one she was looking for. She pressed play and showed it to everyone.
"Fine. In exchange for the immunity statue, I, Harvey agree to vote however MK wants for the rest of the season." The familiar words met Harvey's ears and his face turned pale, with MK's voice also being heard at the start.
"Wait, that's..." MK stuttered, her mind froze as she now knew how major of a mistake she made.
"You know, I find it weird that you knew about the phone and didn't say anything." Julia redirected her attention to Harvey, who could now feel the looks of everyone else fall on him.
"I was in so much panic about going home that I didn't even think to question how she got the phone in the first place." Harvey defended himself. "But yeah, I found out thanks to Cassie's MP3 player that MK stole the statue from her."
"Makes sense since you also framed her for stealing everyone's stuff, and was able to steal one of my phones. You're the only one who's experienced doing that." Julia smirked at her while MK sank lower in her seat. Julia then addressed Harvey one last time. "If you side with MK and I go home, everyone knows you can't be trusted."
"Okay campers, let's go rock the vote!" Chris tried redirecting their attention before giving up.
"So wait, you were able to download all of our confessionals?" Priya asked, remaining speechless at how someone was able to do that.
"Look, I'll show you." Julia loaded up one of the confessionals, hoping to sneak a peak in to some info before Bowie intervened.
"I'll take care of that." Bowie snatched the phone from her hands and without a second thought, flung the phone in to the lake. "There, now our secrets are safe."
"Alright, that's enough talking and not enough voting. Let's get to it before I die of boredom!" Chris clapped his hands, trying to rush the process.
CONFESSIONAL: PRIYA
"MK might have stolen our confessionals which is totally cheating by the way!" Priya pointed out, fuming after only just finding this out. "But Julia's still the bigger threat, this could be our only chance to vote her out."
CONFESSIONAL: EMMA
"MK is totally gonna pay for that." Emma stated with her arms folded. "No one steals my hairbrush and gets away with it. I can't believe I was ever nice to her."
CONFESSIONAL: BOWIE
"I really wanted to hang on to that phone full of juicy confessionals, but no one having it is better than Julia having it. Now I have to figure out who to vote off. Julia has been a pain in my behind since Day 1, but if I'm not careful, MK could frame me for something I didn't do! It's a tough decision." Bowie tried weighing up his options, feeling like he was the deciding vote in all of this.
"Well this was definitely the longest voting process in Total Drama history. The votes were close. But let's get the obvious out of the way.." Chris turned to his tray and started tossing out marshmallows.
"Harvey."
"Emma."
"Bowie."
"Priya."
"You are all safe." Chris declared as the four of them as they all happily glanced at their marshmallows. "Julia, MK, there's only one marshmallow left."
The two rivals glared at each other before looking back at the remaining marshmallow, their eyebrows lowering.
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"Julia!"
Julia let out a gasp as she caught the marshmallow, shooting a triumphant look at MK. "Yes!"
"MK, you've been eliminated." Chris announced as MK just sat there, floored at how everything unravelled so quickly for her.
"Aw, that's a shame. Oh wait... no it's not!" Julia taunted her, knowing she managed to get the last laugh as MK could only sit there and glare at her.
"Follow me to the dock of shame. It's time for... MK drone home!" Chris quipped as he laughed to himself.
"Is that some kind of pop culture reference for old people? Good for you." MK walked past him, wanting to just get this over with.
"I will not miss you." Chris responded even though she was out of earshot, following her to see her off.
CONFESSIONAL: MK
"Aw man, that million dollars coulda changed my life. That phone had all the dirt I needed to get me in to the finals. This rots! Guess I got too overconfident. But at least I'm not leaving the Island empty handed." MK reached down and pulled out Julia's necklace that she managed to keep hidden even from her. "And it's not like this show was a complete waste of time. On the bright side, at least I didn't make any friends."
MK walked along until she reached the end of the dock where Chris and the drone were waiting for her. She held on to her hat as the drone grabbed it and lifted her in to the air. "This thing isn't even that scary."
"That is one tight fitting hat!" Chris watched on as the cynical introvert was flown away. "Well that was a fun challenge followed by a more fun and drama filled campfire ceremony. And yet people still wonder how we've been on air for 15 years. And that makes 12 eliminated campers! Who will be the unlucky 13? Will Julia get that immunity statue in time? Does Emma still trust Harvey? And how much more training can Priya go through before people start questioning her sanity? Only one way to find out. Keep joining us here on Total! Drama! Island!"
THE INFIRMARY: NIGHT #24.
A few hours after the elimination. Most of the campers, shook up from the events that happened, decided to call it a night, hoping that a good night's sleep in their cabins will help them feel better tomorrow. One camper however, had one more thing they needed to do before turning in for the night.
Inside the infirmary, the intern who got hospitalised for doing maintenance for the geizers and got it tested on them in return, remained in the hospital bed, currently sleeping off the pain. The doctors say she'll be out of comission for the rest of the season.
Standing across from her, was Zee with his bag. He placed it down, opened it and pulled out a purple elephant plushie and a matching purple and blue friendship bracelet. He placed them both on the night stand on her right.
"Happy birthday, sis." Zee whispered to her as he zipped up his bag and left the infirmary to head back to his cabin.
VOTES.
Bowie - MK
Emma - MK
Harvey - MK
Julia - MK
MK - Julia
Priya - Julia
Zee - Julia
18TH - CALEB
17TH - AXEL
16TH - NICHELLE
15TH - LAUREN
14TH - MILLIE
13TH - DAMIEN
12TH - WAYNE
11TH - RIPPER
10TH - CASSIDY
9TH - RAJ
8TH - CHASE
7TH - MK
Yeah... I knew a lot of you guys were rooting for MK. Especially after masterminding the last three eliminations. Ultimately Cassie leaving her MP3 player to Harvey caused the domino effect that led to her downfall. While I did like how Julia exposing her in the original played out and made for a tense elimination ceremony, it felt a bit too sudden and rushed for me, and the whole "She's seen all of you pooping" thing just felt like a weird reason for people to take her side when MK had the better arguments of the two.
Only 4 episodes left now, we're nearing the end. How will the next challenge play out? Find out another week from now. Until next time, see you whenever!