Responding to Reviews:
LaCuevademisgustos: I understand your point, but I don't think I found a good way to include the boys in the challenge, and I needed to balance the elimination scales. Thanks for that GREAT contribution to the writing, I'll try to think of a word to use for the "romantic" looks.
WARNING: The following chapter contains some scatological humor that may make some people uncomfortable. Discretion and not eating while reading this is recommended.
Remaining Contestants:
Mutant Maggots: Anne Maria, Jo, Lightning, Mike, Scott, Shawn, Zoey
Poison Frogs: Brick, Dakota, Dave, Dawn, Max, Sam, Scarlett, Sky, Topher
Toxic Rats: Amy, Cameron, Ella, Jasmine, Sammy
"Last time on Total Drama Island..." Chris narrated as moments from the previous episode were shown, "I took a day off to let our not-as-amazing-as-me guest, Blaineley, lead her own all-girls challenge, while the boys partied all over the luxury house, except the joy-killer Dave. Meanwhile the girls each succeeded or failed in each phase of the beauty pageant hosted by our guest; veteran Sugar became so obsessed with the crown that she sabotaged even her own team, which obviously got her booted from the island; while the winner of the night was Jo, proving that sometimes nerdies look better with glasses"
Chris looked at the camera, sitting by the campfire as he baked his own marshmallow, "In total we only have twenty competitors left..." he said as he took a bite of his baked candy, "Who will be the next to be rejected by their own team? Find out right here, right now, in the most exciting episode of Total...Drama...Island!"
(Theme Song plays)
Deep in the woods in the morning, Dawn walked calmly with a basket in her hands, soon she came to a clearing where she began to whistle melodically, as she did so several rabbits came out of the bushes and approached her very friendly.
"Hey there, little ones" Dawn greeted the animals, "Yes, I tal to you, Carl, Phoebe, Kevin and Fluffy! I brought you some food as a reward for being the only ones of your kind that aren't mutated yet, though I'd love you anyway...". The hippie threw the small pieces of sliced carrot onto the ground, where the rabbits ate them like pigeons. Dawn noticed a smaller rabbit tugging at her petticoat with his paw, "Oh, little Timmy! How could I forget about you, here..."
She gave the little one his slice of carrot, soon the other rabbits jumped around her, "Relax, my basket is empty, but don't worry, I'll bring more; stay here, I'll be back to see your beautiful, furry face again...". Dawn left the area, when moments later the rabbits heard a bush move, from which a menacing, tall figure emerged, making them squeal in terror.
Meanwhile, outside the cabins, Ella and the rest of the Toxic Rats were doing some sort of yoga routine, where the geek girl was the main guide.
"Unfold those knees calmly, as if you were enjoying every second of it..." Ella spoke in a very serene voice, while she and the others flexed their legs.
"How are we going to develop muscles if we do it slowly?" Amy asked incredulously
"Yoga isn't about strength, it's about rehabilitating your physique and your mind at the same time"
"In the war drill we do that too, it's just less boring"
Ella sweetly ignored her, "Now try yawning deeply to get all the sleep out of you"
Cameron complied and yawned, so deeply, before that they could hear his neck bending not so gently, "AH MY NECK!" he cried out in pain.
Confessional (Amy):
"After Ella left that Jersey Reject in her place, everyone started idolizing her and calling her 'Ella, the mystic'" explained the blonde with the green cap, "But just to be clear, I'm still the official leader of the team, yes, we've had many defeats and few members now, but it's still better than having a gamer and collecting fan as a leader"
End of the Confessional
While Cameron went to fix his neck, Jasmine went with him, but not before stretching both arms, Sammy looked at her doing that and didn't look away, until someone interrupted her
"What are you doing looking at the actress?" Amy asked him in a bitter tone
"Uh, I..." Sammy got nervous as she tried to make an excuse, "I was watching her to see how it's done...". She stretched his arms out just like she did
"Yeah, right, remember what dad says, 'no looking at people in inappropriate ways'"
"Yeah, got it"
"You better, you know he doesn't like us breaking his rules, I'll see you at the challenge..."
As she left, Sammy took one last look at Jasmine before she left as well
"You really likes you, doesn't?" Ella asked him from behind
"WHAT?!" Sammy jumped in surprise, "Like her? No, I mean, yes, but I just like her, it's just...how did you know that?"
"I feel a vibe that's very connected to hers, it's just like a boy or girl finding their true love, it's so sweet!"
"It doesn't bother you that I like a girl?"
She chuckled, "Not at all, I don't see anything wrong with a kind of love like that, I know you're very attracted to her physical appearance, as well as her personality, why don't you tell her how you really feel?"
Sammy lowered her gaze, "I'd like to, but I can't"
"Come on, I'm sure she'll be delighted that she likes you so much!"
"It's not her, it's, it's... Amy?"
The asiatic geek frowned, "Amy? Doesn't she approve of your romance?"
"No, although I feel that she does, it's just that our family is very reserved and wants us to become honorable women who after winning the war, marry a worthy man, as she spoke, Ella couldn't help but cover her mouth in amazement, "Amy is very focused on that goal, I don't want her to hate me or stop considering me her sister if she finds out that I'm a lesbian...what am I supposed to do?"
"Oh, Samantha, I understand you, honor for the family is very important in life; although that doesn't mean that you should give up on yourself, actually, my mother hates that I play a lot of videogames, but she keeps buying me some knowing that I have controlled time for my classes"
"What do you mean?"
"That honoring your family members is not always following their example, but showing respect towards them and knowing that they love you as much as you love them"
"But, I don't know, can I convince my whole family?"
She patted her on the shoulder, "All in due time, for now, you must tell the truth to the closest one, your sister"
Sammy gulped, "Now?"
"Yeah, the sooner you do it, the sooner your mind will clear from all that stress that's built up over the years and she and your sistership will blossom more than a cherry blossom field!"
Confessional (Sammy):
"Ever since that time I stopped being interested in military action figures and stared at those Polly dolls in the supermarket, I've been conflicted about whether to tell my sister this or not" the blonde said, her cap pulled down over her chest before putting it on her head, "But I think it's time to throw the truth in Amy's direction, safely if she doesn't blow me up first."
End of the Confessional
Back in the woods, Dawn had returned to the clearing with the basket full of pickled carrots
"I'm back, my furry friends," she said looking at her basket, "And this time I brought more...". She gasped when she saw the scene, a clearing with some drops of blood on the grass, at this, Dawn screamed so much that some birds woke up and flew away in fear.
Meanwhile, on the steps of the normal cabin, was there the Poison Frogs, some sitting or standing. They were eating what looked like gray meat stuck on wooden sticks.
"Hmmm, tastes better than I expected" said Dave tasting the meat
"Mom says you have to try new things, so I can handle any food anywhere" said Sam, chewing softly the meat, "I think I've developed a food critic's palate"
"Whatever, it tastes good!" said Max as he chewed, letting some pieces fall out
"Ugh, eat with your mouth closed!" Scarlett ordered disgustedly, standing next to him
"Why? It bothers you like a real..."
"EAT... WITH YOUR MOUTH... CLOSED!" Scarlett shoved the stick into her mouth so he would choke on his food and chew properly.
"Well, at least he enjoys it more than she does" Dave said, pointing at Sky, who was chewing slowly, more than Sam.
"Don't blame me," she replied, swallowing before speaking, "Scarlett said that to lose weight, I have to eat slowly."
"You call that 'slowly'?" the athlete asked incredulously, "It's like watching a hyena devouring a gazelle on a silver platter". Sky complied and chewed even slower.
"Guys!" Dawn called as she approached them, "Have you seen my friends?"
"What friends? We're just teammates" Dave said
"I'm talking about my friends from the forest, the non-mutated bunnies"
"Are there non-mutated creatures here?"
"All because of dumb bunnies? Then look for them in the dumb forest, duh" Max said disinterested
"I'm serious, do you even know where... wait?" Dawn looked closely at each one's meat, and sniffed them, "Carl? Phoebe? Kevin? Fluffy?" she gasped in horror, "You're eating my friends!"
"Hey, calm down, Dawn" Sky said
"My friends! My furry, sweet friends!" the blonde sobbed, "Why did you do this to them?!"
"We didn't do anything" Topher explained, "Dakota was the one who made this for us so we wouldn't eat Chef's disgusting food"
"Dakota? SHE DID WHAT?"
At that moment, the aforementioned hunter approached the team, holding the same meat on a stick as them
"I have the last finished cooking" she said, "Who wants it?"
Dawn approached the stick and sniffed the meat, "Little Timmy? NOOOOOOOOO!". Once again her scream was heard by thousands of birds flying by, "Dakota, how could you do something so cruel?!"
"What's so cruel about that? Wolfs also hunt bunnies and eat them, and they're animals"
"It's true, carnivores and omnivores depend on meat to survive" Scarlett explained
Dawn couldn't believe it, "B-but I'm a vegetarian"
"Well, I highly doubt you'll live longer than us, it's a shame"
"Scarlett, don't say that!" Sky told him
"Listen, hippie" Dakota said, "This world is totally cruel, and the only way to survive is by adapting, no kind of pacifism could be the answer."
Dawn quickly looked at her, "But it doesn't give you a reason why you hunted them"
"It's my job, besides, we're higher up on the food chain than them."
"Are you saying that their lives are inferior to ours?"
"Unfortunately that's the truth, nothing can save them from becoming easy prey". Dakota showed to her the stick with the bunnie meat.
Dawn stepped back in disgust, "Don't bring that near me!"
Dakota raised her eyebrow, "What? Aren't they your friends?"
Dawn hearing that, began to growl in anger, to everyone's surprise, "You GREAT DAUGHTER OF...". She covered her mouth when she realized what she was going to say.
"Were you going to insult me?" Dakota asked feigning surprise, "But I thought you were a kind pacifist, weren't you?"
Dawn just shed tears and simply left the place, crying
"That was a bit far, Dakota" Sky told her
"Oh, please" Scarlett spoke up, "Dawn is the one who is wrong here, the way she lives is not very healthy, I think it's better to guide her to a less ideological path for her own health, otherwise, I think it will be better for her not to be with us in the way"
However, Topher looked at the meat on his stick and then at Dawn from afar, crying in the corner of a tree.
Confessional (Topher):
"I may eat meat like most men, but I have a huge respect for animals" the farmer admitted, "Even the pigs and chickens were friendlier than all those girls running around me, I completely understand Dawn's pain, and I dislike that Dakota doesn't understand that, she deserves something to make her understand..."
End of the Confessional
Somelater, the all campers are now in a big clear with the host
"Hi, campers! Today's challenge is gonna be NASTY!" the host said, remarking that last word, "First, how are your breakfast?"
"We breakfast like kings!" said Lightning proudly
"Ahem!" coughed Jo, getting him attention
"Oh, right! Like kings and two queens, we're counting Anne and Zoey too!". Jo just glare him again
"Our breakfast be'll good...if was being real food" said Amy
"Well, our breakfast was good" said Sam
"Good and completly inmoral!" shouted Dawn, before she noticed that her stomach was grumbling, "Oh, I've not breakfast this morning, I'm so hungry"
"Well, you've not so hungry if you eat meat like a normal person" Scarlett said to her
"I'd prefer be hungry before betray that I am!"
"Ok, ok, shut up!" said Chris, "If you hungry, not problem, this challenge have enough food that you not believe it!"
"But, what do you mean by 'nasty'?" asked Sky
"Oh, you'll see, let's see the course, the obstacule course..."
The camera began to show the first obstacle of a wooden track, where there were two greased railings at the other end of the track, below there was a pile of liquid butter, "First you must go through the butter railings, if you fall, you will find yourself greasier than them...".
The second obstacle was a narrower track over a field of white liquid, with two large garlic cloves swinging like wrecking balls, "Then you'll go down the garlic path, one wrong step and those two balls will send you crying..."
The third obstacle was a field filled with something brown and thick, where several red balls shaped like butts were placed, going up and down, "Then you'll bounce long enough to get through without landing in the dreaded bean field..."
The fourth obstacle was a field filled with a thick reddish-brown substance, where there was a tightrope that reached the other end, also another similar rope higher up, "Then you'll go over the tightrope in the cinnamon area...". At that, a pile of reddish dust appeared on the ropes, "But be careful, cinnamon is spicier than it looks..."
The fifth and final obstacle was the end of the track, where there were several ropes tied to a post, further ahead there was a large black and smelly pool, where at the end there was a huge can of open sardines, "And finally, you will swing to land inside the can in the disgusting and stinking lagoon of totally expired sardine sauce, fall there and you will become the most smelly being that the world has ever known"
Some contestants after seeing all the obstacles, groaned in disgust
"That food does not look appetizing at all!" said Zoey
"'Cause is 'NASTY'!" remarked Chris, "Nasty Food Race!"
"Um, cinnamon isn't a food, it's a spice," Cameron pointed out.
"Anyway, Farmer Brainiac, this is a relay race, so you'll be deciding who will compete in each obstacle."
"Wait a minute, they outnumber us!" Amy pointed out, "And there are only five obstacles."
"Calm down, Miss Military, we'll adjust the number of players based on the eliminations so far; the Poison Frogs still have all nine members from the start, so there will be duos in each obstacle, leaving one with only one."
The Poison Frogs formed up to make a talking circle.
"Okay, here's how it'll be," Scarlett said, "The duos will form with one strong member and one weak member so we don't fall behind too much."
"And who are the weak ones?" Sky asked
"Sam, Dawn and you."
"Me? But I've lost like three pounds today, I can really help!"
"Don't feel bad, partner" Brick told her, "I'll go with you and treat you with respect."
"I'm going with Sam, but if we get close to the last hurdle," Topher said.
"Dave, you go with Dawn" Brick said to the indie-boy.
"Me? But why?" he protested
"Besides you, she's the least social of the group right now" Scarlett said as they watched at Dawn, standing away from the team and still looking depressed, "You'll make a perfect duo if you stand in the middle."
"That'll leave you and me, I guess," Max said, "Though neither of us are weak, I'd guess I'm the more skilled of the two." Scarlett gave him just an annoyed look.
"That leaves Dakota alone" Brick said, "Are you sure?"
"Of course, I'm a prodigy in my family" the wealthy blonde replied, "We've basically got it in the bag, we're the strongest team here!"
"Now, the Mutant Maggots have seven members" Chris spoke up, "That means there will be two duos and three single players"
Now it was the Mutant Maggots' turn to get together and talk
"Let's have the duos reinforce the two weakest on the team" Jo spoke up, "And by that I mean Little Red Riding Hood and the Conspirator"
"Hey, we're not that weak!" Zoey protested, before frowning, "Unless it involves dirt or something"
"I might be good physically" Shawn said, "If it involves climbing up onto the roof to repair the retro-magnetic signal antenna, 30% of the time I haven't fallen off"
"That shows how weak you are" said Jo, "Let Scott go with the conspirator and Lightning go with Little Red Riding Hood"
"Wait, I can go with Zoey" suggested Mike, the redhead smiled at this
"Yeah, no, we have to be quick, so we don't want to waste time if you start talking to each other, lovebirds"
"L-lovebirds?" asked Zoey, she and Mike looked at each other and then looked away, leaving a slight blush on their faces
"Come on, it's more than obvious that you like each other" said Scott mockingly, "Mike seems like your knight in fine armor defending you from the ferocious germs...ha, that sounds good"
"W-we're just friends" said Mike, "...well, almost friends"
"Alright, now we have the Toxic Rats" said Chris, "Which have five members, and there are five obstacles; I think it's pretty obvious that each one is going to have to..."
"Wait a minute!" Sammy protested, raising everyone's attention, "I-I have a better idea, Mr. McLean, how about one of us after passing through one obstacle, accompanies the other to the next, and then that other accompanies the next?"
"What are you doing, Sammy?!" said his sister Amy, surprised in a bad way, "Not that..."
"Hmm, a little specific," said Chris, "But it sounds a little bit interesting, choose your relays in that order"
"Wait, no, it wasn't like that!" Amy groaned and glared at her sister, "Look what happens when you talk without asking my permission!"
"S-sorry..." she replied, a little embarrassed, "But it's just..."
"Save your reasons for later, listen, you'll go in the middle of the race, you'll cross with me and then I'll..."
"You'll go with Jasmine at the last obstacle!" Sammy spoke quickly, "So Ella goes first and Cameron goes second, that's how we go"
"WHAT?! No..."
"Ready, time's up!" Chris spoke with a stopwatch in his hand, "Now position yourself in your assigned spot."
Before everyone could move, Amy faced Sammy, with a glare more withering than the previous one, "We better win, because if not, you'll pay dearly..."
Confessional (Sammy):
The blonde twin swallowed in fear, "I think I'll regret saying what I said..."
End of the Confessional
After a while, each contestant was positioned in the assigned spot of each obstacle.
"So this relay race will go" Chris said as he sat on a beach chair, "First on the railings, Anne Maria vs. Scarlett and Max vs. Ella; then at the garlic, Scott and Shawn vs. Sky and Brick vs. Cameron; then on the beans, Lightning and Zoey vs. Dave and Dawn vs. Sammy; then on the tightrope, Mike vs. Topher and Sam vs. Amy with Sammy; and finally on the sardines, it will be Jo vs. Dakota vs. Jasmine with Amy; the first one or ones to swing and land inside the can will win, of course, along with their relay in hand."
"What relay?" Cameron asked
"Well, you need a relay object to swap between obstacles, luckily I have some here...". He pointed to a trio of three small plastic figurines on a small table, each one with the color and shape of the representative animal of each team; a red maggot, a blue frog, and a green rat. "Take good care of them, you'll need them, here they go..."
The host took the three statuettes and threw them straight at the contestants at the first obstacle
"I've got it!" Max pulled Scarlett aside so he could catch the figure, which ended up hitting him in the head, knocking him down, while Scarlett took it and looked at the boy frowning, "That was cheating..."
"Watch out for my hair!" Anne Maria shrieked as she covered her head, her figure falling in front of her feet, much to her relief. Ella caught her figure right in her hands
"Now get ready because the race is about to start..." Chris said, raising his horn, "In three...two...one...". At the sound of the horn, the four at the start immediately ran, except for the ones from team Frog. Scarlett had tripped over Max who had crossed her path.
"Don't cross me!" the redhead scolded her who tried to get up.
"Cross you? You ran into me, you fool!" the purple-haired man replied, equally angry.
As they separated from each other, Ella and Anne had reached the front of the first obstacle, the railings turned from left to right, and the butter that covered them made them look extremely slippery.
"We don't have all day, Anne!" Scott said to the girl from the other end.
"I'm coming, don't panic..." she replied, looking nervously at the railing, "Okay, one slow step and...". However, even as she slowly put her feet in, she ended up slipping and falling. The country girl groaned as she was covered in butter upon landing, from head to toe. "EUGH! This butter feels gross...", to her bewilderment, a lot of pimples erupted all over her skin, which she looked at from her arm, "My perfect tan skin ruined!"
"Oh yeah" Chris said as he laughed at her misfortune, "As they say, 'if you eat butter your beautiful face will get pimples', by the way, don't squeeze them, believe me..."
"But she only touched it" Cameron said
"Exactly, but it turns out its effects were greater because all these 'foods' are irradiated". Everyone gasped in terror and worry at that moment, "RELAX! Nothing will happen to you, it's just that if you're exposed to those foods, their effects will be more prominent, it's a result of having grown thanks to the best microwave we have..."
At that moment, a previous scene is shown, where there were some wires connected to what seemed to be a barrel of glowing toxic waste, these wires were from a microwave where Ezekiel put all the food inside and pressed the power button. Just then, in a distant shot, the place where that explosion happened was shown
Back in the race, Ella was more balanced on the railings, trying hard not to slip or fall
"Come on, Ella, you've almost got it!" Cameron encouraged her right on the edge
"Here's the relay..." she told him, before stepping on a misstep and ending up falling, splashing in the butter below. Soon enough, Scarlett and Max arrived at the obstacle.
"Alright, how do we cross that?" Max asked Scarlett, the redhead just thought until something occurred to her.
"Hold this!" he said as he handed her the blue relay
"Ha, thanks, you knew I was the one to hold..." then Scarlett lifted him up effortlessly, "Hey! Put me down right now...". The redhead threw him straight to the other trac, crashing with Scott
Meanwhile Scarlett jumped athletically between the railings, without slipping at any time until landing on her feet at the other track. "That was very good, Scarlett!" Brick congratulated her as he grabbed the relay, then grabbed Sky by the hand, "Alright, miss, let's go to the next obstacle!"
Scott looked uncomfortable when Anne put the red relay on his face. "Take this already, long freckles!" she said, not in a good mood after all the acne on her face. Then Ella arrived, acne-covered and also covered in butter, she gave the green relay to Cameron
"Thank you!" He said, before noticing that the relay was also greased, "Yuck!"
"Sorry..." was all Ella said.
Meanwhile, Brick and Sky approached the next obstacle, watching the giant garlic swinging between the slightly steeper platform.
"Go" Sky told the cheerleader holding the baton, "I'll just slow you down with this stupid lump."
"We can do it together!" Brick encouraged her, holding her hand with strength, "Some challenges just require determination and coordination, follow me on everything I say...". They both ran down the platform until they stopped, "Duck!" The two crouched, narrowly dodging the garlic that was coming towards them, which ended up hitting Scott and Scott when they arrived.
Both boys screamed, grabbing onto the giant garlic, which swung to the other side of the track, dropping them right there.
"Good strategy, guys!" Lightning congratulated them, grabbing the relay, "Now we're going right to the front!"
When he left, Zoey approached them, "You guys are okay?"
"Hey, Red, follow me!". Despite Zoey's concern for their health, she ended up following the mathlethe.
Meanwhile, Cameron ran, but the greasy relay slipped from his hands, again and again as he continued to run, "Ah, stay still!" he exclaimed, before finally firmly grabbing the object, "Ready, now...". He didn't notice the garlic coming up behind him, yelping in pain as it pushed him away, landing in the white liquid below.
"Uhhhh, and Cameron splashed right into the garlic juice!" Chris said, "I wonder what effects it will have on him..."
Soon enough, the farmer boy emerged from the juice, his eyes closed in irritation, "MY EYES!" he shrieked, "MY EYES ARE BURNING!"
Confessional (Cameron):
The boy couldn't see by the tears welling up in his still closed eyes, "I can't see properly, everything is blurry to me!" He said between tears, "And I'm not crying, I just feel the need to"
End of the Confessional
Both Lightning and Zoey reached the edge of the next obstacle, watching as the red butt-shaped balls bounced up and down on that large field of thick ground beans.
"Yuck!" Zoey moaned as she saw the beans below, "Those beans look disgusting!"
"Don't worry, Zoey!" Mike said from the other side, "Beans are a good source of healthy protein!"
"Hmm, protein..." Lightning said hungrily, before noticing the impatient glance of the redhead beside her, "Ah yes, let me see how I solve this...". In his own sight, several calculations and notes formed as he looked at the obstacle closely, observing the movement of the balls and the wind, "AHA! Zoey, take the relay and get on my back!"
As she did, Zoey looked worried, "Are you sure about this?"
"Ha, Lightning is always sure of his calculations, they always work!". Just like that, he and the girl on his back jumped, bouncing from ball to ball, until they reached the other side. However, Lightning hit the corner of the track, and they both would have fallen if it weren't for Mike holding Zoey's hand tightly
"Hold on, Zoey!" said the athlete, as he used his strength to pull them up.
"Quick, Mike!" said Zoey, "I don't want to touch those beans!"
"Hey, that jump was perfect!" said Lightning, holding onto her boots, "Surely the wind disoriented us or...". However, the boots he was holding onto came off her, sending him down, crashing right into the beans and swallowing some of them, "Hmm... hey, this doesn't taste like protein!"
"Trust me, none of those foods are delicious!" Chris told them, before turning his gaze to the camera, "We're halfway through the race and we've already had a lot of funny and disgusting fails, wanna see more? Hang on while we head back..."
(Commercial Break)
Right in the cinnamon field, someone used an extremely long spoon to scoop out a spoonful of the sticky sweet spice. The one who did it was none other than Sam, who unfolded the spoon to make it shorter (probably one of the things he had in his backpack) so that he could have the piece of cinnamon closer to him.
"What are you doing?" Topher asked
"I love cinnamon a lot" he said, looking at the spoonful with great excitement, "It gives desserts a touch of sweetness, I wonder how it will taste eating it straight"
"Uh, dude, I don't recommend you do that...". However, that didn't stop the tourist from swallowing the whole spoonful of cinnamon.
Meanwhile, Mike had lifted Zoey onto the track, he grab the relay that she was having.
"See? You're safe" the athlete told her.
Zoey looked at her bare feet, "I wouldn't put it like that, my feet are touching this tracj, are you sure it's freshly cleaned?"
"I'd say so, but..."
The two turned around when they heard and saw Sam coughing up large orange puffs.
"It's not sweet, it's spicy!" he exclaimed irritatedly as he continued to cough up cinnamon puffs, which headed straight for Mike and Zoey.
"AH! That's got germs!" Zoey exclaimed, backing away in fear. She accidentally ended up falling off the track.
"Zoey! Are you okay?" Mike asked worriedly
The redhead raised her head, sitting on the beans, which she had accidentally choked on, "UGH! They taste horrible!" she said disgusted, wiping her face as much as she could.
Meanwhile, Brick and Sky finished passing the second obstacle, passing the relay to Dave, who ran towards the next obstacle...until he noticed Dawn, standing there bitterly.
"Dawn, move on!" He said, trying to move her with her arm
The pacifist just sighed, "It's just grey weather today, I lost my friends, I'm starving, I have no way to do the challenge..."
"OH, PLEASE!" Dave had had enough, he carried her on his back, and without thinking twice, he jumped towards the balls, bouncing wide open until he headed to the other end, "Catch this!" he warned, before throwing the relay, just before they both fell down.
Luckily, Topher was the one who caught the relay in his hands, "I got it! Time to work" he said, feeling confident.
Sam approached him, drinking water from a bottle, "Whatever you do, don't let cinnamon get in your mouth..." he said in warning.
Meanwhile at the beans, Dave had swallowed a lot of them as he fell face down, and of course he spat them out, "Beans, totally disgusting, I don't know who likes these things..."
Dawn sat up and looked around, unlike the others, she looked at the beans with wide eyes, "Those are...beans!" she said, before forming a smile on her face, "I love them!". So, the blonde had a good feast eating all she could.
"Well, maybe the vegetarian ones" Dave said, watching her eat contentedly, "At least she's not sad and hungry anymore..."
By this time, Cameron had reached Sammy, still crying while holding the relay
"I'm so sorry!" he said, tears like waterfalls, "We're way behind!"
"Woah, it's okay..." she comforted him, taking the relay, "We can still win."
"Stop talking to the crybaby and come over here!" Amy ordered from the other side.
Sammy looked at the line of bouncing balls, and looking determined, she ran up to them and jumped over them. She recovered from each bounce, so as not to stray from her path until she narrowly fell on the next track, she got up a little sore until her sister took the relay and dragged her along, "Come on, there's no time to waste..."
Meanwhile, the two duos of Team Maggot and Frog made their way out of the beans and onto the clearing field, shaking and spitting them out.
"Blegh! Those beans tasted so gross!" Zoey said, wiping her tongue
"Don't even mention it" Dave replied.
"They really tasted delicious..." Dawn said, licking her lips still with that brown food, "I don't know why you don't like them, they're one of my favorites, it's the best way to have protein without consuming the pretty animals"
"Well, I don't say that it's a pretty cool way to replace meat" Lightning told her, just before hearing her stomach growl, "Damn, those beans must be having some effect on me"
"What could it be?" Zoey asked worried, "Chris really manipulated those foods to generate negative effects on us, but what effect would the..."
At that moment, the four heard a long, thunderous sound with a smelly aroma, and it came from one of them...it was Dawn, whom everyone looked at as if she had committed a crime
"Dawn...was it you?" Dave asked, concerned.
She just chuckled, leaving a slight blush on his face, "S-sorry..." she said, "I forgot that was the problem with eating beans, they give you farts" then she farted
"Wait, what..." he blankly went off as he farted too
"SHA-YIKES!" Lightning exclaimed as he farted
"EUGH! EUGH!" Zoey stepped back, holding her nose as she looked at the three farting, "YOU ARE COMPLETELY SO GRO...". To her dismay, she also farted. The other contestants in the race were watching this, some like Scott were laughing, while others get gringe utter disgust at the scene
While Chris was laughing out loud at this, "Oh man...this has "NASTY" all over it!"
Confessional (Zoey):
"I swear it wasn't me, that was my body's involuntary thing, everyone knows girls don't farts..." in that, she farts, "Except when eat beans"
End of the Confessional
"It was those EVIL beans!" Zoey told to the others
"And how the hell do we stop?" Dave asked stressed
"There's no stopping, it's natural, just let it out," Dawn told them.
"PLEASE, NO, we don't wanna hear it..."
"Lighning won't just be here farting!" the mathlete decided, "I'll go find something to stop this..." he ran away from the clearing.
"I advise you all to be careful!" Chris warned the four, "Your gas are both disgusting and flammable, so stay away from the sunny parts!"
"Stay away from what...?". Everyone shuddered when a spark was heard ignite while Lightning starts screaming like crazy.
"He'll be okay...nurse!"
Confessional (Zoey):
"This is the most disgusting and repulsive challenge I've ever seen!"
End of the Confessional
Back to the challenge, something much less disgusting, Mike was carefully moving on the tightrope, using one hand to grab onto the rope above and another holding the relay. At that moment, a cinnamon gas was launched in front of him making him cough loudly and fall on his back. Luckily he grabbed the rope, but he was hanging and didn't have much strength to climb back up.
"Ugh, I can't climb up with one hand" he said as he gave up trying, "It's impossible, I can't do it...". Suddenly he gasped and looked determined, besides now possessing eyelashes and red lipstick, "But Svetlana can do it even when she's asleep!" exclaimed 'he' now with a feminine tone along with a 'Russian' accent, he swung from the rope he was holding onto to have more power when climbing up with a jump, "Nothing can stop the absolute queen of gymnastic!"
'He' did an acrobatic jump on the rope, going down enough to gain momentum and bounce at the top, he did a somersault and landed on his feet at the other side at the last track of the race, surprising the three girls who were there.
"Woah...nice move, Mike!" Jo congratulated him before snatching the relay from his hands
'He' gasped and looked around, totally confused, "How did I get here so fast?" he asked, much to Jo's disbelief.
Meanwhile, Sam and Topher were slowly moving along the tightrope, until they were pushed off by Amy, who along with her sister were both moving while holding the relay together.
"Move away!" Amy said to the already fallen boys, "Hurry up, sis, now we can get a advantage"
At that, Sammy think about her thoughts, until she suddenly stopped on the rope, holding the relay tightly so that her sister wouldn't move, "I have to tell you something..."
"Not now, you're going to slow us down!"
"It's just that it's very important!"
"What's so important that you're acting strange today?!"
Sammy gulped before confessing, "I AM in love!"
Amy stopped being angry, and looked at her closely, "With who?"
"With...with Jasmine! I like girls...". At that moment she saw her sister's eyes widen, which made her close hers, expecting the worst, "I know I'm a disgrace to the family, but seriously, I love her so much, so I understand that I'm not your sister anymore..."
"Sister..." was what Amy said, she waited seconds before speaking, "Why didn't you tell me it before?"
"I was scared!"
"Scared of what? That you found a partner before me? You would have bragged about it in front of me"
Sammy blinked perplexed, "But...I thought you would get angry, you are always hard on me"
"I'm hard on you so you have character!" She replied, "Sammy, I know you're more shy than me, but you must be strong and effective to face life, and you must tell that actress that you have a huge crush on her, after this challenge."
Before she could move, Sammy stopped her, thinking out loud, "After this challenge?"
Amy frowned, "What are you saying?"
"I have an idea, but I need you to...". Cinnamon gas shot towards them, making them fall down.
Up ahead, Sam and Topher had climbed up to the last track, covered in cinnamon stick and tired. Dakota simply grabbed the relay from the latter, "Thank you, kind gentlemen!" she told them in an innocent tone, "I'm going to win this so we can have a quality dinner...". As he left, the two fell back down exhausted, but Topher caught himself and stared intently at where Dakota was going.
"Now it comes down to the last obstacule" Chris said as Jo stood at the end of the track, staring at the lake of rancid gravy and the giant can placed far away, "Whoever lands in the can takes the win, if not, be'll smell much worse than the confessional cabin"
Jo sniffed the aroma of the place, and gagged, keeping herself from puking up, "This stinks worse than the public bathrooms at high school!"
"You can do it, bro!" encouraged none other than Lightning, looking roasted as a pair of interns carried him on a medical bed, "Lightning believes in you!"
Despite being annoyed at being called as a male, Jo sighed as she grabbed a rope and stared intently at her forehead, making imaginary calculations, "The distance is too high for me to reach in one jump...unless...". Just like that, she swung on the rope, straight to the can, but she swung over it when she got there, and then swung back to the start.
Some people gasped at that, thinking she had failed. But surprise, Jo, as she swung back to the start point, took on a lot of weight and "potential" energy, swinging faster as she returned to the target point. When she got there, she let go and ended up...falling backwards into the empty can, moaning in pain
"Congratulations, Mutant Maggots!" Chris said through a megaphone, "You've won today's challenge!". The aforementioned team cheered, although some due to the effects of the food did not celebrate as much, "Now, everything is decided between Frogs and Rats, whoever reaches the can first is saved from going to the elimination ceremony..."
Jasmine looked at the edge of the track, until finally one of the twins climbed up, covered from head to toe in cinnamon slime, presumably Amy, since she was holding the relay
"You okay, mate?" Jasmine asked when she saw her stand up, "What were you and your sister talking about?"
"Uh, it's not important!" is what she could answer before they ran to the last obstacle, "Hurry up!". As they ran, the other twin, also slimy, emerged until she reached the edge of the field, she watched her sister run on the platform and both gave each other a "wink of good luck"
However, at that moment Dakota had reached the end of the track, "Oh no, it's Dakota!" Jasmine pointed at the blonde.
She grabbed a rope and looked at the camera, "See what this beautiful heiress can do..." she chuckled before swinging straight to the can. The Frogs watched this in amazement, all except Topher (and Dawn).
Confessional (Topher):
"Even though I don't like making my team lose, I do get annoyed by people like Dakota" he admitted, "I may be a little too cocky, but at least I'm not someone who is insensitive, that girl needs to get some character in hard way"
End of the Confessional
At that moment Topher shouted out loud, "DAKOTA, BE CAREFUL, THE GHOST RABBITS ARE AFTER YOU!"
"UH?!" She turned around, forgetting to look when she was on top of the can, she almost got her feet on the edge, but it wasn't enough. To her dismay, she soon ended up slipping and falling down, landing with a loud splash in the rancid black sardine sauce, much to the dismay of the others.
"She'll be okay?" Sky asked a little worried.
Suddenly, Dakota emerged, sitting up shuddering, she spat out a bunch of that black substance before she could look at herself. Not only had she reached an extremely high level of dirtiness, her skin, hair and clothes had been stained with pure greenish black, and she also stank so much that her horrible smell was visible by the green lines floating around her. Dakota, in the face of all this, the only thing someone as diva as her could do was scream like crazy, shaking everyone with her great squeal.
Dave covered his ears at this but still giggling, "That feels satisfying"
"I know...it's funny" said Dawn standing next to him watching the scene with satisfaction, before farts and getting a glance from the boy, "I'm sorry..."
Meanwhile, Jasmine and Amy had reached the end of the track
"It's our chance, hold on tight!" Jasmine said as she grabbed onto the rope, Amy did too but her slimy hands slipped when she touched the rope.
"I don't think I can do it in that state" she said, worrie.d
"You can do it, you always told us that despite everything we should keep going forward"
"Did I say it? ...Yes, just like that!". Determined, she grabbed the rope next to her, holding on tightly to the relay as well, "Let's walk a few steps back, we have to go with strength and distance..." they both took a few steps back, "Are you ready for this?"
"I find it strange the way you treat me now" the Aussie admitted, rolling her eyes, "But whatever, yes!"
"Alright, on three...one...two...THREE!"
So the two girls swung very hard, screaming in the process, until they let themselves fall, and so... they landed hard inside the can, although in pain they smiled at each other seeing that they had succeeded.
"The Toxic Rats are saved from elimination!" Chris spoke through the megaphone, Ella, Cameron (still crying), and Sammy all cheered in relief, while the Frog team groaned knowing that they would be going to their first elimination.
"NOOOOOOOOOOO!" Dakota shouted, kicking at the disgusting substance she was in, angry not only at how dirty and rancid she was, but at their defeat.
"We did it, Jasmine!" Amy congratulated her teammate.
"Jasmine? Didn't you prefer to call me 'spoiled princess'?" she asked, frowning.
"Uh, well..."
"WAIT!" said none other than Chef, who entered the challenge field, "Stop everything! I just noticed something while watching the cameras!"
"Oh no..."
Chef approached Sammy and lifted her by the arm, "HEY, LET ME GO!" she protested.
"Wow, I've never seen Samantha talking like that before" Ella said, looking at this in bewilderment.
"It's because she's NOT..." Chef said, before wiping her cinnamon-covered face. Everyone gasped at the sight of her face, or rather the mole on her cheek, "It's Amy! She is because she has that ugly mole on her face..."
"It's called a 'beauty mark!'" AMY told him angrily, before he dropped her
"That means she didn't meet the specifications her own sister suggested...Sammy"
"Sammy?" Jasmine looked at the one she believed to be the other sister of the twin in front of her. She just sighed in defeat, wiping her face, proving she had no mole.
"Good point, Hatched! You deserve a raise!" Chris said, before turning to his megaphone for the next thing, "ATTENTION, due to the new news things are changing, the Toxic Rats are disqualified and going to elimination; you, Poison Frogs, are all saved today!"
The Rats hung their heads while the Frogs could only cheer each other on, happy to not have to go to elimination.
"Hello? Is someone going to get me out of here?!" Dakota asked, getting up to leave, but ended up slipping and diving back into the rotten sauce.
"Why did you do that?" Jasmine asked the uncovered twin.
Sammy looked embarrassed, "I just wanted us to finish the challenge together, since I consider you more than just a friend...". Noticing Jasmine's puzzled look, she spoke up first, "BEST friend, that's what you are to me!"
The Aussie girl chuckled before patting her head, "Well, at least we did it together, right?" she said before standing up and getting out of the can they were in, "Now let's get out and go..."
"Wait..." she tried to warn her but Jasmine, forgetting that there was no floor, ended up falling right into the sauce, "Are you okay? You didn't get hurt...?". Trying to follow her she also fell and splashed right next to her, now they were both totally dirty and stinky like Dakota, "Blegh, this is repulsive!"
Even though her blue dress was now ruined, Jasmine chuckled at the sight, "Well, now we're dirty enough to play here, aren't we?". Despite the disgusting situation, Sammy laughed in response as did Jasmine, as they started playing right there, splashing and laughing like "friends".
"Awwww, they look so cute and happy playing in that disgusting thing!" Ella said ironically touched by that scene.
At that moment, Shawn, who was walking with his team back, could notice how the two of them were playing there, making him raise his eyebrow in surprise.
Confessional (Shawn):
"It's very strange that they play together in that disgusting thing while laughing happily" he said, "It's not that I think it's bad, I guess those things 'strengthen' friendship, something I would know if I had one..." noticing what he said he sighed sadly.
End of the Confessional
Despite having won or been saved from elimination, some Maggots and Frogs still suffered the effects of falling into irradiated food, this was the case of the Maggots, where the girls barely made it to one of the rooms in the luxury house.
"I hope these rooms have creams to remove pimples" said Anne Maria as she looked at herself in the mirror, her entire face was filled with small, greasy yellow acne, "My entire feminine look was ruined by that nasty butter"
"And me with that nasty beans..." said Zoey behind her, just before farted again, this time holding her back in embarassment.
"Ewww, girl, why do you have to do it here?!" she covered her nose and fanned around with her other hand, "You really stink!"
"Excuse me, I just want to find a way for the self to stop farting...". She was interrupted when a ladle was shoved into her mouth, courtesy of Jo
"Swallow this," the genius girl told her
The redhead swallowed the spoonful and then groaned, "What was that?"
"A tablespoon of chamomile tea, I know it's a bit, but it will really help you..."
"How?" At that Zoey's eyes widened, "Hey, I suddenly feel empty inside, I guess that means no more gas for me!"
"Thank me, I'm probably the only one who knows this anti-flatulence recipe, I guess the other team won't have it so easy..."
Meanwhile in the other, more humble cabin...
"I'm sorry, Dawn, but we don't want you 'perfuming' our cabin," Sky said to the hippie girl standing in front of the stairs, with a considerable distance, "You know, with your...uh, you know what."
"It's something natural that all of us do, it's not a bad thing to do it..." she tried to explain, until she farted.
"But not when you do it every five minutes!" Scarlett replied next to Sky, covering her nose and looking disgusted, "You already look like a skunk, why don't you just sleep with them in the woods tonight?"
"Oh, nice idea..." she backed off with total conviction.
"I didn't mean it...ugh, better not have that hippie here tonight"
"I agree, it smells like rotten vegetables!" Sky nodded, unclogging her nose just as the smell went away, or it was when Dakota arrived, still messed after the challenge, "And here I thought I'd smell fresh air again"
"Uh, excuse me, could you let me in?" the stinky heiress asked, putting her hands on her hips with an impatient look.
"I think that's going to be a definite no" Scarlett replied.
"Don't be rude! I need my soaps, conditioner and everything else that I need to look and smell like I did before this"
"I think they'd melt before you used them"
"Why do you say that?" she soon realized that the grass she was stepping on was burnt, just like where she had stepped before. Apparently her smell was so repulsive that it was bio-hazardous.
"Enjoy the night in the woods..." was the last thing Scarlett said to him before she and Sky closed the door.
Dakota could only frown angrily at this, take a deep breath and shout irritated at her current state, something that Topher enjoyed from the window.
Confessional (Topher):
"I don't like to do that to a lady, but she asked for it" he said with a satisfaction tone, "I guess sleeping outside will make her more humble with nature and animals, won't it? Right?"
End of the Confessional
"You guys really not going to let me in?" Dave asked outside the cabin, looking right into the window of the male room.
The other boys inside looked at him, with Brick spraying the room with air freshener, and they simply responded with a "No"
"Well..." the indie replied, rolling his eyes, "It's not like it would bother me to sleep alone...". As he left, a farting sound was heard and then he returned to the stall, "Please, at least give me back my clean pants!"
We now cut to the night at the elimination ceremony, the five members of the Toxic Rats sitting around the bonfire, worried.
"Well, you guys are definitely the biggest loser team on the show" Chris spoke up, facing them, "I mean, four losses in a row? That's pretty humiliating, almost as much as you look now...". Everyone but Amy looked really messed up after the challenge, Ella had a lot of pimples on her face, Cameron was still shedding tears in droves, and Jasmine and Sammy were still extremely dirty and stinky as ever.
The Chef handed Chris his tray, this time with only four marshmallows on it, "Remember, there are reasons why you failed" Hatched said, "Sammy, you were the one who came up with that silly relay way that cost your team the win, and Amy, letting your sister sneak in your place is the least a leader would do."
"Now it's all down to you five, who's staying and who's going?" The host turned the tray around before taking the first marshmallow from it, "First person safe, Jasmine!". The actress happily caught the marshmallow, just before it melted in her hands, which worried her, "Second safe, Ella, and third, Sammy!"
The last one upon receiving her marshmallow, looked cautiously at her sister, who hadn't received one yet.
"We've got only two left, and the last person safe is..."
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"Cameron!"
Both twins gasped in shock, the little farmer took the marshmallow, but he just sobbed loudly.
"I said you're safe, Cameron!" Chris pointed at him.
"I know!" he replied, still in a sad voice
"And why are you crying?" Hatched asked
"I don't know either!"
"Anyway..." the host pointed at one of the military twins, "Commander Amy, your services are no longer of use, please leave!"
"Yes, sir!" she said firmly before marching away from the campfire.
"Wait!" Sammy exclaimed, following his sister to the dock, "Why did they vote off you? It was all my fault!"
"I guess the squad seems to like you more than me" she admitted calmly.
"But...aren't you mad at me?"
"Of course I am... but not right now, I figured it would happen someday."
"What is it?" Sammy was surprised when Amy grabbed her by the shoulders and stared at her.
"Listen, all this time you've been following my orders, right? But from now on I won't be with you anymore, which means you'll have to lead the rest of this fierce competition alone; don't let anyone discourage you, make your own decisions wisely and if necessary, start showing character, got it?"
"Yes...thank you, sister," he then hugged her to her surprise, "I promise I'll make you proud!"
"I know, but stop hugging me!"
"You don't like it?"
"No, I feel like you're burning my back!". When Sammy let go of her, she could see that part of her shirt was burnt thanks to her hug (or her dirtness).
"Sorry!"
Amy just smiled at her, "Just make sure you tell that pretty princess your feelings..."
Soon, both twins were saying goodbye from a distance, as Amy was now sailing away on the Boat of Losers. Then Jasmine came to comfort Sammy.
"I'm so sorry about your sister" she said, "She wasn't the nicest among us"
"I know..." the military girl, the only one here now, wiped a tear, before looking at herself and her friend, "What do you say? Should we stay like this for a while to play?"
"No, I feel like we're so dirty that we've reached to a hazardous level, I wouldn't mind taking a shower, and you too, Stinky!". They both chuckled as they headed to clean themselves up, just before the dock they were stepping on burned down from their bio-hazardous, rancid smell.
Final Comments (Amy):
"I should have known my 'leadership methods' weren't going to be accepted by that weaklings, I don't hold a grudge against Sammy, though I'll definitely make her clean the bathrooms as a minor punishment; as for her romance with that Aussie? Yes, our family is conservative, but I prefer honor over anything, I hope my sister does when she ask her for a date, I'm surprised she did before me". Amy watched the island move further and further away from her sight, "I just worry about her, who knows if she'll be able to handle all those contenders on her own..."
(End Credits)
Votes:
Amy (3)
Cameron (2)
Author's Note:
Okay, first of all, let's talk about the elephant in the room...the FART issue, yes, that's why I put that warning because after the tremendous trauma that the reboot left us with "Jurassic Fart". And right, there's a small reference to that episode, but let me tell you that I didn't do it out of fetish or anything, that's the gimmick of this challenge, to get all messy if you fall into irradiated food.
Besides, I only reduced this to 4 people so it doesn't look like a toots festival. And of course, they're not the main point of the challenge, I will say that it was worth it just for the joke of Lightning catching fire from his own gas. But still, sorry if you didn't like this, I assure you that it won't happen again like that, and sorry if I "dirtied" your favorite character (Dawn fans are going to kill me when they read this chapter).
But going back to the challenge, admit that I liked the challenge that I made, yes, it's NASTY but that's the point, watching others end up being a mess, especially the vain ones. On top of that, there's the strong start with Dawn and Dakota's dilemma, and the end with Amy's response to her lesbian sister.
Yes, it will seem a little forced or unjustified, but Amy wants honor more than anything and knows that her own twin must stand up for herself, and individually she doesn't see Jasmine a good thing, but just for what she is. She's still herself, so it's not about any "evangelization" for no reason.
Now, in the next challenge, the campers will visit to a mysterious and risky island in order to get badges, if they don't break their BONES first. See you next time, now you can enjoy your food :3